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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 145.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
OUTBOARD MOTOR AND ESKIMO
IN CANOE—MAY CONTINUE
ON TO NEW YORK
NOME, July 14. (/P)—A Nome to Se
attle ‘'hop" in a kyak—Eskimo skin
canoe—powered with an outboard
motor is planned by Fred W. Kenney,
business man of this city. The voy
age was never before attempted in a
canoe. The trip will be started in
August with an tttempt to establish a
record for a long-distance trip in a
canoe. If the voyage to Seattle is
completed without mishap. Kenney
plans to continue to New York via the
Panama Canal. He will probably
take an Eskimo reindeer herder with
him. According to the plans Kenney
intends to cruise down Bering se&
along the southern shore of the Aleu
tian Islands and the Alaska Peninsu
la to Seward, thence via the inside
passage to Seattle.
ARRESTS CLIMAX TWO YEARS
OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATION;
RAIDS NET MUCH DOPE
SEATTLE, July 14. (JP)—Five men
are held at San Francisco in S15.000
bail each in connection with the seiz
ure of smoking opium valued at S3,
000,000 at “street peddlers’ prices.”
The arrests are a climax of a two
years Federal investigation. Four
men were arrested in Seattle in raids
which netted .nearly 1,000 tins of
opium. Chinese were arrested in San
Francisco when, it is claimed, 200
tins of opium were shipped from Seat
[' tie as automobile parts.
POLICE CARS HAVE BEEN EQUIP
PED WITH RECEIVERS AS RE
SULT OF TESTS
BERKELEY, Calif., July 14. (/P)—
Chasing criminals in radio-directed au
tomobiles has proved successful in
Berkeley tests, Police Chief August
Bollmen announced in his annual re
port today to City Manager John Edy.
An appropriation to carry on experi
f' ments of the latest achievements of
the scientific police department was
asked. Bollmer stated in his report
that Berkeley police automobiles had
been directed successfully by the po
lice low wave broadcasting station
while the machines traveled along
highways at 40 miles an hour. All of
the local police cars have been equip
ped with radio receivers as a result
of the tests.
BISHOP ROWE ON VICTORIA
SEATTLE, July 14. (/P)— Rt. Rev.
Peter Trimble Rowe, Episcopal bishop
of Alaska, will leave on the Victoria
Friday for Nome on his annual visit
to the missions as far north as Point
Barrow.
TEMPORARILY DEMENTED—HUS
BAND AT WORK, WOMAN LY
ING IN BED
REDONDO BEACH. Calif., July 14.
(JP)—Mrs. Annie Lewis, aged 40, was
slain in her home by J. C. Lindeman,
aged 54, an apparent friend of the.
family, who had been redding in
Lewis home. Lindeman then shot
himself in the head and is reported
dying. He apparently became tem
porarily demented. A neighbor said
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis had just returned
from an automobile vacation in Brit
ish Columbia and that Lindeman ac
companied them. The woman was
shot while in bed while the husband
was at work.
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RELIEVED Of CASH;
SHOT FULL OF DOPE
UNDER THREAT OF GUN PERMITS
BANDIT TO INJECT DOPE; j
LOSES $1,100
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. (/P)—A
girl cashier with $1,100 in cash on her j
person was held up, forced into an au- j
tomobile on the main streets of the
city, then subjected, under a threat
of a gun, to permit the injection of
dope into her arm through a hypo
dermic needle. When she revived sev-1
eral hours later she was bound and ,
gagged in a down-town hotel room, i
Her story, the police say, is probably j
true. She named the man who doped ;
her as a former watchman at the place !
of business where she worked.
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MONOPLANE OAKLAND
PILOT E, L. SMITH
: PLANE ESCORT OVER GOLDEN
GATE—DISAPPEARED IN LOW
FOG BANK
MUNICIPAL AIR PORT, Oakland,
Calif., July 14. (#>)—The silver-winged
monoplane “City of Oakland,” manned
by Pilot Ernest L. Smith and Naviga
tor Emory B. Bronte, took off here at
10:39 a. m. for the 2,400 mile flight to
Hawaii-. Escort planes fell in behind
Smith as he rose. The plane’s first
start was delayed by danger of run
ning into spectators and the second
by a fog bank which hung off the Gold
en Gate. The plane disappeared due
west and disappeared in a low fog.
ELLSWORTH DISPOSES
OP LOCAL INTERESTS
s
PIONEER ESTABLISHMENT AND
ALL LOCAL INTERESTS ARE
DISPOSED OF
Announcement is made today by j
H. £. Ellsworth, pioneer business j
ma i of Seward, that het has disposed !
of all of his local interests, including |
the Ellsworth building, stock of;
merchandise and home, fro F. S. Gor
don, who conducts mercantile estab
lishments at Fairbanks! Anchorage,'
and Juneau, as well as tone at Camp j
Lewis, Wash. The dea\ was closed
last evening and Mr. j Gordon will
come over from Anchorage Friday.
Mrs. A. B alders ton, of Anchorage, ar
rived last "ting and is now in ac
,iv/» ■*• '' ' the business. Mrs.
Merritt, ’ nager, as tvas an
nounced p-.- ' -parts for the
States shortly* buL .jV some days
'yet will remain on the staff. Miss
Clara Manthey is also remaining.
“Just where I’m going or what my
daughter Thelma and I will do is un
decided at this time,” Mr. Ellsworth
stated this morning, “but upon my
arrival at Seattle Thelma will join ,
me and, in all probability, strike out
for the South. I believe climatic
| conditions in the southlands are
‘more favorable to her health which,
as all our friends have known, has
been very poor the last two years.
Naturally, after spending so many
; years in Seward, I expect to return
again but as I said before, at this
time, we have no definite future
plans outlined.
j “I want to take this opportunity to
i thank our friends, and the patrons
of our business for their wonderful
I past support. Our business associa
|tions with the people of this com
jmunity and district have been most
I cordial. I feel confident that the i
same courtesies and patronage will
be accorded our successor, Mr. Gor
'don, one of the best known of Alas
kan business men whose mercantile
reputation is perhaps the most prom
inent and who, through liis other
| four stores, has a purchasing power
I which is reflected in his excellent
'stocks.”
Mr. Ellsworth has announced else
where in the columns of this issue
that all outstanding accounts will be
j discount of 10 per cent prior to and
| including Saturday July 16. He de
parts on the S. S. Alaska.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3-4, Boston 6-1.
Cincinnati 11, New York 3.
Pittsburg 1, Brooklyn 2—Eleven in
nings.
St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 7—Twelve
innings.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 3-9, Detroit 7-13.
New York 5, Cleveland 3.
Philadelphia 7, Chicago 5.
Boston 3, St. Louis 14.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 2, Los Angeles 5.
Hollywood 3, Seattle 2.
Missions 8, Portland 2.
Oakland 2, San Francisco 4—Twelve
i innings.
YOUNG ELECTED MODERATOR
EVERETT, Wn., July 14. {Jp)~Dr. S.
Hall Ydung, veteran Northland church
man, was elected moderator of the
Presbyterian synod of Washington,
Idaho Panhandle and Alaska.
EASTERN HEAT KILLS TWENTY
NEW YORK, July 14. (#>)—'Twenty
persons in cities in the East were
killed by the heat within the last 24
to 36 hours. Three others in New
England towns were killed, in elec
trical storms which brought only tem
porary relief to the heat-blanketed
section.
DOES NOT AWAIT DECISION ON
APPEAL FROM SENTENCE;
OTHERS FOLLOW LEAD
LOS ANGELES, July 14. (/P)—'The
Evening Express said it is learned
that Mrs. Sarah Kerrick, sentenced to
one to ten years for manslaughter for
the fatal shooting of her husband, Tom
Kerrick, the motion picture cowboy
actor, went to San Quentin early this
week to begin serving her term. Mrs.
Kerrick decided not to await the de
cision on appeal from the sentence
and began serving time so that she
“might get it over with.” Four others
convicted of manslaughter in the case
received the same terms and probably
will follow Mrs. Kerrick’s lead.
SHOOTING OF DOGS
CAUSING TROUBLE
MUNICIPAL DOG CATCHER l,N DIF
FICULTIES—BOUND OVER ON
FELONY CHARGE
ORDOVA, July 14. (/P)—Great inter
est has been aroused by two court
cases as the result of shooting of pet
dogs by the municipal dog catcher.
In one of the cases Joe Schulte, dog
catcher, was bound over by United
States Commissioner Parish to stand
trial in the District court on a felony
charge. The other suit against the
city was dismissed by Commissioner
Parish.
THOUSANDS DIE IN FLOOD
SHANGHAI, July 14. (/P)—Floods in
South Anhwei Province July 6 caused
the death of more than 1,000, and 10,
000 are said to be homeless.
SENATOR DILL NORTHBOUND
SEATTLE, July 14. (JP)— U. S. Sena
tor C. C. Dill and wife sailed last
night for Skagway to spend 11 days in
Alaska. He expects to return July 23.
CONFERENCE NOT IMPERILED
GENEVA, July 14. (JP)—W. C.
Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admi
ralty, head of the British naval dele
gation, speaking at the plenary ses
sion, declared that nothing had oc
curred at the conference which impe
rils the good relations between the na
tions represented.
WATSON EN ROUTE NORTH
SEATTLE, July 14. {£>)—1The S. S.
Admiral Watson sailed at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning and carried 68 pas
sengers. Among the Seward reserva
tions are Mrs. A. De Witt and daugh
ter and Carl Rivers.
WORLD FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, July 14. (JP)— A
flight around the world at the Equa
tor has been recommended to Secre
tary Wilbur, and meets with his ap
proval. The flight may be consi
dered after Commander Byrd returns
SCOUT PLANES, TWO TROOPS
CAVALRY THREE COMPAN.
IES INFANTRY ADDED
MATAMOROS, Mex., July 14. (JP)—
A tightening of the border patrol on
the south bank of the Rio Grande
with the arrival at the Matamoros
Garrison of three scout planes, two
troops of cavalry and three compa
nies of infantry from Mexico City
Although military authorities refused
to divulge their reasons for tighten
ing the guard, it is believed that it
is in connection with the seizure a
few days ago of ten thousand rounds
of ammunition and one thousand
rifles believed to have been brought
across the border near Brownsville.
ATTEMPTED TO *COlViMIT SUICIDE
BUT DROPPED OFF INTO
SLEEPING SICKNESS
LOS ANGELES, July 14. (/Pi—The
ravaged brain of Mrs. Clara Drum
mond, aged 21, now in her ninety-fifth
day of coma, is the scene of an ap
palling struggle between power of
light and darkness. For the first time
since the sleeping beauty’s attempted
suicide was thwarted only to have her
drop off into a sleeping sickness, the
girl tried- to speak. Heretofore her
eyes had followed folks about the
room, but she could neither speak nor
move. Now her hands are beginning
to open and close. Her lips move and
. she blinks her eyes in the light. Her
recovery is predicted.
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ELABORATE PROGRAM
NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY COM
MISSIONER OF PROHIBITION
• ANNOUNCES PLANS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. (£>)— An
elaborate organization of prohibition
forces having for its purpose the dry
ing up of the multi-million dollar
smuggling industry at its source is
announced by Alf Oftedal, newly ap
pointed deputy commissioner of prohi
bition, who arrived yesterday from
Washington. The organization will
have its central headquarters in San
Francisco, and will operate with funds
provided by Congress at its last ses
sion for a special intelligence section
of the prohibition bureau, extending
its jurisdiction from Canada to the
Mexican border and eastward to the
Rocky mountains.