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VOLUME XX.
NUMBER 112. SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 12,1925. PRICE TEN CENTS.
AMERICA AFTER
FRANCE TO PAY
HER WAR DEBTS
PARIS, May 12. (/P)—A note from
Secretary of State Kellogg that
France be pressed for funding of the
•var debt to the United States, has
been received at the American em
bassy.
The note has not been made public
out it is understood to be a friendly
eminder that the time is opportune
:o send a commission to Washington
;„bout the matter, which has been in
he air for the past three years with
out any action being taken.
Ambassador Herrick, on instructions
from Washington, confei*red with Fi
nance Minister Callaux Tuesday last
on the war debt. It was due to this
conversation that Callaux reserved the
German reparations receipts from pay
ment of war debts in arranging the
"budget.
The French government, it is un
derstood, is ready to negotiate regard
ing the debt to America, and is plan
ning to approach the matter on a
^tound basis.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12. (^>)
—America hopes for settlement of
France’s four billion dollar war debt
along the lines ofi the Anglo-American
agreement covering the funding of the
British debt to the United States.
This is said to be the gist of Secre
tary Kellogg’s instructions to Ambas
sador Herrick in Paris. America has
reiterated she cannot consent to pay
ment by France out of the reparations
from Germany but she may consider
granting France low interest rates and
a moratium of not more than ten or
twelve years.
PARIS, May 12.—{&)—Ministerial
conference approved the project of
the Finance Minister Caillaux, not
~o include Germany’s reparations pay
ments under Dawes plan as Bud
get assets.
Such payments will form a fund
a mortization of war debts pay
ment of interest and for reconstruc
tion with probably fifty per cent for
each.
The government thus took its first
official step toward the payment of
her war debts to Great Britain and
the United States.
MARYLAND HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
SAN DIEGO, May 12. (JP)—Reports
received here state that the super
dreadnaught Maryland had a very nar
row escape from total destruction on
the coral reefs at the entrance of the
harbor of Honolulu. She narrowly
scaped turning over and was damag
ed to the extent of $150,000.
AWARDED HUGE SUM
WHITE PLAINS, May 12.—A jury
awarded twenty thousand dollars dam
ages to Jacques Weinberg, aged seven
against Conway Tearle, movie star,
and wife. The lad was bitten by the
Tearle dog.
NURMI FEELING BAD
NE WYORK, May 12.—Paavo Nur
ni, long distance runner,and Wil
lie Ritola, another Finnish runner
were cleared by the Amateur Athletic
Union of the charged of making ex
cessive demands for their expenses
in their recent trips to California and
othfr parts of the country. Nurmi
is aggrieved and may leave the Unit
ed States for good.
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NEW YORK, May 12. (JP)— Dr. Cor
nelius Woelfkin will resign the pastor
ate of the Park Avenue Baptist church
in January. He is of nation-wide
!ame.
LIQUOR SUPPLY CUT OFF
NEW YORK, May 12.(fl>)—The dry
navy’s blockade of rum row has cut
off ninety per cent of New York’s liq
uor supply. Few rum runners are
able to run the blockade, due to the
superior speed of their boats and are
landing along Long Island. Whiskey
prices have advanced as a result of
the coast guard’s vigilence.
DONATES HUGE SUM FOR :
COLLEGE MAINTENANCE J
NEW YORK, May 12. (/P)— John D. 1
Rockefeller, Jr., has given $625,000 to- !
wards the $2,500,000 fund for the sup- !
port of five near east colleges during 1
the next five years.
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OPPOSE PAYMENT BONUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12. (Jp) '
—The president of the international '
seaman’s union and others, are oppos- '
ing the proposal of Chairman O’Con
nor of the Shipping Board, to pay all
American seamen a twenty dollar bon
us, if they become members of the na
val reserve.
GERMANY HAS
PAID LARGE SUM
IN REPARATIONS
PARIS, May 12. (JP)—By August the
thirty-first, Germany will have paid
one hundred and sixty million dollars
for reparations under the Dawes plan,
acording to statistics covering the
payments.
SOCIETY GIRL ARRESTED
FOR ATTEMPTING TAKE
LIFE PRESIDENT CALLES
MEXICO CITY, May 12. (/P)—Maria
Luisa Jaurgui, society girl has been
arrested and committed to an asylum
for the alleged attempt upon the life
of President Calles.
REVOLT AMONG SPANISH
TROOPS HAS BEEN CHECKED
PARIS, May 12. (/P)—Revolt among
the Spanish troops operating against
the Riffians in Spanish Morocco, was
quickly put down. In French Moroc
co one of the five blockhouses sur
rounded by Riffians was relieved by
the French in a brilliant engagement.
The French commander has started
j a powerful offensive against the Riff
' ians.
NOTED COUPLE INJURED
PARIS, May 12. (,P)—Countess Ed
ward de Zechy, formerly Charlotte
Demarest of New York, and Count Pal
lovicini were injured in an automobile
accident.
CHARGED WITH OBTAINING
MONEY FRAUDENTLY
PARIS, May 12. (fP)—Mrs. Jean
Nash was charged with complicity
with her former husband Sabit Bey,
in obtaining money under false pre
tences.
RUM ROW ROUTED
NEW YORK, May 12.—Rum row has
been routed by dry navy blockades,
according to coast guard, officials. Two
rum laden vessels and four of the nine
schooners which had been sighted
Sunday, sailed south during the fog
and only four schooners are now visi
ble. Fog made it impossible for the
patrol boats to follow the rum ves
sels.
OPEN SECOND BRITISH
EMPIRE EXHIBITION
LONDON, May 12. (£>)—'The King
and Queen opened the second Brit
ish Empire Exhibition at Wembley.
At one end of the great stadium rep
resentatives of every part of the em
pire gathered to receive the king.
FEARED RIOTING
WOULD MAR THE
ARRIVAL PRES
BERLIN. May 12. (£>)—Clashes be
ween monarchists and communists
t is feared may mar the ceremonies
ittending the arrival of Field Marshal
fon Hindenburg. Communists will
>e holding protest meetings, at the
same time thousands of monarchists
ire crowding the city, and there are
chances of serious trouble. The cap
tal is crowded for the President’s in
luguration today.
A quarter of a million members of
various organizations chiefly monar
chists, will welcome the president-el
jct. The republican organizations
vill not take much part in the cere
monies.
BERLIN, May 12. (/P)—'The police
lere fear riots when the former Field
Marshal is inaugurated today, and are
making all preparations of the report
sd plot that has reached their ears
:hat many reds will be in the line of
:he presidential procession, armed
with revolvers, ready to kill him at
:he first opportunity.
Greet Von Hindenburg
BERLIN, May 12. (JP)—With Repub
lican colors swamped, several hundred
:housand monarchists bearing the
alack, white and red flags of Imperial
Gtermany, welcomed President Elect
Von Hindenburg on his arrival from
Hanover.
There may be trouble at the inaugu
ration this evening. Police a^e .tak
ing extraordinary precautions to pre
sent the throwing of bombs or other
lets of violence.
The Reichstag building, where the
aeremonies will be performed, has
been searched from top to bottom lest
aommunists be concealed there.. All
seeking to enter the building will be
subjected to questioning. Special ad
mission cards have been issued.
Fully half a million people lined the
streets through which Hindenburg
passed on his way from the railroad
station to the chancellory. Before the
ranks of the monarchist organizations
republicans ran to cover and commun
ists wilted into invisibility.
CITIZENS WILL PUN
200TH BIRTHDAY OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.—(/P)
—The American people probably will
be given a free voice as to the char
acter of the celebration which is to
commemorate in 1932 the two hund
redth anniversary of the birth of
George Washington.
The celebration will be held here,
in the city which Washington found
ed and will be under the direction
of a commission created by the last
Congress and of which President
Coolidge is the .ex-officio chairman.
Some suggestions as to the nature
of the event are now being received.
Sponsors of the celebration hope it
will be more spiritual than material
istic, stressing the character, achieve
ments and institutions of the Father
of his country. Charles W. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard, has
expressed the view that the celebra
tion should be directed in large mea
sure to the rising generation, not to
the passing or the past, and that its
aim should be to increase the num
ber of Washington’s disciples and
followers in and for the struggles
of the future.
PRINCE OF WALES IN SOUTH AF.
GRAEFREINET, May 12. (JP)—1The
Prince of Wales spent an hour here
today, the former center of the rebel
lion aga 3t British ru.e. He receiv
3d ap pc^ *ar demonstration, being ac
claimed by wild cheers.
ENGAGEMENT SOCIETY GIRL
BROKEN MUTUAL CONSENT
PARIS, May 12. (£>)—'The engage
ment of Thelma Madell, the St. Louis
society girl, and Viscoute Joseph de
Boisle, was broken by mutual consent.
WILL REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE
CONCESSIONS OF SOVIETS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12. (ff)
—The Caucasian republics of Georgia
and Azerbaijan will file notices with
the State Department of refusal to rec
ognize concessions made by the So
viet government to the Sinclair and
Harriman interests, to exploit the man
ganise fields of Georgia and Azerbai
zan.
LOS ANGELES MAKES GOOD
TRIP TO PORTO RICO
LAKE HURST, N. J., May 12.(£>)—
The naval dirigible Los Angeles with
her crew of thirty-seven and two
guests, arrived here Saturday from
Porto Rico. Her commander said the
voyage demonstrated the fact that the
dirigible is able to withstand almost
any weather conditions.
MOTHER’S DAY
CELEBRATED IN
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12. (/P)
—Mother’s Day was observed through
out the United States Sunday. Ex
ercises were held at the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier at Arlington.
Royalty’s Kin Shot;
Alleged Own Hand
LONDON, May 12.—(JP)—The Hon
John Francis Lascelles, husband oi
Princess Mary was dead in his home
here with a bullet wound in his
head. A double barreled gun wit!
one empty cartridge was wedged
between the table leaves and tin
muzzle. It was resting on a chaii
and was pointing at Mr. Lascelles
head. A long rod was attached tc
the trigger. Mr. Lascelles was the
half brother of Earl of Harewood
father-in-law of Princess Mary.
NATIONWIDE DRIVE FOR
PROHIBITION IN GERMANY
FRANKFORT Germany, May 12. (JP]
—A nationwide drive for prohibition
in Germany was launched Sunday
with addresses from the pulpits, of al;
denominations.
Experts In Housing Aim
to Help Middle Classes
NEW YORK, May 12.—(/P)—The
need of proper housing for people ol
the middle" class, for intellectual
workers, will come up for serious
study this summer at Paris. The
subject will be given primary con
sideration at the International Con
gress of Building and Public Works
to be held in the French capita
June 15-19, according to Willard
Reed Messenger, of New York, whe
recently inaugurated a movement foi
better housing for intellectual work
ers in the United States following
his investigations abroad.
“The conference will be under the
patronage of the French premier and
other high officials, and participants
will be entertained by the Presi
dent of the Republic,” says Mr. Mes
senger.
"Detailed comparisons will be made
of the different methods of differenl
nations to combat the housing short
age. All new means and methods
to l educe costs of building will be
considered, and a practical con.
live program fostered.”
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COOLIDGE SEEK
MORE POWER
HAGUE TRIBUNAL
MOVEMENT ON TO GIVE IT FUNC
TIONS OF THE LEAGUE’S
WORLD COURT.
WASHINGTON, D. May 12.—
OP)—The Administration is consider
ing the suggestions that an effort
will be made to bring about an In
ternational agreement to amplify
powers of permanent court of interna
tional arbitration at The Hague, of
which the United States is a member.
The purpose is to give this body
the functions of a court of Justice
•similar to those possessed by the
League of Nations and World Court.
The movement for extending the
powers of a court are said to be in
line with the policy of Senator Bor
ah, the chairman of the Foreign Re
lations committee that codification
of international law will be a prelim
inary to the American indorsement
of or participation in any World
court of Justice.
Endorse Policy.
Enimies of the League Court con
tend that The Hague Trbunal has
the power to codify international
law. This plan which is now under
consideration. It was predicted that
this would satisfy isolationists.
Three-Year-Old “Sting”
Cops Excelsior Stakes
JAMICA RACE TRACK, May 12.
—(JP)—James Butler’s three-year-old
“Sting,” won the Excelsior handicap
i $10,000 stake. Cherry Pie was sec
ond, and Mad Play was third. Cov
entry was winner of the Preakess,
Bowed Tendon may never race again.
Ben Marinelli, who was injured
in the race in a spill is in a critical
condition in the hospital here.
SPEND 40 MILLION
AT PEARL HARBOR
I WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12. (/P)
I —The War department will spend
j forty million dollars for the defense
i of the Hawaiian Islands. These fig
ures include the development of the
Pearl Harbor Naval base.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12. (fP)
—To provide better defense for Ha
waii and other overseas garrisons an
increase in the army from 118,000 to
150,000 men will be sought at the next
congress.
Army officers say that with this in
I crease land defenses of Oahu island
could be strengthened but it wTas not
! indicated how large a garrison would
! be maintained.
Acting Secretary of War Davis said
it is not possible under the present
. conditions to maintain any overseas
. garrisons at a strength they should
. have.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, May 12. (£>)—Short in
, terests have lost heavily in the stock
• of the American Sumatra Tobacco co.,
. for which receivers were appointed a
: few days ago. Instead of receiver
ship announcement depressing stock
i preferred gained more than twenty
points and shorts had to bid dear for
; stocks to cover commitments.
The stock market was very irregular
. today. Shares traded totalled 900,
700 .
Exchange rates—Britain 4.84 1-2;
France 5.20 1-2; Switzerland 19.35;
. Italy 4.10 1-2; Sweden 26.74; Norway
i 16.88; Denmark 18.88; Spain 14.55;
: Holland 40.20; Austria 14.18; Jugo
Slavia 1.63; Czechoslavia 2.96 3-4; Ar
mtine 39.50.