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SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1919
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IMTI’SIU’IJt;. Oct.. >•> Philip M
ray, president of the Pitt.bun; I
trict of Unite! Mine Workers, said to
day the miners veil strike on Nov* > 1
ber 1st. :u*co !inu* to all indications.
INIMANAPOl IS. Oct.. 2I> The >f
ficials of the I n.ted Mine Wo.' *i,
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. arc to let the coal strike order stand j
an-! the men will not he called oil l*n
da\ night f’om striking. President
\\ Ison* oronouncomrnt had no de
\ „h-r> t1' ‘ Miner’s i’otineils union !
\o offici d intends to modify the
to positit an*
nouncemcnt inode this afternoon.
LABOR OF
WORLD IS
MEETING
WASHINGTON. Oct., 20 Seen*
»a, v of I. ibor W iliam B. Wilson, pro*
sided a* ilv* opening session ot th«» In
ternationul Labor Conference which
began meeting here this torenoon a
proviih <1 for in the peace treaty.
Secretary Wilson said he was act
mg un behalf of the people ol* Amer
La and in the name of the President
of th»» Unitml States.
Representatives of American Iaboi
and cap'tal are to participate unoffic
ially ir, the congress as it is prohibi
live for official representation unl:
tee treaty has been rati tied.
It is expected Secretary ot Halve
Wilson will be named president of tlv
conferences. Representatives of thii*
tv- six countries are present. (tc*man
and Austrian delegates are now en
route here.
MUST SNOW OF YF.AR
The first snow to fall in Seward.
flaked down today, but melted nearly
as soon as it struck the earth. Seward
is perhaps the only city along the
coast that has not hail a seven* snow
storm eat Her in the season.
da: ic.HT
There is going to be a peppy dance
Saturday night at the Arctic Brother
hood hall. This dance will be given b>
the citizens in honor of the officers
and crew ot the L. S. S. Saturn and
Seward’s live wires will he on the var
ious committees, assisted ot course b,*
the ladies.
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WASHINGTON. Oct.. 29— Secre
tary Glass has sent the historic Amor
ican flag, which flew over the capital
building during the congressional wai
sessions, to Governor Holcomb, oi
Connecticut, as a reward for that
state being first in oversubscription
to the Victory Loan. Connecticut over
subscribed 49.95 per cent.
Alaska was second in oversubscrip
tions with 49.06 per cent.
The District of Columbia was third
in oversubscriptions with 29 per cent.
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Dt'KFALO. X. V.. Oct, 29— Huf
;.)‘s *our mirviti men who organized
••eg the g-vi’ \va’ to nromote thi
S'1 < of Liberty b •• 'N have undertaken
a new tusk. The y :»■ n> aching patrio
tism and love o' t > t-y at the stree*
rO»tKTS.
The soanbox «as been the rostrum
• or l.os-' who v ached class hatrer
‘volutio* . i was said in announc
7 he •.■gmpaigv. n ! the fou*’ minut*
nr*.' be1: *\*ei f ..! his cUtSS Ot Spenk
-t o ;hi h * w »n their own ground
Accordingly tb y “eorgani^edi a
the minute men and one of their
niimbe** sneaks each night. The
first meetings have been well attend
, d and the minut men say they have
been encouraged by sympathetic re
sponse from their audiences. It i:
planned to continue the “soapbox"
campaign as long as there is apparen*
need for it.
MUTISII EXECTTE
12 SIMMS DMUNC. WAF
LONDON, Oct.. 29 Thirteen Spir
'••e -e executed n G» 'at Ihitain durirr
♦ b . war Eight were of enemy origin
ami two of allied countries . The fig
ures do not include cases cited durim;
the Trish rebellion.
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I. J. Sharick and Mrs. Flora Mc
Donald were married at W^itehors
recently. Mrs. SharricVs former hus
band was head machinist for the Geo.
Forrest company at Juneau for many
years.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 29— The
Senate, late yesterday afternoon,
passed the prohibition enforce
ment hill over the Presidents
* veto by a vote of »>"> to 20. The
house did the same yesterday
forenoon.
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What composes the inside of th“
earth ?
This is a question which modern
science has been unable to answer,
but a National Geographic Society
expedition, headed by Or. Robert h.
Griggs, which has just returned to
Seattle from Alaska, has made pro
grcss towards the answer, according
to its chief, says the Times.
The party has been in the Valley
of Ten Thousand Smokes, at the foot
of Mount Katmai, in Western Alas
ka since April and has returned witn
a store of scientific data and speci- ;
mens and photographs which Or.
Griggs says are better and more
complete than they had hoped to ob
tain. The gasses and vapors issuing «
f.om hot springs and geysers prompt
ed Dr. Griggs to give the valley Its j
name. He is convinced , however, he !
says, that there are nearer ten i
million than ten thousand smokes in
that scenic region.
••The purpose of our expedition to !
the Northland ” said Dr. Griggs. |
“was to study volcanoes, principally j
Mount Kutmai and the Valley of ;
Ten Thousand Smokes. I his was our
fourth annual trip.
“We have samples of volcanic j
gases in crustaecous form which we .
believe when studied in the labora- 1
tory will throw some light on what
composes the inside of the earth.
Of course we cannot expect to makf>
very rapid progress in answering j
this question which has been a poser '
for the entire scientific world.
“We discovered a fire harbor or
Amulik hay, thirty-fjve miles Iron
th** Valley of Ten Thousand Smoke.'
1 think it is feasible to construct
road from this harbor to the vallex
and when that is done the region
will be"easdy accessible. President
Wilson has proclaimed a national
monument in the valley which \\'>! (
no doubt attract many tourists in
th»> years to come. North of the val
ley is a scenic region which abounds
in game and fish.”
Dr. Griggs, who is professor o
botany at the Ohio State University,
discovered and named the Valley oi
Ton Thousand Smokes in 1016. The
National Geographic Society has sen’
expeditions there every summer sin<»
and Dr. Griggs has headed them all
with the exception of the one last veav
when war work kept him home.
K. C. Kolb, motion picture photo
grapher of Grand Canyon fame was v.
member of the expedition and exposes
10.000 feet of film. He is enthusiastic
over the scenic wonders of the region,
but was able to do photographic work
only at rare intervals.
“Rox Reach in one of his Alaska
stories.” said Mr. Kolb, “told how the
wind blew so hard that it sent rocks
hurtling at the natives with such for
ce that it killed them. Well I never
saw a wind quite like that, but I have
stood up in an airplane going 100
miles an hour and I never experienced
wind in the air like that in Alaska.
And how it did rain, day after day.
None of my film has been developed.
Some of it was exposed five months
ago, but I am hoping for the best.”
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 2!>— Fuel
Administrator Garfield conferred this
afternoon with private secretary Turn- j
ulty. Mr. Garfield stated that he be- ,
lieved fuel administration will return j
if the soft coal miners go on thei» j
strike Friday night.
CANNERY ( REWS HOI I) UP
SULING— TAKEN SOUTH ON
REGULAR PASSENGER LINER
There was recently a queer strike
to the westward, the principals, sev
eral hundred canncrymcn, just having !
reached Seattle from Unalaska ac
cording to advices from there. The (
canncrymcn were employees of Libby,
McNeil £ Libby, over at Libbyville
and nearby points.
The case of these cannery hands
is u nemilier one. They were sent
north as passengers and members
of the crew of the ship Aimer Coburn,
but shot My after arriving at the can
nery point they went on one of the
most peculiar strikes on record, at
least so it appears from me more or
less meager accounts so far received
hero.
The fishing season proved a fail
ure, and the ship Abner Coburn was
prepared to return to Seattle, tak
ing down all hands. When it came
sailing time, every member of tn<
crew, officers excepted, refused t«*
sail th * ship, claiming she was un
seaworthy. The Libby company then
called in a board of mariners, mas- i
tors of shins in thn vicinity, who sur- |
veyed the ship, and declared her in
first-class condition.
Even this did not satisfy the men.
and the captain of a United States
revenue cutter was sent to the scene
and he likewise pronounced the Co
burn seaworthy, still the men refused
to man the vessel. I hey demanded
steamship transportation to Seattle
This resulted in the arranging for the
Victoria to call at Unalaska to pick
them up. In the meantime the Coburn
will be towed to Seattle by the Steam
ship Cordova.
TREATY M ' Y (JO INTO
EFFECT IN NOVEMBER
LONDON. Oct., 29— Under Secre
tary Harmsworth. of Foreign Affairs
told the House of Commons today that :
he hopes the treaty will become effec- _
tive on the November Armistice Day.
EMPLOYEE’S COUNCIL IN
HUNLAND WILL LOSE OCT
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BERLIN. Oct., 28— The Bourst
Gazette states it has information that
industrial interests and big business in
general are planning a common cam
nri'gn against the government’s pro
posed measure legalizing employes’
cor.r.e'ls with administrative or adv'S
ory functions.
One of the chief objections ip the
projected measure is that it will giv<
* n^nloyos who b°e.\;me members of ad
Vtsoiy boards or dir< r to rate.* access t<
balance sheers and to business secret*
generally.
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ARMENIAN WOMEN HAVE
BUILT HUNDRED MILES
OF ROADS; BUILD BRIDGES
MARASH. MESOPOTAMIA, Oct..
29— Five hundred Armenian womer
employed by the American Red ( ros
havo built 100 miles of stone road
and reconstructed several steel bridge
in this section within the last four
months. The roads were rebuilt in or
der to faciliate transportation of Red.
Cross suppliers. There were no mal**
laborers to be employed so Captain
Edward Bickel, of Seattle, who had
charge of the engineering work, en
gaged the women who were glad to
have employment of any kind.
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CLEVELAND Oct., 2!» - The police
have arrested live suspects who aio
believed to be the men who planned
the destruction of the police* station
here. The Police say the five plotters
art* those* instigating another series o'
bomb plots throughout the nation next
spring. The five suspects had large
epiantities of high explosive's , several
bombs and much anarchistic litera
ture.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2D— The end '
of the Senate battle over the treaty
amendment is in sight. One amend
ment remains to be voted upon. Thi4
was the one introduced by Moses to
exclude all British Dominions from
voting upon any league controversy
to which one of them is a party.
Senator Gore introduced an amend
ment proposing no nation in the Lea
gu'», is to start war until the advisory
people c f that nation has taken a vote
after arbitration has failed.
TESTIFIED)
NEW YORK, Oct., 2D— John D.
Ryan, former director of aircraft pro
duction, today vigorously attacked the
congressional committee investigating
the war time spruce production costs.
Mr. Ryan said the committee made in
timations against persons whose ser
vices were given to the government
and were most valuable. He said the
committee acted on the testimony of
soreheads who failed to obtain govern
ment contracts.
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W E ATH ER R E FORT
The following is the weather rcpoit
for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock
this morning:—
SEWARD 32, Cloudy, Northwest, i
Anchorage 26, Snowing, North.
Wasilla 30, Cloudy, Calm 2 inches
n^w snow.
TOLEDO, Oct., 29— Four men hav.
been arrested in connection with the
alleged plot to kidnap Edsel Ford, soil
of Henry Ford. The plotters intc/ded
to hold the auto manufacturer’s son
fo i a ransom of $200,000. Guards have
b. en doubled around the young man.
HELSINGFORS, Oct., 29— Lieut.,
Colonel Malone and certain members
of the House of Commons, returned
today from a daring visit in Petro
grad. They said they do not believe
Petrograd will fall this winter as
thousands of soldiers are loyal to Len
ine and Trotsky whom they said were
their divine leaders.
Berlin, Oct., 29— The anti-Bolshc
viki newspaper Prisyp today prints a
communication from General Yuden
itch stating his attack on Petrograd
has failed and he is falling back on
the entire line.
BLOWN
ROCK ISLAND, 111., Oct., 29
Robbers blew and opened the safe de
posit vaults of the Band of Sherrard,
at Sherrard, near here, d;V*ing the
night. The robbers opened the indivi
dual boxes and made their escape with
$35,000 In Liberty bonds, much cash
and jewelry.
ALASKA POSTPONED
Agent A. H. McDonald received ad
vices by cable today that tho sailing
of the steamer Alaska from Seattle
has been postponed from tomorrow
until Saturday, Nov., 1st.