REALISTIC PAINTINGS
OF WIERD SEASCAPES
MADE UNDER WATER
RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, May IS.
—(/P)—Few people here kuow that
Zarh Prichard, the American painter
of submarine life, has been leading
a hermit's life in Brazil for two
months, painting for exhibitions at
Paris and Brussels, the former op
ening June 1. He has been living
on Paqueta Island, in the middle of
Rio’s big harbor, an hour by ferry
from the city. A house was rented
in an unfrequented part of the isl
and, and a chain and padlock plac
ed on the garden gate. The island
is quite enough to satisfy his need
for solitude. Although it contains
a small village, there are no street
cars, automobiles or telephones.
The submarine painter makes his
sketches on specially oiled material
-while working under water in a div
ing suit, generally at depths of about
25 feet. Here the luminosity of the
water is equal to daylight above the
surface. The artist says he forget3
about being under water as he sket
ches until he is warned by a tug
on his air hose, by the watchers over
head, that there is danger in the
neighborhood. Big fish do not both
er him, as they are wary about tne
strange animal which is always emit
ting a stream of bubbles from the
top ot his head.
i Mr- Prichard’s paintings are im
pressionistic studies, showing fish
which often have the appearance of
birds flying through the air. Lite
corals and sea plants of various tints
appear to be trees and forests, and
dead coral formations often resem
ble canyons and cathedrals.
Mr. Pritchard came to Bra.1:.! le
prepare for the exhibitions. He tus
discovered that the climate lieie is
unsurpassed for drying his paintings,
which are made on calC skin to se
cure the peculiar effect resembling
a watery atmosphere.
SEATTLE CLIMBS ~
" TO THIRD PLACE
LOS ANGELES, May 18.—(/P)—
Both games were of a ragged nature
on Sunday, Eldred continuing his
hitting streak totalling twenty-five
consecutive contests.
Miljus and Brazil clouted homers
in the second game.
Batteries—Plummer, Dumovich and
Baldwin—Oldham, Eckert and Han
nah-Second game, Miljus, Stryker
and Daly—Christian, Bryan and Whit
ney.
Pacific Coast League.
Vernon 10, 3, Seattle 6, 9.
Salt Lake 1,1, Los Angeles 1, 5.
Sacramento 8, 3, San Francisco 7,7
Oakland 3, 2, Portland 2, 1.
National League.
Chicago 3, New York 30.
Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh S.
No other games.
American League.
New York 2, Detroit 3.
Cleveland 1, Washington 2.
Chicago 1, Philadelphia 6.
Boston 6. St. Louis 11.
TEAM STANDING
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National League.
New York .20
Brooklyn . „.14
Philadelphia . 14
Pittsburgh ..12
Cincinnati . 11
Chicago. 11
Boston . 11
St. Louis...._ 9
American League.
6
13
13
12
13
15
14
16
769
510
r 13
500
458
423
440
360
Philadelphia . J20
Washington . 19
Cleveland _. 16
Chicago . 17
St. Louis .. 14
New York . 9
Detroit . 9
Boston ... 7
5
8
10
12
17
17
22
20
800
704
615
586
452
364
290
259
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco ...28
Los Angeles „. 23
Seattle _ 21
Salt Lake _*....21
Oakland ..
Portland _
Sacramento .
Vernon _
—.18
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18
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718
561
538
538
474
432
425
317
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5, San Francisco 8.
Oakland 2, Portland 8.
Salt Lake 3, Los Angeles 5.
Vernon 6, Seattle 0.
American League.
Detroit 3, New York 12 — game
called in 8th. inning, rain.
St. Louis, 10, Boston 7.
Cleveland 2,. Washington 6.
Chicago-Phila.—postponed, rain.
National League.
Boston 5, Pittsburgh 7.
Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 4.
Phila. 7, Chicago 5.
New York 2, Cincinnati 1.
SENATOR SPENCER DIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—
(i*P)—Senator Selden Speucer, of Mis
souri, died suddenly in a hospital ii\
this city. The Senator sprang into
the limelight when he was selected
by the Administration to present
the Teapot Dome view and defend
the leases of same...
Otto Palmquist, rescued from the
Titanic after swimming four hours
in icy water on April 14, 1912, was
recently drowned in six feet of wa
ter in a Bridgeport, Conn., park
pond.
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Sails from Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
May 5 May 12 May 19, 9 p.m,
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
May 19 May 26 June 2. 9 p.m.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81
Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise <5erviee
^ADMIRAL LINE
IH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT!
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR MAY 10,1925
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 3%. SEWARD, ALA8KA
Hard Times In Scotland
Strip Famous Castles
ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 18.—
(^P)—Many of the picturesque castles
of Scotland are gradually disappear
ing, or at least being stripped of
their articles of historic interest, de
spite efforts on behalf of various
individuals and organizations to pre
serve them for future generations.
The most recent to be invaded by the
auctioner is Slains Castle, on the Ab
deenshire coast, where the Earls of
Errol 1, heritable high constables of
Scotland held their state. Most of
the castle owners aver they have
been forced to sell the ancient dwell
ings because of high taxes and the
cost of upkeep.
Before the war Slains Castle count
ed among its visitors the Earl of Ox
ford and his family, who spent a
summer there. In 1914 Dame Clara
Butt and her husband made a stay
of several months. Recently, how
ever, the castle has been uninhabi
ted, and now the last of its furnish
ings have been sold under the auc
tioner’s hammer. At one time the
art treasures of the castles were
worth thousands of pounds and its
library consisted of more than 6,000
volumes. Among its manuscripts
were the charters of Bruce and the
paintings included works by Van
dyke, Reynolds, Gainsborough and
others.
The castle stands in a unique posi
tion. A person cannot walk around
It. It was “built upon the margin
of the sea,” so that the walls of one
of the towers seem only a continu
ation of the perpendicular rock, the
foot of which is beaten by the waves.
“I would not, for my amusement,
wish for a storm,” wrote Dr. John
son in his “Scottish Tour,” “but as
storms, whether wished for or not,
will sometimes happen, I may sav
that I should willingly look upon
them from Slains Castle.”
Europe Stiil Infested,
with International Spies
.LIVERPOOL, Eng., May 18.—(£>)—
Professor Bernard John Wilden-Hart,
who has made military inteligenee
in Europe a study, in a lecture here
before members of the Liverpool Geo
graphical Society, asserted that for
several years before the war Ger
many had 8,000 spies scattered at
various points between Berlin and
Brussels. The German army billets
in Belgian towns and villages had
been arranged and scheduled three
years before a shot was fired in
1914, Prof. Wilden-Hart asserted.
The lecturer, who was professor of
English at the Imperial Japanese
University, Nagoya, from 1909 to 1915,
and has written numerous works on
the espionage systems in Russia,
Germany, Japan, Poland and other
countries, said that the German na
val plans concerning the battle of
Jutland were ascertained by British
intelligence officers 24 hours before
the Germans moved a vessel for the
fight, and that as a matter of fact
the English fleet moved first.
For young men desiring a roman
tic, adventurous career the speaker
recommended the intelligence serv
ice, and said there were plenty of
jobs on the continent awaiting the
right men. There were more spies
in Europe today, he said, than at any
time prior to 1914.
Zair Effendi of Kurdistan
Sets His Age 151 Years
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, May 18.
—(^P)—Zair Effendi, who is believed
to be Europe’s oldest man, counting
151 years, recently stopped here one
night on his way to Rome. He is
said to have been born in Kurdistan
in 1774, but has lived in Constantin
ople most of his life.
Italian doctors invited Zair to
Rome, where he is to be the guest of
the Anthropologists’ Society and will
be examined by physicians who are
interested in the causes of his longe
vity. He has only one child living,
a son who is 80.
WALKER SCORES K, O.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, May 18.—
(£*)—Mickey Walker knocked out
“Lefty” Cooper, a Mill City scraper
in the firs,, round of their scheduled
ten-round bout.
Fugue Formation Observed
In World s Eearliest Music
BERLIN, May 18.—(£>)—The oldest
known musical manuscript has been
deciphered by Dr. Curt Sachs, music
historian at the Berlin University.
It is of Babylonian origin with cu
neiform ldeographics inscribed on
clay plates, and was found at Assur
in Acia Minor. This music is said
to date back to the 2nd century B.
C. Halt tones are not employed at
all, but five tones of the scale are
used in fugue formation. The ac
companiment to the melody is fur
nished by a harp of 18 strings, for
which double stops are frequently
prescribed.
Motor Busses Open up
New Residence Areas
LONDON, May 18.—(/p)—Motor om
nibuses have done wonders in Eng
land to build up the country districts
in the movement started years ago
to relieve the housing problem in
London and other cities.
According to recent estimates
there are approximately 55,000 miles
of omnibus routes in the various
parts of England. The tendency thm
out the country has been to extend
these services, and a noticeable
growth ot houses has been reported
along the new lines.
German Singers Invade
London with Grand Opera
DRESDEN, Germany, Mu/ IS.—(V)
—Sixteen of Germany’s best operat
ic stars are leaving the latter part of
May for London for a two months
engagement at Covent Garden, where
a series of performances in German
is to be given under the direction
of the Munich conductor and direc
tor, Bruno Walter.
The repertoire for London em
braces Richard Wagner’s “Flying
Dutchman,’’ “Lohengrin,” “Meister
singer,” and “Tristan and Isolde,”
and Richard Strauss’ “Electra” and
“Rosenkavalier.’
Gateway want-ads bring results.
Court Protects Authors
Against Radio Broadcasting
BERLIN, May 16.—(^—Broadcast
ing a writer’s poems, essays, or other
literary productions is subject to the
same copyright provisions as is the
publication of such works in print,
according to a decision of the Ber
lin courts,
Gerhart Hauptmann and Hugo von
Hofmannsthall, two of the best
known authors of Germany, filed
suit against a Berlin radio sending
company for broadcasting their works
without their permission and with
out paying the authors any royal
ties.
In the case of Hauptmann the
court issued a preliminary injunc
tion restraining the radio concern
from broadcasting his works. It was
understood that the decision in the
Hofmannsthal case was pending and
would serve as a precedent. The
court sustained Hofmannsthal.
Thirteen students were expelled
from the high school at Faith, S. D.,
for walking out of the classroom
when bible reading was begun.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A, M.
Mondays and Thursdays
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
8 P. M.
Wednesdays and Saturdays
Gas Launch
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PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
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Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
May 9
May 16th
May 23
May 30th
June 6th
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May 16
May 23rd.
May 30
June 6th
June 13th
June 20tli
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from Seward
May 16
May 23rd
May 30
June 7th
June 14th
June 21st
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Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
NOTE—Beginning with the S. S. Yukon June 7th, steamers will not
leave Seward earlier than 4 o’clock p. m. Sunday, sailing date.
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