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v VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 195
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY’ AUGUST 10, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
SCHWARTZ KILLS
SELF AS POLICE
BATTER AT DOOR
MISSING CHEMIST WHO TRIED
TO SWINDLE INSURANCE
COMPANIES FOUND
Leaves Letter for His Wife
Admits Killing of Barbe But Says It
Was Done After He Was At
tacked by His Victim
OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 10 P)—
Charles Schwartz, the missing Marti
nez Chemist, shot and killed himself
in an apartment here today, while po
lice were battering at his door to ar
rest him for the murder of George W.
Barbe, whose body was found in the
laboratory of the Pacific Cellulose
Company where Schwartz was em
ployed. The victim was at first be
lieved to have been Schwartz, who
carried $100,000 life insurance, and
whose wife identified the body found
as that of her husband.
Leaves Letter to Wife
Schwartz left a letter to his wife
addressed as follows:
“My Dear Wife and Children—I am
writing without making any excuses,
rbut one thought will tell you I am not
guilty of the crimd they accuse me of. i
The facts are as follows: A man vis
ited me in the laboratory Monday or
Tuesday, and after looking around the
factory awhile came straight in to me
and after talking awhile said if I did
not give him work I must give him
money. He attacked me. I hit him
a blow on the head and another when
he fell. I then became scared and
decided to run away. I put the body
in a closet. If I hand’t this damned
suit on of Mrs. A. I would have gone
through with it. I never planned the
deed before this happened and I do
not know what the man looked like,
as I never looked at him to see how
he was dressed, and never touched
him after that. The only thing I did
w'as to try to burn him. I went home
to take all my photos and all I was
in need of was a few words with you.
I have kissed the bos goodbye, but
not you, so I kiss this in bidding and
kissing you goodbye. My last kiss is
for you, Alice.”
Former Sweetheart Views Body
OAKLAND, Aug. 10 (yP)—Elizabeth
Adam, who sued Schwartz for $75,000
breach of promise, view the body at
the morgue and identified it as the
^jpmains of Schwartz. She said: “He
lived beyond his means. So that
chapter of my life is finished.”
Arranges Hideout Before Murder
OAKLAND, Aug. 10 (/P)—The police
learned that Schwartz rented an
apartment and arranged to go into
hiding several days before the explo
sion which killed Barbe. The landlord
recognized Schwartz from newspaper
clippings and informed the police.
Alaska and Coast Using
Many Tons War Powder
i
SEATTLE, Aug. 10 (/P)—The Du
pon de Nemeurs Company announced
that the Pacific Coast and Alaska are
using pyrotel, an explosive manufac
tured for the government from mate
rial left from the world war, at the
rate of six million pounds yearly. Al
lotments for next year are being made
for Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Cali
fornia and Alaska.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Dr. de la Vergne, mayor of Fair
banks, who arrived in Seward the
latter part of the week from the In
terior, accompanying two patients to
this city, left for Anchorage this
morning en route to the Interior.
^Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Alaska’s Salmon Pack
This Year Very Small
SEATTLE. Aug. 10 (/P)—Capt. M.
Garski, master of the steamer Orien
tal, which arrived here today from
Alaska, said that the salmon run this
year was the smallest in history. He
said that it was the same experience
for all the canneries in Alaska. Some
of the cannery ships from Bristol bay
are now bound for home with nothing
but rocks for ballast.
Next year is the fourth year in the
cycle at which time there should be
a bumper run. This year there was
no salmon run.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
MACMILLAN SEEKS
BASE FOR PLANES
AT GREELY CAMP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10 (JP).
The MacMillan airplanes reconnoit
ered for a base over Ellesmore Land
yesterday, visiting the camp where 18
members of the Greely party starved
to death in 1884. The planes covered
much territory in two hours, generally
covered by dogs in fifteen days. The
weather is improving according to in
formation radiod here.
Bandits Rob Airplane
Mail as Reaches Earth
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 (/P)—
Six men in an automobile, crowded
a United States mail truck to the curb
today and took eight pouches of air
mail just received from the East. It
is not known what cash or securities
were secured by the robbers.
“Smile With IMile” Saturday night.
EAGLE WITH
HAIR ON HEAD
SHOT NEAR TOWN
The strange looking eagle, seven
feet from tip to tip, wiiich was shot
Saturday by Bill Odegard in the
wilds of Lake Kenai, is believed to
be one of the rare specimen inhabit
ing the region adjacent to the North
Pole, according to Oscar Dahl, pro
prietor of the Seward hotel, whc has
the eagle on exhibit.
His version on the eagle is that
the planes with the MacMillan par
expedition frightened the eagle driv
ing it from its regular hibitat to this
region. After viewing the large
bird, Bill Patterson said he believed
the eagle was one of those rare
Siberian eagles which, unlike the
average bald headed eagles covered
with feathers, has hair on its head.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Indiana Residents Are
Making Golden Belt Tour
Dr. Walter P. Hutcheson and Mrs.
Hutcheson of Greencastle, Indiana,
were among the prominent Eastern
ers who passed thru Seward yester
day en route to the Interior on their
way around the Golden Belt tour.
Dr. Hutcheson is paying close at
tention to the agricultural districts
of the Territory he traversed, farm
ing being his hobby. He owns and
operates two farms in the East.
Mrs. R. V. B. Dunlap, wife of the
popular Seward divine, returned yes
terday on the steamer Redondo from
Seldovia, wherei she conducted church
services.
BROWNING SAYS
ADOPTION GIRL
WAS BY FRAUD
IS THRU TRYING TO DO GOOD
FOR PEOPLE AND WILL NOT
ADOPT ANOTHER GIRL
Mary Spas Is Smart Actress
Girl Leaves Home of Benefactor and
Will Make Her Own Way in the
World, Tells Reporters
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (£>)— Mary
Louise Spas has left the Browning
mansion to make her own way in the
world, after successfully putting over
her adoption on the aged millionaire
real estate dealer. “She never even
said goodbye,” said Browning. He
said he had spent $20,000 trying to
make( the girl his foster daughter, but
21 years was too old for a girl to be
adopted.
“I am through trying to do good for
people,” declared Mr. Browning. “At
that I think; Mary is the smartest act
ress in New York, and she nearly put
one over on me.”
Browning added that he would seek
to annul the adoption of the girl on
the grounds of fraud and conspiracy
to deceive, but that he would help
Mary make her way to the top of her
profession.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
SHAFE DEFEATS SCHOELL
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. JJ (JP>—
Dave Shafe, outstanding challenger
for the welterweight title took ten
rounds from Frank Schoell of Buffalo
Saturday night.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
HOTEL PEOPLE OF ANCHORAGE
ON WAY TO CALIFORNIA CITY
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Botts,
who until recently conducted the
Northern hotel at Anchorage, arriv
ed in Seward Saturday from the In
let, departing today for the South.
Mr. and Mrs. Botts have been in
the hotel business at Anchorage for
many years, having resided there
since 1915. They have disposed of
their property and plan to locate in
the States, presumably in San Diego.
1" rom Seattle they will go to Michi
gan and later Texas, thence to Cal
ifornia. While in Seward they were
guests at the Hotel Seward.
"Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Sunshine Weather Greets
the Railroad Roundtrip
Excursion To Glacier
Disregarding t h e threatening
weather, fifteen of the more resolute
tourists from the Str. Yukon took
a chance and made the Specier Gla
cier trip, yesterday, (Sunday). They
were repaid with sunshine from Mile
12 to the end of the trip and return.
Those making the trip were:
Mrs. O. G. Greeves, Mrs. F. W.
Kreiper, Mrs. D. B. Abbott, Mr. and
Mrs. F. N. Coats, Judge and Mrs.
Warren W. Jolman, Viola H. Price,'
Miss Ruth W. West, Miss Rae Felt,
Miss L. Widdell, Miss W. Booker,
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Fletcher and Mr.
W. L. Whitehair.
STARR PURCHASES STAR
AUTO FROM C. C. HINDE
Supt. Starr of the Seward Fish
Hatchery, purchased the C. C. Hinde
Star automobile Saturday. Mrs. Starr
is being taught to operate the car
so that she may be able to run into
town at any time.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Million Dollars Lost
By B. C. Forest Fires
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 10 (/p)—
Compilation of statistics here show
that forest fires in British Columbia
this season took four lives, destroyed
15,000 acres of first class standing
timber, burned over 20,000 acres of
logged off land, burned 31 homes, one
shingle mill, six logging locomotives,
forty miles of logging railway, and
several bridges. The lives were lost
at Hyacinth Bay, Vancouver Island.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
T0NS0F HERRING
AND SALMON ARE
BROT TO PORT
S.S. REDONDO BRINGS LARGEST
CARGO OF SEASON TO SEW
ARD FROM WESTWARD.
Loaded down to the gunwrales with
the largest fish cargo this season,
the steamer Redondo of the Alaska
Steamship company, Captain Naw
land, arrived in port from the West
ward yesterday morning at 7 o’clock,
with almost 1400 tons of cased sal
mon and barreled herring. The ves
sel's batches were completely filled
to the top, overflowing onto the
decks where a couple of hundred bar
rels took up the rest of the space.
The Redondo will complete trans
ferring her cargo for the steamer
Yukon today. A general cargo of
approximately 520 tons will be trans
ferred from the Yukon to the Redon
do after which she will leave for her
regular run to the westward, late to
night.
Included in the list of passengers
which arrived in Seward from West
ward points on the Redondo were
the following: Miss Polly Otez, Ku
kak Bay; John Paul, Kukak Bay;
Roy F. Jones,, D. W. Flannigan, F.
H. Stoups, T. H. Burnam, Mrs. R. V.
B. Dunlap, R. J. Meehan, C. H. Lam
bert, Mrs. R. J. Meehan, all from
Seldovia; B. O’Brien, Tutka Bay; B.'
O’Brien, jr., Tutka Bay; and five
steerage.
Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
Rickenbacker Says the
Airplane Industry Be
Larget In the World
SEATTLE, Aug. 10 (/P)—^Captain
Eddie Rickenbacker, American Ace
of Aces in the world war, here on a
business trip said the airplane indus
try would be a leading business of
the world within 15 years. He said
that air development will be so
swift that the country would be criss
crossed by aerial highways and that
within five years Seattle would have
a population of a million and a half
largely due to the airplane.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
U. S. MARSHAL SULLIVAN
RETURNS FROM COURT
SESSION AT ANCHORAGE
Harvey Sullivan, United States
marshal of the Third Division, ar
rived in Seward yesterday from An
chorage where a brief term of court
is being held. Marshal Sullivan de
parts this evening for his Valdez
headquarters. The remainder of the
court party is expected to arrive
within a week.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
F. Wellman and Lee Du Val ar
rived in town yesterday from Kukak,
on the steamer Redondo. They are
stopping at the Hotel Sexton.
SENATOR DILL
SAYS POLICIES
MUST CHANGE
I _
TYING UP ALASKA WITH RED
TAPE CAN ONLY RESULT IN
STAGNATION BUSINESS
_
Self-Government Is Needed
Alaskan Coal Should Be Used by
Government Instead of Import
ing British Columbia Coal
SEATTLE, Aug. 10 (£>)— Senator C.
C. Dill, who has just returned to Se
attle from a trip to Alaska, where he
visited the Pribilof Islands, Seward,
and the Alaska Railroad district, de
clared in an interview today that “the
policy of repression in Alaska must
be succeeded by a policy of liberal
ity. Continuation of the tying up of
the Territory with red tape can only
result in a general stagnation of busi
ness., Alaska is entitled to immediate
relief from a bureaucratic govern
ment, and should at least possess the
amount of self government possessed
by the Philippines and Hawaii.”
The Senator estimated that at least
SOO.OOO seals are on the Pribilof isl
ands, and that these seals are eating
a million tons cf salmon a year.
He criticised the Navy department
for using British Columbia coal while
large quantities of first class coal are
' available at Matanuska, at the gov
! ernment owned mines which are now
closed while hundreds of thousands
of tons are imported into the Terri
tory from British Columbia.
He declared the man who risks his
money and perhaps his life in Alaska
must be encouraged by the hope of
liberal rewards, and if he be success
ful must have an opportunity to get
title to the property that he develops.
Forest Fires Destroy
Valueable Public Forests
OLYMPIA, Wn., Aug. 10 (Jp)—For
est fires this year destroyed 1,345,000
feet of cut logs; 1,454,000 feet of
standing timber, and killed 13,088,000
feet of standing timber.
St. Louis Tobacco Man
and wife, Roundtrippers
On Yukon—Enjoyed Trip
The superintendent of the Star
plug tobacco plant, St. Louis, Mo.,
of the Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Co.,
A. P. Fletcher, accompanied by hi3
charming wife, are spending an en
joyable visit in Seward while the
steamer Yukon is in port. Both are
round trippers on the vessel. This
is their first journey to the territory
and it has been very pleasant, Mr.
Fletcher stated. Yesterday they took
the train to Moraine, says Spencer
Glacier and spent a little time at
Lawing where the former Nellie
Neal related many of her experi
ences to them.
The regular weekly luncheon and
business meeting of the Seward
chamber of commerce will be held at
noon tomorrow at the Seward Grill.
Resident Engineer for
the Alaska Railroad
H. E. Dillon and Mrs. Dillon, ar
rived in Seward Saturday on the Str.
Yukon, departing yesterday morning
for Anchorage. It is reported Mr.
Dillon will be a member of the Al
aska Railroad headquarters staff, as
resident engineer.
“Smile With Nile" Saturday night.