VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 36.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4,1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Congress Ends
Many Bills Are
Undisposed Of
* MANY PLANS OF ADMINISTRATION LEADERS IN
SENATE SWEPT INTO LIMBO WITH CLOSING OF
SESSION, INCLUDING DEFICIENCY MEASURE
CARRYING IMPORTANT APPROPRIATIONS FOR
ARMY AND VETERANS’ LOAN
WASHINGTON, March 4. (/P)—The sixty-ninth Con
gress passed into history with the Senate storm that
• swept into limbo some of the best laid plans of party lead
ers. Among the administration bills not acted upon by
the Senate were the $93,000,000 deficiency measure carry
ing important appropriations for the Army and Veterans,
loans, seed loans and pension increase; alien property bill,
postal rate revision bill and the $19,000,000 appropriation
for the first year’s work of the building program.
The administration Senators dragged to defeat the
i proposal which paralyzed the Senate for three days—the
Reed (of Missouri) resolution to extend the life of the
campaign funds committee. As Vice-President Dawes
banged the gavel he declared bitterly: ‘This is the only
parliamentary body in the world in which the minority
can hold up the will of the majority.”
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FORMER ALIEN PROPERTY CUS
TODIAN FOUND GUILTY OF
CONSPIRACY
NEW YORK, March 4. (£>)— After
being out 70 hours the jury found
Former Alien Property Custodian
f Thomas W. Miller guilty of conspira-1
cv to defraud the United States of
honest, unbiased services in allowing
claims of $7,000,000, the proceeds of
the sale of impounded American Metal
company shares. The jury disagreed
on a verdict in the case of Former
Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty
on the same charge. Judge Knox
complied with United States Attor
ney Emory Buckner’s request to nolle
prosse the indictment against Daugh
erty.
The maximum sentence in Miller’s
case is two years imprisonment and
$10,000 fine. Miller’s counsel said he
would appeal. Miller’s bail was set at
$5,000 pending an appeal. The jury
unanimously agreed on a verdict of
disagreement over Daugherty.
IS LARGEST BANK
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. (£>)—
The Bank of Italy, with headquarters
in this city, yesterday achieved the
pre-eminent position of being the larg
est banking institution in the country,
* outside of New York City.
I The situation in the House is en
tirely different with all business clean
ed up.
President Goolidga, following a
custom, sat in a room adjoining the
Senate chamber signing bills.
The Senate gave the bill establish
ing grazing districts in Alaska final
Congressional approval concurring in
the House amendments. The meas
ure provides that any part of the Ter
ritorial public domain, excepting reser
vations under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Agriculture, may be
leased for grazing privileges, the re
ceipts to be placed at the disposal of
the Territorial Legislature.
Among the bills President Coolidge
signed was a bill fixing the qualifica
tion of voters in Alaska specifying
that they must read the Constitution
in the English language and be able
•to write English, and the prohibition
reorganization measure.
MIKE, CUT, BATTERED AND
BLEEDING, PRESENTS SORRY
SPECTACLE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, N.
Y., March 4. (JP)—Jack Sharkey, Bos
ton heavyweight, scored a technical
knockout over Mike McTigue of New
York in the twelfth of a fifteen-round
bout. Referee Kid McWhartland
stopped the fight with McTigue still
on his feet, but cut, battered and
bleeding from the mouth in a stream.
OFFERS HEROIC Pll
FUNDLESS CHECK ABOVE $35.00
TO DRAW PENALTY OF TEN
YEARS IN PENITENTIARY
Among miscellaneous recommenda
tions to the Legislature made by At
torney General John Rustgard is leg
islation with respect to stock selling
in the Territory as follows:
1. That the necessity of written
evidence be dispensed with in prosecu
tions for obtaining money under false
pretenses. 2. That withholding facts
essential to a full understanding of a
proposition for the purpose of deceiv
ing should be as criminal as affrma
tive statements of untruth. In other
words, that the vendor must explain
not only the advantages but the disad
vantages connected with the invest
ment.
3. That the vendor must disclose .to
the investor his own personal interest
in the transaction.
Heretofore, I have recommended the
enactment of a statute making it a
crime to publish false statements for
the purpose of misleading electors in
the discharge of their duties as such.
I still believe such a law could ac
complish some' good. At present time
such untrue publications are criminal
inly "when they are libelous, but ob
viously any false statements may mis
lead and deceive without being such
an attack upon individual character as
to come within the inhibitions of the
present law against slander or libel.
The corruption of the press is a very
real menace. It very largely neutral
izes the looked-for beneficient effects
of public education. The ability of
electors to read is of small value as
a safeguard for democratic institu
tions if it is to be permitted with im
punity to be used as a medium for de
ceiving and debauchng the electorate.
To administer poison to the mind is
as destructive in its consequences as
to administer poison to the body, and
one should be subject to as much pun
ishment as the other.
After dealing with purely abstract
matters in connection with the ad
ministration of estates of deceased in
mates of the Pioneer Home, in which
he advises that the Attorney Feneral
and not the Governor, have supervi
sion over the matter, the Attorney
General proceeds:
“Our penal code was adopted before
the Territory had a Legislature. As
a result, the sections dealing with and
denouncing bribery omit to denounce
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CANDLE, Alaska., March 4.(iP)—
Heavy storm ragin.
It appeared that Mike had been se
verely slashed in the jaw and was in
bad shape. He was spattered from
his face to the waist with blood when
the referee intervened.
Foreign Settlement
Shanghai Welcome
Arrival of Troops
CANTONESE ARMIES EXECUTE SEVERAL MOVE
MENTS INDICATING THEIR NEXT MAJOR OF
FENSIVE WILL BE THRUST TOWARD NANKING
RAILWAY TO CUT OFF DEFENDING SHANTUNG
ESE FORCES FROM THEIR BASE
SHANGHAI, March 4. (/P)—The international settle
j ment welcomed a thousand royal marines from the British
j steamer Minnesota who landed and strengthened the
; forces which have already taken up positions for the de
| fense of the district. Meanwhile, news has been received
| that the Cantonese armies have executed several move
ments indicating their next major effort will be a thrust
| toward the Nanking railway to cut off the deefending
; Shantungese forces from their base rather than a continu
j ation of their direct advance from the south upon Shang
hai. i-Mti
Agitators wunm onanguai are urg-i
ing another general strike to break
down the administration in the inter
! national settlement. American ma
rines who arrived aboard the trans
: port Chaumont will march through the
settlement Saturday. Officials ex
plained the purpose of the march was :
merely to exercise the marines. They j
will remain aboard ship unless emer
.
gency arises.
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NICK SATHIS KILLED
BODY FOUND IN SMOULDERING
RUINS HAD BEEN STRUCK
BLOW ON HEAD
CORDOVA, March 4. (JP)—A coro
jner’s jury found that Nick Sathis,
■whose body was found in the smoul
' dering ruins of his pool hall Wednes
I day, was killed by a blow on the head
j and left to die in the flaming building.
jThe jury recommended charges of
| murder, robbery and arson be filed
.against “John Doe."
TAX ENGLISH BACHELORS
LONDON, March 4. (/P)—A pro
posal to tax bachelors was Introduced
in the House of Commons Monday by
Colonel Harry Day, who says there
are 2,000,000 unmarried eligibles in
England and Scotland. The taxable
age limits for bachelors is suggested
at 25 years.
$770 PER CAPITA
WASHINGTON, March 4. (JP)—'The
total current income of the American
people from ail sources, rose from
$62,736,000 in 1921 to the sum of $89,
682,000 in 1926, making an average in
come of $770 per capita.
FIRST TEST FLIGHT
WILKINS MS'
AIRPLANE IS IDE
BIG SHIP, PILOTED BY EIELSON,
MAKES EXCELLENT HOUR
AND HALF TEST
FAIRBANKS, March 4. (£>)—'The
reconstructed place “Alaska,” in a
first trial flight of an hour and a half,
piloted by Ben Eielson was a perfect
success, Eielson bringing the plane to
a perfect landing on skiis. The “De
troiter,” wings, which replaced those
wrecked on the “Alaska” last year,
give the ship a nine-foot additional
wing spread between buoyancy.
The two Stinson planes have arrived
and will be assembled immediately for
early trial flights.
Reports from Point Barrow indicate
heavily drifted snows which, will prob
ably necessitate entire reliance on
skiis, although Wilkins says the planes
will be equipped with both wheels and
skiis.
SEIZE WHISKEY IN CLUB
NEW YORK, March 4. (jP)—Several
cases of whiskey were seized in the
bedroom of a member of the New
York Ahtletic Club, but officials are
puzzled as to whether or not they
should charge him with bootlegging.
NICE, France, March 4. (£>)—By
dropping bread, butter and potatoes
from his diet, John McCormick, fam
ous American tenor, has reduced his
weight 28 pounds and says fie is feel
ing much better for the lesser weight.
CHICAGO, March 4. (JP)—Charles
D. Hilles denied that he is touring the
country to sound the sentiment for
President Coolidge regarding his 1928
candidacy.