60 BELOW DAWSON
HALTS ALL WORK
AND MAIL TRAFFIC
AT YUKON POINTS
CITY WATER STOPPED BY COLD
AND RESIDENTS DRINK FROM
MUDDY YUKON—SEVENTY BE
LOW REPORTED AT MAYO
(By Associated Press)
DAWSON, Y. T„ Jan. 27 — Sixty
degrees below zero registered here
yesterday halted all mail stages and
dog team traffic, the teams being
held at the stations by the mounted
police. The delivery of city water
was stopped and residents are getting
water from the river or from the fau
cet of the administration building. A
report reached here today that it was
70 degrees below zero at Mayo and
residents of the camp are suffering
intensely from the cold. *
VOLUME NO. 20: NUMBER 23 SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
RIGID ECONOMY
BE PRACTICED
SAYS PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—President
Coolidge dedicated the next four years
of his administration tonight, at the
semi-annual meeting of executive ad
ministration officials of the govern
ment to a reduction of the tax
burden and a decrease in Federal ex
penditures. He said a continued pres
sure for economy would be exerted
within the government. His address
was broadcast from ten stations.
The president said that it must be
the policy of the government to get
more work done with fewrer workers.
He said that he expects a surplus of
$373,000,000 millions next year, and
this should be the basis of further tax
reductions.
Sun Yat Sen, Chinese
Ruler, Reported Dead
CBv Associated Press)
TOKYo, - ci.—Sun Yat Sen is
again reported dead, following a re
cent statement by his physicians that
he was near death from cancer of the
liver.
GIRL BLINDED AT
BOOZE PARTY
(By Associated Press)
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Jan. 27—
A girl eighteen years of age was tem
porarily blinded and another is in a
serious condition as a result of a Sat
urday night moonshine party. Two
men have been arrested in Lakeview
as a result.
It is feared both girls will be per
manently blinded.
Bishop Suggets Honor
Rather Than Stigma
For Honorable Poor
(By Associated Press)
EXETER, Eng., Jan. 26.—In order
to remove the stigma which the re
ceipt of poor law relief is supposed
to give to people, the Bishop of Exe
ter suggests that these poor honor
able people should wear a special
uniform and be called Kings Bedes
men. He says the merit of these
people should be recognized bv the
state in such manner as to show
that, because they have served Eng
land well, England valued their srev
ices.
King’s Bedesmen, he says, should
be admitted at a court presided over
by the mayor, they should live where
they like, should have an honorable
place in the churches and Scouts
and members of e Church Lads
Brigade be taught to salute them.
Muscle Shoals Bill
Sent To Conference
(By Associated Pres*)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27 —
The House sent the Underwood Mus
cle Shoals leasing bill to conference
this afternoon. The vote was taken
after a two hours debate, disregard
ing party lines and over-riding the de
mand for reference to the Military
committee. The vote was 181 to 41.
Proponents of the action taken argued
that it would pave the way to the
completion of legislation this session
if Senate conferees proved friendly
to the early operation of the project.
MAYOR BROWN
WANTSSTATE TO
OWN UTILITIES
(By Associated Preas)
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—Mayor Brown
announced today his intention to con
fer with Governor Hartley on a plan
for Washington State ownership of all
telephone and electrical transmission
lines. He declared: “If the people of
the state will give me fifteen million
dollars to make the transmission sys
tem a State monopoly, we will double
the population of the state in ten
years.”
Engineers’ Strike Ties
Up Heating Plants
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 27.—After a strike
here among heating plant engineers,
which necessitated the operation of
the heating plants in Buckingham
Palace, the Houses of Parliament,
Hampton Court and Kew Gardens by
volunteer strikes, the union men at
a mass meeting today unanimously
resolved to refrain from work until
an agreement was reached.
The heating plant in the Houses of
Parliament were closed down this
afternoon. Eight unions are involved
in the strike, including plumbers and
steamfitters.
The American Legion will hold their
regular meeting tonight at the fire
hall at 8:00 o’clock. Important busi
ness. All members are requested to
be present.
Brilliant Drama Be
Shown At Liberty
“Black Oxen.” from the pen of Ger
trude Atherton, because of its origi
nality and modern atmosphere has
been the best 'selling novel of 1923,
and Mi*. Lloyd is said to have given
it an elaborate picturization replete
with surprising incidents, and en
hanced by the visualization of char
acters, superbly described in the nov
el, but demanding real life to obtain
proper appreciation.
Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle
share the featured parts in “Black
Oxen,” Miss Griffith playing the dual
personalities of Mary Ogden, later
Madame Zatianny, and Mr. Tearle be
ing cast as Lee Clavering, a cynical
Newr York newspaper man who falls
in love with the charming European
bred, American girl. Clara Bow, a new
comer to the screen, essays the role
of Janet Oglethorpe, Harry Mestayer,
as James Oglethorpe, Thomas Rick
etts as Dinwiddie, old time friend of
Zattiany; Thomas Guise as Judge
Trent, Clairs MacDowell as Agnes
Trevor, Clarissa Selwynne as Gora
Dwight, Lincoln Stedman as Donnie
Ferren, and Alan Hale as Prince Mo
ritz von Hohenhauer.
A majority of the scenes of the
play are laid in New York’s social
sphere with flashes of the Austrian
court brought into the theme for ref
erence. More than 5,000 people ap
pear in the action of the play as au
diences in three different theatre
scenes; in an elaborate cafe sequence
and in direct support of the princi
pals.
Seen at the Liberty tonight and to
morrow' night.
HUNTERS WILL SAIL
FOR NOVA ZEMBLA
AND FRANZ JOSEF
LAND ON LONG TRIP
DISCOVERER OF SOUTH POLE
WILL CARRY HUNTING PARTIES
TO UNEXPLORED LANDS TO SE
! CURE SPECIMENS WILD LIFE
(By Associated Tress)
OSLO, Norway, Jan. 27—The Quest
upon which Sir Ernest Shaekleton
sailed upon his Antarctic explorations
to the South Pole, will carry two
hunting parties to the Arctic this
year, one into White Sea via Nova
Zembla and Franz Josef Land, return
ing via Bear Island and Spitzberger;
the other to the Island of Janmayen
and the east coast of Greenland.
Captain Shieldrup, navigator for
the Oxford university Arctic expedi
tion two years ago, will be in com
mand of the Quest. The party will
hunt seals, reindeer, bears, muskox,
and other Arctic animals.
DOLLAR BE FORCED
TO LEVEL OF POUND
STERLING REASON
OF ITS GOLD VALUE
CHANCELLOR SAYS SO LONG AS
MAJORITY OR PEOPLE THINK
GOLD STANDARD IS BEST IT IS
THE BEST—CURRENCY STABLE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Reginald Mc
Kenna, former chancellor of the ex
chequer, told a general meeting of the
Midland Bank, of which he is chair
man, that the pound sterling would
soon stand on its gold value; not by
climbing to meet the dollar value, but
because the surplus gold would force
the dollar down to the level of the
pound sterling.
He declared the managed currency
of Great Britain had been kept more
stable the last three years than one
based on gold, but remarked that when
this was said the case for managed
currency must be considered closed.
He added, “So long as nine out of
ten persons in every country think a
gold standard is the best, it is the
best.”
Coolidge Against Plan
to Combine Air Service
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Secretary
Wilbur told the House military com
mittee today that President Coolidge
had authorized him to state to Con
gress that the President opposes uni
fication of the army and navy air serv
ices, as proposed by the Curry bill.
GROUP OF POWERS
CONTROL OPIUM
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 27.—
The conferees bolting the opium con
ference, including Lord Cecil Porter,
the British delegate, met privately
last night and decided that a special
group of powers, including the United
States, should appoint a central board
to supervise the international traffic
of narcotics.
Senate Refuses Amend
Proposed Postal Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The Sen
ate eliminated from the Postal bill
the section which would cancel the
differential mail rates favoring reli
gious, educational and philanthropic
publications, leaving the charge of a
cent and a quarter a pound on adver
tising matter in such publications.
Chairman Norris Stays
Away from Conference
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan, 27.—Chairman
George W. Norris, of the Senate agri
cultural commission, failed to respond
to an invitation to attend breakfast at
the Whitehouse today to pave the way
for the passage of recommendations
for the Coolidge agricultural commis
sion. Every recommendation of the
commission’s is said to be before
Congress in some form. Many admin
istration leaders of both Houses at
tended the breakfast.
STEAMFITTEBS DIE
FROM GAS FILLED
CAISSON IN OHIO
(By Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 27.—Four
| steamfitters died in a gas filled caisson
i 47 feet below the foundations of a
new building. Three of the victims
i went to their doom as heroes in at
tempting to rescue the fifth, who was
I lowered into the caisson by a crane,
| a gas mask being fitted over his face.
J When the mask hindered his move
i ments he removed the mask and was
quickly suffocated. One other man es
caped unscatched, bringing up the
bodies of his comrades.
STARR WILL SAIL WESTWARD
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2
■ Capt. O. A. Johansen states that the
Starr will sail westward Monday, Feb
iruay 2, on her regular trip.
I
Jugoslavia Outlaws
Communists; Declined
To Recognize Russia
(By Associated Press)
BELGRADE, Jan. 26.—The com
munist party of Jugoslavia, parading
under the name of “Party of the In
! dependent Workers,” has been out
jlawed by decress of the government.
(The party headquarters were closed,
!,j"d the publication of the party or
— “The Workers in Chains,” in
terdicted.
The council of ministers has also
decided to decline to recognize So
viet Russia. For the present no
trade relations with the Bolsheviks
will be entered upon.
Sweden’s Wealth Would
Give Each Resident $7,431
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 26.—An aver
age of $1,431 for every man, woman,
and child, or a total of $8,576,000,000,
is the amount of Sweden’s taxable
wealth, according to an estimate by
a leading financial expert, recently
published here. (In the United States
the per capita wealth is estimated
at $2,800.) The total taxable in
come of the Swedish people during
the year 1924 rose to $1,152,400,000,
and the total revenue of the Swed
ish government for the budget year
1925-26 is estimated at $170,000,000,
the last two items being disclosed
in official estimated.
Sweden’s national W'ealth is grow
ing at the rate of 7.35 per cent a
year. The taxable income of the
Swedish people nets the government
nearly $29,000,000 this year, which
happens to be equal to the amount of
revenue which the state expects to
collect during the next budget year
on the manufacture and distribution
of liquor. It is calculated that the
tobacco monopoly will yield a revenue
of $13,400,000 and the automobile tax
es $4,020,000.
MASONIC NOTICE
Lodge will be held Wednesday,
January 28, at SEVEN P. M„ Odd
Fellows’ Hall. Special work in third
degree. Members are requested to
be present. Visiting members are
welcome.
2t J. P- HANNON, W. M.
OLYMPIA SOLONS
TURN DOWN CHILD
LABOR BILL 42 TO
26- BITTER FIGHT
REPORT ALSO ADVISES AGAINST
SUBMITTING AMENDMENT TO
REFERENDUM NEXT YEAR —
LABOR UNIONS ENDORSED BILL
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 27.—Major
ity and minority reports of the com
mittee on Federal Relations on ratifi
cation of the child labor amendment
were presented to the Senate today,
which adopted the majority report op
posing ratification, by a vote of 42 to
26. The majority report was adopted
by the committee yesterday, 4 to 2,
and two signed the minority report,
urging ratification.
The majority report also recom
mended against the passage of the
Westfall bill, which would submit the
amendment to a referendum next
year.
After the adoption of the report a
resolution to reject the child labor
amendment came before the Senate.
MORO OUTLAW
! KILLED IN FIGHT
WITH SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press)
MANILA, P. I., Jan. 27.—Pagu
Paton, the Moro outlow, who has been
terrorizing Tanai province the past
year, was shot to death with seven
companions by Philippine constabu
lary last night. The outlaws were
surrounded in a small village near
Tanao, and barricading themselves in
a nipa house, fired on the constabu
lary with homemade guns, later using
their bolos desperately. Several con
stables were wounded.
“It was a neat job,” said the con
stabulary in a telegraphic report to
i their superior officers.
hartleTfavors
BUDGET PLAN
(By Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Jan. 27.—Governor Hart
ley sent to the House and Senate today
a budget bill proposed by him, which
would make the governor repsonsible
for all estimates for appropriations
for maintenance and operation of the
State’s departments and institutions.
Robert Jones of Seattle, Fred Re
mann and G. W. H. Davis of Tacoma
drafted the bill for the governor, in
corporating into it the ideas of sev
eral organizations seeking to lower
taxes.
NAVAL RESERVES
CRUISE ALASKA
EARLY IN JUNE
(Bt Associated Press)
SSEATTLE, Jan. 27.—The cruise of
Naval Reserves of Seattle and Taco
ma, Grays Harbor and Portland will
leave here in June. Four Eagle boats
will go to Alaska. It is announced
these boats, regularly stationed at
these four points, will be commanded
by Lieut. Commander George Grant.
The Seattle battalion carries 17 offi
cers and 185 men.
Four Children Burn
While Left In Home
JOPLIN, Mo., Jan. 27.—Four chil
dren, the oldest six years of age, and
the youngest two, were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed their
homo while they parents had gone out
for rening.