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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 175.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 18, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Two Planes Arrive
Honolulu; Two Are
Missing, Dole Race
ARTHUR GOEBEL, HOLLYWOOD STUNT FLIER,
WINS FIRST PRIZE OF $25,000TMARTIN JENSEN,
OF HONOLULU, TAKES SECOND MONEY, $10,000
MISS DORAN’S PLANE AND THE EAGLE MISSING
NAYY DEPARTMENT DISPATCHES 42 VESSELS
IN SEARCH.
HONOLULU, Aug. 18. (/P)—The first aerial trans
oceanic derby in history ended when Arthur Goebel, Holly
wood stunt flyer, arrived and won $25,000 prize offered by
James Dole, Hawaiian pineapple grower. Martin Jensen,
of Honolulu, was second and won $10,000. The other
planes are missing. Goebel piloted the Wolaroc over the
2,400 miles from Oakland in 26 hours 17 minutes and 33
seconds. Lieutenant Davis, of SanJJiego, was the naviga
tor. Jensen guided the plane Aloha over the same course
in 28 hours and 16 minutes. Paul Schulter of San Fran
cisco, was his navigator.
HILL:
STILL IN MOTHER EARTH
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y.f Aug.
18. (JP)—Rain turned the runway into
a spongy swamp and precluded all
possibility of a takeoff this afternoon
by the monoplane Old Glory in the
proposed non-stop flight to Rome.
Bertraud and Hill, air pilots, who
operate the plane, announced after
an inspection of the runway, that all
hope of starting today was gone, al
though clearing weather might per
mit a test flight.
BUILDING NOW CRPITOL
IN SU1[ OF COILR
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (/P)—The
entire corner of a building near the
capitol, housing “The Fellowship For
um’*, a fraternal publication, collaps
ed Itsa night. Police and firemen said
they were unable to determine the
cause of the crash, which took all five
floors on the Northeast corner of the
structure. -
PHONE EXPANSION
BERLIN, Aug. 18. (£>)—'This year
will see Germany in radio telephonic
communication with all countries, ac
cording to Count Arco, director of the
Telefunken Company. He said the
company soon would install apparatus
in Rio De Janerio and Tokio.
AMERICAN RELEASED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. (£>)—Rob
ert Edward Pirie, an American citi
zen, was kidnapped by bandiits two
days ago from his ranch in Mexico,
has been freed, the state department
has been informed.
$85,000 JEWELS STOLEN
CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (/P)—Jewels
valued at more than $85,000, were
stolen by three men in a robbery in
a loop office building. Two men
clerks and a girl cashier were bound
and gagged.
Honolulu welcomed the daring avi
ators in a bedlam of noise and the
crowds remained on the field all
night. Thousands of spectators cheer
ed mightily when the Woolaroc came
into view. “Boy we did it,” were
Goebel’s first words, adding “say
folks, it certainly is great to land
here. How many others are ahead
of us?” Men in the crowd >e*leu,
“Your first!” “Honest to gosn, do
you mean I’m really the first one
here?” Goebel asked and the answer
ing shout from the crowd caused him
to clasp his hands over his head in
joyous excitement.
SEARCH FOR PLANES
WASHINGTON,\Aug. 18.(/Pi—Mar
shalling the greatest fleet of vessels
under its command in the Pacific,
the Navy Department had 42 vessels
of various descriptions under orders
to search for the missing in the Ha
waiian flight. The planes are Miss
Doran’s and the Eagle. Most of the
ships are under way, while others
are awaiting only stocking of pro
visions to speed out on the Pacific
along the flight course in the hope
of finding the miss'ng flyers alive.
'200 MILES AWAY
WHEELER FIELD, Honolulu, Aug.
18. (/P)—The Navy radio station at
Wailupe intercepted a message at
112:20,1 Pacific coast time, from Goebel,
pilot of the Wolorac, which placed
the planes position at approximately
200 miles from here. The position of
the other planes are unknown.
GOEBEL IS WINNER
WHEELER FIELD, Honolulu, Aug.
18 (/P)—Arthur Goebel, pilot of the
monoplane Wolaroc, won the Dole
first prize of $25,000 when he landed
at Wheeler Field at 12:25 p. m. Hon
olulu time.
MARTIN JENSEN, SECOND
WHEELER FIELD, Honolulu, Aug.
18. (/P)—The monoplane Aloha, pilot
ed by Martin Jensen, arrived at 4:50
!p. m. coast time. The crowd went
wild as the plane roared in sight.
Jensen wins second money, a prize of
$10,000.
WIFE OF SEATTLE
CAPITALIST WANTS
DIVORCE. ALIMONY
_:_
DAUGHTER OF FEDERAL JUDGE
REED CHARGES HUSBAND
WITH CRUELTY
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (/P)—Mrs. Con
stance R. Haller, Daughter of Federal
Judge Reed, filed a suit for divorce
against Theodore N. Haller, Seattle J
capitalist, charging cruelty' Mrs. Hal-1
ler states in the complaint she is 32
years her husband’s junior and asks
alimony of $250 a month and an equi-'
table division of the property which
she valued at a half million dollars, i
Her husband's alleged cruelty took j
the form of personal indignities in-!
flicted over a period of years, parti
cularly, compelling her to reside “in!
his ancestral home without the com
forts suitable to her position in life.”,
The Hallers were married in Olympia
in 1917 and seperated a year later.
ESTELLE mOil QUITS
TIE UNITED ARTISTS
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 18. (£>)—Es
tella Taylor, wife of Jack Dempsey,
is through with United Artists she
says. She charged that her recent
nervous collapse w'as caused by wor
ry over constant changes made by
the organization in plans for her re
appearance on the screen.
EVANS SAILS NORTH
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (£>)—The Ad
miral Evans, of the P. S. S. Co., sail
ed from Seattle this morning with a
passenger listing of 33 and an extra
large general cargo. Passengers book
ed for Seward include Mr. H. S. Smith
and daughter, K. J. O’Connell, J. L.
Davidson, and one steerage.
MOT! SUBMARINE
BOARDED IN PACIFIC
I
HONOLULU, Aug. 18. (£>)— A dere
lict submarine, filled with poisonous
gas and bearing a strange serial num
ber is floating in the ship lanes off the
Pacific ooast, repelling all efforts of
; seamen to penetrate the mystery.
Th submarne was last sighted by
the steamship Liberator, who put a
boat out and boarded the derelict, but
were unable to go below on account of
the gas. The submarine bears the
number 0-27 and is not listed in the
! United States Naval Records.
BRIDE OF FEW WEEKS
KILLED AUTOMOBILE
SEATTLE, Aug. 8. (/P)—Mrs. For
ence Irving, beautiful bride of six
weeks of John H. Irving Jr., Secre
tary-Treasurer of the “House of Irv
ing” Seattle tailors, was instantly
killed, two others met sudden death
and 13 were painfully injured, three
critically, in the usual ■ rer\ end toll
from motor vehicle accident? report
ed yesterday in and near this city.
PETITION DENIED 9
SEATTLE, Aug 18. (/P)—The inter
state commerce commission denied
the petition increasing coal freight ;
rates from Utah to Seattle, Portland !
and Tacoma, on fuel for transhipment5
to Alaska.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis, 7; Boston, 3.
Cincinnati, 2; Philadelphia, 1.
Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, 6.
Pittsburgh, 4; New York, 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington, 4-2; St. Louis, 1-3.
Philadelphia, 4; Cleveland, 1.
Boston, 2; 'Detroit, 6.
New York, 3; Chicago, 2; 11 innings.1
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle, 12, Los Angeles, nothing.
Hollywood, 7; Sacramento, 3.
Portland, 8; San Francisco, 3
Oakland, 9; Missions, 5.
INVESTIGATING BURNING
OF PLANE IN OAKLAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18. <£>)—
Investigations are under way, into
the death of Henry K. Axton, civili
an flyX. and the burning of the air
plane in which he crashed at the
Oakland Airport, Friday. J. H. Auer
bach, one of the owners of the burn
ed plane said, “We burned up the
plane, in order to avoid adverse pub
licity.”
OPEN STAR IS NAMED
IN DIVORCE ACTION
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.(/P)—Irene Pav
lovska, Civic Opera star ,who was
named as corespondent in a divorce
suit brought by her former friend,
Mrs. Edna Mesirow, against Dr. Mau
rice Mesirow, annouunced that a civil
suit would result from the declaration.
“I shall institute suit for defamation
of character,r the star said.
SACCO--VANZETTI
BOSTON, Aug. 18. (/P)—An appeal
to the Supreme court of the United
States will be taken in the case of
Sacco-Vanzetti in the event the Mass
achusetts Supreme court denies the
petitions argued before it Tuesday,
defense attorneys announced.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. (/P)— A
complaint was issued by the City
Prosecutor’s Office yesterday, charg
ing Councilman Carl L. Jacobson
with violating an ordinance directed
'against immorality. Jacobson was
arrested Friday night by police, after
they had found him partly clad in
the bedroom of a woman.
BRILLIANT SEASON
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (£>)—Seattle is
promised another brilliant operatic
season rivaling anything that has
been attempted in the city in recent
years in the promotion of plans for
bringing the Chicago Grand Opera
Company to this city for a series of
four performances.
MEAT PACKER OWED
MILLIONS STATES
CHICAGO EXAMINED
POST-WAR deflation cause
OF MANY UNSUCCESSFUL
SPECULATIONS
CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (£>)—'The Her
aid Examiner says J. Ogden Armour,
who once refused $130,000,000 for his
interests in the Armour Company,
died leaving liabilities not covered
by assets. It stated that he owed,
at the time of his death, near $20,
000,000. The newspaper is quoted as
saying, “a close, unnamed financier,
associated with Armour, said the
packer’s debts were the result of un
successful speculation in lands, grain
and stocks with the post-war defla
tion the contributory cause.” Part of
the debts were projected by good
collateral.
NATIONALISTS SUFFER
BIG LOSS NORTHERNERS
SHANGHAI, “Aug. 1*T The
Nationalsts (Cantonese) suffered
30.000 casualties and the Northerners
6.000 when the former were driven
from Kuchensuyi. The execution of
46 Chinese labor leaders affiliated
with the Communist faction of the
Cantonese party is reported from
Ciu Ciang.
STATUE FOR CARMACK
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (JP)—The Alas
ka Vvukon Club met at the home of
the widow of George Washington Car
mack in celebration of the 31st anni
versary of his discovery of gold on
Bonanza Creek in the Yukon, and
witnessed the unveiling of a project,
ed statue in memory of the discovery.
COUPLE ROBBED HELD
PRISONERS SEATTLE
f
SEATTLE, A115. 18.</P)— Kidnapped
and robbed at the point of a gun early
this morning, Ernest Boeholt and Miss
Mildred Ewing were held prisoners
in Boeholt’s car for more than an
hour, by two well dressed youung ban
dits, believed by police to have been
two escaped convicts from the State
Reformatory at Monroe, They were
finally dropped by their assailants on
a lonely road outside the city limits,
while the gunmen drove away with
the car.
RECEIVERS OF JULIAN
ATTEMPT RESTITUTION
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. (^—Fail
ing in their efforts to obtain restitu
tion, receivers for the Julian Petrole
um Corporation yesterday filed suits
against the President of the Better *
American Federation and I. W. Hol
lingsworth, banker, for $364,000, as
triple damages for alleged usurious
profits on Julian pool loans.
TO VISIT PARENTS
CHICAGO, Aug. 1 . (Jp)—John Cool
idge, son of the President, stopped
off here enroute to join his parents
jin Rapid City.