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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 154. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FORD SETTLES SUIT
OF EDITOR. WRITER
OUT OF COURT N. I
SETTLEMENT FOLLOWED PUB
LIC RETRACTION WHICH WAS
PART OF CONSIDERATION
NEW YORK, July 25. (/P)—Settle
ment of the |200,000 libel suit
brought by Herman Bernstein, wTiter
and editor, against Henry Ford, and
based on anti-Jewish articles in the
Dearborn Independent, was announced
by Slamuel Untermyer, Bernstein’s at
torney. The settlement followed
upon a letter of retraction made pub- j
lie by Untermyer as part of the con-1
sideration for withdrawal of the suit.1
Untermyer said Ford had agreed to
co-operate in an effort to obtain and
destroy editions of the International
Jew Book, composed of matter taken
from articles in the Dearborn Inde
pendent which had been translate#
into several foreign languages.
FEMALE FORGER OF
. MANY ALIASES IS
ARRESTED SEATTLE
REPORTED TO BE ONE OF THE
CLEVEREST WOMAN CRIMI
NALS ON PACIFIC COAST j
SEATTLE, July 25. (^—Reported
to be one of the cleverest woman crim
inals who ever put down a bad check
on the Pacific coast, with a record of'
Laving put more than 25,000 bad
checks in circulation, was arrested
yesterday following a thrilling chase
through the business district. When
the police investigated their comely i
prisoner at headquarters they report-j
ed that they found that she has a re
* eord in practically every city on the 1
•oa»t, and that she is no less a persdn
than Miss Hazel Wallejo, alias Mrs. S.
H. Waite, alias Mrs. Wm. E. Corres,
•lias Mrs. Muria Correa, alias Mara
Roberts, alias Mrs. E. W. Breed, alias
Mra. W. E. Griffin, alias Mrs. W. K.
MoOivitt, alias Mias Muria Haftley.
MAYOR WALKER ASKS THAT ALL
ACTION BE DEFERRED SO HE |
CAN REVIEW SITUATION
^ NTSW YORK, July 25. (/P)—Danger
jf K a subway strike loomed as the
workers planned a meeting to take a
rote on an immediate walkout. Mayor
Walker took a hand in the situation
by asking the men to defer action
antil he has a chance to review the
situation. The disposition of the men
is opposed to any delay. The police!
V* i
are making ready to handle a general;
strike at any moment.
ATLANTA, July 25. {&)— Dempsey
said: “If I win back the crown I will
get out of the game forever rather
than wait three years before meeting
a worthy contender.” Dempsey said
if he was champion again he would be
a fighting champion or no champion at
all.
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616 LEADER GETS .
DEATH SENTENCE ID
ASSISTANTS LIFE
CHARLES BIRGER FOUND GUILTY
MURDER JOE ADAMS, MAYOR
WEST CITY
BENTON, III., July 25. (JP)—Charles
Birger, notorious southern Illinois
gang leader, was giren the death pen
alty and Art Newman and Ray Hy
land, henchmen, were given life sen
tences by the Circuit court which j
found them guilty of murder of Joe j
Adams, Mayor of West City. The jury
deliberated 22 and a half hours. At-;
torneys announced that they would j
file a motion for a new trial and if re
fused will appeal to the Supreme!
court.
TROUBLE WITH MOTHER, “MA”
KENNEDY, LEADS TO FRIC
TION—“MA>’ GETS CANNED
LOS ANGELES, July 25. UP)—A let-:
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ter from Aimee Semple McPherson, in :
which she indicated that she was j
stepping quietly out of the Angelus
Temple forever, and penniless when
she left here several weeks ago for
Chicago, was made public yesterday
by its recipient, Rev. C. E. J. Jaynes
of the Riverside branch of the evange
list’s church. Mrs. McPherson is leav
ing because of trouble with her moth
er, “Ma” Kennedy. An ultimatum,
virtually demanding the firing of “Ma”
Kennedy from the office of the Ange
lus Temple, was issued by 300 mem
bers of the congregation, yesterday.
The titian-haired evangelist was asked
to return immediately, to take charge
of the Gospel.
PROMINENT ACTRESS DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. (£>)—
Florance Roberts, beloved of the San
Francisco theatrical stars, and a re
cent star of the Henry Duffy Play
ers here, died last night in Los An
geles. '
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Sunday’s Games)
Pittsburg 2-4, Boston 6-3. Second
game six innings. Other games posl
poned on account of rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2, Detroit 3.
New York 5, Chicago 3.
Washington 9, St. Louis 8.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 5, Seattle 3.
Hollywood 6, Portland 9.
Oakland 9, Los Angeles 12.
Sacramento 8, San Francisco 6.—
ten innings.
(Sunday’s Games)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 14, St. Louis 6.
Philadelphia 6-2, Cleveland 9-6.
New York 3, Chicago 2.
Boston 8, Detroit 5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 11-3, New York 6-7.
Chicago 2-7, Brooklyn 3-1.
St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 9.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 2-4, Portland 4-1.
Oakland 5-3, Los Angeles 6-2.
Missions 6-1, Seattle 9-2.
Sacramento 8-4, Shn Francisco 10-8.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Pittsburg —i- 54 35 607
Chicago __ 55 36 .604
St. Louis _ 52 37 .5S4
New York _ 49 46 .566
Brooklyn _ 41 50 .451
Cincinnati . 33 52 .422
Philadelphia ..— 37 51 .420
Boston . 34 53 .391
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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New York ... 6
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Washington . 53
Detroit .-.- 49 38
Philadelphia _ 48 42
Cleveland-.. 39 54
St. Louis _ 37 52
Chicago __ 4S 47
Boston _ 23 67
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L.
Oakland - 70
Seattle . 66
San Francisco__ 66
Sacramento _ 62
Portland - 56
Missions . 56
Hollywood _ 56
Los Angeles- 49
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SEATTLE EMBEZZLER
ARRESTED IN SOUTH
LOS ANGELES, July 25. (^—How
ard N. Howe, former employe of Cren
* ■
shaw and Bloxen of Seattle, who is
charged with embezzling a sum which
may reach $40,000, was arrested yes
terday in Hollywood. He gave as a
reason of the theft that Mrs. Howb
liked pretty things and “Well, you
know a bookkeeper doesn’t make a
lot of money,” he said.
SPENCER IS PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, July 25. (£>)—M. Lyl©
Spencer, former director of the Uni
versity of Washington school of jour
nalism and vice-president of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce, was named
president of the University of Wash
ington, succeeding Suzallo, whom the
regents ousted last fall. Spencer will
get $12,000 a year. Suzallo got $18,
000. . * v .■
%
REPRESENTATIVE M.
E. CRUMPACKER DIES;
JUMPED INTO BAY
POLICE FOUND HIM, EARLIER IN
EVENING, SITTING ON CURB
ING
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. (£>)—
M. E. Crumpacker .Representative in
Congress from the Third Oregon dis
trict, died at the Central Emergency
hospital after he had been pulled from
San Francisco Bay. Witnesses said
he jumped into the water from a point
near the Golden Gate ferry slip. He
was aged 41 and was serving his first
term in Congress.
Crumpacker had been taken to the
Emergency hospital last night when
the police found him sitting on the
curbing and had listened to his story
to the effect that he had been pois
oned. He resisted going to the hos
pital and was released on request. He
left the hospital in company with
friends who said they would take him
to his hotel. He accompanied the
friends1 to the hotel but did not take a
room. He left at 7 o'clock this morn
ing and the authorities had not ac
counted for his doings between that
hour and the time the plunge was
taken into the bay.
LUTE KING RUMANIA
LAID TO REST NEAR
NATION POURS FORTH ITS SOR
ROW, LOVE AND DEVOTION AT
SOLEMN SERVICES
CURTEADARGES, Rumania, July
25. (/P)—King Ferdinand, founder of
new Rumania, was aid to est along
side of his great uncle, King Carol I.,
builder of Old Rumania, while the na
tion poured out its sorrow, love and
devotion after impressively solemn
over the body. The dead monarch’s
body was borne by special train over
and moving orthodox religious service
the 150-mie route to this little medical
town, where the bodies of Rumania’s
ancient sovereigns are interred.
i WOMAN IS MISSING
! FROM YACHT PARTY
ON PUGET SOUND
I SKIPPER PLAYED HOST WITHOUT
i KNOWLEDGE OF VESSEL’S
OWNER
j
—
SEATTLE, July 25. (JP)—Mysterious
ly missing after a gay party aboard
| the yacht Murial F., during which the
skipper, A. B. Fell, played host with
out the knowledge of the owner,
; Creigh Nelson, Miss Violet Maude
Payne, Seattle music teacher, whose
(studio is in the University building at
! Third avenue and University street,
i is the object of a search by Seattle
police. Mrs. Maybell Fiddler, a sister,
reported that Miss Payne only had
three or four drinks, and she said that
she feared her sister, who is 34 years
of age, had fallen overboard.
FOUR PERSONS HELD
SEATTLE, July 25. (JP)—Four per
sons, including F. Creigh Nelsoa,
wealthy clubman, are held at the city
jail without bail as police and county
officers sought to clear up the mys
tery surrounding the death of Misa
Violet Payne, who disappeared early
last Wednesday after a party aboard
Nelson’s yacht. Prisoners, in addition
to Nelson, are E. E. Barrington, as
sistant secretary of the Seattle Yacht
Club; A. F. Bell, skipper of the yacht,
and Mrs. A. F. Gorman. All four were
at a party preceding the disappear
ance of the music teacher. The body
was found at 4 o’clock Saturday a few
rods from the yacht, but the cause of
death has not been determined. Walk
ing into the police station Thursday,
Bell and Mrs. Gorman said the woman
had disappeared during a party. Bell
said he, Mrs. Gorman and Payne were
the only persons at the party. The
four were arrested after the police
had received a tip that Barrington
knew something about the death, and
after several hours of questioning by
detectives all four admitted they were
at the party and said that while leav
ing the yacht Miss Payne fell into the
water and efforts to rescue her were
i
unavailing, and it w-as decided to
hush up the affair for fear of pub
licity.
IDINCE CAROL APPEARS
LIKE IDEA OF ID
PARIS, July 25. (#*)—Richer by his
father’s bequest of $-00,000, former
Crown Prince Carol of Rumania now
appears to cherish the idea of mount
ing the throne that he repeatedly re
nounced, judging by the statements in
the press, in which he refers to him
self as King Carol of Rumania.
WATER NOTICE
Wiater will be shut off on Sixth
and Adams, including the power
plant, depot and the Standard oil, at
9 o’clock tonight for a few minutes.