VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 53.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENT'
> Disregard of Law
Nation’s Greatest
Peril, says Hoover
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4,
By Associated Press —The Presidency
of the United States passed to Herbert
Hoover in a colorful ceremony in which
he himself described as “A dedication
and consecration under God.”
Speaking to all the world, in his
inaugural address delivered from the
historic East steps of the Capitol, he
declared disregard of the law is the
Nation’s greatest peril.
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Herbert Hoover
Is Inaugurated
President U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4, By the As
sociated Press —With simple, yet forceful lan
guage reflective of his own personality, Pres
ident Herbert Hoover dedicated himself and his
administration to law enforcement at home and
to-promotion of peace throughout the world.
These two purposes stood out in bold relief
in his inaugural address delivered from a simply
decorated stand at the East front of the Capitol
after he had taken the oath of office as the
31st President of the United States. He declared
the most serious of all dangers from which self
OATH ADMINISTERED
With a hand unraised he ltepeat-•
td tin words of the official oath qf
>r'uc*<? ? bv Ju?*
tice Taft shortly after noon and
t^C R’b*G ?.t th" O'lSSolG!? 5*n,V
■:n ' He that keepeth the law, hap
py is he.”.
A half hour earlier Charles Cm -;
is succeeded Charles Dawes, as
Vice President, Ir. a ceremony inside
the Senate chamber which was en
ivenwi unexpectedly when the ur |
and retiring second officers in
m akin a the customary brief ad
dress disagreed directly on the old
: object of Senate rules.
PRIVATE CITIZEN
Calvin Coolidge is once more a
p-r/ate citizen after 30 years of
Government service and turne
from the inaugural ceremony to bc
g. n ar once his journey to North
mpten.
He saw power pass from him,
with what ever emotions may have
iv»on struggling within, hidden be
hind a serene and inscrutability of
countenance.
Tilt inaugural parade, in some
-espeots. was the most ambitious in
history and was the last act of the
inaugural drama.
ALASKA PLANE IS
CISTE1ED EAST:
JUNEAU, SEATTLE
TRIAL RUN WILL BE MADE IN
MARCH: PLANE CARRIES
TEN, BAGGAGE, MAIL
NEW YORK, March 4, (/P)—Rev.
r-ivlor of pnrHond christened
the $29,000 amphibian plane for
Alaska owned by the Gorst Air
Transport Company which expects
to make a bid for the air mail ser
vice between Seattle and Juneau.
A survey trial run will be made
about the middle of March. The
plane will carry eight passengers,
two pilots, baggage and mail.
ALASKANS CONTINUE RETURN
NORTH FROM WINTERING
IN THE STATES
SEATTLE, March 4, (/P)—'The S.
S. Alaska, of the Alaska Steamship
Co., left for Alaska Saturday morn
ing at 9 o’clock with 197 passen
gers on board. The Seward list of
reservations included the following:
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Jones, J. R.
Marin, Fred C. Miller, J. P. Nelson,
William Lodge, Joe Maillarex, G.
R. Gardu, K. Laughlin, R. L. Reedy,
F. Cask, A. R. Cavey, Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Kennedy, Mae Prater, Daw- .
son Cooper, William Howard, Ed
na Flowers, Mrs. H. Logan.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs.
J. Maillarex, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Bupet and son, Sol Silver- j
man, Harry Cook, Lus Indeyrad,
J. L. Lucky Gep&hman, Mr. and
Mrs. K. Iignghlin.
A. Copejj^nd, Esther Camp, Grace
Cyarke, C. F. Neville, Mr. and Mrs.
L. Seppala and daughter, Tony
Lindstrom, Mrs. R. G. Short, J. A.
McDonald, R. W. Ferguson, Jack
Osbakken, Clark Andresen, E. T.
Becket, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gard
ner, P. J. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs.
F. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Scott.
There were also eight steerage.
CONGRESS ENDS
WASHINGTON, March 4. MP)—
The 7V,h Congress ended quietly to
ny it* passing overshadowed by
(,‘ie s .<■ ctacle of the Presidential
Inauguration.
NEW YQRX, March. 4, (A3)—Mr.
William, pre idem of the Fox thea
vc am eunced the purchase by his
corporation, of a substantial block
of stock in Loews Inc., from the
widow and mem be; s of the famii;,
of th*. late Marcus Ia"7/. The ~u.
uuisit’on is said to make the al
tilial.-d companies the largest op
crativv: pictures in the country ana
i.is expected it will have nearly 500
houses
SUCCEED SELVES
WASHINGTON, March 4, (A3)—
Idle Republicans in the House un
animously selected Longworth of
Ohio and Tilson of Connecticut,
to succeed themselves as speaker
and majority floor leader of the
new Congress.
The nomination is equivalent to
election.
VO CATHOLIC UFRISTNfSS RE
PO'. T- *v PVVO'T TS OF
MILITARY NATUFE
•' ^ |;>p-_
Forme* Pres1 dent Calles today ton!*
■ver t**p duties of riuo'lma the seri
■ 5 revolt being r'l’ed out of re
tirement to the office of Secretary
of War.
Thus far indications have been
the revolt is entirely of a military
nature and no mention is being
made in the dispatches of any
Catholic uprising.
It ’S reoorted that at various
that Sonora and Vera Curz States
nave been under control of the le
oels v/no also claim six other States
which have joined in the move
ment.
PRESIDENT ALWAYS SEALS OATH ON BIBLE
1 Vr i IV/fSOU. r 1 Vi’s.:,.■>■•: v-ara.:• ^
r rom me time of Washington, the first act of a chief
executive, after he has taken the oath of office, is to kiss
the bible. The book used by George Washington (above
at his first inauguration, now is in possession of a New;
York Masonic lodge.
V Cl mucni/
»_»v; oai 1\jlm\a
today is the disregard and dis
obedience of law. He said “To con
sider the e ( vils and f.» find f.ioir
remedy is the most sore necessity
of our times.’’
RK:?n EVFORCKiW'KNT
He said“Rie-id and exneditious
■•nst-ic*' is the first safeguard. free
dom ‘he basis of ell ordered liberty
and vital force of progress. It
must not come to be, in our Repur
“o. that it can be defeated bv the
mdiff^rence of the citizen by ex
n’oratmn of delavs and entangle
ment' of lav or by a combinaUrr.
of criminal*.”
Tuinmk to enforcements of the
’Rth A O'end men t President Hoover
asserted that the abuses which
nave grown up around it is due in
part t > the failure of some States
to accept their share of responsi
oility for concurrent of enforce
ment and to failure of many States
and local officials to zealously en
force lhe law; "But a large respon
sibility rests directly upon our citi
zens.”
DUTY OF CITIZENS
He paid ‘ There would be little
traffic in illegal liauor if only crim
inals patronized ft. The duty of
citizens to support the law is co
equal with the duty to their Guv
• rnment to enforce the laws which
exist. The whole system of self
Oovernment wil1 crumble if offi
cials elect what laws they will en
force or citizens elect what laws
hey «'ill support. The worst evil
disregarded for some laws.” As
one immediate step for improve
ment in conditions President Hoo
ver declared it is essential “That a
large port of the enforcement acti
vitis be transferred from the Treas
ury Department to the Department
of Justice as the beginning of a
more effective organization.”
SPECIAL COMMISSION
Reiterating his determination to
appoint, a national commission for
f. searching investigation President
Hoover disclosed that its inquirj
;vould go to the whole structure of
;lie Federal system of jurispiu
lence os well as to the methods of
enforcement of the 18th Amena
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