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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 259
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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAt, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
CREATION OF NEW
AIR DEPARTMENT
OPPOSED DAVIS
MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK SAYS
DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE
APART AND ALONE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22 (£>).
Major General Mason Patrick, chief of
the Army Air Service, testifying be
fore the special air board, advocated
the creation of a separate department
for the air forces, as urged by Cal.
Mitchell. Patrick said the department
't’was ultimately advisable, but iu the
meantime it should be semi-autono
mous and hold a similar position to
the Navy as the marines. Davis and
other witnesses vigorously opposed the
creation of an air department.
Wilbur Opposed to Any Change *
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22
Secretary Wilbur advocated the main
tenance of the Naval air service un
-der its present form and opposed the
creation of a separate department of
National defense, declaring that it
would be a well-nigh irreparable mis
take, as the air forces form an essen
tial part of the fabric of the navy it
self, and its administration, its organ
ization and other administrative prob
* lems were internal to the Navy, and
if unmolested by outside influences
could be solved with the same effi
ciency and the same results obtained
as in similar problems of the past."
He was bitterly opposed to the es
tablishment of a Naval air service as
a separate corps analogous to the Ma
rine Corps, and declared against any
single air service maintained for Na
tional defense but not under direction
of the army and navy.
Admiral Eberle, chief of Naval oper
4 ations, testified, ‘‘An independent air
force controlled by another govern^
ment department w-ould be contrary
to the recognized doctrine of unity
of effort in battle, and wound bring
disaster to the National defense.
SEATTLE MAY TRY
MANAGER PLAN
, OF GOVERNMENT
ELECTORS WILL VOTE ON PLAN
AT CITY ELECTION NEXT
SPRING IS FEASIBLE
SEATTLE. Sept. 22 (/P)—The City
council was requested yesieraay 10
place the* Municipal League plan of a
manager form of povernment on the
municipal ballot next spring. If ap
proved it will go into effect the "first
, Monday in June, and would substitute
' a city manager for mayor and council,
•would appoint a corporation counsel
and comptroller, and would consoli
date the present departments of sev
en administration heads, into one who
would be responsible only to the city
manager.
ROAD SIGNS USED TO MAKE
CAMP FIRES BY TOURISTS
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SEATTLE, Sept. 22 (JP)—Douglas
Shelor, manager of the Automobile
Club of Washington, issued an appeal
yesterday urging that better treat
ment be given direction signs on the
highways throughout the state.
“We have an investment of $115,
000 now in road markings,” Shelor
.said. “We keep eight men constantly
on the job renewing, repairing and
extending the system. Great numbers
of the post are being continuously de
stroyed by people using them for fuel,
gymnastic apparatus, targets and for
souvenirs.
“The mortality in road signs is 20
^per cent for the first year after which
it drops to eight per cent.”
Swimmers Bewildered
I At Attacks of Perch
SPOKANE, Wn., Sept. 21.(/P)
—The small perch in Fish lake,
near here, have developed man
eating tendencies which are
causing some concern among
timid bathers.
Recently Henry Hansen was
swimming in Fish lake at Twi
light when he felt himself be
ing nudged and prodded. To
his bewilderment he discovered
perch were darting against
him from all sides. Splashing
and kicking failed to scare his
attackers away.
Later other swimmers re
ported similar attacks from
the small perch whose pugna
cious spirits seemed only limit
ed by their size.
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COST OF LIVING IN ITALY
SHOWS INCREASE 11 YEARS
ROME, Sept. 22. (/p)—Cost of living
in Italy has been on the increase con
stantly since 1914 and is still mount
ing. recently published statistics say.
Taking 100 as an index figure in 1914
the cost of living has reached 498.22.
MANY TOURISTS IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Sept. 22. (/P)—The num
ber of foreign visitors to Berlin during
the summer exceeded all expectations
and surpassed the records of pre-war
summers. The tourists this year,
however, did not remain as long as
those who visited the German capital
before the war. During July 3,500 Am
ericans were registered in Berlin.
MICKEY WALKER
WINS 15 ROUND
BATTLE SHADE
FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND FANS SEE
WELTERWEIGHT BOXER RE
TAIN CHAMPIONSHIP
YANKEE STADIUM. N. Y„ Sept. 22
(/P)—Mickey Walker, of Elizabeth, N.
J., won the world welter weight cham
pionship over Dave Shade, the San
Francisco challenger in a furious 15
| round thrilling battle. He won the
j verdict in the final round after a most
j thrilling rally after absorbing much
! punishment in the early rounds.
Walker wore the challenger down
: with concentrated body attacks until
j the final round when he hammered
i Shade about the ring until the tap of
: the gong.
The immense stands were packed
with a capacity crowd, 5,000 more be
| ing seated at the ringside. Tex Rick
lard, promoter of the fight estimated
i the crowd at 45,000, with receipts at
18200,000. It was easily the largest
j outdoor crow'd of the season.
McAddo Says He Will Not
Be Candidate President
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Sept. 22
(JP)—Replying to an inquiry concern
ing his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for president in 1928, W.
G. McAdoo said, “The Middle West is
very dry and Kansas in particular is
suffering.’
This was believed to intimate that
he would refuse to be a candidate un
less signs pointed to his unanimous
endorsement by the party.
Patrolman Dvscus of Lynn, Mass.,
tried to get fellow officers to shoot
at him while he wore a “bullet proof”
vest he had bohght. When they re
fused he threw it on the ground and
fired 'at it six times—each shot mak
ing a hole through the supposed ar
mor.
NEW STEAMER FOR
ALASKA S. S. CO.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 22 V?)—Far serv
ice in the Seattle-Southeastern Alas
kan trade, the Alaska Steamship Com
pany has purchased the steel freight
steamship El Capitan from Andrew F.
Mahoney of San Francisco, it was
learned today. The El Capitan is a
sister ship to the steamship Cordova,
now owned by the company. Capt.
Joseph Dodge, who was one of the
pilots on the naval transport Hender
son during the Alaska cruise of the
late President Harding, will bring the
vessel to Seattle. Capt. Dodge has
been master of the freighter Nabesna
and various passenger ships of the
Alaska Steamship Company.
The El Capital will be placed on
the Southeastern Alaskan run next
spring.
The El Capitan and the Cordova
were built in the plant of the Harlan
& Hollingsworth Corporation, in Wil
mington, Del.
Plane Can Operate
Independent of Land
SAN DIEGO. Sept. 22 (/P)—The re
cent achievements of Navy pilots op
erating from the aircraft carrier Lang
ley in connection with land planes en
gaged in the search for the PN9-1,
near the Hawaiian islands, has proved
that planes can operate independently
of land stations in the opinion of Lieu
tenant Karl Smith, engineering officer
of the Aircraft squadron.
Downward Revision French
Debt Appears Likely
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22 (/P).
Downward revision of the total French
debt to the United States through re
calculation of the accrued interest ap
pears likely during negotiations with
the French commission beginning on
Thursday. The Italian ambassador in
formed Secretary Mellon that the
Italian debt commission would arrive
in Washington October 20.
BASEBALL
National
| Chicago 3, Brooklyn 2.
Cincinnati 6, Boston 7.
Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 7.
St. Louis, New York, rain.
American
Philadelphia 10, Detroit 8.
All others traveling.
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BERLIN HAS ONE SALOON
FOR EVERY 250 PERSONS
BERLIN, Sept. 22 (/P)—Statistics
show that the city of Berlin contains
16,350 restaurants and saloons. This
represents a proportion of one pub
lic house for every 250 persons. As
most of these restaurants or saloons
are located in the city proper the
proportion is really one to 116. The
suburb of Steglitz can boast of being
the most temperate of all Berlin dis
tricts for here the proportion is one
public house to every 428 persons.
GERMANY LACKS PROFESSORS
FRANKFORT, Germany, Sept. 22.
A dearth of professors of political
economy in Prussia recently was
pointed out by Prof. F. Schmidt of
Frankfort Unfversity. Statistics com
piled of last winter’s term show that
for 10,000 students there were only 59
professorships in political economy in
Prussia, while ipr 6000 law students
there were 107 professional chairs.
When refused permission to have
her hair bobbed, a 100-year-old wom
an in the Celina, O., poorhouse got a
pair of scissors and bobbed her own
hair.
Hundred Years Old;
Still Sells Papers
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 21.
(/P)—Juana Sanhueza is declar
ed to be the oldest vendor of
newspapers in the city of San
tiago, and if her claim to 100
years is true she probably holds
the grid’s record.
Accompanied by her four-year
old great-grandson she rises at
3 a. m. each day, waits until
morning papers come off the
press, and starts on her deliv
ery route.
Juana states that she has
been selling newspapers since
she was 60 years old, and ex
presses her satisfaction at hav
ing built up a good business,
which will fall into the hands
of her youthful assistant some
day when she grows too old
to work.
“A sore foot has been giving
me a little trouble lately,” says
Juana, ‘'but I must not place
too much importance on that,
and I do not let it interfere
with my obligations.
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NORTHWESTERN OUT OF
KETCHIKAN THIS MORNING
The steamship Northwestern sailed
west from Ketchikan at 9 o’clock this
morning.
TOMB NOTED JAPANESE FOUND
TOKYO, Sept. 22. <£>)—'The tomb of
Sharaku, one of the most famous char
acters in old Japan, whose humorous
pictures of the actors of his day are
treasured by lovers of art, especially
in Europe, is reported to have been
discovered in the Hongyoji Temple,
Tokushima, by Dr. Ryuzo Torii, the
noted anthropoligist, who is now stay
ing there to investigate the ancient
relics.* The whereabouts of this tomp
has heretofore been one of the inter
esting problems for artists, and for
Sharaku experts in particular.
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Prisoners In Seattle Jail
Use Cardboard Pistols
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SEATTLE, Sept. 22 (/P)—The escape
last Tuesday of six prisoners from
the cells of the county jail was effect
ed by use of cardboard guns it is be
lieved, following the discovery of two
such dummy weapons in one of the
cells.
No clue has been found as to the
whereabouts of the escaped prisoners.
$400,000 APPLE LOSS IS
SUFFERED BY WENATCHEE
WENATCHEE, Sept. 22. Approxi
mately 500 cars of apples have been
damaged 10 to 100 per cent by recent
hail storms which accompanied the
heavy rains. The damaged fruit cov
ers an area of more than 5000 acres.
The unfortunate thing was that it hit
a large section of Delicious apples,
which owing to the lateness of the sea
son will not recover. The money loss
is placed at between $200,000 and $400
00 to the fruit section alone.
RELICS OF EARLY JAPAN FOUND
TOKYO, Sept. 22 (/p)—Scientists of
Keio University are reported to have
made important discoveries in a shell
mound which they recently excavated
in the forest of Koyasu, near Yoko
hama. Human bones, ' earthenware,
flint Arrowheads and ear decorations
made of shell lead anthropologists to
believe they have found evidence of a
primitive tribe which inhabited the
land of Mikado thousands of years
ago. Further excavations in the dis
trict are being planned.
Mails leaving the East in September,
1850, reached California in March of
the next year.
GASOLINE CAR
ALASKA RAILWAY
ON WAY NORTH
SEATING CAPACITY OF FIFTY
EIGHT WITH TWO HUNDRED
HORSEPOWER ENGINE
SEATTLE, Sept. 22 (IP)—A gaso
line rail motor car with a seating ca
pacity of 58 will be delivered to the
Alaska railroad by the J. G. Brill Co.
of Philadelphia, January 10. It will
come to Seattle under its own power
and be shipped by steamer to Seward.
, The cost of the car is $20,750. It is 55
feet long and has a 200 horsepower
diesel engine.
It is stated the car will be run be
tween Fairbanks and the Alaska Col
lege during the winter months, and be
tween Seward and Anchorage during
the summer months.
Small Amount Business
Appears Before Council
Meeting Last Evening
Little business came up before the
common council at its regular meet
ing last night. Mayor Ray and all
members were present but Council
man Ellsworth, who was granted a
leave of absence. But one claim was
presented, that of J. L. Graef, in the
sum of $7.00 which was ordered paid.
A warrant was ordered issued for the
sum of $100 to defray tlje expenses of
the city attorney to make a trip to
Valdez to secure the signing ol the
court order and decree in the recent
light case.
The sum of $25 was appropriated for
clearing away obstructions at the low
er end of the glacier stream. The
mayor and city clerk was authorized
to sign the lease for the quarters oc
cupied by the high school in file Har
riman bank puilding. The committee
on wharves was instructed to look in
to the condition of the floating dock
with a view to possible repairs.
Councilman Hofman asked that the
existing curfew law be placed in ef
fect, prohibiting children from being
on the streets after 9 o’clock at night,
unless accompanied by parent or guar
dian. The city attorney was instruct
ed to draw up a short ordinance cov
ering the case.
REWARDS FOR REVEALING
HIDING PLACE OF PLUNDER
HASKOVO, Bulgaria, Sept. 22 (£>).
Dimo Marcheff, a goat herder, has be
come a rich man for revealing to the
police the mountain hiding place of
Mitu Ganeff, notorious chief of a ban
dit gang. Marcheff had been one of
the bandits victim’s for a long time,
being) obliged to furnish food and sup
plies. Consequently, it afforded him
great pleasure when he guided the po
lice to Ganeff’s hiding place.
As a reward the ministry of the in
terior presented Marcheff with 40,000
lire; the district of Haskovo gave him
200 sheep and a money Reward, and
the community of Susam has set
aside a site upon which the villagers
wijl build a house for him.
S. S. REDWOOD TAKES LAST
1925 CARGO FISH FROM ALASKA
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 22 (#•)—'The
final 1925 Alaska voyage of the Pa
cific American Fisheries steamship
Redwood, Capt. Emil Jackson, arrived
here last night when she tied up to
the company’s docks. She brought a
full cargo of canned salmon and 20
cannery workers. Capt. Jackson re
ported that fine weather was experi
enced. The steamship Catherine D.
is southbound from King Cove on her
last voyage from the north this year.
At Tokyo, Japan, the largest athlet
ic field in the world is being con
structed.