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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 78.
SEWARD, ALASKA,THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Yacht Northern Light
is Prettiest Craft to
Make Arctic Cruise
IS LAVISHLY FITTED—HAS ACCOMMODATIONS
* FOR 24—PARTY WILL HUNT BEAR KODIAK
ISLAND—SEALS ON PRIBILOFS—TO EDGE OF
ICE PACK FOR POLAR BEAR—SECRETARY CHI
CAGO MUSEUM MEMBER—HOPE SECURE SPE
CIMENS FOR CHICAGO ZOO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. (IP)—The Northern
Light, which is leaving on an exploration cruise, is the
prettiest craft ever to sail for the Arctic- She is 140 feet
.{ long, and built on the graceful lines of the Gloucester
fishing boats, has two masts 130 feet, carrying 8,000
square feet of canvas, and draws 15 feet of water. She is
expected to travel nine knots an hour with her 240-horse
power deisel engine, and seven knots under canvas alone.
She is lavishly fitted with accommodations for 24 persons.
She expects to reach Unga the last of May after touching
at Seattle, Victoria, Juneau and Seward.
’ The party will hunt bear on Kodiak
Island, hunt seals off the Pribilofs and j
then goes to Nome from which point j
the Northern Light will proceed to
the edge of the Arctic ice pack be-j
tween Point Barrow and Wfangell
Island.
The Northern Light is built to buck !
ice, with a hull 22 inches thick and re
inforced prow. Armed with .30-.301
rifles the party will hunt polar bear
: on the ice and record their ^xperi-j
ences with motion and still picture
cameras.
Ashley Hine, secretary of the Ghica
; go Field Museum, will join the party
at Nome in July to care for the speci
mens collected. They expect to ob
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tain live specimens of polar bear,
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walrus and seal for the Chicago zoo,
and get mountable specimens of Ko
diak and polar bears, caribou, walrus,
and seal for the museum. The party
J includes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Borden,
i Ar. and Mrs. R. B. Slaughter, Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Goodspeed of Chicago, and
Miss Frances Ames of San Francisco.
They expect to return to San Fran
cisco in October.
BYRD LEAVES HOSPITAL
HACKENSACK, N. J., April 20. (IP)
—Commander Byrd, polar flyer, who
was slightly injured in an airplane
I crash here left the hospital today,
i tal today.
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IN JAPAN IS BAD
GOVERNMENT ADVANCES HALF
BILLION DOLLARS TO VARI
OUS INSTITUTIONS
TOKIO, April 21. (JP)— It is under
stood a conference of bankers at Pre
mier Tanaka’s residence failed to
reach a decision to meet the serious
Japanese financial situation. Sixteen^
banks have announced three weeks
suspension. All the remaining banks
are attempting to meet severe runs.
The Bank of Japan advanced fifty
m llion dollars to Tokio institutions
bringing total advances up to over
half a billion dollars.
HUNDREDS OF CONVICTS CON
SCRIPTED ASSIST REBUILD
LEVEES
MEMPHIS. April 20. (IP)— Airplanes
are being used to spot the weak
places in the Mississippi River levees
and to locate refugees cut off from
land by the flood waters. Reports
issued at Washington, estimate that
more than 9,000 persons are home
less. Hundreds of convicts are being
used in rebuilding levees and all un
employed are being conscripted to
the work.
QUAKE, LOS ANGELES
v LOS ANGELES, April 21. (£>)—
An earthquake light in force but of
unsually long duration shook Los
» Angeles and nearby suburbs at about
6.48 p. m. last night. No damage
reported to date. 1
HOLDUP MEN Hi
ELEVEN BANKS IN L. A.
ROB HUNDRED HOMES IN 20.
DAYS; SLUG WOMAN CASH
IER TAKE $2,000
LOS ANGELES, April 21. (/P)—
Holdup men, whose activities within
30 days in Los Angeles included j
raids on 11 banks, more than 20
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stores and more than 100 homes, to
day slugged the woman Cashier of
Marco Heilman leading banker and
escaped with between $1,500 and
?2,000.
CREW EXPERT TRAM MEN AR
RIVE JUNEAU EN ROUTE TO
CLAIMS
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JUNEAU, April 21, (£>)—Carl I. Wil- ■
lis with a crew of expert tramway men '
arrived here en route to Windham j
Bay to develop 34 claims of both high
and low-grade gold ore. He has un- j
limited backing of Charles J. Weaver,
M. Nuzum and Lacy Collins, Milwau-;
kee financiers, and Jacob Marty,
Broadhead of Wisconsin. The four
recently refused $750,000 for the prop
erty. A high grade stamp mill is ex
pected to be in operation within 60
| or 90 days after construction of a
13,000-foot tram. U
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ORDER FOR MISTRIAL
FORD CASE GRANTED;
JURIOMANCLEARED
JUDGE LOATHE TO GRANT MIS
TRIAL OWING TO ATTITUDE
OF NEWSPAPERS
DETROIT, April 21. (/P)—An order
for a mistrial was granted upon mo
tion of the defense and ended Sapi
ro’s million dollar libel suit against
Henry Ford. In granting'the mistrial
Judge Raymond cleared Jurywoman
Mrs. Cora Hoffman of charges of
granting an interview to the Detroit
Times. The judge said he was loathe
to grant a mistrial, but the newspaper
interference made it necessary. He
invited counsel into his chambers to
discuss a retrial.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 1, New York 5.
Boston 3, Brooklyn 4.
Chicago 2, St. Louis 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis 0, Detroit 7.
New York 5, Philadelphia 8.
Cleveland 5, Chicago 4.
, PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 0. Seattle 5.
Missions 8, Portland 2.
Sacramento 12, Los Angeles 4.
Oakland 9, Sacramento 6—11 in
ningsi
HOPE TO REVOLUTIONIZE
LIFE SAVING IT SEI
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20. (/P)—
Army aviators here today were re
joicing over success in carrying a
line by airplane from shore to a ship,
4,000 feet across the bay, an experi
ment which they hope will revolution
ize methods of life saving at sea.
BOND ISSUE FOR SCHOOL
JUNEAU, April 21. (£>)—Under a
special law authorized by Congress
Juneau yesterday voted in favor of
a $100,000 bond issue for' a new High j
School building. j
REMARKABLE PROOF
FORMER EXPLORER CONTENDED
FOR YEARS NO LAND IN PO
LAR REGIONS
WASHINGTON, April 21. (/P)—Wil-'
kins’ fight into the Arctic must be con
sidered remarkable proof that the air-!
plane has come to stay in the Arctic,
said Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, explorer
and commander of the Baldwin Zeigler
polar expedition in 1901. “Reports
show that Wilkins flew 500 miles to
wards the pole and was then forced
down near Point Beechey on his way
back. I am not surprised, however,
that land was not sighted. I have con
tended for years that there is no large
body of land in the Arctic.”
SENATOR REED IN HOSPITAL
DETROIT, April 21. (/?)—Senator,
Reed was taken in an ambulance to j
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the Ford hospital. He is suffering
from a recurrence of abdominal pains
which are considered serious.
DAY PLANE SERVICE !
INAUGURATED S. F. j
TO LOS ANGELES
EAT LUNCHEON IN SAN FRAN.;
CISCO AND DINNER IN LOS j
ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20. (ff)—
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;Eat luncheon in San Francisco, en
joy a cup of tea in Fresno or Bakers
{field and sit down to dinner in Los
| Angeles. Daily airplane passenger
service between this city and Los
Angeles with stops at Fresno and
I Bakersfield will become a reality to
| morrow. . This was an announce
; ment made here yesterday by the
'Pacific Air Transport Company last
night.
TONG MAN ARRESTED
AUBURN, Calif., Apr*! 21. (/P)—
Toy Lee w’as arrested here yesterday
for his connection with a Tong mur
ider committed last summer.
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BUILDING PERMITS IN
SUN DIEGO JUMP UP
SAN DIEGO, April 21. (^—Build
ing permit totals jumped from $4,451,
989 to $5,571,424 yesterday. The big
increase being chiefly due to the
issuance of permit for the new San
Diego Trust and Savings Bank build
ng at the northwest corner of Sixth
and Broadway.
FOR KODIAK BEARS
ROBERT W. TANS1LL WILL COM
MAND EXPEDITION — SIXTY
FOOT CRUISER
CHICAGO, April 21. (/P)—Director
C. C. Davis of the Chicago Field Mu
seum, announced that a new expedi
tion to the Alaska Peninsula would
leave Seattle May 1 to collect a group
of Kodiak bears and other specimens.
Alexander Revell. a Chicago merchant,
will finance the enterprise, which is
called the Alexander Revell-Field Mu
seum Expedition to Alaska of 1927.
Robert W. Tansill, another Chicago
business man and big game hunter,
will command the party, which in
cludes five other Illinois and Wiscon
sin men in the sporting party. They
will make the trip on the Ethel, a 60
foot cruiser.
NEW ZEPPELIN WILL
NOT MAKE FLIGHTTO
POLE AS PUNNED
DIFFERENCES WITH INTERNAT
IONAL SOCIETY IS STATED
AS THE REASON
BERLIN, April 20. (£>)—'The new
Zeppelin which is being built at
Friedrichafen for the purpose of a
north pole flight, will not be used to
[carry out this plan. Dreckener. di
rector of the Zeppelin Company an
[ nounced today. The airship for
which money was raised by a large
public collection, will be prevented
according to Dreckener from carry
ing the German flag to the north
jpole, by differences of the Internat
ional Society for the exploration of
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[the Arctic. Instead of an Arctic
[ flight, the dirigible upon its complet
ion this summer, will leave on a
| world cruise. After this cruise she
[will go into passenger carrying ser
jvice between Spain and South Amer
ica.
5TITE TO INVESTIGRTE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. (JP)—
E. R. Bohner. federal prohibition ad
ministrator for northern California
announced today that the State must
investigate rumors regarding presence
of liquor in the State capitol. “This
matter,” he said, “is for State offic
ers and I think they are competent
to enforce the Wright Act.”
TRIES NEW STUNT
BERLIN, April 21. (/P)—Udet, the
prjemier German flyer, will attempt
to glide from the summit of Mt.
Seughpitze to its base 2,000 feet be
low in a motorless airplane.