PHILADELPHIA AND CAMDEN LINKED BY BRIDGE FOR
i FIRST TIME
1
COPV*IGHT UNDERWOOD d UNDERWOOD. N. V.
At last Philadelphia, Pa., and Camden, N. J., are linked by a bridge
over the broad Delaware River. So far only a temporary wooden foot
path, slung on slender steel cables at a dizzying height above the Dela
ware. The two narrow paths will be used by the workmen who are
building the huge steel suspension bridge that will span the river and
give motor, horse and foot traffic direct and speedy connection between
the two thriving cities within the next year.
JAPANESE OF HAWAII
PREFER CHILDREN TO
BECOME AMERICANS
HONOLULU, Feb. 14.—Not one of
the two-score children born to Japan
ese parents in Hawaii since Decem
ber 1 lias made a reservation for the
retention of his Japanese citizenship
under the new expatriation law which
Japan placed in effect December 1,
according to Keiichi Yamasaki, Japan
ese consul-general for the territory.
The law, seeking to abolish dual
citizenship if such elimination is de
sired, provides that all children born
to Japanese parents in the United
States after December 1, shall be re
garded as exclusive American citi
zens unless parents, within fourteen
days alter birth, expressly reserve
Japanese citizenship for the child
through the Japanese consulate. Fail
ure to register such reservation au
tomatically relinquishes any claim
which the Japanese government might
have on that child, as in the case of
dual citizenship which prevailed pre
viously.
Vital statistics show that upwards
of forty children have been born to
Japanese parents since December 1.
Explaining the workings of the new
law, Consul-General Yamasaki said:
“1 am personally urging expatria
tion of those Japanese who are going
to make the United States their home
in the future and urging parents to
take advantage of the new law which
aids them in effecting expatriation of
their children.
“The new law is a measure of the
desire of the Japanese government to
remove objections raised to the for
mer dual citizenship and further evi
dence of my government’s desire to
maintain friendly relations.
“I am only asking Americans to
exercise tolerance and patience with
the Japanese as with other races to
the end that the Japanese may be
better understood. I believe a bet
ter understanding will remove all the
prejudice now lodged against my pro
pie and I am confident that Ameri
cans in their hearts mean to be ab
solutely fair and just to them.”
OIL CRUISERS LOOK TO SOFIA
SOFIA, Feb. 13.—Many foreigners
have applied for the right to pros
pect for petrolium in various parts
of Bulgaria. The committee on com
merce of Parliament considered a lot
of these applications the other day.
The indications are that foreign
ers will receive concessions for dig
ging oil wells, provided the rights of
the state in natural resoures are well
guarded.
When arrested for begging, Lloyd
Eden of Chicago admitted that he oft
en collected as much as $100 a night.
DWELLERS IN THE HILLS
TELL TRUTH ABOUT COUGAR
SEATTLE, Feb. 14.—Cougars of
the mountains of western America,
like tigers of the jungles of India,
don’t kill human beings until too old
to obtain food otherwise, according
to pioneers in the Cascade and Olym
pic mountains. The views of these
old-timers were given in a symposium
gathered by a Seattle newspaper af
ter a cougar killed a small boy near
Wenatchee, on the eastern side of
the Cascade Mountains in Washing
ton.
James Oberg related that 35 years
ago a cougar followed him to his fa
ther’s door. The elder Oberg killed
the animal, which proved to be senile.
Another cougar that 32 years ago
j fell upon a child lagging behind his
| parents on a trail, had dull teeth and
i claws worn to the fur. A post mor
i tern showed nothing in the stomach
but part of a leather halter.
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Feb. 4th
Mar. 4
Arrives
Seward
Feb. 12th
Mar. 12
South from
Seward
Feb. 15th
Mar. 15
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports In eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
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SCIENTISTS KEEP ALIVE
RANCORS OF WORLD WAR
GOETTINGEN, Feb. 13.—German
scientists are still being ignored in
connection with international con
gresses, though the world war is now
over, according to a compilation of
facts presented by the German uni
versities Association.
During 1923 and 1924 the report
points out, 91 international scientific
and technical congresses took place.
In the case of 58 of them no Germans
were invited; in the case of the re
maining 33 certain allied countries,
notably France and Belgium, either
refrained entirely from sending dele
gates as soon as it became known
that Germans also were to partici
pate, or else sent unrepresentative
delegations.
jOLDTIMERS TRY TO REVIVE
DANCES OF THEIR YOUTH
MARYPORT, England, Feb. 14.—
William Smith of Ewanrigg Hall made
a successful attempt recently to re
introduce the old polka into a modern
dance program at the Maryport Farm
ers’ dance. He led off with the wife
of another farmer. Both were crack
dancers In the days when rurla Cum
berland danced the country dances,
I the waltz and the lancers. Their
dancing was vigorously applauded by
the younger generation of fox trot
ters who, later in the evening, enjoy
ed a turn at the polka.
DANISH BUS LINE TO RUN PARIS
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 14—A Dan
ish company is preparing to start a
motor bus service between here and
Paris. Later it intends to start a
similar service through the Italian
Riviera.
‘FLOWERS’ SUBSTITUTED FOR
'COFFINS’ IN NAME VILLAGE
I EVREUX, France, Feb. 14.—The
203 inhabitants of St. Pierre-des-Cer
| eeuils have been filled with joy by
' the decision of the state council au
! thorizing the name of their village to
be changed to St. Pierre-des-Fleurs.
The literal translation of their orig
inal name is “Saint Peter of the Cof
fins” so that it is easy to see their
satisfaction at the change to “Saint
Peter of the Flowers.”
At the same time there is a move
ment on foot to change the name of
the department Charente-Inferieure to
Charente-Maritime, because the de
partment finds that its wines suffer
in the esteem of foreigners by having
the word “Inferieure,” on their labels
as the mistake is made that it re
fers to quality and not to the posi
tion of the department on the “low
er” part of the river Charente.
Mrs. G. M. Walley of Muskegon,
Mich., found a lost diamond ring in
a chicken she was cleaning.
MANILA ATTORNEY'S NAME
SERVES AS MEMORY TEST
MANILA, Feb. 14.—A prominent
lawyer of Manila, who is known gen
erally simply as Colonel J. N. Wolf
son, but whose full name consists of
twelve words containing 106 letters,
is $11.50 poorer as a result of what
he terms the remarkable memorizing
powers, of the Filipino pupils of the
high school at Tarlac, province of
Tarlac.
Recently Colonel Wolfson was at
Tarlac on legal business and during
his stay visited the high school. He
was invited by the principal, an Am
erican, to question the pupils on vari
ous topics. After receiving answers
with varying success, he announced
that he would give one peso (fifty
cents) to each pupil who could mem
orize his full name in fifteen min
utes.
The entire school was eager for the
attempt but received something of a
surprise when Cononel Wolfson wrote
on the blackboard the name, Josephus
Adolphus Americanus Vespucius Leo
nidus, Wolsicanicus Alexandricus Nap
talicus Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus
Wolfson. *
At the end of 15 minutes 23 out of
the 33 who made the attempt, had
memorized the name perfectly.
Colonel Wolfson was christened in
New Orleans more than sixty years
ago and came here as an officer in
the volunteer army during the insur
rection nearly a quarter of a cen
tury ago.
FREE STATE RAILWAY LINES
MERGE UNDER ONE TRIBUNAL
DUBLIN, Feb. 14.—All the railways
in the Free State have combined un
der a policy of compulsory unifica
tion adopted as an alternative to na
tionalization. There were more
than 30 of them altogether, all with
boards of directors and independent
staffs, and 16 headquarters.
The unification has now been com
pleted under the supervision of a
special railway tribunal and compen
sation has been paid to the discon
tinued dire tors and staffs. The
new unified line bears the name of
the Great Southern Railway and its
total mileage is 2,052. The amalga
mation scheme does not affect the
Great Northern Railway which has its
headquarters in Belfast and operates
principally in the jurisdiction of the
northern part of Ireland. The Free
State has power over this line so far
as it operates between Dublin and the
Ulster border, but has not exercised
the authority.
The Railway Tribunal has decreed
that the amalgamated company shall
reduce charges by 12 1-2 per cent.
KITCHENER MEMORIAL
FUND IS GROWING
LONDON, Feb. 14.—The sum of
$3,496,200 has been received on be
half of the Lord Kitchener Memorial
Fund. Out of this $588,210 has been
spent on scholarships and payments
in connection with a memorial chapel
which is being built to commemorate
the great soldier in St. Paul’s Cathed
dral. The remainder has been in
vested.
Wm. Walsh, a retired New York po
liceman, died recently leaving bank
deposits aggregating $64,000.
Eaton, Crane, Pike Stationery at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Remington Portable Typewriters at
the Alaska Shop. tf
Coming up, St. Patrick’s Day dance.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
8 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENAI
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Alaska
Yukon
Alameda
ALASKA
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
February 7
February 14
February 21
Feb. 28th.
March 7
.March 14
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
February 14
February 21
February 2S
Mar. 7th.
March 14
March 21
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
February 14
February 21
February 28
Mar. 7th.
March 14
March 21
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
AN EMPIRE BUILDER
As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
mckinley park route
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
Special week-eend tickets (one and one-third actual fare) on
sale at all ticket offices