VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 292. SEWARD ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1926. PRICE TEN CENTS
COAST TERMINAL FOR T
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VICE-PRESIDENT DIES FUYS PRIWIARY
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APATHY OF QUALIFIED VOTERS RESULTS IN
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES SELECTED AND
CONTROLLED BY THOSE HAVING BUSINESS
INTERESTS—BELIEVES CONVENTION SYSTEM
HAS ADVANTAGE—PRIMARIES HAVING TEN
DENCY TO DEBAUCH ELECTORATE
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (/P)—Vice-President Dawes,
Ah a speech before the, Pennsylvania society of New York,
attacked the primary system and said “the rapid expan
sion of state and municipal business and patronage coupl
ed with the indifference of qualified voters of whom don’t
go to the polls often results in the nomination of candi
dates selected and controlled by those having business in
terests. In the continuance of the . existing administra
tion under the old convention system such a condition
'would encourage the drafting and nomination of clean
* candidates by an opposition party in order to gain the
advantage.
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From a clear cut issue at the polls
between a clean or unclean govern
ment under the primary, the opposi
tion cannot draft the strongest men as
candidates. I emphasize the issue
""that the primary system is respon
sible for the enormous and improper
use of money in contests. Under it
there is a steadily tendency to de
bauch our electorate since it lessens
the opportunity for minority parties
to properly make an issue of corrup
tion before the public. It largely in
sures immunity to vote buyers from
political and legal consequences, with
a resultant increase in their activity.
The primary is responsible for the
election by parties of some men whose
chief effort after election seems to
be to disorganize their party fight for
policies.”
JWI1 "PUGS" ALMOST
SLIP 01 OVER. EAST
ONE SUBSTITUTES FOR OTHER
AND WALKS OFF WITH CHAMP
TROPHY ALMOST
NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 20. (JP)
—Joe and Tom Rizzo of Elizabeth,
twins, freckled and redheaded, Tom
weighing 123 and Joe 118 pounds,
fought here Friday night. Joe out
pointed John McCann in an early bout
in the tournament and later Tom went
in for a semi-final and bounced his
.opponent all over the ring, then
knocked him out in the third round.
Substitution was discovered as the
two walked out together, carrying the
championship trophy. Officials of the
club retrieved the trophy.
SEATTLE GRAND JURY
SEATTLE, Dec. 20. (/P)—The Fed
eral Grand Jury adjourned Saturday,
.until today. Leonard Regan, prohibi
i ^-tion agent, who gathered evidence, de
clared thousands of dollars have been
offered witnesses not to testify. The
sum of $2,500 was offered one man.
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CINDERELLA MAN SAID
THREATENED "PEACHES”
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (£>)—Edward
Browning, millionaire realtor and
Cinderella Dandy, who is being sued
by his child wife for $500,000, saying
he attempted to attack her and threat
ened to kill her if she told the district
attorney at the time of the investiga
tion of her adoption.
COMMISSI IN B. C.
ADJOURNS TO Mill
PROVINCIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL
ASKED TO PROSECUTE FOUR
LIQUOR MEN
VANCOUVER, Dec. 20. (/P)—1The
commission adjourned to meet in Van
couver on January 19. A search has
started for missing witnesses includ
ing G. W. Morgan, an official of the
Consolidated Exporters, wTho has been
in Eastern Canada since the commis
sion came to the province three weeks
ago. Rowell recommended the com
mission to ask provincial attorney
general to prosecute, on a perjury
charge, four liquor export house offi
cials who testified.
EMPEROR DF JAPAN
RALLIES SLIGHTLY
RICH AND POOR ALIKE MEET AT
SHRINES OFFERING PRAYERS
FOR MIKADO
TOKYO, Dec. 20. (IP)—'The Emper
or of Japan rallied slightly and -was
able to receive food although physi
cians display no hope of his recovery.
Despite reluctance of the royal house
to announce the death of the Einperor
until official period of mourning is
over, officials state bulletins issued
tell exact status of the soverign and
branded as false reports that the Em
peror had died and news had been
withheld.
ALL SHE KNOWS ABOUT ORMIS
TON IS WHAT SHE READ IN
NEWSPAPERS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (/P)— Aimee
McPherson said “I am sorry Ormiston
came back to sunny California to find
I it raining. I read where he said he
was glad to get out of the frigid mid
dle west into the southland and thot
it a shame he couldn’t spend his first
dull day here in real Los Angeles
climate. I suppose I have to repeat
for the thousandths time what I have
already said but all I know about Or
papers.”
miston is what I read in the news
ORMISTON GIVES INTERVIEW
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (JP)—In
his first interview concerning the Mc
Pherson case, Kenneth Ormiston, long
sought radio aide today declared that
Aimee McPherson, noted evangelist,
was not the woman who occupied the
Carmel cottage with him. Ormiston
appeared in the Superior Court to
day and after hearing that hts arraign
ment had been postponed until Mon
day, December 27, was freed on bail
of $2,000. *
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ASKS FOR PROOF SMITH
MURDERED IN WASHINGTON
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (/P)—U. S.
Attorney Buckner took up the case
of Jesse Smith, handyman of former
Attorney General Daugherty, who
was alleged to have been a suicide in
Washington and asked Senator Hef
lin for proof of his charges. Smith
(was murdered on the eve of exposure.
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REICHSTAG ADJOURNS UNTIL
! JANUARY 19; MEMBERS DE
PART FOR HOME
BERLIN, Dec. 20. (IP)—Indications
are that the cabinet of Chancellor
Marx which resigned yesterday after
a defeat in the Reichstag, will con
tinue to guide affairs of the state
until the holidays are over, after pas
sing the social democrat motion of
non-confidence at a vote of 249 to 171.
The reichstag adjourned until Janu
ary 19 and many members left the
capital to be with their families for
Christmas.
FINCH MINI
AGREE 1927 BUDGET
PARIS, Dec. 20: (jP)—The Sunday
parliament agreed on the 1927 budget,
calling for 39,728,310,792 francs in re
ceipts and 39,541,443,921 francs expen
ditures. The parliament then ad
journed until after New Year’s.
EARTHQUAKE SMOTES LISBON
LISBON, Dec. 20. (JP)—Lisbon was
shaken by a violent earthquake at
3:25 this afternoon.
EXPLORERS ORGANIZE
POLAR LEGION GLOB:
FOB LEADERS ONLY
FOR THOSE WHO REACHED GOAL
AND IN COMMEMORATION OF
THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (^—Amund
sen, Ellsworth and Byrd organized
a polar legion last night in which
membership “demands leadership of
an expedition which reached either
the geographical north or south pole.
The purpose ia to strengthen the posi
tion of those men who reached the
goal and in commemoration of those
who passed away. We unanimously
elected as members Adm. Peary and
Captain Schott." The Legion’s em
blem is a polar bear standing and
grabbing at a polar star.
BRITISH RECOGNIZE CANTONESE
SHANGHAI, Dec. 20. (/P)—1The Brit
ish government will recognize the
Cantonese government in the present
Chinese crisis, it was indicated in
high official circles.
BROTHERS MAY FIGHT DUEL
PARIS, Dec. 20. (JP)—The marriage
of Mrs. Jean Nash, American best
dressed woman and Paul Dubonnet
threatens to produce a duel between
Paul and his brother as a result of
a fight over Paul’s giving his wife
half of the estate.
BYRD NOTICED REINDEER BUSY
GETTING NEW ANTLERS AND
COASTS OF FUR
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (JP)~Henry
Woodhouse, president of the Aerial
League of America asked the pole
fliers if there is a Santa Claus. Ells
worth replied “Absolutely! I hope
the time will never come when I can
not see Santa Claus.” Lieutenant
' Byrd said “How could I miss seeing
Santa when Pd been waiting all my
life to visit his dominion. When
Lieutenant Bryd was over the pole,
he said the reindeer werte busy
getting new antlers and coats for
Christmas and he also learned Santa
was using planes and dirigibles this
year besides reindeer.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20. (^—Ap
pearing suddenly out of a Christmas
crowd in the downtown financial dis
trict, six young bandits robbed a Fi
delity National bank and Trust com
pany messenger of $79,000 in cash
here today and escaped in a motor car,
leaving no trail.
URGE DICTORIAL POWER
BERLIN, Dec. 20. (jP)—Nationalists
are urging President Hindenburg to
appoint the Chancelor with dictorial
powers following the resignation of
Marx government.
COMPELED TO WAIT THREE DAYS
FOR VESSEL TO CARRY HIM
TO SPANISH ESTATE
ROTTERDAM, Holland, Dec. 20. (fi>)
—John the Third of France, better
known as the Duke of Guise Orleans,
and the pretender to the French
throne, was obliged to wait here with
his son for three days before finding
a vessel to transport him to his es
tate in the Spanish zone of Morocco,
where he expects to spend the holi
days. The Duke was unable to tra
verse France and embark at Marseil
les like an ordinary voyager from Bel
gium because of the French law of
banishment against the pretender.
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VESSEL BUIS, SIX
DEAD, OFF COAST N. C
BRITISH STEAMER DEFENDER
RESCUES TWO SAILORS
REPORTS WIRELESS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (£>)—'The
Coast Guard cutter Modoc sent a mes
sage which, advised fire destroyed the
schooner Lincoln and six had died on
the Southwest point of Cape Lookout.
A lightship off North Carolina receiv
ed a message from the British steam
er Defender in which it said she had
rescued Gordon Schultz and Howard
Carter, the only survivors of the
schooner which burned to the water
line and sunk.. The vessel carried oil
and gasoline and a guard official be
lieves an explosion was the cause.
Schooner Was Rum Runner
NORFOLK, Dec. 20. (IP) — The
schooner Lincoln was formerly a rum
runner and was confiscated by the
Federal Court for the, coast guard and
used as a supply ship along the Atlan
tic coast.
CAPE MARY, New Jersey, Dec. 20.
(/P)—The schooner Lincoln had a crew
of seven and was in command of boat
swain A. Earlingson. The vessel was
equipped with a diesel oil engine and
had three small oil stoves which no
doubt was the cause of the great ex
plosion. The Lincoln left last Sun
day with scrap metal for Baltimore.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (JP)—The
downtown Chamber of Commerce an
nounced 50 confidence men and wo
men from western states sold resi
dents of Eastside fake improvement
bonds for $500,000 talking the August
Hecksher’s plan to rebuild Eastside
which had received much publicity.
WM. DOLLAR PASSES AWAY
VANCOUVER, Dec. 20. (jP)—Wil
liam Dollar, brother of Robert Dol
lar, prominent San Francisco Steam
ship company owner, died of pneu
monia.