MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOUME XX, NUMBER 326
SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
. 18 MEN RESCUED
DURING MINE, 2
REPORTED DEAD
NEDERLAND, Colo., Dec. 5 (£>)—
Eighteen of the twenty men imprison
ed in the Fairviewr silver and gold
mine shaft were rescued today. Two
were dead. Prentice Norris, a world
war veteran, whom the smoke over
came when he led his second rescue
party after the first had retired over
come by the smoke, is in a critical
condition.
The rescued men said that Robert
Stephenson, one of the dead men, di
rected the building and caulking of
the bulkhead, which saved 18, and
cheered his companions by singing oc
casionally.
FEAR DAY WHEN MOTORS MAY
DISPLACE ROYAL CARRIAGES
LONDON, Dec. 4. (/P)—What would
happen io the Royal carriages and
the Coronation coach, should the
motor displace the horse, is a ques
tion Londoners frequently ask. There
are only about 70 horses in the Roy
al Mews now, whereas before the
war they numbered upwards of 150.
t The cream ponies, which were bred
at the Royal stud farm in Hampton
Court Park, have gone; so too have
the handsome blacks which had been
the admiration of the crowds on state
occasion. Only the bays remain.
Many citizens have expressed the
hope that horses would lways be us
ed at national functions.
The Coronation coach probably
would remain at Buckingham Palace.
It has been used for six coronations
and is one of the show sights to allj
favored visitors. It is drawn by eight
horses in red and gold harness.
The Royal train, ’which King
George and Queen Mary use in trav
eling about England, is the finest
in the country. It consists usually
^ of 11 coaches of the Pullman type,
and two engines are employed to
draw it. Running always as a spe
cial, the train generally is o non
stop schedule. Full speed is never
maintained after nine or ten p. m.
so that the motion may be reduced
to a minimum and not disturb the j
slumbers of their majesties.
FEDERAL LANDS
BE CEDED STATES
r SPOKANE, Dec. 5 (/P)—The Mining
Association adopted resolutions last
night demanding that the Federal |
lands in 11 Rocky mountain Pacific I
Coast states be ceded to the several
States to permit taxation and control.
The association opposed the aban
donment of the Alaska railroad and
urged that the legislature of Alaska
be given the same authority over pub
lic lands as the legislature in the
Philippines; opposed the withdrawal
of any public domain from mineral
prospecting or requiring the filing of
a bond to cover such operations as
proposed pending congressional leg
islation and opposed Blue Sky legis
lation affecting mining.
CON KELLEY DEAD
SEATTLE HOME
► SEATTLE, Dec. 5 (/P)—Con Kelley,
former chairman of the Democratic
committee and a resident of the Sew
ard peninsula for 21 years, where he ■
operated mining interests, died yes
terday at his home in this city.
His widow is leaving for New York
today with the body. Kelley as a 1
democrat was a candidate for congress
and became a republican in 1896 when
Wm. McKinley ran for the presidency.
AGREES TO ABOLITION OF
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
MADRID, Spain, Dec. 5 (JP)—King
Alfonso has agreed to the abolition of
the military dictatorship and its suc
cession by a civil cabinet under Primo
de Riviers. Members of the new min
istry arrived at the royal palace at 11
o’clock and took oath of office.
FIRE AT COUNCIL BLUFFS
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., Dec. 5 (JP)—
Damage roughly estimated at $2,000,
000, five persons missing and one se
riously burned is the toll of the fire
which broke out in the business sec
tion of Council Bluffs at 5 this morn
ing.
GREAT NORTHERN
STARTS 8 MILE
BORE CASCADES
CHICAGO, Dec. 5 {JP)— Ralph Budd,
President of the Great Northern rail
way, announced yesterday that the
company had started its eight-mile
tunnel to lower the crossing of the
Cascade mountains. This will be
electrified which will cost $2,000,000
additional.
FRANK L. SHULL
ON SHIPPING BD.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5 (/P)—
Responding to a request by President
Coolidge, McNary 'suggested the name
of Frank L. Shull, republican, and
Marshall N. Dana, democrat, as mem
bers of the Shipping Board.
GOD HAS MESSAGE
FOR THE PEOPLE
OF EVERY AGE
CHTATANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 5(yP)—
God has a message for the people of
every age, Dr. Luther E. Lovejoy,
stewardship secretary for the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, declar
ed in an address prepared for delivery
here today at the Church-wide Confer
ence of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States.
“This message,” he said, “is always
adapted to the peculiar needs to which
it is given. For Abraham’s age it wa~s
‘faith,’ for John the Baptist, “repen
tance,’ for Augustine’s, ‘the divine
sovereignty,’ for William Booth, ‘ser
vice.’
“To our day the message is ‘stew
ardship.’ And it is most timely. For
into the hands of the men of the pre
sent generation have come such enor
mous treasures of talent, education,
freedom, discovery, inventive skill,
money, as to imperil the very founda
tions of society, unless the full meas
ure of responsibility to God for the
handling of these gifts is fully under
stood and acknowledged.
“We are in such an age as never
before, and the old messages, howTever
true and great will not suffice to guide
and steady us in the busy age on which
we have embarked.
“This message of stewardship is al
ready hailed by the leaders of modern
Protestantism as the principle which
will solve as no other can do, the
problems which perplex the church at
this hour.
“College presidents are introducing
its study into their curricula, pastors
are proclaiming it from their pulpits,
and loyal laymen are putting it in prac
tice in their church and business re
lationships. More marked still is the
interest of the young people who are
now quite generally enlisting as ac
tive promoters and are studying and
iiscussing the subject in their annual
assemblies*.”
FIRST ELECTRICAL
GOLD DREDGE IS
INSTALLED WN.
SEATTLE, Dec. 5 (jP)—1The first
electrically driven gold dredge was
put in operation in Swauk Creek near
Ellensburg, by the Kittitas Mining Co.
The dredge has a seven and a half
cubic foot bucket and displaces hand
labor which has been dredging in the
vicinity for 56 years.
The machine weighs a thousand
tons and is capable of handling 5000
cubic yards of gravel a day and cost
a quarter of a million dollars.
Three more are expected to be in
stalled soon.
YALE STILL CHAMPION
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (JP)—Yale re
tains its grip on the major share of
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic lau
rels by a narrow margin. It holds or
shares seven championships, the Navy
is second with a grasp on six.
OPERATIONS DISCONTINUED
LONDON, Dec. 5 (JP)—Diving oper
ations in the attempt to find the lost
submarine M-l have been discontinued
an admiralty statement says.
“PUSSYFOOT” IN SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 5 (/P)—Swedish
prohibition forces have received re
enforcement through the presence of
“Pussyfoot” Johnson who is touring
the country.
POPE ASKED FOR
MORALSUPPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5 (£>)—
The United Committee for Prohibition
enforcement appealed to Pope Pius
XI for moral support “of civil author
ity.” This brought a sharp rejoinder
from Rev. John Burke, general sec
retary of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference who termed the ap
peal “the height of impudence.”
Press Is Silenced
By Premier Masolini
ROME, Dec. 4 (JP)—Suppression of
the press that is in opposition to Pre
mier Mussolini became virtually com
plete today. As a result of purchase,
direct suppression or financial em
bargo, only a few of the papers now
remain in Italy that are not bound
to the government in all essentials.
“Stampa,” of Turin, generally re
garded as the second best newspaper
in Italy was suppressed a few months
ago, after the second official warning
by the simple device of withdrawing
the license of the director. It has
just resumed publication under a di
rector appointed by the government,
making it virtually a government or
ganization.
GASTONRHARDY
DIES NEW YORK
News was received in Seward to- ]
day that Gaston B. Hardy, banker and <
business man, well known in Seward, (
had passed away at his home in New 1
York, November 23. Mr. Hardy owns (
large property interests in Seward, t
and was formerly engaged in the bank
ing business here.
No particulars were received other "!
than that he had died. e
The regular weekly business of i
Ptarmigan troop, No. 1, American Boy
Scouts, was held last evening at the
S.. A. C. Following the lessons the i
first and second teams of basketball i
played, a short game. \
FRENCH HIGH COST OF LIVING I
TAKES ELDERS BACK SCHOOL
_
PAHI'S, Dec. 4. (/P)—The high cost
of living ha smade itself manifest in
another French quarter. The French
universities all report the enrollment
of an unusual number of elderly and
middle-aged pupils.
Retired officers, merchants, func
tionaries and others, finding their
incomes from investments too small
for present day needs, are seeking
to perfect themselves in some sub
ject with a view to reobtaining em
ployment. The subject most patron
ized is law, and after that, the mod
ern languages.
FRENCH VOTE FOR
INFLATION BILL
PARIS, Dec. 5 (J-P)—The Senate
vote adopting the inflation bill which
passed the chamber of deputies was
205 to 26, adding 7,500,000,000 francs
to the government currency.
Former Premier Marshall and For
mer Minister of Agriculture Cheron
pronounced the measure necessary to
save France.
PROTESTS AGAINST MALICIOUS
MATTER THRU U. S. MAILS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5 (^P)—A
protest against circulation by mail of
malicious matter has been filed with
eht United States Attorney George
Hatfield by a delegation of mothers,
representing the California Parent
Teachers’ Association.
JUKI FUNDS FUR
WOMAN IN CASE
WHITE PLAINS
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 5 (£>)—
The jury found that Alice Rhinelander
did not deceive Leonard Rhinehart,
the young millionaire who married
her, but on the contrary he knew of
her negro blood and married her not
withstanding.
The case has attracted nation-wide
interest owing to the social position
of the litigants.
BRITISH VESSEL .
LOST COLLISION
LONDON, Dec. 5 (;P)—The British
steamer Ashton and the American
Shipping Board steamer Federal col
lided in the Scheldt river and the
Ashton sank quickly with the loss of
;he Captain and three of the crew.
ALAMEDA SALS
WITH SEVENTEEN
SEATTLE, Dec. 5 (/P)—The steam
ship Alameda sailed this morning at
> o’clock with seventeen passengers
or Seward: The list follows: J. S.
remland, Mrs. J. H. Hall and baby,
drs. M. E. Fowler, E| G. Lohmen, Miss
Rive Reid, Ike Kovelsky, T. A. An
lerson, J. Stanley Herning, D. M. Cul
>erson, G. E. Stegman, J. Brighton,
I. E. Funk, F. Getson, W. G Tomalo,
wo steerage
The special committees of the New
rear’s Eve ball to be held under the
uspices of the Seward volunteer fire
epartment will mtfet tomorrow affer
ioon at 3 o’clock at the fire hall.
H. C. Feldman, business man and
•roperty owner of Cordova, arrived
a Seward last evening on the brief
isit.
AIR EQUIPMENT
OBSOLETE SAYS
ANNUAL REPORT
WASHINGTON, D C., Dec. 5
Sweeping changes in some of the more
powerful of the House and Senate
standing standing committees will be
come effective with the convening of
the new Congress next Monday.
Both of the committees dealing with,
railroad legislation will have new
chairmen. Senator James L. Watson
of Indiana succeeds Senator Ellison D.
Simth Democrat, South Carolina, as
head of the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee, while James S. Par
ker of New York will replace Samuel
E. Winslow of Massachusetts as chair
man of the House Interstate and For
eign Commerce Committee.
Senator Stanfield of Oregon, suc
ceeds the late Senator Ladd of North
Dakota, as chairman of the Public
Lands Committee, the famous Teapot
Dome investigating body. With
changes in the membership, adminis
tration Republicans will be able to
recapture control of this body, which
may be asked to make another oil in
vestigation at this session.
Other of the more important Sen
ate committees which will have new
chairmen are those on Postoffices and
Pensions, with Senator Moses of New
Hampshire replacing former Senator
Sterling of South Dakota on the for
mer and Senator Norbeck of South
Dakota, succeeding former Senator
Bursum of New Mexico on the latter.
House committees which are to have
new chairmen include those on Flood
Control, Indian Affairs, Insular Affairs
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and
Military Affairs. These chairmen are
yet to be selected but in the order of
seniority they would be in the order
named: Thomas F. Curry, California;
Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota; C.
E. Fuller, Illinois; Frank D. Scott, of
Michigan, and John M. Morin of Penn
sylvania.
Changes in the personnel of virtu
ally all of the standing committees of
both houses are made necessary by
the Republican organizations of the
two houses to treat insurgents within
their party as non-Republicans and to
assign them extra places at the foot
of committees without party designa
tion.
LA FOLLETTE
IGNORES PARTY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5 (^ip)—
Senator Robert La Follette failed to
attend the first Senate Republican con
ference held since he was elected.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5 (£>)—
Instead of accepting the invitation to
attend the Senate Republican confer
ence LaFollett'e met with the Wilcon
sin Republican insurgent congressmen.
He announced in a statement that
“we will meet the issue squarely.” The
Republican Committee on Committees
deprived Congressman Nelson of Wis
consin of his seat on the Rules Com
mittee.
Large Number Reservations
Southbound, On S.S. Alaska
The steamer Alaska, Capt. Nord, of
the Alaska Steamship Company, ar
rived in port last night at 7:30 o’clock
with a small passenger list and about
300 tons of general cargo. A large
aumber of reservations have been
made for the southbound voyage of
the liner and many more are expected
an this evening’s train from the Inte
rior. The vessel departs at midnight
tor, Seattle.
A regular meeting of the town
council will be held Monday night.