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LARGE NUMBER PICNIC

With practically every member of the Eastern Star and the Ma so ns present, yesterdays picnic sponsored by the Eastern Star at Orlander's bungalow, Woodrow, proved to be great success. Cars kept the dust thick on the high way all afternoon, and it was sus- pected that the generous lunch and the hordes of cake was the magnet which drew nearly 30 people to the picnic. Not until the hour of midnight did the last car turn back to Seward
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WILHELM NAMES NEW MANAGER TO HANDLE
 FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

DOORN, Holland Aug, 8, P)- Ex- Emperor William II once again has changed managers: Baron Ul- rich von Sell, until now responsible for all publicity emanating from Doorn Castle, has been put in charge of the ex-kaiser's financial affairs.
 The appointment comes after a series of disconcerting experiences which the former empror suffered. His first general manager, Excel Ilency von Berg, who in 1917 and 1918 had been the chief of his civil cabinet, quit shortly after hte final settlement between the state of Prussia and the former ruling house was perfected and adopted.
 One version is that the Hohen- zollerns were dissatisfied that yon Berg did not succeed in obtaining even better terms than he secured vii unusual skill. Another version is that he declined to invset 1,000,- 900 marks each of the 3O,OO000O cash paid out by hte state of Prus sia, to the credit of the ex-kaiser's four Step-children- children of Hermine.
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OFFICERS INVITED

Commdr. L. c. Covell, command ing officer of the U. s. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoe, and mem bers of his staff, have been ex- tended an invitation by Pres ident Leon Urbach, of the Sew ard Chamber of Commerce, to attend Tuesday luncheon.
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AFOGNAK ROAD

Rapid progress is being made by the Wright Construction Co.,, under contract for constructing four miles of highway on Afog- nak Island, and indications are the job will be completed this season with a margin of time to spare.
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THRU NEXT WEEK

Thirty three hundred long tons, or approximately two-thirds of the 4,7O0 tons of scrap iron being deliv- cred to the s. S. Taiyu Maru were in the holds of the big Japanese freighter last night It is thought the loading will be finished the first part of next week.
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WEALTH FORM OIL

If you have not the lamp of Aladdin, you can have the Alad- din oil. Resources of America! why, ont thinks of St. Simon's saing "The Golden Age is not behind, but before you"-Em- erSOn.
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All indications point to the 1929 fair of the Panama Valley Fair Association, to be held in Fairbanks this month, being the best ever to have been sponsored.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-08-09

Le Roy Slate, employed by the Juneau Lumber mill, fractured a leg last week when pile of lumber fell on him.
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Where formerly it required six days to cover the SO miles now traversed by road in Moose Pass, an auto now makes the journey in about five hours.
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PURE UNADULTEKATEn ICE vREAM 50 c. PINT S1.00 A QUART. SchalIerer's Alaska Shop.
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From the upper Tanana cougl- try comes the report that there is already three or four inches of snow in the hills.
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Ton read 1t in The Gateway first.
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High water 3:45 a. III. 7.8 feet Low water 9:53 D. m. 1.2 feet High water AIT a. m. 8.6 feet Low water 10:41 p. m. 16 feet
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Which means that about 100 900 pef-
sons viii have to view the play In order
that bare expenses may be met.
But, no matter what places may cost,
they viii be more than filed. From
all over the world win come the learned
the curious, the religious, the sco1fers,
the rich and the poor to view the
mighty Passion Play. They will see
the life Of Christ presented simply by Q
deyout group Of honest Bavarian hill
folk who believe ferventiy In what they
astonishing performance.
,fs X r. es-:e-.s.s
THE program (. of the performances
begins on May 8 and continues
through September g.. during which
time the principal play is repeated 80
times.
One of the things spectators will see
viii cause them to wonder as others
have wondered in the past. When the
centurion thrusts his spear into the
dead Christ's side, they ask, how Is
the blood made to now?
"As regards the thrusting, or piercing
OF the side" Mrs. Lang explains TO MIS-.
Houston. there Is tiny tin shield be-
soon as the point Of the spear is pressed
against the shield a spring in the hol-
low top OF the lance Is released and
squeezes out re-. paint, making it now
down the side of the body"
That part is not difiicult. But much
OF the character portrayal Is di1icult
and none more so than the crucifixion
scene Thus when the captain Of the
Roman soldiery speaks Of the Christus
above him on the cross ne pays trib-
Lang. The words are simple.
.'Ecce homow the centurion cries
Behold the mani"
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unfiinchingly. This man must bear his
And he does.
The outstretched arms are kept sup
ported no more securely About each
wrist a small, fiesh-colored ribbon is
tied and is In turn fastened to the
wooden cross behind the arm itself.
The nails, OF course, lend little help,
but only little. The spikes are driven
into the wood close to the palm of the
hand between the middle and the third
fingers. They are then bent over some
large head of the nail shows directly
above the center Of the palm. Since
the top Of the spike alone is visible,
the effect Is painfully authentic.
The nail holding the crossed feet to
the wood behind them Is not nail at
all but only the head of spike cleverly
fastened to the top of one foot.
Two large hinges and. great iron
spike hold the cross as SOlidly as DOS
sible to the floor, but even this 10 most
| insecure.
Anton Lang has had more than one
narrow escape from almost certain in
jury. On one occasion, for. example
but let Mathilde Lang tell 1t.
y ~
"0NCE it happened that in lifting
up the cross, which is done in
front Of the audience, the ribbon or
the left arm loosened and broke; and
as the spike gave way also Herr Lang
had to hold his arm out sustained for
Is minutes. Nobody, however, noticed
his difficulties, except the ones on the
stage, who then shortened the scene,
which else would have lasted nine min
utes longer"
Thus Of the man who suffers. His
family, too, suffers for him. Frau
Lang says, II can assure you we home
are often in great anxiety during that
scene. as there are many things, like
thunder and storms, turning up unex-
pectedly."
There are eight in Anton Lang's
immediate family to worry about him,
although the youngest child, born in
1927, perhaps does not yet realize the
entire seriousness Of the situation. The
Langs were married in 1902 and have
seven children.
When the next Passionspiele Is pre-
sented, Frau Lang expects to see all
although probably never again In the
touching Suffer little children to
come unto me- scene In which they
formerly gathered about their father
!. or perhaps it was the Christus
they saw.
The little village is going into debt
100000 marks $500 ,000) in prepara-
ton for the next Passion Play. There
is :. new stone theater to be built. SINH
lar to the old wood building" Mathilde
Lang writes. New pavements and a
fine road have been placed throughout
the village. Naturally, the prices for
seats will have to be raised. First
place will cost about S. next time. "
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collection and analysis of exhaled air
A converted gas mask was strapped to
the subjects face and connected to adj
joining rooms with a system OF tubing
From the analyses the total calories ex-
pended were computed.
The typists, two young men and two
young women, three of whom possessed
average skill while the fourth was phe-
nomenally speedy, worked in a specially
constructed test chamber Is by 6 feet
with 9-fcot ceiling. A noise ma
chine" was built which reproduced the
sounds invading the usual busy city
office. During all the experimental
days the machine was In full blast
making sounds like an electric motor,
ball bearing rotated in q hexagonal
telephone bell internationally and auto
matically. When the hard plastered
walls of the test chamber were uncov-
cred the full effects Of these noises were
actually increased through reverbera-
ton. On half the experimental days
the sound intensity was reduced through
the use of notwithstanding panels, prob
ably SO per cent.
After q uniform breakfast the SUBJ
ject walked to the test chamber, the
masks were attached and sealed with
adhesive tape. For half an hour each
subject remained seated before the type
writer without actual tipping. At the
end of this period a sample OF air was
gathered and analysed to ascertain the
resting energy expenditure.
AS soon as the resting air had been
collected the noise machine was started
and the typists began work. The same
letter was written over and over, about
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they crucified Him, and the malefac-
tors, one on the right hand and one
on the left. Luke, xxiv33.
"And it was the third hour and they
crucified Him. Mark xyi:25.
Grimly, starkly these disciples tell
Of the great tragedy. The horror Of
it Is the horror of all fine things come
to q bitter end and 1t is this tragedy
that the players of Oberammergau
must convey to the world.
When the Christus is crucified, there
fore, the scene must be as starkly. as
grimly emphatic.
Two iron hooks are wellnigh In
visible against the dark cross. To
these Anton Lang is fastened-but 1t
is perilous support. at best. Under
his flesh-colored tights he wears a
close fitting corset to the back of which
two rings are sewn. The corset cannot
be of heavy make because 1t would
show through the feshings and destroy
the scene. The metal rings cannot be
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dentists Experimenting to Curb Noise as Menace to Heat

per cent more, the rats In the quiet
cubicie, however, grew 10 per cent
more, in spite Of the fact that they
remained more active and playful, and
that this activity and play used UP
bodily energy. In contrast. the city"
rats were inactive and occasionally bit
the attendant when he placed new food
in their quarters. When the door OF
the country cubicle was opened the
animals crowded to 1t and stretched
out to be StrOked as friendly house
cat purrs and rubs against her mas
ter's legs. When the cubicle door was
opened for the "city" rats they usually
did not move, staying close to the far
corners Of their colony houses.
The question Of whether an organism
may get so accustomed to noise that
it will have no Ill effects seemed to be
answered by further experiment upon
these white rats. Instead of becoming
inSensible to noise. they seemed TO have
become the reverse. When an attendant
clapped his hands in front Of the coun-
try rats they were startled and twitched
or jerked and stopped their eating or
playing. Their litter mates. reared in
the environment Of noise for 10 months.
were more than startled. instead Of
twitching, they would Jump from to 3
inches into the air and then scurry to
the darkest corner of the colony house.
In view of the accommodating evi-
dence of the inroads noise Is making
into profits, 1t Is not hard TO under
stand why commerce and industry are
taking deep interest In the subject
of It's control The experience Of COM
munity anti-noise organizations In at
tempting to curb noise at its source
demonstrates that the. tillers In this
field have q long, hard row before them.
City ordinances. have had some effect
in the suppression Of unnecessary man
made noises and q determined effort
Is being made to bring about the SUD
stitution of welding for riveting In the
erection Of the structural iron skeletons
Of modern buildings.
But what can be done about the din
created by trafic, to which soon there
may be added an uninterrupted roar
from the skies as airplanes grow IN
utility Very little, 1t appears, as long
as elevated railways and trolleys are
part of the American scene and warn
ing gongs, horns and sirens are essen
tial to the promotion OF safety. ~ !. v.
The Bureau Of Standards at Wash
inRton is constantly. testing various
kinds of building material: TO determine
their sound absorbing qualities. and I'M
portant discoveries have been recprded.
In factories throughout the country
research experts are constantly striving
toward the reduction OF noise screated
BY machinery, 50 serious has the 1edeet
Of IL upon workers health and a.
dciency been found.
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| the fortunes called for In the play. and
| the PLAYERS seek to evate no issue In
presenting an accurate performance.
The PLAYING of the crucifixiorl scene
once would be .sufficiently painful But
the Passion Play at each OF its 10-year
revivals is given an almost continuous
performance over a period of five
mo M, to september~and An
ton Lang must suffer many perform
ances during these periods.
It is extremely doubtful whether he
win again take the role OF the Christ.
sThe election has not taken place yet,
and can tell you that Herr Lang does
not think of his presenting that great
part again." writes Mathilde Lang 81
think he has done and given his best
for the great cause of the village, and
he has to think of himself and family,
as he is growing older"
Then in her precise English she adds
a terribly simple requiem for the elder
folk-"And the youth Is waiting for its
turn also"
*
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tatlon-tne summer o. IsSo-nave
not yet neen seiectea. Eiection deter-
mines the cnoice, aItnougn IN many m
ssances ~ Is loreoruansu cole1u ss...a
that so-and-so WIZ play tnus SAND thus
character. For TINS purpose the VIZ
layers i've lives as cioseiy paranenng
tnose OF -tne person Wnom they VIA
portray as is numanly possible; -,
Tnat tne role OF sne son OF man VIII VIII
ne plesseo upon , ANTON Lang az .,e
lortncomlng election Is almost q GER
tan tamty MIS- , Lang neIseI recognizes tno
Sho,,,a ne tbev AL hermit the great
OH rtor We J., ths SM; To- renonca the
oss 49, .,ran. ~ ra,e sn ~ he I,fao VIZ
oiiT ~ ' no.s;n,a S - ,,ars,,aae Anton
~ ~ aaa I'S do, tbe crou,,, os thorns
la ~ asn ctnr ' vii, onna a.ain he
w ,i1 - pee c,.,c;saS K,ng =, ths 9ews
vi Tn ,'. 1000 T. mos 1ary,Iv heI,eved that
.rdraas Ianr We" raiat;vs world he
ahnsn,, S;nns +%ot t;,,,s he,;efs have
c ;nnmnerahse times and TODAY
~ IL ei,,nst ;nrno ~ tn obtain even
~ - ;,,rI,,,r ~ r,s,at tronsrires IN the
n a.; - 5he reon1a ~ Obera n,naeroa,,
T 1rs' Mill nj Choose v their Christ onietlv
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work is being undertaken to discover
these critical points for various noises
and individuals, with indications so far
that most city and ONCE factory noise
intensities are above the critical point.
THE second remarkable finding" DR..
Laird says, relates to the consumption
of about IS per cent more bodily energy,
due to the work under the noisier con-
ditions. Energy consumption In calories
was determined by analyzing exhaled air
for oxygen consumption. carbon dioxtde
production and total volume. DIR. John
j. B. Morgan Of Northwestern Univer-
sity discovered several years ago that
when typists were working under noise
they exerted more pressure upon the
typewriter keys. This would not ac-
count for the increase In energy con-
sumption of the body of tina magnitude
we obtained. The difference Is due to
the fact that under noisy conditions
bodily energy is dissipated by general
tenSeness OF all muscles OF the body.
This Is the exact reverse OF relaxation,
Is fatiguing and saps energy unneces-
Sarily."
Important as these findings have been,
it Is the study of fear reactions induced
by noise wtlich psychologists find most
absorbing. for here they discern q very
serious threat to the well-being Of man
kind. Every one is aware of the effects
upon the nerves Of sudden, unexpected
noises, such as tire blowolts. back
firing automobiles or the -slamming Of
door, but the universal notion Is that
noises to which one has grown accus-
toned have no harmful effects. Expert
ments. however, do not bear out this
superstition. During sleep experiments
at the University of Michigan, for In
stance, 1t was found that when taxi
cab passed the window of sleeping
subject in the middle Of the night the
noise caused a perceptible rise in his
blood pressure, although the sleeper did
not awaken.
Through q half-year study Of stand
ard white rats the Colgate experiment.
ers discovered further evidence Of fear
reaction being precipitated by noise.
Half of the sub were raised IN "a
cubicle lined with Misunderstanding ma
teriaI while the other half grew up In
a cuhicle in which there was q radio
speaker connected With q; noise gem
orator. The same light, water, food and
ventilation were provided each set. 4
The first effect noticed was that the
rats living under noisy ronditions con-
stirneds5 per cent less tnod. Eating .
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through the daylight hours by the roar
of traffic and the clangor of building
operations and only fractionally fades at
nightfall to be kept alive all through
the night by the intermittent horn Of q
motor car or the Screech of its brakes,
is only too well konwn to all, city
dwellers and city sojournerS alike. Peo-
pie generally, while they may be an
noyed, are inclined to take philoso-
phical attitude and reasSure themselves
in the comforting, but fallacious re-
Election that all one has to do Is get
used to it and that noise cannot harm
you. Elaborate tests, however, have al
ready shown in black ana white that
noise has a definite harmful affect upon
the human machine, whether or not the
individual is conscious of the fact, while
other investigators have pointed out
means of circumventing the demon
which is becoming universally regarded
as the foe of mans welfare.
Noise is increasing 100 per cent an
nually in American Cities" says DR..
Hiram Percy Maxim, who has been con-
busting experiments looking to the 81
lencing Of building machinery, .princi-
pally riveters.
Noise is on everybody's pay roll, as
serts Roger w. BabSon, economist.
1.-THE biological harm In noises does
not appear to lie in their damage to the
ear or auditory nerves, but rather In the
fact that noises are an Unborn stimulus
to cause the fear reaction" according
to DR.. Donald A. Laird.
It is under the leadership of DR.. Laird
that the, psychological laboratory OF
ments that have recently yielded Inn
~SrrfoS1f IiSanuof{nC Thu data
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N O1oG VI uldu-WAnSA OtAaA oVan-
mate.
That is the problem con-
1 fronting mankind as one by
product of our machine civili-
cation, and the scientists who are strug-
Cling to find a solution in favor OF their
fellow men affirm that unless such an
answer is found the biologic welfare OF
the race is seriously menaced.
It is accepted on all sides that wher-
ever man Is prosecuting his conquest OF
nature there is rising volume OF vari-
egated sound, much of it unnecessary or
susceptible to. prevention or control.
Modern traffic and building methods are
held responsible for the largest part OF
the daily assault upon the Nations
auditory nerves, and as these are now
also beginning to be bombarded from
the skies as airplanes grow more nu-
merous there seems little reason for ex-,
pecting descending curve to check the
crescendo of sound to which men, wom-
en- and children are subjected.
The problem has now become so
pressing that it Is engaging the atten-
ton Of many diverse agencies. At
washington the Federal Governments
Bureau of Standards Is striving to de-
termine the most practicable methods
OF sound-proofing buildings OF all kinds.
As q health measure communities, large
and small, are making determined eff
forts to suppress unnecessary noise at
its source. Scientists in the laboratories
Of several colleges are engaged In ex-
haustive experiments which have al
ready. proved the deleterious effect of
noise upon the human system. Industry
Is keenly alive to the lowered efficiency
Of workers, both manual and mental.
who have to toll In a turbulent atmos-
rhere. Educators are deep In the study
Of surrounding adolescent America with
protection against those distracting
noises of modern life which are now
recognized as seriously retarding the
absorption Of knowledge.
< ~
THE study Of noise and It's control Is
= one of the most recent fields TO
which the scientific mind has addressed
itself, but so rapidly has exploration Of
It developed that important funda-
mental truths have already been estab-
lished. Chief among these are the fol-
lowing: The variety and intensity Of
noise IS increasing. not only In urban
but In rural communities as well. Much
Of It Is unnecessary. Much OF It can pc
eliminated
The cacophony Of city streets that
begins with the clOp-clop Of the early
morning milk wagons and the rattle
J. and bang Of ash cans Is sustained
&
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intensity loud enough to make the ear
drums Jingle on the verge Of pain.
with the audimeter, noise surveys
have been made in some Of the repre-
sentative cities of the country Sub
ways and airplanes were round to be the
noisiest means OF travel, recording from
rs to so noise units, about 10 or 10
units greater than surface cars. Some
factory operations subject the workers
to q continuous roar of IS units, In q
busy shopping intersection such as State
and Madison streets, Chicago, or Broad
way, sixth avenue and Thirty fourth
street, New York, the average intensity
was found to be so units. Buses, au-
tomobiles and taxicahs yieid about 3
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Sweater Outfit.
DURING 1927 the production Of

DURING 1927 the production Of knit
ted outerwear in the United States
dropped OF 1872 per cent as compared
with the figure of 1925, but even with
this decline the total was $12s. o7s, 400.
Sweaters, sweater coats and jerseys
were produced to a total Of $3.50, 64e
dozen, while nearly q million dozen
pairs Of golf stockings were turned out.
Nearly 800 establishments were engaged
in turning out the knitted goods and
24.662 wage earners were employed In
the work,
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Aid Flood REGIONS.
FARMERS in Alabama, ,southe

FARMERS in Alabama, Southern
Georgia and West Florida, who have
suffered and are suffering from the
foods Of early Spring, will be able TO
secure some measure Of relief from the
Federal Government under the seed
loan law passed by the last Congress.
A fund of 100000 was created for
this purpose, but the loans are to be
based upon damages from last years
floods rather than this. In addition
to the sections named. Virginia and
North and South Carolina farmers also
may secure seed loans.
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hidden-is a tiny iron. sole projecting
from the cross upon which Lang stands
with the tip Of one foot. It is almost
like standing atop fence picket on
one bare foot. The girdle supports very
little OF his weight, serving mainly to
keep him from falling forward. On
this little bit Of iron. therefore, Is the
weight of big mana man depicting
the suffering of One who bore His pain
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This, It appears, would support |
most Of hts weight. Not So, The |
real secret--and painful one to keep |
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Christ Of Passion Play Anton Lang Tells Own Story Of HI
Mock Cruciixion Never Before Revealed

snpo
zObeamm for he Last Time Year 4
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BY WILLIAM S. ODLIN.

n r OISE or man-which shall DOM
mate.
That is the problem con-
1 y fronting mankind as one by