Heut nrd B nily Mem m:
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX, NUMBER 244.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BILLS PASSED OVER
HARTLEY VETO BY
WASH LEGISLATORS
■GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE
OF WASHINGTON ARE NOT
IN COMPLETE ACCORD
OLYMPIA, Wn., Dec. 29 (/P')—
Smothering all opposition the Senate
■passed four bills over Governor Hart
ley’s veto in twenty minutes, estab
lishing a record for speed. The bills
included a supplemental appropriation
bill providing money for higher edu
cation; an institutions bill fixing the
rate of millages for higher education;
an institutions bill allowing cities of
the first class to establish museums,
aand public auditoriums. A bill al
lowing law libraries for minor coun
ties.
The bills were immediately trans
mitted to the House where majority
leaders hope to have enough votes to
override any veto.
The Senate passed the House bill
declaring a closed season on goeducks
for three years. A discussion as to
whether the goeduck was a game bird
or a game fish finally brought a spec
imen preserved in alcohol for exhibi
tion, but the legislators were more in
terested in the alcohol than in the
specimen.
Gov. Hartley vetoed Bill 12, a Sen
ate bill requiring drugless healers to
pass an examination of anatomy, phy
siology, chemistry, pathology and hy
giene.
MEASURE FARM
RELIEF PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29 (JP)—
As a farm relief measure, former rep
resentative Stephenson of Minnesota
proposed to President Coolidge that
all banks be require'd to segregate a
portion of their assets for the protec
tion of small depositors. He said it
would help the farmer, embarrassed
by bank failures.
CABINET SUPPORTS DOUMERS
PARIS, Dec. 29 (JP)—The cabinet
agreed to support Finance Minister
Doumers’ fiscal measures.
HUNDREDS LOST IN FLOODS
WIENNA, Dec. 29 (JP)—A Torda
dispatch said that one hundred per
sons were lost in a flood along the
Rumanian frontier. The waters are
sweeping the bodies and debris thru
the streets.
JAPAN REFUSES
SURRENDER MEN
TOKIO, Dec. 29 (JP)—The Foreign
Office reported that a thousand troops
have been sent to Mukden from Ko
rea to protect foreigners and other
troops now stationed there will be re
called. Japan refused to surrender
the aides of General Kuo who took
refuge in the consulate to escape ex
ecution by General Chang. It is pre
dicted that further friction will ensue
between General Chang and Japan.
Newspapers predict that Chang will
declare the complete independence of
Manchuria from China.
During the last year it is estimated
that $15,000,000 has been lost by Brit
ish rum runners operating along the
American coast.
Farm lands, buildings and imple
ments in the United States represent
a value of more than 70 billion dollars.
During the past ten years more than
5,000 patents have been granted to
women.
RUSSIAN PRIESTS BOB THEIR
LOCKS TO DISTRACT NOTICE
MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (/P)—Russian
priests are bobbing their long hair
after the fashion of the American
girls. Some of them are also discard
ing their beards.
This is done for reasons of hygiene
and convenience, but more particu
larly to render their appearance on
the street less conspicuous. For
among athletic Bolsheviks a priest is
looked upon with disdain. Formerly
members of the Russian orthodox
clergy wore long flowing hair which
fell loosely over their shoulders, giv
ing them a patriarchal appearance.
Many of them cultivated bushy whis
kers which reached almost to their
waists.
WILL WORK OUT
AID FOR FARMERS
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 29 (/P)—!
President Coolidge telegraphed the
Farm Marketing conference that he
depended on them for aid in working
out a sound economic policy for hold
j ing crop surpluses on which there
' must be a substantial agreement
'among farm interests. He said:
“I refer to my recent speech in Chi
: cago, where I said I would approve
any plan in accordance with sound
| economic principles. As I stated be
fore I am opposed to the government
i fixing prices directly or indirectly or
the government buying or selling farm
j products.”
WILL NOT WITHDRAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29 (£>)—
It was made clear here today that
I President Coolidge will not withdraw
I as arbitrator of the Tacna-Arica boun
I dary dispute.
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GEN. PERSHING
RETURNS TO U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29 (&)—
i Following the announcement yester
! clay that General Pershing will return
i to the United States from Arica with
in a month on account of his health,
i and that Col. Jay J. Morrow, a mem
ber of the Tacna-Arica commission
I is expected to accompany him, the
i department will appoint other mem
! hers on the commission. Weather has
j interrupted the survey and continued
delays in the meetings is given as the
reasons for Col. Morrowr’s return.
BELGIAN QUEEN TOLD HER
HIGHEST HOPES ARE DOOMED
—
SIMLA, India, Dec. 29 (/P)—Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium has been told
she will never achieve her greatest
hopes, whatever they are.
Traveling incognito and accompa
nicl by a lone lady-in-w'aiting, the
queen entered a fortune teller’s tent!
while visiting the old town.
“Madam, you have unbounded am
bitions,” the Hindu soothsayer said as
she studied the queen’s hand. “You
were greatly desirous of occupying
a high situation but you must aban
don that hope' and console yourself
for you will never achieve your wish
or see your hopes fulfilled.”
The queen smiled as she replied:
“I have a situation that suits me
quite well.”
The life of an officer of the steam
er Adjutant was saved by a prescrip
tion sent by radio by a doctor at Gib
ran tar.
Clubwomen of Sioux Falls edited
a newspaper for one day and kept all
crime news off the front page.
TUESDAY WEATHER
Temperature 36 above.
Calm, cloudy.
Tomorrow, warmer.
AERIAL SURVEY
OF ALASKA HAS
BEEN ORDERED
FOUR PLANES AND TWO TEN
DERS BE USED TO MAKE
COAST RECONNAISSANCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29 (#>)—
Admiral Hughes, commanding the lo
cal battle fleet, received at San Pe
dro yesterday orders covering an ae
rial survey of Alaska, which Lieut.
Wyatt will make with four planes and
two tenders. The Gannett and the
Kingfisher are expected to be the ves
sels appointed.
The personnel will include Lieut.
W. M. Dillon, of the Bureau of Aero
nautics; Lieut. Schur, who went to
the Arctic with the MacMillan expe
dition and Lieut. L. W. Curtin, a mem
ber of the San Francisco and Hawaii
flight unit.
BLANKET OF SNOW
ON RIO GRANDE
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 29 (JP)—A
temperature of 28 degrees above zero
is causing intense suffering in this
state today. A blanket of snow is
covering a large part of the state as
far south as the lower Rio Grande.
JAPANESE ROYALTY FURNISHES
THREE COUPLES FOR MARRIAGE
TOKYO, Nov. 20 (,/P)—The private
engagements of several princes and
princesses of the blood have been an
nounced and the official sanction of
the emperor is expected.
Prince Haruhito Kanin, jr., son of
Prince Kanin, is to marry Miss Na
oko Ichijo, fourth daughter of the late
Prince Saneteru Ichijo. Princess Ha
nako Kanin, sister of Prince Kanin,
jr., is to wed Prince Hironobu Fu
shimi, jr., third son of Prince Hiro
yasu Fushimi, and Prince Takehiko
1 amashina, first son of the late Prince
Kikumaro Yamashina and the only
Prince attached to the Naval Air
Corps, will take as his bride Princess
Chikako Nashimoto, daughter of the
Prince Morimasa Nashimoto.
The three weddings have been
planned for the spring.
WARMER AND
FAIR TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29 (JP)—
The weather bureau predicted a grad
ual rise in temperature tomorrow for
the Eastern States, with frost tonight
as far south as central Florida. The
weather is slightly warmer in eastern
Montana, Wyoming, the western Da
kotas, Missouri and the southern
states except Florida. Abnormal cold
continues in most sections east of the
Rocky mountains.
WATSON IN AT MIDNIGHT
The steamship Admiral Watson
will reach port tonight at midnight
according to a wireless message re
ceived at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon.
It was previously announced the ves
sel would arrive late tomorrow morn
ing.
Mining is the third largest industry
in Canada in the point of capital em
ployed which is about £600,000,000, be
ing only exceeded by agriculture and
railroads.
Hot dog sandwiches are attaining
popularity in London.
Japanese eat more than 400,000,000
bushels of rice each year.
Ragpickers of Paris have an organ
ization with about 5,000 members.
STUDENTS LEARNING TO FLY
AT UNIVERSITY NIGHT SCHOOL
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 29 (JP)—Stu
dents in a half dozen universities of
the middle west are learning to fly.
They are enrolled in naval aviation
courses in the University of Wiscon
sin, Washington University at St.
Louis, Case University, Perdue, and
the University of Chicago.
The second year of the course at
the University of Wisconsin offered
by the naval reserve has just opened
with an enrollment of approximately
thirty men. The instruction is given
in a ground school conducted through
out the winter. The navy department
furnishes an outline of the course
and the students study aerology, the
ory of flight, navigation, structure and
rigging, aviation nomenclature, avia
tion engines and naval history. The
class meets for two hours every Fri
day night.
ONE YEAR EACH
FOR ROBBERY
OF CIGAR STORE
Charles Johnson and Robert M. Carr
who were arrested last evening, and
were this morning charged writh burg
larizing the cigar store of Chi’ist Lar
sen on Christmas morning, were ar
raigned in a preliminary hearing at
2 o’clock this afternoon before Curtis
R. Morford, United States Commis
sioner. The prisoners waived their
rights to attorney and entered pleas
of guilty, whereupon the court sen
tenced them to serve one year each
in the Federal jail at Valdez.
On Christmas Day complaint was
made to the local marshal’s office that
a quantity of cigars and tobaccos had
been stolen from the cigar store of
Christ Larsen; also a portable type
writer from the Commerce restau
rant, next door.
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman
ran down what few clues he found,
suspicion centering upon Johnson and
Carr. Johnson was arrested last even
ing on the waterfront, and Carr this
morning. A search of Johnson’s cab
in was made yesterday which revealed
a gunny sack of tobaccos and chew
ing gum. Carr has been in Seward
the past three or four years, and gen
erally followed longshoreing. He is
about 39 years old. Johnson, who is
24 years of age, was born in Valdez,
a son of Rose Johnson, pioneer mine
owner, who died several years ago.
He has been working for the Bureau
of Public Roads for some time and
came to Seward when the crews were
laid off.
Following the sentencing of the
prisoners, L. V. Ray, attorney, who
was present during the hearing, ad
dressed the small crowd of spectators
in which he explained that several
things were considered by Judge Mor
ford before meting out the sentences.
*The principal one was that if the case
was held over for a grand jury, a
number of months would elapse; and
second that difficulty and much ex
pense might be encountered in'procur
ing the witnessee who by that time
might be out of the Territory.
Taking these and other matters into
consideration, following a consultation
it was recommended providing the
prisoners entered a plea of guilty, the
prisoners would be arraigned on a
larceny charge which carries a mini
mum sentence of one and a maximum
sentence of seven years. “The prop
erty of citizens will be safeguarded
always to the fullest extent of the
law,” Mr. Ray stated, and said, “This
explanation is due you gentlemen.”
Prior to sentencing each man Judge
Morford admonished the prisoners,
pointing out the duty of the court in
connection with their moral laxness.
Ohio leads all states in the manu
facture of paints with an output of
22,000,000 gallons annually.
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WIEN PLANS HOP
POINT BARROW
NEXT SUMMER
POPULAR AND EFFICIENT INTE
RIOR AVIATOR EXPECT TO
MEET POLE EXPLORERS
BRINGING BACK FAST PLANE
Gives Out Freight Rate Charges
Past Season; Carried Loads
Eight Hundreds Pounds.
Next summer Noel Wien, Interior
aviator, who has been piloting sky
wagons for the past two seasons for
the Fairbanks Airplane Co., looks
forward to fly to Point Barrow to
meet the Amundsen North Pole ex
pedition, which party of explorers
will attempt an 1800 mile flight
across the pole in a dirigible. He
also looks forward to a special
trip carrying a party of geological
survey men from Fairbanks to Bar
row. This party has been in the
Colville river region and the Naval
Oil Reserve Regoin No 2, during the
past two seasons, the original party
being in charge of Phillip S. Smith,
who was appointed some months ago
to the position held for many years
by the late Dr. Alfred Brooks, head
of the Alaska Division of the U. S.
Geological Survey.
• Wien passed thru Seward week be
fore last and stated to the Gateway
he intended to return next spring
with a plane of his own with which
to enter the Interior aviation ser
vice. He is spending the holidays
with his parents at Cook, Minn., an-d
after the New lear planned to go
to New' York and look over a six
seater, cabin monoplane of the
Wright-Bellanca type. Wright is the
builder of these planes and Bellanca
the designer. These planes are
equipped with J-200 h.p. air cooled
motors, with a maximum speed of
138 miles an hour. They have a pay
load carrying capacity of 1,000 pounds.
Wien stated the planes would carry
as large a load as the new govern
ment mail planes in which Liberty
motors are installed.
Freight rates as charged by the
Interior company last season were
given out by the pilot. From Fair
banks to Livengood, where tons of
freight wTere carried last season, most
■of it fresh meat, a charge of twenty
■cents a pound was made. From Fair
banks to Wiseman the rate wras fifty
cents a pound. On each trip 800
pounds could be carried. Passen
ger rates figured out on an average
of $1.00 a mile.
Wien was laid off three weeks
prior to his arrival in Seward, he
said. He expects to return to Sew
ard en route to the Interior, the lat
ter part of March or around the first
of April. His brother Ralph, who
arrived in Fairbanks from the East,
last spring, and who is at present
in the garage business Inside, will
probably be associated with him next
season.
Ptarmigan Troop, Local
Scouts, To Have Party
Ptarmigan Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts
oif America, will be guests at a party
tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock, next
door to the S. A. C. hall, which will
be given by the officers of the local
organization. The three commis
sioners, J. H. Flickenger, P. C. Mc
Mullen and H. Painter, will also be
in attendance.
The party is the first to be held
by the troop and marks the comple
tion of the first two months' activi
ties. Including the officers the mem
bership now numbers twenty. Re
freshments, including ice cream and
cake, will be served; game played
and brief talks made.