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VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 44.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1928
PRICE TEN CENTS
5-4 AND PAULDING
NAVAL BOARD OF INQUIRY RE
COMMENDS ADMIRAL BRUM
BY BE DELtEVED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, The
responsibility for the collision be
tween submarine S-4 and the coast
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guard destroyer Paulding was placed!
jointly on the Commanders of the two i
vessels by the Navy Court of Inquiry. I
In its findings the Court recommen- ■
ded the detachment of Rear Admir-'
al Frank Brumby, who was in charge |
o? salvage operations over the sunken |
.-ubmarine, from control of the force I
which includes submarines in the At- ■
lantic fleet.
Brumby failed, the Court held, to j
“contribute that superior and intelli-1
gent guidance force and sound judge-'
ment expected from an officer of his j
length in service, experience and posi-:
tion ” in the rescue work.
Devoting much of its report to a re-1
view of the efforts made to rescue the j
crew of the S-4 and raise the submar
ine which has been the subject of crit. j
ieism from some quarters.
The Court declared that “ffb known
devices or equipment but were not em
ployed in the rescue operations, either
in the Navy or owned by commercial
organizations; and that none of these
things could have saved the lives of
those aboard the S-4.” The report al;
so said everything was done to save
the lives of the men, that could be
done, under the prevailing weather
conditions.
CTRIW 'll IPRFRY
ARRESTED ADAH
STILL AT LIBERTY
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STANDARD OIL OFFICIAL HAS 40
DAYS IN WHICH TO APPEAL
VIS CASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. (ff)—For
a fleeting moment the Senate got its
hands on Robert Stewart, chairman of
the board Standard Oil Co., but he
quickly slipped away into the arms of
the courts which pnce before had
asked him from fhe Congressional
grasp.
The writ of habeas corpus, which
the oil man obtained after the Senate
arrested him for refusing to answer
a question by the Teapot Dome Com
mittee, was dismissed by Justice Bai
ley and the Senate Sergeant-At-Arm*
than took him into custody. Stewart
immediately was freed again -vfrhen his
attorney noted an appeal and placed
$•5,000 up for bail. Be now has 40 days
in which to appeal.
IHIUMSLUVt !
RUT. FAIRBANKS DERBY [
RUBY, Feb. 23, (JP)—Adolph Muller,
of Kaltag, and Fred Stykman of Nula. j
to, left for Fairbanks with two dog
teams to enter the March Dog Derby.
They Intend to select dogs from both
teams and enter one team which will
be driven by Stykman.
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WAS HOISTED ABOVE DECK BY
WINCHMAN; CLAIMS BE PER- j
MANENTLY HURT
SEATTLE, Feb. 23. (JP)—Charging
that he was hoisted above the deck of
the Alaska Steamship Co., vessel S. S.
Yukon by his hands while aiding in
loading the vessel, then permitted to
drop to deck thru negligence of the
winch operator, a suit, for 325,000 dam
ages was filed by K. D. Risness, sea
man. The accident happened at Drier
Bay, Alaska, the petition asserts, and
it Is declared he had suffered perman
ent injury.
IN THE NAME OF HONOR
PARIS, Feb. 23, (/P)— Old French
dueling traditions was outraged and
dreaded Americanization of Europe
was advanced another step when Li
borel, leading Boulogne grocer, fought
a five round bout with Docquois, thea
trical manager, in the name of honor.
1500 CHAIN STORES
CHICAGO, Feb. 23, (#>)—'The Mont
gomery, Ward Company has announc
ed plans for a retail chain of store
to the number of 1500, the largest of
it’s kind.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS
NOT BE MEASURED
UNJUSTIFIED TREATMENT AT
PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
BY NEWSPAPERS
PARIS, Feb.‘ 23, (/P)—Amabassador
Herrick expressed regret for “the un
justified treatment at the Pan Amer
ican Conference at Havana,” by some
European newspapers. The Ambassa
dor was acting host at the Annual
Washington Day luncheon to South
American diplomats.
Herrick deplored “some portions of
the European press hold so gravely
the misunderstanding of sentintents
between various American Republic
ind should not misrepresent the inten
tions which animate their relations.”
He said American affairs should not
3e measured by a European yardstick.
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SOI, LOOK TO HIGHER
COURTS EXOHTIOI
SINCLAIR NOW FACES NINE MON
THS PRISON SENTENCE ON
CONTEMPT CHARGES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. (/P)—'Un
der jail sentences for contempt ol
court growing out of the Fall and
Sinclair oil conspiracy mistrial case,
Sinclair and his associates looked to
the higher courts for exoneration.
With Detective Burns, and his son
Sherman, who was fined $1,000, they
filed notices of appeals. All are at
liberty on promise the bonds would be
fixed and suppled.
Justice Sdddons dismissed t!he
charges against Sherldon Clark, vice
president of the Sinclair Refining Co.,
and C. L. Veitsch, head of the Bjorns
Detective Agency. Sincafr now faces
the prospects of serving nine months
in jail for he had been previously sen
tenced to serve three months for con
tempt for refusing to testify in the
Senate’s Teapot Dome inquiry.
Sinclair will go back to the same
court in April 2 when he will go on
trial again on charges of conspiracy
with Fall, who, as Secretary of the
Interior, was charged with defrauding
the government in the lease of Tea
pot Dome.
PROFIT OIL DEAL
ATTORNEY FOR BLACKMER 13
FREE WITH INFORMATION
REGARDING CLIENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, (Jp)—
II. M. Blackmer, missing witness in
the Fall-Sinclair company case, got
three quarters of a million dollars
in profits in the Continental Trading
Company deal, the Teapot Dome In
vestigating Committee wras told by
Blackmer’s attorney, Karl C. Schuy
ler, who said his client gave him this
;nformation in Montreal in July of
1926., when he asked him to act for
him.
Attorney Schuyler testified Black
mer informed him, unequivocally, he
had no knowledge of any funds of
the Continental had been used to in
fluence the leasing of Teapot Dome
or for any other unlawful purpose.
Schuyler declared “I believed him
then and have had no cause to
change my mind since.”
UNFAVORABLE REPORT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, (#)—
General Jadwin, Chief of the U. S.
Army ’Engineers, made an unfavorable
report to Congress on the projected
improvement of Alameda Harbor, at
the present time.
EXEGUTtD IN CHINN
SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, (JP)—Canton
dispatches say 1,700 alleged commun
ists, men and women, have been ex
ecuted by Canton troops following
their capture n February 20. Canton
ese also captured 600 members of the
girls communist corps but these were
not executed.
MAKES FIRST DECLARATION OF
CAMPAIGN; ANSWERS QUIZ
OF BORAH’S
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. (£>)—De
claring the United States has “deliber.
j ately undertaken a great social and
i economic experiment, noble in motive
1 and far reaching in purpose”, Secre
tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, as
a Presidential candidate, pledged his
support to the prohibition amendment.
; This declaration was the first Hoover
j has made on a political subject since
| the campaign and answered Borah’s
j quiz of Replblican candidates. Borah
j declared it was a president’s solemn
| duty to support the laws.
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MICE CANCER CURED
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, (£>)—After
} long years of study and experimenta
tion, scientists of the United States
i Public Health Service have succeed
ed in curing mice of cancer it was re
vealed here. An oscillating electric
curent of very high freqquency is the
agent used in the astonishing experi
ments.
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ALASKA MUSHER SEPPALA FIN
ISHES FEW MINUTES AFTER
WINNER
QUEBEC, Feb. 23. <£>)—St. Goddard
won the Sixth Annual- International
Dog Derby defeating Leonard Seppala
in the third day’s heat of 41 miles by
two minutes and 33 seconds. St. God
dard’s time in yesterday’s heat was
three hours, 39 minutes and seven sec
onds.
Seppada finished second in three
hours, 41 minutes and 40 seconds.
Bridges was third, three hours, 42 min
utes and 50 seconds.
Times for the three days race of 123
miles wTere St. Goddard, 11 hours, 14
minutes and 17 seconds; Sappela, 11
hours, 17 minutes and 30 seconds;
Bridges, 11 hours, 28 minutes and 20
seconds. j
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MS SEATTLE
SATURDAY. SEWARD
ALASKA DEVELOPMENT WILL BE
SLOW AND UNCERTAIN, IT IS
FEARED
SEATTLE, Feb. 23. (/P)—Noel W.
Smith, General Manager of the Alaska
Railroad, is in Seattle from Washing
ton enroute to Seward. He says Al
askan development will be slow and
uncertain unless a nation wide educa
tional campaign illuminates condi
tions.
He said the need of such a campaign
was demonstrated when Senator Rob
ert B. Howell of Nebraska proposed
an amendment to the appropriations
bill striking out the provision main
taining the railroad from Anchorage
to Seward and from Xenana to Fair
banks.
Howell urged the abandoment of
these two sections suggesting traffic
be handled via Cook Inlet and river
boats between Nenana and Fairbanks.
When informed Cook Inlet was ice
locked winters and Nenana and Fair
banks boats operated only in summer,
Howell said Alaskans should travel
by other means in winters and laying
supplies in during the summer.
Howell lost by a vote of 56 to 17.
Smith sails for Seward Saturday on
the S. S. Aleutian.
FLOODS OF PROTESTS
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, (JP) —
Floods of protests may cut the Navy
program in half. The House commit
tee is being urged by many to slash
the 71 ship plan to 35.
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nil RECALLS
! HER GLORIOUS PAST
SEEK FOR PLACES FOR LONG
PARADE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, </P)—Vir
ginia, which gave George Washing
ton to America, recalled her glorious
l past for President Coolidge yester
day with the celebration at Alexand
ia, of the First President’s 196th birth
day anniverisary.
Elm shaded streets, along which the
First President rode on his way to
I church, were draped in flag bunting,
appropriate for the occasion. Military
and patriotic units sought for places
! to parade past the reviewing stand
for a salute from President Coolidge.
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AGAINST AL SMITH
CHICAGO, Feb. 23, (£>)—'The South
ern Methodist Association, represent
ing schools from coast to coast, went
on record against Governor Alfred
Smith as a Presidential candidate.