The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1928, Page 8

- DURING SLEEP L__aska Route Answers 8 OIL COMPANY - “DEALS STILL DEEP MYSTERY Despite Hammering of Witnesses, Very Little Is Revealed WASHINGTON, successful efforts #gain by the Senate Lands Com- mittee to penetrate t veil of mystery ounding rgani- zation and « tion of the (‘nn—‘ tinental Tr Co., extinct | Canadian corporation, which fig-| ured extens in court grow ing out of Teapot Dome | lease. For two hours noon, Senator of the committee in the inquiry, ¢ 00,000 profits Feb. 1 Un- were made | the the vesterday after- | be- made | he 1| for any wo witne; Secretary and| Sinclair Crude | the Company and J.|wa ident of the Mi west Refini ‘ompany, but little | additional light was shed upon the situation Podary a deal by which the Sin- elair Crude Oil Purchasing Com-|riv pany bought from the Continen-|wa tal Trading Company for $400, 000, contract, which saved it §2 000,000, was disclosed before { tir the Senate Committee investigat-| ( dng the disposal of the profits|his of the hastily-formed but now | sid dead Continent ading Com- pany, whose antors includ ed Sinclair and’ Robert Stewart Phe cont ct was to sell to the| Sinclair Company crude oil at| g, $1.75 a Dbarrel It $1.50 and part the profits of . Continental ny found way to Albe away Carlson, rer he | D me 1t paid hi the | po its | Mp all after 1 Dome to Sinclair, contends e - CAPT. CONNELL PASSES AWAY L ed Teapo Government Veteran Navigator on Al- Last Command —_— Advices of the death of Cap:. ‘William Connell, in Seattle, have theen received in Juneau and his death removes from the ranks of _‘Alaska navigators, perhaps the oldest steamer captain, in poiat f service. Captain Connell pass- d on in his sleep one wight in “his home near Lake Burien, nol Jar! from Seattle. + Loug before the Klondike strike Capt, Connell was in' command of ‘sfeamers coming to Alaska. Dur- _ing the Klondike rush, when ‘steamers were at a premium, " Capt Connell was placed in com- ~mand of the old steamer City «f . Seattle, then a palatial liner on the Alaska route. So competent ¢ was his ability as a navizator, “fhat newspapermen of tle knew that in exactly seven days from the time the City of Seattle Jeft the Yesler Dock in the Que:n City for Southeastern Alaska “ports, she would return almost %o the hour. Rarely were they fihap'poinml, Capt. Conn®ll oper- 4 the steamer, no matter in | Whiat kind of weather, safely and liciently and he never had a irine accident. Retires From Sea “"When the Washington-Alaska jteamship Comp: then oper ng the City of ttle, was ab- orbed by the old cific Coast eamship Company, Capt. Con- continued as master and la- transferred to the Alaska Bteamship Company. Shortly af- wards he retired from the sea d for several years was man- er of the Stedman Hotel, in etchikan, and added to his long ist of friends. ' The call of the salt water again Sechoed, and Capt. Connell went back aboard steamers. He said .. | could danc aboard and the was Mrs Juneau Concerns Are Asked for “Bid” Information In today's classified “ad column aily Em t construction neau High are wanted sand, crushed . excavation by the yard in lump sum, ete It is now up to Juneau concern nd m their ful reading “for Wanted"” classified show they must be giv en by next Monday and of oY | T was off duty renerally immd in the socia d his partners livinely.” daneit hie It is said that on one trip of e City of S he partic jovial erowd on rthbound f a club Comnell e Up Cay name proposed sposed the 1 that was adopteds al in Skagway the Arctic Cl s formally ‘organiz It wa rely a social organization, bat served a useful purpose in iis apt. Connell is survived wife and grown son ing in Seattle. o e MRS. M'LEOD RECOVERS both 1 Cha 00 i Ann’'s and baoy | 1 left hospital ! int H McLeod STOCK UP AGAIN ( Two Cans FREE of Fruit anc trip, | THE DAILY 'ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1928. CLEGHO! - LANGFORD BOUT ~ CALLED DRAW Walc T and ! Alaska. fourht draw last night, t ! main event at Crystal Pool Neither much damage mn, of a six round boy was able to They f the way carefuily through the fir rounds confining activity third round opened up. s brea h and w both han | two and in Clegl loose ford neither was way into a le i pound their horn drove nal s them as the askan tried clinch — e SPECIAL DOINGS OF ELKS THIS EVENING No. 420, B ebrate Past this and all Members of . Lodge P. 0. Elks, will « Exalted Rulers' Night ning at the BElks' Hall | members are urged to be pre at 8 o'clock so that the speck program may start on timo, B a regular business met ve will be an initia-| tion musical numbers, and lunech- | con will he served following the| | business and initiation | ————— | WHY SURE! THE PRESIDENT | Will be out all winier, warm and comfortabie. 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