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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 29.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
J*RISONER’S SPINAL ..FLUID 19
GRAVE MATTER NOW BEFORE
COURT
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. (JF)—The
defease eros3 examination of Dr. Ce
cil Reynolds, prosecution alienist, wit
ness was resumed in the Hickman
trial. Under the involved attack by
the defense attorney Walsh the wit
ness contradicted testimony given by
u.e defense alienists.
They had declared the prisoner’s
spinal fluid pressure was far from
normal and that he suffered from
meningitis. The State’s witness de
clared he showed not the slightest
symptom of meningitis.
IMPORTANT MEETING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (£»)—'The j
Alaska delegate and representatives]
of the Forest Service and Bureau of
Fisheries, are being held by the Riv-'
ers ana Harbor Committee regarding!
the proposed project for Gustineau |
Channel, Alaska.
ADDRESSES SEATTLE CHAMBER
!
OF COMMERCE; OPPOSES FOR
EIGNERS
SEATTLE, Fei>. 4. (/P)—diaries E. I
Bunnell, President of tlie Alaska Agri-!
cultural College & School of Mines, in '
a ■speech before the Seattle Chamber j
. of Commerce, advocated the policy of!
“Alaska development by Alaskans.”
He opposed' the plan to bring thous
ands of residents of North European
countries to Alaska on the theory they
only could conquer the Territory.
“It is the people of the North that
will develop our North, not only those
who have gone there but those who
are born there."
1 CRIME III CHICAGO
STATE OFFICIALS IS
ROBBERS LOOT BANK
CHICAGO, 'Feb. 4. (JP)—A. bank tel
ler was held in a bank all night while
robbers waited for the time lock oh 11
the vault to open and escaped with
140,000.
Jewels worth $40,000 were stolen
fron. jewelers located in the loop dis
trict and a woman was robbed of *1
$7,000 worth of jewels. <
All crimes oecured only a few days i
after officials at a dinner asserted 1
Chicago had little crime. <
LOHMAN PAYS RESPECTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (/P)—Judge
G. J. Lohraan of Alaska, who is visit
ing in Washington, D. C., on business
paid his respects to President Cool
idge in the White House.
TRADE NAMES TO BE THROWN IN
THE DISCARD; MANY COM
PLAINTS HEARD
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (TP)—Repre
sentatives of the fur industry have
agreed to adopt a system naming and
marking furs under which the correct
names of animals front which the
pelts was obtained be stamped plainly
on the skin.
This move was made at a meeting
of the fur industry trade commission.
The plan will be forwarded to the
commission at Washington and pro
vided it meets approval will be adopt
ed as the standard by the industry and
will be enforced by the commission.
The coined" trade names such ts
“Hudson seal”, for which skin musk
rat is dyed to the color of seal, and
names designed to cover up the fact
rabbit fur is dyed to simulate other
fur, are practices against which com
plaints have been made to the Feder
al Trade Commission.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. (/p)—After]
Robert Stewart, chairman of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
cgarn defied the Senate Oil commit
tec in refusing to answer questions,!
Senator Walsh, Committee prosecu-!
I
tor, said he favored asking the S^n j
are to cite him for contempt and or- j
der bis arrest. »
STANDARD 1 OFFICIAL
GIVEN ONE DAY TO TALK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (/P)—Robt.
W. Stewart, chairman of the board
cf the Standard Oil Company of In
diana, underwent a gruelling exami
naton at the hands of the Senate
Oil Committee. At the end he was
given until tomorrow to answer cer
tain questions of the committee un
der possible threat of citation for
contempt.
ABERDEEN BOXER STOPS
HACK MIKE NIC TIGIIE
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (£>)— Lomski, ;
he body slashing youngster from Ab- ]
srdeen, Wash., stopped the comeback ]
attempt t>£ Mike McTigue, ancient :
risk light heavyweight, with a thor- «
•ugh 10 found drubbing. t
AUTHOR AND EXPLORER PIC
TURES COMMERCE AND IN
DUSTRY IN ARCTIC
CHICAGO, Feb. i. (JP)—An Arctic
civilization with commerce and indus
try thriving in the frozen Northlands
was pictured by Vilhjalmur Stefans,
sen, explorer, author and lecturer, in
an address before the Chicago busi
ness leaders and executives club.
The march of progress has eYfer
been Northward, Stefanssen said, and
at the present expansion of civiliza
tion must be Northward into upper
Canada and Alaska. Winnipeg already
handles more wheat than Chicago,
Duluth and the Twin Cities combined,
and western Canada has only started
to grow.
Among the resources of the Arctic
Circle he memtioned oil, as yet unde
veloped, but present in abundance,
and gold; vast acres of grazing land.
Winter in the Arctic Circle is only
one month longer than at Winnipeg
and all activities of Winnipeg are pos
sible there.
He pictured the cross roads of the
world in the great Northern Icelands
with shortest routes from Chicago,
London and New York to the Orient
by airplane over the North Pole.
LEAVES MILLIONS
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. (/P)—'The late
L. Ryerson, steel magnate left $4,000,
000 estate according to a will filed for
probate which provides bequests for
Universities.
PEASANTS DISSATISFIED WITH
PRICES PAID BY GOVERNMENT
FOR GRAIN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (^—Advo
cates of the Swing-Johnson Boulder
Dam, scored a sweeping victory in
the House when the Irrigation Com- ,
mittee rejected the amendments of
fered by Representative Douglas,, of
Arizona. The amendment of the Dem-*
Dcrat would have required the con-!
sent of Arizona and six other States,j (
lirectly interested, before the con
traction of Any portion of the Colora
lo river dam project could begun.
MINISTER AND GIRL
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (£>)—Police
tre searching for Rev! Luther Rolmes,
narried Baptist preacher of Paterson,
tf. J., and Miss Kate Du Bruyle, 20 ;
'■ear old choir singer, who disappear- ]
>d at the same time and are believed <
o have left together.
BERT McGEE 0IE8
RUBY, Feb. 4. (/p)—Bert McGee,
who has been freighting <in the Ruby
camp since the first stampede, died
Thursday of dropsy after an illness of
three months. He will be buried in
the Ruby cemetery Sunday.
WANT SAME KIND OF FREEDOM
U. S. ENJOYS; ACE TALKS ON
AVIATION
SAN JUAN, Porto, Rico, Feb.4,(/P)
--A plea for freedom for Porto Rico
in the form of "a message from the
people of Porto Rico to the people
of the United States,” was entrusted
to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at
the special session of the Porto
Rican legislature which conferred a
medal of honor upon him.
The measure read in part: “The
message of Porto Rico to your people
is to grant us the same freedom that
you enjoy; for which you struggled, |
which you worship and which, we
deserve and whch you have promised
us. We ask the right for a place in
the sun for this land brightened by
1 lie stars and' of your glorious flag.” •
Colonel Lindbergh in his speech !
made no reference to the message j
but talked on aviation.
PR0MINE1T S. F. YOUTH
IE ARRAIGNED TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4. (Jp)—J.
Swisher, prominent youth of San j
Francisco, accused by Sally Whit-;
com of attacking her at a Mason St. j
hotel, will be arraigned before Sup-1
erior Court Judge Michael J. Roche
today. He will enter a plea of not
guilty and his attorney will ask for
immediate trial.
PREDICTS HOOVER WILL
WIN ON ROST BILLOT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (/p)—J. T. j
Adams of Iowa, chairman of the Rep
ublican National Committee in 1920,
predicted yesterday that Herbert
Hoover would be nominated by the
Republicans on the first ballot at
Kansas City. Adams made the state
ment after he had called on Presi
ient Coolidg».
i
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE i
WILL NOT BE PERMITTED■
_ <
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (/P)—Mayor J
Walker declared war against racthl
md religious intolerance in city hos
>itals following a report which 'charg
is the staff of Kings county hospital •
irith being bigobted. S
220 PASSENGERS ON FAST A. S. S.
CO., LINTSTR; NUMEROUS OLD.
TIMERS
SEATTLE, Feb. 4. (/P)—The S. S.
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at 9
o’clock this morning for AlaSka car
rying 220 passengers. The Seward
list of reservations were: Alex Mat
thewson, Clyde Geabrooke, Clyde Tay
lor, Mrs. Price, Paddy Marion, T. Mil
ler, Miike E. Receg, Mrs. Kennedy, C.
E. Bunnell, C. O. Pearson, F. J. Rady,
Y. E. Strand, Howard Madson, A. N.
Madson, E. R. Obrekat and son, Mrs.
Toleman, L. N. Lowell, Mr. and Mrs.
B. C. Slmes, C. C. Wetzler, Alex Mc
Donald, H. C. Dunlap, Gil Rich, Ole
Wachter, Thos. Youel, H. M. Mammill,
Malwin, Ed Wurzbacker, Mrs. Hughes,
Paul Wavrick, Miss Holbum, C. L.
Baker, Ben Dahl, E. J. Stier, C. B.
Hall, Mrs. eWlch, E. Revillas, George
Reber, A. Lufts, F. Fissette, M. Hy
land, Mrs. Jewitt, Mrs. Parker; eight
steeraga.
ADVOCATES BOULDER
m SCORE VICTORY
, DOUGLAS, ARIZONA
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY REP
RESENTATIVE REJJECTED BY
CQMMITTE
LONDON, Feb. 4. (,/P)—The most
serious revolt that has occured in
Russia for several years is reported
from every frontier.
Peasants are dissatisfied with, prices
paid by tlie Government for grain.
This, combined with the revolt of
Trotsky supporters, have 'compelled
the government to mass its regi
ments in the mines near the entrance
to the Sea of Asov.
Reports of the revolt within Rus
sia were obtained through several
sources during the past few days but
have been denied by the Soviet gov
ernment.
SOVIET TROOPS REPORTED
SHELLING THE KREMLIN
LONDON, Feb. 4. (^P)—Mutiny on
t large scale has broken out among
:he Soviet troops in Moscow as a re
mit of the Communist leaders in ban
shing Leon Trotsky.
The troops are reported to be shell
ng the Kremlin according to the Ex
:hange Telegraph dispatches from
Tiga.
COLONEL HOPS OFF
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Feb. 4. <£>)
-Colonel Lindbergh hopped off for
Santo Dominbo 250 miles away.