HIM FISKE STONE
NAMED flTTY. GEN.
BYPRES. CDOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—Harlan F.
Stone, dean of the Columbia Law
School ot New York, has been select
ed by President Coolidge to succeed
Harry M. Daugherty as Attorney
General.
McAdoo’s Manager Denies
Ku Klux Klan Had Effect
on Election in Georgia
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2 —
David Ladd Rockwell, campaign mana
ger for William G. McAdoo say that
it was absurd to attribute the McAdoo
landslide in Georgia to the influence
of the Ku Klux Klan.
Mr. McAdoo’s victory was so over
whelming. he declared, that no single
element brought it about. As for the
Ku Klux Klan the position of Mr. Mc
Adoo was not in doubt .A heckler in
the crowd at Macon ,Ga., asked Mr.
McAdoo what his attitude was toward
the K. K. K.
There were cries of “put him out,”
but Mr. McAdoo insisted that nobody
should be put out of any of his meet
ings simply for asking a question. He
then proceeded to make answer: “1 .
stand four-square with respect to this !
and every other order on the immut- j
able guarantee of liberty contained in
the first amendment of the constitu
tion of the United States, that is for
the freedom of religious worship, free
dom of speech, freedom of the press
and the right of peaceful assembly.”
He pointed out that the people of Am
erica were against intolerance. His
answer was met with ah outburst of
cheers and applause.
SINCLAIR INDICTED
FOR OIL FRAUDS BY
FEDERAL GRAND JURY:
WASHINGTON, Apr. L—Harry Sin
clair was indicted for oil frauds b> a
Federal grand jury today on ten
couuts including contempt o: the Sen-1
ate. A brother of the attorney general
was also cited for contempt and his
indictment asked on ike ground that
he refused to testify before the com- j
mirfee.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.— Harry |
Sinclair was arrested today charged
with contempt, for refusing to testi
ly again before the Senate oil com
mittee. He was later released on
S'000 bonds,
Eielson Makes Fast
Time on McGrath Trip;
FAIRBANKS, March 27—Aviator
C. B. Eielson, pilot of Alaska’s first
mail plane, made the fastest flying
time since the run was started in Feb
ruary. He flew the distance of 278
miles in three hours flat.
The airman averaged 92 2-3 miles
per hour. Heretofore his fastest time
for one leg of the journey has been So
miles per hour.
Administration Defends
Acts of Andrew Mellon j
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1.—An attack
in the Senate on Andrew Mellon, sec-j
retary of the Treasury, met with re-,
sistanc from the administration re-!
publican loaders, Senator Smoot of j
Utah, declaring that tire question of
Secretary Mellon’s legal status in hold
ing the office had been considered be
fore he accepted the secretaryship.
Germany Able to Pay
Five Billion Annually
PARIS, Apr. 1.—Germany will be
able to pay two and a half billion
gold marks annually for five years,
according to figures which Commis- i
si oner I)aw: s. head of the expert com
mittee. adopted in a report which
they will submit to the reparations
committee Saturday.
Census Bulletin Gives Per
Capita Wealth at $2918
SEATTLE, Apr. 1.—A census bulle
tin today gives the wealth of the na
tion at $321,000,000,000 and the per
capita wealth as $2918.
TORNADO KILLS NINE
AND INJURES 76
KANSAS CITY, Mar. 31.—Nine per
I sons were killed and 76 injured, with
;:l heavy property loss, by tornado and
wind storms which swept parts of Ok
lahoma, Kansas, Texas, Missouri and
Illinois last night.
FLEET OF FORTY
PLANES GIVES AIR
CIRCUS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Mar. 31.—A fleet of 4W
airplanes gave a big aerial military
exhibition over Sand Point field Sat
urday afternoon in celebration of the
hop-off Wednesday of the Army round
the world fliers. A great military
land program in connection with the
aerial exhibition was worked out si
multaneous!} at the stadium.
British Plane Injured
When Landing in Italy
ROME, Mar. 31.—Repairs to Major
McLaren’s round the world airplane,
which was broken when landing here
yesterday, were completed today and
the British aviator resumed his flight
today in the direction of Brisindi.
CHICAGO, Apr. 3.—Eighteen gun- j
men, traveling in four automobiles, j
invaded Cicero, a suburb of Chicago,!
where an election was being held;
raided the polling places, shot two j
election workers and drove the vot- ,
«rs from the polls.
Will Hays Signs Up
for Another Four Years
NEW YORK, April 2—Will Hays,
motion picture director, today signed
a four year contract as director of mo
tion picture concerns at a salary of
8300,000 per annum.
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT
REDUCTION IN TAXES i
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—|
A provision for a 25 per cent reduc
tion on income taxes payable this year
was approved last night by the Senate
committee on Finance.
Icelander Plans Trip
to North Polar Seas
LONDON, March 31—The Westmin
ister Gazette said that Gretier Algar
,on, a young Icelander, is planning to
start in May to prepare for a tiip to
die North Pole next sumnif .
Bill for 67 Millions
Reported to House
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1.—A bill car
rying $67,000,000 lor the Department
of States and the Departments of Jus
tice, Labor and Commerce was report
ed to the House this afternoon.
SENATOR BILL WANTS
ROOSEVELT RESIGN
ASSIST. SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1.—-Senator
Dill introduced a resolution in the
Senate today demanding the resigna
tion of Theodore Roosevelt, as assis
tant secretary of the navy, whom he
declared more involved in the Teapot
Dome oil scandal than Secretary Den
by.
Fight Pictures are Being
Shown; Law Again Violated
NEW YORK, Apr. 1.—Motion pic
tures of the Dempsey-Firpo fight are :
being shipped about the country and
shown in various theatres in direct
violation of the law.
Oregon’s School Law Is
Declared Unconstitutional
PORTLAND, Apr. 1.— Oregon’s
compulsory public scohol law which
sought to force parochial and private
schools out of existence, and which
was promulgated by the Ku Klux Klan
was today declared unconstitution by
an opinion rendered in the Federal
court in a test case.
The law would not only have forced
all secular schools out of business, but
would have caused several military
schools for boys and a number of girls
schools to cease operations.
PUSH WILL SIGN
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
LESS SENATE ALTERS
85 PER CENT OF MEN WOULD BE
ALIVE AT END OF TWENTY
YEARS IS STATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3—
President Coolidge probably will sign
the endowment policy insurance bill
j recently passed by the house for the
benefit of soldiers and sailors who par
ticipated in the European war, provid
ed the senate does not materially alter
the measure.
The president was opposed to a bon
us bill that the government could not
afford, and he particularly expressed
his antipathy toward the payment of
funds to the able bodied. The new
bill in large part takes care of the vet
erans when they are approaching old
age, or when they are in accute need.
It is a bill to relieve possible distress j
and not a measure that will permit the j
ex-service men to fritter away the.
funds given them as argued by the op-1
ponents of a large cash outlay.
Legion Favors Bill
The principal of the insurance bill
is so different from previous measures
passed by congress and vetoed by the i
executive that Mr. Coolidge can con
sistently sign it. The American Legion
favors the bill. The total cost to the
government is slightly more than two
billion dollars, spread over a period of
twenty years, and the annual appro
priations are already available, be
cause congress has been authorizing
about $200,000,000 for vocational train
ing and that comes to an end shortly.
So the existing budget contains the
funds, the total cost is not conjectural <
as has heretofore been the case, 87 per
cent of the service men will be alive
to enjoy the benefits of the insurance,
according to the estimates of insur
ance experts who have been abl^ in
the past to figure out mortality tables,
and the families of those veterans who I
have died since the war will immedi-1
atcly get the benefit of the insurance j
payments.
IS ot Serioul - Burden
The reason why the new measure
will not make a serious financial bur
den is the introduction of the sinking
fund. In other words, the maximum
outlay for any one year will be $110.
836,564, while the minimum outlay will
be $00,835930. Such sums as that when
set aside annually grow larger because
the interest on the sums invested be
comes larger each year. The idea is
absolutely sound, because it has been
demonstrated in the case of private in
surance companies, who invest the pre
miums paid by individuals and yet the
number of persons who die annually
is not equal to the number who carry j
insurance. The law of’ probability and
mortality take care of the insurance
company, just as surely as it will take
care of the government’s sinking fund.
Fleet Cannery Vessels
Sail for the Northland
SEATTLE Apr. 2—Six cannery ves- j
sels with crews and supplies for the j
canneries, sailed yesterday for Alaska.
The Victoria, with 200 aboard, headed j
by E. J. Nicols, superintendent for the
Harris & Companys False Pass can
nery, led off, followed by the North
western Fisheries Company, J. D. Pet
ers; Libby, McNeill and Libby with the
motorship Libb Maine, for westward
canneries.
The steamships Jefferson and Cordo
va left for southeastern and south
western Alaska canneries, and the
steamship Brookdale left fQr Dutch J
Harbor and Alaska Peninsula points.!
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—Testifying
before the Senate committee II. M.
Peck, former U. S. Attorney in Okla
homa, charged former Attorney Gen- j
oral Daugherty with failing to recover
a half million dollars worth of oil
lands in Oklahoma, given to sage
Indians by fraud.
cuDjn st is!
TO BEO INDICTMENTS
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—Special
prosecutors Roberts and Pomerene
announced that a special grand jury
would convene April 16 for the pur
pose of indicting everyone connected
with the naval oil leases.
WATER TEST MADE;
IF SATiSFACTORY
WILL START DRILLS
DRILLS NOW DOWN FOURTEEN
HUNDRED FEET—OPERA
TIONS START SOON
KANATAK, April 1—The Standard
Oil Company’s l^ee No. One is now one :
year old. It was spudded in in March,
1923. It celebrated its anniversary by |
standing cemented, awaiting a water {
shut off test, at an approximate depth
of 1400 feet. This test will be made
about April 3rd when, if successful,
the drilling will be continued. Twelve
and one half inch casing was set and
this is the nrst time that casing has
been used in this well. The forma
tion encountered did not require the
use of casing during the drilling op
erations, and as the formation is said
not to have changed there is no chance
of immediately bringing in of an oil
well. Before any oil sands are pene
trated another set of casings will have
to be set and the water again cement
ed off. The cement is allowed to set
about two weeks before a shut-off test
is made. The size of the hole will
be reduced so better progress should
be made especially if softer formation
is encountered. The crooked hole at
the beginning was quite a set back to
the progress made during the year.
The U. S. Geological Survey’s re
port states that the thickness of the
shale, etc, underlying the Naknek for
mation on the Pearl Creek Dome can
only be determined by a drill; and
that it may be 1500 feet thick. If
this report is substantiated by the
drill, you may compute your own time,
for the bringin gin of oil on the Lee
No. One, by the rate of progress now
being made.
The passing winter has been the
most severe experienced during the
present history of the field. Below
zeio temperatures and blizzard weath
er prevailed during the last half of
January and continued until the mid
dle of February without a break. Since
then Kanatak has had the usual Al
askan Coast weather; rain along the
coast with snow back ;n the hills. The
natives state that the snow fall has
been ur usually heavy th'o winter. The
snow Inc remains at about an eleva
tion of 150 feet at Kanatak.
fhe dog mushing weather has been
unusiiu’iy good. Mail and the emer
gency supplies, when th ' cats failed,
were ‘-..men oil, to the drill camps by
the rhiive d >g teams. 11 7 and oats
for the Associated Od Co’s horses
was transported by these teams at a
cost of seventy-five dollars a ton.
About twenty different dog teams of
various si"3s and descriptions, were
driven over from al lportions of the
Bristol Bay district. Most of these
teams brought fur which was disposed
of to the local merchants or shipped to
outside points through the local post
office . Many of these teams return,
ed with supplies which helped the bus
iness situation in Kanatak. Ben Han
sen of Ugashik droev over the best
looking dog team that has ever been
seen in Kanatak, while Jack Lowe, a
merchant and fur buyer of Dillingham
delivered the largest quantity of furs
to the post office. It reuq red about ten
mail sacks to handle this shipment.
The fur catch was reported to above
the average in the Bristol Bay district
this season. The. Bristol Bay mail dogs
made good time on the regular runs
tho the driver was late in starting.
No mail was forwarded from Kan
atak from the November run to the
February run of the Starr. The Latou
che, which replaced the Starr in Janu
ary, failed to stop on her return from
the westward, on account of weather
conditions ,so while mail was received
none was forwarded from Kanatak.
The mail service has now been restor
ed as the Starr is making her regular
runs.
SEATTLE, Apr. 3.—An invitation
lias been extended to the British avi
ators engaged in a flight around the
world to use Sand Point aviation field
during their flight. The invitation
was cabled to the British air ministry.
Eight hundred sheep will be shipped
to Anchorage in September and put to
pasture in that immediate vicinity, ac
cording to C Jackson, who recently
brought fifty sheep there and placed
them on the Keist farm.
SHIP ALASKA FURS GOICK
\\ paying big prices for Alaska furs—
demand strong. We are the largest buyers
of Alaska furs in this big central market
and we must have all kinds for quick sale at
present high prices. Money sent same day
shipment comes in—cash, draft or money
order, whichever you want. ACT NOW—
if you have one skin or a hundred. Ship to
us at once.
ST. LOUIS, MO. *
FOUXJE GRADING MAKES YOUR FUR CHECKS BIGGER
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Jake Hamon Boasted
He Had ‘ Put Over”
Nomination g( Harding
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—Re
suming its inquiry into the oil deal at
the Republican convention in 1920, the
committee was told today by R. Wil
son, former superintendent of public
instruction for Oklahoma, of a boast
by the late Jake Hamon, the oil opera
tor, and Republican National Commit
teeman that he had “put over” the
nomination of Warren G. Harding at
theconvention. Hamon said he had giv
en Harry M. Daugherty $25,000 to be
used in the Harding campaign.
Solidified Alcohol Cause
of Seven Deaths When
Used as a Chaser
TOLEDO, Ohio, Apr. 1.—Solidified
alcohol, known as “canned heat,” melt
ed and drunk by occupants of a hotel
here, resulted in the deaths of seven
persons today. The men who were re
covering from a prolonged debauch se
cured the “canned heat” and melting
it, poured the alcohol off and drank it.
They died in great agony within a few
hours.
NEW YORK, Apr. 3.—'The Wool
worth building, the world’s tallest ed
ifice, was sold today to the Wool Re
alty Company for $11,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—George
White, former chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee today told
the Senate committee that E. L. Do
heny had contributed $31,900 to the
Democrat party in 1920 and 1921.
J. E. Deyche of Oklahoma City,
testified that $105,000 which was dis
bursed in 1920 in a successful cam
paign to make the late Jake Hamon
a member of the Republican National
Committee.
LONDON, Apr. 3— It was an
nounced in the house of parliament
today that hereafter every treaty
with foreign nations would be pre
sented before parliament 21 days be
fore their ratification, thus putting
an end to secret pacts.
SEATTLE, Apr. 3— Herbert Hoover
and Theodore Roosevelt telegraphed
the good wishes and confidence o!
their respectiv edepartments to the
round the world flyers this morning
wishing them every success.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER. At
URBACH’S. tf
IS CLAIM IDE
MYSTERY SURROUNDS MURDER
OF WOMAN DOCTOR IN KAN
SAS CITY—CLUES GIVEN
KANSAS CITY, April 3—Fear of
death at the hands of four persons ov
ershadowed the last few hours of Dr.
Zoe Wilkins whose mutilated body
was found in her home last Tuesday,
this developed today when the police
found a woman, whose name is with
held, to whom Dr. Wilkins expressed
fears of death shortly before it took
her.
The woman stated Dr. Wilkins said
“four avengers” were after her over
a mysterious sanitarium “deal” in
Kansas City which is puzzling the po
lice.
The dead woman is the divorced
wife of the late Thomas W. Cunning
ham, wealthy Joplin banker. Three
men, including Charles Wilkins,
brother of the dead woman, a lumber
jack, recently arriving from the Pa
cific Northwest, are in jail, held for
investigation in connection with the
murder.
President Congratulates
Aviator Carl B Eielson
WASHINGTON, Mar. 31.—President
Coolidge has written a letter of con
gratulation to Carl B. Eielson, the air
mail idiot, who after being lost at
night in the Alaskan wilds, with no
guiding lights, succeeded in completing
his first experimental air mail trip
between Fairbanks and McGrath.
Eielson's report so thrilled the post- ^
master general that he read it to the
President and members of the cabinet.
■511 PENSION SILL
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3.—The Sen
ate passed the Bursum Bill increase
ing pensions to veterans of all wars
except the world war, at a cost of
$270,000,000 per year.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3— Senator
Smoot of the Senate Finance Com
mittee said today that the Soldier
Bonus and Tax Reduction bills would
both be passed by this session of
Congress.
MILWAUKEE, Apr. 3.—Robert La
Follette, the radical third party can
didate, defeated Calvin Coolidge in
the presidential preferential primary
Tuesday, about two to one. This
gives La Follette the Wisconsin dele
gates in the Republican convention.
Smith Wins In New York
NEW YORK, Apr. 3.—A1 Smith, of
New York, is apparently winner over
William G. McAdoo, for the Demo
cratic delegation from New York ^
state.
WANTED—Ten thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
O. K. Barber Shop. tf
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