Hemard B any
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 30
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
FORBES GETS TWO
YEARS IN PRISON,
ANO FINE OF TEN
THOUSAND WITH IT
JOHN W. THOMPSON, CONTRAC
TOR. AND CONFEDERATE OF
FORBES, ALSO DRAWS TWO !
YEARS AND TEN THOUSAND
CHICAGO, Feb. 4—Charles R.
Forbes, former director of the Veter
ans’ Welfare Bureau, and John W.
Thompson, a St. Louis, contractor,
were sentenced to two years each in
Leavenworth Federal prison, and were
also fined $10,000 each for frauds in
hospital buihlin.es. The sentences are
the maximum allowed by law. Thirty
days stay were granted for an appeal. !
May Deny Forbes New Trial
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—The Court today
deprecated the idea of a new trial de
clared that he had searched the re
cords without finding errors, and also
commented on the failure of Forbes i
to testify. He declared that “the bet- j
ter his war record, the harder the go- !
ing will be for him here,” in refusing |
to listen to the citation of Forbes for •
a distinguished ^service medal.
SHADOWS MADE TARGETS
FOR U. S. ARMY FLYERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.—Army
aviators from Crissy Field at the Pre
sidio of San Francisco, are engaging
in combat practice by firing at the
shadows of planes in the bay.
Two planes are used in the instruc
tion. They fly at varying altitudes
and the aerial machine gunner in one
.'ires at the moving shadow of the
other. The splash of the bullets
shows plainly how well the gunners
are shooting. Lewis machine guns
firing bursts of from five to one hun
dred shots at the rate of 400 to 500
a minute, are used.
Taxicab Murderer
Caught in Seattle,
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SEATTLE. Feb. 4.—Elmer L. Man
heart, 40, a carpenter, wanted in con
nection with the murder in a taxicab
here Sunday of Mrs. Lillian Gelen Mor
ley, of Victoria, was arrested in the
county and city building tonight by
deputies, as he entered the building
to surrender to Sheriff Matt Starwich.
Manheart is accused of firing four
shots into the body of the woman, as
the couple were riding in a taxicab
on Capitol Hill. After the shooting
Manheart jumped from the cab and
disappeared.
Rev. S. Arthur Huston
' Succeeds Bishop Keaton
TACOMA, Feb. 4.—By unanimous
vote of clergy and laity, Rev. S. Ar
thur Huston, of St. Mark’s church, at
San Antonio, Texas, was elected bish
op of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Olympia, to succeed the late Bish
op Frederick W. Keator.
Hartley Budget Bill
Passed By the Senate
OLYMPIA, Feb. 4.—The budget bill
introduced at the instance of Governor
Hartley, passed the Senate without a
dissenting vote today. Dan Landon
of Seattle said: “The bill won’t do a
thing, but it won’t do any harm and
will cost the state only about $20,000.”
Landon voted affirmatively on the
bill.
A huge cross built of steel beams
has been erected on historic Mont
Royal at Quebec, and is illuminated at
night by electric lights . '^ible for
•’ny miles.
WORK BEGUN ON RICKARD'S NEW "MADISON SQU ARE GARDEN,” WORLD’S BIGGEST INDOOR ARENA
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Architect’s sketch of the world’s biggest indoor amphitheatre, work on which has just begun, to be built
for Tex Rickard, world famous sport promoter, at Eighth Avenue and Fiftieth Street. The building will be known
as “Madison Square Garden,” although it is more than two miles from Madison Square, as it is expected to
take the place in the city’s life that Stanford White’s masterpiece, to be torn down soon, has taken in the past.
The new building, which is to open in October, will seat 24,000—or 9,000 more than the Olympian in London, now
the world's largest covered arena, and 10,000 more than the old Madison Square Garden. It will cost $5,500,000,
will cover a plot 200 by 500 feet, and will rise 26 feet from pavement to cornice. The architect is T. Y\. Lamb.
CREW SCHOONER
CAOBA RESCUED
* PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 4.—Captain
Sandvig and eight men of the crew
f the schooner Caoba were rescued at
noon today by the schooner Pescawha
off Willapa Bar. and were later trans
ferred to the Algonquin, en route to
Astoria.
Taken in to Aberdeen
ABERDEEN, Wn.„ Feb. 4.—Nine
of the remaining crew of the Caoba
were picked up off Gray’s Harbor,
'and brought here in an exhausted con
dition after a hard fight in small boats
against wind and heavy seas.
Washington Legislature
Asks Congress Extend
Federal Highway Act
OLYMPIA, Feb. 4.—The Senate
passed a memorial urging Congress
to extend the benefits of the Federal
Aid Highways Act to Alaska.
M. Geeraei’ts, the Belgian sluice
keeper who opened the dikes and
flooded the Yser battlefield in front
of the Germans in 1914 has been made
a Knight of the Order of Leopold.
Johnson Believes France
Will Shirk Payments
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Senator
Johnson of California asked the Sen
ate to consider a grave and important
question today in connection with the
financial agreement at Paris. He said:
“Administrations change and some
body ought in the congress of the
United States render what service he
can to avoid the perils that may lie
ahead.”
Strychnine Kills Two
University Students
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 4.—The dis
covery of strychnine in medicine is
sued to students in the Ohio State
University, two of whom died, has re
sulted in orders for a thorough inves
tigation.
Appropriation Improve
Harbor at Nome, Alaska
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 4.—
Army engineers alloted $40,000 of ex
isting funds for the improvement of
the harbor at Nome.
MRS. REEVES GOES GAILY
TO MAKE STATE LAWS
WENATCHEE, . Feb. 4.—There’s
nothing in it but fun, Mrs. Reeves of
this city declared as she left here
recently to serve her second term in
the Washington State Senate. She
is one of the three women members
of the house, all re-elected, and one
of the five Democratic members. She
sits in the same chair as did her hus.
band bef'oie she succeeded him.
Mrs. Reeves’ pay will be $5 a day
for the session of two months held
every two years at Olympia. She
will have to pay just about that toi
a room, she explained, and what with
entertainments, dress and food, must
expend ss much more da;’./.
Six fourai dances require as many
formal gowns, explained Mr- Reeves.
She has learned of one legislator
who saved some of his salary, she
confided, but “He lived away out in
the country somewhere, cooked his
own meals, and contributed to noth
ing. He didn’t do anything for his
j clients either.”
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PIONEERS WILL
RAISE FUND
NOME MUSHERS
SEATTLE, Feb. 4.—At the sugges
tion of Ben Ferguson, Northern Ch^ef
of the Yukon Pioneers, the Times has
started to raise a fund for rewards
to the mushers who took the serum
from Nenana to Nome. The names of
the donors will be published each day.
Watson Bears Antitoxin
SEATTLE, Feb. 4.—One million
units of antitoxin for Nome left here
on the Admiral Watson today, the
containers being wrapped in cotton
cork and waterproof paper with adhe
sive tape to prevent freezing.
Dr. Magruder announced that two
million one hundred thousand units
are on the way north on the steam
ship Alameda, 620,000 of which will go
by Darling’s plane and the remainder
by regular mail dog teams.
Dog Teams Start Out
In Manitoba Derby
THE PAS, Feb. 4.—Five teams
started on the two-hundred mile derby
today.
Population of the Dominion of Can
ada is now estimated at more than
nine million, an increase a half mil
lion since the 1921 census was taken.
A hen in Wiltshire, Englar1 omes
forward with a claim to ha g laid
312 eggs in 308 days.
RUSSIA NOT
RECOGNIZE DEBT
PARIS, Feb. 4.—A Moscow dispatch
to the Petit Parisian said that Pre
mier Rykoff, of Russia, declared the
Standard Oil Company of America had
offered to buy the Caucasian oil out
put. The premier announced that
Russia would not recognize French,
American or other debts contracted
during the czarist regime, but might
make some economic arrangements
in the future provided recognition is
accorded here.
He stated that the convention con
cluded recently with Japan provided
that the Japanese and Russian govern
ments would work together to develop
the Sakhalian petroleum wells on a
fifty-fifty basis.
Ludger Bastein, son of a former
chief of all the Hurons in Canada is
the first Indian to sit in the Quebec
legislature.
NATIONAL FANCY SKATING
CHAMPION TURNS TO SKII
CQ£Yl^lGHT_UNDERW''nr> * UNOERW' N. YJ
Miss Beatrix Loughran, naitonal
fancy skating champ and winner of
second place in the Olympic Winter
Sports at Chamonix last year, start
ing for a hike at skii at the Lake Pla
cid Club, in the Adirondack moun
tains.
MAN CAUGHT CAVE
FREES HIS FOOT BUT
IS TOO WEAK MAKE
HIS WAY TO SAFETY
NATIONAL INTEREST TAKEN IN
FATE OF FLOYD COLLINS, HELD
EY LARGE ROCK IN SMALL
CAVE NEAR LOUISVILLE, KY.
CAVE CITY, Ky„ Feb. 4—Floyd
Collins, who was trapped last Friday
in a cave near this city, while attempt
ing to negotiate a narrow passage,
called today from the other side of
his rock barrier that he had managed
to work his foot free, but was to weak
i to work his way out of the narrow
opening. Workers hoped the barrier
would be removed today. Hundreds
| of suggestions are being telegraphed
from all over the United States. Some
! advise the use of jacks while other
| persons say they have forwarded ap
paratus by express.
Gives interview to Paper
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Feb. 4.—Floyd
Collins gave a long interview to the
Courier Journal correspondent sent to
visit him today. He said he spent Fri
day night yelling at the top of his
voice. He heard the voices of those
I seeking him Saturday, and that night
drew much comfort from a blanket
(they brought him. He continued:
“Sunday I began to lose confidence
and prayed continually. Somehow I
managed to keep wiggling my toes so
knew the circulation in my leg had
not stopped. I had some whiskey
brought to me, and it warmed me and
cheered me up a whole lot.”
He said he had been unconscious
J much of the time since. He added to
1 the correspondent: “Now, fellow, you
I had better go out and get warm, but
J come back. You are small and I be
ilieve you are going to get me out. I
! will keep helping all I can to move
J some of this rock.”
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Correspondent Leads Rescuers
CAVE CITY, Feb. 4.—A Louisville
| Courier Journal correspondent, Wm.
R. Miller, led the rescue squad of 14.
Burke lay prone in mud and water all
night, passing back handfuls of loose
earth dug from around Collins body.
Miller collapsed finally and was pull
ed out and his place taken by others.
Miller sent the first news of Collins
! predicament out to the world.
Believes Mind Wandering
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 4.—When
Miller came out of the cave today,
after interviewing Collins, he said he *
did not believe he was free, but that
his mind was wandering.
ADM. WATSON
SAILED TODAY
SEATTLE, Feb. 4.—The steamship
Admiral sailed at 10 o’clock this morn*
ing for Seward and way ports. She
had on board 68 passengers. The fol
lowing are for Seward: A. K. Allen,
M. J. Broughton, Brice Howard, wife
and son. Brice, jr., T. E. Robinson and
wife, Paul C. Robinson.
LIQUOR INTERESTS USING
MOVIES TO DERIDE LAW
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Charges
that the liquor interests are using
the movies to break down the pro
hibition amendment were made in an
address by Dr. Leigh Colvin of New
York before the National Picture
conference.
Motion pictures, he said, not only
make the prohibition amendment look
ridiculous, but portray the consump
tion of liquor as alluring. He con
tended that it would be to the advan
take of picture producers to support
the law because millions formerly
spent for liquor are now diverted to
places of i ment.