MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 144. SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SHELTON YACHT
"KLOSH" LEADING
IN CAPITAL RAGE
CASH COLE S BOAT THE ‘JAZZ’’
BARELY HALF-HOUR BE
HIND THE LEADER
KETCHIKAN, June 20. (/P) —
The “Klosh” of Shelton, Wash
ington, is leading the 10 yachts
in the capital race 100 miles
south of Ketchikan.
Reports on Thursday nite show
ed the “Jazz” of Juneau was
about a half- hour astern of the
“Maidie” of Seattle; eight miles
behind was the “Blonde” of Port
land and three miles behind run
ning at a speed of eight knots
behind these four named in from
four to ten hours in the order
named were the “Kittiwake” of
Olympia; the “Bolinder” Seattle;
the ‘‘Mary Mar Ann” of Seattle;
the "Koyoia” of Olympia; the
‘Winifred” of Olympia and the
Marlin” of San Francisco.
All the yachts were expected in
Petersburg in the moring. The
last lap from Petersburg to Juneau
-:11 start from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The yachts are having easier
going after the first part of the
race. Leading all the ‘‘Klosh”
racer arrived here at 11:16 and
hit at 11:50 in the morning.
SWEENEY. Tex., June 21, (/P>—
Twenty-seven of the 43 convi^j^
who escaped from Clemes Prison
Farm are accounted for.
Seventeen were captured by poss
es which were formed from the en
ure section; nine were taken near
•.he Retrieve farm.
Mrs. W. M. Hickman, wife of the
prison farm captain, reported she
"/ ad seen the body of one convict
boating in the river.
NEW YORK, June 20, OP)—That
excellent financial barometer, the
price of seats in the New ..York
- stock exchange, reflected the re- j
cent drop in the volume of trad- j
mg by decreasing in value $100,
ooo.
The last membership to be
transferred brought $525,000, com- !
pared with the peak price of
$625,000 obtained last Februarry. \
In the early part of the year,
when the average daily volume |
was approximately 5,000,000 shares, |
the membership was increased
by 150.
A BARGAIN AT $75,000
CLEVELAND, O., June 20, (/P)—
Cleveland parted with $75,000 for
Karl Averill, Pacific Coast league
bugger, but he is worth the money
say the experts who are calling him
a second Speaker.
TAX TOTAL RISES
, WASHINGTON. June 20, (/P)—
The treasury department’s state
ment for the first nine months of
the current fiscal year shows in
' ernal revenue collections of ap
proximately $60,000,000 over the
'rime previous period. All except
$438,000 represents income taxes. I
{JUDGE DECIDES
LEGAL POINT IN
PRESENT FOREMAN OF GRAND
JURY IS A PAID EMPLOYEE
OF GOVERNMENT
Horace Caldwell, charged with a
jstatutory offense, raised the ques
tion by his attorney, L. V. Ray, of
whether a deputy United States
marshal was qualified to sit as a
member of a grand jury and as
foreman of the grand jury. The
pleadings showed as admitted by I
ithe government that the present'
foreman of the grand jury was a I
paid employee of the United States,
an agent of the Department of the
Interior, and also holding office as;
a special deputy, United States I
marshal for this division.
Judge E. Coke Hill, presiding
federal judge, ruled that the fore
man was qualified to sit as a mem
ber of the grand jury, and has sub
mitted for publication the fol
lowing opinion: ^
In the District Court of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division.
United States of America, plaintiff,
.s. Horace Caldwell, defendant. No.
1181 criminal. Opinion.
On June 14, 1929, at Seward,. Al
aska, a grand jury summoned in
fhe Third Judicial Division of the
Territory of Alaska to inquire into
offenses committed or triable with
’n thj Territory returned an indict
ment against Horace Caldwell
charging him with statutory rape.
On June 17, 1929, the defendant
I filed a plea in abatement of the
indictment praying that said in
dictment be quashed for the reason
that at all times when the charge
against said defendant was being
investigated by said grand jury and
at the time of the return of the
said indictment, Walter G. Culver,
foreman of the grand jury, was dis
qualified to serve as a grand juror
for the reason that he was an em
ployee of the United States employ
ed in the conduct of the Alaska
Railroad and charged with the dut
ies of investigating and reporting
infractions of the law relative to
employees of the United States em
ployed on said Alaska Railroad:
and also because the said Culver
was an officer and an employee of
the Department of Justice of the
United Scares of America, to wit:
a special deputy United States mar
shal in, of and for the Third Divi
sion of the Territory of Alaska.
To this plea in abatement the
United States demurred, thus ad
jmitting the facts alleged in the plea
in abatement. The records show
that Culver is a special deputy
marshal without compensation ap
pointed for convenience in his
railroad work.
The record of this court shows
that on June 3rd, 1929, at Seward,
| Alaska, in open court, Walter C.
iCulver and other grand jurors
summoned to attend the court were
| examined by the United States at
torney as to their qualifications to
I serve as grand jurors, which ex
amination showed that said Walter
;G. Culver was not disqualified to
act as a grand juror under the pro
visions of Section 2120 of the Code
i of Criminal Procedure of Alaska.
In support of the defendant’s po
sition be presented to the court and
telied principally upon the decision
i of the Court of Appeals of District
of Columbia in The United States
vs., Griffith, et al.. 2 Fed. 2nd. 925.
In the Griffith case a plea in
! abatement was interposed because
| George H. Van Kirk, a member of
I the grand iury, was a paid employe
of the United States. In that case
/a replication was filed denying that
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PLANS TO HOP ATLANTIC IN
OWN PLANE; NEWSPAPER
MEN BOTHERED HIM
CHERBOURG, France, June 21,
j VP)—Arthur Schreiber, of Portland,
Me., the stowaway on the plane
‘Yellow Bird” embarked on the S.
S. Leviathan on his return trip
home He got off the boat train in
,the Cherbourg freight shed to
‘break away from the newspaper
men.”
When he got aboard the ship he
said, “T will be back here in my own
(airplane which I will pilot myself
|Jf the newspapermen will only leave
Ime alone. The first call I’ll make
when I return to France will be to
Armento Lotti, friend and gentle
man.”
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4: Brooklyn 2.
New York 11; Philadelphia 6.
Chicago 7; St. Louis 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 5; St. Louis 3.
Boston 6; Washington 4.
Detroit 8; Cleveland 4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 7; Portland 5.
San Francisco 6; Missions 4.
Oakland 5; Seattle 2.
Los Angeles 12; Hollywood 2.
UPS AND DOWNS
AUBURN, Cal. June 20. (/P)—
Uncle Sam's mail carriers will
have a perspiring time of it in
August when regular mail de
I livery is started here. This town, :
(snuggling in the Sierra Nevada ;
foothills, has 23 miles of streets
with an elevation varying from j
1,090 feet to 1,545 feet. And the
mail men will have to hoof it
twice daily.
!
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CONFESSES TO
KILLING Cl
ON RIFLE RANGE
-i
COUPLE QUARRELED AND DOC- '
TOR CLAIMS STRUCK GIRL
THEN CUT HER THROAT
! -
' COLUMBIA, O., June 21, (IP)—Dr. j
Tames H. Snook confessed to the j
killing or Theora K. Hix, Ohio State 1
University coed on the rifle range i
near here last Thursday night,
The confession was made to j
County Prosecutor John J. Chester, ■
Jr.. After 23 hours of grilling he \
said he had known her for three I
years and had helped her thru
■ chool He also said “She develop
ed a more determined attitude in
regard to dictating my movements”.
Snock said they drove to the rifle
range Thursday night and began to
quarrel. She reached for a revol
jver he said and he struck her with
a hammer, intending to stun her
and continued to strike her when
she fought. Snook said that final
ly he thought her skull was frac
tured and she was suffering, so he
?ut hev jugular vein with a knife.
! LONDON. June 21, (JP)—'The Ex
change Telegraph Co., said there
has been an explosion in two vaults
under the compound of the Veast
bund hospital at Canton, followed
by a fire in which nearly 100 per
ished, among them 30 patients.
The building was destroyed but
over 400 patients were rescued,
| these being made by firemen, work
ers, police and soldiers.
WINGING ACROSS ATLANTIC
CARTAGENA, Spain, June 21, <7P)
;—Major Franci, who flew across
I the South Atlantic in 1928, took-off
°.t 7:50 Pacific time for the Azores
Islands on the first lap of a New
|York fhght.
NEW SPRING HATS FIT CLOSELY
Left: Gold straw braid turban with ‘“waved” edge.
! Created by Le Monnier of Paris for the summer dinner
!hat. Lower right: A chartreuse turban softly draped
Lin fine chiffon straw. By Rejane.
ANTARCTIC IS
LIKENED TO LID
SIMILAR ALASKA
ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF
SOUTHERN REGION IS
SEEN BY U. S.
SYDNEY, Australia, June 21. (/P)
j —The United States claims to
the Antractic regions has dictated
|the growing belief that Antarctic
Economic possibilities are remarka
bly demonstrated by the financial
; success of the numerous Norwegian
i whaling expeditions.
Sir Douglas Mason, who was
| chosen by the government to
! head the Australian expedition
to Antarctica swept away the il
lusion of going merely in search
of scientific honors or glory
: when he said the ‘‘Antarctica
is not a useless stretch of ice.
It is like Alaska from which the
i Americans already have tak^n
80,000,000 pounds of gold.”
! Sir Mason said that the sud
den interest in the country sug
j gests some authorative informa
tion regarding its economic
j value has been received since
| iron, copper and such metals are
: of vital importance and likely to
the future interest in Anarctica
which is now the center of an
economic rather than a scienti
fic aspect. Sir Mason is regarded
as knowing more about the re
gion than has been written; this,
explaining the United States and
, the British interest in the ex
ploration of the region.
i SEATTLE SCULPTOR IS
SEATTLE. June 21, (/P)—James A.
Wehn, Seattle sculpter, is de
signin? the bronze plaque to be
; erected according to present plans
at Inspiration Point* overlooking
Dead Horse Gulch, as a monument
to the packhorses and mules who
died during the opening of the
White Pass during tije gold rush of
’98. The Plaque will be set in a
stone furnished by the White Pass
Yukon Railroad.
Iffl LEAGUE AGREEMENT
HELPS FOREIGN TRADE
I
GENEVA, June 20, (JP)—A con
vention for the execution of for
eign arbitral awards in commercial
contracts, says a league of nations
announcement, will go into force
in July. This is the result of the
ratification of the convention by
New Zealand and Denmark.
Americans took part in the fram
ing of this document, which is of
?pecia! interest to business men en
gaged in foreign trade. By its
ferms the judgements of arbitral
tribunals in one country will be re
spected in another.
SEES ALCOHOLISM DECLINING
ATLANTA, Ga., June 20, (/P)—A
marked decline in chronic alcohol
ism in New York state following the
enactment of federal prohibition
Ipws was reported here by Dr. Wil
liam C. Gravin, medical supervisor
of the Binghamton, N. Y., state
hospital. He spoke before the an
on al meeting of the American Psy
chiatric association, comparing the
figure of 594 chronic cases in 1917
\o 509 in 1928.