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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 208. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
German Round-World
Plane Will Touch At
Seward Port, Stated
ALASKA FLIGHT MOST HAZARDOUS OF ENTIRE
AIR VOYAGE, CLAIMS WASHINGTON DIS
PATCH—IF CAN MAKE SEWARD REST OF
JOURNEY FROM SEWARD COMPARATIVE
LY EASY—<fWILLI-WAWS” AND MIRAGES NOT
ED AROUND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. (/P)—Back tracking the
history making Pacific flight of the U. S. Army, round
world fliers, Otto Koennecke, German aviator, and his
companions Count Solmslaubach and Johannes Herman,
will face one of the greatest natural impediments to
human progress if they attempt crossing from Tokyo to
Alaska, by way of the Aleutians which is the region noted
for “Willi-Waws” or small whirlwinds that whistle down
valleys from mountain tops. It was one of these which
caused Major Martin, commander of the Army flight’ to
crash into a mountain. -
POOR LANDING PIELDS
KILLS YOUNG GIRL
FOR TAKING MONEY
ACCEPTS FIFTEEN CENTS FOR
CARFARE FROM ANOTHER
YOUTH
CHICAGO, Sept. 26. (JP)—Frank
Schliben, age 19, shot and killed Stef
fi© Cielec, age 16, because she accept
ed 15 cents for carfare from another
youth, as they stood on a corner while
returning from a dance. The girl ask
ed Schlieben for 15 cents to visit
friends and he told her she had better
go home warning her not to accept
money from the other youth who was
with him. She disobeyed and he shot
her. Schlieben admitted his guilt
when arrested at the home of his sis
ter.
FIVE THOUSAND DIED
1 TIL WAVE AND
TYPHOON IN CHINA
20,000 HOMES ARE DAMAGED, 400
JUNKS AND SAMPANS LOST;
NEAR HONGKONG
HONGKONG, Sept. 26. (JP)—The
Exchange Telegraph announced re
ceipt of a report that 5,000 persons
perished when an immense tidal
wave and typhoon struck Yeungt
tong, Ywanq-tung Province, 150 miles
southwest of Hongkong on Septem
ber 10. Twenty thousand homes were
damaged and 400 junks and sampans
were destroyed. The total loss is es
timated at a million dollars.
FOOD IN ELECTRIC HEATERS
RENO, Sett. ?6. (/P)—An airplane
which came here in two hours from
San Francisco, brought food in elec
tric heaters for a banquet, which
was given by W. H. Mofet, million
aire cattleman.
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I If Koennecke attempts the flight he
must make this longest over water
flight 878 miles to Attu Island, dense
ly covered with a growth of grass and
moss which makes it difficult for a
plane with wheels to land anywhere
! in the Aleutions. After Attu comes
i Atka, thence the course reaches to
Dutch Harbor. From Dutch Harbor to
: Chignik the dangers wiill increase for
I the Germans.
Mirages showing headlands and is
lands in the air and paintings of snowy
ridges that do not exist, is another
obstacle the Germans must conquer,
i Their next hop to Seward presents
j the most trouble and if this is con
| quered the Germans will find it com
paratively easy continuing on to Seat
tle.
ARE UNHEARD FROM
LONDON, Sept. 26. (jP)—More than
48 hours has passed without word of
i Lieutenant Koennecke and his com
panions who left Angora, Turkey, on
Saturday from Basra, at the head of
^tYe Persian Gulf, a distance of 1,050
: miles. There are many miles of des
ert betwen Angora and Basra as well
being a sparsely settled country. If
the air men were forced to alight they
might be sometmie before reaching a
point from which to report.
BANDIT SUSPECTS KRI
| CAPTURED IN SEIM
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j SEATTLE, Sept. 26. (£>)—One
■ young woman and two young men
'companions are being held in the
|King County jail for questioning as
bandit suspects. They were arrested
by deputy sheriffs who had trail
ed an armed bandit who last night
held up the Baxter store, about a
mile south of Kirkland, and escaped
with $20.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26. (£»)— Bright
hued slippers are becoming popular
in Chicago after many young women
found out they could lacquer them
in any color they desired. The paint
is said to take well on satin, kid or
other leathers.
BOMBS EXPLODED, RAILS TORN
UP, ROCKS PLACED ON TRACKS
OTHERWISE O. K.
NICE, France, Sept. 26. (/P)—Dyna
miters and train wreckers apparently
tried to wreck two American Legion
Goodwill special trains but the Legion
aires reached Nice safely and ran
into another huge welcome. A bomb
was exploded on the track a few
miles this side of Cannes early Sun
day five minutes after the regular ex
press passed but 11 hours before the
Legion train was due Rails wore
torn up and a deep hole made in the
roadbed. Fifty-seve^n telephone and
telegraph wires were cut in another
attempt but was discovered a few
hours later.
East of Nice, on a line near Monte
Carlo, nocks were piled on the rails
but these were removed by the track
crew'. Legionaires knew nothing about
it. Two possible disasters to other
trains were averted over night and
authorities immediately called out all
available guards to protect their
American guests.
ATTEMPTS WRECK TRAINS
LAID TO SYMPATHIZERS
NICE, France, Sept. 26. (/P)—Police
believe Sacco-Van^etti sympathizers
are behind the two attempts to wreck
American Legion tranis. When the
trains pulled out today for Genoa,
Italy, it was heavily guarded and hun
dreds of track w'alkers are on the
alert to see there are no obstructions
on the line.
INDICATED APPEAL BE TAKEN
UP WITH NATIONAL BOXING.
COMMISSION
CHICAGO, Sept. 26. (JP)— Jack Demp
sey has wired the Illinois Boxing
Commission “My manager and I are
preparing a formal letter which '
arrive at yqur office on Tuesday ask
ing to reverse your decision and de
clare Dempsey winner by a knock
out over Gene Tuney.”
Flynn indicated an appeal will be
made to the National Boxing Com
mission which is an association of
commissions of 18 States banded to
gether for the purpose of uniform re
gulations of boxing. Dempsey’s clos
est associates pointed out that Demp
jsey was not inclined to file a protest
over the decision but felt duty bound
to stand by his manager.
EVANS DUE TOMORROW
The Admisal Evans, of the P. S. S.
Co., is expected to return to port, to
morrow from the Westward, South
bound.
FIRST SNOW COLORADO
DENVER, Sept. 26. (£>)—'The first
snow of the season fell Sunday. The
temperature was 34 in mid-afternoon.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
HAVE THE NATIONAL
TWO FULL GAMES AHEAD OF ST.
LOUIS; WIN TWO DOUBLE.
HEADERS
NEW YORK, Sept. 26. (/P)—With
only five games left on their schedule
the Pittsburgh Pirates see the Nation
al Pennant within their grasp by win
ning both ends of a double-header
from Chicago. Pittsburgh became two
full games ahead of St. Louis which
team jumped into second place by a
double killing at the expense of the
Boston Braves. The New York Giants
were held to seven innings, a score
less tie, by Brooklyn who were in
third place two and -a half games be
hind Pittsburgh.
The Pirates can clinch the Pennant
by winning four out of the five re
maining games even though second
place St Louis won all of their re
! maining five games. The Giants have
! six games left on schedule and would
tie for first place if they won all of
them while Pittsburgh was losing two
out of five.
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FOOTBALL SCORES
i Oregon, 7; Linfield, 0.
U. of So. Calif., 33; Occidental
College, 0.
U. of Calif., 33; Santa Barbara
State Teachers College, 0.
Montana State, 22; N. D. State, 0.
U. of Mont., 19; Centerville of
Butte, 0.
■Stanford, 7; Olympic Club. 6.
Army, 13; Boston U., 0.
Syracuse, 13; Hobart, 0.
Brown, 27; Rhode Is. State, 0.
Ohio U.f 21; Rio Grande, 0.
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Alabama, 46; Millsapi, 0.
Lafayette, 39; Schuvkill, 13.
Hamilton, 0; Colgate, 21.
Columbia, 32; Vermont, 0.
Amherst, 21; Alfred, 0.
Dartsmouth, 47; Norwich, 0.
UPPED TO DEATH
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
DETECTIVES FIND WHIP WHICH
HUSBAND CLAIMED USED ON
HORSES
DELMONT, N. J., Sept. 26. (JP)—
Literally whipped to death, the nude
body of Mrs. Mary Jung, 30, was
found on the fltfor of a miserable
shack here and Charles C. Koch, 50,
is to be arraigned on charges of
murder. Mrs. Jung was unconscious
when patrolman Charles Jones forced
his way into the,, cottage, and she
died at the hospital.
Detectives found a whip which
Koch said he used to whip his horse.
He denied ail knowledge of how Mrs.
Jung met her death.
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ASLEEP IN BED
FATHER OF GIRL WHO ELOPED
ENRAGED BY INTRODUCTION
OF DAUGHTER
NEW YORK, Sept. 26. (£>)—A seven
year old girl was shot dead as she
slept, by a 65 year old man, in re
venge for the elopement of the daugh
ter, police allege. Angeline Constance
was asleep in bed when she was in
stantly killed by a shotgun fired by
Biaggio Arsenio who escaped over the
| roof tops. Relatives told the police
that Arsenio was enraged over the
elopement of his daughter with a
young man introduced by the slain
child’s parents. When the child’s
father left for work today, police said,
Arsenio waited at the doorway and
slipped into the bedroom. The mother
was absent. Mrs. Julia Saltrelli, aunt
of the girl, heard the shot and saw
Arsenio climbing down a ladder.
LOS ANGELES HELD
UP; LOSE $85,000
OFFICIALS TIED UP WITH SCHOOL
STRAPS, RUBBER BALLS IN
MOUTHS
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. (/P)—'Two
| men held up three officials of the Los
| Angeles Water Power Bureau just
afteY the offices were opened and es
caped with about $85,000 cash. Fred
Kimble, guard, was in the robbers’
way as they emerged from the build
ing and they bundled him into a wait
ing automobilk He was thrown out
10 miles east of the city.
Two men entered the building and
vaulted the counter and sat dowm.
No particular attention was paid to
them by officials thinking they were
employes. George Pessilli, cashier,
was forced to open the safe where
the payroll money was ^cooped up
and placed in a satchel. The three
officials were bound with school book
straps and rubber balls pushed into
their mouths held in place by hand
kerchiefs Another cashier later dis
covered their plight. A hundred per
sons passed in front of the building
during the robbery*
IRISH HR PUNS
MIKE ANOTHERITTEMPT
DUBLIN, Sept. 2C (^- Captain R.
II. Macintosh, who was forced back
to land, when he attempted a non
step flight across thi Atlantic, an
nounced that he world make another
attempt this year.
Macintosh’s plans are dependent
on the weather conditions, however.
"Our Fokker monoplane is in perfect
condition and we will start again,
as soon as the weather permits,” he
said.