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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 223. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 1927.
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FIVE MONTHS EACH YEAR MEN
ARE SEPERATED FROM THE
WOMEN, STATED
WASHINGTON, October 13. (/P)—
On the barren island of Nunivak,
where only 170 Eskimo souls spread
their habitations over an area of 2,
800 miles, scientists discovered a
batchelors paradise at least for five
months of the year. During this per
iod the entire male population are
separated from the women for the j
singular reason, given by the inhab
itants, that it insures a “good catch
of seals” upon which they depend for
food, clothing and light.
These facts were brought here by
Henry B. Collins, Smithsonian ethnol
ogist, and T. Dale Sitewart, of the
National Museum, who visited the
island in cooperation with the Ameri
can Association for advancement of
Science and American Council Learn- 1
ed Societies. The only break in the
barrier of Nunivak’s no woman’s
land is at meal time when women
carry food to the Kashoe semi-sub
terranean Ceremonial Lodge where
the men live during their exile and
feast and at which time bladders
from all seals caught during the sea
son are thrown back into the sea to
propigate the seal. The tribe con- j
eluded the male isolation prior to the;
arrival of the Smithsonian expedi
tion to Nunivak and had not been vis
ited by a boat in a period of years.
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FORMER SENATOR LEWIS OF ILL
INOIS REMARKS ON NEXT
PRESIDENTAL CALL
BOSTON, Oct. 13. (TP)—The next
Presidental change will be a call for !
established character and political
honor rather than a contest of super
wisdom in statesmanship, former Sen- i
ator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois de
clared. Nominations for President
come as a reward for personal life >
or private integrity, he said, “and if
President Coolidge or Governor Smith
win over all partisan opposition and
be summoned to renewed leadership
it will not be by reason of their politi
cal partisan superiority but because
each has shown a clean, personal life ;
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and pure political probity.”
. BERLIN, October 13. (JP)—Sir Er
nest Benn, noted economit, defending
capitalism to members of the Econom
ic League, declared private enterprise
has provided the poor man with every
thing earth can provide short of
those things upon which politicians
laid deadening hands.
SOUTHWEST HE
SOUTHERN ALASKA
HALTSJHIPPING
TREES UPROOTED, ROADS BLOCK
ED, STEAMER TURNS BACK;
60 MILE GALE
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 13.
Southwest gale .which reached a ve
locity of 60 miles an hour, sank two
small boats and forced the Canadian
Pacific liner Princess Alice to return
to port after leaving for Vancouver.
The Princess Alice started again in
the afternoon when the gale subsided.
A dredge, enroute north to Wran
gell Narrows, dragged her anchor lor
several hours but was brought safely
to dock. Trees were uprooted here
and traffic on several roads blocked
with debris
INSANE Mi CLIMBS
TD TOP PUG POLE
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. (JP)—When a
patient at the Chicago State Hospi
tal for the insane climbed to the top
of the hospital smokestack and re
fused to come down, George Rose
dale, a guard, went after him and
brought the man across his back the
204 feet to the ground.
FUR-TRIMMED SHAWLS
PARIS, Oct. 13. (JP)—Rich wraps j
of brocaded metal cloths and satin
bordered with fur are being designed
for day-bed covers, or boudoir shawls.
iH ELDER D01
i 1 OCEAN; IS SAFE
ALONGSIDE VESSEL
BROKEN OIL LINE COMPELS
"AMERICAN GIRL" DOWN; RA
DIOS PARIS A. P. OFFICE
PARIS, Oct. 13. (/P)—Ruth Elder
wirelessed the Associated Press Paris
office she had landed with a broken
oil line alongside of the Dutch steam
ship Barendrecht. She said both
Pilot Haldeman and she were alright.
WAIT ALL NIGHT
LE BOURGET FIELD, /AIRS, Oct.
13. (JP)—Picnic parties with sandwich
e, bottles of beer and wine, descended
on the historic flying field last night
prepared to await the arrival of the j
plane “American Girl” which was ex- j
pected this morning. Although Ruth I
Elder was scheduled to arrive at broad
daylight, searchlights which guided
Colonel Lindbergh’s way thru the fog,
were lit, and spectators already lined
up againnst a barbed wire barrier de- !
sirous of being on hand for the land- j
ing.
FLASKS SELL RAPIDLY
IN PARIS PAST WEEK
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PARIS, Oct. 13. (JP)—Paris shop
keepers having .taken stock of their
business done during the weeks visit
of the American Legionnaires, it was
revealed that the greatest number of
sales were registered in cocktail
shakers, pocket flasks and decanters.
$30,000 DEER, BELONG TO ESKI
MOS AND WHITES; WILL RE
CORD INCREASE
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AKIAK, Oct. 13. (/P)—Preparations
are being made for the first roundup
of 30,000 reindeer in the Kuskokwim !
river district. The herds of reindeer !
are owned by Eskimos and whites
alike and will be driven to Akiak next
month for counting and marking. The
roundup will be under the supervi
sion of Prof Clark M. Barber, district i
superintendent for the United States
Bureau of Education and will mark
the first attempt to determine the ex
act rate of increase in deer herds.
ENDORSE RESOLUTION
ORIENTAL EXCLUSION!
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WINNIPEG, Oct. 13. (/P)—An immi- j
' gration endorcement “Oriental exclu- !
sion” has been adopted by tbe conser
f vative party convention after tbe
■committee had submitted it for the
second time in an effort to change its
phraseology and eliminate the word )
Oriental which prevented action on
the resolution Tuesday.
CUPID LOAFS IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Oct. 13. (£>)—Cupid has
been loafing on the job in England
and Wales. The registrar general’s
statistical review records the lowest
rate in marriages last year since 1886
with one exception.
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INDUSTRIES ROAR IS PART OF
MIGHTY SYMPHONY, MATER.
IAL, SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
PITTSBRGH, Oct, 13. (/P)—The in
dustrial peace of today which "a short
time ago would have seemed impossa^
ble” received praise from President
Coolidge in a speech at the annual ob
servance of founders day at Carnegie
Institute. A better understanding was
attributed by the President to closer
cooperation of the people and realiza
tion by employer and employee of
“mutuality of interest which brought
a great harvest of contentment,” he
said. “And the great increase of ef
fort and efficiency in production in its
right relation between employer and
employee has been so greatly improv
ed that much of the old friction no
longer exists. The rattle of the reap
er, the buzz of the saw, the clang of
the anvil and the roar of traffic, are
all part of the mighty symphony not
only of material but of our spiritual
progress.
“The nation is supporting religious
institutions, endowing colleges, provid
ing its charities, furnishing adorn
ments of architecture, rearing its mon
uments, organizing its orchestras and
encouraging its paintings.”
PICE DF WALES
GREETS LEGION H
IN LONDON TOWN
ENGLAND JUST AS GLAD TO SEE
THEM NOW AS DURING
STRESS OF WORLD WAR
LONDON, Oct. 13. (vP)—'The Prince
of Wales welcomed the American Le
gion delegation which arrived in Eng
land telling them that England was as
glad to see them on this occasion as
it was during the stress of the war.
The Prince’s speech was dignified and
straightforward welcome but it did not
surpass the cheers of the Americans.
Thousands roared their applause and
broke in with countless salvos of hand
clapping. Field Marshall Earl Haig
was also speaker at a dinner given the
Legion by the British Empire Service
League. Enormous crowds gathered
outside the building and practically
stopped traffic.
turiTTbms
1R AGAIN THREATENS
BELGRADE, Oct. 13. (IP)—'The Bal
kans are again in turmoil and a Serb
Bulgarian war threatens over the
murder of Brigadier-General Kova
chevitch. The Serbians demand that
full ^satisfaction be demanded from
Bulgaria. Martial law has been pro
claimed along the borders of the
countries. Newspapers are clamor
ing for war.