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VOLUME 19 NUMBER 293
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY' DECEMBER lg, 1924 PRICE TEN CENTS
CONGRESS HONORS
MEMORY WILSON
WITH CEREMONY
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Congress
paused in its round of activity today
^ |o render honor to the memory of the
late Woodrow Wilson. The chamber
of the House of Representatives was
the setting for the memorial services,
with Dr. Edwin Anderson Albeman,
president of Wilson’s old alma mater,
the University of Virginia, pronounc
ing from the rostrum where the late
President revived the custom of de
livery in person his message to Con
gress, a stirring eulogy of his life
and achievements.
Wilson’s daughters and close friends
of the late executive, and invited
guests made up the gathering, for
which all seats had been reserved. A
vast unseen audience, too, had been
remembered in the arrangements for
radio broadcasting the ceremony thru
a wide chain of stations. President
Coolidge and his cabinet, the supreme
court justices, representatives of for
eign governments, governors of many
j states, members of the Wilson cabi
net, and high officials of the Army
and Navy were among those joining
with the members of the Senate and
the House in commemorating the
memory of the man who sleeps be
neath the towering cathedral here,
within distant view of the capital.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Margaret Wil
son, and his brother, Joseph R. Wil
son of Baltimore, were present.
GAS BOAT HAS
- GASOLINE FIRE
^ The gas boat Octurous, which ar
rived ill port Sunday from Cordova,
had a narrow escape from burning
this morning when fire, caused by a
light too close to a gas tank, caused
an explosion, severely burning, Joseph
Schulte, and slightly damaging the
boat. The party was starting for the
Bear Glacier expedition, when the
explosion occurred. Mr. Schulte was
treated by Dr. Baughman and is nurs
ing a very sore hand.
THAT “STITCH IN TIME”
TO BE STANDARDIZED
BY U. S. GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16—
The old fashioned stitch which “in
time saves nine” is to be standardiz
ed by the United States government.
Stitches on everything from coal
miners’ overalls to pink, filmy under
things, the joy of the flapper’s exist
ence, are to be standard.
Specifications adopted by the bu
reau of standards will be submitted
to a committee of manufacturers for
approval. Five stitches were chosen
as standards—the single thread chain
stitch, the over-edge chain stitch, the
flatseam chain stitch and the lock
stitch.
GERMAN CABINET RESIGNS
BERLIN, Dec. 16.—The German
cabinet resigned tonight.
Coolidge Will Visit
' South Next Spring
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—President
Coolidge told a Southern delegation
today that he is contemplating mak
ing a southern trip next spring.
He will visit practically all the
Southern states.
HIS WIFE “TALKED BACK,"
TEACHER WHIPPED HER
STANFORD, Ky., Dec. 16.—Con
victed of whipping his wife, who was
also his pupil, Melvin Wright, Lin
coln county school teacher, was fined
$500 and sentenced to three months
in jail here.
Wright gave his wife a whipping
because she "talked back” to him in
class.
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HOW LONG CAN YOU
CONCENTRATE MIND?
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 16—How long
can you concentrate? Three minutpg
is an extremely long period for the
average person to hold attention fixed
on one thing, according to A. G.
Gulbransen, piano manufacturer, in
an address at an educational confer
ence here.
“Try to direct your mind to one
line of thought and see how long
you can hold to it," said Mr. Gul
bransen. “Take your watch in your
hand and time yourself. Fix your
mind on one object, or one problem
and then time yourself how long you
can concentrate your attention on
that one thing without your thought
straying of being attracted to some
thing else.
“If you can keep a bulldog grip
on one definite subject for three
minutes, you are far above the aver
age person.”
GOMPER’SBODY
IN SAINT LOUIS
SAINT LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 16.—The
funeral train bearing the body of
Samuel Gompers, deceased president
of the American Federation of Labor,
who died in San, Antonio Saturday,
arrived here today.
Plan for Big Funeral
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—While ■
the funeral train bearing the body of \
Samuel Gompers crawled toward the j
capital today, labor leaders here com-1
pleted plans for a funeral that will i
testify to the place he held in the j
hearts of his people.
Locomotive Breaks Away
PIEDMONT, W. Va., Dec. 16—The
locomotive broke loose from the train
bearing the body of Gompers to
Washington a few miles west of here
today on a 17-mile grade, but the
coaches came to a stop under their j
own brakes without damage.
ZEPPELIN EXPERT IN
DOUBT FEASIBILITY
OF OCEAN FLIGHTS;
—
BELIEVES FUTURE SUCCESS AIR|
WILL COME FROM USE ALL
| METAL AIR AND SEAPLANES
—
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Despite the
successful crossing of the Atlantic
by the ZR-3, Dr. Rohrbach, well
known German inventor and former
associate of Count Zeppelin, has
grave doubts as to the feasibility
of trans-Atlantic commercial flying
by lighter-than-air craft.
On the other hand, lie plans a
rosy picture of the future possibili
ties of travel by heavier-than-air
craft to which he has now turned
his attention.
“It is only a question of a few
years before it will be possible to
travel generally just as safely by
air as by railway, steamer or motor
car,” Dr. Rohrbach declared in an
interview. “To my mind' the future
in the air lies in the construction of
all-metal airplanes and seaplanes.
“I have turned my attention to
the construction of commercial sea
planes made entirely of duralumin.
Three such machines are being test
ed at Copenhagen and will shortly
be put on a commercial route, which
is as yet being kept secret.
“The world has not yet realized
the potential possibilities of com
mercial aviation. If the money were
forthcoming we could fly machines,
with 150-foot wing spread, capable of
carrying forty persons, and equipped
if necessary, with dining rooms.
Whether or not airplanes will
ever be used on the cross Atlantic
route remains to be seen, for it is a
big span; but, on the other hand, in
the future the journey from Lon
don to Copenhagen or to Christiana
will be made by seaplane.”
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RUSSIA PROTESTS
INVASION SEAS
BY CUTTER BEAR
MOSCOW, Dec. 16—Minister of
Foreign Affairs Tchicherin, on Decem
ber 11, sent a caustic note to Secre
tary Hughes at Washington, com
plaining that the United States coast
guard cutter Bear in 1920 had com
mitted an act which constituted a vio
lation of international law. The note
added that similar lawless cast would
be sternly repressed by the Soviet
government.
The complaint was made that the
Bear had affixed a brass plate to a
rock on Chukotsk peninsula, in Emma
Bay, Cape Pusino, in Siberia, near
Bering Strait, bearing the inscription
of the United States Geodetic mag
netic station. The plat bears the
warning that $250 fine or imprison
ment will be the penalty for violating
the law by removing the plate.
CANADIAN BOUKHOBORS
TO “SEE" SOUL DEPART
SASKATOONSask., Dec. 16—Cana
dian Doukhobors of vrious parts of
western Canada will travel next week
to Brilliant, their British Columblia
settlement, to attend services during
which, according to their belief, the
soul of Peter Ceregin, their leader
who was killed in an explosion in a
railway coach recently, will depart
for Heaven.
The Doukhobors believe that the
souls of their dead remain on earth
for six weeks after death before pass
ing into the beyond, it is said.
Asked Mrs. Wiison Be
Given Annuity of $5000
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—A bill was
introduced in the house this afternoon
asking Congress to grant Mrs. Wood
row Wilson an annuity of $5000 per
year, during the term of her natural
life.
FORMER CHINK TREASURER
Executed, misuse funds
PEKING, China, Dec. 16.—Li Ten
hing, personal treasurer to the pres
ident, Bao Kung, during the latter’s
administration, was executed at noon
today. He was found guilty ot crim
inal misuse of funds.
PLANS DIRIGIBLE
LARGER THAN
ANY YET BUILT
W ABnlrtU 1 UiN , J.O.-JTiclUS 1U1
the construction of a dirigible airship
100 feet longer than either the Shen
andoah or Los Angeles, and with a
gas volume double that of either, to
be used solely for transatlantic com
mercial purposes were submitted to
day to the Naval sub-committee of
the House, by Admiral Moffatt, chief
of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the
Navy.
Kills Boy With Auto;
Is Held Without Bail
SEATTLE, Dec. 16.—J. R. Stewart
was arrested today and held without
bail, charged with running down and
killing George Carl Larson, two years
of age, with his auto. After the child
was hit Stewart is accused of speed
ing up his auto and attempting to get
away.
SOLDIER MURDERER IS
GRANTED A PAROLE
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 16.—The
governor today paroled Edward B.
Filton, 19, a former Camp Lewis sol
dier serving a life sentence for slay
ing Karl Aa Timbs, a taxicab driver,
whom Filion hired and murdered.
EX-MINISTER IS FOUND
GUILTY OF ABDUCTION
NOWATA, Okla., Dec. 16.—A jury
in the district court here today re
quired but fifteen minutes to deliber
ate and return a verdict of guilty
against Joseph E. Yeats, formerly a
minister at Alluwee, Okla., charged
with the abduction of 15-year-old
Georgia Fields, formerly a chorister
in Yeats’ church. The twelve men,
ten farm workers and two oil field
employes, fixed his punishment at
five years in the state penitentiary.
Yeats, who displayed little emotion
during the five days’ trial, heard the
verdict unflinchingly. Shortly after
wards he declared jie would “carry on
the work of the Lord, wherever I
happen to be.” His attorneys an
nounced they would appeal the case
to the state criminal court of ap
peals. Judge Charles Baskin announc
ed he would pass sentence upon the
preacher in December sometime.
The abduction charge grew out of
Yeats’ elopement with the girl last
September, after a marriage ceremo
ny w'hich he admitted on the stand
that he himself performed.
HUGE PLANES WILL
FLY FROM FLORIDA
TO HAVANA DAILY
“BUSES” THAT WILL CARRY
FROM 30 TO 50 PASSENGERS
WILL BE USED.
KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 16.—Regular
passenger and freight traffic be
tween South Florida cities and Cuba
in seaplanes, the equal in luxury
and capacity of any now plying on
European routes, will be a reality
in’ a comparatively short time, pos
sibly next winter, Charles F. Radden,
president of the Aero-marine Air
ways Corporation, of New York,
told International News Service.
Barron G. Collier, of New York,
millionaire developer of Collier coun
ty, Florida ,and Police Commissioner
Enright of New York, are said to be
interested.
This corporation began operation i
of a passenger service between Key
West and Havana in 1920, and dur
ing the tourist season the planes of
this company were in great demand.
The fatal accident which befell the
seaplane Columbus, which sank in
the ocean during the winter of 1923
and in which disaster Robert Atlins,
sugar king of Boston, his two sons
and maid lost their lives, offset the
patronage the planes were then en
joying.
Travel was resumed, however, in i
1924, and Mr. Redden is authority
for the statement that his company
would have made $200,000 last win
ter had they been equipped with suf
ficient planes.
“I am convinced by my survey,”
Mr. Redden said, “that there is a
great need for seaplane service from
Florida cities to Havana and I be
lieve my company will operate three
available planes this winter, so as
not to let the service ‘die out,’ and by
the following season our fleet of new
planes will be available.”
Mr. Roden explained that the
new planes were of the type adopted
by the great commercial lines of
Europe, carrying 30 to 50 passengers,
and capable of making the trip from
Key West to Havana, a distance of
90 miles, in 50 minutes, and from Mi
ami to Havana in two hours.
Autoist Asks Direction
Then Robs His Director
PARIS, Ind., Dec. 16.—A motorist
called at the residence of Ray Baird
to inquire the road to Clinton, Ind.
The driver claimed he did not under
stand the direction given and Baird
walked out into the street. As he
reached the car he was covered by a
pistol and ordered to hand over his
money. He gave up |25. The autoist
then fled.
Join the Chamber of commerce.
BELIEVED WIFE
WAS BURGLAR;
SHOOTS. KILLS
YAKIMA, Dec. 16.—Believing his
wife to be a burglar when she grap
pled with him in the darkness at
their home last night, after they had
been aroused by some one trying to
effect an entrance, E.'. C. Greenman,
county game warden, shot and killed
her. He did not realize his mistake
until the lights were turned on.
Urges More Women
To Work: With Hands
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Work and be
fit is the best health tonic for Ameri
can womanhood, declares Dr. Sarah
C. O’Connell, high medical examiner
for the Women’s Catholic Order of
Foresters, a fraternal society number
ing more than 79,000 women as mem
bers. The woman who works with
hands and brain is generally more
alert, more organically sound and has
brighter prospects for a happy old
age than her sister who lives a life
of leisure, asserts this veteran medi
cal examiner.
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS
AWAY FROM COMMUNIST MOB
BELGRADE, Dee. 16.—The Serbian
government, acting under the law
for protection of the realm, has dis
solved from the Communist party.
THREE FORMER PREMIERS
DRAW EXTREME PENALTY
BELGRADE, Dec. 16.—The insur
rection in Albania is making rapid
progress. Three of the former pre
miers were sentenced to death today
by default of the political tribunal at
Tirana, the Albanian capital.
Britain Sends Protest
to League of Nations
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Great Britain
tonight sent to the League of Nations
a note protesting against Ireland reg
istering with the League. Britain de
clared that her international affairs
are of no concern to the League.
Magnificent Theater
Planned for Rome
ROME, Dec. 16.—Rome is shortly
to have a magnificent new opera
hbuse. It will be erected between the
Capuchin Monastery and the palace
of the Queen Mother in the Via Vit
toria Veneto, and will be externally
in the classic style of the great are
nas at Verona and Pola.
The stage will be one of the larg
est in the wrnrld and there will be a
clear view of it from every seat in
the auditorium.
LOCAL ARTIST
MAKES EXHIBIT
In the lobby of the Hotel Van Gib
der is a painting by Mr. Van Emple,
the local artist, which should be of
special interest to the people of Sew
ard since the artist has chosen for
his subject a scene on the beach here,
and has created a scene of rare .beau
ty. This is the first large picture the
artist has painted here, though he
has made a number of sketches which
clearly shows his enthusiasm for Sew
ard.
Mr. Van Emple is well known as a
painter in the East, a number of his
canvasses are on exhibition in New
York, he also is exhibiting in Seattle.
Directly after the Holidays he will
open an evening class in drawing and
painting and all who are interested
in art are offered an opportunity to
learn which does not often come to
a town of this size.