MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XXL
NUMBER 23.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Government Testimony
Shows Police Worked
in Connection Olmsted
Implications of Police Protection Figure in Trial of Olm
sted-Tipped Off to Close Office Until Brown
Returned From Trip to New York
BROWN SAID KNEW NAME WOULD COME UP IN
OLMSTED TRIAL—“POLITICAL MOVE”
Lieutenant of Seattle Police Warned That Building Would
Be Raided by Order of Mrs. Landes—Would Halt
Action Until Liquor Removed From Place
SEATTLE, January 29. (/P)—Federal agents
today revealed implications that police protection
figured in the operations of the alleged Olmsted
liquor conspiracy. Richard L. Fryant, federal
prohibition agent testified that in June, 1924,
when Mayor Brown went East, and Mrs. Landes
was acting Mayor, Olmsted called up his business
office and gave instructions to close up until Doc
Brown returned. Another tapped telephone con
versation, Fryant said, revealed the fact that Lt.
George Comstock, chief of the police dry squad,
called up Olmsted and warned him and members
of the organization that complaint had been made
against the building being used as a liquor cache.
Comstock was declared saying, he “didn’t want
to serve papers on it until everything had been
cleared out.” When informed of this testimony,
Brown said he “had known all along it was only
a matter of time” until his name would be brought
into the trial. “It was set and staged to take
place during this political campaign,” said the
Mayor. Fryant further testified that on July 1,
1924, John A. McLean, Olmsted’s office manager,
called up Olmsted by telephone, a woman answer
ing, called Roy, the following conversation taking
place between the manager and Olmsted.
McLean, Well, do we fly at it in the morn
ing ?,J Olmsted, “Yes, you can start working in
the morning. I have just seen Doc today and
everything is okeh." McLean, “Christy called
regarding 2024 Third Avenue and says they are
going to raid the place." * Olmsted, “Oh, that's
all right." McLean, “Federals are watching the
place. Olmsted, “Well, they might as well lay
down. They can't buck this gang. We are too
strong for them." Mayor Brown just returned
from New lork when this conversation took
place. G. W. Christy was a member of the police
dry squad. Brown asserted federal agents were
“sore because Comstock cleaned up the First Ave
nue bootlegging joints and Japanese soft drink
places. ’ If it can be shown any member of the
police department, from the chief on down, had
anything to do with illegal liquor transactions, I’ll
take his head off in a second," said Brown.
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Ocean Brine Runs
New Silver Mill
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND, Cal.,
Jan. 29. (JP)—One and a half million
dollars in silver and lead concen
trates, it is estimated by officials of
the Santa Catalina Island company,
will be shipped to northern smelters
annually from the new flotation mill
at White’s, landing, which has been
put into operation this week.
The mill is of 100-ton capacity and
is operated with salt water, an inno
vation in (flotation propess and one
which mining men are watching with
keen interest.
A second flotation mill for the
northeastern part of Catalina at Peb
bly Beach, is planned by Wm. Wrig
ley, jr. This mill will take care of
the lower ^rade ore from the Renton
vein, the newest and what is believ
ed to be, therichest mineral strike
to date, on Catalina.
Silver Isle” has come to ibe a new
name for the Southland’s island re
sort.
Fine show at the Liberty tonight.
TO HELP PLAN ARMS PARLEY
AT GENEVA
Hugh S. Gibson, American Min
ister to Switzerland, is to represent
the United Stages in the preliminary
gathering in Geneva under the au
spices of the League o: Nations tc
arrange for the conference on Limi
taton of Armament.
, DISASTROUS TO
TWO TUGBOATS
MUSKEGON, Michigan, Jan. 28. (Jp)
—Two fishing tugs with eight men
; aboard, caught in a terrific gale on
Lake Michigan, dropped out of sight
before dawn.
MUSKEGON, Jan. 29. (/P)—Coast
guards sighted the missing fishing
tugs Helen M. and Indian, four miles
south of Muskegon harbor and a mile
off-shore.
Bridge, Whist Party
Be Held This Eve
At Odd Fellows Hall
One of the most interesting and en
joyable parties of the season will be
held this evening, beginning at 8:30
o’clock, at Odd Fellows hall, when,
under the auspices of the Seward
Woman’s club, a (bridge and whist
g,auiici2>. win jjc
on hand to take care of all and the
refreshment committee reports their
preparations ar© completed and eat
ables of a dainty variety will be serv
ed.
Owing to the fact the, card social
is being given with the idea of rais-*
ing funds for civic purpose an ad
mission charge of fifty cents for
each person will ibe made. The af
fair is to be public in general and
is not confined to members of the
organization.
SCOUT MEETING TONIGHT
Ptarmigan Troop, No. 1, Boy Scouts
of America, meet this evening at
7:30 o’clock at the S. A. Club. The
regular weekly business meeting will
ibe held after which a game of base
ball or basketball will be played.
The possibility of the government’s
selling some of its Florida real estate
at boom prices rather indicates a re
versal of custom. Boom prices are
generally what the government buys
at instead of sells for.
1 COLONEL MITCHELL
WILL RESIGN ON
FIRST FEBRUARY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29. (/P)—
Mitchell’s resignation has been ac
cepted by the President and he will be
permitted to step out on the first of
next month, automatically wiping out
his five year suspension.
FORMER AMBASSADOR WILL
HEAD GERMAN DELEGATES
BERLIN, Jan. 28. (JP)—Count Von
Bernstorff, former German Ambassa
dor to the United States, will head the
German Delegation to the Preliminary
Disarmament Conference at Geneva, it
was announced today.
PT. POSSESSION
BE RESTORED TO
NATIONAL FOREST
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29. (JP)—
The joint war-time agricultural de
partment board, ordered Point Posses
sion reservation in Alaska, restored
to its former national forest status.
The board made the decision while
considering former military reserva
tions which were to be used in peace
times as national forest areas.
—
BERLINBACH MUST FIGHT
MIKE M’TIGUE NEAR FUTURE
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. (/P)—Paul
Berlinbach, world’s light-heavyweight
champion, must give Mike McTigue,
former titleholder, a return match be
fore meeting any other opponent here,
the State Athletic Commission ruled
today.
If College women have to smoke
they ought to be made to sweep up
their own ashes.
GODDARD WINS
PAS DOG RACES
THE PAS, Jan. 29. (£>)—Emil St.
Goddard won the ninety mile race in
nine hours and twenty-seven and one
half minutes. Brydges was second
in nine hours twenty-nine and one
half minutes. Harry Olensky wa^ third
being slightly over ten hours making
the trip. Sore feet hampered most of
the dogs.
WILL MATCH ROSENBERG
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28. (JP)— Jack
Doyle, boxing promoter, wired Charlie
Phil Rosenberg, in New York, an of
fer of twenty-five thousand dollars to
defend his title of bantamweight king
here against Bud Taylor of Terre
Haute, Indiania.
...FUNERAL SERVICES OF
BEN PARKER TOMORROW
SEATTLE, Jan. 29. (JP)—The funer
al services of Benjamin S. Parker, 55,
who was in the Alaska gold rush and
served on the Dispatch as chief engin
eer, will be held tomorrow.
RAILROADMEN TO
FILE DEMAND ON
FIRST OF MONTH
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. (£>)—'The New
York Times last night said Union
Leaders have instructed conductors,
trainmen and brakemen of all rail
roads to file their wage demands on
February first, seeking a restoration
of the scale the railroad board fixed
in 1921, which was the highest in the
history of the railroads.
The carriers declared the restora
tion of the increase would mean a to
tal annual expense of to the companies
of five hundred million dollars more.
SMITH PARTY DEPART FROM NENANA
WITHIN TEN DAYS WITH NUMBER OF
MECHANICS—KAASON GOES NOME
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 29. (JP)—,
The Smith party including two or
three mechanics which will be select
ed here, will depart from Nenana with
ing ten days, according to Rossman,
who further said:
We haven’t the slightest doubt we
will get through despite the prediction
contrary.
“While the trail is more or less
heavy, due to conditions in the coun
try at this time of the year, we will
make it if we have to pack everything.
“Every member of the party is en
thusiastic and eager to go, the wea
ther being exceptionally mild and
free from storm,” he concluded.
Gunnar Kaason, who came north,
with the party from Seattle, will make
a much different trip to Nome this
winter, than he did when he relayed
the anti-toxin to Nome. He left Ne
nana yesterday with dog team carry
ing a load of Fleischman’s yeast cakes
and expects to make a record trip.
Mild weather continues in Nome,
only a few inches of snow being re
corded.
Lomen brothers of that place are
killing thousands of reindeer for ship
ment to the States. Four thousand
were killed at Golovin for shipment
to Seattle by the first boat in June.
NEW BRITISH AIR
CHIEF
It has recently 'been announced
in England that Sir John Maitland
'Salmond has 'been appointed to the
post of Commander-in^Chief and
ranking office of the entire Air
Forces and Air Defenses of the
British Empre, a totally new com
mand which renders his superior
to Sir General Henry Trenchard,
the air chief marshal and chief of
the air staff. Sir John is but 43
years old and is one of the young
est men of the rank of Lieutenant
General since the restoration of
peace. He joined the army at the
close of the Boer War, where he
won distinction under Kitchener.