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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 151 SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927. PRICE TEN CENTS
BRISTOL BAY PACK
CONSIDERABLY UNDER
LAST YEAR’S CATCH
NUSHAGAK AREA CLOSED SAT.
URDAY LARGE SCHOOI HAL
IBUT ARE SEEN
KETCHIKAN, July 21. (£>)—With the
salmon run here considerable be
hind that of last year local cannery
men are encouraged by reports of
ti immense schools being seen outside
by halibut vessels arriving. This
means the fish are on the way to the
spawning grounds. Traps nearer the
ocean reported better catches and
private advises said* the run nas be
gun in Icy Straits. Dispatches also
said the Nushagak area was closed
•Saturday with fishing in other Bris
tol Bay points ending Tuesday. The
pack there was 017 60 per cent of
^ last year’s pack.
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‘ IS HEPOBTED BOBBED
LOS ANGELES, July 21.(£>)—'Two
burglaries of the Angelus Temple
from which an undetermined sum of
money was taken was disclosed to
night by Minnie Kennedy. In com
menting upon the hurried return of
Aimee Me Pherson,who has abandon
ed her Alton Illinois revival to rush
to Los Angeles, Minnie denied any
funds had been embezzled.
ORDERS OFFICERS ARRESTED
MEXICO CITY, July 21. {IP)—
President Calles has ordered the ar
rest of the captain and two lieut
enants of the police charged ’with
having entered the homes of Catho
lics and demanding money for im
munity from arrest.
BEAUTY IS PINCHED
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 21. (/P)
—Ivadie Hanim, one of Turkey’s
most beautiful women and well
known author has been placed on
trial for her utterances in attacking
and accusing all prophets of being
charlatans.
SHAKEUP IN DEPARTMENT
OAKLAND, July* 21. (/P)—New
police chief, a new chief of the' Fire
Department and a general shift of
the commissioners featured yester
day’s shakeup of the city adminis
tration.
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TRAINS CRASH; SEVEN KILLED
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 21. (#*)—
Seven persons were killed and four
injured in a collision on the Toledo
Angola and Western Railway here
yesterday when an interurban ^ as
struck by a freight train.
ORDERS RELEASE PRISONERS
MEXICO CITY, July 21. (/P)—Pres
ident Calles has ordered the release
of all prisoners who have been ar
rested in charges of sedition for
right to hold Catholic church cere
monies.
MOTHER UNO DAUGHTER
HODIES FOUND IN TREE
ORANGEVILLE, Idaho, July 21. (fp)
—Tied together by apron strings the
bodies of Mrs. Howard Clark and her
ten months old daughter were found
in a sunken tree in the Little Salmon
river, 75 miles South of here.
VIOLATED NATIONAL BANKING
ACTS $794,514 INVOLVED; OUT
ON BAIL
PORTLAND, July 21. <£>)— Emory
Olmstead, former president of the
defunct Northwestern National Bank,
and J. E. Wheeler, president of the
bankrupt Portland Telegram Publish
ing Company and numerous timber
companies, arrived following their
indictment by the federal grand jury
for conspiracy and violation of the
National Banking Acts. Both have
been released on $15,000 bail. The
amount involved is $794,514.00. The
indictments cites 32 alleged viola
tions from October 9, 1924 to March
29 of this year. They are accused of
embezzling funds for the benefit of
the McCormick lumber company and
Wheeler. It‘s president, alleged Wheel
er deposited a worthless check which
Olmestead directed'credited to the
lumber company.
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BASEBALL SCORES
, NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 1-3; Brooklyn 2-1
Cincinnati 4-1, Boston 2-2.
Pittsburgh 3-6, Philadelphia 4-5.
Chicago 4, New York 5.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5, Chicago 3.
COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 4, Portland 5.
Sacramento 4, San Francisco 2.
Missions 4 Seattle 9.
Oakland 6, Los Angeles 12.
FRANC BE STABILIZED
PARIS, July 21. (^P)—Reports from
Washington that during autumn the
franc is likely to be stabilized at ap
proximately one-fifth value of the
pre-war franc has aroused discussion
as to advisability of such a move.
COAL DUMPED BY CARLOAD
CARDIFF, Wales, July 21. (#)—
Hoists which lift coal cars into the
air and poise them over ships so that
their contents may fall into the holds
have been installed at the docks here
APPEALS TO ...ONE ..TIME PARA.
MOUR GRAY ASSUME RES
POSSIBILITY DEATH. /
NEW YORK. July 21. (JP)—The
Daily News says Mrs. Ruth Snyder,
i frightened by her approaching elec
trocution, has„ appealed to her one
'time paramour, Henry Judd Gray, to
assume full responsibility for the
murder of her husband «*. saying
“If you will take full responsibility
for Albert’s death and exonerate me
I will, when set free, devote my en
tire time and funds in saving you.”
FAVOR CONSTRUCTION OF
! A DAM NEW RIVER SITE
DENVER, 21. (IP)—Erection
of a large storage and power dam
in Black Canyon rather than at the
proposed Boulder Canyon dam site
on the Colorado river is favored by
32 of the members of the fact-finding
advisory commission, named several
weeks ago by Secretary of the Inter
ior Stubert Work.
EIFFEL TOWER ASCENT
| IS BECOMING STEEP
PARIS. July 22. (#)■—Even the
price of going up has gone up.
The charge for ascending the Eif
fel Tower, the tallest structure in the
world, has been raised.
Five francs w^as the cost for the
post-war inflation period, but as busi
ness has been good an additional
franc is charged now.
The tower generally is considered
a public institution, but it really is
owned *by the company that built it
for the 1889 Exposition. The city
gets a percentage and it was to in
crease the city’s share that the view
of the country around Paris has been
made more expensive.
BRITISH CIGARETTES ARE
SHORTENED Bl NEW TAX
LONDON, July 22. (JP)—An eighth
of an inch has been choped off Brit
ish cigarets since Winston Churchill
tacked a few pence onto the tobacco
tax as an aid in budget balancing.
Popular brands are still sold at 20
for a shilling, and the fact that they
had been shortened was not general
ly known until revelations were made
in the House of Commons by labor
members, who opposed the tobacco
levy in their fight for a free break
fast table. i
KING'S FIHEHIL WILL
TIKE PLACE ON SUNDAE
PARIS, Julyv 21.(/P)—A SaVas dis
patch says the funeral of King Fer
dinand has been postponed from Sat
urday to Sunday in order to permit
the rural population time to reach
the Capital to pay their last respect
and homage to their Ifcte King.
ENGLISH HT1
STURTS ATLANTIC
FLIGHT SATURDAY
CAPT. COURTNEY MAKING ADDI
TIONAL ADJUSTMENTS WAIT
ING FAVORABLE WEATHER
SOUTH HAMPTON, July 21. (£>)—
Friday evening or Saturday morning
has been set by Ohpt. M. Courtney,
English officer for his flight to New
York. Another test of his flying boat
“Whale” demonstrated further ad
justments were necessary. The wea
ther bureau reports threatening wea
ther which report aided his decision
in postponing the flight.
BAD WEATHER THREATENS
SOUTH HAMPTON, Eng., July 21.
(zp)—Threatening mid-Atlantic weath
er caused Capt. M. Courtney to post
pone his proposed trans-Atlantic flight
until Friday or Saturday.
SIERRA NORTHBOUND
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. (IP)—
! Heralded as the first reindeer ship
of the World, the Motorship Sierra,
belonging to Carl Lomen of New
York, left for Alaska.
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WISH TO FLY TO ORIENT
Ookland, July 21. (IP)— Lieuten
ants Maitland and Hengenberger say
| they would like to make a flight from
! San Francisco to the Orient stopping
at Honolulu, Midway Island, Guam and
end at Manila or go on to the Orient.
PROSECUTOR IS QUESTIONED
Boston, July 21. (/P)—Frederick
G. Katzmann, lormer district attor
ney and chief prosecutor at the Sacco
Vanzatte trial, appeared as the star
witness Tuesday in the investigation
into the trial being carried on by Gov
ernor Fuller1 of Massachusetts.
HELEN WILLS ARRIVES
New York, July 21J/P)— Helen
Wills arrived here from Europe yester
day from her recent British tennis
tour. She appeared in the best of
health and declared that she has no
intention of turning professional.
AIR MAIL IN SIGHT
WASHINGTON, July 21. (JP)—Aii
mail between New York and New
Orleans is expected soon as the result
of conferences which will be held
this week at Rirminchani Ala
NEW YORK, July 21. (£>)— FLASH
Dempsey wins by knockout in 7th.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today’s paper
was held up one hour in anticipation
of publishing the fight returns today,
round by round. With the exception
of the flash above no rounds were
| reported prior to 5 o’clock..The full
account will appear in tomorrow’s
issue.
IDEAL WEATHER IS
PROMISED FOR BIG
NEW YORK BATTLE
RICKARD HAS ALWAYS HAD
UNCANNY LUCK WITH
THE ELEMENTS
NEW YORK, July 21.(^—Pro
verbial Tex Rickard weather tor the
Dempsey. Sharkey fight is promised.
The sun broke through a dense fog
at 8 o’ clock this morning. Weather
sharks predicted the hordes of fans
will be able to enjoy the encounter
jwithout worrying about the weather.
Riekard has had uncanny luck witu
the elements for all of his open air
shows with the exception of the
memoriable deluge at Philadelphia,
last September, when Dempsey lost
his glittering crown. #
DISABLED SOLDIERS
I NOW DECORATE GOWNS
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! LONDON, July 13. (^—Disabled
j former service men are engaged in
decorating fine cloth for rest gowns,
day frocks and evening gowns.
! Princess Mary has bought three
idress lengths of the decorated cloth
known as “Painted fabric.”
j One is soft blue inlet with laven
der crocus border painted up from
the hem of the skirt. Another dress
length is in rose pink with a med
ieval painted design. Princess Mary
also bought an apricot-colored shawl
with the same type of work.
ORCHESTRA IS STRANDED
CHICAGO, July 21. (^—Chicago’s
symphony orchestra is stranded.
Trouble between the Orchestra Asso
ciation and players regarding salar
ies has caused the abandoment of the
present tour.
MOVIE STAR JAILED
LOS ANGELES, July 21. (£>)—Cub
Ion Landis, 2J motion picture star,
was locked up in jail Yesterday to
serve a five day sentence for failure
to pay alimony to his divorced wife.
CAL GETS TRIMMED
RAPID CITY, Jhly 20. (IP)—Shears
and barber aprons were brought on
the porch of the summer White*
House and President Coolidge had a
hair cut today.
TRAIN WRECK IN SOUTH
_Trinidad, * Colorado, July 21. (IP)—
Eighteen persons were injured when
the Colorado Southern train, north
bound, left the tracks at Branson.
The engine and two coaches turned