J Hersterle GEIIEÆY
VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 277 SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1923
PRICE TEN CEN
RAILWAY EXPERIENCE!
OF LEE H. UK !
MAIGER ALASKA RY.|
The following constitutes the gen
eral service and railway transporta
tion record and experience of Lee H.
Landis, Lieutenant Colonel, Engineers
R. C„ as per records on file with the
chief of engineers, U. S. war depart
ment. i
Date of birth, July 7, 1872, at Cerro
Gordo, Illinois.
Technical education and special
ties. High school graduate; two years
in university.
Languages—French and German.
Character of work upon which en
gaged (full details) thirty years’ serv
ice on various railroads, including:
1S90-91-92—Philadelphia and Read
ing; station agent, train dispatcher,
clerk supt. office.
1S93-94-95—C. B. & Q., towerman,
train dispatcher.
1S96-1905—Clerk, general manager,
general agent, operating department.
1905 to 1909—Arizona Eastern, So.
Pacific; general agent, Phoenix, Ariz.,
oper. traffic depart.
i 1910—Phoenix & Buckeye Ry., gen
eral manager.
1911— Ocean Shore Ry., gen. mgr.
1912- 1916—Tidewater Southern Ry.,
asst, to president.
1914- 15—San Joe Terminal Railway,
president and genl. mgr.
1915- 16-17—Fresno Interurban Ry.;
general manager.
1917—Associated Oil Company of
California; eastern manager.
Resigned two latter positions on ac
count of being ordered to Europe. He
served two years in Europe as major
of engineers, on duty as follows, being
if, 1918 and 1919: Five months on staff
of commanding general, intermediate
section (France) as chief transporta
tion officer; two months on staff of
commanding general base sector No.
1, as chief transportation officer (in
charge of army transportation and
rail transportation); eight months as
chief of staff, district of Paris, in addi
tion to being chief transportation of
ficer. All these appointments insofar
as the transportation department was
concerned were made by Brigadier
General W. W. Atterbury.
Eight months as transportation ofli
^ cer, American army, headquarters in
Cologne, Germany, working under se
cret orders and in conjunction with
the British Army of the Rhine. Or
ganized the transportation corps in
each one of the above indicated mili
tary areas.
Upon returning to the United States
was re-commissioned in the officers
reserve corps, engineers’ section, as a
lieutenant colonel.
1920-23 — Industrial commissioner
Western Pacific Ry., headquarters ir
San Francisco, Calif.
1923—General manager of the Alas
. ka Railroad.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—“A con
spiracy to encompass my destructior
by means of perjury, subornation o:
perjury and the suppression of mate
rial facts and documents,” was charg
ed by Charles Forbes, former head o
the Veterans’ Bureau, in his testi
mony before the Senate in\estigatin?
commission.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE TOTTERS
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Foreign ex
change toppled as a result of the Ger
man situation. Demand sterling drop
ped more than three cents which is ;
new low mark. The stock market re
sumed its usual course forcing short;
to cover, especially in U. S. Steel
shares which reflecting the dividend:
continued to advance.
CAMINETTI NEAR DEATH
JACKSON, Calif., Nov. 13.—Forme
Commissioner of Immigration Cami
nettl is near death.
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American Legion Meeting- tonighi
SURCHEHS10 HIT
OF MISSING B0ITM1
JUNEAU: A search of the Lynnj
Canal shore of Douglas Island Satur
day for Capt. H. D. McLeod, who fell
overboard from his boat the Iowa, last
Friday, established beyond all doubt;
that he failed to make the shore. A
watersoaked hat worn by him when
lost was picked up ou the beach at
Hilda creek, but no other trace of him
was found and all hope has been aban
doned.
COLUiUSTOiST
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13.—Richard
F. Nagle, of Columbus, Ohio, was shot
and killed this morning by two ban-j
dits as he was driving toward Los;
Angeles, with his brother, Edward, a
real estate man of this city. The ban
dits obtained $500, the proceeds of an
American Legion carnival held at Cul-|
ver City, that the brothers were tak
ing to a Los Angeles bank.
Nagle was touring the state in his
auto.
MARY PICKFORD THREATENS
TO RETIRE FROM MOVIE FIELD
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13.—Mary
Pickford testifying before the Federal
trade commission hearings of charges
of unfair competition of Famous
Players Corporation said she would
retire from the screen it conditions m
motion pictures grows worse. She
said she had to worry s.> much about
distributers that her ability was im
paired.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL RESUME
EFFORTS TO DRAW U. S. IN
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Great Britain
will continue her efforts to reach a
basis on which America will partici
; pate in the reparations conference.
France and the United States have
failed in their efforts to reach any
agreement inasmuch as France in
sists on restrictions under which the
: commission shall work and the United
1 States claims that such a plan would
be futile.
MANY NOMEITES GO OUTSIDE
SEATTLE: Many prominent Nome
ites have arrived here to spend the
; winter, among whom are George
Thomas of the Golden Ore Co.; Jas
Halpin who will spend the winter in
New York; Dr. A. N. Kittleson, James
j Haley, Wm. Webb, Harry Gabriel
: son; Peter Brandt, who spent the last
two years in the Canadian Arctic,
i Harry Phillips, local camera man;
Jack Matthews, Attorney O. D. Coch
! rane, J. J. Cole, and many others. At
! the same time Nome will have a great
1 er winter population than for years
ilLi ELEETRICRL
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The violent electrical storm which
•j visited Seward last night was a most
' unusual occurrence. For about an
I hour the lightnings flashed and the
1 thunder rolled, greatly scaring Alas
' kan born kids, who broke for home
with the first crash.
Several of the flashes were ex
tremely bright and were followed bj
- a regular back-east peal of thunder.
- COOLIDGE WILL JOIN THE
i DELTA THETA PHI FRATS
; WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Presidenl
, Coolidge has accepted an invitation tc
5 join the Delta Theta Phi law Hater
nity. The initiation will be held ai
the White House Nov. 23.
f STARR PASSES KETCHIKAN
The mail steamer Starr, Capt. Jo
hansen, sailed from Ketchikan nortt
this morning, and is expected to read
port some time Thursday.
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13.- After
prohibition agents announced the,!
seizure of fourteen breweries under |
the new act which is intended to do,
away with ail breweries, which make
hops and malt a part oi' their stock
in trade, Federal Judge McKeehan
decided it was illegal to seize the en
tire plants and hold them until search
warrants entitling them to seize in
toxicating liquors and appurtenances j
used in their manufacture. rJhe|
judge warned the agents to use some
“discretion and judgment,” as a heavy |
penalty and fine could be meted out
for exceeded authority.
SCIENTISTS WILL NOT
RECEIVE OREGON ESTATE
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 13.—Christian
Scientist Churches of Portland will
not receive the estate of the late E.
Henry Wemme of Portland, said to be
worth $350,000, according to a deci-[
sion today by the state supreme court ■
which upheld the heirs of Wemme.
The estate is ordered placed in the
hands of the trustees and the heirs!
are asking the churches to give an1
accounting. The decision reserved
the decision of Judge Harry H. Belt,1
who heard the case in Multnomah
county.
Wemme left his estate as an endow-;
ment fund for a White Shield home,
to be conducted by the Christian Sci
ence church of Portland, but they
later disposed of the home and estab
lished another institution. Heirs of
Wemme, several of whom are in Ba
varia, then laid claim to the estate.
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MARION, O., Nov. 13.—A large
| wreath was placed at the foot of the
flag-draped catafalkue of former pres
ident Warren G. Harding, by Ameri
can Legion officials Sunday. The
churches throughout the city dismiss
ed Armistice day services early for
services at the cemetery.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
APPOINTS NEW AGENTS
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—L. W. Baker,
a reisdent of Seattle since 1904, and
formerly district agent of the Williams
Steamship Co., has been appointed
Assistant General Freight Agent of
the Alaska Steamship Co., a position
recently created. He will be under
John H. Bunch, traffic manager ot the
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company.
Mr. Baker was in the service of the
j Pacific Steamship Company for eight
! years, starting as stenographer for G.
j E. Five, Assistant Traffic Manager of
; the Company. He was in the traffic
I department, of the Thorndyke-Tren
I holme Company one year when that
1 firm was agent for the Williams Steam
j ship Company, later taken over by
i the Alaska Steamship Co.
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KELLOGG CONFERS WITH
PRESIDENT BEFORE LEAVING
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Ambas
sador Kellogg arrived today and is
conferring with President Coolidge
| and Secretary Hughes.
Harry Lechner, a brother to Char
les Lechner of the Seward Machine
Shops, left on the Alaska for Seattle,
for medical treatment, after which he
will enter a garage for the winter,
returning to Seward In the spring.
American Legion Meeting tonight
of
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13.—Apparently th
i verdict of guilty was reached in the ni
general court martial of Lieut. Donald dc
r. Hunter of the Delphy in the dc- qt
stroyer trial. The actual sentence F
md recommendations however will
lot be made public until reviewed by Q
Secretary Denby. Lieut. Blodgett, ex- j
ecutive officer of the U. S. S. Delphy,
was finally acquitted by court martial
and will be restored to duty at once.
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ZEV MAY RACE WINNER
OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 13.—Sam n
Hildreth, trainer of the racing horse v
Zev, has offered to race Zev against ^
In Memoriam for a purse of one hun-[ e
dred thousand dollars to settle the f
question of supremacy among the /
three-year-olds. t
NEGRO ESCAPES FROM THE
PENITENTIARY AT SALEM
G
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SALEM, Ore., Nov. 13.—Walter D.i I
Smith, negro, a trusty convict at the '
Oregon state penitentiary, escaped
from the prison brick plant where he
was employed as cook for the night
crew burning brick, about 5 o’clock
last night.
Smith, who was committed from (
Multnomah county, to serve three
years for larceny, was received at the ‘
prison Nov. 23, 1S21, and with his
good conduct credits had but six more c
months to serve.
KLANSMEN CELEBRATE AT
, EXHIBITION IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Nov. 13.—The fiery cross ,
burned a deeper red glow today for
the Klan was celebrating. '
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from |
several states met to play together for •
a while, to attend official duties a j
while and to commingle with the gen- ,
eral public within the spacious state ,
fair grounds.
Eight special trains from Texas
points alone, together with extra cars,
on regular trains poured klansmen
into the city.
EASTERN STARS ENTERTAIN
The Eastern Stars enjoyed another;
of the series of parties last night after
the regular meeting, Mr. and Mrs.!
Nels Hagen and Dr. and Mrs. Braa
fladt proving themselves royal en
tertainers. A delicious banquet was
served, after which much enjoyment!
was had playing “hearts.” Mrs. Gil-j
bert C. Henderson and Mr. Charles E.l
Smith winning high honors, while!
Mrs. Charles Lechner and Mr. Wayne'
Blue won the consolation prizes.
ANTI-KLAN MAN ELECTED
MAYOR OF MEMPHIS, TENN.
—
MEMPHIS, Nov. 13.—Mayor Row-:
lett Paine was re-elected on an anti
Klan platform polling more than 2500
votes majority over both opponents,
one of which was a Klan candidate.
SUPERINTENDENT DENVER
MINT NAMED BY COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Robert J.
Grant, superintendent of the Denver,
mint, was appointed by President;
Coolidge to be director of the mint to
succeed Director Scobey, resigned. !
I MRS. CARUSO TO MARRY SOON
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Mrs. Enrico
Caruso, wdfe of the former celebrated
tenor, will marry Capt. G. A. Ingram,
a wealthy Scotsman, in London this
week.
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ALAMEDA OUT OF KETCHIKAN
The steamship Alameda cleared
from Ketchikan last night.
NOME: Judge George D. Schofield
was an outgoing passenger on the last
boat, and will spend the winter in the
States.
SEATTLE—Fresh halibut 24&c.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—In consequence
the failure of France and Ameri
n negotiations at Washington, over
e scope of the proposed expert com
ittee of inquiry, Britain has aban
med all thought of a reparation in
dry with or without participation of
•ance.
RINCESSIIUUD WEOS ||
LORD OF CARNEGIE j
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LONDON, Nov. 13.—Princess Maud,! .
aughter of the Princess Royal and .
iece of King George and Queen Mary '
as married to Lord Carnegie, the
ing giving the bride away in the
hancel at Wellington Barracks, while
ve queens: Queen Mary, Queen
dexandra, Queen Olga of Greece and
tie Queen of Norway and the Queen
f Spain sat elsewhere during the cer- '
mony.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—President;
toolidge, the first Yankee president in
. generation, sat in a theatre here
ast night and applauded an imperson
.tion of General Robert E. Lee, in
rohn Drinkwater’s play bearing the
lame of the Confederate leader.
NOMEITES NOT STARVING
The resident of the states who be
ieves that Alaskan are forced to eat
vhat they can get and live off game
tnd seal blubber should live at Nome,
vhere recently a chicken dinner, com
lination salad, corn on the cob, and
ce cream and cake were served by a
ocal restaurant. And the price was
is low as the same dinner would have
:ost an Alaskan in Seattle.
MISSING HUNTERS SAFE
W. A. Warwick and Chas. Heisler,
'eported missing, returned to Juneau
:his week, having had trouble with
heir gas engine and being marooned
an Admiralty island.
NOME NUGGET RECEIVE A
LONG DISTANCE RADIO SET
NOME. The management of the
Nome Nugget has added a radio re
ceiving set to his plant. Besides en
tertaining friends with concerts broadj
casted from the Pacific coast cities,’
It will be used to pick up press when
ather communications are severed.
SCORES KILLED 10
NOGALES, Ariz., Nov. 13.—A dozen
Mexicans were killed including one
city trustee of Etcheboa, Sonora, and
scores wounded in a clash between
the police and election.
FISHERMENS’ HOME ASSURED
KETCHIKAN TOILERS OF SEA
KETCHIKAN: Final arrangements
for a fishermen’s home in Ketchikan,
to be furnished with living quarters,
lockers, a lobby, reading room and
other modern conveniences for the
benefit of fishermen and masters,
were made today at the noon lunch
eon of the Ketchikan Commercial
Club.
A site is to be selected at once and
work carried forward towards getting
a building and equipment ready.
R. L. SOMMERS LEAVES
Supt. R. L. Sommers and wife have
left Nome and arrived in Seattle on
the Buford. Supt. Sommers has been
In Nome this season superintending
construction of wagon roads.
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OLLAND ARRANGES FOR PASS
PORTS OF EMPEROR AND
SUITE OF TWELVE
BRUSSELS, Nov. 1?.—The former
erman emperor received German
assports for himself and suite this
fternoon, according to the Gazette,
royalist paper. It adds that the Ho
enzollern monarchy will be restored
iecember fourth, the former emperor
r crown prince ascending the throne.
According to advices from various
ources in Doom, twelve passports,
luthorizing the emperor and suite to
ourney to Berlin, have been handed
:o Wilhelm.
Conferring With Kaiser
THE HAGUE, Nov. 13.—Dr. Kahn, a
ormer official of the ministry of the
nterior, left for Doorn today for a
inference with former Emperor Wil
lelm.
Allies Make Protest
PARIS, Nov. 13.—The Allied coun
cil made an emphatic protest today
:o Holland’s allowing the ex-kaiser to
eave his sanctuary.
German Government Denies
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—The German
government today denied the report
that the former kaiser is returning to
Germany.
In Eyes of the World
BRLTSSELS, Nov. 13.—The former
emperor of Germany is again com
manding the attention of the world
today, as the powers are making ef
forts to learn more of his reported
plans for returning to the Fatherland.
Says Report Is True
PARIS, Nov. 13.—A dispatch reach
ing here late last night from The
Hague insists that the former kaiser
has received his passports and is now
ready to re-enter Germany.
FORmal Denial Made
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—A formal offi
cial denial has been issued that the
former emperor has been authorized
to return to Germany.
Martin Maitsuka, for 32 years a
resident of Alaska and the North is in
Juneau from Fairbanks with a collec
tion of bone, tusks, etc., of mastodon,
water buffalo and other animal life of
the pleistocene age, which he wishes
to dispose of to the Territory for its
museum. As soon as unpacked they
will be exhibited. Most of the speci
mens came from the Tolovana district
rich in prehistoric specimens.
They include a mastodon head,
weighing complete 600 pounds, which
was taken at a depth of 98 feet from
the Mayflower claim on Lucky Gulch
two large ivory tusks taken from a
similar depth near where the head
was found.
There are two heads of an animal
that more nearly resembles the water
buffalo, than any other animal now ex
tant, though much larger. He has
the head of another animal, much larg
er than the pleistocene water buffalo,
except that the horns turn downward
instead of upward, that no one has as
yet been able to classify. He has
some large teeth of still another ani
mal. They are unlike the mastodon’s
teeth in everything but size.
He has numerous other bones, some
from mastodons and others from ani
mals not yet determined by Alaskan
authorities. In all there are 100 spec
imens all gathered during the time
that Mattsuka was in the Tolovana
country, where he ran a hotel, restau
rant and bakery for many years.
American Legion meeting tonight.
'Election of officers.