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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 310 "V
)/f SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
UNIONS MAY URGE
' SHORTER DAY TO
HELP MEMBERS
SAYS ONE LABOR SAVING MA
CHINE IS SUPPLANTING AS
MANY AS 20 MEN
SEATTLE, Nov, 18 (^—President
Lynch of the International Typograph
ical Union, who is touring the North
west locals, in an address last night
said that labor saving machinery is
supplanting as many as 20 men to
the machine, causing overproduction,
and resulting in the laying off of
• thousands of men.
He added, “Continuation of the
reduction of labor hours is the only
solution. If a four hour day is enough
to produce what the world needs, then
four hours is the proper working day
and will be adopted.”
UNCLE SAM WARNS
FOREIGN DEBTORS
MAY DO A LITTLE PRICE BOOST
ING ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT
IF PRACTICE CONTINUES
ERIE, Pa., Nov. 18 (/P)—Foreign mo
nopolists of rubber, coffee, nitrates, po
tash and other raw materials essential
to American industry were warned last
night by Secretary Hoover that if un
fair exactions upon American consu
mers continued they could expect to
find the United States following the
\ same practices, and organizing govern
mentatlly to retaliate by shoving up
ward the prices on commoditties it pro
duces for world trade.
The commerce secretary estimated
that the United States is now spend
ing upwards of $800,000,000 annually
for the purchase of monopoly controll
ed commodities and declared the pro
cedure of some of these price controll
ers might ultimately bring a crash
down upon the entire industry.
GRAYS HARBOR
TRAIN WRECKED
OLYMPIA, Nov. 18 (/P)—Engineer
E. M. Putnam of Tacoma, was killed,
and 19 persons were injured when a
Grays’ Harbor—Tacoma train left the
track two miles west of here, while
going around a curve. The engine
plunged into a bank and two coaches,
mail and baggage cars piled up on
top of it.
AGREES ON LINES
FOR 4 U. S. PARKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18 (£>)—
Agreement for adjustment of bounda
ries of four national parks—Yellow
stone, Grand Canyon, in Arizona, Mt.
Rainier and Sequoia, has been reach
ed through efforts of a commission
organized by the president’s commit
tee on recreation.
Adjustment will add the 7,000 foot
Teton range to Yellowstone, which
all told will get 300,000 acres addition
al to national parks.
Grand Canyon will be enlarged by
45,000 acres. Mt. Rainier now will
be bounded by certain streams flow
ing from the park at various corners.
Sequoia will be enlarged by inclusion
of national forest land lying west of
the park and up the crest of the Sierra
Nevada mountains, including Mount
Whitney. Changes must be approved
by congress.
The use of nose-prints for identifi
cation of cattle, similar to finger
prints of human beings, is reported
from Antwerp, Begium.
PRINCE OF WALES
RESEMBLED OSTRICH;
HEAD IN THE MUD
KEEPS UP RECORD OF MAKING
HIGH DIVES—IN LIME
LIGHT AGAIN
LONDON, Nov. 18 (/P)—1The Prince
of Wales was thrown from his horse
today during a fox hunt and pitched
into a ditch on his head. Neither the
prince nor his horse was injured, and
the royal rider, after pulling himself
out of the mud, assisted in extricat
ing his horse.
The accident occurred in Bedford
shire where the prince was following
the Whaddon chase hounds in his
third start of the fox hunting season.
LIQUOR CASES
LEAD SEATTLE
TWO HUNDRED VIOLATIONS OF
DRY LAW TO BE HEARD AT
SEATTLE COURT TERM
SEATTLE, Nov. 18 (/P)—Indications
are that the present term of federal
court which opened the second of No
vember will be the wettest six month
period on record for the local dispen
sary of justice.
Of the 413 cases which come up for
assignment of trial dates before Judge
Cushman and Judge Neterer, an even
200 involve violations of the national
prohibition law. Some are charged un
der the conspiracy statute and a few
under the internal revenue laws, the
latter class having to do with opera
tion of stills.
Narcotic cases have a large place on
the assignment calendar.
Judge Cushman will set for trial 141
criminal cases, fourteen civil cases, 17
condemnation cases, and 12 equity
cases.
On Judge Neterers side are 145 crim
inal cases, ten civil, seven condemna
tion and forefeiture, eight equity and
23 admiralty cases. Judge Neterer
will handle all of the latter class.
Head of Alaska Bureau
Education En Route Here
It is expected that Jonathan Wag
ner, head of the Bureau of Education
activities for the Territory, will arrive
in Seward shortly from his Seattle
headquarters on his first trip of in
specttion of this branch of his depart
ment. Mr. Wagner is now in South
eastern Alaska, it is reported.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Moore
Outside for the Winter
Mr. and Mrs. Judson K. Moore,
well known Interior residents for
many years, were among the recent
arrivals wrho departed for the States
on the last Southbound vessel. Mr.
Moore was formerly connected with
the Alaska Railroad in the capacity
of roadmaster and more recently has
been working with the Alaska Road
Commission. Mr. and Mrs. Moore
own considerable town property at
Nenana, Fairbanks, and Anchorage.
They plan returning in the spring.
An instrument of precision has
been devised which is capable of dis
tinguishing the millionth part of an
inch.
Sealing wax is now prepared in
tubes and may be used without heat
ing.
An Italian engineer is said to
have discovered a process whereby
fermenting bread dough may be
made to yield 75 per cent alcohol.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
REID ALLEGES
BOARD INQUIRY
TOO ARBITRARY
MAJOR FRANK M. KENNEDY IS
THREATENED WITH CON
TEMPT OF COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18 (/P)—
Senator Reid, counsel for Colonel
Mitchell in the airship inquiry, asked
Col. Mitchell to call President Cool
idges attention “to the high-handed
procedure” of the Shenandoah board
of inquiry, which subpoenaed for to
day Major Frank M. Kennedy, whom
the Mitchell board had summoned.
Kennedy was threatened with con
tempt if he failed to appear there.
YUKON NORTH FROM JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Nov. 18 (/P)—1The Yukon
sailed west at 3 a. m. today.
TO ENCOURAGE
PROSPECTORS BY
CHANGE 1 LAWS
MITIGATION OF REGULATIONS
NOW EFFECTIVE URGED BY
MINING CONGRESS
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 18 (^—En
couragement for the prospector by
the mitigation of regulations now ef
fective was urged by the Western Di
vision of the American Mining Con
gress, at its meeting held here yes
terday to discuss recommendations for
the approaching congress.
M. E. Ditmar, of San Francisco, said
the prospector is vanishing in the
west because of hardships imposed
under the present laws. He advocat
ed other resolutions favoring uniform
state laws along high-grading, along
the lines of Colorado and California
laws; the licensing of purchasers of
ore and bullion; urged the hastening
of publication of bulletins on special
miners reports by the United States
Geodetic Survey, and expressed ap
preciation of the work of the taxation
and tariff committes.
The mining congress indorsed the
efforts to obtain a fair interpretation
of the Pittman Silver Act, and ex
pressed confidence in Secretary Her
bert Hoover, and suggested that there
be no consolidations or decreases in
the mining bureau’s experiment sta
tions without full consideration of the
consequences.
GIJNDERSONHAS
SLIGHT LEAD IN
REP. CONTROL
REPUBLICAN MEETING BE HELD
AT PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA,
DECEMBER FIRST
SIOUX FALLS, Nov. 18 (^—Gov
ernor Carl Gunderson had a slight
edge over Senator Peter Norbeck for
control of the South Dakota Republi
can proposal meeting in Pierre, De
cember 1, according to tabulations
from 52 out of 64 counties. The poll
gave Gunderson 33,000 votes and Nor
beck 30,000.
COL. COOL1DGE ILL
HEART ATTACK
PLYMOUTH, Mass., Nov. 18 (/P)—
Colonel Coolidge, father of the Presi
dent, is again ill at his home here,
having suffered another heart attack.
The attack has passed away and his
condition is not considered serious.
Starr To Arrive In
Seward Tomorrow Noon;
Westward Friday A. M.
The local naval radio station re
ceived word this morning from Capt.
0. A. Johansen of the steamer Starr,
that the vessel was due to arrive at
Thumb bay, near Latouche, this even
ing and would be in Seward tomor
! row at noon, proceeding westward the
i following morning, Friday.
COMPLICATIONS
SET IN, ALVAH
EAMES IS REPORT
OPERATION PLANNED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON CANCELLED ON
ACCOUNT CONDITION
LATOUCHE, Nov. 18 (/P)—An oper- j
ation will be performed on Alvah
Eames, Seward resident and postal
inspector who has been seriously ill
Friday.
A bulletin was received at 10 a. m. j
| today, stating that complications had |
;arisen and that it was very doubtful;
if an operation could be performed;
at this time on account of the weak- j
ened condition of the patient.
Mr. Eames condition is very serious.
Arrests Five Priests In
Mexico—Refuse Marry
Mexico City, Nov. 18 (/P)—Consider
able religious excitement prevails in
Villa Hermosa, capital of the state of
j Tobasco. A decree recently passed in
i that state requires that priests of any
creed must marry in order to exer
cise the duties of their office.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETING
The Woman’s club fo Seward will'
I i
meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30;
o’clock at the home of Mrs. El/wyn;
JSwetmann.
Three Partners To Spend
Winter Developing Claim
William Struve and associates are
leaving town this afternoon with a
complete winter’s outfit of camp
! equipment and provisions, bound for
their Nuka Bay quartz property where
they will remain developing their
claims. Mr. Struve has been work
S ing for the Alaska Railroad.
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Alaska Doctor Studying
In Germany and France
Dr. Drtine, who, until about three
i years ago, was in charge of the
1 Dillingham mission for many years,
and who formerly had been located
at various places in the Territory,
has been ^udying in Germany and
France, for some years past, it is
learned in a recent letter received
by George Sexton. Dr. Drtine in
formed Mr. Sexton that it was his
Intention to return to Alaska in the
near future.
Miss Jessie Dell of Georgia has
succeeded the late Mrs. Helen Gard
iner as a member of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission. Miss Dell has
been in the government service for
18 years.
Successful use of an electric need
le in lieu of the surgeon’s knife is
reported from Johns Hopkins hos
pital. The needle is said to part the
tissues without touching them, the
operation being attended with less
bleeding and less danger of infec
tion.
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NEW ORLEANS IS
SWEPT BY FIRE
ON RIVER FRONT
SEVEN BLOCKS OF WHARVES
AND SCORES FREIGHT CARS
GO UP IN SMOKE
NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 18 <7P)—
Fire starting about midnight in one
of the city wharves, swept seven
blocks of Mississippi river wharves,
doing damage estimated at between
three and four million dollars. Two of
the docks were new, costing more than
a million dollars each. Scores of
freight cars were destroyed. The big
steamship Manila Maru, which was
tied to one of the docks, was cut loose
and towed down the river. The ves
sel had just unloaded 75,000 bags of
coffee, which were destroyed.
The fire chief’s automobile ran
down and killed a man while going to
the scene of the fire.
KEY WEST TO
PANAMA MAIL
SERVICE SOON
AUSTRIAN EXPERT OFFERS PRO
POSAL TO COOLIDGE; WILL
FORM AMERICAN CO.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18 (£>)—
Plans for an American company to
operate an air mail service from Key
West, Fla., to the Panama canal zone,
with stops in Havana and Central
America were laid before President
Coolidge today by Dr. P. P. Bauer,
the Austrian organizer of the five
year-old air lines of the republic of
Colombia.
Dr. Bauer, bearing a letter to the
President from President Pedro Ne
lospino of Colombia, flew with two 10
passenger planes from Bogota by way
of the canal and the Central Ameri
can capitals to Havana and proceeded
to Washington by boat and train. He
was accompanied by Capt. F. W.
Hammer, the commander of his fleet
of airplanes in the Magdalena river,
Colombia, and was presented to the
president by the Colombian minister,
Dr. Enrique Olava.
With the appointment of the United
States authorities and prospects of
support with mail contracts, Dr. Bauer
explained he plans to offer his expe
rience and organization in the tropi
cal air transportation to American
financial interests in the formation of
a company with a capital stock of
one million dollars or more, the con
trol of which would be had by Ameri
cans. The inter-American air lines
have already been incorporated in the
state of Delaware.
Seward-Kenai Lake
Road One of Finest
Says L G. Anderson
The 18 mile road from Seward to
Kenai lake is one of the finest pieces
of road construction the Seims &
Carlson road building company has
ever put in, according to a statement
made by Iver G. Anderson, in charge
of the company operations in Alaska
last week at Juneau. Mr. Iverson was
recently a business visitor in Seward
leaving here here for the Spokane of
fice. His company completed their
past season’s work in this locality
last Saturday.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (P)—A Federal
warrant charging violation of the pro
hibition law was issued today against
Frank McErlane, field general of the
19,000,000 liquor syndicate, which is
under investigation by government au
thorities.