VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 289.
SEWARD ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
‘I Got Just What
I Expected,’ Says
Oil Millionaire
JURY LOCKED IN ROOM FROM 10 O’CLOCK LAST
NIGHT UNTIL 9:30 THIS MORNING—POMERENE
C AND ROBERTS IMMEDIATELY BEGIN PLAN
NING TO ARRAIGN FALL AND SINCLAIR TO
MORROW-FALL AND DOHENY SIT ON COURT
HOUSE STEPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16. (#>)—Fall and Do
heny were acquitted at 9:30 o’clock this morning. Both
walked slowly from the dingy courtroom into the sun
light and sat"on the steps for photographs. As Doheny
entered his limousine he said “I got just what I expected
and just what I deserved.”
The acquittal left Fall under two criminal indict
ments, Doheny under one and Doheny’s son is under one.
The jury stood six to six when locked up at 10 o’clock last
'night. Shortly before nine this morning a ballot was tak
en which stood ten to two for acquittal. Within half an
hour after the verdict Roberts and Pomerene began plans
to arraign Fall and Sinclair tomorrow.
TO PRESENT COMMITTEES
VIEWS WHY FAILED TO
SANCTION CONSTRUCTION
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 16. (/P) j
—The House and Naval committee in J
secret session unanimously instruct
ed Chairman Butler to present the
committees views on the condition
of the Navy building program which
practically complete and which the
committe began to consider after the
budget committee failed to recom
mend the appropriation to construct
the three light cruisers congress au
thorized.
I LEAN A TO WED SOON
BUCHAREST, Dec. 16. (TP)—Prin
cess Ileana is to be the bride of
Prince Humbert of Italy within six
months if King Ferdinand lives and
shortly after mourning period in the
event he should die, Rumanian court
circles announced.
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WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16. (£>)—
Mrs. Elyse Cavagnawo Rindge today
filed a divorce suit against her hus
band, Frederick Hastings Rindge, mil
lionaire sportsman, mining man and
agriculturist. Fourteen months ago
Rindge paid §150,000 for the Rudolph
Spreckles mansion at Pacific and
Gough Streets, one of the most mag
nificent mansions in the West.
Mrs. W. B. Lawing, of Lawings
Lodge, Roosevelt station, Alaska rail
road, came in last evening on a brief
overnight visit.
N. K. STOCK EXCUSE
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. (£>)—Stock
prices -were irregular in trading crocs
currents with many good issues scor
ing good advances. Sugar and cop
pers were in good demand with es
pecially strong buying developing in
Chile Copper postum cereal and Gen
eral asphalt. Totals sales amounted
to 876,400.
Closing Prices
Atchison 158%;; Case 156%; In
ternational Combination, 44%; Mack
Truck 97%; Montgomery Ward,
70%; Norfolk & West, 160; Pure Oil,
27; Sinclair Oil 18%; Standard Oil,
N. J., 38; Cotton, December, high,
12.20;low, 12.11; Baldwin 157%; Cer
De Pas 65; Fleishmann 48%; Int.
Harvester, 155%; Marine, pfd., 38;
Nat. P. & L., 20%; Pennsy R. R.,
59%; Southern Pacific, 107%; Texas
Co. 56%; Cal. Petro, 31; Ches &
Ohio 162%; General Motors 146%;
Loew Inc.,48%; Marland 55%; N. Y.
Central 136%; Pub. Service 32%;
Sears Roebuck 56%; Standard Oil,
Cal., 57%; U. S. Steel 151%.
Closing of sugar prices for Decem
ber 3.25; for January, 3.24 and for
March 3.55.
Closing coffee prices for December
was 1480; for January 14.55 and for
March $15.05.
Call money 4% per cent.
New York Exchange
Britain 4.84 9-16; Switzerland
19.30; Denmark 26.61; Germany 23
76; Czechoslovakia 2.96; Chile 12.12;
Italy 4,51%; France 3.91; Sweden,
26.71; Spain 15.18%; Australia 14
125; Brazil 11.81; Peru 3.57; Belgium
13.89; Norway 25.22%; Holland 39
96; Jugoslavia 1.77 and Argentina
40.81.
COUGHS ASK
NOT ENOUGH “HOG AND HOM
INY” REPRESENTED IN SEC
RETARY AGRICULTURE
DES MOINES, la., Dec. 16. (£>)—'The
Iowa National Corn Growers', associa
tion has demanded the removal of
Secretary of Agriculture M. W. Jar
dine. A resolution was passed saying
it is “believed the Department of
Agriculture was established to im
prove the condition of the man who
produces food products. We believe
the present secretary should be re
placed by some man whose practical
training qualifies him to represent the
section of the nation that produces 75
per cent of the nation’s food!”
PRESIDENT DIAZ NAMES PRESI
DENT CALLES, LEADER RED
DOCTRINES
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 16. (/P)
—President Diaz of Nicaragua issued
a proclamation in which he charged
Mexico is preparing offensive war for
promulgation of Bolshevik doctrines.
He charged the Mexican President
Calles is outfitting an expedition to
! and revolutionists in Nicaragua and
is aiming at promulgation of Red
doctrines throughout Central America,
i Diaz made a peace offer to the reb
j els promisiong them amnesty and
| asking for the support of the world
' in putting down Western hemisphere
j Bolshevik conspiracy.
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CLYDE L ELLIS, ELECTED
Clyde R. Ellis was elected com
mander of the local American Le
gion at Tuesday’s annual election of
officers for the ensuing year. In or
ider the new officers are as follows:
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Frank Robinson, 1st vice comman
der; J. M. Campbell, 2nd vice com
mander; H. Du Marce, adjutant; J.
P. Hannon, finance officer; Homer
W. Jones, chaplin; Harry Lyons, sar
gent at arms; executive committee,
A. E. Rucker, J. P. Hannon, Chas. A.
Sheldon.
It was decided, after due discussion,
that the place of meeting for the post
would be the Seward Grill, on regu
lar meeting nights, which are* the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month. Several new members were
taken in during this meeting. Re
' freshments were served after the
business meeting and an enjoyable
social hour spent prior to adjourn
ing.
FIRE DESTROYS
FDRTYMILE HOTEL
REPORTED RICH SILVER ORE
DISCOVERED 25 MILES NORTH
OF DAWSON
DAWSON, Dec. 16. (£>)—It is re
ported that fire destroyed the hotel
at Fortymile known as the first Klon
dike mining camp, and owned by A. F.
Shultze, pioneer of Dawson.
Forty silver claims have been stak
ed 25 miles north of Dawson, where
high-grade ore is reported to have
been discovered.
JUDGE DECLARES LAW
CREATED, JURE VERDICT
MODESTO, Calif., Dec. 16. (JF)—
Judge J. C. Needham today sentenced
J. H. King, 27 years of age, to life
imprisonment for the slaying of Billy
Griffing, three-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis L. Griffing of Ceres* The
judge declared that the la^t hal£ been
cheated when the jury failed to exact
the death penalty.
DREANDER TO HEAD
LOCAL MASON 1927
Carl E. Orlander, prominent local
jeweler and business man, was elect
ed Worshipful Master of the Masons,
Lodge No. 219, at last evening’s an
nual election of officers for the en
suing year.
Harold Painted was elected senior
warden; W. C. Erwin, junior warden;
J. H. Flickinger, secretary and Wayne
Blue, treasurer.
Installation of the newly elected
officers will take place on Wednes
day evening, December 22.
MASTER MASONS ATTENTION
Special Communication of Lodge
No. 219 will be held Friday evening,
December 17, at 8:00 o’clock. Your
attendance is requested. Sojourning
J Masons cordially invited to attend.
GIFT OF GRATITUDE
FOR RETURN OF RON
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. (JP)—A gift
of gratitude for the safe return of
her son from the World war, Mrs.
Henry Alvah Strong of Rochester
sent five hundred thousand francs to
French soldiers mutilated in the war.
farmer sentenced Yo hang
HANNA, Alberta, D§c. 16. (£>)—
Fred Hicklin, farmer, sentenced to
hang at Fort Saskatchewan, Febru
ary 23, murdered housekeeper Mrs.
Luella Fraser. Hicklin quarreled with
the woman and during the heated ar
gument attempted to cut her throat
and then attempted suicide.
SUTHERLAND FIS
EFFORT INCREASE
SENATOR TREADWAY, MASSA
CHUSETTS REPUBLICAN, WITH
DRAWS POINT OF ORDER AND
HOUSE PASSES ALASKA RAIL
ROAD APPROPRIATION SEC
TION CARRYING $1,400,000;
DELEGATE ATTEMPTED SE
CURE ADDITIONAL $300,000 FOR
•RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (/P)—Sen
ator Treadway, Republican from Mas
sachusetts; withdrew his point of
order raised against the Depart
ment of the Interior bills appropriat
ing for the Alaska Railroad and the
House passed the section of the bill
carrying $1,400,000 for maintenance
and improvement. This action took
place after Sutherland had failed in
an effort to increase the appropria
tion to $1,700,000. The House pass
ed the Interior Department appro
priations totaling $259,400,000.
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 16. (£>)—
Charging Henry Ford has engaged his
■wealth in a campaign of slander
against the Jewish people, Nathan
Straus has invited him to Select eight
members of a committee of ten to
prove to him that some of the syco
pates in his surrounding have mis
informed and deceived him.
LITE SENATOR REVEALED
HERO, OLD LOVE TRAGEDY
CHICAGO, Dec. 16. (JP)—Senator
McKinley, the defeated senator from
Illinois who recently died was re
vealed as a hero in a 30-year-old love
tragedy in which an invalid wife in
North Carolina, whom he saw but sel
dom was the principal and whom he
loved deeply.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. (JP)—Hum
bret Pack Fugalyll .lltlallllll ETAON
bret Fugaly, Italian promoter an
nounced he had obtained the com
miifcioners rights at the Polo Grounds
for 1927, thereby establishing him
self more firmly as the rival of Tex
Rickard in big time fistic circles.
PIONEERS TO MEET
Pioneer meeting Friday evening at
8 o’clock at Blue’s office in the Ar
cade building.