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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15
PaTAT0 HrARKET

tsOs has much to claim al lfiea- Of it. more later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

Despite the threatened withdrawal of Mexico from the debt agreement negotia-
 sd by Adolfo do Ia Huerta in 1922 bank CTS. are planning to continue interest pay nately sS,0O0,000 has been distributed on S3 per cent of rthe total and about an equal amount remains on deposit with the International 4committee. Completion of the first year's service on the remainder of the bonds is expected within fort night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15
RAW SILK

skrssAs CITY. Mo. May fAAsBrollers IsWar. tS@4se. Other poultry un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

NEW YORK. May t4-Liye poultry steady; broiiers by freight, s504sc. Dressed poultry steady; chickens ESQ. COG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

esreAGO. May 1A-Butter lower, In1sry extras. aTE @sTlac; standards. ess extra firsts. S6@ sTs ffrsts. S4h Q t,s-t aac0uds, d0031kc.
 ,,,,.-l,s,,o,~-F recai1,ts 1T slo- cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

wali street learned that American suear refining directors would meet to- morrow when the regular preferred was expectsd to be ordered. Rumors that the cSmpany's 6 sinvestments were looked to furnish . quota to inoore which might exceed fast ysaFss was offered for specu- lative .consumption.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15
LONDON MONEY
POULTRY AND -PRODUCE

LONDON, May 14.-Bar silver 33si per ounce Money. 2k per cent. Discou rates: short bills E e per cent; thre months bills, 3WSt1-6 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

The. waldorf cotton crowd was credited in private wire advices with having sold stocks especially during the morptng hours Their activities weres thought td he more general than in the preceding session when they were indicated to have concentrated largely at the steel conn mon post One firm supposedly for thie account. was declared to have sold 1s.o0o shares Of steel
 NEW YORK May I4.--D -Dectinine to iu1 dicats probable action by the directors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

STEEL MARKET NEW YORK May 14.--Steel unchan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

The General Motors corporation had s4.e17 employees in March in it's plants located in 3S cities in the United States, Canada and overseas, not including em- ployes of Fisher Body company and other affiliated companies. This was a de- crease of nearly 1000 from February s total but an Increase of 5;40o over March, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

Sugar stocks followed the trend of Cuban raw and Punta AIegre made a new low for the year. Considerable selling also came into other members of this group. including Cuba Cane and Cuban American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

A city pIanner has been engaged and &TH lave the cordial support of the ffzens in beautifying and otherwise pEaEing the ely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

Slnee my recent tour Of inyestiga- an through the south, I have been neReasly supplied with inspiring facts sd flguFeS about many cities and sec sqms whfeh | was unable to visit. snt1 I gathered the data, I did not aIfze the importance, for example, of aMttanoogn and Nashville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

cold valued at 10O.4Oo pounds sterling arivd on the Majestic today consigned to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-15

Even at this early date estimates were were being made on the steel corpora tion's probable statement of earnings for the June 90 quarter and they indicated likely to be shown for net. That the ex- tra dividend was safe seemed to be good opinion among persons closely following the affairs sof the big industrial.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03
COFFINS. FAMILY VAULT
 ARE VAGABONDS' ROOMS

GERSDORT, Silesia, May 3-Two vagabonds recently chose a gruesome rendezvous in the cemetery near this city. The sexton noticed tracks in the snow leading to a family vault. He found the vault door open and in the dim light could see two bewhiskered men lying in collins from which the lids had been removed
 The men were snoring and covered with blankets, so the sexton said. But after he had asked guards to help him arrest the men it was found that they had gone. However, the skeletons in the collins, which were the remains of persons who had been dead for over thirty years, were broken into bits and the collins were filled with leaves and grass.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03
PREMIER READY TO STEP DOWN AT
 ANY OLD TIME

| LONDON, May 3-England probab- ly never had prime minister who ap- pealed so universally to the instincts of humanity or who so nearly met the popular conception of "a man of the people" as Ramsay Macdonald. Rear ed in humblest circumstances, the man who now directs the destinies of a great empire, has insisted even in his present exalted position, on following rigidly the simple life and excluding all social or official ostentation.
 American correspondents who were privileged to have an hours talk with the premier recently, found him de- lightfully, democratic, affable, and out spoken.
 Sitting at small flat top desk in the foreign office, the premier, with his finely shaped head, strongly delin- eated face, kindly eyes and great wealth of hair, presented picture re- mniscent of those of Lincoln in the civil war days. He was attired in the conventional home-spun sack suit, the trousers of which did not match the coat, woolen socks, knitted by his daughter ,and spacious well-worn tan shoes.
 "It seems to me all wrong," the premier drawled in his broadest Scot tongue, flor a man to expect large salary and other emoluments and priv ileges upon entering public office.
 q would be perfectly happy to re- sume my former private life on an in- come of 400 or 800 pour/5 year. My idea of man who serves his country ! we'll is one who leaves office poorer than when he entered it.
 "It is a great mistake to make pub lie service an avenue for an extrava- gant mode of life.
 "Whenever the spirit of the British people indicates 1 am no longer want ed as prime minister, I am ready to quit and go back to my porridge, po- tatoes and plainness as simple citi- gen."
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

bound for the United States and 5O.- 300 bound for South American coun- tries. All told 136,118 persons em- parked from here last year ,or about '51 per cent more than during 1922 Of these 73,OOO were Germans, the others being from the various coun- tries of eastern Europe.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03
IMMIGRANTS CROWD DOCKS

HAMBURG, May 3-Hamburg has become the gateway to North and to South America for the travellers of eastern European states. According to emigration statistics, 82,4OO persons passed through Hamburg last year
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

The Arthur H. Clark Co. of Cleve- land, Ohio, have recently put out a very comprehensive history of Alaska written by pr. Jeanncte Paddock, Ph. D. Dc. Nichols was Seward visitor last summer, gathering material fer the history which Is enc of the best on Alaska that has oeen published. Geo. Sexton received a lettc, on this boat !.an&'ng him for thc aid he had ex- oXte: :.utcd.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

MT. and Mrs. R. A. Snyder will leave o nthe Alameda for Cordova, thence to Mccarthy where they expect to spend the next six weeks.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

Rev. Burdette Lansdowne, who came over from Anchorage last week to hold services at St. Peters Church, returned to Anchorage today.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03
LOCAL NEWS
Gill Rich popular travelling man, ar rived on the Alameda.

H. B. Madland, travelling man, who has been enjoying an enforced sojourn in Seward, left for Anchorage on the four o'clock special.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

MT. and Mrs. John T. Elliott of Juneau were Alameda passengers and will visit in Seward for awhile.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

NOTARY PUBLIC-Always on the job from 8 a. m. to p. m., D. H. Tyer, at the Gateway office. If
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

New Spring Suit Samples now on display-We guarantee a fit-Prices $3O and up to s55; at Urbach's
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

Mrs. Frances Scott, wife of the man. ager of the local Frye-Bruhn market, will leave on the Alameda tonight for Centralia, Washington, where she will spend the next few months visiting her parents.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

N. E. Anderson, one O. the men em- ployeC on the Redon,l2 .w;iS taken ser iouoly i'll and was re moved to the Sex ton Hotel, and placed under the care of Dr. Baughman.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03
Classified Advertising

FOR sALE-violins; apply King
 Ranch, Mile 4. kju1
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

Suits maue to measure. see Urbach.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

Eastman Kodak Agency, Schallerer's Alaska Shop. If.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

MT. and Mrs. John Hirshey are reg istered at the Sexton. They will re- turn to their home ac Hope on the train today.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03
Notice to Public
Seward, Alaska, Feb. IS, 1924.

COMMENCING on September l, 1924, the SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY will distribute electric current through meters only. The rate for lighting, and all other uses where the unit demand is one electrical horse power or less will be fifteen cents per klowatt hour payable monthly Current for motors and other current consuming devices whose unit demand exceeds one electrical horsepower will be supplied at the rate of ten cents per kilo- watt hour, payable monthly, through separate meters, but the right to regulate the hours for such use is reserved to the Company.
 The minimum charge for lighting, and other uses where the unit demand is one electrical horsepower or less, will be fifty cents for each anpere of meters rated capacity per month. The minimum charge for motors other cur rent consuming devices whose unit demand ex- ceeds one electrical horse power will be at the rate of three dollars per month for each con- nected horse power or fraction thereof.
 Deposits to the value of meters will be re- qtlired at the tine of installation. They will be repaid to depostOr or order upon return of meter in good condition, less ten per cent ser vice charge. provided all sums then due the Company shall have been paid Meters will be installed in the order of the applications there for
 s. M. CRATE Manager
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

FOR SALE-Four room furnished
 house and bath, easy terms. Phone Madison 58. If.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

FOR SALE-five room bungalow, basement, woodshed, wash house, chicken house and corral. $350. W.
 H. Dryden. XIII.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

Ed H. Lawson, Well-known Seward ite who has been spending the past winter in Seattle, was a passenger on the Alameda.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-05-03

FOR SALE-Ford lunabout, practi- cally new, good rubber, price $500. See Seward Grill. If
Evening star., 1924-11-02

be studied by those who use the
streets afoot so that they may see
themselves from the point Of view Of
the traffic guardians and Of the driv-
ers. II the lesson which each picture
teaches is thoroughly learned there
will be less trouble at the crossings,
fewer accidents, greater facility Of
transit, both afoot and awheel. and
certainly better feeling on all sides.
Cooperation IL the prime necessity
in solving the traffic problem. The
pedestrians must cooperate with the
drivers and the drivers with the pedes-
trians. AT points where there are no
traffic policemen drivers should be
considerate and give chance to those
who have gathered at the curb wait
ing for an opportunity to cross In
safety. In places where there are
policemen the rules should be observed
and strictly obeyed. Corner-cutting is
as much to be avoided by those on
foot as by those at the wheel.
If all persons would see themselves
as others see them tho traffic casual
ties in this city would greatly diminish.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
( Nation Wide Safety Campaign.

Plans are shaping for a national
camrRign for safety in the streets.
Death and injury in the highways
have become SO frequent and exten.
sive that the matter reaches the state
Of a national question which must be
dealt with in broad, comprehensive
way. Motor accidents are increasing.
In Washington and most cities there
have been, and are still under way,
safety campaigns, and there is nc
doubt that much good has resulted
from them, but the purpose Of the gen
eral and bigger movement is to stimu.
late local campaigns, enlarge the num-
Der Of persons giving their energies to
them, to coordinate the work of the
local safety campaigners and to in
augurate campaigns in new quarters.
Committees Of the national confer.
ence on highway accidents will meet
in Washington for three days begin
ming December Is. 1t is Rid that
these committees "are working to CO.
ordinate q definite educational plan
whas teaching win sxtAnd into every
homo In the United States. and whose
Evening star., 1924-11-02
The Radio.

The air is not as full Of campaign
sounds as was predicted last Summer.
That is, it may be full of political
sounds. but we are not getting as
many of them on our crystal and tube
sets as some prophets said would be
our fate. When pre-nomination news
was the principal reading matter. and
almost crowded out the weather as a
talk text. we were told of what a
mighty aid the radio would be in the
political education Of the people. About
the time Of the nominating conven-
tions there were prophets who said
that it was their belief that the radio
would be very largely used in spread
ing the opinions. and especially the
words, Of political campaigners. They
said very largely" with an accent
which gave the impression to many
persons that the radio would be sur
charged with politics, and that jazz.
and even music, would be sidetracked
for orations. Spellbinders would take
the place Of tenors, and charges.
counter r-CndTSeS ana OenldIS WOuiO
drive the saxophone from the air.
1t Is another prophecy that has not
come true. There is no particular dis
appointment in the matter. The radio
is still working at capacity, and the
radio enthusiasts seem to be getting
on fairly well. Some important
speeches have come through the air,
the fans were appreciative Of the en-
tertainment and no harm seems to
have been done. But for the most part
there has been little interruption with
our regular programs.
WRC is still sending out fashion
developments Of the hour" NAA sends
weather reports. WCAP gives US saxo-
phone solos and Shakespearian read.
ings with some speeches by public
men thrown in. W-HB broadcasts a
ladies hour" program, WGBS sends
plano and other kinds OF recitals, WIP
gives bedtime stories and scores of
other stations are favoring us with
selections in music. poetry, and so
forth. Politics has not taken full pos
session of the radio.
Evening star., 1924-11-02

program contemplates education OF
every person having anything to dc
with the movement OF human beings
and merchandise by automobile" The
program to be adopted by the confer
ence will be put into. immediate use
by every agency dealing with traffic
on the streets and highways of the
Nation
Part of the plan is to give a course
in safety instruction to all children IN
public schools, and to keep before the
whole public that the observance OF
rules Of safety means life. Schools will
be opened for automobile drivers, and
training Of traffic experts will be un-
dertaken in engineering colleges. The
effort will be made to enlighten in the
matter of safety drivers of the Is 1000.
600 motor vehicles now In operation In
education program by its size and
scope will make all the efforts now
being made to reduce traffic accidents
seem small by comparison.
Everybody should give hearty sup
port to the plan. Motor traffic has be-
come a national problem, and in many
parts of the country somewhat Of n
puzzle. Traffic density is increasing in
cities. so that at all times many
streets are crowded to the danger
point, and the number OF motor
vehicles is increasing rapidly. Traffic
congestion is apparent on the country
roads. and at the present rate of In.
crease in machines it will in a few
years be hard to get along the roads.
A large number Of pedestrians are
killed every day. and the number CT
Fatalities to drivers is large and grow
ing.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

Many stray, perhaps wayward,
thoughts come to one in the con-
| temptation of the various income tax
payments which have been published
far and near these last 10 days.
John d. Rockefeller, jr., for in
stance, not only paid a great fortune
! to the Government as his share of the
! tax on wealth for the year 1923. but
| he also saved what to most men
would appear as very great for
| tune indeed.
Mr.. Rock efeller assessed himself
approximately $7,500,000. The Gov
ernment gave him back about 81 1,S00,-
900 of that amount. That is what the
| % per cent reduction on individual
incomes meant to the active member
of the fabulously rich Rockefeller
! family. What wouldn't most men
give to own nearly $2,000,000? Young
John d. had it handed back to him.
and it amounted to nothing more in
| his placid life than mere bookkeep-
| ing transaction which he undoubtedly
turned over to one of his financial
secretaries. yawning slightly perhaps
as he sat down to a frugal breakfast
of grapefruit, toast and coffee
| 1t probably is a mighty good thing
for the rest Of US that nobody in Con-
! gress figured how much that 25 per
cent reduction would mean to Mr.
Rockefeller. Otherwise the solons
from the sticks never would have
passed the bill. Yet how pitiful in a
way IT all seems to the poor fellow
| who counted himself lucky in getting
| a rebate OF couple Of hundred dol
cessity grabbed away from him be-
| fore they could get warm in his pock :
cts.
r 4 = !:
Young John D.'ss s7.5o0,000 tax
would have paid two-thirds of the en-
! tire annual cost OF the United States
| Government in 1900. AS late as 1920
| it would have more than paid the
! entire cost of the Army and Navy
which were still being maintained on
a fighting basis as befitted a young
and growing world power.
The tax publications have ended for
the moment the discussion to who
| is Americas richest man. Measured
by admitted income, John D., jr., takes
the prize by Il long, wide margin.
Henry Ford admitted himself to be
down in the s2.000,000 tax class, with
boy Edsel following close at his heels
Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the
! Treasury, often spoken Of as the third
, wealthiest man in the United States.
is in the s1,0oo,O0o class. along with
SeNeTdl otHeIS. idyHe w HitHeS, III
New York. topped him by nearly a
million, while one Anna VI. Harkness.
| also of New York, but seldom heard
of in the national prints, paid in the
| ncighborhood of a million and half
Yet the income taxes paid really
! are not an index to individual wealth.
| The Ford Motor Company. which paid
nearly $500, 900 in taxes. is virtually
a closed corporation, owned by Henry
and Edsel. Corporations are assessed
at only 12la per cent of their earn
ings, SO the Ford return showed net
earnings by the company in 1923 of
something like s12O.000,000. If Henry
and Edsel had taken all Of their
Evening star., 1924-11-02
League Like Banquo's Ghost
In Refusing to Be Kept Down

| Britain touching her rights upon the
scven-seas.
1t was in the light of our history,
no doubt, that President Wilson an"
nounced as one OF his II points the
necessity for the freedom of the
seas. We went to war with Great
Britain in 1912 because we thought
the British navy was exercising upon
the sea rights not recognized by any
principle of international law. Dur
ing they Civil War we had trouble
over our blockade and very serious
trouble over the seizure of Confeder-
ate envoys from British ships.
] remember in the latter part of
1915 of having signed as President
of the Senate A resolution of the
Congress authorizing the President
to close the ports of this country to
the ships of any nation which dis
criminated against our trade and en-
powering him to use the Army and
Navy to carry out this policy. The
resolution was so close to a declara-
tion Of beiligerency that l have often
wondered since then how we escaped
a clash with Great Britain. Although
all prophesy as to what might have
happened is now useless, have some
not been so ruthless in her submarine
campaign our trouble would have
been with Great Britain rather than
with Germany.
During those strenuous days Great
Britain made scraps OF paper of two
agreements touching the law of the
seattle Paris declaration OF 1856,
and the declaration Of London Of 1909
The Paris declaration provided that
the neutral flag should cover any
merchandise with the exception Of
| contraband OF war. The London
declaration excepted contraband un-
less 1t could be shown that it was
being consigned to the enemy.
1 have no complaint to the scrap
ping of these agreements; indeed, l
am quite willing to defend the act,
| not only as part of the waging OF
the war, but upon the principle that
the reason having ceased, the law
| Itself ceases. Up to the time of the
declaration of London contraband of
! war was quite well understood to
mean arms, ammunition, supplies for
| armies. But modern warfare, as it
was conducted during the great war,
| resulted in practically every article
| of commerce becoming contraband-
| everybody and everything into the
fight Therefore, the British govern
ment was right. l am myself in
clined to q court. because court
cannot operate without fixed rules
OF law, whereas other bodies may
move upon the judgment. discretion
and opinion of their members. But
we shall go a long way toward out
! lawing war if We shall consent that
the British idea of everything in a
war being contraband is right The
stating Of this principle would at
once throw the bellgerent nations
| upon their own resources.
l hope that this will be clearly un-
derstood when the question of rati-
hcation Is up in the legislative bodies
| OF Great Britain, France, Italy and
Japan.
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