Hewswstsily GUIEUINE
VOLUME 19. NUMBER 211
SEWARl), ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 192*
PRICE TEX CENTS
Tremendous Ovation Given
Flyers on Arrival Boston
Boston. Sept. 7.—The three round
the world planes alighted here
at 2:10 p. m„ daylight saving
time yesterday, while a dozen
land planes escorted them into
the city, circling around the har
bor like giant birds before mak
* ing the landing, while three de
stroyers escorted them on the
water.
Pandemonium broke loose as the
flyers landed, the Ninth Regi
ment, U. S. Coast Artillery, giv
ing a National salute of 21 guns,
• which is usually accorded only
to presidents and foreign rulers,
as Smith, then Wade and finally
Nelson, came down and taxied
to their moorings.
The three flyers will remain in
port until tomorrow, resuming
their flight to New York.
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PLANES LEAVE MAINE
MEREPOINT, Me., Sept. 7.—The
three round the world planes let t
here yesterday afternoon at 12:07 for
the 120 mile jump to Boston, having
landed here Saturday evening in a
dense fog. Sitting before the fire
place of his host's summer home, 18
miles from Portland, Lieut. Smith
declared that “fog was the aviator’s
hell,” but the weather was pertect
when they left yesterday.
WILL TOUCH SACRAMENTO
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 8—The
American round the world flyers, who
reached Boston Saturday afternoon
will land at Sacramento on their way
to Seattle lor the official completion
of the around the earth flight.
Lieut. E. H. Tonkin, of the Army
Air Service, flew from here to Mather
Field Saturday to arrange for the
flyers’ reception there, at the incep
tion of their flight more than five
months ago.
The airmen passed over Sacramen
to while on their way to Seattle, from
Santa Monica, the official flight be
\ ing started at Seattle.
BOSTON, Sept. 8—The army £
world flyers took off today at noon
world flyers too off today at noon,
► which is the beginning of a series oi
jumps that at Sand Point, Seattle
will complete their circum-navigatior
trip to Seattle, which is expected tc
be accomplished within ten days.
Wheels have been replaced here as
pontoons have been used ever since
they left Brough, England.
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Mayor Ed
win Brown of this city had a tele
phone talk across the continent with
Lowell Smith, commander of the
world flight yesterday afternoon, and
told him that a solendid welcome
will accorded his squadron upon their
arrival in Seattle, which will com
plete the world tour. Smith said
arriving time at Seattle is indefin
ite as it deepnds mostly with weath
er conditions, but added that he ex
pected it would take at least ten
days.
MERREPOINT, Maine, Sept. 6.—
The around the world flyers hopped
off at noon, daylight saving time, for
Boston, after remaining safely at
anchor over night here where they
were forced down by fog late yester
day. The aviators spent the night
at summer cottages here. The weath
er conditions were almost perfect for
the 120 mile jump to “Been” city.
FIVE CARS COLLIDE;
ONE MAN KILLED;
FOUR ARE INJURED
TACOMA, Sept. 8.—John Dahl, of
Aberdeen, was killed and three men
and ohe woman hurt, when five au
tomobiles came together yesterday
afternoon on the Olympic Highway
two miles east of the Mountain road.
MIEK WASN’T MEEK IN
REPORTING SECURITIES
STOLEN FROM HIS CAR
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SALT LAKE, Sept. 8.—Otto Miek,
a wealthy Nevada ranches, reported
to the police yesterday that he had
lost three million dollars in negotia
ble securities, from his automobile
which was parked on the main thoro
fare in this city.
The stocks were issued by the
Land and Power company of Nevada,
thru several Nevada banks.
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Mrs. John R. Drexal, Jr. Now
Seeking Divorce
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COLLEGE BE STARTED
i FOR DEAF AND DUMB
—
j CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—A college for
deaf and dumb clubs will be organ
j i7.ed from all the under the
: direction of Prof«*S''“r Guicolo, ac
i oicnng to an ann« ^ncemcnt ma le by
! Mrs. Gormer, a deaf and dumb teach
! er yesterday.
PLANE SAILING RECORD
HAS BEEN ACHIEVED
GREFFELD, Germany, Sept. 8.—
, What is claimed to be the world’s en
| durance record for a sailing plane,
j was achieved yesterday, in a machine
with an auxiliary motor, by Hans
! Udet, a German aviator, who remain
! ed in the air four hours and thirty
nine minutes, beating the record of
the Frenchman, Harry Farman, the
previous champion helicopter flyer,
by twenty-two minutes.
ARCTIC EXPLORER FILES
I PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
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j CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Sept. 8 —
I Amundsen, the Arctic explorer, today
I filed a voluntary petition in bank
; ruptcy. He owes hundreds of con
tributors who donated money to help
outfit an aero party to the North
i Pole.
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ANCHORAGE YOUTHS LEAVE
TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY
“Bill” Stolt, Lawler Seeley and
! Stanley Herning will be pas
jsengers on the steamer Yukon en
I route to the States where they will
: attend school. Bill and Stanley will
i attend the Washington State Col
I lege at Pullman, Wn., while Lawler
! will go to the Michigan “U.” They
are all popular Anchorage boys and
will be greatly missed in the social
activities in the Interior town.
GERMANY PUBLISHES
DISLAIMER OF LATE WAR
GENEVA, Sept. 8.—Prime Minister
: MacDonald of Great Britain and Pre
j mier Harriott of France yesterday
received a letter from Chancellor
Marx of Germany declaring that he
felt obliged to publish immediately
the proclamation of Germany refus
ing all responsibility of having been
the cause of the world war.
OLD TIMER HERE
A. A. Bass, representing ,the Fur
Farmer Magazine, returned on Sun
j day’s train from Matanuska and An
chorage, and will leave on the Re
dondo for Seldovia and westward
points. Mr. Bass acted as one of the
judges of fur at the Anchorage fair
ami gave universal satisfaction. He
■is a member of the Yukon Order of
Pioneers and an old timer in Alaska.
EASTERN STAR TO MEET
The local chapter of Eastern Star
will meet tonight at 8 o’clock,
W. 0. Bremmer has taken a posi
tion in the groecry department of the
Brown & Hawkins corporation. Coll
MacDougall has been shifted to the
clothing department.
DAVIS SPEAKS FROM
BACK OF COACH
AT ROCKFORD, ILL
ROCKFORD, 111., Sept. 6.—John W.
Davis, democratic candidate tor pres
ident, speaking from the rear of his
private train, said yesterday in part:
“We propose to offer to the Ameri
can people a government of common
courage which knows its own mind
and is not afraid to declare it. I
cannot hope that the views I enter
tain will meet the approval of all
citizens, but I am resolved that no
man or woman shall vote for me
in this campaign ignorant of the j
views I entertain on any public ques- j
tion.
YUKON REACHES PORT
SAILS SOUTH TONIGHT
The steamship Yukon arrived in Se
ward yesterday afternoon about three
o’clock and will sail southbound to
night some time. The Yukon had
about 1,000 tons of freight and the
following passengers: W. P. Walker,
Frank A. Boyle, J. B. Reher, Dr. A.
Brooks, the Misses Ulleland, Eccles,
Matthews, and Bettinini, Neter N.
Anderson and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy D. Barnett, Mrs. D. C. Beyer,
Mary G. Barth, Nannie L. Coombs,
Anna Collell, Chas. L. Lechner, Louis j
Levensaler, Mrs. Lewis Lee, R. D. j
McRea, Mrs. W. P. Nealy, Emma L. j
Newton, E. Peverell, Minnie A. i
Rousch, Henry Rappold, Mrs. R. M.
Stevenson, Mrs. G. Smith, Cres Tot
land, Ruth K. Trail, Frank Young,
i For Red Fox Bay—S. Coeverich, A.
| Ritchie.
Nineteen round trip passengers al
so were aboard.
HEAR OILY TESTIMONY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8.—
The federal grand jury, which is in
vestigating the acts of former Secre
tary of the Interior Albert B. Fall,
yesterday heard the testimony of H.
R. Phillipps and E. J. Bullock, offi
| cials of the Sinclair Crude Oil Pur
j chasing company.
CHINK FRACAS HALTS
ZANNI FOR A SFELL
TOKIO, Sept. 8.—The flight of
Major Zanni, the South American
round the world aviator has been
temporarily postponed on account of
the Chinese fighting.
i RAIN EXTINGUISHES FIRES
IN WASHINGTON STATE
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—A heavy rain
| and thunder storm throughout the
state yesterday checked the forest
fires which have been raging for the
past month.
It was cloudy and cooler in Seat
tle yesterday, during a storm, a
bolt of lightning struck the power
transmission lines, putting them out
of commission for a time, with the
street cars being tides up for aobut
45 minutes.
Although strange, no hold-nos
have as yet been reported at police
headquarters.
BUILDING CONTRACTOR
LEAVES FOR THE STATES
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Angus . MacPherson, well known
building contractor of the interior,
will be going on the steamer Yukon
jen rouote to the states where he will
' remain for the winter. Mr. Mac
Pherson states the interior is eper
iencing a dearth in construction, but
expects a boom in and near Fair
banks next spring as several large
companies are preparing to do exten
sive work on the creeks next year.
However, he may return here and lo
cate next spring as he believes Sew
ard has a brighter future than any
town he has yet been in.
MAN HAS MIRACULOUS
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
LIVINGSTON, Mont., Sept. 8.—
Harry Tims, of Tacoma, Wash., fell
between two cars of a fast freight
train yesterday, landed flat on his
back and lay between , the rails while
seventy cars passed over him—he
then arose, "brushed his clothes to
give himself an aristocratic appear
ance and walked away, uninjured.
HOPE SAVE LIFE OF WOOLWINE
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8—Physicians
are in consultation in the hope of
saving the life of Thomas Lee Wool
wine, former prosecuting attorney who
will return to Paris for treatment
next week.
GIANT DIRIGIBLE WILL
FLOAT ACROSS POND
WITHIN A FEW DAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8.—}
The Navy airship, ZR-3, just com
pleted in Germany will arrive in New
York about the fifteenth of this
month.
ON BOARD ZR-3, In Mid-air, Sept.
8.—Ideal weather conditions prevail
ed today for the first trial flight of
the sky giantress which flew from j
■Frederickshafen witji passengers on j
board. There were eighty-four per- j
sons on board, including the crew and
during that the ship remained aloft,
she traveled over a greater part of
south Germany. The test cruise was
said to be entirely successful.
HALF OF POPULATION IN
UNITED STATES QUALIFIED
CITIZENS, AVERS SENATOR
SPOKANE, Sept. 8.—The greatest
menace to the United States is the
indifference of the people and their
“right kind of citizenship,” said Sen
ator Wesley Jones Saturday, in an
address ebfore the Republican club of
this city .
He also declared that only forty
nine per cent of the people in the
United States were qualified as cit
izens.
MAN WHO HELPED PROMOTE
ROBBERY GIVES SELF UP
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Captain of
Detectives Tennant .announced yes
terday that Norris Lockwood, age 35
and a former porter at the Bon Mar
che, has confessed that he furnished
information on which the holdup, in
which $14,000 in cash was obtained,!
August 8th, was planned.
Lockwood said that he was prom
ised fifteen per cent, of the loot, but1
he did not receive it.
Lockwood was arrested in Port
land Thursday, with Lillian Quin
ville, 28 years old, on information
sent Captain Chas. Tennant by a wo- I
man with whom Miss Quinville had
become too confidential.
ijuckwuuu fc»aiu tnai ne nau frivjn
his information to Neal and Fasick,!
who with two others, are under ar- i
rest for the robbery, and are waiting
trial. , „
COOLIRGE SPEAKS AT
LAYFAETTE UNVEILING
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 8.—Pres-1
ident Coolidge called upon the Am- j
erican people in a Lafayette Day ad-!
dress here Saturday, to take the
stand against “deliberate and deter
mined effort,” which he said, “is be
ing made to break down the guaran-'
tees of our fundamentals of law,” j
through a movement “to limit the j
jurisdiction of our domestic courts.”
Speaking at the unveiling of the
statue of Layfayette, President Cool
idge characterized the Frenchman as
a “true son of world freedom,” and
asserted that this occasion is dedicat
ed to freedom. “The question is, he
declared, “whether America will al
low itself to be degraded into a com
munist and socialistic state or if it
will remain American.’ ’
SCHOONERS REACH NOME
WITH SHIPWRECKED CREW
NOME, Sept. S.—The schooners ^
Boxer and Teddy Bear arrived from ^
the Arctic today bringing the crews
of the schooner Lady Kindersley.
Bishop P. T. Rowe arrived on the *
Teddy Bear from Nome.
ITALIAN FLYER SAYS HE
HAS ABANDONED POLAR TRIP
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Lieut. Loca- ;
belli, who was forced down off Iceland *
and forced to abandon his flight, has '
annuonced that he has abanoned his '
plans to fly to the Norftli Pole with '
Amundsen, saying that the airplane ^
trip to Greenland has showed him 1
that he had a better chance to reach
home again if he traveled by dirigible
instead of plane. 1
SHIPYARD NEARLY WIPED OUT i
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 8.— J
Coughlin’s Shipyard was nearly wip- *
ed out by fire last night, with a loss 1
of nearly half a million dollars. (
WATSON DUE WEDNESDAY <
The Admiral Watson will reach
Seward south bound Wednesday, sail
ing for Seattle after the arrival of 1
the train. t
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Maj.-Gen. Jolsn L Hines to
Succeed Persh'ng
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MOTHER CRIME LAID TO
CHICAGO BOY MURDERERS
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—The twisted
nentality of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb planned and carried out
he mutilation ot Charles Roam, ear
y on the morning of November 20,
1923, it is now definitely known by
he authorities.
WALES LIKES AMERICA
WOULD TAKE OUT PAPERS
SYOSETT, Sept. 8.—General Per
shing, Secretary Weeks and other
dignitaries dined with the Prince of
W'ales at Piping Rock club last night.
His majesty, in observing said that
he would like to remain in America
forever.
FORMER KLONDIKER
BEING SUED BY BANK
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—T. S. Lipany,
who wrestled a million dollars from
the Klondike in the early days, is be
ing- sued in this city by the Washing
ton Mutual Savings Bank for a hun
dred and fourteen thousand dollars
tlue on a note. Lipany asserts that
it is still solvent.
GENEVA, Sept. 8.—Prime Minis- J
ter Macdonald, of Great Britain,
Premier Herriott of France and Pre
mier Theuns of Belgium, today, re
ceived ar letter from Chancellor Marx
of Germany declaring that he felt
obliged to publish the proclamation
of Germany refusing all responsibil
ity for the world war .
NORTHWESTERN LEAVES
SEATTLE FOR SEWARD
The steamship Northwestern sails
rom Seattle tonight, two clays’ late.
She is bringing considerable freight
or northern ports.
SCHOOLS START TODAY
WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE
The Seward schools started today
vith a fairly large attendance. Guy
). Barnett is principal; the Misses
tuth Eccles, Hazel Matthews, Vivian
Settinini and Astrid Ulleland are the
;rade teachers, while Miss Minnie
touth will teach the commercial
ourses.
CORDOVA P .M. INDICTED
C. H. Sheffler, former postmaster
it Cordova, was indicted by the
'rand jury at Valdez this week, fol
owing the postoffice robbery of sev
eral months agio. Postal inspectors
irought the charge against Mr. Shef
ler in order to protect the govern
nent from loss.
SAN FRANCISCO, 'ept. 8—An
iction affecting the ownership of su
;ar, the plant and oiar.tations, to
gether with other pirperties of the
American Factories. Ltd., of Honolu
lu, valued at fr ir five to seventeen
ind one-half million dollars, has
ben filed against tl • officers and
tockholders by Haelfeld & Co., a
lerman firm.
GENEVA, Sept. 8.—The League of
Nations assembly adopted a resolu
ion to have the league summons on
nternational disarmament conference
is soon as possible.
XIANG SU TROOPS
START MOVEMENT IN
THE LIU HO SECTOR
SHANGHAI, Sept. 8.—A new and
intense attack by the Kiang 3u
troops of General Chi Shie Yuan was
started in the Liu Ho sector on the
coast about 30 miles to the north
west of here, about 10 o’clock last
night, according to reports from ob
servers.
The invading forces ol Chi Shie
Yuan were repulsed on two fronts
at Hwang Tu, fifteen miles west of
here and at Liu Ho, 30 miles north
west of here after an all night bat
tle with the Li Yung Hsipg forces,
who are defending Shanghai accord
ing to an announcement this morn
ing from Che Kiang headquarters.
PEKING, Sept. 8.—A mandate
was issued by President Tsao Kun,
directing Chi Shiep Yuan, governor
of Kiangsu province, to send an ex
pedition to the enforcement of a sub
mission on part of Lu Yung, govern
or of Che Kiang province to cen
tral governments which is regarded
as officially initiating the general
civil war in China.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.—Mili
tarists and persons ambitious to be
come military governor of some un
known province are responsible for
the Chinese war, according to Amer
ican Minister Schurman, who arrived
yesterday from Shanghai.
He said that the Central govern
ment, at Peking, was without au
thority, as the result of the chaos
ami that the million and a quarter
armed persons there were divided in
to at least three divisions, one of
which controled the revenues of the
country and the other two were try
ing to assume command.
GERMAN STEAMER HITS
REEF NEAR BEECHY HEAD
SEAT I LE, Sept. 8.—The German
steamer Martha M. Memsoth, bourn!
from Coos Bay, Oregon, to Vancouver,
B. C., struck the rocks at Beechy
Head, near Victoria, in a thick fog
yesterday, while her pilot was on
board. The vessel was on the rocks
an hour and forty minutes and was
badly damaged having eight feet of
water in her hold when examined
by the underwriters.
ARGENTINE BOXER IS
.e OUT UNDER BONDS
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Lu-s Ang l
Firpo, the Argentin heavyweight
boxer was released yesterday after
noon on $1000' bail for a hearing
September 15th, four days after his
scheduled meeting with Harry Wills.
A wan ant was served on Firpo by
Immigration Commissioner Curran
who accuses the pugilist of bringing
a woman into the country for im
moral purposes and the second charge
ot making false and misleading state
ments before the special board of
inquiry which investigated his entry
into this country last July.
DESPONDENT OVER HEALTH
MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF;
HELPED HOUND TRACY
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Former Sher
iff Jack Williams, broken in health
as a result of three gunshot wounds
inflicted 22 years ago by the daring
outlaw, Harry Tracy, whom he was
endeavoring to capture, shot and kill
ed himself last night in Revenna
Park. In the battle with Tracy, Wil
liams was wounded, and Deputy
Sheriff Charles Raymond took a sec
ond shot at the late Louie B. Seif
fert and Karl M. Anderson, report
ers acompanying the law officers.
ALASKA REACHES SEATTLE
The steamship Alaska will reach
Seattle tonigh tat 8 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sparks of
Jacksonville, Florida, who visited the
Interior during their tour of Alaska,
arc returning South on the steamer
V ukon
Frank Young, Jr., of Fairbanks
who has been to Mayo Brothers clin
ic at Rochester, Minnesota, returned
North on the steamer Yukon and left
on this morning’s train. Mr. Young
has completely recovered from an
an illness which caused him to be
bedridden for several months last
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