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SEWARD. ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919 . -—■ -
VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 135. - -____ " .■ -—————
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PAT JOHNSON
ON THE BACK
SACRAMENTO. Oct.. 16- A score
of prominent Sacramento Politician?
and business men have wired Senator
Hiram Johnson endorsing his stand
against the ratification of the treaty.
rut; DAY AN HOl SE Is
FAVORABLE TO TRKVTY
MONTEVIDEO. Oct. 16- The Um
gayan House of Representatives t«»
day approved the peace treaty of the
Allies with Germany.
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct.. U! Vig
orously turning against his critic-* in
his first public address since enter
ing th» cabinet. Postmaster General
Burleson, told the members of the Na
tional Hardware Manufacturers As
sociation that the Postal administra
tion had had remarkable development,
was wonderful in its organization; and
its standard of efficiency which bord
ers on the miraculous. Mr Burleson
.aid bt* intends to stand on bis pres
ent policy.
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BIG W AR TAX PROM
THE BASEBALL GAMES *
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CHICAGO. Oct., IH— Seventy
three thousand dollars have been
* paid in war tax from the base
ball games of the world’s series.
BOTH SIDES
HOLDOUT
WASHINGTON, Oct.. 16— The In
dustrial Conference committee is en
deavoring to reach an agreement on
collective bargaining. Several confer
ees said the conference should adjourn
unless the capital, and labor represen
tative!* show a spirit of compromise.
FREE PORT
AT HOME
PARIS, Oct., 16 — D’Annunzio has
ayked Premier Clemenceau to obta;n
a declaration from the Allies making
Hume a free port.
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LONDON. Oct., 16— Because thev
• “seem to make for general untidiness
in dress," the master of Dulwich Col
lege has banned the soft collar. Stud
ents at Eton and Harrow are still per
mitted to wear them.
WASHINGTON. Oct.. 16— By an
overwhelming majority, the House has
passed the bill extending for one year
;var time passport restrictions to keep
Radicals and other undesirable aliens
rom the United State*.
NEW CONFIDENCE GAME
BEING WORKED ON BRITISH
LONDON, Oct.. 16— Confidence
men here have a newer means of vic
timizing credulous persons. Dressed in
an army offers uniform these trick
sters produce papers purporting to
show that they are entitled to a
monthly allowance payable the follow
ing day and of*/ r to sell the paper at
a reduced figure.
A desire to render a service man
-some return has led many persons to
the exchange of $75 or $100 for one of
these worthless allowance forms, ac
cording to police reports . Public warn
ngs have resulted.
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SEAL LIQUOR CHESTS OK
SHIPS CALLING AT SE VPORT
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct., 16— In ac
cordance with prohibition regulations
now governing the import of wet
goods into the United States, customs
officers are selling all bottles, keg.:,
and hogsheads of liquors aboard
steamships calling here for bunkerage
service, with the exception of a small
allotment sufficient to appease the
thirst of officers and crew while in
port.
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BULLETIN— Washington, Oct.,
* 15— The Senate late this after
■ noon defeated the amendment to
* the treaty intended to give Ger
* man rights in Shantung to Japan.
WASHINGTON, OcL. 16— Sup
porters of the Shantung amendment
concede defeat and say when tit*'
amendment is brought up for a vote,
which will be soon, the vote will be ex
tremely close.
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allied warships reach
RIGA READY FOR ACTION
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LONDON, Oct., 16— Twenty British ;
and French warships have arrived at
Riga with decks stripped ready for j
action according to official advices re
ceived here this afternoon.
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WAR STAMPS PROVIDE
A WAY FOR SAVING
WASHINGTON, Oct., 16— Total
sales of War Saving Stamps through
out the United States for the first
seven months of 1919 amounted to
nearly $100,000,000. according to a
report made by the savings division :
of the treasury department. The ex- ^
act figure is $95,400,470.21. This
makes a per capita investment of
about ninety cents, whereas the gov- ;
crnment at the beginning of the year
asked a per capita purchase of $10
worth of war stamps in order to meet i
war debts.
The saving of nearly $100,000,000 in
seven months is concrete proof that
the government’s thrift campaign is
checking extravagant expenditures,”
the report says, “Checking of extrav
agant buying is the only remedy for
high prices. Saving $100,000,000
simply means cutting down demand
by $100,000,000 and turning the money
to much needed production of neces
sities.”
Leading economists ot the counter
have said there is no hope of lower
pi ices until the people understand
generally that they must stop buying
things that are not necessary and
they have indorsed the United States
government war savings stamps cam
paign as the most effective remedy to
that end.
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ONLY ONE SPECIES OF
MOSQUITO IN ALASKA
CARRYING MALAR! \p
WASHINGTON, Oct, 16— But one
specie of malaria - carrying mosquit
oes was found in Alaska by Dr. Har
rison G. Dyar, of the United States
Natural Museum, he stated after his
recent studies in the North. None of
the other species, he said, could be
classified as disease-carrying.
Dr. Dyar biought to the states
with him several hundred specimens
of the Alaska mosquito.
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The Fidalgo Packing Company at
Ketchikan has closed with a total of
83,000 cases, exceeding last years
pack by 7,000 cases,
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 16— The
War Department today filed a reporc
with the Senate interstate commerce
commission, stating that a marine
cable connecting Seattle with Asia, by
way of Alaska and the Aluetian Isl
ands, is most practical, and would suf
fer no interference from ice:
The War Department recommends
an auxiliary route using the present
Alaska cable to Valdez where mess
ages would then be relayed by wire
less to the Aleutians where be cabled
to Japan.
The navy Department has previous
!y said it was believed the Alaska
route was not feasible.
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S\V KI.I.ING DROPPING
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WASHINGTON. Oct., 16— *
* President Wilson's glandular
* swelling is dropping according to
a bulletin issued today. The
* President did not spend a very
restful night. / •
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OIL AND COAL
LEASING BILL
IS REPORTED
WASHINGTON. Oct., 16— Tie*
House Public Lands committee has
favorably reported the public land, oil ;
and coal leasing bill. Chairman Sin
nott says the measure will be called
jp for action next week.
THOUSANDS OF
NURSES WERE
IN THE WAR
WASHINGTON, Oct, 16— Tl.e
final report on tnc arm) nursing ser
vice, issued tod iv, says 10,245 nurses
served in the overseas service from
the United States T'vi nty one thous -
and enlisted for overs .a work.
Three nurses were wounded in ac
tion and 266 died on duty.
The f-Vt s:x dctachm* i ts of nurses
repla ‘d ou'ses ir *.!i° British hospi
tals?
There was a hip shortage of Ameri
can nurses during1 the American driv
es as they were unable to get trans
portation across. The nurses all work
ed long hours and made good every
where.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Oct.. Hi- Fish prices
are as follows: halibut, twenty a:«l
one quarter cents; sable, four; lire
and red cod four cents.
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NO SHOW FOR THEM
PARIS, Oct., i6— The three new
marshals of France. Joffre, Foch and
Petain, have not yet appeared in the
regular uniform of marshal but con
tent themselves with adding a row of
golden oak leaves to their caps and
four supplementary stars to the sleev
es of their uniforms of general.
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AVIATORS
START ON
FLIGHTS
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NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct.. 16
1 Lieut. Maynard arrives east bound. He
is now leading: in the army aviation
race.
BUFFALO, Oct., 16- ('apt. Lo
well Smith’s areoplane burned when I
he arrived westbound this morning.
Spatz leading westbound aviator, is at
Rochester.
OMAHA. Oct., 16— Maynard broke
his crank shaft this afternoon and
landed in a cornfield without dilti*
cy]ty. He will undoubtedly proceed in I
mother machine, late today.
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- GOMPERS IN BED
* WASHINGTON, Oct., 16— Sani- *
ual (Jumpers was required tu re
* main abed today, following his
nervous breakdown reported yes- * I
* terday.
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WASHINGTON, Oct, IG— The Fed
eral Trade Commission today made a
report on the* Packers. fl ho commission
charges that the five large packers of
Chicago dominate the grocery trade,
already handling over two hundred
foods not related to the meat industry.
The Commission says public inter
est alone should determine the extent
to which the packers should be per
mitted to enter food lines not relat
ed to the meat industry.
The commission’s report ends with
the recommendation that the meat
packers should be curbed in their mon
ouly.
RAILROAD COIN
WILL SOON BE
APPROPRIATED
SEATTLE, Oct., 16— Senator Wes
ley L. Jones has wired *J. !*• McPher
son, manager of the Alaska Bureau
of the Chamber of Commerce, stating
it is unceijain how soon the Senate
appropriation committee will act on
Jones amendment to the general de
ficiency bill to provide immediate
funds for the Alaska railroad.
Mr. McPherson says all of Alas
ka's friends are indebted to Senator
Jones for efforts in helping the jail
road.
SKUNKS, SKUNKS, WHO HAVE
THE PESKY ANIMALS NOW
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The McDonald-Painter skunk farm,
naintained on the Seward dock, is
1 iow almost a minus quantity, that is
;s far as the fanners arc concerned
ind fur trappers are also warned that
rapping should be good near the sec
tion of the waterfront bounded by the
rack on the north and the guard rail
of the dock on the south. The skunks
twaiting shipment on the dock to
Seldovia are missing. They arc around
he dock, maybe, some place but Alex
McDonald and Harold Painter can't
find them. Deputy Marshal Reed and
Chief Guest can’t find them either. If
any persons are seen on the streets
wearing furs of a certain variety, su
• ? picions will be aroused.
SEATTLE, Oct., 16— John Cicoria,
owner of the Columbia Cafe on Wash
ington street between First and Sec
ond Avenues South, the Italian leader
of this city, died during the night is
the result of a gunshot wound inflict'd
Tuesday by Edward Kienstra, a law
yer.
Kienstra admits he shot Ciroria
following a dispute. Cicoria attempted
to pull his gun and was thrown down
the stairs then when Cicoria attempt
ed again to draw his revolver, Kiens
tra shot in self-defense.
Cicoria denied Kienstra’* statement.
The shooting occurred in the hall
way in front of Kienstra’* office in
the Pioneer Block.
Kienstra was arrested this fore
noon.
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