VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 62.
SEWARD,
ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17,1926.
PRIC^.TEN CENTS
JUDGE REED ANSWERS CHARGES
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WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17. (By the Associated
Press)_Judge Thomas M. Reed and District Attorney A.
G. Shoup of the First Division (Juneau), defended their
records today before the Senate Judiciary Sub-Commit
tee regarding the charges made against them by Delegate
Dan A. Sutherland of Alaska and John W. Frame, the lat
ter unrecognized National Committeeman for the Terri
tory of Alaska.
Judge Reed said he had not been active in politics m
Alaska, but conceded he did send a telegram to District
Attorney Shoup, when the latter was in San Francisco,
advising him to go to Cleveland to attend the 1924 Repub
lican National Convention and fight against the seating of
John W. Frame as National Committeeman from Alaska.
Judge Reed said the telegram was sent at the instance of
Former Governor Scott C. Bone at which time he had;
dropped in to see the governor while en route home. Dur- j
ing lunch they discussed the National Committeeman trip.
It developed the regularly elected delegate to the Cleve
land convention was unable to make the trip, so Judge:
Reed telegraphed Shoup. About this instance Gov- ;
ernor Bone interrogated by saying the telegram was not
strong enough, so he added the statement that George
Sexton, claiming to be National Committeeman, would
stand firm.”
Replying to the question of Senator Lee S. Overman,
democrat of North Carolina, Judge Reed said that at first
he didn’t know what “stand firm” meant, but later he as
sumed it meant that Sexton would stand firm against
Frame. Judge Reed added: “The Governor took the pos
ition that Frame was not legally elected because a num
ber of Indians, all unqualified voters, supported him in
the election.”
Continuing, Judge Reed said: “The point the Gover
nor made with me was that the whole matter should be
submitted to the Convention.”
Reed said that from 90 to 95 per cent of the people of
Alaska are as lawabiding as any in the States.
On the charge that he (Reed) unjustly sentenced F.
W. Harris and two of the latters associates to 90 days in
jail at Juneau for contempt of court, and that the defen
dants were deprived of their liberty without due process of
the law in direct violation of their constitutional rights,
Judge Reed explained to the committee that the robbery
of the fish nets charge against the trio had become a seri
ous problem, the Governor even having reported such pi
racy to the Department of Justice. The men were indict
ed on November 19, 1924, and it was alleged their testi
mony was full of inconsistencies, they having contended
they were not within a 100 miles of the specified traps on
the day of the robbery. Two other witnesses corroborat
ed their evidence despite the fact, Judge Reed said, that
he and several others at the trial said they had seen the
men within 12 miles of the traps. The jury disagreed
and following their discharge, Reed said, he sentenced the
men for contempt of court because of their manner in tes
tifying on the stand. He cited legal authorities in support
of his ruling, stating, “the testimony was given in an at
tempt to obstruct justice and constituted contempt.”
The Committee asked Reed why he had not charged
the trio with perjury? Chairman Cummins asked: “Do
you think you were justified in sending these men to
jail?”
Reed answered: “I do not, and that is something I am
highly ashamed of.”
Judge Reed denied that he indicated with his actions
and statements off the bench that he opposed the prosecu
tions of liquor cases, and that as a result convictions could
not be had. He said: “Pm supposed to favor a wide open
town; that also is absolutely untrue.” He said conditions
m Ketchikan were “by no means as bad as has been re
ported. It is very close to British Columbia, which is one
reason why the importation of liquor is great. Much of
the liquor is imported and very little made in Ketchikan.”
Reed said he favored a segregated vice district as
charged, and said the segregation has been practiced for
thirty years, and added, “if you don't segregate the dis
trict, the women would be scattered over the town; then
you would be unable to control the liquor and dope situa
tions as well as they are being controlled at the present
time. r
Under cr(?s1s. examination by Dejegate Sutherland,
Judge Reed said he was asked to have the three fish pir
ates indicted for perjury. That they had been indicted
and acquitted prior to the contempt sentences, the judge
said he decided their imprisonment was a grievous mis
take after the men had served their terms.
Sutherland questions Reed regarding vice conditions
in Juneau and Ketchikan, and the existence of segregated
ditsricts; also of the liquor violations mentioned in the
Ketchikan grand jury report.
Reed said in answer: “The bootlegging industry has
giant tentacles thruout the Territory, which is perfectly
organized. Petit juries refuse to convict our young for
bemg debauched.”
Cluprmat Cummins said: “I think that is the sever
CLEVELAND MAKES
CLEANUP ON
ALCOHOL
CLEVELAND, O., Mar. 17. (^—Of
ficers have been sent to the widely
separated cities to arrest 41 of the
112 persons who were indicted yes
terday for violating the prohibition
law. Sixty-nine were arrested before
the indictment was returned; two are
serving life sentences for murder.
Thomas E. Stone, former prohibi
tion enforcement officer of Ohio and
Michigan and Indiana took the first
step in the case when he raided the
Superior Alcohol Co. of Cleveland on
August 13. It was learned the com
pany was selling alcohol at 15 cents a
gallon below the market price. Stone
secretly put a distillery specialist in
the plant for two months. He later
! seized a carload of grain alcohol en
route to Chicago billed as machinery |
which was traced to the distillery here.'
TWO MEN TRAPPED
IN MINE CAVEIN
BE RESCUED SOON
WALLACE, Ida., Mar. 17. (IP)—A
cavein trapped Clarence McMurrav
and a man named Knuppenberg while
they were at the 1800-foot level of
the mine at Mullan. Rescuers, who
made their way up to ten feet of the
entombed men talked with them thru
a small opening. It is expected the
rescue will be made within a few
hours.
ALASKA JUNEAU
MINE SHOWS A
SLIGHT DEFICIT
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 17. (IP)—
A net loss, before depletion of $10,835.
96 was shown in the annual report of
the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany. The deficit in the surplus ac
count aggregated $995,356.51. The
year’s output was valued at $2,030,
067.16. The total assets on December
31 were $17,736,605.41.
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TELEGRAPHIC
BREVITIES
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BERLIN.—The German Railroad
company created under the Dawes
plan aroused criticism by cutting the
number of trains to make the ven
ture pay.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Henry Ford
' began negotiations for the purchase of
another one room schoolhouse here to
add to his collection of relics at Sud
burry, Mass.
j VIENNA.—Gunther Plicich. scien
I tist, has made an electrical discov
i ery which will produce electrical ener- i
gy from chemicals without the use of
dynamos or other machinery.
NEW YORK.—Walter Abbott, pri
^ vate secretary to former Secretary
of Interior Fall committed suicide by;
poison at El Paso. He was a witness j
in the Teapot Dome oil case.
LONDON.—Captain Amundsen ar-1
rived at Southhampton and announc-;
ed that there is no competition be
tween he and Captain Wilkins in the
coming polar trip.
LONDON.—Alan Cobharn. British
flyer, returned to the Croydon air
' field completing a 16,000 mile round
trip flight to Cape Town. South Af
rica.
NEW YORK. — Edward Wyllis
Scripps, founder of the Scripps-How
ard newspapers died of appoplexy on
his yacht in Monrovia May, Liberia,
aged 72.
CHICAGO. — Mrs. Montgomery
Ward made a new gift of $4,000,000 to
the Northwestern University for use
of the medical dental schools.
ANTIBES, France.—While flying in
a hydroplane from Riviera, Max East
man of New York almost lost his life
when the plane caught fire at an alti
tude of 5000 feet.
WASHINGTON.— Democratic cam
paigners intend to claim full credit
for the non-partisan tax reduction,
asserting that Democrats are chiefly
responsible for the relief to income
tax payers of moderate means.
est indictment against a grand jury which could be brot
out. Why don’t they indict these criminals?
Sutherland described some abatement proceedings
against several houses in Ketchikan in 1922, and asked:
“Wasn’t it believed to be well to close the town during the
visit of the late President Harding?”
Reed answered: “I never heard that opinion before.”
Sutherland said: “These houses were closed for one
year, and during the visit of President Harding, wasn’t
it believed that pretty good order was maintained then?”
It developed the houses were reopened after the Hard
ing visit: Reed explained that the abatement proceedings
were effective for only one year, and that he opined that
the houses should not be reopened.
Sutherland asked: “Haven’t they been running full
blast since?”
Reed answered: “I believe so.”
Sutherland attempted to prove that a telegram from
Judge Rush Holland, former assistant attorney general,
reading: “Charges in; must have reasonable fee to pre
pare the papers,” was sent Reed February 6,19924, while
Holland was attached to the Department of Justice. Reed
said Holland was never his attorney until last fall. Af
ter he resigned from the Department of Justice, an at
tache of Holland’s legal office-here, informed the commit
tee of the telegram-in question, which was transmitted on
February 6, 1924.
Sutherland asked that subpoenaes be issued for copies
of the telegrams that Reed received on February 6, 24,
25 and 26,1924 from the U. S. Signal Corps in Seattle.
Sutherland stressed the fact that light sentences by
the commissioners who were appointed by Reed were be
ing imposed. From letters which Reed wrote the Depart
ment of Justice, he stated he had a brother in Seattle des
cribing John W. Frame as a “consummate liar, and their
marplot, utterly Unworthy and a blackmailer.” .
Shoup detailed the cirewhstances of ms presence dur
ing his activities at the 1924' convention at Cleveland.
PREACHER BREAKS
BOTTLE BOOZE
ILLUSTRATING
—
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Mar. 17. (JP)
—Melvin C. Eidson, Baptist pastor of
this city, hurled and broke a bottle
of whiskey against a wall at last even
ing’s services in illustrating a prohi
bition sermon.
N. A. Baker, a prohibition agent was
present and had previously stated if
I the pastor used the liquor he would
be proceeded against as in any usual
case. The pastor said the contents
of the bottle was unknown to him and
. that he had procured it sealed from a
j friend.
LEAGUE CLOSES
WITHOUT TAKING
ACTION GERMANY
GENEVA, Mar. 17. (/P)—After Senor
Mello Franco informed the assembly
of Brazil’s demand for permanent
membership in the council was irre
cocable, Chamberlain announced it
would be impossible for him to pro
pose Germany’s admission into the
League at this time. Chamberlain, in
tears, concluding his long speech,
said: “The September assembly will
see that the great nation of Germany
will assume her rightful place within
the League.”
The assembly postponed the ques
tion of Germany’s membership until
September fater which the assembly
adjourned sine die.
Polar Expeditions to
Assist Each Other
NEW YORK, March 17 (^.—Cap
tain Roald Amundsen and Robert
Pope, organizer of the Wade expedi
tion, agreed today that each party
will wireless if assistance is needed
in the Arctic. Pope said commander
Byrd, who is going on a polar ex
pedition, has made a similar agree
ment.
WATSON LEFT
YESTERDAY
SEATTLE, Mar. 17. (£>)—'The Ad
miral Watson of the Pacific Steamship
Company left yesterday morning for
Seward and way ports. Those listed
for Seward were:
M. Vuckich, F. J. Engerlborn, War
ner Lang, James McDonough, D. T.
Nelson, E. P. Wurzbacher, Mrs. E.
Kerr and three steerage.
KILLERS OF ALEX THE II
ARE GRANTED PENSIONS
MOSCOW, Mar. 17. (/P)—Eight wo
men and one man, participants in the
assassination of Czar Alexander II,
March 13, 1881 were granted life pen
sions by the council of the people’s
commissars. The pensions will be
$112 monthly ip commemoration of
the anniversary of the event.
Czar Alexander was mortally wound
ed by the Nihilists near the palace
in an explosion of bombs.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
The Seward Woman’s Club will
meet tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:30
p. m. with Mrs. Ralph Reed.
iSelect your Easter cards now and
mail them out Saturday. Easter ar
rives April 4, just time enough to
get them out.
Tis the seventeenth of Ireland all
right. Good old corned beef and
cabage, (Maggie and Jiggs) appeared
to be the favorite dish to be the
favorite . dish on the restaurant
nptennsi^day.,.;) ’ •
Good program at the Liberty.
OPERATOR OF RUM
SHIP SAYS EGGARS
FIRED ON HIM
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VANCOUVER. B. C.. Mar. 17. UP) —
Einar Larum, operator of the rumrun
ner Hadsel, testified at the extradi
| tion hearing of Milo Eggars that on
; March 4. 1924 he sighted the launch
\ Eyak and drew alongside to deliver a
! load of liquor and was shot in the
! foot. While looking in the direction
i of the Eyak, Larum asserted, he saw
four masked men standing on its
deck. Larum dropped to the deck af
ter being hit three times when the
firing reopened and later was rowed
to the Eyak. Then the pirates start
ed the Hadsel toward America.
Eggars was captured in Tacoma on
March 8, after a year’s search. He
was wanted in San Francisco where
he escaped from the United States
marshal January 28, 1925.
His brother, Arial, was killed in the
escape.
CANNERY TENDER
GOES DOWN NEAR
LATOUCHE
CORDOVA, Mar. 17. (£>)—'The can
nery tender Jean arrived and report
ed the Tender Fredelia sank near La
touche while she was trying to get
the Jean off the rocks. The Jean
picked up the crew.
Both vesels were towing booms for
the Pioneer Packing Company.
SEATTLE DADS TO
TEAR UP POLES
OF LIGHT CO.
SEATTLE, Mar. 17. (£>)—'The City
Council ordered the superintendent of
public utilities to seize all the proper
ty of the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Company on the public streets
after April 21. The action in the fight
between the city and the company be
gan when the concern raised telephone
rates in 1924. The Federal court up
held the raise, later.
The City alleged the company’s last
franchise expired January 21, of this
year.
CHANG WARSHIPS
SEIZE MUNITIONS
TIENTSIN, Mar. 17. (£>)—Fengtien
warships of Marshal Chang Tso Lin,
the Manchurian war lord seized the
Russian ship Oleg with a barge load
ed with munitions at Taku. Warships
have been blockading the port for sev
eral days to prevent supplies from
reaching Kuomichun. The National
People army is supporting the Peking
government.
PEKING, Mar. 17. (£>)—The United
States and other powers delivered an
ultimatum to the Chinese government
demanding an end to the blockade at
the Port of Tientsin and to remove all
impediments to the harbor and river
traffic by Thursday noon.
WHIPPINGPOST
STAYS CRIME IN
DELAWARE STATE
NEW YORK, Mar. 17. (^)—The Na
tional Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Underwriters announced a thirty-three
per cent reduction of rates in holdup,
burglary, and theft insurance, due to*
the revival of the whipping post in the
state of Delaware.
.Specdai meiatiagWf i^he Town Coun
cil tonight at 8 o’clock.