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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 123. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
' MPT. LINDBERGH OFF
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS'
LARGE CROWD OF ENTHUSIAS
TIC ADMIRERS LINE FIELD
AT HOPOFF
MITCHELL FIELD, June 17. (£>)—
Lindbergh hopped off at 8:17 for St.
Louis in the monoplane “Spirit of St.
Louis,’’ after four days of unprece
dented receptions in New York. A
large crowd of enthusiastic admirers j
were at the field and lined the runway.
The police had a difficult time to keep
them away from the path. The plane
took off perfectly. Lindbergh is ex
pected to reach St. Louis at 4:30 St.
Louis time. When he flew here a
month ago he covered the 900 miles
^ from St. Louis in seven hours and 15 (
minutes, establishing a new record for,
the route. He said he planned to pro-1
#y ceed directly West.
FORMER FRENCH ACE
PUNS ROUND-WORLD
FIRST HOP WILL BE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO TOKIO IN FIF- '
TY OR SIXTY HOURS
SAN FRANCISCO. June 17. f/P)—
Plans for a non-stop flight from San
Francisco to Tokio as the first hop
in a 12-(lay trip around the world,
were announced here today by Lieut.
Bert Hall, former French ace. The
5.500-mile jump to Tokio, passing over
Honolulu, will be made in from 50 to
60 hours according to Hall. He will
i
be accompaned by a San Francisco!
newspaper man. who served as a navi
gator on Pacific merchant ships. Hall
was today on his "way to Seattle to
obtain a special type of monoplane
which he expects to have built by the !
Boeing plant.
FORMER “KING’S FAVORITE”;
TESTIFIES TO ONE WOMAN
COMMITTING SUICIDE
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 17. (^P)—j
Brooding overhte alleged betrayal ofi
King Benjamin Purnell, leader of the
House of David, Elisa Murphy drank
camphor and killed herself, Mrs. Ruth
Wuerth testified today at the State’s
suit to dissolve the colony as a nui
sance. Mrs. Wuerth, former favorite
of King Benjamin, achieved notoriety
several years ago by carrying her ac
cusation against the cult leader to
President Wilson.
SID TERRIS SLIPS OVER
SLEEP PORTION ON RUBY
NEW YORK, June 17. (^-Corn
after a right-hand smash that dumped
him for the count of nine, Sid Terris
knocked out Ruby Goldstein, rival for
New York supremacy, with a single
punch in the first round in a ring
where Lindbergh made his bow to
40,000 fans.
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ROOSEVELT FIELD, June 17. (/P)—j
The Fokker monoplane, America, was j
taken from the hangar for final in-:
spection preparatory to a flight fori
France, but it seemed unlikely the j
takeoff will be possible today. The
most recent weather reports are un
favorable. The hope is expressed thats
the hopoff will be this week end.
AVIATORS MEET WIVES
HANOVA, June 17. (/P)—Chamber-:
lin and Levine, accompanied by their
wives, left by air for Hamburg, from
!
which they will go to Madgeburg and
then to Berlin. j
NOME AIRMAIL LETTER
RECEIVED IN SUTTEE
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SEATTLE, June 17. (/P)—Charles D. j
Garfield, secretary of the Alaska
committee of the Chamber of Com-'
;
merce, received an air mail letter of
greeting from the Nome Chamber of
Commerce in celebration of the first |
air mail service to Seward Peninsula.1
The letter left Nome May 19. and
!
reached Seattle Tuesday.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle 4, Dakland 5.
Portland 4, Sacramento 0.
Hollywood 2, Missions 0.
San Francisco 7, Los Angeles 6.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2, Chicago 7.
New York 10, St. Louis 5.
Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 10.
Boston 0, Pittsburg 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6, Washington 1.
Cleveland 10, Boston 11.
St. Louis 1, New York 8.
Chicago 4, Philadelphia 0.
BUS SKIDS ON PAVEMENT,
SCHOOL BOY LOSES LEO
SAN FRANSCICO, June 17. </P)—As
a result of a school bus skidding on
a wet pavement in the Army Presidio
reservation yesterday, Allan Stuart,
nine-year-old son of an army officer,
lost his leg and others were severely
bruised and scratched. The bus skid
ded and plunged off the road striking
a tree. It was loaded with pupils of
the army post on their way to school.
GUARDING MUZZLES
OF MACHINE GUNS
FOR MARY PtCKFORD
RUMOR ACTRESS HAS BEEN SE
LECTED AS FIRST VICTIM OF
BIG PLOT
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 17.
(JP)—Mary Pickford went to work un
der the protecting muzzles of machine
guns of police who throughout the
night guarded the home here of the
film actress. Douglas Fairbanks, her
husband, following information that
she had been selected as the first vic
tim in a million-dollar plot, accompa
nied her to the studio. Rumors in
circulation say for the last two
months plans to kidnap prominent
motion picture players have been un
der way. As a result ofthe serious
ness with which the tip is being taken
by the police is said to be shown in
the fact that police were ordered to
stand guard about the Pickford home.
DEMPSEY SAYS TEX
WING SLIP OVER
FIST ONE; ARTICLES
FORMER CHAMPION HAS THREE
OFFERS TO FIGHT OTHER
THAN RICKARD’S
LOS ANGELES, June 17. (/P)—1Tex
Rickard wired Dempsey on the eve of
his departure for the East that he
must sign articles to meet Tunney
next September for 15 per cent of the
gate receipts before being given an of
fer to meet Sharkey July 21.
Dempsey emphatically indicated that
he would not accept 15 per cent of the
gate. He suggested he might fight
Sharkey under some other promoter,
“at just as much money for me. Rick
ard is sure dreaming about pulling a
fast one when he asked me to fight
for 15 per cent of the gate. With ev
erything practically set for the Shar
key fight he stepped in with a ridicu
lous demand. Sharkey has not signed
to fight for Rickard. I have three
bona fide promotion offers when the
time comes. When I am not worth
more than 15 per cent as a drawing
card that is the exact time I am going
to hang up the gloves for good.”
SURPRISED THAT PDINTING
PURCHASED WAS ORIGINAL
PARIS, June 17. (#*)—Countess Ar
thur De Vogue, former owner of the
title painting which was bought by the
New York Mhseum, declared that she
and her husband had never regarded
the painting as anything but a good
copy and was surprised to hear ex
perts declared it to be an original.
FILES PETITION FOB
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 17. (/P)—
Vuco Perovich filed a petition for ex
ecutive clemency, declaring that under
a sentence of life imprisonment he is
eligible to parole in 15 years. He has
served 16 years. y
CM BYRD 11 WIFE
ARRIVE IK NEW YORK
NEW YORK, June 17. (£>)—Groggy
mander Byrd and wife arrived from
Virginia and hurriedly boarded a train
for Long Island. The commander,,
who will hop off for Paris as soon as
the weather is favorable, did not
pause to talk. According to the con
ductor of the train, the couple studied
charts during the trip.
FIGHTING REDUCED MINIMUM
PEKING, June 16. (JP)—Analysis
of the situation in China shows that
the fighting has been reduced to a
minimum, with the various war lords
striving to reach a settlement which
will save their faces.
UNAIDED TRIPLE PLAY
HOUSTON, Texas, June 17. (P)—
Eddie Hock, shortstop of the Hous
ton, Texas, League baseball club,
made baseball history at Dallas when
he executed an unassisted triple play
against the Dallas Steers recently.
FRESNO,’ Calif., June 17. (JP)—A
freak wind and hailstorm struck por
tions of the San Joaquin Valley early
yesterday, blowing many buildings
down and partially destroying a -large
section of lumber flume near Sanger,
also causing damages estimated at
$18,000 to the Kern county airport.
HER MM SEATTLE
ATLANTIC CITY, June 17. (/P)—
High M. Caldwell, former mayor of
Seattle and former potentate of Nile'
Temple, Imperial Order of Outer
Guard Shriners, is the only contested
election in the Fifty-third annual con
vention.
URGE REFUNDS IRE MADE
IN CALIFORNIA TUXES
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17. (JP)—
Sums which total millions of dollars ;
i
refunded to California tax payers'
under a Supreme Court ruling in
1919 must be paid back to the gov
ernment, according to the Collector j
of Internal Revenue who sent out
demands for the return of the money
yesterday.
HARD TO SUPPRESS
[UNUSUAL LIGHTS STILL BEING
SEEN—TRAPERS SAY THEY
HEARD AIRPLANE
QUEBEC, June 17. (£>)—Hope of
| finding Nungesser and Coli is dying
j hard despite the explanation that the
flares reported seen in Cerraain and
Begin Townships are merely light3
from a power house at Chute Aux
^Galets. Reports of unusual lights
are being received, and no explanation
has been found for the statement that
Georges Rosseau, trapper, had heard
an airplane on the night of May 9 on
the St. Marguerite river near Sague
nay.
SENSATIONAL PLOT TO SMUGGLE
LIQUOR INTO SOUTHERN CAL
IFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, June 17. (£>)—'The
Times says that a sensational conspi
racy to smuggle contraband liquor into
Southern California over the coast line
of Orange county and involving cer
tain payment or pact between certain,
county authorities and a notorious
rum running gang, has been in effect
nearly four years. This is the subject
of a government investigation. The
alleged conspiracy has been under of
ficial scrutiny for many months and
at least six office holders, some in
cumbent and: some missing, are linked
with the conspiracy.
URGES AGED FOR WAR
ROME, June 16. (/P)—Age should
be conscripted before youth in future
wars, contends Signora Benedetta,
feminist leader of Italy, who urged
Premier Mussolini to accept her re
cruiting plan.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION MACING
VAN SWERINGEN REFUSES AN
SWER QUESTIONS ON THE
STAND
WASHINGTON, June 17. (£>)—O. P.
Van Sweringen took the stand before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and declined to answer questions im
puting the connection of G. F. Baker,
of the First National bank, with the
proposed unification of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, Pere Marquette and the
Erie railroads. The opposition to the
merger is trying to show that IS Is
simply a Nickel Plate plan disguised.