BUSINESS DRIVES
FAR-FAMED DIANA
FROM HIGH PERCH
NEW YORK, Apr. 30.—Madison
Square Garden, scene of the last Dem
ocratic convention, a landmark ever
since 1890, a magic name since 1S78,
will pass out of the picture early in
May, Wreckers then will lay jack
adze and crowbar to probably New
York’s most widely known institution
to make way for the new 28-story
home of the New York Life Insur
ance Company,
The towered arena, surmounted by
forlorn Diana drawing stringless bow
against the north wind, will be reduc
ed to rubble in a few months.
Madison Square Garden, there have
been two buildings, was originally the
abandoned passenger station of the
old Harlem Railroad. Harlem trains
from Albany in the late ’60s were tow
ed there, down Fourth Avenue from
42nd Street, because steampower in
the heart of the city was deemed un
safe.
Commodore Vanderbilt captured the
Harlem line and subordinated it to his
own Harlem River Railroad. The
Harlem station was closed when he
opened Grand Central station farther
north.
P. T. Barnum. with a showman’s
eye. saw the possibilities of the de
serted trainshed. It covered 32 city
lots, the largest enclosure in Manhat
tan, and he leased it for his circus
opening its long career as a concourse
for athletic meets, monster concerts
and horseshows. It was also known
under its present name from then on,
save for four years as “Gilmore’s Gar
den” during a tenancy of the band
master.
The trainshed was replaced by the
present structure in 1S89. The new
building was designed by Stanford
White, who more than a decade later
was shot there by Harry K. Thaw.
It was financed by a syndicate com
prising J. Piermont Morgan, D. O.
Mills and other leading spirits in the
Marathon
CAFE
JOSIE EMSWILER, Prop.
THE HOME OF WELL
COOKED FOOD
SEWARD, ALASKA
Horse Show Association, It was for
mally opened before 17,000 people oi]
June 16, 1S90, with Edward Strauss
and his orchestra and two grand bal
lets.
The shows, political conventions,
balls, mass meetings and national
sporting events held in the Garden in
the subsequent 35 years are familiar
history. Also, during this period, the
value of the building, which cost ?3,
000,000 to erect, dwindled to a mere
f $150,000 when the New York Life
j bought it in at foreclosure auction in
: 1916. The total consideration was $2,
000,000, land and all.
Because the Garden never paid fi
nancially, it had to go.
SCIENTISTS DECLARE
SOLIDS FORM PART OF
SUN’S BRIGHT CORONA
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 30.—A
summarization of scientific knowl
edge gathered from the sun’s eclipse
January 24 has led the Bureau of
Standards to three main conclusions.
These are:
That the sun’s corona, which is the
scientific term for the radiant man
tle of material stretching to great dis
tances from the main orb, is in part
composed of solid or liquir mate
rial, and not entirely of gas.
That the existence of an element
in the sun, provisionally dubbed “co
roniura,” which has never been en
countered on the earth’s globe, is
fairly well established.
That a new method of timing eclip
ses, based on the phenomena o!
light, can be worked out and ap
plied on June 28, 1927, when the
next great eclipse of the sun, visi
ble in Europe is due.
Dr. George K. Burgess, director of
the bureau, and his staff of experts
who made a variety of investigations
during the few moments the sun was
veiled, reached these conclusions at a
meeting at which they brought their
preliminary compilations together.
They are continuing comparisons
with the findings of other scientists.
D. C. C. Kiess, who took a spectra
observation from the airship Los An
geles, detected again in his photo
graphs the green and red lines which
are believed to denote the existence
of “coronium.” His findings check
ed accurately with those of previous
observers who have sought evidence
■ as to the possible new element.
The conclusions as to the solid and
liquid matter in the corona rest
largely upon the experiments of Drs.
H. T. Stetson and W. W. Coblenz,
aimed at establishing the exact tem
perature of the sun. Dr. Coblenz,
using better instruments than his
predecessors, found the corona tem
perature of the sun. Dr. Coblenz,
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April 21 April 28 May 3rd
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
May 5 May 12 May 19 Tues., 9 p.m.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
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Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
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G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13». 8EWARD, ALA8KA
using better instruments than his
predecessors, found the corona tem
perature to be 3,000 degrees above
absolute zero, in spite of the fact
that previous observations have indi
cated the temperature ' to be about
6,000 degrees. The difference in the
two temperatures gives ground for
the inference that the corona is made
up in part of dense matter, because
if it were all incandescent gas, the
temperature would be higher.
In measuring the time of the
eclipse, or rather the time of duration
of the obscuration, I. G. Priest, an
other bureau expert, sought to give
astronomers better data for calcu
lating the movement of the moon.
There is a gap in proven data which
makes the time of the coming of
eclipses uncertain by several seconds
and although this circumstance is
philosophically accepted by ordinary
humanity, it is annoying to scien
tists.
NEW ARMS TREATY
TO AMERICA’S LIKING
SOUGHT BY LEAGUE
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, Apr. 30.—Subsequent to
its active participation in the inter
national opium conference, the Uni
ted States soon will take part in
another international congress, that
for the control of the international
trade in arms. This conference, giv
en great importance as a part of the
general world disarmament move
ment, will open at the League pal
ace May 5. Up to the present time
32 countries have signified their in
tention to be represented. All the
great powers will be there.
The technical preparation for this
conference has probably been exceed
ed by that of no other world cong
ress. The league’s disarmament sec
tion has been studying data for years
assembling material from all parts
of the world and compiling complete
documents with all kinds of infor
mation calculated to assist the dele
gates in their deliberations.
The league people discovered it
was hopeless to do anything real in
controlling the traffic in arms with
out the collaboration of the United
States. In this respect their experi
ence was similar to that of the
league experts who, striving to elab
orate a system of sanctions against
an aggressor state in consonance
with the provisions of the Geneva
peace protocol which was recently
rejected by Great Britain, soon came
to the conviction that any system
of measures taken against a culpa
ble state could never be assured of
success while the United States re
mained outside the system.
So the big problem of the organiz
ers of the coming arms conference
was to devise means of bringing
about American participation with
some assurance that a document
would emerge that would satisfy all
the American objections to the con
vention for the control of arms traf
fic signed in 1919 at St. Germain-en
Laye, France.
The Washington objections to the
1919 convention were that it did not
permit trade in arms wih counries
not parties to it, thus preventing the
United States from supplying arms
to many Central or South American
countries; that the United States
could not subscribe in advance to in
ternational legislation which the
government could not guarantee that
congress would enact; and that the
provisions of the convention, in re
lation to the League of Nations, were
so closely interwoven with the con
vention as to make it impossible for
the American government, which is
not a member of the league, to rat
ify the convention.
It is now pointed out that the draft
cnovention to be submitted in May
has eliminated the first American ob
jection, because the export of arms
is permissible under certain restric
tions.
Great difficulty was found in meet
ing the second American objection.
Eventually, the situation was thought
to be best treated by inserting a
clause whereby any government may
declare that it accepts the provis
ons of the convention partially or
conditionally, provided the other sig
natories consent, and provided this
kind of adherence does not interfere
with the effectiveness of the super
vision of the trade in arms and war
material.
I As to the third point raised by the
United States, it was agreed that a
central international office should bt
esablished by the council of the
League of Nations to collect, pre
serve and publish documents of all
kinds furnished by signatory states
enneerning the arms traffic. It is
argued that under this clause the
League Council can decide whether
the proposed international machinery
shall or shall not be placed under
the aegis of the League of Nations.
Sheaffer’a Life Time Pens, at the
the Alaska Shop. tf
NOTICE OF SALE OF “ON HAND”
AND “UNCLAIMED” FREIGHT
AND BAGGAGE.
Notice is hereby given that on the
j fifteenth of May, 1925, at 3 p. m. at
the Anchorage Freight Shed, an “On
Hand” sale will be conducted. At this
time the following unclaimed and un
marked freight and baggage will be
offered for sale:
1 wagon tongue: marked F. J. Por
ter, Anchorage.
1 Saw on board; marked Mike Bar
tovich.
1 Suitcase personal effects; marked
Mrs. C. Dale.
1 Suitcase; marked St. Clair.
1 Box books; marked Albert Chand
ler. .
1 Sack clothing; marked Albert
Chandler.
1 Suitcase; marked E. G Pearson.
1 Sack clothing; marked Dewey
Covington.
1 War bag clothing, marked J. M.
Hansen.
1 Sack clothing; marked W. J. Line
ham.
1 Roll bedding; marked J. F. Ked
ler, Iditarod.
1 Box dental hardware; marked J.
R. Walle.
1 Pack sack clothing; marked John
Barker.
1 Bundle clothing; marked Versun.
1 Sack clothing; marked John Nel
son.
1 Tool chest; marked G. R Robert
son, Seward.
1 Brown fur robe; marked Ammer
man.
G Boxes drill parts; marked Circle—
O. Berry.
2 Crates drill parts; marked Circle—
O Berry.
8 Loose pieces drill parts; marked
Circle—O. Berry.
10 Bags personal effects; unmarked.
2 Boxes personal effects; unmarked.
13 Sacks personal effects; unmark
ed.
15 Gunnies personal effects; un
marked.
5 Pack sacks personal effects; un
marked. *
8 Suitcases personal effects; un
marked.
22 Bundles personal effects; un
marked.
2 Leather bags personal effects; un
marked.
2 Suitcases (empty); unmarked.
1 Trunk personal effects; unmarked.
1 Trunk (empty); unmarked
1 Sack bedding robe; unmarked.
1 Suitcase containing Spanish war
vet. letters, medals, etc., unmarked.
1 Bundle bear hide; unmarked.
1 Box 59 cans paint; unmarked. ^
1 30 US Winchester, Model 1895;
unmarked.
1 Pair snowshoes; unmarked.
1 30 WCF Winchester, Model 1894;
unmarked.
1 40-82 Winchester, Model, 1886; un
marked.
NOEL W. SMITH,
General Manager.
First publication April 16, 1925.
Last publication A.pril 30, 1925 3t
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
6 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
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FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Yukon
Northwestern
ALASKA
YUKON
Northwestern
ALASKA
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16th
May 23
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23rd.
May 30
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23rd
May 30
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule leave Seward every Saturday midnight.
J. H.
PHONE MAIN 125
FLICKINGER, Agent
SEWARD, ALASKA
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Prosperity
The prosperity of any community depends very
largely upon the co-operation manifested by the
many individuals and institutions forming the com
munity There can be no lasting prosperity or gen
eral progress in the life of any community without
honest co-operation between all elements that in
any way affect the common welfare.
So it is with Alaska. No one section of this
great land can prosper for long at the expense of
any other section; all constructive efforts must be
so co-ordinated that but one outcome will result—
Co-operation; and Co-operation means Prosperity.
It is the constant aim of The Alaska Railroad
to at all times render such service as will best serve
the citizens of the entire Territory.
Department of the Interior
The Alaska Railroad
(Mt. McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Alaska
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