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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 16
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
SCORE ROBBERIES
TAKE PLACETODAY
CITIES AND TOWNS
OF PACIFIC COAST
Cashier of Pacific Telephone
Company Loses $20,000—
Two Moving Picture Show
Cashiers Also Held Up
(Ry Associated Tress)
SEATTLE, Jan. 19—As Claus Selz
assistant cashier for the Pacific Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company left
the main office today to deposit
$20,000 in a local bank, a bandit con
fronted him with drawn pistol, took
his satchel containing $8,000 in cash
and $12,000 in checks, and jumped into
a waiting automobile, which whisked
around a corner and was seen no
more.
Everett Cashier Robbed
(By Associated Press)
EVERETT, Jan. IS.—As Miss Elea
nor Rutherford, cashier of the Ever
ett theatre, was riding to this city last
night with $1200 in cash, the day’s
receipts at the Orpheum theatre, of
Everett, a car drove up alongside, an
armed man leaping on to the running
board of her car, took the sack and
jumped back, a confederate driving
away with him.
Ballard Movie Cashier Robbed
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 18.—As Mrs. Don
ald Geddes. owned of a moving pic
ture show in Ballard, arrived at her
home on Broadway tonight with the
day’s receipts amounting to $500 in
^ he’’ possession, four men jumped on
the running board of her car and took
the money from her, and escaped in
an automobile which the fifth bandit
drove.
News Dealer Robbed
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—Miss Beryl
Johnson, wholesale news dealer in
this city, was held up last night by
two men, who took her watch and fled
in her automobile when they found
she had no money along.
Aged Real Estate Man Robbed
(By Associated Press)
BRECKINRIDGE, Minn., Jan. 19.—
Two brothers, Otto and Ludwig Frier,
of Spokane, and their uncle, Henry
Message of this city, was arrested to
day for the alleged confessed robbery
of Joseph Simonitch, a real estate
dealer of 3",000 two weeks ago.
Pirates Take Steamer
(By Associated Press)
HONGKONG, China, Jan. 19.—The
Chinese owned two thousand ton
steamer, Hong Kwa, flying the British
flag, was seized by pirates yesterday,
five days after it left Singapore for
f Hongkong with Chinese passengers
and a general cargo. The pirates had
boarded the vessel as passengers and
watched their chance and seized her. !
The vessel was taken over by 30
pirates, who covered the officers and
passengers while they were at break
fast, disabled the wireless, and ran
the vessel in Bais bay, 30 miles out,
escaping with their plunder.
TAXABLE INCOMES
28 BILLIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.—
The total taxable income of the Amer
ican people and personal corporations
is $28,300,020,673 In 1922 on which
the Federal government levied $1,
644,833,576, the bureau of internal
revenue reported today.
SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
FAVORABLY ON NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Sen
ate judiciary committee decided today
to report favorably on the nomination
of Harlan Fisk Stone, former attor
ney general, to fill a supreme bench
seat.
NORTHERN-MOST PAPER HAS
SUSPENDED PUBLICATION
NOME, Jan. 19.—America’s farthest
north newspaper, at Teller, Alaska, the
Pioneer Scout, suspended publication
recently when its publisher, editor,
composing room force, pressman, ad
vertising and circulation manager
and reporter left for Seattle to com
plete a high school education. Walter
J. Marx, 17, held all these positions.
The paper was started four years ago
and was issued weekly. It had 60
subscribers. Teller is northwest of
Nome.
ALAMEDA SAILS
AT EARLY HOUR
The Alameda returned last night
from her trip to Halibut Cove look
ing like a steam propelled iceberg,
the weather being extremely cold and
a heavy sea running outside. She
brought a cannery crew and a cargo
of herring from the westward, sailing
south at 4 o’clock this morning with
the following passengers:
For Latouche—Lillie Tillman, Jas.
McConnell, Harry Reese, R. Gray.
For Valdez—A. E. Rucker.
For Cordova—T. W. Parish, A. W.
Thompson.
Juneau—Charley Knoff.
Ketchikan—J. Bush.
Wrangell—F. J. Smith, M. H. Wil
lis.
Seattle—Wm. Mellish, L. V. Ray,
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth, Mr. and
Mrs. Hawley Sterling, Dr. H. R.
Moon, S. F. Adelman, Shell Wettach,
Miss Edith Radford, J. E. Barrack,
H. C. Bennett, Mrs. Charon Baldwin,
E. Engstrom, Mrs. A. H. McDonald,
Morris Abrashin, Pat Flanagan, Ed
Quinn, F. B. Berg, Wm. Molloy, Mrs.
Simmons, P. A. Wolden, A. Engstrom.
Mrs. Engstrom and baby, Albert
Harrison, Louis Korcer.
COLDEST WEATHER
IN 27 YEARS
(By Associated Press)
BOSTON, Jan. 19.—Northern New
England reports the lowest tempera
ture in 27 years, the mercury stand
ing 35 degrees below zero at Gardi
ner, Maine, and 36 below at Barre,
Vermont.
So intense was the cold that far
mers had great difficulty in prevent
ing their stock from freezing.
Condemns Political
Propaganda Entering
Newspaper Columns
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.—
Karl A. Bickel, manager of the Unit
ed Press, before the American Society
of Newspaper editors, criticised the
“administrative spokesmen” for their
methods to gain public opinion and
urged newspaperdom to refuse to tol
erate those who, “on big authority,”
send ideas as trial balloons and then
repudiate the report if their expec
tations fail special going.
Former Queen Maria
Passes Away, Munich
MUNICH, Bavaria, Jan. 19.—Former
Queen Maria Sophia Amelia of Na
ples died here today.
Auto Overturns On
Pacific Highway With
1 Dead, 2 Injured
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wn., Jan. 19.—William
E. O’Brien, aged 27, was killed; Har
old Cochrane and Gil Flanerty crit
ically injured here last night when
their automobile overturned on the
Pacific Highway, near Kent.
All live in O’Brien, Wn., in King
Country, which was named after
O’Brien’s father.
ANOTHER RECORD
SMASHED BY NURMI
IN APPEARANCE AT
NEW YORK MEET
Shatters Record for 2000
Meters Leading Competi
tors by 25 Yards, Altho
Handicapped 150 Yards
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Nurmi, the
Finnish runner, established another
world’s record here today when he
smashed the 2000 meters in 5:33. He
led his three rivals by 25 yards, altho
he handicapped the field up to 150
yards.
Ritola broke the 12-year old five
mile world’s record in 24:21 4-5.
Nurmi has broken a record in prac
tically every event he has appeared
in since his arrival from Finland a
month ago.
French Schooner
Wrecked Off Coast
Vancouver Island
(Ev Associated Press)
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 19.—The
French sailing vessel, “Rasta,” was
wrecked on the rocks on the west
coast of Vancouver Island this morn
ing, during a heavy gale which pre
vailed. The crew of twelve escaped
in lifeboats to Carmanah lighthouse.
Notorious Mail Bandit
Captured In Indiana;
Was Atlanta Convict
(By Associated Press)
MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 19.—Gerald A.
Chapman, notorious bandit and prison
breaker, for whom a nation-wide
search was conducted, was captured
here this afternoon after firing one
shot ineffectively at his pursuing de
tectives.
Chapman escaped from the Atlanta
federal penitentiary, where he was
serving a twenty-five year sentence
for participation in the two million
dollar mail robbery in New York.
Saturday’s Eclipse
May Have Effect
On Radio Stations
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 19.—Radio fans
asked E. F. McDonald, president of
the National Association of Broad
casters a report of the effect the
sun’s rays will have on radio broad
casting during the eclipse Saturday.
Alcohol Confiscated hi
St Paul; Carload Lots
(By Associated Pressj
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 19.—Three
carloads of alcohol, valued at half
a million dollars, alleged taken by
the secretary of a Philadelphia dis
tillery, was seized by federal agents
of enforcement here today.
Astoria Fish Official
Missing Since Dec. 3.
Found In Willamette
(By Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 19—The
body of Samuel Schmidt, aged sixty
seven, an Astoria fish company offi
cial, was found floating down the Wil
lamette river early this morning.
The man disappeared from As
toria December 3rd. He was report
ed at the time in ill health.
GUNS LARGE ENOUGH
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.—
The senate refused by a vote of 45
to 22 to consider the elevation of
armament aboard battleships.
NO OBLIGATION ON THE
U. S. BY PARIS AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19— Former
Secretary of State Hughes formally
stated today that the agreement reach
ed at the conference of finance min
isters in Paris, imposed no obligation
legally or morally upon the United
States, which remains as free as ever
from commitments on European mat
ters. White House officials said that
President Coolidge fully approved his I
statement.
ANCHORAGEPAPER
SELLS FOR $3900
(By Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 19.—
Winfield Elvin, cashier of the First
National Bank of this city, purchased
the Daily Alaskan Saturday morning.
The newspaper was sold at marshal’s
sale on foreclosure of a mortgage held
by the bank for $3900,
Following the sale it is reported
that the paper was leased to Messrs.
Lincke and Jesson, who will run it
for the new management.
World’s Production of
Copper Is 1,458,737 Tons
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The Ameri
can Bureau of Statistics announced
that the world’s production of copper
last year reached 1,458,737 tons, an
increase of 9541 tons over the pre
ceding year. Production, in the Uni
ted States fell slightly in December,
compared to November.
Longworth Postpones
Muscle Shoals Bill
I WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Nicholas
- Longworth, of the Republican League,
prevented reference to the Muscle
Shoals bill in conferenc eby object
ing. He said the bill should lie on i
the table until next week, when he j
hoped to refer it to conference.
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State s Attorney Will
Ask for Life Sentence
In EUingson Trial
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.—The
assistant district attorney announced
that the state will ask for a life sen
tence for Dorothy Ellingson, on Thurs
day, following a recommendation of
the murder charge by the coroner’s
jury.
The jury impanelled in the Elling
son case also went on record in fa
vor of legislation regulating the sale
and possession of firearms in the
State of California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.—Per
sons who kept Dorothy Ellington,
when she was a small child, declare
her to be at least 18 years of
age, which makes her liable for death
instead of life imprisonment.
Dorothy insisted she was only six
teen, and declared her birth certifi
cate could be obtained in the East
to prove it.
FLOODS ARE RAGING
(By Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Jan. 19.—Floods that
are raging in half a dozen states
continued to increase. Three traih
men are reported killed, and two ca
noeists have been given up as lost.
Georgia and Alabama are bearing
the blunt.
Wilson s Biography Be
Compiled by Ray Baker
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.—
Woodrow Wilson’s life and letters are
being arranged for biography and is
being done by Ray Stannard Baker,
of Amherst, Mass, it was announc
ed here today. He was chosen for
the task by a declared decision, for
tified by knowledge of Wilson.
HEAT FROM EARTH
DRIVES TURBINE TO
35 K.W, GENERATOR
CALIFORNIA PLANT
Natural Steam Carried to
Engine in 200 Feet of 8
Inch Pipe—Cost Over Coal
or Water Much Reduced
(By Associated Press)
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Jan. 19.—
The General Electric Company of this
city announced today that internal
heat from the earth was driving a
steam engine operating a 35-kilowatt
turbine generator in its Sonoma coun
ty, California, plant, and that it had
decided that a plant of this descrip
tion could serve Healdsburg at one
half to one-third the cost of a plant
generating electricity by coal of wa
terpower. It declared that natural
steam was carried to the engine 200
feet away, through an eight inch
pipe.'
Several plants will be established
in the near future at points where the
earth’s crust is known to be thin.
Coolidge Not Molest
Man With a Flask
WHITEHOUSE, Jaan. 19.—It was re
vealed here this afternoon from an
authoritative source, that President
Coolidge would prefer that prohibi
tion agents give their attention to
bootleggers and not to the man who
totes a hippocket flask.
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PACIFIC COAST BASKETBALL
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 19.—Saturday’s bas
ketball tallied, Washington 32 and
Oregon Aggies, 17; Washington State
28, Montana, 17.
Further Investigation
Dry Units Is Planned
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.—
Further investigation of the pro
hibition unit by private investiga
tors was determined upon today by
the special senate committee, headed
by Senator Couzens, republican, of
Michigan.
Chinese Gambling War
Waged On Pacific Coast
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wn„ Jan. 19.—The kill
ing of H. Hashi, by another Japanese
here, early this morning, was de
clared by the police department as
part of the coastal gambling war,
which has so far taken four lives.
One of the victims being Shigeo
Furukawa, at San Francisco. This
morning Hashi was shot eight times
by an unknown Japanese carrying an
automatic.
Flaming Order Head
Warns Members of
Its Unfair By-Laws
(By Associated Press)
CHATANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 19.—
Dr. Roy E. Davis, royal ambassador
of the Knights of the Flaming Sword,
in a proclamation last night called
upon all the members to wtihdraw
from the order, declaring, “it has no
place among American institution:;,
because the movement is dedicated
to one proposition and that proposi
tion is of accumulating millions for
private, personal and greedy individ
uals.”
The Knights were organized by Col.
VY’illiam Joseph Simmons of Atlanta,
following his bansihment from the Ku
KIux Klan.
The water has been turned off near
the lagoon today, while workmen
were repairing the pipeline.