SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
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PARKS STARTED AT LOW WAGE
The nomination of George A. Parks
as governor of Alaska, was confirmed
by the Senate without a moment’s
hesitation, showing that the new gov
ernor is popular in the national capi
tal as well as in Alaska. Mr. Parks
has been a resident of Alaska for six
teen years, and is as well known in
Seward as any Federal official can be.
His duties in the General Land Office
have brought him to the city many
times, and he has made many warm
friends here.
Mr. Parks served through the war
as a captain in the engineers corps,
and at the end of the war returned to
Alaska as an employe of the Interior
department, having charge of all pub
lic lands in the Territory. He was !
superintendent of the townsite sales
for the Alaska railrdad and had super
vision of the disposition of all town
sites along the railroad. He also act
ed as trustee in the sale of many j
other government properties in the j
Territory. In 1924 he was advanced
to the post of assistant supervisor of
surveys and public lands in Alaska,
which placed under his control the
entire administration of public lands
in the Territory, including their sur
vey and disposition under the various
homestead and mineral acts of Con
gress.
Mr. Parks is now on his way back
to Alaska, and will probably visit
Seward shortly after his arrival in
the Territory.
EXPORT TAX ON WOOD PULP
Canada is preparing to place an ex
port tax on wood pulp in order to force
American paper manufacturers to re
move to Canada or suffer destruction
through the advantage thus given to
the Canadian paper manufacturers.
This is clearly within the rights of
Canada, and under the Constitution
the American government cannot re
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taliate by placing an export tax on
coal. However the tax will bring the
timber products of Alaska to the fore
and develop many paper industries.
There is no doubt that this action by
Canada would force American manu
facturers ftito Alaska and thus benefit,
the Northland, whose timber is rot
ting down.
The defeat of the confirmation of
Charles B. Warren for attorney gen
eral will be a disappointment to his
many admirers in the United States.
Mr. Warren is one of the brainiest
men ever placed in nomination for
the position, and would have filled it
with satisfaction to the administra
tion. He was the choice of President
Coolidge, who recognized his value
as a lawyer and statesman. The nine
Republicans who voted against the
confirmation, should be placed in the
same category as LaFoollette, Ladd, j
and Brookhart, and made to see the j
error in opposing administrative ap- '
pointments. As ambassador to Eng- J
land and other countries, Mr. Warren I
had made good, and it was expected
he would be nominated without the
opposition of any member of his party.
British Labor Party Mixes
Dramatics and Propaganda
LONDON, Mar. 11.—The Labor |
i Party lias gone in for dramatics. The j
! Strand Theater has been taken over
| for use on Sunday nights for pur
poses of 1‘-creation and propaganda
by the Independent Labor Party and
plays written by the party members
are being presented from time to
time.
The first to be given is a one-act i
play, “The Tomb,” with a Tutankha-1
men setting, written by J. H. Clynes,
son of J. R. Clynes, Labor’s floor
leader in the House of Commos. The
Parliamentary Labor Club Dramatic '
Group has been formed, of which the j
young Mr. Clynes and his wife are
members, and the first performance
of “The Tomb” will be on March 15.
Parts of “The Tomb,” and also an j
opera upon which Mr. Clynes is
working, were done at No. 11 Down
ing Street, during the regime of the
Rarsav MacDonald government when
Mr. Clynes, senior, as Lord Privy
Seal, and family were living there.
Ancient Gate of Thunder God
Will Be Rebuilt by Japanese
TOKIO, Mar. 11.—Kaminarimon,
or Gate of the Thunder God, one of
the sights of ancient Yedo, destroyed
by file some 70 \ears ago, is to be
rebuilt. It will be on its oM site at
the entrance of what is now Asakusa
Park and the funds are to be raised
by popular subscription through the
efforts of the priests of the numer
out temples in that neighborhood.
It is planned to spend about $350,
000 on the edifice, the design of
which has been entrusted to a noted
Japanese architect who is an auth
ority on the ancient architecture of
the country. It will be of solid Ver
million lacquer below the roof. The
plan for the reconstruction of To
kio makes the project feasible after
years of agitation.
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N. E. Bolshanin, wife and daughters
Barbara and Elaine, passed through
Seward today on the Watson on their
way to Kodiak. Mr. Bolshanin was
former customs inspector at Unalas
SHAMROCKS SENT TO U. S.
REVEAL WHISKEY IN ONE
OF THE PACKAGES
BOSTON, Mass., Mar. 11.—One
thousand packages of shamrock for
St. Patrick’s Day were returned to
Ireland by the United States depart
ment of Agriculture under prohibi
tion of importation of live plants be
cause of danger of pests.
A small bottle of Irish whiskey
was found in one of the packages
with a note saying: “This is to
keep the shamrock fresh, so Saint
Patrick said.”
ATHENS, Mar. 11.—Doctor John
Logan of Gainsville, Georgia was
shot through the lung by bandits,
who yesterday, held up the automo
bile in which he and three other
American students of the American
School of Archeology' were traveling
in southern Epirus.
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LIGHT OF LONDON
Lady Forbes Robertson, formerly
Gertrude Elliot, who is one of the
shinning lights in social and profes
sional stage circles of England. Miss
Elliot, sister of the famous Maxine El
liot, was born in Rockland, Maine, and
made a wonderful stage success be
fore her marriage to Forbes-Robert
son. She now makes her home in
London.
RESURRECTION BAY CALLS
MEN IN FROM TIE CAMP
The Gateway has been informed
that the Resurrection Bay Lumber
Company has suspended operations
on its tie contract at Days Harbor.
The crew of 12 men arriving in Se
ward a fortnight ago.
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Death Duties May Wipe
Out Ancestral Estates
(By Associated Press)
GLASGOW, Mar. 11.—The great
estates of England, Scotland and Ire
land are doomed to .be done away
with eventually owing to the death
duties of landowners collected by the
state and which sometimes total as
high as 60 per cent. The landlords
protested vigorously at first but in
vain and in most cases have resign
ed themselves to their fate.
Speaking before the Glasgow Con
servative club, where he was enter
tained on the attainment of his ducal
jubilee, the Duke of Montrose said
he doubted that the rising genera
tion realized the transition which is
taking place in regard to their fu
ture.
“We are running very fast in these
democratic times,” he said, “and the
big estates and ancestral castles
which were a feature of my younger
days must gradually disappear in
virtue of the death duties as they
are now assessed. The landlords’
rights are being curtailed every day,
but nevertheless I cannot help but
think that I have lived during the
most prosperous time of this old
country of ours. Possibly we won’t
miss the old castles, after all.”
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Wrangel Fleet Rots
At Anchor In Bizerta
(By Associated Press)
BIZERTA, Tunis, Mar. 11.—Th
warships of the Wrangel movement
interned here since the collapse o
the operations of this Russian lead
er against the Bolsheviks, are in a.
bad way.
Russian refugees have been living
on board the ships three years, and
their sides are covered with cluster
ing bunches of mussels. Neglect ha
wrought havoc with the engines, and
competent experts doubt if the ves
sels ever will put to sea again.
Bold Bandits Prosper
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Mar. 11.—Ou“
witting an armed guard of more
than 200 men, five masked robber?
the other evening walked into the
custom house adjoining the main
railroad station and made off with
the entire day’s receipts, estimated
at 2,000,000 leva.
The ease with which the robbery
was accomplished has caused news
paper comment concerning the fac
ility with which the government
could be overturned by bold adven
turers.
Jack Main will leave for Seldovia on
the Watson this evening.
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