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VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 277. ~ ~ *"~ SEWARD, A LAMA. ./EPNESDAY, AFRIL 7, 1«20. ~ TEN C K.NTS I*ER COPY
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A.E.C. MINERS
WILL DISCUSS
WAGE SCALE
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FISHERMEN OF
ALASKA FORM
A SCHEDULE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7— *me
adoption of the 1020 compensation
schedule formulated by the special
committee of the Alaska hishermens
Union and representatives of employ
ers is favored by members of the Sun
Francisco local unions in a secret bal
lot necessitated b* the failure of the
meeting last week to take action on
the wage scale. The new schedule pro
vides approximately twenty six per
cent increase over last year’s wages
and was recommended to the meeting
last week.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 7— Three
locals of the Alaska Fishermen's Un
ion have voted in favor of sti iking
because the offer of the Alaska pack
ers company is not high enough. The
International officers of the Fisher
men have ordered the men to sign for
the season because the strike vote
lacked the two thirds necessary. Seat
tle and Astoria members favored the
strike. San Francisco members favor
ed acceptance of the company’s offer.
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JAIL FOR STRIKE LEADERS
WINNIPEG. April 7— Five gen
eral strike leaders, including Aldei
man John Queen, have been sentenced
to serve a year on each of five counts
the sentences to run concurrently.
They were convicted of criminal syn
dicalism.
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ARREST WOMEN PICKETS
WASHINGTON. April 7— The
police have arrested two women pick
eting the British Embassy and advo
cating freedom for Ireland. The wo
men were Miss Mol lie Carroll, of
New York City, and Mrs. Harry
Walker of Astoria, Long Island.
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ADMIRAL SIMS DID WRONG
WASHINGTON, April 7— Admiral
Rodman told the Senate committee to
day that he believes the Sim’s letter
to Daniels, criticism* the navy’s war
work, was a very indiscreet one. Ad
miral Rodman said Sims tnfl'screron
lpv «nrtiew|«r>v in h:s breach of con
fidence in makm* the public intimate
with confidential conversation which
should have been secret Admral Rod
man referred to Sim’s statement thot
Admiral B«"*nn has said he woo'd
not let the “British pull the wool over
hi* eyes.”
There have been rumors in Sew
ard tor the past three days of u walk
out of miners of the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission which would nlso
implicate the trainmen on the govern
ment railroad. The walkout, according
to rumors, was not to be in the nature
of a strike, but rather a method by
which the miners could have a confer
ence in regard to a better wage scale.
The rumors had it that by the end of
this week not a wheel would be turn
ing on the government railroad, owing
to the walkout of miners and those
connected with the operating depart
ment as trainmen.
The Editor called up Mr. Gerigs’
office this forenoon to get the facts.
Private Secretary Mason answered
the call as Mr. Gerig is now returning
from Mile 248 where he accompanied
Col. Mears and Col. Warren who are
on their way to Nenana and Fair
banks.
Mr. Mason, in reply to a number of
questions asked, said: “E ghty five
miners are coming in tomorrow from
r.ska and 35 miners are coming from
the Chickaloon mines to have a con
ference on Friday with Mr. Gerig re
garding the wage scale. This is not re
garded as a strike by the miners
.hemselves, simply a walkout to come
to Anchorage to discuss wages to be
paid. So far as we are iftfoimcd, the
trainmen have not shown any implica
tion in proposed wage discussions.”
TO BAR OUT SOCIALISTS
ALBANY, N. Y., April 7—
Two bills have been introduced in
the Assembly, with the recommenda
tions of the judiciary committee that
they be passed, for barring out of
American politics, all those connected
with the Socialist party.
DISCOVER REVOLUTION
BERLIN, April 7— A great mili
tary conspiracy, intended as the Ba
varian pa railed to the recent Berlin
revolution, has been discovered in
Munich. It was planned to make von
Ludendorff the military dictator.
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HI*NS BEHIND IRISH
LONDON April 7— The Irish
police say they have confirmed the re
cent rumors that the Sinn Fein plot
was being backed by Germans in Ber
lin who were engaged to furnish war
material.
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CALDWELL, Kans., April 7— An
©0 foot fall from a smokestack of the
Veal electric light plant by Jim Will
iams of Wichita, stackbuilder and
steeplejack, merely delayed opera
tions five minutes and he was back
on the job. Falling head first, Will
iams struck a guy wife which broke
the fall, and he landed feet first in
some mud, uninjured.
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MINING MEN
CONFERENCE
IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, April 7— It is expect
ed that 1500 delegates will attend the
Seattle session of the International
mining conference which opens tomor
row . Conferences will be held for two
and possibly three days. Gov. Hart
and Mayor Caldwell are to welcome
the delegates. Bishop Rowe is to re
spond to Gov. Hart’s welcome for
Alaska. Frank Vanderlip, the New
fork banker will speak Friday.
Ajnong the other speakers already
on the program and their subjects are,
J. C. Ralston, Spokane, ‘"Walter Pow
er; ” Bart L. Thaue, San Francisco,
“Iron and Steel;” W. C. Kerr, Taco
na, smelter superintendent, “Copper”
'J. P. Bowie, San Francisco, engineer
in charge of the California office of
whe petroleum division of the United
States Bureau of Mines, “Petroleum
Sources of Power;” Professor Joseph
Daniels, University of Washington,
“Lead”; and Dorsey Lyon, chief of
the experimental station of the Bur
eau of Mines of Pittsburgh, “Presi
dent Prob*^ of the Mining indus
try.”
Moving picture stories of the coal,
petroleum and copper producing in
dustries are to be exhibited at the
convention Round table conferences
will be held.
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• FRENCH ALL RIGHT *
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• LONDON, April 7— The Times •
• says that it is believed the French *
• have taken the right course in *
• occupying the right bank of the •
• Rhine after warnings to the Ger- 0
• mans. The Times says it believes *
• that public opinion will force *
• England to help France if nec- *
• ess ary to quell the Germans.
GERMANY PROTESTS
REIW.IN, April 7— The German
government has sent a protest to
France against the occupation of Ger
man Rhine cities. The note says the
protest is in the name of justice, rea
son and humanity certainly is not fol
lowing out the treaty’s intention to
prevent Germany from restoring or
der in sections of Germany disturbed
by robber bands.
MAYOR CALDWELL MAY
DISMISS CHIEF WARREN
SEATTLE, April 7— It is rumored
Mayor Caldwell is to dismiss Chief of
Police Joel Warren. It is understood
Inspector Claude Bannick, Capt. W. H.
Searing: and Captain of Detectives
Charles Tennant arc being: considered
for the post Warren has interests in
Alaska.
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ASKR£N IMPROVING
TACOMA, April 7— Prosecuting
Attorney Askren, shot last Saturday
night by a woman whom he had twice
convicted, is improving and the phy
sician* are now confident of his recov
ery. The woman, Mrs. Smith, is held
by the police on an open charge.
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SEATTLE, April 7— A. L. Kemp
ster. formedv manager of the Pnget.
Sound Taction company, has been ap
pointed General Manager of the New
Orleans railroad, light and power
company.
REELECT
MAYOR AL
Mayor E. E. Chamberlin, known to
his scores of friends as “Al”, was re
elected mayor of Seward at the elec
tion held yesterday. C. E. Orlander,
Charles Krcfting and H. E. Ellsworth
wero elected to the city council for
two year terms, in the order named.
Hugh T ougherty was re-elected city
ticasurer over Miss Jane L. McNally
by $1 votes. C. A. Estes, was re-elect
ed city clerk, having no opposition. L.
V. Jlp> leceived 57 complimentary
votes for municipal attorney, there
bein^ no regular candidate for this
o±’ficy. Others received complimentary
votes for various offices.
In the school election, for treascr
er, Meda H. Shellhom was elected ov
er 8 S. Balde»-ston, who was a candi
date for re-election.
There were many little issues in
the city as well as the school election.
The Fire Department was most un
necessarily drawn into both the may
oralty and councilmanic fight. In the
treasurership f’ght many believed it
was V* be a d’Sp'ay of strength be
tween the tVo financial institutions,
which was also uncalled for from any
viewpoint. In the school contest there
were several quiet issues but the main
one seemed to that of having a wo
man on the school board and not be
cause of feeling against Mr. Balder
ston who has made a most efficient
treasurer.
There were 262 votes cast in the
election for town off’*c;als and 260
votes in the school election. The regis
tration was 278.
The votes cast for the various can
didates is as follows:
FOR MAYOR
E E. Chamberlin 151
J. H. Romig 107
FOR COUNCILMEN
C. E. 0”lander 231
Charles Kreft»ng 143
H. E. Ellsworth 131
P N. Anderson 120
D. C. Mathison 118
FOR MUNICIPAL CLERK.
C. A. Estes 212
FOR MUNICIPAL TREASURER
Hugh Dougherty 152
Jane L. McNally 101
FOR MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY
L. V. Ray 57
FOR TREASURER School Board
Moda H. Shellhom 109
H. S. Balderston U5
The city councilmen will meet to
night at 8 o’clock and canvass the
election returns and incidentally the
old city council and other city offic
ials will have a group picture taken
which will appear in one of the issues
of the Pathfinder.
AT ANCIIORAGE
ANCHORAGE, April . 7— Five
hundred and f’fty six votes were cast
in yesterday’s election for two mem
bers of the school board. There were
five candidates. H. C. Bennett and 0.
S. Gill were elected. The f’ght was
non-part’san. bitter and personal cent
ered around the superintendency. The
winning cand’dates are on record to
support an outside man for the office.
JUNEAU, April 7— The Citiien’s
MANY MAY BE
LOST-IWO
KILL LB
ticket made a clean sweep in the elec*
E. Robertson defeated F. Wolland for
major by 163 votes. Ray Day, W. G.
Johnson and C. W. Fries were elected
councilmen by majorities ranging
from 124 for Fries to 214 for Day.
W. W. Casey defeated Cash Cole for
the School Board. The total vote was
850.
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UNION MEN TAKING THE
PLACES OF UNION STRIKERS
CHICAGO, April 7— Outside Bro
therhood yardmen are taking the
places of the striking men here. The
railways expect traffic to be normal
by next Saturday. The strikers claim
way union heads say 2500 men are
16 000 switchmen are out. The Rail
out. The express embargo has cut the
city’s dairy and farm product sources.
CHICAGO, April 7— Representa
tives of 8500 Brotherhood locomotive
firemen and enginmen employed in
the switching district here have de
fied the union officials and Tiave vot
ed to join the unauthorized switch
men’s strike. It is believed this will
stop union men from other cities re
p'acing the switchmen, enginmen and
firemen.
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SHOOT TO KILL
SEATTLE, April 7— The Sheriff
is to station deputies, with sa .ed off
shot guns at the city's entrances and
the deputies have been ordered to
shoot to kill. This is being done to
check the increasing automobile hold
ups. Fifteen dope addicts have been
arrested suspected of knowing the
whereabouts of ‘'Blackie” who kiiied
his b. other robber Saturday night aft
er both had killed a deputy sheriff.
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BISHOP HUGHES DEAD
CLEVELAND, April 7— Bishop
Matthew W. Simpson Hughes, of
Portland, died at the hotel here today
of pnevmonia. The Bishop has been on
a lecture tour since last October. He
was ordained as Methodist Bishop in
1916.
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FULTON MEETS SMITH
PORTLAND, April 7— Fred Ful
ton and Gunboat Snr'th meet here to
night in a six round bout
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POUND GOING UP
NEW YORK, April 1— The pound
%A 04 cents on demand today.
This is the first time the English
pound has been over $4 for months.
WASHINGTON, April 7 — The
N*val committee ha* voted to
estab'ish and exten*ive deen water
naval base on San Francisco Bay.
SEATTLE. April 7— Fire destroy
’d the L nco.n hotel at one o’clock
Ja s mo;n ng and the loss is estimated
vO be $600,000. The hotel, which is on
the corner of Madison and Fourth av
enue, had over 300 guests registered.
Two were killed, Fred R. Hamilton,
aged 50 years, President of the Puss
and Boots confectionery store, and his
daughter leaped from a fifth story
window when they probably lost their
heads. Many were seriously injured
including C. W. Tebault, newspaper
man, hands and face burned; two
firemen, Charles F. LaCasst, suffer
ing dislocated hip and broken ribs
when a falling wall caught him; and
H Foglequist, cut when debris struck
him.
The fire started with an explosion
in the basement, in the laundry. A. A.
Wright, night clerk, was sitting at the
telephone switchboard, heard the ex
plosion and then noticed a dense vol
ume of smoke begin pouring up the
elevator shaft. Wright immediately
started ringing all room phones and
kept on ring until choked by smoke.
./r ght does not remember how many
ooms he reached.
Many gucs.s are musing.
Many spectacular rescues were
made.
Two firemen lowered two women
from the eigvh story, in beits.
Ihe firemen's extension ladder
reached only to the Sixth floor so the
firemen scamd the remaining stories
on Pompier ladders which are iron
JU 4 J With cross bars.
Leon li. Hanna, French War Vet
eran, leaped from the second Story.
Hanna was rushed to the hospital.
t oi i'o..ce Joei warren be
lieves there are many bod.es in the
ruins.
SEATTLE, April 7— Firemen are
flooding the ruins of the Lincoln hotel
with water. This afternoon it is be
lieved the ruins will be so cooled that
a search for bodies may be started.
Guests fled from the hotel in their
night clothes and were accommodated
in the E’k’s club, Y. M. C. A. and
other hotels.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7— Ham
ilton, killed in the Seattle fire, is a
brother of E. S. Hamilton, of the San
Francisco Examiner. Miss Grace
Hr.nrlton, went to Seattle on a pleas
ure trip to visit her father.
SEATTLE. April 7— A body was
found in the ruins this afternoon be
i;eved to be that of Miss Blanche
Crow, need 20 years, employee of the
Chauncey Wright company of restau
rant. Th;s makes three known dead.
The Lincoln hotel was built in 1900
and was the f»rst tree aonrtment
house ever constructed in Seattle.
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