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“Center of
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ^XII. NUMBER 283.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SOVIETS PREPARED TO PURSUE
POLICY OF PEACE BUT HAVE
RIGHTS
MOSCOW, Dec. 23. (/P)—The execu
tions of the Soviet representatives!
and citizens in Canton cannot he left!
unpunished. George Tchitcherin the
Soviet Commissar, asserted. He
holds the British government respon
sible for the acts of violence. Tchit
cherin declared that while the Soviet
is unalterably determined to pursue
the policy of peace (proclaimed in the
disarmament pronouncement at Gen
eva the Soviet, nevertheless, are pre
pared for the w^rst and will- not be
caught unawares. ^ ,
It is said the Soviet government re
serves the right to make all measures
considered imperative in connection j
with the “sanguinary outrages” in
South China.
SIM ID HOYT TO
AET1 CONTROL LINE
SEATTLE, Dec. 23. {/Pi—It was:
learned here that Swayne and Hoyt
•will retain control of the Oriental
line of Shipping Board boats until
they are further advised by the Ship
ping Board. The contract between
that company and the Shipping Board j
was cancelled in a row over a “loan” j
by an agent of the company to W. S.;
Board, Commissioner.
IMPROVED RELATIONS
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23. (£>)—In
six weeks Ambassador Morrow has
improved relations between the Unit
en States and Mexico, in the opinion
of President Calles: The President j
gave his views to correspondents ]
who accompanied him and the Ambas j
ssdor on their tour of the country.
EIGHTEEN RESERVE MEN
NEW YORK. Dec. 23. (^—Eight
een pitchers are included on the re
serve list oi' the New York Yanks,
it was made known today. Incident
ally, neither Ty Cobb nor Tris Speak
er. both of whom have been mention
ed frequently as prosepctive Me
Craw men, are on the roster. The 40
players are all the rules allow.
ANOTHER INSANE CASE?
PARIS, Dec. 23. (/Pj--The Countess
do Janze, formerly Alice Silver thorn
of Chicago, was recenty examined by
alienists to ascertain if sh? js to be
held responsible for the snooting of
Raymond de Trafford, son of the En
glish Baronet, this year.
NOVELIST BEING SUED
CHICAGO, Dec. 23. ($h—Rupert
Hughes, nationally known novelist,
is being sued for divorce by Marion
Harris, well known jazz tRgei •
SEWARD
NOTICE
BUSINESS
HOUSES
It is requested that all business
houses close up during the school
program at the Liberty theater to
night.
SUBMARINE CANNOT
BE RAISED SPRING
COMMANDER ELLSBERG ALMOST
LOST LIFE; BECOMES BOGGED
IN MUD
PROVINCETOWN, Dec. 23. (/P)—
The sunken submarine S14 cannot be
raised until spring in all probability
assembled here an.d salvage vessel
officers of the fleet of Naval vessels
Captain annouced definitely.
The statement was .ipade after a day
of activity during which 10 divers
descended to the submarine.
Commander Edward Ellsberg, in
charge of diving operations, almost
lost his life when he became bogged
in the mud in the ocean floor. The
tiouies can not be removed.
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. (£>)—
His skull fractured the half clad body
of a man of about 40 was discovered
in the surf off a landing near here by
Mrs. A. B, Elder of Salinas brought
to Salinas lor autopsy. A post mor
tem revealed a fractured skull thru
a blow over the left ear. There were
also other marks of violence about
the body.
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“PAGEANT OF THE MONTHS”
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PIONEERS
Liberty Theater Tonight at 8 P. M.
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February . Minuet (Colonial) R
March.Irish Jig (St. Patricks) ||
April . Clown Drill 5ft
May . May Basket Dance ||
^ June.Rose and Butterfly
Q£ July.Patriotic Flag Drill
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AIR TORPEDO ROOM .
PURE REVEAL TESTS;
ILL MEN 1 DEAD
SALVAGE OPERATIONS BE CON
TINUED AS LONG AS POSSI
BLE, SAFETY
PROVNICETOWN, Mass., Dec. 23.
(/P)—Air within the torpedo room of
the sunken submarine S14 is now
pure and sweet, tests conducted on
the flagship Falcon indicated. Altho
Admiral Bramby said there was no
longer any doubt but that all the men
are dead the forcing of air into the
torpedo room continued.
Salvage operations will be contin
ued as long as it is .possible to do so
unless the work will involve the ‘sac
rifice of human life to continue” Ad
miral Hughes, Commander in Chief
of the United States Fleet declared.
NINETEEN lElR OLD GIRL
ARRESTED ROBBERIES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23. (JP)—A 19
year old girl was arrested yesterday
and charged with having participated
in several robberies. At her home
an assortment of wigs was found and
a large quantity of loot said to have
been taken from various places bur
glarized recently.
ARRIVE FOR GAME
BERKLEY, Calif., Dec. 23. (IP)—The
Pennsylvania University grid team
arrived at the University of Califor
nia campus yesterday in preparation
for the intersectional game Decem
ber 31.
SOVIETS EXECUTED
LONDON, Dec. 2?>. (?P)—Information
from Canton says that eight Russians
of the Soviet Consulate, including two
women, have been executed by Chin
ese. This number, the report said,
included the Russian Vice Consul.
ENTHUSIASM GREAT
MEXICAN CROWDS HAMPER THE
“AMERICAN LONE EAGLE"
LANDING FIELD
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23. (£>)— A
mother and her famous son were re
united after they failed to meet in the
air when Colonel Chas. A. Lindbergh
flew north to greet her late yesterday.
So great was the enthusiasm of the
Mexicans that for an hour he was
balked in his attempt to land forcing
him to take off three times to escape
the crowd and he did not see his
mother until both were driven to the
American Embassy.
DEAD OR ALIVE
NOGALES, Arizona, Dec. 23. (IP) —
Reports from Mexico say that Pres
ident Calles ordered the capture,
dead or alive, of Archbishop Fran
cisco Orozco y Jimihez, ranking
Catholic Prelate in Mexico, and an
alleged revolutionary leader.
GIRL IS AVIATRIX
KANKAKEE, III., Dec. 23. (£>)—
Alt ho only 13 years old, Cozette Pac
ker, of Anderson, Illinois, yesterday
piloted an airplane for 135 miles and
made a safe landing. The machine
was built by her father who is an ex
perienced aviator.
CANNOT FIND BODY
SAN DIEGO, Dei . </}>)—No
trace has been found of the body of
L C. Essex, seaman, second-clas? ;
who drowned when the 26 foot gas- i
boat, of the cruiser Omaha, destroy-'
er squadron flagship, broke loose as j
it was being made ready to lower j
and dropped into the bay, it was re-!
ported today.
PASSENGERS, CREW, ASHORE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. (£>)—
Sixteen passengers and the crew of
the Nelson Steamship Co., liner
“Nome City”, which is disabled at
sea minus a propellor, have been brot
to shore.
$200,000 GEMS STOLEN
CLEVELAND, Dec. 23. (jP)—Two
men and a woman yesterday held up
a downtown jewelry store and es
caped with $200,000 in gems.
BANDIT LEADER KILLED
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23. (£>)—The
killing of Vic tori no Damian, bmdit
leader, arid defeat of his band num
bering 44, wa3 reported by General
Unbalda Garsa, in the State of Jut
HICKMAN TRIES TO
SHIFT HUE Oil i
ALLEGED PARTNER -
MANY DETAILS IN CONFESSION;
, WAS SEARCHED CLOSLY FOR
DOPE, POISON
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j tured in a breakneck race with police
.officers on the Columbia River high
way Hickman told a broken story of
the kidnapping and at the same time
endeavored to shift the blame for the
horrible mutilation of the girl upon
the shoulders of hi3 “partner” a man
he named as Andrew Cramer.
High lights in his confession follow:
He said he had no knowledge of the
slaying until the dismembered body
was delivered to his apartment on
Saturday night. He revealed he fled
to San Francisco after the murder
where he had an appointment to meet
Cramer on Sunday. He said they had
held up many drug stores taking
money and chloroform.
WOMAN IS NAMED
He named June Dunning, a woman
friend of Cramer, as another accom
plice and said he started on his hold
up career to acquire money for a col
lege education. He blamed Cramer
for the kidnapping idea and decided
on the daughter of Parker after con
sidering kidnapping the child of Mr.
Haves, chief teller of the bank, but
abandoned this idea because the child
was too young.
TOOK MARIAN TO SHOW
They watched the Parker house to
learn lite habits of hte girl then hit
upon the idea of taking her from
school on the pretext her father had
been injured. He took the girl to a
movie the same night then turned her
over to Cramer. He saw the girl
again on Friday night and made an
appointment with the father to turn
her over to him on Friday but saw
the father’s car was followed by de
tectives.
BODY IN SUITCASE
He said he returned the girl to
Cramer that night and the girl’s dis
membered body was brought by Cram
er to his apartment on Saturday even
ing in a suit case. He telephoned the
girl’s father making another appoint
ment and received the ransom then
fled from Los Angeles to San Fran
cisco, then to Seattle where he doubl
ed back to make Portland, then East
ern Oregon where he was captured.
IS INDICTED, MURDER
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23. (/P)—Hick
man was indicted by the county Grand.
Jury as the kidnapper and murdered
of Marian. The indictment was re
turned before Superior Judge Hardy
who immediiately issued a bench war
rant Ion those changes. T?he court
ordered the accused youth to be held
without bail.
THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD
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