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PRICE TEN CENTS
GOLDEN RULE MUST
BE APPLIED TO
COMMERCE
PROSPERITY CANNOT • BE DI
VORCER FROM HUMANITY
SAYS COOLIDGE
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—President Cool
ijfdge lias propounded a new industrial
golden rule which he declared must
he applied between agriculture and
commerce if the former is to survive
and the latter is to continue to pros
per.
“Prosperity cannot be divorced from
humanity,” he said. The President's
message was delivered at a luncheon
tendered him by the Chicago Com
mercial Club.
He urged the commercial and in
dustrial side of the Nation to pay
less attention to “wheat and corn and j
hogs,” and more to their transporta- ,
tion and prices,” and to give more j
thought to the men and women who ;
produce them.
Rum Runners Put To Sea
After Futile Attempt to
Land $1,000,000 Cargo
LOS ANGELES. Calif., Dec. 5.—
Two Vancouver, 13. C. rum ships, the
Gold Harbor and Chi d' Skugste have
put to sea after lying oil Los An j
geles harbor for weeks in an attempt
to unload $1,000,000 worth of booze.
850,000 EMIGRANTS ENTERED
AMERICA END FISCAL YEAR
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 5.—It is es
timated that 850,000 emigrants enter
ed the United States clandestinely at
the end of the fiscal year, most of
them over the Mexican and Canadian
^borders.
It is also estimated that 35,000 for
eign seamen entered the United
States.
FIRE MEETING TONIGHT
The local department will hold a
fire meeting in their hall tonight at
8 o’clock. All members are requested
to attend. Important business.
LAST THREE YEARS
DISASTROUS TO
TRADEUNONS
MILLION AND A HALF MEMBERS
GO OUT OF RANKS OWING
TO DISAFFECTION
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—The total
membership of trade unions increased
nfrom 447,000 in 1897 to 3,779,000 in
1923, according from figures taken
from a report to be issued early in
December by the National Bureau of
Economic Research of this city, under
the title, "The Growth of American
Trade Unions, 1SS0-1923.”
The largest membership enrolled in
any one year was in 1920, when 5,100
500 were enrolled in trade unions. The
membership in 1921 was 4,813,400 and
in 1924, 4,058,400.
The findings in this report, which
have been approved by the board of
directors of the bureau, summarizes
the tables in the formal report, read
ing in part as follows:
During roughly the last half cen
tury, the membership in American
trade unions has twice reached strik
ing peaks, from which it has later de
scended. The first peak was achieved
in 1887 when membership rose to over
one million and the second in 1920,
when it exceeded five millions. In
each case the labor movement failed
to hold its maximum numbers.
* “After 1887 the losses were so great
that membership in the early nineties
was probably only a couple of hun
dred thousand, and since 1923 the un
ices have lost more than one and a
quarter millions.
MERRIWEATHER BE
GOVERNOR OF CANAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5— Col.
Werriweather L. Walker, of the Engi
neer Corps, U. S. A., has been nomi
nated by the President to be govern
or of the Panama canal zone.
VETERAN OF BOER WAR
DIES IN SEATTLE, WASH.
SEATTLE, Wn., Dec. 5—Captain
Francis J. Harper, a veteran of the
Boer war and former captain of the
Northwest Mounted Police, is dead
at his home here.
NOTED SEATTLEITE DIES
SEATTLE, Dec. 5—Captain Lu
man Hinckley, president of the Kit
sap County Transportation company,
died this morning.
SEATTLE LAWYER
LOSES FIGHT TO
KEEP FREE
LEE JOHNSTON CONVICTED OF
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
STOLEN MQNEY
SEATTLE, Wn., Dec. 5.—Eighteen
months fight for liberty was lost by
Lee Johnston, a prominent Seattle at
torney, when he was convicted by a
Federal jury in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
of unlawful possession of money
stolen from the U. S. mails.
Word of the jury’s verdict was re
ceived here this afternoon at the of
fice of the postoffice inspector.
MARY MILES MINTER
TO WED COMMANDER
ABOARD U. S. S. JASON
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 5— Mary
Miles Minter, the petite screen star
is at the present time in this city
for the purpose of marrying Comman
der H. H. Ridder, of the U. S. Col
lier Jason, whcih is now harbored
in Hampton Roads.
The Jason made a trip to Alaska
several years ago and called in at
Seward. She is a sister ship of the
ill-fated Cyclops, that left Galveston,
Texas with a full crew and never
was heard of even to this day.
LOCAL CABLE OFFICE
WORKING WITH SEATTLE
The local cable office is now in di
rect communication with Seattle, thru
the recently installed automatic re
lays at Ketchikan, eliminating the ne
cessity of Ketchikan relaying busi
ness from the North to Seattle. The
new cable between Ketchikan and
Seward has also been duplexed where
by Seattle and Ketchikan can main
tain two circuits over the one cable.
This gives the people of Alaska a ca
ble system to the States equal to any
service in the world.
BABIES LIVE BETTER IN
SLUMS THAN IN VILLAGES
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Large cities
with their overcrowded tenements
and insanitary slums are more health
ful for young babies than small towns
according to Frank E. Hand, supreme
vice-chief ranger of the Independent
Order of Foresters in an address be
fore a welfare conference here.
“Infant mortality figures,” said Mr.
Hand, “prove that a comparatively
small number of infant deaths occur
in the largest cities in the United
States. A survey of 584 cities show
ed that in towns of from 10,000 to
25.000 population the death rate of
babies in their first year was 81.6
per thousand. In cities with over
250.000 people the infant death rate
was only 75.0 per thousaand.
Seventy-eight babies out of every
1.000 born last year in America died
in their first yeaar. The Pacific coast
has the lowest infant mortality rate.
Washington headed the list with fil
deaths per thousand. Oregon was
second, with 58 and California had
an average of 66.
QUARTET BANDITS
GET AWAY WITH
PAYROLL
SAN FRANCISCO LIGHT COMPANY
LOSES $18,500 IN CASH IN
DARING RAID
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5— Four
bandits this afternoon held up three
employes of the Pacific Gas and Elec
tric Company in front of the com
pany’s office in a down-town district,
and escaped with $18,500 in cash.
The men cast aside $23,000 in bonds
which with the cash were about to
be deposited in a near-by bank.
Firing several shots into the air to
iniimidate the passersby, the men
disappeared up Mission street, in a
high-powered touring car.
EXPLORER LOSES TOES
ON FAR NORTHERN TRIP
LONDON, Dec. 5.—Peter Fruechen,
a Danish explorer, who has been
missing since 1920, was rescued re
cently by an expedition on the Danish
schooner Soskongen which arrived in
Copenhagen from the northern part
of Baffin’s Land. Freuchen. who had
been living with the Eskimos, had
all his toes frozen off and his food
supplies were very low.
He’s Killed 40 Snakes
Calls Himself a Champ
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 5.—James A.
Covert has killed forty copperhead
snakes and believes he is the cham
pion snake killed of Ohio.
He killed them all near an oli
lease at Woodstock, where he works
as a pumper.
CANADA WILL START
NEW SCHOOL OF FISHERIES
HALIFAX, Dec. 5.—That Canada
does not intend to neglect her fisher
ies is evidenced by the announcement
that the Department of Fisheries and
Marine has appropriated $70,000 for
the establishment of a fisheries school
to be to the hiaritime provinces what
the experimental farms are to the
agricultural sections. A staff of sci
entists, appointed by the Biologicaal
Board of Canada, will work in coop
eration with the Dalhouse University
aand the Nova Scotia Technical Col
lege in instructing those interested
, in the fishing industry.
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| FREIGHT RATES ON
KUSKOKWIMBE
LOWERED
Much new equipment will be pur
chased in the States this winter for
the river fleet on the Koyukuk, own
ed by Sam Dubin and in charge of
Capt. Wm. Finger, who passed thru
Seward Saturday, en route to the
States to spend the winter. It is said
the installation of more vessels on
the run with greater power, will give
the owners an opportunity to reduce
the rates to about 5 cents or even less
a pound.
Capt. Finger came out from Betties
the first of last week. He reports
many men in the Koyukuk district and
an unusually good season. A marked
revival of mining operations was ap
parent.
MAN ARRESTED FOR
TAKING OFF PHONOGRAPH
H. M. Doremus, a resident of Bel
lingham, was arrested at Ketchikan
this week as he was making his way
out of the Territory, and taken back
to Juneaau, on a charge of misappro
priating certain goods, towit, a pho
nograph, belonging to a Juneau mu
sic house. Doremus was leaving the
Territory with the music box, and
the owner objected.
HAD TRAVELING DISTILLERY
AND GOT SIXTY DAYS
THE DALLES, Ore., Dec. 5.—Just
because he had a traveling distillery
with him Chris Hartzler was fined
$250 and given a jail sentence of 60
days.
When Hartzler was arrested police
found in the rear of his auto a copper
still, one barrel of mash, nine gallons
of moonshine and a number of empty
oottles.
It is said the police were tipped off
by local bootleggers, who were jeal
ous of Hartzler’s invasion of their
territory.
LONGVIEW, Dec. 2.—Armed with
a shot gun, Mrs. Vivian Bernard Sat
urday guarded a cache which she had
discovered consisting of 36 cases of
bonded liquor, until deputies arrived
on the scene. The cache was found
on Sand Island, Columbia river, op
posite Kalama, Wash.
i SMITH, WADE AND
| NELSON RECEIVE
PROMOTION
j BlLu. INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
1*0 REWARD INTREPID
WORLD FLYERS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5.—
The Army round the world flyers
would be rewarded by promotion and
each given $10,000 reward and a Con
gressional medal of honor, under leg
islation indicated today in a bill pre
sented by Representative Rathbone,
of Illinois.
Lieutenants Wade, Nelson and
Smith would be promoted to the rank
of major; while Harding and Ogden
would be promoted to first lieutenan
cies.
Canadian Liquor Sales
Reach New High Figure
VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 5.—Revenues
accruing §6,673,150 have been receiv
ed from the government liquor stores
in British Columbia between April 11
to November 10.
Amundsen Orders Ship
To Return To ’Frisco
SEATTLE, Dec. 5.—Raold Amund
sen has ordered the ship Maude, which
has been trying to drift across the
Polar basin to return to San Fran
cisco next summer and be held there
for orders.
University Authorities
Claim Policeman Wrong
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 5—The Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity, whose house
is near the University of California
Campus, has been exonerated by uni
versity authorities of charges of Po
liceman Jack Fisher of the Berkeley
force, that the members of the or
ganization and a number of women
guests were engaged in a wild drink
ing party last week.
Investigation of the occurence was
made by the student affairs commit
tee of the university at the request
of the fraternity itself. The com
mittee found that except for the
charge that the party was somewhat
noisy, the remaining charges made
by Fisher, particularly those touch
ing on the supposed drinking, were
unfounded and “absurd.”
Former Alaska Pioneer
Passes Away In Seattle
SEATTLE, Dec. 5.—Mrs. Henry
Baatz, formerly for 18 years a resi
dent of Alaska, is dead at her home
in this city.
The steamship Northwestern is in
Cordova this afternoon, and is ex
pected to reach port some time tomor
row.
MELLON ASSAILS
1924 TAX LAW
AS TOO HIGH
THIRTY-SEVEN PER CENT SUR
TAX SHOULD BE LOWERED
DECLARES SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—In his an
nual report Secretary Mellon assailed
the 1924 tax law, particularly the 37.5
pei cent surtax on large Incomes. He
stood for a reduction to a point lying
between 15 and 24 per cent on the
ground that such a tax would yield
the government a greater income and
likewise have a tendency to stimulate
private business.
Edict Ousting Insurgents
Takes Effect When Four
i Are Barred Conference
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5.—The
Republican Senatorial edict, ousting
LaFollette and three of his followers
from all party deliberations went in
to formal effect this morning when
the four Insurgent republicans were
barred from a Republican conference
being held here.
BRIGADIER GENERAL NOLAN
RECOMMENDED PROMOTION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.—Secretary
Weeks will recommend Brigadier Gen
eral Nolan, deputy chief of staff, for
promotion to the grade of major gen
eral.
BRITISH OFFICIALS IN
EGYPT ARE GUARDED
LONDON, Dec. 5.—Cabinet minis
ters and many other officials of state
went about their duties today accom
panied by bodyguards as a precaution
-uduiXs UBndXSg Xq aouaioiA )suib£b
thizers.
BRITISH WORRRIED
OVER REFUND
FRENCH DEBT
ENGLISH PAPERS FEAR AMERICA
WILL GIVE FRANCE MORE
FAVORABLE TERMS
LONDON, Dec. 5.—The British gov
ernment has addressed a note to the
American and French governments,
requesting them to inform Britain as
to what steps have been taken or will
be taken in settling the French war
debt. The idea that the United States
may agree to fund the French debt
on more favorable terms than it does
the British debt continues to agitate
a sectional press, which is making a
front page feature of it.
COUNTESS HAD INTENSE
HATRED OF WHITE COLOR
VIENNA, Dec. 5.—The story of a
countess who hated everything white,
and who spent many years of her life
and a fortune trying to make every
thing black is told in the Viennese
courts recently, when relatives of the
late Countess Anna Fery, who had
beery left out of hei* will, brought suit
against a Hungarian count to whom
she had left everything.
The relatives stated that every
year she spent more and more trying
to make everything black. In her
home at Graz Castle she always wore
black and kept all the windows and
doors shut. She slept by day and
never went out until nightfall, taking
care to return before dawn.
They further stated that she spent
vast sums on purchasing black swans
and sombre colored flowers. She
hated all things white to such an ex
tent that she even ordered that when
snow fell in her domains it should be
covered with cinders and coal dust.