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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 143.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925.
'PRICE TEN CENTS.
SPORT PROCRAM
COMPLETED FOR
FOURTH OF JULY
_
GIGANTIC CELEBRATION MAKING,
GREAT HEADWAY—DAY WILL
BE FILLED WITH MANY FINE
EVENTS.
The program of sports, for the
Fourth of July celebration as present
ed at the general meeting last night
of the various committees, was ap
proved in general and is published
Oelow:
10:30 a. m., parade, prize $100.
\ 11-11:45, children exercises and
speaker of the day.
11:45 a. m. to 1 p. m., lunch and
rest.
1 p. m. 50 yard dash, (boys under
10). $2. $1.50.
1:15 p. m., 50 yard dash, (girls
under 10), $2. $1.50.
1:25 p. m., 50 yard dash, (boys un
der 14), $3, $1.50.
1:35 p. m., 50 yard dash, (girls un
der 14), $3, $1.50.
r 1:45 p. m., 100 yard dash, (Free for
all), $10, $5.
2 p. m., Bicycle race, (boys under
14), $3, $2.
2:15 p. m., Ladies 50 yard dash,
$3.50, $2.50.
2:25 p. m., Fat man race, (75
yards), $5, $2.50.
2:35 p. m., Boys sack race, (boys
under 14), $2.50, $2.
2:45 p. m., Girl’s potato race, (un
<der 16), $3, $2.
3 p. m., Baseball game, $100.
5-6:30 p. m., Supper time.
6:3?, Marathon race, (must be 4
entries), $100, $50, $25.
6:35 p. m., Ladies nail driving con
test. $3.
6:45 p. m., Mens three-legged race,
$6, $4.
6:55 p. m., Boxing contest (Battle
royal, 4 men in ring), $10 each.
7:15 p. m., Boys three-legged race,
$4, $3.
7:25 p. m., Mens relay race, $40.
7:35, 75 yard dash, (boys under j
NURSEFREED BY
MILITARY COURT
OF RUM RUNNING
—
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 17(/P) j
—A court martial quickly acquitted j
Miss Ruth M. Anderson, navy nurse, J
accused of importing liquor on a'
transport.
TWO AVIATORS LEAVE ON
SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN
ADVENT BAY, June 17. —Two avia
tors of the Norwegian searching par
* ty, hopped off today for Kings Bay,
thirty miles away. From there they
will continue their search for the
missing explorer.
FOUR YOUNG WOMEN ARE
DOING WONDERS WITH
BOOTLEGGERS IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, June 17. —The Salva
tion Army announced four young wo
men, studying in the U. S. Training
School, in the Bronx, have persuaded
over a hundred bootleggers to seek
other employment.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
DEMANDS PAYMENT
ROME, June 16. (£•)—'The Italian
government has demanded that the
Afghanistan government make a pub
lic apology and pay $35,000 indemnity
for the execution of Dario Piperno on
June 2, who was convicted of killing
an Afghan soldier.
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Join the Chamber of Commerce.
Beehive Placed
In Arcade Park
The hive of bees which Mr. Hob
en wired for two weeks ago, arrived
from Seattle on the last steamer
from the South and has been plac
ed in the Arcade Park. The experi
ment is believed will prove success
ful. Mr. Hoben said yesterday, tho
he does not expect the colony to
produce the average 24 pounds of
honey per day, considered a mean
average in the States. Th bees ap
pear to be vry peaceful and no cas
ualties, in the matter of stinging
has yet been chalked up against the
hive. Until the warm weather ar
rives, Mr. Hoben has made a feed
ing grounds for the little 'workers.
The hive has attracted considerable
attention from passerbys, and espe
cially from the many tourists who
have already visited the city.
bar™ loses
BOTH OF HIS
LIMBS IN FEUD
MOTOR EXPLOSION CAUSED BY
BOMB BLOWS MAN THIRTY FT.
THROUGH TOP OF AUTO—WAS
CLIMAX OF FIVE YEARS’ QUAR
REL OVER GIRL.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J— Samuel
Vencherri, of Lindeau, near here, was
blown thirty feet through the top of
his automobile, and suffered the loss
of one leg at the knee and the other
at the ankle, from an explosion this
morning in the motor of his machine,
believed to have been caused by a
bomb, set as the climax to a five-year
feud over} an Italian girl. Physicians
at the hospital here, where he was
brought, said Vencherri will recover.
Five years ago Vencherri, who is
a barber, fell in love with the picture
of an Italian girl. He opened a cor
respondence with her, finally sending
her money to come to this country,
with the understanding that she would
marry him three months after her ar
rival. During the three months she
became enamored of an Italian neigh
bor and eloped with him, which be
came the starting point of the family
feud.
DEATH LIST OF
LACKAWANA RY.
WRECK NOW 42
HACKETTSTOWN. N. J„ June 17.
(iP)—The death list of the Lackawana
wreck has now reached forty-two per
sons, with many injured. It is ex
pected at least ten more will die from
their injuries.
CHARTER FOR CHRYSLER CORP.
NEW ^ ORK, June 17. (/P)—A char
ter for the Chrysler Corporation was
filed in Delaware late Saturday and
it is believed this will be the Holding
Company for the recently organized
Chrysler Corporation, of Michigan,
which succeeds the Maxwell Motor
concern.
The new Delaware capitalization is
listed at 1,750,000 shares of stock with
out a par value.
MENDELL RESIGNS
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 17. (>p)
—Professor Charles S. Mendell has
resigned as chairman of the athletic
board of control, of Yale.
INDIAN PRINCE DEAD
PARIS, June 17. (#)—'The Mahara
jah of Gwilor, a rich and powerful In
dian prince, died Saturday, and was
cremated yesterday, wearing his royal
robes and jewels.
Gateway Want Ads—Read Them!
MOTORCYCLE
POLICEMAN HAS
SKIILL BROKEN
PATROLING INTERNATIONAL SET
TLEMENT SHANGHAI— MET
CHINESE MOB
SHANGHAI, June 17. (/P)—P. S.
Gavin, British citizen and motorcycle
policeman of the Shanghai Internat
ional settlement, encountered a band
of rioters last night in the East Kas
sing road, within the boundary of the
settlement. Gavin stopped a student
haranguing in Chinese, and ordered
the crowd to disperse.
Threats answered him, and Gavin
sent a Chinese constable to a police
sub-station nearby, for help. When
the policemen arrived they found Ga
vin lying in the street, disarmed and
his skull fractured. His motorcycle
was taken by the mob.
MAY OUTLAW POISON GASSES
GENEVA, June 17. (&)—'The Inter
national Arms Conference, after a
long discussion, decided to draw up,
at once, a protocol designed to out
law the use of poison gas in warfare.
This protocol was proposed by Repre
sentative Burton of Ohio.
PRIZE WINNER SUED
NEW YORK, June 17. (/P)—Sidney
Howard, whose song. “They Knew
What I Said I Wanted", won the Pul
itzer Prize, has been sued for play
garism by John Grubb Alexander, Er
nest Richard Schayer and Wilfred
North of California, who allege that
the author pirated their play “The
Fall of The Moon.” The Theatre
Guild and several actors are co-de
fendants.
GENE TUNNEY IS
READY TO FIGHT
WILLS ANY TIME
NEW YORK, June 17. (£>)—Word
was received here today that Gene j
Tunney is willing to fight Harry Wills !
at any time, providing he has to. to j
get a chance at the heavyweight j
crown, now worn by Jack' Dempsey. !
Tunney is in perfect condition since •
his fight with Tommy Gibbons, and ■
says the match did not hurt him a j
particle.^
MAY CALL ANOTHER
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE!
BERLIN, June 17. (/P)—The possi
bility of another European confer
ence on the post-war problems, espec
ially those pertaining to re-occupa
tion is being considered by German
officials, aS the result of a note from
the Allied Powers, growing out of vio
lation of the Versailles Treaty. In
dustrial and financial leaders say the
note was inspired by economic jeal
ousy. Hjalmar Schaclit, president of
! the Reichs Bank, said that the note
emperils the Dawes Plhn and the
German nerves have about reached
the breaking point, due to political
heckling.
OBTAINS DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, June 17. (£>)— Mrs.
Alexander Koness obtained a divorce
Saturday on the grounds of cruelty,
saying that her husband told all the
neighbors that his brother-in-law had
killed a President.
Mrs. Koness was a sister of Czol
gosz, the slayer of President William
McKinley.
FLEET DUE NEW SOUTH WALES
SYDNEY, June 17. (vP)—The gov
ernment of New South Wales has pro
claimed a public holiday on June 23,
when the United States fleet of bat
tleships, is due to arrive.
Testimony In Light
Case Expected In
By Friday Noon
Mr. Shellhorn and Mr. Graff con
tinued on the stand yesterday af
ternoon and this morning, in the
matter of the local power case now
up before Judge E. E. Ritchie, in
the local court. It is understood
one more witness in behalf of the
light company, is yet to be called
and the defendants should close its
case this afternoon.
Testimony will be all in by Fri
day noon, it is stated. The testi
mony is uninteresting being confin
ed to costs of plant, overhead, and
technical matters.
GATEWAY’S STORY
SUBSTANTIATED
CANADIAN PRESS
TWO MONTHS OF HARD LABOR
ON DISCOVERY NET PROSPEC
TORS S1.60—SCHOOL TEACHER
SINKS HER WAD.
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 17.—(JP)
—Miss Mary Wolverton, who returned
yesterday from the Cassiar gold strike,
said, ‘'three experienced miners, who
went to Gold Pan Creek and diverted
that stream at the expense of two
months’ labor took out $1.60 in gold.
Very little gold is being found and
many of the Alaska and Yukon sour
doughs who went in last winter with
dog teams are coming out on their
way to older and more lucrative fields
of the big North. The only real money
made is in selling claims for hundreds
of dollars.
‘A school teacher put her savings
of six hundred dolars into a claim and
sent two men in with supplies, but
they found no gold.
“The most remarkable thing about
the country up there is, that on the
west side of Dease lake placer gold
has been mined for half a century
without excitement, but a few ounces
of gold taken from Gold Pan Creek
and brought out at the beginning of
winter caused a stampede.”
CANADIANS
WANT RETURN
FROM STATES
NATIVES OF DOMINION FIND CAL
IFORNIA NOT EARTHLY PARA
DISE-WANT TO MOVE BACK
GREAT DEAL UNEMPLOYMENT
IN SOUTHERN STATE.
MONTREAL, —“There are many
disillusioned Canadians in California,
and they would gladly return to the
Dominion, but there is a great deal of
unemployment in that state, and many
lack the means of making the move
back to their native country,” said W.
J. Robb, vice-president of the Cana
dian National Railways, who returned
to Montreal today after an extensive
journey through the Western states,
including a brief stay in California.
“I have been told there are 200,000
Canadians in California,” said Mr.
Robb, “and I believe that the figure
is a fair one, because whenever you
go in that state you will meet a Cana
dian.
“The majority of them have learned
that the place is not an earthly para
dise. They have discovered that the
taxes are heavy, and, aside from the
irrigated land, thg farmer in Califor
nia is as much subject to drought as
other parts of the country.”
As a finar word, Mr. Robb said: “At
the close of the long journey, I re
main thoroughly satisfied that Canada
remains the land of great opportun
ity.”
GOVERNOR GEO.
PARKS TAKES
OATH OF OFFICE
CEREMONY MARKED WITH THE
UTMOST SIMPLICITY—FEW
OFFICIALS PRESENT
JUNEAU. Alaska, June 17. (/P)—
With unostention and simplicity that
marked his public and private career
in Alaska, George Parks took the oath
of office for the Governorship of the
Territory of Alaska, yesterday, the
oath being administered by the Unit
ed States District Judge Thomas M.
Reed, only a few officials being pres
ent.
No pictures or records were made
of the filing, only a record being kept
of his oath of office. Governor Parks
pledged his best efforts and said in
part:
“The big need of the Territory is
for Alaskans to think, plan and work
constructively. Alaska has resour
ces and there must be some reason
why handicaps in development have
not been surmounted.
“We shall try to discover what is
wrong and get it corrected. Alaska
is not like many other pioneer sec
tions. where settlers could move in
and live off the country as they de
veloped it, but it needs capital to de
velop its resources, to make pay rolls
and establish a market for local pro
ducts.
Therefore people must encourage
capital through low taxation, and a
fair, or more than fair dealing, to
come here.”
Governor Parks praised Rone’s ad
ministration and said his greatest
hope was that he might continue to
work for the territory with the same
unselfish devotion and high spirit of
his predecessor.
Martin George, for twenty years
chief draftsman in the Surveyor Gen
eral’s office, has been appointed ca
dastral engineer by the Interior De
partment, and as such succeeds Geo.
Parks. July first he will succeed the
duties of the surveyor general.
J. A. Ramsay, with the field divi
sion of the General Land Office, has
been designated division inspector in
charge of the Alaska Field Division of
the General Land Office, with head
quarters at Anchorage, succeeding
Parks in that work.
RATINGS OF BALLOON RACERS
ARE BEING HELD UP UNTIL
RETURN PILOT PR. LEOPOLD
BRUSSELS. June 16. (/P)—The rat
ing of competitors in the Gordon Ben
nett Balloon race is being held up
pending the return of Veenstra, pilot
of Prince Leopold, supposed to have
covered the greatest distance.
The decision as to whether he is the
winner depends on whether he came
down on the Spanish coast as first
reported or landed in the water and
was disqualified.
NO GROUND FOR
RUMOR ROMANCE
JOHN COOLIDGE
YOUNG COOLIDGE "JUST PAYING
VISIT TO HOME OF GOVERNOR
TRUMBULL”
HARTFORD, June 16. (JP)—The
wife of Governor Trumbull said there
is no ground fot a rumor of romance
between her daughter, Florence, and
John Coolidge, son of President Cool
idge.
She characterized young Coolidge’s
presence here as “Just a visit between
examination and commencement,” add
ing that he would return to Amherst
tomorrow.
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