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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 126
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
ALASKA INSANE
RANKS AMONG
LOW RATE U. S.
Statistics Reveal Low Pro
Ratio In Alaska As Com
pared to the States.
D. OF C. RATE HIGHEST
Average Estimate Annually
Place At Not More
Than Thirty.
Ever hear the story of the ice
worms; those little hot-headed
fellows that bore through the "la
thers and cut off the icebergs?
There are lots of folks that be
lieve that tale. It's odd, that’s
why they credit it.
Every hear the story of the
boatloads of insane people ship
ped out of Alaska; those poor fel
lows who have been driven to
madness by the shouting of the
hills from out the vast silences.
That’s odd too. Maybe that’s
why so many folks believe it.
What about Alaska insane ?
Some few social squibs, anxious
to be considered hardy adventur
ers, have purchased excursion
tickets to Alaska and back and
invariably they go back home and
lecture on Alaska before their lo
cal knitting clubs and nine times
out of ten they tell of the great
number of insane produced year
ly in our country. To hear them
talk one gathers they would build
a fence around the “frozen
north” and change the name to
Morningside.
Alaska Has Low Rate
Do you know that Alaska has one
of the lowest rates of insanity of any
state or territory of these United
States? That fewer people per unit
population go insane up here than
in any other section of the country?
Strange, but none the less true.
Now let’s look into this matter.
Take the Fourth Division of Al
aska for instance. That is a good
average portion of the Territory. It
covers about half of Alaska and has
a population of about 11,000, native
and white. In the year just prior
to the writing of this article, start
ing May 1, 1924 and ending April
30, 1925 just five people, two wom
en and three men, were adjudged in
sane in the Fourth Division. Of
these one was sent to Morningside in
order to obtain institutional care for
epilepsy. Thi3 leaves four insane
out of a population of 11,000 for one
full year. Taken on a basis of unit
population, the insane rate was 36.4
per 100,000.
For the past ten vears the
rate in this division has been
slightly higher than this, but has
never exceeded 50 in 100,000.
These figures hold about good
for the rest of the territory.
District of Columbia Soars.
Now let us compare this insane
rate with other sections of the coun
try. The highest rate in the United
States is found in the District of Co
lumbia. It is 763.8 per 100,000 with
an insane population of 3,342. We
will make no insinuations. Just let
it go at that. Next in order is New
i York state with a rate about half as
great, or 374.6. More people go in
sane in the city of New York daily
than in the entire Territory of Alas
ka all year. Of course, New York
has a larger population than Alaska
which may account for that. That
doesn’t affect the rate, however. Mas
sachusetts gives New York a close
run with a rate of 373.8. The in
sane population of New York is
nearly 39,000 while Massachusetts
VITAL STATISTICS HAVE
ABOUT SWAMPED LONDON
LONDON. May 28 (/p).—Somerset
House, where are stored the? vital sta
tistics of London, uses colors to fa
cilitate its filing system. The vol
umes on the various subjects, each
has a color, green for marriages, red
for births, black for deaths, brown
for wills and yellow for divorces.
The shelves are now so congested
with 160,000,000 records that new
quarters are being sought.
MUNISH TO HOLD EXHIBIT
‘MUNICH, May 28 (JP)— A transpor
tation and communication exhibit will
be held at Munich commencing May
30. Everything used in both will be
included in the exhibit.
MEMORIAL DAY
NEXT SATURDAY
Once more to a united American
people is presented an opportunity
to renew our allegiance to the land
which gives us the inestimable privi
leges of free citizenship, and to avail
ourselves of the duty of observing in
a reverent and thankful spirit our debt
to those who have made the supreme
sacrifice for us and for our children.
A day set apart by the Nation and
by the States in honorable enactments
of law to be properly observed.
All citizens and residents are re
minded of their privilege to, in some
manner, show their appreciation and
loyalty to country and to the flag of
those soldiers who have ‘‘gone west.”
Let this frontier outpost of advanc
ed civilization pause in its daily pur
suits and in evidence of our own loy
alty devote Saturday, May 30. to the
loyal defenders of our Nation, our
Home and our Country’s Honor.
It is requested by Seward Post,
American Legion and by Mayor Ray,
that Saturday he declared a holiday
and that all places of business be
closed in commemoration of this day.
BOY OF EIGHT
CHARGE MURDER
LOWELL, Mass.,.May 28 (JP)—John
Veres, an eight year old boy, was ar
rested here today charged with mur
der. The boy with Miltades Harimous
a six year old youth, who is held as
a witness admitted that for excite
ment they threw Vivian Mary Hussey,
aged 19 months, into the whirling
rapids below Pawtucket Falls, where
the baby drowned.
struggles along with a scant 15,000.
Neglecting Alaska, the lowest rate
of insanity in the U. S. is found in
Arkansas. Unjust critics may say
there is nothing there to go crazy
over but they can’t beat her record
which is 83.1. Her closest contend
er for the honors is Alabama with a
rate of 95.3.
The United States, taken as a
whole has an insane population
of 232,680, and a rate of 220.1
per 100,000.
The estimated population of Alas
ka, native and white, is about 60,000.
Suppose Alaska did have an insane
rate as great or greater than the
rest of the country. That means
that six-tenths or 763.8 persons would
have to go insane yearly, in round
numbers, 460 patients would have
to visit Morningside. To accomplish
this one patient would have to arrive
there every week-day and three ev
ery Sunday, and every passenger
boat touching Alaska would have to
transport at least one patient out
side every trip throughout the year.
And last but not least, two more in
stitutions equal in size to the pres
ent Morningside would have to be
constructed to take care of these pa
tients.
MANNAMEDNUT
SHOOTS CITIZEN
AT PORT WAITER
WRANGELL. May 28 (^).-Ou last
Tuesday a man named Nut shot a
man at Little Port Walter five times
the victim being still alive today. Nut
fled to the woods.
Deputy Marshal S. O. Cambell and
Town Marshal Earl left on a charter
ed boat for the scene of the trouble.
On Wednesday two boats loaded
with prospectors and 150 tons of sup
plied left for the Cassiar diggings. It
is reported that numerous Canadian
officials are at the camp establishing'
a postoffice.
POWER NEEDED TO REFORM
SENATE RULES WITH VOTERS
BIIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 28
The power needed to reform the Sen
ate rules rests alone with the voters,
Vice President Dawes said today in
an address to the Associated Indus
tries of Alabama, and he was con
vinced that his duty was to carry the
issue in a nonpartisan, non-sectional
campaign to those states which help
ed elect the 26 senators who advocat
ed the system to provide a majority
cloture which would not prevent de
bate.
SEARCH FOR LOST
ON BY COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 (£>)—
An effort to establish communication
with the Amundsen party started to
day when the Liebes Fur Company
radioed the motorship Charles Brow
er, off St. Lawrence Island, ,to pro
ceed to Point Hope in search of the
missing explorer and his party. The
Brower started out four days ago, but
encountered a storm and was forced
back. Arnold Liebes said he helped
Amundsen to lay out a landing field
at Point Barrow two years ago.
Planned to Go to Alaska
NEW YORK. May 28 (£>)—Amund
sen planned to go to Alaska if suc
cessful in his quest of the pole, an
nounced Bernard Prentice, a brother
in-law to Ellsworth, one of the miss
ing members of the party. “I happen
to know that he sacrificed the advan
tages of a radio to be able to take an
extra supply of gasoline along.
EXPLORER-GOES
NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS
CONTEMPLATED AT LOCAL
STANDARD OIL STATION
There are a number of suggestions
for improvement of the Standard Oil
company’s plant now in the hands of
the board of directors, according to
W. C. Erwin, local manager of the
big concern. Nothing definite can
be given at this time but it is quite
possible that some improvements will
be accomplished this summer.
SUMMERS AND EIDE
GO TO NUKA BAY
ON ROAD SURVEY
Robert Summers, Territorial engi
neer for highways, accompanied by
Anton Eide of the Alaska Road Com
mission, departed this morning for
Nuka Bay for the purpose of making
an inspection of the proposed road
from the beach to the property of
the Alaska Hills Minerals company.
This road will form a connecting link
between the various mines, now op
erating in the new mining camp. Mr.
Summers arrived in Seward on last
evening’s train from Anchorage.
MAN DELCARES FLAATHEAD
INDIANS MAY LOSE LANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27 (&)—
A curious tangle whic happarently
was unraveled when Congress passed
an act declaring Harry Leon Beau
chaine to be a Flathead Indian and
therefore entitled to the emoluments
of a member of that Montana tribe,
has developed into a new snarl with
the decision of the Interior DeDpart
ment that Beauchaine is not a Flat
head.
Obtaining the right to inclusion in
the filial Flathead rolls, Beauchaine
won a share of the tribal income and
a tract of land. Later, however, the
department said it learned that he not
only was a son of a white man, but
only was a son of a white man, but
that he already was enrolled as a
member of the Coeur d’Alene Indian
tribe of Idaho.
Interior department counsel now
recommends that Beauchaine’s name
be stricken from the Flathead rolls,
and that Congress be asked to deny
him a share of the Flathead funds as
well as to cancel the land patents
granted to him.
MOVIE QUEENS
FAIL GET ROLES
THEY DESIRE
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 28 (£>)—
One of the greatest problems with
which motion picture directors have
toi contend is casting in suitable parts
the feminine stars of filmdom. Many
of the actresses have beauty and per
sonality adaptable to many roles,
while others film well only in certain
parts. The director’s problem is
made the more difficult because of
the desire of the majority of the act- j
resses to enact roles contrary in the
director’s opinion, to their personali
ties. Sometimes it becomes necessary
to use compulsion to select the play
ers needed.
A director noted these requests for
parts contrary to those he had select
ed. One actress wanted to play the
part of a girl in tattered garments,
the heroine of romantic poverty. Her
assignment necessitated fourteen or
more changes of elaborate apparel.
A second who desired the role of a
vampire was cast in the part of an
amiable wife, while one who had as
pired to be a sweet housewife charac-!
ter was forced to act the part of a
fascinating and beautifully gowned
heroine.
One who had visions of making the
masculine heart flutter, became an!
unsophisticated flapper, while a star j
whose aim was the farm girl’s role,
with all the simple calico features,
received a vampire assignment.
Perhaps the greatest disappoint
ment of all was suffered by a young
actress who desired to be screened as
a dashing heroine of a thrill epic. In
stead she took care of baby and darn
ed her husband’s socks.
TODAY’S BASEBALL
Coast—
Portland 3, Los Angeles 7.
Seattle 3, San Francisco 8.
Vernon 5, Salt Lake 3.
Oakland Four, Sacramento 6.
American—
St. Louis 2, Cleveland 4.
New York 4, Boston 3.
Philadelphia 9, Washington 10.
Chicago 10, Detroit 6 .
National—
Boston 5, New York 3.
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2.
Pittsburgh 13, Chicago 3.
NEW YORK, May 28 (IP)—The In
spiration Copper Company has resum
ed payment of dividends with a dis
bursement of 50 cents a s’* The
last dividend was paid L .anuan'
1924.
BANK’S RECEIVER”
ACCUSES HART
OF GRAFTING
TACOMA, Wn., May 28 UP)—F. B
Haskell, jr„ a Tacoma banker and re
ceiver for the Scandinavian American
Bank, filed in the Superior court to
day a two hundred page history of
j the receivership which began January
115, 1921.
The document contained one affi
davit by Haskell and one by Guy E.
I Kelly, of Tacoma, former Republican
i National Committeeman, and a former
attorney for the Bank.
Kelly in his affidavit said“ Governor
Hart told him in Kelly’s office at Ta
coma: “You boys have got to come
through.” Hart said “he was an old
j man and was going out of office, and
j would not have any income. Our fees
t would be large and more than was
j needed for ourselves, and we would
j have to divide with him. He directed
! me to see Mr. Haskell, the receiver,
| about the matter.”
Haskell in his affidavit related a
conversation with the former govern
or in his office at Olympia, when Has
kell, Hart and Kelly were present, and
reiterated the charges of Kelly. The
affidavit declared that Hart stated:
‘ I don’t expect any part of your
fees, but expect to make the fees
large enough so you boys can give me
a sum that will give me something to
live on after I retire.”
Kelly and Haskell in December
asked for $115,000 fees, but State Su
pBJTfisor of Banking disallowed their
claim, and Judge Card sustained the
supervisor, who said the fees were
out of all proportion to any services
which could be rendered.
j WELL KNOWN HALIBUT
FISHING BOAT BURNED
PRINCE RUPERT, May 28 (/P)_
The young America, an American hali
but fishing boat was destroyed by fire
while tied at the wharf at Sitka. The
crew escaped unharmed. The fire was
caused by a backfire from the motor.
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CLIFFORD LANG REMAINS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The condition of Clifford Lang,
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shea,
| who arrived in Seward in a poorly
j condition a few weeks ago. has not
changed much in the last 24 hours,
[he still being in a very critical cor
dition. According to the physician
| in charge, Dr. Baughman, it is hoped
the crisis period, today, will show
a tendency to improve. The young
man’s temperature remains high. His
heart appears strong which is a fa
vorable indication for his recovery.
HUGE SHIPMENT OF OIL
SUPPLIES FOR INTERIOR
The local plant of the Standard Oil
company has a temporary crew of
men, assisting the regulars, prepar
ing and shipping out orders for down
river points in the Interior. It is
estimated the total shipments will
run as high as 25 cars. About ten
cars have been already sent forward
to the interior. Ten cars are billed
for Iditarod the remainder going to
other points on the rivers.
SILVER SET ON
OREGON MISSING
SALEM, Oregon, May 28 (£>)—Gov
ernor Pierce has telegraphed Secre
tary Wilbur asking help to find the
$25,000 silver service set the people
of Oregon gave the battleship Oregon;
when she was commissioned. The
set disappeared when the vessel went
out of commission. The Oregon Is
now laid up in Bremerton, Wash.