MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XX, NUMBER 237.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
COL. MITCHELL
FOUND GUILTY
COURT MARTIAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18 (£>)—
The court martial convicted Colonel
Mitchell of breaking discipline by his
attacks on the administration’s avia
tion policies and sentenced him to five
years’ suspension from the Army.
Mitchell remains i\ider technical
arrest until President Coolidge passes
on the findings. Mitchell was convict
ed on eight counts. The court deliber
ated three hours.
BANDITSHOLD UP
IOWA TOWN AND
LOOT THE BANK
DOWS, Iowa, Dec. IS (JP)—Six men
captured the town marshal, telephone
operator and railroad operator, sev
ered wire communications, agd wreck
ed the safe of the State Bank of Dows.
The bandits escaped with bonds be
tween §8,00 to §10,000. They work
ed at the safe for o"ver an hour with
their prisoners closely guarded.
PARIMUTUAL BILL
POSTPONED BY
LEGISLATURE
OLYMPIA, Wn, Dec. 18 (^qp)—The
House Agricultural Committee recom
mended that the parimutual horsecar
ing bill be indefinitely postponed. This
is expected to kill the measure which
was introduced by thirty members and
approved unanimously by the House.
The Senate passed 19 bills the day
the session convened and last night.
Among bills passed by the House
and Senate was a bill increasing the
mills taxes for higher educational in
stitutions and a Senate Bill providing
for a Board of Education consisting
of the Presidents of the University of
Washington, Washington State College
and the principals of normal school,
with three members* to be appointed
by the governor.
The Senate defeated the bill curtail
ing the power of courts to grant in
junctions in labor disputes and pre
serve the right of peaceful picketing
in case of strikes. Opponents of the
f defeated bill said it was identical with
the Federal Clayton Act.
SPECIAL RATES
FOR CHRISTMAS
ARE ANNOUNCED
EXCURSION FARES WILL PRE
VAIL TO ALL POINTS ON
LINE DEC. 21.
A special local passenger tariff,
naming round trip excursion fares be
tween stations on the Alaska railroad,
has been issued by the headquarters
offices, for the benefit of holiday trav
elers. The usual fare and one-third
will apply and the sale of tickets will
start on December 21 and continue un
til the first of the year, with a return
limit fixed at January 5. No stop
overs will be allowed in either direc
tion.
Children will be carried for half
fare, between the ages of five and
twelve years.
H. S. Balderston, vice president of
the Bank of Seward, returned last
evening from a business trip to An
chorage.
LAKE ON KNIGHTS ISLAND, NEAR SEWARD.
LOUIS KAPLLN TO
FIGHT HERMAN
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (£>)—Louis
Kaplan, the Meridan champion, is a
slight favorite in nis bout with “Babe”
Herman of California for the title. The
bout takes place tonight.
The mixed train which arrived last
evening from Anchorage departed this
morning at 10:30 o’clock. Included in
the mixed train were one coach and
| a baggage car.
Latter Day Saints To
Dedicate New Temple
—
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 18. (£>)—The
small town of Mesa, Ariz., will be
i the gathering place next year for
I thousands of worshippers who will
dedicate the new temple of the Lat
ter Day Saints.
Church authorities believe that ful
jly 25,000 adherents of -the Mormon
faith will take part in the ceremo
nies. The structure, to cost more
' than $600,000, will be completed
about January 1.
For some time the outer temple
will be kept open for public inspec
' tion, but after^ dedication it will be
| closed to all but Mormons ^ind even
| they must come recommended by of
; fleers of the church before being
| permitted to enter.
The inner temple 'will be a shrine
never revealed to the public. It is
known, however, that some of the
best artists in the country have help
ed in the decoration. Large paint
ings will depict Joseph Smith preach
ing to the Indians and the scene at
St. George, Utah, when the entire
Shivwit tribe was baptised.
DISAPPEARED
The local Odd Fellows’ lodge has
been requested to locate if possible
George (Bud) Crow, age 15, 5 feet, 8
inches tall; weight 115; fair complex
ion, dark brown hair, small round
face; pleasing personality, small
I bunch or scar' under left jaw near
ear; very faint scar across neck in
front. He disappeared from his home
in Gooding, Idaho, on August 18, and
is believed to be in this vicinity. Mrs.
Crow is prostrated and any informa
tion would be appreciated. If Bud
sees this he should write home imme
diately and relieve his mother’s anx
iety.
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THE WEATHER
Temperature, 22 above.
Cloudy, calm.
NATIONS MUST
HEAD MOVE FOR
DISARMAMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18 (/P)—
Any certain hope of the complete so
lution of the disarmament problem
lies in its consideration in its entirety
and the co-operation of all nations the
Council of the League of Nations de
clared in an invitation to the United
States to participate officially in a
preparatory commission at Geneva to
plan further disarmament. The State
Department published the document
without commeht.
Four Dredges To Operate
Fairbanks District in 1926
Ted Smith, well known Interior min
ing man arrived in Seward last even
ing from Fairbanks. Mr. Smith is en
route to the States leaving here to
morrow night on the steamship Vic
toria. Mr. Smith stated that at least
500 men were employed in the Fair
banks district last summer and the
outlook for next season’s mining activi
ties is exceedingly bright. There will
be four big dredges operating in the
district next year he said.
Juneau Residents Take
Over Overland Hotel
In a local business deal consum
mated yesterday Carl Robinson, and
Mrs. Jennie Robinson took over the
lease of the Overland Hotel from Mrs.
Hilda Wannamaker who has been con
ducting it for several months past.
Mr. Robinson arrived here a few weeks
ago from Juneau and Mrs. Robinson
will reach here tomorrow on the Vic
toria.
NO WORD FROM VIC.
Not a word had been heard from
the steamship Victoria as to the ves
sel’s probable arrival in port up until
the time of going to press today.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
The lease of the Overland Hotel
was transferred yesterday, dated
December 17, from Mrs. Hilda Wana
maker to Mrs. Jennie Robinson and
Carl Robinson. 237-4t
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NOMINATIONS FOR
MARSHALS MADE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. IS (/?)—
President Coolidge sent to the Sen
ate three nominations for marshals
for Alaska. He named Albert White
for marshal of the First Division;'
Charles D. Jones, marshal for the
Second Division, and Lynn Smith,
marshal for the Fourth divisions. All
are Alaskans or lived in the Territory
at one time.
BILLY SMITH AND
j BILL M1ENZIE
FIGHT TUESDAY
SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (JP)—Billy Smith
the former middleweight champion,
with Art Shearer, his 215 pound mana
ger at Portland, announced they have
arranged a match with “Wild Bill”
McKenzie for next Tuesday.
Utah Pine Nuts Used To
Re-forest Persian Fields
OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 18. (/P)—Twen
ty-five cents’ worth of pine nuts pur
chased three years ago from a local
fruit store are helping re-forest Per
sia.
Three years ago H. Reiben, at
Tabriz, wrote F. S. Baker, of the for
est service headquarters, asking for
tree seeds. He was experimenting *to
find a species adapted ,for Persia.
Baker had no seed at hand, but
he went to a neighboring fruit store
and bought twenty-five cents’ worth
of pine nuts, sent them to Reiben
and forgot the matter.
Recently, he received another letter
from Reiben reporting that the seed
had thrived and asking more of the
same variety.
Mr. Baker has invested another
twenty-five cents and the fruit store
product is on its way to Tabriz.
MAIL IN YOUR CONTRIBUTION
Mrs. Charles Krefting, chairman of
the Community Christmas Tree which
will be held under the auspices of the
Pioneers, stated today that inasmuch
as it will be impossible to make calls
on the out-of-town contributors, they
are requested to forward the local ig
loo their contributions.
A
ALASKA AGENT
UNDER FIRE FOR
ALLEGED ACTS
Testimony given before the House Ap
propriations sub-committee said that
Prohibition Agent Edward O. Birg
feld had lived at the Mayflowrer Ho
tel here for a month, entertaining wo
men with dinners and dances, and
buying whiskey to strengthen his dis
guise as a “real sport,” while obtain
ing evidence against two hotel em
ployes who were acquitted yesterday.
Representative Gallivan recently
calling attention to the case said that
Director Andrews complained that the
two agents had spent nearly a thou
sand dollars getting the evidence. He
said one of the agents registered un
der the name of “one of the most emi
nent members of congress.”
Andrews said in his testimony be
fore the sub-committee, “I have never
heard of the case before. All such
conduct is absolutely taboo in our
organization.”
Prohibition Director Jones told the
sub-committee that Edward O. Birg
feld was the agent in question. He
said that Girgfeld was “so far away
from Washington at the present time
that I don’t believe you will hear of
any more of his enforcement here.”
The committee records contained a
letter from E. C. Yellewly, chief of
prohibition agents, directing Birgfeld
to make the investigation, but to hold
the expense to a minimum.
Birgfeld and Cola A. Early, an asso
ciate, submitted an expense account
amounting to $963. Birgfcdd’s report,
showed that he lived in great luxury
at the hotel, and had plenty of wines
and liquors in stock.
Prohibition Agent for Alaska
SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (/P)—Edward O.
Bergfeld passed through here Octo
her 30 en route for Alaska where he
will be prohibition director. Lyle, in
appointing Birgfeld said: “Birgfeld
comes highly recommended. I under
stand he lived for some years in
Alaska.”
Says “Wet Propaganda”
SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (JP)—Lyle de
scribed the testimony against Birg
feld as “wet propaganda.” He said,
“Birgfeld is a very good prohibition
agent. It takes money to get evidence
in cases like the one at Washington.
Birgfeld has been uniformly success
ful in his work. That’s why criticism
is aimed at him. He made an espe
cially good record in Chicago.”
YUKON PIONEER
DIES VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 18 (£>)—
George Noble, 70, a singer during the
Yukon gold rush, died yesterday. He
left a widow in Yakima.
MASONIC NOTICE
The installation of the recently
elected officers for the ensuing year
of Masonic Lodgei No. 219 will be held
next Wednesday evening, December
23. All members are requested to be
present as well as visiting brothers.
J. P. HANNON, W. M.
The military court said that Colonel
Mitchell’s military record during the
world war “saved him from a heavier
sentence.” Mitchell smiled when told
of the findings and said he would with
hold comment until after the action
of President Coolidge.
Edward Lindsay, local railroad em
ploye departed for Anchorage today
to bring back Mrs. Lindsay who re
cently underwent a major operation
at the government hospital.
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