SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
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THE MITCHELL FARCE
The conviction of Colonel Mitchell
of breach of discipline in criticising
the nation’s air service is no surprise
to those who have followed the case
from its inception. Colonel Mitchell
was found guilty on eight counts and
will be removed from command of any
kind for five years. This is unfor
tunate for the nation, as the Colonel
was chiefly guilty of two things which
is not tolerated among the higher
Army officials—brains and initiation.
There is no doubt but that Colonel
Mitchell knowrs whereof he speaks.
He has spent many hours in the air
as a flying officer, and has familiarized
himself with aviation needs while in
command of a flying field.
In case the findings of the court
are upheld by the President and the
incompetent Secretary of War Weeks,
there will be an upheaval against the
military branch of the nation in the
minds of the public generally. If the
heads of the Army had kept pace with
the enlisted personnel the nation to
day would rank among the first in "the
world in Hying equipment.
The nomination of A1 White, for
marshal of the First Division, is some
what a surprise to residents of the
Third Division who knew him in Val
dez, where he ran a gambling joint,
saloon and dance hall for many years.
Mr. White has been out of the Terri
tory for a number of yearB, and his
appointmenvis Indeed a surprise.
T—--T
TOO MUCH LAXNESS
The press dispatches today stating
that Prohibition Agent Bergfeld had
been living high in. a Washington Ho
tel, entertaining women with wine and
song will cause sober minded folk to
wonder whither we are drifting. If
a prohibition agent can break the laws
to secure evidence why cannot a mar
shal enter into an agreement to burg
larize a store, or shoot a citizen, or
commit some other crime in order to
secure the conviction of a criminal. It
appears to the lay mind as If the cases
would be parallel. If prohibition en
forcement depends on enticing others
to break the laws in order to secure
convictions, it is a poor law, and
should be amended. There is too
much disregard of law by those who
are expected to enforce it. It creates
a contempt for justice as administered
and makes it harder for officers and
courts to secure ''convictions.
PROHIBITION CLASH
A new complication in the prohibi
tion enforcement program is seen in
the clash between the Anti-Saloon Lea
gue and the Coolidge administration
over the methods being employed by
General Andrews, the “dry czar.”
It has been announced by General
Andrews that efforts of the federal
government in behalf of prohibition en
forcement are to be directed princi
pally against the larger sources of li
quor supply while small bootleggers
and minor violations are to be virtu
ally ignored for the present. This
with President Coolidge’s approval.
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
of the Anti-Saloon League and leading
spokesmen for the drys has violently
attacked this policy declaring that in
states where local enforcement is lax
it will mean giving notice to liquor
law breakers that they may violate
the law with federal immunity from
arrest.
In the meantime several organiza
tions frankly antagonistic to the Vol
stead law are becoming increasingly
active. One of the latest is called the
Moderation League, which contends
that enforcement is a failure and that
Irinking is approaching pre-prohibition
proportions. On its board of directors
are said to be such distinguished men
is Elihu Root, former secretary of
state; Hermit Roosevelt, son of the
ate president; Wm. C. Redfield, sec
retary of commerce under President
Wilson; President Dykeman of the
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New York Bar Association and many
others.
Greatly increased appropriations to
be asked from Congress for enforce
ment will meet with considerable op
position, it is believed, although the
drys seem to have a safe majority in
both House and Senate.
All of which goes to show that the
liquor question is still a very live is
sue in spite of more than five years of
partly enforced prohibition.
BURNING OF BOOKS
Amidst much fervor and enthusiasm
the students of a junior college at
Ooletewah, Tenn., burned on their
campus all text books referring to
evolution.
Going further in their outward man
ifestation of antipathy to the devil
and all his works they also threw lip
sticks, rouge, novels, jazz music and
cigarettes upon the pyre. Then, de
claring against rolled stockings and
bobbed hair their regeneration was
deemed complete.
All this was at the urging of two
traveling evangelists who had worked
the students up to a high pitch by their
exhortations.
Although possibly inspired by the
best of intentions at the time their
enthusiasm is too fanatical to last any
considerable period. No great work
can be accomplished without much
serious thought, fasting and prayer. It
is apparently another manifestation of
the reactionary spirit which appears
to comewhat more prevalent in the bu
colic sections of Tennesse than else
where.
Burning of books deemed to be he
retical or tending to question prevail
ing beliefs is a very old porceeding.
The Emperor Constantine, after the
Council of Nicea in the year 325, or
dered that all possessors of books
containing the doctrines of Arius must
burn them or be put to death. From
that time forward both books, heretics
and Christians were burned with ap
palling frequency.
But many of the books and heretics
burned during the Dark Ages have
come to be highly esteemed by the
Protestant Christians. The burning of
these works was as futile in suppress
ing the facts as was the recent child
ish conflagration in Tennessee.
MERCHANTS SINK
BANKERS INDOOR
BASEBALL 21-8
VALADE PITCHING f SUPPORTED
BY AIR TIGHT BACKING ROMPS
HOME VICTORIOUS
With the airtight pitching of D. E.
^alade, genial haberdasher expert of
Brown & Hawkins, the merchants
crushed the Bankers 21 to 8, in the
eague game staged in the local gym.
To the glee of the fans and players
ilike, “Pop” Manthey, daddy of all
Waskan ball players appeared last
light; and played a bang-up game both
it first base and at bat. Jimmy Rat
iffe, also making his initial appear
mce as a Seward indoor baseball play
t, took care of the hot comer, left
hort stop, for the Bankers’ team, in
l manner that showed the young ath
ete is quite adept at the pastime. Rat
iff especially looked good when mak
ng his accurate and timely throws to
irst base; a department of the game
hat local players can stand some
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schooling in.
Though on the losing side, “Doc”
Roberts proved to be the Babe Ruth j
of the evening. Doc slammed out a hit j
every time at bat, including a homer, J
two doubles and a single, and would
have had more, but Painter, playing
in deep left for the Merchants, made
a grand hop- and captured a vicious
drive from the bat of the popular den
tist, that was tabled for three sacks
at least.
On account of the holidays only one
game has been scheduled for next
week. The Merchants will play the
Signal Corps on Monday.
The line-up:
Merchants— —Bankers
Shellhorn
Valade
G. Manthey
J. Lien
Jessen
Painter
Robison
R. Manthey
I. Dyer
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Umpires, Badger and Hopkins.
The Seward school basketball team
defeated the local Scouts yesterday
aftbrnoon by a score of 10-8. Both
teams were composed of pick-up mem
bers.
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| friends and patrons, The Alaska Railroad takes oc
= casion to announce a
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| EXCURSION FARE
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! ber 21st, 1925 to January 1st, 1926, inclusive; final
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| accomplishment of this purpose The Alaska Rail
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| hearted cooperation at all times.
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