Hewnrd Dale Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX, NUMBER 179.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
EVOLUTION NOW
SPREADING TO
WASHINGTON
COURTS ORDER OFFICIALS TO
SHOW CAUSE WHY SALA
RIES NOT BE HELD UP
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22 (&)—
A local court today ordered Treasury
officials to show cause why the sala
ries of school officials in this city
should not be held up because of al
leged teaching of scientific doctrines
alleged to reflect on the Bible.
COMMISSION URGES SELECTION
IMMIGRATION OF QUEENSLAND
BRISBANE, July 22. (IP)—The need
for the selection of immigrants, de
portation of convicted aliens and the
keeping of a record of all aliens in
the commonwealth is stressed in a
report by T. A. Ferry, under-chief
secretary and commissioner of pric
es, who was recently appointed head
of a Royal Commission to inquire
into the social and economic effect
of the increase in number of aliens
in North Queensland.
Mr. Ferry suggests a stricter med
ical examination and expresses the
view that the existence of foreign
clubs is undesirable. The present
alien influx is largely from Sicily and
Northern Italy, the emigrants going
into the sugar industry.
IN DANGER LOSING
MILL ON ACCOUNT
OF OLD BRIDGES
BREWSTER BROTHERS FEAR IN
TAKING IN MILL; BRIDGES
MAY GIVE AWAY.
The Brewster brothers, Effron and
Steve, who are working their prop
erty which is located 12 miles from
the Alaska Railroad at Johnson sta
tion or Mile 34, are more or less
up against a hard proposition in the
matter of hauling in their five-ton
Ellis Ball Chile mill which they re
cently ordered by telegraph from the
states. The trouble is that a num
ber of the bridges on the old Gov’t
Sunrise road are rotted down to such
an extent that it is dangerous to
Sdrag a heavy load over some of them.
The road is in fairly good condition
but fear is expressed with regard
to the bridges.
The equipment the brothers have
thus far taken into the ground has
been carried in with pack horses.
At the present time they are clear
ing out the trail in anticipation of
the arrival of the mill, which if safe
ly taken in, will be set up and op
erations, in a small way, begun. Ef
•4k fron Brewster is an oldtimer of the
district, but his brother is a recent
arrival from Birmingham, Ala.
Hawaiian Islands Are
; Gently Rising from Sea
v WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22 (£>)—
Edward Fairfax Naulty, a noted ge
ologist, says that the Hawaiian isl
ands are gently and gradually rising
out of the sea and that some day the
United States will have a small con
tinent in the mid-Pacific as large or
larger than Japan.
English Miners Refuse
> To Confer with Owners
LONDON, Eng., July 22 (/P)—1The
♦ possibilities of a great British coal
’ were iacreased today when the
coal miners refused to confer with
the owners unless the latter withdrew
their proposed wage decrease.
Pioneer Buried At
Bottom 52-Ft. Well
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 22 (#>)—
The body of Dennis Murphy, 83, a Ro
chester Prairie pioneer, was buried
at the bottom of a 52-foot well Mon
day when he descended to clean it
out. The body was recovered late
last night by relays of workers who
have been digging continuously since
Monday when the curbing gave way
covering him with many tons of
earth.
SUNNYWEATHER
ABATES ATTACK
FLU ON YUKON
SEATTLE, July 22 (fl5)—With sun
ny weather prevailing in the Yukon
district there is no cause for alarm
from the reported epidemic of influ
enza, Capt. George Black of the Yu
kon Mounted Police said in a message
to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
which reports the epidemic greatly
exaggerated. He said the natives
were suffering mostly from a series
of heavy colds.
FIGHTER KILLED
IN BOXING BOIJT
'«■* UlSVTLLE, Ky., July 22 (JP)—
Mickey Shannon of Chicago, a light
heavyweight pugilist, was killed last
night during the fourth round of a
boxing match with Harry Fay, of
Louisville, when Fay knocked him
against the ropes so he fell striking
his head on the floor. Fay was ar
rested and is held on a charge of
manslaughter.
Sportsman—, aturalist
Passes Away in Spokane
SPOKANE, July 22 (TP)—Charles
W. W. Heideman, 84, a sportsman and
naturalist, died here today following
a short illness. He was in Nome dur
ing the gold rush and was connected
with the United States bureau of fish
eries for many years, being stationed
on the Oregon coast.
LEGISLATION’S EFFECT
ON LIBERTY CRITICISED
IN OXFORD DEBATE
OXFORD, Eng., July 22. (£>)—In a
recent debate and discussion the Ox
ford Union agreed by a large ma
jority that “contemporary ligislation
tends to destroy liberty.”
G. K. Chesterton, the principal
speaker in the debate, declared that
there is a wide distinction between
liberty and the security which is
the aid of most modern legislation.
“While it is true,” he said, “that
property normally gives security, it
does not follow that security brings
property. If the chief end of man is
to be fed and housed, then we should
return to slavery, a simple tried mea
sure which insured economic secur
ity to the masses.”
BASEBALL
Coast
Sacramento 5, San Francisco 4.
Oakland 4, Portland 3.
Vernon 5, Seattle 13.
Salt Lake 1, Los Angeles 3. Called
at end of sixth on account of rain.
National
Boston 3, Chicago 15.
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2.
New York—Cincinnati, rain.
American
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 5.
Detroit 4, New York 5.
Chicago 3-8, Boston 6-3.
FRENCH LEADING
ARMY AGAINST
ABD EL KRIM
PARIS, July 22 (/P)—Two field mar
shals of France, Marshal Petain of
world war fame, and Marshal Lyau
tey and five generals are leading an
army of 150,000 French troops against
Abd el Krim, the war lord of Mo
rocco. Official advices from Morocco
indicate an improvement in the sit
uation as the rebel leaders are begin
ning to see the futility of continued
opposition to French rule.
TOKIO’S RECONSTRUCTION WORK
HAMPERED BY SOFT GROUND
TOKIO, July 22. (JP)~The soft
ness of the ground upon which To
kio is built is interfering considerably
with the reconstruction work now
under way. Recently Dr. Kishi of
the Reconstruction Bureau recom
mended that al work on paved streets
in the districts where the new sub
way is to be built be delayed until
after the underground project has
been completed. He based his rec
ommendation upon observations made
during.- the recent sewer construc
tion.
In some places, it was found, the
sewer excavations have caused the
streets to sink more than a foot.
Many houses and paved roads, Dr.
Kishi discovered, have been serious
ly damaged because of the fettling
of the earth. *
American Aviators Enlist
To Help Fight Riffians
1 —.—
PARIS, July 22 (/P)—The first group
of American aviators to volunteer in
the French service under the Sultan
of Morocco against the allege! rebel
lious Riffians will leave Paris tomor
row for the battlefield.
TOWN CLERK J. P. HANNON
ANNOUNCES OFFICE HOURS
Town Clerk J. P. Hannon announces
that hereafter his office hours will be
from 10 a. m. to 12 m., and from 1 p.
m. to 4 p. m. each day. Heretofore
Mr. Hannon has been called from his
office during these hours to transact
council business but hereafter he can
be found on the job during office
hours and the public is requested to
govern themselves accordingly. Many
persons have gone to the old office
at the rear of the bank expecting to
find the clerk, whereas his offices are
under the bank building.
He was granted authority by the
council to have a neat sign and office
hours painted on his door.
NOME PIONEER
BURIED SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 22 (;P)—Funeral
services over the Remains of George
H. Ely, 65, were held here last night
under the auspices of the Loyal Or
der of Moose. Ely was one of the
early prospectors of Alaska, living on
the shores of Bering Sea, 600 miles
from Nome, for over 20 years. He
was a member of the Nome lodge.
Ely came here from Nome seven
years ago! and was employed as a car
penter in the carbarns.
Miss Josephine Mulcahy will arrive
tonight on the Admiral Watson to
take a position in the Seward Grill.
Miss Mulcahy comes from Seattle.
Small boys do not hate soap; they
wouldn’t disturb it for the world.
Many beach beauties are so care
ful that they never get their bathing
suits wet.
Bryan Announces Will
Not Meet In Debate
DAYTON, Tenn., July 22 (/p)—W.
J. Bryan announced today that he
would not enter into debate on any
subject with any body at any time.
He said he had no time for such meet
ings. His statement was made in re
spance to numerous challenges to de
bate upon evolution.
SPECIAL SHOWER
ARRANGEMENT FOR
NEW ARCADE ANNEX
Amgng the features being install
ed in the new Arcade annex addi
tion, for the benefit of the tenants
of the building will be a Speakman
shower bath, which is the first of its
kind to be installed in the Territory.
The shower bath is an entirely new
style, and unlike the well known
overhead device, showers the bather
from every angle from the sides.
The affair is of highly polished nick
el finish, constructed in a circular
form, the bather entering the shower
by way of a small opening in the
circle of glistening pipes in which
are thousands of needle point holes.
Devices for governing the flow of
warm and cold water are within
easy reach of the bather. It is stat
ed only in the very be3t of hotels in
the States will be found this bath
ing innovation, due to the greatly in
creased price of the elaborate affair
over the common overhead shower.
A special shower room in the base
ment of the new building is under
construction which, when completed,
will be resplendent in mirror like
white enamel. Other bathroom ar
rangements will be placed in an ad
joining space.
FIRES IN KOOTENAI
ARE OUT CONTROL
NELSON, B. C., July 22 (£>)— Forest
fires in the Kootenai district are out
of control in many places owing to
high winds. The extent of the dam
age done is undetermined. Hundreds
of persons are fighting it.
May Cut Appropriation
For Naval Activities
SWAMPSCOTT, July 22 ' (/P)—
Chairman Sale of the Senate Naval
Committee has been asked by Presi
dent Coolidge to make an intensive
study to determine whether there are
useless naval activities with a view of
reducing the appropriation.
Reputation depends much on one’s
cleverness in not getting caught.
No doubt houesty pays, but it
sometimes takes patience to make
collections.
BERT DENNY !N TRANSFER
BUSINESS AT LONGVIEW
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Denny and son,
who will be remembered by their
many local friends are now located
at Longview, Washington. Mr. Den
ny is engaged in the transfer busi
ness and is meeting with good suc
cess. Leon Urbach, Seward clothier,
spent a short visit with them while
on his recent trip to the States. It
was announced at Longview while
Mr. Urbach was there that the Wey
erhouser people, reputed to be one of
the largest lumbering concerns in the
United States, would start construc
tion immediately of a million dollar
mill.
When speaking to a Floridian it is
superfluous to add that he is a real
estate man.
TIME EXTENDED
ON OIL PERMITS
ON MANY CL AIMS
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND WIRES
GATEWAY SHOWING TIME
LIMIT ON HOLDINGS
i
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22 (£>)—
Time has been extended by Land of
fice on the following oil permits.
Harold Foss, Samuel Foss, J. M. Re
gan, John M. Hobson, Hans Leverson,
to July 17, 1926.
Sydney Laurence, to June 30, 1926.
Wm. B. Regan, to November 30, 1926
MILNER DEATH CAUSES
OMISSION OF DINNER
TO RHODES SCHOLARS
OXFORD, Eng., July 22. (JP)—The
annual dinner given by the Rhodes
trustees to the Rhodes scholars will
be omitted this year, because of the
death recently of Lord Milner. It is
thought thecustom of the annual
dinner will not be revived until the
new building, w'hich is to be the
Oxford headquarters of the Rhodes
Trust, is completed.
Past dinners have been notable for
the eminence of the speakers, Eng
lish statesmen, including the prime
ministers, making them occasions
for pronouncements of their views on
Anglo-American and empire questions.
Chinese Problems Be
Taken Up By Power
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22 (/P).
In substantial accord m the plan for
dealing with the Chinese problem, the
world powers and diplomats expect
to be in a position to submit a formu
la to the provisional government of
China at an early date. The propos
ed settlement will include the Wash
ington conference plan for revision
of Chinese customs and duties, and
the participation by the Chinese gov
ern in an inqury into the responsi
; bility for the Joss of lives in the re
I cent Shanghai rioting.
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Chinese Rioters Killed;
Bodies Are Exhibited
CANTON, China, July 22 (/P)—The
government intervened today in a
clash between two factions of strik
ers, kilKng six. The bodies of the
victims were paraded through the
streets as a warning to other strik
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Beegle, well known
former residents of Seward, arrived
in town last evening from Moose
Pass where they have been conduct*
ing the commissary department for
the Bureau of Public roads.
President Has Been
Month at Swampscott
SWAMPSCOTT, July 22 (/P)—
Rounding out the first month of his
vacation here, President Coolidge let
it be known that he believed the ab
sence from Washington of himself
and most of hi3 cabinet was giving
the public a welcome opportunity to
pay needed attention to business in
stead of having their attention fa
fused on the capital.
Dempsey Will Fire
Mgr. Jack Kearns
OMAHA, Neb., July 22 (JP)—Jack
Dempsey announced today that after
his contract with Jack Kearns ex
pires September 19, 1926, he will
strike out alone and manage his own