COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 13.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Toronto Man
Wins Avalon
Swim Classic
DEFEATS NORMAN ROSS OF CHICAGO AND CAP
TURES $25,000 PRIZE—SWIMS OVER 22-MILE
COURSE IN 15 HOURS 45 MINUTES—HUNDRED
AND TWrO ENTER RACE—LESS THAN DOZEN
FINISH—WATER TOO COLD fOR ESKIMO—TO
TAL AMOUNT PRIZES $44,000
WILMINGTON, Calif., Jan. 17. (/P)—Young finished
at 3:06 this morning. Peter Meyers of Cincinnati was
within a mile of shore when Young landed. Ross was
two and a half miles out.
TAKES LEAD AT START
ABOARD ASSOCIATED PRESS TUG, Jan. 17.—
Thru the darkness less than a dozen of the 102 swimmers
who waded into the surf at Avalon at 11:21 this morning
late tonight strugglec toward San Pedro, where a $25,000
prize awaited the wimer. Norman Ross of Chicago and
George Young of Toronto who forged ahead from the
start led the field when seven miles from the end of the
*' 22-mile swim.
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AVALON, Snta Catalina Island, Jan.
17. (TP;—Ekamo Gluco Nome Eskimo,
looked over the chilly course of the
$44,000 Wrigley swim but was not
among the hundred starters.
SWIMS FOUR MILES HOUR
ABOARD ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUG, Jan. 17.—Young was four miles
from goal at 11 o’clock, and Ross a
half mile behind him. Young was cut
ting along at a terrific clip.
YOUNG 17 YEARS OLD
WILMINGTON, Calif., Jan. 17. (JP)—
George Young, aged 17, the Toronto
crawl stroke artist who beat his wrny
to California to participate in the
Wrigley Marathon swim and arrived
broke, offset the chilling waters of
hte channel with a flashing stroke to
win the deep-sea Derby in 15 hours
and 45 minutes. He alone succeeded;
in traversing the icy channel, reach- j
ing a point opposite Vincente at 3:06
in the morning.
Margaret Hauser of Lctog Beach
was in the water 19 and one-half
hours and came within a mile half a
half of the mainland. Martha Stager
of Portland, altho she swam ten min
utes longer than Hauser, halted four
miles from the goal. Peter Meyer of
Cincinnati gave up at 4:15 a. m. when
a mile and a half from victory.
Wrigley awarded $2,500 each to
Hauser and Stager because of their
pluck and being the last two women
to drop out. These prizes, together
with Young’s $25,000, will be award
ed at Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Steadily, almost with the monotony
of an engine piston, the sinewy right
arm of the young Canadian had risen
and fallen hour after hour during the
long water grind, and when he encoun
tered the unfavorable tide a mile
from shore, Young increased the pow
er of his strokes, but watchers could
not see him gain an inch. He then
rested for a moment and swung back
* into action. The tide reached the
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I WRECKS CONS |,-A'rE
i NEW YORK, Jan. f 17. (JP)—A bomb,
believed intended for the Furriers
union joint board, damaged the Ital
ian consulate general. Nearby tlie
Police arrested a man as the thrower
and his accomplice.
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 17. (£>)— Four
children under five year of age burned
to death in their home while their pa
rents were visiting neighbors yester
day.
limit of its flow and turned, and
Young shot ahead, steadily cutting
the distance down. Kelp loomed
ahead but he fought through that.
“Come on George,” the shore crowd
yelled, and suddenly his .shoulders ap
peared above the waves and his arms
ceased to swing. He had won.
FEARED SON BECOME ILL
TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 17. (£>)—“Oh,
I hope George doesn’t catch pneumo
nia,” was the first comment, Mrs. Jane
Young made when informed that her
son had won the swim classic.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. (£>)—Up in To
ronto a few months ago the ill-widow
ed mother who had just come out
from the hospital took her remaining
savings—$135—gave it to her 17-year
old son with the admonition “don’t
fail in whatever you start, but finish.”
The son, George Young, today demon
strated he heeded his mother’s ad
vice. Part of the money will go to
take his widowed mother to California
to regain her health.
Mrs. Ruth Gray, a friend of the
Youngs, wThose home he stopped at
while en route to the coast, told the
story of how he bought an old motor
cycle with his mother’s money and
when he got to Chicago he appealed
to Wrigley for aid. Wrigley gave
him $60. The motorcycle broke down
en route to the coast and George
walked the rest of the way.
David R.
Francis
Summ ’ d
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE IN
TERIOR DIES FOLLOWING
LONG ILLNESS
WHS RUSSHBISSH
Began Career as Clerk—Was Owner
of the St. Louis Globe-Demicrat
Newspaper
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17. (/P)—David R.
Francis, aged 76, former Secretary of
the Interior, who has long been ill,
died yesterday.
He was American Ambassador to
Russia during the turbulent period in
that country when the Emperor Nich
olas was dethroned, the Kerensky
government overthrown and the Bol
shevik regime established.
He was successively Mayor of St.
Louis, Governor of Missouri, Secreta
ry of the Interior under President
Cleveland and President of the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition company
which conducted the World’s Fair at
j St. Louis. i
As the American Ambassador at Pe
' up by Kerensky. This, and the refus
i trograd, he was the first diplomatic
1 representative of any country oflici
; ally to recognize the new republic set
al of the United States to recognize
the Bolshevik government, brought
down upon him the wrath of the Bol
sheviki.
| He was accused by the reds of aid
| ing a counter revolution in Russia,
' but controverted the charge. When
| Alexander Berkman, leader of the
Russian anarchistic group in America,
was convicted of conspiracy to de
feat the conscription law, anarchists
in Russia made threats to hold Mr.
Francis responsible for his treatment.
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QUAKES WIDEN FISSURES
CALEXICO, Jan. 17. (#>)—Nine
earthquakes widened the fissures of
the already damaged buildings.
England Ready
Dispatch Ships
Chinese Waters
ANTI-FOREIGNISM DIRECTED AGAINST MIS
SIONS—ANTI-CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT SPREAD
ING THRUOUT PROVINCE OF FUKEIN—BRIT
ISH CRUISER SQUADRONS TO CHINA
FOOCHOW (Sunday), Jan. 17. (IP)—All Spanish
sisters and fathers, except Bishop Aguirre evacuated the
city for Hongkong. An attack was delivered by mobs of
Chinese students upon the Spanish Dominican orphanage,
vicarage and church, during which the sisters were driven
out. Chinese orphan girls were abducted which caused
the evacuation. Bishop Aguirre’s residence was sur
rounded by threatening mobs. The anti-foreign demon
strations extend throut Fukein Province, and appears
directed against the missions. The anti-Christian move
ment is spreading.
ENGLAND WATCHING INTENSELY
LONDON, Jan. 17. (/P)—The Admiralty announced
that the first cruiser squadron attached to "the Mediter
ranean fleet had been ordered to stand by in readiness to
proceed to China if the situation requires. The squad
ron, consisting of five cruisers is in Phaleron Bay, Greece.
The government is watching so intently negotiations in
Hankow with the Cantonese government that Sir Austen
Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, decided to remain in
London over the week-end in order to receive important
! advices quickly.
next week, but it is believed be broke
jail because be was told bis wife was
unfaithful. Mayo confronted the night
guards with a pistol in each hand,
saying: “Joe, I’m going out of here
now. I’m leaving right away.” He
refused to listen to the pleadings of
the jailors that he was to be re
leased soon. Re locked them in a
cell, went to the kitchen and got a
cleaver, then knocked the lock from
the armory and took two more pistols
and a machine gun. He rifled the
jail till of $35, called a taxicab and
drove to his wife’s hotel. He went to
his wife’s room, crying “Where is
she?” He then went to an adjoining
room occupied by W. C. Holt and
asked: “You got a gun?” Holt shook
he?” He then w^ent to an adjoining
to kill you anyway,” ana placed the
machine gun at Holt’s head. He then
said: ‘Til give' you a chance. I’ll
give you just three hours to get out
of town and if I find you here after
that I’m going to kill you sure as
hell.”
Mayo then ran from the hotel, leav
ing his wife weeping. Holt left town.
BANK ROBBER AND KEY WIT
NESS TO MURDER TRIAL ES
CAPES FROM PRISON
; TULSA. Okla., Jan. 17. (IP)—Armed
with, four pistols and a machine gun,
john Mayo, aged 29, a bank robber
I and key witness in a murder trial,
yesterday broke out from the Tulsa
| county jail after locking two guards in
a cell. Every available deputy was
ordered to search for him and to shoot
to kill.
Mayo knew he was to be pardoned
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
We Do Him Honor AH Week
The week starting with Franklin’s birthday, January
17, is nationally recognized as Thrift Week.
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STRANGLER THOUGHT
BELIEVED TO BE PACIFIC COAST
GORILLA MAN — TERRORIZED
WOMEN
PETERSBURG, Ind., Jan. 17. (£>)—
Peter Ojers, arrested last week after
throwing women into panic by walk
ing into their homes and demanding
food, is believed to be the strangler.
He spoke English when arrested, but
since indicated that he knows no
English. His description tallies with
that of the Pacific Coast “gorilla
man.”