VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 287. SEWARD ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1926. PRICE TEN CENTS
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Legal Lights Fight
: With Verbal Swords
Before Doheny Jury
DEFENSE RELIES UPON PLAUSIBILITY OF PA
TRIOTISM’S SHIELD AGAINST DOHENY’S OF
FERING BRIBE TO SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
PROSECUTION CHARACTERIZES ARGUMENT
% AS “BUNK AND MOONSHINE”—SAYS JOSEPH
COTTER’S WAS THE FINE ITALIAN HAND IN
* THE OIL DEAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 14. (/P)—Attorney Rob
erts closing argument for the government said the loan
was a club over Fall’s head. The defense plea of Do
heny’s patriotism as a motive for bidding on the naval
bases was “bunk and moonshine. I don’t think there was
any real competition in bidding on the Pearl Harbor con
tract,” declared Roberts. Joseph J. Cotter, vice-president
of the Pan-American company “was the one man who
knew all the angles of the case. He, in the negotiations
from May, 1921, until December, 1922, talked with navy
officials and Interior Department officials and went to
Hawaii, New York, Washington, Three Rivers, New
Mexico and Los Angeles. Cotter was everywhere, and
j he sat within 20 feet of this witness stand for days and
i was never called to the stand.”
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El ROBBER BUS
NO TEARS TO SHED;
OUT UNDER BONO
MAYOR AND PROFESSOR SIGN
BOND OF $5,000; CALLS
BANKERS “SAPS”
AUSTIN, Dec. 14. (JP) — Rebecca
Bradley was charged with the robbery
with firearms which carries a maxi
mum penalty of death but was releas
ed under a $5,000 bond. She confes
sed to Sheriff Geoge Allen who said
“she said she had no tears to shed
but that she had a lot to live down,
but not as much as those saps in the
bank who let a bit of a girl get away
like that.”
After the robbery she mailed herself
the loot and the pistol. Mayor McFad
den of Austin and Charles Ramsdell,
professor of history at the University
of Texas signed the bond.
TRANSIT SITUATION CRISIS
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. (/P)—A crisis
in New York transit situation is be
lieved approaching with Democratic
leaders ready to force toward definite
policy in order to forestall legislative
inquiry by the Republicans.
ID MOTHER OF
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SEATTLE, Dec. 14. (/P)—1The body
of Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, 55 years of
age, a widow and mother of 12 chil
dren was found on the shore of Lake
Washington, near the vicinity in
«' which Letitia Whitehall was found.
Mrs. Hughes had been missing since
Tuesday. Investigators said she had
p jumped from the bridge beneath which
Letitia was found.
Speaking on behalf of the defense,
! Attorney Hogan asked the jury, “Do
you believe in your heart of hearts
that that old gentleman, who dug in
to the earth with his own bare hand
—if you believe even after you saw
him pilloried by a Philadelphia law
yer—would stoop to bribing a friend
of his youth in order to swindle and
cheat the land he loved?” “Could
jurors conceive of a briber under any
circumstances wanting a note?”
FUST EXTRADITION
RADIO MAN ACCREDITED WITH
POSSESSION OF AIMEE'S
CASE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. (JP)—A cer
tified copy of the Ormiston warrant
and complaint was airmailed to Chi
cago marking the first extradition
move.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14. (/P)—Kenneth
G. Ormiston, accredited with posses
sion of the secret of the Aimee Mc
Pherson case, is ready to surrender
to any constituted authority having
a legal demand for his presence. Chi
cago police said they held no warrant
for his arrest so Ormiston spent the
day seeing the sights and awaiting de
velopments. He saysi he will fight his
removal to California.
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OFF NEW YORK UST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Rum
row is staging a comeback to pro
vide thirsty New York with its Yule
tide liquor. Coast guard reports de
clared yesterday that at least eight
rum laden vessels are lying off the
New York coast awaiting an oppor
tunity to land their precious cargoes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (/P) —
President Coolidge signed the bill
raising judges salaries.
The Senate committee to investi
gate the Gould charges, deferred ac
tion until January 4.
Democratic leaders planned to cir
culate a petition to bring a $335,000
tax reduction bill before the house.
The court refused to instruct an ac
quittal verdict in the Fall-Doheny
case. Only three government requests
for such instructions have been re
jected.
The death knell of President Cool
idge’s tax refund proposal was sound
led today when Representative Tilson
of Connecticut, Republican leader in
the house, declared himself in favor
of applying the surplus to the r£duc
! tion of the public debt. The House
| Ways and Means committee also vot
| ed not to consider tax reduction legis
' lation at this session as proposed by
! the democrats.
Short in funds, short in ships, short
1 in aircraft, short in men and far be
hind what congress intended, the bad
ly crippled United States Navy is
still formidable, Secretary Wilbur de
clared in his annual report today.
Republican insurgent Senator Fra
zier was returned to the G. O. P. fold.
Representative Upshaw, dry leader,
declared Governor A1 Smith’s wet re
cord will forever bar him from the
White House.
Secretary of Labor Davis in his an
nual report to congress said “U. S.
labor is prosperous and contented and
a bright future looms for industry.”
Congress is to refuse the Coolidge
tax cut applying the surplus to debt.
Republicans on the Ways and Means
committe in a strict party vote oppos
ed both the president and Mellon.
Republicans by adopting the Haw
| ley resolution barring all tax legisla
; tion at this session killed both admin
| istration and democratic tax propo
sals and indirectly slapped at Presi
dent Coolidge and Secretary Mellon.
Representative Green, republican
| chairman said refusal to grant any
reduction temporary or otherwise will
benefit the entire country and that
any such cut at this time would be too
premature until effect of last cut has
been considered. Business and en
the entire country will benefit by re
fusal to act hastily he said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (£>)—'The
ninth month’s suspension of Cap. John
Diehl of the steamer city of Rome,
wdiich rammed and sunk the submar
ine S-51 in September, 1925, has been
employed for two years by the super
vising officer of the Boston district
for the U. S. Steamship Inspection
company.
TRANSPORT SINKS, 96 DROWN
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 14. (#>)—'The
Chilean transport sank at Lota, Chile,
yesterday during a violent storm.
Sixty-seven of 96 aboard drowned and
eight bodies were recovered.
TREE KILLS MAN AND WIFE
SEATTLE, Dec. 14. (/P)—A Western
Canada Pacific Northwest storm kill
ed six persons yesterday. George
Jussup and wife w'ere killed when a
tree fell and crushed their automo
bile.
ALLIED CONTROL ENDED
GENEVA, Dec. 14. (/P)—1The Allies
and Germans compacted to end allied
control of German armanents January
31, when they go under a League of
Nations investigation. Germany re
garded the control as vexatious and
offensive to the national prestige.
France declared it will get continued
security from the agreement.
TURNING DOWN 5500,1
WONTS STAT IN U. S.A.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Count Salm,
who is suing Millicent Rogers, heiress
to the Standard Oil millions, for di
vorce, will refuse a $500,000 offer to
go to Europe and stay there, accord
ing to his statement yesterday. The
count declares that he expects to
stay in the United States and work
for a living at anything but manual
labor.
NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 14. (JP)—
Count Salm Hoogstraeten could not
remember the date that he was mar
ried to Millicent Rogers, heiress to
millions, but he told in detail of the
financial benefits derived by him thru
the marriage here. His memory was
equal to the task. Heated and caustic
rows between Salm and Millicent’s
attorney nearly resulted in fistic en
counters but the court kept the mat
ter in hand.
UNDELIVERED MAIL MATTER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (JP)—The
dead letter branch of the postoffice
department disposed of 24,056,928 un
delivered letters during the year. In
closures of money found in the let
ters amounted to $109,623.22. Of this
$75,626.86 was restored to the owners
TO DEATH. SUITED
MOTHER’S LOVING KISSES DAN.
GEROUS STARTLING CHARGE
OF CHICAGO DOCTOR
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—A number ol
babies are literally kissed to death
annually is the startling charge ol
Dr. H. N. Bundeston, Chicago health
commissioner, thru his weekly bulle
tin, issued recently. No baby is
capable of withstanding the ravages
of the diseases to which it is exposed
thru the agency of a mother’s loving
kiss, or any other kiss for that mat
ter. Mothers, as a rule, shower their
children with kisses without consid
eration according to the judge yester
day. The young is susceptible to in
fection, and should be guarded with
the utmost care.
MAYOR OF BENTON. ILL,
KILLED Of GUNMEN
BENTON, 111., Dec. 14. (Jp)— An un
identified gunman shot and killed
Mayor Joe Adams of West City, near
Benton. Adams had been the object
of bomb and machine gun attacks.
The slayers called him to the front
door of his home saying they had a
letter for him. They then shot him
three times.
PURCHASE ISLAND
PHILIPPINE GROUP
VINCENT MASIGAN OFFERED $500,
000 FOR 15,000 ACRE FUGA
ISLAND
MANILA, Dec. 14. (JP)—The Times
Jsaid a Japanese concern is negotiat
ing for the purchase of Fuga island,
‘in the Philippine group, from Vincent
Masigan who obtained it from the
'Spanish government 200 years ago.
The island comprises 15,000 acres and
the price is said to be set at a quar
ter of a million dollars. The Philip
pine government is likely to make an
attempt to prevent the sale.
PURCHASERS NAMED
SEATTLE, Dec. 14. (£>)—The Mit
; sui Bussan and Kaisha company, a
Japanese firm, is negotaiting for the
■purchase of the Island of Fuga, south
of Fermosa, it was rumored here to
day. The island which is under the
; sovereignity of tlwe Philippines is own
led by Don Vincent Masigan. The
I price mentioned in connection with
purported deal is five hundred thous
and dollars.
MARKED Gil ,
COMMERCIAL HAUL
Commercial freight on The Alaska
Railroad, exclusive of coal, during the
fiscal year amounted to 32,483 tons, an
increase of 7,044 tons, or 27.7 per cent
over the previous year. Coal tonnage
was 32,553 tons, an increase of 4,127
tons, or 14.5 per cent. The total com
mercial tonnage was 65,036 tons, an
increase of 11,171 tons, or 20.S per
1 cent. Total of all tonnage, commer
cial, other parts of the government,
and the railroad freight, decreased 7,
'885 tons, or 4.4 per cent, one rail line.
'Revenue passengers carried, 71,256,
an increase of 9,267, or 19.2 per cent.
All passengers carried, 71,256, an in
crease of 9,186, or 11.5 per cent.
Transportation revenues received by
rail line, $820,638.01, an increase of
$190,586.26, or 30.1 per cent. The in
crease in tonnage is due chiefly to in
creased shipment of mining machin
ery and supplies for mining opera
tion. Three was! a general increase in
shipment of all kinds of commodities.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—While
a man by the name of Harris is be
ing held in Portland, Ore., another
man answering to the description of
the dark strangler who has murdered
and criminally assaulted several wo
men of the Bay district, failed in
an attack on Mrs. Etta Lenny' here
yesterday. She was attacked by the
strangler while she was talking on
the telephone. Her screams caused
parties at the other end of the line
to respond. The fiend escaped thru
the back door.