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COAST TERMINAL FOR THE ALASKA RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 3. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Imperils Na
Declares
the Navy
ion’s Safety
CALIFORNIAN DEMANDS NAVY BE RAISED TO
STANDARD OTHER NATIONS—SAYS AMERICA
OUTGENERALED AT ARMS CONFERENCE;
MUST BEGIN AT ONCE ON LIGHT CRUISER PRO
GRAM TO BE WITHIN SIGHT OF OTHER POWERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (/P)—Senator Johnson (Re
publican of California) demanded the navy be raised from
its “woeful status to a parity with any other nations/' de
claring “we wrere our generaled in the arms conference."
Johnson asserted the American navy in competition with
other powers is “underbuilt, insufficient and inadequate,
and so far inferior as to humiliate the nation and imperil
the national safety. We have made an experiment, setting
an example of refraining from competition in naval arm
t aments. That experiment has failed. There is one thing
left to do unless we wish to fall hopelessly behind in sea
power; v~e must begin at once on a light cruiser program
which will at least bring us within sight of the other pow
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MURDERER TRAPPED
BY BUTTi 10 iR
MOTHER-IN-LAW THREATENED
TO HAVE DAUGHTER SUE FOR
DIVORCE
MINEOLA, N. Y., Jan. 5. (£>)—
Trapped by a coat button and a lock
of his hair, Harold E. Webster, aged
26, confessed to murdering his mother
in-law, Catherine Callaway, aged 45.
She was found yesterday with her;
skull crushed at the home of another
son-in-law at Hempstead. In her
hand was clutched the button and
hair. Webster killed her because she
threatened to induce her daughter to
seek a divorce. Mrs. Webster col
lapsed when she heard the confession.
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MILLIONAIRE'S SOI
ADJUDGED INSANE
IN YEAR’S TIME MET, WOOED AND
MARRIED FIVE SOCIETY
GIRLS—NO DIVORCES
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 5.—
Thomas T. Wharton, 23 years old,
son of A. B. Wharton, millionaire oil
man, was found insane by a jury
here Wednesday after he had blazed
a matrimonial trail from the palatial
waterfront of Palm beach, Fla., to the
bleak plains of Texas. During the
last year he has met, wooed and mar
ried five society girls without the
formality of divorcing any of them.
GOVERNOR SMITH INAUGURATED
** ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 5.—Governor j
Alfred E. Smith was inaugurated;
chief executive of New York State at
12:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon in
the presence of one of the most dis
^ tinguished and greatest (gatherings
in the history of the Empire State.
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EIG TREASURY SURPLUS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (/P)—1The
Treasury Department ended its first
half of the fiscal year with a surplus
of S21S,2S0,000 over a year ago for
the same period; a surplus of $125,
600,000 is from income tax and cus
t o m s receipts. The increasing
amounts during the last quarter made
most of the excess. During the past
fiscal year the public debt was re
duced $1,173,500,000. The debt is
now $19,074,656,000. The month’s in
come receipts were $1,046,008,000.
BANKS REFUSE BONUS LOANS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (/P)—The
banks’ widespread refusal to make
loans on soldiers’ bonus certificates
which acquired a loan value yester
day, resulted in starting action in
Congress to authorize direct loans
from the Treasury. With $400,000,000 j
in the adjusted service certificate
fund, with a $200,000,000 loan value,
Federal Reserve banks refused to
make loans. Secretary Mellon is ap
prehensive about the government
making direct loans.
PRESENTS POISON RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (Jp)—Sena
tor Edwards (Democrat from New
Jersey) prepared a resolution to ask
Secretary Mellon whether Wayne
Wheeler or the Anti-saloon League
had any hand in the “poisoning of in
dustrial alcohol,” and what authority
the Treasury has for poisoning. The
resolution would require all informa
tion and correspondence on the pois
oning. Andrews predicted an early
elimination of poisons and said the
industry preferred wood alcohol as a
denaturant as it is so near like al
cohol.
REQUESTS RELEASE AMERICANS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5.—The Brit
ish legation has requested the Mexi
can foreign office to make every effort
to secure the release of the two Amer
ican citizens, J. W. Wiley and E. B.
Conors, who were kidnapped by ban
dits near Parra! on Tuesday.
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SO DECLARES “CHICK” GANOIL
IN COPYRIGHTED STORY AT
EL PASO
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 5. (£>)—
“Chick” Gandil said in the El Paso
Times’ copyrighted story that every
White Sox player was involved in
buying the series from the Tigers and
“I got the money from Chicago. The
boys paid it over to the Detroit club.
Risberg knows but half of the story.
I know all of it for I .handled the
money. I didn’t regard it as bribe
money; it was just a little present to
Detroit players. Cobb didn’t receive
any of our money and didn’t even
know we collected a purse for other
detroit players.”
PRESIDENT MAKES STATEMENT
DETROIT, Jan. 5. (/P)—President
Navid of Detroit declared he believed
the Sox paid Detroit pitchers to throw
the series and eliminate Boston in the
Pennant race, and said it was com
mon practice for the Boston club in
1916 to pay pitchers to “bear down”
on Detroit.
NOTED AUTHOR AND PARTY WILL
SEARCH UNCHARTED WATERS
FOR STRANGE FISH
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.—Zane
Grey, noted author, and his brother
R. C. Grey, left yesterday on the liner
Tahiti on the second lap of a fishing
trip over the seven seas. The au
thor and his party have planned a
trip thru strange and uncharted
waters in search of wierd and little
known fish. In the party are also
Romer Grey, his son, and others.
OFFER MADE FOR BATTLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—The most at
tractive offer for a display of his
talent in the ring will decide the pro
motion of his first title bout, Gene
Tunney said yseesterday.
FORMER GOVERNOR
OE MISSOURI DEAD
ALEXANDER M. DOCKERY, DEMO
CRAT, AGED 81 YEARS, HAD
BRILLIANT CAREER
GALLATIN, Mo., Jan. 5.—Alexan
der M. Dockery, former Governor of
Missouri, died at his home here re
cently, after an illness of several
months, at the age of 81 years. From
1882 to 1898 Dockery, a Democrat,
served in Congress and two years
later was elected Governor of Missou
ri. In 1913 he was named third as
sistant Pastmaster General. He serv
ed thruout both terms of President
Wilson.
MYRON A. FOLSOM DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.(/?)—My
ron A. Folsom, associated with the
late Senator William A. Clark of
Montana in mining ,died at his home.
He was formerly of Spokane. He or
ganized the Bunker Hill Smelting
company at Kellog, Ida.
PHOT DECLARES
IN FINAL MESSAGE
IRE BE EXCLUDED
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 5. (/P)—
Governor Pinchot, in his final mes
sage to the Legislature, charged Sen
ator Vare’s nomination was “partly
bought and partly stolen. I have no
doubt that Vare deserves to be and
will be excluded from the Senate. For
many years the politics of this State
hve been run as a part of the business
interests. The Mellon machine in
Pittsburgh and the Mitten machine in
Philadelphia spread their black, hawk
like shadows over the community and
is borne upon the wings of eminent
respectability and organized crime.”
RICHARD E. LANDER OF ANCH
ORAGE LOSES MEMORY WHEN
HIT ON HEAD
LONGVIEW, Wn„ Jan. 5. (£>)—,
Claiming he did not know his name^
or where he came from, a well-dressed
i
man, aged 35, who on Monday night
walked into police headquarters, re
covered his senses today and said;
his name was Richard E. Lander. He
last worked in a cyanide plant near
Anchorage and formerly published a
newspaper at McCarthy. He remem
bered dealing with a man in Tacoma
for an automobile. It is believed he
was slugged and robbed.
“Dick” Lander is well known thru
out the Railroad Belt, and is a son of
Harry Lander of Fishhook Inn, in the
Willow Creek district, where “Dick”
was employed last season at the cya
nide plant of the Willow Creek Mines.
He passed thru Seward a fortnight
ago for Seattle, intending to make
his home outside. He is married and
has one child, his wife having preced
ed him to the States,,
RAIL MERGER DENIED
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 5—Merg
ing of the Southern Pacific and Key
Route transportation systems of Oak
land and the East Bay districts was
denied here last night.
LEAVES BEARD TO CLUB
RENO, Nev., Jan. 5.—Zachary Tay
lor Wilcox, aged 79, and Civil War
veteran, who is dead here, left his 15
foot beard to the Whiskerino Club of
Sacramento, Calif.
SPANISH FORCES LOSE
LONDON "in. 5.—A Spanish de
tachment iiting against the Beni
Goref tribe, in Morocco, has been am
bushed, losing heavily in men and
munitions.
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ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS
HELD AT FISHER’S CAFE—
SWETMANN VICE-PRESIDENT;
FLICKINGER TREASURER—J. P.
HANNON, SECRETAARY
Leon Urbach, prominent young bus
iness man of Seward, was unanimous
ly elected president of the Chamber
of Comerce at Tuesday’s annual elec
tion for the ensuing year, and
will have the task of guiding the or
ganization thru the channels of pro
gress. His selection to the office was
looked upon with much favor by the
members, who freely voiced their
opinion of the selection made, and the
assurance of their hearty support and
co-operation.
Imediately upon his election, the re
tiring president, P. C. McMullen, who
has ably presided over the chamber’s
activities for the last two years,
turned the chair over to Mr, Urbach,
who then assumed charge and pre
sided over the remainder of t.hp meet
ing. In accepting the office Mr. Ur
bach said: “I consider it a great hon
or to be favored with this appoint
ment, for which I thank you, and shall
carry on to the best of my ability. I
think it would be fitting at this time
to tender our retiring president a
vote of thanks and that it be inscribed
upon the minutes of this meeting.”
Elwyn Swetmann, vice-president
during the past year, was unani
mously re-elected as was also J. H.
Flickinger, treasurer, and J. P. Han
non, secretary.
The meeting was held at Fisher’s
Cafe, and for the occasion Chef
Fisher again supplied a sumptuous re
past, from salad to delicious desert.
XMAS EVE OF $1,700
COMBINATION KNOCKED OFF
WITH SLEDGEHAMMER AND
LOCKS WORKED BY HAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.—Two
safes were robbed in Oakland and
$1,700 obtained by yeggs, who worked
like old hands, according to the po
lice. In both cases the combinations
of the safes were knocked off with
heavy sledgehammers and the locks
worked by hand. The robberies took
place at the plant of the American
Creamery, on Cypress street, and at
J. E. French’s automobile agency, on
Grand avenu®.
PHONE ACROSS ATLANTIC
LONDON, Jan. 5. (£>)—'The Post
master General announced that the
trans-Atlantic radio-telephone system
opens January 7 between New York
and London.
HALFERTY NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (£>)— Zeph
T. Halferty was nominated as post
master for Kodiak.