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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 244. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FREEZING WEATHER ;
HODS DISCOMFORT
THRU FLOOD AREA
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WATERS IN NORTHERN STATES
SUBSIDING; SITUATION IN
SOUTH REMAINS ACUTE
BOSTON, Nov. 7.(JP)—Snow squaBe !
and freezing weather added to the i
discomfort of thousands in. the New j
England flood area, whose homes are
surrounded and cellars filled with
water. Furnaces have been rendered
useless and it is impossible to get
warmth from wood stove fires.
The number of dead is known, to
exceed 150; relief workers bent eve
ry effort toward feeding and clothing j
those driven from homes.
While the waters in the northern
■states continued to subside, the situ
ation in the south remained acute
with 6,000 reported routed from their
dwellings in Springfield where the
full effects of the Connecticut River
was experienced.
Railroad communicaiton is being i
gradually restored. The little twin
communities of Duxburg and North
Duxburg, in Vermont, is in critical
need as their 200 inhabitants have
been without food since Thursday.
Because of their isolation they were
overlooked in the rescue work. All
means of reaching the outside world
was cut off to them when a 'bridge
across the Winooski River was car
ried away.
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GEIST HOPES TO PROVE ANCES
—TORS NATIVES ST. LAWRENCE
ISLAND, FROM ASIA
SEVOONGA, Nov. 7. (IP)—With 70
boxes of anthropological specimans
for the Fairbanks College, Otto W.
Geist, scientific collector, completed
a successful summer on St. Lawrence
Island.
Old ivorv bone curios; implements
and weapons, telling the life story of
the prehistoric inhabitants of the Is
land. are included in the specimens
which will be displayed at the college.
Geist expects to be able to prove as
the result of his investigations that
the ancestors of the present St. Law
rence natives came from Asia. Geist
also made a study of Eskimo super
stitions and religious beliefs while
living in native fashion even to eating
Eskimo food. He left the B. of E. M.
S. Boxer, on November 4, for Seward"
enroute to Fairbanks.
FALL RECOVERING
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. (IP)— Albert
Fall, ill with congested lungs, con
tinued to show improvement. He plans
to return home to New Mexico soon.
DUNDEE AND 1DKINS
TO BOX NOVEMBER 21
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7. (/P)—R. D.
Knickerbocker, attorney for Dick
Donald, promo tor of the Dundee-Hud
kins fight in Frisco, announced the
welterweight championship bout that
failed to materialize last Thursday
after a row over guarantees will be
staged in Los Angeles on November
21.
LB OF THE FUTURE
CHATHAM, England, Nov. 7. (/P)—
Liners of the future will l>e “manned’
and captained by women, avers Cap
tain Thomas Drake, who piloted a
35-foot schooner from the United
States to Plymouth. “The modern
liner is so wonderfully equipped with
every device of science that it can
be navigated by women. Being cap
tain of a liner Isn’t a man’s job any
more.”
PLAYWRIGHT DIES
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7. (/P)—
JoJhn Luther Long, noted playwright
and author of the book “Madame
Butterfly”, died at Clifton Springs
after a serious operation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (/P)—Football
took its fourth victim with the death
of Harry Kerman, halfback on the
Columbia high school team of New
Jersey. He had his neck broken in
a game last Satuurday.
JOHN TREADWELL IS
FOUND DEAD BATHTUB
NEW YORK HOME
DISCOVERER OF TREADWELL
MINES IN 'ALASKA; LIVED
ALONE HOTEL SINCE 1914
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (ff)—John
Treadwell, age 85, discoverer of the
famous Treadwell mine in Alaska,
was found dead In a 'bathtub full of
scalding water in his apartment in
the Great Northern hotel, Inst night.
Death apparently was due to heart
allure.
Mr. Treadwell was a former resi
dent of California and had lived in
the Great Northern hotel since 1914,
when he filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy, listing his liabilities at
$2,391,000.
‘II STRANGLER" TO
HG JANUARY 13
WINNIPEG POISON
| WINNIPEG, Nov. 7. (A°)— Earle
Nelson of Paloalto, “the dark strang
ler” was sentenced to hang on Friday
January 13 for killing Mrs. Emily Pat
terson, one of two Winnipeg women,
whom he was supposed to have
strangled. “The human tiger" credit
ed with nearly a score of strangula
lations greeted the verdict calmly.
The jury deliberated only one hour.
Stanford, 13; Washington, 7.
Princeton, 20; Ohio State, 0.
Pennsylvania, 24; Harvard, 0.
Yale, 30; Maryland, 6.
Norte Dame, 7; Minnesota, 7.
Dartmouth, 19; Brown, 7.
Columbia, 7; John Hopkins, 7.
Michigan, 14; Chicago, 0.
Army, 45; Franklin & Marshall, 0.
Cornell, 6; St. Bonaventure, 6.
Illinois, 14; Iowa, 0.
Navy, 26; W. Virginia-Wesleyan, 0.
Purdue, 18; Northwestern, 6.
Wisconsin, 20; Grinnell, 2.
Indiana, 33; Michigan State, 7.
California, 33; Montana, 13.
Qonzaga, 19; Loyola, 7.
Idaho, 3; St. Marys, 3.
Neveda, 19; Pacific 13.
Colorado University. 7; Colorado
College, 6.
Creighton^ 16; Utah, 7.
GOLF CHUN WINS
FBI JOE TURNESN
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 7. (£>)—Wal* |
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ter Hagen successfully defended his |
professional golf title by beating Joej
Turnesa one up. Hagen trailed most
of the day but finally became one up
at the 31st hole. He then halved the
five remaining holes to win on the last
green.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. (£>)—'The
Laura Spelman Rockefeller memorial
appropriated nearly $8,000,000 in 1926;
to various projects.
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SET BY WILLIAM'S
MAKES 322.6 MILES AN HOUR
DURING TEST IN RECON
STRUCTED SHIP
MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y., Nov. 7.
(Jp)—An unofficial world’3 speed re
cord for land planes Is claimed by
Lieut. Alford J. Williams, navy flyer,
when he announced he had attained
a speed of 322.6 miles an hour dur
ing the first test of his ship since its
recent conversion from a seaplane.
Warrant Officer Bonnet, of the
French Army, established the pre
sent world’s record of 278 miles an
hour in France in ^925.
Major Mario De Bernard!* Italian
flying ace, claimed in Italy, on
Saturday, that he had attained an
official speed of 315.42 miles an hour
in a hydroplane.
Lieutenant Wiliams said his speed
mark was made while traveling with
the wind over one lap of the same
course over which he established
the present American record of 266
miles an hour for land planes.
EX-GOVERNOR BONE
VISITS 1 SEATTLE
TALKS POLITICS
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS FOR
HOOVER; RACE BETWEEN
DAWES AND HOOVER
SEATTLE, Nov. 7. (/P)—Former
Governor Bone of Alaska, was a week
end visitor with his son Robert B.
Bone. He declared his interest in Al
aska has not waned and he also ex
pressed the highest praise for his suc
cessor.
The former Governor touching upon
politics said "California Republicans
are of course for Hoover with practi
caly unanimity and undoubtedly there
is a popular sentiment for him thru
out the country. The contest in my
opinion, will be between Hoover and
Dawes. The expected withdrawal of.
Lowden, who apparently is making no
headway, may naturally rebound to
the benefit of Da yes”.
He said Ooolidge does not plan
to run. His only comment on the
Democratic outlook was that seem
ingly "a miracle would be required.to
extricate the party from the fix it Is
in and give it chance to win.”
Mr. Bone left Sunday night for an
indefinite tour of the East.
NAMED JOSEPHINE
BRHSSELS, Nov. 8. (£>)—'The 20-day
old daughter of Crown Prince Leopold
and Princess Astrid of Belgium will
be named Josephine it was announced.