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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 79 Vv.. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
•CHAPMAN TAKES
STAND IN TRIAL
• FOR MURDER
QUIETLY DISCUSSES CRIMINAL
CAREER WITH PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY—DENIES HE KILLED
SKELLY
HARTFORD. April 3.—Gerald Chap
man took tlie stand yesterday in de
fense of the charge of murdering po
liceman Jas. Skellv, at New Briton,
October 12. He was cool and collec
tive and spoke so quietly he had to
be urged to raise his voice. Chap
man denied he was ever in the store
where Skellv was killed.
He discussed his spectacular crimi
nal career candidly and dispassionate
ly with Prosecutor Alcorn. When he
was questioned concerning the mail
robbery in New York. Chapman star
ing Alcorn in the eyes, said, “I don’t
jwant to argue this matter with you.
and don't want to go into the case at
all, as it has nothing to do with this
charge of murder.”
Chapman declared he shot at a po
liceman at Muncie, Indiana because
he had forty-seven hundred dollars and
thought the policeman was a holdup
Attorney Scores Witness
HARTFORD, Conn., Apr. 3.—In an
argument in behalf of Gerald Chap
man, Attorney General Groehl exco
riated Walter J. Shean, the state’s
star witness, who testified that Chap
man induced him to accompany him
on a safe looting expedition in a de
partment store.
t Shean declared the cracksman who
killed Policeman Skelley in shooting
his way out of the store, was Chap
9 man.
The Attorney General called Shean
a “weakling,” “our angel friend,” “a
piker,” “lobbygow,” and a “rascal.”
Shean is the son of a wealthy hotel
keeper of this city.
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MONTEVIDEO, April 3.—Gabriela
Mistral, noted Chilean Catholic intel
lectual. addressed the Christain Con
gress today and pleaded for closer re
lations between the Protestants and
the Catholics in South America.
He said: “Let us be ardent in the
search for similarities and let us try
to avoid differences.” Doctor En
rique Molina of the University of Chile
declared that Catcholicism in South
America had degraded into formalism
with the consequence that, its reli
gious influence had been lost and
thinking South America had resorted
to rationalism instead of athical guid
ance.
' FEUD IS CAUSE OF
KILLING ACOSTO
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MEXICO CITY, April 3,—The au
thorities declared today that the as
sassination of General Acosto was the
result of a long standing feud.
BOOTH RELEASED ON BAIL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
* Booth pleaded'not guilty in the Super
ior Court and was released on bail of
y one thousand dollars. He was ar
rested in connection with tax assess
ment of 432 million dollars.
J. H. Kline, general agent for the
Admiral Line, returned from a round
.rip to the westward, continuing to
I* * June, it m the Watson.
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TURKISH TROOPS DRIVEN
BACK BY REBEL KURDS
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3—The
Turkish troops were driven back by
the rebellious Kurdistan forces and
a large territory was lost to them. A
number of important positions fell in
to the hands of the rebels.
METAL AIRPLANE COMPANY
IS RUSHED TO CAPACITY
DETROIT, April 3—The Stout
Metal Airplane company, announced
that they would be unable to furnish
airplanes for the proposed trans-At
lantic-Paris-San Francisco flight, be
cause all of their planes built and now
building are sold.
The company has orders enough
ahead to keep them busy for the next
two years.
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EMERY DUST IN
BEARINGS DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
SAN PEDRO, April 3—Emery dust
placed in the main bearings of the
Cuyama, oil carrier attached to the
battle fleet in the Pacific, disabled the
vessel and damaged the engines to
the extent of seventy thousand dol
i lars.
The dust was placed in the machin
ery by a disgruntled sailor, who skip
ped the ship after his act. Work is
being rushed to complete repairs, the
Cuyama sailing tomorrow for San
Francisco.
STEEL RAT TRAP ACTS
AS GUARD FOR LIQUOR
BOSTON, April 3.—Liquor raiders
in Quincy ran into a new wrinkle in
booze protection.
In the home of Matteo Pariso, a
raiding officer's hand touched some
thing metallic in a hole in the ceiling
and quickly drew liis hand back, hear
ing a sharp clicking sound.
Flashlights revealed a steel rat-trap
behind which was a gallon can of al
cohol.
SOVIET POLICY
WAS A FAILURE
ADMITS SMILGA
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MOSCOW. April 3.—Ivan Smilga,
Vice-president of the State Planning
Commission, admitted at a conference
of trade officials, that the internal
policy of the Soviet government had
failed, and blamed the campaign last
year against private trade, for the
failure. He pledged drastic reforms
for the coming summer.
UNITED STATES ARMADA
CONCLUDES WAR PROGRAM
SAN PEDRO. April 3.—Sightseers
from a score of nearby towns of Cali
fornia, thronged the heights overlook
ing the ocean to wave farewell to Un
cle Sam’s armada, leaving on a six
months’ cruise to the other side of
the world. After visiting Honolulu,
the fleet will go via the Philippines to
the orient.
South African Gold
Output 1924,9,597,530
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The
Department of Commerce reports that
the South African gold output for the
year 1924 was 9,597,534 ounces, beat
ing the previous high record of 9,372,
726 in 1916.
One South African mine is the deep
est in the, world, ore being taken at
a depth of 7,000 feet below the surface.
DOLLAR LINE TO
CONTROL SHIPS
ON THE PACIFIC
SEATTLE April 3.—Herbert Freish
acker, president of the Anglb-London
and Paris National Banks, and Morti
mer Fleishacker, president of the An
glo-California Trust Co., all of San
Francisco, yesterday were elected di
rectors of the Pacific Steamship Com
pany which is said to place back the
Dollar interests. The total assets of
those banks exceed two hundred mil
lion dollars. The Dollars are appar
ently trying to control the American
shipping of the Pacific, presenting
one fronts to the flags of the rest of
the world. Herbert Fleishacker is
associated with Stanley Dollar in his
enterprises and they are trying to
wrest five President liners from the
Pacific Mail Line of San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 3.—The
shipping board, by a majority of one,
rejected the motion of Chairman Pal
mer to hold up the sale of five Presi- j
dent vessels operating from San Fran-,
cisco to the orient, to the Dollar in-1
terests, whom the Pacific Mail Line,I
present operator, is fighting.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.—Passen
ger ships purchased by the Dollar Co.,
will be operated by the new shipping
corporation, financed and managed in
California and Pacific coast cities.
Herbert Fleishacker announced on his
return from Washington.
MANY AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS IN
WEST
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 3.—The i
Bureau of Public Roads disclosed at
in a review of highway accidents in
Washington, Oregon and Montana,
that Washington had the most acci
dents, totaling 1606 killed in the three
states.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S
COMPANION TO TAKE
BOYS ON EXHIBITION
NEW YORK, April 3.—Dr. George
Kruck Cherrie. companion of Teddy!
Roosevelt in 1014, when he discovered
the “River of Doubt” in Brazil, an
nounced today he would sail for Bom
bay early in April to organize the de
tails of the expedition of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and his brother Kermit, to
Turkeystan.
It will be Dr. Cherrie’s 49th explor
ation, he said, but his first to the Pa
mirs, which in Persian, means “Roof
of the World.”
“There aren’t any collections of the
fauna of the Pamirs in this country,”
said Dr. Cherrie. “We hope to bring
back complete records of many birds
and beasts unknown here now. Most
important after the ovis poli—Marco
polo’s great sheep—are the goitered
gazelle, the yark and stag, the great
ibex of the Tanshan mountains, the
long haired tiger and the snow leo
pard.” '
“In the mountains,” he continued,
“we’ll travel principally by night to
avoid avalanches.”
AMERICAN SOCIETY JOINS
LIST TO CODIFY LAWS
GENEVA, April 3.—The American '
Society of International Law was add
ed to the list of associations invited
to collaborate in the task of progres
sive codification of International Law,
started here this week. World jur
ists here declare that wars break out
because peacetime laws are little
known and not agreed upon by the
various nations.
SURVEYS BE MADE
IN ALASKA RESERVES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The
Interior Department has ordered sur
veys this summer, to encourage devel
opment, of areas adjacent to the Ton
gass National Forest at Taku and
Eagle Rivers, describing the lands as
valuable for fox farming, industrial
plants, homes and timber.
KIRBY ACQUITTED OF CHARGE
ISSUING FALSE STATEMENT
CLEVELAND April 3.—Joseiah Kir
by, founder of the defunct thirty-mil
lion dollar Cleveland Discount Com
pany, and its president, were acquit
ted of the charge of issuing a false fi
nancial statement.
SHIPPING BOARD
VESSELS BEGIN
TO SHOW PROFIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
Palmer, president of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, conferred with the
President yesterday, but declared his
interview with the President had no
bearing on the sale of the Oriental
liners. He added, however, that
shipping in general had been discuss
ed and predicted that the Shipping
Board vessels would be bought by pri
vate interests as additional lines had
begun to show a profit.
NEW LIQUOR SCHEME
FOUND BY RAIDERS
BROCKTON. April 3.—Dry agents
swooped down on the home of Bolis
Massod and began a search. Four or
five hours failed to reveal any evi
dence. When the raiding party was
about to leave one of the raiders acci
dentally kicked the power part of a
door and the threshold moved.
Investigation revealed a large cop
per tank in the walls from which ra
diated small pipes. When liquor was
desired, according to the police, the
doorstep was removed, a string was
pulled and the liquor flowed freely.
GOLD-BEARING
DUCKS CAUSE
BIG STAMPEDE
EUGENE. Ore, April 3.—Hearing of j
gold nuggets the size of peas being j
found in the crops of ducks near Mar
cola, William Simons, of Springfield,
over seventy years old, and George
Carson, a Springfield youth, have
gone prospecting in the hills where
the ducks wandered.
TWO HOURS’ SLEEP COSTS
HOTEL PROPRIETOR $250
WINDEMERE, Eng, April 3.—The
proprietor of a leading hotel in this
district will sleep with one eye open
for the future since we was fined $250
and costs by a country judge for fail
ing to let a traveler in the hotel for
several hours one morning.
The traveler told the court he was
stranded through his baggage being
lost and tried to obtain admission at
the hotel at five in the morning. It
was after 7 when he got in and during
the wait was exposed to the rain and
cold. The traveler said he did not
bring the action in a vindictive spirit
but wished to register his protest
against the proprietors’ refusal to en
tertain travellers and to show him
that the inkeepers had a duty to the
traveling public which they were
bound to carry out.
The court upheld his views and fin
ad we proprietor.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
WILL REQUEST
NATIONS SUBMIT
PLANS PAYMENT
FRENCH PREMIER RESIGNS AND
REST OF GOVERNMENT MAY
FOLLOW—NATIONS MUST MAKE
SOME EFFORT AT PAYMENTS
WASHINGTON, April 3.—The fail
ure of France to find some means of
payment for her war debts to the U.
S. has led to the revival of agitation
here for an affirmative step. The be
lief is expressed that, a formal note
soon will ask all debtors of the na
tion to submit a funding plan.
France Will Pay
PARTS, April 3.—CTementel. addres
sing the House of Deputies, explained
the gravety of the financial situation
in France. He declared that the gen
eral liquidation problem necessarily
involved the arrangement of payment
of the French War Debt, and said,
“France is honest; she will pay but it
remains to be determined in what
manner.”
He hinted that France was already
on the road to a satisfactory agree
ment with the United States.
Clementel Resigns Post
PARIS, April 3.—Minister of Fi
nance, Clementel, resigned and his
resignation was accepted. Senator
Anatole Demonzie was named as his
successor.
A dispatch to the London Exchange
Telegraph from Paris says the gov
| ernment has decided to resign, follow -
in the resignation of Clementel.
PARIS, Apr. 3.—The Chamber of
Deputies today voted confidence to
Premier Herriot 530 to 26. Minister
of the Interior Chautemps, after the
cabinet meeting confirmed the an
nouncement that Monzie, the new fi
nance minister, had changed his pol
icy regarding the Vatican; Monzzie
opposing that Herriot has always ad
voted in retaining the French embas
sy and the Vatican.
Clementel’s resignation followed re
marks by Premier Herriott in the
senate amounting to disavowal, after
elemental announced that the govern
ment issue four billion paper francs,
which would further inflate currency.
SHEPHERD AGAIN
DENIED FREEDOM
CHICAGO. April 3.—William D
Shephard again was denied his free
dom under bail. His arraignment is
set for April ninth. The attorney
for the defense stated that they would
appeal to the State Supreme Court to
obtain bail.
NO SYMPATHY HELD FOR
SPRIGHTLY COCKROACH
LONDON, April 3.—The cockroach
has come under official ban in London,
and his elimination is to be sought in
a drive to be undertaken by the Col
lege of Pestology, formerly the Ver
min Repression Society. A “kill that
cockroach” campaign is to be started
in London this week and will be ex
tended throughout the country.
The cockroach swarms with bacter
ia and vermine which disseminate di
sease, aver the College of Pestology,
and it has been suggested that even
smallpox, scarlet fever and cancer as
well can be broadcast in this way.
REGISTER TONIGHT
The registration offices will be
open tonight and tomorrow night
from the hours of eight until ten, for
the benefit of those who wish to
register for the coming city election.