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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 70. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
* LASKER RECEIVED
GAVE $1,000 CONTRIBUTION THEN
ADDITIONAL $25,000 WHICH
WAS RETURNED
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 24. (/P}—The
£26,000 contributed to the Republican
sparty in 1920 Presidential campaign
which was listed and found by the
Senate Teapot Dome Committee, wa*
^ given to Albert D. Lasker, *rho became
chairman of the shipping board in 1921
after Harding became President.
LASKER produced the check and It!
waa dated October, 1926. During
the campaign, in which Will Hayes
was manager for Harding, it was said
** contributions were held to the mall
mum of a thousand. Lasker made A
$1,000 contributation and said he gave
an additional $25,000 and paid It in
cash to the late Fred W. Uphara,
treasurer of the Republican National;
Committee.
CRL WILL NOT RCCEPT
"DOES NOT CHOOSE"
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar. 24. (£>}
—President Coolidge lias taken him-;
self completely out of the 1928 cam- j
paign. Under no circumstances will
he be a candidate for reelection. He
would not accept the nomination if it
were voted to him. A very positive!
and final declaration was made by
him to that effect the other day when j
he declined a request of the Wyoming
Republican State Central Committee;
that he waive his personal preference
and consent to another four year term, j
SECRETARY WILL RESIGN
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24. (#>)—Ro
bert E. Olds, of St. Paul, Under-Secre
tary of State, said yesterday, that the
intends to resign his post. Mr. Olds
said his resignation would be pre
sented during the present year. He
would not reveal his future plans.
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NUMEROUS INJURED
EARTH MOVEMENTS SO STRONG
CAUSE CHURCH SELLS TO
PEAL; RUSH STREET8
MEXICO CITY, March 24. </P)—
Four are dead and numerous were in
jured, make up the list of casualties
from Wednesday night's earthquake.
As reported from the various towns
and regions and the affected city of
Oaxaca it was reported there are three
known dead and four were seriously
injured from falling plaster.
Dispatches from a number of places
in the different states affected report
ed the earth movements were so
strong church bells rang. Inhabitants
in many towns rushed into the streets.
HIM IS UNCONFIRMED
FLIERS REPORTED FOUND
BANGOR, Maine, Mar. 24. (/P)—In
tense excitement was caused by the
circulation of a minor that the plane
in which Captain Waited Hinchliffe
end the Honorable Leslie Mackay be- j
gan their attempted trans-Atlantic I
flight from England, March 13, had
i
been found with their bodies, near
Patten, Maine. Careful investigation
by the Associated Press failed to con
firm the rumor.
The Democratic Presidential Candidate for 1928?
Cordell Hall
SEATTLE FUR SALE
CLOSES NEXT DATE
AUCTION APRIL 25
BE8T LOT OF CR088 FOX BRINGS
1129; LYNX CAT8 SELL AT TOP
• PRICE 114.25
SEATTLE, March 24. </P)—Ermine
moved rapidly at an average of $2 and
41 of the best lot went for $3.25. Cross
fox average |56 to |63. The best lot
went for $129. The best grade of
wolf sold for $30.
The collection averaged 113.25. Lynx
cats sold at the top price of $$4;25.
April 25th is the date for the next sale.
SMITH SUE FIANCE
INTEREST OF MOVIES
NEW YORK, March 24. (#)— Mr.
Smith, ( ?) with the formal permission
of the Senate Committee on public
lands and surveys, says he will sail
for France today to represent the Am
erican Motion Picture Industry in con
nection with the recent Governmenal
decree which is said to threaten Amer
ican pictures in France.
LIVED SUBMARINE
FOR LONG PERIOD
BOSTON, Mar. 24. (yP)—Indications
that the 34 men, imprisoned in the
after compartment of the Submarine
S-4, lived for a considerable period
after the vessel was rammed and
sunk off Provincetown, last Decem
ber, and that they vainly attempted
to communicate with the surface by
rapping upon the inner hull, were
found by the Naval Board of Investi
gation.
A divdr, sent down the day after
the submarine was sunk, heard rap
pings from the six men imprisoned
in the forward torpedo room, but
heard no sounds from the stern part
of the vessel. However, officers, stu
dying the submarine as it lay In dry
dock, found the painted blukheads of
the tiller and motor compartments,
aft, pitted with hammer marks, and
tools show marks of such use.
The imprisoned men had gnawe
on raw potatoes and raw onions fro:
the tiller room supply. One can <
Bardines had been opened and usei
One bottle of oxygen had been opene
and used, but another remained u:
touched.
Officers, who Inspected the • seem
law mute evidence of the desperat
Fight to shut out the incoming wate
iut failed to find any written me*
tages. The bodies "were covered wit
;ray mud, which had'seeped in fro:
he ocean, and there- was sev<
aches of water over them.
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FLEW WITH LINDBERGH
WASHINGTON, March 24. VP)—
I Those who flew with Colonel Lind
! bergh on the flight over Washington
for Senators and Representatives, in
cluded Mrs Sutherland, wife of the
Alaskan delegate, and Daniel Suther
land, their son.
FILL WILL RELATE
STORY DOME LEASE
AT EL PASO HOI
DANIEL THEW WRIGHT, ASSO
CIATED COUNSEL, WILL CON
DUCT EXAMINATION
WASHINGTON, March 24. </p)—
| Former Secretary Fall will tell the
story of the Teapot Dome lease on
March 29 at his home in El Paso, Tex.
i Justice Jennings Bally granted the
motion of Sinclair for taking the de
position from Fall who is too ill to at
tend the Sinclair trial on April 4.
Daniel Thew Wright, who is retained
as an associated counsel by Sinclair,
will conduct the examination of Fall.
FIRST LAND SALE
| LONDON, Mar. 24. (#>)—When Lord
Riddell, London publisher, said the
first-land sale on record was that be
tween Jacob and Esau, somebody
found an earlier one, cited in Genesis
XXIII—that of Ephron, the Hittltie,
to Abraham, of the field and cave in
which Sarah, Abraham’s wife, was
buried.
TREASURY RECEIPTS
WASHINGTON, D. €., Mar. 24. (JP)
—The Treasury receipts from the
March 15th income tax payments,
which are being watched closely by
Congress and the Administration,
show that at the close of business on
March 17th the Government had ob
tained payments of 1215,550.008.07
while on the same date last year, the
total was only $197,690,388.51.
i WASHINGTON, D. Mar. 24,^ I/P)
—The latest aid to afr navigation, a
radio device to allow the pilot of an
airplane to see whether he is on his
course, has been demonstrated by the
Bureau of Standards and William Mc
Cracken, Assistant Secretary of Com
menrce for Aeronautics.
A CONFIRMED HABIT
RISELHY, England, Mar. 24. (JP)—
For the 18th recorded time, the Prince
of Wales was tumbled off his horse
yesterday afternoon. He was not in
jured and the horse appeared none
.... v......i
;the %om for wear.
FOR THE NORTH HAS
MANY PASSENGERS
j
i ———
LARGEST LIST OF RESERVATIONS *
PRESENT SEASON ENROUTE
ALASKA ON PALATIAL LINER
' SEATTLE, March 24. (JP)—'The S.
8. Yukon sailed at 9 o’clock this morn
ing, carrying 334 passengers. The
8eward listing comprises C. E. Wilcox,
Truman Severson, H. Langley, C, Mil
ler, Mrs. Bailey and five children, H.
Olson, Mike Murphy, Mrs. Thurlow
and baby, Pvt. Beaudru, wife, son and
daughter; Isaac Smith, Dorothy Knee
land, I. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mor
phy, Joseph Darcy, Ray Moorhead, C.
B. Jacobs, Jorgen Moen, Ray Olson,
Olaf Johnson, Gus Hendreickson, Mrs.
McKern, H. Mygaard, N. E. Nelson, Z.
R. Thompson, Dave Muichler, A. Bock,
Mr. Kronn, Mr. McCallister, Wayne
Buegele, G. A Benson, R. J. Benson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ensley, E. Horn
8ted, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moore, Clara
Carpenter, Mrs. Keist, L. R. Ellson,
Reginald Vernon, F. Kern, J. L. Tob
in, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Robebaugh, J.
W. Tinkler, E. V. Hutchinson,
Helnick, Mrs. Miller, J. E. Miller, Fred
Kline, Mrs. Paulson, Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Troseth, G. A. Uush, M. Morris,
Gene Miller, Harry Ellsworth, Allen
Brown, Lewis Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs.
James Weir and daughter, Mrs. Max
well, E. J. Grove, Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Bfeaston, Grace Lowe, Evelyn Green
way, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Mulock, R. B.
Mulock, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jurs, L. F.
Livack, F. Holden, C. J. McDonald.
Mary Twitchell and 25 steerage.
NEW YORK, Mar. 24. (/P)—Unless
Congress takes steps to alleviate un
employment throughout the country,
Jacob Coxey, leader of the famous
“Coxey’s Army,” of 34 years ago, will
j
again lead a band of jobless men in
a march on the National Capitol, he
declared yesterday. The veteran
claims that conditions are the worst
of .the century.
Coxey plans to go to Washington,
in a few days, to encourage the pas
sage of a bill which will enable bor
rowing of money from the government
without the impedement of interest.
If he fails In this, he will announce
this defeat by telegram and then his
unemployed can take a referendum
on a march on Washington.
8MUGGLING CONSPIRACY
LONDON, Mar. 24. (JP)—Reports
that Scotland Yard has unearthed a
mysterious arms smuggling conspira
cy, seeking to provide weapons for the
Irish republicans, will .be published ......
in "The Evening Standard".