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SEWARD. A! ASKlT^TirRSDAY. May 27, 1920. I E - ' iS PER COPY
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SKA ITLK. .\1. y 27— A special to
the Times today fu»m Washington
says there is a wide spread opinion
among public men that the disclosur
es of campaign (xt**nses is very likely
to result in the nomination at t'hica
go cf some candidate who has not
compromised the who*e diicct mimr.ry
system of the state and nation, which
is now under indictment.
WASHINGTON. May 27— Harry
M. Dougherty today told the Senate
comm 11“c investigating the campaign
expcns. ■> or :> l idential candidates,
that Hard ng has spent $107,704. N ie
i;oi is Muir y Butler spent $40,000 on
puh’ictty. l>r. Bun is Jenkins, publish
er of the Kansas City Post, who was
nvit d to enmneign for McAdoo, said
that when lm asked for expense mon
c. i'\. McAdoo ci mpaign committee
♦old h‘m “We have no money even to
pay our o n expenses.” Howard Rice
sa d Senator Poindexter had been giv
en ?75.0U0 for his campaign.
NORTHWESTERN
ON WAV NORTH
SEATTLE. May 27— Steamer
Northwestern sailed at o’clock thi>
morning with 221 passengers. 1 hose
for Sewa'xl were as follows:
F. I>. Williams.
W. E. Bolles,
C. D. Hazen and wife.
A. W. Sunkler,
J. G. Park,
Albert Buffo.
John Paulson.
B. G. Atkins,
U. J. Kerr.
A. G. Galbraith,
G. R. Hammett,
F. A. Reunofds,
.1. Chisholm and wife.
George Sexton,
Mrs. A. W. Hunkier.
Kathryn Konan.
Mrs. H. Swanson.
Fifty steerage.
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Bl TTE MAIL CARRIERS
WILL WEAR OVERALLS
PC TTE, Mont.. May 27— Butte mail
car' iers have been given permission
to wear blue denim overalls, under
a ruling from Washington. Per
mission has been withheld until it
could be decided whether the postal
regulations would permit the step, it
is vdd.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THF. GATEWAY
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DAWSON. May 27-- The spilng
clcan-up is now in full swing, (heat
returns aio expected. The first steam
er from lake Labarge is expected to
arrive this afternoon. The lake is not
open yet and is not expected to open
M* -e June 10th or June 12tli,
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WATSON BLAMED FOR
FISHING BO VT CRASH
SEATTLE. May 27- Federal Judge
J. Xeteror today filed a decision in
an admiralty case arising from a
collision between a Pac:fi< Steamship
Company's steamer Admiral Watson
and the fish’ng boat Helgel at Ket
chikan October 20. 1D1S, in which he
' »:r 1 tb*»t the collision was the fault
“f the Watson’s navigator but that
h;s negligence did not justify the
- ther boat in continuing in the Wut
son’s course. Half of the damages and
costs we e assessed against the
steamship company.
FTFITING MENACED
BY GAS SHORTAGE
SALEM, Ore., May 27— The fish
ii e industry on the Columbus River
viJi be tie i un and farming operations
in eastern Oregon will he seriously
handicapped unless there is relief
j Pom the gasoline shortage, according
i to appeals received by Gov. Olcott,
from Astoria and The Dalles.
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MORTON’S WII.L FILED
WASHINGTON, May 27— The
will of the late Levi P. Morton was
filed for probate today. He left an es
tate valued at $10,000,000.
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•*\\Y came north to mine coal” was
the .straight forward answer of Com
mander K. C. Dowling, of the navy
commi>s:un# when asked yesterday at
toinooi. what was the pui-pose of the
navy commission on the present tiip.
Commander Dowling and his aides ar
rived on the Alameda yesterday after
noon, and will remain in Seward sev
eral days studying the situation at
this end and will then go to the Muia
nuska Coal Fields, the scene of wh re
the commission’s activities will coni *r.
Accompanying Commander Dov -
ing are Lieut. W. F. Hill, Lieut. H. 1.
McManus, Lieut. Rliil J. Weiss, Li( it.
Harry H. Tipton and Lieut. R. T.. Cvn
non.
Commander Dowling and Li< it.
Hill are accompanied by their wives,
and Lieut. Weiss is accompanied by
his sister. The commission party is
making their headquarters at the Ho
tel Seward while in the city.
Commander Dowling looked a
trifle surprised yesterday’ afternoon
when asked for the purpose of the
navy commission. His answer howe\cr
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came quicKiy unu •»«» '*■**'-.
from the answer of other heads of
commissions as there is between day
ami night.
The navy commission now in Ales
ha has come for work.
Other commissions, and their num
ber seems to have been legions, have
com' to report, and then this has been
forgotten.
According to advance reports and
from information obtained from ’he
members of the present commission,
mining of coal will be started in the
Matanuska fields for the Pacific Fleet
of the American navy. The coal vdl
bo, or should be, shipped to navigable
wate»*. The primary thing is to g *t
the coal from the earth, and get it to
a location where r?vy ships 'may hm'e
it for use at anv time of the ye; r
wVn wanted. Tf the present comm;s
accomplishes thi? purpose, it vil1
have done what other commissions to I
AI ask t, all put together have only
thought of, not attempted.
Commander Dowling is an impres
sive man, impresses one like a real
commander and one who means busi
ness. The other nu mbers of the com
mission also give one the instant im
pi\ ssion that they are different from
membf's of former commissions sent
to Alaska, and have come to execute,
r : to report.
There continually floats a.o.in1 this
section of Alaska that in seme future
tone, Portage Bay will be a site* also
for coal bankers and coaling station,
similar to those planned at Seward.
Or the map, Portage Bay looks like a
g->od suggestion, bat the twelve miles
of railroad which would have to be
built from the present government
railroad, to Portage Bay, will not be
built in a night. There is practically
five u.iPs of tunnel work and then
part cf the roadway would le^V-ve*
*.erieth ng that no one scorns to kii'w
e\aePy whether it is a surface gkvier
or 01.c; extending down into tho orrth
for a great distance. Then million cf
dollars would have to he spon: in
clearing out i*ofs, rocks and other
I •oventatives ;o navigation before any
fane command'i* of a largo v*i s»;l
would attempt many maneuvering in
the Ray. On tho map. Portage bay
looks fons'b’o. hut in reality, a br
tun^ won hi have to bo spent to mike
that location available. Anchorage and
Seward are tboroforo according to re
ports of commissions, tho only two
) ’‘aetwal points for tho outlet of th“
Mata mi ska coal.
DANC E GIVEN TONIGHT
Tm honor of the members of tho
Vmvv commission, now in Seward, an •
' nf^nnal dance will bo given tonight
«..• the citizens, at tho Arctic Brother
hood hall and the public is invited.
The dance will start at > o’clock.
FIR SAFES ARE LARGE
ST. LOUIS, May 27— The fur sales
y«or<lny totalled slightly over One
Million dollars. The prices were from
twenty to forty par ront !*"**"• than
the prices of lnct February. Foieign
sul* h amounted to $400,000.
w h \ t ii u h e p <> R T
'11,0 following i; the wither lepovt
f,n- *l»,» i!l biniM endmg id 7 oV o *lc
Lhi.i morning:—
SEWARD. 56. Clear, North.
Anchorage 53, Part Cloudy, C alm.
Matanuska 50, Clear. Calm.
Chiokaloon 63, Cloudy, Calm.
W’asilla 56, Clear, Calm.
T:\lkeetna 55, Clear, Calm.
Goldcrcek 56. Clear, Calm.
Hu"» :eane 45, Clear, C alm.
Hurricane 45, Clear N. W.
Summit 24. Clear, Calm.
Paines 44. Clour, Calm.
Hcaly 56, Clear, 56. Clear, Calm.
Nenana 56, Clear, Calm.
Fairbanks 54, Clear, Calm.
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Two pioneers of Fairbanks— R. V/.
Cullen and John Sullivan — passed
away at the Nenana hospital recently.
VETOED
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WASHINGTON, May 27— The
President today sent a message ve
tocing the peace resolution. The mes
sage was read to Congress.
POSTAL SEAPLANES
IN NORTH PLANNED
NEW YORK, May 27— The Seat
tle Aircraft Manufacturing Company
today announced that it has received
a contract from the Postoffice De
par! ment to supply seaplanes to be
used in the delivery of mail between
Seattle and Victoria, 13. C., beginning
July 1.
Victoria is three days nearer the
Orient than San Francisco and an ud
d tional day over present irregular
steamer service between Victoria and
Seattle, which heretofore has operat
ed to prevent sending Oriental mail
by the northern route, can be gained
hv use of the planes. A saving of four
days will therefore be effected.
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NEW YOKE, May 27— [‘resident
Wood, cf the Am • ici.n ' n i>..
today denied there was any ground
for the profiteering change brought by
Pistr.c:l At o :ne\ II. A. Sm\4.'.e. I’h*.
’atter however said: ‘‘The investiga
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I'»n (’ th ir.o t astounding
condition of affairs in connection with
1 • 1 -nt.” Mr.
. u.yLh-- s i /i'< its had increased
I |) »* . nt Char. \> Means
lluvrns has b • r. regained by the Am*
i Y.W.?n Conipany to defend it.
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► DISAPPROVE MANDATE
- WASHINGTON, May 27— By *
a vote of eleven to four, the Sen
" ate foreign affairs committee to
* day disapproved the resolution
k for the Mandate over Armenia. *
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GOVERNMENT 1
OWNERSHIP
iS APPOSED
WASHINGTON, May 27— Flat op-1
position to government ownership of
Railroads, indorsement of federal con
trol of the manufacture and distribu
tion of necessaiy commodities and the |
diminution of excess profits tax in j
favor of higher tax on incomes from
nvestments, characterized the reply ,
)f Attorney General Palmer to the |
questionnaire of the National Board cf 1
Farm organizations.
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MEXICO CITY, May 27— Adolfo j
Do La Huerta has been elected the
provisional president of Mxico. ne
was the former governor of the state
r>f Sonora, which first ignited the
^nark of rebellion which spread over (
the whole country. At the extraordi
nary session of the Mexican Congress
vvh;oh elected Huerta, he podod 122
votes while his opponent, General Al
/ador Gonzales polled only 27.
SEATTLE, May 27— A Times
special from Washington says the De
partment of Agriculture is now ready
10 enter into thirty year contracts lor
Alaska pulpwood with a definite max
imum price for the first ton years,
t he Department will .fix suitable pric
es for the period after the first ten
years. One hundred million cords are
now available in Alaska according to
the Department officials. Stumpage
in the eastern states is now selling
for $4 a cord. A recent circular quotes
spruce at fifty cents a cord and hem
lock at 25 cents a cord. The fifty year
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leases given by the Dominion of Can
ada has heretofore attracted the
manufacturers of the United States.
WASHINGTON, May 27— The
House foreign affairs committee has
favorably reported the Senate resolu
tion for a special commission to deal
with Canada on the subject of pulp
wood. It is suggested that embargoes
of coal, sulphur and dyes be placed in
retaliation for the embargo on pulp
wood, as has been done by Canada.
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SCOTLAND LIKELY TO
GO DRY NEXT MONTH
.GLASGOW, Scotland, May 27—
With Scotland's local option act be
coming effective June 1, prohibition
leaders are planning an intensive
campaign throughout the country
to vote out liquor. That they will
be successful in many communities
conceded by all, even the liquor in
terests who are spending liberally to
influence public opinion their way.
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