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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 6.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PERSONAL TAX
EXEMPTIONS TO
BE FAVORED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8 (JP)—
It appears certain that the Senate
will approve the increase in personal
income tax exemptions provided in
the House tax reduction bill. Demo
cratic members of the Senate Finance
committee approved the bill after the
Republicans had already approved.
GILDA GRAY’S MOVIE WORK
NOT TO HALT HER DANCING
NE WYORK. Jan. 8. (7P)—Gilda
Gray may stay in the movies, but
she will find time to continue her
dancing on the stage.
The shimmy queen has just finish
ed making “Aloma of the South
Seas,” her first motion picture as a
star. If it is a success, Miss Gray
says, she is “sure to remain in the
movies.”
“I’m in love with the work, even
if I did have to get up every morn
ing at five o’clock for two months
to put on this brown makeup so as
to look like a native,” she said. “But
1 shall always find time to keep up
my dancing.”
AUTOS CARRY
THOUSANDS TO
LAKE KENAI
INTERESTING REPORT COMPILED
BY CITY CLERK REGARDING
KENAI HIGHWAY
It is hard to arrive at the actual
number of passengers handled on the
Seward-Kenai highway during the past
summer but from conversations with
car owners, J. P. Hannon, city clerk
and secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce places a conservative average !
of three trips per week each time car- j
rying five passengers. The taxi ser
vice state they handled about 1384:
tourists last summer over this road, j
From the figures supplied Mr. Han-;
non for the months of May, June,'
July, August, September, October and i
November, they show that approxi
mately 5580 trips were made by auto
to the lake and by trucks, 7.276. But
aside from the 1384 tourists carried,
an aggregate of 35,100 passengers were
carried. There are 94 autos and
trucks in Seward.
A number of these cars and trucks
are owned by farmers or chicken
ranchers along the road, and in the
case of Mr, Hubbard, for mine opera
tion. The figures while apparently
high, will it is believed, upon analy-!
sis prove to be conservative as many j
persons made trips daily, rain or shine, j
It is almost impossible to compile j
the tons of freight handled on the I
highway this year, but efforts in this |
direction will be made for the com-*
ing year. ;
The compilation of these statistics'
were made especially for the Chugach
Foiestry department in order to give
some idea of the value of the high
way to this district. It is impossible
to calculate roughly speaking, in dol
lars and cents, the tremendous im
port of this road and if the present
plan of connecting the Kenai-Hope
Sunrise and Moose Pass roads was
carried through it would allow per
sons on Cook Inlet a winter outlet for
mining and facilitate the economic
handling of freight and mail without
effecting the Alaska Railroad except
to add additional feeders.
NOTICE
The I. O. O. F. and Rebekahs will
hold a joint installation on Saturday,
January 9, at 7:30 p. m. for the mem
bers and their families. All visiting
brothers and sisters invited.
OLDEST JEWISH FRATERNITY
WILL CONVENE, MONTREAL
•MONTREAL, Jan. 8. (/P)—Zeta
Beta Tau, the oldest Jewish Interna
tional College fraternity, will hold its
annual convention here December
29-31, the first time that it has not
met on American soil. The McGill
University chapter as host expects
to show the visiting delegates what
Jewish university graduates and stu
dents are doing in Canada.
There will be two business ses
sions at which prominent Canadian
and American speakers will make ad
dresses. A program of social and
amusement affairs will feature a New
Years’ Eve ball and a number of
sport events on ice.
OFFICIALS TOBE
BEFORE SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8 (JP)—
The Senate; judiciary committee decid
ed to call the officials of the Depart
ment of Justice and the Federal Trade
investigation over the failure to bring
Commission as witnesses in a Senate
contempt proceedings against the
Aluminum Company of America. The
inquiry will begin Friday.
BAR WOMEN’S KNEES
ON THE STAGE
BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 8. (^—Bir
mingham 'is the only city in Eng
land where women’s bare knees are
(barred on the stage. The Sunder
land municipal censor committee has
withdrawn a restriction, imposing two
years gao, (prohibiting women artists
appearing in Sunderland’s theaters
unless their limbs were covered with
stockings or tights. This leaves Bir
mingham alone still enforcing its
stage reform act which came into
■force some sixteen years ao.
CONSUELO WEDS
SECOND TIME
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (JP)—With me
dieval pagentry, Consuelo Vanderbilt
was married today to Earl E. T.
Smith in the drawing room of her
mother’s Fifth Avenue home, which
was converted to resemble the chapel
of a French chateau. Two hundred
prominent personages in finance and
high society were present.
FLOWERS AFFECTED BY LIQUOR
SAME WAY AS HUMAN BEINGS
BERKELEY, Jan. 8. (Jp)—Alcohol
has much the same effect on flowers
that it has on human beings, mem
bers of the botany faculty at the
University of California have learn
ed.
Six California poppy buds were us
ed in an experiment. They wereplac
ed in jars containing liquods varying
from straight water to whiskey. The
only flower to bloom was the one
in the water. The others became
tipsy and leaned over the edges of
their glasses—not wilted, but just
in a stupor, varying in the degree of
unconsciousness with the amount of
liquor. Later poisons were intro
duced and their effects marked.
Photographs of this 'work were
taken by Alfred E: Pilisbury, using
a, movie machine, plus a camera for
the stills. A microscopic lens and
a synchronizing motor were includ
ed in the equipment.
Notable women come and go, but
one who appears to bold her own
with the best of them is Mrs. L.
Pinkbam.
An Oxford professor advises asso
ciation with pretty young women as
an aid to longevity—provided, we as
sume, that your T$iife can’t shoot
straight.
HARRY GREB, TO
MEET LEO TOMSK!
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8 (/P)—Harry
Greb, middleweight champion, will
meet Leo Lomski, Aberdeen middle
weight champion of the Pacific coast
at Oakland, February 3. The title is
not at stake as both men enter the
ring overweight, James Mason, Greb’s
manager announced.
DECLINE OF DIALECT SPEECH
CHARGED CHIEFLY TO WOMEN
SHEFFIELD, Eng., Jan. 8. (JP)—
Decline of dialect speech has been
brought about chiefly by women, said
Prof. W. E. Haigh, formerly master
of English at Huddersfield Technical
•school, in addressing the dialect
society.
“Adults of all classes and ages, es
pecially girls and women, are more
and more dropping dialect and trying
to ‘talk fine’,” he said. “Boys and
girls, instead of being ashamed of
dialect, using the forceful and ex
pressive if somewhat rugged speech
es of thir fathers, should be proud
to present it as a dual tongue with
the standard of English.”
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ALASKA PIONEER
BURIED SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Jan. S (^)—The funeral
of William M. Cowley, senior, 67
years old, a pioneer business man of
this city was held today. Mr. Cowley
died "Wednesday. He wr>nt north in
1896 and staked claim 22 above dis
covery on Bonanza, which he later
sold to the Guggenheim interests in
1904.
JAIL SENTENCE TO REWARD
VICTORIOUS DEATH RACERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. (/P)—
^Contra Costa county, California, has
a new ordinance desined to take
much of the joy out of beating the
train to the crossing.
It used to be simjply a race with
death in which the undertaker won
if the train got their first and the
driver’s only reward was perhaps en
hanced respect for his make of car if
it proved faster than the locomotive.
Now the situation is changed. If
the engine passes the finish line
first or the race is a tie the award
still will be to /the undertaker but
if the aufoist wins he will receive
as a special recognition distinguish
ing him from the Jess daring high
way user, a jail sentence.
The new ordinance makes it a
misdemeanor to cross in front of a
train after a wigwag or automatic
signal has sounded the train’s ap
proach.
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY HOLDS
VAST STORE OF LITERATURE
SAN MARINO, Cal., Jan. 8. (TP)—
Represented in the great Huntington
library are the life works of biblio
philes in thsi country and in Europe.
Some of the collections were started
centuries ago.
The library, situated on a knoll
overlooking a valley of orange groves,
with a background of snow-clad
mountains, is on the estate of Henry
E. Huntington, retired railroad mag
nate, on the outskirts of this su
burb of Pasadena.
There are more than 150,000 vol
umes, together with upwards of 2,
000,000 manuscripts and incunabula,
and specimens of early printing.
May of the world-famous collections
extend back before the fifteenth cen
tury.
A Canadian prison inspector, re
cently sentenced for crime, will have
the opportunity to perfect himself in j
his profession.
W. F. THOMPSON
BURIED UNDER
RITES PIONEERS
ALL BUSINESS HOUSES AND THE
SCHOOLS CLOSE—FUNERAL
LARGELY ATTENDED
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 7 (£>)—W. F.
Thompson, editor and manager of the
Fairbanks News-Miner, was buried to
day in the Pioneers' plot at the Fair
banks cemetery, the funeral being
held under the auspices of the local
Igloo of Pioneers. The funeral was
one of the most largely attended of
any ever held in the city. The schools
and all business houses closed for an
j hour during the services.
BELIEVES SHAKESPEARIAN
ROLES OF OLD TO ENDURE
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. (JP)—Modern
versions of Shakespearian plays may
come and go, but Walter Hampden
and Ethel Barrymore are not trou
bled. They believe the old Shake
speare will live forever.
Broadway now has the two stars
j in “The Merchant of Venice,” after
“Hamlet” had run two weeks longer
this season than originally planned,
I undisturbed by the opposition of a
“Hamlet” in tuxedo. “Taming of the
■Shrew,” or “Much Ado About Noth
ing,” will follow the present pro
duction.
Their presentations are being given
in true Elizalbethan fashion .and the
audience is ’brought close to the
players through absence of foot
lights and the substitution of a
wide, carpeted stairway leading down
from the stage to the seats.
Joint Installation
Odd Fellows and the
Rebekahs Sat. Night
A joint installation of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs will be held tomorrow
evening at Odd Fellows hall, begin
ning promptly at 7:30 o’clock. The'
families of members are invited to
attend as well as visiting members.
Refreshments will be served follow
ing the installation.
Officers to be installed by the Odd
Fellows are: Ludwig Larssen, Noble
Grand; Inwald Jacobsen, Vice Grand;
Charles Lechner, Secretary; P. N. An
derson, Trustee; Tom Osbo, Treas
urer.
Rebekahs—Mrs. Gust Peterson, No
ble Grand; Mrs. Paulson, Vice Grand;
Mrs. Merritt, Secretary; Mrs. McIn
tosh, Trustee; Mrs. E. Crawford,
Treasurer.
NEGRO GREEK LETTER FRATS
AND SORORITIES IN SESSION
CHICAGO, Jan. 8. (/P)—The last
days of this month finds several hun
dred Negro college men and women
in session in various parts of the
Uited States, representing four ne
gro Greek Letter college fraternities
and two sororities.
Alpha Phi Alpha, the largest and
oldest of the group, comprising more
than fifty chapters, will assemble in
Detroit. Kaippa Alpha Psi, next in
age and size, with forty-two chapters,
will be in session in New York City;
Amega Phi Psi, the first Greek let
ter fraternity to have its genesis in
Negro colleges, meeits at Tuskegee
Institute, and Phi Beta Sigma, the
youngest of the group, will convene
at Washington.
Delta Theta Eigma and Alpha Kap
pa Alpha sororities, will meet respec
tively in Des Moines and Washing
ton.
Each of these organization is work
ing to promote scholarship and char
acter building among students.
Starr Dance Saturday night.
WASHINGTON
LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNED
GOVERNOR FAILS TO APPEAR
BUTS SENDS GREETINGS
TO LEGISLATORS
. OLYMPIA, Wn., Jan. 8 (£>)—'The
Washington legislature adjourned at
1:29 this morning. Governor Hartley
did not appear but he wished the so
lons a Happy New Year and sent a
farewell message through the commit
tee which notified him the legislature
had concluded its labors.
The House yesterday overrode by
a vote of 63 to 28 the governor’s veto
of the bill to permit educational insti
tutions to build on the amortization
plan.
" The Senate then overrode the veto
by a vote of 27 to 10.
Republican State Chairman Fitz
gerald, declaring he was for peace,
stated that Hartley during his govern
orship has “had the right to act ex
actly in any manner he saw fit.”
Representative Moulton of the ma
jority steering committee denounced
Fitzgerald’s move as a deliberate at
tempt to discredit the majority forces.”
FOOTBALL COACH
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8 (£>)— Andy
Smith, football coach of the Univer
sity of California, died today of an
abscess following bronchial pneumo
nia.
MOVIE DIRECTORS LIST TEN
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ACTRESS
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 8. (£>)—
Ten qualifications necessary in a fe
minine film actress are listed by ex
ecutives of several movie studios
here.
Character is the first requisite, with
personality second, beauty third arid
^ intelligence fourth. Imagination is
rated fifth.
Grace, poise and carriage come
sixth, in the opinion of the film
executives, and a knowledge of drama
is held an important asset if one is
so reach the top.
A girl’s environment is given rat
ing, as the home life and surround
ings of a potential actress carry
much weight in the selection of an
applicant.
Age ranks ninth, with education
and training tenth.
Various w*ays of determining the
studio the applicant walks the length
qualifications are employed. Ait one
of the employment manager’s office
and is scrutinized before speaking.
A ruler is suspended from the wall,
near the entrance. As the applicant
passes it, the manager judges her
approximate height. She is asked
to remove her hat. Thus her style
of hair dressing and the manner in
which she takes off her hat are
noted. Her carriage and poise are
revealed when she is askd to get a
book from a shelf.
TROTZKY ONCE WORKED AS AN
EXTRA IN BIG MOVIE FEATURES
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 9. (;p)—
If things go bad for Leon Trotzky
in Russia, he always can come back
to the movies.
His work as an extra in “My Offi
cial Wife” and “The Battle Cry of
Peace” has not been forgotten by the
director who hired him, even though
most film fans are unaware that he
ever was an actor.
It was in placid pre-war days, of
course, that the man who later be
came lord of the soviets made his
motion picture debut.