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one lot silverware. $120: one lot glass.
ware, 81: three walters. So; one pair
decanters and glass pitcher, IS: one
settle, 500; one Britannia teapot, 81: one
pair Britannia fruit trays, 81: one brass
fender, 81; one pair large brass and
irons, $12; one piece Brussels carpet
ing, $5; hearth rug, So; one sett din
ing tables, $25: candle stand, 81; knife
case, So; one print, Declaration of In
dependence $40; one print, Gen.
Washington $40; small print. $40;
map of the United States, SIS: sundry
wearing apparel of the deceased, 500;
hearth rug and baize, 81; passage car
peting, So; brass caster breakfast ta-
BILE: two blue pitchers, soc: 13 yards
stair carpeting at soc, $3.50: IA stair
rods, $5.25; one set Liverpool, dining
china, $25; map Of the world, 50; one
lot of books. SIS; trundel bedstead and
bedding, $25; bureau. IS; gold watch
etc, $40.
THE inventory-inventori thing
come on or Observation-Disclosures
inclusit or shut in--the trade stock of
Mr. Smallwood, and you ought to
understand that his business was
large. The price of building material
a hundred years ago may not interest
u,
a builder and contractor. / want TO
increase the number of victims OF the
Rambles. I know the Rambles are
good, but it's q secret. Nobody else
SUSPECTS it. ] would like to get a man
in addition to the proofreader to read
them.
Well, the inventory: 394 barrels of
lime at $1.25, $49250; $50 bushels of
bran at 8 cents. SEQ; IA white oak
tythes, $14; 70,09S feet merchantable
ioist, $525.73 8.S40 feet culling Joist.
$44.2O 1929 feet merchandise
plank. $378.34 42,716 feet culling p
nlank, $500: 81 cords of wood. $348;
az. 79O feet merchantable studding.
$19395; 1O7 ,220 hoop shingles. $294.S5:
8,433 syphrus pailings, $1O3.3O; 575
bushels of coal at % cents, $143.75;
16 shares in the Bank of the Metropo-
lis. $34O; one 2-Story brick house,
square 77O. $500; two frame houses,
square 1000, $500: sc shares Bank of
Washington stock. $90l; shares In
the Navy Yard Bridge Co. $500.
Among the vouchers in this yellow
docket I find this: Due to Robert
Clarke for services as private clerk AT
5000 per annum. $5S.33iS." Thomas
Wilson was paid $3.50 by the admin
istrators for measuring the lumber.
There is a grocery bill from Edward
Mattingly. and items on it show that
the gIasA decanters listed in the in
ventory were mot mere ornaments.
There is a bill for SIS due ito the
Washington Gazette. left at Mr..
Dunn's. Capitol Hill" and signed
Jonathan Elliott"
One of the vouchers is the bill of
BENJAMIN Burns, tailor, for clothes
made "for son william Here are
some of the items: Pair light mixed
cashmere pantaloons, $13; one fine Va
lencia vest, IS; striped satteen panta-
looms, Sc; black cloth coat, SAB; nankin
pantaloons, IS; yellow striped Mar
settles vest, $3.50; black silk Floren-
tine vest, $3.50" Son William was
some dresser!
Among the papers is this: Received
of Mrs. Smallwood $5 for tuition for
one month of FL (undecipherable),
Eleanor and Clara" Signed, Sarah
Barr.
Then were unfolded some saddening
papers. They are:
ITO William Smith, October I, 1924.
to digging grave in range !. west
No. 20, $3,"
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ahead of him At Malabang the
sampan left him and he had no means
of getting to the northern part of
that island, where, at Cebu, he hoped
to catch an American packet for
Manila The American police would
give him no protection in the interior,
which was inhabited by head hunters.
You are IL combatant, and we are
neutrals," they told him. Travel at
your own risk.
So for two days and two nights, in
a pouring rain, the captain trudged
through brush, fearing at every step
he might hear a whoop which would
presage the adornment of a native
mantelpiece with a red. cherubic-
faced head.
He finally arrived, however, at
Cebu probably the rain saved me
by keeping dose savages indoors" he
says.
Once again he entered civilization,
took steamer for Manila and there
obtained passage, as Dutchman,
aboard q japanese steamer bound for
Shanghai.
WHAT happened at Shanghai and
w immediate afterward may have
been less physically exhausting. but it
was certainly more exciting than any
other part of the dauntless captains
astounding flight.
At Shanghai everybody knew him.
He was a member, not only of the
German clubs, but all of the British
naval societies. The Germans, nat
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off his prize and carried him to Singa.
pore.
He was In prison there for some
time. But in Singapore things were
happening The military garrison was
composed mostly of Indian troops.
and some of the Indians were not at
all sure that they wanted TO go to
war for Great Britain. The fat Capt.
Lauterbach doubtlessly chuckled over
the controversy. 1t didn't hurt his
German feelings at all.
In fact, some reports have it that
the captain did more than chuckle AT
any rate, short time after his in
ternment at Singapore the Indian
troops became more voluble in their
protests against going to the battle
front The British commanders had
to issue stern war orders.
A ND then there was small revo-
luton. The captain found himself
in a Jail without a warden. An Indian
handed him the keys to the outer
doors. The night was black and every
where about the prison camp he heard
the distraction of rioting crowds.
Lauterbach eased his sixteen stone
through a picket fence and erept
down to the harbor. There were more
Indians and natives there, their little
sailing canoes lining the dark break
waters. The German negotiated with
the first at hand. asking to be taken
anywhere. so long as it were quickly
and away from Singapore.
Soon he found himself out on the
water, the noise Of the revolution
dying out behind him on the shore.
SO. in the night. in little sampan.
Capt. Lauterbach began his long
months of weary, fearsome travel
The natives took him to a nearby
islet, which he crossed. ragged and
wet. on foot, and came out of the
underbrush only when he sighted a
junk in one of the bays. He hailed
this junk. which proved to be bound
for Sumatra, a Dutch province.
But once in Sumatra, fearing to
show himself. he walked again by
night. his great bulk plodding through
woods or along narrow, perilous path
ways.
The British had advertised that
Lauterbach was responsible for the
Indian revolution in Singapore, and
even the Dutch were bound to search
for him. In his night marches he was
suddenly apprehended. But the genial.
seraphic-faced captain was released
by the Dutch local high court. and he
was enabled to hire a motor boat for
transportation to Batavia.
Though he dared not show himself
to any big steamer and could travel
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Finally / find chance to get
away unnoticed.'
From New York he shipped as "a
stoker for Scandinavia. but the stok-
in@ exercise didn't agree with his
rotundity. and he was forced to- tell
the captain that this was not his
business Nevertheless, when the
British brought this ship into Kirk
wall tor examination he returned to
the hold and shoveled coal with great
Vigor.
From Copenhagen he found it easy
to slip into Hamburg and home.
His great odyssey was completed.
He reported to headquarters; vas
praised. decorated and promoted.
His red cheeks puffed out. his eyes
squirting n little more. appearing as
if still out of breath from so much
action. He commanded the raider
MoeVe i'm the North Sea, went
through sanGunary battles i'm sub
marine chaser and fought until tho
end of the war. as he had hoped To
do during that long and hazardous
flight.
placidly. without gestures, Capt.
Lauterbach told me this story. He
does not move unless he has to, but
then he moves lot
And, us he himself concluded, "DaS
all -
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urally, made much of him and invited
him to lecture to them on the career
of Emden.
After this lecture, the captain, feel
ing safe at last. strolled down to the
water front to fill his capacious chest
with evening air before turning in for
n peaceful slumber Suddenly, from
opposite ends of the quay, four men
came running toward him. They We're
not in uniform, probably they were
beach .Combers. hired to apprehend
him. But the captain knew their pur-
pose.
He now executed the greatest of his
many defiant jokes on the law of
gravity. He hoisted his 200-odd pounds
over the sea wall and struck out into
the black waters of the night.
He swan for 10 minutes, heading
for the open ocean, when a junk
passed. took him aboard and trans
ferred him to a German steamer lying
in the bay. There he obtained an
American petty officers uniform, and,
donning dark glasses, made arrange
ments for his passage to America on
the steamer Mongolia of the Pacific
Mail
In Nagasaki, Japan, where he pass:
cd himself off as an aide to the Amer
ican admiral. w. G. Cowles. who was
on board, Capt. Lauterbach saw his
own photograph posted at every
street corner. advertising Il price Of
f 900 on his head. To an English
detective, to whom he had represent
ed himself as the United States petty
officer. Mr. Johnson. he turned and
said:
Like to find dat fellow. wouldn't
you? Like TO haf dat t'ousand
pounds
And he got away with it!
X X X
THEY discovered his identity after
the ship had left Japan. but the
Americans aboard treated him as a
hero rather than as a culprit, and
United States Senator co.operated
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Modern Odyssey of Capt. Lauterbach Thrilling Ez
BY DAVID CARTER.

OUBTLESS at the present mo-
ment there are some 220
pounds of hero draped over
~ the rail of a. sailing vessel
tied up in the Hudson River,
This bulk of avoirdupois belongs to
Herr Capt. Julius Lauterbach. and the
heroism belongs to Germany.
Above the sagging rail the captain s
f1orfd but cherubic face seems, out OF
baby blue eyes, to regard the apart
ment crowned Palisades. Instead
those eyes are reminiscently visioning
the open sea and the waste spaces of
the Southern Pacific islands, where
in spite of his bulk, the captain was
repeatedly too Spry for wartime in
telligence officers of the allied nations.
The captain is an astounding pri-
Vateer, who sailed the cruiser Emden
in and out of SO many difficulties dur
ing the early part of the recent con-
f1ict.
With due respect to the effect of
German lager beer on the national
physique it may he said safely that
the captain was the largest and most
substantial navigator of them all. AT
present he is behaving as large men
are wont to behave, adorning the rail
or sitting placidly in the cabin on
Count Won Luckner's Square-r1ggeu
VaterIand, in which the captain and
the count have come to America on
mission of propaganda for a German
charity. But Capt. Lauterbach has
not always comported himself with
such heavy dignity. Those Sentimen-
tai blue eyes remember scenes which
would make an ordinary mans hair
stand on end. That corpulent figure
has executed spI-ints and dashes in
worthy imitation of Paavo Nurmi.
Captured by the British in PadanS,
Sumatra, and interned in the prison
camp at Singapore, Julius Lauterbach.
red of cheek and ponderous of step.
broke Jail like any sYlph and staged
one of the most dramatic cross-coun-
try flights in the history of the war.
Before the declaration of hostilities
Capt. Lauterbach had been in COM
mand of German mail packet operat-
ing along the Asiatic coast. The
Staatssegretaer kraetke and It's portly
chief officer We're known in every
niche and Granny from Malaysia to
Japan. More important still, the
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IN OUBTLESS at the present mo-
ment there are some 220
pounds of hero draped over
~ the rail of a. sailing vessel
ficd in, EIn,dcnnn Rixrni.
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LIBERTY ENTERTAINMENT

The largest cast ever assembled for a motion picture comedy appears in Buster Keaton's latest Metro-Gold- wyn film, "The Navigator" which is at the Liberty Theater tonight. Most of the picture was made aboard the "Buford," a 450-foot liner, which was chartered for that purpose by the star
 In addition to the crew of no men, the "Buford" carried 800 actors and artisans in the first-class section of the ship, 300 in the second class, and 15O in the steerage. When Buster sailed out to sea there were more than HOO persons on the vessel
 "The Navigator" was concocted by Busters famous ''gag" men, Jean Ha- veg, Clyde Bruckman and Joseph Nit chell; it was directed by Donald Crisp and the star himself. Kathryn Me Guire appears in the leading feminine role The production is presented by Joseph M. Schenck.
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again and secondly. owing to the sig nal publicity turnout the entire world Alaska is receiving from the proposed Wilkins Arctic expedition and in which Lieut. Eileson plays the prominent part of having the honor of making the main flight.
 Lieut. Eileson knows the Arctic, be- ing perfectly familiar with Alaskan ing eprfectly familiar with Alaskan temperatures in all of it's many moods. Landing fields mean nothing to the Ace of the North" as he was former ly called, for it matters not whether a landing field is available for, he has alighted hundreds of times on the sides and tops of mountains; on rough, unlighted lowlands, and in the fiercest northern weather.
 AS Sandy" Smith, another pioneer Alaskan, who passed thru Seward two weeks ago at the head of the trans portation fleet, expressed himself, i've will bring home the bacon" That Lieut.. Eileson will carry on from from where Smith leaves off, at Barrow, is a foregone conclusion long reached by Alaskans when news was first receiv- ed that a "sourdough" had been se- lected to pilot Commander Wilkins plane on the flight.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
 Ay~ 1nn

 In the Probate Court for the Seldovia Precinct, Third Division, Territory of Alaska.
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of Charles Coach, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned is the duly appointed acting and qualified administrator of the es- tate of Charles Coach, deceased, and, in accordance with an order duly made therefor, notice is hereby given to the creditors of and to all persons having claims against the said de- ceased, to exhibit such claims, with the necessary vouchers, within six months after and from the date of this notice to the said administrator at his office at Seldovia, Alaska, which the undersigned selects as his place of business in all matters connected with the estate of the said Charles Coach, deceased.
 Dated at Seldovia, Alaska, this 18th day of January, 1926.
 CARL ALMY, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Coach, deceased.
 Carl Amy, Attorney for Administrator First publication January 25, 1926 Last publication February 16, 1926.
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SURPRISE TO EGG EXPONENT

If Christopher Columbia could only see us now!
 It is merely the matter of few cen turies ago that Old Chris landed here. Some time along about the fourteen hundreds this nosey Italian dropped anchor on what is now the American coast. You never can tell; the old boy might have hit this spot which is now called Seward. Historians differ on this subject but in any event it's a cinch that Eric "the Red" called on the various Alaska ports during his pleasure trip from the land that has given Alaska so many hardy citizens.
 Returning to Old Chris-like Mark Twain once said: Isn't it a shame that he cannot see his illustrious Sc ward'"
 Even oldtimers who have been away from Seward for any length of time all agree that the march of progress has steadily made headway since they visited these climes. Seward is now the coast terminus for a might rail- road system. Seward is also the lead ing seaport in Alaska as we'll as in di- rect contact, through it's natural loca- tion, with the tremendous westward area which is just beginning to come into it's own.
 Christopher would indeed be sur prised!
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Fire Drill Tomorrow
 Morning Il O'Clock; Meeting Last Evening

For the purpose of forming two fire companies among the local volunteers, and to organize the department prop erly, a special meeting was called last night by Fire Chief Frost. With the exception of few members a full call responded.
 Jack Lien was selected by Chief Frost to head Company 1, and D. E. Valade was chosen as Captain of No. 2 company Members of Co. 1 is as follows: Protzman, Hannon, Roberts, Halvorson, Osbo, Cooper, Sheldon, Painter, Neville, Guest. Company 2, Mount, Bolem, lessen, Holman, Tom Roberts, McPherson, Meyer, Manthey
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS


 Tn the Probate Court for the Kodiak Precinct, Third Division, Territory
 of Alaska, before the Hon. M. l.. Hickman.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Nj. P. Calvin, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed, administrator of the estate of M. P. Calvin, deceased, to the credi- tors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit such claims, with the necessary vou- chers, within six months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at the office of John F. Coffey, attorney at law, Rooms 2, 3, Gray Building, Kodiak, Alaska, which said office the said administrator se- | lects as his place of business in all matters concerning the affairs of said estate.
 Dated this 14th day of January, A. D. 1926, and first published this 25th day of January, A. D. 1926.
 CHARLES A. HARTMAN, Administrator of the Estate of M. P Calvin, deceased.
 John F. Coffey, Attorney for Administrator First publication Jan. 25, 1926. Last publication February 23, 1926.
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MUSsOLINI BE OPERATED ON

LONDON, Feb. 13. (P-Premier Mussolini, of Italy, has gone to Milan for an operation by Dr. Baldo Rossi.
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All rights tor republication of spe cial dispatches herein are reserved.
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8th day of February, 1926, the Reg istration Books of the City of Sew ard will be open at the Munfci- pal Clerks Office in the Sew ard Bank Building for the purpose of registering all qualified citizens of the United States and who have re- sided continuously one year next pre- ceding the date of the election in the Territory of Alaska, and six months next preceding the date of the elec- ton within the corporate limits of the City of Seward. All electors must register their names and qualifica- tions with the Registration Officer. The Registration Books will be open every day except Sundays and holidays, beginning Monday, FebTu- ary Sth, 1926, during the following hours;
 Until the Friday next preceding the first Tuesday in April:
 From goo A. M. to 12:00 Noon. From 200 P. M. to 5:O0 P. NJ.
 On Friday and Saturday preceding the first Tuesday in April from 500 o'clock A. M. to 12 Noon and from 200 P. M. to 500 o'clock P. M. and from TOO P. M. to 10:O0 P. M.
 The said Registration Books will be closed for such election at 10:00 o'clock P. M. Saturday, April 3rd, 1926.
 The said election will be held on the first Tuesday in April, to-wit, April 9th, 1926, for tn purpos of electing the following officers for the nd of the City of Seward, to-wit:
 Mayor,
 Three members of the Common Council,
 One member of the School Board, a Treasurer.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, this Sth day of February, 1926.
 J. P. HANNON,
 Municipal Clerk. Publish Feb. 8, 15, 22 and Mar. 1, '26.
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time the captains will assign each member of his company to his posi- tion. The men will be distributed equally in handling the ladders, chem icals and hose.
 It was regularly moved, seconded and so ordered that on Feb. 23, Tues day evening at 6:3O o'clock the feed bag will be put on at the fire hall. This will be the first banquet to have been held for some months and is being held at this time more in honor oi the new chief, Hank Frost.
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ADVERTISING RATES

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other wise news published herein.
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TEN ROUND DRAW

BERLIN, Feb. 13. (P)-Paolino and Frank Diener fought a ten-round draw here, in which the German had the edge turnout, forcing Paolino to en- dure terrible punishment. Paolino ar rived two days ago, after his one-round victory over Jones, in Paris.
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NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF

Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 8, 1926 Notice is hereby given that Charles Christensen, together with his wit nesses, Anton Eide, and John P. Han non, all of Seward, Alaska, has made final proof on homestead entry, Serial 05113, embracing Lot 2, Section 2, T. 1 s. R. 1 W. and lots and 5, and the SWA SEA, Section 35, T. 1 N R. w. s. M. and is now in the files in the local land office at Anchorage, Alas ka, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of publication, or thirty days there after, said final proof will be accept ed and final certificate issued.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN,
 Register. First Publication, Jan. 20, 1926.
 Final Publication, Feb. 18,1926.
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MAYOR WALKER ILL

NEW YORK, Feb. 13. P)-Mayor Walker left for AtIantlc City for a few days rest, to recuperate from his recent breakdown, which began with his collapse at the City Hall, follow ing a heart attack.
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AIR TRAIL BLAZER

In the return to Alaska today of Lieutenant Carl B. iElesOn, veteran Al askan aviator, who has been conduct ing special experimental work for the
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PUBLISHER DIES

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 13. (P) William c. Dobbs, head of the pub fishing house of Bobbs, Merrill and Company, died here yesterday of heart disease.
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Mrs. L. V. Ray and son, Lee, jr, are passengers for theNorth leaving Se- attle today on the Victoria. Mrs. Ray is the wife of the Mayor of Sew ard and prominent attorney.
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T. W. Hawkins, of the firm of Brown
 and Hawkins Corp, returns to Sew
 ard next Saturday a passenger on the Victoria
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