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VOLUME XX. NUMBER 301
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
' VETERAN OF WAR
IS A SUICIDE AT
BILLINGS, MONT.
IRRITATED OVER FAILURE OF
FALSE TEETH TO FIT HIM —
WAS CUSTER’S ORDERLY
BILLINGS. Mont.. Nov. 7 (IP)— John
Burkmire, 86. who braved the dangers
of war for 11 years, and who served
as orderly to General George A. Cus
ter. shot himself dead yesterday. It
is declared that Burkmire saddled his
horse for Custer, when he rode into
his last battle with the Sioux Indians
on the Little Big Horn.
Burkmire went to Sawtelle recently
to enter the soldiers’ home, and was j
leeply hurt at his rejection because he j
was the recipient of a pension of $72
per month, and because a taxi driver
charged him $5 each way to ride to
and from the home.
Burkmire recently went to Califor
nia where he bought a set of false
teeth, a pair of spectacles and a pair
of boots none of which he claimed fit
ted him. When he returned to Bill
ings he threw them away, and ex- j
pressed a desire to die, saying he was j
"tired of throwing his money away.” j
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Complete Copy of
Bible on Strip of
Paper, Then Swoons
TOKIO, Nov. 6. (TP)—A complete
copy of the Bible on a single strip
of paper has been made by a Japan
ese Christian missionary, Dr. Ishi
zuka. The paper scroll is about 110
nches long and 30 inches broad.
The strip can be read, but only with
•he aid of a magnifying glass. The
?ext is in Japanese, more than 1,000,
000 characters covering- the scroll.
It required four years and three
months to complete. At its conclu
sion, Dr. Ishizuka fell into a long
swoon.
Spend 1-3 On Movies
PARIS, Nov. 6. (/P)—Patrons of the
“Seventh Art”—as the French call
:he cinema—contributed one-third of
:he entire amount .spent in 1924 by
The theater-going public of Paris to
the movies. The box offices in the
100 and more cinema houses in the
capital and suburbs last year took
:n 100,500,000 francs.
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INSURGENTS GIVE
ENGLISH WORRY
LONDON, Nov. 7 (TP)—In a dispatch
emphasizing the seriousness of the sit
uation around Damascus, a Cairo cor
respondent to the Daily Mail says
that the insurgent leader, Ramadan
Pasha Ibn Shellash, has proclaimed
himself military governor of the pro
visional government.
PROHIBITS CHINESE COEDS TO
MARRY WITHOUT PARENT O.K.
C
PEKING, Nov. 6.(TP)—Marriages
between coeds of the various govern
ment colleges and universities with
out permission of parents has been
prohibited.
Governor General Li Ching-lin, of
Chihli prvoince, asserted that the
social custom of the West has pene
trated China to such an extent that
many young men and women con
tract manage without parental approv
al. As the General viewed free mar
riages as detrimental to the ancient
doctrines, all professors and stud
ents will be dismissed and punished
without mercy if they persist in the
practice.
MEXICAN WOMEN CAMPAIGN
AGAINST IMMORAL POSTCARDS
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 6. (JP)—A
compaign against the sale or display
of immoral postcards, pictures or
publications has been undertaken by
the National Council of Mexican Wo
men.
Secretary of Education Puig, peti
tioned by the Council to take action
upon the ground that the youth of
the country is being subjected to evil
influences, expressed his sympathy
with the movement and promised his
governmental influence in its sup
port.
Government inspectors have been
instructed to investigate the condi
tions complained of by the Women’s
Council.
SWEDISH MARINE EARNINGS OFF
GOTHENBURG, Nov. 6. (/P)—There
was a decrease of 1.8 per cent in
earnings of the .Swedish merchant
marine last year, compared with the
previous year. The time charter in
come, however, showed a gain of 70
per cent. The marine earnings reach
ed $63,569,600.
Foreign Wheat
Is a Necessity
DUBLIN, Nov. 6. (/P)—If anything
happened to the Free State’s foreign
wheat supplies the people would be
without bread for fifteen days of of
sixteen, it was stated by the chair
man of a Farmers’ Conference here.
The acreage under w'heat has de
clined from half a million to a quar
ter of a million since 1851. The far
mers said that wheat growing did
not pay.
ALASKANS COMING HOME
FROM TRIP OUTSIDE
ON STEAMER ALASKA
SEATTLE, Nov. 7. (£>)—The steam
ship Alaska of the Alaska Steamship
Company left here this morning at
nine o’clock for Seward and way
points with ninety-five on board.
Those booked for Seward are:
Mrs. P. A. Cook, VC. D. Laughlin,
George Smith, Archie Lingo and wife,
W. C. Grandjean, I. T. Harstad, F.
Dufrene. wife and daughter, Mrs. H.
L. Degen and Mrs. A. E. Rucker.
MAYBORETHRU
CASCADE HILLS
TACOMA. Nov. 7 (&)—'The Cascade
Tunnel Association, with representa
tives present from Seattle, Tacoma,
Port Angeles, Yakima, and Everett,
I decided last night to ask the legisla
ture to authorized Governor Hartley
to name a commission of three engi
neers to study the feasibility of a wa
tergrade tunnel under the Cascades.
CARD PARTY EASTERN STARS
The Eastern Stars will have a card
party after their meeting Monday
night. Light refreshments will be
served. All members of the order are
requested to be on hand early.
VESSEL SUNK IN CHINO-JAP
WAR BE REFLOATED SHORTLY
TOKIO, Nov. 6.(£>)—'The British
transport “Kowshing,” which was
sunk by Admiral Togo off the coast
of Jinsen, Korea, during the Chino
Japanese war in 1894, is to be refloat
ed by the Japanese navy. Expert
divers are preparing for the work
which will require about two months,
it is thought.
The transport is lying on the sea
bottm at a depth of 24 fafhoms and
has on board silver bullion valued at
about 1,500,000 yen. The sinking
of the vessel was declared to have
been due to the fact that it carried
Chinese soldiers.
ANDREWS WILL
BE BACKED UP
BY COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7 (£>)—
President Coolidge will be behind
Prohibition Director Andrews, altho
so far he only knows Commissioner
Haynes as head of the dry forces.
James Jones, formerly assistant com
missioner, witll become second in au
thority. Andrews will largely receive
the powers formerly enjoyed by Com
missioner Haynes, who will remain in
office. The assignment of duties for
Haynes is now up to Secretary Mel
lon and Commissioners Andrews and
Blair.
ROME STIRRED BY
PLOT ESTABLISH
NEW REPUBLIC
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE PREMIER
MUSSOLINI STIRS UP POPU
LACE FEVER HEAT
ROME, Nov. 7 (/P)—Already aroused
by thwarted plans to assassinate Pre
mier Mussolini, the people of Rome
are further stirred up by revelations
by the Newspaper Epoch, that assas
situation was Qnly a part of the gen
eral conspiracy to overthrow faeism
and abolish the king, setting up a
republic.
Arrests following the alleged plot
on the life of Premier Mussolini in
clude an unnamed general, Unitarian
Socialists at Turin, eight at Genoa and
Bonin who with five lawyers were
connected with a plot hatched by the
Italia Libra, a national patriotic soci
ety that Dramatist Sembenelli origi
nated.
OFFICER HELD BY
FISHERMEN AND
LIQUOR RESCUED
| OWNERS OF KETCHIKAN FISHING
BOAT IN TROUBLE OVER
DESTRUCTION EVIDENCE
KETCHIKAN, Nov. 7 (£»)—. Andrew
M. Peterson, part owner of the hali
but schooner Foremost, was convicted
by a jury of preventing a customs
officer seizing a sack of liquor on
board and destroying same. He will
be sentenced this afternoon. The last
day of the fall term of court is near
ing an end. Marcus Ness and S. E.
Ness own the other two-thirds inter
est in the Foremost, which is in cus
tody of the coast guard Gygnan. The
seizing was made alongside of the
dock by a customs officer inspecting
the boat upon its return from Prince
Rupert. It is alleged that the offi
cer was seized and held while Pe
terson destroyed the liquor.
The owners of the Foremost re
quested that the Foremost be releas
ed on bond and allowed to make her
final trip of the season, but Judge
Reed refused the request, stating it
was not in his jurisdiction. “You
must take your claim to the Secretary
of the Treasury.”
The matter was presented to the
secretary by cablegram.
Peak Hour for Deaths
Is Fixed at 3:30 A. M.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (£>)—'The peak
hour for deaths in the United States
is about 3:30 o’clock in the morning,
Harry Samson, of Pittsburgh, mem
ber of the National Selected Morti
cians said at' the Undertakers Conven
tion in session here.
BULGARIAN NEWS REPORTERS
RECEIVE ABOUT $8 A MONTH
■SOFIA, Nov. 6. (/P)—News reporters
here presumably exist on what many
newly married couples always feel
they can fall back on—love and fresh j
water. The average reporter receives |
about $8 a month and, an important!
editor such as Nikola Mileff, who,
was assassinated, receives less than
$50 a month.
Sofia has 14 daily newspapers and j
they sell for about three-fourths of a
cent each.
DOE WITH HORNS FOUND
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 6. (IP)— A
remarkable caprice of nature, a doe
with horns, was shot recently and
has been turned over to the museum
of vertebrate zoology at the Universi
ty of California* Prof. J. Grinnell
of the zoology department said an
examination showed that the animal
was sterile, which probably account
ed for the unusual growth of horns,
— /
Victoria Dae In Port
Morning, 3 o’Clock
LEFT CORDOVA THIS MORNING
AT 6 O’CLOCK ACCORDING
TO NAVY WIRELESS
A wireless report from the S.S.
Victoria this morning, was to the
effect the vessel left Cordova this
morning at 6 o’clock, Westward
bound, and would probably arrive in
port between the hours of two or
three o’clock tomorrow morning. The
arrival time depends ■entirely on
the quickness of discharging general
cargo at Valdez and Latouche. It is
said a considerable amount of ton
nage is billed for those towns. If
this is the case the vessel be even
later arriving than the above men
tioned hours.
AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE
DISSOLVED BY COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7 (/?)—
j President Coolidge’s agricultural con
ference was definitely dissolved. The
department of agriculture announced
the dissolution at the request of Rob
ertt Carey, chairman, who reported
a satisfactory solution of farm prob
lems in prospect.
GAMES TODAY OF
MUCH INTEREST
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (/P)—Experts
saw a mythical eastern football cham
pionship hanging over today’s game
between Hanover and Dartmouth and
Cornell and Dartmouth. Dartmouth is
a two to one favorite over “Gloomy
Gil’s” dobies.~
BOY KILLED BY
HIS COMPANION
TED JOHNSON, AGED 12, .SHOT
THIS MORNING WHILE HUNT
ING ON THE FLATS
(Special to The Gateway)
VALDEZ, Nov. 7. —Ted John
son, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Johnson, well known resi
dents of Valdez, was accidentally kill
ed this morning while hunting on the
flats near town with a boy compan
ion.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Lander have
aken the apartments recently vacat
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Olson above the
Graef Haidware store.
Mrs. P. A. Cook, wife of the Tele
graph Operator in the Cook Inlet town
is a passenger on the Alaska leaving
Seattle today.
STOCKS RISE TO
HIGH LEVEL IN
WALL STREET
CONTROL OF ZINC MARKET BY
ANACONDA INTERESTS IN
CREASES PRICES
NEW YORK. Nov. 7 (/P)—In a re
view of the stock market today, inter
est centers in the rise in prices to the
highest level in history, with a re
cord volume in trading. Coppers came
into the limelight under the leader
ship of the American Smelting and
Anaconda companies, both of which
reached the highest prices in years.
Expectations of increased dividends
at the next meeting influenced the
buying of Anaconda.
VALDEZ COURT
IN BUSY SESSION
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|grand jury returns many in
I DICTMENTS—FLANDERS BE ^
TRIED FOR SODOMY
(Special to The Gateway)
VALDEZ, Nov. 7 (/P)—The grand
jury up to the present time has re
turned indictments against 14 Chinese
for the possession of narcotic drugs;
against Andrew Siwertsen for shoot
jing with intent to kill; against Alex
\ Oparin for forgery: against Axel John
son and Annie Jones, for murder;
| against Emil Ness and William En
1 glehart for possession of liquor;
1 against John A. Flanders for sodomy.
Siewertsen was tried for shooting
Carl Nelson of Valdez recently, and
j _
j was acquitted. The Flanders case will
j start Monday morning.
MISTLEMWILL
BE EXTERMIN ATED
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7 (/P)—
' The Department of Agriculture an
! nounced that it had started an inten
‘ sive campaign intended to extermin
;ate the mistletoe in the National
j Forests. The Department does not ob
ject to kissing, but considers the
! plant a dangerous forest pest.
CRANE ADRIFT
IN SNOWSTROM
SAULT STE MARIE. Nov. 7
A large crane broke away yesterday
from the steamer Hettler, which had
it in tow, and is adrift in a blinding
snow storm. The crane has eight
men and one woman aboard.
Mrs. Ellsworth Feeling
| Improved In Health, Now
At Glendale, California
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ellsworth have
arrived in California from Seattle, via
the Pacific Highway, and, according
to a recent letter received from the
Seward couple, they had an interest
ing auto trip. Mrs. Ellsworth is now
at Glendale, Calif., and is feeling
much improved in health.
Shortly after her arrival in Calif
ornia, Mis. Ellsworth attended the
wedding ol‘ the former Miss Charlotte
Mathison, daughter of Ciauda Mathi
son, of Seward.
Tom Babcock, of the Babcock and
Downey quartz claims at Nuka Bay,
arrived in Seward this morning. Mr.
Babcock is taking back a horse to
the bay which will be used in th3
general work about the mine.