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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 148
SEWARD, ALASKA,MONDAY, JULY 18, 1927.
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WASHINGTON, July 18. (£>)— New
York and Texas were prominent
among the States of the Union
in furnishing commodities for export
during the first quarter of 1927 the
Department of Commerce figures
credit New York with furnishing $193,
000 and Texas $172,000 out of $1,175,
000, which represented the country’s
total merchandise export for the quar
ter. California was third with $81,
000 and Alaska was fourth, with $105,
000 compared with $69,000 for the first
quarter of 1926. Alaska headed the
District of Columbia, North Dakota
and Nevada.
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO
KILL U. S. CONSUL I
PUERTO. MEXICO
SERIOUSLY SHOT AND WOUNDED
IN RESIDENCE SATURDAY BY
TWO MEN
WASHINGTON, July 18. (^—Evi
dence of an attempt to assasinate
Willian Chapman, American consul at
Puerto, Mexico, has been transmit- j
tod to American officials, after inves
tigation by Chapman’s colleague, J. J.,
Sparks, British consul. Chapman was
shot and seriously wounded in his j
residence at the Mexican port Sun-,
day. Sparks informed the American j
Embassy at Mexico City that two j
men had entered the building at night j
through a skylight. One was armed
with a pistol and the other with a
knife. When Chapman arose to inves
tigate they made no demand upon him j
but followed him back to his bedroom
and shot him.
MANDELL DEFENDS
LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
IN ONE-SIDED FIGHT
EMERGES WITHOUT SCRATCH IN
BATTLE WITH PHIL M’GRAY,
DETROIT CHALLENGER
DETROIT, July 18. (/P)—Without a
scratch on him Sammy Mandell
emerged from a ten-round defense of
the worlds lightweight title against
Phil McCray of Detroit. The crowd
of 12,000 fans cheered the decision af
ter the one-sided fight.
DREW FUNERAL IS SIMPLE
PHILADELPHIA, July 18. (£>)—A
simple ceremony attended by a few
friends, his daughter and niece, was
held over the remains of the late John
Drew, actor. Interment was made in
Mount Vernon cemetery in. a grave be
side that of his wife, Josephine Baker
Drew.
TORNADOS LAY RUIN
IN EASTERN KANSAS;
NINE LIVES LOST
SMITES EXTREME SOUTHERN
EDGE OF MISSOURI—HOUSES
ARE LEVELED
KANSAS CITY, July 18. (£>)—'Two
tornadoes that swooped down upon
Eastern Kansas Saturday night killed
nine persons, injured many and de
stroyed property and crops valued at
thousands of dollars. South Park,
Kas., felt the full effects of the twister
that mowed a path 600 feet wide.
South Park, a town of 800 population,
saw four killed and more than a score
injured. Twenty-five residences were
levelled. More than a score were
treated for injuries at Kansas City
hospitals. The tornado rose after
leaving South Park, dipping again in
the extreme southern edge of Kansas
City, Mo., where a few buildings were
wrecked. Five lives were lost in the
vicinity of Emporia.
WOMAN FLIER HOPS FOR HAWAII
CHICAGO, July 18. (/P)—Accompa
nied by a male pilot, Miss Mildred Do
ran, a Michigan school teacher,
hopped off in an airplane flight which
is expected to take her to the Hawaii
an Islands.
FORMER MANAGER
DEMPSEY CHARGED I
WITH CROOKEDNESS
JACK'S COUNCEL ATTEMPTING
TO PROVE CLIENT RECEIVED
SHORT END PURSE
NEW YORK, July 18. (JP)—Richard.
MacKey, counsel for Jack Dempsey,!
charged in the United States Court,
that Jack Kearns took away $230,000 1
from the gate receipts at Selby, Mon- j
tana and handed the former heavy- [
weight champion only $15,000 for his
services. Dempsey is being sued by
Kearns for $300,000 for breaking his
contract with him and fighting with
out giving him any of the proceeds.
Kearns claims that he developed
Dempsey, keeping him on the straight,
narrow path and that he, Kearns is
entirely responsible for Jack’s suc
cess, while Dempsey’s counsel is at
tempting to prove that Kearns, thru
his iron methods, continually bunked
Jack out of the big end of the purses.
LIHEAGH ON EVE OF
SPEAKING TOUR U §
NEW YORK, July 18. (Jp)—Colonel!
Charles Lindbergh on the eve of his
speaking tour of the United States,
which he will make in his famous
plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, declared
he hoped to speak to audiences in
which children would be in the ma
jority because he believes aviations
future rests with them. He added
that it will be several years before ‘
Trans-Atlantic air service is estab
lished commercially! but that it is sure
to come.
O’MALLEY RESCINDS
ORDER CLOSING DOi
FISHING BRISTOL BAT
AMENDED ORDER MADE AFTER
HEARING REPORTS RUN HOLD
ING STEADY
ANCHORAGE, July 18. (£>)—U. S.
Commissioner of Fisheries O’Malley
rescinded the order which would have
closed the Briston Bay fisheries Sat
urday night for an indefinite period.
He announced here Sunday fishing;
would be permitted from “day to day.’>
The first order was based on other re
ports that there was virtually no run
of fish in the district. The amended!
order was made after the report of;
Dennis Winn at Bristol Bay that an i
unexpected run had set in within the j
last few days in the Kvichak and Nak- j
nek area. Winn also said the run
w;as holding steady and requested per-1
mission to use his own judgment i
about closing. O’Malley replied: “Per
mit fishing only from day to day basis.
Close fishing at first appearance of the
run falling off.’’
JEWS WILL NOTH
10 MAJOR SOUS
SAPIRO CASE STILL PENDING
WILL COME UP FOR TRIAL
SEPTEMBER 12
NEW YORK, July IS. (/P)—If Hen
ry Ford entertains any belief that
his apology would relieve him from
the necessity of taking the witness
stand in one of the two major suits
filed against him, it was shaken when
the attorney for Bernstein announc
ed he expected to question Ford soon
in the $250,000 libel suit brought by
Herman Bernstein. Meanwhile Louise
Marshall, Jewish attorney, who gave
Ford’s own statement, confirmed the
reports that apology was ^ only the
first step in Ford’s proposed amends
to the Jews.
Yesterday's Dearborn Independent;
was free from any mention of the
Jews, but its editor, and Ford’s attor-,
neys,were free to profess complete J
ignorance of what the automobil*
manufacturer has said or plans to do.
So far as they know the Sapiro case
is still pending and will come up for
trial September 12. Sapiro and his at
torneys have virtually decided to set
tle the case out of court. All Sapi
ro’s lawyers want is his fee and Sap
iro does not want to continue his
actions against Ford.
SETTLEMENT LOOMS
NEW YORK, June 18. (^—Settle
ment of the two big libel suits loom
ed here today when it was reported
that representatives of Henry Ford
are seeking to settle both the suite
of Aaron Sapiro and Herman Bern
stein. These suits amount to $1,250,
000. The Herald Tribune is quoted
as saying that Ford’s war on Jews
has, come to an end and added that
Ford’s hopes in the coming Presiden
tial race is the principle reason.
INDIAN LEGION POST
PENDLETON, Ore., July 18. (TP)—
An American Legion post composed
exclusively of Indians has been or- •
ganized at the Umatilla Indian agen- j
cy. It Is Chief Peo Post.
CHANCELLOR SIEPEL ISSUES PRO
CLAMATION-LOSS OF PRES
TIGE IN EYES OF WORLD
BERLIN, July 18. (/P)—A procla
mation issued by Chancellor Seippe
in Vienna brought from Para by air
plane places the number of dead in
the riots at 40 with 30 wounded and
250 arrested. The proclamation stat
ed that all records in the palace of
Justice, including deeds and the library
archives were destroyed by fire. The
Chancellor after declaring Austria
suffered severe loss in tourist trade
and loss of prestige in the eyes of the
world, says: “Occurrences of this;
kind not only hinder economic recon
struction of Austria which suffers the
bitterest economic distress anyway, j
but render numerous workers and em-1
ploye3 jobless.”
SHARKEY TAPERING OFF
NEW YORK, July 18. (/P)— Jack!
Sharkey, who will meet Jack Demp
sey on July 21 let up on his training
here yesterday. Sharkey tips the
scales at 190 pounds, three pounds
over his Ting weight.
INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESS
JAtK SAYS HE IS AT HIS
BEST
NEW YORK, July 18. (/P)—Reliable
sources state that Jack Dempsey had
a very narrow escape from serious in
jury yesterday when tlffe wharf from
which he was to start on his mara-,
thon on Lake George, collasped. One
report says that Dempsey severly
wrenched his back and sustained se
eral bruises, but his training quarters
state that he escaped without a mark.
In a brief interview with the press,
When asked how long it would take
him to put Sharkey away he just
smiled broadly and answered that he
would be himself this time when he
meets Sharkey.
ML CONFERENCE TIKES
MORE MOLE TORN
GENEVA, July 19. (JP)—An official
communique which indicated that the
tri-partite naval conference had taken
a favorable turn was.issued at the end
of a meeting between representatives
of the United States, Great Britain
and Japan. The communique said
that progress had been sufficiently en
couraging to warrant further exam
ination of the auxiliary and surface
craft details.
KANSAS ELECTION
ATOHISON, Kas., July 18. (JP)—An
election in which the candidates had
no opposition, was held here recently.
A state law forced the city to hold
the election.
U. S MARINES WHIP
GENERAL SMI'S
HUNDRED REBELS DISPERSED
BY SMALL JOINT FORCES AND
PLANES
MANAGUA, July 18. (£>)—'The U. S.
Marine corps suffered its first casual
ties in actual conflict arising as an
aftermath of the recent Nicaraguan
civil warfare, one marine being killed
and another being wounded in a fight
with forces ofthe former Liberal lead
er Sandino, which attempted to cap
ture the town of Ocotal. The battle
was as fierce an engagement as has
been recorded in Nicaraguan history
and continued for 17 hours until Gen
eral Sandino’s followers, numbering
400 and armed with machine guns
•were badly beaten and dispersed by 39
marines and 47 Nicaraguan constabu
lary. The government reports show
that 100 rebels were killed by the joint
forces and 200 by a terrific bombard
ment from airplanes.
HUSBAND KILLS WIFE
WITH HAMMED SETS
NEIGHBORS FIND HIM SITTING
ON BOX IN BARN; SAID WIFE
ESCAPED
OREGON CITY, Ore., July 18.(/P)—
Calmly Alvin McCurty, age 55 years
old, told how three blows of a ham
mer killed his wife and how he then
burned his home. He says he had been
planning the murder for some time
and at 10:25 P. M. last night his wife
returned home after attending a show
with -a group of neighbors, they went
directly to bed. Mrs. McCurty went
to sleep while McCurty lay awake for
three hours, then he got up and went
after the hammer with which he com
mitted the crime. After a half hour
he again returned to the house and
packed his few personal belongings
and some money, crumbled some pa
per in the woodbox and set it afire.
Some neighbors living near were at
tracted by the flames and upon ar
rival they found McCurty sitting in
the barn and when asked if his wife
escaped, he said, “Yes I -think she got
out safe.” All through his confession
his voice did not raise above its nat
ural tone. He told the story to five
police officers.
KETCHIKAN, July 18. (/P)—Julius
Mims and Mrs. Helen Lewis, negroes,
were drowned in Tongass Narrows
when a small skiff in which they were
being taken from a beach party to a
gasoline boat capsized. Sandy Irwin,
the third person in the boat, swam
ashore.
QUITS KNITTING AT 105
MINNEAPOLIS, July 18. (/P)—At
the age of 105 "Grandma” Elizabeth
Murphy has had to quit knitting* mit
tens. Last year she knitted 250 pair,
but her eyesight is failing. She was
born in Canada in 1822.