Seward,
Alaska
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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 56. ' SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
JOE STICKM1 Wins
EMMS DERBY BY
EIGHT MINDIES
LAST YEAR’S WINNER, JOE
MUTCHLER, MADE POOREST
SHOWINd OYER COURSE
FAIRBANKS, March S. (Jp)—Joe
aftickman, Nulato musher, driving his
own team of dogs, won the opening
race of the derby. When he finished
lie* was eight minutes ahead of Walter
Nollner, of Galena, who led most of
the way. Stickman’s time over the
5$ mile course, covered with drifted
mow, was five hours, .10 minutes and
50 seconds.
Fred Stickman, driving a team own
ed by Adolph Muller of Keltag, finish
ed third, 31 minutes behind his broth
er.
Jack Mutcheler of Fairbanks, win
ner last year who expected to finish
near the lead because he started last,
iiad a broken trail and made the poor
est showing. Distemper among dogs
weakened the teams of Bill Corey of
Anchorage and Chester Drink if Idita.
rod forcing them to withdraw before
The start.
The winner won $1,250 cash and a
year’s possession of the Signal Corps
Trophy Cup. Other entrants were Tom
Long driving a team owned by Judge
■Clegg of Fairbanks; Charles Opdyke
o€ Nome and his own dogs and Joel
Riley driving for Mike Coomey of Ne
nana.
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TO BEGIN OPERDTinNR
OOT OT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 8. (JP)—‘The
Overseas Railroad Inc. will start op
iating about April 1, according to
information received from New Or
leans, by the Missouri Pacific rail
road. The first boat will be delivered
to the company the latter part of this
month, which has a capacity of about
96 cars. Another boat will be deliv
ered a little later, with a like capacity.
The “Overseas" will operate train
ferries between New' Orleans and Ha
vana, carrying loaded freight cars be
tween the two ports. It is expected!
that the service will cut off two days!
from the present time, and will eli-1
^annate spoilage and breakage among;
a number of products, now unloaded |
at New Orleans, from freight carsj
and loaded into boats.
bank messengers robbed
BOSTON, March 8. (,/P)—Two mes
sengers of the Federal Reserve Nat
ional Bank were held up by three
armed bandits, and robbed of a bag
containing $11,021, when they stepped
from the door of a branch office of
Uhe bank The robbers escaped on an
automobile.
WASHINGTON, March 8. (/P)—The
long awaited McNary-Haugen Farm
i Relief Bill has been modified in an
effort to meet the objections of Presi
dent Coolidge but the retaining con
troversal equalization fee was report
ed on favorably to the Senate by
Chairman McNary for the Agricultur
al Committee.
REVEREND GOODWIN
SENTENCED TO LIFE
MURDER OF BROKER
IN PREVIOUS TRIAL WAS SEN
TENCED TO HANG. ATTOR
NEYS TO APPEAL AGAIN
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 8. (JF)
—A jury in the Superior Court found j
Rev. Philip Goodwin guilty of the i
murder of J. J. Pattersan, Los Ange-1
les broker. The jury recommended
Goodwin be confined to the peniton-*
tiary for life. He will be sentenced
next Friday at 2:30 o’clock in the af
ternoon.
Defense attorneys announced they!
will appeal the case. The trial was j
the second for the murder which took j
place two years ago. Goodwin was,
then convicted and sentenced to hang, j
An appeal to the Supreme Court won !
him a new trial.
MEMBERS AUXiLtARY
INJURED AUTO BUS !
TACOMA HIGHWAY
WERE ENROUTE TO TAKE PART
CELEBRATION; CARS AT
TEMPTED PASS OTHER
SEATTLE, March 8. (/P)—Seven
women members of the Ladies Auxili
ary of the Seattle Aerie of the Eagles
are nursing injuries received when a
bus collided with an automobile near
Tacoma.
The automobile was driven by Ivan
Gleman of Portland who was also in
jured. J. R. Yost, driver of the bus,
suffered cuts and bruises.
The bus was carrying 35 women to
take part in the Tacoma celebration
when it crashed. Yost declared Gle
man was attempting to pass another
car and the two machines met headon.
Four women were seriously hurt.
AFTER WORLD RECORD
DETROIT, March S. (/p)—Eddie
Stinson and George Haldeman. tr-ans'
Atlantic fliers, began a flight in an at
tempt to break the world’s record of
52 hours and 22 minutes.
JAPAN PRINCESS DIES
TOKYO, March 8. (TP)—The six
months old daughter of Empress Hiro
hito of Japan died from complications
following pneumonia. She had been
critically ill for several days.
SEATTLE, Mar. 8. (/P)—The Alas
ka Steamship Co., announced resump
I
tion of regular freight and passenger i
service to Southeastern Alaska and
return of the S. S. Alameda to the
Southeastern and Southwestern Al
aska run. After a minor overhaul the
vessel will depart March 24 on its
first voyage.
CR1 MERCHANT
REVEALS HE HAD
SINCLAIR MONEY
TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE
TEAPOT DOME COMMITTEE
DISPOSED $25,000
WASHINGTON, ' March 8. (#>)—
James A. Patten, Chicago grain com
mision merchant, revealed to the Sen
ate Teapot Dome Committee, he had
disposed of $25,000 of the Continental
Trading Co., bonds which had been
turned over to the Republican Nation
al Committee in 1923 by Sinclair.
I
These bonds were part of the $60,
000 Will H. Hays, former Chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee forwarded to the late Fred W.
Uphom, treasurer of the Committee
during the 1920 campaign.
If E1L WIZARD
DEIS CHARGES IS
POLITICAL MACHINE
IS NOT CONTROLLED BY CATHO
LIC CHURCH AND IS OPPOSED
TO AL SMITH
ST. LOUIS, March S. (>p)—Hiram
Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Ku
KIux Klan, denied the charges that
virtually all state officers of the Klan
are "controlled by the Roman Catholic
church and Is a political machine.”
The charges were made by Samuel
H. Bemenderfer, of Munice, Ind.,
former Klan officer, in a deposition at
Indianapolis. Bemenderfer said the
Grand Dragon of St. Louis was a
Catholic. Evans said George E. Mc
Carron, Imperial representative in St.
Louis, was a Prodestant. Evans as
serted the organization was not in
politics but admitted it opposed
Smith’s candi^cy for the Presidential
nomination.
He said “We are opposed to Smith
bej$**s« he represents foreign gang
rule. We do not oppose the Roman
church as a church but as political
•rganization.”
NEW YORK, Mar. S. (TP)—A search
of the freighter “Dunrobin,” when it
docked at Edgewater, N. J., with a
load of flaxseed from Brazil, revealed
stowaways “oozing” from every port.
The unexpected passengers were
rounded up, counted, and found to
number 32, which is said to be a re
cord for this port.
The men were concealed here and
there; they came from behind bales
and boxes in the cargo, and apparent
ly had been fed by members of the
vessel’s crew, while on their way to
America.
Edgewater police were summoned,
and guarded the men until Immigra
tion Inspectors arrived to take them
to Ellis Island, whence they will be
deported.
MOTHER CONFESSES TO
KILLING OLD RANCHER
FACES THE GALLOWS
TUSCON, Ariz., March 8. (jP)—Mrs.
Eva Dugan, age 50 and mother of two
children, who confessed to participat
ing in the killing of J. Mathis, recluse
rancher, more than a year ago, was
convicted of murder in the firsa de
cree.
The verdict makes the sentence of
leath on the gallows, mandatory. This
is the. first woman ever to face the
fallows In Arizona.
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