VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 273. SEWARD ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1926. PRICE TEN CENTS
Davis Enters Pleas
Guilty of Disposing
Securities Cheaply,
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CHARLES B. DAVIS, GENERAL MANAGER ALAS
KA ANTHRACITE RAILROAD COMPANY AND
RAILROAD BOTH FINED $5,000—UNITED STATES!
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAILS DISTRICT COURT
ACTION MARKS NEW ERA SAFEGUARDING IN
VESTORS
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. (/P)—The Alaska Anthracite
V Railroad Company represented by Charles B. Davis, gen
eral manager, entered guilty pleas. Both were indicted
for selling securities less than the market price author
iezd by the Interstate Commerce Commission and fined
85,000"each by the District Court. The action is hailed in
United States Attorney Buckner’s office as “the mark
ing of a new era in safeguarding investors in railroad
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SCtUIlWCO,
CHARGE OF PERJURY THREAT
ENS SKIPPER OF CANADIAN
BOOZE STEAMER
VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 29. (£>)—
Customs Collector F. W. Dav&y told
the Dominion Investigation Commis
sion that 18,399 cases of liquor, val
ued at $20 per case and consigned to
Guatamala aboard the steamship
Prince Albert, was never delivered
and that King, a customs broker, had
issued a sworn statement that a la
ding certificate of proof that the
goods were lost in transit had been
furnished. He was subpoenaed be
fore Chief Justice Brown, chairman
^ )f the commission, who said: “If it
is made clear that this declaration is
false, you could get after these men
for perjury.”
Edward H. King, a customs broker,
told the commission, he met a man
called W. O. Watson, who he said,
was mentioned in the testimony as
the consignee to South American and
Central American ports of cargoes of
liquor that were transferred to the
small craft of smugglers.
Examiner Rowell asked: “Do you
think a man is justified in commit
ting perjury to get out a cargo of
liquor?” King replied that he had
sworn information given him that
the cargoes were landed in the South
American and Central American
ports named in the ship’s papers.
He admitted he received $400 each
time he officiated in clearing a
liquor cargo.
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Bogart, are
leaving for Unga on the next trip of
the S. S. Starr. Mr. Bogart recently
received the appointment of deputy
IT. S. marshal in the thriving West
ward town.
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k LEGION MEMBERS ATTENTION
The American Legion will hold a
meeting tomorrow evening at 8
o’clock at the banquet hall of the
.Reward Grill.
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■ A comparatively new section of the
Interstate Commerce act is designed
to protect ultimate buyers from
knockdown prices. The agreements
between financiers and corporation
executives provided securities sold by
Interstate carriers be originally dis
posed of for not less than zero prices
based upon the expressed values. In
this case the bonds were authorized
on a basis of 90 per cent and sold on
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a 77 and one-half per cent basis.
KETCHIKAN STATION
11 EACH NIGHT
SEVERAL MONTHS SPENT IN EX
PERIMENTING AND RECON
STRUCTING BIG PLANT
Station KGBU, owned and operated
by the Alaska Radio Service Co., Ket
chikan, Alaska, which was opened
about ten days ago, after^ several'
months of experimenting and recon
struction work, is reputed to be the
Territory’s first long-distance broad
casting station.
Only the finest of radio equipment
was installed in the service and ex
pert radio engineers predict future
programs will easily penetrate thru
out the entire United States. The
station is of 500-watt power and has
a wave length of 229 meters.
According to its operators, KGBU
will equal service and entertainment
of any other station of its size. Plans
are made to broadcast regular night
ly programs. *
WATSON DUE TO ARRIVE
IN POIT TOMORROW IdlTE
The S. S. Admiral Watson, of the
Pacific Steamship company, -will prob
ably arrive in port from the South to
morrow evening, according to the lo
cal office. From Seward the Watson’s
Westward itinerary is as follows:
Port Graham, Seldovia, Halibut Cove,
Uzinkie and Kodiak.
The Watson is due to arrive at Cor
dova today at 10 p. m., according to
a telegram received at noon today.
BATTLE TO TIE
LARGEST CROWD IN HISTORY OF
AMERICAN FOOTBALL SEES
GRIDIRON BATTLE
SOLDIERS FIELD, CHIC ADO, Nov.
29. (JP)—The Army and Navy Satur
day fought a spectacularly ended
game which was tied 21 all, before
110,000 people. It was declared to
have been the largest crowd in the
history of American football. Cagle,
Cadet halfback, early in the third j
period broke a tie with a touchdown, j
after a 42-yard run. Alan Shapley of j
the Navy, close to the opening of
the fourth period, dashed around an
end for a seven-yard touchdown, af
ter a 55-yard march, tying the score
for the last time. When Hamilton
converted a failure, Harry Wilson
crack Army halfback, kicked a field
goal from the Navy 25-yard line af
ter the Army had pushed 65 yards
down the field as the game was draw
ing to a close and spoiled the last
chance of the Navy to break the last
tie.
Other Games
Carnegie Tech, 19, Notre Dame 0.
At Pittsburg—Boston College 0, Holy
Cross 0.
Georgetown 19, Detroit 0.
Carnegie Ripped Notre Dame at
will and frustrated Rockne’s passes.
Notre Dame lost the ball on a down
a half yard from goal.
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CLAIMED QUEEN LOST MUCH ■
POPULARITY WHILE VISIT. i
ING UNITED STATES 1
BELGRADE, Nov. 29. (/P)—Bucha
rest advices said Queen Marie has
lost much popularity because of her
absence in America and will not be
allowed to interfere in questions of
state. It is doubtful whether she will
be placed in the regency council in
the event is made in the membership. 1
Princess Helen of Greece, wife of
former Crown Prince Carol, and '
mother to the heir apparent, Prince
Michael, is considered to have a prior
claim. It was suggested here that
the problem be solved by eliminating
the Hohenzollern dynasty and thron- 1
ing a representative of the Besarab
ian, Mildavian or Wallachian fam
ilies.
SEATTLE AUTOS KILL
INJURE TWO. SUNDAY
INQUESTS OVER TWO KILLED
LAST WEEK WILL BE HE
SOON
SEATTLE, Nov. 29. (£>)—Automo
biles yesterday killed Alexander Al
AIMEE M’PHERSON PLANS
START WEEKLY PAPER
TO REBUKE THE DAILIES
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29. (Jp)—
Aimee McPherson told her audi
ence she would start a newspaper,
later to be published as a daily, to
“show the Los Angeles newspa
pers how: a paper should be run.”
WOMEN WILL RULE ALL
BUSINESS, n YEARS
LONDON, Nov. 29. (£>)—Women are
iorging ahead so rapidly that if men
lo not stop slacking, within the next
twenty years or so the work of the
United States and Britain will be dom
nated by women, declared Sir Charles
Higham, publicist, before members of
:he Soroptimist club.
Sir Charles, who has returned from
America, paid additional compliments
:o women, declaring that everywhere
re had noted the women were gaining
more and more power.
“In the main, women are better em
ployes than men, and this wras not
:rue fifteen years ago,” Sir Charles
isserted. “Today women in business
ire more energetic, more thorough
md more loyal thah men.”
QOHENY'S STORY IS
TAKEN, TESTIMONY
JURY RECALLS THE COURT OVER
RULED EVERY DEFENSE
OBJECTION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (ff)—Do
leny’s story of a $100,000 transaction
vith former secretary of the Interior
Pall, as told to the Senate oil com
nittee, was admitted as testimony,
rhe jury recalled the court overruled
ivery defense objection and the court
'uled Doheny’s statement “I wish to
state full facts before the committee
tnd the public” had been barred as a
suggestion of compulsory testimony.
SENERM. LEONARD WOOD
TO RETURN IN JANUARY
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. (£>)—Dwight
tV. Davis, Secretary of War, states
:hat Leonard Wood, Governor of the
Philippines, will return to the United
States in January on leave. General
Wood, it was stated has not been in
:he United States for five years, and
svill remain in this country on the
present trip only for a short rest.
Secretary Davis said he had received
10 information regarding the possible
•esignation of Governor Wood.
SISTERS, VICTIMS OF PIRATES
LONDON, Nov. 28. (/P)—Five Amer
ican sisters belonging to the Mary
Knoll mission were victims of Chin
ese pirates recently, it was learned
ioday.
Ered, 51, and Walter Sather 23, was
critically injured. O. M. Fowler,
vhose skull was broken when an auto
flowed into four people boarding a
street car, died. The coroner announ
ced inquests over the two deaths of
last week will be held soon.
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ATTORNEY SIMPSON QUIZZES
HER ON FORMER STATEMENT
TO MIDDLESEX COUNTY AUTH
ORITIES—MRS. HALL GIVES
REPLY WITH SMILING COUN
TENANCE
| SOMERVILLE, Nov. 29. (£>)— Mrs.
Frances Stephen Hall left the stand
after testifying four hours and deny
I ing any knowledge of the slaying.
Frances entered the court smiling and
relatives greeted her warmly. Willie
Stevens extended a good morning
handshake to the court crier and sten
ographers. Mrs. Hall was dressed in
black and walked to the stand brisk
ly. Attorney Simpson asked “let me
ask you again. Can you tell me why
you said your husband and Mrs. Mills
were together in the early morning
after he failed to come home and why
you said to Middlesex County authori
ties “They were absent and I feared
some harm had come them and I
could think of nothing else?” Fran
ces smiled and replied, “The last per
son I kne<v of his having been seen
was with Mrs. Mills for he told me he
was going to see her about a hospi
tal bill. I went to the Mills House to
see if they knew where he had gone
and learned Mrs. Mills was missing."
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PLANS TO MAKE PRICES TOO
HIGH FOR THIRSTY TO GET
SNIFTER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (/P)—A
prohibitive price for liquor is Czar
Andrews’ aim. He admits seeing no
immediate prospect of the liquor de
mand diminishing, so is going to try
to cut the supply to a point where
the price will deter the thirsty. An
drews sees the greatest problem in
these. He feels he has gotten the
the growth of large stills and is di
recting his main offensive against
upper hand on smuggling. The end
of alcohol diversion is seen, he said,
and he will not ask for the appro
priations to be increased next year.
BLOW SAFE IN SHADOW
OF PENITENTIARY WALLS
LANSING, Kansas, Nov. 28. (£>)—
Robbers blew the safe of the First
State bank, almost wdthin the shadow
of the penitentiary and took $3,000 in
cash and $3,000 in checks and bonds
and then set fire to the building. The
fire was extinguished with little dam
age.
BELIEVE IN SPIRITUALISM
LONDON, Nov. 28. (^—Impres
sive belief in spiritualism was regis
tered at the Spiratualist annual Arm
istice service in Albert hall w-iich.
was attended by 8,000 people.