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LONDON. Amil 1>— Hy A. P.—
There arc one and a half million \\>
men in this country w no will no\c»
have the chance of getting married is
the statement of Miss Norah Marcn,
editor of National Health. In 11H •
there was a sui'idus of 1,‘107,000 mar*
liagablr women over maniagblo m m,
arid since then there have been the war
casualties of KMS.
Mis- March says that emigration
will remove a few of these surplus wo
men while economic independence will
prevent women from marrying men
; for the sake of a home.
‘ Many men and women in this age
of modern advancement.” says Miss
March, “are getting different views
from those held in the past, and re
gard women’s right to motherhood as
' a supreme individual prerogative.
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Having such a wide choice of wives,
the question remains as to whether
the men will choose the best n i l
strongest women, as upon the women
will depend largely the futuie human
race, since the best of manhood has
been cut off. The choice really rest*
with the woman for with her is the
right of refusing an offer of marri
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age.
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^ gp^akinif >vf *r»- * <’ Hous« of L< i i*
thin r'.orn : nr, :r x^s of th*‘ rvv
iniliUrv bill. ai<l that trouble v.fli
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liable to happen any time. #
‘ Any way.” said Earl Curzon, “En
gland needs r. lar^e army to take car*?
oi c colonies end various domin
ions/*
BRITISH
CALL FOH
SOLDIERS
LONDON. April 9— The British
War office today issued an urgent ap
peal for volunteers for relief of tho
forces in North Russia. The volunteers
must be trained soldiers and the per
iod of enlistment must be for one yea'.
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RABBIT DANCE WILL BE
TOMORROW' NIGHT— A. B. HALL
A “Rabbit Pance" will be given to
morrow night by the Arctic brother
hood at their hall. Ladies are suppos
ed to come representing rabbits, and
A. H. McDonald. Arctic Chief, wh*
knows all about “rabbit” dances, can
explain to the ladies of Seward just
how easy the preparation for a cos
tume is. Just call him up. There will
be special music tomorrow according
to the committee having the novel
affair in charge.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MEET
There will be a moct’ng of the Sew
ard Fire Department tonight at the
Fire Hall to Hi«cu>s matters of im
portance. The call is issued by Fred
erick Broadwell. Secretary.
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Bv Associated Press
LONDON, April ‘J— British news
papers today publish articles that the
preliminary peace agreement requires
that Germany pay 25,000,000 000:)
ma’ks immediately in cash and raw
materials.
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“TANKEK” JOHN IS BACK
* Johnnie Nelson, formerly with Gus
Borgen. in the old location, returned
on the Admiral Watson this foreno »n
having his discharge in his pocket
f"om the war service. Young Nelson
went to Seattle last year , passed the
examination and has been in the Tank
service until his discharge. “Tanker”
Nelson has been in two eastern camns
and was finally transferred to Seattle
who e he was discharged. The young
man looks good and says that it is a
wonder what “beans and beans w ill do
to build a fellow up.”
A
CLYDE L. MORRIS IS
MARRIED AT SEATTLE
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Announcements have been received
in Seward by friends of Clyde L. Mor
ns, who built f.o many ditches in the
days of Nome's glory that it was said
that he made Seward Peninsula look
like a map of Mars, of his marriage to
Miss Edith Alice Anderson. The wed
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ding occurred at Seattle, March 12.
Mr. Morris was president of the Arctic
club for two years, when it was lo
cated in the old Arctic Club building.
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William Brandt, Sam Gibson an !
John E. Farrier , arrivals on the Ala
meda. are registered at the Hotel
Seward.
STRIKERS
SORRY OF
COPENHAGEN'. April 9— German
government troops are inarching on
Essen where trouble has broken out
bet Wien the strikers and the Christ
ian workers organization. The organi
zation desire now to return to work as
their demands were refused, and thev
realize they made a mistake. The
strikers are reported to have taken
possession of the Krupp plants.
25 HOGR STRIKE
ROME, April 9— The Lab*^ Coun
cil has decided to call for a 25 hour
strike beginning at 6 o’clock tomorrow
morning.
The Associated Press correspondent
at Seattle, sending the Gateway’s
press, states that the reason for the
strike has not been mentioned in pre
vious Rome dispatches.
SWEDISH DOCTORS
WANTED HUNS
TO BE FED BY
AMERICA
STOCKHOLM, April 9— One re
quest that America should send food
to Germany was drawn up here by a
delegation of medical scientists rep
presenting two hundred Swedish phy
sicians who asked the American Min
ister Ira Nelson Morris, to forward
it to President Wilson.
The petition was supported by the
report of Professor J. E. Johansson,
a nutrition expert, whose investiga
tion of the Gorman situation has beei
in progress since 1915. He declared
that tuberculosis in Germany has in
creased 100 percent. Basing their ar
gument on this statement, the Swed
ish doctors in their petition said ser
ious epidemics might be expected to
spread through the world from Ger
many unless food was soon supplied
to the German people.
Since the Swedish petition was
presented to Mr. Morris, Germany has
agreed to surrender her merchant
ships to the Allies and the latter have
promised to send food to Germany.
TAX WEALTH 25 PCT..
PROPOSAL IN FRANCK
PARIS, April 0— The Socialists’
papers, preparing for the coming ele'>
tions, arc pouncing on Clemenceau at
every turn because of his financial
policy which Populaire compares- to a
“rolling snowball” of debt. Humanite
says the people are already “blinded ’
by taxation and demands a 25 per
cent tax on big fortunes.
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* SIDNEY DREW DEAD
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* NEW YORK. April 9— Sidney 4
* Drew, the well known movie star, *
died suddenly last night at his *
4 apartments. Mrs. Drew is today *
* in a serious condition as a result *
* of the shock occassioned by her 4
* husband’s death. *
Mr. and Mrs. Drew arc known ‘
* to every movie fan in the world, 4
" they having always appeared to
* gether in comedy productions.
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WASHINGTON, April 1>— The
State Department officials has heard
that a number of wealthy''persons,
pa ticularly women, are financing the
Bol.hcviki agitation in the United
States. The report is not taken ser
iously, although special agents have
been placed to work upon securing
evidence. The State Department has
proof however that one wealthy wo
man in financing an organization o!
Soviets among southern negroes and
if the investigation proves this to be
a fact, the woman will he arre. ted on
various charges and her wealth con
fiscated by the government under cer
tain war laws.
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* PORTO RICAN WOMEN
MAY GET THE VOTE *
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, April
9— By A. P.— That women in Porto
Rico should share all rights granted
t ' men under the existing !uv.v, is Cm:
proposal of a act introduced into fie
House of Representatives by Repre
sentative Gonzalez Mrr;a.
The Woman's League of Porto P ro,
with over 2,500 members throughot l
the island, and which is working to
obtain the vote for women is not In
favor of the bill as it is considered too
sweeping in its terns. The league
fears that if the vote is given t >
ignorant and illiterate women
throughout the island it will mean on
ly more votes to he controlled by the
politicians.
It want? votes only for women who
can read and write, more for educa
tional and patriotic reasons than for
political purposes and the women ex
pect to use their influence and power
in social, charitable, moral and intel
0
lectual ways.
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ENGLAND II IS BILL
TO BAR THE HUNS
LONDON, April 9— Edwin Shortt.
home secretary has prepared a bill f >r
pa liment, which will prohibit immi
gration of German. Other measurers
will be passed dealing with deporta
tion of undesirables and treatment of
interned Germans, many of whom
wish to be sent home. Sentiment Is
strong for deporting all of them.
Mr*. Carl Strout,- wife of the well
known Alaska purser, now on a com
mandeered boat of the Admiral Line,
in British waters, arrived on the Ad
miral Watson to visit with her sister,
Mrs. Thoday.
.T. A. Magill, in the fishing industry
on Cook Inlet, came north on the Ad
miral Watson and is on his way to
Seldovia.
H. H. Tarte, superintendent of the
cannery at Alitak, is on the Admiral
Watson with his crew of men.
The A. E. C. Barge Lawrence has
finally reached Anchorage being tow
ed from Seldovia by the Anna W.
Six day’s mail arrived on the Ad
miral Watson this forenoon and one
day’s mail reached here on the Ala
meda!
Purser Large is back again on the
Alameda after spending a vacation in
‘Frisco.
C. E. Robinson, commercial man.
arrived on the Alameda and is regis
tered at the Hotel Overland.
Rev. G. J. Zinn returned on the Ala
meda after an extended trip along the
Pacific coast on business connected
with the Episcopal church.
By Associated Pre»s
PARIS, April, 9— According to of
ficial advices received here this after
noon, the German Cabinet Council is
considering the eventuality of making
the* Allies maintain order in Germany
in the interest of all of Europe.
BIG B \TTLE IS ON
COPENHAGEN, April 9— An Es
thonian official statement says th it
soveii villages and 200 prisoners have
!>• cn captured from the Bolshevik*
.outh of Narva and that Gdov, on
Lake Piepus has been stormed and
:;00 Bolshevik is and much war mater
ial captured. Fighting is still in pro
gress. 1
PROCLAIMS SOVIET REPUBLIC
BASEL, April 9— A Soviet Repub
lic has been proclaimed at Regenburg,
the second principal manufacturing
city of Bavaria.
RECALL ENVOY
COPENHAGEN, April !>— It is of
ficially announced at Munich that
Ritter von Pruger, Bavarian envoy to
; Berlin has been recalled because Ba
' varian officials declare that the new
German constitution can never become
binding upon Bavaria as the Bavar
ian’s special rights have been surrend
ered in the drawing up of the docu
ment.
STATE OF WAR EXISTS
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BERLIN, April 9— Placards were
posted this morning announcing that
a state of war exists at Nuremburg.
Parades and demonstrations there an
forbidden. The public is to be forbid
! don on the streets between 11 o'clock
at night and 6 o’clock in the morning.
RIOTING AT NUREMBURG
BASEL, April 9— Armed crowd
are reported to have stormed and pil
laged the foods depot at Nuremburg.
The raids also included the American
storage sheds.
FAHSAGUT
IS COMING
SEATTLE, April 9— Steamer Ad
miral Farragut sailed for Alaska
poits at 10 o’clock this morning hav
ing only a few passengers for Seward,
Anchorage, Juneau and Cordova but
208 passengers for various canneries.
Frank Brilliant is aboard for Sew
ard.
The Admiral Farragut has consider
able freight for Anchorage being the
first steamer to go to that port this
season.
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BISHOP ROWE COMING
Bishop P. T. Rowe came north on
the Alameda as far as Juneau and will
come to the westward on the North
western.
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Mrs. Grace Corson, formerly a resi
dent of this city, with her son Jack,
came north on the Alameda and will
locate here. Mrs. Corson is registered
at the Hotel Sexton.
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4* Associated Pro*
PARIS, April 9— The Allies have
evacuated Odessa according to an un
official announcement. It is roporte i
that the Ukranian-Soviet troops capt
ured Odessa Tuesday morning. It is
now reported that the Bolsheviki for
ces are pressing the Allies who evacu
ated Odessa.
twoIavyboats
COMING NORTH
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VALLEJO, Cal., April 9— The U.
S. S. Saturn and the U. S. Revenue
Cutter Unalga are going to leave for
Alaska tomorrow for the season of
1919. The two naval crafts have re
pair crews aboard for the radio sta
tions and lighthouses.
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ANDY NOVAK HAS A NEW
ONE TON DELIVERY TRUCK
A new one ton delivery auto truck
arrive^ on the Admiral Watson this
forenoon. Andy Novak is the own”*
and he is all puffed up with pride at
the speed he is going to show around
Seward. The truck is arranged both
for freight and a 6tage.
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