Arctic Explorers Quickly
Doff Far-North Apparel
NY-AALESUND, Kingsbay, Spits
bergen, Aug. 29. (/P)—Polar explorers,
it seems, do not like to look the part
unless they are exploring.
When Roald Amundsen, Lincoln
Ellsworth and their companions land
ed back here, they did not lose much
time in shedding their Arctic ap
parel for everyday garb.
True enough, they all needed shaves
and baths badly, but thier metomor
phosis into well-groomed men of the
world was so complete as to startle
those who met them soon after their
arrival.
Amundsen wore a well-fitting gray
sports jacket, wtih cap, breeches,
hose and brogues to match. A silk
handkerchief peeped out of his breast
pocket, and with his grave courtly
manners he had the air of a typical
country squire.
Riser-Larsen’s athletic figure
showed up bravely in dark blue serge,
silk socks and patent leather shoes.
Oscar Omdal also affected blue serge.
Leif Dietrichson sported neat gray
tweeds and Ellsworth affected a gray
woolen sweater with flannel trous
ers. He generally went about bare
headed. Feucht was dressed in a
plain business suit that might pass
in any European capital.
Their copper-hued complexions
alone betrayed an intimate acquaint
ance with Arctic blasts.
World Shipping Tonnage
Shows Gain In Last Year
LONDON, Aug. 29. (/P)—The new |
edition oi' Lloyds Register of Ship
ping shows the world’s gross tonnage
owned in June, 1925, to have been
64,641,41S tons, of which steamers and
motorsliips total 62,3S0,376 and sail
ing vessels 2,261,042. In 1924 the to
tal tonnage was 64,023,567, of which
61,514,140 tons were steamers and
motor ships and 2,509.427 sailing ves
sels.
During the 12 months from June,
1924, to June 1925, there was an in
crease in the steam and motor ton
nage owned in the world of 866,236
tons, and a decrease in the sailing
tbnnage of 248.385 tons, making a
world net increase of 617,851 tons.
In Great Britain and Ireland the in
crease amounted to 334,873 tons; in
Italy to 196,449 tons, and in Norway
to 175.249 tons. A considerable re
duction is, however, shown in the
United States tonnage, which was
579.487 tons less than 12 months ago.
There are at the present time un
der construction in the world 23 ves
sels of between 10,000 and 20,000
tons each and nine of 20,000 tons
and upward. There are also under
construction 53 steamers and motor
ships, each of over 1,000 tons, tor the
carriage of oil in bulk. Seventeen of
the 32 larger vessels are building in
Great Britain and Ireland.
Large Boats of French Line
May Quit Havre, Home Port
HAVRE, Aug. 29. (/P)—This city,
especially its shipping circles, is
agitated because of the possibility
of the French Line taking its do
luxe boats to Cherbourg, leaving only
the smaller boats and cargoes to pert
at Havre. There has been much con
tradictory talk concerning the scheme
but it is now dmitted that it is
more than rumor. The United States
Line, it is said, has made proposals
to the Havre authorities to dock their
boats at this port, being unable to
come to terms with Cherbourg. This
would be an excellent thing for local
trade, but would also be close com
petition for the French Line.
It is said the Chamber of Com
merce at Cherbourg intends to build ,
new quays in the Mielles Creek in ,
such a manner that three of the
largest vessels could docs at the ;
same time.
AN ENTERPRISING FIRM |
An enterprising Nome merchant is
selling canned milk in any quantity, <
stores and insures it, and delivers to i
'the customer from one can to a case <
as needed. }
Soap in sheet form for use in f
public lavatories has been invented, i
Gateway want-ads bring results.
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U. S. AUTO MAN OPTIMISTIC
OVER GERMAN CONDITIONS
BERLIN, Aug. 29. (/P)—Germany
shows signs of increasing stability
that warrants business confidence,
says John N. Willy, of Cleveland,
Chairman of the Foreign Trade Com
mission of the National Chamber of
Commerce. He has just concluded
a study of the economic conditions
of Gremany.
“The efforts which are being made
towards the readjustment of business
to normal condition will do much
to remove theuncertainty now sur
rounding the enterprise because of
the prevailing restrictions on trade
between Germany and other coun
tries,” Mr. Willys stated.
He believes that the abrogation of
these postwar impediments will stim
ulate freer commerce especially be
tween Gremany and the United
States. The Germa officials, he
said, were sincerely endeavoring to
bring about an improvement in the
ec.im lies. As a result of informal
conversations between the American
motor interestts and o Licit; 1 German
circles it is believed that a liberal
increase in the present import quota
for American cars will shortly be de
creed.
JAPANESE ARE
ADAPTED FASTING
TOKIO, Aug. 29. (JP)~Hideo Tak
ahira of the Tokio Nutrition Labora
tory. recent achieved the degree of
Doctor of Science from Keio Uni
versity for presenting a thesis on
“The Anagennesis of the Body of a
Japanese.” For many years Mr. Tak
ahiro has been studying the subject
and has experimented on himself, ab
staining from food for .from three to
four weeks. In his thesis the scien
tist argued that a Japanese is able
to fast, without harm, for a period
of 50 dys.
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English Musical Comedy
Fails to Attract Cubans
HAVANA, Aug. 29. —Experi
ences of several American musical
comedy companies here this year
have guage artists in Cuba is very
limited. One company came from
New York with .a contract for four
weeks and other guarantees. After
playing to slender houses for two
weeks, the theater manager informed
the company that there was not
enough money in the treasury to pay
salaries. Efforts to collect expenses
also failed. The entire company of
18 was stranded and unable to get
funds. The Americn .club staged a
benefit at which $500 was raised and
a local theater was donated rent
free for one night.
Two other companies were more
fortunate. They hadenough money
on hand to pay their hotel bills and
steamship passages home.
Income Tax Returns Show
Swedes To Be Prosperous
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 28. (/P)—Eigh
ty per cent of Sweden’s larger in
dividual income taxpayers reported
increased revenues for last year, as
did twothirds of the country’s lead
ing business corporations. The offi
cial statistics show Stockholm has
150 taxpayers with incomes of more
than $50,000.
The largest individual taxpayer was
A. M. Versteegh, a factory owner,
whose income was $402,354. Others
who followed him closely were Mar
cus L. Wallenberg, the international
banker, and Ivar Greuger, head of
the Swedish match trust.
Among the corporations the largest
return was filed by the Swedish To
bacco Monopoly, showing an income
of $5,462,424, This, however, was a
decrease from the previous year. The
next largest returns were filed by the
Swedish Match Corporation and the
Swedish Liquod Monopoly.
NOME STATION HAS NEW HEAD
Alfred B. Payne, technical sergeant
of the U. S. Signal Corps, has been ;
named head of the Nome radio station
succeeding Sergt. J. H. Anderson, who j
gets a two months furlough. Sergt.
Payne served at the Nome station a !
few years ago, and has also seen serv
ice along the Yukon and tributaries. '
The station will have two additional I
men assigned it.
Son of Famous Japanese
Saved After Suicide Pact
TOKIO, Aug. 29. (/P)—Another case
of “shinju” is attracting considerable
attention in the Japanese newspa
pers. “Shinju” is a word meaning
the double-suicide of lovers whose
future seems hopeless. In the recent
tragedy the “man in the case" was
Shintaro Kitazato, son and heir of
Dr. Baron Kitazato, famous Japanese
physician and inventor. Young Kit
azato did not succeed in his attempt
to end his life, but the girl, a beau
tiful geisha, was found dead.
The body of Kitazato was discov
ered by a fisherman in Lake Chuzenji
with several gashes in the throat
which later proved not to be seri
ous. The w'ould-be suicide told the
police he had fallen in love with a
geisha and that because he was al
ready married, they decided to com
mit “shinju.” According to the young
man, they tied themselves together
and threw themselves into the deep
est waters of the lake where the girl
soon succumbed. Kitazato, however,
decided at the last moment he did
not wish to die and, struggling des
perately, succeeded in untying him
self from the geisha. He said he
managed to swim to shallow water
but when there, overcome with re
morse, and feeling that he was in
duty bound to accomplish ‘shinju”,
he slashed his throat with a pocket
knife.
VIENNA FORMS A
WELCOMING CLUB
VIENNA, Aug. 29. (/P)—An organ
ization known as the “Welcome to
Austria Club,” has been formed un
der the patronage of Dr. Michael
Hainsch, the president of the Aus
trian republic. The members make
it their task to receive foreigners
coming to Austria, to show them
about the town, arrange social meet
ings and act as interpreter for them.
The federal chancellor, 11 ministers
nd the captain-generals of the prov
inces are honorary presidents of the
club. The club will consider it its
duty to render the stay of foreigners
in Austria as pleasant as possible.
FRENCH LABOR WANTS
WAGE GUARANTEE LIKE
THAT ACCORDED BONDS
PARIS, Aug. 29. (/P)—Finance Min
ister Caillaux’s gold coupon loan has
made guarantees against risks of
loss thru depreciation of the franc the
question of the day.
Labor agitators say that the work
ingman is entitled to the same guar
antee as the investor and that wages
must be guaranteed in the same ratio
as interest on bonds. The movement
has extended to office employes,
functionaries and state pensioners.
Its supporters find their argument in
the government’^ loan prospectus and
some apprehension might be enter
tained as to the consequences if it
were not for the reassurance furn
ished by bankers and financial ex
perts who believe the Minister of
Finance has a safe margin in the
rate of guarantee of 95 francs to the
pound. They agree generally that
the franc ought not remain long be
low that figure and that it may even
rise above itslightly if the gold cou
pon loan turns out to be the suc
cess it now promises.
With the floating loan reduced to
innocuous proportions Caillaux, they
predict will be able to put through
parliament at the next session the
new taxes with which he proposes
to provide a sinking fund for debts,
then there will be no longer any rea
son to apprehend disaster to the
franc.
It is pointed out in reply to the
demands of labor that the working
man is far better off generally than
the small bondholder. His wages as
compared with the prewar rates have
been quadrupled while office salaries,
government pay and pension rates
have not been doubles on the aver
age. They are in paradise, it is re
marked, as compared to the small
investor whose rate of interest on
prewar investments has remained the
same and whose capital has dwindl
ed to half theoriginal investment.
The latter has no way of increasing
his income or of preventing the scal
ing down of his capital, while the
laborer has amply succeeded in solv
ing the problem for himself, it is
argued.
WANT AIRMAIL SERVICE
Nome citizens are working hard for
an air mail service for next summer
It is something that every community
in the Territory should get behind, as
that portion of Alaska needs an air
mail service worse than any other sec
tion.
James F. Scholes, 90, won the prize
for the best costume at a Stamford,
England, carnival.
Join the Chamber ot Commerce.
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The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
A train leaves Seward at 8:00 a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate points. Arrives Seward at 2:15
p., m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR SAILS SEPTEMBER 14
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
SEWARD, ALA8KA
PHONE MADISON 13%.
Sails from
Seattle—
Ziy and ^Dependably
S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Arrives at South from
Seward— Seward—
Sept. 1
Sept. 8, 9 p.m.
Sept. 8
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sept. 15 Sept. 22, 9 p.m.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jervice
^ADMIRAL LINE
M.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT!
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COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Aug. 15
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Snpt. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Scheduled Sail E
from Seward
Aug. 23
Aug. 30 E
Sept. 6
Sept. 13 =
Sept. 19 E
Sept. 26 E
\ f'”3 in, the ab?ve schedule will make all regular ports of call S
- in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska. E
: Steamers^ in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR E
: O’CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing d»te. " E
~ Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with ^
- above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak r- E
: land points, subject to change without notice. §
J. H. FLXCKINGER, Agent I
S PHONE MAIN 125 ’ SEWARD, ALASKA 5
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See the Interior
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“The Golden Belt”
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understand and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and devleopment; travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake the
Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm* An
chorage, the Matanuska \ alley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon Mt Me
Kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley ad Fairbanks ‘hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of tho
good things that Alaska has to offer. y ae
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other In
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad I
(McKinley Park Route)
Seward Anchorage Curry Nenana Fairbanks |
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