— Hemard Bnily Gateumg
VOLUME 20. NUMBER'S- %
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEATTLE POLICE
FORCE IS ROTTEN
TO FOUNDATION
SEATTLE, Jan. 3— Forty names
are listed in the review of bootlegging,
hijacking and holdup activities by
members of the Seattle police force
in the last four years. Many such
crimes in Canada and the United
States have been attributed officially
in 1924 to a band of Seattle police
men, operating under protection of
their uniform. The names of those
implicated and most frequently men
tioned in the force include those of
lieutenants, sergeants, patrolmen and
watchmen are Lieut. Hagen, and E.
W. Pilow, sergeant, involved in the
mysterious shooting of Patrolman C.
O’Leagon, Wabon, Shively, Oscar L.
Reddon, Jos. H. Burt, patrolmen, dis
missed when accused of murdering
Louis Bares last June in an effort to
extort money and liquor from him;
Roy Olmstad, former lieutenant and
king of the Pacific coast rum runners,
and others. Police Chief Severyns,
who is alleged to be at the head of
these illegal activities, was removed
from office by Mrs. Landes in June,
when Mayor Brown hurried back and
reinstated him in office.
President recognizes
Action of Republican
Senatorial Forces
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—(AP).—
President Coolidge, through dispen
sation of patronage, is recognizing
the action of tfhe republican senate
conference, in reading out of the
party Senatros LaFollette, Wiscon
sin; Ladd and Frazier of North
Dakota and Brookhart of Iowa, be
cause of their allegiance in the
recent campaign to the LaFollette
cause.
The president never has expressed
publicly hia view’s to the action of
the senate republicans, but it was
made known today at the White
House that he is prepared to take
notice of this action when it comes
to making appointments in North
Dakota and Iowa.
Postal Pay Increase
Indorsed by Coolidge
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—The
• postal pay increase bill as revised by
the Senate postoffice committee, has
proven satisfactory to Coolidge.
Son Yat Sen Sick Man;
Surgeons May Operate
PEKING, Jan. 3.—Seven physicians
after a consultation here yesterday,
* ddecided that Sun Yat Sen is seriously
ill with liver malady and that an op
eration is necessary.
Seattle Policemen Run
liquor Joint Wide Open
SEATTL|S, Jan. 3.—Cooper in an
other statement here today said that
he recently sold Hagen’s liquor par
lor on Terry avenue. He said that
they ran out of liquor and he left town
bound for Hagen’s three acre place
near Magnolia Bluff, to replenish his
stock from a cache there, and was
caught near the scene of the attempt
ed holdup.
YUKON SAILS WITH 104
PASSENGERS FOR SEWARD
SEATTLE, Jan. 3.—The steamship
Yukon sailed at 9 this morning with
104 passengers for northern points.
The following are for Seward: R. Han
gen, B. Eldge, R. Hanot, Wm.m W.
Murray, Mrs. F. Coney, T. F. Burns,
R. H. Dodson, Miss M. Chase, Mrs.
E. E. Chase, B. F. Thompson, Mrs. A.
McClellan and two steerage.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
WILL CUT WAGES 10 PCT.
FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. 3.—
Thirty corporations, members of the
Fall Rivers Cotton Manufacturers’
Association, announced a wage cut to
day of ten per cent. It is probable
that a strike will result as the em
ployes have twice refused to accept
a reduction.
AMERICANS WILL REPRESENT
NATION AT CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Kellogg,
Herrick and Logan will represent the
United States at an Allied Finance
Ministers’ conference in Paris Wed
nesday.
ALASKAN MEETS
DEATH SEATTLE
FROM POISON
SEATTLE, Jan. 3.—Eight persons
are being held by local authorities on
account of the death last night of
Oscar Olsen, 38, after his removal
from a house where he and the eight
witnesses were holding a party. Phy
sicians declare that a non-alcoholic
poison caused Olsen’s death.
Olsen came to Seattle three weeks
ago from Alaska, where he was em
ployed as a fisherman. Oscar Ander
son, one of the witnesses said the
party had been continuous since Mon
day, all drinking moonshine, but that
Olsen had drank something else just
before he died.
Heavy Gales Sweep
North Part France
PARIS, Jan. 3.—A heavy gale swept
Paris and northern France yesterday,
continuing into the night, reaching 62
miles an hour at its maximum. Re
ports say that a steamer broke in two
and sank at Lorien, a smack struck
a rock and sank, and two heavier
sailing vessels crushed a sloop at La
Rochelle. A channel packet is strand
ed near Boulogne.
ITALY WILL STAND BACK
OF HER BIG WAR DEBTS
ROME, Jan. 3.—Italy stands behind
her war debts and they must be paid,
was the semi-official declaration to
day. It was added that payments
would begin as soon as the budget
permits.
LOUIS KID KAPLIN
WINS OVER KRAMER
NEW YORK, Jan. .3.—Louis Kid
Kaplan, of Meridan, onn., tonight was
given by the organized state commis
sion the title of featherweight cham
pion of the world, scoring avtechnical
knockout over Danny Kramer, of
Philadelphia in the ninth round of a
scheduled 15-round bout. This final
elimination tournament determines the
successor to Johnny Dundee, who sur
rendered the title.
“LITTLE OLD NEW YORK”
BE SHOWN HERE SUNDAY
“Little Old New York,” an eleven
reel production, will be shown at the
Liberty Sunday, no extra price of ad
mission will be charged for this great
comedy drama. After the show a dance
will be given at the A. B. hall to
which the public is invited. Special
music will be present.
NO TRAIN UNTIL MONDAY
No train carrying passengers will
leave Seward until Monday morning.
The freight will go out as usual to
morrow.
NO CHANGE IN RULES FOR 1925
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The Associa
tion of Intercollegiate Football offi
cials has passed resolutions opposing
any radical changes in football rules,
especially affecting the forward pass.
COLLECTOR OF
REVENUE WILL
VISIT SEWARD
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 3—Internal
Collector of Revenue Burns Poe sent
out $90,000 New Year's greetings yes
terday in the shape of 90,000 income
tax blanks.
W. C. Stiner will leave Sunday for
Alaska to supervise preparations for
income tax returns. He will remain
in Juneau until January 11, Latouche
from the 15th to the 18th; Cordova
from the 19th to the 22nd, and will fin
ish in Seward and Ketchikan. This
is the first time a collector has been
sent from Tacoma so far north.
GOVERNMENT IN THE AIR!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
A bill to regulate navigation of the
air, through the creation of a Bu
reau of Civic Air Navigation in the
department of commerce was intro
duced in the House by Chairman
Wlslow. .
United States Should Keep
Pace with Great Britain
In Building New Ships
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
A cruiser for a cruiser, and a sub
marine for a submarine, the United
States must build in competition with
Great Britain to keep up with the
5-5-3 ratio and also to attain superior
ity over Japan, Secretary Wilbur told
the sub-committee on Naval appro
priations.
Wilbur was called to appear and
give reason for his huge ?pprop;ia
tion which was accounted for in the
above. No action has been taken as
vft by the sub-committee.
I * _
CONTRACTOR HELD
FOR WIFE MURDER
OMAHA, Jan. 3.—A coroner’s jury,
recommended the detention of John
W. Hanne, a contractor and realtor,
whose wife was found dead at the foot
of their cellar stairs yesterday. The
woman, who was highly educated, had
been beaten and gassed.
Hahne said the first he knew of
her death was when returning home
yesterday afternoon with a plumber,
they found the body.
Firpo On Dotten Line
With Tommy Gibbons
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Luis Firpo,
Argentine heavyweight has accepted
terms for a fight in London under
the auspices of the national sporting
club which is seeking to sign Tom
Gibbons, American light-heavyweight
as opponent for the South American
in twenty rounds math in March, j
tion by Gibbons will be deferred un
til the arrival in the United States
of the American representative of the
sporting club.
Shotgun Messengers
Guard Big Securities
SEATTLE, Jan. 3.—Over eight mil
lion dollars in securities were trans
ferred yesterday from the National
Bank of Commerce to the Dexter Hor
ton National Bank. The treasure was
convoyed by a strong guard of shot
gun messengers. Several trips were
made without incident.
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 3.—William Jen
nings Bryan has accepted member
ship in the Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, in order to
better keep in touch with his work
pertaining to evolution.
The steamship Alaska will sail
southbound tonight about 12 o'clock.
DOROTHY GISH RECOVERS
VALUABLE GEMS LOST
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Jewelry worth
58,500 belonging to Dorothy Gish, mo
lion picture actress, which were seiz
sd by customs officials on her arrival
here from Europe last month was re
turned to her husband, James Rennie,
today, after he had sent a check for
51250 to the collector of customs.
Rennie said he forgot to list the
jewelry on his wife’s declaration
blank, which he had filled out for
her at the time he made his own and
accepted full responsibility for the
omission, and paid the fine.
CONVICT ESCAPES
FROM PRISON IN
LOAD OF ASHES
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.—Convict
John Campbell, 24, secreted himself
beneath a burning load of ashes in
a truck, and unmolested by guards
rode to freedom through the gates of
the penitentiary. A block away he
uttered a cry of pain, jumped from
beneath the ashes into a passing au
tomobile, forced the chauffeur of the
prison car at the point of a gun to
drive madly to the outskirts of the
city, where the beat the driver un
conscious and escaped.
Wealthy Easterner Gives
“Girl Montana” 2 Million
LIVINGSTON, Mont., Jan. 3.—(AP)
—A summer spent in the Yellowstone
park as an employe of the Camps
company at Lake Camp during the
summer season more than two years
ago, has proved to be worth $2,000,
000 to Miss Esther Johnson, a local
girl student of the University of
Washington, who is in the city spend
ing the Holidays with her parents.
According to Miss Johnson, she has
been ade the beneficiary of the es
tate of the late W. P. Chambers of
Detroit, who bequeathed virtually all
his property to her to be held in
trust until her twenty-second birth
day, which is in June next. She
nursed him at the park when he be
came ill.
Retiring Alaskan Officer
Given Many Fine Presents
SEATTLE, Jan. 3.—Marguerite Car
mack, widow of the discoverer of the
Klondike, added a diamond to the
crescent of Alaska gold given Mrs.
Annie Starnaud, retiring lady of the
Golden North. A joint installation
of Alaska and Yukon Pioneers and
Ladies of the Golden North was held
here last night.
United States Does
Bnsines with Russia
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Soviet repre
sentatives stated that the United
States did 50 per cent more business
with Russia last year without recog
nition than it did with the czarist
Russia before the war.
COLD IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—A temperature
of 10 below zero was recorded here
today, with the cold wave extending
over a wide scope of country. Ship
ping in the Great Lakes is still held
up.
SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 3.—Work
men were called together to show
disapproval of the type of immigra
tion coming to Australia. At one
stage of the disturbance the rioters
numbered 600, most of them being
foreigners.
Harold Painter picked up Sears
Roebuck, in Chicago, recently and a
message sent the Chicago firm was
later acknowledged. The machine
used was a Radiola, of course.
MUCH DISCUSSION
IN EUROPE OVER
ALLIED DEBTS
LONDON, Jan. 3/—Not since the
ivar has there been more newspaper
liscussion than now over interallied
iebts and the financial aftermath of
the war. The impression is general
that the year will prove one of finan
cial rehabilitation and settlement.
Two factors are responsible: One
is the outspoken article in the Wash
ington Post over the French debt;
the other is. the rapid recovery of the
value of the pound sterling, and the
consequent restoration of England to
a gold standard.
TROTZKY’S GOT FLU
MOSCOW, Jan. 3.—War Minister
Leon Trotzky, has been suffering
for weeks with a fever following an
attack of influenza, and his physi
cian has told him it is imperative
that he depart for milder climate, it
was announced here today.
WILL RUN ON AIR YET!
PARIS, Jan. 3.—Tests in the artil
lery laboratories, it is said, justfes
the claims that a new and much
cheaper motor fuel has been extract
ed from coal tar.
The new fuel wll develop greater
power and higher mileage and will
cost one-tenth that of gasoline. Fur
ther experiments are being made.
Bellingham Contractor
Is Shot By a Woman
BELLINGHAM, Jan. 3— Lynn J.
Adams, the contractor who was shot
Thursday by Mrs. Staggs, wife of a
swdtchtender during a quarrel over
the remodeling of Stagg’s house by
Adams, died today. The woman ia
held on a charge of first degree mur
der.
Stolen Currency and
Bonds Are Recovered
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 3.—
Twenty-five thousand dollars in cur*
rency and bond^ were recovered on a
small farm near Bountiful, this state,
where Dale Rowan, absconding teller
in a San Francisco bank, lived as J.
Williams. He is in custody.
EZRA 94 YEARS YOUNG
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 3.—Ezra
Meeker, Seattle pioneer and Oregon
train blazer, celebrated his ninety
fourth birthday the other day.
Police Scatter Mob
Raising Disturbance
PARIS, Jan. 3.—The police today
scattered a mob in Paris which went
through the streets singing the In
ternationale, the Bolshevist song. The
demonstration continues to arouse
France. The government is trying to
suppress the agitation. Crowds cheer
ed for Lenine and the Soviet. Sixty
foreign communists have been hus
tled over the border by special po
lice. i
Herriott Housecleaning.
PARIS, Jan. 3.—Premier Herriott’s
housecleaning of communists simmer
ed down today to the arrest of ten
foreigners whose immigration papers
were unorderly. They will be deport
ed immediately.
The police drive seems to be re
duced to ferreting out undesirable
foreigners and all visitors have been
warned to see that their papers are
in order and to carry them on their
persons. Many persons not connect- •
ed with the communists have been
picked up because they were unable
to show passports. The government
explained to correspondents that com
munism in Paris is insignificant but
they fear the movement may grow.
The opposition press ridicules the ef
fectiveness of deportations.