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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 17.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Senator Reed
, Heralded As
Next President
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM MISSOURI DE
CLARES INNUMERABLE LAWS ARE RESULTING
IN A HORDE OF OFFICIAL TAX GATHERERS,
SNOOPERS AND SPIES DEVOURING SUBSTANCE
OF PEOPLE AND PRYING INTO PRIVATE LIFE
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (^Senator Reed said Ameri
ca’s innumerable laws result in “a horde of officials, tax
gatherers, snoopers and spies devouring the substance of
the people, prying into their private affairs and regulating
their trade and business, and then poisoning their supply
of alcohol. What wonder that the average man comes to re
gard law as a sword of oppression rather than a shield and
protection.”
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (/PK C. McKeon of Philadel
phia, president of the National Boot and Shoe Manufac
turers’ association, heralded Senator Reed (Democrat of
Missouri) as a prospective President of the United States.
Reed denounced the “horde of snoopers swarming over the
land like the lice of Egypt,” and urged the returning of.the
* States to “their natural and just authority,” so as to bring
the Federal government" back to its original simplicity.”
UNDER COVER METHODS IN OB
TAINING EVIDENCE UNPOPU
LAR TO ONE JUROR
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (/P)—Eight of
the 14 defendants in the so-called Cos
tello rum ring were acquitted of the
charges of operating a rum fleet be
tween Canada and bribing coast
guardsmen. The jury was unable to
agree as to others after 24 hours de
liberation. The verdict was swayed
by the government’s under cover
methods of obtaining evidence. One
juror said he would remain until
doomsday before convicting anyone
on the testimony of “such a witness
as the government produced.”
f U. S. DESTROYER DISPATCHED
WASHINGTON, JaJn. 21. (/P)—'The
American destroyer Parrott went from
Shanghai to Foochow where foreign
ers are threatened. The churches
have been looted.
FOREIGNERS ALARMED
SITUATION HANKOW
AMERICAN AND BRITISH WAR
SHIPS LIE IN RIVER READY
TO ASSIST NATIONALS
PEKING, Jan. 21. (/P)—Unofficial
dispatches report ithe anti-foreign sit
4" uaticn at Hankow increasingly seri
ous. Thousands of American and
Birtish men are leaving. The Can
tonese remain in control of the British
concessions. American, and British
warships ii© in the river opposite1 Han
kow ready to assist their nationals.
MOTOR TRUCK FLEET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (£>)—'The
motor truck fleet brought 'the Phila
delphia city and county ballot boxes
for rechecking the Vare vote by the
Senate committee. The work w'ill
probably take an army of clerks most
of the spring and summer to complete.
The boxes are under special locks
and guards.
STATE FLAG RETIRES
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 21. (^—Af
ter having served in the Mexican,
Civil, Spanish and World wars, Ken
tucky’s 80-year-old State flag has
been forced out of military life by a
sprig of golden rod.
FOG HOWS HARBOR OF
NEW YORK IN CONFUSION
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (JP)—A dense
fog blanketed the coast and threw
harbor traffic into confusion. Ocean
liners "were held at anchorage at sea
or tied up at docks. Ferries -were
delayed. The liner Albert Ballin
with Alanson B. Houghton, ambassa
dor to England, aboard was forced tc
tie up at quarantine.
ALAMEDA DUE AT MIDNIGHT
The S. S. Alameda is due at mid
night, according to Mr. McKenna, lo
cal agent for the Alaska Steamshii
company. Southbound reservations
will be permitted to board the vessel
tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock. The
steamer departs for the south tomor
row at midnight.
NORTHWEST FREEZING
SEATTLE, Jan. 21 (£>).—’The North
!
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SUTHERLAND SAYS WAS NOT
SURPRISED WHEN HE HEARD
OF PRESIDENT’S ACTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (£>)—
Two Alaskan nominations sent to
the Senate are E. Coke Hill of San
Francisco, to be District Judge of
the Third Division, and Justin W.
Harding, of Franklin, Ohio, to be
United States District Attorney in
I the First Division.
DELEGATE NOT SURPRISED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (/P)—Dele
gate Sutherland said he was not sur
prised when he heard of the appoint
ments. “I protested against the ap
pointment of outsiders to Alaskan oi
fices, but have understood that the
President thought best to name men
from the States.”
COKE HILL IN TEXAS
j SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. (£>)—
! Coke Hill, who is a San Francisco at
} torney and a specialist on mining law,
! is now in Texas on a business visit.
OPPOSES SENDING ARMED
FORCES AGAINST MEXICO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (^—Sena
tor Frazier (Republican of North Da
kota) introduced a resolution oppos
ing the Presidents’ sending an armed
force against Mexico during the Con
gressional recess.
M’ALESTER, Okla., Jan. 21. (5>)—
Manacled hand and foot, Ray Terrell,
reputed Oklahoma bank robber, leaped
from an automobile in which officers
were transferring him from Joplin,
Mo., to jail, and disappeared in the
darkness.
CONVICTED MANSLAUUGHTER
DALLES, Ore., Jan. 21. (5s)—Leo
: Roberts was convicted of manslaugh
ter for shooting a neighbor, John Mc
Comber, following a quarrel over an
umbrella.
SURROUND CABIN AND
RECAPTURE PRISONER
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 21. (5s)—John
Mayo, who escaped jail Sunday with
a machine gun and four pistols and
! has since been terrorizing Oklaho
! mans, has been recaptured.
Mayo was recoptured in an old cab
in in the Sage hills, which a posse
surrounded. Mayo held a revolver
in one hand and his trousers and a
pistol in another, but did not open
fire.
west continues to freeze during the
night. Records show Ellensburg 29
below zero; Spokane, 11 below; Se
attle, 19 above; Vancouver, B. C., 14
above; Priest River, Idaho, 27 below.
CHAPLIN DRAWS HALF
MILL! DEPOSITS;
BEATS FEDERALS BY
FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER REP
RESENTATIVE GETS MONEY
FEDERAL LIENS FILED
LITI CONTINUALLY BILKED
MRS. CHAPLIN HAVING QUITE A
TIME ENDEAVORING TO COL
LECT ALIMONY
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (;P)—The Am
erican said that 15 minutes before
Chaplin’s New York bank account, es
timated at a $1,150,000, was seized
yesterday by Federal liens, Chaplin
withdrew $500,000 cash from one
bank. Chaplin’s representative had
scarcely left the bank with the for
tune when Federal lien servers en
tered. The American quotes the bank
president as explaining: “We did
only what would be done with any ac
count. Chaplin had the money depos
ited and asked for and withdrew it.
We could not do otherwise than honor
his check.” The Federal officers men
tioned the possibility of suing.
MRS. CHAPLIN BALKED
LOS ANGELES, aJn. 21. (#>)— Lita
Chaplin is balked at every turn in
trying to collect alimony. The great
er part of Charlie’s money has been
discovered to be in New York. When
told that he withdrew a half million
dollars from the Bowery and East
River National bank, the receivers
pointed out that he had little more
| than $10,000 deposited there.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (/P)—The
Internal Revenue Bureau supports the
Los Angeles collectors in refusing
to allow Mrs. Chaplin to collect ali
money until the government receives
taxes.
AIRPLANES SEARCHING '
FOR BOV ON CAVE OF ICE
CLEVEVLAND, Jan. 21. (/P)—Air
planes joined in the search for a man
and a boy seen floating on a bobbing
ice cake near shore on Lake Erie at
dusk yesterday. A fire tug and shore
watchers are hunting. Murk hung
low over the water.
BODIES OF BOYS DISCOVERED
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21. (/P)—
The bodies of two boys were discov
! ered in a lake near here yesterday
and identified as Spencer Fraser, aged
15, and Jack Houck, aged 16. They
had been missing since they went for
a hike December 23.
SCOLLARD IS RELEASED
BELLINGHAM, Wn., Jan. 21. (£>)—
George Francis Seollard, alleged ab
sconder with $57,000 of his wife’s
money, and who was arrested in Bel
lingham on Wednesday, posted bail
and was released today. v
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR SMITH TO
HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
SATURDAY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (/P)—
Frank L. Smith of Illinois was denied
admission to the Senate by a vote of
48 to 33 pending further investigation
of the charge that his primary cam
paign wTas financed largely by public
utilities corporations. Arrangements
for a public hearing for Smith will be
made Saturday by the committee on
privileges and elections. The Sena
tors said that Smith would be given
every opportunity to amplify the tes
timony already taken by the Senate
committee regarding contributions by
Samuel Insull and other officials of
rail and light concerns in Illinois.
The committee on elections promised
to act as speedily as possible. The
Senate will then vote again to deter
mine whether to admit Smith. Four
Denyocrats supported Smitih—Blease
of South Carolina, Overman of North
Carolina, Steck of Iowa, all voting for
seating. Fifteen Republicans, one
Farmer-LaJ>or and 32 Democrats vot
ed against seating.
SMITH’S FRIENDS FIGHTING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (/^—Rally
ing an unexpected force, Smith’s
friends made a desperate fight to over
turn the odds that forecast his exclu
sion from the Senate. State’s rights
remained the dominant issue of the
discussion.
HYDROGEN REGAINS FAVOR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (/P)—Heli
um, one of the youngest members of
a large family of gases, but very use
ful to Uncle Sam because it lifts bal
! loons, is looking to its laurels. Hy
| drogen, an older brother, is return
| ing to favor.
NOW REMAINS FOR ONE OR OTH
ER GOVERNMENTS TO PRO
POSE PRECISE QUESTIONS
—
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21. (£>)—'The
Mexican government accepts in prin
ciple arbitration of the differences
with the United States. The foreign
office announced that arbitration
would probably become an actuality if
Washington and Mexico City agree
upon details. President Coolidge and
Secretary Kellogg reported favoring
negotiations. Now it remains for one
or the other governments to propose
precise questions for arbitration and
the time and place for discussions.
PREPARING TROOP SHIP
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21. (£>)—'The
White Star liner Megantic is being
fitted out as a troop ship to transport
marines to China.