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SEWARD. ALASKA.TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1919.
VOLUME XIU. NUMBER 151. .- - - - •
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WASHINGTON*. Xov., I— l*ri si- mod in Alaska. I wo nnlhon dollais
dent Wilson tinhiy signed the urg; nt ar a.1- » include! m t!rs <l‘,f >*ienry ap
deficiency hill which carries six mil- propriatiim lor the enforcement ot
lion dollars for the government ia»l- war time prohibition. .
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CEMETERY IS IN
A DEPLORABLE j
CONDITION !
According to a written report mad* '
to the city council last mght bv !•'. ’• j
Wood. Woodlawn cemetery s in a d • j
plorablc state as regards location • • j
graves and unmarked graves. Itecmn
mendations wee made to have th
state of affairs quickly remedied.
Mr. Wood stated that there were 77
graves in the cemetery but the record
showed there should only he *4. 1 hr
report also showed that many grave
wore in the streets 01 allo\*» of ■ a*
cemetery, that several graves are tin j
marked and special atten ion was csei J
ed to the fact that the grave of Char?
e< H. Wiley, killed two years ago
while in the performance of Ids duties
as Chief of Police, has not been locat
ed.
Mr. Wood suggested that a sexton !
should be appointed, deeds shown b** [
given to purchasers of lots, bodies in :
graves in various parts of the city
should b«' removed to the cemetery
and that payment for lots in the cem
etery, not deeded, should be secured.
Mr. Wood reported that the ceme
tery had been now properly staked
and roadways constructed. He applied
for the position of sexton.
The report was filed and th*' ceme- j
tery committee authorized to prepaid
estimate of the cost to rectify condi
tions and to consider the application
of Mr. Woods fo- the position of sex
ton at the next regular meeting.
Capt George Black, who was a lead
er of Dawson soldiers in ?ne war, nas
resumed the practice of law at Van
couver, B. C.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio., Nov.. 4
One hundred and fifty women this af
ternoon attempted to prevent worker.
•‘T.terimr th»* Youngstown Sheet Tub*
Company’s plant. Deputy Sheriff*
j o«l to stop the women. Bricks au l
stones flew hard and last for a short
lime. Five m< n and four women were
ppjced under arrest.
CHICAGO. Nov., 4— Steel picket
'j*s have been withdrawn fiom Gary,
anti Indiana Harbor plants. For th
first time slice the steel strike stari
id, workers entered the plants mi
ni o’ested.
K. 1). Pomeroy and wife came in
-esi.crdyy from 11*• interior and ar*
*evd iv t:» Hotel Sexton. V.
P<.m ' oy is rn; sing his first trip to th*1
oili.tide in tw« iv years. He is an rn
• ;*v r «*n th u<*\»* nment railroad a
Nenana.
X. 1). Rothwoll, guest at the 1 lo^* •
0 rand. is s* oe> intends it ol th
Gold Bullion mine in the Willow Croe1
\ vrut. Mr. Both V i; going to th*
• for th° winter.
Harold Painter, who mnch‘ a vi;*:
*.» Vnchorage hut week, joined th
Klks while in that city.
Judge C. K. Bunnell and otlim
•onit officio’s I ”1 arrive on the Nor
thwestern from YuWot and leave «»
the first train for Anchorage where :•
term of court will 1>*» held. The com
t ' m*\vas to have been called yester
day. Judge David is adjourning cour
from day to day until the official
reach Anchorage.
Mrs. Theodore Maud De Bong, for
merly of Anchorage, where her nils
band was with the commission, dir*'
suddenly in Seattle last week from th*
nw aconh’ng to advices received here
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MAYOR WRITES
MEARS ABOUT
IMPROVEMENTS
On October 24th. Mayor Chamber
lin sent a letter to Frederick Mear-.’,
Chairman of the Alaska Engineering
Commission, regarding the use of
money for grading, etc., of streets in
the Federal addition. This latter was
read at the city council last night and |
is as follows:—
Congress passed an act appropiiac-1
ing fifty per-cent of the proceeds from
the sale of government lots in tow i s
along the railroad for the improve
ment of the* property sold by the gov
ernment.
Mr. Christensen, when head of the
land department, informed the City
authorities here that the fund awiil
I abb- from the Federal and Cliff ad
ditions was about $14,000.00; that
about $2,000.00 was used in plating,
removing stumps from the streets, and
minor expenses, which should hav<
i left $10,000.00 or $12,000.00 in the
fund.
Mr. Christensen assured the City
that this money would be used in im
proving streets and laying tempo'a'
sidewalks where most needed by th -
people who were induced to purchase
lots and erect homes in these add
tions.
Since that time a small amount of
work has been done from this fund ay
the engineer in charge. Numerous re
j quests have been made by the City,
and its officers, for this fund to he ox
pended for the purpose it was intend
ed.
The City made a request of the en
gineer in charge, through its mayoi
' and through its street committee, thn*
a temporary three plank walk be laid
on A Street in Urn Federal Addition.
.0 the railroad right of way, to con
nect with a walk built early in the
season by the City, on Fourth Avenue,
ai^ll terminating at the Federal Add<
| tion south line, »n order to give re
1 lief to employees of the railroad
shops, the San Juan Packing Company
and passengers that have to trave
back and forth from the steamer
while the steamers are tied to the S:\
Juan dock.
This improvement »* within '
meaning of the law; is an improve
ment to the Federal Addition, and ids*
all Seward.
The streets in these additions bav<
not been dedicated to thn City by I ho
(rovommont, and wo have no 'e::a'
Hfrht to improve tlio various streets
in these additions.
Will you kindly advise me as to
the amount of money remaining in
this fund?
Wlom the government sold these
additions the purchasers were assured
•it the sale that they would have light
w;» »«•, t"’ephone. and other improve
ments. Four years have passed and
the promises made to poor people pro
viding a home for themselves.
1 have been authorized by the C<ty
Council to present these questions foi
your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
E. E. Chamberlin,
Mayor.
'MERIC \X RAILWAYMEN
ORDERED FROM SIBERIA
OMSK. Nov.. 4— The American
railway corps now in Siberia has been
ordered to return home to the United
States at once.
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SAILING OF THE STEAMER
ADMIRAL WATSON DELAYED
Steamer Admiral Watson, schedul
ed to sail from Seattle tomorrow, ha.c
postponed until Friday morning, Nov
7th, at 10 o’clock in the morning.
ESPIONAGE
LAW WILL :
REMAIN
WASHINGTON, Nov., 4— The Son- j
at«* Judiciary Committe has unani- 1
mously declined to recommend the re
peal of the espionage act and decided
to let th° law stand because it includ- 1
os soaich warrant and other provisions
necessary for the enforcement of the
prohibition laws.
TAXES AGAINST
RAILROAD ARE
ANNULLED
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At the meeting of the city council
| last night, City Attorney Ray appoa -
' od and presented n resolution that all
! taxes against ihc Alaska Northern
Railway he cancelled as the prope rv
now belongs to the Federal govenv
ment . Grading for street against the
five lots upon which the commission
headquarters in Seward is located wa*
an estimate of cost to rectify eondi
assessed at $125.00. Under suspension
of the rules, the council passed the
resolution.
Mayor Chamberlin and all council
men were present at the meeting last
night.
Brosius & Noon requested perm is
tion to cover a machine shed on lower
Broadway with roofing paper. The
building is to be used temporaily this
winter and permission to use the roof
ing paper was granted, the buildine
to either he removed or covered with
;ron in the spring.
Overcharges on taxes, in the case? j
>f soldiers while in tne service of the
government, amounting to $10.80. ,
vero ordered refunded.
The monthly salary bills, labo
bills, etc., were read and after bein^
; ). Ked hv the finance committee were
| ordered paid. The bills amounted tc
1 *2 056.79.
The Council authorized the clerk L'
draw a warrant in favor of the Sehoo5
Board for $1500 the sum due th'
board.
s E w A R D SNAPSHOT?!
Dr. Hlyth is returning from La
Touche on the Northwestern acco dinp
| a cable received by George Sexton
H. S. Wanamakcr and C. Peterson
registered at the Hotel Seward, spon'
the summer working on W isemai
creek in the Koyukuk. They report on
orations practically suspended in tin |
district on account of the high cos'
of labor, provisions and other nece*
sities. Both are going outside for the
winter but will return north in tin
spring.
Over sixty were out last night skat
ing on the second lake.
! Agent A. H. McDonald, of the Alas
| ka Steamship Co., expects to he :
’ passenger to the states on the North
i western to remain until aftei the holi
I days.
I Dr. Cummings of the U. S. S. Saturr
leavf- on the Northwestern enroutc *c
Los Angeles.
The Northwc *ern will have te>
days mail .aboard from the states and
j Alaska ports.
Considerable snow has fallen u*
Haines already this month, and at onr
: time several inches stayed on the
ground.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 4— Heji'c
sentative Kenyon, Chairman of 11 •<*
House committee on Labor, lias intro
duced a resolution proposing a special
Presidential Commission to att< nip;
arbitration of the coal strike. Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield had a conlevciicf
with .J. I). A. Morrow. President of the
National Coal Operator's Association,
in an effort to reach a basis for end
ir.g the strike.
K.iSY TO NKGOTIATi:
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov., 1 Provi
dent Lewis, of the United Miu° Work
ers. today broke his silence, in a state
ment requesting the government *'•»
use efforts to end the coal strike.
President Lewis said the machinery of
the joint system, beginning in the
mining industry, was still intact. and
said that it would be easy for the gov
ernment-and operators to legin wag*
negotiations.
PRODUCTION INCRU\SKS
PITTSBURG, Nov., 4 - Ope at'»».
report that in the non-Uni.>n Pitts
burgh districts, the mines ; re break
ing the production records.
Union leaders state the union mine
are still closed.
OPTIMISTIC OPINIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov., 4— Feder
al officials and mine operators are op
•dmistic over the outcome of the coa1
strife
The operators claim West Virginia
iroduction is fifty per cent normal.
m CROSS ROLL
CALL NOW ON
The campaign /or the Third Red
Jross Roll Call is now on full swing
n Seward. Chairman Sexton today ap
pointed the following assistants to so
icit members for the Red Cross:
E. R. Tarwater commission am
government employees.
M. A. Horner, Hotel Seward.
Mrs. E. L. Whittemore, Hotel Over
land.
Mrs. Tecklingberg.
Mrs. H. D. Martin, radio station.
Miss Rasmussen, Federal Addition.
Miss Elsie Leslie.
Miss Thelma Ellsworth.
Chairman Sexton will receive mem
berships at the Hotel Sexton.
W E A T H E U R E V 0 K.T
The following is the weather report
for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock
this morning:—
SEWARD 28, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 6, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 20, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 16, Clear Calm.
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'.'he r.th infantry is leaving Cami#
T:avis. Texas, for Camp Lewis, Wash
•r.gtrn, for strike duty in the Pacific
Northw ost.
Xu violence has been reported from
any .section.
MINERS RETURNING
DENVER, Nov., 4— It is indicated
more mi ters are returning to work in
toe mir*s of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company. Troops are on guard at the
various mines.
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 4— Various
states arc today having elections. Th •
weather is ideal in all Atlantic Staten
and the middle west.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 4— For the
1st, time since becoming President, the
chief executive d 1 not go to Prince
ton, N.’J., today to vote in the state
election.
BOSTON, Nov., 4— Norwell, the
first town to report the vote for Gov
ernor in today’s elections gave Cool
idge, Republican, present incumbanr,
221); I/>ng, Democrat, 15. Coolidge i<
running on his law enforcement record
of the recent police strike.
Him
STRASSBURG, Alsace. Nov., 1 -
Premier Clemcnccau, speaking here
today on the eve of his retirement
from political life, said the only work
now will be to solve the world’s pro
blems.
The Alsace people cheered the aged
premier as their deliverer and girls
crowded about him and kissed him.
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Joseph Wargo, from Nenana, is re
gistered at the Hotel Sexton and will
he a passenger to the states on the
Northwestern.
PARSONAGES OF CHURCHES
IN SEWARD ARE EXEMPT IN
THE MATTER OF TAXATION
At last night’s meeting of the city
council, Councilman Lucas moved that
the parsonages of the Methodist, Epis
copal and Catholic churches be exempt
this year from taxation. The motion
also included exemption of taxes of
the Seward General hospital. The
council took favorable action.
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BOLSHEVIK I CLAIM TO
HAVE SURROUNDED ARMY
UNDER GENERAL UNDENITCH
LONDON, Nov.,,4— Bolsheviki ad
vices received here claim the Bolshe
viki forces have surrounded General
Yudenitche’s army.