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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER69. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WIFE SENTENCED TO LIFE IM
PRISONMENT; LAST MESSAGE
RECEIVED
VALLEY FIELD, Quebec, March 23.
{&)—The raising of a black flag on
1 the tower of the jail signified that
George MacDonald, notorious confi
fience man, paid with his life for the
slaying of Alelard Bouchard, Lachine
taxi driver, for robbery of $70.
MacDonald received a telegram last
night from his wife Doris, whom he
* absolved of all blame of the murder
and whose sentence of death has been
■commuted to life imprisonment. The
message read "Tomorrow Mass Com
munion will be offered and I will
never cease to pray for you”. Mac
^Oonald muttered "God bless her soul."
WINNIPEG, March 23. (jp)—With
the double hanging only two days
away George MacDonald, who was exe
^ rated last night, came forward with a
statement clearing hi3 wife, Doris
Palmer MacDonald, former American
chorus girl, of slaying Alelard Bouch
ard, taxi driver, some months ago in ;
Canada, saying he wa.s perfectly J
willing to die himself.
MacDonald, in the presence of the
governor of the prison and three wit
nesses, signed his name to the paper
which made clear Mrs. MacDonald
was not in any way responsible for or
accessory to the murder.
Seward bond issue
HDWIIP Tfl PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, March 23. {&)—
^ Final action was taken by the House
jjn the approval of jplnor Senate*
amendment to the delegate from Alas
'ca billa authorizing Anchorage and
Seward to issue bonds to construct
school buildings. The measure will
go up to President Coolidge next for
fals signature. The Anchorage bond
Issue will be for $100,000 and the Sew
artl issue for $50,000.
PIFTY-QNE EXECUTED
LONDON, Mar. 22. <jP)-^Shanghai
import from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Nanking government
announced that 51 soldiers, officers
and desperadoes have been executed
for participation in Nanking incident
and that Lin Chu Han, commander
there, will be arrested.
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HANGING POHTPONED
SAN QUENTIN, March 23. (#)—
When Informed his execution had been
postponed Hickman said “I expected
it.” The appeal may not be decided
for sometime and it may be months
before he is hanged.
DROP IN LYNX IT
SEATTLE FUR SALE I
FROM FEBRUARY
BEAVER AVERAGES $24; LARGE
SIZE BRING $34 AND $35; BLUE
FOX $115
SEATTLE, March 23. (£>)—Lynx|
dropped from the February gelling
bringing an average of $37 at the Seat
tle Fur Exchange auction. The best
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lot sold for $50. Martin averaged $37..
Siilver fox best price was $61. A.
total of 342 beaver averaged $24 for,
the large and extra large brought $34*
and $35. Fisher, the best lot, went^
for $117 and blue fox at $115.
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GIGOLOS NOW MERE WORKERS |
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PARIS, Mar. 22. (£>)—Flamboyant
characters, known as gigolos or danc
ing men, have been licensed b>~ the
Ministery of Labor and will hence
forth be known as mere workers. Gi
golos’ chief duty is as dancing part
ners of elderly women visitors in
Paris.
FORMER SECRETARY
SINCLAIR INFORMS
COMMITTEE FACTS
SINCLAIR WANTED FALL AS
“OUTSIDE ATTORNEY" ON
TRIP TO RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, March 23. •{/?)—'The
$25,000 li^rty bond loan which Sin*
claiir made to Fall in 1923 prior to
Fall’s trip to Russia with Sinclair,
was inquired Into by the Senate Oil
Committee:
Merritt Baldwin, former confiden
tial employee of Sinclair, told the
Committee that while he could v not
give information about the Continen
tal Trading Co., bonds which Sinclair
received he Ifcnew Sinclair wanted Fall
as an 'outside attorney” and particu
larly to make the trip to Russia where
Sinclair was seeking oil concessions
from the Soviet Government.
PROHIBITION MEN DDE i
EXONERATED CHARGES
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SEATTLE, March 23. (#)—Alfred
Hubbard and Richard Bryant, sus-i
pended prohibition agents, were exon*
erated of corruption by a special Fed
eral grand jury. William Whitney,
legal advisor for the Pacific North
west prohibition forces, said he will
immediately recommend reinstate
ment of the two men.
SENATOR FERRIS DIES
WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. </P)—Sena
tor Woodbridge N. Ferris of Michigan
died at 6:15 a. m. from pneumonia
after weeks of illness which began
with a heavy cold.
LONELINESS UNO
WORRY. POACHERS.
LED TO SUICIDE
MRS. JACK THOMPSON TOOK OWN
LIFE ON ALASKAN ISLAND 18
VERDICT JURY
PETERSBURG, Mar. 23. (£>)—Lone
liness and worry over the activities of
poachers on Turnabout Island where
she lived alone caused Mrs. Jack
Thompson to take her own life, a
coroners jury decided after two days
of deliveration.
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It was first thought the fox farm
operator had been killed by poachers.
She died about March 10, but the body
was not found until Tuesday.
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NEW ENGLISH PRAYER BOOK
LONDON, Mar. 22. (Jp)—'The new
Church of England prayer book,hav
ing passed thru various stages of re
vision, wa3 issued in form wherein it
must appear for ratification in the
House of Commons. Satisfaction was
expressed that sufficient changes have
been made to insure its passage.
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EMPLOYES AT DAM
BEFORE BURST FELT
REALIZED P088IBLE OANGER;
WHOLE WEST SIDE CANYON
WAS SATURATED
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23. (/p)_1That
employees of the city, working and
living at the St. Francis powerhouse '
in the canyon below the dam, realized
on Monday evening before the dam
burst that it was unsafe and that they
aaw the whole west side of the canyon
near the dam, "saturated with water
and told onfe another for God sake get
your faimily out,” was the testimony *
given at the corner's inquest of the
disaster.
David ’ Matthews, a workman em
ployed at the powerhouse
broken dam; Chester Smith, owner
of a ranch in the canyon; Joe Nichols,
Smith’s tenant, testified to the fear
for their lives thrown into them by
the sigh t of the water leaking thru the
dam hillside two days before the struc
ture crashed.
Matthews said the whole west side
of the canyon, near the dam, was sat
urated with wabey. Smith said he
owed his life to the fact he slept in a
barn with the door open because of
seepage U* the soaked hillside.
mi GOEBEL KILL
FLY TO SDN FRANCISCO
VIA ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
HONOLULU, Mar. 23. (/P)—Arthur
C. Goebel, who won the Dole airplane
race from Oakland to Honolulu, an
nounced that two months after lie
reached Japan he will fly back to San
Francisco via the Aleutian Islands.
He said he will make the trip in his
Fairchild cabin monoplane using the
passenger space for extra gasoline
tank*.
TIKES ISSUE OK DIET
NEW YORK, March 23. (£>)—Dr.
Charles Norris of New York, chief^
medical examiner, t(ook issue with
those who hold an all meat diet is
not harmful. Commenting on the
Stefansson experiment, Norris said
a meat diet is likely to cause an en
larged heart and other serious physi
cal disorders.
SHARKEY AND RI8K0 TO FIGHT
NEW YORK, Mar. 22. (#)—Plans
hare been completed for a series of
heavyweight matches here next month
bringing Jack Sharkey and Johnny
Riako together again. Mullen declar
ed it seemed as if Tex Rickard, New*
York promotor, could not get suitable
“opposition for the champion.**