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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 16.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VON HINDENBURG
SAYS BICKERING
MUST BE STOPPED
BERLIN, Jan. 20. (/P)—VonHinden
burg yesterday summoned the leaders
of the Reichstag to his executive man
sion and demanded that all political
bickerings and controversies must
cease. He informed them they could
choose between a dictatorship and a
parliamentary government.
Luther drafted a cabinet to include
himself as chancellor, Gustav Strese
mann, foreign minister; Henri Rein
hold, finance; Julius Curtis,, econom
ics.
The newcomers named to the min
tries of finance and economics which j
are directly concerned with the exe- j
cution of the Dawes Reparation Plan
are from the four middle parties, ac
cepting the responsibility of the gov
ernment—one, Centrists, two, Demo
crat, three German People Party and
four, the Bavarian People’s Party, rep
resenting one hundred and seventy-one
out of the four hundred ninety-three
mandates for the Reichstag. Three
of these parties approved the ministry
but the the Democrats, chafing under
the rejection of Erich Koch for the
Ministry of the Interior, are taking
time to deliberate.
TWOMILLIONTO
BE SPENT ON BIG
PROJECT IN WASH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20. (JP) |
—President Coolidge sent to the House ,
a supplemental estimate of two mil
lion dollars for the construction of the 1
Kittitas irrigation project. He recom
mended that the work include the con
struction of canals, diversion dams and
other smaller waterways. It is esti
mated the project will irrigate more |
than seventy thousand acres.
TODAY’S PARIS SILK SOLD
IN CALIFORNIA TOMORROW
ESCONDIDO, Calif. ,Ja.u. 20. (/P)—
Twenty-four hours after a new model
of silk has made its appearance in
Paris, Los Angeles feminity can pur
chase the same design woven from a
fabric grown and manufactured in
California.
The pattern of the Parisian cloth
that Milady can obtain locally over the
counter of her favorite department
store will have been transmitted by
cable. The mulberry tree-to-fabric
operation of course, takes weeks, but
after the raw silk has been manufac
tured, it is ready here to be woven in
to the latest Parisian design on short
notice.
HENNESSEY STARS IN OTHER
SPORTS AS WELL AS TENNIS
INDIANAPOLIS,, Jan. 20. (JF)—
Johnny Hennessey, one of the fe'w
ranking American tennis players who
stars in other fields of athletics, has
laid aside his racquet for a basket
ball. He will play again this sea
son with an amateur team of Indian
apolis.
Hennessey plays fotball and base
ball with the same facility which
makes him outstanding in tennis and
basketball. He has to earn his own
way and has had little coaching at
any sport.
Unlike most tennis stars, Hennes
sey plays but little during the win
ter. Occasionally he vrorks out on
the only indoor court in Indianapolis,
but only to keep in condition.
Now they are making cement out
of the slag from the iron and steel
mills. There had been suspicion that
the stuff was being used for the cre
ation of some of these new-fangled
breakfast foods.
WILL NOT UNITE
FORCES UNDER
ONEDEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20. (£>)—
The War Department reiterated for
the third time with the past year its
opposition to making the airplane co
equal with land and sea armaments.
Secretary Davis, before the oHuse
Military Committee said "Our answer
is no!” When asked to give his de
partment’s views on a bill to create a
department of national defense, he
said they agree with the Coolidge Air
Board report which said “we don’t
recommend a Department of National
Defense, either comprising the army
and navy or comprising the three co
ordinate departments, the army, na
vy and air.”
Davis said his position in the mat
ter was the result of careful analy
sis of reports of numerous investigat
ing boards and committees, "the opin
ions of men who devote their lives to
these problems.”
ALBERTA NETS
MILLION DEALLNG
LIQUOR FOR YEAR
EDMONTON, Jan. 20. (JP)—Figures
show that Alberta netted a million,
five hundred and seventy thousand one
hundred and eighty-five dollars on its
liquor traffic last year.
Much of this liquor was sent to line
cities where it was shipped across in
to the United States.
Pollution of Mississippi
Affects the Water Sourse
LOWER RIVER VILLAGES DON’T
LIKE CONCOCTION DISHED
OUT BY TWIN CITIES
ST. PAUL, Jan. 20. (/P)—Bacteriolo
gists a£e now diagnosing the serious
illness of “The Father of Waters,”
who is suffering from a severe at
tack of “pollution,” contracted from
Twin Cities’ sewers.
In its incipiency the trouble could
have been remedied by a compara
tively small sum, but now, engineers
estimate, it wil cost the Twin Cities
approximately $25,Q00,000 for a cure.
] ' iMany of the cities below St. Paul
| on the Mississippi river are sending
j in protests.
Building Contractor Find
Wintes Constuction Booms
JACK FROST LET THE ALASKA
RAILROAD BUILD ICE HOUSE
TO KEEP SEWARD COOL
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (J-P)—Jack Frost
has ben whipped by the building
contractor, and the increasing vol
ume of contracts being let for win
ter construction idicate that its ad
vantages are becoming better appre
ciated.
A survey by W. J. Lynch, vice
president of a large contracting firm,
disclosed that one of the principal
advantages of winter construction was
that the more constant employment
attracted better artisans, and tended
o avoid the peak demand of high
wages and scarcity of labor experi
enced every summer.
This business of picking out a prin
cess for the Prince of Wales is har
rying almost everybody but the. royal
youth himself. He has a charming
system. He dances with them all and
speeds blithely on. He might make
an eminently respectable British hus
band, but he is perfectly delightful
as a bachelor prince.
WIVES WHO REFUSE TO TAKE
HUBBY’S NAME CAUSE GRIEF
LONDON, Jan. 20. (ff)—Modern
wives who refuse to take their hus
band’s names have set social secre
taries by the ears. Engravers have
profited, however, and passport bu
reaus are large winners.
It is not safe now to send an invi
tation to Mr. and Mrs. James Battle
Royal without looking into the social
register. Mrs. James Battle Royal
may not be Mrs. James Battle Royal,
at all. She may be Mrs. G. Alone.
And that is a tragedy when engraved
invitations have been carefully count
ed on the old-fashioned theory that
married couples are really married in
good old Victorian style.
Wives who are willing to travel on
a family passport issued in the name
of the head of the family are rapidly
going out of fashion. Even if they do
wear their husband’s names they want
a separate passport, and that means
extra fees for visas.
SEWARDCHAMBER
PLANS EXHIBIT
FOR COMING YEAR
COOPERATION OF WOMAN’S CLUB
ASKED; WONDERFUL DIS
PLAY BE HAD.
Seward will have an exhibit of re
sources of this district on display
this coming spring, according to plans
outlined at yesterday’s weekly busi
ness meeting and luncheon for a tem
porary committee of three was ap
pointed by Pres. McMullen to begin
at once the gathering of the hund
reds of exhibits which can be secur
ed with little effort.
The committee selected, is headed
by Hugh Dougherty, chairman, and
assisting him will be A1 Chamber
lin and J. P. Hannon.
Efforts wil aso be m)ade to secure
the use of th© corner, now vacant,
opposite the Bank of Seward build
ing. Providing this is done the prop
erty will be cleared off, grass plant
ed, and it is hoped, a special exhib
it building erected. Providing funds
on hand will not permit the construc
tion of the building in the near fu
ture it is planned to house the ex
hibits in temporary quarters. But
there will be an exhibit!
Secretary Hannon was instructed
by the Chairman yesterday to draft
a letter to the Seward Woman’s club
asking their cooperation in this mat
ter, whicti it was stated, will assure !
the success of the movement.
With the rich adjacent districts, in
cluding the historic westward regions,
an exhibit surpassing any in the Ter
ritory should be gathered at this
point, it was stated, for the district
is rich in mineral, timber, furs, and
fishing. The agricultural end will
not be overlooked for no finer vege
tables and flowers are grown any
where than in the Seward area. Then
there would be the oil exhibit from
Cold Bay and other points to the
west, as well as innumerable other
items which could be procured.
Thinks American Politics
Not as Corrupt as Others
MR. HANIHARA SHOULD HAVE
AN INVITATION EXTENDED
HIM FROM ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (jP)—For
mer Ambassador Masana Hanihara of
Japan, in a series of articles contri
buted to the Japanese press, said that
national politics of the United States
“are full of a self-purifying power.”
Mr. Hanihara makes a frank expo
sition of defects he observes in the
American political system while in
service here, but concluded that
“America’s politics are not as cor
rupt as those of other nations.”
I
ACTION ON TAX
BILL BE DELAYED
UNTIL MONDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20. (£>)—
The Finance Committe presented the
tax reduction bill to the Senate this
morning. Chairman Smoot has not
completed his report on the compro
mise measure. He said this would
delay the bill until Monday, whether
the agreement to vote for the World
Court was reached by then or not.
ALASKA PACKERS
LOST $175,026
LAST SEASON
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. (£>)—'The
Alaska Packers Association in its an
nual report shows a loss of $175,026 on
its fourteen Alaska fish canneries and
one on Puget Sound.
Last year the company packed 510,
404 cases of fish.
WOMAN JUDGE URGES MORE
PARENTAL TIME TO CHILD
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (JP)—Ameri
can fathers are giving too much time
to business and not enough to their
children, in the opinion of Judge Jean
F. Norris, who has presided in New
York courts six years.
What is true of the fathers also is
true of the mothers, except business
is not taking mos tof the women’s
time, she said, adding that this situ
ation is largely responsible for the
increase in crime.
As magistrate of the first district
criminal court, the jurist is a striking
example, of the progress made by
woman suffrage and of modern day
life. But she still is old-fashioned
enough to contend that “respect for
law and order begins in the home.”
HUGE SALES BRING CENTER
OF ART WORLD Tb AMERICA
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (/P)^The
American art collector and buyer who
formerly went to foreign countries to
do his shopping this year will have
left between ten and twelve million
dollars as tribute to New York’s en
hanced reputation as an art center.
The number of foreign collections
brought to the United States this
year, together with an increased sale
of domestic gatherings, is evidence
to dealers here of a new assumption
by Americans in world art affairs.
While love for beautiful things has
become more pronounced in America,
local gallery^ officials are mindful that
one of the chief factors of growth is
the unsettled financial condition in
Europe and the general prosperity
here.
Jerusalem’s Water Supply
Comes Solely from Rainfall
PUT WATER ON RATIONS WHEN
THEY THINK “IT AIN’T GONNA
RAIN NO MORE”
JERUSALEM, Jan. 20. (^—Jerusa
lem must depend for its domestic
and sanitary water requirements on
the annual rainfall. Some winters
this is inadequate for the daily con
sumption of between a half and one
million gallons. When the supply
runs short the water is rationed.
GIVE ’EM TIME
No woman member of Congress has
yet been re-elected, although seven
of the sex have sat in Congressional
seats. The world is young, however,
and some woman is sure to make the
grade.
•
HARTLEY VETOES
NORMAL SCHOOL
RILL ON DEGREES
OLYMPIA, Jan. 20. (/P)—Hartley ve
toes twelve and signed forty-four of
the remaining bills of the 230 meas
ures the legislature passed. So far
the governor has vetoed forty-seven
and signed 181 measures, leaving two
constitutional amendments for the
people to act upon.
Among today’s vetoes was a bill au
thorizing normal schools to confer the
degree of bachelor of arts on gradu
ates of the four-year course. The
governor said he felt that the normal
schools had expanded beyond the act
of granting degrees, which would be
come the primary function of the
schools and render them competitive
institutions with the University and
state colleges, if the bill was allowed
to stand.
KENTUCKY HAS
MOST OFBONDED
LIQUOR IN U. S.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 20. (/P)—Should
there ever be occasion to give a liquor
party to the one hundred and ten mil
lion inhabitants of the United States,
they could all be invited to Kentucky
each given a pint of “real red’’ and
there would still be eighteen million
pints left, for within the state boun
daries are stored approximately six
teen million gallons of bonded whis
key. This represents about two
thirds of the bonded whiskey in the
United States today, revenue authori
ties here say.
This whiskey is stored in sixteen
warehouses, formerly the property of
distillers. Of this number, eight are
located in Louisville, one of which con
tains more whiskey than any other
warehouse in America. Each of them
is guarded with three sets of watch
men, wpo receive from $100 to $125
per month. At night powerful search
lights illuminate the buildings and the
grounds.
The whiskey, however, pays its own
guarding, as the government gets $2.20
for each gallon removed from storage.
In the last fifteen months, more than
three million gallons have been re
moved from Kentucky warehouses for
medicinal purposes.
Evaporation plays a large part in
helping to reduce the supply. It is
estimated that one-third of the whis
key, which is in barrels, evaporates in
a year’s time. To remedy this much
of it is being bottled, which prevents
evaporation.
Invitations Extended
Congressman Treadway
Yisit Seward, Summer
An invitation is to be extended
Congressman Treadway, who recent
ly lead a verbal attack on Alaska
at Washington, D. C., by the Seward
Chamber of Commerce, inviting him
'to visit Seward next summer and
learn about Alaskan residents and
their country. This was the sugges
tion offered at yesterday’s meeting
of the chamber, held at the Grill,
to which many members attended.
The suggestion met with the popular
approval of those present and will
be carried out. It was pointed out
that Congressman Treadway was
really a fine gentleman, but that with
regard to Alaska, it was believed
he had been misinformed. The hope
was sincerely expressed that the dis
tinguished gentleman representative
would accept the local invitation.
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