" VOL IX. NO. 82
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A • ATI U AY. NOKVMBLR *J. 15*:9.
PRICE 25 CENTS
$100,000 Fine, 1 Year in
Jail for Albert Bacon Fall
HIS AGE AN DILL HEALTH SAVE
HIM IMPOSITION OF THREE
YEAR SENTENCE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Albert
Bacon Fall, former Secretary of the
Interior, convicted of receiving a
$100,000 bribe, was today sentenced
to serve one year in jail and to pay
a fine of. S100,000, the sentence fol
lowing a motion for a new trial be
fore Justice Hitz in the district court.
Hitz said that had Fall been in good
physical condition he would have im
posed the full sentence of three years.
Probably the last scenes in a drama
of -unprecedented proportions in
.American history was staged in the
trial of Fall on the charge of accept
ing a bribe while Secretary of the In
terior.
Aged and ill, the man who at the
height of his strengtth and p wer
seven years ago leased valuable naval
oi reserves in Wyoming and Ca for
nia to the separate Sinclair and Do
heny corporations, went on trial on
• October 7 to defend the acts that
have resulted in numerous criminal
and civil actions.
He car..e to deny that the $100,000,
brought to him “in a little black
satchel” by the son of Edward L. Do
heny, bribed him to lease the Elk
Hills, Cal., oi reserve to his “old j
friend and fellow prospector.”
The conviction of Fall is the first
in five long years of prosecution in i
the oil scandal cases. Harry F. Sin
clair went to jail, but his concurrent
six months’ sentences were for con
tempt of thu Senate in refusing to
answer questions and for jury shad
owing. All of the trials for conspir
acy and fraud, aside from the pres
ent case of Fall, resulted i neither
acquittal or mistrial.
Through civil suits, however, all
propertty involved has been returned
to the government. In addit:on, it
has possession of valuable equipment |
set up by the Sinclair and Doheny op- I
crationns. Royalties were paid on
all oil taken from the reserve, and
Leo A. Rover, federal district attor- j
ney who assisted Atlee Pomerene and j
Owen J. Roberts, special counsel in [
prosecuting Fall, says the govern
ment has not lost a centn.
Prosecution of bribery charges,
against Doheny still remain.
Alaska’s Big
Goal Deposits
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MAY SOUND DEVELOPMENT OF
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TERRITORY, SAYS EARN
EST W. SAWYER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—A new
* coal age, following the tremendous
strides of science in the utilization of
that mineral, may sound the develop
ment of Alaska’s such underground
fields of fossil ferns and trees and
neglect ohf the Territory’s under
underground deposits, Earnnenst W.
Sawyer, executive assistant to Secre
tary of Interior Wilbur, said today,
and must be considered in the light
of scientific advancement. “Science,”
he said, “has proved to us that it is
wasteful to burn coal, that v/s are
leaving valuable tars from which gas
oline and a hundred other products
may be obtained. In Alaska lies a
great proving ground, and several in- j
dustrial companies are conter plating
investigation of the possibili' its, ap
plying in Aloska’s virgin fields
science’s most recent metht >dss of
the transformation of coal into valu
able products.”
HOOVER WANTS TARIFF BILL
PASSED SOON AS POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Oct. St.—!Long
worth, Republican speaker, an
nounced in the Senate today that
Hoover wanted the tariff bll passed*
as soon as possible and urj d that all
factions approach the subject in a
conciliatory manner to s< that it is
done. The President hop s the Sen
ate will complete work on the bill
within the next two weeks.
Joe Mitchell, from the Cripple sec
tion, was a Wednesday arrival.
Henry Martella returned Friday
from a brief visit at McGrath.
Billy Sanatkas, coming from Flat,
w-*aa a Thursday- arrival
Roy Olmstead
To‘Cough Up’
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SEATTLE RUM-RUNNER TO IM
PLICATE OFFICIALS, MEN
OF PROMINENCE.
SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—Roy Olm
stead, now sei’ving time at McNeills
Island, has filed. affidavits with the
Department of Justice at Washington
to reveal how he paid $400,000 to
offirials of the Northwest and many
others in his rum-running operations.
Olmstead outlines also how he
financed campaigns of political can
didates, in which it is understood
many men of' prominence »are in
volved.
Prediction comes from the Depart
ment of Justice that a special federal
grand jury will be called in this dis
trict in January to sift all these mat
ters.
G. YOUNGQUIST WILL SUC
CEED MRS. MABEL WALKER
AS PROHIBITION ENFORCER
WASHINGTON, D.t C„ Nov. 1.—
G. Youngquist, attorney genenral of
Minnesota, has been selected by
Hoover to succeed Mrs. Mabel Wille
brandt Walker. He will rank as at
torney general in charge of prohibi
tion enforcement.
John E. Strand and Dolph Mespelt
were recent departure^ from Medfra
via airplane for Fairbanks, headed
for a visit to the Outdide.
Jack McDonald, coming from the
Nixoon mine, was a Wednesday ar
rival, leaving again on Friday for
McGrath on his return to Nixon.
Ed Poison and Frank Hart depart- j
ed a few days ago, headed for Fair
banks and the Outside.
Del Thompson and D. E. Cloough
returned Thursday from a trip to
Ganese creek.
INTERNATIONAL HIGKWAY
TO MNK LAND OK MIDNIGHT j
SUN AND SOUTHERN CROSS
Seattle Times.)
“I hear the tread of jpLmcer*.
Of millions yet to be;
The first lew wash of w v< s' where
soon
Shall roll ah urn an sea.
The elements of empire here
Are plarter wot and warm.
The chaos of a mighty wcrld
Is ror. .cing into form.
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A trail is being blazed to.-the land
of.the midnight sunl .AhigUway that
penetrates deep into the golden heart
of Alaska is in the not far distant
future! It seems like a dream this
thought of being ale to drive over
two thousand miles of highway to the
great vacation land in the northward.
And it is a dream but a dream of
that type which has the ha - of ma
terializing rapidly.
First steps in the gigantic under
taking that will unlock the mysteries
of the frozen north ar.d unfold them
to the motoring tourists havo already
been taken. Governmental factions
of two countries are mow at work, on
bringing about an international high
way and the machinery of highway
appropriations is endeavoring to
shape monetary ways and means to
make the dream come true. It will
take about ten milion dollars to com
plete the gap of 700 odd miles that
now exist. But when it is completed
it will open some of the most inspir
ing scenery to be found anywhere,
i There are unnamed peaks, lakes and
treams -that await-the day when the
great curtain of mystery that clings
j about the Nortland is pulled aside.
! It is dazzling to the imagination to
| t’nnk of the wealth of beauty that
! this t.hail of dreams will unfold,
j But -while the.-completion of ; this
highway will have its distinct advan
tages from the tourist angle, it has
an economical aspect that is .astound
ing. The completion of ■'the project
is vital to the country; so vital that
every effort is being made to have
the work initiated within the next
three years. Its«cmpletion means
the development of the Territory
whose only handicap has been the
distance from world markets. The
surmounting of this obstacle of dis
tance wil lure settlers who will mi
grate from the States to develop the
country. Alaska today ships between
fifty and sixty million dollars’ worth
j of her resources to the United States
' and most of this great cargo passes
through Seattle. What this figure
will be when the heart of the North
is linked to Seattle by a highway is
nigh impossible to calculate.
Contrary to the belief that Aaska
has no roads for movor transportation
I is the fact that the country already
i has over 600 miles of excellent gravel
j roads that will be linked up with the
■ new highway. The Richardson high
way, so named in honor of General
, Wilds P. Richardson, U. S. Army,
president of the Alaska Road Com
mission from 1905 to 1907, extends
from Circle City through Fairbanks
and southward to Valdez.
Let us make an imaginary motor
log over this international highway,
soon to become an established fact.
! Leaving Seattle we travel over the
familiar route to Bellingham, Blaine
| and Vancouver. From Vancouver,
over roads already constructed, we
; pass through the impressive canyon
j of the Fraser river, a most difficult
j construction job that will give the
! motorists an everlasting thril. Then
our car heads west and passes
through Chilooet, Prince George and
scores of other smaller places. We
are in the country that is splashed
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Fossay & Co.,
$20,000,000
Bankruptcy
HOLDINGS IN THIRTY STATES
THROUGHOUT NATION ANI)
IN ALASKA
MENfNEA'POLISS, Nov. 2.—An or
ganization valued at twenty million
dollars ctasned today when a volun
tary petition in bankruptcy was filed
against W. B. Fosspy & Co.,- nolders
of publics utilities, industrial, barking
and real estate properties, The col
lapse carried with it subsidiaries in
thirty States throughout the nation
, and in Alaska, Canada and Central
America. In Alaska the concern
owns the Northland Transportation
Company, the Ketchikan ‘Light and
Power Company and other properties.
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SEATTLET-BREMERTON AIR
PLANE CRASI1ESS IN BREM
ERTON HARBOR; 2 DROWNED
SEATTLE Oct. 31.—Donald Moore
i and Alfred Stavillet, operators of the
Seattle-Bremerton air ferry, were
: drowned this afternoon when their
■ plane crasbeo' in Bremerton harbor,
i No passengers were aboard the plane
at the time. The plane has carried
thousands of passengers between Se
attle and Bremertoi^ this being the
, first disaster.
BROOKHART TO TELL ABOUT
| ENFORCEMENT CONDITIONS
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Prohibi
tion conditions in the nation's capital
will be plaued before the grand jury
here next week when Senator Brook
hart will appear before before the
jury to tell of a senatorial dinner at
which he said guests were provided
with private hip flasks.
Telegraphic Ticks.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.— Bainbridge
! Colby, Secretary of State under Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson, who was di
vorced October 7 by his first wife at
; Reno, has secured a license to wed
Mrs. Anna V. Ely, of this citty.
PARIS, Nov. 2.—Andre Tardieu
! announced today that he had succeed
1 ed in forming a cabinet, thus ending
I the mfhisterial crisis in France which
has dragged on since October 22.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 2.—William G.
Lee, noted leader of the Brotherhood
‘ of Railway Trainmen, died today as
a result of cancer.
FIND REMAINS OF A ONCE
THRIVING ESKIMO VILLAGE
WASHINGTON.—Another chapter
! in the present-day knowledge of the
Eskimo culture of more than a thou
sand years ago but newly discovered
was added by Henry Collins Jr.,
Smithsonian scientist, on his return
from five months’ exploration in
North Alaska. Buried 25 feet under
ground in the centuries since it has
existed, he found on the southeast
end of St. Lawrence Island the re
mains of a once thriving'.village. Rich
material of the most’ • ”vt and
highly developer —
known was found. Specimens of
ivory and bone implements, weapons,
ornaments, pottery and wooden ar
I tides were found.
Rockefellers
Come to Aid
Stock Market
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PRICES TAKE UPWARD TRENT.*
ONLY AFTER BILLIONS HAD
BEEN WASTED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Powerful
buying support, supplied by some of
the country’s largest financia linstitu
tions and wealthiest individuals, in
cluding John D. Rockefeller Sr. and
Jr., w’as the cause of stock prices as
suming a swiftly upward trend, after
a1*week of disastrous selling by panic
stricken investors and shareholders
throughout the world had wasted
away more than twenty-five ‘billion
dollars.
Rockefeller, in ■ a statement issued
today, announced that he and his son
had beerc purchasing sound common
stocks for several days and would
continue to do so in substantial
amounts, “at least which we believe
represent sound investments value.”
NEW YORK. Oct. 31—The New
York National Reserve Bank today
reduced the discount rate from f> tie
5 per cent
n 'ls!e« *f> 1-1V*
WASHINGTON. Oet. 31—Loans-tc
brokers and dealers beaded.by the
New York Federal Reserve members
banks for the 'vVJJft-eindLne October
30 were announced today by the Feci
eral Reserve Bank as five and one
half billion dollars, representing om
billion dolars over that of the previ
ous week.
That preparations ate already un
der way for the operation next yea"
of the Ganes crkek dredge is .indicat
ed by a telegram from Walter. John
son of San Francisco to a local mer
cantile .head asking for figures for the
laying down of four hundred cords of
wood along the working line of the
dredge. The telegram states that
this amount, of wood is intended and
will be sufficient for the operation of
the dredge until a certain date in the
summer, after which diesel engines
i will be installed.
RULING OF HIGH COURT
OBSOLETE, DECLARES JUDGE
CONCORD, N. C.—Declaring that
a state supreme court decision of the
i past century is obsolete, Judge A. M.
i Stack ruled that a person need not
believe in a Supreme Being to be «
competent witness in a North Caro
lina court.
The ruling was made at the trial of
four Gastonia cottor mill workers
charged with flogging Ben Wella*
( communist, who declared himself an
atheist. Judge Stack’s ruling is at
variance with recent holdings of two
other state court jurists.
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WILL GIVE PARKS JOB OF
HANDLING ALASKA DEER
I WASHINGTON.—Dr. Wm. Cooper,.
United States commissioner -of edu
cation, in a report to Secretary of the
Interior Wilbur, recommended that
effective November 1; the governor of
Alaska be given •responsibility for
supervising reindeer m that Terri
tory.
Reindeer supervision has been un
der J ontrol of-the-Bureau of Edu
i John Repo‘, afte re visit here of s
couple of days, retu/ned'to^pWr JM?
| afternoon