Hemstrd Bale
Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 260
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
LANDSDOWNE NOT
IN FAVOR FLIGHT
OFSHENANDOAH
WISHED TO WAIT UNTIL SEASON
OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD
PASSED—NOT SAFE
Overruled By His Superiors
Secretary of Navy Disapproved Ex
pert’s Recommendations and Sent
Crew to Deaths
LAKEHURST, N. J., Sept. 23 (/P)—
Official documents read in the court
of inquiry by Capt. George W. Steel,
junior commander at Lakehurst air
station, showed that the Shenandoah
was ordered west September seconr,
despite the recommendations of Com
mander Landsdowne that the trip be
deferred until the second week in
September, after the secretary of the
Navy had disapproved the air ex
pert’s recommendation. Landsdowne
made no further protest, following re
ceipt of his orders, it was said.
The correspondence showed that
the department was very anxious tc
have the Shenandoah visit the State
f fairs at Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and
Iowa during the first two weeks ol
September, Landsdowns replied he
could not complete preparations ir
time, at Scott Field, Michigan, foi
the reception of the Shenandoah and
suggested that the voyage be deferred,
The secretary of the Navy disapprov
ed and fixed the itinerary which the
dead commander undertook to carry
out. The trip was first suggested for
July, but Commander Landsdowne ob
jected because of the many thunder
storms in the Middle West.
FIND PREHISTORIC
TOOTH ANIMAL
GLACIAL PERIOD
MOLAR 3,000,000 YEARS OLD EVI
DENCE MAMMALS ANTE
DATED GLACIAL PERIOD
HOQUIAM, Wn„ Sept. 23 (#>)—'The
tooth of a prehistoric mammal esti
mated by Rev. J. H. Geoghegan, a
local scientist, to be three million
years old was found on the banks of
the Humptulips River. Rev. Goeghe
gan said that this proves conclusively
the long-accepted theories of geologi
cal history on the Pacific Coast wras
an error. The specimen is from a
land animal existing prior to the gla
cial or pleistocene period, proving the
coast had not been submerked by wa
ter before that period as scientists
assume.
The tooth weighs two pounds and
five ounces and had the nerve expos
ed indicating that the animal proba
bly suffered with a severe toothache
through its declining days.
When held up by bandits, Arthur
Slaber of Chicago collapsed and died.
* The robbers fled without finishing
their job.
BASEBALL
Coast
Oakland 6, Seattle 0.
Vernon 2, Portland 1.
Salt Lake 9, San Francisco 11.
Sacramento 1. Los Angeles 2.
National
Pittsburgh 14, Philadelphia 4.
Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2.
New York, St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Boston, rain.
American
* New York 11-2, Chicago 6-4.
Boston 8-2, Detroit 11-7.
Washington 3, Cleveland 2.
Philadelphia 0, St. Louis 1.
/
NUMEROUS CENTENARIANS
FOUND LIVING IN KANSAS
LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Sept. 22
j Kansas has 17 people eligible for the
[Century club. The last census shows
j 17 persons who are over 100 years old
| Six more 9S years of age were found
Nine of these are women and the
I j rest are men.
Over a hundred people were listed
who were over 90 years old, 37 of
them living in one county.
* NO SCOTCH BARLEY TO BE
FOUND IN SCOTCH WHISKEY
LONDON, Sept. 22 "(/P)—About the
j only thing Scotch about Scotch whis
key is its water. This at any rate is
the declaration of Scotch farmers who
have protested to the government
■; against the importation of large quan
tities of foreign barley for the manu
facture of whiskey in Scotland. They
demanded that a high import duty be
placed on imported malting and dis
tilling barley, which is at present sold
at a figure much lower than the
barley grown in Scotland can be prof
j itably sold at.
TRIAL OF NORRIS
MURDER EDITOR
AT KELSO BEGINS
FEELING STRONG AND COURT
ROOM SCENE OF MUCH
DISORDER
Prosecutor Wants Malitia
! --
Murder of Editor of Kelso Paper Be
ing Investigated—Prosecutor
Asks for Militia
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Sept. 23
(JP)—Strong language, enthusiastic
eheerings, much disorder and mild ad
monitions frpm the bench with no
| new evidence marked the arraign
i ment of George Norris, city engineer
| of Kelso, in connection with the assas
jsination of Thomas Dovery, Kelso ed
itor, who was shot to death on Kel
so’s streets at midnight last June.
Suspicion fastened on Norris be
■ cause the editor had intimated that
i he was short in his accounts and de
manded an investigation.
The hearing was continued because
i Todd’s witnesses failed to appear,
and Todd later was arrested for al
leged false prosecution of Norris.
Thousands attended the trial and
: many fights were threatened between
| sympathizers of the prisoner and the
! murdered man. Todd appealed to the
■governor to call out the National
; Guard, declaring that otherwise he
J would be lynched, but Governor Hart
ley refused.
J. Aloysius Todd was a warm friend
of Thomas Dovery, the murdered man,
and it was he that made complaint
against Norris, causing his arrest.
^Manager Plan Adopted
for the City of Seattle
SEATTLE, Sept. 23 (£>)—'The judi
ciary committee of the city council
yesterday recommended that the coun
cil place the city manager plan on
the spring ballot, and the council is
expected to recommend the proposi
tion at Monday’s session. ,
This will reduce the city officials
to seven heads of departments.
No carpets or rugs have been made
in Axminster, England, for 90 years,
although Axminster is still used as a
trade name for these products. The
industry was transferred in 1835 to
Wilton, where Brussels carpets are
also made, not in Brussels.
An Omaha shoemaker recently made
a pair of shoes 14 inches long for a
250 pound customer.
I
GIGANTIC DRUG
RING UNCOVERED
TAMPA’ FLORIDA
CHILDREN PEDDLING NARCOTICS
ON STREET AND IN HOMES—
HIGHER UPS ARRESTED
—
i Large Shipments Seized
Hauled to Tampa by Motor Boats
Which Met Foreign Ships at
Twelve-Mile Limit
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 23 (/P)~A gi
gantic narcotic smuggling and drug
dispensing ring was uncovered by
Federal authorities and drugs valued
at $1,000,000 seized. Several of the
higher-ups were arrested at their
homes. Children of sir years and
over have been peddling narcotics on
the streets and in homes of the city,
and their arrest led to the exposure
of the trade. Large shipments have
been received here from foreign ports
and hauled directly to Tampa by mo
tor boats which met the incoming ves
sels beyond the twelve-mile limit and
transferred the drugs in the darkness.
The Federal officials had its best
bouthern forces shadowing the lead
ers since last spring.
Several prominent business men of
the city are under arrest, and the ex
pose has created a veritable sensation
in business and social circles.
"
Commons Member Violates
Rule Three Centuries Old
LONDON, Sept. 21. (£>)—When Sir
Harry Hope rose in -the House of
Commons to speak from one of the
front benches he was greeted with
loud cries of “Order.” He sat down,
puzzled, but rose again only to be
greeted with more shouts of “Or
der.” „
A member pointed out that he had
violated a 300 year old rule by put
ting his foot beyond the red line at
the edge of the carpet in front of
him. These lines, on either side of
the chamber, were placed there in
Stuart days, when the Roundheads in
Parliament were bitterly attacking
the Cavalier supporters of Charles I.
Members in those days were armed
and it was feared that debates might
end in violence, so the red line was
placed beyond which they were not
supposed to pass during debate.
JOE ERGLER IS
RESCUED FROM
DEEP FISSURE
FOREST GUARD FALLS INTO 35
FOOT CREVASSE ON SIDE
OF MT. BAKER
GLACIER, Wn„ Sept. 22 (^—Jos
eph Ergler, 28, a resident of near Ma
ple Falls, Whatcom county, employed
as a guard in the U. S. Forest Service,
was reported out of danger at forest
headquarters today, following a tum
ble of 35 feet into a crevasse during
an attempted record climb of Mt. Ba
ker, at about 3:30 p. m. Sunday.
Ergler was rescued from his prison
by two companions who were climb
ing the peak with him. The accident
occurred when a rope with which the
three men were fastened together
partd and Ergler fell and rolled over
a ledge into a crevasse.
Smith and Rowley after much effort
secured a rope around Ergler’s body
and pulled him from the fissure. He
was unconscious and delirious when
rescued.
The Starr arrived at Unalaska this
morning.
IRON BOLT QUICKLY TAKEN
FROM PATIENT’S LUNG
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 (£>)—'The
dislodging and removal of an iron
bolt more * than an inch long and a
quarter of an inch thick from a boy’s
lung took just four minutes of a sur
geon’s time at Jefferson hospital yes
terday. Roy Kruger, 11, of Rockford.
Illinois, was the patient. He swallow
ed the bolt several months ago and
has suffered attacks of pneumonia and
diphtheria since. The operat'on was
facilitated through the use ;f the
bronchoscope.
WINK PROVED THAT
GUARD WAS ALIVE
LONDON, Sept.*21. (/P)—London is
full of tourists from practically all
countries and most of the overseas
visitors never fail to be interested
in the stalwart guardsmen on duty
at the Horse Guards headquarters
in Whitehall.
Some stare at them deliberately
and one French girl refused to be
lieve one motionless figure was alive.
She stood alone and gazed harder,
then suddenly joined her English
friends looking somewhat flushed.
She explained that the soldier was
real after all—he had deliberately
winked at her.
135’000 BARRELS
HERRING SEASON
PACK AT PLANTS
UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF HER
RING PACK IN DISTRICT IS
TREMENDOUS ONE
REPORT NOT COMPLETE
Season Will Come to Close Beginning
in November, While Some Plants
Will Close in October
From this period on most of the
packing of herring will be done in
the Cook Inlet region and some at
Sawmill Bay, according to arrivals in
Seward yesterday on the Admiral
Watson. At the present writing there
are numerous fishing boats looking
for fish around Three Saints Bay and
at Shearwater Bay, but to date no suc
cess has been met with. The Cook
Inlet and Sawmill Bay districts will
cease herring operations some time
next November. In the Kodiak re
gion herring activities will come to a
close, probably around the first of the
month and at Halibut Cove about the
first of November.
It is stated, however, that the run
may continue over into December.
Tremendous Herring Pack
It is estimated, according to figures
turned into the Gateway, that from
the Kodiak district alone 50,000 bar
rels of herring have been packed. In
the Cook Inlet district the estimate is
placed at 15,000 barrels and that of
Sawmill Bay at 10,000 barrels. At
Red Fox Bay the figures given out
place the pack at 60,000 barrels,
bringing the grand total up to 135,000
barrels of herring in this district this
year.
Postmaster General In
Favor Present System
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 23 (Jp)—
The Postoffice Department air serv
ice has indorsed the way the Navy
stands against a unified air service.
Postmaster New told the Aircraft
Board that he “believed the postoffice
should control its air service and that
is all.” •
Dave Crawford is charged with hav
ing burned 30 buildings which he own
ed at Cedar River, Wis., and trying
to collect insurance amounting to
5138,750.
CASSIARTOTAKE
PLACE KLONDIKE
IN SHORT TIME
FRANK COTTER RETURNS TO
SEATTLE AFTER SPENDING
FOUR MONTHS IN FIELD
Best Showing On Goldpan
Palmer Creek Been Staked from its
Mouth to Forks, a Distance of
Six and a Half Miles
, SEATTLE, §ept. 23 (£>)— Frank
Cotter, returning to this city after
spending four months in the Cassiar
district said that region would take
the place of the Klondike within the
next few years. Modern machinery
is going in and hydraulic equipment
is taking the place of hand tools.
Mr. Cotter said that Goldpan Creek
is showing up good. “A couple of
weeks ago I was on Goldpan Creek
and saw the last cleanup. It was all
yellow, nuggety gold, and enough to
make a pack for a strong man.”
The latest sensation, Mr. Cotter
declared, is Palmer Creek, which has
been staked from its mouth to the
torks, six and one-half miles.
SAFE EXPERT IN
HANDS OF POLICE
BANK ROBBERY
IT IS CLAIMED HE COULD OPEN
ANY COMBINATION BY DEFT
NESS OF TOUCH
SEATTLE. Sept. 23 (£>)—Isadore R.
Edelstein was arrested yesterday in
San Francisco, charged with the safe
robbery at Spokane July 22, 1922, at
which time §25,000 was secured. He
is also wanted in Seattle for a $44,000
bond robbery at Skinner & Eddy’s
shipyard. The police said they had
no definite evidence against Edelstein
but the robbery looked like his work,
and happened shortly after the Spo
kane robbery.
Edelstein boasted that he never blew
a safe in his life but tligt his fingers
were so delicate he could solve any
combination by the feel.
In 191S Edelstein confessed to a se
ries of office building robberies here
and served a sentence in jail.
FIRE CAUSES BIG
LOSS BELLINGHAM
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 23 (/P)—Dam
age estimated at a half million dollars
was caused by a fire of unknown ori
gin which destroyed the main part of
the E. K. Wood lumber mill, known
in the old days of Fairhaven as the
“Red Mill.” The fire seemed to start
near the sawdust bins and spread so
rapidly that the automatic sprinklers
failed to check it.
The mill did a heavy export busi
ness to California and the Orient.
Mrs. Wayne Blue, wife of the Sew
ard agent for the Pacific Steamship
Co., who has been visiting in the
States for the past three months de
parts from Los Angeles today, accord
ing to a telegram received by Mr. Blue
for Seattle ene route to Seward.
Florence Sullivan, a resident of this
city for many years, and an employe
of the Alaska Railroad, departed from
Seward yesterday for Cordova.
The Admiral Watson of the Pacific
Steamship Company is scheduled to
depart from Seattle on her next voy
age to Alaska, October 1.