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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 94. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MRS. RUTH SNYDER
ON VERCE INSANITY
STATES PHYSICIAN;
DRAY IS RESIGNED
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CROWD OUTSIDE COURTROOM
CHEERED WHEN VERDICT IS
MADE KNOWN
CHEERS GREET THE JUIORS
MEMBERS OF JURY STATES NONE
BELIEVED MRS. SNYDER WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH
NEW YORK, May 10. (£»)—Mrs.
Snyder suffered a second collapse in
her cell. Physicians attended her
nearlv an hour after she fainted from
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an attack of hysterical epilepsy which
the doctors explained often preceded
insanity. She did not eat breakfast,
and after weeping for some time,
passed into hysteria. The physicians
said it might be necessary to take her
to a hospital.
Henry Judd Gray ate breakfast in
composure and showed no great emo
tion at the verdict, apparently having
expected it. and resigned himself to
his fate.
One juror said: "There was little
doubt in our minds as to what the ver
dict would be. I could tell by the way
Mrs. Snyder answered questions that
she was not telling the truth. We all
believed what Gray said.”
WILL PAY WITH LIVES
NEW YORK. May 10. (£>)—Mrs.
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray,
her corset salesman paramour, will
pay with their lives for the crime that
made them internationally known. De
liberating less than two hours the jury
convicted them of the murder of Mrs.
Snyder’s husband. Albert Snyder, mag
azine art editor. The death sentence
is mandatory for first degree murder,
but the formality of sentence was post
poned until Monday.
Cheers greeted the verdict when it
was flashed to the crowd outside the
Long Island City Supreme court. In
side the court the verdict was re
ceived in silence. Neither defendant
exhibited any great emotion. They
seemed to be either too dazed to fully
comprehend its import or only hear
ing what they expected.
Counsel for both defendants deferred
announcements of their intentions re
garding appeals. Justice Scudder
thanked the jurors as they left their
seats. Cheers greeted them outside
along with flashlights as photograph
ers pressed around them.
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• CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. (£>)—
Word received here is to the effect
that Allan Husar, former U. S. district,
attorney in Shanghai, has been found
guilty of embezzlement and despoila
l iton of government property. Husar
was once district attorney of Los An
geles.
OUTDOOR MISS FALLS 11i
TO MILLION OOLLAHS:
SALISBURY, Md., May 10. (^—Mu
tual liking for out of doors made Edna
Davy favorite over her sister with |
Dr. Edward J. Tull, a retired surgeon.
Edna at the age of 13 is heiress to an
estate of more than a million dollars,
provided in Dr. Tull’s will. Ruth
Davy, her sister, will get $300 month
ly for the rest of her life. They are
not related to Dr. Tull.
AFRICA TO BRAZIL
FLIERS ARE STILL
GOVERNMENTS HAVE TAKEN NO
NO MEASURES TO INSTITUTE
SEARCH FOR MEN
RIO JANEIRO, May 10. (iP)—Anoth
er day passed without word of Cap
tain Roman and Mounevres, French
aviators, who attempted to fly from
Africa to Brazil Thursday. High of- j
ficials of the Fireign Office said the |
government had taken no measures to j
search for the aviators because since
the flight was made against wishes!
the French authorities had made no
request. . I
PERNAMUBCO, Brazil, May 10. (^qp)
—No trace has been found of the
French aviators. Captain St. Roman i
and Commander Mourneyres, who left,
St. Louis, Senegal, Africa, last Thurs-;
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day for this city. Wireless stations [
have swept the Atlantic in search of
the two fliers and it is feared they ,
have been drowned.
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DISMEMBERED BODY OF WOMAN
DISCOVERED IN TRUNK IN
BAGGAGE ROOM
LONDON, May 10. (/P)—Scotland i
Yard has a gruesome murder mystery |
to solve through the discovery of the '
dismembered body of a woman in a
trunk in a baggage room in the heart
of London. The trunk has been at the
station five days awaiting identifica
tion. The victim has been dead a
month. There is evidence that the
body was dismembered by a person
not familiar with surgery. A railway
porter said the trunk was brought to
the station in a taxicab by a middle
aged man.
WOMEN AGAINST SMITH
WASHINGTON, May 10. (£>)—'The i
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Democratic party was told that Gov- j
ernor Smith -will not be supported by
the National Women’s Democratic
Law Enforcement League which open
ed its convention here.
ESTIMATED 800 INJURED IN MID
DLE WEST AND SOUTHERN
STATES
According to lists compiled by the
Associated Press the casualties in the
three-day seige of tornadoes and
! storms in the Western States showed
202 dead and more than 800 injured.
Following is the number of dead:
Missouri 3, Arkansas 70, Texas 33,
Kansas 10, Illinois 12, Wyoming 3,
Iowa 1. Several persons are unac
counted for in Arkansas.
FOUR STATES SHAKEN
! ST. LOUIS, Mav 10. UP)—Earth
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shacks which were felt in four States
were due to the new made fault which
occurred in that section of Missouri
more than 100 years ago, Brother
Rueppel, seismologist at St. Louis
University, declared.
DEPORTATION OF MILO 1
[GOERS TO 0. C. ORDERED
I SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. (/P)—The
! United States Circuit Court of Appeals
| ordered the deportation of Milo Eg
j gers to Vancouver to face the charge
!of hi-jacking two Canadian rum run
i ners three years ago. A writ of man
date for deportation was forwarded
; to Tacoma where Eggers is in jail.
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MILLIONAIRE WANTS DIVORCE
DETROIT, May 10. (/P>—Sebastian
S. Kresge. millionaire five-and ten
cent storef owner, has filed suit for di_
vorce against his second wife, Doris
Mercer Kresge.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 11, Detroit 17.
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, Washington-St. Louis—rain.
Philadelphia 1, Cleveland 6.*
i New York 1, Chicago 2.
No other games scheduled.
WASHINGTON, May 10. (£>)—'The
national Red Cross fund for the flood
^sufferers has climbed to S8.345.110.
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FRISCO FLOOD FUND GROWS
San Francisco, May 10. (£>)—San
Francisco’s fund for the flood suffer
ers now totals $203,684.
THE HONEST CHINESE
SHANGHAI, May 10. (TP)—Foreign
banks in China were defrauded of
more than $2,000,000 in silver as a
result of defalcation of Chinese
agents.
STEAMSHIPS KEEPING LOOKOUT FOR AIRMEN;
PLANE—FRENCH HOT UNDER COLLAR DUE TO
PLANE—FRENCH HOT UNDER COLLAR DUE TO
ALLEGED FALSE REPORTS—DEMAND AMERI
CAN FLAG BE LOWERED IN PARIS—IT WAS
HOPE EXPRESSED BElLiCJ PLANE WILL POSTPONE HOP
If the Fliers Were Forced Down Off the Grand Banks it
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May Be Weeks Before Fishermen Bring in News of
Their Death or Rescue—Seaplanes Cruising English
Channel
PARIS, May 10. (/P)—Paris is in the grip of a mixed
feeling of anxiety over the fate of Nungesser and Coli
and resentment against the newspapers for optimistic re
ports last night which went so far as to announce the ar
rival of the plane at New York and described the welcome
there. Police were stationed at some newspapers to pre
vent trouble. Some offices had windows broken. A
gathering in front of Le Matin hooted and jeered and de
mnaded that the American flag be lowered.
The authorities finally hauled downl
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both the French and American flags.'
Someone passedthe word that decep-!
tive American weather reports had
sent the aviators off when in fact con-!
ditions were not propitious for an at- i
tempt. This increased the feeling to
the extent that a number of Ameri_
cans expressed the hope that the Bel
lanca plane would not attempt to
make the Paris to New York hop at
the present time.
At noon today the French aviators !
were 20 hours overdue. Steamships
are keeping a lookout for the plane. I
The government sent out two big na- j
val tugs to scour the waters between
Boston and Cape Sable. A heavy fog j
blinded the lookouts. French destroy-1
ers. sub-chasers and sea planes cruised |
about the English channel in the be-1
lief that the fliers may have been!
forced down in that waterway. If'
forced down off the Grand Banks and
picked up by fishermen, three weeks !
or more may pass before news of the'
rescue is received.
FORD PLANS BUILD JAIL
SANDEWSCH, Mass., May 10. (/Pi
Henry Ford plans to construct a jail
the like of which was once common to
towns in this section.
BALKS AT TWO-DOLLAR FINE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. (/P)—
Rather than pay $2.00 fine ofr viola-1
tion of a law which he believes is un
constitutional, Charles Right, an attor
ney, demanded a jury trial wiien he
appeared before Judge Daniel O’Brien
on a .charge of not halting his car at
a boulevard “stop” sign.
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ONE-TENTH OF FOOT
RIVER WILL CHANGE LITTLE
FOR SEVERAL DAYS, STATES
BUREAU MAN
NEW ORLEANS, May 10. (/P) —A
report received stated that a drop of
one-t°nrh of a foot in the river stage
| before New Orleans was recorded be
i tween 12 and 1 p. m., the official
gauger reported this to the Mississ
ippi River commission. The river
will change very little for several
days said Dr. I. M. Cline, of the
United States Weather Bureau, in a
special flood bulletin.
< FORD IS T1PGET Fll
1 HUNK PRESS
BERLIN,-May 10. (/?)—'“Away with
Ford’’ is the caption over an editorial
in Berlin’s new Sunday paper, Grune
; Post. The editorial bitterly attacks
I Henry Ford as “treating his workers
i with savage brutality and as soulless
i machines.” The paper called Ford’s
high wages a myth.
EARTHQUAKE* IN TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 10. (£>)—'Two
distinct earthquake tremors rocked
buildings here and in surrounding
I counties yesterday.