Hemard Baily Gnteuiay
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 103 SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
HALF MILLION BE
SPENT FAIRBANKS
SUMMER OF 1925
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. May 1.—The expenditure
of half a million this summer in Fair
banks, by the Fairbanks Exploration
Company in completing a survey to de
termine whether or not nine millions
will be invested in a gold dredging
equipment, was announced today by
Norman C, Stines, general manager
for the company.
Mr. Stinnes will sail for Seward
May 9. The first block of a large
amount of the capital stock was sub
scribed in England.
The development this summer of the
Vancouver Mines Limited in the Port
land Canal district, and the operation
of the British Columbia-Alaska Boun
dary properties was announced in Van
couver yesterday, according to word
received here.
General Stability Be '
Caused by Gold Basis
9 (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 1.—
h the return of the English pound
stealing to a gold basis, eighty to
ninety percent of the international
world trade will be done on a gold
standard. It is calculated that gold
prices will bring about a general con
dition of stability, Secretary Hoover
;said.
Income Tax Receipts
f Show Great Decline
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—
Income tax receipts are $67,500,000
Ipss :or the lirst quarter this year than
i -r (lie same period for three months
1 st year. Up to date a total of $519
_ j!),t 00 has been received against a
• . > of $586,700,000 last year.
iceipts for Washington and Alas
were S3,700,000 this year; $5,600,000
year.
- lice Break Up Ten
Communist Meetings
(13y Associated Press)
, GW YORK, May 1.—Ten commu
iv <: meetings were broken up by the
police bombing squad jin Manhattan
p-" the Bronx, the communists being
.'.on into the streets and their liter
> e confiscated.
wreckers Kill 24 and
Injure 20 In Germany
(By Associated Press)
BE RLIN, May 1.—Twenty four per
sons were killed and twenty injured
*/:ien the Eydtkuhner-Berlin express
v s derailed today between Swaros
r iti and Starogard. The tragedy was
a trihuted to the melicious removal of
b. from the rails at a curve.
/'h ipt Made To Take
life of Bulgarian King
(By Associated Press)
SOVIA, Bulgaria, May 1.—Officers
retried today that they found a sub
.-afean passage filled with explo
sives mtended to blow up the palace.
It w; declared to be an attempt on
the i ..e of King Boris.
CR£'V OF SCHOONER CAP D’OR
WNED WHEN VESSEL SUNK
T W*'" * --
. (By Associated Press)
■ fULIFAX, N. S., May 1.—Four to
^ ^ the schooner Cap d’Or were re
d drowned last night off the Nova
coast when the steamer Clack
jjpP|frammed her.
Hartley Demands Day’s
Work for a Day’s Pay
(By Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Wn., May 1.—Governor
Hartley announced today that all ad
ministrative and office employes must
begin their day’s work at 8 o’clock in
the morning and work until 5 o’clock
in the afternoons, instead of going to
work at 9 o’clock and quitting at 4
as formerly. The Saturday half holi
day will he retained.
Aged Alabama Planter
Will Marry Young Girl
(By Associated Press)
MOBILE, Ala., May 1.—Former Sen
ator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon. 71
years of age, owner of a large planta
tion near here, yesterday obtained a
license to wed Miss Francis Baker
Turner, aged 29.
HINDENBURG BE INAUGURATED
BERLIN, May 1.—General von Hin
denburg will be inaugurated president
of the German republic May 12.
NORTHWESTERN
GOES ANCHORAGE
Agent J. H. Flickinger states that
the Northwestern will reach Seward
about 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon,
leaving some time during the night
for Anchorage. The Northwestern
will sail south from Seward Monday
afternoon or evening.
Birth Rate Increasing;
Death Rate Decreasing
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—The
birth rate in the United States last
year was 22.5 per thousand and in
1923 22.3. The deaths last year were
11.9; in 1923 12.4.
NORTHWESTERN OUT CORDOVA
CORDOVA, May 1.—Northwestern
north 11:45 last night.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
Halibut eight and four. Salmon
quoted at 16, 12 and 7 cents.
CONVICT STABS FELLOW
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., May 1.—An
unidentified convict critically stabbed
and beat up Frank Gomez, a Mexican
prisoner. This is the second outbreak
between white and Mexicans within
the past two days.
Seattle Men Convicted
of Murder of Rancher
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 1.—Oscar L. Red
den, Joseph Burt, former Seattle po
licemen, and Chester Rothernel and
Harry Landaker, were convicted at
the second trial for the murder of L.
Barie, at Barie’s ranch at Coalfield.
The jury fixed the punishment at life
imprisonment.
The Barie verdict was reached after
the jury had been out nineteen hours.
Nine men and three women were the
jurors.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 29.—Vio
lent earth shocks were reported near
Adana.
OLYMPIA, May 1.—Elective state
officers announced today they would
continue the 7-hour day regardless of
Governor Hartley’s orders.
FRANCE WILL ADOPT GOLD
STANDARD IN NEAR FUTURE
PARIS, May 1.—Caillaux told the
newspapers today that France would
be obliged to adopt a gold basis as
soon as the situation permits.
HOME RAIDED BY
NARCOTIC SQUAD
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, May 1 —Rush R
Meadows, a former Trojan gridiron
hero, who has been practicing erimi
nal law here; D. L. Lorner, calling
himself an actor, and two others were
arrested today following the seizure
at the Meadows’ home of narcotics
valued at SIS,000. together with S16,00(
worth of Liberty Bonds, part of a quar
ter of a million dollars worth of lool
taken from a bank at Richland. Neb.
December 8, 1921.
-
Japanese Steamer Fails
To Rescue Tug’s Crew
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 1.—A dispatch tc
the Post-Intelligencer from Aberdeen
said that Sanmuel Anderson, captain
of the tug Ryba, which sank yesterdav
in heavy seas off Gray’s Harbor, said
that the Japanese steamship Etna
Maru passed within several hundred
feet of where the Ryba was sinking
and probably could have saved the
lives of the three men drowned had
a boat been lowered.
A dispatch to the Times from the
officers of the Grays’ Harbor Stevedor
ing company declared the Etna did
everything possible to save the crew
of the Rybas. Capt. Meland of the
Lake Frances criticised the Etna say
ing a boat had not been lowered as
promptly as it should have been.
Chas. Hanson, a pilot, whom the
Ryba had put aboard, asserted that
he nearly wrecked the Etna in an at
tempt to stop and, lower a boat in the
heavy seas.
; Coolidge’s Father III
With Heart Trouble
(By Associated Press)
BOSTON, Mass., May 1.—John, the
father of President Coolidge arrived
here last night for treatment for his
heart. Asked how lie felt, he replied
“I don't know; I haven’t seen the
newspapers.”
The elder Coolidge was found tc
have a condition called ‘‘heart block.’
often encountered in advanced age.
Prince of Wales Drives
Ox Wagon in Capetown
—
(By Associated Press)
CAPETOWN, S. A., May 1.—The
Prince of Wales drove an ox wagon
through the streets last night accom
panied by thousands of University stu
dents singing. “For He’s a Jolly Good
Fellow.”
Hindenburg Statue Was
Sold By Junk Dealer
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, May 1.—The gigantic
wooden statue of General von Hinden
burg which was erected before the
war, and was filled with nails repre
senting war contributions by his ad
mirers, it is learned was sold for the
wood in it during President Ebert’s
administration. The head was stored
and when examined today was found
to be destroyed by fungus.
Columbia River Fishing
Season Opens Today
ASTORIA, May 1.—The fishing sea
son opened in the Columbia river to
day. The fishermen voted last night
to accept 12 cents per pound for their
fisli, which the packers offered, the
fishermen demanding 14.
The fishermen voted to join the can
nerymen in opposing the construction
of the government dam at Priest rap
ids.
SEVENTH BIENNIAL LEGISLUTE ENDS
LAST NIGHT-ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAVAGANT IN ALASKA HISTORY
Atmosphere of Harmony Prevailed Seldom Equalled—
Two Million Dollars Appropriated for Territorial
Projects—Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Above
Previou^fffffi Water Mark—Pension Fund Saved
IRREGULARS DEFEATED IN FINAL VOTE SENATE
_
I Governor Bone Renominates J. R. Heckman, Calvin Haze
let and H. E. Ellsworth as Members of Territorial
Fish Commission and Nominations Immediately Con
firmed—Seventy New Bills Passed, and One Vetoed
JUNEAU, Alaska, May 1.—The Seventh Biennial Session of the Alaska
Legislature ended last night in an atmosphere of harmony seldom equalled in
the history of former assemblies, with the paradoxical record of being the
most extravagant and at the same timeThe most economical of Alaska Legis
latures, as it appropriated over a quarter of a million dollars more than any
of its predecessors, but abstained from boosting taxes of any kind, and in
! one or two minor instances reduced rates on various things.
The way for an early and harmonious adjournment was paved this morn
ing, when the Senate resisting the efforts of the irregulars to returns the ap
propriations measure to open session and call the attorney general to rule
on some of the items questioned by them, and forced the big money billa
through to final passage.
MALCONTENTS TRY TO BLOCK LEGISLATION
Aldrich initiated the movement to reopen the entire discussion when
I he said the appropriation covering extra printing and extra help was not le
i gal, and moved that Attorney General Rustgard be summoned. He was sup
ported by Brown, Dunn and Hunt, but Ayer, Dimond, Pratt and Howard
united against the move and forced the final roll call, only Aldrich and
Brown voting against the measure on its final passage.
Two remaining bills in the Senate, the Sherman measure empowering
j the canvassing board to canvass individual ballots where their legality was
i questioned, and Sundquist’s bill regulating sample ballots to prevent voting
by stencil or similar devices, were lost in the Senate on a tie vote, Aldrich,
| Brown, Dunn and Hunt, who prevented the passage of the original literacy
bill, voting against them.
OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS APPROPRIATED
Seventy bills were passed out of one hundred and thirty introduced, and
j one was vetoed by the Governor. Paul’s fish trap bill, which reached the
j governor today, will receive his approval, it is reported. The general and
| special appropriations made a total of almost two million dollars, more than
| three hundred and fifty thousand above previous high records.
Features of the session were the success attending the effort to prevent
j
{ the passage of a real litraey bill, and the open movement to break down the.
| bars protecting the pension fund from Indian invasion. Literacy adherents
; were blocked so far as the First division is concerned, as the law passed le*
■ galized the votes of some thousand Indians who voted in the past election,
j The rest of the Territory is protected from votes from the same sources,
| however.
Paul’s movement to force open the doors of the pension funds was at
! least partially blocked by an amendment to existing laws. Legislators are
hopeful these will save the situation. If it does not future legislatures will
have to deal with it drastically, or be forced to discontinue the pensions.
MEMBERS FISH COMMISSION REAPPOINTED
Governor Bone renominated J. R. Heckman of Ketchikan, Calvin Haze
let of Cordova and Harry Ellsworth of Seward as members of the Territorial
Fish Commission, and the appointments were promptly confirmed.
Most of the members will leave for their homes next Tuesday.
Man Fatally Hurt As
Wife Bears Baby Boy
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, May 1—Aaron Tes
sel, 26, died at the hospital today while
his wife bore a baby boy. Tessel had
his wife in an automobile rushing her
to a hospital, when the machine hit a
telephone pole, totally wrecking it.
The woman was slightly injured.
LIGHTNING RIPS OVER CELLAR
WHERE FAMILY WAS HIDDEN
(By Associated Press)
MUSKOGEE, Okla., May 1.—Light
ning ripped open a storm cellar where
the family of F. F. Satterfield, a far
mer living near Porter, had taken
refuge from a windstorm early yester
day, killing Wilmer, 12, and severely
burning four other members of the
family.
WARNS AGAINST
OLD HOUSE RULES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.—
Congressman Frear stated today that
proposals to modify Senate rules
prompted him to warn against a move
to re-enact the old rules in the House.
He declared that under the old rules
the House in the Sixty-seventh Con
gress was under the gag rule of the
majority, adding “The opportunity
for outside influences to control un
der the gag rule was notorious.”
If dad is worried when daughter
is out with a boy, it is because he
has a good memory.
The gasboat Ivanhoe took fuel oil
at the local plant yesterday.