Hemnrd Bale Gnteumy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 106
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
FRENCH MAKING
DEFENSIVE WAR
ON RIFF TRIBES
I* TO CLEAR PROTECTORATE TER
RITORY OF REBEL TRIBES—
INVADE FRENCH ZONE
(By Associated Preas)
PARIS, May 5.—Premier Painleve
today stated that the protectorate ter
ritory will be cleared of rebels in the
near future. Paris is considerably
alarmed over the situation developing
in French Morocco.
Although Premier Painleve has is
sued statements calculated to allay
the fears of the French, he admits that
the natives in the rebel force encour
aged by their victories over the Span
ish forces, in the north, have invaded
the French zone, and that skirmishes
between the two forces are in pro
gress.
So far no casualties have occurred
in the French forces and they hope
soon to expell the natives who are led
by Aba El Krim.
From Rabat, Morocco comes de
tails of fighting in the last ten days
^ disclosing that villages have been pil
laged and that natives who are on
friendly terms with the French, have
been imprisoned.
About four thousand natives are en
gaged in the tribal war against the
French forces.
Sixty Mile Battle Front
(By Associated Press)
FEZ, Morocco, May 5.—Moors are
attacking French forces today along
a sixty mile front. It is believed a
monarchy is the plan of the rebel
leader. The French zone is being
attacked by the tribesmen under Krim
and at some places the smaller out
posts have been surrounded and the
smaller French detachments are de
fending themselves in block houses.
It was stated by French leaders here
yesterday that the Rebel chief has a
vast project in mind, of which the tak
ing of Fez is the principal objective.
Abdel Krim forced the Spanish gov
^ eminent to withdraw her troops early
in the year, leaving him master of
the Spanish zone, and he is now try
ing to extend his territory, but the of
ficials feel that the garrisons will be
able to keep the tribesmen at a safe
distance.
SON MILLIONAIRE
ARRESTED FOR
DISTURBANCES
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 5.—Joshue S. Cos
den, nineteen year old son of the oil
millionaire, and Thomas McClary, sev
enteen years old, were arrested here
yesterday after making a disturbance
in their room at the Biltmore hotel.
Police stated they had been drinking
and were smashing up the furniture
in their room.
AMERICA WILL
TRY TO DO AWAY
WITH ALL GASSES
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, May 5.—Congressman
Burton told the International Con
ference for the Control of Arms traf
^Xic, that the United States would soon
make some constructive suggestions
especially concerning the use of all
poisonous gasses with the hope of re
ducing the barbarity of war.
Skirts are being worn full; in fact
if they were any fuller they would
burst.
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GEORGE M. COHEN TO
RETURN TO STAGE
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 5.—George Cohen
will return to the stage next year in
a play he is Vriting himself, called,
“So this is New York.”
REV. POTTER RESIGNS
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 5.—Reverend C.
F. Potter, rector of the West Side Un
itarian church, has resigned to become
Secretary of the Antioch College in
Ohio. With the help of Dr. Charles
W. Elliott he will attempt to nation
alize the college.
STARVATION LENGTHENS LIFE
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, May 5.—Prof. C. M. Child
reports as the result of his research
es, he has discovered that starvation
is an aid to long life. He says cer
tain organims may be rejuvenated by
cutting them up in small pieces.
MISTAKEN FOR
ANOTHER MAN
DRIVER FORCED
OFF SIDE BRIDGE
TWO MEN DEAD AS RESULT OF
QUEER ACCIDENT—LOSES
CONTROL OF AUTO
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May. 5.—Two men are
dead as the result of a queer tragedy
here yesterday. William Ashford had
quarreled with a motorist whose car
had almost ran him down on the ap
proach of the Harlem river bridge.
This motorist drove away, leaving
Ashfort to continue on his way. Later
Ashfort saw a car coming toward him
and mistaking the driver for the one
he had quarreled with, jumped on the
running board of the car and threw
both arms around the driver.
At this sudden assault the man at
the wheel became alarmed, and step
ping on the gas tried to get away, los
ing control of the car which plunged
off the bridge to the street sixty feet
below. Both men died later as a re
sult of the fall.
HOUSE APPROVES STANDARD
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, May 5—The House of
Commons has agreed to the necessary
money resolutions putting in force the
government’s arrangements restoring
the gold standard, with credits totall
ing three hundred millions.
MAUD RETURNS TO PORT
(By Associated Press)
VICTORIA, B. C., May 4.—Driven
back by heavy weather at sea, the
commander of the Maud returned
to this port. He plans to start
again on his trip to England as soon
as the weather improves.
ASSOCIATED OIL
TO START DRILL
COMING SUMMER
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 5.—The Associat
ed oil crew of eleven men said the
company will start drilling in the Ka
natak field this coming summer, the
drilling telling whether or not there
is oil there. Herman Zerr, in charge
of activities there, stopped drilling in
February on account of bad weather.
When the company stopped work the
drill had pierced to a depth of 2300
feet.
OPEN POLO TOURNAMENT
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 5.—The open polo
championship wdll be played at Mea
do~hrook, Longr Island, starting 3ep
te. „ 19ut.
NEW GOVERNMENT
SEAPLANE SETS
DISTANCE RECORD
REMAINS IN AIR FOR 28 AND 1-2
HOURS COVERING DISTANCE
OF 2200 MILES
(By Associated Pres*)
PHILADELPHIA, May 5.—The nary
department’s newest seaplane, the
PN-9, remained in the air over the
Delaware river for 28 and one-half
hours, covering a distance of 2200
miles.
This is a double record of any sea
plane flight. The distance covered
Dy the PN-9 would equal the distance
between San Diego, California, and
Honolulu.
The plane was designed for a flight
to Hawaii this summer, and the test,
naval officers said, proved conclusive
ly that she will be able to make the
voyage. The seaplane remained in
the air until all her- gas gave out; the
crewr sleeping in shifts of thirty min
utes each during the flight.
AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN
EXPRESS SATISFACTION
ELECTION OF HINDENBURG
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Germany ,May 5.—Head
quarters of President-elect Von Hin
denburg reports that he is receiving
letters and telegrams from American
businessmen expressing their satisfac
tion at his election.
The inauguration of the new presi
dent will be held on the twelfth of this
month.
MAURICE LEEHEY
HEAD SEATTLE
MINING CLUB
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 5—The Seattle
Mining Club yesterday elected Maur
ice D. Leehey president, W. J. Elem
dorf, vice president, Charles D. Gar
field, secretary, and Chester F. Lee,
Falcon Joslin, John D. Hull and Mil
nor Roberts as the remainder of the
executive committee. The club will
meet weekly.
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, May 5.—Norman Stines,
general Alaska manager of the United
States Smelting and Refining Com
pany, Thomas P. Aitken, operator of
the Fairbanks and Kuskokwim dis
tricts, and J. M. Davidson has been
invited to discuss Alaska mining be
fore the Seattle Mining Club.
THIRTY-TWO INDICTED FOR
LYNCHING OF CAROLINIAN
(By Associated Press)
WILLIAMSTOWN, N. C., May 5.—
Thirty two persons were indicted as
members of a mob which removed J.
Needleman, a tobacco salesman from
jail on March 29, and mutilated him.
SOVIETS MAY
TURN BACK ALL
PROPERTY AND
INSTITUTIONS
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Germany, May 5.—
According to word received here
the Soviet Government has decid
ed to return to the former own
ers all plants and factories and
institutions.
This m^ve means one more step
toward t abolishment of the
Communis., plan of common prop
erty.
AVIATOR KILLED WHEN HIS
PLANE PLUNGES GROUND
CBy Associated Press)
BOSTON, Mass., May 5.—Lieuten
ant Alexander Maculey was killed yes
terday by his plane plunging eight
hundred feet to the mud flats in Bos
ton Harbor. A trophy for safe fly
ing was about to be presented to the
Lieutenant for his many flights with
out accident.
(By Associated Press)
BABE RUTH RECOVERING
NEW YORK, May 5.—Babe Ruth
was able to receive reporters at the
hospital today, where he has been a
patient for three weeks, and said he
would not be able to join the Yan
kees for a week after his discharge
from the hospital.
incometaM
ARE SEVERAL
MILLION LESS
FOR PAST YEAR
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, May 5.—The district of
Washington including Alaska, yielded
eleven million nine hundred and fifty
thousand dollars internal revenue re
ceipts of all classes from July to last
March, compared with fourteen mil
lion six hundred and seven thousand
for the corresponding months of the
previous fiscal year.
A Washington dispatch to the Times
states that the income taxes for the
latter period was §97,143,000.
HUOGHTON MADE
SPEECH ON HIS
HOOK, SAYS CAL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—
President Coolidge indicated when in
terviewed this morning, that Ambas
sador Houghton was on “his own
hook” when he declared in a speech
at London yesterday that America
wouldn’t help Europe any more, if
Europe didn’t quit squabbling; but
the President is very hopeful that the
American Ambassador’s interpreta
tion of America’s attitude would be
useful to European statesmen and to
the people of that continent. The
President also feels that the econom
ic situation in Europe is improving
with the return of England’s gold bas
is. Coolidge feels that this will be
a forerunner of similar action by Hol
land. He also realizes that American
bankers must consider each country
separately and use discretion on their
loans.
WIFE~OFOiSTOMS
INSPECTOR WILL
RETURN TO HOME
(By Associated Press)
TACOMA, May 5.—Mollie Conger,
brown-eyed mother of two half grown
boys, announced she would return to
her husband George A., customs in
spector of Bellingham, who shot and
killed Robert Heale, a Tacoma con
tractor Sunday.
When Conger begged his wife to re
turn with him, Heale dissuaded her,
she said. Both of us realize we must
do everything we can for the sake of
our boys. I intend to take the stand
and tell everything.”
CUTTER BEAR LEAVES
FOR ARCTIC TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.—The
Cutter Bear started for the Arctic to
day via Seattle.
COOLIDGE PRAISES
JEWS IN TALK ON
THE REVOLUTION
TRACED PART BACK TO EARLY
DAYS OF AMERICAN REVOLU
TION-FAITHFUL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—
President Coolidge paid high tribute
to the jews in his speech at the lay
ing of the coiner stone of the new
Jewish community center.
He traced back their part in the rev
olutionary history of America, an#
said their faith in liberty was mani
fested in many ways when the upri*
:ing against Great Britain started.
AMERICANS CROWD LEAGUE
OF NATIONS ARMS CONFAB
(By Associated Press.)
GENEVA, May 5.—American inter
est in international affairs was dem
onstrated today when Americans
crowded the League of Nations Arm#
Conference so that others could not
get in.
BANK HEAD HAS
BEEN ARRESTED
FOR EMBEZZLING
(By Associated Press.)
VANCOUVER, May 5.—O. Jorgea
Olsen, until recently president of the
American security bank of Vancouver,
and former president of the Yacolt
State Bank, has been arrested for em
bezzlement.
Burglars stole war saving stamps
and cash from the Yacolt bank two
years ago, and some liberty bonds
disappeared at the time. Olsen gave
the numbers of the bonds as having
been taken by the burglars at the time
of the robbery. Yesterday the treas
urer of Clarke County summoned the
sheriff and showed him the numbers
of the missing bonds on securities
which the American Security Bank
had deposited as security for county
funds.
FIRST OFFENSIVE
STARTS AGAINST
RUM ROW TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 5.—The largest
anti-rum offensive in the history of
American prohibition took place to
day when five cutters and six patrol
boats also twelve chasers under the
command of Captain W. V. E. Jacobs,
divisional commander of the coast
guard, attacked rum row.
EVANS SAILS FOR
NORTH TODAY
SEATTLE, May 5—The steamship
Admiral Evans sailed for Alaska this
morning at ten carrying one hundred
and nineteen passengers, those listed
for Seward being Donald Peterson, H,
F. Barry, Mrs. C. F. Peterson, Mrs. H.
F. Barry, Earl Pierce, Sam Dubin, Mrs.
Louis Mills, H. Lutsel, Charles Ross,
Mrs. George Rail and five steerage.
SEVERS CONNECTION WITH
GRAND LODGE BELGIUM
NEW YORK, May 5.—The Grand
Lodge of New York announced the
severance of relations with the Mason
ic Grand Order of Belgium, because
the latter “abandoned the require
ment of belief in the dog and is remov
ing the bible from its altars."