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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 27.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
French Canadian
Wins Dog Derby
120 Nile Race
IS THIRD VICTORY IN THREE YEARS—STARTED
THIS YEAR FAVORITE OVER FIELD—YOUNG
BROTHER CAPTURES THIRD HONORS—EARL
BRYDGES TAKES SECOND PLACE AND RUS
SICK FOURTH
THE PASS, Man., Jan. 28. (/P)—Emil St. Goddard, aged
28, French-Canadian, won the 120-mile The Pass Dog
Derby yesterday in 11 hours 27 minutes and 501-2 sec
onds. This is St. Goddard’s third victory in three years.
In 1Q25 he won the 100-mile non-stop race. Last year he
won the 90-mile non-stop event. 'This year he started as
a two to one favorite. Earl Brydges, aged 20, finished
29 minutes one and a half seconds behind St. Goddard.
Emil’s 17-year-old brother Leo was third with 12 hours
four minutes and 19 seconds. “Shorty” Russick was
fourth. The veteran musher who was the 1924 champion
in the 200-mile non-stop race, had trouble with his dogs.
LONDON, Jan. 28. (IP)—It is under
stood that Charge d’Affaires O’Malley
is authorized to make proposals to
the Cantonese Foreign Minister em
bracing the eventual surrender of the
British concessions throughout China
including extra territory.
cm WILL KIN
CONTROL Of MIMS
> REACHES AGREEMENT WITH
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS—IN
COME TAX LIENS RELEASED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (^—Char
lie Chaplin, film comedian, will re
gain control over $1,600,000 of his tried
up fortune today. An agreement
with government officials to release
these funds from tax liens has beer
reached. The funds affected are those
in New York. The California liens
will stand for the present. The fail
ure to release the funds in California
was pointed out by Chaplin’s attorney
as a move to save expenses because
the moment they were freed a recei
vership would be appointed in an ef
fort to collect alimony and settlement
claimed to be due Mrs. Chaplin.
PLANES POLICED 11 AT
' SEA SAVED BT TENIEB
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 28. (/P)— One
of a number of airplanes which left
here Monday for Charleston, S. C.,
was picked up by the tender Teal af
ter having been forced down apparent
ly by engine trouble, according to a
report from the Hampton Roads naval
air station. The pilot was not named
or the nature of the mishap explained.
SEATTLE, Jan. 28. (£>)—Governor
Parks arrived from the East.
FORMER MIT MAY
fit PRESIDENT CHINA
WOULD COMBINE DUTIES HEAD
CIVIL AFFAIRS AND FORM
ALLIANCE GEN. ISSIMO
PEKING, aJn. 28. (/P)—Keen for
eign observers of Chinese politics are
discussing with interest the indica
tions that Chang Tso Lin, former
bandit and< present dictator of Man
churia, will be elected President of
China within a few days. He would
combine the duties of head of civil
affairs with that of General Issimo
jin an alliance against the Cantonese.
MORE TROOPS LAND
SHANGHAI, Jan. 28. (£>)—'The third
company of soldiers landed without
incident.
WOMIIII'S TORSO FOUND
IH RUTILE WOODS
DUBUQUE, la., Jan. 28. (JP)—A
woman’s torso was unearthed in the
woods near Platteville, Wis., where
William M. Coffey, bigamist and slay
er of his wife Hattie, said he buried
11 parts of her body after killing her
with a baseball bat.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 28.^)—Stanley
Comstock, a former fiance of Peggy
Hopkins Joyce and Connie Almy, Mi
ami, Beach night club entertainer, ex
pects to be married within a short
time, Miss Almy said.
—
18,000,000 IN U. S., 1930
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (£>)—’The
(Bureau of the Census estimates that
the population of the United States
in 1930 will be 123,288,000 as com
pared with 105,710,620, the total re
ported in 1920. The prospective fig
ure is based on various State, city
and school enumerations that have
been taken.
CATALINA CHANNEL CHAMP. AP
PARENTLY CARELESS IN EN
TERING U. ,S.
LOS ANGELES, aJn. 28. (£>)—Geo.
Young and former friend and support
er, Bill Hastings, face deportation if
the cannot produce properly vised
permits for entrance to the United
States. Young's associates said Has
tihfes had the papers but Hastings
showed only a permit to bring a mo
torcycle ■ into the United States for
four months. As the tourists officials
interpreted Hastings’ statements,
neither complied with the immigration
regulations. •
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
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NEW YORK, Jan. 28. (JP)—One wo
| man was burned to death and nine
persons were injured, two seriously,
in a fire that occurred in a five-story
tenement house on East 75fh street
here, early today.
FILIPINO BOY ABANDONED
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 27. (JP)—An
11-year-old Filipino boy was found
wandering the streets here last night.
In his pockets were §85. He told a
weird tale of having accompanied a
f sailor half way around the world. He
said the sailor gave him the money.
' PASTOR UNDER ARREST
!. LOS ANGELES, aJn. 28. (£>)—'Trou
J ble took another laugh at Rev. Robert
Miller, ousted pastor of a Los Angeles
church, yesterday when he was arrest
ed a second time in two days for
drunkenness. The warrant was sworn
out by his wife.
SEAGOING HORNED OWL
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. (JP)—Out of a
blue sky a thousand miles from land,
a horned owl flew to the rigging‘of
the Leviathan and is now in the pos
session of the New York zoo. The
bird was in mid-ocean and apparently
had relanded from some other liner.
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DIVORCEE SEEKS REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (JP)— Rich
|ard E. Byrd has been promoted ,to the
rank of commander in the naval re
serves in recognition of his Polar
flight. President Coolidge, at his own
request, signed the new commission
himself and commented complimen
tary upon Byrd’s past services.
“SAPS OF 1927”
^ARMEL, N. Y., Jan. 28. (£>)-—'The
opening play of “Saps of 1927.” featur
ing “Daddy” and “Peaches” Browning,
fell flat here. The audience did not
applaud once. It was not the stars of
the piece, it was their material. It
was all wet. The scene has shifted
to White Plains, where “Peaches” will
play the leading role. Fireworks
will probably mark the proceedings
there.
PIONEER RESIDENT OF SEWARD
PASSES AWAY IN STROKE OF
APOPLEXY
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 28. (£>)—Dr.
Charles T. Daggett, pioneer of Seward,
Valdez and Cordova, died of apoplexy
Tuesday. His wife, daughter and son
survive him. He had just completed
the organization of the Daggett Dental
Union after returning from Seattle
where he buried his father.
RITCHIE GRANTS CHANGE
VENUE; FAIRBANKS CASE
BE TRIED ANCHORAGE
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 28. (IP)—Judge
Ritchie granted a change of, venue
to Anchorage in the case of O. P. Gau
stad, former received of the Washing
ton-Alaska bank, charged with em
bezzlement of $28,000. The trial will
be held in May or June.
FORMER
HUDKINS VS. DUDEE
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. (IP)—Ace Hud
kins of Nebraska has been matched
for a 12-round bout with Joe Dundee
of Baltimore, welterweight, at Madi
son Square Garden on Februay 25.
SPANISH HEAVY ASPIRANT
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 28. (IP)—Paolino
Uzcudun, Spanish aspirant for the
heavyweight championship, scored a
technical knockout over Homer Smith
of Michigan in the seventh round of a
ten-round bout. The referee stopped
the fight.
NEW COACH FOR U. OF WIS.
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 28. (IP)—
Glenn Thustlewaite, former coach of
the Northwestern football team, has
been named head coach at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin at a salary of
$7,500 yearly.
FEATHERWEIGHTS MATCHED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28. (IP)—
Frankie Elick, touted as the coming
featherweight champion of the world,
and California Joe Lynch have been
matched here for a ten-rbund bout to
decide the championship of the Pa
cific coast. The winner will seek a
bout with the winner of the champion
ship tournament in New York.
MALONEY HEAVY CONTENDER
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 28. (IP)— Jim
Maloney, who is a contender in the
heavyweight elimination tournament
in New York, knocked out Jim Her
man of Portland, Ore., in the second
round of a ten-round bout. The New
York Athletic Commission has ap
proved the match between Jack De
laney, present holder of the light
heavyweight championship, and Ma
loney, scheduled for February 15.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (IP)—
Studied efforts are under way in
^Congress to interest dry members
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ALLEGED MURDERER,
i ALMOST 1B9ED
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MAN CHASED IN KENTUCKY
I SAID TO BE OREGON TRAIN
ROBBER
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 28. (JP)—A
man believed to be Ray Dautremont,
aged 28, wanted for train robbery in
Oregon and triple murder, eluded
capture tonight after a chase through
the heart of the business section
Rewards for the capture of Dautre
mont total $15,900. His companion,
C. D. Lovell, aged 18, of Lawrence
bury, Ky., when captured told the
police the man was Roy Dautremont.
Lovell was wanted for jumping bail
on a charge* of auto theft.
CLEAR OF CHARGES
BASEBALL SCAIAL
LANDIS CLEARS UNSAVORY MUD
DLE—NOW ELIGIBLE TO PLAY.„
BALL AGAIN
CHICAGO, Jan. 28. (/P)—Baseball
Commissioner Landis cleared Cobb
and Speaker of all suspicion of dishon
esty and ruled that “by no decent
system of justice” could they be found
guilty of, fixing a baseball game in
1919 as “Dutch” Leonard charged.
Landis restored them to the reserve
lists of their clubs, making them eli
gible to play baseball if they choose.
The ruling followed the bombshell
Johnson threw when he handed Lan
dis letters purchased from Leonard
implicating Cobb, Speaker and
“Smoky” Joe Wood. Leonard refus
ed to facethe players.
WILL BE IN HARNESS 1927
CLEVELAND, Jan. 28. (^—Speak
er said he expected to be in harness
next season to “prove that he is the
the ‘Tris’ Speaker of old.”
SOMEONE LIT A MATCH IN GAS
FILLED HALL WALLS, COL
LAPSE
TURNER, Idaho, Jan. 28. (/P)—Sev
en persons were killed last night when
somebody lighted a match to find a
gas leak in a hall where basketball
teams were playing. A dozen -were
seriously injured. The acetylene gas
lights suddenly failed. Somebody
struck a match. There was a blind
ing flash, the rear walls collapsed and
plaster fell. Everybody rujshed for
the exit. Most of the 200 people in
the audience escaped when the front
walls tumbled crushing those near
the only exit. ,
in national referendum on prohibi
tion and modification of Volstead
act “B”.