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Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
ALASKA SEALING RULES ARE NOT SATISFACTORY
 kUskOKW|M DISTRICT

The regulations of the Alaska game commission pertaining to the sealing of pelts are not working out satisfactorily in the Kusko- kwim district according to the An chorage Times
 The trouble with the sealing regulations it is explained is that 1 representative of the commission is not always within reach when 1 trappers desire to dispose of their catches. The furs are brought into the different trading centers and left there as security for supplies, pending the arrival of a game warden to do the sealing.
 It happened at one of these trading centers recently that an official of the commission objected to that manner of disposing of pelts and caused the arrest of a trapper because of his failure to await the arrival of the official sealer. Three trials were held and at the last one the jury voted un- animously to acquit the defendant. Sentiment against conviction was also very strong at the first two trials it is said, but there were cer- tain men on the juries who were of the opinion that trappers should go hungry while waiting for war den to come along and seal his pelts The Kuskokwim district is very large one
 The proposal to register trap lines is not a popular one in the KuskokWim. The plan is alright in theory he admits, but it is his opinion and the opinion of others in his district, that the parceling out of Territory in the manner suggested would open the way to favoritism and graft.
 Fur conditions are not so good in the upper KuskokWim district just at present and the signs of an early return of fur bearers are not any too encouraging.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
NOTED HEAVYWEIGHT
 IN SEWARD HOSPITAL

The SS Oduna, of the Alaska Steamship Company, which ar rived in port Monday from False Pass and discharged 172 tons of general cargo, 20 tons for Seward and 152 tons for railroad points, departed during the early hours of today for the South.
 There were six cars of creosoted cedar telephone poles for the AL aska Railroad.
 While at False Pass, Jack Hunt CT, former nationally known boxer, now a member of the engine room staff, met with an accident when a case of salmon fell on a foot crushing it. He is now in the Seward General Hospital receiving treatment.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
LARGE NUMBER FRIENDS
 PRESENT AT WEDDING

In the presence of many friends ard acquaintances, Miss Kalissa Pesmakoff and MT. Wm. Bryant were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Sunday evening at 8:3O, at the Jesse Lee Home, Rev. R. T. Hatten performing the nup- tialS.
 MT. and Mrs. Chas. Gilliland stood up for the couple. After the ceremony refreshments were served to the guests who number ed 30.
 Mrs. Bryant has been a member of the Seward General Hospital staff; MT. Bryant has been a resi- dent of Seward for about 20 years.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
VOLCANOES ERUPTING

SEATTLE, July 28. (P)-Newly arrived fur seals from the Pribilof Islands, puzzled at the white ashes silvering their golden brown coats. sniffed sulphur filled air. Vol- canoes in the vicinity of Chignik are in violent eruption; ashes have fallen a distance of 15O miles in every direction.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
GOING HOME DIRECT

T. Douglas and Wm. Began, two members of Father Hubbard's ex- ploring party of Aniakchak Crater, near Chignik, Alaska Peninsula, in a wire to The Gateway today, said they were leaving direct for the States from the Westward and would not arrive on the SS Starr as they had previously planned.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
ARRANGES SMOKER

Jack Vardeen, clever Anchorage pugilist and promoter, has ar ranged another smoker" in the: Inlet City for August 12. It is; expected a number of local box ing fans will go to Anchorage to- witness the program which will probably be "bear cat"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
AUTO GEAR SHIPPER

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28. P)-An automatic variable trans mission gear, which eliminates the necessity of shifting gears while operating an automobile, has been invented by an Australian, the De- partment of Commerce was ad- vised.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
WILL LAUNCH BARGE

The barge Lawrence, which was sold last winter by the Alaska Railroad to Chas. Goodall, Cordo- va lumber baron, and which has been lying on the local beach for some years, is in the hands of crew which is preparing to launch the craft.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
EVANS DUE AT ' P. M.

The SS Admiral Evans, of the Pacific Steamship Company, is due to arrive in port this evening from the South at 2 o'clock, west bound, according to the local of flee.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

JAP PLIERS ARRIVE IN BERLIN
 BERLIN, July 28. (P)-The Jap anese fliers, Kumekava and Kur- ma, landed at the airdrome on a leisurely flight from Tokyo They expect to push on soon to London and Paris.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

Regardless of inclement weather" a number of golf fans are out on the course every day. The latest; of these is L. J. Chilberg. who, for novice, is becoming quite adept. at swatting the "pill'' on the sweet, spot, far, wide and handsome.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

''The Majestic" last word in mo- dern refrigeration, at Brown & Hawkins,
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
DIES AT AGE OF 105

CHARLTON, Mass, July 28. H9 -Leprelet Logee, aged 105, be- lieved to have been the oldest mason in the world, died here.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

Vessels in port today included the USS Tahoe, tug Akutan and the fishing vessel Marian.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

LomO fertilizer at J. L. Graef's.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

Seattle Ice Cream at ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28
FIRE LOSS MOUNTING

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 28. (P With the loss mounting hourly, above 50.0O0 acres of forest fires roared unabated in northwestern Wyoming and in Grand National Forest, while they were checked in the heart of the Dubois dude ranch country, and in Yellowstone Na- tional Park.
 PHOTO ING-ENLARGING
 Ten hour service. Rolls of film brought in before 10 a. m. cut at s p. m. same day. ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

Have you heard he new "OKEH" records at Sylvia's. They are won derful.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-28

Don't miss the '"Talkles!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
REASON BY Ff nasBlg

TODAY belongs to departed soldiers of the repub-
lie without, whose valoT the dreams of Washing
ton would have vanished into empty air and rivetec
upon the world for years to the yoke of abso-
lutsm.
For had this nation shown itself too weak to de-
fend its own life all the defenders of government
would have been brushed aside as hopeless Missionaries
and so that shot against Sumter was shot against
the march of freedom in all nations.
We are thinking Of the soldiers of the Civil wal
when we say this, for 81 the crucial hour, the
hour when tyrants everywhere fondy looked forward
to the collapse of liberty and to ensuing strengthening
OF their own foundation.
THIS day belongs to all our soldiers; to all OF them
L OF high and low degree in every battle in which
our fortunes involved but we think of it as be-
ing little more intimately associated with the sol
Tiers OF the sixties because they vanishing from
our view.
Within The memory of millions now living the day
viii come when the bells will toll and hush fall over
the land, as with solemn ceremony everywhere til
passing, OF the last Union soldier will be lamented
AS We look backward upon that conflict we marvel
more and more, not that the Union forces were able
to subdue the forces of secession but that the Union
was able to muster those forces and with this marvel
ing goes an increased yeneration for those who saved
the republic.
THOSE who answered Lincolns call did so from the
most exalted fidelity to country
They were not threatened in their homes by armed
invasion and how easy it would have been to sag
If the southern states do not want to i've with us let
them gol"
We can-see how one could take this position. and,
seeing this also in grander light the legions
which put behind them all considerations of ease and
safety and poured their blood upon Lberty's altar
Those who have fought on later fields are entitled
to homage in equal measure; the slabs at all our
soldier graves all size, whether they be in this
war that, whether they be the modest marker OF
the in the ranks or the soaring obelisk of the
general
In grander sense they ali have one common mon
ument-the nation which, kPey servedf~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
A Matter of Talent

II you have to regulate it, why not run it?
Or to put it another way, why have Waterman
to watch the Waterman?
That sums up Joseph B Eastmans position in
behalf of government ownership of those public util-
ties which, because of their character as natural
monopoes, have to be supervised so deliberately by
public bodies such as the interstate commerce com
mission.
Eastman speaks from sixteen years of experience
at the regulating end -
He objects to the present system, on the ground
of divided responsibility and dual control
If all men regulatory bodies were as efficient
and intelligent and sincere as Eastman we could be
enthusiastic for his idea If all regulatory bodies
were as effective the commission of which he is
member could have the confidence that would
assure faith in it.
The weakness in the idea is found only when we
think of its application in the light of some of the
regulatory bodies we know
Too frequently they are made up of broken-down
politicians, elected or appointed in political system
and underpaid by begrudging public.
We'd hate to be riding train they'd run
The ineciencies that we see in politics still are
the greatest single argument against general appi-
cation of the policy of government ownership and
operation Of all natural monopolies
When and if the public is willing and able to find
and pay for talent as skilled as private industry is
willing to pay for then an era of successful public
ownership and operation may come about
In few cases. like the interstate commerce COM
mission, the public is well served. In many more
the regulatory bodies aren't capable of regulating
And if you can't regulate you can't operate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
HEALTH SERVICE

! The rates for Philadelphia are
approximately the same. These are
excellent examples of the way in
which modern scientific preventive
medicine can control disease Of
this character, if given the oppor-
tunity.
Wilmington, DEL and Norfolk,
Va. in their particular section,
have the highest rates, and Will
mington would seem to be in par
ticular need of a campaign on the
subject, since its rate never has
gone below ten.
In Detroit special immunization
campaign has been carried on in re-
cent years. The figures promptly
reflect this in a steady decrease, the
rate for Detroit in 1890 being the
lowest in the history Of the COM
munity and one half the average for
the previous f1ve-year period.
The rates for Chicago, Evansville
and Peoria in 1880 were somewhat.
above the previous f1Ve-year aver
ages. Nashville was much worse,
but Chattanooga and Louisville
showed improvement.
San Francisco and San Diego had
approximately the same rates for
1880 as for previous years; Los An
geles showed extremely slight i'm
provement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
At Wet BanQuetS

DUT the question is less one of
0 constiHtionality that of COM
mon courtesy. Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
might have kept themselves l1issable
and lived up to the best traditions
of their consciences without publicly
affronting their host.
In the matter of toaSts, one need
not drain the goblet. 1t is enough
merely to raise the glass in the air
Coming from motion picture land,
1t may be that John G. Porter has
an exaggerated impression of the
inSidiouS effects of what is known
hereabouts as champagne wine.
He has been present at those films
where the heroine came alone at
night to the bachelors apartment.
He has watched the villianous
japanese valet prepare the treacher-
GUS supper of chicken salad and .fizz,
Indeed, Mayor Porter may have
been converSant with pictures in
their transition from the silent stage
to articulation.
And, like all good movie fans, he
knows that the tell-tale pop of the
cork is a sound more menacing in
the life Of young girl than pistol
shot.
+ Again and again he has seen her
raise the fatal glass to her Iips-a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
Billion Dollar Bonds

The federal treasury needs to exercise its tradi-
tional caution now as news reports tell of its plans
far unofhcal--to float long-term bond issue
a means of meeting the billion-dollar deficit.
Also, the treasury needs to explain some of its
earlier statements about bond issues if it does decide
on this method of financing the governments present
difficulties.
Secretary Mellon appearing before the senate
finance committee in January as it was considering
soldier bonus bills, warned against the proposed big
long-term bond issue with which, it had been sug
gested bonus loans or full bonus payment be made
Such bond issue, Mellon declared, would kill the
bond market for any other securities, and this, in
turn, would mean that many large undertakings.
especially public works and public utilities which it
is planned to finance through the bond market would
be abandoned
That was the treasury's policy five months ago.
We agreed with Mellon then, and he also had the
backing of the countrys foremost fnanciers although
many expert economists scofed at his stand and said
immense amounts of money easily available for
purchase of government bonds.
Now apparently, the treasury is contemplating
just such bond issue as it denounced in January.
If big government bond issue in January threat
ened to proong the depression, would not a similar
bond issue be just as dangerous now, When accord
ing to cabinet officers, things are beginning to
look upP
Citizens have a right to have that question an
swered before the treasury surprises them some
morning with news of an immense financing plan.
Altogether apart from this question it is bad
financial policy for the government to sink compa-
Gently so much farther into debt Economy and
safety dictate pay-aS-you-go policy With any
kind of foresight whatever. the treasury would
called for increase by the last congress to meet
the deficit, which large even then.
Now, then. tax increase is the only way out.
And the longer We wait the more shall have to
pay-for shall pay not only the deficit, but also
interest on the deficit under the bond plan
That increased taxation will have to come from
the large income taxpayers and death duties on
huge estates. To take larger tax toll from the
lower and middle class incomes during depression
would restrict the countrys purchasing power dis
astrously and thus .prolong the depression
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30

Once more nation pays its tribute OF
love, honor and gratitude to those whose
courage and patriotism have preserved the
ideal Of liberty and self government
1t lays its flowers above those who sleep.
It raises It's hand in salute to those who, on
this day, remember with moistened eye the
comrades of other years.
The day itself was set aside after the
great conflict between the states when men
of the north and men of the south pitted
themselves against each other each with the
same fine legacy and tradition of belief in
liberty and self government, men Of the same
race and often related by ties of blood fight
ing for what each believed to be the one way
to preserve and protect the ideals of liberty.
Each was sincere. The south saw the in
dividual state as the proper custodian Of real
liberty The north believed union Of states
alone could safeguard the legacy of the Rev
olution
At the end of the struggle millions Of
men and women whose skins were black
found themselves free and the institution Of
chattel slavery passed. No longer would this
ship of one human being by another. Liberty
and freedom and equality had gained new
definition
The sons of those who fought have stood
side by side at San Juan when the sovereign
ty of the Stars and Stripes was jeopardized.
Their grandsons lie together in Flanders
field and march in unison today.
The hatreds Of seventy years ago are
gone Only few of those i'll tattered blue
are left to visit the Last Tenting Ground.
But nation pays them the tribute due to
men of courage, to men who will ever stand
guard against invasions of liberty and free
dom, men who were ready to die in defense
of their faith and their principles.
And on this day, can we, grateful for the
past, say that we keep faith with those who
sleep? Liberty is not phrase. Self-gov-
eminent is not mere formality.
Freedom must be real. There can be no
self-government if the lowliest as well as the
highest in the land do not receive equal pro-
lection of the law The legacy is lost if the
Bill of Rights be invaded by the powerful
from within or threatened by despotism
from affair
The right of free speech, the right of
free press, freedom of worship, the right to
the pursuit of happiness the right of every
man to earn his living and provide for his
loved ones-these are the very essence of
liberty 1t was for these that the brave men
died, upon whose graves today the flowers
are strewn.
Today, sacred in our national calendar,
calls for new dedication of every citizen.
We must keep faith with those who sleep or
they have died in vain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
Great Khan Solved j
"IT0HE Great Khan" writes Polo.

"THE Great Khan" writes Polo,
Il sends every year his commits
SionerS to ascertain whether any
of his subjects have suffered in
their crops from unfavorable
weather, from storms of winds or
violent rains, or by locusts, worms,
or any other plague, and in such
cases he not only refrainS from ex-
acting the usual tribute of that
year, but furnishes them from his
granarieS with SO much corn as is
necessary for their subsistence, as
well as for sowing their land.
with this view, in times of great
plenty, he causes large purchases
to be made Of such kinds of grain
as are most serviceable to them.
which is stored in granaries pro-
vided for the purpose in the several
provinces and managed with such
care to insure it's keeping for three
or four years without damage.
ut is his command that these
granarieS always be kept full, to
provide against times of scarcity;
and when, in such seasons, he dis
poses of the grain for money, he
requires for four measures no more
than the purchaser would pay for
one measure in the market"
Modern civilization could do far
worse than adopt a similar plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
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ON May 30, 1917. the prince of
~ Undine, cousin of the king Of
Italy, made an address in the
United States senate on behalf of
the italian diplomatic commission
which he led to this country.
He said in part;
ITALY entered the war with aims
equal to those which you pursue.
Her territory had not been invaded,
her insecure boundaries had not
been violated.
sour people understood that the
sacrifice Of free nations was the
prelude to our own sacrifice, and
that we could not remain indiffer-
ent without denying the very rea-
sons Of our existence.
ITALY has not been and never will
be an element Of discord in Europe,
and as she willed her own free ma.
tional existence at the cost of any
sacrifice, so she viii contribute with
al her strength to the free exist
ence and development Of other ma
lions.
1.-The mission Of which / have the
honor to be the head and in which
there are representatives of the
senate of the kingdom. of the cham
Der of deputies, and members of the
government. desires TO express
through me the liveliest sympathy
Il the representatives OF the Amer
lean people"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
Diphtheria Still Danger to Many

Ten cities with the highest diph-
liberia mortality for 1880 include
Elizabeth, Chicago, Detroit, Newark
and Lynn, Mass. They were also on
the high list in 1929.
Grand Rapids, New Haven, Cam
bridge and Duluth are on the list
of cities with the ten lowest rates
for both 1929 and 1880.
Flint, Mich, is the only city with
out a single diphtheria death in
1880. DeS Moines was the only city
with a similar enviable record in
1929.
Experts in epidemiology are not
certain whether the recent sweep
ing reductions in diphtheria NOR
tally have been caused by a ma
tural change in the disease itself or
in a decrease of susceptibility to the
disease.
Neither can it be estimated ex-
actly what part has been played by
the gradually extending use of
toxin-a11titoxin and other methosS
of increasing resistance to the dis
ease.
However, the Steady Improvement
IN records certainly is a warrant
for continuing the preventive mea-
SureS that have been used so sue
cessfully and with so few harmful
results in recent years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30

vocacy Of crime. sabotage violence or other unlaw-
ful methods Of terrorism as means of accomplishing
industrial or political reform" The maximum pen
atty prposed is prison term Of ten years, fine OF
$4,000 BOTH for joining any organization which adj
vocates criminal syndcalsm
Such laws dubious, even when literally inter-
preted and applied, in country which was founded
upon devotion to revolutionary principles.
Much worse, however, the abuses. 1t simply
opens the prison doors to all who oppose powerful
Interests in any state. In California five men re-
ceed sentences of from three to forty-two years for
merely contemplating the unionization of melon
workers, employed under incredibly arocious working
conditions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
Questions and
Answers

What nationality is DR.. AxeI
Munthe, the author of "The Story
of San Michele?" Is he a physi-
clan?
He Is a Swedish physician who
received his training in France
under Charcot and Pasteur. He be-
came a successful specialist in the
treatment of nervous diseases. He
retired from active practice when
he was past 70, and went to live in
his villa San Michele, which he had
built on Anacapri, over the ruins of
the famous residence of the En-
peror Tiberius.
What does "Cimarrons mean?
It is & Spanish word meaning
wild or unruly.
How many persons have been
killed in the enforcement of pro-
hibition?
The United States department Of
justice, on Nov. 20, 1890, issued a
memorandum in regard to agents
and civilians killed in connection
with prohibition enforcement: TO
tai number killed to date, agents,
SO: civilians, 1853; killed-during last
fiscal year, agents, 10; civilians, 8;
killed to date, Nov. 20, 1890, during
present year (l9SO-3D agents, 4;
civilians, 3"