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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 76.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SMITH DECUIRES
DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
POWER OF CATHOLIC
CHURCH INTERFERE
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GOVERNOR SMITH, ROMAN CATH
OLIC, POTENTIAL CANDIDATE 4
FOR PRESIDENCY OF U. S.
BELIEVES IN ABSOLUTE SEPARA
TION OF CHRCH AND STATE,
HE SAYS IN REPLY
BOSTON, April 19. (/P)—Governor
Smith, in a letter to the Atlantic
-Monthly, declared he recognized no
power in the Roman Catholic church
to interfere with the operation o! tne
Constitution of the United States or
th ■ enforcement ofthe laws of the
land. The Governor is a Roman Cath
olic and a potential candidate for the
Presidency. He wrote the letter in
reply to an open letter published in
the Atlantic Monthly last month by
Charles C. Marshal a New York law
yer, who asked him a number of ques
tions seeking to define his views on
relation of the Cadiolic church to
■ be State. Smith replied in part:
“You imply there is a conflict be
tween the religious loyalty to Catho
lic faith and patriotic loyalty to the
United States. Everything that has
happened to me during my long pub
lic career leads me to know no such
as that is true. I beUeve in absolute
separation of the church and State.
I believe no tribunal of any church
has any power to make any decree of
any force in the law of the land other
than to establish the status of its com-I
municants within its own church. I j
believe in support of the public school j
as one of the cornerstones of Ameri
can liberty. I believe in the right of
every parent to chose whether his
child shall be educated in the public
school or school supported by those of I
his own faith. I believe in the prin
ciple of non-interference by this coun
try in the internal affairs'of other na
tions, and that we should stand stead-1
fastly against any such interference
by whomsoever it may be urged.”
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 3, Philadelphia 7.
New York 11, Boston 10.
Pittsburg 9, Chicago 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 0, Washington 4.
Chicago 4, St. Louis 5.
Detroit 2, Cleveland 3.
Boston 0, New York 3.
COTTON FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS, April 19. (^—De
cember 14.75, high 14.76, low 14.70,
close 14.70. May opened 14.2S-30;
high 14.30, low 14.21, close 14.21. July
open 14.46-47, high 14.47, low 14.39,
close 14.40-41. October open 14.61-62,
high 14.62, low 14.54, close 14.55.
ALASKA PROHIBITION
CASE BE REVIEWED
BY SUPREME COURT
OLE BERKENESS CASE OF FAIR
BANKS CLAIMS EVIDENCE OB
TAINED ILLEGALLY
—
WASHINGTON, April 19. (£>)—'Two
prohibition cases involving the method
of obtaining evidence will be review
ed by the Supreme court which an
nounced it would hear the cases of
Ole Berkeness of Fairbanks and Jo
seph Marron of San Francisco. Berke
ness claimed that evidence obtained
in a private residence on a search
warrant in which it was not alleged
that liquor was sold was illegal. Mar
ron was convicted twice, but contend
ed that, the government unlawfully
used his private account book, papers
and clocif:neats obtained by illegal
tercli and seizure as evidence.
iUSSIAN PREMIER DECLARES 1
TIME TO PREPARE FOR WAR *
; t
AND MEET THRUST
! MOSCOW, April 19. (,/P)—War must
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be “thrust on Russia by imperialist
i
nations,” therefore it behooves the
Soviet union to “prepare actively and
meet the threat,” Premier Alexis Ry
; koff told the all-Union Soviet conven
tion. He expressed the opinion that
I “war may come this .year or next year,
but sooner or later since jealousy on
the part of the imperialists over Rus
sia’s success'of establishing a true
Socialist republic ’will impel them to
provoke a conflict. He asserted that
the policy of the powers in regard to
China appeared concerned in an ef
fort to involve China in a war with
Russia.
MEXICANS ACTIVE AGAIN
WASHINGTON, April 19. (/P)--1
The State Department announced the 1
Mexicans again have resumed seiz-1
ing American property under agrar
lan laws and reports indicate repre
sentations of ownership are futile.
MILLIONS OF ACRES
INUNDATED—OVER
SCORE LIVES LOST
PARK OPENS JULY 1
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. (£>)—
The Department of the Interior an
nounced that McKinley Park will
open July first and close September 15.
1SIH Y
i
FIFTY-NINTH TO BE EXAMINED
BELIEVES CAPITAL PUNISH
MENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN
NEW YORK, Ajril 19. (JP)—'Will ian
C. Young, the 59th venireman to be ex
i mined in the Snyder murder trial
vas the first one accepted. He was
lamed foreman. Before being accept
-d he said he had no scruples againsi
capital punislimen: and believed mer
»nd women should be treated alike ir
•riminal matters and would not take
nto consideration defendant’s failure
o testify.
MRS. DAWES OPERATED ON
CHICAGO, April 19. (JP)—Mrs.
lharles G. Dawes, wife of the Vice
resident, underwent a minor opera
ion in the hospital. Doctors said
hat she would soon recover.
LITIGATION SUIT OF
LONG STANDING IS
DISMISSED COURT
INQUISITORIAL POWERS OF FED
NERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER
WAS CHALLENGED
WASHINGTON, April 19. (^—Sev
en years litigation in which the in
quisitorial powers of the Federal
Trade Commission were challenged
went into the discard when the Su
preme court dismissed injunction pro
ceedings brought by the Claire Fur
nace company and 21 other corpora
tions to prevent the commission from
ibtaining a monthly report of these
businesses?.
MILE WIDE BREACH REPORTED ON MISSISSIPPI;
DISASTER THREATENS OVER A SCORE OF
TOWNS—1,500 MEN ENDEAVORED SAVE ST.
JOHN’S BAYOU LEVEE—WORST BREAK IN RIV
ER HISTORY — TORNADOES, ELECTRICAL
STORMS AND CLOUDBURSTS YESTERDAY ADD
TO DAMAGE
!
MEMPHIS, April 19- (/P)—The entire St. Francis riv
er basin in Southeastern Missouri and Northeast Arkan
sas appeared doomed to inundation when the St. John’s
bayou levee, eight miles north of New Madrid, Mo., broke.
The breach is reported a mile wide. The main Mississippi
irver levee below New Madrid threatened to break by
night. Disaster threatened more than a score of towns
j which have been trying to hold the St. John’s bayou levee.
|drec| men had worked to hold the St. John’s bayou levee.
| There threatens to be the worst break in the history of
! the Mississippi river. More than a score have already
; died from floods which have broken through and over the
! carriers of the Mississippi and tributaries, inundating
'millions of acres.
| A series of tornadoes, electrical storms and cloud
| bursts last night added to the damage. From two to five
inches of rain fell in Southeastern Kansas, increasing the
swollen streams.
I
CHARLESTOWN THREATENED
CAPE GIRADEAU, Mo., April ID.
j(/P)—The Mississippi River levees;
south of Charles town, Mo, broke and !
water has covered thousands of J
I
acres. Hundreds have been made j
homeless. Reports from New Or
leans state residential sections of
that city are threatened by rapidly
rising waters.
FORD TRIAL RESUMES
THURSDAY; CHARGE
JUROR MISCONDUUGT
FORD COUNSEL REQUESTS CON
TINUANCE OF TRIAL OWING
ILLNESS OF REED
DETRIOT, April 19. (;P)—The al
leged misconduct of a juror will be
the ground for a motion for a mistrial
when Sapiro’s libel suit against Henry
Ford is resumed Thursday, Hanley,
;
Ford counsel, told Judge Fred Ray
continuance of the trial until then, be
cause Senator Reed, Ford’s chief coun
sel, is ill.
OF HSEED MEAT IS
SUCCESS IT 0. OF 1.
TIME TESTS NOW BEING MADE
TO PROVE KEEPING QUALI
TIES
SEATTLE, April 19. (JP)—The Uni
versity of Washington announces suc
cessful canning of reindeer meat.
Lomen brothers of Nome are interest
ed in the success of the experiments
which will probably mean canning of
the meat on a commercial scale in
Seattle. The experiments were car
ried out in the college fisheries labora
| tory. The meat is now undergoing
! time tests intended to develop its
keeping qualities.
WATER NOTICE
Water will be shut down at 3
o’clock tonight from the corner o:
Adams and Sixth streets, including
the light plant, depot, the Alaska
house, Standard Oil and the federal
jail.
8. W. & P. Co.