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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 280.
SEWARD ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
President’s Message
Calls for Reduction
In Income Taxation
TREASURY SURPLUS OF THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO BE AP
PLIED AS TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT BY
MAKING REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS WHICH
, ACCRUE IN MARCH AND JUNE—RECOMMENDS
SOME FORM OF FARM RELIEF
OPPOSES INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISUNDS
Should Not Be Granted Full Freedom Until Politically
Fitted for Self-Government and Economically Indepen
dent—Says United States Should Not Completely
Abandon Insular Defense of the Islands. Thirty Mil
lions for Prohibition Enforcement
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (/P)—In his annual message;
to Congress, President Coolidge urged temporary tax re
lief and a sound solution of the farm marketing problem.
The President said with an estimated treasury surplus of
$o33,000,000 there is “no reason why the balanced por
tion of the surplus revenue should not be applied to the
reduction of taxation,” but permanent reduction is un
warranted with the government doing a $4,000,000,000
business annually. “In the meantime it is possible to
grant some real relief by the simple measure of making
reductions in payments which accrue on the fifteenth of
March and June, 1927. I am very strongly of the convic
tion that this is so much purely a business matter that it
i ought not be dealt with in a Partisan spirit. It is for
Congress to decide whether it is best to make such reduc
tion or leave the surplus for the present year to be applied
to'the retirement of the debt.
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ADMIRAL LINER LAYING OVER IN
PORT UNTIL TOMORROW
NIGHT
With practically the last of West
■ward herring on board, about 2,00(
barrels, the S. S. Admiral Watson
Capt. S. Glass, master, arrived in por
this morning at an early hour. A fail
size list of reservations are en route
to Seattle, a few disembarking here
Tne Wratson will remain in port un
til about 8 o’clock tomorrow night
following the arrival of the trail
from the Interior, at which time she
departs for the South.
Incoming arrivals were:
Ed. Michalson, Ed Ward, Rev. T
P. Graham, Era Waale.
For Seattle—Miss Annie Anderson
G. B. Schallenberger, Bryan Thor
sheim, Miss Irene Pearson, H. Barton
V. E. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. H. G
Grub, Josephine Weeks, Anton Lopez
J. M. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. O. H
Grimes, Alf Henricsen, J. F. Owens
•ule Skowe, Anton Johnson, Len Jor
genson and wife, W. A. Keller, D. J
Kraham, Mrs. W. England and Y
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In farm relief it “is necessary to
avoid putting the government into the
business of production or marketing,
or attempting to enact legislation for
| the purpose of price fixing. It is un
i fortunate no general agreement has
been reached by the various agricul
tural interests upon any proposed
I remedies.”
The Philippines should not be given
! self-government “until they are both
politically fitted for self-government
and economically independent.”
It is suggested that the United
States never abandon complete insu
lar defense of the islands. Coolidge
recommended the enactment of pro
hibition legislation suggested by the
treasury and urged adequate care for
disabled veterans, but no extension
of the pension system.
The President’s message was deli
vered by messenger today, and his
Budget message will be presented
Wednesday.
Chairman Madden of the appropria
tions committee will place the Trea
sury and Postoffice supply bills be
fore the House and seek action be
fore the end of the week. Similar
measures for the Interior and Agri
cultural Departments will follow.
WANTS TO SWIM NAKED
, BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 7.
. (£>)—Mrs. Clemington Corson, chan
, nel swimmer, announced she would
■ not enter the Catalina swim because
. contestants would not be allowed in
. the contest wearing only a thick coat
ing of axle grease.
DOZEN CHICAGO MEN
TAKE MILLIONS IN
SPECULATORS SAID TO HAVE
GATHERED IN TEN MILLION
DOLLARS
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. (/P)— Half a
dozen Chicago speculators headed by
Arthur W. Cutten have taken more
than §10,000,000 in actual and paper
profit out of Wall Street in the last
30 days, through operations in Bald
win locomotive stock. The New York
Times said today they have com
pletely taken the play out of the
hands of New York men who usually
trade in Baldwin and have mystified
Wall Street as to their identity and
backing.
WAITS AT MEXICAN BORDER FOR
REVOLUTIONISTS TO GAIN
CONTROL
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 7. (JP)—De
La Huerta said “I’m waiting for the
revolutionists to capture, a "border
point so I can return to Mexico with
out violating American laws. There
will then be a defacto government in
charge at those points and my entry
can be regularly made.”
He accused Calles and followers of
being insincere and rapacious and
said “there are 14,000 men in arms
against the government of Sonora
alone.”
ATTORNEYS DEADLOCKED; WIFE
MAY ASK FOR SEPARATE
MAINTENANCE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. (^—Char
lie Chaplin was negotiating with his
wife today for a settlement of their
martial troubles out of court. Law
yers for both sides of the matrimonial
difficulty which split Monday, con
ferred over a reported proposal from
the actor that he pay his wife a sub
stantial sum and permit her to have
the custody of the two children.
LOS ANGELES—Later—No state
ment regarding the case can be made
until next week. It is intimated that
the wife will not seek a divorce but
will try for a separate maintenance.
WIFE INVALID, HUSBAND
KILLS SELF, SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. (/P)—Mrs. Frank
Waddell, 50 years old, for years bed
ridden with paralysis, awoke to dis
cover her husband was not at her
side so she rolled out of bed into the
kitchen where she found his body1 ly
ing across a table. Mr. Waddell, 52
years of age, a flour mill UTorker
killed himself. f
REAR-ADMIRAL ROBISON DECLARES
KNEWFIRST TO DRILL OIL WELL
WOULD EXHAUST NAVAL RESERVE
SUGGESTED GOVERNMENT CREATE OIL ORGAN
IZATION TO WATCH PROGRESS OF DOHENY’S
COMPANY—FAVORED LEASING ELK HILLS
AREA AS RECOMMENDED BY SUBORDINATES
IN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT—ARRAY OF PROM
INENT MEN APPEAR AS WITNESSES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (/P)—Rear-Admiral Robison
testified that, being convinced that the “first fellow who
drilled in the Elk Hills naval reserve oil fields would get
all of the oil,” he told Secretary of the Navy Denby that
the government should have an oil organization on the
scene “as a sort of perpetual watch dog” of its interests.
He said the only practical way to do that was thru the
leasing policy suggested by subordinates in the Interior
| Department.
Among the unusual features of the
Fall-Doheny trial will be the class of
men selected for jurymen. No voter
of either' the Democratic or Republi
can or the minor political parties will
be found on this jury. The law of the
District of Columbia provides that to
be eligible for jury service a man
must be an actual resident of Wash
ington, without a claim to a voting
residence elsewhere. Furthermore no
man connected with the government
is eligible for duty on the trial jury.
The present action is brought under
a special law enacted by Congress in
j 1921, which directed the President to
institute civil suits and criminal ac
tions against cancellation of the nav
al oil reserves in California and Wyo
ming and against all those charged
with criminality in connection with
the awarding of the leases.
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of
Ohio, a Democrat, and Owen J. Rob
erts, a Republican, were appointed
by the President and confirmed by
the Senate as the government’s spe
cial counsel. Assisting them in the
| cases now at bar is Major Peyton
Gordon, United States district attor
ney, of the District of Columbia, and
a staff of five assistants.
Opposing the government are eight
lawyers. Doheny’s defense is being
conducted by Frank J. Hogan of Wash
ington, assisted by Frederick R. Kel
logg, Joseph J. Cotter and Harold
Walker, who constitute the regular
staff of the Pan-American Oil com
pany. Former Secretary Fall is de
fended by Henry A. Wise, former U.
S. district attorney of New York, and
William J. Lambert of Washington,
assisted by Mark B. Thompson, from
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PINKERTON REAPPOINTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (^—Presi
dent Coolidge nominated Wilkie T.
Pinkerton, incumbent, for Fairbanks
postmaster.
MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR
LEG BE AMPUTATED
MEMPHIS, Dec. 7. (/P)—Henry L.
Whitefield, Governor of Mississippi
will lose his leg through amputation
made necessary* by the ravages of a
malignant bone disease, it was an
nounced at Campbell’s clinic tonight.
The governor is 58 years old.
BUDGET DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR
THEM, DECLARES COMMIS
- SIONER
| SEATTLE, Dec. 7. (JP)—A recall
election, could not be held in Snohom
I ish county because it’s budget doesn’t
! provide for special elections, declar
| ed County Commissioner Fleming of
j Everett. E. F. Blaine, Granger State
| recall chairman, asserted Fleming’s
; statement “is a virtual admission by
the Hartley forces the recall petitions
> are going to be successful.”
FISHERIES CONTROL
ALASKA'S FUTURE
REITERATES CHARGES THAT
PRESS OF ALASKA BOUGHT
OUT
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7. (/P)—Dan
Sutherland declared if Alaska and
Alaskans w<*re decently treated by
the powers at Washington, D. C., up
wards of 30,000,000 Americans will
people the territory and contribute to
world prosperity. The progress of
Alaska possibilities is greater than
that of Norway, Sweden and Finland
combined “but the present govern
ment’s policy which is under the
guidance of the Department of Com
merce favors turning over to the sal
mon trust the whole of Alaska Fish
eries. This condition should be
changed for it is not wise or fair for
whoever controls the Fisheries, con
trols Alaska’s future. The govern
ment should direct an equitable dis
tribution of property in the Fisheries.
He said the canning industry tried
“to can him” but failed because bona
fide Alaskans were not salable. He
charged they tried to send a delegate
who was subservient to the fish trust
by a slush fund which purchased the
Alaska newspapers and an industry
monopoly blighting Alaska and hinder
ing industrial progress.’*