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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 4.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6,1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HICKMAN'S LAWYER
TO TEST NEW LAW
which, com
SANITY TRIAL SET FOR JANUARY
25 FOR MURDER OF DRUG
STORE PROPRIETOR
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6. (JP)—A com
plete test of California’s new laws,
governing insanity, as a defense in
criminal cases, apparently is planned
in the trials of Hickman on two mur
der indictments.
Hickman, a few days ago, pleaded
not guilty by reason of insanity to the
charges of kidnapping and slaying ol
Marian Parker. Yesterday, within a
few hours of the indictment together
with his confessed accomplice, Wilbj
Hunt, for the murder of .C Ivj
Thomas in a drugstore holdup, his
attorney entered the alternative pies
to the new and little tested Californte
law of not guilty by reason of insani
ty
So little used has been the new law
Hickman’s being the first case in Loi
Angeles county court, attendants wer<
confused on the plea made and at firs
reported it as the same as that enter
ed to the Marian charge in the Parke
case.
Hickman admitted the facts in th<
indictment, therefore, the trial wa
set for January 25. It will be a sanit;
trail only on the Thomas murder ir
dictment. He will first be tried t<
determine his guilt and if foun
guilty will be given a sanity trial.
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MftbH LUMbul MBit
MED FIGHT AREA
MANAGUA, Jan. 6. (/P)—Setting aj
course from Tegucigalpa, which car-'
ried him down the western border of!
Nicaragua to Leon and thefrce to j
Managar, Colonel Chas. A. Lindbergh'
1 I
landed on the flying field on the sub- j
urbs of the capitol at 2:25 yesterday i
afternoon. „ *
'Colonel Lindbergh took the longer
route to avoid flying over the disturb
ed warfare country. More than 30,
000 people greeted him.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (£>)—Ezra
Meeker who crossed the planes to
California in 1852 by oxen and who
recently returned over the same route
at 102 miles per hour in a government
airplane, yesterday celebrated his 97th
birthday.
STARR WEWSTWARD 12TH
The S. S. Starr, Capt. O. A. Johan
sen, will sail Westward on January
12, according to announcement made
today.
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OLDTIMER FOUND DEAD
RUBY, Jan. 6. (IP)—'Tony Cannon,
veteran miner of ktis camp, was found
dead in his cabin on Salmon creek.
Death was apparently caused from
natural causes.
NOME IGLOO SENDS
LURCH INVITE
COME TO ALASKA
SUGGESTS THAT HE FLY ACROSS
TO SIBERIA DROP GOOD WILL
MESSAGE8
NOME, Jan. 6. (IP)—The Nome Ig
loo, No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska, cabled
I
an invitation to Col. Chas. A. Lind
! bergh to make an air tour of Alaska
*next summer.
It was suggested by the Nome Pion.
eers that Col. Lindbergh might con
1 tinue his journey from this city across
. the 30 mile stretch of yater which
. seperates Alaska from Siberia and
■ drop good will messages at villages
in eastern Siberia.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (£>)—In re
j sponse to numerous inquiries as to
3 why first prizes amounting to $55,
f 00 were not awarded for best essays
. on the late Woodrow Wilson, founds
-, tion issued a statement that it acted
1 only as an agent and had no control
over the funds.
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FORMER HUSH IS
ARRESTED IN EAST
CHARGE POLYGAM)
MARRIED IN ALASKA WHEN HAI
WIFE IN KANSAS; IS EN
ROUTE NORTH
SEATTLE, Jan. 6. (£»)—Unite
States Marshall Jaines _ Harris, <
Madison, Wis., arrived with Hard
Wells, alias Thomas Holland, in hi
custody. Wells is wanted in Ketch
kan on a polygamy charge. He wa
arrested in Wisconsin on the charg
of disturbing the peace and papei
found in his possession caused hi
being turned over to the federal d
partment.
According to the charge aga^m
Wells he was married in Madiso
Kas., in April 1926. He left h
wife going to a place near Wrange
where, on July 24, 1924 he marrh
Beulah Blake without having divor
ed his wife. He fled from Alaska
Wisconsin and has been a fugitr
since 1924.
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KILLED CHILDREN, FREED
| BERLIN, Jan. 6. (/P)—Because
^ circumstances the Judge inflicted
penalty of only 18 months impriso
ment on a druggist named Just ai
his wife who because of their «
treme poverty killed their two chil
ren.
NOVELIST PASSES
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i LONDON, Jan. 6. (£>)-—A cablegram
! from Tahiti states Robert Keable
i
I Church of England, clergyman who
[ turned novelist, died there a few days
J ago at the age of 40.
F
GULF OF ALASKA BY
COMMANDER OF THE S. S. ADMIR.
AL WATSON REPORTS PASS
ING HERD OF "100
JUNEAU, Jan. 6. (£>)—Captain C. C.
Graham, of the S. S. Admiral Watson,
P. S. S. Go., upon his arrival from the
Westward reported he had passed a
herd of 100 fur seals off Yakutat, in
the Gulf of Alaska.
This is an unusual early year for
seal herds to be seen in Northern
waters as they usually migrate north
frof California in March.
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PARIS TO NEW KORN
HOP NElf COMPLETED
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The first
Paris to New York flight is nearly
completed. Coste and Labrix who
flew from Paris to Brazil will return
to France by the way of New York.
They are now starting from Chile and
will fly over Equador, Cuba and Mexi.
co to New York where they will pro
bably dismantle their plane and re
turn home by ship.
'Tan.at Bat-Feb. on Deck‘Mar in the Hole
'Gimme A
CHANCE AT
L ’IM !*
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS BE.
LIEVE DESERTERS COMPELL
ED REVEAL METHODS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (/P)—'Two
deserters from the United States mar
ines were captured by rebel General
Sandlno as they sought to escape
from the Nicaraguan war zone and it
is believed, marine officers in
Nicaragua, that they have turned their
military training to account by help
ing in instruction the rebel troops.
An official report, relayed from the
front to marine corps headquarters,
said it is believed the two! men agreed
to teach General Sandino’s soldiers
how to shoot under the threat they
themselves would go before a rebel
firing squad if they refused.
Marine intelligence officers said
they had no proof beyond the report
which came to them from marine of
ficers in Nicaragua but pointed out
in the recent attack on American
forces, resulting in a mounting list of
American casualties, Sandino’s troops
j shown an unusual familiarity with
marine corps methods.
IN IMPEACHMENT
CASE. GOVERNOR
I OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 6. (/P)—
i The Oklahoma Senate gathered in
j secret conference and decided to drop
i impeachment charges brought against
t
1 Governor Henry Johnston. By a vote
! of 22 to 16 the Senate decided the
State House of Representatives had
no right to bring charges against the
Governor.
Immediately following the Senate’s
decision, Governor Johnston demobil
ized the National Guardsmen who had
blocked the Senators to the Capitol
while they were trying to impeach
the State head. The Governor when,
informed of his victory, said he had
nothing to say.
MIMES AND TANKS
CALLED INTO USE IN
ENCLAND EIGHT STORM
LONDON, Jan. 6. (£>)—England’s
airplanes and tanks were called into
use to defeat the blizzards which had
isolated many towns and left inhabi
tants practically without any food.
Tanks were used to break roads and
rescue marooned parties at inns. Air
planes carried food to the town of
Westerham and neighboring villages
cut off by snow drifts. Supplies were
dropped by means of parachutes, and
traffic is still impossible.