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VOLUME 20. NUMBER (q (j
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
NOME MAN NAMED
PRESIDENT SENATE
SHELDON SPEAKER
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION BE
COMPLETED TODAY— VALDEZ
WOMAN SECRETARY PRO TEM
OF SENATE, KERR OF HOUSE
(Special to The Gateway)
JUNEAU, Mar. 3.—Fred M. Ayers
of Nome, was unanimously elected
President of the Senate, and Repre
sentative Rebert E. Sheldon, of Fair
banks. was made speaker pro tern of
the House, convening the Seventh
legislature. John W. Dunn, of Ruby,
was named president pro tern and
Mrs. Delia Chace, secretary pro tern
of the Senate. Lawrence G. Kerr, of
Nome, was named chief clerk pro tern
when the House adjourned until 2
o’clock today to effect permanent or
ganization.
Literary test legislation appears to
be one of the most important issues
at the present time.
All members were present yester
day except Forrest J. Hunt of Ketch
ikan, who at present is ill in a hos
pital in that city, and Representative
Harry Watson, who is reported en
route to Juneau Jrom Fairbanks.
The Seventh Alaska legislature,
which convened at noon yesterday by
Secretary Karl Theile, was marked by
a 15-minute session of the Senate and
a ten-minute session of the lower
House. The Senate elected Fred M.
Ayer, of Nome, senior Senator of the
Second division, permanent president,
and Mrs. Delia Chace, court stenog
rapher of Valdez, temporary secre
tary. The House elected Robert E.
Sheldon of Fairbanks, speaker pro
tern, and Lawrence Kerr, of Nome,
temporary chief clerk.
Tie-Up in Sight for Secretary
The Senate made no effort to elect
a permanent secretary, as it was ap
parent a contest would develop be
tween W. A. Steel and Mrs. Chace, but
it is believed that a permanent or
ganization will be perfected by it to
morrow. Representative H. H. Ross
of Fairbanks, who is leading the Paul
forces in organization of the House,
was outgeneral by Joe Murray, of
McCarthy in the opening session, and
lost the first tilt. Sheldon’s election
as temporary speaker was acceptable
to both factions. With the election
of a temporary secretary out of the
way, Murray moved for an adjourn
ment until tomorrow to await the ar
rival of Harry Watson, upon whom
the regulars are counting for aid in
organization. Before Ross could mus
ter his forces, the motion was passed
without debate. The outlook is favor
able to the regulars controlling both
branches of the legislature, although
a stiff fight is forecast in the House.
Comprehensive Audit
Public Debt Is Asked
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
A comprehensive audit of the public
debt is recommended by a majority
of the House committee investigating
charges of irregularities in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing in a report
which declared that a duplication of
Government bonds in “some fraudu
lent proportion not yet determined,”
had been disclosed.
Chairman McFadden, of a commit
tee of five, in a minority report de
clared he could not subscribe to the
majority findings because of “incom
plete evidence.”
Lieut. Frank Kennedy
Returned to Hospital
NAPA, Cal., Mar. 3.—Lieutenant
Frank E. Kennedy, wrho is seeking his
release, was denied a wrrit of habeas
corpus and was ordered to be return
ed to the State’s hospital for insane.
The writ wras dissc on the ground
that the State Com., lacked jurisdic
tion.
CAPPER-HAUGEN
BILL SUBSTITUTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
The Senate agricultural committee re
commended substitution of the Cap
per-Haugen co-operative farm market
ing bill for the Dickinson measure,
which passed the House.
MELLON DENIES CHARGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3 —
Secretary Mellon in a letter to Presi
dent Coolidge declared those allea*
ing irregularities in handling Federal
securities, “remain as far from px*ov
ing their charges as they did in 1920.”
GENERAL MITCHELL
SAYS PRESIDENT
GAVE HIS CONSENT
WAS TOLD TO SEE PATRICK IN
REGARD TO ARTICLES, AND
PATRICK TOLD MITCHELL TO
GO AHEAD AND PRINT THEM
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, re
tired, told the House aircract com
mittee that the “battleship is not ob
solete, and not even adolescent.” He
said the air service of the Navy had
done very well considering the money
given it, and concended that the air
plane had a tendency to keep the bat
I tleship off the shore, but asserted the
! submarine had done the same.”
Brigadier General Mitchell’s letter
to the committee concerning Secretary
Week's testimony said: “When the
Saturday Evening Post asked me for
an article on our airplane defenses, I
laid the project before President Cool
idge who told me to see General Pat
rick before proceeding. This I did
i and obtained his permission.”
When informed of Gen. Mitchell’s
letter. General Patrick said Mitchell
! told him the president gave him per
mission, and therefore Patrick went
no further. He added that Mitchell
assured him the articles contained
only facts and no expression of opin
ion regarding the air defense.
SUPPLY OF ANTITTOXIN
ORDERED BY BOARD HEALTH
Dr. J. A. Baughman, local health
officer, and members of the Board of
Health investigated the pupply of anti
: toxin on hand today, in view of a pos
sible epidemic of diphtheria, and while
a quantity was found on hand, it was
decided to cable for a further supply
to be shipped from Seattle. There is
no danger of any epidemic getting a
foothold in Seward, but it was deemed
wise to take proper precautions.
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Turkish Premier Has
Tendered Resipation
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, JVIar.
3.—The Turkish government formed
in November with Pasha Fethi as pre
mier has resigned in face of the
Kurdish rebellion and the Greek pro
tests against the expulsion of Patri
arch. The Kurd rebels led by Said
Pasha not only demanded autonomy,
but announced their determination to
restore the caliphate, which the An
gora government abolished.
GEORGIANS BURN
NEGRO AT STAKE
ROCYFORD, Ga., Mar. 3.—An uni
dentified negro, near Perkins, after
being wounded following a chase last
ing all day, was taken back to the
scene of his crime, and after being
positively identified by a fourteen
year old girl as her assailant, was
carried into a field, brushwood was
piled about his manacled form and
after the pyre was soaked in oil a
match was applied. The negro con
fessed his crime.
HOTALING DENIES
HIRED MURDER
BROTHER’S WIFE
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 3.—Richard
Hotaling told the grand jury tonight
that he had not conspired to have his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Hotaling,
killed. He explained his acquaintance
with Ralph King, former jailer at Hilo,
Hawaii, by saying, "I was a bachelor,
without a family to support, and fre
quently befriended young men. King
was a delightful companion, full of
weird stories of adventure.”
He said he gave King two hundred
fifty dollars for a trip to Hawaii.
King told the jurors that Hotaling
paid him $3500 to kill Mrs. Hotaling.
and that King gave $3300 to two gun
men, one of whom was Louis Madison,
who corroborated King’s story, but
declared he took the money without
the intention to kill the woman. The
inquiry was continued for a week.
A bottle of poisoned milk was found
on the doorstep of Fred Hotaling,
which contained enough poison to kill
a dozen persons, chemists said. Inves
tigation by detectives led to the ar
rest of King, Hotaling and Madison,
who were accused of a conspiracy to
kill Fred’s wife.
BODY OF EBERT
LIES IN STATE
BERLIN, Ger., Mar. 3—The body
of the late President Ebert lies in
state in his study. Over the coffin of
plain brown oak, candles shed their
faint glow. Besides green plants the
only floral decorations is a wreath
from hfs widow, with the one word,
“Louise.” A wreath of mimosa from
his children, inscribed, “to our un
forgettable father,” was also placed
on the casket. The funeral tomorrow'
will be limited in attendance, only 250
friends being invited. Chancellor Lu
ther will deliver the funeral sermon.
The body will be removed a larger
room.
NEW JERSEY CONSENTS
TO BUILDING BRIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
The Supreme Court today held that
Newr Jersey had consented to the con
struction of a bridge over Newark
Bay.
! BUREAU FISHERIES BOAT
EIDER CALLS AT SEWARD
The bureau of fisheries boat, Eider,
Capt. Beck, sailed this morning for
False Pass, for the summer’s work.
Capt. Beck reports a fairly good trip
north. The Eider took on fuel oil at
the Standard Oil plant while in port.
Three Children Buried
In a Care—Smothered
FOSS, Okla., Mar. 3.—Three broth
ers, aged 11 to 14 years, were smoth
ered to death when a sand bank in
which they were digging a cave, col
lapsed. A searching party found the
youngesters after a hunt of several
hours.
German Position Alarms
French Militarists
PARIS, Mar. 3.—It is the opinion
of Marshal Foch and his colleagues
of the Allied war committee, that the
report of the military control commis
sion shows that the Germans will per
sist in a determination to maintain
the complete staff of officers for the
army that existed prior to 1914. The
committee believes that Germany is
training its young men and can raobil
i? ^ fighting army whenever it shes
to me the aggressive.
RIDER TO DEFICIENCY
BILL DEFEATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
A rider to the second deficiency ap
propriation bill which would direct
Secretary Mellon to complete pur
chases of silver under the Key Pitt
man act was defeated Saturday by
the Senate on a point of order.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS EUREKA
EUREKA, Cal., Mar. 3—Three dis
tinct tremors were felt here last night
but no damage was done.
D0UKH0B0RSBURN
NINE BUILDINGS TO
AVOID EDUCATION
NELSON, B. C., Mar. 3.—Premier
John Oliver spent Sunday among the
Doukhobors religious colony, where
he informed them that burning school
houses must cease. The Doukhobors
blamed the British Columbia laws for
the death of Peter Veregin, a leader
in the colony, and the premier told
them they lied; and that they knew
they were lying to him.
Two Doukhobors were jailed two
weeks ago for refusing to send their
children to school after burning the
ninth school house within three
weeks.
“We believe our laws are more
right,” said the Doukhobors.
“Your laws would probably be more
right if you were dead,” replied the
premier.
The Doukhobors are a religious
sect which migrated to Canada from
Russia a number of years ago. The
authorities have had considerable
trouble with their religious manias,
one form of which caused them to go
about stark naked.
Recently the government has or
dered them to send their children to
school, but they refused and burned
the schoolhouses. They are excellent
farmers and the government has tol
erated many of their beliefs for this
reason.
CHECKS MAILED TO VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
Approximately 70,000 treasury checks
for S50 or less, representing the cash
payments to be made immediately to
war veterans uder the compensation
act, were mailed March 1 by the Vet
erans’ Bureau. The value of the ag
gregated checks were about §2,500,
00. They were mailed to points all
over the states and territories.
—
House Adopts Resolution
Asking For Commission
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
The House overwhelmingly adopted a
resolution today declaring that it is
the sense of the members that Presi
dent Coolidge appoint a commission
to study Muscle Shoals.
CAN DEDUCT FROM INCOME
TAX AS ORE IS DEPLETED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
The Supreme Court has decided that
the lessee of a mining property can
deduct from his gross income for de
pletion. The case was from Minne
sota.
CONGRESS IN JAM
OVER ADJOURNING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
A big jam heralded adjournment of
Congress tomorrow. Senate members
seeking consideration of pet measures,
and other members objecting, led by
Walsh of Massachusetts, asked that
“the sergeant at arms be brought into
the chamber and kept here until
Wednesday noon.” President Cum
mings stopped the proceedings until
a semblance of decorum was restored.
RED GOVERNMENT
TAKES OVER LANDS
OWNERS EXPELLED
RUSSIAN PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
DIVORCED FROM HOLDINGS
J AND MUST TURN PROPERTY
OVER TO RED COMMISSIONERS
MOSCOW, Russia, Mar. 3.—The
! Council of People’s Commissars has
j decreed that all nobles and landlords
' must vacate all land holdings by Jan
| uary 1, 1926, which estinguislies the
| few remaining rights of the old re
gime. All property must be placed at
the disposal of the proletariat. The
decree stipulated that persons expell
ed from their holdings could receive
a small allotment of land in distant
j colonization areas. The decree will
' cause pauperism to thousands of land
owners.
Coolidge Names Successor
To Brig.-Gen. Mitchell
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
President Coolidge will send to the
special session of congress tomorrow
j the nomination for a successor to
! Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant
chief of the air service, whose criti
cisms of the lack of defensive planes
have made him obnoxious to the ad
ministration.
SAILORS REBEL
AT VLADIVOSTOK
HARBIN, Mar. 3.—An uprising is
reported at Vladivostok among the
sailors of the Russian fleet, with M.
Karpeno, Soviet representative at the
Russian port killed in the street riot
ing. The rebels have possession of
' the fleet.
Fake “Spanish Prisoner”
Taken In By Authorities
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
i The State department has been in
formed that General Ramon de Santa
: Clara, internationally known as “The
Spanish Prisoner,” has been arrested
in Madrid after a search of 50 years,
by the authorities.
He posed as an imprisoned bank
rupt with $360,000 American money
I concealed in a portmanteau. He of
| fered $120,000 for assistance in escap
| ing including a cash advance by his
| victim and reaped a colossal fortune.
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Chinese Herb Dealers
Say Were Shaken Down
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Mar. 3.—Chi
nese herb dealers told a legislative
investigating committee yesterday
that former assemblyman, William R.
Brackett of Oakland, had demanded
$10,000 from them to prevent the pas
sage of a law called the “Smith Herb
Bill,” designed to suppress Chinese
herb doctors. Twenty-five hundred
dollars was to go to the author of the
bill; $750 to Senator Hurley of Oak
land; $750 to Brackett, and $500 to
Yi Li Chan, an Oakland herb dealer.
Sixty-Eighth Congress
At End of Its Labors
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 3.—
The Sixty-eighth Congress entered the
home stretch in its final session with
all major legislative projects losing
ground. In the eleventh hour the pro
posal for farm farm legislation led to
a proposal by Senator Howell for mod
ification of the McNary-Haugen bill,
as an amendment to the Naval omni
bus bill.