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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 148.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
CONVICTION ON PERJURY COUNT
CARRIES SENTENCE TWO TO
TEN YEARS
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WASHINGTON, June 26. </P)—In less
than two weeks after his acquital of
the charge of refusing to answer ques.
tions before the Senate Oil Commit,
tee as the result of his testimony in
connection with the Continental Trad,
ing Co., investigation, Colonel Stew,
art was indicted by the Federal Grand
Jury* on three counts of perjury.
Before the Senate Committee at the
hearing last February Stewarit an.
swered in the negative when asked if
he had knowledge to lead him to be.
lieve any organization or individual
received any part of the Liberty Bond
oil profits of the Trading Company.
Appearing again in April he told the
Committee he received about $750,000
in bonds from President Osier of the
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Continental. He explained he turned
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the bonds over to a trust fund he es„;
tablished for his tompany and.finally I
did turn it all over in April this yearj
It is this testimony which caused
Rockefeller, Jr., to demand Stew,
art’s resignation as Chairman of the,
Indiana Standard Oil Corporation
Board of Directors. The conviction
on perjury carries a penalty of from
two to 10 years in prison.
RESCUE PARTY MAY BE HELD UP
WEEKS TAKING OFF REMAIN.
DER PARTY
OSLO, June 26. (£>)—The rescue
party at Virgo Bay fears it will be im_
possible to save the rest of Nobile’s
party and the Swedish flier Lundborg
for three or four wreeks. It is hoped
the ice will soon, break np sufficiently
to make possible a landing of a large
seaplane to take off the whole party in
one group.
The party is provisioned for at least
a month or more. Food can be drop.
^ ped but a heavy fog made flying im_
possible today.
Hopes of finding Dr. Malmgren and
his two companions are fading daily.
They were only provisioned to June 21.
The first complete search of Barents
Sea, East of Bear Island, found no
trace of Amundsen.
. NOTICE
The town of Seward offers a reward
of 5575.00 for the arrest and conviction
of the party responsible for the recent
dog poisoning.
A. Balderston, City Clerk.
11 OIL BOOM
OLIO OlfDERIlY
POCATELLO, Idaho, June 25, (/p)—
Oil activity in Idaho, both in the
Payette district in the western part
of the state, and in the southeastern
counties, contiues following arrival
of oil scouts and lease brokers who
are after acreage.
Idaho Falls people continue to
flock in droves to the section near
Ririe, where the Standard oil Com
pany of California is building a per
manent camp and preparing for a o,
000-foot test, if necessary. The rig is
being built and standard tools are be
ing moved onto the ground.
ONE BELIEVED KILLED
KINGSBAY June 26. (JP)—At least
one of the seven men in the bag of the
Italia are believed to have been kill,
ed in falling from the forward com.
partment. The fate of the other six
is unknown. ,,
SMITH MANAGER '
CONFIDENT FIRST !
BILLOT SUFFICIENT
ALL DEMOCRATS RECOGNIZE THIS
IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE PARTY
HOUSTON, June 26. (£>)—'That Gov.
Smith will be nominated on the first
ballot, was suggested by George Van
Namee, manager of his pre.Conven.
tion activities.
Van Namee said “The course oi
logical events and general good feel,
ing which prevails indicates Smith’s
popularity is so great it is doubtful
even if his managers wished they
could not delay his1 nomination beyond
the first ballot.”
Van Naimee is confident there will
j be no serious contest over the Plat.,
l form or any other subject. "Such har.
| mony, as exists here, has never been
known at a Democratic Convention
before. Every Delegate knows the
Party has a great chance to win and
no chance will be taken in placing this
opportunitty in jeopardy. Any Demo,
crat who wants his party to be sue.
cessful knows we must leave here
ASSISI IN AVIATION
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NEW YORK June 26. (/P)—The
formation of a National Aviation Cor.
poration andn Financing organization
to vstablize existing aeronautical in.
dustry and to support expansions and
new developments, is announced The
corporation is headed by C. M. Keys,
president of the Curtis Aeroplane &
Motor Company.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia, 2.2; Washington, 3.7.
Chicago, 8, Detroit, 6.
Cleveland, 7; St. Louis, 4, 10 innings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis, 5; Cincinnati, 2, 11 in.
nings.
New York, 12.8; Priladelphia, 4.2.
Brooklyn, 9; Boston, 3.
with a good feeling prevailing.”
He said the Convention probably
will end Friday; also that the choice
of the Vice_Presidential Candiade is
very important. “Certainly the Con.
vention must not hurry thru this nom.
ination.”
PLANES TO FLY 6,000 MILE ROUTE
IN 1928 AIR RELIABILITY TOUR
Twenty planes will wing around a 6,000-mile route
in the fourth National Air Tour starting from Detroit,
June 30. The map shows the course. Ray Cooper (upper
right) is manager. Prominent in arrangements axe the
group below: W. P. McCracken, assistant secretary of
commerce for aeronautics; Edsel Ford, donor of the re
liability trophy, shown beside him, which is the winner’s
prize; Eddie Stinson, victor in 1927, and F. J. Haines,
president of the Detroit Board of Commerce.
01 DISCORDANT
conn note
coni NOON
SHRILL AND SOMEWHAT DEFIANT
DRY NOTE- MAY BE HEARD
FROM THE FLOOR
HOUSTON, June 26. (/P)—Meeting
again like a reunited company of old
comrades the Democrats of the East
and West trooped into Houston today
and again joined fyands under the high
flung banners of A1 Smith.
Caucusing as they came the fast
gathering delegations to the Conven.
tion turned into certainties many of
the promises of support on -which
Smith men were replying for his quick
nomination when the balloting begins,
probably on' Thursday.
An offer of 40 Ohio’s 48 and the ex.
pectation of similar pledges from vari
ous other States, led Smith’s Lieuten
ants to predict before night-fall he
will have enough Delegates openly and
publicly pledged to him to bury the re
maining opposition in first ballot land
slide.
There is but one discordant note in
the whole big parade and this arose
from the far out numbered contingent
of dissenters of the day and antLTam.
many faction and these chiefly from
the South. But it was a shrill and
somewhat defiant note and may be
heard again from the floor of the Con.
vention which opens Tuesday noon.
FUMED SCIENTIST IS
PARIS, June 25, (/P)—The man who
invented vanadium steel and helped
save the wine industry of France
been saved from starvation by chariiy.
At 87, deaf, weak and disillusioned,
M. Helouis, decorated for his figuc
against the Phylloxera that was kill
ing vines, is kept in a home for aged
by the Society of Fr'ends of Science.
His story, told before the Academy
of Sciences, caused that august body
to vote a contribution of funds.
FINAL MATCHES
LONDON, June 25, (/P)—Big Bill
Tilden and Frank Hunter won their
way into the final round of the Lon
don Tennis Championship at the
Queens Club.
WILL SUPPORT HERB
AUSTIN, Texas, June 25, (JP)—The
State W. T. C. IT. President says the
organization will support Hoover if
Smith is named the Democratic Pver
dential candidate.
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