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SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1919. -—
VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 166. __. _- --- -' --- - ‘ ~ "" '
AMERICA
CUT OFF
WASHINGTON, Nov., 21— Proba
bly Spain will continue to represent
America in Germany as a failure of
the Senate to ratify the peace treaty.
This means that Americans cannot re
sume diplomatic relations with Ger
many.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 21— It w h
announced today President Wilson d*
take up the entire subject of the tn t
ty at Versailles in a special messa re
to congress on the first day of the
next Congress, December 1st.
President Wilson today again de
clined to make any statement concern
ing Jhe Senate’s action and will make
none until the next Senate take some
action.
PARIS, Nov., 21— England ansi
France have exchanged ratification*
for the treaty guaranteeing Britisn
aid for France.
PARIS, Nov., 21— The Supieme
Council has decided to formally accept
the peace treaty on December 1st. The
American delegates have received no
instructions regarding participation a <
as the American senate failed to ra
tify the treaty. England. Japan. Italy
and France are four of the big powers
having already ratified the peac°
treaty.
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BERLIN, Nov.. 21— Approximate
ly 60O.OOO persons throughout Ger
many are now drawing the unemploy
ed benefit insurance, says an official
labor bulletin. Since June, it is stat
ed, the number of workless has gradu
ally decreased, the largest proportion
of them being in the big cities, i 1
Berlin they average 42 to every 1.000
of the population.
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FORT L TWO COME
t
BACK OUT OF 400
VICTORIA, B. C.,— Company .‘54.
Chinese Labor Corp, which passe 1
through here several years ago for the
front, i)00 strong, returned here today
enroute to China, only 42 strong.
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GOV. RIGGS SPEAKS
SEATTLE, Nov.. 21— Two gover
nors, Gov. Riggs, of Alaska, and Gov.
Hart, of this state, spoke today at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 21— Mine,
operators, at the conference here, of
fered the coal strikers increases in j
wages of fifteen cents a ton \\hi<h is i
a twi nty per conk increase over th<* ex
isting day scale. The operators pro- j
posed the existing working conditions, j
President Lewis, of the United Mine i
Workers, said the increase was total-!
ly inadequate and that the miners did ,
not assume the operators had made l
the offer seriously.
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WASHINGTON. Nov., 21— The j
bituminous operators have served
practically an ultimatum on the min
ers and declared their offer of an in
crease of fifteen cents a ton a day, *s
the utmost they can give. The miners j
have reached no conclusion regarding J
the offer. President Lewis again reit- j
erates the price is too low.
COLUMP.US, Ohio, Nov., 21 — Gov
Cox says the government should op-1
crate the coal mines unless relief i
comes very soon.
DENVER, Nov., 21— The strike or- •
dor ha- been called of fin Colorado ac- j
cording to a statement District Presi
dent J. O. Johnson.
SOLAR E< UPSS TOMORROW
BI T NOT FOR ALASKANS
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NEW YORK. Nov., 21— There will
h«» a solar eclipse tomorrow visible in
the southern section of the nation.
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KOCH A CANDIDATE
PARIS. Nov., 21— According to
the Presse de Paris, former Command
or-in-chief of the Allied armies Foch |
ha> accepted the nomination for Sen
ator of the Finisteores on condition :
all parties unite in supporting him.
FRENCH TOBACCO SHOPS
\RE GOVERNMENT MONOPLY
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PARIS, Nov.. 21— .AM tobacco;
shops throughout France arc part of,
a government monoply of the retail to
bacco business. The stores are either
owned outright by the government or j
their operation governed by regula- j
tions which require proprietors to act
as sub-postmasters. Most of the gov- \
ernment-owned shops are conducted
hv ex-soldiers on a commission basis. 1
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Management of these stores is award
ed as a sort of pension substitute.
IRISH C ONSTABULARY
NOW BETTER \RMED
DUBLIN, Nov., 21— As a precau
tion against seizure by participants in
outbreaks, a recent regulation for the
Irish Constabulary requires the cann
ing of revolvers at the end a stout
lanyard of double cord fastened to the
tunics of wearers.
MAN WHO TOOK FIRST TRAIN INTO
GERMANY IS NOW IN THIS CITY
Sorg’t. Charles M. Sheehan, the
conductor on the first American train
to reach German territory after th'* j
signing of the armistice is now in
Seward and will probably be connect
ed with the operating force of th^ i
commission from the Terminal City.
Serirt. Sheehan is now back in th»'
ranks of the private citizens and to
size him up on the streets or any
where else, one would not think that
he had been at the front and had been
given the signal honor of operating
the first American train into Ger
many.
Mr. Sheehan was with the commis
sion at Anchorage when the United
States entered the great war. Being
over the ;:ge limit, but wanting to ger
into the scran, he secured a leave of
absence, went to the states and whs
among the first to he sent across with
the railroad corps. For four months
he was with the 31st engineers and it
was in thig connection that he took the
train into Germany and returned to
the American lines with 500 wounded
American soldiers.
Many overseas men. upon being dis
charged, have received a co-tain form
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Post Isaac Kva ns, of the American
Legion, was formally organized in
Seward last night at the town hall.
The charter list submitted last
night contained 2:i names, only fifteen
being required, hut before the list i-*
sent t«> tin* territorial headquarters of
the American Legion there will pro
bably be twice as many names appra*
ing upon it and before many months
Post Isaac Kvaus will have a member
ship of sevetal hundred.
The meeting last night was a short
one, quick action resulting which de
noted that those taking part m the or
ganization had been in the late war
and they had los none of the energy
in going over the top. Klwin Svrct
mann, was named temporary chair
man and i). NV. Stoddard, temporary
secretary and treasurer. Mr. Swet
mann. on motion from the floor, ap
pointed .1. T. Coulton , John O. Sher
lock and I>. W. Stoddard to assist him
in drawing up a constitution and by
law’s which will bo submitted to the
members of the Post after the charter
hns been received.
The meeting adjourned to meet uo
on the call of the chairman.
Ira S. Bailey has charge of the
charter list and he will secure more
names. Those eligible for membership
in Post Isaac Evans are the mien of
any branch of the fighting service
who were under arms, at the front, in
camps or on duty elsewhere from
April 6th, 1017 to Nov., Ilth, 1018, or
those off allied nations.
The objects of the American Login i
shall be to uphold and defend the con
stitution of the United States of Am
erica; to maintain law and order; to
foster and perpetuate a one-hundred
per-cent Americanism ; to preserve
the memories and incidents of the as
sociation in the Great War; to include
•\ sense of individual obligation to the
ommunity, state and nation; to com
bat the autocracy of both the classes
and masses; to make Right the master
of Might; to promote peace and good
mit to prosterity the principles of Jus
mit to proterity the principles of Jus
tice, Freedom and Democracy; to con
secrate and santify comradeship by
devotion to mutual helpfulness.
The organization is absolutely non
partisan and shall not be used for the
dissemination of partisan principles
or for the promotion of the candidacy
of any person seeking public orfice or
, preferment.
The twenty three who signed their
names last night to the charter wer^
as follows:
I Willis 0. Perry,
William L. Mooney,
n. V. High,
Finer H. Thuesen ,
(leorge L. Henning,
John 0. Sherlock,
Gcoege E. Stevens,
J. T. Coulton,
Otto H. Poehlmann,
Klxvin Swetmann, *
Arthur B. Gray,
E. T. Krefting,
George B. Nelson.
Ira S. Bailey.
Frank Coulton,
Peter Lahis,
Chrysos Mamelidcs,
J. B. Benny,
J. C. Slaven,
,1. Finnegan,
Grant Carlson,
George G. Cotter,
l>. W. Stodtlard.
.1. 0. Sherlock was appointed a com
, mittee of one at last nights’ meeting
to draft a resolution as to why the
Post here bears its name. This resolu
tion is as follows:—
Resolved that the name of the new
Post, be Isaac Evans Post, to honor
and perpetuate the name of one whose
daily life typified those ideals of Am
ericanism fostered and sustained by
the constitution of the American Le
gion* A man whose unselfish devo
tion to duty and to the enforcement
of law and order finally exacted from
him the supreme sacrifice.
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• TIP LID ON BEER
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0 ST. LOUIS, Nov.. 21— Federal
* Judge Pollock today granted a
* temporary injunction against the
enforcement of the Volstead war 0
0 time prohibition enforcement act. *
' In effect this injunction lifts the ‘
lid on beer sold here.
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FOURTEEN THOUSAND WINE
CASKS ARE TO NOW BE
SHIPPED FROM CALIFORNIV
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 21
Wine casks, 14.000 of which are be
lieved to be in California, in all pro
bability will be used to wineries of
foreign countries, since the advent of
prohibition became known recently
when several representatives of Euro-,
pean and South American wineries on-1
tered into negotiations to purchase |
casks located in this section of the
state.
The California! Wine Association,!
which formerly controlled the market
ing of California Wine, and, in many
instances, its production, has been ap
proached by French, Italian and Ar
gentina wine-makers who have sought
to purchase the casks. H. Romera-Day
of Buenos Aires recently visited this
city and bought 100 of the great oak
casks and had them knocked down and
transported to Buenos Aires.
It is estimated that there are 14,
000 casks in this state. Of this num
ber about 400 are of the oak and the
balance are of redwood. Oak casks are
a scarcity now ar%l it is these more
than the redwoods that are sought.
CASPER. Wyo., Nov., 21— William
Carlisle, train robber, walked into the
Western Union telegraph office ncro
late yesterday afternoon and sent a
telegram to the Union Pacific office
stating “Thanks for the haul on your
limited.” Soon after the entire detec
tive force and a hastily organized pos
se were hunting for Carlisle.
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GERMAN FLIER TO MAKE
FLIGHT AROUND THE EARTH
BERLIN, Nov., 21— German flier,
Herr Bochn. known as the “twenty
four hour aviator,” intends to begin
soon a flying trip around the earth.
His route has not yet been announced.
He claims that his feat of repeatedly
staying in the air for a day surpasses
the English- American durability re
cords.
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FRENCH TO VISIT MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Nov., 21— A del
egation of French intellectuals will
visit Mexica within the next few
months with an idea of creating a bet
ter understanding between the two
countries.
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ST. LOUIS, Nov., 21 — John A.
Davis, governor of the American Min
ing Congress, Alaska Chapter, gave a
warning today that unless power be
came cheaper in the north, Alaska
would lose the gold mining industry
and then her population which depend- |
cd upon that industry.
“The government has been to auto
cratic and does not believe that the j
management needs changing,” Sai l
Mr. Davis.
“Unless there is more democracy
in the gold mining industry there can
he no industrial peace in the world.
The problems could be solved if the
government erected a $1),000,000 pow
,:r plant.
There is lignite coal for fuel but
it is impossible to store it or erect it
in piles owing to the moisture. Power
an ’or* generated and transmitted elec
trically to the mining district's at one
fourth or perhaps one sixth of the
present cost.
“The government is today building
a railroad from tide water at Seward
to the interior at a cost of $52,000,000
•ir.d this railroad must be completed
:s quickly as possible because the
mining industry is facing a grave and
serious crisis.”
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ZION CITY, III., Nov., 21— One j
hundred and thirty eight thousand,
nine hundred and ninety seven bottles
of two and three quarter per cent
beer, was today poured down tbe sew
er. Mayor W. H. Clendenin poured the
first bottle, the police finishing the
job. The beer was seized from smug
glers.
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GAELIC ATHLETIC CLUB
TO BAR OUT ALL SOLDIERS
FOR ENTERING ANY MEET
DUBLIN. Nov., 21— The Gaelic
Athletic Association throughout Ire
land is rigidly carrying out its role
that no soldier who has served in the
British Army shall be allowed to cnte»
games held under its auspices. At En
niscorthy, Wexford when the team*
lined up for a hurley match it was
found that one of the players was a
former soldier. The players refused to
go on with the game until he was rc
placed by another player.
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BATTLESHIP FOR SALE
• LONDON, Nov., 21— The British
government offers for sale “without
restrictions” an obsolete battleship—
the “Pedoubtable” — a vessel of 14,
lf»0 tons. The ship has a varied ser
vice record.
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WASHINGTON, Nov.. 21— In an
effort to meet the situation resulting
from an acute shortage of sugar,
President Wilson t/day revived the
war time power of the Federal govern
ment over the nation’s food supply.
In a proclamation, President Wil
son gave Attorney General Palmer
and Food administrator Hoover’s
hoard authority over the food supply.
Attorney General Palmer is pre
pared to exercise his authority over
the sugar and other food supplies. It
/is understood the Department of Jus
tice intends to establish a price of 12
’onts a pound wholesale for all sugar
•xcept the Louisana crop which was
already set at seventeen cents. This
ncrease is necessary to prevent a
famine early next year. Candy and
;oft drink manufacturers are to have
.heir supply cut.
It is also understood the retail
price of sugar will be only fourteen
cents a pound.
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SHIPYARDS ON FRISCO
BAY TO RESUME MONDAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov., 21— The
San Francisco bay shipyards, closed
by strikes since October 1st, will re
I open next Monday following action of
the strikers and the shipyard owners,
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FIRE AT BALTIMORE
DESTROYS MANY BOATS
BALTIMORE, Nov., 21— Fire this
forenoon destroyed one of the build
ings of the Arundell Boat Club and
250 boats valued at $100,000 were de
stroyed.
INSURGENTS SURROUND
MOSCOW SAYS A REPORT
LONDON, Nov., 21— According to
dispatches from Helsingfors, insur
gents have surrounded Moscow. Tom
! burg in the Urals has been sacked by
the hostile army of 5500.