VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 270. SEWARD ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1926. "iJU'-Lf - PRICE TEN CENTS
Fall’s Malfeasance
In Teapot Scandal
Revealed to Jury
ATTORNEY PRESENTING GOVERNMENT’S CASE
* TO JURY ALLEGES FORMER SECRETARY OF IN
TERIOR PROCEEDED TO GRANT LEASE TO DO
1 HENY KNOWING HIS ACTS WERE ILLEGAL;
TRANSACTION COMPLETED BY STEALTH
OH'S SON IS GO - BETWEEN IN TRANSACTION
Charged that One Hundred Thousand Dollars Was Drawn
From Bank and Delivered to Fall Who Gave Demand
Note—Defense Claims Transference of Oil Reserves
From Interior to Navy Department Legal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. (/P)—Owen Roberts, attor
ney for the government, revised the history of the naval
oil lease before the jury trying Former Secretary of the
Interior Fall and Edward L. Doheny. The court called
- attention to the rule permitting only one lawyer on each
side to examine witnesses and only two are to be permit
ted to argue the case.
Roberts said a law took the reserves out of the control
of the Interior Department and placed them under the
\ Navy Department, but an executive order made by Presi
dent Harding retransferred them in 1921 while Fall was
negotiating with Doheny. Fall asked for $100,000 and
Doheny caused his son to draw $100,000 from his bank ac
count and brought it to Fall, who gave his demand note.
The transaction was shrouded in secrecy. Three other
companies declined to bid on the storage tank at Pearl
harbor, Hawaii, because it was held to be illegal. Despite
this and the opinion of the solicitor general of his own
[ department and legal officials of the Department of Jus
tice, Fall went ahead with the execution of the contract.
In December another contract was made and this contract
negotiated without advertising or competition. “We will
^ show you by the admission of Doheny that he believed the
contract worth $100,000,000 in profits.”
DEFENSE SAYS DEAL LEGAL
Defense attorney Frank J. Hogan told
the jury that the executive order
transferring the oil reserves to the In
terior Department was found to be le
gal, and that the Elk Hills field was
leased to the Pan-American company
because it was the ’’highest and best
bidder.”
GLEGHDHN INS SEMI
FINAL, JIMMY 1ARGY
SEATTLE, Nov. 24. (/P)—Walter
Cleghorn, clever Seldovia boxer, who
^ invaded Seattle boxing circles a few
months ago, left-handed himself to a
decision over the fast and tough Jim
my Darcy of Portland, in a six-round
-v, semi-final last evening. Until this
> bout, Cleghorn has been appearing in
preliminary bouts, but in his bout last
night he stepped into the semi-final
class.
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U. OF II. PROFESSOR
HAS SALARY RAISED
STUDENTS WILLING TO SUB
SCRIBE $775,00 FOR BUILDING
PROGRAM
SEATTLE, Nov. 24. (£>)—U. of Wn.
regents continued Thomson as acting
; president and raised his salary from
! §6,000 to §10,000. Fred C. Ayer, pro
fessor of education, declined the of
fer to succeed Thomson as dean oi
faculties for he said he was becoming
graduate professor of the school of ad
ministration, University of Texas,
January 1. The regents took under
advisement the §1,300,000 building
program v ”r*h the associated stu
dents body proposed. Students said
they will assume at least §775,000 of
the cost.
Cause for Thanksgiving
Among cherished American traditions, Thanks
giving Day vies with Christmas in its relations to
spiritual significance, being expressive of the second
epochal event having to do with our national and
spiritual genesis. It came to us as a heritage of
those sturdy souls, the Pilgrim fathers, so like unto
our pioneer Alaskans, who stepped ashore in the
great wilderness that was and there began the bat
tle with nature which found its fruition in the great
American republic.
It was but natural that these pious folk should
celebrate the first harvest on American soil, with a
devout thanksgiving to the Giver of All Things.
One can picture them, back in 1621, gathered about
the festive board on which the wild turkey served
as the bounteous meal and which was surrounded by
such luxuries as the pioneers had wrested from the
soil. Like our own Alaska, crudity predominated in
the humble log cabins, the first seeds of what
have become—and will come to us—great cities, pul
sating under the throb of modern genius and sci
ence.
Inspired by the same thought, General George
Washington, in 1787, issued the first Thanksgiving
proclamation in the city of New York, setting No
vember 26, as a day of ‘festival, following a second
great epoch in the nation’s history, the emergence
of the young republic capable of holding its own in
the concert of nations.
Again came the great emancipator, Abraham
Lincoln, who in October, 1863, issued the first na
tional proclamation, setting aside the last Thursday
in November as a national holiday, to be observed in
giving thanks for the blessings which came when
the last of the feudal usages of England was wiped
from the escutcheon of the nation.
If there was cause for thanksgiving in those
dark days, how much greater must the thought be
in this age when mankind has at his fingers’ end so
many blessings of which our pioneer ancestors knew
not.
Today we celebrate the harvest of many good
things, even if there are those lacking which are
now enjoyed by others in the more settled communi
ties. But when one comes to meditate, it is debat
able if our Thanksgiving does not more nearly ap
proach the spirit in which the day sawT birth than
in any other portion of the land.
President’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving
As a nation and as individuals
we have passed another twelve
months in the favor of the Al
mighty. He has smiled upon
our fields and they have brought
forth plentifully; business has
prospered; industries have flour
ished, and labor has been well
employed.
While sections of our country
have been visited by disaster,
we have been spared any great
national calamity or pestilential
visitation. We are blessed
among the nations of the earth.
Our moral and spiritual life
has kept measure with our ma
terial prosperity. We are not
unmindful of the gratitude we
owe to God for His watchful
care which has pointed out to
us the ways of peace and happi
ness; we should not fail in our
acknowledgment of His divine
favor which has bestowed upon
us so many blessings.
Neither should we be forgetful
of those among us who, through
stress of circumstances, are less
fortunately placed, but by deeds
of charity make our acknowl
edgment more acceptable in
His sight.
Wherefore, I,. Calvin Coolidge,
President of the United States,
do hereby set apart Thursday,
the 25th day of November, next,
as a day of general thanksgiv
ing and prayer, and I recom
mend that on that day the peo
ple shall cease from their daily
work, and in their homes or in
their accustomed places of wor
ship devoutly give thanks to
the Almighty for the many and
great blessings they have re
ceived, and seek His guidance
that thru good deeds and broth
erly love they may deserve a
continuance of His favor.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caus
ed to be affixed the great seal
of the United States.
Done at the City of Washing
ton, this thirtieth day of Octo
ber, in the year of Our Lord,
One Thousand, Nine Hundred
and Twenty-six, and in the Inde
pendence of the United States,
the One Hundred and Fifty-first.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
By the President.
JOSEPH-C. GREW,
Acting Secretary of State.
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JAMES SMITH, LIVING NEAR COh
PER CENTER, DIES IN CABIN
BLAZE; M’KINLEY LAKE CLAIMS
REPORTED SOLD TO EASTERN
CAPITALISTS
CORDOVA, Nov. 24. (/P)—For the
third time in eleven months the
store of Dimon Nickoloff was the
scene of a fire. The damage was
slight as compared to the building’s
stock destroyed in the first blazes.
James Smith, trapper, living near
| Copper Center, died in a fire which de
stroyed his cabin.
j Cordova owners of the Lucky Strike
! group of 12 quartz claims and the
Pioneer group of nine claims, in the
McKinley Lake district, announced
that New York capitalists have pur
I chased them. Dr. W. S. Chase tele
graphed the announcement of the sale.
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BUSINESS HOUSES ILL
CLOSE TOMORROW: DANCE
SCHEDULED FDR TONIGHT
The bank, postoffice, government of
: fices and practically all business
! houses will be closed tomorrow in
observance of Thanksgiving day.
Numerous entertainments and parties
1 will be held in homes, and in the
! evening a good program will be pre
! sented at the Liberty theatre. This
| evening, Thanksgiving day will be re
ally ushered in with a big ball at Odd
j Fellows hall under the auspices of
| the Seward Athetic club. During the
last three nights the artistry commit
tee of the organization have devoted
all ‘their time to decorating the hall.
It is very attractive, it is reported.
Schools will be- closed tomorrow
and Friday.
DESTROYER DRIVES
REV0LUT10HI!STS
| BACK ID SHORE
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COMMISSION OF GUATAMALA EN
DEAVORS BRING BACK VICE
PRESIDENT SACASA, TO PUER
TO BARRIOS TO ESTABLISH A
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 24. (IP)
—A United States destroyer drove
back to Cape Gracios, the schooner
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H. S. Albert which was carrying a
commission of liberal revolutionists
to Guatemala, it was reported here to
day. The commission headed by
Onofr E. Sandoval, prominent Liberal
lawyer of Bluefields was sailing for
Puerto Barrios, Guatemale to bring
former vice president Sacasa to Puer
to Cabezas, Bragmans' Bluff to estab
lish a Liberal government.
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