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THE SEATTLE SPIRIT
FINDS ITSELF AMONG
BERLIN POLICEMEN
BERLIN, Jan. 8.—Graft in at least
two important departments of the
Berlin police department is under of
ficial investigation.
Disclosures so far made have
shocked the German metropolis,
since men in high positions in the
police had always been regarded as
beyond the reach of bribes.
The most sensational of the cases
is that of Regierungsrat Bartels, j
known as the “dictators of foreign
ers in Germany.”
Bartels, it is charged, accepted
bribery passively from “General
Holzmann, a Russian dealer in gi
gantic shady transactions.
Bartels, according to the district J
attorney’s evidence, was often a
guest of Holzmann at wild wine par
ties, and was also the beneficiary
of a substantial private account de
posited by Holzman in Bartels’
name. The whole scandal leaked
out when another Russian revealed
that Holzmann had threatened him
with expulsion from Gremany as a
result of Holzmann’s “good connec
tion” with Bartels.
Bartels had it in his power to is
sue permission to foreigners to re
main in Germany, or he could arbi
trarily refuse such permits, where
upon the foreigner would have to
leave Germany.
A second case of graft was located
in the lost and found section of the
police department, where it develop
ed that several trusted authorities
were appropriating for themselves
huge sums of money returned by
honorable finders.
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Buying a second-hand cash register
for $40, a New Hampshire man found
it contained $81 in bills.
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Chief Black Hawk Gave
Lincoln Chance to Take
Part In American War
Had it not been for Black Hawk,
the scrappy Indian of early days,
Abraham Lincoln would not have
had an opportunity to serve as a
soldier in the western disturbance
known as the Black Hawk war, says
the National republican.
An original painting by Catlin
shows the old chief garbed in a suit
of buckskin. Strings or wampum
decorate his ears and neck. Held in
his arm is his medicine bag, which
was made from the skin of a black
hawk, whence was derived his name.
From the tail of the hawk he made
himself a fan which he constantly
used.
Black Hawk was born about 1767,
on the Rock river, now in Illinois.
He was in his middle sixties at the
time of the Black Hawk war.
At the close of the war, Black
Hawk and other prisoners were tak
en to Washington and for a time
were imprisoned at Fortress Mon
roe. A call was made upon Presi
dent Jackson at the White House.
His greeting to the president was:
“I am a man and you are another.”
After returning home the old war
rior settled down in a house like a
white man’s and devoted his time to
a little gardening, but he was never
happy again. His spirit was broken
—his ambition gone. Near his little
cabin stood two large trees, an ash
and an elm. Near their roots was
a bubbling spring. It became known
as Black Hawk’s spring. Here he
would sit in mournful silence hour
after hour, looking out on the Des
Moines river. Here he died in 1838,
aged 72. His wife deeply mourned
him. They had been devoted com
panions for many years. He was
burried near his cabin on a spot se
lected by himself. He was buried in
a military suit of blue that had been
presented to him by President Jack
son.
SIMPLICITY IS CRY
IN THE MODERN ART
DETROIT, Jan. 8. (United Press) —
Freakish designs of early modern art
are giving way to simplicity, Dr. C.
R. Richards, president of the Ameri
can Association of Museums said
here.
“We need no longer fear for mod
ern art,” Dr. Richards said. “It is get
ting safe and sane. The modern
movement into industrial art is not
an revolution. It is an evolution.
“Some people like to say that mod
ern art is the result of the war, but
the modern movement started in Eu
rope long before the war. The real
beginnings of the movement date
back a century when the order of
old craftsmen passed out and ma
chines came into use.
“By use of machines workmen cop
ied old forms and the designer grad
ually lost his place,” said Dr. Rich
ards. Naturally there arose a need
to create and out of this the modern
movement in decorative arts came.
“At first many of the original de
signs of modern craftsmen were a lit
tle freakish. In their efforts to break
aw-ay from conventionalized forms of
the machine-made objects they became
bizarre. But the modern tendency is
to make things simple and yet fine.
“We are still in the transitory stage
however. It is during this time that
only the very strong survive. A guild
of 300 craftsmen will have but a few
designing minds and many to perfect
these designs.”
Establishment of industrial arts
museums wrhere the wrorks can be
preserved for study was declared vi
tal by Dr. Richards.
UNCLE SAM IS ANXIOUS
TO HAVE PLAYGROUND
BIG CHILDREN OF EAST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8. (Uni
ted Press).—The Federal government
svith its work touching food and taxes
md death, still has time to plan for
he naiton’s recreation.
The latest recreational enlargement
proposed comes from Secretary of the
nterior Work who wants congress
;o provide a playground for the East
—a national park in easy motoring
listance of the Atlantic seaboard.
Public interest has developed in the
last year in the proposal, Secretark
"ork believes.
“So far the* western states have vir
tually had a monopoly on national
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
THE BANK OF SEWARD
Located at Seward, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on
the 31st Day of December, 1924
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts ......-..$190,193.90
Overdrafts..—..... 672.43
United States Bonds and Securities.... 15,000.00
Other Bonds and Warrants ----- 38,463.34
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures ___ 15,400.00
Other Real Estate Owned- 2,003.00
Checks on other Banks and other Cash Items.. 48.20
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks----- 74,894.13
Total ___ $336,675.00
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid in and Surplus ..... $ 35,000.00
Undivided Profits less expenses paid .... 4,619.02
Demand Deposits _______ 297,055.98
Total ..-I____ $336,675.00
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
I, C. C. Hinde, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
C. C. HINDE, Cashier.
Correct Attest: CHAS. E. BROWN, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this, 5th; day of January, 1925.
(Notarial Seal)~ AARON E. RUCKER,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission expires Nov. 21, 1925.
parks, the only one in the east being
Lafayette National Park in the state
of Maine. The more populous east
should be provided with accessible
national parks.
“North and south, east and west,
overland travel is developing rapidly.
The southern Appalachian range con
tains scenic areas suitable for such
purposes and a national outdoor play
ground in this section would afford an
attractive recreational opportunity to
many vacationists.” ,
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on Fri
day, January 16, 1925, a special elec
tion will be held for the Town of
Seward under the provisions of Chap
ter 97, Session Laws of 1923, Territory
of Alaska, to vote upon the following
question:
Shall the Town of Seward, Alas
ka, constituting the Seward School
District, request permission from
the Congress of the United States
of America to issue bonds, not to
exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) for the purpose
of erecting a school house for the
public schools of said district.
The polls for said election will be
situated in the Town Hall and will be
open from 8:00 o’clock on the morn
ing of Friday, January 16, 1925, until
7:00 o’clock on the evening of Friday,
January 16, 1925.
Qualified electors are those who are
citizens of the United States and who
have resided continuously in the Town
of Seward, for the period of one year
preceding the day of election.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, Januarv
5, 1925.
WM. H. WHITTLESEY,
Municipal Clerk.
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