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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 281.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Newspaperman Throws
New Angle on Alleged
Mexico Slush Scandal
PROCURER OF DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN THEj
HEARST PAPERS A PROFESSIONAL PEDDLER
OF MEXICAN DOCUMENTS—AMERICAN EM
BASSY GENEROUS IN PURCHASING DOCU
MENTS PURPORTING TO COME FROM OFFI
CIAL FILES-AIR FILLED WITH DOCUMENTS:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (/P)—Miguel Avila, procur
er of the documents published in the Hearst papers pur
porting to show a Mexican fund for four United States
Senators, was pictured to the special Senate investigation
committee by Robert Murray, former newspaper man in
Mexico, as a professional peddler, of Mexican documents.'
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Murray said Avila told him he of
fered to sell the Chicago Tribune
last spring a document which had
been “made up” by Joseph Decourcey
former correspondent in Mexco City
for the New York Times and who
was deported from Mexico some
months ago. Murray, who was cor
respondent for several years for the
New- York World, made it clear he
and Decoursey were on unfriendly
terms.
HIS NAME INCLUDED
The document, which hp said Avila
advised him Decoursey had made up,
included, he testified, the name of
Murray as a paid publicity man of
the Mexican government declaring
the “air in Mexico last spring was
filled wth documents.”
AIR FULL OF DOCUMENTS
Murray informed the committee it
was his understanding the American
Embassy had been a “generous pur
chaser” of documents purporting to
come from the files of the Mexican
government and to show a particular
ly hostile attitude by Mexico toward ;
the United States.
GUSHER IS ROARING
IN THE PANHANDLE
COUNTRY. TEXAS
DANCIGER COMPANY GETS 7,000 '
BARREL PRODUCER IN GRAY
COUNTY
AMARILL, Texas, Dec. 21. (/P)—
The great 7,000 barrel gusher just
completed by Dancigcr Oil & Refin
ing in the sensational new Bowers
Pool of Gray county, and the splendid
progress being made by Matador Oil
Corporation with well No. 5 in Mot
ley county were the outstanding
event's of the week. Dixon Creek
Oil Co., suffered a loss of $75,000
when their refinery at Eorger burned,
but announcement is made that this
will be rebuilt immediately. One j
unit was left intact and is now in !
operation.
The latest Panhandle gusher, just i
brought in by the Danciger interests,
is conclusive proof that the new
Bowers Pool is a major strike. It is
almost certain to develop into the
greatest producing area of the Pai*
handle. Gray county stands second
in the production column but this
prolific section seems destined soon
to place Gray above Hutchinson. The
oil tests 44.6 gravity, and is said to
bp in greater demand for refining
than any oil in the entire Mid-Con
tinent, with the one exception of
Barber crude. Danciger’s new well
is the No. 3 Jackson, a direct offset
to the great Delaney which also
came in making 7,000 and is still
flowing about 5,000 barrels after pro.
ducing for over 40 days
PRIZE FOR SONG
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (^—Presi
dent Richardo Jiminez, of Costa Rica,
has issued a decree calling upon na
tive composers to (produce music that
“does not come withered from the
cabaret, but which is fresh and lux
uriant from our coffee farms and our
rivers.”
GOLDFIELD DEEP MAKES
EXCELLENT PROGRESS
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Dec. 21. (JP)—
Goldfield Deep Mines Co., ■will be
working n the face of ti e crosscut
again. More rapid progress has been
made during the pas-t week than at
any time snce the cleaning up of the
workings started.
The crosscut has now been repared
for a distance of 650 feet from the
2,150 foot station, leaving approxi
mately 250 feet of repair work to be
done.
SEEKING CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (JP)—A
group of executives, representing the
shipbuilding industry of the United
States, conferred with the Secretary
of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur, regard
ing the iprospect for naval construc
tion and resulting activity for private
shipyards.
DIES BTOIII
DEMOCRAT SENATOR HAD BEEN
CONFINED TO RESIDENCE
FOR WEEKS
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (£>)—
Death removed from the Senate one
of its outstanding Democrats, Sena
tor Andrieus A. Jones, of New Mexi
co, a victim of frequent attacks of
angina pectoris.
Senator Jones died at his residence
here last night in his 65th year. His
condition was weakened by a cold
that confined him to his quarters
since the start of Congress and he
was unable to overcome the sudden !
recurrence of his ailment.
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JUFT CARRIER
EXPLODE: TWO DEAD
LEAKING GASOLINE GATHERING
BETWEEN HUGE TANKS WAS
THE CAUSE
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21, (JP)—The av
iation chief and carpenter's mate
Ailsworth were killed and four ser
|iously injured, and three others slight
ly injured, in an explosion aboard the
United States Naval aircraft carrier
Langley.
Two or three other men are report
ed to have been blown overboard.
The explosion is believed to have
been caused by leaking gasoline
which gathered between two huge
containers under the deck of the ship
each having a capacity of 225,000 gal
lons. i
LAND.GRANT CASE
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (^—Set
tlement of the claim by Yamhill Coun
ty, Ore., for the year 1926, against
the Oregon and California land-grant
fund, has been made at $534,4,27, it
has just been amended by the Secre
tary of the Interior, Dr. Hubert Work.
Belief expressed life
EXTINCT ON SUBMARINE
RESCUE WORK RESUMES
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PROVINCETOWN, Dec. 21. (JP)—
Naval vessels resumed submarine
rescue operations when the gale died
down considerably but it is believed
there is no longer a possibility of life
remaining on the S-4. No sounds
from the submarine have beer heard
since 6 o’clock last nght -when sever
al faint taps were detected.
jHickman is Described
As “Dr. JekybMr. Hyde”
Net is Closing in
FOE THREE WEEKS PRECEDING MURDER STAG
ED A SERIES OF ROBBERIES IN DRUG STORES
TO OBTAIN STOCK OF ANAESTHETICS—
DRUGGISTS IDENTIFY “HUMAN BEAST” AS
ROBBER-POLICE FIND ADDITIONAL CLUES
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21. (/P)—While a cloud of clues
and false leads effectively screened the hiding place of
Hickman bits of evidence, fitted together to solve the
puzzle of his past, presented by the police pictures the
youthful “Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde’’ on one hand as a neat
and orderly boy who attended church and Sunday school
and never stayed out late at night.
On the other hand he was pictured
as “The Fox” who for weeks planned
carrying out a cool cunning and
diabolical murder for revenge.
GOT MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS
The latter picture showed him for
three weeks proceeding the kidnap
ping staging a series of drug store
robberies to obtain stocic"*of*IftTke
stheties and sleeping potions. In one
robbery he is declared to have placed
a pistol in a druggest's ribs and
forced the man to give minute in.
i structions as to the use of anaesthet
| ics.
LOCATE APARTMENTS
Druggists in three holdups identi
| fied Hickman as the robber. Police
have definitely located the apart
ment the kidnapper lived in by a
finger print and a photograph identi- !
fieation. Polce determined he oc
cupied the apartment under the name
of Donald Evans.
REMUS IS ACQUITTED
CINCINNATI, Dec. 21, (TP)—Remus!
was acquited on the first ballot on!
the ground of insanity. He was taken i
back to jail to await the sanity hear-j
ing.
■ML WATSON SAILS
| FOR NORTH WITH OS
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SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 21. (£>)—
The S. S. Admiral Watson, of the
P. S. S. Co., sailed at 10 o’clock this j
morning carrying 65 passengers. The
Seward reservations include Robert
Marguis, G. R. Glynn, L. E. Wal
bridge, H. Ashley, C. B. Kingburg,
Griffin Aunton, and Mrs. McRae.
ALPINE TEST
ALPIN, Texas, Dec. 21. (/P)—The
Mid-Kansas Company oil test on the
02 ranch south of Alpine is down
around 1,000 feet. The Wilsix &
Anderson Gage No. 1, west of Mara
thon, has reached a depth of' 1,310
feet. The J. M. Hickey test on the
Kimball ranch at Titley station, 15
miles north of here on the Orient, is
drlling. The McIntyre test near Al
pine is still closed down.
CHIME ESSENTIAL
TB PROGRESS SAYS
| WELFARE WORKER
IS THE LAW OF LIFE AND MO
TION INFLUENCE IS BEYOND
REACH INGENUITY
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SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Dec. 21. (JP)—
Crime is an essential factor in the hu
man race progress and cannot be
! eliminated by jails or moral code, Dr.
S. W. Brown stein of the Illinois de
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Ipartment of 'public* health believes.
Dr. Brownstein’s views were writ
[ ten for the Illinois Welfare Magazine,
publication of the State department,
and were considered so unusual that
the magazine disclaimed responsibili
ty for the theories propounded.
“Crime,” says Dr. Brownstein, “is
the urge to contrariety, inherent in
matter organic or inorganic. It is a
natural phenomenon, the manifesta_
tion of all activity, growth and derel
'opement. It is the law of life and mo
tion and its working principles is be„
yond the influence of human ingenui
ty.
“Gan you imagine,” he aske, ‘‘a
progressive social system without ex
ploiters, thieves, murderers, riots, re_
volutions, wars? Such a state would
spell stagnation and death to the so
cial system. If there was no antago
nism, no contrariety, no contrast,
there would be no resistance. Where
there is no resistance, there is no
force. Where there is no force, there
is no life.”
ON FOREIGN DUTY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (&)—
Lieutenant K. Matsumura of the
Japanese Army, has been attached
to the Army Air Corps of the United;
States for the purpose of familiar
izing himself with pursuit planes and
aerial navigation, in compliance with
a request from the Japanese Govern
ment, the Department of War an
nounced in a statement.