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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 23.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928. PRICE TEN CENTS
HAINfD OF SUTHERLAND SEEN
IN EFFORT REMOVE FINE
JUDGE FOR FRAME
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, (JP) —
t Tiie Senate Judiciary Committee is
directed to take cognizance of the
fact Judge Thomas M. Reed, filling
the office of Judge of the First Divi
sion in Alaska without appointment
aud without confirmation of the Sen
ate.
t'nder the terms of a resolution ol
Senator King, Utah Democrat, it
•points out that Judge Reed was ap
pointed by the President on Decem
" ber 20, 1925, and that the Sub-Com
** mittee recommended hp not be con
firmed. The President then withdrew
his name, it was pointed out, and nc
other person has since been nominat
ed although Judge Reed’s term ex
rrired in August. 1925, yet he stil
■v continues to serve. •
The Senate was informed of these
facts contained in the resolution anc
U:e Judiciary Committee asked t(
report to the Senate whether or no
Judge Reed is legally holding offic<
or if he is an intruder and usurper
The Committee was also asked as t<
whether any proceedings are aval
able by which means they can se
p
^ cure Judge Reed’s ouster if he i
illegally holding office and whethe
any legislation is required to des
with the matter.
LIVELY BIDDING
ON CLOSING DAY
AT FUR EXCUANG
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EXCELLENT PRICES PAID FO
MARTEN: NEXT SALE ON
FEBRUARY 21
SEATTLE, Jan. 28. (JP)—Live
bidding on most of the items mar
cd the closing day of the Seatt
Fur Auction Sales and netted go<
prices throughout.
Marten averaged $28, with five
:ic best lot bringing $58.
Eighty-one ermine skins went f
an average of $2.31 and one of t
best lot sold for $4.05.
i The best lot of otter sold' for
average of 23.50: there -were 29.
The best iot of wolf went for $25
with the average at $16.50.
Reaver averaged from 23.10
$25.
One-quarter of the fishery were s(
The best lot of 70 blue fox s<
for $49.50.
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BLAST FURNACE EXPLODES
BERLIN, Jan. 28. (/P)—Seven men
were killed and 10 injured by an ex
plosion of a blast furnace at Roech
ling Works near Feldingen in the Saar
district.
FL000 CONTROL IS
A HUGE PROBLEM
TALENT IS NEEOED
i FEDERAL GOVERN MEN THE
ONLY AGENT TO ASSUME
i CONTROL OF WORK
WASHINGTON, Jan'. 28. (TP)--C n
} trcl of floods of the Mississppi is ?
1 problem comparable with the iirsi
| settlement of the country and “any.
thing less than a 100 percent plan o
protection might result in a sup
rtrae disaster,” in the opinion o
John F. Stevens, former chief eh
gineer of the Panama Canal.
He told the House Flood Contro
Committee that the “very best talon
1 among engineers of the count)
shou’d be called upon and that onl;
one agent can assume control of Lp
remedies which may be found prat
' tic? Me to prevent a repetition of th
LI
S disastrous tlood of last year an
thife agent is the Federal GoVernmen
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!SALUIATIO» SENT j
! FROM CHICAGO TO j
"IC" LABRADOR
i “HELLO MAC!” IS MESSAGE SENT j
BY CHICAGO SPORTSMAN TO j
EXPLORER
CHICAGO, Jan. 28. (/P)—“Hello,
i Mac,” was the salutation which drift- j
ed out of loud speakers in countless j
homes Thursday night as it winged j
I it’s way to one man iA the cabin of a j
I ship frozen in the bleak wastes of j
Labrador.
Standing before the microphone |
in station W J A Z .Chicago, Eugene1
F. Me Donald, Chicago explorer,
sportsmen and president of the Ze
nith Radio Corporation, talked- to
Commander Donald B. MacMillan.
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WANTS TO TRAVEL
BERLIN, JaJn. 28. ^P)—The former
Kaiser William is petitioning for per
mission to return t<| Germany and
travel thru Europe, according to re
ports in the German newspapers.
It is reported ihany of the people
e in Seward awaiting to depart for the
•1 Interior will not leave until} the bridge
t. at Mile 49 is replaced.
URGES FEDERAL REGULATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (£>)—Fed
sral regulation of motor vehicles |
which are operated as common car
riers of passengers on property in in
terstate commerce was urged in a
report to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
“FOUR . HORSEMEN OF APOCAL
YPSE” MADE HIM FAMOUS
SHORT ILLNESS
MENTONE, France, Jan. 28. (JP)—
Vicente Blasco Inbanez, whose” Four
Horsemen of Apocalyse” made him
one of the widest known of contem
porary writers in the world, died, a
political exile.
Complication of broncho pneumonia
and diabetes brought death follow
ing brief illness.
His son Oew to the bedside, in an
airplane, and was with him during
his last hours.
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The Smoke Screen"
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ISOM LETTER IS
WRITTEN DEMANDING
THOUSANDS FOR fill
KIONAPPERS OF YO'JNG GIRL
DEMAND RANSOM OF $12,000
GOES UNCLAIMED
NORTHHAMPTON, Mass., Jan. 2S.
(IP)—A ransom letter, in which the
writer demands $12,000 to restore
missing Miss Frances St. John Smith
to her grieving parents, has been re
ceived and the writer is still at large
having escaped the police trap.
Despite faithful adherence to in
structions in the letter to represent
atives of the Smith family, the pack
age, appearing to contain the money,
went unclaimed.
Had those in the plot, sought to
snatch it from the designated spot
at the foot of a head of stairs behind
a department store, they would have
been surrounded by a squad of po
licemen. Authorities say the letter
was pencilled by an educated' person.
LOS ANGELES, Jam 28. (IP)—A leg
al snarl left the Hickman trial in a
welter of confusion over the court’s
week-end/recess. The legal tangle,
I in the closing minutes of yesterday’s
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session, left nine men and three wo
men technically accepted.
The jury will determine whether
Hickman can distinguish between
right and wrong but not one of the
jurors is entirely certain if he can re
tain his seat after court opens Mon
day.
The mixup apparently left the pros
ecution with 16 challenges but it was
not certain if it could use them. The
defense has four challenges and may
not be able to use- thedh. Kinks in
the law resulted when the prosecution
passed challenging of the jury to the
defense; Hickman’s attorney sur
prised the court by quickly accepting
the jury.
The move brought District Attorney
Keyes out of his chair with the re
quest the prosecution stifl might
challenge if it so desired on Monday.
The Judge said he would rule on the
prosecution’s request on Monday.
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FIGHT FpR CONTROL
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. (IP)—A bit
ter struggle for control of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad will be waged in Phil
adelphia. Edward Loomis, President
Leonor Loree, head of the Deleware
& Hudson, will lead opposition sides.
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