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COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 111.
SEWARD, ALASKA,THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
TROOPS USE MACHINE GUNS IN
ATTEMPT TO QUELL MOB AF
TER MURDERER
TAMPA. Fla.. June 2.(/P)—Three
men were killed and 19 wounded se- j
riouslv in two clashes with State'
troops during the rioting around the
county jail where 12 others were
wounded Monday night. Reinforce
ments for the 500 National Guards
men holding the jail and district with
in two blocks in each direction are
arriving. Sporadic clashes occurred
throughout the night between the sol
diers and a crowd of 2,000. Once the
troopers opened fire with a machine
gun, the fire killing three. The mob
was seeking Levins, a confessed mur
derer of five persons.
1,000 SPECIAL DEPUTIES
TAMPA, Fla.. June 2. (/P)—The city
is quiet and the seige of Hillsboro
county jail is at an end after three
nights of rioting and five dead. A
thousand special deputies are on
guard. Thirty of the alleged members
of the mob which attempted to enter
the jail and take the confessed mur
derer are under arrest awaiting grand
jury action.
WILL RETURN TO U. S. SOIL JUNE
11—WILL GO DIRECT TO
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, June 2. (/P)—Lond
bergh has accepted the invitation of
President Coolidge to return immedi
ately to Washington aboard the cruis
er Memphis. The acceptance was
wired to the White House. It was an
nounced that the flier expected to be
home by June 12. It is planned to
have the Memphis come direct to
Washington where the flier will be re
ceived officially on behalf of the na
tion.
CARDINAL CALLS FOR
OBSERVANCE SABBATH
NEW YORK. June 2. (/P)—Cardi
nal Patrick Hayes, speaking before
78,000 persons said a wave of ob
scenity and blasphemy has swept
over the United States threatening
morality and decency, and called for
better observance of the Sabbath.
LIKES NERVOUS WOMEN
PARIS, June 2. (/P)—Nerves can
make a woman charming, as well as
difficult, thinks Madame Yteb, Paris
dressmaker who in private life is Mrs.
C. N. Buzzard. She describes her Am- j
erican clients as the most nervous j
women who buy clothes of her.
S. S. VICTORIA EXPERIMENT
SEATTLE, June 2. (^)—When the I
S. S. Victoria sails for Nome Satur- ]
day it will be equipped with experi- i
mental radio telephone apparatus by
which the vessel will keep in nightly
touch with Seattle. Commercial mes- j
sages will not be handled.
PRELIMINARY PERMITS
FOR POWER PROJECTS
FOREST ARE GRANTED!
CAMERON AND ZELLERBACH PRO-;
POSE TO BUILD LARGE POW- ,
ER PLANTS
| WASHINGTON, June 2. (/P)—Two
j preliminary permits for the construc
tion of power projects in the Tongass j
i national forest of Alaska have been
!
granted by the Federal Power Com
mission. One is given to George T.
Cameron, who proposed to build 100,
000 horse power project in the, vicini
ty of Port Snedisham, and the other to
I. and J. D. Zellerbach for 60,000 horse
power near Ketchikan in both instanc
• es the power to be used for the manu
facture of wood pulp.
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WORK AND WIFE. TOO MUCH
LOS ANGELES. June 2. (JP)—Film
Director Walsh told his wife Tarim
iCooper an actress that his work did
j not fit properly with married life,
she charged in divorce proceedings,
filed here yesterday.
CAVALRY TO GUARD “CAL”
WASHINGTON. June 2. (/P)—Cav
alry troops have been ordered to
I guard President Coolidge at Black
1 Hills, S. Dakota. Marines formerly
i have guarded the summer White
I
I House.
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SCIENTIST EN ROUTE
TO ALASKA TO EXPLORE
THEORY IS FIRST NORTH AMER
ICAN INHABITANTS WERE
MONGOLIANS
SEATTLE, June 2. (/P)—Prof. Geo.
Haley, etimologist, biologist, and ex
plorer, arrived en route to Alaska for
| the California Academy of Science.
! He will leave Saturday on the Cutter
'Algonquin for Nunivak Island to con
tinue investigations in connection •with
the theory that the first North Ameri
| can inhabitants came from Mongolia.
PEHIICH TO CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
KANSAS CITY, June 2. (£>)—Geo.
T. McDermott, attorney for Perovich,
declared Perovich, sentenced from
Alaska, will continue his fight for free
dom. He said every legal right of the
man will be exercised. If an appeal
for a rehearing by the Supreme court
is refused, executive clemency will be
sought.
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BREACH OF CONTRACT
SUIT FILES AGAINST
MIS COMPANY
SEATTLE, June 2. (ff)—On behalf
of 54 fellow miners Henry Norton filed
a suit for §22,613 damages against the
United States Smelting, Refining and
Mining company, the Hammond Con
solidated Gold Fields and the United
States Stores in the Superior court for
alleged breach of contract. The min
ers charge that they signed contracts
in March, last year, to go to Alaska in
June and mine the company’s proper
ty there at $7 per day. Beginning
work on June 7, they worked 14 days
and were discharged. They ask that
the remaining payment under the
contract be made. The sums vary
from S300 to $700.
William Gilmore, former Nome at
torney, appears for the defendants.
FIFTY-FIVE ALASKAN MINERS
CASES ALMOST IDENTICAL
IN CHARGES
EXCITEMENT MS
NEW JERSEY COAST.
QUAKES EXPLOSIONS
EVERY OFFICE BUILDING SHAK
EN FROM MYSTERIOUS IN
TERNAL DISTURBANCES
AS BURY PARK, N. J., June 2. (TP)—
I Disturbances described by coast.
! guards as either explosions or earth
quakes were felt along 50 miles of
j the New Jersey coast. Two distinct
' shocks were felt. No damage was re
i ported although considerable excite
ment prevailed. Virtually every of
fice building in the city was shaken
in the basement. In the Asbury Park
Press office the first shock dislodged
heavy rolls of newsprint.
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BASEBALL SCORES
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 5, Seattle 6.
Oakland 0, Missions 6.
Sacramento 5, Hollywood 2.
San Francisco 10, Portland 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 2, Philadelphia 1.
Cleveland 14. Detroit 1.
Boston 6. Washington 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 6, Boston 2.
Philadelphia 7, Pittsburg 4.
Cincinnati-St. Louis—rain.
BEQUEATHS BIG FORTUNE
DENVER, June 2. (£>)—Fred H.
Forrester in his will bequeathed
more than $100,000 to the Colorado
Board of Child and Animal Protec
tion. His entire estate was valued
at $118,000.
ADMIRAL WATSON NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, June 2. (/P)—The S. S.
Admiral Watson sailed and carried 117
passengers. Seward passengers: D.
Harlacher. L. J. Miller, C. V. Titcomb,
Olive Beedle and three steerage.
NEW YORK PREPARES FOR ONE
OF GREATEST RECEPTIONS IN
HISTORY
NEW YORK, June 2. (/P)—’The wel
come to Lindbergh will be carried out
.although Washington will be the first
citv to welcome the nation’s hero
I
back to America. All of the elaborate
plans for what is intended to be one
of the greatest receptions in the his
tory of the metropolis will stand.
Lindbergh will fly the “Spirit of St.
Louis” from Washington to Miller
Field, Staten Island, June 14. He will
cross the harbor on a tug through a
lane of welcoming steamers and be
neath a squadron of airplanes. From
the Battery he will parade up Broad
way to receive an official welcome at
the City hall.
DETROIT, JJune 2. (JP)—Mrs. Evan
geline Lindbergh will go to Washing
ton to greet her son when he arrives.
She had previouslv planned to greet
him in New York.
"MUSHY" CULM
DEFEATS MEYERS
REVERSES DECISION FORMER
BOUT—RETAINS JUNIOR WEL
TERWEIGHT TITLE
CHICAGO, June 2. (£>)—'“Mushy”
Callahan won a decision over “Spug”
Meyers after ten bloody rounds of
fighting in successful defense of his
world’s junior welterweight title. The
victory reverses the decision, of the in
door contest last winter. Meyers j
fought gamely, but could not catch up j
with the tremendous lead Callahan'
had piled up.
MANCHURIAN WUR LOUD
1 PROTESTS JAP LANDING
PEKING, June 2. (^—Headquar
ters of Marshal Chang Tso Lin, the
Manchurian war lord, and the Peking
Foreign Office both sent a protest to
the Japanese Legation against the
landing of 2,000 Japanese troops at
Tsingtao.
ALLEGED MURDERER JAILED
SAN Jose, June 2. (JP)—Joseph C.
Jean, wanted for the murder of Roy
Miller, well known Campbell rancher,
was arrested today at King City by
a traffic officer. The word was re
ceived here by sheriff George W.
Lyle.
LIGHTWEIGHT BOXER
STEVE IMS DIES
!u
SAMMY MANDELL, LIGHTWEIGHT
CHAMPION, RELEASED UNDER
S5.000 BOND
KANSAS CITY, Jane 2. (/P)—Steve
Adams, lightweight boxer of Chicago,
died in the ring here tonight after col
lapsing in the second round of a sched
uled ten-round battle with Sammy
Mandell, lightweight champion of the
world. Dr. J. W. Hayward, county
coroner, announced that Adams death,
resulted from a broken neck. Man
dell was booked at police headquar
ters on a technical charge and releas
ed under $5,000 bond.
SHANGHAI, June 2. (£>>—'The Unit
ed States transport Henderson left for
Tientsin with the Sixth regiment of
marines, 1,500 strong, and the Tenth
artillery regiment, with a strength of
400. The forces are in preparation for
general emergencies growing out of
the collapse of the Northern armies.
TRSNSPORT HENDERSON
DEPARTS Mflllt SOLDIERS
GENERAL RETREAT REING
(JP)—Feng
SHANGHAI, June 2.
tien forces have begun a general re
treat before tlie troops of General
Chiang Kai-Shek and are evacuating
all territories outside Chihili and
Shangtung Provinces. Japanese cor
respondents predict early assaults
against Tientsin and Peking by
Chiangs forces.
ALLEGED PLOT BLOW
UP ML DUMP IS
DISCOVERED CAVITE
DOCUMENTS FOUND IN SOVIET
EMBASSY IN PEKING REVEAL.
ED SITUATION
MANILA, June 2. (/P)—Rumors
of an alleged communist plot to blow
up the naval amunition dump at
Cavite, near here .were confirmed
today by Rear Admiral Sumner W.
Kekelie, commandant of the 26th
naval district, -which includes Cavite.
Certain documents found in the
Soviet Embassy at Peking, are de
clared to have revealed the situation
in the Philippines.
FLIGHT PLANS FORMING
VANCONVER, B. C., June 2. (£>)—
Plans for the airplane flight from
Vancouver to Australia were nearing
completion tonight, according to- Capt.
Giles, organizer of the trans-Pacific
jubilee flight.