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Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-28
IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE WESTWARD
 STRESSED AGAIN
NEW tLlAMNA ROAD IS COM. MENDABLE PROJECT; AS
 SERTS SUPERINTENDENT

E. J. Beck, district superintendent of the Southwestern district, Bureau Of Education, with headquarters at Kanakanak, who was a guest at the 1 last business meeting and luncheon ! Of the Seward Chamber of Commerce. spoke on the necessity for an i'm 1 proved mail service to Bristol Bay i and adjoining country.
 Mr. Beck said that at best these people do not receive more than eight mails during the year with very uncertain and unsatisfactory service during the winter months. ! That on account of weather condi- tions in that section the only satis- factory service would be a regular air service from Seward during the winter months.
 According to MT. Beoks ideas Sew ard is the logical point for all air operations to Bristol Bay being 292 miles from Seward, airline, or three hours travel time, as compared with +c during the summer requiring 10 days to make the trip or 750 miles via Kanatak with boats and dog team requiring 30 days for the trip, during the winter months.
 He also stated that the road across the portage from Iliamna Bay to Tliamna was most commendable project which should have the SUD- port of every person ia Seward and Bristol Bay that has the best inter- es of Alaska a heart. That if this road were opened up one could leave Seward and be in Bristol Bay from 36 to AS hours later; that a weekly mail and passenger service from Seward to Bethel on the Kuskokwim river would be a simple matter.
 The matter of radio station was next taken up. He said a radio sta ton operated by the government at Dillingham;, as a further aid to com- munication, was most urgently need ed
 MT. Beck was most enthusiastic ever the results already accomplish cd by the Seward Chamber of Com merce and said their efforts were being felt all along the line. He thanked the Chamber, and the cit izens of this city, heartily for what they were doing for the people 10 the Westward.
 In closing he paid distinct com pliment to Capt. H. Berger of the NJ. s. Discoverer for the splend'd service he was maintaining; that all the residents of those points 'e calls at were for him 100 prcent.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-28
DEAR OLD CHICAGO

Chicago is the largest pity in Illinois The rest of the country may may not be prosperous, but Chicago is generally on the bomb. Chicago burned down in 1871 and blown up in 1928 Mayor Thompson succeeded in keeping out King George, but King Alcohol in. Chicago is the place that makes the marines glad they went to Nicaragua The good people of Chicago believe in ballots the bad depend bullets. On the whole how ever conditions there are normal.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-28

Mining gives employment to much labor and fur rshes one of the best cash markets for all of farm crops.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-28
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT

E. J. Beck, district superintendent of the southwest district Of the 5. or E. advises that word has been receiv- ed from c. F. Lottsfelt, superintend' ent of the Olaska Road Commission with headquarters at Tacotna that contracts will be let for stalking the trail between Johnny Owns place and the Togiak school house and stalk irg the trail between Johnny Ownes and Kulukuk school house.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-28

Plan to go to the May Day Dance' on May i, under the auspices of the American Legion Auxiliary. At Odd Fellows hall.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-28

Fresh tamales. Brown & Hawkins.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15

IN OIL PROBE
Trail Bonds Sold For
Payment of Alleged
@. 0. p. Debt

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-(Pp-Sub-
poenas for one representative each OF
two New York brokerage firms were
issued today by the senate Teapot
Dome committee, which is TO resume
tomorrow its quest for the remainder
of the liberty bonds which formed
the profits of the mysterious Conti-
mental Trading company of Canada.
Those summoned for tomorrow are
Joseph r. Mcmahon, Of Potter and
company, and James Bernieri, Of z.
r. Childs and company. They will
testify as to the sale Of $4,000 in
liberty bonds which Will H. Mays
turned over to the Empire Trust
company of New York in November.
1923, in part payment of a note Of
the republican national committee.
1t has been established that some
Of these bonds were Continental
bonds and the committee also has
evidence that Harry F. Sinclair con-
tributed $4,000 to help wipe out
the deficit of the republican politi-
cal organization hanging over from
the Harding campaign of 1920.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
PLUNKETT OF
BRITISH WAR
fame RETIRSS
Admiral Who Forecast
New Conflict to En-
ter Business After
48 Years in Navy

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-CP)-Rear
Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett,
whose vigorous pleas for prepared
ness and a larger navy recently caus-
ed a stir in official Washington and
and European capitals, on his Gath
birthday anniversary today retired
after As years service in the navy.
While the flag on the receiving
ship Seattle was lowered and a l3-
gun salute was fired .he veteran Of
ficer quit command of the third
naval district and the navy yard at
Brooklyn to enter private business.
Admiral Plunkett has been among
the champions of naval causes, fire.
quently calling for a greater navy
and merchant marine.
"If / read history correctly, and
what We are doing today" Admiral
Plunkett told the national republican
club here last month, I'VE are nearer
war today then we have ever been
in our history because we are too
efficient"
While President Coolidge later saw
no reason for newspapers of this or
any other country to take seriously
statements by American naval Of
ficers predicting war between the
United States and her commercial
competitors, Admiral Plunkett said
preparedness "leads to peace and not
to war"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
YOUTHS
JOINT TRIAL
FOR MURDER
Fox, Under Death SEN
tenc1, May Lose Op-
portunity to Turn on
Pal in Crime

HALL OF JUSTICE. Los Angeles,
Feb. 15.-(Pl-A move by attorneys
for William Edward Hickman to de-
lay the joint trial of Hickman and
Welby Hunt for the murder of c.
Ivy Thoms, was blocked by Presid-
ing Judge Carlos S. Hardy today afS
the case assigned to Superior Judge
Elliott Craig for trial.
Jerome Walsh, Hickman's young
chief counsel, presented his plea for
a continuance when the trial was
called in Judge Hardy's courtroom.
The prosecution had announced it.
self ready for trial.
Hunts attorney, A. Gray Gilmer,
asked by Judge Hardy if he was
ready, said he would not oppose the
motion for a continuance il it were
only until Monday, as he had been
informed.
Are you ready?" insisted Judge
Hardy.
The attorney answered that he
was.
Judge Hardy thereupon declared
that n insufficient showil.,- for a
continuance had been made and that
lnder the new law demanding abso-
lutte proof before continuance
were granted he would be forced to
deny the plea.
Pals in the holdup game, Hickman
and Hunt will be enemies in the
impending trial. Hickman, who was
little upset when he was condemned
TO death yesterday by Judge J. j.
Trabucco, has voiced his eagerness
for chance to testify against Hunt
in retaliation for the testimony
which Hunt gave the prosecution in
the Parker case.
But Hickman may be denied the
opportunity Of giving states evidence
against Hunt. Hunt, who originally
pleaded not guilty to killing Thoms,
has intimated through counsel that
he might plead Gilty in exchange
for a fighting chance" to get len
iency. He is under the age limit for
execution. Whether the nlsl is
changed or not, A. Grey Gilmer
Hunts attorney announced that he
would place before the court all the
circumstances through which he
hoped TO gain leniency.
Thoms was killed in a gun battle
in his drug store while Hickman and
Hunt were attempting holdup
Whether it was Hickman or Hunt
who fired the fatal shot has not been
clearly established.
Technically both may be held
guilty, regardless of who fired the
shot.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
SON OFBURNS
TAKES STAND
Seeks to Clear Father
Of Guilt in Jury
Shadowing

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-LPD-W.
Sherman Burns, secretary and treas
urer Of the Burns international De-
tective agency. charged with Harry
F. Sinclair, William J. Burns and
two others with criminal contempt
of court, testified today in his own
defense.
Burns directed his first testi-
mony toward eliminating his father
from all connection with the jury
shadowing in the Fall-Sinclair oil
trial and said his fathers connection
with the agency for the last year or
two was only casual. He said he had
not consulted his father about the
oil jury surveillance.
Burns detailed how he had &C
cepted employment for the agency's
operatives to shadow the jury.
Henry Mason Day. another defend
ant, he said, told him these people
(jurors) are not locked up. want
them covered. l want to see a
square deal" Burns then ordered
Charles G. Rgddy. manager Of the
Burns Philadelphia office to take
charge of the surveillance. He tes-
titled he cautioned Rudy that no
Juror must be approached o. annoyed
and IL any juror seemed aware Of
the surveillance he was TO be drop
ped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
Industrial Committee
Plans States Future

AUSTIN, Texas, FEB. 15.-(Pl-
Members of the Texas State Manu-
facturers' association and the Texas
industrial committee, appointed by
Governor Moody. met here Wednes-
day to peer into the industrial future
of Texas and decide what can be
done to help il.
Albert T. Clifton, Waco. president
Of the manufacturers, and j. W.
Carpenter, Dallas, chairman of the
industrial committee, arranged the
joint meeting.
Stimulation of the cotton mill in
dustry was the chief object of the
creation Of the industrial committee,
but it expects to look out for other
lines
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
Asqmith, Prime
Minister IN War
Dies im England

SUTTON CoURTENN England.
Feb. l5.-tP)-The EaB Of Oxford
and Asquith, who as Herbert II. AS
uuith, prime minister, was an out
standing figure Of the world war,
died here ut $3.50 a. m. today
Pulmonary complications brought
death to the 75-year-old statesman
at his country home, The Wharf, in
this little old-world village on the
banks nf the upper Thames. He had
lived there since his retirement fron
public life after his resignatid
from leadership Of the liberal party
in October, 1926.
Lord Oxford had been unconscious
since Monday afternoon and his
physicians said then that death was
only a matter of how Tong is en-
feebled heart could hold out. A week
ago the former premier was con-
fined tO-his room with a severe
cold, an - attack of pharyngitis
followed and Bronchitis set in
Balfour Ill
The earl died in a million-win-
dowed room overlooking his beloved
Thames. At his bedside were the
members of his family, Lady Oxford
(Margot Asquith), his two daughters,
Princess Bibesco, and Lady Bonham-
Carter, and his son, Anthony AS
quith.
Throughout the night n few close
friends and a number Of villagers
who knew Lord Oxford we'll, awaited
the end which physicians had said
was soon to come. While he was
passing another outstanding states
man Of the war, the Earl Of Balfour
was confined to his home near Pres.
tonkirk, Scotland, on the orders d
his doctors. Earl Balfour, who i.
nearing his eightieth birthday, haC
an acute attack of laryngitis which
left him so weak that his physician.
have prescribed complete rest fol
many weeks.
Deep Mourning
! There vyas deep mourning In thi.
little village Of Sutton Courtenay By
the country folk. not so much FOL
the British statesman and famous
figure in the world war as for the
kindly white-haired old man whC
until a few weeks ago took Ions
Continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
.HOUSEVOTES
DRYLAWFUND
Fight on Appropria'
ton Is Defeated AS
Bill Passes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-tP)-The
house has survived its annual battle
over prohibition enforcement funds
and has approved unchanged Its APP
preparation committees designation
Of 2,790.000 for enforcement act
tivities during the next fiscal year.
That section of the measure, al
ways the inspiration for an airing OF
views on prohibition, was approved
after large majorities had STAYED of
numerous attempts to revise IL and
restrict expenditure of the funds.
One item that remained intact in the
treasury bill, which includes the pro-
hlbition appropriation, was S2s,o4u,
600 for the coast guard, part OF
which is spent in the guards cam
paiRn against rum runners.
An hours debate was produced by
a proposed amendment by Represen-
tative Linthicum, democrat. Mary
land, chairman of the house unof-
flcial committee on modification OF
the Volstead act. 1t would have pre-
vented use of prohibition bureau
funds in supervising withdrawal OF
industrial alcohol from warehouses,
but was defeated 169 to 80.
Linthicum declared denstured al
cohol was poisoning American citi-
zens" and was a menace, while Rep
resentative Lagusrdia. republican,
New York, who has sharply criti-
cized enforcement methods, opposed
the amendment. Laguardia joined
Representatives Crsmton, republican,
Michigan. and Blanton and Black,
Texas, democrats, in defending adul-
teration of alcohol by the bureau as
one means of enforcement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15

FORMER KLAN
CHIEF,TALKS
jackson Conspired To
Buy Prosecutorship
Jury Told in Trial of
State Governor

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. 15.--
Rp-with defense objections elimi-
mated by instruction OF the defend
ant. d. G. Stephenson, former grand
Of the Ku Klux Klan, today
toN Of an alleged conspiracy 70 buy
the Marion county prosecutorship nc
the trial of Gov. Ed Jackson.
The former Klan leader, who now
is a life prisoner at Michigan City.
told Of taking $4,000 from "a strong
box to give Governor Warren r. Me-
Cray in 1923 il McCray would name
James 4. Mcdonald TO the vacated
office. Governor Jackson, George v.
Coffin, Mari county republican
chairman, and Robert !. Marsh, for
merly an attorney for the Ku Klux
Klan, were in conference frequently
relative to getting zone Of our
group" in the office, Stephenson de-
clared.
Governor Jackson, watching the
witness intently, leaned forward and
talked hurriedly with his attorneys
as they persisted in objecting 70 Ste
phenson's testimony.
Clyde II. Jones Of defense counsel,
then said:
"The governor has asked me to
withdraw all objections and let the
witness tell his story"
Stephenson qualified himself as
witness by assertions that he had
been a close personal and political
friend Of governor from 1922 until
1924. He said he had done every
thing in his power TO bring about
Jackson's election in 1924.
When the alleged bride was re-
J jected by Governor Warren +. Me-
Cray, Stephenson said Jackson, Cof-
fin and he had sob fest"
Breaking n silence of more than
"a hours, Stephenson told OF having
been acquainted both politically and
socially with Governor Jackson from
1922 until 1924. He said the gover-
nor was n frequent visitor at his
Irvington home, an Indianapolis su-
burb, and that he in turn visited
Jackson's home frequently.
Stephenson told the Jury he had
conversed with Jackson in regard TO
the appointment OF prosecuting
attorney four or five times before
Governor McCray eventually named
William II. Remy to the post. Sta
phenson said the matter also was
discussed with Coffin and Marsh.
who also are under Indictment.
Asked what Jackson had said nc
one meeting regarding the appoint-
ment, the witness said:
"As | recall now, Mr.. Jackson said
he had been informed that William
p. Evans was going TO resign and he
pointed out II a man got IL who
would use IL for political purposes
1t might hurt his candidacy"
At the time Jackson was secretary
Of state and prospective candidata
on the republican ticket for COVER
nor. Stephenson said Jackson was
afraid that II some one unfavorable
TO his candidacy gained the prose-
cutorship, he might use the office
to injure Jackson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
CONFESS
ROBBERIES
Sentence Four San Be.
nito Youths to Re-
form School

Four San Benito boys, all Of whom
confessed to a series of robberies
and automobile thefts in that city in
the past five motnhs, were sentenced
TO the reform school by County Judge
Dancy in county court Wednesday
morning. Two other boys, who ad-
mitted participation in several minor
thafts. were paroled in care Of their
parents.
The activities Of the sextette were
disclosed Saturday when one Of The
boys was arrested by A. j. Goolsby
San Benito chief Of police, while try
ing TO cash a check for $3.50 cents
stolen from a purse which had been
left on the seat Of an automobile
The boy admitted forging the en-
dorsement on the check and impli-
Gated others.
Confessions were eventually Sc
cured from the six boys, and prac-
tically all loot obtained from Sc
ries OF store. house and automobile
robberies was recovered by the po-
lice. This included shotguns, cloth
ing, kodaks, a pair of field glasses
and a number of other articles.
In their confessions the boys ad.
mitted having taken five automobiles
for JOY rides, all the cars being re-
covered later. One car was wrecked
on the military highway.
The final rounding up Of the sia
boys was effected Monday, and the
parents Of the youngsters aided Mr.
Goolsby in obtaining full confessions
All the parents were present in coun-
ty court Wednesday morning and ap'
proved the decision of the court tc
send the boys to the reformatory.
Judge Dancy did not consign the
boys to the county Jail. They were
paroled in charge of their parents
with instructions to report to Chief
of Police Goolsby Saturday morning
and he was deputiZed by the court tC
take them to the reformatory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
Limdy To Continue His
Flights Despite Hazard

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15.-LF-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh will continue
his work Of experimental flying
despite the hazards con- ected with
it. He said, however. that he had
no definite plans at the present
except TO try to rest in private
life.
There are so many things to be
DONE" he said, improvements in
aviation are certain. They must
come and they cannot be made un-
less experiments are made
As Col. Lindbergh was leaving
the hanger yesterday following an
exhibition flight before $4,000
school children alon- the river
front, he was stopped by q report
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15

er who asked him his opinion OF
Secretary of War Davis proposal.
What is the proposal?" asked
Lindbergh. "He says he Is going
TO stop your flying" was the reply.
"Of course / can't answer that
offhand and say what my course
will be-" he replied. II don't con-
slider what I have been doing as
hazardous flying in the sense that
I have taken unnecessary risks.
At the outset when new methods of
transportation are coming into use
there must be pioneers 70 show
the way and some of them are
killed. But the ones who do the
pioneering are the last ones to
think OF the hazards"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
YOUTHS Held
IN OHIO CITY
Indiana Prison Disap-
pearance Suspects
Being Quizzed

ST. CLAIRSvILLE. O., Feb. 15.-
P)-Two youths, captured after an
exchange Of shots in woods near here,
were held today by authorities who
believed they might be John Burns
and Samuel Baxter, who disappeared
while being taken to the Pendleton,
Ind, reformatory.
They said they were Albert Jen-
nings and Frank Fornes, both IL, Of
Youngstown, o. They bear close
resemblance to the escaped prison
eTs. Sheriff Hardesty said.
Burns and Baxter escaped from
Deputy Sheriffs John p. Grove and
Wallace Mcclure, Feb. z. and neither
of the officers has been seen since.
IL Is thought the two aged deputies,
who were taking the boys from Lay
fayette, Ind, TO the reformatory 70
serve senences from 5 to % years for
robbery, may have been slain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
Expect Accordo on
Water Rights TO
Bring Big Dams

AUSTIN. Tex, Feb. f5.-CPl-The
Fort Worth agreement on the Syndi-
cate Power Company-West Texas Is
sue over water rights, is expected TO
clear the way for beginning Of work
on one or more Of the huge power
dams for which Jay Alexander and
the Syndicate Power company holds
permits in Travis and Burnet coun-
ties
Development Of these power pro-
jects was delayed after the Brown
wood protest was made against the
use Of the necessary water. Options
costing over 100000, which expired
January ! of this ySar, have been re
newed, covering land which may be
inundated when the dams are built.
The five proposed dams are esti-
mated to cost S25,000.000 and it has
been understood throughout the pro-
ceedings the insult Utility interests
we're behind Alexander in the pro-
posed development.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
Hickman Hunt Continuance Motion Denied
MARINE AVIATOR
y y -
DOES PARACHUTE
+ = =
DROP IN STORM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-(P-
Major Louis NJ. Bourne, marine
corps aviator, had a sprained back
and stiff neck today to remind him
of his newly acquired membership
in the Caterpillar club, that clique
of aviators who have survived
parachute jumps.
Flying from Langley Field, Vir-
GINA, to Quantico late yesterday
Major Bourne, who recently flew a
transport plane to Nicaragua,
found himself in a dense fog and
tossed about in an electrical storm.
After several near crashes he
righted the machine and climbed
1000 feet. There he abandoned it
and went oversize with his para
chute. The plane crashed, a total
wreck, in a woods near where
Bourne landed in some trees.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
Dukes Former Partner
Gets s Million Award

NEWARK, n. j., Feb. i5.-tPp-
A verdict Of ss,0Oo.O0O was on ree-
ord in federal court today against
the estate of the late James B.
Duke, tobacco magnate.
Damages were awarded George
D. Haskell, manufacturer, Spring
field, Mass, who charged Duke
with entering into an arrangement
with him for the exploitation Of
great aluminium properties and
then selling out to the aluminium
Company of America. Haskell had
asked S45,000,000 damages.
Mr.. Dukes 14-year-old daughter.
Doris, to whom he left the bplk
Of his s53, 100000 estate upon his
death November 10. 1925, would be
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the chief sufferer from the ver-
dict.
Testimony was introduced to
show Mr.. Duke had profited to
the extent Of S25 100000 by join
ing his interests with those of
the aluminium company. Mr.. Has
kell claimed Sl5,000,0oo actual
damages but sued for S45.000,000
under the section of the Sherman
act which allows triple damages to
a man injured by conspiracy in
restraint of trade. Homer S. Cum
mings, former chairman Of the
democratic national committee,
who represented Mr.. Haskell, said
he would appear in court later in
the week and ask that the verdict
be multiplied By three.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-15
ANTI-CREACER
MOVE STARTED
New Organization 20
Oppose Leader In
State Fight

FORT WORTH, Texas. Feb. 15.-
[P,-Opening of headquarters here
last night of a statewide organiza-
ton to oppose the alleged domins-
tion over the republican party in
Texas OF r. 3. Creager, national
committeeman, was the opening gun
in the state G. O. p. fight.
Permanent organization of the
anti-Creager faction will be formed
in Dallas on March 21, il was an
nounced. Congressman Harry NJ.
Wurzbach and F. Edgar Scoby. for
mer director Of the mint, will at
tend.
James O'Hara has been named
temporary manager of the Fort
Worth organization and Miss Ruth
Buttrill, Dallas, is temporary secre-
tary.