MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 14. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, January 17, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SIGNATURES OF EACH NATION
NENT IN ORDER; THEN TO
ARCHIVES
4 WASHINGTON, Jan., 17. (TP)—
i -With ceremony appropriate to what
lie considers one of the principle
achievements of his administration
President Ooolidee affixed his sig
natuie to the instrument of ratifi
cation of the Kelllogg Anti-war
Treaty proclaiming to the world the
United States has approved it in
full.
The entire Cabinet and a large
reoresentation from the Senate
were present, as Ooolidge signed the
document. Two copies of the in
strument received Coolidge’s signa
i.ure then each was signed by Kcl
ogg.
The next step will be notification
ior i4 other original signatory pow •
ers that the United States has rati
fied the Treaty. After other signa
tories are ratified the official
Treaty will he signed by each and;
eiposiVd in the Stan. Department j
Ini uuition to exchange of copies ;
of the Pact bearing the seals the
signatures of each of the 15 coun
tries w.31 be prepared, one for tho
archives of each nation.
A RICH PRINTER ?
WIoHIl A. Kas., Jan., 17, (IP)—
Wax M. Levano, publisher of the
* Wichita Beacon, told the Associated
Press he would guarantee $10,000
♦o form the basis of a fund for a
non-stop flight around the world by
Col. Arthur Goebel, noted Pacific
end trans-Atlantic flier.
JUDGE KICKED OUT
ALLEGED ACCEPTANCE
CHECK FROM IIMEE
MI AMI, Jan., 17, (JP)_1The Ameri •
<an Par Association meeting hue
.'declared it had forfeited the m'W
berslAp of Judge Carlos Hardy o.
'/is Angeles countv, Calif., who re
fused to testify before the State
Bar Association Committee regard
ing t ie $25,000 check he is supposed '
to have received from Aimee Me- j
T'lier-.nn during the investigation ot
her 'f Snapping in 1D28.
BELGRADE. Jan., 16, (JP)—Sever
al hundred officials and employees
attached to the Kkwpstima or Ju
goslavia Parliament have been dis
missed. This action is accepted as
an indication that the body would
remain suspended under the dicta
torship of King Alexander for :
long time, perhaps indefinitely.
POLAND REDDY ACCEPT
SOVIET PROPOSAL
WARSAW, Jan., 16, (JP)—Poland
has answered Russia’s recent pro
posal that the Kel'ogg Anti-war
Pact be made effective immediately
between the two countries by say
ing that Poland is ready to accept
the Soviet proposal in principal.
The ' ignt to introduce modification
is reserved however.
CUDDY NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan., 17,
(/P)—President Coolidge nominated
Warren N. Cuddy of Valdez to the
position of United States Attorney
for the Third Division.
Editor’s Note: See editorial page.
IS INAUGURATED AMID POMP
AND CEREMONY IN NEW
CAPITOI. BUILDING
OLYMPIA, Jan., 17 t'/P)—Governor
Hartli-v was inaugurated to his sec
ond terra in the S7.000.000 Capitol
amid ceremony and splendor unriv
aled ra this State.
Hartley’ address contained a plea
for enactment of Legislation plac
ing greater administrative authori
ty in the hands of the Governor and
appointees asserting the “whole
theory of his administrative coo?
was to abolish Government by
Boards, Bureaus and Commission^
and centralized all responsibility in
the Governor.
HOOVER TO VISIT
WASHINGTON, Jan,, 17, </P)—
^’•esicient-elect Hoover will leav<
nere Monday morning for Miami
where he will be the guest of J. C.
^enny, at Belle Island, for a little
more than a month.
Mr Hoover tr.pects to arrive at
Miand Tuesday to p:v. ticipate in
t,ne monster All-State demonstra
tion which is being arranged in
honor of his v. s'. to the State wpic .
with three others in the once solid
ly Democratic South, gave hhr i.
majority.
PRESENT HOSPITAL NOT EN
TIRELY SATISFACTORY, RE
PORTS GOVERNOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., J.an., 17,
Governor Parks of Alaska and
Representative Cramton of Mich
igan, Republican, conferred with
Secretary Roy West of the Depart
ment of the Interior, and with
other department and bureau
chiefs, relative to the proper care
of Alaska insane.
Persons, under the present ar
rangement are sent to the Morn
insside hospital end this is not en -
tirely satisfactory.
Efforts will be made to secure
legislation to enable building a hos
pital in Alaska, Secretary West
said.
PARIS, Jan., 17, (/P)_word that
Marshal Foch is somewhat better
was given nut by physicians after
a long consultation.
The bulletin said a slight im
provement is noted in the condi
tion of the famous Frenchman.
Former Premier Clemeceau is
also making good progress and no
longer considers himself as “Under
the weather.” He still coughs but
his head is clear and he is able to
sleep.
King George’s progress is most
satisfactory todate.
USE TEAR BOMBS
PHILADELPHIA. Jan., 17. (/P)—
After guards had called for aid city
policemen using tear bombs quelled
an uprising among nearly 600 pris
oners in t.lic county prison at
Holmshurg.
MARCH, TIME SET
TO S. i MM
TWO AIR TRANSPORT LINES BE
INAUGURATED SEATTLE TO
JUNEAU
SEATTLE, Jan., 18, OP)—A Seattle
flying service with offices here has
been announced with the intention
to seek a contract for Seattle-Jun
eau Air-mail following announce
ment of the feasibility of the route
ov Federal officials at Juneau.
The Union Air Lines, the present
company of the West Coast Air
Transport, previously announced
they would bid stating three Sikor
sky planes will be in Seattle by
March to begin a seven-hour service
oetw 'en Seattle and Juneau.
The Seattle flying service expects
their amphibian to arrive about the
same time for service
iRTRCOTT FIRES
COUNSEL ASSIES
CHARGE OWN CASE
RIVERSIDE, Jan., 17, (IF)—Young
“Jorthcntt dismissed his counsel and
fook into his own hands the battle
to escape the noose.
Against the advice of Judge Geo.
Rree.nan but under the opinion
from i-he bench, he is legally en
titled to conduct his own defense.
Northcott cross-examined San
ford Clark, his nephew, whose story
of the Riverside murders first start
ed the invetigation.
"Courting, Days"
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DEMOCRATS SEEK SI,500,000 TO
MAKE I F RECENT C AMPAIGN
DEFICIT
NEW YORK. Jan., 17, (A5)—Form
er Governor A1 Smith appeared to
the rank and file of the Democratic
Party last night over a National
radio broadcast to help raise the
S1.50C.OCO deficit that stands as an
aftermath of the campaign.
He announced his contribution
will be a gift or his campaign
speeches for which he said several
offers had been made from publish
ers.
In making the apnea] for funds,
racked by the recent assertions of
Governor Franklin Roosevelt, the
Democratic Party needs more con
sistent national publicity between
the campaigns declaring; “Immedi
ately following every election there
's always an apparent general lack
of interest in the welfare of our
Party. It has been the habit of the
Democratic Party to function only
six months in every four years.”
CfFF FOR POLE
BERLIN. Jan. 10, (TP)—Walter
Bruns, general secretary of the Ger
man Aeroarctic Society, plans to
sail aboard the steamship Columbus
for New York in connection with
the proposed flight to the North
Foie of the German dirigible Graf
Beppe’in.
PLANE GAS TANK IS
PICKEO UP IN OCEAN
OSLO. Norway, Jan., 17, (/P)—A
gasoline tank resembling that on
the French Latham airplane in
whicn Roald Amundsen and five
enmpanions disappeared into the
North last June hai> been leporled
found by a fisherman in the remote
part of Lofoten Islands oil North
west Norway.
BANDIT TIKES GIRL
DENVER. Jan., 16. (/P)—Clarence
Gasefrer, 21-year-old son of a
rancher, who lives near this city
was shot and killed by a ban ui who
j 'reel him fro:,' his auto a;
locnt of a revolver. His companio.
j - younr/ woman, was severely beat
jen and is in a hysterical condition.
shibkeI stribbling
FIGHT, FEBRUARY 27
BOSTON, Jan., 17, (£>)_After
haggling for three hours here John
Buckiey, manage- of Jack Sharkey
and William F. Carey, vice-presi
dent of the Madison Square Garden
Dorpoi ation. signed a contract
which guaranteed the Boston
heavyweight $100,000 for boxing
voung Stribling of Macon, Ga., at
Miami, Fla. on February 27th.
COUNTERFEITERS
NBW YORK, Jan., 16, UP)—RobeH
C. Hopkins and his wife Dorothy
were arrested as counterfeiters to
gether witn Mrs. Louis Clothier. Mr.
nnd Mrs. Hopkins were once in
volved in a $600,000 suit against
•niliijnaire Joseph Fipischmann.