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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 94.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928.
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Sinclair is Acquitted
Of Conspiracy Charge
Defraud Government
WASHINGTON, April 21. (/P)—Sinclair was acquit
ted of the charge that he conspired to defraud the gov
ernment in the leasing of the Teapot Dome. The jury ac
cepted the contention that when Sinclair paid Fall $233,
# 000 in Liberty bonds and $35,000 in cash it was for a part
MR. AND MRS. A. ERICSON PAS
SENGERS ON ALASKA STEAM.
SHIP COMPANY LINER
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SEATTLE, April 21. (&)—'The S. S.
Alaska, of the A. S. S. Co., sailed at
9 o’clock this mbrning for Alaska car
rying 304 passengers. The Seward
list of reservations include:
A. L. McCord, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ericson
and daughter, W. W. Stoll, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lingo, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Hewitt, E C. Workman, J. E. Fitz-j
gerald, Jack Gucker, Henry Pope, Roy
Demming, Harold Arneson, Miss Fish,
er, Mip Rennoe, Mrs. Labreche, Wm.
Stern, Gus Rohen, R. B. Dodman, Park
Griswold, H. N. Doodwick, F. C. Doug
las, William Hammell and son, K. K.
Katz, L. J. LiU, R. B. Norris, F. C.j
Douglas, William Hering, C. E. Geis,;
M. T. Johnson, G. H. Russell, G. Aa-j
ron, F. B. Cunningham, Arhur Ship
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worth, Robert Lutz, Mrs. Zink, B. B.|
Webb, W. L. Mencenback, Thomasi
Parry, Martin Graham, Mrs. Gustaf-,
son, E. Dawson, Mrs. Baldwin, Miss
Baldwin, Emily Cappers, C. M. Ander.
son, Charles 'kenning, Fred Henning,
M. Cushman,'' Mr. and Mrs James
Oakes, J. Bonner, Mrs. Elgin, Jack
Chisholm, K. Roller, M. D. Campbell,
Don Dukick, C. Durant and 19 slteer
age.
CANADA BUYS AMERICAN COAL
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^ WASHINGTON, April 21. (£>)—j
Nearly 35 per cent of Canada’s coal|
is fought in the United, States, ac-|
cording to records of the Department
of Commerce for 1927. The Domini
on Imported 15,178,640 tons of bitu
minous coal, of "which -the United
States furnished more than 15,000,000
^ tons, and 4,063,619 tons of anthracite,
of which 2*943,575 tons came from this
country.
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in the ranch owned by Fall and not
part of the deal thru which the oil
reserve was turned over to him. The
jury took the case at 10:25 and re
turned *the verdict at 12:24.
BELIEFlilflS
POSTPONED OWING
ILLNESS BENNETT
SCHILLER MAY SUBSTITUTE; HAS
ALREADY MADE A ROUND
TRIP FLIGHT ISLAND
LAKE STE AGNES, Quebec, April
21 .(JP)—The illness of Bennett who is
confined to bed has caused indefinite
postponment of the relief flight to the
German plane Bremen which was
scheduled today.
Bennett developed a high fever dur
ing the night and was unable to leave
bed this morning. Both Bennett and
Balchen have recently undergone ex
treme temperatures and suffered from
heavy colds.
Should it appear likely that Ben-^
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nett will be unable to fly soon the
substitution of Schiller is considered
Schiller has already made a round-trip
by air to Greenly Island and brought
out Fitzmaurice.
TO BUILD STATIONS'
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WASHINGTON, April 21. (#>)—'The’
government of Iceland is planning
the construction of a 5,000 watt radio'
station at Reykjavik, the Department
of Commerce has been informed.
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There are at present five government
operated wireless stations in Iceland.
The telegraph and telephone sys
tem is but 20 years old, having been
constructed since the laying of thej
cable connecting Iceland with thej
Faroe Islands and .Denmark in 1906.
Lands Near Sva
Today At 11 O’clock
Says Copenhagen Wire
FELIX H. ROBERTSON
ASiCC/ATCff PfiMSSS
LUST CONFEDERATE
GENERAL ROBERTS!!
DIES WACO. TEXAS
YOUNGEST GENERAL IN THE CIV
IL WAR ARMIES, BOTH NORTH
ERN AND SOUTHERN
WACO, Texas, April 21. (£>)—Feto
Huston Robertson, the last surviTjmi
general of the Confederacy, died a
his home here yesterday.
The youngest general of the Cm
War in either the Southern or North
ern armies, General Fleix Hustoi
Robertson outlived ail his contempo
raries of equal rank. After the deatl
of General McCausland, of West Vir
ginia, late in 1926, he was the sole
surviving general of the Southerr
Army.
If the youngest ranking commands
he also was one of the South’s great,
es.t fighters, for he was in battle &I
most from the first shot of the great
conflict to the moment of its close.
Under Johnston, Bragg, and Hood
the young officer rose to brigadier,
general in Wheeler’s cavalry.
A few months before the end oi
the war, at Buckhead Church, Ga., he
was wounded in the left arm, and a
short time later surrendered to Goner,
al Kilpatrick, at Macon, Ga.
Born March 9, 1840, at old Waishing
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DEPARTURE DATE FROM POINT BARROW UN
I KNOWN—21 AND ONE-HALF HOURS REQUIR
I ED FOR FLIGHT WITH- ONE STOP OF FIVE
' DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF BAD WEATHER, WIL
KINS MESSAGE TO THE DETROIT NEWS
STATES—SENDS GREETINGS TO AVIATION
SOCIETY.
LONDON, April 21. {!■P)—A Exchange telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen sad the newspaper “Politiken’’
received a message from Svalbard stating Capt. Wilkins
had landed near the Svalbard radio station at 11 o’clock
this morning.
A previous message to this paper said Capt. Wilkins
flew from Point Barrow and landed near Boedmansoeira
where bad weather stopped him for five days.
AVIATORS IN GOOD HEALTH
BoedmansJoeira is an uninhabited
island, Wilkins and Eielson are in ex_
Icellent condition. Their arrival rep
resents the successful completion of
Wilkins’ plan to fly across the Polar
| regions, presumably across the North
I Pole to Svalbard, which applied to the
entire Archipelago of Spitzbergen and
. Bear Island and an adjacent island in
Greenland.
The sea distance from Norway to
Bear Island is 250 miles north and to
„ Spitzbergen 375 miieis. Spitzbergen
, was "Wilkins’ scheduled destination.
ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL
DETROIT, April 21. (tf3)—Wilkins
announced his arrival at Spitzbergen
in a radio message to the Detroit
News^ The message said "reached
Spitzbergen after £1 and one-half
hours flying with one stop for five
days on account of bad weather.
"Greetings to the Aviation Society
Flying Chib.” The message was dat
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ed Sva’V.rri. April 21.
Vf • SAYS “MAMMV’
j PORT MOODY, B. €., April 21. (/?)
|—Th^ pW'ich bulldog that said “he!-1
lo” at the Boston dog show is said1
to have a rival now. It is a dog that!
is 22 years old and is till says "mamma.*
ITS THE UPKEEP
WESTFIELD, Mass., April 21. (/P)
—After spending §850 for mainte
nance of one truck last year, aside
from gas and oil, city officials found
it had an inventory value of §250. |
TWENTY-SIX DELEGATES TOLD
TO VOTE UNDER UNIT RULE
SMITH NOMINATION
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 21. (JQ—•
All of Iowa% 26 delegates to the Dent,
ocratic National Convention were In
structed by the Party’s State Conven
tion to vote under the unit rule for
Al Smith for the Presidential nomina
tion.
The vote was by acclamation.
Eight delegates-atJarge with half a
vote each were also named. Smitli
delegates will be in complete control
of the Convention.
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A POOR INVESTMENT
' 'ONZA, Italy, April 21. (/P)—A cat
1 le dealer’s seven huiak£y bulls, got
'oose and charged so-me red cloths in
several drygootds dealers’ windows.
Bills for broken glass and etore fix
tures forced the dealer into tempo
rary retirement.
RADIO FANS ORGANIZE
HARTFORD, Conn., April 21. (#>}—
Broadcast listeners here have their
Own association which discusses ra
dio interference, its causes and reme
dies.