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Fall To Give
Testimony
'TaK only six months to live,
..N > W!L TELL ALL ABOUT
TEALOT DOME LEASES
;:L I A SO, Mar. 21.—Doctors have
informed Albert B. Fall, former Sec
retary of the Interior, that he has
only six months more to live, and he
is. ready to tell the entire story of the
ease of the Teapot Dome oil fields to
'he S r.e aT interests, he told the LI
> aso Post today.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—The
Senate Teapot Dome committee de
eded late today to accept the sugges
tion of former Secretary of Interior
Fall to go to El Paso to hear the
.vtrole story of the lease of Teapot
Dome oil fields.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 22—Former
Secretary of Interior Fall today wired
( ba rman Nye, of the Senate Teapot
Lome committee, that he would pre
f r to give his testimony regarding
naval oil leases in court rather than
before the committee, which as a con
sequence has canceled its trip' to El
Paso.
VANNAMAKER LEFT AN
ESTATE ESTIMATED $75,000,000
PHILADELPHIA, March 19.—Rod
,van Warinamaker’s estate of $75,000,
)03, according to his will made public
■uriay, will be managed by seven trus
oes. His life insurance of $7,500,000.
with its accumulation, will be divided
among his wife, his children and their
•hiddren when the youngest grand
child becomes 21 years of age.
V, O MORE BATTALIONS
MARINES FOR NICARAGUA
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Two
re ba .a.ions of marines will be
t to Nicaragua to participate in
pervising the election in that coun
try. There are 2,100 marines in Nic
aragua now, and today’s order brings
tire force to 3,000.
WINNERS AT FAIRBANKS.
FAIRBANKS, March 16.—Follow
rg are the winners in the Fairbanks
iug derby:
Men’s Race, 53 Miles.
ioe Stickman ._. 5:30:50
'ioliner . 5:38:54
Fred Stickman . 6:01:39
Clegg . 6:17:56
Opdyke.6:50:08
Mutchler . 6:59:00
End'cott Race, 17 1-4 Miles.
Nollner.-. 1:09:00
Joe Stickman . 1:13:00
Fred Stickman . 1:18:00
Corey ...-. 1:24:00
Clegg .-. 1:27:00
Ladies’ Race, 17 1-4 Miles.
Mrs. Chester Brink. 1:29:39
Hortense Parker .-. 1:30:06
Grace Swanson . I:v6:12
Mrs. George Metcalfe.1:40:60
Mrs. Frank Dufreane . 1:46:50
Genevieve Parker .- 1:47:01
Tom Conolley, a well known old
timer, after a season or two on the
Outside, was a recent returning one,
and is again back on hia quartz prop
erties on the Windy Fork. He came
in over the old Rainy Paes route, on
snowshoes moat of the way.
Joe Condry, proprietor of the Big
River Roadhouse, was an a: rival at
McGrath a couple of dajfc a^o. for a
oriif Y\sd- ..
AM'Y ANN MILLER BECOMES
BRIDE OF TUKOKI RAO, FOR
MER MAHARAJAH OF INDIA
BARWAHA, India, March 19.—
' Nancy Ann Miller, of Seattle, Wash.,
today became the bride of Tukoki
Rao, former maharajah of India, She
was admitted to dbangar caste at a
eeie..:or,y preliminary to her wedding
M ss Miller wore a brilliant ma
genta sari and her head was covered
\v:,h a cloth of gold.
TENNEY TO DEFEND HEAVY
WEIGHT TITLE IN JULY; 01’
I’ONENT NOT YET SELECTED
MIAMI, March 21.—Gene Tunney
will defend the heavyweight chum
1 pionship in July, against an opponent
not yet selected, Tex Rickard an
nounced today, following a conference
with Tunney. After that event Gene
will not fight again this year.
WOULD BE USED AS HOME FOR
AGED AND INFIRM PIONEERS
WASHINGTON, March 19.—The
grant of certain abandoned public
buildings and grounds at Sitka, Terri
tory of Alaska, was proposed today in
. a bill by Delegate Sutherland. The
; buildings, according to the measure,
J would be used as a home for aged,
' sik and infirm pioneers.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GUIDE TO
SCALE, FILM MT. McKINLEY
j WASHINGTON, March 29.—Guy
! Calwell, Rocky mountain guide, who
! is backed by the American Native As
1 sociatiou, will attampt to scale and
; film Mount McKinley, leaving Seattle
1 for the purpose in May, 1929.
i -
Charles Nico'et and Dolph Mespelt
were recent arrivals at McGrath, hav
ing come from Anchorage in the air
plane cf the Anchorage Air Trans
port with Pilot R. H. Merrill. Mr.
■ N icolet who left here last October,
| spent most of his time in San Fran
cisco and Oakland, while Mr. Mespelt
went as far East as Rochester, Minn.
Mr. Nicolet left immediately for Can
dle, to join his family there, while Mr.
' Mespelt went to his headquarters at
the Nixon quartz mine.
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The Fairbanks airplane, A. A. Ben
nett pilot, arrived at McGrath last
Monday, bringing Miss Virginia How
ard and Pete Carlson, whom he took
I to Ophir. On its return trip to Fair
j banks the plane had as a passenger
R. M. White, who left for the purpose
i of obtaining medical treatment.
Frank Guskey, N. C. manager at
McGrath, and Charlie O’Halloran
were Thursday arrivals by airplane
, from McGrath. Mr. Guskey returned
; to McGrath yesterday, going down as
a passenger of Henry Martella.
Harry MenzofF, who left here some
weeks ago for a visit at Fairbanks,
is again on his way to this place over
| the trail, having left Nenana three or
four days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brink, driving
their own teams, left Nenana on the
21st for Takotna, and are in hopes of
arriving here not later than the 29th.
William Behanr coming from Hans
Erickson’s headquarters, Ganes creek,
| was a yesterday arrival.
i Frank Cioli, James Davidson and
Einor Carlson were recent arrivals at
McGrath from their various headquar
ters, each bringing with him a goodly
quantity of fur.
Tim Marquam, after a season in the
Vermicelli section, was airecent ar
rival at McGrath..,.
Nwills Bates
Mot Guilty
CONSIDERATION OF CASH BY
JURY LASTED ONLY 3
HOURS.
FAIRBANKS, March 17.—Trial of
the case of the U. S. vs. Nellie Beattie
1 can.e to an end at 3 p. m .today, at
which time the jury retired. Three
i hours later the jury filed into court
and returned its verdict of not guilty.
COUZENS ASKS SENATE TO
O ON RECORD AS FAVORING ]
RESIGNATION SEC. MELLON ’
| WASHINGTON, March 21.—Sen- ]
i ator Couzens, of Michigan, introduced :
today a resolution under which the (
Senate would go on record as favor
j ing the resignation of Secretary of ;
Treasury Andrew MeMllon for his
failure to reveal his knowledge of the
Sinclair Teapot Dome operations.
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NAVAL SUPPLY BILL CAR
RIES A TOTAL OF $359,000,000 c
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WASHINGTON, March 21.—Pro- j
pos:ng the largest expenditure for <
naval establishment since the Wash
:ngton limitations conference, the an
, nual navy department supply bill was
reported to the House today. The .
measure carries a total of $359,000,
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Telegraphic Ticks. !
I WASHINGTON, March 21.—The 1
House bills authorizing Anchorage.
Alaska, to issue §100,000 in bonds and,
Seward §90,000 in bonds for construe-1
tion of school buildings were passed (
by the Senate yesterday. I ^
SEATTLE, March 17.—The Aleu- '
t!an sailed for Seward this morning, '
carrying 217 passengers including 72
for Seward and interior points, and j
former Judge E. E. Ritchie of Valdez.
j WASHINGTON, Mar. 19.—Thomas 1
R. Shepard, once a prominent Nome c
operator, and former law partner of 1
the late Judge Thomas Burke of Se
attle, died here today.
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! CHESTER, Pa., Mar. 22.—W. C. *
Sprout, former governor of Pennsyl
vania^ died at his home here last
j night. 11
CLEVELAND, March 21.—James t
W. Packard, auto magnate, died at his 1
home here today. ! i
, HARRY F. SINCLAIR’S HORSES
BARRED FROM FURTHER RAC- j <
ING ON MARYLAND TRACKS- 1
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BALTIMORE, Mar. 22.—The Mary-! 1
! land Racing Commission issued an 1 1
order today barring horses of Harry
F. Sinclair, oil magnate, from further
racing on Maryland race tracks.
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COOLIDGE AGAIN DECLINES. i
j WASHINGTON, Mar. 21.—Presi- >
j dent Coolidge this afternoon declined (
the request of the Wyoming Repub- I
lican State Central Committee that he •
announce his candidacy for re-elec- c
tion. r
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Carl Lottsfeldt, A. R. C. i>uj.erin
; tendent for this division, left Nenana
about a week ago and should arrive
here at any time. (
Mail Carrier Pete Snow, with the
incoming mail, arrived Thursday, and
continued yesterday to Ophir. f
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::eed takes slam at Sin
clair MONEY WHICH WENT
TO G. O. r. NATL. COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, March 2L—'The
-eturn by prominent Republicans, and
’or which Senator Borah is now re
viving contributions, of money do
ntcd by Harry F. S nc air to the Re
publican national committee, today
vas characterized by Senator Reed of
Missouri “as paying a hired assassin
"or th edagger he left in the body of
lis victim.”
PEA POT DOME COMMITTEE
MAKING INVESTIGATION OF
LATE PPKES. WARDING ESTATE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21.—An in
vestigation into the estate of the Iat3
-resident Harding, to determine
whether it shows any Continental
[Trading Company Liberty bonds, is i.
irogress today under direction of the
Senate Teapot Dome investigation
oniroittee.
1274,000,000 FOR NEW W A SUING
TON CONSTRUCTION PROCRAM
WASHINGTON, March 10.—1The
1274,000,000 new Washington con
traction program was approved to
!ay by the House and sent to the
Senate.
STEAMERS ONLY TO OPERATE
THIS YEAR IN CANNERY TRADE
SEATTLE, March 21.—No sailing
vessels, but ateagg-wrunh; , -will be op
rated from Puget Sound or British
lolumbia this year in the cannery
rade, the first time in the history of
he industry.
NVENT10N MAY REVOLU
TIONIZE AIR NAVIGATION
DETROIT.—The Free Press said
oday that an airplane operated elec
rically and magnet ically without gas
dine or other fuel has been tested
uccessfully by Colonel Charles A.
dndbergh and Major Thomas Lam
ihier, flight commander at Selfridge
''ield.
The motor, which the newspaper
minted out, might revolutionize the
ntire scheme of automotive ] ower,
vas invented by Lester J. Ilendershot.
Lindbergh, Lamphier and I). Barr
’eet, of Pittsburgh, business manager
or the inventor, conducted the test,
md the Free Press reported it was
successful in every respect.”
The Guggenheim foundation for the
iromotion of aeronautics has ar
anged for an immediate demonstra
ion of the motor, which is said to be
iascd on the principle of electrical
nagnetism as applied to the rotary
notion of the earth.
The newspaper said: “So far as
xperiments have been made the
tower has only been applied to air
ilanes. Later developments are
ilanned to extend the scope of opera
ion to other fields of loromotion.”
CREATING A DEMAND.
JUNEAU.—In order to create more
f a demand for halibut, prices for
fhich are at a low ebb, two Juneau
fomer, Mrs. Harry M. Sabin and Mrs.
)laf Winters, have started making
lome-made flshballs, which have been
la-“ed on sale at grocery stores. Tho
emard has already swamped the
lanufacturers, and others will prob
bly be forced to take up the work.
The Misses Dora, Freda and Helen
Lonig were today arrivals from Mc
Irath, as passengers of Henry Mar
slla.
Lars Irdegard left a few days ago
w Flat,..
Inqaest At
I Los Angeles
FOR PURFOEE OF FIXING RE
SPCNSIEII ITY FOR COLLAPSE
OF ST. FRANCIS DAM.
LOS ANGELES, March 19.—Mayor
Crycr, at a mo ting of the Council,
admitted the moral responsibility of
the c tv of L s Angeles for the St.
T'ro.-.r.'s dam di.-aster, adding: “We
-n t -e the lives that have
L (■:. 1 .st, '/. * we can and will make
an.ends f.r t: .perty damaged.”
LOS A :: LES, Mar. 21.—William
i.::.: Tar. i, i 2, engineer in charge of
com-.ruct >n of the dam, testified to
la.- cor ncr’s inquest over the
. :. Francis can vie time that leaky
cn . -.iVo: hours before its col
's- s" v--. 0 t: . very bad. With tears
coursing dow his cheeks he moaned:
“The only ones I envy are those who
are dead. ’• e certainly must have
overlooked something.”
C * IT A IN WILKINS AND PILOT
LEN IlfliLSON ARRIVE HARROW
FA r'TANKS, Mar. 21.—Captain
.. .' i'kins, Arctic explorer,
a; •- • Don Eielson arrived at
i'oi.-'.t Harrow in their flight from
Fan' a l;s or. Monday afternoon.
Coin. ..ati > 1 “-established
after i»G i.oui-V siAnc-e.
“LlNDV” RECEIVES CONGRES
SIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
WASHINGTON, March 21.—The
blue ribbon Congressional melal of
honor was placed upon the shoulders
of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to
day by President Cooiidge.
Miss Virginia Strand, w!.* left here
some weeks ago for F. rbanks for
the purpose of obtaining medical re
lief, is now en route to Seattle, ac
cording to advices received here on
Thursday. At Seattle she will become
a patient at the Virginia Mason Hos
pital for the purpose o fundergoing
an operation for injuries received last
wilder, while driving a dog team.
Miss Strand expects to return here in
July, and will be a passenger north
on the first trip of the steamer Tup
per.
DENNY GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
ON INCOME TAX FILINGS
J. A. Denny, deputy collector of in
ternal revenue, arrivel at Fairbanks
recently, and will remain there for
some time on business connected with
his department.
Considerable confusion exists, Mr.
Denny said, in regard to income tax
filings. The law requires that a sin
gle man with an annual income of
§1,500 must file returns. If part of
his compensation is room and board
this must be included in arriving at
the r.et income.
A man married during the entire
ca'cndar year and having an income
of §3,500, must fiie. The question of
de> endents does not enter into the
filing. A man in business with a
gross income of §5,000 is required to
file, regardless of whether he makes
a profit. All partnerships, fiduciaries
and corporations must file.
Henry Martella returned Thursday
fr..». a trip to McGrath, having Ikey
Hayes as a round-trip passenger.
Mrs. Charles Konig was a today ar
rival from McCrath, coming up wjJ&i
Charles O’Hailoran .