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— - SEWARD. ALASKA, ft KSDAY. AI (il ST 1020. IEN ChMS I ER lOPY
VOU ME \l\. NUMBER 6S. _ Vr"! *_—___
i ITY I'OI M II. MKKTS
At tin* meeting of the city council
Iasi night little business was tians
act-*ii. .Mayor Ohaniherlin and t’ouncil
men H«;.ir.*r. K efting. Kdswo th. .Yic
Sr* r, Gra
out. The report of K. L. W’hittemorc
and John Noon, local representatives
who accompanied Secretary Oaniels
and Secretary Payne on tin* trip to the
Chicknloon coai fields was lead a id
pl;i4*ed 4>n liie. Ill** report was the
as previously puhlishe*! in the
(iatnvay. Treasurer Ikwgherty re
ports! $-k**4T..“.4 on hand on August
1st. Hills amounting t«> .S104h.01 cov
ering monthly pay rolls and incident
als were ordereil pai they having
been O. Keti l»y th** finance committee.
One bill for SP.1.70 for a light stand
aid was disallowed until the finance
committee could make a report. The
water committee was instructed to
take up the matter *»f a hydrant tor
fire protection for the San Juan t o.,
with the Sewai'il Water & Power ( oni-|
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pany.
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GOVERNMENT SEEMS WINNER
MEXICO SEEMS WINNER
IN GENERAL ELECTIONS
Mexico City. Auk.. Only a
few minor disorders marked the eon
«*•
Sessional elections though Mexico
held Sunday. Indications point to the
elections of Libera! ( onstitutionalists
or jfovernment party candidates.
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MASFFAFTFRERS
SAID TO TRY TO
CREATE STAMPEDE
WASHINGTON. Aug.. 2— Howard
M. Figg. assistant attorney general,
today charged that manufacturers and
jobbers of wearing apparel are at
tempting through a carefully prepar
ed propaganda to “stampede the re
tailed and public into renewed ficti
tous demand” for clothing and thereby
foi'co the prices higher.
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PLANTS IN ROUND THE
WORLD DERBY TO CALI.
AT SF VTTI.E WESTBOUND
NEW YORK. Aug.. 2— Seattle is
included in the route of the first aerial
derby around the world course. The
course is 22.207 miles. No date has yet
been set for the start.
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TACOMA. Aug.. - (hairman
Johason. of tin* House Immigration
Committee, said the investigation nou
l> • g nia.d'* by the committee, had re
sulted in the di.-covo y and «leiinite lo
cation of an underground system
which sailing I thousands of Japan
ese into tli * I’nited States yearly. The
s\ tern begins at \okohama and
('hairman Johason said the under
giouud route leads to Honolulu, thence
to Cuyamus, on the Cult of California.
The system >s perfect and an escort
is provided. Chaiiman Johason slid
the Japanese in the United States,
Mexico and Honolulu protect th*ii
countrymen \\1u> are smuggled. Some
«)« in : » and fiim action will shortl>
taken regarding this gigantic
smuggling scheme.
'Pom Osbo, who has been taking in
the sights at Seattle and Everett. is
retiming home on the Admiral V* at*
sen which sailed from Seattle on Sun
day.
C. A.'Kanks, from (Jirdwood. i>
registered at the Hotel Overland.
E. It. Tarwater has taken apartr
ments at the Hotel Overland.
E. A. Allan, tourist, is registered
i
at the Hotel Seward and will go south
on the Northwestern.
Mrs. Ci. C. Winter, Jr., came in on
the train yesterday from Mile 7(» and
is registered at the Hotel Seward.
C. A. McDougall, on his way to
Po t Chatham, is registered at the He
tel Seward.
Antone Fide, wife and daughter
will leave on tomorrow’s train for An
chorage.
The office of Resident Engined
vieorge Colwell is today he’ng mo/ed
from the commission building to the
old store’s department building.
The (iateway City limited will leave
tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock.
Miss Rich is now with the Alaska
Shop.
On the train from Anchorage Thurs
day will be a large delegation ot Knst
•rn Star to participate in the organi
•ation of a lodge here on Friday even
ing.
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SPOKANE BANKER DIES OF
THE SLEEPING SICKNESS
SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug:., 3— Thom
as H. Brewer. President of the Fidel
ity National hank, died this afternoon
from the sleeping: sickness.
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xrw YORK. Auk-.-I - Th* Assoc
iated Press summary ties afternoon
shows that all advices indicate the
Polish situation from a Polish-Allied j
standpoint is approaching a crisis. 1 he
Polish armistice delegation has failed
to obtain terms from the Russians.
Meanwhile Polish resistance has
relaxed. Warsaw seems doomed to
capture. Americans -have been warned
to stay at their own risk.
CAlAJAKY. Auk- - Three men,
early this morning. held up a Canad
ian Pacific ea 4 bound train near Sen
tinel. II. t\. and after securing a la »e
amount of money and jewelry f? in
tin* pa>sem?ers dropped from tin* m v
ing train anil escaped. ,
KANSAS CITY, Aug., U— rout*
negro bandits, in an automobile, held
up the messenger of the Troost Ave- ;
nuo bank shortly afternoon today and
secured $2000 in cash and over $10,
000 in checks. The bandits escaped
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HOLDS MKKTlMi TONICiiT
The Sewaul Chamber of Commerce
will hold a meeting tonight at ' < -
clock in the town hall. It is desired to
have representatives thorn Anchor;*. .*.
Valdez, Cordova and Katalla assemble
at >oiqy place and try and work ou‘ a
harmonizing scheme for developin' ut
to present t • Secretary Payne as he
latter requested on his recent vi .it.
Tin* meeting tonight i.s ior the purpose
of starting tvork on this program.
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COMMl'MST Ul'LK l*KIN«J
MA1TKI* Ol'T l'OK BKiri A>.
LONDON. Aug., .‘1— At the C .1
' iiunist convention hero Sunday, au
i agreement was reached for the British
'
Communist party for “the purpose of
establishing a communist rule. the
> \\oiking classes controling all forces
i.f } .eduction.”
CANADIAN!} ISSI’E CHALLENGE
TO AMERICAN YACHTSMEN
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NEW YORK, Aug., 3— Alexander
; C. Ross, of Montreal, wealthy mine
t wner. has telegraphed Commodore J.
P. Morgan, of the New York Yacht
Club, challenging to compete for Am
erica’s cup. Ros* says the Canadians
vill build a yacht on the Atlantic
coast and will man it with Canadians.
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IN DIANA 1*0 LIS, Aug.. It is
announced today at tho Union Mine
Workers headquarter* that the bitu
minous mines of ln«,; >na and Illinois
will be closed the latter part of tois
week. A strike over wage demmands
i> being re-opened.
SLt LLTAItV DA NI MLS HACK
IN W \SHINTON AND IS
KOOSTlMa FOK NOimiLAND
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WASHINGTON, Aug., d— Secre
tary of the navy Daniels returned to
day from his trip to Alaska and the
Pacific Coast. He announced that the
navy geological survey officials were
now investigating Alaska oil supplies.
Secretary Daniels said Alaska coal
and oil will furnish a large part of the
supply for the Pacific fleet and com
mercial vessels.
ROMANIAN rLTIMATUM
VIENNA. Aug., d— Rumania has
uPimatumcd Soviet Russia giving the
later three da vs to withdraw Soviet
troops from Rumanian territory. This ,
is aeroiding to a dispatch from Bel
grade. In the event of Russia’s failure |
to comply with the ultimatum, Ru
mania will dcc’nrc a general moboliza
I ]
tion. |
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Rl’TII M \KES 38th HOMER j
CHICAGO. Auer.. 3— In the frame
h-o-o this afternoon, Rabe Ruth made
his 38th home run of the season.
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ADMIRAL WATSON CO.MINO
SEATTLE, Aug., - Steamer Ad
miral Watson sailed Sunday morn
ing at 10 o’clock for Alaska ports with
1 H> passengers, the following being
for Seward:
Tom Osbo,
Miss II. Larson,
Miss l.Uiel Dee,
II) st*»e,age.
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Si LNT AM \TOR KILLED
LOS ANGELES, Aug.. Lieut.
Ormer Locklear, noted stunt aviator,
an 1 Lieutenant Milton Elliott, were
killed today when their pkane .crashed
1000 feet to the earth. The accident
was witnessed by thousands.
Locklear is well known to movie
fans of Seward. Sunday night Lock
lear was shown jumping from one
aeroplane to another while at a high
altitude. Generally Locklear used a
rope ladder in going froifl plane to
plane hut in the Sunday reel he jump
ed from one plane and barely caught
the wings of the other plane, swing
ing back and forth by his own mo
mentum at a dizzy height.
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TEKKIFIC LIGHT IS OX
WARSAW, Aug.,Brest Litovsk
the last great fortress guarding War
saw from the east, lias apparently
fallen before a tremendous assault.
The Polish armies are being pounded
to pieces over a front of 100 miles
making a desperate attempt in an ef
fort to capture the capitol before the
armistice is concluded.
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ULTIMATUM BY SOVIETS
LONDON, Ausr„ 3— Provisional
Soviets have been formed in parti* of
Poland occupied by the Russian troops
according to a Moscow wireless and a
manifesto declares that a stable peace
between Russia and Potend is only
possible through a Soviet of workers.
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ALASKA FLIERSHOPPING
JASPER, Aug., 3— Throe army
planes which arrived here last night
from Edmonton bound for Nome, left
at 8:25 o’clock this morning for Prince
George. Capt. Street's plane developed
a slight fire. He expects to leaye dur
ing the late afternoon.
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DUBLIN, Aug., •“>— rears are op
« /v expressed by Irish and English
officials that the Irish situation may
hurst into a conflagration very short
ly and will virtually amount to a civil
war, especially south of the Boyne
river. There is now no civil law except
that administered by the Republic
courts. It is estimated there an* now
between 60,000 and 80,000 British sol
diers in Ireland and they are being
reinforced daily, time frequent and
stubborn battles are reported with Re
publican volunteei • as a result every
day.
NEW YORK. Aug., 3— Marcus
GarvPy, President General of the Un
iversal Negro Improvement Associa
tion, :n an address here last night, de
clared that England, France, Belgium
and every other white nation that has
“pre-empted any portion of the Atri
ican continent” will be summarily or
dered out. Garvey predicted that Asia
would soon undertake the bloodiest
war to match the strength of civiliza
tion of the age. Garvey said that the
tim-' was now for the negro to strike
for his heritage.
MEXICANS TURNED
DOWN BY THE U. S.
WASHINGTON, Aug.. 3— The
government has refused Gover
nor Cantu's request for permis
sion to import arms and ammuni
tion from the United States for
use in repelling the reported in
vasion of the Mexican federal
forces.
AT LAST SOMETHING FREE
NEW YORK, Aug., 3— It was to
day announced that beginning on Oct
ober 15th, free radium treatment for
cancer sufferers will be administered
by the state at Buffalo. The treat
ment will be ope \ to any citizen oi the
United States.
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CAMP LEWIS PERMANENT
TROOPS NOW ASSEMBLING
TACOMA, Aug., 3— The vanguard
of the Fourth Division now perman
ently assigned to Camp Lewis has ar
rived. The first Infantry has left foe
fort Lawton, Seattle and Vancouver,
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