VOLUME XIV NUMBER 49.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, February 27, 1929.
TRICE TEN CENTS
AFFIDAVIT MADE BY PAUL’S
CLIENT, MAXFIELD DAL
TON, CKAIG
KETCHIKAN, Feb., 27, (/re
creating a situation unique in
Alaska jurisprudence, William
Paul, Ketchikan attorney, has
filed an affidavit of prejudice in
the United States district court
against Judge Justin Harding, for
mer U. S. district atorney who was
recently elevated to the Federal
bench and who is now holding
court here.
The prejudice affidavit was
made by Paul’s client, Maxfield
Dalton, who pleaded guilty to il
legal fishing in the U. S. Com
missioner’s court, last August and
was fined $400.
ESCAPES CONTEMPT
On Saturday Paul narrowly es
caped contempt of court proceed
ings when Judge Harding called
for a hearing on a petition which
Paul had signed and filed asking
for a writ of review of the Dalton
case. In the petition it was alleged
among other things that the U. S.
Attorney, who at that time' was
Judge Harding, threatened Dalton
with the loss of his boat and other
persecution unless he plead guilty.
When Paul refused to summon
Daiton to give testimony backing
up the petition for a writ of re
i iew, Howard Stabler, present dis
trict attorney, put Dalton on the
stand and under questioning Dal
ton denied most of the allegations
in Paul’s petition including the one
that he had been threatened by
the U. S. attorney.
PAUL APOLOGIZES
when Judge Harding aspect paui
if he had a statement to make
Paul took the stand and apologized
saying he believed that the state
ment in his petition to have been
correct but now asked permission
lo file an amended petition.
Judge Harding granted permis
sion but retained the original pet
ition and testimony and took the
whole matter under consideration.
In the affidavit of prejudice
filed by Paul yesterday it is re
vealed the Alaska Native Brother
hood, of which Paul was elected
president at the convention at Sit
ka last November, passed a reso
lution which was filed with the
U. S. Senate committee on judi
ciary which was then considering
Harding for a judicial appoint
ment to the position he now holds.
RESENTED RESOLUTION
The affidavit charges that last
Thursday, in a conversation with
Paul, Judge Harding referred to
the convention resolution and
told Paul he resented it and held
Paul responsible for the Alaska
Native Brotherhood resolution. The
resolution was based on the cases
of five men charged with illegal
fishing, one of whom was Dalton.
After the prejudice affidavit was
filed Judge Harding announced
he would say nothing about the
matter at the present time.
ATTACKS CAPITAL
ATHENS, Feb., 27, (JP)—A new
Athens newspaper has launched
a heated attack against the inva
sion of foreign capital. “Greece,”
says this paper, “is the slave of
big contractors” from abroad.
CLAIMS TUNNEY’S TITLE
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SHARKEY
TOW TO SEATTLE ONE MOST
DIFFICULT EVER TO BE
UNDERTAKEN
SEATTLE, Feb., 27, (/Pj—After
lying idle at Dutch Harbor since
February 9 because of a broken
turbine, the freighter Havelas, for
mer shipping board vessel, was sold
for scrap and will be towed to
Japan, representative of the Ham
mon Lumber Company, owners,
announced.
| The freighter was loaded with
4,000,000 feet of lumber taken on
at Willapa and Puget Sound ports.
The tow from Dutch Harbor to
Yokohama, 2,783 miles, will be one
of the most difficult ever to be un
dertaken on the Pacific.
The former German passenger
liner Susquehanna was also sold
for scrap. This vessel sailed from
Everett on January 13 and arriv
ed at Yokohama last Saturday
loaded with lumber.
BLUE SKY MENACE
OF SOUTH OAKOTA
NIAY EXEMPT NUNES
PIERRE, S. Dak., Feb., 27, </P)—
he two Rills introduced by Bet
tlehehr. of Lawrence county in the
State Legislature, are intended to
encouage development of minerals
ind oh by exempting oil and min
ing securities from the blue sky
,aws, and at the same time to pro
vide that misrepresentation of the
value of such securities won' ' be
’’elony punishable by a fine of no
'more than $5,009 and by a maxi
j’num sentence of three years im
I pwsopment upon conviction.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 27, (JP)
Wiil D. Mitchell, solicitor genera!
of the United States, has acceptec
the post of Attorney General ir
the Hoover Cabinet. The comple
tion of the Cabinet slate is await
| ing further conferences betweer
President-elect Hoover and Don
ovan.
Mitchell had been listed as s
i Democrat but reported to Hoovei
in the election.
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FREE FOR ALL AS
FiCHTERS WEIGH II
POLICE HERE CSLLEQ
Mil’ll FEACH Feb... 27. (VP',—
Sharkey scaled at 192 and Stribling
at. 182 this afternoon. The weigh
ing- in was masked bv a sharp ver
nal exchange between the fighters
then selves followed by a live for
all row between adherents of the
two camps
It started when “Pa” Stribling
took a punch at Tony Palozzoio,
Sharkey’s trainer, and fists flew in
all directions. Police were called
to quell the disturbances.
SHOTGUN SHELLS, NOTEBOOK
AND CLOTHING WERE IN
WRECKED AUTO
CHICAGO, Feb., 27, (/P)—A sec
ond automobile has been investi
gated by the police on the theory
it might have been the car used
by the gang slayers. It was found
partly demolished from an explo
sion standing on the street.
It in the police found a note
0Bbk hearing the .tamo of . ,y
Weinshank, one of the men slain,
and the name of Ted Newbury,
one of the suspects who is sought
for questioning. There was also
found several shotgun shells, a cap.
suit and overalls.
WARNER NOMINATED
WASHINGTON. Feb.. 27, (IP)—
President Coolidge has nominated
George Warner for Postmaster at
Valdez.
BROADCAST FIGHT
MI ir.fi, Fla., > 'o., 27. i -Fight
rfficials decided at the last minute
to broadcast tonight’s battle over
national network including K O M
O, Seattle.
CLAIMS 113
KNOCKOUTS
STRIBI TNG
TONIGHT, MUM
I
strange contrast present
j ED IN CONTRAST TO DAYS
OF LONG AGO
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. Feb., 27, (TP)
—Bright sunshine and little wind
promised good weather for the
Sharkey-Stribling fight tonight
••vhicn starts at 7 o'clock Seattle
time.
Betting odds wavered around
six to five and seven to five with
Sharkey the favorite.
Close to 35,000 fans are expected
to see the battle and the promo
ters estimate the gate will be close
to $400,000 assuring a profit of
$100,000.
Amid scenes is a strange con
trast to old days when prize fight
ing was a fugitive game in the
South; wealthy and the fashion
able, great and near great, of bus
iness and politics have flocked to
the pleasure grounds as well as
notables in the sporting world.
The bout is supposed to go 10
rounds.
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VISIT MSI
REIGN OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
TERMINATES YEAR HENCE
AT CONVENTION
WINNIPEG. Fob.. 27. (IP)— J. Leon
Alzarowitz of Brooklyn N. Y., king
of the hoboes since 1927. arrivea
here after a tour of Ontario on a
tender of a fast passenger train,
despite the biting wind and sub
zeio temperature. He is enroute
‘o Prince Rupert, B. C.. where he
.vill embark to Alaska
King Alzarowitz, who prefers to
be called His Royal Highness, is 23
years of age, and has journeyed
332,000 miles. He has met royalty
including the Prince of Wales, and
other distinguished people at an
international convention of hoboe;
in Los Angeles. On January 1, 1930
lie will re ign as king.
COLO IMPORTS RESUME
PLACE IN LIMELIGHT
NEW YORK, Feb., 26, hP)—Re
sumption of the flow of gold from
England to this country, even tlio
‘he total received so far is compar
ative: v small, restores gold imports
to importance as a factor in the
troubled ci edit situation. The in
flux o°gan, however, just about the
lime -Tew York banks paid ofi
much of their indebtedness to the
Federal Reserve, thus relieving
conditions to some extent.
DOWN ON THE FARM
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb., 27, (IP)
—The government of New South
Wales has adopted the Junior
Farmer’s Club movement to check
the drift from the farm to the
city. The movement aims to keep
farmers' sons and daughters on
the farms.