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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 149.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
S. M. GRAFF PETITION DENIED;
S. L. & P. VERSUS CITY OF
SEWARD
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19. (JP)~
The right of Alaskan, municipalities
to determine electric light rates was
upheld by the United States District
court in affirmation of an Alaskan
decision. The case was that of Sam
uel M. Graff against the City of Sew
ard. Mr. Graff is owner of the Sew-'
ard Light and Power Company, and
appealed to the Alaskan courts for an
injunction preventing the City Coun
cil of Seward from forcing him to ad-;
here to electric light rates prescribed |
by them. He claimed the rates were
confiscatory. Alaskan and the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals de
nied the petition.
SIIPI ANNOUNCES
HENRY FOOD SUIT IS
FINALLY SETTLED
NO MONEY SETTLEMENT INVOLV
ED STATES ATTORNEY WHO
SUED FOR MILLION
CHICAGO, July 19. (/P)—Aaron Sa
piro’s $1,000,000 suit against Henry
Ford was settled today. Sapiro an
nounced that no money settlement
was involved. The suit was the out
come of articles in the automobile
magnate’s Dearborn Independent al
leging that Sapiro was engaged in cu
mulative co-operative marketing as a
part of a Jew’s conspiracy to control
American agriculture. The articles
were repudiated in a new statement in
which Ford in addition to his recent
apologies for anti-semitic statements,
praised the co-operative movement’s
value in relieving the farmer situa
tion.
IN SEIM CASE
MRS. GRUBER .CHARGED WITH
SLAYING HUSBAND, TELLS
SAME STORY
SEATTLE, July 19. (Jp)—In today’s
session of the hearing of Mrs. Gruber
who is charged -with the slaying of
her husband, brought out a heated
battle between prosecutor Colvin and
attorney Boyer. Boyer jumped up
objecting to the questioning of Mrs.
Gruber, Colvin declaring that he was
not her .lawyer but attorney for John
A. Hodge who is being questioned in
connection with the case. Judge
Batcher rapped for order and quieted
the crowded courtroom where Mrs.
Gruber did not. change her story that
her husband drew his revolver upon
her and that she had struggled with
him in an attempt to gain the gun.
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DESIGNS NEW AIRPLANE
BERLIN, July 19. {£>)—'The junker
factory here announced today that it
had completed a new airplane de
signed for a trans-Atlantic flight the
feature of the machine is its one
motor of 340 horsepower, a type that
can run for 300 consecutive hours.
ASSAILANT ANARCHIST
WASHINGTON, July 19. (£>)—Wil
liam Chapman, American consul at
Puerto, Mexico, who was shot and se
riously wounded Sunday by an intru
der in his home has informed the
American Embassy at Mexico City
that he believes his assailant is an
anarchist.
REACHED AT GENEVA
ON CRUISER IONNABE
AGREEMENT PROVIDES EQUAL
NUMBER OF SHIPS FOR U. S.
AND GREAT BRITAIN
GENEVA, July 19. (/*P)—A tentative
agreement is reported to have been
reached in the tri-partite conference
provides for 12 10,000-ton cruisers for
the United States and an equal num
ber for Great Britain and eight for
Japan. The next big problem to over
come to insure the success of the con
ference is the size of smaller cruis
ers and guns to be mounted.
AS VIEWED IN JAPAN
TOKIO, July 19. (/P)—A naval agree
ment along the lines proposed by Jap
an and in the spirit of Goolidge’s in
vitation to the conference would be
equivalent to a pact of peace and se
curity in the Pacific, Admiral Okado,
Minister of Marine Affairs, declared
yesterday.
FURTHER DISORDERS
BLOODSHED AVERTED
IN VIENNA RIOTS
SOCIALIST AND LABOR PARTIES
SURRENDER AFTER THREE
DAYS BITTER STRIFE
VIENNA, July 19. (/P)—Danger of
further disorders and bloodshed were
averted by the unconditional surren
der of the Socialist party and Labor
Federation and settlement of three
days bitter strife which shook Austria
to the foundations. Following an all
day parley between the government
and the Socialist chieftains. The dis
pute will be submitted Thursday to
Parliament, which Chancellor Seipel
insisted be the final arbiter. The So
cialists’ intentions to gain further
concessions though a strike crumbled
under a grave warning of powerful
financial interests that disturbances
were precipitating a financial crisis
and that the peasants were threaten
in to march on Vienna and the strik
ers.
WILL RESUME OPERATIONS
PARIS, July 19. (/P)—The French
military' commander on the Austrian
border today is reported to have
warned the Vienna authorities that if
railway service between that city and
I#taly is not opened by tonight Italian
trains would be operated through Aus
tria under guard of Facisti troops.
NO MORE INDICTMENTS
LOS ANGELES. July 19. (/p)—Har
old L. Davis, chief deputy District
Attorney, today announced that htere
probably would be no more indict
ments returned by the county grand
jury in its investigation of the Julian
petroleum corporation.
TUMULTOUS CHEERS
GREET RETURNING
FIVE FLIERS WELCOMED HOME
FROM OVERSEAS BY HUGE
THRONGS
NEW YORK, July 19. (£>)—'To the
acclaim of their countrymen five men
stepped back onto American soil which
they last saw dropping away from un
der them, as they took to the skies on
a non-stop flight to Europe. The
crowds at the Battery broke into tu
multous cheers of welcome as Byrd
and his tjxree-man crew of the mono
plane America and Chamberlin, the
pilot of the monoplane Columbia, ar
rived on the liner Leviathan. Among
the persons who welcomed the fliers
was Col. Chas. Lindbergh, who pro
ceeded these five over the Atlantic
air route. The fliers arrived as the
great office buildings were disgorging
thousands into the streets for lunch.
Hundreds of police were confronted
with the task of keeping the crowds
in order.
BYRD’S SOUTH POLE FLIGHT
NEW YORK, July 13. (jp)—Com
mander Byrd revealed that his South
Pole flight might take three years.
“I will go down to make my prelim
inary plans during the first year. I
doubt whether I will be able to make
in the second year. I am confident
the third year everything will be set
to make a success.” He predicted
that trans-continental passenger air
service will be accomplished within
five years. ■»
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pittsburg 9-6, Philadelphia 7-5.
Chicago 6-2, New York 4-3.
Cincinnati 3, Boston 2.
St. Louis-Brooklyn—rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 14-0, Cleveland 5-4.
Philadelphia 3, Detroit 5.
Washington 5, Chicago 1.
New York 10, St. Louis 6.
10 OF MG MEN
ONE KILLED, ANOTHER SERIOUS
LY WOUNDED AS OFFICERS
APPROACHED AUTO
ARCADIA, Calif., July 19. (£>)—One
policeman was killed and another
probably fatally wounded when they
attempted to question a trio of young
men suspected of staging a holdup.
According to police reports the offi
cers were approaching the car in
which the suspects were seated when
all three suddenly drew guns and
opened fire. The officers were taken
unawares and shot down before they
could draw their own weapons. .
ERUPTION CONTINUES
HILO, Island of Hawaii, July 19.
(JP)—The eruption of Kileau crater,
which last Thursday began sending
fountains of lava into Halemaumau
pit, today continued its dyrotechnlc
display.
MURDERER SUICIDES
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., July 19.
Ernest Reiker, who was awaiting trial
for murder of his wife, committed sui
cide in the Bucks county jail by hang
nig. It was the third attempt to end |
his life. Alter shooting his wife last
February he killed the sheriff.
AMERICAN MARINES
ARE COMMENDED FOR
CONDUCT NICARAGUA
FIRST OFFICIAL NAVY REPORT
RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON
FROM ADMIRAL
WASHINGTON, July 19. (JP)—High
commendation for the conduct of Am
erican marines and their air forces
and the Nicaraguan Guardia National
was contained in the first official navy
report made public on the battle of
Ocotal, between the marines and the
forces of General Sandino. The re
port was forwarded by Admiral Sell
ers, commander of the American
squadron in Central American waters.
It said that private Garrison, who was
wounded is still in a serious condition
with hopes for his recovery.
I MEN AND WOMAN
TAXI DRIVER FOUND MURDERED
IN DITCH—ALLEGED NEWLY
WEDS SUSPECTED
MONTREAL, July 19. (/P)—Two
men and a woman hired a taxicab for
| what one said was for a short wed
ding tour into the United States are
being sought as the slayers of Adelard
! Bouchard, taxi driver. Bouchard’s
i body, with a bullet through the neck,
was found in a ditch. His machine
wsa found later in this city bullet
ridden and blooc? stained. Three hun
idred dollars in Bouchard’s pockets was
missing.
DEMPSEl SEVEN-FIVE
SEATTLE, July 19. (/P)—Dempsey
is a seven to five favorite to beat Shar
key in their battle Thursday. The ad
vance sale of tickets for the battle has
passed the 75,000 mark and shows
no signs of diminishing. There will
be additional seats installed in the
stadium so that 80,000 persons can be
seated.
ARMT FLIeRSLEAPFROM
PUMTUDE 210
SACRAMENTO, July 19. (£>)—'Two
army flyers, Lieut. C. B. Whitney
and Sargent P. L. Woodruff were
compelled to leap from their disabl
ed airplanes and land with parachut
es here yesterday. Whitney leaped
at a altitude of about 2,000 feet and
landed lightly, Woodruff stayed with
his ship, trying to save it until about
1500 feet from the ground. His chute
opened just in time to break his fall
although he was badly shaken up.
AERIAL PROCESSION
ESCORT ARMY MEN
TO CHICAGO AIRPORT
LIEUTS. MAITLAND AND SEGEN
BERGER, HAWAIIAN FLIERS,
EN ROUTE WASHINGTON
MILWAUKEE, July 19. (Jp)—
Heading an aerial procession from
Chicago Lieutenants Maitland and
Segenberger arrived at the county
airport at 10:30 a. m. to participate in
an all-day reception given the fliers
by Maitland’s native city.
VISIT HOME TOWNS
CHICAGO, July 19. (^—Lieuten
ants Maitland and Segenberger, Cali
fornia to Hawaii fliers, escorted by 21
airplanes, took off for Milwaukee. To
morrowthey will fly to Cleveland, Se
genberger’s home town, and after re
maining a few hours will go to Wash
ington.
I
f
IS WORK OF RADICALS
NO ONE INJURED—SLIGHT DAM
AGE SUSTAINED—SACCO-VAN
2ETTI DEMONSTRATION
"NIECE, France, July 19. (/P)—A
bomb was exploded in front of the
building in which the American Con
sulate is located. No one was hurt
and but slight damage was done.
Consular officials expressed the belief
that the work was that one someone
who wishes to make a demonstration
on behalf of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolo
meo Vanzetti without actually causing
bloodshed. Nearly every window was
broken in the consulate. American
Consulate buildings in Paris, Sofia, Lis
bon, Buenos Aires and Montevideo
have previously been bombed or
threatened by sympathizers with the
two radicals convicted of murder in
Massachusetts.
ARRANGE ARMITICE
PEKIN, July 19. (JP)— General
Chang Khang, leader of the Shantun
gese and General Chaing Kai Shek,
Cantonese commander, are reported
to have arranged an armistice.
LINDBERGH'S RECEPTION
EXPENSIVE TO FRIGE
PARIS, July 18. (/P)—Lindbergh’s
visit coat France a lot of money.
The lights alone, to show the way to
Paris, cost a nice sum. The biggest
searchlight in the world, on Mont
Valerien, west of Paris, sent its rays
200 miles all that Saturday evening.
All the airfields _ lights of northern
France were kept burning long after
Lindbergh landed.
The furniture bill, if it could be
calculated, also would be high. At
the ticy hall and at the Chamber
and Senate receptions the crowds
clambered wildly onto rare old tapes
tried chairs and divans, fragile con
soles and desks and left torn fab
rics and broken and marred wood
work. Besides this, the expense of
public displays, “wine of honor” cer
emonies, medals, flowers and flags
was considerable.