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VOLUME XX111. NUMBER 27. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
California Members
of House Endorse the
Candidacy of Hoover
LOWDEN HAS NATIONAL VIEWPOINT DECLARES
CAMPAIGN MANAGER BUCK—HOOVER EN
DORSED BECAUSE OF HIS INTERNATIONAL
STANDING RATHER THAN ANY SECTIONAL
VIEWPOINT, SAYS REPRESENTATIVE CURRY
—LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN REPUBLICAN
POLITICAL AREA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (/P)—Movements in behalf
of the Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Gov
ernor Lowden for the Republican Presidential nomina
tion were well advanced by overnight developments in the
political arena. Governor Lowden’s candidacy is defin
itely out in the open with the announcement that his nom
ination papers would be filed Saturday in Illinois where
Lowden was once Governor. The announcement was
made by Clarence Buck who signed himself “manager of
the Lowden campaign. ■
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S EMUM
* LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. (/P)—In the
absence of witnesses, supposed to be
present at today’s sessoin of the in
sanity trial of E. Hickman, it caused
the defense considerable embarrass
ment by hindering their plans.
Chief of Detectives Cline was the
first witness to be called but he was
missing. Next, Police Chief Davis, of
Los Angeles, was also absent. Naomi
Britton, the fyoung teacher at the
school from which the Parker girl
was abducted, was the first witness
to be located.
She took the stand and first identi
fied Hickman. She then testified he
■came to the school and took the girl
away. Cline showed up later \and
identified Hickman’s confession.
Judge Trabucco’s ruddy face paled
•to a pasty white as he heard from
Cline the details of the girl’s murder
and mutilation. One woman juror
was also very pale of contenance and
and gulped and swallowed visibly.
PIES OF GUiLTY Ts
ENTERED 01 SEME
COUPLE; STOLE $S0
SEATTLE, Feb. 2. (Jp)—Pleas of
guilty "were entered in the Superior
Court by Harper and Miss Gould on
charges of defrauding the government
cable office of $50 when the girl rep
resented herself as Sophie Isaacson
received that amount from the cable
office. Sentence was deferred pend
ing further investigation of the case.
K Not long after this development,
Republican members of the House
from California met and gave their
endorsment for President to Herbert
Hoover. This decision was announced
by Representative Curry who said the
two State Senators had not been
invited to the caucu°. One of them
Hiram Johnson, who in the past has
been a presidential contender, and
himself. Secretary Hoover was endors.
j ed because of his international stand
j ing rather than from any sectional
j viewpoint.
i The resolution adopted read; “,AJ
though a native of Iowa. Herbert
Hoover has been continuously a res
I ident of California for more than 3E
| years. We are proud, therefore, to pro
pose his name as our choice for Pres
ident. Because of his well known
achievements as an engineer, as a
statesman and humantarian, and be
cause of his character as a man; and
because we firmly believe Tie will
make a great President.”
Buck’s statement read; “The East
is becoming convinced the Republican
Party must nominate a Western man
and Governor Lowden is the most
available. He has a National viewpoint
and is one candidate who can be de
pended upon to carry the West and
the Republican Party mQst sweep the
West to be assured of victory.”
PLAN WITHIN A PLAN
BERLIN, Feb. 2. (/P)—What pur
ports to be an official plan of France
to occupy Southern Germany in the
event of a Fran co-Italian war thus as
suring junction of Jugo Slaav and
French troops was printed on the
front page of the “Das Deutsche
Tageblatt” organ* controlled by Gen
eral Ludendorff.
There are several people in Sew
ard today who are due to arrive in
Fairbanks by Wednesday when court
convenes.
SESTTLE STARTS BALL
ROLLING FOR HOUR
SEATTLE, Feb. 2, (#>)—A State
conference of “Hoover for President,”
has been called and delegates will
meet in Seattle on February 14.
The day after “Lincoln Day” the
Young Men’s Republican Club, will
form a State organization to cam
1 paign for Hoover’s nomination will
be perfected.
I IIP AGIST SNAG
; official quiz
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PROSPECTOR FAILS TO PENE
TRATE VEIL MYSTERY SUR
ROUNDING COMPANY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, (^—Un
successful efforts were made again
yesterday by the Senate Lands Com
! mittee to penetrate the veil of mys
; tery surrounding the organization and
operation cJMJhe Uontlpental Trading
| company, the extinct Canadian Com
I pany, which figured extensively in the
I court proceedings growing out of the
Teapot Dome lease,
j For two hours the Prosecutor’s- in
| quiry, as to what became of the $3,000
000 profits made by the company thru
I the sale of oil in the United States,
j yammered awray at two witnesses, A.
: the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.,
• L. Carlson, secretary and treasurer of
; and J. D. Clark, president of the Mid
f wrest Refining Co., with but little ad
ditional light shed upon the situation.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. <7P)—Nego
tiotions for a new Franco-American
treaty arbitration have been success
ful and a document, including a de
claration against war as an instru
ment of national policy, will be signed
on Monday. The day will mark the
sesquicentinnial of the first treaty be
tween two countries.
The new pact is a substitute for
the Root arbitration treaty which will
expire on February 27. It will be
followed by a revision of siimilar
agreement between this and other
foreign countries.
IS A STAR WITNESS
Among the oldtimers of the Inter
J ard—in between trains as it were—
ard— in between .trans as it were—
is M. C. McCallum, former mining
man in the Forty-Mile country. Mr.
McCallum is enroute to Fairbanks
where he is called as star witness in
a murder case. He is now engaged
n the logging business in the State
of Washington.
PIONEER INTERIOR
AIRPLANE COMPANY
SEWARD WOULD BE LOGICAL
HEADQUARTERS, DECLARES
A. A. BENNETT
Though it is about the last Alaskan
! coast town to be without aircraft
transportation yet Seward, providing
the plans o^ the Bennett-Rodebaugh
Airplane Corp., mature—as it is indi
cated they will—may* probably become
the center of aerial activities, due sole
ly to its exceptional fine location, with
respect to radiating out to aall points
South, Westward, and to the great
Kenai Peninsula, which in itself
embraces an area large enough to
comfortably take care of two or three
European countries.
Ketchikan, Juneau and Cordova are
in line with the proposed service
which this Interior pioneer aviation
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! company plan to organize pp^the coast,
j With Seward’s financial cooperation
jit is said a coastwise airplane service
is assured.
A. A. Bennett, president and chiei
pilot of the company, and Ed Young
pilot for the company, arrived in the
j city yesterday from the States where
during a period of but a few short
weeks, Mr. Bennett travelled by autc
a distance of approximately 9,00C
mil«s, solely for the purpose of mak
ing a general survey of airplanes oi
all sorts and models; planes that are
being used in practical, commercial
! fields.
j As a reslut he has decided on the
| Boeing sea plane for the Alaska coast
' service. No need to endeavor in this
| space to attempt a description of the
! Boeing plane for the name is a house
hold word among airmen. However
the planes he contemplates are each
powered with 425 h. p. motors. Whit
ney air-cooled; and they will carry a
useful load of between 2,000 and 2,40C
pounds.
Flying from Seward to Cordova
would take about three hours; from
Cordova to Juneau five hours and
from Juneau to Ketchikan, four hours
more. No thought of hopping to Seat
tle is giving at this time, only the de
velopment of the Alaskan coastal ser
vice.
Mr. Bennett was emphatic in that
he does not want the impression gain
ed the proposed organization is a
promotion scheme, for, not so. The
Interior company boasts of being the
strongest Alaskan airplane company
from a financial standpoint and also,
[especially, during the year just con
cluded, cut a large dividend mellon.
Mr. Bennett, who for three years has
been connected with Interior flying,
is certain a similar record of efficien
cy and profit making can be developed
with the inauguration of the proposed
coastal plane service.
The Interior company has no liabil
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DIVORCE SETTLEMENT
$30,000 UNS3TISFM
! SEATTLE, Feb. 2. (/p)—Dissatisfied
| with $30,000 cash as settlement of
her divorce suit against Theodore
Haller, Seattle capitalist, Mrs. Hal
ler is preparing an appeal to the State
; Supreme Court for “a reasonable
amount”. This developed when an ap
peal bond was filed.
HAIG BE BURIED
SCOTLAND ESTATE
i GIFT OF COUNTRY
WIDOW OF FAMOUS FIELD MAR
SHAL REQQUESTS POPPIES AS
TRIBUTES
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LONDON, Feb. 2, (/P)—Commander
Earl Haig, at his own request made
1 a few months prior to his death, will
' be buried at Bemersyde, his estate in
1 Scotland, bought for him by a grate
’ ful country after the World War.
1 Interment will be preceded by a
military funeral organized by the War
Office in London, with funeral ser
" vices at Westminister Abbey.
’ I This National tribute will take the
? form of a solemn Flanders Poppy
' Pageant typefying devotion to the
" Field Marshal and his comrades in the
} World War.
* | It is Lady Haig’s wish that all
wreaths and floral tributes consist of
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Flander Poppies; the sale of these will
swell the funds of the Soldier organi
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zation.
^FAMILY OF SIX
1 BUI TO DEATH
:| STOVE EXPLODES
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I PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2. (>P)—A
father and mother and four of their
L children were burned to death in a
L'fire which destroyed the home. The
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i other child was found struggling to
open the door, by firemen.
Upon the arrival at the scene the
■shock of the fire left him speechless
' and he was unable to tell the attend
ance at the hospital what had happen
ed. He was only slightly burned.
The origin of the blaze is unde
termined but police learned an oil
| stove was the only, means of heating
] the house. They advanced the theory
that this might have exploded.
The dead are Armando Mantici, his
wife Carlina, and children, Anna,
Ophelia, Henry and Armando.
BACK IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. (/p)—William
Cosgrave, President of the Irish Re
public, returned to New York City
after a strenuous 12 day tour thru the
United States and Canada.