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CASH SPLIT ORDERED.

TAMPA, Fla. August 20 OP.-A
court order has been issued here di.
recting that distribution of the IS, 900
in cash carried by d. P. Davis, Florida
realty developer, at the time he was
drowned in midocean, be divided, one.
third to his widow and the remainder
to the estate.
Attorneys for creditors announced
they would appeal to the State SUI
preme Court for q share in the $2O1. :
900 in life insurance Davis carried,
which has been ordered divided be-
tween Mrs. Davis and her two chill.
dren.
Davis, en- route to Europe with a
party of friends, was said by COM
panions to have attempted to balance
himself in window of an upper deck
cabin just for the "fun of it," and lost
his balance and fell overheard. He
was known as a developer of the Coral
Islands about Miami, Tampa and st.
AuguStine
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YOUTHFUL SWIMMERS
PICKED UP OFF COAST
Girl and Man Exhausted in Race
From Cape May to
Rehoboth, Del.

By the Associated Press.
LEWES, Del, August 20.-Exhaust-
ed after fighting against high winds
and adverse tides for five hours, two
swimmers, a girl and man, who en-
tered the water at Cape May, N. j., to.
day in an effort to swim to Rehoboth,
Del, 10 miles away, We're pulled from
the rough waters of Delaware Bay to.
night.
The youthful swimmers-Miss De.
lemia Jones. 10. Of Wilmington, Del,
and William B. Mcconnell. %, of Della.
ware City-were taken aboard one of
the boats which accompanied them
shortly after s pm, when Mcconnell
was seized with cramps and the girl
became numb with cold.
Mcconnell was more than 9 miles in
the lead when the race came to an
end, and had negotiated a little more
than half the distance.
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Staying for Which Man Was Executed
Confessed by Woman, Whom Police Release

she had tracked her husband, a travel.
ing man, to the Lindsey home, and
had seen them together on the street.
She confessed the killing to Chief
Warren and Acting Mayor Fuller, she
said, because her guilt had burned
her mind and heart. She appeared
much relieved after the confession
and left the Jail telling Chief Warren
she was going to Knoxville to see her
2-year-old son, who Is living with
friends.
She and her husband. palm read.
err. arrived in Norton early Wednes-
day, she going almost direct to the
chiefs Office and volunteering the con-
fession. Local officers, who heard her
story said she showed no sign Of
mental distress and they are inclined
to believe her story despite the word
from Knoxville to release her.
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EARTHQUAKE ROCKS|
CALIFORNIA TOWNS
Humboldt County Disturb
ance Shakes Houses.
Women Faint.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
EUREKA. Calf, August 20
Eureka and other towns in Humboldt
County were rocked shortly after
noon today by the most severe earth
quake felt here since 1906. The
temblor, lasting Is seconds, impaired
the fire alarm system.
c. C. F'iske. linotype operator for
the Humboldt Standard. was slightly
injured when his machine careened
forward. Several women tainted on
downtown streets while buildings
swayed and the noise of topping
chimneys and breaking dishes could
be heard. Plaster was knocked from
many rooms.
Reports from Scotia, Fortuna, Ar
cata and Ferndale, nearby towns,
stated merchandise had been shaken
from shelves: glasses. dishes and
chimneys broken and some plaster
knocked down.
Tank racks Of the Shell Oil Co, in
Arcata. holding large drums Of oil
sank inches into the ground. In
Eureka plaster was knocked from sew.
eral rooms in the courthouse and from
the ceiling Of the city hall.
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DYNAMITE FOUND =
IN N|CK-A-JACKC CAVE
Missing Explorer May Have
Tried to Blast Way
Into Cavern.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHELL MOUND, Tenn. August
20.-A searching party, led by o. p.
Pile. State mine inspector. tonight
was forcing its way through Nick-a-
Jack Cave in a renewed effort to To-
cate Lawrence s. Ashley, geologist.
who went into the cave Monday on an
exploring trip.
Equipped with gas masks and test
lamps, Pile said they would remain
in the cave until Sunday morning un-
less Ashley was found. They we're
equipped TO push their way beyond
the last point reached in the cave by
IL other searching parties, he said.
Dynamite Is Found.
Finding of a quantity of dynamite
in a cache in the cave today added
further possibilities regarding Ash
ley's fate, workers said.
Finding of the explosive, believed to
have been placed there by Ashley. led
to the belief that he may have at
tempted to blast passageway into a
larger cavern he had told Of discOv-
ering some time ago. Searchers said
that he might have been caught in a
slide of rock or become a victim OF
after-damp following an attempt to
blast his way through.
With renewed hope aroused as each
of the II searching parties went into
the cave, only to be turned back after
penetrating the underground passage
for a few miles, workers welcomed
advices that Gov. Austen Peay had
ordered Pile with q crew of six miners
to the cave to direct efforts of the
searchers.
May Dam Stream.
Miners from South Pittsburg and
Jasper also have announced that they
will aid in the search for the missing
explorer, if they are needed.
IL efforts to penetrate deeper into
the cave fail, it was planned 10 re-
build q dam near the mouth in an
effort to raise the stream flowing
through the subterranean passage to
navigable proportions and attempt
further search by boat. The stream
also will he dragged as soon as equip
ment arrives, workers said.
The belief Of most of the searchers
now is that Ashley was attempting
to make his way into the larger and
UNEMPLOYED cavern.
Workers have found what they be-
lieve Is the entrance TO this' puI Ho We
been unable so far to get through.
A long passage of loose earth con-
struction, barely large enough for a
man to crawl thorugh, was found,
and it is believed that further efforts
| will be directed toward attempting
an entrance here. A man might be
trapped either in the passage by
slide of earth or inside the larger cav
ern, it was said.
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Two Killed in Plane.

HARRODSBURG, KY, August 20
@.-William Van Arsdall, 81. and
Ormond Van Arsdall. IS, members OF
a prominent central Kentucky family.
were killed at Van Arsdall Station, 10
miles from here, tonight, when their
plane fell about 1900 feet. The acct.
dent was caused by the breaking Of q
wing of William Van Arsdall's newly
purchased plane.
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By the Associated Press.

By tNe AssOCIateu Press.
NORTON. Va, August 20.-Though
confessing she had killed Berthe Lind
sey in Knoxville about five years ago,
for which crime Maurice Mays, ne.
gro, had been electrocuted. Mrs. Sadie
local Jail here this afternoon when
Chief Of Police Vic Warren received
a telephone call from the office Of the
Knoxville chief of police advising that
the negro had been electrocuted and
the records showed no charge against
the woman.
The woman said her name was Mrs.
John Roddy, that she lived at De.
vonia, Tenn. and that dressed in
mans clothes, and with her face
blackened, she slipped in the Lind.
sey woman's home and killed her In
bed, because a few nights previous
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WYCKOFF ASKS DIVORCE.

NEW YORK, August 20 R).-
Notice of trial in a suit for separa-
ton has been filed in the Supreme
Court by Richard D. Wyckoff. former
owner Of the Magazine OF wall
Street, against Cecilia G. Wyckof'
the present owner of the magazine.
Separation is sought on the ground
of cruelty.
Since the sale Of the magazine by
Wyckoff to his wife. which became
known last March, Wyckof has been
operating an analytical bureau in the
same Broadway building in which the
offices of the magazine are located.
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TremOrs Felt Near Boston.

BOSTON, August 20 LP.-A series
of rumblings and slight tremors which
has ''all the earmarks of slight
earthquake" according to Prof. Kirt-
ley F. Mather, head Of the department
of geology at Harvard, was felt in
this vicinity tonight.
Several persons in Quincy reported
the rumblings strong enough to rattle
windows. There were numerous tele-
phone calls to newspapers. police and
fire departments in Quincy, Hincham
and Dedham
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Earth Shocks Recorded Here.

Severe earth shocks were recorded
last night by the Georgetown Univer-
sity seismograph. They began at 7:01
pm. reached a maximum intensity at
7:44, and were continuing half an
hour later. Director Tondorf es-
timated the center of disturbance at
1900 miles south of Washington.
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Commerce inspector, will act as official
starter of the flight in behalf Of the
American Aeronautic Association,
whose sanction it has.
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REDFERN'S RIO TRIP
MAY BEGIN MONDAY;
OLD GLORY TUNES UP

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MOTIVE FOR GEARE
SUICIDE is LACKING,
RELATIVES ASSERT

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COOLIDGE TO SEEK
COMPLETE REST AT
YELLOWSTONE PARK

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SENATE PAGE TEACHER
OFFERS TO DIE FOR
SACc0, SUSPENDED

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Maj. Lee Speaks.
Mai Lee reviewed the history of
Maryland military organizations from
the Continental Army, through the
Spanish American War. Mexican bor-
der troubles and World War to its
present status Of training citizens in
military science.
National defense today is Americas
greatest problem" Mai Lee declared.
America, great as she is, can survive
only that which she prepares TO sur
vive. War is a cruel machine. and
the unframed man of colonial days
who had only to take his musket from
it's place on the wall and go forth TO
fight is without a chance today. In
experience and lack of training cost
US many casualties in the last war,
and to guard against repetition Of
those casualties our men must be
trained.
I'VE do not want large standing
Army which can conquer the world
BUT we want an Army large enough
TO hold the front line until our trained
citizens can be directed into the battle
q line"
Representative Zihlnaan congratu
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-01
LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday. April 5th, 1927, the an- nual election of City officers and member of the School Board, for the City of Seward, Alaska, will be held. The polls for said election will be situated in the City Hall of said City. The polls will be open from IS o'clock A. M. on the morning of Tuesday, April 5th, 1927, until 2 o'clock P. M. on the evening of said day:
 Qualification of voters: Every per- son twenty one years of age who is citizen of the United States and who has resided in the Territory of Alaska continuously for one year next proceeding the election and within the limits of the City of Sew ard for six months proceeding the election shall be qualified to vote. All voters are requested to register.
 The following officers are to be elected at the annual election on Tuesday, April, 9th, 1927. MAYOR
 THREE MEMBERS OF THE CON-
 MON COUNCIL, ONE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL
 BOARD.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 7th day of March, 1927
 J. P. HANNON Municipal Clerk of the City of Seward, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-01
OU|NTUPLE BRITTANY
 WEDDING TAKES PLACE

QUIMPERLE, Brittany, April l. (P)-The first quintule wedding in quarter of century recently brought out all the old Breton cus- toms in the Moelan region.
 Four sisters, Josephine, Corentine, Bernardette and Mafie-Anne and their brother Theodore, the whole Delliou family of the village of Ker- hermen, were married in one cere- mony at Moelan, the nearest church town.
 The wholesale ceremony recalled the custom at Plougastel, also in Brittany, where all the weddings are performed at once, every year in the Christmas season.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-01
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
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 repeal of which is sought in Bill Nc IA, is said by reliable authority to be imperative, thus the repeal of the Act of 1917 would effectually kill the present Commission.
 Recommits Two Bills Two measures were recommitted by the House, No. 6, authorizing the appointment of City Managers, was referred by unanimous consent to the Committee on Judiciary. No. 10, in creasing Territorial financial aid to schools, was recomn.itted to the Committee on Education for further consideration.
 In addition to the College appro- priation measure, Mir. Ross introduce ed House Bill No. 25, authorizing town councils to empower city mag istrates to hear civil actions. It was referred to the Committee on Judi ciiary.
 House Joint Memorial No. 6, by Speaker Smith, was introduced. It requests Congressional enactment of law which would put the Alaska Railroad on par with other con- mon carriers, allowing it to be sued f orpersonal injuries to passengers or employees, and for any breach of contract for which railway lines may ordinarily be sued.
 A bill providing for the erection of a Pioneers Home at Anchorage and appropriating $1O0,0O0 toward it's construction was introduced in the House by Representative Grier. 1t was referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
 Two other measures were intro- duced by MT. Grier, one appropriat- ing $5,0O0 for improving the Territor- ial school building at Kenai, and the other making provision for payment of travelling expenses of persons while en route to the Pioneers Home to become inmates there and to pay for telegraphic communica ton be- tween the various sections of Alaska and the Governors office when it relates to admission of Pioneers to the Home and kindred matter.
 Fish Bill Revived
 In Committee of the Whole the House spent most of the session dis cussing the measure designed to create a new fish commission of three members elective by popular vote from the Territory at large While this same bill was under dis cussion yesterday MT. Lomen had pointed out that there was absolute
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SENATOR COFF |s NAMED
 ID SUCCEED sH0RTR|DCE

SAN FRANCISCO,April l. E- Senator Shortridge of the Republican party, confirmed reports from Wash ington D. c. that he had been named to succeed Senator Guy D. Golf who has resigned from the Senate cam paign fund committee. Shortridge added that he had not made up his cause of doubt as to the legal exist ance this committee has after the adjournment of the 69th Congress.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-01

With the sun glowing brightly and dreams of hot summer days ahead it is reported the Seward high school students are planning to organize a baseball team. The Jesse Lee Home boys also figure having a nine and also the s. A. c. All that is now needed is ball diamond.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-01

The regular Saturday night pub- lie dance will be held at Odd Fellows hall when the shades of evening come down tomorrow
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-01

The finest Safety Razor Tn the world at $15. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-11

of the bitterness is directed against the
United States, from which, the press
insists, all erroneous news enanated.
The resentment against America later
was toned down a little in the press,
but not In the conversations heard in
almost every restaurant and at every
street corner. 1t seemed to be founded
on two things: first, dispatches from
America led the French to believe the
"White Bird" had reached the new
world, and second, that the American
weather bureau did not play fair with
the French before the start of the
flight. This one hears everywhere, and
several newspapers hint it broadly.
There were repeated assertions
among Parisians that Americans had
Intentionally led the French to believe
that the weather was good on their
side of the Atlantic, whereas it was
bad AS a matter of fact, however,
several hours before the start of the
flight the HavaS news agency printed a
dispatch from New York saying there
were storms in mid-Atlantic and fogs
off New Foundland, and most of the
Sunday morning papers printed at.
Today few seemed to remember it.
From the outset the French re-
garded the flight as a race between
France and the United States. Last
night, when Paris and the provinces
were in joyous celebration and pat
riotic fervor was uppernost, from all
quarters was heard the cry: France
has done it. They have beaten the
Yankees"
Disillusion came about midnight, but
for only few, for most of France
then was abed, happy. For the ma
jority sadness set in only today.
The evening newspapers, which put
Paris in frenzy yesterday, published
joint apology today, declaring that
they would not have published what
they did but for the fact that their dis
patches were confirmed successfully by
official manifestation" of the minis
ters of commerce, war and the inter-
ior. M. Painleve, war minister, him
self cabled congratulated to the fliers
Monday, and the government made
ready to have parliament pay suitable
tribute to Nungesser and Coli when it
convened today.
The apology, which put the glame
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-11

on the government, was Withdrawn
from the late editions. Meanwhile in
the chamber of deputies General Girod,
Captain Nungesser's war time chief,
demanded an official investigation of
the false news
The government departments upon
which responsibility had been placed
by the press issued denials that they
had announced the success of the
flight.
So the popular mind found it con-
venient to pass the responsibility to
the United States. Even the moderate
Temps showed ire, saying:
"The dispatches which troubled us
most and which permitted us to be-
lieve and hope carried the official hall
mark of the government of the United
States, which, like so great a part of
France, submitted itself uncontrollably
to this outrageous, disorderly madness
for spreading news which good sense
could not have conceived"
This has reference to the naval
statement, later corrected by the
United States navy department, that
Nungesser had been sighted off Port
land, Maine.
All day police guarded the news
paper offices, some of which drew iron
shades over their windows.
The Matin placed the American and
French flags over it's entrance. The
crowd demanded the removal OF the
stars and Stripes and became menac-
ing, and the paper withdrew both.
Surfeited with early news that sent
it wild, Paris has been without any
late news of the fliers. The govern
ment has ordered destroyers and
planes to scout the Channel and has
announced cooperation of the French
and American ships patrolllng the
waters on the other side.
But amid all the worry and anxiety,
the public has not altogether lost It's
sense of hufnor over some of the pub
lished dispatches, which as the hours
wore on yesterday reported Nungesser
at various points getting nearer and
nearer to New York. Some of the
papers drew largely upon their lmag-
ination, for they gave the hour OF the
"White Birds" landing in New York III
headlines, but nothing in the dis
patches to indicate this. At 10 O'Clock
last night one paper published spe-
cial edition giving a description OF the
scene in New York harbor, with the
names of the reception committee and
prominent personageS on the Welcom-
ing boats and even quoted Captain
Nungesser's first weary happy words
! to the reporters.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-11

school, where most OF the seriously
injured were concentrated, said ne
believed a dozen patients there would
die. Others in private homes were
reported in critical condition.
The tornado started it's work OF
destruction two miles southwest Of
the city, damaged the Missouri Pa
cific roundhouse and Frisco station,
then jumped to the Melbourne hotel
and Harris House, from which the
largest number of dead were taken,
wiped out most Of the business Sec
ton and continued to the east side
where nearly one hundred homes
and school house were demolished.
The city was turned into q bee
hive of industry today rs every man
not regularly employed was con-,
scripted into q cleanup army. The
wreckage-strewn streets began to as
sumo a more normal aspect, despite
! the shattered buildings
| Strict military rule prevailed, only
relief workers were allowed in the
devastated district between p. m.
and 6 q. m.
The dazcd attitude, so evident last
1IlSI1G d11Q Cctl ~ EOOttJs Q1ookkJCcl1CO
and tonight found Poplar Bluff FAC
ing its problems with callnness and
! courage.
I Efforts Of relatives TO find missing
loved ones created grim tragedy lii
the two nlorgueS, as mere and there
a stifled cry told onlookers the
searchers had found their OBJECT.
The more optimistic pointed out
that if the tornado had hit 20 min
utes later, more than TOO school
children would have been in. the
business district on their way home,
hut the tornado found them safely
under the care OF their teachers in
the western part Of the city.
+ AS ruins of the Melbourne hotel
were prodded today by searchers for
bodies, one of the grinmest strug-
giles for life in the catastrophe was
recalled.
/ When the three-story brick struc-
ture crumpled into the basement at
: the fury of the tWister, Mrs. Opal
/ Sherill, found herself wedged tight
! ~ beneath the beams below the
three floors anu roof
Searchers heard two faint cries in
i the ruins They worked frantically
tc locate the source and by cutting
q hole in the foundation were able
to find Mrs. Sherill, bnt were unable
to dislodge her. Two beams across
her hips held her while slat across
her chest left her free to move
nothing but her head and LETT arm
Tt was decided to cut through the
three floors and roof. G. 1. Blood
worth, an attorney, craWled through
the Water which was rising about
her from the rain and damaged
water pipes. Tie sawed the sla,
. loose out was unable to bulge hel
body. AS the workers sawed ans
chopped above, he stayed near giving
words of encouragement.
To the Wonan's left were two bod
| les of men, while a dead woman Ia,
: near her head. For nine hours sht
= lay in water nearly up to ner neck
? until the beam OF flashlight prok
through a hole the rescuers hat
: made. She was brought out anC
. taken to d hospital where doctor
l said she had ever chances OF re
v (CoVery.
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MiddIewest Scourged
By the Elements

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