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COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA
RAILROAD
. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII.
NUMBER 155. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 26,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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CORONER’S JURY FINDS MALE
MEMBERS OF PARTY COW
ARDS
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•SEATTLE, July 26. (/p)—Ending a
day of intense criminal investigation
by State, county and city authorities
a coroner's Jury after deliberating two
hours returned a report expressing the
belief that Violet Payne’s death was
accidental and declaring the male
members of the party "cowards and
morally • responsible’’-‘for the girl’s
death, because they made no efTort to
rescue her. Some of the officials ex*
.pressed the belief that the girl might;
net have met death by drowning and
pointed to the testimony that the space
between the boat and the dock insuf* j
fldent to allow the woman’s body to
fall into the water, and promised "un
expected and sensational develop
ments.”
Nelson was released on $20,000 bond
furnished by his mother. He is a ma
terial witness and refused to testify.
The^-, others were released without
bonds on open charges. The others
testified that Miss Payne slipped and
fell into the lake and little effort was
made to rescue her.
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13. OF W. CHAMPION
LEADS THE FIELD IN
GOLF TOURNAMENT
CHUCK HUNTER, QUALIFIES
WITH RENOWNED STARS,
ENTERS TOURNAMENT
SEATTLE, July 26. (/P)—A gallant
finish in the last nine holes, yester
day, enabled Chuck Hunter, Univer
sity of Washington champion, to lead
a field of nationally renowned stars,
i« the qualifying round of the West
ern Golf Championship tournament
wAuoh is being played this week,
over the course of the Seattle Golf
Club. Hunter started the sceond 18
holes three strokes behind Roy Moe,
of Portland, and slopped around on
tb$ first nine. But after going five
strokes over par for a 40. on the out
vr>rs' :'ounrr; he staged a courageous
eCt-ioback on the inward trip, clipp
ing three strokes from par for a 35,
which gave him an 18 hole total of
16 and an aggregate of 147-147 for
tbo two rounds.
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SEYEN MEN INDICTED
FLOGGING OF YOUTH
•QKBONTA, July 26. (JP)— Seven
man were indicted here late yester-i
day by the Blount county grand jury
lot participation in the flogging of Jeff
Calloway, Oneonta farm youth, on
June 26. All but one have been nr*
rested and the other is expected to be
(rv *a custody within a few hours.
SHIP MAY CARRY PLANE
WASHINGTON, July 26. (/?)—'The
Shipping Board has retained Clarence
Chamberlin to make a test flight off
| the deck of the S. S. Leviathan to de
termine whether it is feasible to es
; tablish an air service for passengers
; and mail.
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SHARKEY GETS SLIGHTLY MORE
! THAN $200,000 — DEMPSEY’S
SHARE $250,000
i NEW YORK, July 26. (&)—Jack
Dempsey collected more than $250,
000 for 18 minutes and 45 seconds of
labor at the Yankee Stadium, Thurs
day evening and now; is all set for the
igo at Chicago, where he will meet
Gene Tunney, the heavyweight champ,
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in a title bout at Soldiers Field on
September 15. Sharkey’s loser share
was slightly more than $200,000.
RICKARD CLEANED UP
NEW YORK, July 26. (£>)—The
Yankee Stadium was sold out for
the Dempsey-Sharkey fight and more
than 85,000 attended. They paid
$1,250,000 at the gate; out of which
Dempsey got 27 and- 1-2 per cent,.
Sharkey 22 and 1-2 per cent, and
Rickard got the rest, after paying
$125,000. Federal tax. Federal Au
thorities are conducting -an inquiry
into the alleged manipulations of
ticket scalpers. Several have been
arrested and will be tried for goug
ing the public; charging as high as
$125 for ring-side seats.
AMBASSADOR IMPROVES
CLEVELAND, July 26. (^—Myr
on T. Herrick, American Ambassador
to France, is recovering in a hospital
here from a minor operation. He j
| was reported as being greatly im-j
proved, and no complications are ex
pected.
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TO SEND DELEGATION
WASHINGTON, July 26. (^—Amer
ican Jews are preparing to send a
strong delegation to Zurich, Switzer
land for a conference on Jewish
rights, August 17th.
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INCORPORATED HIT
AREAS III SEAHLE
BECOME DISTRICTS
SEATTLE, July 26. (£>)—All of the
area within the boundaries of the
city of Seattle today became a sepa
rate commissioners district after a
short public hearing before the trio of
County Commissioners, who this after
noon decided on a division of the
county areas in to two districts. In
behalf of the port of Seattle, Attorney
Edgar C. Snyder has presented a writ
ten protest on the grounds that the
residents of the city would be subject
to taxation without representation.
ARMOUR IMPROVED
LONDON, July 26. Ogden
Armour, wealthy Chicago packer, suf
fering from typhoid fever, was said
to be improved. Hia wife said, “He
is very much better.”
STRIKE CONTINUES.
TRAFFIC PHI!™,
NEW YORKERS WALK
COMPANIES MUSTERING SUBSTI
TUTE WORKERS TO MAN ALL
TRAINS
NEW YORK, July 26. (£>)-—'With
employes and companies still at log
gerheads New York's two and a half
million daily underground and over
head railway users prepared for anoth
er midsummer strike. Officials of the
Interborough Rapid and Brooklyn
Manhattan Transit Companies who op
erate the New York transportation
lines affected continued mustering sub
stitute workers to man trains if the
members of the Amalgamated Associ
ation of Street Electric railway Em
ployes Union go out. The companies
have refused to recognize the union,
which threaten to carry out the threat
to strike. If other parleys fail a strike
vote will be taken at the Brooklyn
Labor Lyceum tonight when the
swing crews are relieved for the day.
If a strike is voted it will be effective
at once.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg 0, New York 1.
St. Louis 2-3, Cincinnati 3:4. Open
ing game 10 innings.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 7, Boston 10. ♦
Detroit 5, Philadelphia 6. Thirteen
innings.
BOOZE CASE TRIED
THREE YEARS AGO IS
i STILL UNSEHLEB
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS VICTORY
IN FIRST OLMSTEAD LIQUOR
CONSPIRACY CASE
SEATTLE, July 26. (^P)—A complete
and final victory for the government in
the first Olmstead liquor conspiracy
case was forecast today by United
States Attorney P. Revelle, when he
was informed that the Circuit Court
of Appeals in San Francisco had re
fused to change its previous ruling up
holding the conviction of Roy Olm
stead and 20 others for conspiring
against the liquor laws of the United
States three years ago.
m-mm still
ON HUNGER STRIKE
BOSTON, July 26. (/P)—Nicola Sac
co and Bartolmoe Vanzetti, convict
ed of murder, completed their fourth
day of hunger strike, in prison.
Both are in good physical condition
and prison officials have decided
that they 'will not resort to forced
feeding.
BUD LOSES CASE
.NEW ..YORK, July 26. (/P)— Bud
Fisher, cartoonist, lost the court ac
tion to his wife, Countess De Beau
mont, who won separation and $400
monthly alimony.
GOV. GEORGE PARKS •
EN ROUTE SEWARD
INTERIOR POINTS
NO SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE AT
TACHED TO TRIP—IS ONLY
ANNUAL VISIT
JUNEAU, July 26. (^—Governor
Parka leaves Tuesday for Seward on
his annual trip to the Interior West
ern Alaska. He expects to be gone 30
days. The Governor said no special
significance is attached to his trip, but
he desires to visit as many commu
nities as possible to get a personal
view of conditions and recent develop
ments.
POLITICAL UNITY IN
• RUMANIA SURROUNDS
THE CHILD KING
GENERAL AVERESTCUE EMBRAC
ES PREMIER IN RECONCILIA
TION
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BUCHAREST, July 26. (^—Ruma
nian. political unity around the child
Kink Michael was virtually achieved
when the former opposition leader,
General Averetscue, embraced Premier
Brantanino and recognized the au
thority of the regency. Averestcue,
who has been the bitter opponent of
Brantanino and hostile to King Ferdi
nand, made the seconcilation more em
phatic by staging it in the presence
of the Senate.
REBEL LEADER STUNHED
IT DI5ISTK LOSS
MANAGUA, July 26. {JP)—Stunned
over his disastrous defeat at Ocotal,
General Sandino, leader of the Nicar
aguan rebels, has isolated himself in
a remote and inaccessible part of the
country. The amazing defense by a
mere handful of marines and Nicar
aguan constabulary, headed by five
planes from Managua, has served to
scatter the rebels and has dealt a blow
from which they are not likely to re
cover.
INJURED IN CRASH
SAN DIEGO, July 26. (^—Wal
lace Walter and W. W. Bird, local con
tractor, are reported as being seri
ously injured when the airplane in
which they were riding crashed near
the Mexican border, at Tia Juana.
U. S.DELEGATES AT
i HIS CONFERENCE
GETTING IMPATIENT
ENGLAND ANNONCES WILL MAKP
STATEMENT TOMORROW OR
THURSDAY
GENEVA, July 26. (£>)—'The Ameri
can delegation to the tripartite naval
conference sent a letter to the Brit
ish delegation asking when Bridge
man, chief of the British delegation,
and Earl Cecil, who are now in Lon
don, would return to Geneva to re
sume the conference.
DELAYS THE GAME
LONDON, July 26. (&)—The British
government will make a statement tn
the House of Commons regarding the
tripartite naval negotiations tomorrow
or Thursday, Winston Churchill, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, told the
House. Churchill said the govern
ment desired to make a statement to
morrow possible but could not say
definitely whether it would be made
then or postponed until Thursday.
PRICE OF SNOOSE DROPS
WASHINGTON, July 26. f/P).The
Federal Trade Commission has di
rected the American Snuff Company
to discontinue it’s use of alleged un
fair price fixing methods, claiming
violation of the anti-trust laws.
MOTHER APPEARS IN PROSECU
TOR’S OFFICE AS DEPUTIES
SEARCH FOR HER
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SEATTLE, July 26. (£>)—While dep
uty sheriffs of two counties yesterday
| "were seeking the arrest of Mrs. Ethel
I Fogel on a charge of deserting her
three small children, the young and
pretty mother appeared in the prose
cutor^ office to protest the charge
which was sworn to by her husband,
Axel, who was recently arrested as a
suspected member of the $250,000
opium smuggling ring.
“I left them so I might have time to
think things over, but I never de
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j serted them,” Mrs. Fogel told Deputy
I Prosecutor Ralph Hammer, who re
■ leased her on Iher personal recog
nizance.
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LEFT CHILDREN HUNGRY
SEATTLE, July 26. (/P)—Leaving
her three small children deserted and
hungry, the wife of Alex Foger,
caught last week in the Federal
“Dope net”, was being sought yester
day on charges of abandonment and
non-support. She ^iad not been ar
rested up to late last night, after
having been freed from jail on $1,000
bail. Before leaving, it is alleged
that she drew all the money* out of
her husband’s bank account, by forg
ing his name.