VOL. IV. NO. '?
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1924.
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Senate Calls for Denby
and Fall Agreements; j
Daugherty Is Defiant
Washington, Feb. 18. — A reso
« lution introduced in the Senate
by La Foilette -directs the Secre
: tary of the Interior to send to
the Senate a copy of the agree
ment between Fall -and D^nby
regarding the transfer of naval
coal areas in Alaska from the
Navy to the Interior Depart
inent. The resolution also calls
for every scrap of paper, corre
spondence and executive orders
in the tiles of the Departments
of the Navy and the Interior re
lating to Alaska coal leases and
applications for leases.
The House today adopted the
Walsh resolution, which calls
for commencement of proceed
ings to recover Sections IG and
60 within naval oil reserve No. 1,
in California, now operated by
* the Standard Oil Company of!
< Caliiornia.
At the hearing before the Sen
ateoil investigating committee,
this evening, George K. Thomas,
treasurer of the Pioneer Oil Com
. pany. a Standard On subsidiary,
testiile i that ,Tohn C. Shaffer,
^newspaper publisher, came again
and again to the Pioneer Com
pany for a share in one million
dollars, the price paid and to be
paid by Sinclair lor the Teapot
. Dome leases.
g>enatur Minins, h wasuiseioscu
<d if ring the session of the oil com
mittee, was one of the members
of tl>e Senate who dealt, in Sin
clair oil at the period of its spec
tacular rise! during the leasing
of Teanot Dome to Sinclair by
Fall.
The Senate oil committee to
night voted to take a recess for
ten days. _ _
"Washington, Feb. 21.—Attor
ney General Daugherty, in a let
* ter to Senator Pepper, defies the
Senate group or the members of
his party who are demanding his
resignation. Daugherty threat
ens to go to the country in order
* to defend himself, if ousted. He
declared the letter was written
-without consulting the President
and therefore the views ex
pressed are not those.reflected
by Goolidge._
Washington, Feb. 21. — President
Coolidge is understood to have received
information from the Senate oil inves
tigating committee that. Daugherty’s
name has been found in the accounts of
stock brokers as among those speculat
ing in Sinclair Consolidated.
Senator Lem out called at the White
House this evening and gave Coolidge
the information that the committee
had issued no subpoena for Sinclair,
- who arrived home from F.urope on
Wednesday.
Owen J. Roberts, of Philadelphia,
* and ex Senator Atlee Pomerene, of
Ohio, were confirmed today-toy the Sen
ate as special counsel in-the oil leases
, prosecutors. The Senate also passed a
resolution appropriating- #100,000 for
payment of counsel bv Coolitfge.
Both Roberts and Pomerene are un
. s*«dy to advise the corami-ttee at this
time as to the granting of immunity to
Sinclair as the price of his testi
mony, if immunity is demanded. Spe
cial counsel received information today
that neither they nor the Senate corn
mittee possess originals of documents
vital to civil or criminal prosecution.
Luuis H. Brush, one of the owners of
the Marion Star, told the committee
that Ohio banks supplied the only out
side money used in the purchase of the
paper. _
Washington.—President Coolidge to.
day ordered Secretary of Interior Work
to make immediate invest'.:ut'fcn Of die
charges of -John IS. Ballaice regarding
the alleged juggling of A aska coal re
serves by Denbv and Fall.
Senator Harrell introduced today a
resolution calling for investigation of
Fall's Indian oil lands leasing in Okla
homa, particularly regarding leases to
the company in which £1 B. Mellon, a
brother of the Secrelare of the Treas
ury, is an officer.
Pressure Strong
for the Removal
of Daugherty
Washington. Feb. 22—Pressure for
the removal of Attorney General
Daugherty bad not relaxed today, and
official and unofficial Washington is'
keeping close watch on the White
House-Senate battlefield.
Cushman in Ruling on
Liquor for Private Use
Seattle. — Federal Judge Cushman
made a most enlightening ruling this
afternoon when he instructed a jury in
Ins court that i is not unlawful to have
| liquor in one’s private dwelling for the
use of one’s family or his help, or for
j one’s bona tide guest
Side Glances at
Political Doings
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Chicago.—McAdoo Thursday night,
following a conference, told his man
agers from thirty three states that lie
would remain in the presidential race,
as they had voted he should do.
ilismarck, N. D.—The North Dakota
republican state convention Tuesday
passed resolutions declaring unbound
ed faith in Coolidge and indorsing him
for presidential nomination.
Miami. Fla. —Former Candidate Cox
announced here tonight that be will
enter the race for the presidency
agaiust Hearst. >Cox had ju^t conclud
ed a visit with Krvan.
Atlama.—Leading Georgia demo
crats met Monday to launch a boom for
Senator WuLh for the presidential
' nomination.
Seattle.—The state committee voted
today to hold the Washington repub
lican convention at Wenatchee on
April nth.
'
Minot, N. D.—The demoersaity state
convention has indorsed McAdoo for
preeicfwK.
Sinclair Arrives;
Says Investigation
Is Purely Political
New York, Feb. 20.—tiarry F. Sin
clair, oil magnate, who arrived from
Europe today, declared the Senate oil
investigation is purely political, and
simultaneous with his arrival the Wall
Street Journal quoted Doheny &s say
ing that a lot of people are trying to
run the American people off their feet
in the investigation of the naval oil
reserves.
He Tenders Resignation
Following’ Phone Talk
With Coolidge.
Washington, Feb. l-< -Secre
tary of Navy Denby tendered j
his resignation 4his morning, j
following a conversation over*
the telephone, m whicn latestJ
aspects of the situation were |
gone over. In the light of in-j
formation passed on from the j
White House to republican lead J
ers in the Senate, the resigna '
tion will be accented immediate
ly bv Coolidge.
i In navy circles, the resigna
tion of Denby is reported to be
due to the abrupt halting by
Coolidge of the Shenandoah’s!
Nortli Pole trip. In other quar
ters it is intimated that Coolidge
may have taken this step to af
ford Denby an opportunity to
quit the Cabinet.
Washington.—New York members
of Congress held a conference today to
determine the political future of As
sistant, Secretary of Navy Theodore
Iion.3 veil.
Naval o fusers favor the seteetion of
Patrick Kelly, of Michigan, to -succeed
Denby. C , iidge has also been asktd
10 consider James E. Preston, of Mich
man. Lowden and 1’ indexter are con
side red as eliminated.
Nebraska Court Room
Scene of 4 Shootings
.Lincoln, Neb—District Jude© Wm.
M. Morning died today as the result of |
a wound received vesterday when he
was shot by Wallace G. Walliek, whose
wifs was suing for livorce. Walliek,
after shooting at Judge Morning, shot;
at his wife, her attorney, and then j
killed himself.
Students Confess to
Robbery of $30,000
lhute. —Robert A. Heller, of Boston.*
lyMpt Ackler, of Butte, and Bernard
A. Quesnel, of Kalispell, a trio of Uni
versity of Montana students, confessed
today to having robbed tha MiBsoula
postoffice and to having tauten a pack
age containing thirty -housand dollars,
consigned to a Missoula bank. The
money was recovered f'-om Heiler’n
rnooo
IG FLIGHT
IS HALTED
Coolidge Orders Stop
page of Preparations
on the Shenandoah.
Washington, Feb. 10. —Secre
tary Denby. on orders from Pres
ident Coolidge, tonight directed
toe stoppage of all preparations
for the Shenandoah’s North Pole
flight, at least until Congress is
given an opportunity, if it so de
sires, to express its views of the
polar flight. The flight, it is
claimed, will require an expend]
ture of $850,000.
Seattle.—Ten >oos of equipment and
supplies for itie advance party of th«
Shenandoah e.tpepition were removed
from the hold of the liner Alaska to
night, and six men who were to have
left for Seward, en route te Nome, on
the vessel tomorrow morning, a're shift
ing their base to Bremerton to await
further orders.
New Revenue Measure
Reported by Committee
Washington.—The new revenue oil]
providing revision of federal taxes, and
a 25 per cent rectue&ion of 192? income
taxes, was favoral.lv reported to the
House today by the .vavs and means
committee. The measure has been un
der consideration in -.- the opeulug of
Congress.
The bill will be taken up Thursday
for consideration, with a month's de
bate in prospect before its passage,
Washington Notes
Washington.rank Green, -sen,or
senator from Vermont, was shot and
fatally wounded last night, during a
pistol duel between prohibition agents
and bootleggers, while he and Mrs.
Green were oat on&l’iag. His cosdi
-non is very grave this morning.
Washington#—-Talk of a third party
is strong since the oil scandal splat
tered the Coolidge administration and
also as a result of the greasy mess into
woich the democrats are leading their
party for the presidential race.
Washington.—The democrats, sup
ported by republican insurgents, de
feated the Mellon tax plan in the
House and forced the adoption of tne
commercial bill by Garner.
Wasbingtod. — Five United States
deputy marshals, all involved in prohi
bition und narcotics laws violations
hero, were dismissed today.
Washington.—Lieutenant Comman
der Zachary Lansdowne has been desig
nated as commander of the dirigible
Shenandoah.
Washington—President Coolidge has
definitely decider, upon Charles R,
Warren, of Detroit, for ambassador to
Mexico.
Washington.—Naval officials ere con
tinuing preparations for the Shenan
doah's .North Pole flight.
Washington.—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
has been granted free use of the mails.
ELECTION
Y PEOPLE
Bill Calls for Popular
Will in Choosing Gov.
and Sec. of Alaska.
, .,.p rr —
Washington, Feb. 18—Dele
gate Sutherland introduced to
day a bill proposing that the
governor and secretary of Alaska,
be elected by the people ot
Alaska, instead of being ap
pointed. A four-year terra is.
j proposed, with salaries of 87,OCX
i and" $5,’000, respectively, to b?
i paid by the Territory, and their
duties to be the same as nov:
provided. The bill provides that
no persons except citizens of the
United States more than thirtj
years of age, and who have beer
residents of Alaska for three
years immediately preceding the
e'ection, shall be eligible to serve
in either ottice. The bill was re
\ ferred to the committee on terr
! tories.
12 Dog Teams Off
American Derby,
at Ashton, Idaho
j Ashton, ,oaho, Feb. 2i.—Twelve
■ earns of dogs started 0? here today is
I the si:.: annua! American dog herb;
j trail. The dogs art in the very bss
| of condition. Whistling Lydia Hutch.
! uisnn. coted female driver, is not in to
I day’s ra e. She was scheduled to drive
! the Montreal winter sports committee
I .entry, but announced that owing to ths
crippling of the Canadian doge driver
i by Shorty Russick, their trainer,
I Smoky Gaston, last year's winner with
the favorite team, itoday prepared for
1 the jaunt. _ _
Foreign Flashes
London.—Lloyd George has issued a
' s'j&temcns repudiating the interview in
which he was quoted as having said
that Woodrow Wilson and Cleuieneeao
entered into a secret agreement re
garding French occupation of the
Rhineland.
Paris.—Prolonged heckling of com
munist member* Thursday, drew front
Premier Puiacaire a il" eat to resign
Paris. — Premier Pomcatffe Thursday
announced that France tnurt fej&Mrow
thirty billion francs.
' Seattle —The democratic state con
j vention will be held here on May 2.
| Operations Halted at
] Tomb of Tutankhamen
Luxor.—With the discontinuance of
-excavation work at Tutankhamen’s
tomb,’Howard Carter said today that
operations hud been Abandoned owing
to a request from the Egyptian govern
ment that the wives of excavators be
permitted to visit the tomb.
Other rerxirts indicate that 1 arter
shut" down operation?, because ths
Egyptian government declined to let
him take fifty per cent of'tne hhrtaen**
treasure found in the tomb of Tritanb
burntp,