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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 204.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIX TO FIVE
NEW FLOOD OF COUNTERFEIT
TICKETS MAKE APPEARANCE
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. (/P)—Pre-battle
preparations for the Dempsey-Tunney
fight tomorrow approached its climax
with these outstanding developments,
first-continued reports of a decided
drift in Dempsey’s favor with the wag
erers on Tunney down to odds of six
to five and in many instances and
prospects for even money in betting
before the fight.
Second—A new flood of counterfeit
tickets of all denominations is an
nounced by Tex Rickard resulting in
increased vigilancje by federal and
local agents.
Third—The conference of the state
atlhletic commission with the rival
managers of the fighters on rules, to
gether with reports, that the commis
sion had further whittled down the
referee candidates to three men.
These 'ally su„-sed to be W.
Eckersall, newspaperman; George
Lymon, business man; and David
Miller, the wealiihy sportsman and
veteran official.
Fourth—Dismissal in the Federal
court of the suit by Reverend Elmer
Williams to stop the fight on the
grounds it endangered public morals,
'^ifth—Reiteration by Dempsey of
alleged efforts to frame his losing
battle with Tunney last year.
FORMER CHAMP APPEARS TO BE
IN WONDERFUL SHAPE; IS
LOAFING
LINCOLN FIELD, 111., Sept. 21. (/P)
—Dempsey appeared in wonderful
shape as he loafed around the camp
passing the time with his father who
said “I came all the way from Utah
to see Jack win back the title. My
boy is the best fighter in the world
when he is in condition. I only need
ed one week to know he was ready
to fight and he looks great. He was
in bad shape when he fought Tunney
last year.”
GUARANTEES INTEGRITY
GENEVA, Sept. 21, (^—Continen
tal security pact guaranteeing integri
ty of various powers through mutial
aid in event of agressions will proba
bly be proposed by France and Poland
before the end of the League assem
bly. England would be given pre
knowledge of agreements.
INVENTOR JAILED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (/P)—Dr.
Phillip Otto Von Folke, reputed -in
ventor of the gasoline substitute was
turned over to authorities of New Jer
sey on the charge of obtaining $16,000
by alleged false pretenses.
BORAH SUPPORTS BILL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (^—Sen
ator Borah announced he will support
Senator Glass’s bill for power in the
Federal Reserve Board in dictating re
discount rates.
COMPLETES FIRST LEG
ANGORA, Turkey, Sept.' 21. (/P)—
Lieutenant Otto Koennecks, flying to
the United States via the Orient, land
ed in his Caspar biplane, in Germania
: from Cologne, Germany, completing
the first leg.
NOW ADMITS MARRIED
YOUNG IN SEATTLE
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 21, (/P)—
Miss Mildred Schweikart, through
August Kalb, a business associate of
her father, admitted she was married
to George Young, Fairbanks aviator,
in Seattle on September 6. The rea
son assigned for her previous flat de
nial of the wedding was that time
was needed to prepare the girl’s
mother for the annoucement. Her
mother later confirmed the announce
i ment.
BOOZE SHIPMENT FOR
FIGHT FANS SIEZEO
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21. (#>)—
Liquor supply valued at $2,000,000 des
tined for shipment to Chicago in time
to catch the influx of people attending
; the coming big Dempsey-Tunney fight
; was seized by United States customs
agents -when they boarded a rum run
! ning vessel in the Deleware River.
The catch was a big surprise as the
I wet goods were supposedly very clev
r i erly concealed.
DIVERS RECOVER COINS
LONDON, Sept. 21. (fi>)—Divers
| searching for the half million sterling
which went down aboard the British
; cruiser “Black Prince” during the
■ Crimean war have come across their
first gold coins.
BELIEVES CAN STAB JACK OFF
BALANCE WITH LEFT, WIN
WITH RIGHT
LAKEVILLA, 111., Sept. 21. (£>)—'The
same strategy that carried Tunney to
the heavyweight throne last fall will
guide the big marine in the defense of
his crown against Jack Dempsey,
formed champion. Tunney believes
he can stab .Dempsey off his balance
continually with his cutting left hand
and hammer out a victory with right
crosses. Tunney feels his best chance
for a knockout being in the eight,
ninth or tenth round,
j He said, “My plan depends entirely on
what Dempsey does. I may nail him
with a right smash to the chin in the
first few seconds of fighting as I did
last September. If that happens Demp
sey cannot evade a knockout this
time.”
PLAN TRIPLE HONOR
FOB SON FIT-SEN
| SHANGHAI, Sept. 21. (/P)—The
Twelve Apostles, the ancient Greek
| Gods and even Confucius himself will
be outrivaled in Celestial popularity
by tlie late Dr. Sun Yatsen, if the
Nationalist government at Nanking
carries out proposals of Shanghai mer
chants. It is suggested that Dr. Sun
i have the prefix “Saint” attached to
! his name, that his various writings be
; compiled and regarded as the Chinese
! Bible, and that his birthday henee
| forth be regarded as the Chinese
Christmas.
FORT LEWIS NOW
SEATTLE, Sept. 21. (JP)—Camp
Lewis, Wash., war-time cantonment, j
has been renamed Fort Lewis by the
Department of War, according to a
statement by the Department.
SIN ANTONIO SELECTED
1928 9. L CONVENTION
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PALAIS DUTROCADERO, Parjp,
Sept. 21. (^P)—The American Legion
Convention approved of San Antonio,
Texas, for the next convention of the
National Defense Committee. The re
' port called for the consolidation of
i
: all three branches of aviation into
| one department. After many failures
to get a vote amid the stormy session
! a roll call was taken and adoption re
i ported.
U. S. WARNS POWERS
KEEP HANDS OFF
i PANAMA AFFAIR
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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.. PASS
ALONG WORD DISPUTE OF NO
CONCERN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. <£>)—
Warning to the League of Nations
and all foreign powers to keep hands
off the dispute between Panama and
the United States over American
rights in the Panama Canal was sound
ed by government officials here yes
terday. Among expressions of disap
proval of League action was that of
the State Department which rejected
the proposal of Dr. E. Morales, Panam
ian representative of the League of
Nations, that the body adjudicate the
dispute.
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SMALL ARTU-LERy
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1 PL1E RACERS
SCATTERED. ROUTE
FIFTEEN PIAfcJES STARTED IN
RACE; ONE FORCED DOWN,
ONE WRECKED
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. (£>)—Scattered
throughout the Northwest between.
Chicago and Glendive, Montana, en
tries in th trans-continental air der
bies from New York to Spokane to
night rested for the final laps in to
morrow’s finish of the second day’s
dash in class B.
The derby found Leslie Miller and
C. W. Meyers at Glendive maintain
ing a thrilling fight for first place with
Miller still in the lead. Class A en
tries, with St. Paul as the first day’s
goal, were led by E. E. Ballough and
a -69 year old passenger, Colonel Chas.
V. Dickonson. Nine of the 15 starters
in class A reached St. Paul; one wa3
forced to stay in Chicago and anther
plane with a woman passenger is
I down at Auburn, Indiana; two others
| withdrew and two others were wreck
| ed, one causing two deaths.
SIX PLANES TAKE-OFF
FROM FRISEO-SPOKANE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21. (/P)—
Six class B planes took off shortly
after 5 o’clock this morning for Spo
kane. Vernon Bookwalter was lead
ing when they reached Medford, Ore.,
with James Rinehart a half of a min
ute behind. Five class A planes fol
lowed the liighter machines taking
off sharply at 6 o’clock.
MILLER AND METER LEAD
N N. T. SPOKANE RACE
GLENDIVE, Mont., Sept. 21, (/P)—
i Eight Class B airplanes in the New
^ York-Spokane air derby hopped off
at 8 o’clock at one minute intervals
with Miller and Meyers still fighting
for the lead. Trailing planes are
fighting gamely to cut down the lead
as they hurry westward. Five left
Fai'go, North Dakota, two from St.
Paul and another from a small Minn
esota town.
NINE PLANES TAKEOFF
ST.PAUL ENROUTE WEST
ST. PAUL, Sept. 21. (/P)--With im
proved flying conditions nine planes
led by E. E. Ballough, of Chicago,
took off in eight minutes in the trans
continental class A race. They start
ed at 6:30 o’clock and Ballough was
still leading as the planes reached
Aberdeen. The tenth plane arrived
from Chicago trailing the others.
TRIAL, MAYOR, STARTS
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. (£>)—'The trial
of Mayor Duvall of Indianapolis for
alleged infraction of corrupt practice
laws started Monday. The entire day
was spent in selecting the jury.