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SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920. TKN CKXTS PBB.C0P!L
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WASHINGTON. April IT— The
Na‘»> Department has officially n g
iilzed the ovcitt:! c»ul) and is pcffliiU*
iug civilian employee at tnc .\o;tv>»k
yards and at Hampton Roads to huy
denini garments fioni the navy at
cost. The movement is spread.ng 1
throughout the country. Judges, law
yers. merchants and prolYssois. as
wcil as stUileius. are weatti.g u< i *n
in scores of cit es. Women in cu -co
and gingham d.ess.3 are a common
► sight.
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FRITT ROTTING OW ING
TO THE RAILROAD STRIKE
SACRAMENTO. April 17— The
railroad Labor Boa id hns b 'en asaed
to save $4,000,000 worth of fruit rot
ting on the sidetracks as a resu.t el
the strike.
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CALIFORNIA WINS
OAKLAND. April IT— California
beat Stanford University in the boat
race this afternoon by three lengths.
The California ciew made the time in
thirteen minutes over the trroo mile
course. T?ie two mile race was also
won by California's second crew.
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FINED FOR FIGHTING
BERLIN, April IT —Prince Joa
chim Albreicht, of Prussia, has been
fined five hundred marks for an at
tack on a French officer in the Hotel
Adi on.
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BLIZZARD RAGING
„ DENVER. April IT— A buzzard is
raging in this state to lay. T^o hu\e
been frozen to death at Trinidad mak
ing a total of seven since last Simo.iy.
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NIELSON’S EXECTTOR>
FAIL TO FIND FI NDS
When Peter Nielson. a pion;*^r
Alaskan, died at Port Angeles last
fall, two executors were named, in
the belief that the departed had left
a considerable estate. Nielson, a
blacksmith by trade, lived for many
years at Seward, Alaska, and v*»is
employed most ol the tim**. \vhcn
construction on the government mil
road began, h * went to Anchoiage
and became chief blacksmith for the
Alaskan engineering commission,
earning as high as $ ’00 per month.
Some two years ago, he went out
side. A friend of the departed. aV
a former resident of Seward, Neal
Brown, now living in Seattle, and
F ai»k Plummer, of Port Angeles,
were named executors of the estate,
but up to this t'mrt they have been
unable to locate anyth'ng of value.
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SEATTLE, April IT— A Times
^) r al from Washington says Senat
or ,• o: the Senate commerce com
m in a letter t<» Secretary Payne,
t is vest
.1 w th the authority to take any
>t os to forward a p?an and run *ov
,-p • -it tourist excursions from Seat
i . [<} \tj*ska, at Seward, then over
ho >v»*mment raili*oa 1. Senator
l)r, $ says the Interior Department
should at o»a taH an advertising
:amfvii*n for this class of twjnrt
travel.
Secret vy Paync has refused to
'psenss the letter but said: ‘‘I am ex
>v,*r*pUv pr>\'ons over the AiMska situ
iton and I predict somethin* will be
lorr' to develops traffic and traffic
•ipot be (b»ve1o!>e<l without spernhn*
mo* 'v. The Alask* Ewrmoorin* Com
ar*>' on’*iat’on is hov*cvcr for
• m^tructior. purposes on*y. ”
SK \TTLE. Vnr;l IT— Gov. R’>'TS.
..'■in' rro \ hnpih"r of Commerce
^ve^fArdov pffA»*»>Aon. s°;d the
1a ,>f b^smecQ ra'm nr*(|
■kf con,if*'e>s teu*nvds Ahn-Va had
.v,.>nrv..vi ooAddnvAh’u when the voal
4-:,^ Af had b^en n"der
.4nA<1 am] de
Gou. T? j;0’fl “PVOn’
jvtro,-, T WOQ noVrtd whv the T^fum!
or thn tA^vtf-AVA* were nnf de
. „ V,a»*a the oeAqtifvnS
„,-nJ n-rweit»niiv thn eb'maGc con
A*A CAA»V>I5 irktAp
. .irt I ' yy ^ ^*><1 V^’b T dA AAt ex -
,v~> .4 >) b fTA ar*"'0"r'f tn^ctat’on at
At <;A5s»on the way is paved
for a constructive policy.”
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SEW \KD METnoniST CIICBCH
Open Forum C ass 11:30 o’cloc.c.
Sunday School 12 noon.
Evening Service 7:30 o’clock.
Subject of d scussion at 11:30.
“T sts of Leadership.”
S bj ct of Evening Sermon: “Hid
den T ensures.” This is the 5th study
in ihe Parables <if Jesus.
Special music at the Evening Ser
vice.
The public is invited to these serv
ices.
Duane Ea 1 Carter, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICE
R'«v. Ma kham returned from An
■ hor-g' on the train last night and
services will b' h/'ld tomorrow fore
noon at the C ithol?c church at 8:30
o’clock and 10:30 o’clock.
NV K \ T H K R R K ''
TU|< following the n<pp|
r,„ ;>| hour* ending nt 7 nV’o •!«
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SEWARD 30. Snowing Calm.
Anchor*'"*' 28. C'ondy, North.
Mntnnnska 20. Cloudy. Cnlm.
CVcWoon 2Y C’e^r Calm.
WasiPa 30. Cloudy. East.
Ta’k^tna 28 CVar, Calm.
De^dherse 20. C1eo'% Calm.
Ind:nn 10. Clear, Ca'm.
Hurn^an 10 Clear, Calm.
S"mm;t 0. C’o"dv. Calm.
8 (Tondy. Calm.
H«nW 20 C’^a'*. Cn’m.
v^nno 27 C°lm.
Fairbanks 27, Snowing. Calm.
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WASHINGTON, April 17— The
post office appropriation bill is now
in the hands of the President for sig
I nature. Certain appropriations provide
for an aerial mail service in Alaska.
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Mrs. R. L. Wevcr left on the trail,
.oday l'or Audio.age to remain foi
ojverai months.
Mis. H. S. Baldeiston, Miss Emily
Borgcn and Miss Jane L. McNally,
who have been visiting in Anchorage
tor the past nine days, returned on
a t n’ght's train.
M ss E iz beth Rcmig left for Au
dio age on today's train to visit her
b other Robert for several days.
L o Olinhouscr came in last night
Vom Milo 23 registered at the Ho
tel Seward, and returned out again
this morning.
J. l> Bxkstad and wife, who have
been stopping at the Hotel Seward
for several days, got away for An
chorage on the train today to give
that place the once over.
Joe Caylor chocked out from the
Hotel Seward this morning and left
for a business ti n to Anchorage.
Miss Elizabeth G iffiths, who has
b^on vis;t:ng in Anchorage, returned
to : ward on la t nght’s train.
Capt. Howell Packer, who brought
the Joseph Pulitzer to Seward from
Seattle, is registered at the Hotel
Seward. Capt. Packer will return
south on the Northwestern.
H. L. Morris, traveling man from
Juneau who has b-cn over to Anrhor
r!0*"*. is reg'steved at the Hotel Over
land.
Mrs. H. P. Wavren and daughter
returned to Sewa’d last n’gbt aftei
a short v^it at Anchorage.
The Christian Sconce will hold
tomorrow moaning at 11 o -
'•’or1- and Sunday School at 12:05 o -
clock.
E J. Prond*vgast civil engineer,
-ho ha* b^en a’ong the railroad: and
M. J Po'^s returned from the in
f^r'o*- m’o-bt nud nrr r^st^red
at the HoH Seva-d Roth will leave
fov the states on the first steamer.
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WANT AN EIGHT HOUR DAY
CT.fvet Avn Arri it— The
Young Wont’s Christen A ssoc’ation
in thA rnf:ounT convert’on unammnus
Iv adored todev a lebov end soeH
riT,''vr*r,ro T'W'!d,,,r' fo** an hour
d'v. aa”ba'ore,’*',*ro' OT>d aho’?
tlAn of wo~k cb;M Vh^ a-a
»-'• '"'e of men and women in the
same work.
CHICAGO, April 17— A speedy
termination of the railroad strike is
indicated.. Employees of many big
roads returned to wo k durirg today
to retain their sonority. The officers
>’ the ou^aw union in Chicago have
refused to return to work and are
making demands elsewhere. The situa
tion is greatly improved accord;ng to
railroad and Brotherhood officials.
WASHINGTON, April 17— Attor
ney General Palmer’s conclusions are
That the strike has been caused by
Pad;cals. Tlvs statement is shn*n\v
attacked and challenged by Frnnk
'To*r< on. Secretary of the American
Federation of Labor. Movr?son savs
the strike was a plain ordinary one
for more nay b’’t that »t had b^en d’S
avowed hv organized labor. Morrison
charged that the government was
st”n;dlv trv;ng to make criminals out
of the loaders.
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FISH BOAT IN TROUBLE
SEATTLE, April 17— The sailing
schooner Henry Wilson, of the Libby
fleet bound for Alaska, which cleared
on Wednesday for the Port Graham
cannery on Cook Inlet, with supplies
end cannery woekeis, has been picked
up off Cape Flattery in a waterlogged
condit:on and listed to starboard. The
schooner has been towed to Noah Hay
by the steamer Stanwood.
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CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
ARE FOR EUGENE V. DEBS
BERKELEY, Calif., April 17— A
number of University of California
students have onran'zed a Dobs- for
President Cub. Twenty-two monv:
b'UT signed a telegram addressed to
Ek.pene Debs, now serving a sentence
in the Federal penitent;ary at At
lanta for seditious utterances during
!■*<■> nVdgmg him the’r sup
port for the Presidential nomination.
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COLOR \DO GRAND JURY
CANNOT IlE'R EVIDENCE
OF PROFITEERING
PTTEHLO Colo.. April 17— Fed
A-ai Judge L°v’is ha*? issued an in
inrjr^:on nrnb*b,*ting United St°tcs
Attorney T^drow from presenting
profiteering to
tv»A Federal Grand Jurv. The in
"’PS Ac«^»Ar] for b,f Celp
Company and Denver
merchants.
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* ALASKA BONE DRY *j
* LAW IS IN EFFECT *
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JUNEAU, April 17— Judge *
Robert V»’. Jennings, of the Unit- *
ed States District court, in a li- *
'* quor case here yesterday, held *
that the Volstead act does not re- *
* peal the Alaskan bone dry law.
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FARCE COMEDY
TO BE GIVEN
TUESDAY
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A farce comedy, in three acts, en
titled “The Gutta Percha Girl” will
be given at the A. I>. Hall next Tues
day night by the Ancko age Theatric
al Club. I'ol.owing the prcsciualion
the stag.*, the floor will be cleared
and dancing will be enjoyed.
“The Gjcta Peicha” is one of those
rollicking frothy comedies just built
for laughing purposes. It is an oM
t'm i favorite and is generally played
under the name of “The Arabian
Nights.”
The Anchorage Theatrical Club is
composed of many of the best thes
pians of that city. For several years
the club has been giving theatrical
performances at Anchorage and they
have always been pronounced hits.
The play was given in Anchorage this
week and the entire company will
come over on the train Monday ready
for the play here on Tuesday night.
Mrs. J. E Robarts, director, is ac
companying the company to Seward.
The tickets will be on sale at the
Seward Drug Company on Monday,
genera* admiss’on b.‘ing $1 and child
ren 50 cents.
BUSS FIGHT
JAPANESE
VLADIVOSTOK, April 17— Heavy
fghtir.g is in pi ogress between the
Japanese and Russians at the mouth
of the Amur. Many casualties are re
ported in towns a’ong the Usuri riv
er, held by the Japanese. The Rus
sian t arc said to have started a guer
illa warfare in the hills.
FOR PAPER SUPPLY
OTTAWA April 17— A syndicate
of IHt'sh publishers are prepared to
spend forty million dol’ars in Canada
to insure an adequate and continuous
sur.rdy of newspfnt. This is according
4 o (1 R. Hall Caine, son of Hall Caine.
The young Caine is a representative
of the Brit;sh syndicate and proposes
to hu\ one thousand square miles of
timber and erect paper mills.
TRAIN GETS AWAY
r.-f^nv C;tv Limitnd got
.at, 8-25 th;s mo'T’Vg for
Anchorage with 20 passengers aboard.
The fever to com.* to the coast and
locate oil land has hit the interior.
..iany are repo, ted to be on the trail
.'ro.a Hie Iditarod, and Ruby, besides
»Ji *2* sections. Fred Swanson and B.
IcGuiie arrived from Ruby on last
night’s train and will leave on the
first boat for the westward to try and
g:t in on oil land locations at Cold
lay. Th • two men are stopping at the
.otd Overland and they report the
>11 fever has hit the prospector of
lie interior a regular solar plexus.
MEXICANS
WASHINGTON, April 17— Sen
ator Knox told the Senate this after
noon he had b‘cn informed that the
Slate Department has refused Carran
za’s requ st to transport Mexican sol
diers across the bolder and into Am
erican territory to reach the northern
part of Soao a to make an attack ow
ng to the state having declared a re
public.
AGUA PRIETA, April 17— So
no a has not proclaimed a Republic
nor withdrawn f’om Mexico, but has
nicely withdrawn f’om the Carranza
government. This is according to
F ancDeo E,;as, leader of the revolu
tionary movement.
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ESK A MINES CLOSED
Fo’iowing the appearance at An
last Tuesday afternoon, of a
co*rm!ttrte re preset t;ng the coni min
or at Eskn, together with fifty odd
in# n employed by the commission in
lWe rnrt. accompanied by a request for
tlm Washington scale of wages plus
10 rv'r cent Ass;sta*t Ch;of Engineer
C»Arg has ordered the property clos
ed ird^f’n'te’v. and unless some ad
j”st*^er>t is madA in the immed ate fu
ture the-c will be no mining at Eska
nntd the na\jy department assumes
control of operations.
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great Britain takes
STEPS TO RESTRICT
SPIES FROM ABROAD
LONDON AprM 17— The British
government is taking stens to re
strict thA operations in England of
sn?es from foe;gn countries. The
Homsa of Commons has just adonted
aeti-pnv revelations at the request
of S;r K’n^st P^Pock, the SoMcitor
G^enaL vho toM the members of
the House that information was
hetpg conected here for foreign gov
nmAnt<3 and that. th>'s ought to he
Conned for the sake of the country's
safety.
SCHOOLS take SPRING
VACATION— STRIKE OCCURS
CHICAGO Aimil 17— The public
schoo’s eiosod yesterday for the
s*nrnc vnca*;on owing to the strike of
the pr»v:ne''»\q in the school buildings
for a for*v per crtnt w°ge increase.
nryet'ryrtrwc h°VA hAAP reeC’Ving
*100 a month but given living quart
ers.