VOLUME 20. NUMBER 19
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEWARD. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, i«25
JURY DISAGREE IN
TRIAL OF OFFICIALS
CHARGED WITHDRY
LAW VIOLATONS
POLICE DEFENDANTS, DRESSED
IN UNIFORMS, SMILE BROADLY
WHEN VERDICT ANNOUNCED—
RETRIAL MAY BE HAD IN WEEK
(Bv Associated Press)
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Jan. 22—The
jury disagreed last night in the trial of
the twelve Weehawken and Jersey
City policemen, charged with conspir
ing to violate the State prohibition
laws, and were discharged. The prose
cutor announced a retrial, possibly in
a fortnight.
The jury was out 19 hours and stood
nine for conviction and three for ac
quittal. The police defendants were
all present in uniform, and smiled
broadly at the verdict.
NURMI SHATTERS
OTHER RECORDS
NEW YORK, Jan. 22— Nurmi shat
tered two more world’s indoor ro
cords in the two and three-quarter
mile special feature at St. Joseph’s
Catholic Club games, time 13 minutes,
3 seconds, breaking Kolehmainen’s
twTelve year old record by 3 and 3-5th
seconds. He also broke Kolehmainen’s
record for two and one-fourth miles.
Nurmi now holds ten indoor records.
CESSION TO CUBA ISLE OF
PINES MEETS OPPOSITION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Replying
to the request that a date be set to
vote on the treaty which would give
Cuban sovereignty over the Isle of
Pines, Senator Borah declared that
the debate on the question, which has
covered several days, “has just be
gun.” He declared he was unaltera
bly opposed to giving away any terri
tory acquired by the United States.
Reichstag Indorses
Luther Government
BERLIN, Jan. 22.—The Reichstag,
by a vote of 248 to 180 indorsed the
Luther government, and by 246 to 160
approved his program. He told the
Reichstag yesterday that the cabinet
had unanimously resolved to form a
constitutional government which must
not be altered.
KRAUT PIE NEWEST
OF CHICAGO’S DISHES
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—When Jack
Dempsey starts training for his next
fight, you may see this:
“Jack Dempsey liked sauerkraut
pie because it is rich in vitamines.”
Sauerkraut pie is a new one—the
latest wrinkle Mn domestic science.
The recipe for sauerkraut pie lias
just been published by the national j
kraut packers’ association.
“Sauerkraut pie,” announces Roy
Irons, Clyde, O., secretary of the
kraut packers and inventor of the
new viant, “is not only a delicious
dessert, but is rich in vitamines.”
Sauerkraut pie first appeared in
Chicago—at North Turner hall. It
was a riot. Then it swept the loop.
Sauerkraut pie a la mode became a
mania. Sauerkraut pie enthusiasts
are beginning to predict it will grow
into a national institution.
"It will be necessary to educate
the public before that, however,”
Irons believes. But he has abiding
faith in his sauerkraut pie, the re
cipe for which follows:
Prepare rich pie dough thicker
than usual. Put in the kraut. Pour
the grease from a couple of slices of
bacon over the kraut. Cover the
pie with dough. Then coat the crust
with the yolk of beaten egg. Bake
and serve hot.
CITIZENS LISTEN TO
RADIO CONCERT BY
KJR, SEATTLE-AIR
CONDITIONS GOOD
MANY PROMINENT PERSONAGES
TAKE PART IN DEDICATORY
EXERCISES SEATTLE’S NEW
SUPER-BROADCAST PLANT P.-l.
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.—The Post-Intel
ligencer is receiving cablegrams from
radio fans in southeastern Alaska
points, saying the dedicatory program
came through fine. The persons tak
ing part were Marguerite. Bone, a
daughter of Governor and Mrs. Scott
C. Bone of Juneau; E. G. Griffith, pub
lisher of the Post-Intelligencer, who
told Swedish stories; Charles Garfield,
secretary of the Alaska bureau of the
Seattle chamber of commerce, and a
former Alaskan; Gretchen Young, for
merly of Nome, soloist; Edith Bay
liss, singer, born in Alaska, Mrs. C. L.
Gore, Mrs. T. E. Nicholson, Mrs. Carl
English, and others.
The Post-Intelligencer said today
that “Alaskan newspapers, both daily
and weekly, have been giving exhaus
tive attention to the ‘Hello, Alaska’
program. Marked copies arriving the
past week indicated intense interest
in Alaska. It is possible that KJR
will arrange to broadcast special Alas
kan programs regularly in order to
keep alive this new radio contact
with the Territory.”
LAUSANNE TREATY
DISCUSSED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The Lau
sanne treaty, under which the United
States would resume diplomatic rela
tion with Turkey, was the subject
of a whitehouse dinner conference to
night, a majority of the Senate for
eign relations committee, and Richard
Washburn Child, United States rep
resentative in Turkey, conducting the
negotiaitons.
Child explained the steps in the ne
gotiations and explained why the
United States should ratify the treaty.
LAWYERS GET OVER
HALF STOLEN MONEY
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Three law
yers received over $300,000 in the
transactions which led Moses Tur
man, self-confessed forger, to steal a
$1,300,000 from depositors. William
L. Ransom and his partner, former
Governor Whitman, got $298,500; M.
N. Koven of Brooklyn, $300,340, and
Archibald Palmer, well known in the
bankruptcy courts, was given $11,000.
Palmer said the money he received
was cash loaned to Turman at differ
ent times. '
WASHINGTON
S0L0NS HURRY
UP SESSION
OLYMPIA, Jan. 22.—Senate and
House leaders made an agreement
tonight to end the nineteenth session
of the legislature by February 14th,
as proposed by Governor Hartley in
his message read to a joint session
yesterday. It was agreed after long
conferences that Governor Hartley
consider the following measures for
the coming special term promised by
the governor: The child labor amend
ment, the repeal of the mill and a
half permanent highway levy, the re
peal of the Centralia normal school
levy, an increase on taxes on automo
bile transportation companies, a bud
get law, the creation of a tax com
mission to supervise county assessors,
the substitution of a board of five
members for the board of curricula,
appropriations for one year’s mainte
nance of state institutions, and for
the year’s work on highways and the
capitol. <
The Senate w'ith two dissenting
votes passed a joint resolution fixing
adjournment not later than February
14. The dissenters were Karschner
of Pierce county, and Somerville of
Lewis. Resolution framed late yes
terday by the sub-committee on Sen
ate and House rules would pledge the
legislature to “confine its work to the
consideration of matters set forth in
the governor’s message.”
A joint resolution to accept the
Hartley admonitions passed the
House today with six dissenting votes,
Mrs. Harry John Miller of Snohomish,
being one of the dissenters.
Seldovia Threatened
By the Fire Demon
SELDOVIA, Jan. 21.—At about the
hour of nooon yesterday a fire broke
out in the building located between
the school and the establishment of
Chambers & Colwell, caused by an
overheated stove. The building was
a total loss, and Sam Cramer, who
occupied it, lost all of his personal
effects.
A fire brigade was quickly form
ed at the first alarm, and a bucket
line, together with a snow shovel
ers% brigade, prevented a very se
rious conflagration, both the school
house and the Chambers & Colwell
place of business and warehouses
being for a time threatened.
Several small outbuildings were
moved bodily out of the course of
the flames, being dragged at the
end of cables by a majority of Sel
dovia’s population, while other in
tervening buildings were torn down.
The destroyed building was the
property of Chambers & Colwell,
and is reported to have been in
sured.
ARIZONA POST
MASTER KILLED
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 22.—Postmas
ter F. D. Hastings of Red Rock, 33
miles distant, was shot and killed as
he sat in his postoffice tonight. No
clue has been found as to the cause
for his assassination.
Henry Coillard of Moose Pass is
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
NO STRIKE CALLED
BY COAL MINERS
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan. 22.—
The general grievance committee an
nounced that no strike had been called
by the miners in this district, but that
11,000 miners were out on a sympa
thetic strike in the Pittsburgh sec
tion.
Manager of Indians
Refuses $15,000 Salary
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.—The Post-In
telligencer has printed a story saying
that Killefer, manager of the Indians,
has refused a salary of $15,000 per
annum as manager of the Brooklyn
team.
Answering reports from Seattle, of
ficers of the Brooklyn Nationals de
nied that Wade Killifer had been of
fered a salary of $15,000 or any other
sum to succeed Wilbert Robinson as
manager of the Brooklyns.
ALASKA IN CORDOVA
The Alaska was reported in Cor
dov at noon today, and is expected
to reach port some time tomorrow.
The Anchorage high school pupils
turned out en masse this afternoon to
meet the Seward basketball team. The
boys have been offered the time of
their lives while in Anchorage.
Dr. Chas. P. Jenne, district deputy
for the B. P. O. E., returned from An
chorage last night and will leave for
the south on one of the next boats.
VESSEL AFIRE FOUR
MILES OFF SHORE
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Cal., Jan.
22.—A vessel is afire and burning
fiercely four miles off shore here. Ob
servers with powerful glasses say it
is a boat about 50 feet long, either a
fishing boat or pleasure craft. Tugs
belonging to the Union Oil Company
and the General Petroleum Company
are hurrying to the aid of the crew
of the vessel.
GRETCHEN YOUNG FOUND
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.—Miss Gretchen
Young, a former Nome girl, whom
that Alaskan community wanted to
appear in the radio concert of KJR,
was found yesterday and appeared in
the concert last night.
Casies Methodist Book
Concern Embezzles Sum
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 22.—Officials
of the Methodist book concern stated
that Fred A. Day, cashier, had em
bezzled $38,623.28. His irregularities
have extended back over a year.
AMERICA MORE GENEROUS
TO ALLIES THAN TAXPAYERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Senator
Borah, on the floor of the Senate, de
fended the American attitude on the
allied war debts. He said the United
States is more generous to her war
associates than to the American tax
payers.
BROKEN INTO FOR THIRD
TIME IN A FEW WEEKS
MOUNT VERNON, Jan. 22.—For
the third time in recent weeks the
office of the Mount Vernon Daily
Herald was robbed last night. Sixty
cents was obtained by the thief, or
thieves. In the two former robberies
only a small amount of change was
taken. The Sherman-Anderson gen
eral merchandise store at West Mt
Vernon was also entered last night
and about $2 in small change taken.
Thievery here of late has caused
Chief of Police Charles Stevenson
to increase his force. Entrance to
the newspaper office was gained by
i removing a pane of glass from a
window that connects the newspa
per plant with an adjoining garage.
A screwdriver used by the thief or
thieves to remove the glass was
found near the window this morn
ing. Entrance to the garage was
obtained by prying open a door, it
is said.
Entrance to the Sherman-Ander
son store was gained through the
rear of a butcher shop connected
with the store. In addition to the
$2 in cash some merchandise was
taken.
A small boy was seen in the down
town district of Mount Vernon by
an officer about 4 o’clock this morn
ing, it is said, and this affords the
only clue in connection with the
robberies, according to officers.
SON CHICAGO RABBI
HAS WALLINGFORD
AND PONZI BEATEN
IN HIGH FINANCE
ISSUED WORTHLESS SECURITIES
TOTALING TWO MILLIONS—AR
RIVED IN NEW YORK PENNILESS
A FEW YEARS AGO, HE SAID
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Moe Turman,
son of a Chicago rabbi, and president
of Young Judea, a New York Jewish
society, prominent socially in Brook
lyn, where he maintained a palatial
home, is reported to have confessed
to forgeries totalling a million and a
half, while manager of the Equity
Finance and Service Company.
The prosecuting attorney declared
that he issued worthless securities
and checks totalling over two million
dollars during the time he operated.
“I tried to be a Napoleon of finance
and a Ponzi, but flopped,” he said to
a group of newspaper reporters today,
in his cell at the tombs.
It is reported that merchants are
the chief losers, their losses running
well over $90,000.
Turman said his career of fraud
began years ago, when he came to
New York penniless, and borrowed a
hundred dollars to send to his widow
ed mother and her five children, then
living in Chicago. He is 27 years old.
Medical Student Uses
Modem Method Cribbing
STRAUSBURG, France, Jan. 22.—
An Alsatian medical student in the
university here was discovered crib
bing in a difficult examination here
by having a wireless telephone set
installed under his table, and a friend
stationed outside the room to coach
him.
President Discusses
Affairs with Alaskans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—President
Coolidge discussed Alaskan affairs to
day with Secretary Work, Noel W.
Smith, manager of the Alaska rail
way, and George Parks, supervisor of
land surveys for Alaska. Smith and
Parks are here for a series of con
ferences.
Senator Wheeler Is
Not Freed of Guilt
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The De
partment of Justice is reassembling
the evidence on which Senator Wheel
er was indicted in Montana, prepara
tory to laying before the grand jury
here the charge that after election he
accepted money for appearing before
a government department.
AGRICULTURE SEEKS NO SPECIAL FAVORS,
BUT SYMPATHETIC ADMINISTRATION OF
LAWS ON BOOKS, CO-OPERATIVES ASSERT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—Agriculture wants no special
favors and no privileges that any other class of businessmen or pro
ducers enjoy, but just a sympathetic administration of the laws now
on the statute books.
This is the outstanding thought in the minds of most of the
leaders meeting here this week in the annual session of the National
Council of Farmers’ Cooperative Marketing Associations. Coinci
dent with this meeting is that of
the agricultural commission named
by President Coolidge to devise ways
and means to aid agriculture. If the
latter listened to the cooperatives,
there will be a campaign of intensive
education to make the present laws
more effective and to organize the
farmers to solve their own problems.
The cooperatives meeting here
represent more than a million farm
ers in about forty states. The dele
gates constitute the president, gen
eral managers and active workers
in the various cooperative market
ing associations. Wheat, corn, live
stock, fruits, cotton, in fact, every
phase of agriculture, is involved,
and every crop, even to grass seed.
The delegates meet primarily to ex
change ideas about their common
problems, to relate their experiences
and to strengthen the cooperative
idea. When the conclusions are
reached after their discussions, they
will be reported to all concerned,
the department of agriculture, con
gressional committees, the agricul
ture commission an0 the president
of the United States.