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COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 131.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 27. 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SOVIETS PREPARE FOR
WAR: UNI PROMOTES
CAMPAIGN OF TRAINING
SPECIAL COURSES IN SHARP
SHOOTING FOR RESIDENTS OF
VILLAGES
MOSCOW. June 27. (£>)—A cam
paign is on foot throughout the Soviet
Union for the promotion of military
prepardness in <the face of recent de
velopments which are regarded as a
threat of war. The week starting
July 10 has been designated “Defense
Week", military sports being advo
cated strongly as a means to aw'aken
enthusiasm in the country, and heads
of the unions are exhorting their
members to rally around Russia vol
untary military organization whose
members are said to number millions.
The organization is giving special at
tention to the development of sharp
shooters. A special course will be or
ganized for the instruction of resi
dents of villages in handling weapons
and adjusting gas masks.
ROBBER. IS KILLED
RICHARD GENTILE CAPTURED
AFTER CHASE BY SAN FRAN
CISCO POLICEMAN
SAX FRANCISCO. June 27. (£>;—.
Patrolman John Driscoll was shot
and killed by two bandits who were
surprised by policemen while engaged
in a holdup. One bandit was captured |
by Policeman Richard Manning, who >
came upon the scene as the shooting
ended and gave chase to the bandit, I
who gave his name as Richard Gentile.
TWO KILLINGS ON SITE
NEW YOK, June 27. (>P)—Downing
street, the battleground of a decade
ago of the Hudson Duster gang, was
the scene of two killings when the
bodies of two men, each having three
bullet wounds were found by a passer
by in a pool of blood. The police be
lieve the men were fired upon by a
passing automobile. No one could be
found who witnessed the shootings.
DROWNS ON HONEYMOON
FOX LAKE, June 26. (/Pj—Edwin
Jobsehke, who was spending his
honeymoon here drowned in an unsuc- 1
cessful effort to rescue three girls 1
who also drowned when a skiff over- <
turned. ,
TODAY SET FOR HOP
!
NEW YORK. June 27. (/P)—'The
j Weather Bureau reports set today as
! the first day when there seemed
likely to be favorable conditions for
!
I the take-off to France of the Mana
plane America, but the hop-off was de
layed and may take place tonight. The
fog is clearing between her and New
I foundland, but worse conditions are
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on the way from the Great Lakes.
M. H. SCHRYBEB FALLS
DOWN HATCH OF S. S.
ALASKA TO HIS DEATH
SOURDOUGH WAS WELL KNOWN
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
TERRITORY
In some unaccountable manner M.
H. Schryber, longshoring on the S. S.
Alaska yesterday, slipped just as he
reached the top of the hatchway lad
der, toppling over backwards and
down 32 feet. It is thought death
was instantaneous. A. C. Downey, an
other longshoreman, climbing the lad
der right behind him, had a narrow
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escape from a like accident for Scliry
ber’s descending body touched himj
but with not sufficient force to break !
his hand-holds. i
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A niece of Mr. Schyber’s, residing
in Portland, Ore., was notified of the
death of her uncle. Instructions re
ceived here today are to the effect
that she wished the burial to take
place in Seward. According to ar
rangements made this afternoon, the
body, which is lying in the Seward
Funeral Parlors, will be interred in
the new Seward cemetery.
Aside from his relatives in Oregon,
it is not known if Mr. Schryber is
survived by others. He was a native
of Holland, it is said, and had spent
more than a third of his life in Alaska.
He was a skilled tinsmith and worked i
at his trade on different occasions
for Brown & Hawkins Corp., and also
with J. L. Graef. Though not making
his home in Seward permanently, he
nevertheless was perhaps better
known in this district than elsewhere
in the country. He worked at La
touche for a number of years, and had
but recently returned from the States
where he underwent special eye treat
ment. It seems that a splinter of
steel became lodged in his eye some
years ago, and lately began to bother
him to a great extent, so much so
that he feared he would lose the sight
af the injured eye.
SETTLEMENT LOOMS h
DENVER, June 26. (/P)—Settlement !
}f the Seven-State Colorado River
compact loomed today after a confer
ence between a delegation from Ariz- ^
>na and Governor Adams as spokes- ]
nan for Colorado’s river commission. I
ROYALIST LEM IS
MTSTE1I0USLY FREED
PARIS. June 27. (/P)—Leon Daudet,
Royalist leader, who was imprisoned
June 13 to serve a term for libel, was
mysteriously released from prison as
the result of a hoax on the prison di
rector. Daudet’s associate. De Lest,
and Secretary General Semard of the
Communist party were al$o released.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
(Sunday’s Games)
Philadelphia 4-3, New York 2-7.
St. Louis 0-7, Cleveland 2-3.
Boston 7, Washington 8.
Detroit 7, Chicago 9.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 9, St. Louis 3.
Chicago 5, Cincinnati 8.
New York 1, Bro'
PACIFIC COAST Lt-.oUE
Sacramento 3-3. Seattle 12-17.
Oakland 4-1, Portland 1-3,
Missions 2-3, San Francisco 5-6.
Hollywood 2-1, Los Angeles 16-8.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
(Saturday’s Games)
Missions 1. San Francisco 8.
Hollywood 4, Los Angeles 5.
Sacramento 10, Seattle 13.
Oakland 1, Portland 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 8, Boston 3.
Philadelphia 7-4, New York 6-2.
Detroit 4. Chicago 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6, Pittsburg 4.
Boston 3-7 Brooklyn 4-3.
Cincinnati 1-10, St. Louis 2-7.
New York 6, Phidadelphia 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L.
New York 45
Philadelphia _.. . 38
Chicago ... 36
Washington
Detroit _
Cleveland ...
St. Louis .....
Boston ..
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33
29
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27
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
Pittsburg _____ 38
St. Louis ..... 27
Chicago ...... 37
New York . 32
Brooklyn .... 31
Boston .... 20
Philadelphia _ 23
Cincinnati .... 23
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L.
Oakland .....56
San Francisco .. 48
22
24
26
30
34
32
36
41
Seattle ..h. 46
r
sacramento .. 47
Portlalnddd . 44
Missions .. 42
.<os Angeles . 41
lollywood . 36
36
43
42
44
44
49
48
53
Pet.
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.576
.545
.524
.492
.460
.450
.242
Pet.
.633
.607
.587
.516
.477
.418
.390
.369
Pet.
.604
.527
.523
.511
.500
.462
.461
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WILLING TO MAKE BIG HOP
ROME, Italy, June 27, (JP)—If engin
eers can design an airplane of suffi
cient strenght Commander Francis
co De Pinedo is willing to attempt to
fly around the world. De Pinedo said
he was preparing a book recording
his fli ht over the four Continents.
HALF-CLAD BODY OP
WOMAN BOUND ON BED
FOUND IN PORTLAND
NO EVIDENCE OF MOTIVE FOR
MURDER IS DISCOVERED BY
POLICE
PORTLAND, Or., June 27. (JP)—Her
half-clad body stretched out on her
bed, her hands tied behind her back
and her feet bound together, Mrs. Bell
Stobbins, aged 32, was found strangled
to death in her well-furnished apart
ment in the residential district. It
is believed the crime was committed
yesterday. A man’s hand kerchief
was wadded up and stuck in the wo
mans’ mouth as a gag. No evidence
of the motive for the murder was dis-i
covered. A pillow was rolled and
bound tightly around the woman’s
throat, and a quilt partly covered her
body. Her stockings, undergarments
and a loose robe were the only articles
of clothing found on the woman. The
murder was not committed by the
“dark strangler.” No article of jew
elry in the apartment was touched.
COMBINATION MOTOR PASSEN
GER TRAIN, WITH TRAILER,
WILL CARRY 100
SEATTLE, June 27. (/P)—Destined
to run between Fairbanks and Sew
ard on the Alaska Railroad a $50,000
train was shipped on the S. S. Oduna.
It consists of a motor passenger car
which carries its own electric plant
and a trailer is attached to the car
which is capable of carrying 100 pas
sengers. Included in the Oduna’s
cargo for the railway were 700,000
railroad ties, six steel gondola cars'
and 10,000 sacks of cement.
PLAYED GREAT GAME
LONDON, June 27. (/P)—Miss Betta
Nuthall, 16-year-old English girl, won
the greatest triumph of her career by
downing the veteran American play
er, Mrs. Molla Mallory, in the all
English championship at Wimbledon.
While Mrs. Mallory Sid not play her
best tennis, the English girl exhibited
a marvellous game to win the match
at 2-6, 6-2 and 6-0.
lCli.ll TO SPEND
IS MONTHS INTERIOR
LABRADOR. GREELAND
TO STUDY RUINS AND ENDEAVOR
TO SOLVE SECRET OF A
STRANGE, ANCIENT RACE
WISCASSET. Me., June 27. (£>) —
MacMillan started on the first lap of
his eleventh voyage into the northern
wastes. His boats the Bowdoin and
Radio, carried 12 per sons and will
spend 15 months in the frozen North,
to study the Punic ruins in Greenland
and trace Eskimo legends that a
strange race settled there centuries
ago.
Optimism ran high among the mem
bere of the expedition, which is un
der the auspices of Rawson, MacMil
lan and the Field Museum. The 12
members of the party include scien
tists, who will also make a series of
meteorlogical investigations.
EARLY DEVELOPMENT
OF PULP PROPERTIES
1 ALASKA PREDICTED
TOTAL INVESTMENT OF S10.000.
000 CONTEMPLATED BY CAM
ERON INTERESTS
SEATTLE. June 27. (/P)—Early de
velopment of the Alaska pulpwood
properties recently purchased by Cali
fornia newspaper owners from the
Federal government was predicted as
George Cameron, publisher of the San
Francisco Chronicle, left Seattle on
the steamer Aleutian for Juneau. With
Cameron was Col. D. C. Jackling, mil
lionaire mining man from San Fran
cisco. It is the plan of the purchasers
of 8,000,350.000 cords of pulp wood to
utilize the buildings of the abandoned
Gastineau mine in part for a pulp mill,
and Jackling is to undertake this. The
total investment will be $10,000,000 or
more as contemplated by the Cam
eron interests.
ARMY LIEUTENANTS MAY
BE FUST ELY PACIFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. (/P)—
Prospects that the army will be the
first, to attempt to bridge the Pacific
by air received impetus with the word
that Lieutenaiffs Maitland and Hagen
berger, who are planning a trip to hop
off from San Diego for San Francisco,
the starting point of flight. No indi
cation was given when the start for
Honolulu would be made.
Celebrate The Fourth In Seward