Hewnrd BUle anemay
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 134
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
BOTHELL BANDITS
PROVE TO BE
. YOUNG BOYS
PORTLAND. Ore., June 8 (/P)—
Prank Clark, arrested as a suspect
in the Bothell State Bank robbery
was wounded in both arms. He said
be was shot in the railroad yards in
Eugene, in an attempted holdup.
Suspect Taken in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wn„ June 8 (JP)—A
south left a car in front of a hotel
here last night. The police noitced
that its number corresponded to that
cf A. R. Kilbourne, for which inquiry
had been made in connection with the
Botliel robbery, and arrested the dri
ver. An examination of his clothing
showed that he had sat in a pool of
blood. He said the car belonged to
bis brother, A. R. Leonard, and that
his name was George Leonard.
Bandits All Dead or Arrested.
SEATTLE, June 8 (Jp)—Sheriff
JJatt Starwich and Sheriff McCul
^ loch of Everett agreed today that the
members of the gang of robbers which
held up the Bothell Bank Saturday
are all dead or arrested. Sheriff
Starwich said that the sheik haircut
worn by one of the dead youngsters
had led to the story that a bobbed
haired girl had driven the bandit car.
The loot, totaling $2500 to $3000
has not been recovered.
The Portland prisoner is declared
to be Dick Griffin, who recently ar
ived in Everett where his gang made
heir headquarters.
One of the bandits, Elvie Kolbourn.
a son of A. R. Kilbourne, of Everett,
*-aid the robbery was planned by a
gang of 12 or 14 youths but that only
four showed up and participated in
the robbery.
Bandit Makes Confession.
PORTLAND*, June 8 (/P)—Alva R.
Kilbourne, in the hospital here seri
ously wounded, made a complete con
fession today of his part in the rob
aery of the Bothell State Bank. He
said the two dead bandits and himself
vere the only ones implicated in the
robbery, but it is known that four
nen participated in it.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 8.—Alva
Kilbourne, while in a hospital here
nade a complete confession on his
part in the Bothell bank robbery,
and said that the two dead bandits
were the only ones implicated.
POLICE SERGEANT
MAN PISTOL DUEL
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (#)—Sergt.
^ Harper, crack shot of the police force,
last night noticed an automobile
whose number was that of a car used
in six robberies. When Edward Mil
ler, the driver, approached the car
Harper asked him to halt. Miller fir
ed six times at Harper, wounding him
the shoulder, when Harper fired six
times every bullet but one taking ef
fect in Miller’s body, the sixth one
going through his hat.
Jim Kennedy, a member of the An
chorage firm, Kennedy Bros., return
ed home Sunday morning. He ar
. rived in Seward on Saturday on a
, business mission.
-^j» O. C. Iverson, of the Rivers and
Harbors department, returned to Sew
ard Saturday from an inspection of
water areas near this port, v*
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Green, resi
dents of Alaska for many years, were
southbound passengers on the Yu
kon. Mr. Green has been in the em
ploye of the Alaska Railroad as depot
agent at Broad Pass.
PROSPECTORS BEING RELIEVED
FIRE ARMS IN THE CASSIAR
SEATTLE, Wn„ June 8.—(/P)—
Prospectors going into the Cassiar
district are being relieved of side
arms in order to elimnate the chanc
es of disorders, are orders sent out
by Gold Commissioner Dodd in a
dispatch from Frank Cotter.
The Canadian customs have al
ready colected a half barrel of pis
tols, ranging from the toy variety
to forty-fives. The stampeders are
alowed to keep a rifle to kill game.
'Nother definite is reported on the
strike, according to Cotter. Pat Mc
Bride, oldtime prospector said, “they
have a good looking country, but
what else, nobody knows. I couldn’t
see anything except the discovery
on Gold Pan Creek. There’s pay
there, I know, because I panned it
myself, but there is still too much
snow to tell what’s on other creeks.”
A new strike is reported on Clear
water creek, thirty miles below Tele
graph. It is of placer nature.
Cincinnati Wins Third
Consecutive Game
CINCINNATI, O., June 8 (/P)—'The
Reds won their third consecutive ex
tra-inning game yesterday, with Bos
ton, by a score of three to two. The
game went 12 innings, and there were
ten double plays executed. The bat
ting rally is believed to be the record.
Portland, San Francisco and Port
land played double headers. The
Seals made 11 homers, the Beavers
six, a record for the day.
CANADIAN BATTLER GETS
JEERED FOR SLOW MOTION
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 8.—
George Godfrey, negro, won a decis
ion over Jack Renault, Canadian
heavyweight in a slow ten round go
■ amid the cries of “throw ’em out.”
Coast Baseball Flayers
Suspended by President
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (J-P)—Harry
, Williams, president of the Coast Base
! ball League indefinitely suspended
I Dan Killefer, Bill McCabe and George
j Cutshaw, all Seattle players, for mis
; conduct in Saturday’s game played
| here. It is charged that Killefer re
I fused to allow the umpire to examine
| the ball. McCade and Cutshaw were
| suspended for using violent language
! as a protest against the umpire’s de
cisions.
CHAS. E. BUNNEL, SEATTLE;
BUYS LUMBER FOR COLLEGE
SEATTLE, Wn„ June 8.—(/P)—
Charles E. Bunnel, president of the
Alaska Agricultural College anc
School of Mines, is here enroute tc
Bucknell Colege, Pennsylvania, where
he will receive the L.L.D. degree. He
said he is spending $80,00 in Seat
tie for lumber and electrical supplies
for the Alaska institution.
POSTAL DEPT. REVENUES GO
DOWN DESPITE BIG INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8.
(1P)—Instead of the expected in
crease under the new schedule ef
fective April 15, postal revenues are
declining at the rate of over twelve
million dollars annually, May figures
indicated.
Marguerite Dunlap, who has beei
visiting in Anchorage with her sis
ter, Mrs. W. C. Steinmetz, for the
past week, arrived in Seward yes
terday and departed for Seattle oi
the Yukon. Miss Dunlap has beei
teaching in the commercial depart
ment of the Fairbanks high schoo
during the past school term.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
HEAT KILLS 481 IN
EASTERNSTATES
157 DIE SUNDAY
CHICAGO, June 8 (£>)— Relief from
the extreme heat of the past nine
days was promised today by the bu
reau in this city. The deaths record
ed during this period from heat and
associated causes reached 481, with
a total of 157 fatalities yesterday.
All but eight of yesterday’s deaths
occurred in Eastern cities. Cloudy
weather and rains moderated the heat
in the midwest yesterday.. Storms
and tornadoes occurring in several
states caused great property loss, 100
buildings being wrecked near Wray,
Colorado.
The temperature dropped from 85
to 64 in ten minutes yesterday after
noon at Des Moines, la.
FIRST PARTY OF
TOURISTS HERE:
GOES UP YUKON
YUKON BRINGS 27 TOURISTS
WHO WILL MAKE “YUKON
BELT TOUR"—TWO MORE ON
THE WAY.
The aiival last Friday in Seward
of the Alaska Steamship company’s
liner Yukon, inaugurated the Alaska
summer tourist season, whLu it has
been stated, will beat all previous
records of travel to the territory.
The Yukon had 26 tourists who will
make the “Yukon Belt Tour,” down
the river from Nenana to Fort Gib
bon then up the Yukon to Dawson,
thence to White Horse, over the
White Pass railroad to Skagway and
back to Seattle.
This party was only a few of the
many tourists on board for there
were at least forty round trippers,
an(l a number of others who are
making' the round trip over the Rail
road and still others who planned
to loiter along the way to Fairbanks
and come out to the coast again
via the Richardson Highway. The
“Yukon Belt Tour” mentioned above,
is but one of three which have been
arranged for this season. The other
two, however, will be sent thru the
territory via Skagway, Dawson, Ne
nana coming to Seward over the Al
aska Railroad.
I ui Liitrbc inverse excursions
is already on its way, according to
word received by the Gateway, a
party of 37 having disembarked at
Skagway, a few days ago. Another
party will leave Seattle for Skagway
. June 11. Both of these will enter
the Yukon territory, thru the heart
of Alaska and down the railroad to
, this city. It is stated a capacity
i booking has been made for the June
. 11 trip.
While Noel W. Smith, general man
ager of the Alaska Railroad, was in
the States the early part of the
past winter he held a conference
with John H. Bunch, traffic manager
of the Alaska Steamship company,
and Herbert Wheeler, general mana
ger of the White Pass, -with the re
sult that space allotments for hand
ling the the “Yukon Belt Tours’’
were perfected.
The White Pass has been allotted
space on the Alaska Steamship com
pany’s steamers, so as to book up
passengers wishing to make this
L tour. The White Pass has also in
. augurated a regular schedule between
. Nenana and Whitehorse, and the
. schedule has been booked for the en
[ tire season.
W. S. Wooliver, electrician fc: the
[ A;a Railroad for man” years,
arrived in Sewari frjm Anchorage
yesUiufy, departing for SeaUl.j on
the Yukon.
CHAMBERRLAIN AND BRIAND
ARE IN COMPLETE ACCORD
GENEVA, June 8.—(JP)—Chamber
lain anrl Briand, representatives of
Great Britain and France, respective
ly, announced today that they reach
ed complete accord oh all points in
reply to the German proposal for
a Western European security pact.
PARIS, June 8.—(/P)—The Havas
Agency announced that Lord Cham
berlin handed Premier Briand of
France, a note promising that Gt.
Britain would guarantee the Rhine
security as outlined at the Versail
les Treaty.
In regard to violation of terri
torial clauses concerning the Rhine
land as ground for war, an offering
was also made to France and Bel
gium of the entire British military
naval and air forces, if they attack
ed the guarantee. This didn’t con
cern the German Eastern frontiers,
between Poland and Szechoslovavia.
Second Trial Started
Campbell Graft Case
TACOMA, Wn., June 8 (/P)—Trial
of the second case against Judge Fre
mont Campbell, charged with grand
larceny in connection with stock
transactions of the Pinta Bay Mining
Company, has been postponed until
June 22 as a result of an accident to
Judge Cordon. The first trial ended
in Campbell’s acquittal.
TOCOMA, Wn., June 8.—(/P)—Last
night Campbell read the result of
the death of Judge Gordon of Seat
tle.
Democrats Meet Debts
From Last Campaign
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8 (JP)—
The National Democratic Weekly an
nounced that all financial obligations
of the party in the last presidential
campaign had been met and that the
party would enter the fall congres
sional elections “free from debt em
barassment.”
GEORGE GODFREY WINS.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 (/P)—
George Godfrey, a negro, won a deci
sion over Jack Renault, a Canadian
heavyweight in a slow ten round go,
amid cries of “throw ’em out.”
DEMOS STRAIGHTEN UP
ALL FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 8.—
(JP)—The National Democrat Week
ly, announced today that all financial
obligations of the party have been
met, and that the party will enter
into congressional elections in the
fall “free of debt embarrassment.”
1300 Mines Strike Over
60 Per Cent Wage Slash
NANAIMO, B. C., June 8 (^—Thir
teen hundred miners of the Western
Fuel Company struck today refusing
to accept a sixty per cent wage re
duction in wages.
FLOOD WATERS SWEEP
AWAY ENTIRE FAMILIES
MEXICO CITY, June 8.—(^—Dis
patches from Vera Cruz said that
over one hundred persons were
drowned and that several hamlets
were destroyel in the Isthmus re
gions, when the Tehauntepec and
Perros rivers overflowed.
The waters swept away whole fam
ilies, livestock and other possessions.
Large trees were uprooted, crops
ruined and bridges and tracks were
washed away.
Samuel Asp, superintendent of the
Drier Bay company, is a week-end
business visitor in Seward.
FOKKER PLANE
FALLS AT RUBY
BADY DAMAGED
RUBY, Alaska, June 7. (/P>—'The
new six passenger Fokker monoplane
which arrived here last week from
the coast, for the Fairbanks Airplane
Corporation, was forced to land here
Saturday at midnight on its initial
trip from Fairbanks to Nome, amid a
storm of rain and fog, and turned
over when it hit a soft spot in the
landing field, formerly used by the
New York to Nome flyers in 1923.
Several passengers were aboard but
no one was hurt.
The plane was badly damaged, the
propeller being broken, the rudder
bent, and the wings damaged. The
passengers left for down the river at
3 a. m. this morning.
The plane is being righted and an
attempt will be made to return to
Fairbanks as soon as a new propeller
is received.
Nome Waits for Plane
NOME. June 7 (/P)—Intense interest
prevailed here yesterday over the
Fairbanks to Nome flight by the new
Fokker monoplane of the Fairbanks
Transportation Company. One hun
dred automobiles and a thousand peo- *
pie gathered at the Fort Davis field,
and wraited until until 5 o’clock Sun
day morning for the arrival of the
plane and passengers. No news had
arrived up to that time.
Supreme Court Upholds
Conviction of Anarchist
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 8 (/P)—
The Supreme Court today upheld the
conviction of Benjamin Gitlow under
the criminal anarchy act of New York.
Judge Holmes delivered a dissenting
opinion, he and Brandeis declaring
the circulation of Socialist manifestos
by Gitlow in “The Revolutionary
Age,’’ in 1920, presented no immediate
danger of the overthrow of the gov
ernment by violence.
The court ruled in the case of D. B.
Robertson of the Ohio Railroad, a
brotherhood official, that the Federal
district court cannot compel a man
living in another district to appear
as a witness before the Railroad La
bor Board.
I
Gibbons Declares He
Fight Tunney Next Year
ST. PAUL, June 8 (/P)—Tommy Gib
bons, returning home last night, an
nounced that he would renew his at
tempt to wrest the world’s heavy
weight crown from Tunney and would
seek a return match in March. He
declared. “I do not think I have gone
back a single step. I want to test
myself once more and then if I fail I
will retire, I fought a bad fight Fri
day night against a good man.”
GOVERNOR GENNERAL CANADA
WILL MAKE TRIP TO NORTH
CALGARY, Canada, June 8 (/P)—
Baron Bvng, governor general of Can
ada will make a tour down the Mac
kenzie river this summerfi sojourning
at Fort Norman where the Imperial
Company has the farthest north oil
camp in the world. The party will
include Premier Greenfield of Alberta.
Pumps Up Auto Tire;
Drops Dead Soon After
SEATTLE, June 8—After pumping
up a tire on his auto, following a
minor accident, James H. Newhaus,
60, died of heart attack. He is sur
vived by a brother, C. A. Newhaus, ot
Fairbanks, Alaska.