FINAL PORT OF CALL FOR THREE
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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 79. SEWARD, ALASKA,FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1027. PRICE TEN CENTS
DEATH. DESOLATION
SPREADS II AREAS
SWEPT BT FLOODS;
DISASTER CONTINUES TO GROW
MORE GRAVE WITH HOURLY'
REPORTS FROM DISTRICTS
MILLIONS PROPERTY LOSS
PETTYBILLE. ARK., LITERALLY
WIPED OFF MAP BY RUSHING
WATERS
MEMPHIS, Term., April 22. (/P)
The flood disaster continued to grow
more grave with almost hourly re
ports of further widespread death,
desolation and destruction by floods.
'Deaths are placed at 28. It is gener
i ally believed the toll will grow much
greater.
Property damage is estimated high
into millions. More than 100,000 per
sons are homeless, and suffering from
lack of food, clothing and shelter.
Epidemics of mumps, measles ami
whooping cough are spreading ^ ith
little medical care available.
At Hickman, Ky.. where thousands
of refugees have concentrated. hun_
dreds of workmen are barely able to
A hold the levee water flowing over the
top and weakening the levee.
At Greenville, with a population of
20,000, is directly in the path of pos
sible flood. Pettybille, Ark., was lit
erally wiped off the map when the
flood tore buildings from their founda
tions.
NOTORIOUS HIJACKER
" KILLED POLICE TRAP
OFFICERS TIPPED OFF LAY IN
WAIT AND RIDDLE MAN WITH
MACHINE GUN BULLETS
LOS ANGELES, April 22. (^—Har
ry “Mile Away” Thomas, notorious
hijacker, was shot and killed when he
walked into a police trap. The officers
had been tipped off to a liquor raid.
They were in hiding near a garage
and opened fire with machine guns
when Thomas appeared. His body
was riddled with bullets.
ACCUSER IS ACCUSED
AND CETS FIVE YEARS
HARLAN, Ky., April 22. (/P)—
Marie Jackson’s testimony that she
•saw Condy Dabney kill Mary Vickery
sent him to the penitentiary under
* life sentence. Miss Vickery return
*
ed home after a year’s absence and
the governor has pardoned Dabney.
Miss Jackson pleaded gu::„y to Cals’
swearing* and was sentence o five
years in prison.
MARTIAL LAW SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, April 22. (/P)—Martial
law has been declared in the’ native
'city because of the agitation of radical
unionists. Chinese police patrol the
streets. Six radical leaders have been
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executed.
END SEATTLE: CROSS
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TRACES OF NOVOCAINE FOUND IN
THREE DISTINCT PARTS OF !
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GIRL’S BODY
j SEATTLE, April 22. (y^P)—The j
State’s case against Dr. Chester Dobbs,
accused of murdering Letitia White
hall, a school girl patient, moved rap
idly toward a close as the defense
counsel cross-examined Professor Wil
liam Dehn, university chemist. Dehn
testified yesterday he found traces of
novocaine in three distinct parts of
the child’s body after making 300 hun
dred separate tests,
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NUNGESSER AWAITING FAVOR
ABLE WEATHER FOR HOP-OFF
FROM PARIS
NEW YORK, April 22. (£>)—Four
carefully guarded airplanes are under
going final priming before the hop-off
on the 3,600 mile trans-Atlantic flight, j
Two of the planes are likely to hop'
i t I
oft' at anv time. The Bellanca mono
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plane, which set the world’s endurance
record is reported as ready to start
when loaded, and Captain Charles
* I
Nungesser is awaiting favorable wear-,
er for the hop-off from Paris. |
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 4, New York 2.
Boston 3, Brooklyn 0.
Cincinnati 2, Pittsburg 3.
Chicago-St. Louis—cold..
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 13, Philadelphia 6.
Washington 7, Boston 4.
St. Louis-Detroit—rain.
Cleveland-Chicago—rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood 5, Seattle 1.
Missions 5, Portland 1.
Oakland 5, San Francisco 8.
Sacramento 9, Los Angeles 5.
SOS FOR RATCATCHERS
MOSCOW. April 22. (/p) — All the
bes' ~ . .irs in Russia have been
sumujonet' ... Moscow tv extermin.
ate a plar ue of rats hi 'b have des
troyed he. eds of nimble docu
ments. •
FLAG DESIGN OF
BENNY BENSON WINS
HIKES FIRST PRIZE
NO OPPOSITION EXPECTED TO AC
CEPTANCE BY LEGISLATURE
AS OFFICIAL EMBLEM
The following dispatch ^as received
by A. E. Rucker, attorney, past com
mander of the local post of the Ameri
can Legion:
“Juneau, Alaska, Anril 21, 1927.
“A. E. Rucker,
“Seward:
“Design submitted by Benny Ben
son attending mission school at Sew
ard. containing blue field with dipper
and North star, has been decided win
ner of first prize by the final- awards
committee. Design will be offered for
adoption by Legislature tomorrow as
Alaska’s official flag, and predict no
opposition. Am working how to get
appropriations. “PETRICH.”
The news of Benny’s victory was re_
ceived during school hours yesterday.
The telegram was handed to Mrs. A.
E. Rucker, principal, and teacher of the
seventh and eighth grades in the
mission school. The children were
all expectant of the news that
the bill had passed the legislature pro
viding a new school building, little re
alizing that it was news that one of
their number had received the honor
of being the winner in the flag con
test.
As Mrs. Rucker read the telegram
to the class, Benny grasped his desk,
became pale and speechless. His
classmates burst into applause, but
Benny was in a trance.
The whole school was called togeth
er and the news read to the pupils.
Despite calls for a speech, all that
Benny could do was to arise and ac
knowledge the applause of his class
mates.
ui inose wno are nappy over Ken
ny’s success his little brother Carl
stands out as an exemplification of all
that is joyous in youthful nature. To
Carl Benny is a hero—’n everything.
The design is a flag with a blue
field signifying the blue of the Alas
kan skies and the Territorial flower,
the forget-me-not. On ’'the field of
blue is the Big Dipper pointing to the
North star in the upper right-hand
corner of the flag, signifying the
strength and bigness of Alaska point
ing to the future star of Old Glory
representing the most northerly State
of the Union.
The Mission school is just north
of Seward. The children in the school
at this time are all from the Jesse
Lee Home, of which Benny is an in
mate.
TROLLEYS LOSE TO AUTOS
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 22. (JP)
—Records of the Kansas City street
car company tell the story of the
automobile’s increasing (popularity.
The company sold 136,076.541 rides
in 1922 and only 118,675,000 in 1926.
EMERGENCY ACT JAPAN
COUNCIL AUTHORIZES
SUSPENSION PAYMENTS
EMERGENCY ACT OF PRIVY COUNCIL DECIDES
21-DAY MORATORIUM BECAUSE OF FINAN
CIAL CRISIS—SPECIAL SESSION OF DIET IS
CALLED FOR MAY 3—THIRTY BANKS HAVE
SUSPENDED OPERATIONS
TOKIO, April 22. (/P)—The privy council has decided
on a 21-day moratorium because of the financial crisis.
The Diet has been called into a five-day special session, be
ginning May 3, to discuss the crisis. Since the beginning
of the depression in mid-March, 30 .banks have suspended
operations including six large institutions. All banks at
Osake, Kobe and Kyoto closed today after persistent runs
yesterday. Business generally is paralyzed and com
mercial stagnation is expected during the suspension of
payments. Business establishments are preparing for
heavy losses.
BY DRY GR4SS FIRE
FRANK EDELMAN, PIONEER
TEAMSTER AND WOODCHOP
PER DIES AT FORT GIBBON
TANANA, Ajril 22. (JP)—Fire de_
stroyed two of the two-story frame
Tesidences formerly used by army of
ficers at the Fort Gibbon post. The j
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fire started in dry, thick grass around
the buildings. Bert Leknich and C. j
L. Cook received slight burns while at- j
tempting to get near tbe fire. The
buildings were allotted to the Bureau j
of Education after the post was aban
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doned.
Frank Edelman, aged 45, pioneer j
teamster and woodchopper of Tanana, i
died at the Fort Gibbon hospital. He j
leaves a wife at Tanana and a brother
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in Oregon.
HIE BETWEEN IDLY !
! AND SPUN COMPLETED
:
NEW YORK, April 22. (JP)—'The
completion of the laying of the new
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cable between Italy and Spain has just
been announced by the Department of
Commerce. In order to compete wjth
, the constantly increasing traffic of
its service, the Italcable company has
recently completed the laying of a new
| cable between Italy and Barcelona,
from whence it will be linked with an
additional cable with Malaga, which
; latter will be laid in May, acording to
advices to the department from the of
! fice of the commercial attache, Rome.'
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ROMANCE PREFERRED
NEW ORLEANS, April 2? (JP)—
Romance, preferably in a ruial set
ting, is the first choice of New Orl
eans citizens in literature, a survey
shows. Adventure and mystery stor
ies are next.
YACHT SAILS FOR ALASKA
SAX FRANCISCO, April 22. (/P) —
The yacht Northern Light sailed for
a six months cruise in Alaska and the
Arctic.
ASK SUPREME COURT
TO PASS ON RIGHTS
CHILD * ABROAD
FATHER IS CITIZEN, BUT HAD
NEVER RESIDED U. S. UNTIL
AFTER BIRTH OF CHILD
SEATTLE. April 22. (#>)—The ques
tion of whether a child born abroad
of a foreign father of Chinese descent,
who is a citizen of the United States
and who resides therein, but who had
never resided in the United States at
the time such child was born,' is en
titled to admission to the United
States as a citizen under the provi
sions of Section 1993 of the Revised
Statutes is before the Supreme court
of the United States in the case of
Luther Weed in, commissioner of im_
migration at the Port of Seattle, Wn.,
petitioner, vs. Chin Bow. No. 237.
The petitioner argues that the pur
pose of Congress in enacting Section
1993 was to prevent, by limitation
contained in the proviso thereof, the
■residence abroad of successive genera
tions of persons claiming the privi
leges of American citizenship while
evading its duties. That unless the
residence of the father occurs prior
to the birth of the children, this pur
pose may be defeated. And that the
wording of the act indicates that the
rights of citizenship “descend,” if at
all, at the birth of the children.
TOO MANY TEACHERS
GHENT, Belgium, April 22. (JP)—
There are 34 professors for only 29
students at the University of Ghent
school of commerce since it was
stricted to teaching in the Flem..
language.