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SEWARD. ALASKA. '• EDNESDAY. MAY 3. 1920. T,:-' c ENLS
VOL1 ME XIII, NUMBER - ---r___
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SEATTLE. May •>- The Alaska
and transportation bureaus ot the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce are
prepared to report lor the submission
of the advisory committee at the hear
ing here on hriduy urging that Alas
ka is the proper place to study Alask
an conditions and recommending that
hearings be heal there. The two com
mittees will also urge an adequate
and low cost m w-ter tram portation
and pleads that the mails he carried
as mail and not as freight. The com
mittees will also suggest more coast
surveys and reimbursement to steam
ship lines for increased insurance
rates demanded because of the perils
of northern waters. The report will al
so urge the development of Alaska
\wih c. fill attention to the transpor- '
tation problems and io*.ul freight and
passenger service for outlying localit
It is recommended that Alaska
coal be used by Alaska steamship and
industries instead of California fuel.
The inter departmental committee will
b st org'y u ged to go north and in
vesi gate on the ground.
S •ward Wins:—
The Sewa’ d Chamber of Commerce
w; J first to adopt the suggestion
♦ b- * tin* comm'ttee come to Alaska.
t-> the kind to b° d''ve^on°d. Much pro
test was heard but Seattle committees
of the Chamber of Commerce have
»n th* wi dom of the request made
by the Seward Chamber of Commerce.
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Drills and other machinery will be
at work this summer on the oil land
at Cold Hay owned by the eastern
company which is represented by J.
J. Finnegan. This is the information
given in Seward by Jack Lee " ho
passed th ough on the Admiral \V it
son yesterday for Kodiak. Mr. l.eo
stated that Mr. Finnegan would also
com ' north per:* >s h fore the middle
of this month and would go to the
\ estvard to the property owned by
the eastern company.
ALAMEDA DI E TONIGHT
Steamer Alameda, with a luigo
number of p;is> ngers for Seward and
two day’s mail, is due at midnight ac
cording to advices received by Agent
McDonald. The Alameda will go
through to Anchorage, this being her
first trip up the Inlet this season.
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PENSIONS INCREASED
WASHINGTON, May C>— President
Wilson has signed the bill increasing
the pensions of civil war veterans,
ihoir widows and dependant*.
D1XILAND, Cal.. May 3— The body
of Nina Lee Deloney, one of the wives
alleged to have been murdered by the
polygamist Huirt, was found late yes
terday afternoon by the searchers,
led by the alleged slayer. The body
had been sunk in a shallow grave
where Huirt claimed ho buried her
after beating her to death with a
hammer.
RYAN GOING OCT
Matt Ryan came in last night from
Mile 52 and will be a passenger to the
states on the Alameda.
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PROHIBITION GOING
TO COME VEli Y HIGH *
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WASHINGTON, May 5— Pro *
* hibition will cost Eighty eight
mil.ion dollars annua.ly declared
Representative Gallivan, Demo
* crat ot Massachusetts. “We can
* not keep prohibition out ol poli
* lies either,” replied Gallivan.
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SERIOUS BRUSH EIRE
A brush fire east of Third Avenue,
near A., street which has been burn.ng
for many days, fanned by the high
w.nd this forenoon, started on a 1am
page. The file spread quickly towards
T'ourth Avenue, then acioss that ave
nue and towaids the tracks and north
to the machine shops. The fire alarm
was sounded and about twenty re
sponded. The soldiers then joined in
the fight and men from the shops also
uugumented the forces. The flames
were surrounded and arc being kept
from, spreading. Two shacks owned by
Hob n & Davis, one containing a hun
dred sacks of cement and lime, owned
by Gerhard Johnson, were destroyed.
STUCCOING BUILDING
Gerhard Johnson is well along in
his woik of Stuccoing the Odd Fellows
building on Adams street. When the
work is completed the building will
present a fine appearance and shows
that the Odd Follows arc keeping
abreast of the times.
LADIES AID TO MEET
The Ladies Aid Society of the Me
thodist church will meet tomorrow af
temoon at 2 o’clock in the Sunday
school room at the church.
FORMER ALASKANS ARE
AT CASPER, WiOMINti
Arthur Malochc, formerly of Sew
ard. and who was mining at one time
in the Cache Creek district, is now in
the oil game tit Casper Wyoming r.c
cording to a letter received by A. H.
McDonald, Arthur Jett, who was min
ing at Sunrise, is also in the oil busi
ness at Casper. Judge Murane, form
erly of Nome, has just won a criminal
case there and has received the con
gratulations of those in the legal pro
fession.
train out tomorrow
There will be a mixed train out
from Seward tomorrow morning at 8
o’clock. The train will go only as far
as Kern Creek and no connections will
bo made with a train for Anchorage.
KETCHIKAN, May 5— F. J. Fuin
ivall, former manager of the Alaska
Trust and Investment Company of
this city, has been indicted by the Fed
eral Grand Jury for embezzlement of
$2,900 of the funds of the institution.
Ernest Walker and Karl Branden
bui g were also indicted on three sep
arete charges—for violation of the
white slave act, for forgery and for
impersonating an officer.
Furnivall was the organizer of
the new bank here. Formerly he
was actively engaged in the real es
tate and investment business.
WASHINGTON, May 5— Secretary
of the Interior Payne today issued a
statement urging thaw all merchant
marine and the naval vessels be de
signed to burn coal in anticipation of
an oil shortage.
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BEATS JOHNSON 2 TO 1
BALTIMORE, Maiyland, May r>—
In the presidential primaries in this
state, the returns show that Wood has
beaten Johnson two to one. The vote
was a i:ght one. The Democrats go to
their convention uninstructed.
UT \il REPUBLIC ANS W ILL
GO TO THE CONVENTION
AT CHICAGO lT N IN STRUCT El)
PRICE, Utah, May 5— At the
State convention of the Republicans
held h re today, eight delegates were
elected to the Chicago convei tion and
they will go uninstructed. The dele
gates include two women.
SUGAR AGAIN JUMPS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5— An
other increase of two and one quarter
cents a pound wholesale in sugar has
caused the jobbers to announce a
price to $22.75.
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SUCCESSOR TO MANNING
WASHINGTON, May 5— Freder
ick G. Cotterell, of California, has
been nominated director of the Bureau
of Mines succeeding Van H. Manning
who has resigned.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS
GO SOLID FOR COX
LOUISVILLE, May 5— At the
Democratic convention held at Sterh
ta today, the convention delegates
f ive Gov. Cox the entire delegation of
25.
DEATH TOLL GROWING
MUSKOGEE, May 5— The death
tol of the Sunday tornado which
st uck Peggs, Oklahoma, has reached
70 with many seriously injured who
will die.
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NEW TWO CENT PIECE
WASHINGTON, May 5— The Sen
ate has passed the hill authorizing the
coinage of the new Iiooscvelt two cent
piece.
JOHNSON HAS BIG LEAD
IN STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO. May 5— With
returns in from two thirds of the
state, Johnson hiys 130 000 plurality
over Hoover and is stili gaining.
NO SENIORITY RIGHTS
RESTORED TO STRIKERS
CHICAGO, May 5— The managers
of the various railroads have refused
to restore sonority rights to the strik
ing switchmen. Nineteen thousand
switchmen are still out.
KNOX RESOLUTION ON
PEACE TO BE VETOED
WASHINGTON, May 5— Admin
*<?V nUon off’eia's clo^e t(^ President
W,Msou believe he will certainly veto
the Knox peace resolution.
* NEW REGULATIONS
* OIL TEK.UITS
'I he Gateway has received the *
* following from Trank A. Boyle, *
* Register of the land office at
* Juneau: “Applications for oil per
* mils should be accompanied by a
¥ rough pencil sketch showing the
* natural landmarks and a Ijoin'ng r
* claims.” *
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WASHINGTON, May 5— Post
master G m 'ral Burleson reported to
day that in his operation of the tele
graph and telephone systems during
the war, it cost the government $14,
505 G50. He asks for an immediate ap
propriation in order that the bills may
be liquidated.
DEMPSEY TO BE
RE-SENTENCED
Melvin Dempsey, convicted of the
murder of Isaac Bran and darg .
Lavor, failed to perfect his appeal to
the higher courts on the 20th of last
month, the limit of the time allowed
and he will be rc-sontcnccd at the
present term of the district court at
Valdez by Judge Brown. Th s is ac
cording to information received today
in Seward.
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WASHINGTON, May 5— Though
1 u c airanzu, of Mexico may
t ]• . om time, his reign is grow
oj an eiui according to all advices
‘ od lit re. Cuirunza’s enemies are
ig h m from all sides. Their
i' th i. gradually increasing from
f.om the government forc
* f;. ! of Juarez enables the re
o .iGoi.isls i-> now tuin their strenfth
ds Carranza'* home
r >!• rh >id at Coahaile. Meanwhile,
revolutionists from southern Mex
co a almost knocking at the gates
; I xico City.
aGVA Pit!ETA, May 5 - The Mex
c ;i g inboat Ulanco has joined the re
volutionists.
EL PASO, May 5— General Esco
bar, commander and former leader of
he forces which joined the revolution
ist on Monday, says the next effort
of the revolutionists will be against
Mexico City.
Governor Huerta, of the Republic
of hViora. has issued an invitation to
fo o’gn capital to enter Mexico.
WASHINGTON, May 5— Secretary
of the Navy Daniels has ordered a
division of destroyers now with the
Atlantic fleet to sail immediately for
K.'v West to hrtld for possible duty
n Mexican waters. No reports a»*e ser
ious hut distin bances are bound to
com'*.
Cornnza is repo**ted using air
pf'p'nst thrt st’-on^hoM^ of the
*• ;n the neighborhood of Mexico
rMV. Many bombardments are report
ed.
It is also svd that Pobio Gonzales,
ovd^n* ^’’nnoftev of P**es’der»t Cardan*
;c decoding the Federal fo>res and
f-^ov p»*r* p’so reported to have turned
tn IV.O rv^.-ph ro th through AMs
ro fo rhori» the advance of the revolu
tionists from Sonora.
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NEW YORK, May 5— William
\doo, in a • • ;
Council, of Brooklyn, says he is not
interested in political fortunes of any
m-n. least of all himself. M •. McAdoo
said the we1 fare of the people alone
should determine the choice of the
next President.
“The office demands the highest
order of statesmanship,” wrote Mr.
Mi Adoo , “and the other qualifica
t’ens are a^so many which I doubt T
ss. VI labor must assert itself
» against any reaction.”