VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 79.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1928.
PRICE TEN CEN'l
Seward,
Alaska
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Center of
Everything ”
. TENDS THE BELIEF
CONFERENCE HELD IN CHICAGO
WASHINGTON MAPPING ANTI
HOOVER FIGHT
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WASHINGTON, April 4. (ff)—The
death of Senator Frank B. Willis and
its effect not only on the Ohio primary
campaign, but upon the Republican
presidential contest, has assumed the
greatest importance with the possi
bility that Vice-President Dawes
may be induced to become an active
* candidate in the hope of inheriting
the Willis strength and continuing an
effective opposition to Hoover.
The Anti-Hoover element party in
Ohio, in the opinion of impartial ob
servers, has lost its force with the
^ death of Senator Willis. The coterie
combined against Hoover were strug
gling to find some means to over
come complications, of the Ohio pri
mary law and hold the opposition
rotes which Senator Willis and com
bination supporting him had gathered .
together in their campaign that col
lapsed Friday night with Senator
Willis’ sudden deatfc.
Conferences in Ohio and here, had
their purpose in mapping out for!
an anti-Hoover fight. Politicians 1
agreed that Vice-President Dawes was
the only man who could enter the
*■.
field at this moment and prevent Sec
retary Hoover from making almost a <
clean sweep. Dawes has consistently 1
declared lie is not a candidate and .
that he is for former Governor Low- i
den, but it is hoped he can be pre
vailed upon to enter the race.
Hil MEET
SELECTION MADE BY UNANIMOUS
VOTE SUB COMMITTEE RE.
PUBLICANS
KANSAS CITY, April 4. {#>)—Sena
tor Fess of Ohio was chosen to sound
the party keynote as temporary chair
man at the Republican National Con
ventioin in June. Announcement of
the selection of Fess was by a unani
mous vote of the sub-committee.
Arrangements of the Republican
National Committee have been made
by Butler who presented the Ohio Sen
ator’s name at the request of the Com
mittee.
!
Fess has been one of the leaders of
'the Coolidge administration acting as!
assistant Republican whip in the Sen.!
i
ate. He is known as a forceful speak
er and has always been a strong sup
porter of the President.
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SENATOR FRANK B. WILLIS OF OHIO
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HIS CAREER WILL BE A LADDER OF FAME TO AS
PIRE YOUNG MEN, WOMEN OF SPIRIT. CLIMB
DELAWARE, April 4. (/P)—Ohio’s Senior Senator
Willis was buried in Oak Grove cemetery with the honors
i>f one of its first citizen, while those of opposing political
faiths mingled at the graveside- with the family and
friends.
Brief services at the grave were preceded by funeral
ceremonies in the Gray Chapel where the Senator was
stricken. Senator Fess prophesied “his career will be a
adder of fame upon which young men and women of
spirit will aspire to climb.”
IJHBR ELECTED
I ITOfi OF JUNEAU
JUNEAU, April 4. (£>)—Thomas B.
Judson was reelected mayor and city
manager. He was unopposed. Wallis
S. George, C. H. Macspadden and Wal
ter P. Scott were elected councilmen;
Grover C. Winn was reelected school
director.
DM REELECTED MM
SEND SIXTH TEH
Far the sixth successive term i
L. V. Ray, was honored by the cit- j
teens of the city when, at yester-1
day’s municipal election, he was re- ]
elected Mayor of Seward. C. E. Or- j
lander and J. S. Badger were return
ed as members of the city council;
M. E. Horner is the new member.
E. F. Jessen was elected as a mem
ber of the school board.
Names written in for mayor included
12 for Leon Urbach, J. S. Hofrnan, 4,
Jennie Paulson 3, C. E. Orlander 3,;
those receiving votes (written in) as
members of the school board included j
Mr? Sheldon 1, T. W. Hawkins
1. Oar- n Horton 1. None of the
names written in were candidates.
INFORMS POLICE WHERE 18 RED
STRONGHOLDS ARE LOCATED,
PREVENTS UPRISING
CANTON, China, April 4. (JP)—A
14-year-old street urchin is credited
with having saved Canton from fur
ther bloodshed through a Communist
uprising. He informed the police that
the Reds were intending to precipi
tate in an uprising similar to that of
last December. Under the youth’s
lead reship, the police were shown 18
Red strongholds, raided these and ar
rested 463 Communists.
HOT TIME, KETCHIKAN
KETCHIKAN, April 4. (JF)~In the
most exciting election in the history
of Ketchikan, M. J. Heneghan was
elected mayor, and H. P.Hansen, G. E.)
Paup and Axel Asberg, councilmen.
Dr. R. V. Ellis was elected to the
school board.
Dfl. F. DE HOE IS
FAIRBANKS, April 4. <£>)—Dr. F.
Delavergne was reelected for the
fourth successive time to the mayor
alty defeating H. H. Ross his strong
est competitor by a vote of two to
one. For Council R. W. Ferguson, J.
E. Barrack and W. H. Gilcher were
elected; for the school board, George
Hutchinson. A total of 760 votes were
cast.
PARTIES INCREASE
DELEGATES; 6.0. P.
LATE SENATOR'S DELEGATE CAN
DIDATES ARE UNINSTRUCTED
OHIO
WASHINGTON, April, 4. (^—Pre
parations for tlie immense quadren
nial battle for rpesidential nomina
tions appreciably in advance of the
result of the primaries in two States,
party conventions in two others and
the decision of the late Senator Wil
lis’ delegate convention, increased the
Republican delegates to 326 and the
Democratic 288.
Of the Democratic delegates Gov- j
ernor Smith has 186. The result is j
an apparent sweeping up of the entire j
124 chosen yesterday; 86 in New York, j
26 in Wisconsin, 12 in Maine and Wis
consin’s 26.
Republicans are still in doubt as to
the rest of the 111 to come from New j
York which selected 83 to complete!
the uninstructed delegation of 90, and j
from Kansas where the naming of two j
delegates completed a solid State I
delegation of 23 for Curtis.
The total of Repubican and Demo
cratic delegates does not include
those from South Dakota and Michi
gan where a convention primary was
held but no delegates were chosen.
The Michigan primary assursed Smith
of the State’s 36 delegates and Hoover
its 33 Republicans.
Lowden was endorsed by the South
Dakota Republican convention and is
slated to get 13 votes while Smith
was endorsed by the Democrats there.
BASEBALL GAMES
Missions, S; Sacramento, 6.
Oakland, 2; Hollywood, 3.
Portland, 5; Los Angeles, 11.
Seattle, 2; San Francisco, 3, 13 in
nings.
PERMANENTLY, BE BETTER
WASHINGTON, April 4. (£>)—1The
Sinclair Teapot Dome conspiracy trial
has been postponed until Monday up
on motion by the defense counsel ,
that he be given an opportunity to
study the deposition of Fall taken last
week.
ORDERS FOR LARGE SINGLE
BLOCKS SHARES MARKED
OPENING EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, April 4. (/P)—The spec
tre of profits stalked through Wall
Street again and declines of one of
nine points developed in the leading
stocks after the market had opened
with the same issues soaring. The
market was supported in skillful fash
ion, however, right up to the close
and in comparison with this shrinkage
of value, leaders of a list of shares
gained from one to five points in the
day. Apart from the Herculean swings
of the leaders, it was the tremendous
size and breath of the market that at
tracted the most of the attention. It
was by far the biggest day on
record, sales reaching the total of
$2,430,900 at the rate of 6.300,000
shares for the full five-hour day. The
ticker came limping along behind 40
minutes. At one time the ticker was
58 minutes slow.
Orders for 5,000 and 10,000 shares
in single blocks marked the opening
and Radio sold for 194 3-4, General
Motors 194 7-S, General Electric 161
1-4, and other leaders attracted power
ful buying attention. Then they stum
bled and Radio closed at 186, off nine
points. General Motors lost 5 points
and other leaders were hard hit. Sell
ing continued right up to the markets
close.
COURT MARTIALEI
WROTE LETTER OF
COMPLAINT, SHIP
COMMANDER DANIEL NOW ON
TRIAL; REFERRED TO BAND
MASTER AS "BLOODY”
LONDON, April 4. </P)—Bickerings,
which in any civilian enterprise would
have been regarded as merely child
ish, were all that were revealed in the
course the court martial on trouble
of the battleship “Royal Oak.”
The trouble was Detween Admiral
Benard St. G. Collard and two of his
junior officers, Captain Kenneth G.
B. Dewar and Commander Henry M.
Daniel. It was for writing a letter
of complaint that Commander Daniel
was on trial today. He complained
that Admiral Collard used the word
“bloody” referring to the bandmaster
on the ship; also spoke disrespectful
ly to the commander in the presence
of enlisted men. Admiral Collard ad
mitted using the word "bloody” in re
ference to the playing of the band, but
ienied using stronger language.