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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 174. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 17, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Wealthy Chicago Packer
J. Ogden Armour, Dead
From Typhoid Fever
WAS ELDEST SON OF FAMOUS FOUNDER OFj
PACKING COMPANY—TOOK CHARGE OF BUSI
NESS IN 1901 UPON DEATH OF FATHER—OLD
EMPLOYES WAS HIS HOBBY—WHEN FIRED
WERE GENERALLY PUT BACK ON JOB FOR
LIFE—WAS LOVED BY EMPLOYES FOR HIS
CHARACTERISTICS
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (/P)—J. Ogden Armour, has died,
states a London cablegram received here by Lester Arm
our. It said the wealthy Chicago packer had been ill for
some time of typhoid fever and his recovery had been
hampered by a recurrence of stomach attacks. John J.
Michell Jr., accompanied by his wife, the former Lolita
Armour, recently hurried to the bedside of the father.
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BROTHER ESCAPES DEVASTAT
ING SHOWER OF LEAD; 40
MEN FORM POSSE
LOCAN, West Verginia, Aug. 17.(/P)
—State prohibition officer A. D. Hen
sley, son Earl and Ernest Marcus,
were shot to death from ambush in
the wooded country. Dave Hensley, a
brother of t*he slain officer, reported
the shooting after he escaped the
marshals, State police, prohibition
agents and deputy marshals, have
started a search for the five men
suspected of the slayings.
PINERIDGE, S. D. Aug. 17. (&)—
Much progress has been made by the
indian in the adjustment to the new
order of things but the problem is
still one of manifold complexities,
Coolidge told 7,000 red men of the
Pineridge reservation. He assured
them the government was doing
what it could to make them all self
respected and self-supporting citizens
RETURN FLIGHT ME
COLUMBIA IS FARCE
• PARIS, Aug. 17. (API—The return
flight of “Miss Columbia” turned in
to a broad farce when Charles Le
vine, -its’ owner, came to blows with
his chief engineer, Mathis. Droughin,
his pilot, separated them before much
damage was done. The fight came
when Levine sought to have the en
gine dismounted and the gas lines
drained. The result being that the
plane is in the hands of the sheriff
and the flight is off indefinitely.
CROOKED POLICE?
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (/P)—Charges
that the police were in the employ of
“Scarface Al” Capone and had acted
as protection for $100,000 brewery, in
the heart of Chicago, were made by
Federal prohibition agents.
GOAL SITUATION IN
OHIO IS UNCERTAIN
ILLINOIS OWNERS REFUSE TO
PARTICIPATE IN SCHEDULED
CONFERENCE
COLUMBUS, Aug. 17. (/P)—The
coal situation in Ohio had the rest of
the central competitive field remain
ing uncertain yesterday, with the
proposed Interstate conference of the
miners and operators seemingly balk
ed, by the refusal of the Illinois mine
owners to participate at the same
time.
The tenseness in the Ohio fields
was relieved following a report of
the Governor’s staff that there would
be no need of calling out the militia.
NORTHERN CHINESE ME
! BOMBARDING HI
LONDON, Aug. 17. (/P)—Northern
:
I Chinese forces, yesterday captured
Pukow and this afternoon are bom
barding Nanking across the Yangtze.
1 British subjects are evacuating from
! Nanking to British wrar vessels lying
along the south bank of the river.
C00L1DGE To KEEP
HANDS OFF IN 1920
iWILL HOLD SELF ALOOF FROM
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
SUCCEED SELF
RAPID CITY, S. D., Aug. 17. (£>)—
Not only has President Coolidge tak
jen himself out of next year’s race
j for President, but he will hold him
| self aloof from the contest for the
| Republican nomination to succeed
'him. Whether he will take any part
in the general campaign after that,
remain a question. Administration
support, other than that of the Presi
dent himself, is expected to be divid
ed between Herbert Hoover and Vice
President Dawes. Prank Lowden,
former Governor of Illinois, is a for
midable contender, and is likely to
get much support from Administra
tion quarters.
ATLANTIC FLIT
MAY START TODAY
BERTRAUD AND DEWITT AN
NOUNCE WILL TAKE THE AIR
AT 5 O’CLOCK
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Aug.
17. (/P)—Indications are strong in
the two storm areas of the North At
lantic of clearing up during up the
day. If so, the monoplane “Old Glo
ry,” will take off for Rome at 5 o'
clock this afternoon. Mechanics
worked all night on the giant single
motored Fokker. Pilots Floyd Ber
traud and James Dewitt Hill an
nounced all preparations for the take
off are completed, but declined
to set a definite date for the take
off merely saying it will be 5 o’clock
in the afternoon. The mechanics be
lieved the takeoff would be made
today.
DISCLOSURES MADE
CONNECTION MURDER
KENNEWICK RANCHER
WIFE AND SON-IN-LAW HELD BY
POLICE; SKULL WAS FRAC
TURED
—
SEATTLE, Aug. 17. (/P)—Two im
portant disclosures had been made
yesterday forenoon in the investiga
ted of the murder of Frank Suson
61 year old Kennewick rancher, whc
was found dying in a ditch near his
home last Friday morning. He died
soon after he was found.
His wife and son-in-law are being
I held by authorities pending a report
| by Luke S. May, Seattle criminolo
! gist, on exhibits he gathered at the
scene of the crime. Sunday.
By reason of these disclosures
Prosecutor George O. Beardsley has
'reconstructed the crime on the sup.
position that Suson was attacked anc
his skull fractured while he was
'sleeping in a haystack. The dying
man, Beardsley believes, staggered tc
The ditch, pursued by his slayei
j whose footprints have been fount
leading to and' away from the ditch
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BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 3; Brooklyn, nothing.
Cncinnati, 3; Philadelphia, 5.
St. Louis, 5; Boston 3; 11 innings
Pittsburgh, 4; New York 8.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia, 6-8; 'Cleveland 3-noth.
ing.
New York, 8; Chicago, 1.
Boston, 7; Detroit, 10.
Washington, St Louis, rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento, 6; Hollywood, 2.
Oakland, 8; Mission, 4. '
Portland, 7; San Francisco, 6.
Los Angeles, 9; Seattle, 8.
JAP SHIPS IN L. A.
SAN PEDRO, Aug. 17. (/P)-Tw<
Japanese training ships, the ligh
cruisers, Asama and Iwata, steame<
into the harbor yesterday and wer<
escorted to their anchorage by i
score of Japanese fishing boats
manned by cheering crews.
FOUR PLANES HAVE
i MADE HALFWAY MARK
EIGHT TAKE OFF
OAKLAND, Aug. 17. (/P)—1The
I dream of the aerial world began a
! trans-oceanic race at noon yesterday
j when Bennet Griffin, flying the mono
| plane Oklahoma, took off on the 2,400
; mile journey to the Island of Oahu,
| Hawaii. The first of the eight start
j ers for the $25,000 prize offered by
James Dole, went into the air at one
and a half minutes past 12 o’clock.
After a graceful spin down the run
way Capt. Irving, in the Pacific flyer,
! failed to get off in the first attempt.
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COVER HALF DISTANCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. (£>)—
Four planes have passed the halfway
mark to Hawaii.
PLANE PERSONNELS
OAKLAND, Aug. 17. (/P)—The per
sonnel of the planes in the Dole
flight are: Woolaroc, piloted by Art
Goebel and navigated by Lieut. Wil
liam Davis; Aloha, piloted by Martin
Jensen and navigated by Paul Schlut
er; Miss Doran is piloted by John
Pedlar and the navigator is Lieut.
Vilar R. Knope; the Golden Eagle is
j piloted by Jack Frost and the navi
! gator is Gordon Scott.
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POSITIONS RADIOED
OAKLAND, Municipal Airport, Aug.
17. (>P)—Two crashes marked the
start of the Dole Derby because
their wings could not lift the heavy
gasoline ballast. The El Encanto,
the home built monoplane of Lieut
Norman a. Goddard, of San Diego
was the first to crash. The little
orange and black monoplane of Maj
or Livingston Inving of Berkeley
soon followed, only to crash before
getting to the end of the runway
The Dallas, Spirit of Oklahoma
also started but was forced to returr
on account of engine trouble. The
Aloha was reported 270 miles out al
4 o’clock yesterday. The Woolaroc
I was reported 517 miles out at <:
'o’clock last night. Miss Doran anc
the Golden Eagle are unreported.
’ v OAKLAND, Aug. 17. (£>)—Normal
Goddard’s monoplane, El Encanto,
crashed yesterday as he was attempt
ing to get off the runway at the Oak
land airport on the Dole flight wher
he was approximately 4,800 feet fron
the start. Neither of the occupants
of the plane were injured. The wing o]
I the plane was completely demolished
and it was said the accident occurec
due to the failure of the rudder to gel
into action.
MORE FOREST FIRES
SEATTLE, Aug. 17. (/P)—More thar
1000 men have been sent to battle
several immense forest fires in the
Puget Sound region. Fires neai
Everett, Port Angeles, and Belling,
ham have assumed threatening pro
portions, due to extremely drj
weather.
TO PAY PENALTY
FRANKLIN, La., Aug. 17. (IP)—Mrs
> Ada Bonner LeBouef and Dr^ Thomas
: E. Dreher were found guilty of mur
[ der by a jury in St. Mary’s Crimina
s Court yesterday and James Beadle
l the third defendant, was found guiltj
, of manslaughter on the charge o;
having killed Mrs. LeBouef’s husband
ISLAND PEOPLE ARE
PROSPEROUS. SLATES
GOVERNOR'S REPORT
LAMENTABLE LACK OF INTER.
EST IN ITS ECONOMIC DE
VELOPMENT
>
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. (JP)—The
people of the Philippine Islands are
; described as “generally prosperous
er and contented and are more than
'ever appreciative of American sove
! reignty” in the annual report of the
.late Governor-General Wood, just
jmade public by the War Department.
The report in part said it is lamen
| table that the lack of interest taken
I in the economic development of the
| Archipelago, which still continues
and the undue emphasis being placed
upon the importance of mere politi
cal activity largely serving immedi
ate ambitions.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
NABBED BY POLIGE
RETURNED SEATTLE
GET RICH SCHEME FALLS BY
THE WAYSIDE; PROMINENT
PEOPLE INVESTED
SEATTLE, Aug. 17. (/P)—Sought
I for a month in connection with the
; operations of the now defunct Thom
as Allen Company Stock & Bond
Brokerage firm through which he is
alleged to have mulcted investors of
; $50,000, Harry M. Kassmir, 34, was
'brought to Seattle from Portland last
night by police inspectors. The com
: pany’s manipulations official records
j reveal were not confined to small
'wage earners who so often part with
his meager savings to the advantage
of the get-rich-quick artist. Mayor
Bertha K. Landers and city employes
and professional men and women lost
varying sums that they invested with
Kassmir.
101 THREATENED OK
LARGE FOREST FIRE
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! PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17. (TP)—
Stevenson, Washington, a town of
600 inhabitants, 25 miles Northeast
of here1 was threatened by forest
fires in the Columbia National forest
yesterday. A dirt fire line was being
hastily thrown up, a half mile from
the town by the inhabitants.
SEARCH FOR FOREST
RANGER IN RESERVE
SEATTLE, Aug. 17. (TP)—Missing
since yesterday morning, when he
entered .the Carbon River country to
search for a reported brush fire,
Claude Eaton, forest ranger, was be
1 ing sought for by fellow rangers who
■ believe he has been injured or lost in
■ the wilderness of the National re
, serve. To aid in the search, Sheriff
' Bannick dispatched Arnold Von Min
! kelreid, German police dogr and his
. trainer to Fairfax.