T- s Semnrd DailyGnteway
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 10
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEATTLE POLICE
SGT. ACCUSED
MURDER GILUS
WAS ONE OF BAND WHO MUR
DERED CANADIAN LIQUOR
DEALER AND SON OFF SIDNEY
ISLAND—FOUR OTHER SUS
PECTS HELD IN SEATTLE.
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—Detective
Sergeant John F. Majewski, first
dismissed from the Seattle police
force for the attempting to secure
a copy of the confession of a sus
, pect of the Bon Marche robbery,
and later reinstanted by the civil
service commission, was again
dismissed today by Chief Sev
eryns who branded him as “a li
quor hijacker, and a companion of
the men who are held as suspects
-for the killing of Captain W. G.
* • Gillis and son William, while they
were asleep on their liquor boat
Beryl G., off Sidney Island, in B.
C. waters.”
Majewski said his dismissal is
the result of spite work, and has
denied any connections with trans
portation of liquor.
Extradition proceedings have been
started by the Canadian government
against the four suspects now being
held in Seattle, and reputed compan
ions of Sgt. Majewski and “Cannon
Ball” Baker, held in New York city.
The extradition hearing was set for
Saturday last, but press reports as to
the outcome of the case have not, as
yet, been received. It is estimated the
Gillis case will cost British Columbia
over one hundred thousand dollars
before those implicated are convicted
or acquitted.
ALAMEDA LIST HAS
MANY FOR SEWARD
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—The Alameda
sailed northbound Saturday morning
with the following passengers for
Seward: Otto Lieman and wife, F. P.
Wood, F. A. Cromley, Gage L. Rich,
Miss O. Wilson, Margaret Bailey, J.
Solomon, Jack Harrison, John Mat
tich, Miss Jean Duggar, Mrs. Art A.
Shonbeck, Miss G. J. Adams, W. J.
Wilson, J. L. Meil, J. A. Denny, S. R.
Moore, C. H. Jensen, J. Knize, no
steerage.
Cordova Votes for
Issuing $50,000 Bonds
(By Associated Press)
CORDOVA, Jan. 12.—At a special
election held here Saturday, it was
voted by a three to one majority that
the city issue bonds* to the amount of
$50,000 to erect a new school build
) ing.
WHITE HAIRED MAN TRIED
FOR BERAYING ASSOCIATES
(By Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Jan. 12.—Ivan Okladski,
65 years old, was placed on trial here
today on the charge of delaying the
Soviet revolution in Russia until 1917,
by betraying his accomplices in the
assassination of Alexander II, 45 years
ago. A dozen white-haired revolu
tionists and anarchists were on trial
as accomplices and witnesses.
SON OF MAYOR BROWN OF
SEATTLE MARRIES TODAY
SEATTLE, Jan. 12—Wm. C. Brown,
a son of Mayor Brown, was married
today to Mrs. Mildred Leah Hansen.
Brown said today that he was a grand
father, due to a child by a former
marriage, by Hansen Brown, manager
of a fruit company at Wenatchee.
k Jos. Burns, manager of the Liberty
theatre, returned on Saturday’s train
from a business trip to Anchorage.
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SEATTLE HARBOR RADIO TO
CHANGE METER WAVE SOON
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Jan. 12.—The city of
Seattle harbor rado transmitting sta
tion will operate on a 900-meter wave
instead of a 709-meter wave begin
ning sometime in January, the port
warden announced here the other day.
The change will place the harbor
department station approximately 400
meters above the highest radio tele
phone broadcastng station wave
length, eliminating much of the in
terference experienced by the broad
castng stations, operators said, and
will mean a big mprovement in the
transmisson efficiency of the set as
it operates better on a higher wave
length.
A new tube set costing $4,000 will
be installed about January 15, the
port warden said.
GRAND JURORS
MEET TAKE UP
OLMSTED CASE
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 12—A Federal
grand jury met today and began con
sideration of the evidence against Roy
Olmsted, former police officer, accus
ed of bootlegging. Judge Jre Neterer
in his instructions to the grand jury
quoted President Coolidge, saying:
The greatest issue of the day is law
enforcement.” He said no person was
exempt from testifying, and no testi
mony would procure immunity from
indictment. Judge Neterer ordered
District Attorney Revelle to show
cause tomorrow why he should not
return papers seized in the office of
Harold L.. Finch, aattorney for Olm
sted, and intended for presentation to
the jury.
Washington Legislature
Met At Noon Today
(By Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Jan. 12.—The nineteenth
session of the Washington legislature
met at noon today. The republicans
in caucus chose Edward W. Cleary,
of Bellingham, president pro tempore
of the Senate, after the place had been
conceded by the newspapers to Will
J. Conner, of Seattle, former speaker
of the House. The vote was 22 to
20 for Cleary.
First Business Will Be Contest
(By Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 12.—On mo
tion of Senator Ed. Cleary of What
com county, the Senate resolved to
day to consider in open session at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon, the con
test of Mrs. Ella Russell of Tenino,
to unseat P. H. Carlyon, who was
among those voting last night to seat
Senator W. J. Connor as President.
STEAMSHIP YUKON SAILS
SOUTHBOUND SUNDAY MORN
The steamship Yukon sailed south
bound Sunday morning directly affer
12 o’clock midnight with a fair load
of herring and the following passen
gers:
La touche—Bert Lee, E. Sandwick,
Lillian Grogan and 2 steerage.
Valdez—D. E. Sheriff.
Cordova—H. Bullion, Andrew Pet
erson, F. D. Caraway.
Juneau—Genevieve Grant, F. Mul
len.
For Seattle—J. W. Guild, Mrs. J. W.
Guild, J. Natoli, Betty Hall, F. G.
Bronson, E. C. Schmellhardt, Wallace
Daykin, A. Henderson, A. C. Whitley,
Ethel H. Richman, Mrs. L. B. Pentz
and baby, Fred Zinis, Mrs. H. E.
Sneff and child, F. McGibney, Mrs.
McGibney, Miss P. Palffy, Ralph T.
Hirsh, Robt. J. Cacy, A. Kienwold,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. ^Christensen, Capt.
Axel Olson and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Elwyn Swetmann, Geo. James, Ira
Wood, J. J. Chrisholm, Mrs. A. Ash
ton, O. P. Larson, James Kennedy,
John T. Cunningham and wife, Mrs.
B. Lockhart, Dorothy Cunningham,
Paul Rndyke, Mrs. Ned Bishop, and
five steerage.
GOVERNOR DAVIS
MAY BE TRIED
TAKING BRIBES
(By Associated Press)
TOPEKA, Kan,, Jan. 12.—Governor
Davis today said that he never denied
that his son took money for the par
don of Fred W. Tollman, Kansas
banker, convicted of forgery and serv
ing a term in the State penitentiary.
He said he issued the pardon in good
faith. The son’s statement first said
that his father knew nothing of the
affair with Pollman.
In a copyrighted story the Kansas
City Journal denied the governor’s
statement of a political frame-up. It
said that the employment of young
Davis was suggested by the governor
himself. It said that Russell negoti
ated three times for the pardon of
Pollman, and was given every oppor
tunity to deny accepting the money
for Governor Davis for the parole of
Pollman.
The Kansas City Journal and Post
printed affidavits today from Taylor,
an instructor in the Hutchinson re
formatory that Governor Davis had
refused his request for a pardon after
he bad rejected the request of the
governor for money. The affidavits
stated that young Davis acted as the
governor’s agent in an attempt to col
lect a bribe from Pollman.
Young Davi* in Court Today
TOPEKA, Jan. 12.—Richard G. Dav
is, son of Governor Davis, appeared
in court here today. He waived read
ing the indictment and bail. The case
was set for hearing Friday.
Warrants Issued for Arrest _
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 12—Warrants
were issued today for Governor Davis
and his son Russell, on charges of
soliciting and accepting a bribe of
$1250 for the pardon of Pollman.
Will Welcome Prosecution
(By Associated Press)
TOKEPA, Kan., Jan. 12.—Following
the announcement that bribery charges
would be filed against Governor Davis
and his son Russell, alleged to have
accepted $1250 dollars for the delivery
of a pardon to Fred W. Pollman, for
the delivery of a pardon, the Governor
said tonight that he would welcome
criminal prosecution, according to the
Kansas City Journal, as it would give
him an opportunity to clear his name
of the stigma which had been attach
ed to it. He also reiterated his dec
laration that he had no knowledge of
his son’s plans in accepting money for
Pollman’s pardon.
EYESIGHT OF ENGLISH
FAST DETERIORATING
LONDON, Jan. 12.—The eyesight
of the Englsh as a nation is de
teriorating, if resent figures of the
number of elementary school chil
dren as a criteron.
For the past few years one in
every five children has been found
to possess defective eyesight. Spe
cialsts predict that of future genera
tions possibly one in every four per
sons will wear spectacles.
HALL OF JUSTICE
SAN FRANCISCO,
WRECKED BOMB
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.—'The
main entrance to the hall of justice
in this city was wrecked by a bomb
this morning which exploded as a
number of police officials were
walking through the corridor. None
of the men were injured, although the
force of the explosion shattered all
the glass in the corridors, tore a hole
through to police headquarters, de
molished a telephone booth, and
wrecked a sfeam radiator. No clew
to the perpetrators has been found.
THOUSANDS OF OFFICIALS
ATTEND BANQUET JUSSERAND
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Over one
thousand officials, high in public life,
attended the farewell banquet of the
retiring French ambassador, Jules
Jusserand.
CLEVELAND SCHOOLS
TO RUN POOLROOMS
CLEVELAND, Oho, Jan. 12.—Cleve
land’s school board will operate two
poolrooms for young men, charging
2^ cents a cue, and will open two
children’s entertainment centers
where films will be shown every Sat
urday at 2 cents admission.
Floyd A. Rowe, physical welfare
director, plans to place two billiard
tables in each of the two school build
ings. Movies will b^*shown in two
other buildings.
SEATTLE BUSINESS
MAN LOSES LIFE
ON ICY PORCH
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—Edward R. In
gersoll, prominent Seattle business
man, philanthropist and active in fra
ternal organizations, was found shot
to death today on the porch of The
Teal Gun Club, near Mt. Vernon. Near
him was his shot gun, with which he
had been hunting. The coroner said
Ingersoll and slipped on the icy porch
and fell, accidentally discharging the
weapon.
Supreme Court Decides
Michigan Motors Case
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The Su
preme court today decided the case
brought up by the State of Michigan
adversely to the state, declaring that
a state cannot compel a private motor
carrier to engage in public traffic for
hire.
BORAH SUPPORTS PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.—
Senator Borah supported President
Coolidge’s position against the eleva
tion of the guns on United States bat
tleships.
Three Million Suffer
from Famine in Korea
(By Associated Pre3s)
TOKIO, Jan. 12.—Over three mil
lion persons are reported suffering
from famine in Korea with the sever
ity of the winter increasing. In the
Zenra district it is reported that 50
thousand cases of extreme starvation
exist, peasants living on bark and
roots.
Search Continued for
Missing Flood Victims
(By Associated Press)
SALTVILLE, Va., Jan. 12.—While
more than a hundred employes of
the Mathieson Alkali works contin
ued a vain search today for the
eight missing and now believed to be
fatal victims of the flood which fol
lowed the breaking of the muck dam
in the Hols ton river Christmas eve,
funeral services were held here and
in small towns nearby for eleven of
those killed in the disaster. Another
will be buried tomorrow. The search
ers, wearing gum boots and rubber
coats, labored throughout the day
with grappling irons but found no
trace of any more victims in the riv
er or in the section flooded with
lime muck.
MARBLE HEAD OF CAESAR
DRAWN FROM HUDSON RIVER
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 12—Critish here
who have examined the object, de
clare that a marble head of Julius
Caesar, drawn from the depths of the
Hudson river by an army dredge, was
made in the first century.
ERNEST SEABORG
MISSING; FOUL
PLAY SUSPECTED
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 12. —Ernest
Seaborg, State Supervisor of Fish
eries for Washington, has been
missing from his home in this
city since early Friday morning,
and the authorities directing the
search for him fear he has met
with foul play or a fatal accident.
He was last seen near the Du
wamish waterway, where his auto
bile was afterward found. Police
believe he was murdered by rum
runners or by fish bootleggers.
A state wide search is being
made for Mr. Seaborg. His auto
was found near the old Patterson
MacDonald Shipyard on the Du
wamish waterway.
“I am convinced that Mr. Sea
borg met with foul play,” said
Monroe Wyckoff, inspector for the
Fisheries department.
Well Known by Sewardites
Mr. Seaborg was well known to
many Sewardites, including H. E. Ells
worth, member of the Territorial Fish
Commission. Mr. Ellsworth received
a letter on the last boat from Mr. Sea
borg stating that a conference of rep
resentatives of the fisheries depart
ments of the United States, Canada,
British Columbia, California, Oregon,
Washington and Alaska would be held
not later than January 15th, to con
sider the adoption of a unified pro
gram along the entire Pacific coast,
dealing with research problems rela
tive to the maintenance of the salmon
fisheries. . ^
Mr. Seaborg was formerly engaged
in the fisheries business as proprie
tor of the Seaborg canneries, at Bell
ingham, Wash., and was appointed
State Supervisor of Fisheries, suc
ceeding Leslie Darwin.
KELLOGG SUCCEED
C. E. HUGHES AS
SECY. OF STATE
(By Associated Tress)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11.—
Secretary of State Charles Evan
Hughes reigned his portfolio, effective
March 4.
Ambassador Frank B. Kellogg will
succeed him. Kellogg is expected to
take office immediately after the re
tirement of Hughes, the latter wish
ing, to return to private life after 20
years in the public eye. It is the de
sire of Hughes to recoup a fortune in
the practice of law.
Kellogg Will Accept
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 12.—Frank B. Kellogg
announced today that he would ac
cept the portfolio of Secretary of
State, which “he would appreciate as
a great honor.”
He said that he would leave for
Washington as soon as a few prelim
inary details connected with his of
fice are completed.
Mrs. G. W. James was an outgo
ing passenger on the Yukon, hav
ing received word that his mother
was quite ill. He will return in about
three weeks.
A heavy snowfall is reported in the
vicinity of Broad Pass.
Miss Margaret Bone to
Sing In Radio Concert
SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—Margaret Bone,
daughter of Governor and Mrs. Scott
C. Bone, vrho is a student in the Uni
versity of Washington, will be one of
a group of students who will sing so
prano songs in KJR radio station on
“Alaska Night,” when many Alaskans
are expected to listen in on their ra
dio sets.