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Ai.AbKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930.
PiUCE TEN GENTS
“Life! we've been long together
Through pleasant and through
cloudy weather;
‘Tls hard to part when friends
i dre dear—
\ Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear;
Then steal away, give little warn
ing,
Choose thine own time;
Say not Good-Night, but in some
brighter clime
Bid me Good-Morning."
“Life” by Anna Letitia Barbauld.
Yesterday afternoon while Sew
ard bowed it’s head in sorrow, the
bereaved husband, children, rela
tives and scores of friends followed
the body of Mrs. M. E. Holben to
her last resting place in the Seward
cemetery. It was one of the most
beautiful and solemn of funeral
services ever held in the city.
Services were conducted in Odd
Fellows hall shortly after 2 o’clock,
with the Rev. E. E. Reisner officiat
ing and Mr. J. B. Kuhler, soloist.
Every chair in the good-sized hall
appeared to be occupied. The beau
tiful casket, resting at the right,
was literally blanketed with a gor
geous array of magnificent flowers
and floral pieces, last gifts to the
loved one from friends and frater
i nal orders.
Following rendition of a tender
melody by the soiist, prayer was
offered by Rev. Reisner. Mr. Kuhler
then rendered in a splendid voice
another solo, after which Rev.
Reisner chose Psalms 90:9. “We
pend our years as a tale that is
'old,” as his sermon.
In part, he said, “Life at it’s long
est is a short story. It is not a sob
between two eternities, but a con
tinuous story, most of which is be
yond the veil of death. Life is like
a story because it's contents are
soon told. It is as a bird fluttering
in the light before the fire place of
a Norse king, and winging it’s way
into the darkness because it’s nest
calls it yonder. At it’s longest, life
is brief. With the one who is gone,
it is the sunset while yet day.
“The years of a man are like a
talc that is varied. There is joy
and sorrow. Some are short and
j some are longer. Some are popu
lar, others scon forgotten. Some
are filled with scenes of intense liv
ing white others flow on in placid
U -aUl/AUlAiL-L'U.
“The years oi a man like a tale
leave impression on the observers.
Life is like a drama which begins,
the curtain rises, the story is un
folded with it’s heart-aches and
it’s joys, and the curtain drops
again, and people are made better
or worse by seeing it. In life we
arc living cur own stories.
“Life is like a tale because it must
close. It will be a happy ending if
we have so lived that we shall have
made the world better. If we have
lived righteously, the parting of the
curtain will usher us into eternal
happiness.
“Man’s life is like a story because
it lives on after he has died. Men
like Lincoln and Washington are
influencing this generation as
much as their own time. If our
story is to live in the heart *and
memory of our friends, it will be
because have done something
worth while.
“Life is like a story, that must
have a great inspiration, if it is tc
be worth while. Tire great inspirer
of our lives is Jesus Christ who car
even take the dull, uninteresting
life that is a failure and make it tc
live with great impulses and be
come a great blessing, to those
about us. Greatly has a mothei
blessed her children if she ha.'
taught them the value of life at hei
knees’’.
Funeral director P. C. McMullei:
then asked those who desired tc
pay their last respects and view the
remains of the departed, to pass bj
the casket. The group of pall
bearers consisting of members oi
the Elks Lodge, J. Osbukkon. Free
Broadwell, J. Bailey, E. Robbins, H
Painter and Charlie Sheldon the:
reverently bore the casket to the
waiting auto; the attendance ther
entering the numerous automo
biles. The funeral cortege, led b:
THUMBS DOWN
WASHINTGON, April 11. (.P)—
The people of Illinois have turn
ed thumbs down on the League
Court by a margin of 200,000 votes
in a solemn referendum on the
Issue. That thought was upper
most in official and political cir
cles here as an accounting was
taken of the smashing victory of
Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick in
the Republican Senatorial pri
mary.
SWEEPING VICTORY
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 (P)—
The Magnavox Company won a
sweeping victory in its suit against
the Frederick H. Thompson Com
pany, of San Francisco, for al
leged infringement of its patents.
In a decision handed down by
United States District Judge A.
F. St. Sure, the validity of the
Magnavox Company’s patents are
held to bo fully sustained. The
decision declares that the Mag
navox Majestic Company has in
fringed on all the Magnavox pat
ents. It provides for an injunc
tion against the Majestic Com
pany, restraining the latter from
•making or selling any devices em
! bodying inventions described in
I these patents.
| Finally the decree orders an ac
| counting of the profits realized
,fby the Majestic Company from
jthe unlawful use and sales of the
i Magnavox invention. The ac
II counting, it was stated, will in
i volve millions of dollars.
* CORDOVA, April 11. OP)—The
i finding of a pack on the trail
: near here belonging to Benjamin
French, pioneer trapper, who has
. been missing for several weeks,
has been reported. The discovery
' added fears that the trapper may
have met disaster as no other
trace of the man or his sled dogs
j have been located since he left
heme near Dickey lake, Richard
; son Highway. Some time ago Ike
i Harry, Hudson Bay trapper, left
; to search for French.
_
PUGET SOUND CITIES
COMPETING BIB SICES
I _
i SEATTLE, April 11. (/P)—Seattle
lend Tacoma’s impending air race
i across the Pacific ocean this
| spring moved a step nearer real
; ization with the announcement
! that the Lockhead factory in Los
Angeles had planes for both hops
ready for delivery.
| At the same time it was re
j vealed that the Emsco Aircraft
j Corporation is building a third
plane for a trans-Pacific flight.
BABY SIZE
! ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y„ Apr.
111. LP)—Stanley C. Huffman, of
I Cincinnatti, landed here shortly
! after 5 o’clock in his “baby size’1
i 30 horsepower airplane, after
! completing a non-stop hop from
jLunkin airport, Cincinnatti. Huff
! man’s plane is believed to be the
smallest ship in the world.
director McMullen, was followed b\
' the hearse; then came the pall
;bearers and members of the im
: mediate family. The processor
' was at least four blocks long and il
!i seemed as if every automobile ir
the city was in the line.
At a beautiful plot in the ceme
’ itery, with snow flakes fluttering
j over bared heads, service was ren
.idered by Rev. Reisner and flower:
i strewn upon the last resting plac«
: of the beloved, departed wife ant
i mother.
• j “God moves in a mysterious waj
r his wonder to perform.’’
mm DisiHtss
II ALASKA, REPORTS
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
WASHINGTON, April 11. (£>)—
Declaring that the Alaska “in
dustrial distress” is the result of
“unfair discrimination,” Suther
land urged the House marine
committee to favor the bill to
place the Territory on the same
status as the rest of the United
States on land and water hauls
under the Merchant Marine Act.
Dan Sutherland said Canadian
freight can be turned to the south
into the United States but it is
not allowed to turn into Alaska.
The delegate declared he was
| forced into “baiting capital” be
cause “the monopoly has my dis
trict by the throat,” adding “Con
gress and the postofficc depart
ments are maintaining a mono
poly.”
W. Harry Coving, representing
the Alaska Steamship Company
| denied Sutherland’s charge of a
: monopoly. Sutherland also asked
; for approval to his two Alaskan
1 fisheries bills.
| The War department sent to
j Congress the report of Major
! General Brown, chief of army
| engineers, declaring the protection
| of territory around Salmon river
| from destruction by floods ap
1 peered “desirable if it can be ob
i tained at a reasonable cost.”
Brown suggested the necessity of
obtaining further information to
determine the cost or economic
justification for such construction.
I MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
TO BANQUET MAY R
The Mother and Daughter Ban
uet at the Community church has
been set for May 8. Each woman
j is to be accompanied by a girl.
li she has no daughter she can
borrow one for the occasion. The
(tickets will be 31.25 and admits
| mother and daughter. Admission
i will be by ticket only.
I
Si^n of spring and heralding the
;opening of the vast inner Territory
[of Alaska and the Yukon watershed
both in United States and Canadian
Territory, the White Pass and Yu
ikon routes schedules have been is
[suert for the coming season,
j First sailing from Whitehorse, a
jdate of special interest to the
.sourdoughs who have wintered
I outside, will be June 1, and it will
[be taken by the steamer Yukon.
First vessels out of Seattle con
necting with initial sailing from
|the upper river will be the Alaska
Steamship Co., carrier Alameda
I May 13, with dead freight, and the
j Admiral Rogers of the Pacific
[Steamship Co., May 22, dead freight
| and perishables.
Second sailing out of Whitehorse
will be the Casca, June 18. Many
J Seattle vessels, the Alameda, May
j27, Admiral liner Queen May 29
'Northwestern of Alaska Steamship
Co., June 3, Admiral Rogers of the
[Admiral Line, June 5, Dorothy Al
exander of the same fleet. June 7
jand Alameda again on June 10
[will connect with the Casca.
! On June 30 the new Whitehorse
or'the upper works of the famous
[old Whitehorse, with a new hull
isails on her first voyage down river
river.
The sailings out of Seattle con
,nect with the interior points o
|Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Beaver
■ [Stephens Village, Rampart anc
other points on the lower Yukor
jand tributaries.
; Forty-two sailings out of Seattl(
■ to connect with the Yukon rive]
■ [route are listed with the seasor
>, closing with the departure of th<
‘ Dorothy Alexander, September 3.
I j A heavy passenger movemen
[over the various tours of the Whits
Pass and Yukon is anticipated fo;
the coming season.
BASEBALL f
**
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
j Portland 6; Los Angeles 9.
Hollywood 5; Oakland 3.
Seattle 4; San Francisco 7.
Missions 1; Sacramento G.
C0MM1TTIES NAMED
ON CITY COUNCIL
FOR ENSUING YEAR
The personnel of the various City
Council committees for the ensuing
year were appointed last night by
Mayor P. C. McMullen, as follows:
1—Assessment and Collection of
Taxes: Councilman Swetmann,
chairman, Councilman Hopkins,
j 2—Public Schools: Councilman
1 Orlander, chairman, Councilman
Roberts.
3—Fire Protection: Councilman
Roberts, chairman, Councilman
Cooper.
| 4—Lights, Sewerage, Water and
Wharves:, Councilman Hofman
!chairman, Councilman Roberts.
I 5—Public Health and Public Pro
j tection: Councilman Orlander,
chairman, Councilman Hopkins,
j 6—Finance and Claims: Council
man Orlander, chairman, Council
man, Swetmann.
j 7—Streets and Street Improve
ments: Councilman Roberts, chair
Iman, Councilman Swetmann.
j 8—Printing: Councilman Hop
duns, chairman, Councilman Coop
|er.
j 9- -Civic \ f fa i r s: Counci’man
iHofman chairman. Councilman
j Cooper.
10—Law and Ordinances: Coun
cilman Hopkins, chairman; Coun
cilman Cooper.
11.Glacier Stream: Councilman
Cooper chairman, Councilman Hoi
man.
INTO STATE RACE
SAN FRANCISCO. April 11. (dP.i
—James Rolph, jr., San Francis
I co's mayor for 20 years, plunged
, into tiie race for the Republican
1 nomination for governor.
“I have decided to become a
candidate,” he announced formal
ly
I The entry of “Sunny” changed
i the Republican primary into a
j three-cornered contest. Arrayed
: against the mayor are C. C
Young, incumbent, and Baron
j Fitts, district attorney of Los An
j geles.
• GUTTER CHELAN
I WILL SERVE US
I FLOATING COURT
Heading for Western Alaska
where she will serve as a float
| ing federal courthouse, the Uni
| ted States Coast Guard cuttei
: Chelan, Capt. R. W. Dempwolf
• commander, will sail from Seat
• tie April 9.
| On her way to Western Alaska
} the Chelan will call at Valdei
; where she will take aboard Judge
Coke Hill of the Third Judicia
I District of Alaska, and a Unitec
| States district attorney. Captaii:
{Dempwolf is a United States com
• missioner and Lieut. Comdr. Johr
j Trebes, executive office of th<
Chelan, is a United States mar
shal, making the floating federa
! | court complete. Cases ranging
! from petty larceny to murder wil
| be tried during the court cruis<
,; of the Chelan which will take hei
. to the Aleutian Islands. Kodial
, Island. Unga, False Pass, Unal
. aska and the little settlements or
the shores of Bristol Bay. Then
is no federal in Alaska west o
>; Valdez and every two years i
■ court cruise is made by one o
. the vessels of the Coast Guard.
TO COVER UP
WASHINTGON, April 11. (/P)—
A daring plan to deliberately
wreck his Mercury racing plane
if it failed to fly in the Schneider
Cup races in England last Sep
tember, to conceal the bungling
of the Philadelphia Naval Air
craft factory in its construction
was revealed by Lieutenant AJ
Williams, noted U. S. Navy speed
pilot, before the Senate Naval
affairs committee.
SHIPPING BOARD
LOANS ONE MILLION
10 CONDITION BOATS
BAN FRANCISCO, April 11. (,?;
| —Two loans, aggregating $1,000,
i 000, were awarded the Doilai
Steamship Line by the Unitec
States shipping board.
According to word received bj
the company from Washington
D. C., one loan not to exceed
$580,000 is for reconditioning thf
steamship President Fil’more. Th(
other not to exceed $420,000 is foi
improvements on the steamshit
President Johnson,
j Reconditioning work on the twc
{vessels already has been done, i*
' was announced.
icayiEElliiie
AT MAUL MI
i
VALLEJO, Calif., April 11. (IP)—
: The U. S. S. Chicago, one of the
; eight treaty type, 10,000-ton crui
! sers authorized by Congress in
; 1924, was floated in Mare Island
j channel yesterday, before a gath
ering of 25 persons.
| The craft is the second in the
| American Navy bearing the name
“Chicago.” The first was launch
ed December 5, 1883, at Chester,
Pa., by John Roch and Sons.
The keel of the vessel was laid
at the Mare Island Navy yard,
September 10. 1928.
i
LONDON, April 11. (/P)—France
created a sensation in the Naval
conference circles by putting into
concrete terms, for th first time,
her attitude toward Italy's claim
for parity.
The French minister of marine
was said in authoritive quarters to
have told A. V. Alexander, First
Lord of the British admiralty, that
not only would France never con
cede parity but that she demands
a superiority of 240,000 tons over
Italy.
NUTEONS TIES FEME
I _
WELLINGTON, N. Z., April 11
(IP)—Speaking at a luncheon at
tended by New Zealand official
dom, Rear Admiral Richard E
Byrd declared his belief that avi
: ation would bind nations closei
with ties of peace as great air
ships soon would be flying over
the Atlantic and the Pacific.
| He said “I believe aviation is
! more an instrument of peace
• than of war. It tends to bring
? the nations of the world closer
j together and to know, is to under
II stand. Knowledge lessens criti
: j cism.”
t!
The Little Theater Club took
: its first official action in sup
■ porting Seward activities of a dra
i matic nature when it voted tc
i endorse the Declamatory Contest
: which was held at the high school
t last evening. The club extended
l an invitation to the winners tc
become members of the club.
TIKE SEATS IS IS23
j
In session for the last time, the
1929 City Council met last even
ing and, with the new incoming
members sitting on the side-lines,
rapidly cleaned up old business,
then turned their duties over.
Included in these were reports
and communication. Claims total
ing $388.36 were presented and
upon motion bills be allowed and
roll call, warrants were ordered
drawn for same. “This,” stated
Mayor P. C. McMullen, “brings
to an end the work of this coun
cil; we are sorry to lose two old
members, especially Councilman
Joe Badger, who has been with us
for seven years, and Councilman
i M. E. Horner, who has been with
; us for the past year. Both are
good men who did their work well
land we appreciate their past en
deavors.
; “Sine Die.”
| Mr. Badger, in retiring, said
; that he had enjoyed his work
ivery much and hoped the new
council would enjoy their work as
much as he had. Mr. Horner’s
farewell remarks were in a simi
lar vein.
The new members of the City
I Council then took oath of of
fice and were sworn In by City
Attorney L. V. Ray. With P. C. Me
Mullen, reelected, in the chair, the
Clerk called the roll, C. C. Cooper,
|c. E. Orlander, Leonard Hopkins,
J. S. Hofman, A. R. Roberts. El
Iwyn Swetmann; the latter was
the sole hold-over,
i Communication was read from
President W. C. Erwin of the Sew
ard School Board in which request
was made of the council for free
medical examination for members
of the school faculty; that a cer
tificate of good health would be
one of the requirements of faculty
members if elected. The communi
(cation was referred to the Coun
icil’s school committee for report
| at the next regular meeting.
At this point City Attorney Ray
j excused himself but before leav
ing expressed his best wishes to
the council in all their future
work.
Mayor McMullen stated he
j would entertain a motion to rc
jtain all employees in city offices
■ until the salary ordinance is
. passed and positions appointed,
i Motion passed.
, | Councilman Roberts brought up
the subject of the council parti
j cipating in the local library move
■ ment to the extent that either a
► member of the council or a rep
, resentative be appointed. A mem
,; ber from each of the local var
| lous organizations are and have
i been appointed, he said, this
• | committee to handle affairs. May
or McMullen asked Dr. Roberts to
act as the council’s representative
until further notice.
Mr. Jack Shea, local citizen, was
present and upon invitation from
. the Mayor, was asked to present
his business. Mr. Shea brought up
’ the subject of poisoned dogs stat
ing that it was either poisoned
ifish or that a poisoner was at
• | work; that the opinion of the cit
izens of this comihunity were di
’! vided on this but that he thought
• | the deaths of the many dogs here
' | recently was the work of a poison
’ j er. In any case, as the matter now
' | stands, it is nothing.
Mr. Shea suggested to the coun
1 cil that the City Health officer
5 j be instructed to procure the stom
J j af'h of one or two dead dogs and
: send them Outside for analysis.
If it is fish which has caused the
deaths, then it is a menace, Mr.
Shea stated. If it is a poisoner at
work, then it is a criminal act. He
jany case something definite will
. be ascertained by this action. He
‘; said that he had been in Alaska
; for 17 years and never in all of
) his experience had he seen a dog
. j die in 10 minutes from eating
| poisonous fish.
, He then related an incident
| which occurred near his home and
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