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A QUESTION OF LAW
Possibly the most interesting legal
question arising from the oil investi
gation was raised when Harry F,
Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Dome, re
fused to testify before the committee
after Congress had adopted a resolu
■<!;>n presented by the chairman o;
the committee asking that the leases
be annulled and the government had
filed suit in the Federal court of
Wyoming to carry out the spirit of
the resolution.
The question to a degree involves
the right of Congress to constitute
itself an inquisitorial body, or to des
ignate its committees as such—
whether it cau be a “grand jury’’ as
well as a legislative body.
Sinclair appeared before the com
mittee after the action pertaining tc
the leases had been instituted and
refused to answer the questions which
the committee regarded as pertineni
to the inquiry. He denied that it:
so declining he feared he might in
criminate liimsell, tor he disavowed
criminality, but contended that the
committee was without jurisdictior
to elicit facts from him regarding
leases which it already had declared
to have been obtained fraudulently
For him to testify, he argued, would
be to disclose the character of tin
defense which he would make ir
court when the validity ol the leases
was tested.
The committee unanimously citec
the case to the Senate and the Sen
ate suppored the committee s aetior
in holding Sinclair to be in contempt
Subsequently a Federal grand jui>
indicted Sinclair on ten counts loi
refusing to testify.
During a sparring match betweer
the committee chairman and binclaii
and his counsel, the latter asserted
that the constitution gave a commit
tee no such authority as it claimed
Senator Walsh replied that the ques
lion had been raised but not settled
It is clearly Sinclair’s purpose to ob
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ABOUT A P. N. PRAC
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Banbury'and Ogle
tain a final court ruling on the issue ;
and should the lower court hold with j
the Senate the case will be carried
to the United States supreme court.
An admittedly fine point of law is j
involved and the ultimate determin- ;
ation will be important as showing ,
what powers Congress possesses un- ,
der the Constitution in contempt ;
cases.
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL
CONVENTIONS
(Cordova Times)
Next summer both the Republicans !
and Democrats will hold their na
| tional conventions to nominate a '
| candidate for President of the Uni
ted States. The Republicans will
convene at Cleveland, Ohio. June 10,
| and the Democrats at New York City
j June 24.
On Tuesday, April 29, a primary
(election will be held in Alaska to
! select delegates to these big pow
wows. And the job of the successful
candidates is not an inexpensive one, j
but see the glory there is in it. You ^
leave your home and business affairs
| about the latter part of May, take a
steam trip of 1400 miles to Seattle, '
then travel across the continent by | ‘
railroad, remain in the convention j *
city a week or more, pay your own j ^
hotel bill, which will be an exorbi
tant one, with several people crowded
into your room, get robbed at the
restaurants, and jolly yourself into j ’
believing that you are having a good '
time. As a matter of fact, while
! you are in attendance at the con
vention you meet in daily confer
ences, with other persons like your- [
!self into believing that you are hav- *
ing a good time. As a matter of fact ’
while you are in attendance at the K
convention you meet in daily confer- ^
i ences with other persons like your
self—these conferences sometimes 1
lasting from 18 to 20 hours—and then,
when the work is done, pay your
own railroad fare back home, and re
eeive no wages or expenses of any
sort for the work you have done.
Notwithstanding that all this is
true tour thousand, two hundred and
thirty-two American men and yeomen
will accept jobs like this within the ^
next two months. They will gather {
in two different groups in two dif- ^
ferent cities. And what is their task? (
To pick a President of the United ^
States. These two groups will have 1
the titles, respectively, of delegates
to the National Republican conven
tion and delegates to the National
Democratic convention. There will be ( ^
1,094 iielegat.es together with an ad- g
ditional 1,094 alternates in the lat- ^
ter convention. And in the former ,
there will be 1,026 delegates with *
1,026 alternates. x
Of course there will be bands a
plenty at the convention city, orato- (
! rical displays and some straight r
1 talking with politics being played on ^
| the side by the leaders and their }
lieutenants. But after all is said and .
j done it is the delegate’s duty to cast
his ballot for the presidential candi
date he thinks can be elected next c
November and for this privilege he
1 “pays the piper.”
The editor of the Daily Times is £
one of the four candidates for dele- 1
gate to the Republican National con
; vention, and as all newspaper men
are long on time and money, feels '
; that he is entitled to a long vaca
■ tion and is willing to make the ne- 1
cessary sacrifice by going to that
Ohio town and casting his ballot on
a hot day in June for the man who
will occupy the presidential chair |
during the ensuing four years, if the
voters of the territory see fit to se
lect him as one of the two delegates
from Alaska. Ymi in order that there
may be no misundei standing as to j
who will be the writer’s choice for j
(president we still insist that Calvin (
| Ccolidge has more than made good, (
| under the most trying circumstances
land is his logical successor for the j
: highest office within the gift of these \
United States.
Monarch Mailable Ranges at Graefs. j
NOTICE TO MASONS i
Easter services at the Methodist s
church Sunday at 11 a. m. All mem- ]
bers and sojourning Masons invited g
to attend.
kmon H. V. HOBEN, W. M. (
TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT
TWO SHOWS TONIGHT, 7:00 AND 8:45
ADMISSION 40c; CHILDREN 15c
Liberty Theatre
Louis B. Mayer presents the inimitable star, Anita Stewart, iu
“The Invisible Fear”
A FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION
In a hunting lodge while the elements raged without,
emotions raged within, and a girl rushed into the
night to b ehaunted forever by the fear of what she
saw. What was it? That’s what the drama comes from
in this feature. Th ewardrobe that Miss Stewart
presents constitutes a style show of its own.
ALSO A TWO REEL COMEDY “BLAZES” AND A PATHE
TOMORROW NiGHT ONLY
TWO SHOWS, 7:15 AND 0:00
PARAMOUNT PRESENTS BETTY COMPSON IN
The Bonded Woman
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AND A TWO REEL COMEDY, “OCRaN SWELLS”
ALSO A VOD-O-VIL MOVIE
DANCE TONIGHT AT A. B. HALL
LATE HOTEL ARRIVALS
Van Gilder—L. W. Rogers, J. Ham
mil, M. A. Guire, G. A. Weldon, A
Hanot, Henry Wagner, F. Bassham
,T. W. Heitman, C. A. Hoffart, G. V
Stanly, J. Rickenback, S. E. Lancas
ter, W. H. Drew, F. C. Blecker, L
N. and E. R. Jesson, Mrs. Rapp anc
Mrs. Jesson, Anchorage, Edwin John
son, H. G. Looney, L. M. Dow, C. S
Dietderich, Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Wal
ter Johnson, Mrs. W. Johnson, F. A
Reynolds, Richard Wakelin, C. A
Schonacker, Mr. and Mrs. R. A
Mauerer, J. E. Chovin, Mrs. Lee H
Landis, D. M. Bothwell
Hotel Sexton—C. F. Magaha, An
Hotel Sexton—C. F. Magaha, An
chorage; Guy F. Cameron, S. F.; Mrs
Mary L. Kellogg, Mrs. A. E. Barnett
Seattle; Harry Brace, C. A. Willis
San Francisco; W. A. Brockway, Spo
kane.; Gus B. Berness, B. Hassel
San Francisco; Geo. Morris, La
touche, James Hurley, A. Littlewood
Seattle.
Hotel Seward—Fred M- Racy, Jas
Crowley, Thos Groves, Seattle; Fa\
McDonald, Peg Stewart, Seatil'S G
C. Blondo, Fairbanks; G. O. Johnson
Hotel Seward— S,CS
Hotel Overland—H. Killas, Jot
Schelenz, A. L. Bell, T. H. Johnson
Idaho; R. B. Robinson, Seattle; W
Horst, P. Flanagan, F. E. Gilchrist
W E. Ford, W in. H. Arthur, A. E
C ; J. C. Hunt, S. F.; Win. Hartnett
C. W. Adams, Thos. B. Hyde, Seat
tie; Fred Johnston, Seward.
OLD TIMER RETURNS
C. F. Magaha, one of the prominen'
old timers of this district, returnee
on the steamship Northwestern aftei
spending several months at Mayc
Brothers, at Rochester, Minnesota
Mr. Magaha came to Alaska in 188^
and has been prominently identifiec
with the Territory ever since.
DANCE AT A. B. TALL TONIGH1
The regular Saturday night danct
will be given at A. B. hall by tin
Liberty management tonight. All an
invited.
W. Moultray, local manager for th<
Standard Oil Company, is a returning
passenger on the Alameda, leaving Se
attle this morning. He has been ii
the States having his eyes treated.
Mrs. Lee IJ. Landis, wife of the
general manager of the Alaska rail
road, arrived on the Northwestern
returning from a visit to her agec
father at Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Lan
dis has been gone all winter.
CIDER AND MARRIAGE
DOES NOT MIX WELf
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19.—Mrs. J
Nichols had her marriage to Loberl
Nichols annulled by Judge Guerin al
on account of a glass and a half o!
cider.
That cider was why she got mar
ried. She came to court a “kissless’
bride.
Mrs. Nichols testified that she liac
partaken of a glass and a half o
hard cider at a party near Vernon
She lapsed, she said, into a sort o
a stupor, and when she came to her
self found she had been married tc
Nichols. She said when she was
shown the marriage certificate sh(
“got right out of the auto and walk
ed home.”
! WANTED—Housework by experienced
woman; good cook; would take full
charge of motherless home; age 47.
Mrs. Tabitha Stank, Box 237, Juneau
Suits made to measure, see Urbach.
FOR RENT—Furnisned house, si
rooms and bath, furnace. See Dough
rety. tf
Parker’s Fountain Pens, Schallerer’s
Alaska Shop. tf.
For Sale Cheap
Lot 26, block 10. with two-room
1 furnished house; price $1,000.
Lot 31 and south half of lot 32,
j two five-room furnished houses, at
, $5,000; basement and heating plants
■ in each.
Lot 10 and north half of lot 9, block
■ 12; 4 room furnished house, $2,000.
And other lots from $100 to $500
. each.
All houses have baths.
P. M. OGLE
OWNER
ALASKA RAILROAD SCHEDULE
! Trains leave Seward northbound 8 a
m., Mondays and Thursdays, for
i Anchorage, Curry, Nenana and Fair
banks.
Trains arrive Seward 7:45 p. ra. on
Wednesdays and Saturdays from
the North.
All baggage must be checked 15
minutes prior to departure of trains
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SEWARD, ALASKA
TAILORING
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SEWARD ALASKA
GERHARD JOHNSEN
Mason and Plasterer
Phone Adams 60 Box 1423
Andy’s Express’
Meets all Boats and
Trains
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
Seward
South fm
April 20
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
April 29 May 4th
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Anchorage and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Paci/ic Coastwise Jerviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
H.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT!^»K”™i^3?3Ei j
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Exclusive Distributors of Budweiser, Bevo. and Monopole Cigars.
CITY EXPRESS
Billg Patterson
Meets All Boats and Trains
Wall Paper
Painting Paperhanging
TINTING
F. B. MOORE
GORE BLDG. ADAMS 145
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
Pool Soft Drinks Cigars
FURNISHED ROOMS
Phone Mam 55
I-i
CHOP SUEY
Noodles
Harry Yago
J ”
Phone Madison 16
Second Avenue
RAY & DAVID
Attorneys at Law
SEWARD & ANCHORAGE
Seward Office:
Harrlman Bank Building
DR. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
Phone Madison 90, Seward, Al; -Wa.
AARON E. RUCKER
Attorney at Law
Office in Arcade Building
'PHONE ADAMS 121
SEWARD, ALASKA
HUGH DOUGHERTY
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Furnished Houses for Rent
Residence Phone. Madison 58
Office Phone, Madison 136
Seward Chapter No. 10,
ORDER EASTERN
STAR
Meets 2nd and 4th Mon
days at 8 p. in. Viaitlng
Members Welcome.
VIOLA T. SWETMANN, W. M.
CLARA PERRY, Secretary.
Seward Rebekah
Lodge No. 6-A,
L O. O. F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Monday’s of Each
Month, 8 p. m. Visit
ing members weicom*
H. THODAY N. G.
come.
Seward Lodge No. 219.
F. & A. M. •
Stated communication*
1st and 3rd Wednes
^ days of each month,
visiting Brethern wel
H. V. HOBEN, W. M.
W. O. Perry, Secretary.
«• O. O. F.
Resurrection Lodge
„ No. A.7.
Meets Thursdays at 8 p. m. Vlsitln*
Brothers welcome. Frank Lagerquist,
N. G.; Chas. Lechner, See
IGLOO NO. NINE.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
Meots every 2nd and 4th Friday
Odd Fellow’* Hall.
at
F. B. MOORE, Pres.
C. A. M DOUGALL, Sec’y.
SEWARD PuST, NO FIVE
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Fourtn Tnesdaya
ELWYN SWETMA.VN, Com.
J. P. HANNON, Adjutant
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FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
MORFORD
WM. D. COPPERNOLL
LAWYER
Seward, Alaska
D. H. WILLIAMS
UNDERTAKER
LICENSED EMBALMER
AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR
When In need of my services call
Brown & Hawkins
FRED J. SPACH
GENERAL SURVEYING AND
MAPPING
Certified Member A. A. E.
Licensed C. E. State of Idaho
Phone 113-R
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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