VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 278.
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SEWARD ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4,1926.
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’ Jury Freeing All
In Hall-Mills Case
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CELEBRATED NEW JERSEY TRIAL COMES TO
END AFTER JURY HAD DELIBERATED FIVE
* HOURS—FOUR YEARS CONSUMED IN EFFORT
TO PLACE SLAYERS OF REV. HALL AND CHOIR
SINGER—NOTHING BROUGHT OUT TO SHED
FURTHER LIGHT UPON TRAGEDY
SOMERVILLE, Dec. 4. (/P)—After five hours and
five minutes of deliberation, the jury in the Hall-Mills
case returned a verdict of not guilty as to all of the defen
* dants.
The defendants, who had been chatting in the jail, en
tered the court room at 6:38, and the jury returned the
verdict at 6:49.
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COMPLETION OF CASE
SOMERVILLE, Dec. 3. (^—Attor
ney Simpson completed his argument
in the Hall-Mills case and termed it
the “most trying of trials.” He told
the jurors that the State would owe
them a great debt-“that Is, whichever
of you gentlemen keep your oath
and weigh the evidence and do not
kick the case out in twenty minutes.”
Judge Parker began his charge to the
jury at 1:07 o’clock in the afternoon
and finished at 1:44. Attorney Simp
son said: “If Mrs. Hall didn’t know
the gossip concerning her husband
and Mrs. Mills, she was the only one
in New Brunswick without the said
information.”
‘IRK STRANGLER’' 111
VANCOUVER, Dec. 3. (£>)— A man, i
giving the name of Seaman Nesko- j
. vich and answering in every way and j
description of the “Dark Strangler”
who has been murdering and crimin- j
ally attacking aged women up and)
down the coast was arrested here last!
night
f WILL REQUIRE SEVERAL MONTHS
TO CHANGE TEMPERANCE .
REGULATIONS
TORONTO, Dec. 4. (£>)—With one
constituency missing the legislators
stand: fojj government control 79,
temperance act 32. Politicians said
the legislation to permit government
control would require several months
preparation. Premier Ferguson said
he will relax the temperance act en
forcement in the meantime.
IDENTIFY JEWELRY
SEATTLE, Dec. 4. (JP)—Mrs. Harry
G. Allen and Charles MeMinimee,
friends of Mrs. Monks and sister Mrs.
Charles Drummond of New York ar*
^ rived here and identified the jewelry
found in Portland.
PROCEEDS TO SIGN CONTRACTS
WITHOUT CONSULTING GOV
ERNOR HARTLEY
OLYMPIA, Dec. 4. (JP)—Hartley yes
terday "wrote to Savidge Clausen “you
are hereby advised that a meeting of
the State Capitol committee, called
for Thursday, December 2 at 2 p. m.
in the board room of the executive
offices is postponed until 11 a. m.,
Friday, December 3 in the same room
as above. Postponement was rendered
necessary because of the fact that
last night’s storm delayed my return
from an inspection trip of the state
institutions.”
REFUSED POSTPONEMENT
OLYMPIA, Dec. 4. (/P)—Pleading
unpreparedness to act, Governor Hart
ley sat in his private office, 35 ’feet
from the capitol committee room,
while the other two members signed
a 3510,000 contract for the purchase
of the capitol furniture. “I guess
they don’t need a Governor down
here,” Hartley remarked after Clau
sen Savidge had refused to postpone
the meeting.
■i. MOOSE PICTURE, PLEASED
“Emblems of Love,” the seven reel
feature film exhibited at the Liberty
theater last evening under the auspi
ces of the local L. O. O. M., packed
the house and from comments heard
pleased all. The scenes about Moose
heart and Moosehaven, the lodge
home for children, mothers and the
aged, were of particular interest and
brought home vividly the splendid
work the Moose lodge is doing. Prior
to the feature the army orchestra
played played a few selection in their
usual capable manner.
The weather predictions of yester
day proved correct and in th§ moun
tains enow fell during the night and
day and in the lowlands, Seward vici
nity, snow and rain.
ID WINS TITLE
“TIGERS’ MANAGER INSISTS WAL
KER FIGHTS,, AGAIN IN
THREE MONTHS
CHICAGO, Dec.. 4, (/P)—“Mickey”
Walker, once welterweight cham
pion, won the middleweight title from
“Tiger” Flowers after ten savage
rounds of fighting. The champion
was floored twice, eleven thousand
spectators booed and cheered as
blood streamed down Walker’s chest
from a gash over his eye.
Wal Miller, Flower’s manager said
“We had a good referee in there and
he decided Walker won so It must
be so. Flowers was hit low twice,
taking the steam out of him. Walker
has got to fight Flowers again within
three months. Kearns has already
got $65,000 up as a guarantee.”
SHE DELIVERS STEAMBOATS
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Dec. 3.
(JP)—Delivering steamboats is one of
the duties of Mrs. Loretta M. How
ard, secretary-treasurer of the How
ard Shipyard and Dock Co., here.
Mrs. Howard has just delivered the
“Louisiana,” a big ferry boat which
will ply between Batoh Rouge and
Port Allen, La. In addition to making
trips to deliver boats, Mrs. Howard
attends meetings of shipping officials,
solicits orders for the firm and looks
after much of the field work. The
shipyard was founded in 1834.
AUTOISTS TRAPPED IN SNOW
RENO, Nev., Dec. 3. .(/P)—Thirty
one automobiles all loaded with pas
sengers are trapped by snow in Mont
mary pass in the high Sierrias and
rescue parties with dog teams and
snow shoes have set out with provi
sions and blankets.
WOMEN, CHILDREN DROWN
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4. (JP)—It is
reported a motor boat sank drown
ing 38 persons, including five child
ren and six women near Pueblo Nue
vo on Thursday.
SHIPS HELD FAST
BY SUDDEN FREEZE
IN LAKE MICHIGAN
BERING SEA HAS NOTHING ON
INLAND WATERS OF UNITED
STATES
CHICAGO, Dec. 4. (IP)—Fast form
ing ice gripped forty lake boats
caught in a storm in Saint Mary’s
river channel at Sanlt Ste Marie. The
winds drove two boats on the rocks
in Lake Superior. Eighteen automo
biles spiked to the deck of the City of
Barngor slipped overboard when she
grounded and were frozen fast near
shore. The Coast Guard rescued both
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crews.
STARR SAILS MONDAY
Captain Johansen, of the S. S. Starr
announces his vessel will depart for
the Westward Monday evening at
about 7 o’clock.
LETTERS OF H. FOSTER BAIN, FORMER CHIEF OF
THE BUREAU OF MINES SAYING NO ONE WISH
ED DOHENY TO GET INTO TROUBLE AND SUG
GESTED FRIENDLY TEST CASE ON LEASES—
TWO FIRMS DECLINED TO BID ON OIL LEASES
LEAVING DOHENY OPEN FIELD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (/P)—Secretary Wilbur is to
go on the stand today and tomorrow.
H. Foster Bain, Bureau of Mines chief under Fall,
wrote from San Francisco that the Attorney General
should be requested to “put into writing his opinion. I
understand he expressed himself informally,” upon the
legality of the leases. “None of us want Doheny to get
into trouble.”
Bain further testified that he suggested that the De
partment join some small oil company in a friendly suit
to test the legality of the lease. He testified that three
firms bid for the Pearl Harbor contract previously advis
ed. One company was not interested in construction work
and another conditioned its bid upon Congressional ratifi
cation of the contract which made the Pan-American com
pany the only bidder.
Wilbur will be asked if naval officers who are wit
nesses have received any new orders since they were sum
moned to testify.
COLDEST WEATHER OF
SEASON CRIPS EAST
NEW YORK, Dec. 4. (&)—'The
coldest weather of the season gripped
most of the east and in one place, I
Rochester, N. Y., one death "was re
ported due to the extreme cold. Tem
peratures ranged from considerably
above the freezing point to 15 degrees
below zero at Upper Lake, New York
and 32 degrees below zero at Daucet,
Western Quebec, the coldest wave ac
companied by a biting wind and also
snow in some sections. •
GERMAN VESSEL WRECKED
ST. PIERRE, Dec. 3. <£>)—'The Ger
man steamer Totila is piled up, a to
tal loss on the coast near here. There
is no sign of life left aboard the ship
nor ashore.
Frank Angermann, former mechan
ic employed in the car shops of the
C. R. R. & N. W. Ry. Cordova, is in
Seward on his way to Nuka bay is
land where his mother, Mrs. P. Sather,
has been conducting a fox farm for
a number of years.
John J. Donovan, road master in
charge of the northern division, Alas
ka railroad, was among those leaving
for Seattle yesterday on the S. Sv Cor
dova.
J. H. Brokaw, salesman, who recent
ly arrived in the city from the Inter
ior, left yesterday for Cordova.
HOPE ANNUAL PAYMENT KAISER
BERLIN, Dec. 3. (JP)—A movement
to annul the pact recently entered in
to with the ex-kaiser to pay or turn
over to the ex-kaiser about 130,000,000
worth of property has been started
here.
POLAR EXPLORERS
RESIGN FROM CLUB
AMUNDSEN AND ELLSWORTH
TAKE EXCEPTION TO NO
BILE’S STATEMENTS
NEW YORK, Dec. 4. (5s)—Amund
sen and Ellsworth resigned as hon
orary members of the Aero club of
Norway. They stated Nobile, a mem
ber of the club, lectured in the United
States with the approval of the club
making “gross misstatements, there
by ridiculing the name of Norway.”
Nobile threatens “to tell what he has
not told before about the flight.
WOOD NOT RESIGNING
BAGUIO, Dec. 4. (IP)—Wood declar
ed the Washington dispatch of his
resigning was without foundation.
JUDGE C.S.I1NUM
COMMITS SUICIDE
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FORMER ALASKAN JUDGE TAKES
OWN LIFE IN LAW OFFICE AT
RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
RICHMOND, Cal., Dec. 4. (5s)—
Judge C. S. Hannum, formerly on the
Territorial bench in Alaska and the
Superior bench in Montana, asphyxi
ated himself in his office last night.
He had been practicing for years
here and was in poor health. He ar
ranged his papers neatly, then put
a gas tube in his mouth. His widow
resides in San Francisco.
C. T. Larsen arrived in Seward yes
terday on the S. S. Yukon from Se
attle en route to Seldovia.