Hewnrd Kulis- Gmeumg
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 21, NUMBER 21.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
OLMSTED MADE
NO EFFORT HIDE
BOOTLEGGING
’ SEATTLE, Jan. 26. (/P)—'Whitney,
on the stand today, testified that Olm
sted and associates admitted to him
they were bootlegging and virtually
dared the government to try to stop
them. He said Harry Kern, one of
the defendants told him: “I will stop
for nobody, on land or water; if I can
not outrun them I can outshoot them.”
Describing raids, Whitney recount
ed one conversation with Olmstead
and others when, he said, not the
slightest effort was made to conceal
the fact that they were bootlegging on
a gigantic scale. He related that Cliff
Morris, one of the defendants in the
Olmsted case, admitted lie was stop
ped with a load of liquor in Seattle,
August 31, 1924, but when he told the
officers he was hauling for Olmsted,
he was allowed to proceed.
Whitney said Myer Berg was very
cordial and talkative when they raid
ed his home.
“You’ll never find liquor here,”
Whitney'declared Berg said. “I al- j
ways keep it somewhere else, but if
your awful persistence is kept^up you
may catch us.”
On a motion of the defense attor
ney Vanderveer, the court ruled Rev
elle must restrain from smiling in
court. “This is a serious case,” said
the judge.
H. G. York, 85 years old, the eldest
juror on the case, arose from the box,
and asked: “Your honor, is this a
conspiracy case we are trying?” Th,e j
judge assured him it was and told him
he would instruct him on other de-1
tails later.
Mrs. Elmer T. Smith, matron of the
native industrial school at Eklutna,
passed through Seward the other day
on her way to Bellingham where she
has been summoned owing to the ser
ious illness of a sister. Mrs. Smith
anticipates returning to her work at
Eklutna within a month.
Miss Iris Gray, formerly of Kansas,j
was selected from all the girls in N.
Y. to attend the Paramount school as
a preparation for stardom.
Ladies Athletics At
Local Gym Make a Hit
iir -■ / r .
Decided improvement featured the |
women’s baseball practice at the S.j
A. C. gym Tuesday night, which great-!
ly encouraged the ladies, and thoro
ughly satisfied their coachers. It is j
thought that the marked advancement j
is due, in large measures, to the fact I
that most of the women have been at- i
ending the games played by the teams j
in the City League, closely observing j
the style of play and the actions of the
men on thd diamond.
A touch of the science of defensive
work was given them last week, the
infielders being taught to make the;
Play at second base in an effort to cut
off the advancing runner when a fair
ball is hit and a preceding one is al
ready on first base. The responding
attempts made by the ladies in this
regard, thereafter, was well intended,
and very reassuring to the instruc
tors. Tonight special attention will
be given to batting; the department
of the game in which the players are
the weakest.
Most remarkable of all, perhaps, is
the manner in which these sessions
are being attended. Fully twenty
ladies participated in the last practice,
while fifteen or more encouraged the
players from the spectators’ gallery.
Prior to the baseball practice the
calisthenics class went through and
enjoyed a set of exercises from a very
recent and effective course of training.
The movements were given and dem
onstrated by Mrs. R. B. Heaston, who
received her instructions in the states.
NOTED OPERA STAR
Sweet-voiced Frieda Hemple, well
known opera star who recently re
turned to the United States from Eur
ope.
SMITH AND WILKINS PARTY
PASSES THROUGH ANCH.
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 26. (/P)—Smith
and Wilkins, advance men, phssed
through here enroute to Fairbanks
which they will reach today. The
party met here Rev. William Thomas
who was a missionary at Pt. Barrow
several years, where he met Smith
and Wilkins.
MARSHALL SAYS
HE STRANGLED
MISS DIETRICH
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26. (/P)—
Marshall confessed to strangling Miss
Dietrich before dismembering the body
after an argument over an attempt
on the girl’s part to extort money
from him. He was grilled almost
almost continuously for thirty hours.
Seward Big Game Hunters
Hobnobbing In Wilds, M. P.
The attention of the local game
commissioner, Leon Urbach, is call
ed to--the big game hunt now under
way in the Moose Pass district. In
the party are three well-known res
idents of Seward: Harold Painted,
Elwyn Swetmann and Mr. Heaston.
The party left town yesterday morn
ing and planned returning tomorrow'
night.
SECRECY SURROUNDS FILMING
OF MYSTERY MOVIE FEATURE
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 26. (JP)—
For fee first time in fee history of
moving pictures a feature film is be
ing made here ■without announcing
the name of any of the players ap
pearing in it or any of the production
details.
The feature is a mystery play, and
its future success on the screen, pro
ducers Relieve, demands absolute se^
crecy as r to its making.' Rigid rules
were issued barring visitors, includ
ing those of other studios, from the
sets, and requiring that all aetors
and actresses refrain from revealing
their characters.
Only the producers and directors
know the identity of the cast or
where the sequences are .being filmed.
Madame Melba (Helen Porter Arm
strong) noted soprano, who is now 60,
will make her farewell appearance on
the operatic stage next May in Lon
don.
lillTCHELL TO GET
SUSPENSION FOR
FOR UTTERANCES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26. (JP)—
Coolidge approved the five years sus
pension from military service for Mit
chell, but modified his sentence. Mit
chell will receive all allowances and
one half of his pay during that period.
In a statement given on the findings
of the investigation Coolddge said:
“His sentence will restore to him
all his allowances and one-half of his
pay. He will draw while not engaged
in flying an annual income of about
four thousand seven hundred and six
ty dollars.” Mitchell is at liberty to
testify before the Congressional com
mittees and civilian bodies. Plans
are already made inviting Mitchell to
testify before the house committees.
Mitchell began serving his suspen
sion sentence today.
WILL CONTINUE
| DRILLING COLD
I BAY DISTRICT
SAN FRANCISCO. J^b. 26. (JP)—'The
Standard and Associated Oil Company
officials announced here today that
they will continue wildcat drilling in
the Cold Bay district until they bring
in oil or prove there is no marketable
oil in the region.
RADIO CODE OF STANDARDS
IS AIM OF 'COMMITTEE WORK
CHICAGO, Jan. 26. (/P)—Having
discovered that the public wants
standardized radio parts1, the manu
facturers have gone back to the con
sumers to find out how they wish
them made. Committees of manufac
turers are now at work on the re
plies to thousands of questionnaires,
from which will be formulated a
code of standards.
Radio thus becomes one of the
first great industries of its size, from
which the public expects that the
Smith company’s parts must fit the
Jones company’s apparatus.
ASSOCIATEDAND
STANDARDBOTH
CLOSED DOWN |
At the time of closing down drilling
operations a few days ago in the Cold
Bay oil district it was reported by
members of the crew which passed
through Seward en route to Seattle on
the steamer Northwestern, that the
Associated were down 3,330 feet at
the time work was suspended and the
Standard were down 5040 feet when
casing trouble necessitated closing
down for repairs. This was just re
cently.
The Associated closed down at this
time owing to lack of fuel, it was said.
Both companies are expected to send
crews back into the field in March or
April, according to the information re
ceived by the Gateway. However, it
was believed that upon drilling being
resumed by the Associated, new holes
would be started.
Heading the list of the oil crew was
G. L. Jones, superintendent for the
Associated. Other oil men were J.
E. Jones, P. M. Peterson, C. D. Hyde,
T. F. Irondale. J. J. Mitchell, Cliff
Moody, F. Franklin, F. Phelps, H.
Zarr, C. Johnson, Louis Never, Sam
Scarr, Joe Sparrow. / A number of
these men remained in Seward, but
the majority of them continued on to
Seattle.
Fine show at the Liberty tonight.
KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW_YQK*
MARRIES FOR SECOND TIME
Joan Abbott, of San Francisco, re
cently secured her divorce from Chas.
Abbott because he repeatedly objected
to her use of Jack London’s name in
connection with her own publicity.
Now word comes that she has again
married—this time to Charles Mal
muth, 26 years of age, a magazine
writer, and native of Russia.
SIBERIAN FIELD
FAILS TO SHOW
REPUTED RICHES
BLA-GOVESTCHENSK, Jan. 26. (jP)
—Twelve thousand destitute Russians
who sought riches in the much adver
tised Tommoto gold fields in Siberia,
returned this week with tales of hard
ships and sufferings.
They reported only a small area,
called “Gold Key” shows any values.
FLEET WILL NOT VISIT ALASKA
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. (JP)—A
naval report says there is no basis for
rumors that the fleet will visit Alaska
this summer.
'After being suspended for almost
three weeks, the trial calendar will
b eresumd in Junau again in the
U. S. District Court. The case
against Edward Keegan, son of the
late T. E. P. Keegan, former local
chief of police, says the Empire,
charged with manslaughter, will be
taken up Monday.
Mrs. Permilia Fitch, 110 believed to
be Canada’s oldest woman, was re
cently reported near death at Simcoe,
Ont.
Card Social Will Be
Held Friday Evening
Under the auspices of the Seward
Woman’s Clutb, the second of a se
ries of enjoyable card socials of the
present winter season will be held
Friday evening, January 29, begin
ning at 8:30 o’clock, at Odd Fellows
hall. An admission charge will be
made of fifty cents and, in case one
does not know, these affairs are open
to the public who are cordially ex
tended an invitation to attend. The
primary reason for these card par
ties -is to raise funds for civic pur
poses.
The success of the last party,
which was held in the early part
of December, is ample assurance
of the affair Friday night. At least
twenty tables for bridge and whist
are being prepared. Refreshments
will be served. Tickets may ,be pur
chased either at the door or from
any member of the organization.
TERRIFIC STORM
SWEEPS COAST
ATLANTIC SIDE
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. (&)—'Three
vessels, the British freighters Anti
noe„ Laristan and an unidentified ves
sel near the Panama Canal are in dis
tress, the result of the heavy gales
sweeping this coast.
Twelve liners including the Levia
than, Aquitania and President Roose
velt are battling toward port with
nearly six thousand passengers aboard.
The President Roosevelt launched
a lifeboat to rescue the crew of the
Antinoe, two sailors being lost as the
lifeboat smashed against the sides of
the Antinoe.
The Norwegian freighter Solvang
sank off the Delaware breakwater
Sunday after a collision with an oil
tanker. One man was drowned as
the crew of twenty-nine were transfer
red to the Vacuum. The freighter
Laristan sent an S. O. S. last night
reporting her position north of the
Antinoe, with the German steamer
Bremen racing to her assistance.
SPANISH PLANE
ON WAY TO CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS
LOS PALMAS, Jan. 26. (£>)—1The
Spanish plane resumed its flight to
day, leaving for the Cape Verdes Is
lands at eight-tv:enty this morning.
The distance from here to the islands
is 1050 miles. After a two days’ rest
the plane will attempt the jump from
there to Pernambuco, Brazil 1711
miles.
A Cadiz wireless station reported at
12:15 this afternoon that the steamer
Vancarclos had been in communica
tion twih the plane and that all was
well aboard. A further message at
3:40 said the plane was still proceed
ing on her journey.
Arrive at Cape Vet*de Isis.
PORTO PRAYA, Cape Verde Isis.,
Jan. 26. (19)—Franco, flying from Palos
to Buenos Aires, arrived here safely
from Grando Bay, Canary Islands.
DEPARTMENT NAT. DEFENSE
TAKE PLACE WAR DEPT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26. (/P)—
Patrick before the House Military
Committee repeated his prediction,
that the Department of National De
fense will supplant the present W'ar
and Navy departments. While this is
pending Patrick said he favored an
air corps with a status equal to that
of the Marine Corps. He said none
of his basic recommendations to the
Coolidge Air Board had been adopt
ed.
FLOODS IN MEXICO
DESTROY MANY
HOMES, 68 DEAD
YAGO, Jan. 26. (JP)—Rehabilitation
of communities buried in ruins under
the flood waters of the Santiago river
was started today when work of build
ing retaining dams commenced.
Lake Chapala in the plateau dis
trict in Mexico, burst releasing a flood
on the sleeping villagers below. Sixty
eight bodies were recovered in Santi
ago and Ixcuntla, and countless car
casses of cattle and domestic animals
are scattered over the district. Thous
ands of buzzards filled the air over
the stricken cities. In the two towns
one thousand four hundred houses
were destroyed, or about one-fourth of
the cities. Property loss is expected
to reach millions of dollars.