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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 268. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
■ Legislative Message
From Coolidge Read
Seething Congress
HEWS TO THE LINE MAINTAINED ON QUESTIONS
r OF FARM RELIEF, TAXATION, FLOOD CON
TROL, FOREIGN RELATIONS AND NATIONAL
DEFENSE—EXPANSION OF NAVY AND MAR
INE DEVELOPMENT FAVORED; IS AGAINST
McNARY-HAUGEN FARM RELIEF BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (/P)—President Coolidge
transmitted today to Congress, seething with political
conjecture a legislative message which revealed to him
as hewing to the line of his administration maintained on
all such important issues as the farm relief, taxation,
flood control, foreign relations and national defense, cou
pled with recommendations for immediate action by Con
gress on these and many other questions.
The President called for “stern self denial” on the
part of the people so that national expenditures may be
kept within bounds. ~ As has been his custom President
Coolidge sent his message to the capital by messenger and
it was read in each House by clerks.
SUPPORTS MELLON PLAN
. Standing out in the message was re
iteration that the President is stil'
sticking to his guns in opposition t<
the McNary-Haugen farm relief biL
with its equalization fee provision bul
suggested that the federal farm loar
board, with a revolving fund, might
be used to build up cooperative mar
keting aid in disposing of the nation's
surplus crops.
Likewise, Coolidge again pledged
complete support to Secretary Mellon’s
plans and took occasion to warn the
makers of tax laws against “special in
terests. To often the selfish are al
ways uninformed of national needs, as
^ a whole, and with hired agents using
their proposed beneficiars as engines
<-«r propoganda.”
FAVORS LEGISLATION -
The expansion of navy development,
of merchants marine, Mississippi flood
* <»mtrol, legislation on She Boulder
' Canyon dam legislation, disposition of
the Muscle Shoals problem, railroad
consolidation, the measure oi^ water
wavs development and strict prohibi
tion enforcement was recommended by
the President. In addition he entered
3 strong defense in foreign policies
with the United States with special
reference to Central American and
Chinese affairs.
SEVERE REPRISALS TO
GO FORWARD, SPRING
PARIS, Dec. 6. (/P)—Severe repris
als, are possible in a military offen
i
sive in the spring threatened by
France against Moroccan natives who
forced the French to pay an enormous j
ransom for the release of Yves Steegj
and five French captives. *
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MYLES LANE, DARTMOUTH.
I SETS SCORING RECORD
NEW YORK, Dec. C. (/P)—Myles
Lane of Dartmouth with a record ol
125 points, won high scoring honors ir
Eastern football fields in 1927.
Xork of Georgetown is second with
9S points and Connor of New Yorh
University stands third with 94.
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DETAILED ALLOTMENTS INCLUD
ES JUNEAU, NOME, WRAN
GELL AND TOLOVANO
_ WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (JP)—Army
engineers placed a limit of $55,886,
310 the amount which can be pro
fitably expended on ordinary develop
ment and maintenance on the Nation’s
waterways during the year beginning
next July exclusive of any special ap
propriation to be made for flood con
trol.
At the same time, Major General
Edgar Jadwin, Chief of Engineers dis
closed, that beginning last July there
was an unexpended balance on hand
of $66,875,949 which has been made
available for improvements and main
tenance of rivers and harbors.
Detailed allotments included the
Juneau district, Nome harbor $25,000,
Wrangell Narrows $125,000; Juneau
district and Tolovano River $29,000.
STARR OUT THURSDAY
lie 3. 3. Starr, Capt. 0_ A. Johan
on, 1. reive in port hoi e:i 10
nd 12 o’clock tonight, according to
the last report from the s:e mer.
Captain Johanson also said in his ra
dio that he would sail lor the West
ward Thursday afternoon. At the pre
sent time the vessel is bucking a
strong northeast ga’o
FORBES TELLS OF
BIO POKER PARTY
IS WRITE HORSE
INTIMATE DETAILS OF HARDING
REGIME IN COPYRIGHTED
ARTICLE
NEW YORK, Dec. 6. (TP)—The Sun
day World published *a copyrighted
article story by Charles R. Forbes,
former head of the United States vet
eran bureau, recently released from
■prison, purporting to reveal the “inside
story of the Ohio gang” and intimate
details of the Harding regime.
Forbes tells of a poker party in the
White House and describes $75,000 in
bills of large denominations lying n
the table in the Department of Justice
office. He declared Harding’s ^per
sonal physician. Dr. Sawyer, was a
“pernicious meddler” in Governmental
affairs.
The article declares Harding was
"betrayed by his friends”, Forbes, in
describing the poker party, said the
President sat at one end of the table
and Will Hays at the other end. Oth
ers present incln^d Albert Ladker,
Harry Daugherty, Ned McLean, Mrs.
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McLean and Mrs. Harding. Forbes
said he - won $397.
\ HURL BOMBS
CANTON, Dec. 6. (/P)—iStriking anti
British ship workers yesterday hurled
bombs and fired 20 buildings. Troops
arrested scores and many were injur
ed.
I " The Infant ProdiGy
ms
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WOULD TAKE SELECTION OF EXE
CUTIVE FOR ALASKA OUT
HANDS PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (Jp)—'The
election of Governors of Alaska by the
people of the Territory is asked in one
of a number of resolutions introduced
to the House of Representatives by
Delegate Sutherland. This bill, which
is in line with the recent Govermental
policy increasing the authority of resi
dents in Alaskan affairs, would take
the selection of the Territory’s execu
tive from the hands of the President
The first popular election wTould be
held on the first Monday in Novem
ber, 1930.
Other resolutions introduced by
Sutherland asked for an appropriation
of $50,000 for the acquisition of a herd
of mu3k oxen by the federal govern
ment and experimentation for their
domestication in Alaska.
Authorization of / ppeal ’n all crimi
nal prosecutions in the federal court
to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Empowering the town of Anchor
age issue $100,000 in school bonds.
Authorizing patenting public lands
near Seward to the Woman’s Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Transferring criminally insane per
sons in Alaska to St. Elizabeths hospi
tal in Washington at the government’s
expense.
Establishment of a land office dis
trict in Southeastern Alaska.
Appointment of a receiver and reg
istra in the land office at Juneau to re
lieve Alaska from the necessity of fil
ing bonds in legal proceedings.
Fixing the salaries of federal mar
shals to $6,000 a year.
STUB OIL IB
OTHER COMPANIES
FREED SUSPISIDN
SPECIAL MASTER IN CHANCERY
FINDS NO EVIDENCE VIOLAT
ED TRUST LAW
CHICAGO. Dec. 6. (£>)—'The Stand
ard Oil Co., and 50 other oil companies
did not violate the Sfherman anti
trust law as charged in a suit insti
tuted by the Government three years
ago, the special master in chancery re
ported.
Master Charles Martindale found no
evidence here that there existed a
conspiracy of restraint in trade, main
tenance of monopoly, price firing or
pooling patent rights, and recommend
ed the dismissal of the suiit for want
equity.