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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 52.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
PARTY TRAITORS
ARE REMOVED
FROM POSITIONS
LAFOLLETTE, LADD, BROOKHART
AND FRAZIER, WHO WORKED
AGAINST REPUBLICANS OUSTED
« FROM ALL COMMITTEES
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20
Republicans leaders of the Senate
ate are determined to remove from
their present committee places the
four senators recently read out of the
party for working against Calvin Cool
idge for President. These are Sena
tors Robert LaFollette, of Wisconsin;
P Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Da
kota; Senator Smith W. Brookhart of
Iowa, and Senator Lynn J. Frazier of
North Dakota.
Senator LaFollette is chairman of
manufactures, finance. Indian affairs,
and Interstate commerce.
Senator Ladd is chairman of Public
Lands and surveys, Agriculture and
Forestry. Commerce, Territories and
Insular Possessions.
Senator Brookhart is chairman of
Claims, Education and Labor, Inter
oceanic Canals. Manufactures, Military
Affairs.
Senator Frizier, Indian Affairs, Pen
sions, Mines and Mining. Post Offices
and Post Roads.
It is stated that these Senators will
be absolutely ignored by the Republi
can party as to the matter of appoint
ments and patronage, so long as they
t sit in Congress.
GIBBONS AND
WILLS TO MEET
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NEW YORK. Feb. 21.—Gibbons and
Harry Wills will box 15 rounds for the
Milk fund this summer, the winner to
be matched later to meet Dempsey
for the heavyweight title, providing
Dempsey agrees, otherwise the winner
will claim the title by default.
Alaska Mushers’ Fund
Has Reached $305.50
SEATTLE, Feb. 21—Twenty-five
dollars donated by James Cruikshank,
a New York realtor, brought the dog
reward fund up to S305.50 today. It
is hoped to raise at least $1,000 for
the mushers who made the trip over
the trail from Nenana to Nome with
the antitoxin shipments.
JOHN C. DENNY TO HEAD
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS
IN STATE OF WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, W., Feb. 21.—In an an
nouncement received here today,
Gov. Hartley appointed John C. Den
ny, of Everett, former superior couVt
judge, to be director of the depart
met of public works, succeeding Wal
ter B. Whitcomb, of Bellingham.
Whitcomb Reverts To Law.
Olympia, Wn„ Feb. 21.—Whitcomb
said that he refuses to remain as su
pervisor of public utilities under
Denny and will return to the prac
tice of law in Bellingham.
Funeral Services For
S. L. Colwell Tomorrow
Funeral services for S. L. Colwell,
pioneer merchant of Seward, who died
this week, will be held at Odd Fellows
hall tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o’clock, under the auspices of the local
Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska. Rev. Dun
lap will preach the funeral sermon,
after which the Pioneers will take
charge of the services. All Pioneers
are requested to turn out to these ser
vices.
The body will be taken to Seattle
for interment
PULL ’EM UP OR GET
SUSPENDERS, SAYS
COOLIDGE TO YOUTHS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19
President Coolidge does not approve
of the prevailing styles in young
men’s trousers.
Three Princeton students called at
the White House today to invite the
president to address the American
Whig society at the university, an
organization founded by Presidet
Madison and led at one time by Pre
sident Wilson.
After a brief conversation, the pre
sident glanced at the bell bottoms
of the students’ trousers and asked
why they did not wear suspenders.
When it was explained to him
| such toursers were the style, Cool
I idge announced as his opinion that
it would be preferable to arrange
to keep them off the ground.
The president told them that his
son, John, had come back from col
lege last fall with similar trous
ers. and that he had made him put
on a pair of suspenders.
THREE PERSON SERIOUS
HURT IN AUTO SMASHUP
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 21—Colonel
W. J. Simmons, former Imperial Wi
zard of the Ku Klux Klan, Norris
Moore and Mrs. Houston, supreme
knight and recorder of the Knights
of the Flaming Sword were critically
injured last night in an automobile
accidet near Gainsville.
Son of Leonard Wood
Missing from Home
PARIS, France, Feb. 21.—At the
request of the valet of Osborne
Wood, whose father is Governo"
General of the Philippines, police to
day began a hunt for Osborne who
lias been missig from his hotel since
Monday.
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HARD TWISTER RAZES
AUSTRALIAN VILLAGE
LONDON, Feb. 21.—A severe cy
! clone lias razed the village of Roe
j burne, western Australia ,and done
! damage of 100,000 pounds sterling in
the village and adjoining territory,
according to dispatches here today.
The is no mention of loss of life.
Japanese Company In
Financial Difficulty
TOKIO, Feb. 21.—Reports that the
I firm of Takata & Company, one of the
largest importing firms in Japan, with
extensive American connections was
in financial difficulty, was confirmed
today when the government refused
the company financial assistance. The
company’s liabilities are $25,000,000.
The firm ascribes its difficulties to
the recent earthquake.
HIGH SCHOOL FIVE
TRIM RADIO TEAM
The High school quinteete of basket
shooters annexed the scalps of the
radio five in a slaughter staged at the
A. B. hall last night. The score was
47 to 9 when the whistle blew finish
ing up the game. The school team
played a fast game, annexing basket
after basket by snappy team work,
the ball being in their terriotry the
greater part of the time. The radio
team struggled gamely but were out
classed by their more nimble oppo
nents. A small crowd turned out for
the evening, which was a disappoint
ment to the players.
The High School team consisted of
Shellhorn, Stump, Bailey, McLean,
and Barnett.
Radio—Selby, Snider, Robison, Bo
ley, Tinkler. Johnson and Dwyer, ref
erees.
The School team will challenge the
American Leg!"’ team for next Fri
day night.
Dirigible Tried Deliver
Mail—Failed Account
of Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21.—
The dirigible Los Angeles, which left
Lakehurst yesterday for Bermuda
with mail, started on her return
today without mooring, after hover
ing three hours for the opportuhity,
the radio informed the Navy depart
ment. Weather prevented her im
mediate mooring to the Patoka,
which lay at Hamilton for that pur
pose. The officials said that her re
turn with her errand unperformed
was in accordance with the program
for adverse weather conditions.
32,000 GALLON
STILL CAPTURED
NEAR SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20.—Federal agents
seized a 32,000 gallon capacity liquor
plant, and 1,000 gallons of moonshine
in a raid on a dairy farm owned by
Henry Maggiora, near Orilla, fifteen
miles south of here. Two employes
were arrested but Maggiora, the pro
prietor escaped, and is being hunted
by the authorities.
Bryan Lectures In Florida
COMMONER DRAWS THRONGS IN
TELLING STATE’S BEAUTIES
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 20.—William J.
Bryan, Miami’s first citizen is lec
turing daily at Coral Gables, a new
suburb of the growing Southern
city, telling prospective buyers of
real estate why they should come
to Florida, Coral Gables, in particu
lar.
Free transportation is an induce
ment too great to be resisted. Bry
an’s audiences are as large and en
thusiastic as of yore.
PASTOR'S SON DROWNS
FT. SCOTT, Kas., Feb. 21.—John
Quick, 20-year-old son of Rev. Lee
CJuick and member of a pioneer
Bourbon county family, was drowned
in the Osage river twenty miles east
of Ft. Scott last night. The youth
was a member of a hunting party
and was thrown from his horse
while fording the stream.
Teacher Who Married
Pupil Defies Village
CANBY, Ore., Feb. 20.—Mrs. Rosa
jmond Lee Shaw Samuelson, Canby
high school teacher, ousted because
she married one of her pupils, is go
ling to stick it out with her hus
band, despite “what other folks
think.’’
This militant little woman, who is
about ten years older than her 16
year-old husband, LeRoy Samuelson
doesn’t think it is any ol the school
board’s business whether she mar
ries a high school boy or not.
Though the school board voted to
oast her, she remained in her class
room until the town marshal ordered
h,-r io go. It v '0* do.'-f.'o eel
oneo r\*ss.
Large Herds Fur Seals
Are Seen by Gas Boat
The crew of the gas boat Marzhovoi
which arrived in port this week from
Seattle, on its way to False Pass, re
ports seeing thousands of fur seals
in the waters off Icy Strait on their
way to the breeding grounds at the
Pribilofs. This is the earliest these
animals have ever been known to
come north, according to old sealers
residing in Seward, who say they are
a month to six weeks ahead of their
annual run.
Th 'Tarzhovoi belongs to the P. E.
Harris company of False Pass.
GLASGOW LAWYER
SHOOTS FARMER
FAYETTE, Mo., Feb. 20.—E. C.
Henry, Glasgow, Mo., attorney, shot
and wounded seriously Fred Line
mann in Glasgow this afternoon.
Henry met Linemann on the street
and, according to witesses, without
warning fired two shots at Linemann
at close range. One bullet struck
Linemann just above the heart.
Linemann was taken to the hospi
tal in Boonville.
Two years ago, Henry and Line
mann became involved in a quarrel
in Henry’s office and Henry fired
one shot at Linemann, after which
his pistol jammed. Linemann then
drew his pocket knife and cut Henry
several times on the face and neck.
It is believed that the shooting to
day is the outgrowth of-an bkj *feUjd^
Linemann is a farmer and lives in
Chariton county.
BARNEY GOOGLE, AT
$46.10 TO $2.00 WINS
IN RACE AT MIAMI
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 19.—The Nautili
us Purse, feature race here this af
ternoon, was won by Barney Google,
paying $46.10 on a $2 ticket, in one
of the outstanding upsets of the
meeting. Slow and Easy and Brice,
the favorites, finished second and
third.
17 Bodies Recovered
from Sullivan Mine
SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. 21.—The
seventeenth body was removed this
morning from the mines of the City
Coal Company, nearby where fiftyone
were entombed by a gas explosion
yesterday. One of the bodies taken
out today was believed to be that
of Haro’ Anderson, pit boss. The
rescuers worked all night, timbering
up the crumbling roofs, with fre
quent cave-ins hampering their ef
forts to reach the prisoners.
Air which was forced into the
shaft today to eliminate the after
damp, high pressure being used for
this purpose, is said to have cut into
the slate formations and increased
the fall to such an extent almost
blocking the entries. Women hov
ered at the top entrance of the
mine waiting to learn the fate of
their men. ,
The explosion is attributed to the
cutting machine which was penetrat
ing a wall abandoned by the mine
some time ago and releasing gas
which the miners’ lamp ignited.
Gov. Hartley Against
Official Pleasure Trips
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 21—Gov
ernor Hartley took a stand today
against the policy of excursion trips
for peace officers in Washington, re
fusing extradition warrants for two
prisoners held in California charged
with minor offenses. Sheriff Matt
Starwich and wife w'ere planning the
trip to California to get the prisoners,
and incidentally see some of the de
j lights of Tia Juana.
Governor Hartley said that he would
co-operate with officials for the extra
dition of dangerous criminals, but the
cost for minor offehses was more to
the state than it was worth to bring
the parties to justice.
LEGION DANCE
BE HELD TONIGHT
Seward Post, American Legion, will
hold their annual Washington’s Birth
day Dance at I. O. O. F. hall tonight
the hall being handsomely decorated
for the occasion. Special music of six
pieces has been provided for the oc
| casion and several stunts will be pro
vided for the entertainment of those
who attend. The Legion boys are al
ways good entertainers and those de
siring to spend a pleasant evening
should attend this function.
NEW PARTY BE
FORMED FROM
LABOR RADICALS
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—Anticipation
by railroad labor chieftains that the
Third party would be crushed out of
existence, a proposal has been made
before a conference of Progressives,
Socialists and Nationalist Labor lead
ers for the formation of a new party
to be called the American Labor Party.
It is divulged that labor leaders are
ready to call a convention and organ
ize the new party following out the
ideas of the English Labor Party. It
wjll be founded by mem opposed to ( v ■ ^
the''La- FOllette idea that*'the 'new 'par-t • . *. V • .ft
ty‘be grounded geographically like the ,
old ones, and opposing the policy of
Brotherhood labor leaders continuing
to adhere, to candidates of the various
old parties in a purely • nPrr-partisan' , 'j 4
way.
Capt. J. S. Gibson Dies
Heart Disease While on
Way to Attend Dance
MANILA, P. I., Feb. 21.—Capt. J. S.
Gibson, head of the Seattle Commer
cial Mission to the Orient, died of
heart disease here this afternoon,
while attending a dance.
Gibson was born in Mobile, and at
tended the University of Missippi.
After making a study of mines and for
the ministry he turned to the sea and
became a master mariner, command
ing vessels well known on the Pacific
Coast, including 'the American and
Glory of the Seas, which sailed many
races. He organized a stevedoring
company in British Columbia and Se
attle, and was leader in Seattle yacht
ing circles. He became lieutenant
commander of the Naval Reserves at
61, and during the world war ran sub
marines with munitions. He was
transferred to the Army and, made as
sistant superintendent of transport at
Marsailles.
AIRCRAFT COMMITTEE
REFUSES TO MAKE TESTS
WASHINGTON, D. C,. Feb. 21.—
The House Aircraft committee by a
vote of five to two refused to ask Wil
bur Weeks to arrange new tests to
determine the efficiency of airplanes
against battleships.
HAMMOND LISTS
TEN BEST ACTORS
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—If I were to
be asked to nominate the men players
whose work this season entitles them
to be called actors, I would make the
following list:
Lionel Barrymore in “The Piker.”
George Arliss in “Old English.”
Richard Bennett in “They Knew
What They Wanted.”
Rudolph Schildrkraut in “The Mon
grel.”
O. P. Heffie in “Minick.”
Walter Huston in “Desire Under
the Elms.”
Louis Wolheim and William Boyd
in “What Price Glory.”
Alfred Lunt in “The Guardsman.”
There are many effective exhibitions
of “personality” in town, but the fore
going stand out as actors rather than
as performers. They promote their
vocation from its status as a mere
knock to sell something resembling an
art. “Character actors” used to be the
most unappreciated of those employed
by the muses. The player who lost
himself in his part seldom was per
mitted to wear the dubious aureole of
popularity. Nowr, it seems, we enjoy
unselfish acting, and the actors who
think more of their roles than they
do of their individuality are regarded
by the public with considerable favor.