NEWS OF THE WEEK
Monday—Doc Frederick Cook is
a "genius” and no matter what he
has done in business, he deserves
the respect of every American for
his intrpid explorations in the North,
Ttoald Amundsen said this morning
thru a dispatch from Fort Worth,
Texas. ‘It is just as easy to believe
■Cook found the North Pole as to be
lieve Peary found it.” Amundsen
characterized the evidence gathered
by MacMillan to discredit Cook of
"no importance.” ‘The Eskimos
will give any kind of an answer you
want,” said Amundsen.
Washington, D. C.—<Representatives
Bloom of New York has prepared a
bill to change the name of the War
department to the Army department.
"This will minimize the probability
of war as there is no Quicker way
to establish universal peace than
the elimination of every thing sug
gestive of war,” he said.
Seattle.—Reverend Robert K. Mar
quis, field worker for the Presbyte
rian Church, whose mission area in
Alaska embraces five hundred thous
and miles, said no fear need be felt
concerning the future of the Eski
mos.
Seattle—The Circuit Court of Ap
peals sustained a judgment of eight
thousand dollars in favor of Mar
garet Sutton, fifteen-year-old Alas
kan Indian school girl against the
Pacific Steamship Company for al
leged attacks by two negroes in the
employ of the company. The offense
was committed while the girl was
enroute to Seattle. She is now at
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Publicity.
E. F. JESSEN,
SEWARO, ALASKA
tending school in Oregon.
Phila.—David Marshall, chiroprac
tor, confessed today of dismembering
the body of Anna May Dietrich, 35.
Marshall, sobbing and unnerved, de
nied he slew her. He declared she
took poison in 'his office after a
wealthy New Yorker had jilted her.
Seattle.—The gasoline motor car,
built by Brill & Co., for the Alaska
Railroad was sent north on the La
touche which left here Friday.
.Tuesday—Anchorage.—iSmith and
Wilkins, advance men, passed thru
here en route to Fairbanks which
they will reach today. The party
met here Rev. William Thomas who
was a missionary at Point Barrow
several years, where he met Smith
and Wilkins.
San Francisco—The Standard and
Associated Oil Company oficials an
nounced here today that they wTill
continue wildcat drilling in the Cold
Bay district until they bring in oil
or prove there is no marketable oil
in the region.
New York.—'Three vessels, the
British freighters Antinoe, Laristan
and an unidentified vessel near the
Panama Canal are in distress the re
sult of the heavy gales sweeping this
coast.
Washington, D. C. — Coolidge ap
proved the five years suspension from
military service for Mitchell, but
modified his sentence. Mitchell will
receive all allowances and one half
i of his pay during that period.
| Seatlte—Whitney, on the stand to
day, testified that Olmsted and as
sociates admitted to him they were
bootlegging and virtually dared the
government to try to stop them.
San Francisco.—A naval report
says there is no basis for rumors
that the fleet will visit Alaska this
summer.
Wednesday—Seattle. — Spectators
i at the Olmsted trial were thrilled to
j day when the names of patrons of
i the organization were revealed. The
i evidence was obtained by wiretapping
! and was only introduced after a
1 long wrangle over the legality of
I their admission. Many controversies
i were introduced by Whitney, over
; heard on a telephone entering Olm
sted’s down town office.
Washington, D. C.—The Japanese
will stay out of the United States
This was the substance of foreigr
! minister Shidehara’s address to the
j diet in Tokio today, a copy of whicl
| was made public by the enibasy.
Washington, D. C.—Mitchell resign
ed today saying: “I hereby tende:
my resignation as an officer in the
1 army to take effect on the first o:
February, 1926.”
! London.—Chancellor Churchill ii
,speaking at Leeds, warned that un
less drastic economies are made ii
givernment expenditures Englant
faces perilous financial difficulty
and further taxation.
Washington, D. C.—In the firs
I vote on World Court reservations
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POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
JOHN NELSON, Manager, WAYNE BLUE, Agent
OFFICE ARCADE BUILDING
HOTEL SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON, Proprietor
SEWARD'S HOMEY HOTEL, WHERE THE OLDTIMERS
MEET
VAN GILDER HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
STEAM HEAT
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HOTEL SEWARD
HOMEY, COMFORTABLE ROOMS AND BATH
Convenient to Depot and Dock
the -Senate approved by av ote of
81 to 1 the proviso that the United
States accept nolegal connection with
the League of Nations. Senator Fra
zier cast the lone vote for the meas
ure. Senator Swanson was author
of the proviso.
Thursday—The Pas.—Emil* St. God
dard, young French-Canadian dog
musher and winner of the dog races
at Quebec and The Pass last year,
yesterday won the second lap of a
hundred and twenty mile race, cover
ing the 32 miles on the Saskatche
wan river in three hours and fifteen
minutes. Earl Brydges of La Pas,
was three minutes behind Goddard,
with Ross Moxley in third place.
Seattle.—Colonel B. F. Millard, 76
years of age and Pioneer Alaska min
ing man, having been engaged in
the country since 1898, died at his
Seattle home last night.
Cripple Creek.—-Mercury ores run
ning $720 to the ton have been dis
covered in the Cripple Creek min
ing district. The ores ran approxi
mately 30 per cent pure quicksilver,
officials of the Dante mine, at which
iplace the strike was made, declare.
Dawson.—John -Smith was killed
when he left his barricaded cabin
to get a bucket of snow. His body
will be brought back to Dawson.
Seattle.—Judge Neterer halted the
Olmsted trial today and ruled the
government could not read from the
records evidence obtained by tapping
wires.
Friday—Seattle.—Federal agents to
day revealed implications that police
protection figured in the operations
of the alleged Olmsted liquor con
spiracy.
Washington, D. C.—The joint war
time agricultural department board,
ordered Point Possession reservation
in Alaska, restored to its former na
tional forest status. The board made
the decision while considering for
mer military reservations which were
to (be used in peace times as national
forest areas.
New York.—The New York Times
last might said Union Leaders have
instructed conductors, trainmen and
brakemen of all railroads to file
their wage demands on February 1,
seeking a restoration of the scale the
railroad board fixed in 1921, which
was the highest in the history of the
railroads.
Muskegon, Mich.—Two fishing tugs
with eight men aboard, caught in a
terrific gale on Lake Michigan, drop
ped out of sight before dawn.
FOLLOW AUTHOR,
DIRECTOR’S PLEA
How closely should a photoplay fol
low an original novel, short story or
play?
Frank Lloyd, producer-director of
“The Silent Watcher,” with Glenn
Hunter and Bessie Love, the current
feature at the Liberty Theater, “The
Sea Hawk,” “Black Oxen” and other
well remembered photoplays, is in
clined to agree with authors.
“If a producer can’t build his pic
ture along the same lines as the au
thor of a well known novel builds
his story, he shouldn’t accept such
a story for production,” Mr. Lloyd
states. “Too often has a photoplay
of a popular story been made in
such a way that even the author
himself couldn’t recognize the plot.
I This is wrong.
“Neither an author nor the the
j atre-going public would object to
I slight changes, certain necessary ela
| boration or correction of a novel’s
plot, but too frequently producers
have accepted a book’s title and
then made a picture which differed
so much it was a public disappoint
ment. A book which cannot be trans
ferred to the screen recognizably
should be called merely ‘a sugges
tion.’
“We have made an eight reel pho
toplay of “The Silent Watcher”
from a four-page Saturday Evening
Post story with such a slight dif
ference in any sequence that it is
difficult to note any change at all,
and yet there is no padding, no ela
boration. People said ‘Black Oxen’
couldn’t be made into a photoplay
without ruinous changes, yet Mrs.
Atherton, the author, was the most
enthusiastic reviewer of the film ver
sion of her story. Likewise Saibati
ni’s ‘The Sea Hawk’ was filmed with
no major changes.
“It can be done and if such dras
tic changes must be made in the
title of a book the title of the pic
ture should .be changed also. The
day of trying to fool the 'public pass
ed passed long ago.”
CONFIRMATION DELAY
RESULT OF PROTESTS
MADE AGAINST WHITE
x (F,rom Juneau Empire)
Owing to a fight that is being
made on Albert White’s nomination
for U. S. Marshal in this Division,
confirmation of all other Alaska Fed
eral appointees will likely be delay
ed in Seattle, said T. J. Donohue,
Democratic National Committeeman
for Alaska. He and Mrs. Donohoe
are passengers on the Northwestern
en route to their home in Cordova
after spending the holidays in the
states.
Mr. Donohoe said he had heard in
Seattle that the confirmation of
other officials, including Judges
Reed and Ritchie and U. S. Attor
ney A. G. iShoup, was certain. It
is believed there except for the
protest made against Mr. White’s
confirmation the confirmatoins would
already have been made.
Good program at the Liberty.
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If you were the only person in town that traded with
mail order concerns—it would hurt some—but it wouldn't paralyze the
prosperity of the community.
The greatest injury would be in the influence your out
of-town-trading exerted over others. Other people might follow in your
foot-steps of foreign trading and that following would prove detrimental to
home business development and betterment of public welfare.
Set a good example. Be a home buyer. Take pride in
your community. Feel that money spent here at home is playing an
important part in building up the town. Know that it buys the goods
you want and goes towards some public good. That it helps increase the
efficiency of schools—puts down better street crossings—erects better
libraries—brightens the town’s lights—makes the parks more attractive—pays
for better police protection, etc.
Instead of fostering the mail order habit—fight it openly.
Teach the truth of home trading. Preach home patronage. Show mail
order buyers the error of their ways—and go out of your way to do it.
Local merchants handle the highest grade merchan
dise. They carry advertised brands. They sell at a proper
price—maKes oi gooas mar Dear me stamp or nonest manufacturers.
They deal open-handedly. They don’t cover up questionable quality
with private labels. They offer you the latest and most dependable
lines—in all lines of merchandise. Their stores are conveniently at hand. You
can reach them in a few short seconds—over the phone—or step right into their
places of business—give or leave your order—and have the goods delivered
straight to your home—all in a few minutes time.
They willingly accommodate you. They take particular
pains to give you just what you want right when you want it. You
don’t have to buy in big quantities to save freight or express charges. You can
spend less at a time—and save considerable sums in cash, to say nothing of the
great saving of time and trouble.
. Advocate those advantages. Do mail order traders a
good turn by turning them away from away-from-home buying—liven
up local business, and by so doing speed the town along the road of progress.
Spend your money where it will in turn be spent for
local improvements instead of sending it away to fatten business and
better conditions of other communities. Support the community that supports you.
The CaSumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.