s« Heumrd Dale GUIVUMY
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 205
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20- 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW MINING LAWS
NEEDED IN STATE
OF WASHINGTON
4 SURVEY OF STATE’S MINING RE
SOURCES NEEDED SAYS
MAURICE LEEHEY
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 (#>)—Mining
Club trustees yesterday discussed pre
sentation to the state legislature the
necessity for a complete survey of
the state’s mining recources and the
development of metallic and non-me
tallic deposits. Maurice Leehey said
that the capital stock tax, the fed
eral and corporation tax, and other
taxes harrass mining development and
are unjust.
Secretary Carfield said that a com
plete survey of the geological re
sources of the state would be of great
* value to the people. He added that
state mining includes a non-metallic
group of cement, gypsum, magnesite,
lime, clay, sand and gravel.
ALL WELL ABOARD MAUD
NOME, Aug. 20 (/P)—Agent Pollis
ter, aboard the Swenson trading gas
schooner Blue Sea, which stopped at
East Cape from Anadyr, en route to
Nome, reported all well aboard the
Maud.
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MACMILLAN HAS
ABANDONED HIS
POLAR JAUNT
ANNOUNCES THAT THREE AIR
PLANES HAVE BEEN PUT
OUT OF COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20 (£>).
Donald MacMillan has abandoned his
Polar sea exploration for the year.
Two of the three planes are out of
■commission, according to a report
j sent to the National Geographic So
ciety. Burning gasoline spreading
•over the waters at the Etah base,
burned the wings of one plane, and
the motor of another is worn out, the
last spare engine being installed to
<lav. The Navy department said it
bad not yet decided as to whether the
explorations would be resumed next
year.
Will Return in September
PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 20 (/P)—
The Evening Express received a radio
message from explorer MacMillan. He
said he expects to return from Etah
1 in September and added that his crew
were all well and happy.
EARTHQUAKE
IN ALEUTIANS
BEBRKELEY, Cal., Aug. 20 (JP)—
The University of California seismo
graph recorded a moderate shock at
*4:16 o’clock this morning, centered in
the Aleutian islands. The shock last
ed until 5 a. m.
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
CONST ANTINOPLA, Aug. 20. (R>)—
A violent earthquake in which many
persons are said to have lost their
lives, isj report edfrom Dinas and also
from Smyrna. The quake is said to
4 have caused great havoc and one town
is believed to have disappeared en
tirely.
LUMBER YARD BURNS
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—A lumber yard
covering two blocks, burned here yes
terday and a tank containing eight
hundred gallons of oil exploded, the
total damage being estimated at $100,
,000,000.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
GIVES BIRTH TO CHILD
ALONGSIDE THE HIGHWAY
CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (JP)— Deserted
by her husband and evicted from her
home, Mrs. Anne Cooper, 19 year old
girl bride, gave birth to her child by
the roadside, in the vallage of Phoe
nix, southwest of Chicago last night.
YACHT GOES ASHORE
COWES, Eng., Aug. 20 (jP)—The
American yacht, Westward, an entry
in the race around the Isle of Wight
went ashore near The Needles early
today in heavy weather. Tugs were
immediately sent to her assistance.
TROTSKY AGAIN
IN THE SADDLE
SOVIET AFFAIRS
WILL DIRECT ENERGIES TO IM
PROVING RUSSIAN ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS, HE SAYS
WARSAW, Russia, Aug. 20 (/P)—
Moscow advices report the return of
Leon Trotzky to power, with his ap
pointment as chief of the economic
council. Trotsky said he expected to
direct his energies to improving Rus
sia’s economic conditions without in
creasing his political influence.
Trotsky returned to Moscow in May
after his exile to the Caucasus be
cause of his insurgency against the
dictates of strict Bolshevism.
Kelso Water Official
Admits is Embezzler
KELSO, Aug. 19 (iP)—A. H. Gordon,
superintendent of the city water de
partment last night admitted that he
had embezzled $1200 from department
funds. He denied participation in the
slaying of Thomas Dovery, editor of
the local paper, June 19. Gordon’s
whereabouts at the time of the mur
der are under investigation.
Dovery through his newspaper had
demanded an investigation of Gordon’s
department, alleging that he would be
found short in his accounts.
Gordon and Dovery were enemies
of long standing, and it is believed
the water superintendent is responsi
ble for Dovery’s murder.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE
AGREE ON SECURITY PACT
LONDON, Aug. 20. (/P)—Britain and
France have agreed on a security pact
policy. British believe American in
terest inevitable in view' of financial
status.
At today’s meeting conversations
between Austen Chamberlain and M.
Briand, on the European Security pact
began with optimism.
After hours of parleying, M. Briand
told the press that the Franco-British
agreement had been reached on the
major points involved in the French
security pact, and the French reply to
Germany has been drafted with Brit
ish aid.
The presence of American Ambassa
dor Houghton, at a dinner to Birand,
was believed to be a part of the Brit
ish plan to interest the United States
in the pact affairs.
The number of American millions
invested in Poland and throughout
Europe, will tend to make such inter
est inevitable, is the British opinion.
BUILD CIVIC CENTER
PITTSBURG, Aug. 20. (£>)—Plans to
erect a $14,000,000 Civic Center at the
University of Pittsburg to rank fore
most in the World, was announced by
the University Committee yestreday.
FARMER KILLS GIRL
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 20. (/P)_B.
Zimmerman, a farmer, killed his 18
months-old daughter yesterday by
dashing her brains out on a cement
floor, then committing suicide.
SIX CONVICTS
ESCAPE FROM
SAN QUENTIN
PRISON SHIPPING CLERK DEAD
FROM WOUNDS—AILPLANE
HELPS RECAPTURE MEN
SAN QUENTIN, Aug. 20 (£>)— B. O.
Miller, a prison shipping clerk, is dead
from bullet wounds received when six
convicts escaped from the peniten
tiary here yesterday. The men were
at work on the waterfront, and com
mandeered a tug boat and took Mil
ler along as a shield. The convicts
beat the commander of the guard with
bricks and stones, and he is near the
death as a result of his injuries.
After the prisoners left shore in
the tug, another tugboat, the Lieuten
ant W. Shelley, opened fire on them.
An army airplane circled the bay and
catching sight of the escaping men
signalled the police boat, which speed
ily overhauled them.
The prisoners surrendered without
a struggle on the other side of the
bay, three miles from the prison. One
of the convicts was shot in the arm
earlier in the pursuit.
WHITING RIVER
GOLD STRIKE IS
FLASH IN PAN
MINERS RETURNING TO VICINITY
REPORT NOTHING FOUND
WORTH MENTIONING
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 (/P)—A Cotter
dispatch from Telegraph Creek to the
Post-Intelligencer, said that the re
ports of gold strikes in the vicinity
<5f Shesley, at the head of Whiting
river, were greatly exaggerated, as
he had just returned after a month's
trip and found nothing w'orth men
tioning.
There is great excitement in the
Cassiar district as a result of recent
developments in Gold Pan creek. One
hundred ounces of gold were sent out
last month from three claims on Gold
Pan creek.
GOLD PRODUCTION
UNITED STATES
2,528,900 OZS.
SILVER PRODUCTION REACHES
AN ENORMOUS FIGURE
OUTLOOK 1925 GOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20 (£>).
Gold production in the United States
and its possessions last year totalled
2,528,900 ounces, with a value of $52,
177,000, the largest total since the
year 1919.
The production of silver last year
reached 65,407,186 ounces, worth $43,
822,814. This was 7,930,784 ounces
less than the production in 1923.
California’s production reached 633,
021 ounces of gold, worth $13,085,700,
leading all states and territories in
gold.
Montana lead in silver with 13,684,
782 ounces worth $9,171,447.
The gold production of the Philip
pine Islands was valued at $1,706,700.
Colorado's gold production was val
ued at $8,699,900.
Alaska produced 303,553 ounces of
gold worth $6,275,000.
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. (IP)—Ray M.
Schalk, “White Sox” catcher, celebrat
ed his thirteenth anniversary in the
Major Leagues yesterday. That was
his 1619th game of service behind the
bat, which is a record for all time.
WOMAN REVEALS PAST
TO SAVE ANOTHER WOMAN
A woman revealing her own past,
baring to the world a secret which
robbed her of her good name and im
periled her future, all for the sake
of another woman.
That is one of the powerfully dra
matic situations in First National’s,
“The Woman on the Jury,” which is
shown at the Liberty Theatre tonight
for the first time. It is based on the
Broadway success by Bernard K.
Burns, and was directed by Harry O.
Hoyfc#
Sylvia Breamer plays the part of
the woman who braved the scorn of
the world for another. Bessie Love
plays the part of the victim. Both had
been betrayed by George Wayne (Lew
Cody) “a cheater of women,” who had
cast aside his conquests when he had
tired of them. One of the women had
taken the repulse calmly; the other
facing a serious situation, had brot
about a tragic climax to her love ad
venture.
Fate placed a woman on the jury
which was to try her for murder—
and that woman was the only person
in the world who could save her. How
she accomplished this forms an epi
sode of high dramatic power.
A cast of stars compose the actors
in the play.
OPERATOR THROWS LIGHT
PITTSBURG, Aug. 20. (#»)—Facing
death from sudden illness, Kavanaugh
Jobeingt, a telegraph operator on the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie road, at Mon
ongahela, threw the red signals, stop
ped all trains and fell dead across the
key.
TOTAL FURS SOLD
AT WINNIPEG
TOTAL $473,000
WHITE FOX BRING GOOD PRICE
WITH CROSS FOX TEN PER
CENT HIGHER TO DATE
WINNIPEG, Aug. 20 (/P)—The total
valuation of furs sold here during the
past two days aggregate $-473,000. The
offerings included marten, otter, bad
ger, skunk, beaver, white, cross and
red fox. White fox brought from 28
to 36 dollars for average lots. Cross
foxes were 10 per cent higher than
the last sale. Red fox was the ma
jor offering, and sold at nn average
of 10 per cent higher than last spring.
Eastern buyers are handling the larg
er part of the buying, with prices at
$10 to $19.50 for average lots.
NEW PLANT WILL
BE ERECTED FOR
PETERSBURG CO.
RECONSTRUCTION OF SAWMILL
AT PETERSBURG TO BE
FINISHED BY SPRING
Backed by sufficient capital to in
sure its success the reconstruction
of the Petersburg sawmill, destroyed
by fire, will be started within the
next month according to Henry Ro
den, local counsel for the firm, says
the Juneau Empire.
The company Mr, Roden said had
chaanged its name to the Alaska
Spruce Mills, Inc., and increased its
capital stock to $125,000. It is amply
financed to build its plant and en
large it, and to carry on extensive
cutting operations.
Word was received at local U. S.
forest service headquarters said that
the company would employ forestry
engineers to examine a number of tim
ber units in the Petersburg district
this fall with a view of locating about
100,000,000 feet of timber for its op
erations.
MELLON TELLS
OF SETTLEMENT
WITH BELGIUM
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT REC
OGNIZED BELGIUM’S CLAIM
TO SPECIAL TREATMENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (/p)—Sec
retary Mellon said that when the
American government recognized Bel
gium’s claim for special treatment in
payment of its war debt, it redeemed
the promise President Wilson made^
which prevented the disruption of the
Versailles conference. He added that
Hoover, a member of the Versailles
conference and of the debt commis
sion testified that the discussion o$
this debt was one of the means of
bringing about peace by the President.
He said the United States could do
nothing else but agree to Belgium’s
claims.
JAPANESE STEAMER LIBELED
VAN COUVER, B. C., Aug. 20.(JP)~
The Japanese steamer “Kaikya Maru”
late yesterday was libeled in the Ad
miralty Court, after sinking a seven
thousand dollar tug in the harbor here
and breaking the city water pipe
lines, during a dense haze of smoke.
The steamer had departed before
this damage wras discovered and a tel
egraph was sent to the Marshal at
Victoria wrho went out in a launch to
stop the Kaikyd Maru, which wfas on
her way to Japan.
The master of the freighter lower
ed a ladder over the side, dropped a
pilot and then drew up the ladder be
fore the marshal or his men could go
aboard the boat.
DID NOT APPROVE MEMORIAL
COCOANUT GROVE, Fla., Aug. 20.
(^P)—Mrs. William Jennings Bryan to
day said she never heard of the Miss
Dionessa Bryan Evans, who announced
in New York that the Bryan Memor
ial would be erected at Clewiston, in
Florida. Mrs. Bryan said she never
approved of such a Memorial.
EDITOR CHICAGO
DAILY NEWS IS
HEART VICTIM
FOUNDED FIRST PENNY SHEET
AND WAS LEADER IN MID
WEST NEWSPAPERS
CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (/P)—Victor F.
Lawson, editor and publisher of the
Chicago Daily News, died last night
after an illness of two days following
a heart attack. He would have been
75 years of age next month.
Earlier-in the year and for the past
decade he has suffered from similar
attacks, but kept to his bed a few
days and recovered.
Anticipating the success of a low
priced newspaper, the Chicago Daily
News was one of the first papers in
the west to succeed as a penny sheet,
with Melville E. Stone, one of the
founders and leaders of the Associated
Press as a partner.
BASEBALL
American
Cleveland 8, Washington 12.
Detroit 4, New York 3.
St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 8.
Chicago 3, Boston 1.
National ■
Brooklyn 8, Pittsburg 7.
New York 7, Chicago 6.
Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 4.
Boston 5, St. Louis 4.
Coast i
Salt Lake 29-4, Portland 9-9.
Vernon 0, Los Angeles 5.
Sacramento 0, Seattle 10. -1
Oakland 6, San Francisco 5. j * ?