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VOLUME XIV, XUMBER 79. __-_____■ — - a— " —
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AI.A.MKDA IN AND NORTH
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Steamer Alameda arrived in |H»rt '
yesterday afternoon at -1:1.» o'clock
with tons of freight and IS pass*
enters and left for Commission yilh
at 4 :.*;n o'clock having l*"» pa.-scngei* j
and ISP ton- of freight for there. The ;
passengers ai riving on the Alameda i
for Sev.urd were \\. M. \N heeloi. Mar
garet MoC’oimick. Anna Rarion. .Mi.-.
S. O. Scott. .!. W. (Jilman. II O. R'»l»
e« ts. Cl. .Manlhy and family. \V. K. ■
Dunkle, At>s. tirant Reed. Mrs. Riuce
A. I laid. C*. Dei t/.el, A. R. Hunt and
three steei age.
There are 2*’» round tiippers on the
Alameda and they all agree that this
little old Alaska coast line is some
scenic route, but it would make .1
jjivater impre-.-ion ’t old Jup would.
cea.-e to shew *r his affections at
cveiy f»o't in Alaska tin* steamer
touched.
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SEATTLE MOVIE M VN VRKK
ROBBED IN SI OUT OE M VN Y
SEATTLE. Am.. 10 While hun
dreds were passing last night, two
bandits force*l the manager ot tin*
Coliseum movie theatre to open the
.>afe. The bandit." escaped with the
night’.' receipts of over $.»00.
m SDEE GETS DEI ISION
OAKLAND, Aug.. 10— Jimmy
Dundee, of Oakland. featherweight.
d*vi.'ion«*«l liud Ri*ll**y, of i'»*attle, List
night and Earl Build had a dra" with
Larry Jones, both San Francisco
featherweight*.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 54. Raining. Calm.
Anchorage 52, Raining. Calm.
Matanuska HO, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 50, Cloudy. Calm.
Wasilla HO. Cloudy, East.
Tulkeetna 50, Cloudy, Calm.
CioldcnH*k 5H, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 4*. Cloudy, Calm
Summit 46. Cloudy, ('aim.
Bains 4S, Cloudy, Calm.
Healy 54. Cloudy. Calm.
Nenana 54, Cloudy, Calm.
Fairbanks 56, Cloudy, ( aim.
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bn; kaumm.s of
miix;et railroad
LOS ANT.KLKS. Aug.. ID— The
“Angel's Flight.” which is said to be
the yhortest railroad in the world,
and is in operation carrying passeng
i*in up and down a Los Angeles hill,
produced a net income of $l;>,122 ir the
vear lDID. according to a statement
file! with the state railroad commis
sion. The operating revenue was $24.
51” and operating expenses totaled
$7,8D4. Taxes were S1.407. leaving a
balance ot $15,12*2.
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AMERICAN MAN WINS
HAMMER THROWING AT
BIG OLYMPIC GAMES
ANTWERP. Aur., I!>— P. J. Ryan,
of New York, today won the Olympic
came hammer thiowinR eontest.
WARSAW, Aug.. ll>— The Bolsho
viki forces aiv evacuating Brest l.ito
, sk the strongly fortified town on the
Bug river, twenty miles east of here.
This is according to official advices
. his forenoon.
PARIS, Aug., Pd— Advices received
here that the Polish forces are being
successful on all fronts with the ex
ception of in the south where the Bol
shcviki are advancing in the direction
of l.emberg. It is reported in an of
ficial statement that the Bolsheviki is
falling disorderly in a regular panic
.i!« o*t the fr >nt between the Vistula
and Bug rivers. The Polish forces are
using tanks and aeroplanes, armored
cars and heavy artillery. I he breach
mission reports many Soviet prisoners
are pouring into Wai*sa\v in such num
bers that it is becoming a problem to
caie for them.
LONDON. Aug., 10— A Moscow
official statement >ays fierce fighting
continues in the region abound War
saw but so far no decisive results have
been attained bv either side.
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M \\ NOMINATE BY
ITU NO PETITIONS
HELENA. Mont.. Aug.. 10— The
Kariner-lsibor party or any other
party may file candidates in Montana
independently, state officials hive
ruled. While the Ktjniblican and the
Democratic parties choose presidential
electors in the primaries, the tickets
are open until -0 days before the Nov
ember elections, providing the roquir
ed number of signatures tor tiling
petitions is secured, it is declared.
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CANADIAN AGENCIES
TO BE BEOBOANIZED
OTTAWA. Ont.. Aug., 10— J. A.
(’aider, Minister of Immigration and
Colonization, soon will go to Europe
to reorganize Canadian immigration
agencies there, it was recently an
nounced here.
CHILDREN TAFHHT
TO M UvE OWN SHOES
WASH I NGTON. Aug.. 10 - Monte
negrin children are being taught to
make their own shoes. Material for
">00 pairs of shoes has been sent to
Danilovgrad schools, founded by the
pod Cross, is the pioneer trade school
of Montenegro.
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EVADER EOi'ND C.I ILTY
NEW YORK, Aug., 10— Erwin
I'ergdoll was today found guilty of
desertion by evasion of the draft and
was sentenced to four years at Leav
enworth. This was the announcement
made at Governor’s Island.
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WANT JAPANESE FAIR
TOKIO, Aug., 10— A proposal to
hold a big industrial fair for the pur
pose of stimulating Japan’s industrial
progress has been adopted hv the
Chumber of Commerce.
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A CAIN ST ASIATICS
POIH'I.A Nl>, \u«.. 19— Hu
bert Hoover, in a statement issu
ed here today, declared in favor
of the exclusion of Asiatics on the
ground they cannot assimilate
with the whites and cannot coin
pet e fairly because ol the Orient
al lower standard of living.
jSEWARD SNAPSHOTS]
Miss Jam* McNally left on yester
day’s train for Anchorage to be ab-1
.s' nt several days.
Hugh Dougherty, who has been on
the inlet for several days, is expected
in »n Umlay’s train.
. •• t'mile .loii” Irvine, the man who
put Mount McKinley where it is, ar
rived on tin* Alameda and is legist r
ed at the Hotel Overland.
<*. W. Deitzel, oil man representing
Juneau men, is rcgml^red at the Over- j
land on his way westward to u n *w |
oil field.
Mis. A. Cotton and baby arrived on
the Alameda bound for Kodiak, .‘'he
is re« istcred at the Hotel Sewaid.
I
hand of gypsies arrived on the Ala
meda and are making their hewdquait- ;
eis at the Alaska House.
Roy (). Scott, of the Anchorage
'Times mechanical force, met his \.ile
here when the Alameda arrived and
left on the train for home.
The Joseph Pulitzer will get av a\
tonight or tomorrow for the westward.
Margaret McCormick ami Anna ■
Darren, fiom Seattle, arrivals on the 1
Alameda are registered at the Hotel
Seward. They are giving the district
i
tin* once over.
(Jus Manthey and family arrived or. ,
the Alameda from KaToucho on a vis*
it.
1'. c. Ferrell and A. 0. Adams c; me
in yesterday afternoon on a speedei
from out the line anti register'd at the
Hotel Seward.
George E. Chamberlin, ,lr., some of
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, who
has been working for the commis. ion j
at E*ka and Chickaloon as doctor’s as
sistant, will arrive on the train this
afternoon bound for the outside to • e
sume his medical studies.
H. 0. Roberts, of the San Juan
Fishing Company, returned from Fa*
l ouche on the Alameda.
The train for the interior, altei
waiting for the arrival yesterday of
tin* Alameda, got away at 1 o’clock
with mail, freight and passengers.
G orge Henning, of the Anchorage
Elk’s initiating team, arrived fiom
Cordova, where a class was adorned
with Elk’s antlers, and left for Com
missionville on the train. Mr. Penning
will shortly leave for Xcnana and
Fairbanks on a checking up trip for
tin* Supply department and incidental
ly to install a new system of keep ng
the accounts.
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MOVIE INC H'S BOYS
TO COMMIT CRIME
OSAKA. Japan Aug., 10— Con
vinced that sensational motion pictur
es incited Japanese boys to the recent
murder of two schftol-girls here, the
police have prohibited children under
If! years from attending picture shows
open to adults. Police examination
demonstrated that the killing of the
^iris who were carried off by force
and slain was due to an idea obtained
at a movie show. Films for children
henceforth will receive a special con
s'. j bhip.
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GOSH— WON'T THEY LEARN?
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One Christmas concern in Mew
York and another in Chicago, believe
that Alaska is foreign territory. The
Seward Drug Company has received
“export invoices" for shipments of
novelties from both firms which huv*
arrived on the recent steamers. Some- ■
times one imagines he is in foreign
territory. Owing to the rod tape and
conservation laws and regulations, hut
at that Alaska flies thu Stars and
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Stripes, just the same.
SOME LITTLE OLD MAIL
SERVICE IN NORTHLAND;
A package was shipped by expresa
from Cincinnati, to a man on Unimak
Pass, to the westward, in September,
PM 7. The package came to Seward.
The man received word the next year
that the package was sent. Express
Agent McDonald, in Seward, wrote to
the Unimak Pass man that there was
no express service to the westward
and if lie woiyl lot ward a certain sum
of money the package would lx* send
by parcel post. 'I’he Unimak Pass man
received the letter from Mi*. McDon
ald and forwarded the money in May (
>f this year. The money was received
by Mr. McDonald oil the last trip ot
(he mail boat, which was August 12.
The package goe«* forward on the Pul
itzer and should reach the Unimak
Pass man at least three years aftei
it wa.s shipped from Cincinnati.
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SAYS H AUDI NCI IS NOT
KKPCRLICAN CHOICE AND
WILL VOTE FOR DEMOCRAT
'’IIICAHO. Aug., 19— Timothy
Hicks, of Illinois, delegate at laige to
tho Republican National convention,
who was instructed to vote for Low
Jon for the Presidential nominat on,
announced today he would support
Democratic nominee (’ox. would how
ever affiliate with the Republican*,
but could not vote for the Republican
nominee Harding who was not the
real choice of the party.
I APT. EVANS TO BE
COVEKNOK OE SAMOA
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug., 19
Captain Waldo B. Evans has been de
tached from the dreadnaught Wyom
ing t<> take tin* governoi ship of Sa
moa, displacing Commander W. J.
Terhune there. Agitation by natives
against the Terhune administration
resulted recently in the stoning of bis
residence by a native mob.
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TITLE AT STAKE IN
DEMPSEY — MISKE BOUT
CHICAGO, Aug., ID- Jack Dempsey
will run the risk of losing his cham
pionship title by a referee’s decis
ion when he fights Billy Miske o!
; St. Haul, at Benton Harbor, Mich.,
Laboi Day, unless present plans go
astray.
Under the Michigan law, decision
bouts are pcrmissabic when sanc
tioned by the State Boxing Commiss
ion and promoter Fitzsimmons an
nounced today that he bad received
assurances from the commission that
a decision would be allowed.
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units BEING SMUGGLED
FROM ALASKA TO SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Aug., 19— Two gangs
of smugglers are believed operating
between Alaska and Seattle. False
bottomed trunks and boxes are being
used. The authorities hav<* already
seized a number of boxes and trunks
containing furs which came from
Eagle and St. Michael.
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CAN YOC BKAT IT?
The Valdez .Miner say a man there
recently gathered fifteen pounds «»1
rhubarb from one hill in his garden
and left enough for restocking. '1 his is
pretty good but a Seward woman the
other day took one stock of rhubarb
from one hill and made three large,
two inch deep pies. Next.
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I ISH l it \I\S HAUI) HIT
IJV KKTC'HIK AN STOKM
According to advices brought to
Sewsi d by the officers of the Alame
da. Ketchikan cannoiymen and tiap
owners suffered a loss of three quart
er* a million dollars by a storm
which raged there recently. The loss
was greater in fish than in traps, and
it will take the trapmon the greater
part of the season to repair damages.
Bight inches of rain fell in twenty
four hours, an unprecedented occur
rence for Alaska.
The traps were overflowing with
fish when the gale st »« k and those
escaped. In some cases fishing may
he resumed but the majority of the
outfits arc a complete loss and no at
tempt will be made to redrive this
reason. Several traps which escaped
damage by the storm are piled high
with kelp and seaweed. It may take
several days to clean these out.
The damage done to the traps i."
summarized as follows:
Sawyer and McKay lost their float
ing trap near Chacom. The big trap
weathered the gale without serious
damage, but is full of kelp.
Not a stick is left standing to mark
the location of the A. P. A. trap at
Ship island. The trap was only fin
ished recently and had not started
to fish when the stoim struck.
The Sunny Point trap as Ship isl
and was seriously damaged.
The H. Burgman trap at Seal Bay
is a total loss.
The Davies-Bartholomew trap at
Straits island is a wreck and will not
be redriven.
The Beauclaire Packing company
reported that it had lost its best trap.
The Columbia Packing Co. at Tena
kee lost its traps.
The Burkhardt trap north of Cape
Chacon was badly torn.
The McKenzie-Paup trap was strip
ped of gear.
The Payne trap at Halibut creek is
damaged but fishing again.
The Southern Alaska trup at Cape
Fox was reported to have gone out.
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j FIREMEN SAVES MANY
FROM THE FLAMES
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug., 19
Captain Courtney, of the Fire Depart
ment, rescued a score of men, women
and children, including his own wife,
in fires early this morning which burn
ed eight residences. The property
damage is estimated at $100,000.
XASHVILLK. Aug.. l'J- Suffrage
load< rs declare they will not slacken
their effo ts to obtain the ratification
of at least one more state before tho
November elections as they expect a
fight to l>e made against Tenner >o’s
action on . late constitutional grounds.
WASH IXCTOX, Aug.. l'J - Secre
ta y of State Colby announces he is
ready to promulgate the necessary
piociamation on '.hr ratification of .>>uf
fiage when he receives a formal notice
that Tennessee has ratified the
am rdment.
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KALEIIJH, Aug., l'J The House
today defeated the suffrage amend
ment by a vote of 71 to 41.
The Senate having already voted
to postpone action until next January,
the House rejection practically ends
the fight in North Carolina until then.
XASIlVIU.fc. Aug., ID— Judge
Debow charged tie Cirand Jury today
that efforts to ir (properly influence
and corrupt the law making power iii
the state was being made and laid
special emphasis on the light for the
ratification of suffrage.
The Judge’s charge followed the
publication in the Daily Tennesseean
anil Daily Manner of two affidavits
that undue influence had b«vn brought
to beur on one member of the House
who first voted to table the ratifica
tion resolution and later voted for the
adoption. The single vote decided the
issue in favor of suffrage.
NASHVILLE, Aug., ID— The House
adjourned at noon today until ten o’
clock tomorrow morning without an
effort being made to reconsidei rati
ficution not withstanding the affidav
its apperaing in daily newspapers
from one member of the House that
he was coerced.
MARION, Aug., 19— Warren G.
Ilurding declared that the grant of
suffrage to women would be especial
ly welcome to the Republicans be
cause “of the great moral, and social
reform to be achieved, which had been
menaced by the convert purpose of our
opponents attack.” Harding predicted
the women will stand with the Repub
licans through the realization that the
party will achieve a social betterment
while the “Democrats notoriously re
fused to enforce reforms.”
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NEVADA UNIVERSITY
FOOTBALL TEAM GOING
TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
HONOLULU, T. H., Aug., 19—Un
iversity of Nevada football team will
come to Honolulu for Christmas and
New Year’s games with the Univer
sity of Hawaii gridiron stars if- the
visitors’ expenses are guaranteed, ac
cording to advices received from Pre
sident W. E. Clark of the Nevada in
stitution.
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