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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 203. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
50 PER CENT BETTER
IS SO NEAR THE DEMPSEY OF
FIRPO DAYS THAT DIFFER
ENCE UNSEEN
TOOK TUNNEY AND SHARKEY
FIGHT TO BRING HIM BACK;
AWAY THREE YEARS
LINCOLN FIELD, III., Sept. 20. (/P)
—Unbiased observers who have watch
ed Dempsey in all of his fights since
he defeated Willard are of the opinion
that he is on edge and if at the pres
ent day Dempsey isn't the same old
Dempsey of the Firpo days he is so
close to the real article that his ad
mirers can hardly distinguish the dif
ference.
Some say his victory over Sharkey
caused the change and that it dispell
ed all doubt that may have been in
his mind as to whether he could come
back and having convinced himself
that he still carried his murderous
punch and can stand up under punch
ing, is certain he can destroy the popu
lar belief “they never come back”.
Today, Dempsey lounged about his
training camp and found great diffi
culty in keeping still. Dempsey said
“I know 1 am in the best condition. I
feel it. When I fought Tunney a year
ago I had not had a fight for three
years and it took that fight and the
one I had with Sharkey to bring me
back. I will regain the title. I feel
sure of it.”
Some of Dempsey’s admirers and
critics say he is 25 per cent better
than when he fought Sharkey and at
least 50 per cent better than when he
fought Tunney.
I
FEELS SAD
STILL WAT OFF
MYSTERIOUS GROUP OF FIVE
CANDIDATES FOR REFEREE
SUBJECT DISCUSSION
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. (/P)—The pros
pects are that it will take a last min
ute rush of ticket selling to reach the
hoped for $3,000,000 gate.
Discussion of the mysterious groui
of five candidates for referee and the
episodes in Dempsey’s open letttei
►ere the chief topics of interest.
For the big battle Tex Rickard said
“I do not expect to sell out as none ol
the big heavyweight fights ever have
been sold out. The sale of the lowei
priced tickets has been surprisingly
slack but the box office men say it
picked up today. However, we need
to dispose of around 30,000 or 40,00C
more pasteboards to gross $3,000,00C
• in receipts.”
FIGHT ODDS DROP
CHICAGO, Sept 20. (JP)—Be|tting
odds on the fight dropped to seven tc
five in favor of Tunney with talk oi
even money and even odds in favoi
of Dempsey by Thursday night.
DID HIS MI
MABRY IDE 01 OH
NOUS QUESTION
AVIATOR YOUNG AND TEXAS
HEIRESS REPORTED TO HAVE
BEEN WED SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Sept. 20. (^—Purport
ed records of the King County Supe
rior Court gave an account of the
marriage of Miss Mildred Sophia
Schweikart, of Houston, Texas, to
George E. Young, aviator of Fair
banks. The Times said the girl is
the daughter of a Houston million
aire. The record^ show they were
married September sixth. The news
| paper quoted unnamed friends of the
I couple as saying Young and Miss
Schweikart met on the boat bound
from Alaska to Seattle. Two chap
ercnes were accompanying Misc Seh
weikart on the trip, but their watch
fulness availed them nothing. Their
friends also said Miss Schwcikait,
jafter reaching Seattle, pleaded a
headache and sent her chapc"cnes
to the theater during which ti ne she
was married in the hotel. *
THE PLOT THICKBNS
HOUSTON, Sept. 20. (;?)--Miss
'Schweikart, a public school teacher
i in a suburb here, denied she married
Young or that she is marr'e! *-t all.
She said was in Seattle and Alaska
about the time of her reported mar
jriage, but denied she knew Young.
'Miss Schweikart is the daughter of
|Louis F. Schweikart, a member of a
I Houston firm of insurance agents.
THEY 1 PERFECT
CONDITION; IS READY
DEFEND HIS TITLE
ASSAULTS BAGS, TWO SPARRING
PARTNERS FOR FIVE ROUNDS,
NOW RESTS
LAKEVILLA, 111., Sept. 20. (JP)—
Gene Tunney’s gloves have been laid
away in his chest to await the next
training siege sometime after the
Dempsey battle. Tunney boxed for
the last time today before climbing
through the ropes Thursday night to
face Dempsey’s desperate bid to re
gain the title.
Tunney’s body was heavily swathed
in full length woolen underwear and
a thick purple sweater and he pranc
ed through five rounds against two
sparring partners after assaulting
both the light and heavy bags six
minutes apiece. Critics are unani
mous in that Tunney is right on the
edge of being in perfect condition.
THREE ARE KILLED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (/P)—Two
American marines and a Nicaraguan
National guardist were killed in a
fight yesterday with bandits.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
BOSTON, Sept. 20. (JP)—Ninety-two
cases of infantile paralysis were re
ported here for the week. This was
the largest for any week this year.
LESLIE MILLER IN
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CHICAGO, Sept. 20. (£>)— Leslie
Miller of Des Moines, Iowa, winged
Ms way through perilous fogs over
mountain tops to take the lead at the
end of the fourth lap in the New York
to Spokane air derby. When he ar
rived here tonight, C. W. Myers, was
a minute and a half behind, while J. S.
Charles, of Richmond, was third; Mil
ler said “It was the most dangerous
hop I ever made as most of the way
I had a visibility range of but 500 feet.
When I was about 50 miles east of
Belle Fonte, Pa., it rained so hard the
magneto of the machine got wet and
the motor suddenly stopped. I looked
for a landing place but all I could see
for miles were tree tops. I worked
on the engine while dropping and fin
ally got one cylinder then seven to
work. I rode into Belle Fonte on
seven cylinders”.
GERMAN MU PILOT IS
OFF, ROUND-WORLD HOP
COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 20. (/P)
—'Lieutenant Otto Koennecke took
off for the Far East enroute to the
I United States at 2:42 this afternoon.
His first scheduled stop is at Ango
ra, Turkey. His financial backer,
Count Solms Laubaek and the radio
expert, Johannes Hermann, are also
in the plane.
BASE
NATIONAL LEAGUUE
i
New York, 10; Ciincinnati, 6.
Brooklyn, 3; Pittsburgh, nothing.
Philadelphia, 5; St. Louis, 12.
Boston, nothing; Chicago, 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland, 1; Washington, 4.
I St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Boston,
Detroit, rain.
BALL SCOBES
MISS VILMA BAZANT
Seward’s own
In concert this evening
PROGRAM
I
“ Romance ” .Wieniawski
Souvenir ”.*. Drdla
Zephr ”. .Hubay
f< Hindu Chant ” .Rymski—Korsakoff
p Polonaise ” . Wieniawski
II
“ Endearing Charms ”
Souvenir de Moscow ...Wieniawski
in
Waltz .Brahmo — Hochstein
“ Hark! Hark! the Lark ”.Schubert
“ Ave Maria ”.Schubert — Wilhemj
“ The Bee ” .... ..Schubert
IV
“ Humoreske v.Dvorak
( Zigeunrweisen ) Gypsy Airs.Sarasate
SUPREMACY OF ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SEEN, DOME, SEATTLE
i FIELD, ANNOUNCED
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ARCTIC TRANSPORTATION COM.
PANY, SUBSIDIARY OF REIN
DEER CORPORATION
ALSO PASSENGER SERVICE
LOWMAN INTERESTS NOW CON
TROL ALL LUMBER, OIL, COAL,
SHIPPING BUSINESS
SEATTLE, Sept. 20. The su
premacy of the Alaska Steamship Co.,
in the Seattle and Nome transporta
tion field is seen in the announcement
that the Arctic Transportation Co., re
cently organized as a subsidiary of the
Lomen Reindeer and Lighterage Co.,
at Golovin. Thus the Lomen interest
has acquired the bulk of all the lum
ber, oil, coal, and shipping business to
to Nome.
The Arctic Transportation Co., an
nounced it will use its recently ac
quired motorship Sierra and the Silver
Wave and the Donaldson as common
i farriers paving the way to entering
| Alaskan transportation business on
| a large scale. In the winter, when
| navigation to Nome is closed, the
! Sierra and any other vessels here
1 after acquired by the company will be
| operated in intercoastal business be
1 tween Seattle and New York. The
\ Sierra was purchased to bring rein
!deer carcasses to the States in cold
: storage and will also carry general
freight north. The Donaldson and
Silver Wave will sail from Seattle
| every spring for Nome with general
freight and after arrival at Nome be
used in coastwise business from Nome
i to St. Michael, and Nome to Kotzebue
: Sound ports.
Ralph Lomen, president of the com
; pany, said additions to the fleet will
be made when business warrants it
“and should a demand arise for pas
senger service a vessel will be provid
ed. We will certainly take care of
*he needs of the district served by us
just as fast as the need arises.”
IN PLANE DACE KILLED
LONG VALLEY, N. J., Sept. 20. (JP)
—Richard Hudson, of Marysville,
Mich., piloting the first of the 15
jplanes to take*' off from New York
yesterday in the National air derby,
class B, and passenger J. P. Radike,
were killed, when the plane crashed
into woods.
ELtCT NOME MINISTER
SEATTLE, Sept. 20. (/P)—'The Puget
Sound conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church appointed Reverend
R. Z. Newton, as minister to Nome.
A NIGJHT OF TERROR
WARSAW, Sept. 20. (£>)—Residents
of Carcow .passed a night of terror
when an insane soldier broke into an
arsenal containing tons of explosion,
and stood for hours at an open window
threatening to blow up the city.