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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 227 SEWARD, ALASKA,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1927
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ENFORCEMENT OF DRY
DETROIT MAYOR TALKS RIGHT
FROM SHOULDER; CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION
DETROIT, Oct 18. (/P)—Mayor
Smith, candidate for re-election, issu
ed a statement to the Associated
Press endorsing his earlier statements
attributed to him opposing enforce
ment of the National prohibition lav;
“I am a wet and do not think any
sane or sensible person believes that
the law can be enforced in great cit
ies like Detroit, Chicago or New York.
It is about time the people of the Unit
ed States realized that any attempt to
enforce the prohibition law in any
city will result in the breeding of hy
pocrisy, corruption of the police and
employment of the meanest tactics.
The whole thing is the rankest joke.”
SPECTACULAR FIRE III
L.L $100,000 LOSS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18. (#)—A
spectacular lumber yard and mill tire
yesterday destroyed nearly 4,000,000
feet of boxwood, one mill building, and
three small laborors homes at the
Miller Box & Lumber Co. The loss
is estimated at more than $200,000.
GAME OFFICIALS- ARE
ENROUTEFROM SOUTH
The Alaska Game Commission boat
Seal is enroute to Seward from Ju
neau, according to advices from the
South, bringing C. T. Gardner, onair
man of the commission and H. W.
Terhune, executive officer. A gener
al survey of conditions in their de
partment will be made including con
ferences with game commissioners in
this neck of the woods. It is said a
game warden for Seward may be ap
pointed following their arrival here.
PIANO PLAYING BETTER HALF
THE BUNK COMPLAINS
ACTRESS TANGUAY
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19. (IP)—Eve
Tanguay is seeking annulment of
her marriage to her piano playing
husband, Allen Parado She charges
that she was deceived into marrying
Parado who she otherwise describes
under the names of Chandos Ksiask
iewicz and Alexander Booke, stating
that she married him under the latter
name.
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 18. (£>)—Ed
^ die Stinson who is making an aerial
tour of the United States, arrived here
from San Diego last night, landing at
Fort Bliss Field.
POLICEMAN TOLD WOMAN
TO PULL DOWN DOLSS
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (/P)—A
policeman who admonished a woman
to pull down her dress because it was
too far above her knees, was declared
I to have performed his duty as an act
of courtesy, at an official hearing here.
JAPS CONSTRUCTING
I MYSTERY PLANE FOR
TRANS-PACIFIC OOP
! SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 18. (/p)—
! Lieutenant K. Matsumara of the Jap
anese air force declared on his arrival
here that Japanese capital is backing
the construction of a single motored
monoplane, carrying many secret in
novations, which 'will be used in a
flight from Tokyo to Seattle by way of
the Aleutian Islands. The plane is
being built in Japan and will probably
hop off next May.
GOMEZ IS KILLED
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 18. (iT*)—Thirty
rebels, among them Margarito Gomez
a member of the State legislature and
leader, were killed in a battle with
Federals.
OIL PROMOTER IS OUT
OT PEN ON PNROLE
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Oct. 18. (/P)
—Gordon Campbell, Great Falls, Mon
tana, oil promoter, was released on
parole from the penitentiary where
he was serving a two year sentence
for using the mails to defraud in con
nection with the sale of oil stock.
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i
Ia memory of the day when Alaska
was transfered from the hands of the
Russians to the United States, Judge
1 Morford gave a talk today before the
Seward High School pupils. He
Idealth briefly on .some of the pro
blems arising after the purchase.
To bring his speech to a close he
spoke at some length on the pride
that one should have Tor the place
where he lives, and about boastful
correspondence and talk, which is
; sometimes exaggarated and should
I not be done, except when true facts
are given.
After Mr. Morford had concluded
his talk, which was very interesting
and greatly appreciated by the en
tire school, Prof. McEwen dismissed
the school for the rest of the day.
ENROUTE TO U. S.
LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 18. (IP)—The
Heinkel hydro airplane D1220, enroute
from Germany to the United Statets,
alighted on the river here from Spain.
PRINCE WEARS ONE
LONDON, Oct 17. (#>)—Raglan
overcoats .are coming into style. The
Prince of Wales is wearing one this
fall, despite the protest of those who
endeavor to dictate fashion.
ELECTRICAL DEVICE ,
IS COWALESCK
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EVANGILIST HELPLESS IN FOLDS
of Electric current from
COLD CURING DEVICE
LOS ANGELES, OcL 18. <£>)—Aimee
McPherson is convalescing at Mount
Wilson from severe burns and shock
suffered when an electrical device
she was using to treat a cold became
short circuited. The famous evange
list had been using the apparatus as a
cold cure during the evening and early
next morning her secretary was awak
ened by aj scream and found Mrs. Mc
Pherson helpless in the folds of the
short circuited equipment. Before
the current was shut off Aimee was
burned and shocked into unconscious,
ness for an hour. She is unable to
conduct services.
MEMBERS OF YANKEE
TEAM GETS $5,702
SPOILS ARE DIVIDED FROM LATE
WORLD SERIES; EVERYBODY
GETS A WHACK
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (/P)—While
the baseball season was being patter
ed out in raindrops and cold weather
the Yankees players and coaches pre
pared to divide their spoils, an item
not at all insignificant in their lives.
The regulars on the New York team
will receive $5,702 each. Manager ;
Juggins and Assistant Coaches Cleary I
and Fletcher will also receive the
maximum sum. Mark Roth, traveling
Secretary for the club, will receive a
three-quarter share and groundkeepers
and club attendants will get from
$250 to $750 each. Eddie Bennett,
mascott, ^ill be paid $700.
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MAKE FII SHOTS
MAKE REMARKABLE RECORD ON
FLYING TARGETS; REGIMENT
PREPARES TO DEPART
SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 18. (/P)— Army
officials at Camp McQuade announced
that the 63rd Coast Artillery had made
a remarkable record, shooting at fly
ing targets with three inch guns. The
announcement said that practically all
the targets were cut loose or destroy
ed by the shots. The regiment will
leave for San Francisco next week.
RUTH ELDER SAILS
HORTA, Azores, Oct. 18. (&)—Ruth
Elder sailed for Lisbon on the mail
boat with the cheers of spectators
ringing in her ears.
WATER NOTICE
Water may be shut-off this evening
at 8 o’clock on Sixth street, including
the' power plant, depot and the Stand
ard Oil plant.
Seward Water Supply.
RUBY, Alaska, Oct. 18. (/P)—John
Corning, living a few miles above
RuRby, was sentenced in the United
States Commissioners court to serve
a year in the federal jail at Fairbanks
for (possession of liquor and beating
an Indian over the head with a club.
HUGE PLANE IS
ORDEflED TO SEARCH
FOR MIKE TRIPKE
ANCHORAGE, Oct 18. (£>)—An air
plane has been ordered to search for j
Mike Tripke, foreman of the Nugget i
Creek placer mine, who has been
missing since September 6. It is be
lieved he was lost or marooned along
the shore 100 miles from Anchorage.
WILL HOP TONIGHT
HORTA, Azores, Oct. 18. (£>)—'The
Junkers plane D 1230, with Lilly Dil
lenz, Vienese actress as a passenger, <
plans to hop tonight for the United
States. #
IS COURT HMD
FLEW LOW OVER CUT
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. (/P)—Loss
of 20 numbers in grade is the sen- j
tence given Lieut. Thomas B. Wil
liamson, Naval Aviator, by Secretary i
of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, Wil- |
liamson was tried by the General J
i
Court Martial for flying low and stunt
ing over the residental district of
Washington.
DEVICES FOR FINDING I
RIDDEN TREASURE
Letters are frequently received by
the Geological Survey,' Department
af the Interior, asking for the names
and prcies of the best makes of in
struments guaranteed to find dia
monds, gold, silver, and. other metals,
and especially buried treasure. The
claims of vendors of mineral rods
and other devices said to be effective
in locating precious metals and
buried treasure are considered frau
iulent by the Geological Survey. The
iip needle or miner’s compass has
been used with some success in pros
pecting for ‘iron and other magnetic
ores, but the successful use of such
an instrument requires considerable
experience in surveying, together
with the ability to make accurate ma
thematical observations and deduc
tions. Various types of electrical
prospecting devices, the seismograph,
and the torsion balance, have a
roused considerable interest during
the last few years. These devices,
however, are most complicated and
require the services of technical e:
perts specially trained in their use.
They would be of no service to one
not versed in the principles of geo
logy and physics.
PROHIBITION STILL
"IT IS CLEAR BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES INTEND TO STEER
CLEAR OF QUESTION
WASHINGTON, OcL 18. (^—De
claring that prohibition Is still very
much an issue Senator Borah an
nounced he will make an address in
New York next month calling upon
national /political parties to take a
definite stand in law enforcement in
the presidental campaign. The Sena
tor, who is mentioned as a possible
presidental candidate, declared "It is
clear both political parties propose to
avoid anything in the way of commit
ment to upholding or maintaining the
constitution except perhaps in an in
sipid, meaningless generality to the
effect they believe in law and order."
OIL COMPANY POLLS UP
STAKES. SAME KANATAK
NEW YORK. Oct. 18. {&)—'The Pan
American Petroleum & Transport
Co., announced that a part of the oil
field equipment had been removed
from thei Mexican fields to Venezuela,
because of unsettled conditions in
Mexico.
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
OUILDS NEW HOUSE
About a mile Northwest of the
Jesse Lee Home, at the reservoir, a
substantial house was erected a few
days ago by the Seward Wat
er Supply. The interior is well equip
ped for brief stays,including a larder,
which will now permit members of
the Seward Vrater Supply an oppor
tunity to dry and warm themselves
at anytime they happen to be work
ing in that locality.
FORMER SEWARD CITIZEN
GETS LINDBERGH PRIZE
This man Officer Reea of Los An
geles, Calif., a former resident of Sew
ard not so many years ago, is consis
tently in the limelight for note the
following article about him appearing
in a recent Los Angeles ipaper, the
second story he has had within a few
weeks. Some of his Seward friends
are under the impression he is being
groomed for the Chief of Police job,
in Los Angeles, not Seward.
The yarn:
Police Officer Earl Reed is cherish
ing a small scrap of notebook paper
today which, he will tell you, is going
to be framed as the most treasured
trophy of his 10 years on the Holly
wood division.
This value attaches not to the pa
per itself, but rather to the signature
of Colonel Charles Lindbergh which
the air hero inscribed as Reed was
guarding his plane just before the
takeoff yesterday. This autograph is
believed to be the only one in exist
ence here, and consequently high
prices are being offered for it.