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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 229.
SEWARD ALASKA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MARQUAM TRIES CASE
' ALASKA VS. SUTHERLAND;
IS GIVEN BIG OVATION
HAMMERS HOME FACT AFTER FACT BEFORE
PACKED AUDITORIUM IN FAIRBANKS, HIS
HOME TOWN—THREE HOUR ADDRESS HOLDS
AUDIENCE BREATHLESS—HUNDRED FORCED
TO STAND
FOURTEEN CITIZENS APPEAR ON PLATFORM, FAIRBANKS
^Scores Apponents for Conducting Muck-raking Campaign
—Reads Letter from Rev. O. A. Stillman of Juneau,
Who Denies Responsibility for Publication of Rev.
Young’s Letter
Before a jury of approximately 750 Fairbanks voters,
Thos. A. Marquam, Independent candidate for delegate to
congress, last night tried the case of the people of Alaska
against Dan Sutherland hammering home fact upon fact
and making out a perfect case. The meeting’ was held in
the auditorium, the largest hall in Fairbanks, which was
packed and nearly a hundred had to stand. Throughout
three hour address, Mr. Marquam held his audience
breathless. He was introduced by Morton E. Stevens,
Fairbanks lawyer. Withi him on the stage was a represen
tative committee of 14 citizens.
DECLARES LIQUOR
CONTROL FAILURE
' IS GREAT ECONOMIC LOSS TO
GENERAL POPULATION; IN
CREASED CRIME, VICE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (JP)—'The
Board of Temperance prohibition and
public morals, a Methodist organiza
tion, declared the system of govern
ment control of liquor from Canada
was a failure and said it meant “the
increased consumption of liquor has
greatly increased the use of alcohol
liquors among young people and wo
^men. The swollen liquor bill is a great
economic loss which has halted pros
perity and acted as a burden on the
general poulation by increased vice,
crime and corruption, hitherto un
known. The Canadian illicit trade is
greater than ever under prohibition.”
RAIN OF BULLETS POURED
' INTO RANKS OF KliNSMEN
GROTON, Mass., Oct. 7. (£>)— Five
hundred klansmen were ambushed
and sprayed with shot gun and rifle
bullets as they fled from the field
where a meeting had just been con
cluded.
U. S. AUTO DEATH REPORT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (JP)—The
^Commerce department reported auto
mobile deaths in 78 cities in 36 weeks
this year numbered 4.612.
POLAR PLANE OFF ON JAUNT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (£>)—'The
airplane which Lieutenant Byrd flew
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o^er the North pole left on a tour of
the United States.
■ Mr. Marquam. scored his opponents
who are conducting a muckraking
campaign and b* read a letter from
Reverend 0. A. Stillman, pastor of
the Juneau Presbyterian church, ad
dressed to the Alaskan papers in
which Reverend Stillman denied re
sponsibility for the publication of Rev.
Young’s letter, saying he forbade it’s
publication and deplored the use of
such matter as campaign material.
Mr. Marquam outlined a constructive
legislative program which he favored
and hoped to secure if he is elected.
He endorsed the work of Secretary
Hoover and pointed out this year’s
pack of salmon, with all the restric
tions imposed on the fisheries is the
greatest since 1918. By evidence from
the official record he convincingly
proved Mr. Sutherland was entirely
responsible for the unsavory publi
city given the Territory through the
press and otherwise. He showed Mr.
Sutherland’s motives were personal
spite and revenge upon officials who
refused to do his bidding and he point
ed out the dangers of wholesale vot
ing by illiterate Indians.
He brought out the fact that
the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
the Sutherland-Paul voting organiza
tion, is reaching into the Tanana val
ley for membership among the Inter
ior Indians and stressed the dangers
to existing territorial institutions. Mr.
Marquam made many new votes as
the result of last night’s speech! and it
is freely predicted he will carry Fair
banks by an overwhelmingly vote and
the entire division by a comfortable
majority. He leaves this afternoon
for Nenana returning to Fairbanks
tonight and taking tomorrow’s trian
for the coast
QUEEN EN ROUTE TO PARIS
BUCHAREST, Oct. 8. (IP)—Queen
Marie of Roumania, will leave Buch
arest next Friday for Paris in a roy
al train, a.*companied by her pretty
15-year eld daughter, Prlacass lieT.a,
he* son Nicholas, 22, and Princes
Rea trice Tnianta of Spain, who is l7
FORD FILES SUIT
AGIST COMPANY
INFERIOR MATERIAL SUPPLIED
AUTO COMPANY BY CONSTRUC
TION CONCERN, CHARGED
DETROIT, Oct. 8. (/P)—In a dam
age suit set at an undetermined
amount against Blair and Company,
a Detroit construction concern, the |
Ford Motor Company charged the j
company bribed Ford employees to ac
cept inferior material at exorbitant
prices for construction projects here,
at Somerville, Massachusetts, and at
Memphis. Ford said he paid the de
fendant §5,000,000 and that he is un
able to separate the fraudulent tran- i
sactions from the remainder. The
complaint asks that the contracts be
terminated. The defendant was or- !
dered to divulge names of the Ford'
employees involved.
FANSLER’S WIDOW TESTIFIES
SEATTLE, Oct. 6. (IP)—Mrs. Alice
E. Fansler, wife of James A. Fansler,
whose estate three widows are seek
ing, gave him the ice cream plant and
then taught him in the evening how
to run it. Her niece also testified to
this fact.
ARCTIC YOUTH WHL
TRY CIVILIZATION
BORN AT POINT BARROW 21
YEARS AGO; NEVER BEEN ,
TO STATES
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8. (jp)—
Civilization and “easy living” is be
ing put to the test by Thomas “Mic- '
key” Gordon. The “trail” will deter
mine whether Mickey, who was born
at Point Barrow, Alaska, 21 years ago
and lived there until this fall will go
back to the Northland.
Mickey was brought here by his
father, Tom Gordon, fur trader at!]
Point Barrow for 40 years. Tom Gor
don fitted out the 1915 expedition of j
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, ]
and is a personal friend of Roald ,
Amundsen.
The Gordons, father and son came i
south on the fur trading schooner j
Charles Brower. “Ever since he was (
a small boy I promised I’d take him ?
‘outside’ to see the bright world of j
make-believe,” said the elder Gor
don. “Make-believe, because It does- ]
not seem ^lbstantial to me any more. <
Let the boy look around. I go north ]
next spring, when the ice breaks.” ^
Mickey can choose for himself—
between “make-believe” and the fro- j
zen land of his birth. I
LUTHER BURBANK II :
BE RESTORED, PRESERVED
SANTA ROSA, Oct. 7. (/P)—1The d
little home where Luther Burbank £
lived with his mother while he con- o
lucted many of his early experiments
which brought him fame as a natural
ist is to be restored and preserved. s
Take in the Liberty tonight.
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CAPTAIN FONCK EXONERATED
NEW YORK, Oct. 6. (/P)—A coro
ner’s inquest has exonerated Captain
Rene Fonck and all of his associates
of all blame in connection with the
crash of the giant Sikorsky airplane
on the eve of its proposed flight to
Paris.
AT JUNEAU, OCT. 21
CIRCULAR FROM HEADQUARTERS
ANNOUNCES SALE OF FURS,
GUNS, TRAPS, TROPHIES
A public sale of seized goods, con
sisting of guns, traps and furs, will
be held at noon on October 21 at the
offices of the Alaska Game Commis
sion, 403 Goldstein building, Juneau
Alaska, according to an announce
ment made by Ernest P. Walker, exe
cutive officer of the commission.
All articles will be held for the j
highest bidder and those who wish
may examine the articles at the com
mission’s offices from 9 a. m. to 12
o’clock on the day of the sale. The
commission reserves the right to with
Iraw any and all articles from sale.
According to lots the following are
:he articles to be sold, beginning with
Mo. 1 and continuing: 47 muskrat
iking*. 9 muskrat skins; 6 beaver
3kins; 19 beaver skips; one blue fox
ikin; one marten skin; nine mink
(kins.
Lot No. 12 contains 8 marten skins,
L mink skin and 5 ermine skins. Lot
So. 13, 1 blue fox neck piece; lot 14 j
?tc., 1 blue fox neck piece; 1 blue fox
muff; 1 blue fox skin; 1 marten skin;
L marten kin; 2 black bear skins; 21
muskrat skins; 15 beaver skins; 40
muskrat skins; 1 blue fox skin; 12
ieaver skins.
The traps to be sold are, according
:o lots; Lot No. 25, 7 No. 2% and 2
STo. 3; lot 26; 31 No. 1%, 1 jump trap
STo. 1%, 70 No. 1, 4 No. 14 and 21 No.
L%. Lot 28 consists of 3 traps No. 1,
L No. 3 and 1 No. 4. Lot 29, 19 traps
STo. 4.
The list of guns follows: 1 22 high
>ower savage rifle No. 162774; 1 Krag
■ifle, 30-30 Gov’t. No. 207407; 1 Iver
lohnson shotgun, 12 gauge, No. 54165;
. colt 41 caliber revolver, No. 30590;
. Venceder Spanish revolver, 25 cali
>er, No. 7399; 1 Winchester, 25-30
:aliber double-barrel shotgun, 12
;auge, No. 253542; 1 Winchester,
18-55 rifle, No. 565704.
One Hunter doublebarrel shotgun,
2 gauge, No. 339964; 1 Winchester,
2 caliber, repeating rifle, No. 531584;
Stevens single-barrel shotgun, 12
auge, Model 1913, No. 236.
Other skins to be on sale are in
iOts 41, 42 and 43 and are: 1 blue
ox skin, 1 beaver skin and 1 Dali
r white mountain sheep, head un
counted.
FREIGHTER NORTH OCT. 15
The freighter Lakina of the Alaska j
teamship company, is scheduled to «
epart- from Seattle October .15 for
daska ports. She will carry a cargo
f coal and explosives.
Mrs. Thoday, a few days ago, re- £
limed her work in the local telephone i
xchange a position at which she is i
ery efficient 1
CARL LOMEN OF NOME
RUSSIANS, TO ISLAND '
WRANGELL ISLAND BELONGS TO
U. S. ASSERTS AGGRESSIVE
NOME RESIDENT AND TAKES
SOVIETS TO TASK
OF COMMERCIAL VALUE, U. S.
Is Confident International Court Will
Uphold his Claims; Filed Suit with
State Department Against Sovients
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (£>)—Carl J.
Lomen of Nome, who claims Wrangell
island for the United States, challeng
ed Russia’s claim to the island and
taxing the Soviets with “a policy of
extermination,” in their dealing with
the colony Steffansson established in
1923 which the Russians removed two
years ago. Lomen said he was con
fident, International law will uphold
his claims. Lomen said he had filed
with the state department a 530,000
claim against Soviets for removing
the colony. ‘‘Wrangell island is still
our despite the forcible ejection of the
colony there fort no one was on the is
land when we settled it.” He assert
ed the island will be of great commer
cial value to the United States.
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NEWSPAPERS FOII
REMOVAL HARTLEY
CHECK IS MADE OF NEWSPAPER
PUBLICATIONS IN STATE OF
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Oct. 8. (JP)—A check of
21 Washington newspapers showed
the Walla Walla bulletin which had
previously supported Hartley, denoun
ced the removal of President Suzzal
lo; four remained the governor’s sup
porters and the Seattle Star said the
regents owed Hartley an explanation.
TACOMA, Oct. 8. (JP)—'The Puyal
lup chapter of the University of Wash
ington allumni launched a campaign
to lessen Hartley’s control in the
state’s educational institutions.
TEAMS TRAVELING TODAY
Ell ROUTE TO NEW YORK
ON THE YANKEE TRAIN, Oct. 8.
(yp)—The Yankees are returning con
fident they will win the series with
the sixth game. Shawkey is slated
to pitch tomorrow. Shocker con
sidered and predicted Alexander will
attempt to win for the Cardinals.
Huggins said “the Cards will give us
i battle every step of the way.”
WHITE SOX ARE CHAMPS
CHICAGO, Oct. 8. (yp)—1The White
Sox won the city series by defeating
he Cubs in the seventh game by the
icore of three to nothing.
MEXICANS ARE HOMEMLESS
NOGALES, Oct. 7. (yp)—1The people
if Sonora, Mexico, are endeavoring to
alvage belongings from the rain de
astated area. Twenty are known to
►e dead. One hundred families are
lomeless.