Heut nrdstilg Mem Ely
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 292.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRETARY NAVY
SAYS MITCHELL
VERY IMPUDENT
Assistant Secretary of Navy
Raps Mitchell in Chica
go Address
Mitchell Troublemaker
"Wants Medal for Calling
Superior Officers Bad
Names.”
CHICAGO. Oct. 26. (JP)—Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Robinson stop
ped at Chicago today on his trip across
country. He called Mitchell, “Impu
dent and wrong headed troublemaker.
He wants a medal for calling his su
periors names,” said Robinson.
“In America we still turn out in a
body to listen to any soap box orator
who wants to kick against the gov
ernment,” he concluded.
Secretary Robinson predicted a big
increase in commercial airplanes.
CABINET MEMBERS QUIT
BERLIN, Oct. 26. (JP)—1The Nation
alist members of the German Cabinet
have resigned. A parliamentary crisis
is expected.
AMUNDSEN SAYS LOCATED
NORTH POLE FROM AIR
CHICAGO, Oct. 26. (JP)—Amundsen
arrived today and stated to the press
be located the north pole from the
air, and his one ambition was to fly
across it. He came here from De
troit as a guest of the Chicago Geogra
phic society and is being entertained
by them.
CHICAGO MURDERER SOUGHT
BY CALIFORNIA POLICE FORCE i
SAN BERNARDINO. Calif., October
26. (/■P)—Martin J. Durkin, alleged kil
ler of four policemen in Chicago and
another in Sacramento, is being
sought in the foothills of San Bernar
dino and Riverside counties. He has
on a bullet proof vest and is accom
panied by two women and a man in
his automobile.
HEARST SELLS NEWSPAPER
FORTWORTH, Oct. 26. (£>)—Hearst
today sold the Fort Worth Morning
Record to Amos G. Carter, afternoon
publisher of the Star-Telegram.
TWO TORNADOES
YESTERDAY EVE
KILL 24 PEOPLE
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Two tor
nadoes last night killed 24
persons; seven in the middle and
North Atlantic states and seven
teen in three counties, Pike, Bar
bour and Crenshaw, Alabama.
BUREAU HEAD RETURNS
SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (JF)—Peter H.
Vanderstere, University of Oregon
pre-medic student, arrived yesterday
from Point Barrow where he has been
superintendent for the U. S. Bureau
of Education for the past two years.
YUKON GOLD COMPANY
MOVING OUTFIT TO MALAY
DAWSON, Oct. 26. (/F)—The trans
fer of men and equipment of the Yu
kon Gold Company, the name under
which the Guggenheims1 operated near
here, to the Malay peninsula, where
the Guggenheims have large tin prop
erties, is proceeding, and is expected
to be completed soon. The camp
near here which has produced much
gold in recent years, has been closed.
DESCENDANT OF LA FAYETTE IS
AMERICAN CITIZEN
The Marquis de Chambrun, who is
a member of the French Debt Commis
sion, now in Washington, is a direct
descendant of the Marquis de La Fay
ette and therefore an American citi
zen. Congress by special act confer
red American citizenship upon La Fay
ette and all his descendants. The Mar
quis, strangely enough, comes back to
pay the French debt to us. Chambrun
was born in Washington, when his fa
ther was attached to the French em
bassy here, and he married an Ameri
can woman.
“Lone Wolf” Asher
of Prohibition Force
Dead From Poison
CHICAGO, Oct. 26. —James A.
Asher, the “Lone Wolf” of the pro
hibition enforcement service died
last night, police believing he was
poisoned by bootleggers.
Edward C. Yellowley prohibi
tion administrator said Asher had
been threatened several times.
Doctors are examining his or
gans for traces of poison.
LIQUOR DEAL DIDN'T
PAN OUT SO GOOD
YAKIMA, Wn, Oct. 26. (/P)—Three
Yakima policemen and one civilian
were arrested on Federal liquor
charges. They pleaded not guilty.
According to the confession of one ;
of the officers, the officers arrest
ed a civilian with an automobile load
of liquor. The civilian talked them
out of the arrest and sold them the
liquor. Then the Federal officers
got wind and now they are lanquish
ing in the hoosegow.
The Seward Athletic club will give
a Hallowe’en dance on the evening
of October 31, at Odd Fellows hall.
O. L. Grimes, Uzinki business man,
who was a visitor in Seward during
the past week, departed Saturday
for Valdez, with a prisoner in tow,
who it is alleged, recently robbed his
store of a considerable sum of mon
ey.
MAN AND WIFE KILLED
RENTON, Wn., Oct. 26. (^—Rich
ard Owens and his wife, Nellie, were
instantly killed when the automobile
in which they were riding was de
molished by a heavy log truck. Hen
ry Trover, driver of the car was un
hurt.
EASTERN STAR
The Eastern Stars will have a so
cial tonight after their meeting. Vis
iting members invited.
PETITIONS FILED
TO FREE MAUD
BY NORSE GOVT.
Ask That Maud be Placed in
Hands Norwegian Coun
sul at Nome
__
Norwegians Want Mail
Institute Granted Leave to
Remove Scientific Equip
ment from Maud
SEATTLE, Oct. 26. UP)—Petitions
were filed Saturday in behalf of the
Norwegian government, the Carnegie
Institution of Washington D. C., the
Bio Film Company of Oslo, Norway,
to free the Maud.
The Norwegian government has ask
ed permission to remove eleven bags
of Norwegian mail, a stamp cancelling
machine and rifles and amunition
which were furnished the vessel when
she made her northern trip. The Car
negie Institution was granted leave to
remove its scientific equipment.
The film company has claimed own
ership of two motion picture cameras
and a quantity of film.
Three libel actions pending for sup
plies furnished the polar expedition,
are now before the court. Exceptions
have been filed in behalf of Lief S.
Rode, trustee in bankruptcy for Am
undsen, who said all litigation should
be transferred to Norwegian courts,
and that the Maud should be placed in
the custody of the Norwegian consul
at Nome.
ASK CONGRESS TO BUILD
JETTIES AT NOME
SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (JP)—1The Cham
ber of Commerce received from Sec
retary Polet of the Northwest Alaska
Chamber, an outline of a campaign to
induce congress to extend the two par
allel timber and concrete jetties which
run from the mouth of Snake river in
to Norton Sound. These were intend
ed to give a depth of five feet at low
tide, but failed.
SCURVEY KID HAS
FORTUNE IN OLD
IVORY AND BEADS
SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (#*)—Captain
Victor Jacobson, the “Scurvey Kid,”
master of the Ram which was lost on
the Siberian coast last summer, ar
rived in Victoria Friday with a for
tune in old ivory and beads, which he
hopes to sell to movie actresses. He
will sail for Hollywood in a few days.
BOOTLEGGETS
SEATTLE WORKER
SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (JP)— A Peterson,
a laborer, died yesterday from dehorn
bootleg composition of denatures alco
hol and soda water, which police de
clared killed forty-five in Seattle this
year. Two men died last week from
the drink, after they had collapsed on
downtown streets.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
RECEIVED IN A FALL
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 24. (JP)—
Alfred Goss, University of Oregon
student, a junior, who fell from the
roof of the grand stand on Multno
mah field before the OregonOali
fornia football game died at a local
hospital here as a result of injuries
received.
Wm.S
ASSERTS BOLSHEVISM IS RAM
PANT IN ENGLAND
Lady Cowan, wife of Sir William H.
Cowan, with whom she has arrived in
New York eh route to the Inter-Par
liamentary Union in Washington, D.
C. Lady Cowen, President of the
British Women’s Patriotic League
says she is leading a big fight against
Bolshevism throughout Great Britain,
where Communists are setting up Sun
day schools where they are destroy
ing the faith of children in God and
the- rulers of the country.
Cyclones and Quakes
Persian Gulf Region
Kill Seven Thousand
KARACHI, British India, Oct.
26. (Flash) —Brief details of the
Persian Gulf cyclonic earthquake
and storm and confirmed reports
state seven thousand were killed
and more than two hundred ves
sels sunk. Several British naval
vessels were damaged during the
tornado.
The islands of Tamb, Henjam
and several of the lesser isles suf
fered severely from the shakes,
while many acres of date palms
at Basra were devestated.
MRS. LILLIAN DUKE
PASSES AWAY IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (/P)—Mrs.
Lillian Duke, who divorced twenty
years ago the late tobacco magnate,
James Duke, died in her music stu
dio from cerebral hemmorhage. She
had been greatly depressed since the
death of her former husband. She
was also weak from lack of food and
her attorney said that she refused
to accept loans from her friends.
SEVENTEEN NAVY
PLANES TORN BY
SEVERE GALES
Twenty-three Navy Planes
Assembled for Grand
Pageant
Seven are Total Wreck
Strewn Along 5-Mile Beach
by Force of Wind—May
be Salvaged
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25. (/P)—Seven
teen of twenty-three navy planes here
for the navy pageant tomorrow, broke
from their moorings during a seventy
five mile gale and were strewn along
the five mile stretch of beach.
Another plane off Bay Shore Park
has entirely disappeared. Seven of
the planes were found to be total
wrecks. Hopes are held that the oth
ers can be partially salvaged. Only
six which were expected to partici
pate in the first day of the pageant,
one of which was occupied, were moor
ed to five hundred pound anrh
GILLES MURDERER
SENTENCED
VICTORIA, B. C., Oct.
Charles Morris was convicted here
Saturday in connection with the Gil
les murder on the Beryl G, and was
sentenced to han* January 14, next.
The man was unmoved when the
sentence was dished out to him.
MINOR LEAGUE GAMES
San Francisco, of the Pacific Coast
League defeated Louisville of the
American Association on Saturday by
the score of 5 to 2.
SHE CAN’T KEEP OUT
OF THE LIMELIGHT
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (/P)—Judge
of the Supreme court here signed an
order today for the arrest of Gloria
Swanson, for contempt of court when
tlie actress failed to appear as a
court’s witness.
FOOTBALL s
California 28, Oregon 0.
LT. of Wash. 64, Whitman 2.
Stanford 26, O. A. C. 10.
Gonzaga 12, Idaho 3.
Penn. 7, Chicago 0.
Yale 2, Brown 0.
Colgate 9, Princeton 0.
Nebraska 14, Kansas 0.
Navy 37, West Maryland 0.
Notre Dame 19, Minnesota 7.
Army 19, St. Louis 0.
Wisconsin 7, Purdue 0.
Dartmouth 32, Harvard 9.
Michigan 3, Illinois 0.
Terror Reigns in Macedonia—Refugees are
Dying By Hundreds—To Repel Invasion
SOFIA, Oct. 26. —Terror reigns in Macedonia today, refugees,
fleeing along the impassable mountain roads are dying from exhaus
tion, too fast for the Red Cross to handle the cases.
Volunteers are flocking to the colors to defend the nation from
Greek Invasion, although they are not mobolized. The government
has announced it will repel by force any further invasion of their
territory.
Greek artillery has been bombarding Pipernitza and Petrove,
killing and wounding many. „ *
GIVEN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO CROSS BORDERS
< PARIS, Oct. 26. —The council of the League of Nations, in
thirty-five minutes' "session, gave Greece and Bulgaria twenty-four
ihours to order their troops back to ttjeir own frontiers, and sixty
hours to inform the council evacuation was completed.