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XUI XCMBE m SEWARD, ALASKA. ERIDAY. FKHKlVik. 13. I(m “_______TEN ( I NTS PER (OP.
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Fun uuhh'i ioi’Fu
The musicale and dance to be j;»v*
rn tomoirow n jjht at tlr* Odd l*c How
hull b> th * WonmnV ciuh of Sw%\a d
promises to be one oi the b ^ over t -
in the social life of the c:ty. The Vn>
man’s ciuh is ijivin : tins enterin'**
i.ient a* a n dep arture in aun:;
ments in Seward. The * anils deriv'd
will jjo >trr»ij;ht into the treasury fo:
worthy causes the m nd>“js o. i
ciub are umonir the foremost n S-*
ard to take up any important ei
movement and see it tkrni ^ i.
I In' Woman • vi a u u» ;’n»*'
organic d, has done many th ng>. th '
the average dti.'a kao .s nothin'
about. For instance, the Woman* :»
started the RedOrosjn JSev. a;<1 a:«
started the first fund and has dour*
rd $.‘{f»0. The Woman’s dub pure has d
and had erected the flag pole on tl e
public school ground and has a v.uys
furnished the f‘ags. The Woman's eb •»
purchased the piano for the pub c
school. The Woman’s dub of £?e\va d
adopted seven little Fionch war Ot
phans and fathered the movement by
which other o gairzations in Sewa -i
also mad" adoptions. Ihe Woman
dub has done many other things.
The-musical© and dance tomoinw
night is going to be a splendid
the program itself being vvoith ‘
price of admission which is $1. Upside;
the n'usicale and dance, a i ght :
cheon will be served and anyone .
tending, and not f<*<1 rg >;.t sped w h
the ente' taininent given, v. ill be
to please, 'lhr nar; urged p'ogrnm f
tomorrow night will be pub;I bed a
the Gatov, ay tomorrow.
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ON A SHIP
SOUTH AM Pi ON, Hug*, Feb., V>
Passengers aboard the liner Maure,a
ia beseiged the bar when -hut boat
passed out to s*\* over the tfcr h? m*l
limit fiom New York City. The p: -
N sengers drank the record stock of li
quor aboaj d the shfp befoie they ' ad
reached half way ai ross the Atlar tic.
The storage room for liquors is to l>«*
doubled and ppihips trebled in s'.*«.
GOVERNOR MTvKLVIE IS ON
VISIT TODAY TO OLYMPI \
SEATTLE, Feb., 13— Govt i nor
McKelvie of Xebraska, and Gov. Ha t
left this afternoon for Olympia and
Tacoma, (iov. McKelvie speaks tomor
row at Spokane. Fifteen hundred at
tended the Lincoln Day Banquet hist
night in this city and this is believed
to have been the largest affair of the
kind anywhere in the United States.
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SEATTLE. Eeb., !Snjra*«i »
l «i.eral Peter W. Davison. fosncr
: .k:> U»ad Commis'Oiie . tiled s i !
denl\ in New York City Iasi, night at
Ia*. •*.* - i fiily years, dig. Con. Dnv
-.iH \ .t> ormorly stationed at 1* '.t
t' Void Juneau and •
Alaska ttio.-. lie commanded tiro
Camp Lew is depot Oi.gu*»v. dw/.r.a lh *
v a”. Previously Prig, (ion Davison
had served in Cuba and the Philib
inos.
Alaska loses a staunch friend in
the deatn of Prig. (Ion. Davison and
hundnds of friends will mourn his
demise.
Previously to coming south to ou
ter the service at Camp Lewis, Pr ig.
(it‘Ti Davison had made his headqun t
«m> for some tim' at Juneau who?.*
ho was. the head of the Alaska lbmd
Commission.
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BIG BOG BACE
Will BE RUN
i”ma ;:i
THE PAS, Manitoba. Feb., 13—•
Dog; loams from many parts of the
n > ru)and will start March 17, St. Pat
i k’s Day, in the third annual 10d
in Hudson’s Bay Dog; Derby over
ihe snow tra.is between The Pas and
Sting*eon Banding; and return. About
i'iftg teams may outer.
A purse of $1,000 and a huge >»!
. »: and .UO:d cup will be presented to
ihe winning: drvvr. The cup, which
.• uiniis over thr» c feet in height, was
given by Frank Burns, a Toronto
sportsman. Wag *s on the race proba
bly will be heavy.
The Hudson s Buy derby, it is gen
orally conceded, has taken the place in
the sporting world of the abandt a <t
All- Alaska Sweepstakes race hntl
every spring at Nome, Alaska, fjv
several years.
Greyhounds will ho entered in
Hudson’s Buy race this year for t:
fi’st time. Alongside of them will »un
sheep dogs, Alaska malamutcs, col
lies and dogs of other breeds. Some of
the teams v ill cont'an dogs of severs:
breeds*
The winning driver must pilot his
' I and dogs the entire distance with
out stopping and must return with ad
1 s dogs, either on his sled or in the
harness. Last year the distance was
negotiated in fifteen hours.
“Mushc s” from Alaska trails, from
the Canadian prairies and f.om the
Indian camps nearby will be among
the drivers. One Alaska entry, Walter
Goyne, known as “The Going lvid”
has brought a team of veteran racers
here from southwestern Alaska, B.
I’.jo rk man, a Winnipeg driver, may
pilot a team of five collies. Dr. Brooks
of Brandon, Man., is training a team
of s~.eep dogs and greyhounds for the
race.
(TPin is ALSO TAXED
CL \CKBURX, Eng., Feb., 13— Cu
md is bmng ta<ed in the Blackburn
district to help clergymen meet pert
of the increase in the cost of living.
The charge for getting married has
been raised 50 to 60 percent.
KOXDON, i'Vb., 13— It is officially
con firmed ti'iit,di'ni'riil Kolchak, with
his minister IVpeHiavey, were shot at j
Irkutsk, on February 7th, by orders of
the revolutionary committee which di
rected the rebellion against Kolchak.
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PROTESTS
SELLING.
OF SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Feb., Vi— Senator
Ashurst introduced a resolution today
directing the Shipping Board not to
sell thirty former German linois
which the Board planned to sdl at
auction on next Monday. Senator A>
hurst said the Board planned to <cli
the ships to the International Mercan
tile Marine for £28,000,000 and sai 1
that the liners were worth at least
$154 000,000 before the war and were
worth $d00.000,000 now. Senator As
hurst said he would permit the auc
tion only after three months adver
tising in newspapers. He charged the
Board with trying to sell the ships -n
dor a secret agreement with England.
W ASHINGTON, F-b., 13— William
Randolph Hearst, as a taxpayer, Vns
petitioned for an injunction bamn r
the Shipping Board from selling the
ships next Monday.
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NEW GOLD STRIKE REPORTED
RERUN, Feb., 13— A Moscow
•hsnatch received here says two valu
able £ohl fields have been discovered
> the Urals, one field beinp: thirty
miles north of Ekaterinburg. Bolshe
vik’ engineers say if machinery *s
: vadable the fields will increase Rus
eold output to sixty per cent
within two years time.
TOWN ON WATER WAGON
GLOUCESTER, N. J., Fob., 13—
Consumption of water here has nearly
doubted since July 1. when the war
time prohibition act became effect’vc.
The municipality has just drilled two
artesian wells to augment the water
.supply in anticipation of an increased
demand under constitutional prohibi
tion.
LATH MILLS ARE BUSY
BELLINGHAM, Wn., Feb., 13—
BeBincrbnm evils report they are do
‘i^nr record Ims’^ess in lath manu
facture. About 100,000 lath a *
inp turned out here every day.
SACHA MKXTO, Fob., 115— It :s
reported Governor Stephens is •• *
tcmplating calling a special session of
the legislature to consider the Japan
ese question. The special session v*\ !
undoubtedly be called within the m*.
two weeks. Gov., Stephens is await
htoVever in hopes that the treaty may
he ratified before he issues the naM.
U is considered here that the Japan
esc question is a paramount one a
California in view of the fact that ‘ a
Japanese are making such inroads •>:)
valuable land purchases.
HOOVER F
PRESIDENT
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PALO ALTO, Cal., Feb.. lo— Her
•bcrt Hoover’s fellow townsmen have (
organized the ‘‘Hoover ior President
campaign club to obtain the Republic
an nomination. Many democrats be
• >ng to the club. All Hoover advocates
a e requested to telegraph their en
dorsements here.
ROOT IS
LONDON, Feb.^ 13— The Counci
of the League of Nations has invited
Elihu Root to become a member ol
the committee to prepare plans for ihe
constitution of the permanent court .f
International Justice. Balfour said
that Elihu Root was an American with
a great name and a great learning.
CAPTURE THREE GENERALS
LONDON, Feb., 1.3— The Bolshe
vik* forces captured three generals and
two hundred other officers, 3000 sol
diers and four armored trains besides
a great quantity of war material when
Odessa was taken.
KILLED IN COLD BLOOD
LONDON, Feb., 13— An Armen
ian delegation here says the National
ists attack in Asur Minor resulted m
2000 Armenians having been killed in
cold blood.
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TURN
THE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 1$— Pru
dent Wilson today received a railioad
men’s delegation, sitting in a wiie i
chair. The President conferred fifte n
minutes with the men and he reported
to have given the delegation his una'
tcrable decision on their wage A ?*
mands. The President said the gov
ernment’s policy was based on just;
to all interests. The President’s decis
ion has not yet been made public but
it is understood it contains a proposal
of arbitration. It is believed that Wil
son lefused to grant the wage in
creases. Private Secretary Tumulty
said that the increase in wage's woi.' 1
mean higher freight rates which would
increase the cost of living. The con
ference today was the first the Prosi
(lent has held outside of his sick room.
MONEY FOR ALASKA
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• WASHINGTON, Feb., 13— Sec
retary of the Interior Lane to
day ashed congress for $80,000 to
reimburse the Alaska ferritoria
government for money expended
during the influenze epidemic Iasi
year.
TRIAL OF
MONTESANO, Feb., 13— Thomas
Morgan, nineteen years old, who was
m the rear of the Centralia Wobblic.?
[,ali at the time of the shooting, testi
fied lor the state today. The young
man said lie noticed several of the de
fendants in the hall at that Erne.
Morgan said former soldiers halted
and were marking time, when the
first shots were fired from oppos‘d
the Wobbly hall. Morgan was hiding
in the wobbly hajl. He said the sol
diers did not break ranks before the
shots were fired. Morgan said the
Wobbly leaders conferred in the hall
just before the shooting.
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NAVAL BASE SITE AT
ALAMEDA TENTATIVELY
ACCEPTED BY DANIELS
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13— Secve
tary Daniels has tentatively accepted
the deed for the naval base site at
Alameda, California. The Secretary
told the Alameda delegation the navy’s
most pressing need is the establ* r
ment of a naval base in California.
Alameda gave the cite to the n<n >
through popular subscription.
Two Japanese without passports,
as required, were recently deported
from Ketchikan.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 1:5— Only
the oi! ami gas sections of the oil and
leasing biil, which has passed C jm
grc. s, apply to Alaska. These prov
ions recommended by Alaska o:i o*i
cjators under the o 1 and pas sections
are /or a maximum of 13200 aciAi
which can bo obtained with not m >*•«•
than /:V'* or :sp! cting permits i.>.u e !
♦ > atu oi'o a.j p tant for period ir ;
ex mi {*■ »'.::• \ . r.-. Actual (I-dim
must start wuimi t,v,o yaav.> a ♦'to* 4J»“
permits are issued. Tiie bill eonti’ns
a remedial sect on designed to proV't
tb* interests of about 110 claimnants
VuO>e claims ljavc been pending tor
t venty years and resulted from the
viihdiawal of Alaska oil and ga>
lane's from development. The leasing
act applying to Alaska coal lands »s
already in operation.
REQUIREMENTS TO LOCATE
SEATTLE, 1 cb., 13— A speck*!
from Wusnington to the Post-Intetii
genetr says the oil and gas land leas
ing b.il provides that before the appli
cation is made to lease any particular
area, the applicant must locate land
in a reasonable compact form and ac
cording to legal divisions of land sur
veys and in an approximate rectangu
lar form.
If the land is not surveyed, the
length of the aiea must not exceed
two and one naif times the width. ✓»
monument must be erected, not ass
than four feet high, in a conspicue is
place . A notice, written one, must be
posted near the monument that au;
cation for permit is to be imu.
thirty days after the notice is post** I.
The applicant must make his not c •
contain the name, date and de. d ipt on
of the area and oilier data; must hare
an eyewitness. The seeker after a p. r
i* ular tract must be on the gro; nd
first after the bill has been sign. ».
The applicant must prove that the 12 -
tices went up after the signing 01 lb**
bill.
The White House is trying to g t
some means fair to all notifying them
when the bill has been signed so tha4;
tiie lace will be on the square.
SEATTLE, Feb., 13— A speck 1
dispatch this afternoon to the Times
from Washington, says thousands ;n
all parts of the country, including
Alaska, are eagerly awaiting Wilson s
s gnature to the oil, gas and coal land
leasing bill before rushing to fill o
government oil reserves. The bill gives
priority in leases to first filers.
OTTAWA, Feb., 13— Canada lias
notified England she objects to chang
es in the covenant which would pre
vent her from being a full fledged
member of the League of Nations,
with a vote in the assembly. The Ca
nadian Cabinet is urging England not
to accept the Lenroot reservation
which the American senate is cons d
ering which cuts Canada from a vote.
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