Seward Daily Gateway
OK SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN
(Continued from Ore* ■
Matanuska coal field was suspended because the coal;
was found by a Naval coal commission in 1921 to be
unsuitable for Naval use, and therefore the Alaska;
Railroad was unable to render one of the important ser- j
vices for which Congress had intended it. j
A few hours before President Harding sailed from
Seward for Seattle he decided to check up on these re
presentations, unknown to the three appointtees of Fall
and Denby. On his own initiative, and acting through
the intermediary of a newspaper correspondent with
the Presidential party, and through one of the menr
bers of his official family, President Harding sent for
and read a verified copy of the report of the Naval coal
commission of 1921. Tha treport showed that the Naval
coal commission had tested 5,000 tons of coal from the
Naval coal reserve in the Matanuska field side by side
with 5,000 tons of Pocahontas coal from West Virginia,
in both boiler and laboratory, and had pronounced it 15
per cent higher in every point of comparison than the
Pocahontas coal. The Navy coal commission stated in its
report that this coal from the Naval reserve in Mata
nuska was suitable in every particular for Naval use,
that there was 600,000 tons blocked out for immediate
mining, that there was 2,000,000 tons in sight, and pro
bably a total of 3$,000,000 tons in the Naval reserve.
At the same time President Harding received and
read a photographic copy of a private memorandum
agreement between Secretary of Interior Fall and Secre
tary of Navy Denby, by which they bound themselves to
transfer the Naval coal operations in the Matanuska
field from Denby to Fall, together with other papers,
which proved that Fall and Denby were then attempting
to dispose of the Naval coal reserve in the Matanuska
district precisely as they did with the Naval oil reserve
in the Tea Pot Dome district of Wyoming.
To make a long story short, when President Hard
ing delivered his memorable speech in Seattle after his
return from Alaska, only two of his official family knew
these secrets, or knew what kind of a speech he was go
ing to make. In that speech he surprised the political
world by announcing a complete and radical reversal of
his former views and attitude on Alaskan policies and
problems. He came out frankly and emphatically in fav
or of the Alaska conservation laws, and against all the
measures and policies for Alaska which Secretary Fall
and Denby and Weeks and their Alaskan appointees
had been urging.
Now for the climax. If all those officials, including
Fall and Denby and Weeks and Bone, who took partic
ular pains to keep from President Harding everybody
not in the circle of their conspiracies, were to be told
that John E. Ballaine, founder of Seward and leader in
the campaign which resulted in legislation for the build
ing of the government Alaska Railroad^ had been of
ficially and privately and confidentially requested to
submit a written outline of the kind of a speech which
he thought the President ought to deliver on his return
to Seattle, they might be incredulous. If they were fur
ther told that President Harding followed the outlines
of the speech thus requested and submitted, in its en
tirety, their incredulity might be modified with their
knowledge of the facts as they actually occurred.
All this has a direct bearing on Alaska and the
Alaska Railroad. Taken with other circumstances, it
furnished a pretty good proof that the government own
ed Alaska Railroad can be placed on a profitable and
highly useful basis whenever the responsible officials
choose to initiate policies that will make it profitable
and useful.
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EXGONVICT IS SHOT |
I AND KILLED ON ‘SIDE j
WALKS OF NEW YORK':
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NEW YORK, May 12. (/P)— Roy j
Sloane, 30, exconvict who acted
as his own lawyer to get out of
Sing Sing, was killed in the street
by shots from passing autos.
He dragged himself 150 feet in
the street to a policeman but died j
in the hospital while unconscious, j
Sioane stole autos to finance j
his college education and was sent j
to Sing Sing. He studied law in j
prison and obtained a new trial j
and won an acquittal. He was j
sentenced again in an attempted1
escape but was granted a new j
trial in which the case was dis-j
missed.
He received a suspended sent-j
ence for possession of concealed!
weapons which meant freedom. |
MOTION PROGRAM
THURSDAY ME
The graduation program and an
nual commencement of the Sew
ard High School will be held in
the school auditorium Thursday
evening, day after tomorrow, and
the local public as well as the
many out-of-town visitors in the
city are invited to attend. Eight
graduates will receive diplomas.
The program follows:
Processional, Mrs. Harold Sogn,
piano; John Hawkins, violin.
Invocation, Rev. Mr. Hatten.
Song, Mary Ella Larson, accom
panied by Mrs. A. S. Anderson.
Valedictory, Katherine Horton.
Musical Selection, Mrs. Harold
Sogn, John Hawkins.
Address, Rev. Mr. Hatten.
Presentation of Diplomas, W. C.
Erwin.
America.
Benediction, Rev. Mr. Hatten
BIND MBS 10
BE PEOPLES' CHOICE
PARIS, May 12. (/P) — Briand
Is seemed to be slated for elec
tion to the presidency by the
national assembly at the first or
second ballot tomorrow.
Friends of Briand and Doumer,
president of the Senate and Bri
and’s principal opponent, engaged
in wide canvassing for votes but
it is believed Doumer can not
stave off, beyond the second bla
lot, an absolute majority necessary
for election.
REDUCE WEEK-END
MILFUS TO RENO
RENO, May 12. (£>)—'With low
fares in effect on railroads and bus
lines, Reno is anticipating a rec
ord influx of visitors bent on tak
ing'a fling at this city’s wide open
gambling over the week end.
The green tables and the revolv
ing wheels have supplanted the
divorce mill as Reno’s prize at
traction. Only one decree was
granted and 14 complaints filed.
Among the new divorce actions
is that of Frances Ryler Levinge
Whyte, formerly of Santa Rosa,
against Alan James Levinge
Whyte, of the British Royal En
gineers. They were married in
San Francisco in January, 1930.
WOMAN PLANS ATLANTIC HOP
NEW YORK, May 12. (A3)—Laura
Ingalls, the first woman to make
a round trip coast to coast flight
announced her intention of flying
the Atlantic, solo, within a few
months.
Locked without the aid of tools,
| screws or bolts, the head of a steel
shipping drum now on the market
can be tightly closed or opened in
a few seconds simply by moving a
! lever on the head.
LIBERTY THEATER
Watch This Space for
Tomorrow’s Program
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SCHOOL BUS TRAGEDY
MERCED, Calif., May 12. (/P)—
Inadequate brakes and overload
ing, with these four words it was
charged, lie the blame for one of
the worst tragedies in California’s
history when a loaded school bus
collided with a freight train in
this city.
Have you heard the new "OKKH” re
cords st Sylvia’s. They are wonderful.
Alaska Road Commission road
crews will be taken to Hiamna
from Anchorage next week by
Captain Heinie Berger, of the MS
Discoverer, to continue the con
necting link between the bay and
the village which was begun two
years ago.
3-ROOM apartment lor rent at
J. L. Graef.