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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 184
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
TRAP FISHING
. BE PERMITTED
SOON PERHAPS
Congressman W. H. White
Believes Under Proper
Restrictions, Traps Should
Be Used.
CAME HERE TO LEARN
“The Inauguration Proper
Conservation Measur e s
Now Will Save Alaska’s
Salmon Industry and All
* Those of Us Who Have
Official Connection with
the Matter Propose To Do
So If We Know How—We
Are Keenly Anxious for
the Perpetuation of the In
dustry and for Many
Good Things of the Ter
ritory,” Mr. Free States.
“I came to Alaska from a sense of
duty. Since I have been in Congress
^ have been a member of the commit
tee of the Merchant Marine and the
Fisheries which has jurisdiction over
all fishing questions. During the last
six years my attention and the atten
tion of the committee has been repeat
edly called to the salmon industry of
Alaska. I came here primarily to
learn what I could in the short time
at my disposal concerning this indus
try which is so vital to the Territory
and to its people,” stated Congress
man Wallace H. White, jr., in an inter
view yesterday with The Gateway.
Congressman White arrived in Sew
ard from the westward last Saturday
where he, in company with Henry
O’Malley, Commissioner of Fisheries,
Congressman A. M. Free of California,
and Lawrence Richey, assistant, sec
retary to Herbert Hoover, made an
inspection trip over the fishing areas
and to the seal rookeries. Congress
man White and his son, Hubbard F.
White, were passengers on the steam
er Northwestern for Seattle.
invited Suggestions
Continuing, Congressman White
said: “I have been interested in as
certaining the attitude of those oper
^,f,ing fisheries and other residents of
the Territory toward the law as it is
written, and also to get their views
with respect to its administration by
the Department of Commerce. Mr.
Free and myself have invited criti
cisms of the law and suggestions for
changes. The only affirmative criti
cism which has been offered to either
of us is the failure of the law' to pro
hibit trap fishing.
Permits Trap Fishing
* "It is my opinion the criticism is
unsound. I believe, under proper reg
ulations, trap fishing should be per
mitted. It is to be expected that the
formulating of particular regulations
and their enforcement would be re
sented in particular cases. I have no
desire to discuss administrative de
tails. It seems to me that it is abso
lutely essential that a more drastic
policy of conservation, that has here
r tofore existed, must be put into force
if the salmon industry is to survive.
Poor Run of Fish
“It is altogether probable that a
Newr Englander, who has seen the dis
appearance of valuable fish from the
Atlantic seaboard, should be more ap
prehensive about the future of the
Alaskan fisheries than those of you
now living here, and wrho still see a
relative abundance. Sturgeon, sal
mon and shad have gone from the wa
iters of the North Atlantic. You have
^?ien in Alaska this year the poorest
run of fish in your history.
Ventures a Prediction
“It ought to be a warning to you.
Nature is prodigal, not inexhaustible.
If you do not join whole-heartedly in
the efforts of the Federal government
to conserve this great resource, I ven
ture the prediction that another gen
eration will see it gone. You cannot
overstate the seriousness of the situ
ation as I view it. Two-thirds of the
income of the Territory come from
its fisheries. It ought not to be over
looked either that a substantial part
of the steamship service between the
Territory and the States is due direct
ly or indirectly to your fisheries. If
your fisheries go, your means of com
munication will be grievously affected.
Awakened Interest
“These are some of the thoughts
which my visit has emphasized in my
mind. I hope my visit has given me
a background which will aid me in see
ing and appreciating any phases of
the problem which come up before
Congress while I remain a member.
Within recent years there have been
’several Congressional parties to visit
Alaska. I recall also that Secretary
Hoover, Secretary Wallace and Secre
tary Work have been here and I am
sure the visit of President Harding is
fresh in the minds of every Alaskan.
These visits are evidences of a real
awakening of interest in the Territory
by those holding positions of official
responsibility in Washington. I feel
quite sure that every person who has
come here has returned with a better
understanding of the problems of the
Territory and, surely, with a greater
sympathy with the people who have
come here in their task of develop
ment.
Going to Paris
“My own trip has been hard work
but I have enjoyed it and I know that
so far as I personnally am concerned,
it has been altogether worth while.
I should like to take the Southeast
ern Alaska trip with Messrs. O’Malley,
Free and Richey, but I am obliged to
return East immediately for I sail
from New York on August 19 for Eu
rope to attend the International Tele
phone and Telegraph Conference of
which I have been appointed a mem
ber. The conference will be held in
Paris, September 1.”
LATOUCHE ITEMS
MR. REX SEYMOUR HOST AT A
BOATING PARTY
LATOUCHE, July 25—Mr. Rex Sey
mour was host at a boating party
last night. The guests were: Miss
Helen Marcott, Miss Mae Nielson, Miss
Myrtle Nielsen, Miss Georgia Har
rington, Miss Pauline Walker, Miss
Jeanette Calling, Mrs. A. Nelson, Mrs.
M. Normo, Mrs. G. Lauterbach, Mrs.
I. Colling, Mr. R. Blake, Mr. C. Over
by, Mr. T. Colling, Mr. E. Israelson.
The party took place on the gas boat
Signal.
. Tenning Carlson is visiting in Sew
ard on legal business.
Thomas Stamey, old timer of this
section was a Seward visitor the first
of the week.
INFORMATION WANTED
Inquiry has been received at the
Governor’s office concerning the loca
tion of C. W. Wood, a man of about
65 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in
height, born in Vermillion County, 111.
The information is sought by Nellie
Wood of Danville, 111., who states
there is a small estate, the settlement
of which requires his attention.
Alex Black, an old timer from the
Tanana district, where he runs of road
house( and fox ranch, was, an outgoing
passenger on the Northwestern, on his
annual visit to the States.
BRYAN’S RELATIVES LEAVE
LOS ANGELES, July 28 (JP)—Mrs.
Richard L. Hargreaves, wife of a bank
er here, and William Jennings Bryan,
jr., left here today for Dayton, where
their father died Sunday.
GERMAN PAPERS
COMMENT ON THE
DEATH BRYAN
SAYS HE OPPOSED EVOLUTION
OF CREATION AND IGNORED
EVOLUTION OF NATION
BERLIN, July 28 (/P)— Berlin news
paper comments on the death of Wil
liam Jennings Bryan included the fol
lowing:
“The great commoner who died in
harness after battling with windmills
for thirty years. Just as he opposed
evolution in the creation of this world,
so he ignored evolution of the Ameri
can government and its citizens.
Therefore he was outstripped by a
majority of his countrymen, whose
ridicule killed him.”
“The German people owe a kind re
membrance to Mr. Bryan, who en
deavored to prevent America’s entry
into the war and, failing, resigned
manfully.”
“Bryan was a fanatic in everything
including pacifism, anti-alcoholism,
and Christian Science.”
Hearing In Evolution
Case Been Postponed
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28 (£>)—
Hearing in the Washington evolution
suit has been postponed until Friday.
That day the government’s motion to
dismiss the suit will have preferred
status.
_
BRYAN’S SPEECH
ON EVOLUTION
BEEN RELEASED
DAYTON, Tenn., July 28 (£>)— In
a speech prepared by Mr. Bryan to be
delivered in the Tennessee evolution
j case, but undelivered owing to the
refusal to allow the testimony of a
scientific nature to go before the jury,
and released today by Mrs. Bryan,
The great anti-evolutionist said that
the case was no longer local but had
“assumed proportions of a battle roy
al between the unbelief that attempts
to speak through a so-called science,
and the defenders of the Christian
faith speaking through the Tennessee
legislature.”
He indicted evolution on five counts
as follows:
First, that it disputes the truth of
the Bible account of man’s creation
and shakes one’s faith in the Bible as
the Word of God.
Second, that evolution was a hy
pothesis and if carried to a logical
conclusion disputes every vital truth
in the Bible, which tendency would
naturally if not inevitably lead those
who accept it to agnosticism, then to
atheism.
Third, evolution chills enthusiasm
by substituting theories for facts, and
for years has obscured all beginnings
in the myths of endless ages.
Fourth, it disputes the miraculous
and ignores the spiritual in life, and
has no place for the regeneration of
the individual. It recognizes no re
pentance and scoffs at the doctrine
that one can be born again.
Fifth, if taken seriously it would
eliminate love and carry men back to
a struggle of tooth and claw. Chris
tians have allowed themselves to be
deceived into believing evolution a
beneficent and even a rational pro
cess. Evolution is not truth but is
merely a hypothesis. It Is a million
| guesses strung together.”
KING’S PALACE STRUCK
COPENHAGEN, July 28 (^—Light
ning today hit the king’s country home
at Skaw.
BATTLESHIP NEW YORK WINS
SEATTLE, July 28 (JP)—‘The battle
ship New York won the two mile cut
ter race yesterday.
Consummation European
Pact Means Disarmament
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 28 (/P).
The consummation of the European
security pact, in the opinion of Presi
dent Coolidge, would lay the founda
tion for further disarmament. He de
nied published reports that he had
given up hopes of another disarma
ment conference, and declared that
the Federal Trade Commission has a
useful function although some of the
criticisms are justified. The President
is not in favor of its abolishment.
DEATH OF BRYAN
MARKS PASSING
LAST POPULIST
SALT LAKE CITY. July 28 (/Pj—
| The death of William J. Bryan marks
J the passing of the last of the great
• populist leaders of the last two de
! cades of American history, which be
gan with a general wave in Iowa in
the late seventies, culminating in the
year 1916 with the Wilson administra
tion, said William Allen White, edi
tor* of the Emporia Gazette. He added,
we are now ready for the next adven
' ture in altruism in American politics.
It is not due for another decade at
least, but when it comes it will be part
of a world wide movement.”
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR DEAD
TOKYO, July 28 (#>)— Edgar Addi
son Bancroft, American ambassador
to Japan died at Karuizawa today.
DEBS SAYS NO GREAT LOSS TO
HUMANITY IN BRYAN’S DEATH
LOS ANGELES, July 28 (/P)—Re
great was expressed by Eugene V.
I Debs here when informed of the death
| of W. J. Bryan. He added, however,
that the cause of human progress had
sustained no loss in the death of the
commoner.
Two Boys and a Man
Found Dead in Rooms
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 2S (JP)—
Two boys and a man were found
dead in a hotel room here, after the
hotel employes had forced an en
trance to their room. They wrere last
seen last night when the man went
to a store to buy food.
Their identity is unknown.
ADMIRAL EVANS
SAILS WITH 68
SEATTLE, July 28 (JP)—'The steam
ship Admiral Evans sailed today at 10
o’clock with 68 passengers. Those
for Seward are: Miss E. Merbaum,
Bud Balheart, Miss F. Grant, Captain
Charles Johnson, George Staiger and
wife, Mrs. L. Pentz and baby, A. F.
England and wife, Miss D. F. Warren,
J. J. Quinlan, Frank Cook and wife,
Frank Gatz, M. S. McLeod, wife and
baby, and one steerage.
REINHARDT PLANS AMERICAN
TRIP WITH NEW COMPANY
BERLIN, July 28. (JP)—'The new
international Pantomime Company
founded this spring by Max Rein
hardt, is to make its debut in Salz
burg in August after which an ex
tensive European tour is planned to
be followed by an American sea
son.
BRYAN BE BURIED
BEAUTIFUL SPOT
ON SHENANDOAH
CREST OF SWELLING PLAIN AT
ARLINGTON RESTING PLACE
OF GREAT COMMONER
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 28 (£>)—
Near the crest of a swelling plain,
overlooking the beautiful Shenandoah
river, where the rest of that silent
company of the dead of many wars,
the government has marked out the
final resting place of William J. Bry
i an, the great commoner and publicist,
whose efforts to better the condition
of the American people ceased only
with his death.
The burial will take place Friday
afternoon, with the simple ceremo
nies prescribed in the oft repeated
wishes by the deceased. His resting
place is near the Lincoln and Wash
ington memorials, at a spot picked
out by Mr. Bryan on the occasion of
many visits to the cemetery.
Steamers Peary and Mohawk
Arrive At Southupemuvik
WASHINGTON, July 28 (£>)—'The
steamers Peary and Bowdoin arrived
at Southupemuvik, Greenland, Sun
day, the navy was advised.
MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 28.—
! The progress made by the motion pic
ture industry both in education and en
tertainment is an outstanding feature
of the opening years of this century.
President Coolidge said in a letter to
Will H. Hays, made public here today.
BODY OF BRYAN BE SENT
EAST ON SPECIAL TRAIN
DAYTON, Tenn., July 28 (#>)—'The
body of Wm Jennings Bryan will
leave on a special train from Dayton
to Washington tomorrow at 8:40 a.
m. The remains will lie in state at
the capital.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ASK
EVOLUTION CASE DISMISSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28 (£>)—
Authorities here have asked the Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court to
dismiss the action of Loren H. Whit
tier who brought suit to prevent pay
ment of local teachers because they
taught disrespect for the Bible.
FLOODS IN MASSACHUSETTS
DO §100,000 DAMAGES TO MILLS
ADAMS, Mass., July 2S (£>)—Floods
following a cloudburst over the Berk
shire Hills here today did damage es
timated at $100,000, tied up two mills,
threw nine hundred operatives out of
work, halted railroad traffic, stopped
trolley service and brought business
to a standstill.
Bryan Funeral Be Held
In Washington, Friday
DAYTON, Tenn., July 28 (£>)—-The
funeral of the late W. J. Bryan will
be held in Washington, at the New
York avenue Presbyterian church Fri
day noon. Mrs. Bryan annouced that
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, the pastor and~
a life-long friend of the commoner
would conduct the services.
THREE KILLED BY PLANE FALL
DETROIT, July 28 (£>)—Three per
sons were killed here yesterday when
an airplane made a forced landing and
caught fire. The dead are: Milton
Stein, pilot; Mrs. Violet Fleming and
Miss Evelyn Herzog, aged 10. , .