Attend the Big Celebration at Seward July 4th
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VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 164 0
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
UNION OFFICIALS
THREATEN COAL
MINERS STRIKE
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UNITED MINE WORKERS REPU
DIATE JACKSONVILLE
AGREEMENT
SCRANTON, Pa.. July 1 (/P)—Presi
dent Lewis of the United Mine
Workers told the Anthracite Tri-Dis
trict Convention yesterday that the
bituminous coal industry would con
tinue its repudiation of the Jackson
ville agreement at the peril of a great
Nation wide strike, and pledged his
support in a finish fight in the negotia
tions to renew the present anthracite
contract expiring August 31.
He attacked the “private and busi
ness morals” of John D. Rockefellar
jr., Mellon, and Schwab, and accused
them of failing to oppose the impair
ment of the Jacksonville agreement.
He said, “I am calling the attention
of the Government of the United
States and the American people today
to this fact."
English Miners May Walk Out
LONDON, July 1 (JP)—The Mining
Association representing the English
coal operators yesterday notified the
4 miners Federation of its intention to
terminate its agreement with the
Federation July 31. The proposals of
the operators under the new agree
ment is expected to increase the hours
of work and reduce wages.
Secretary Cook of the Federation
pronounced the notice a declaration
of war by the association.
Experts believe that Great Britain
has irretrievably lost the larger part
of her export trade in coal, as over
400 collieries have closed down indefi
nitely the past year. Great Britain
is said to be behind the continent in
electrical power, and Premier Bald
win has announced that the govern
ment is considering its development |
for use in manufactories.
The number of unemployed in En-j
gland increased by over 2000 the past,
week.
Strike Fund Assessed.
SCRANTON, Pa., July 1 (/P)—‘The
anthracite '.’"■-district scale convention
today recommended to the executive
boards of Districts One, Seven and
Nine assessments aggregating $200,000
on I5S,000 miners in July and August
to assist the b' ’'"'nous coal miners
<vho are striking ud are otherwise
^-jeiqployed.
England Names Athletes
To Compete In America
LONDON, June 30 (/p/—The team
from Cambridge and Oxford Universi
ties to compete against Harvard,
Yale, Princeton and Cornell in a se
ries of track meets July li to 18 is
composed of the following:
100 Yards—A. E. Porritt (O), C. F.
N. Harrison (C).
220 Yards—A. E. Porritt (O), P. G.
Hunter (C).
440 Yards—W. E. Stevenson (O)
and either D. M. Johnson (O) or A.
G. G. Marshall (C).
880 yards—D. G. A. Lowe (C). A. R.
Orchard (C).
Mile—R. S. Starr (C), D. G. A. Lowe
(C).
Two Mile—V. E. Morgan (O), T. C.
Fooks (C).
120 Yard Hurdles—Lord Burghley
(C), J. H. Flynn (O).
220 Yard Hurdles—Lord Broughley
(C), H. M. Cleckley (O).
High Jump—C. T. Van Geysel (C),
A, Jt. Mitchell (O).
Long Jump—C. E. W. Mackintosh
<(0) H. K. Bagnall Oakleley (C), V.
B. Powell (C) reservo.
Pole Vault—R. L. Hyatt (O), R. H.
Bailey (C).
'f Putting the Weight—R. L. Hyatt
(O), D. A. Waring (C).
BUFFALO CART PAGEANT FEAT
CALGAItY, Alta., June 30. (/P)—
7'wo full-grown Alberta buffaloes
hitched to a cart and driven are to
be a feature of an historical pageant
July 6 to mark the 50th anniversary
of the founding of the city of Cal
gary.
When two cowboys first began
breaking the bison to harness they
were almost unapproachable, but
were soon “gentle broken,” following
anyone who showed them a tin of
oats.
FRANK COTTER
TELLS OF STRIKE
ON EAGLE RIVER
PLENTY OF GAME AND BIRDS IN
DISTRICT TO HELP OUT
PROSPECTORS
SEATTLE, July 1 (JP)—A dispatch
to the Post Intelligencer from Frank
Cotter at Dease Lake, said that re
ports of a new gold find on a tribu
tary of the Eagle river had started
a stampede from all over the Cassiar.
Indians and old timers say the find
was made in a section where two old
French miners made a find 50 years
ago. A dozen outfits have gone in to
the scene of the reported new strike,
Wm. Grady among them.
Canadian mining laws governing
both staking and working claims are
being criticised by both Americans
aand Canadians because the size of
| the claim fs too small and after stak
ing the prospector must remain on
; the claim all season.
Mr. Cotter said that never in the
history of the country has there been
so much wild game ii\ evidence. Trap
pers in from the spring beaver hunt
report moose and caribou abundant
everywhere and birds plentiful, which
is a great addition to prospectors’
supplies.
The Hudson Bay Company is open
ing a post at Dease Lake.
SILVER WAVE ON
WAY TO NOME
SEATTLE. July 1 (JP)—Bound for
her far northern home, the new power
schooner Silver Wave left Wednes-!
day to enter the mail and passenger
service between Nome and Kotzebue
Sound. The Enterprise Steamship
Company are owners of the vessel,
while Capt. August Soderholm, a vet
61’2!} ?? the northern seas, is com
mander.
The Silver Wave will go by way
of Seward, taking fuel oil at that port.
r> CHILDREN
DROWN RUSSIA
WARSAW Russia July 1 (JP)—
*een children crossing a bridge
ov^ the Dneister near Marjampol
were \*rMhed away yesterday and per
ished. Devastating floods followed
the worst rainy speel known in sev
eral generations in Galicia and Sile
The Vistula is out of its banks
and Cracow is imperiled.
HUGE GERMAN LINER
TO BE SCRAPPED
HAMBURG, June 30. (JP)—The
Deutschland, a former trans-Atlantic
pride of the Ham burg-American line,
has been sold to a Berlin firm to be
scrapped. The vessel served as an
excursion beat under the name Vic
toria Luise, and after the "World war
was again put into service between
Hamburg and New York as the
Hansa.
The steamer Starr will return to
Seward from Kanatak Thursday night.
UNITED STATES
RIGHTS IN CHINA
BE ADUDICATED
government favors curtail
ment PRIVILEGES IN NATIONS
WITH STABLE JUDICIARY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July I (£»>—
Instructions for Minister MacMurray,
who is due at his post in Peking Sat
urday, are expected to indicate a de
sire here that the whole question of
extra-territorial rights in China go
under consideration at the earliest
possible date. If the other powers
concur in this viewpoint, the Interna
tional Commission, authorized at the
Washington Arms Conference would
function, together with representa
tives of all nations that have a natu
ral interest in Chinese questions.
The Washington government has
always favored the curtailment of all
special privileges in countries able to
establish adequate judicial systems of
theiil own, and the United States with
other powers relinquished extra terri
torial rights in Turkey and Palestine.
BANDIT TRIES TO
ROB BANK BUT
IS SHOT FATALLY
LOCKS EMPLOYES IN VAULT AND
FLEES WHEN TOLD LOCK
WILL NOT WORK
VANCOUVER, Wn.t July 1
J. C. Thomasen. 25, met the first em
ploye of the Union National Bank as
he came to work and locked him in
a vault. He did the same with seven
others as they appeared, and ordered
Cashier Lansdorf when he arrived to
open the safe. Lansdorf told the ban
dit that the lock was a time one and
would not work until 9 o'clock, then
a quarter of an hour off. The bandit
fled into the residence section where
he hid in a bathroom in a home on
the highway.
Patrolman Williams pursued him
to his hiding place and when he re
fused to come out shot him several
times taking him to a hospital in a
critical condition. It is believed he
I will die.
SISTER OF SCOPES
FIRED BECAUSE
OF DOCTRINES
PADUCAH, Ky., July 1 (JP)—Lola j
V., a sister to John T. Scopes, who j
will shortly face trial in Marion, Ten- j
nessee, for teaching the doctrine of
evolution contrary to the state laws
on the subject, was today refused a
position as teacher in the Paducah
public schools because she would not
renounce evolution.
Miss Scopes told the directors that
her beliefs on evolution could have
no bearing on her ability' as she was
a teacher of mathematics. She had
previously taught two terms here very
satisfactorily.
She is now a student at the Uni
versity of Kentucky, preparing to
teach mathematics at the Bowling
Cneeu schools.
Since 1901, 335 men and five women
have been hanged in England and
i Wales.
ANCHORAGE BAND MAY COME
The Anchorage band has offered to
play for the Seward celebration gra
tis provided its expenses are provid
ed. The offer is so tempting the com
mittee is thinking of engaging their
services.
CHINESE CONTROL
STORES IN MANILA
MANILA, June 30. (£>)—'The Chi
nese control 58 per cent, of the re
tail stores in Manila, the Filipinos
36 per cent, and the Japanese 6 per
cent., figures compiled by the Bu
reau of Commerce and Industry
show.
There are in Manila 1,955 retail
stores, known as “Sari-Sari Stores,”
where articles necessary in the
household are sold.
MOULDY MEAT
CAUSES DEATH
ALATNA NATIVES
i HOSPITAL AT NULATO CROWDED
1 WHEN NATIVES POISONED
BY IMPURE FOOD
SEATTLE, July 1 (£>)—Six natives
are dead as a result of ptomaine
poisoning after eating mouldy caribou j
meat at Alatna, according to a cable
gram received here by J. H. Wagner,
in charge of the Bureau of Education.
Seven others are seriously ill and 20
are reported to have recovered. The
natives were in care of Dr. Venters at
the Nulato hospital, June 24 when
the sickness was at its height.
JAP STUDENTS FORM RIFLE CLUB
TOKIO, June 30. (/P)—'The Stud
ents’ Musketry Society has been or
ganized by students of the different ,
universities in Tokio. Its purpose is I
to improve the physical condition of!
the members and to give them train-!
ing in rifle shooting.
MISS DOLLY FISHER
WINNER FORD CAR
j Miss Dolly Fisher, of Seward, liold
| ing ticket number 30,5S2, won the new
! Ford automobile which was given
; away today at 3 o’clock by the Sew
I ard Trading Company. The young
lady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Fisher, proprietors of Fisher’s Cafe,
ran into the store shortly after the
winning number had been announced,
crying happily, “I got it I got it!” She
was immediately surrounded by many
friends who congratulated her upon
her good fortune.
A large crowd was attracted to the
Seward Trading Company’s store by
the drawing, all of whom had their
coupons with them. Miss Sigrid Ros
j ness, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
' Rosness of this city, who made the
i drawings from the large box, jammed
j to the top with coupons, was blind
I folded by Mrs. Tecklenberg and assist
j ed to the top of a counter by Judge
i Wm. Whittlesey and George Sexton,
j judges of the contest. The drawings
began at once with the crowd pack
ing the judges’ space as closely as
they could.
Ten numbers were drawn first, fol
lowing the brief announcement by
Judge Whittlesey, previous to the
drawing that the eleventh number
would be the winning one. Following
the. drawing of the eleventh number
several others were drawn in case *
the original number failed to claim j
the award. As Mr. Sexton was an-■
nouncing the 18th number Miss Fish
er rushed into the store announcing
she had won the prize.
The numbers drawn in rotation
were as follows: 33270, 32988,33128,
477, 15357, 26352, 26756, 1234, 15773,
18062, 30582, 29833, 33529, 15425, 33624
2099, 608 15777.
It is estimated that over 50,000
coupons have been given out since the
contest was inaugurated January 1.
The car and the six months campaign
cost approximately $700.
At last reports the lucky winner
was seen on her way to Kenai in her
brand new car.
DEATH LIST AT
SANTA BARBARA
HAS REACHED 10
300 MARINES PATROL CITY TO
STOP LOOTING—MAY RAZE
DAMAGED BUILDINGS
SANTA BARBARA. July 1 (/P)—
The death list of earthquike victims
has reached ten, another injured sur
vivor dying in a local hospital today.
Three hundred marines are due here
tomorrow to guard the stricken areas
from looting, of which some is report
ed although no arrests have been
made.
A corps of structural engineers
from San Francisco and Los Angeles,
who are here, held a preliminary con
ference today after a minute inspec
j tion to determine whether to com
j pletely remove the damaged build
ings or to rebuild on the old founda
tions.
ENTIRE HOUSE -
AND CONTENTS
STOLEN AWAY
i -■»•«
AFTER SEVEN YEARS ABSENCE
ALASKAN RETURNS TO FIND
HIS HOME PELUK
L. L. Bales, the veteran trapper, big
I game hunter and author, knows that
j conditions in Alaska are changing,
j and for the worse. Seven years ago
j he left his door on the latch and left.
! for the States, and upon returning a
| few weeks ago discovered the entire
house and its contents had been sto
| len. Fortunately one of his sheds was
yet standing and he camped there
; overnight, the next day beginning the
I construction of another home.
All this happened at Bales Landing.
Stevpovak Bay to the westward, Mr.
Bales being a passenger on the Starr
: on its recent trip. Since departing
from the Territory seven years ago,
Mr. Bales has been residing at Den
: ver, Colo., with| his family. Receiving
| a commission to collect specimens of
' Alaskan fauna for the Colorado Mu
seum of Natural History, he embark
j ed for the North and his former home.
With his supplies he disembarked at
the bay in a small boat, when it was
discovered much to his dismay, that
his nicely finished home had disap
peared piecemeal.
He is the owner of large land hold
' ings in the vicinity of the landing,
| and when he departed for the States
years ago, naturally thought he knew
his neighbors. It is reported the loss
of the building and its contents has
worked a considerable hardship on
Mr. Bales, who has called the place
home for a quarter of a century. It is
stated he would never have left his
westward homestead but for the fact
he wanted to give his children a good
education, and for that purpose only
temporarily abandoned the home. Ev
ery stick of timber, ,even to the up
rights, windows, sashes and doors
have been carried away by thieves.
Aside from the old shed he now oc
cupies only a barabara remains of
what was once a nice residence.
The crew of the S.S. Starr assist
ed Mr. Bales in establishing camp,
erecting a tent for him and in many
ways doing what they could to make
him comfortable. He will be joined
on the next trip of the Starr by C.
Foote and family, who will assist him
in securing local specimens familiar
to that district.
GERMANS SMOKE HEAVILY
BERLIN, July 1 (/P)—Statistics
compiled by the Tobacco Dealers’ As
sociation show that during the last
year Germans smoked 6,500,000,000 ci
gars and 25,000,000,000 cigarettes.
These cost the smokers $885,000,000.