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SEWlRD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER »>. 1919._____ * --
W.WllVC.TO.W Sept.. lt>— K -
pnh'ieati leadeis a*e ready for the
I rv*'Vr;: le>t on the treaty v.h di
h * n- \t wvk. Senator Johnson
1 heen asked to retain he.e immcdi
at- v as In > amendment, equalizing
t' • \i»ting po ei et the l irtod Stated
and Keg’and. will !*e tin* lirst tor con
sideration.
LONDON. S j>... li» - Attorney
tienerai Si* (iwip* I lev.* art has com
pleted the prosecution articles for the
case against the former Ivais» . 1 he
place for the trial has not yet been
selected.
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UKI5F.lv VHS VUK TO II WK
\\ ANNIVERSITY l> M E
Ti e Ibbakahs have complete
plans for the anniversary dance to >•
given terra* >w n'ght *n the Odd i ■
lows halt. Supper will be served : *.*
the mici»s'ght hour‘ and besides • is
ami dancing t«'*c will probably b*
vend hort ■ i oncernii .• t
01 jjanization o? the ladies. The public
i> invite l to th» anniversary celehra
ten
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UKATHKi: UMFOIM
The following'?: the wrath**** **»
port for th«* 21 In ending n< < **
r!»>;*\' this n*orf?isV:
Seward 40. Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 40. Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 42. Cloudy. Calm.
Wasilla 44. Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 4S, ( loudy, t aim.
Talkeetna *28, Ft.. Cloudy. Calm.
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Johnnie Wlson left on the Ad rtivr 1
Watson for Kodiak on a visit \\i*h ,Ke
folks expecting to return to Sowar 1
in about a month then go to California,
for the winter.
J. J. Finnegan visited in Seward dur
ing the stay of the Watson being on
his way to Anchorage from Juneau.
Charles Hubbard returned on the
Admiral Watson after a business trip
to La Touche.
Miss Agness Swanson, a school
teacher on her way to UnAlaska, is
aboard the Admiral Watson for Ko
diak.
SAN IHKGO. Sept., 10— Forty
thos and will hoar President VV ilson
tonight in tin* stadium, probably the
largest audience or. his present tour.
Mechanical devices are to carry th**
voice of the president who will speak
t'roin a specially built glass enclosure
• u the center of the stadium.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.. 17
Speaking to l.‘»()0 business men of th *
city's various commercial organiza
tions. President Wilson last nigli!
urged acceptance of the t"nntv as a
good business proposition.
IVfore his departure the President
received a petition from the Chinese
National Welfare Society, reporting
that 10.000 Chi nose-Americans a sked,
him to use his influence to readjust
the Shantung award.
HKRKKI.Y. Sept.. 17 - Yesterday
afternoon President Wilson told the
faculty and students of the University
of California that he did not object to
the treaty being debated hut objecte i
•o the debate not being one more fair
ly.
OAKLAND. Sept., ID— The ma
iority ot* people 1 fear have been d«»
lu lately misled as to the contents ot
the treaty.” president Wilson said last
to his audience of lo.OOO in tin1
auditorium. For the first time of the
iv «ont tour, the President was intro
«hired bv a woman, Mrs. Amelia Rein
1 ardt, President of Mills College.
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Mrs. Howes, wife of the former
commander at Fort I/scum, is aboard
♦he \dmiral Watson for Anchorage to
join her husband.
John F. Baird, of the Alaska Sea
Foo t Company, is aboard the Admiral
’ Wat son for Scldovia. Mr. Baird has a
. cannery crew w ith him also 7”» tons of
freight.
George Sexton left on the Admiral
Watson for Kodiak to take depositions
in tiie deiegateship contest.
0. L. Grimes, merchant of Kodiak
accompanied by his wife, is returning
home on the Admiral Watson.
Carl Almy arrived last night over
land fiom Anchorage and left on the
Admiral Watson to take depositions
at certain ports in the deiegateship
contest.
Earth currents are raising the mis
chief today with the cable system.
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SKATTLK. Sent., ID— Five thou,
and enthusiastic individuals hea.ru
Theodore Roosevelt , jr., speak la
ni^ht siippos'tinu’ the American Le
gion. The speaker said the Legion in
tends to t-iush Bolshovikism, intends
to crystallize for the future all pa
triotic impulses generated by the war
and to urpy the deportation of slack
ers.
Cheers frequently interrupted
Roosevelt's speech.
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PARIS. Sept., 111—* Marshal Kock*
according to several newspapers, will
h • appointed vice- president of the
T . m h War Council upon its estab
lishment.
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HOME, Sept.. li»— The Mcssagcro
in the reguKir edition today says Pre
mier Lloyd George, Premier Clemen
Ce;rj and Premier Tittoni are in per
fect accord over the definite solution
of the F hi me question and are only
awaiting Wilson's decision.
William Marsh is on the Admiral
Ua’son for Anchorage with several
crates of chickens. Mu. Marsh intends
going into poultry raising busioow».
“Babe ” Hayes is a passenger on
the Admiral Watson from Valdez go
ing west to take deposition in the del
egateship contest.
John Yuen and 14 other Chinamen
went to Halibut Cove on the Admiral
Watson where they will be employed
during the winter by the Alaska Sea
Food Company.
The Ladies Bridge Club will meet
tomorrow afternoon with Miss Sylvia
Sexton.
Cannery crews from Kodiak, Ali
tak and two other ports will bo aboard
♦he Admiral Watson on the south
bound trip.
The Broadway Shop received a ship
ment of millinery direct from the east
om the Admiral Watson and the latest
creations will no doubt prove ready
sellers to the Indies of Seward.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Sept., 10— The
rapid growth of the death list indi
ates possibly a total e* 1>00 in tlu
hurricane swept district.
Business men estimate the money
;,,ss he., alone at $20,000,000 with o.v
|y $250,00- insurance.
Two hundred and eighty tour bod
ies have been buried in nine places
in the hurricane district.
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BOLSHEVIK! BY
THE POLES
LONDON, Sept., 10— The Poles in
Russia have driven the Bolsheviki
forces to the northern bank of the
Dvina. This represents an advance
northward of 100 miles since Septem
ber 16th.
On the Ukranian front the Bolshe
viki forces have forced Petlura from
Radomcl but are making no efforts to
recapture Kiev.
NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES
VOTE TO FORM A BIG UNION
NEW YORK, Sept., 19— Fifteen
city employees unions have approved
the proposal to form a central coun
cil and affiliat with the American
federation of Labor.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GATEWAY
PARIS, Sept., ID— The Bulgarian
i aty was presented to the Bulgarian
delegates this n\ noon. General The
ii’c 'ii, hcaP oi tPe Bulgarian mission,
declared the Bulgarians were not re
sponsible for the war but the Riflgar
.,n government threw the people into
.he struggle and he realized the poo
pi • mi st share the responsibility.
General Theoforff blamed King
Ferdinand and Foreign Minister 11a
doslavoff for the Bulganian’s entry in
thv* war and further stated the l»ul
; garians did not approve of tjie Bulgar
i ian alliance which came to them as a
cataclysm.
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WASHINGTON’, Sept., ID— The
! Bulgarian treaty follows along the
lines of the Austrian treaty according
to the cabled summary.
The summary shows Bulgaria must
pay two a.* 1 one quarter billion Irani*
, in gold within thirty seven years a
i reparation; must demobolize the army
within three months and substitute
volunteer enlistments; the army mu -
; hen be reduced to 20,000; ope e.- a >
I lishment only will be permitted for the
manufacture of war material and I»u!
garia must surrender all y.arship;,
submarines and air force.
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SEATTLE. Sept., 10— Delegat '
Ciiigshy has arrived here from Wash
ington, 1). *m 11i way t(» Amski.
to take testimony in the dolegatcship
contest.
Delegate Grigsby <avs the develop,
ment of the southern and southwest
ern Alaska coa1 fields is assured hy
tJip presence ol the Pacific fleet. H**
snys the law modifying the leasing
terms to permit of prospecting upon
claims is r< ady for submission to Con
fess. The passage of the law seems
tain as th<j public favors a release
of coal fields for development pur
poses.
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LINCOLN, Sept., 19— Senator
Johnson left here last night for Min
nesota. lie stated that he will proba
bly abandon bis Pacific Coast tour for
be present in order to return to
Washington.
ST. PAUL, Sept.. 19— Senator
Johnson spoke against the League oi
Nations before the Minnesota state
legislature this afternoon.
Tomorrow .night Senator Johnson
wil make a speech at Minneapolis/
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MARTIN BURG, W. Va., Sept., 19
Congrossman J. B. Thompson, of Okla
homa, died of heart failure on board
a train near here this afternoon.
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PENSACOLA. Sept., 19 The City
of Biloxv, an Italian barkcntine. blew
up twenty miles off Mobile bar thns
morning. It is believed that four were
killed. Captain Dlarios and twenty of
the men of the crew took to the boats
and have been rescued.
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BELGIUM LEGATION RAISED
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WASHINGTON. Sept., 19— The
. House has passed the Senate resolu
tion ru’s'ng the Belgian legation to ar
Embassy.
PITTSBURG, Sept., 19— Steel
workers, at a conference, today an
nounced that p V ns are effective for a
gc '«val strike on Monday. Out of de
fer. nee to President Wilson, the com
mittee voted on a postponement of the
strike but the motion was defeated.
NEW YORK, Sept., 19— One hun
dred leading steel producers have pas
sed a resolution approving Gary’s
stand in refusing to waive the princi
ple of the open shop in the United
States Steel Corporation plants.
PITTSBURG, Sept., 19— Tron and
- steel mill employees in all parts of
the country now working under union
' agreements are preparing to strike on
Monday. William Z. Doster, Secretary
treasurer of the National Committee,
is directing the striker’s headquarters.
DETRIOT, Sept.. 19— The Sailor’s
union has voted to strike in sympathy
with the steel workers and will tie up
j over 100 ore vessels of the Pittsbutjg
■ Steel Company.
PITTSBURG, Sept., 19— The steel
workers have sent President Wilson
a letter stating eleven reasons why
the strike r»°xt Monday could not ho
postponed. The workers say any de
delay would mean the complete sur
render of all of their hopes.
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SEATTLE, Sept., 19— With eighty
one passengers, the majority for
Southeastern Alaska ports, steamer
Alaska sailed at 9 o’clock this morning
for the north.
Delegate Grigsby is a passenger on
the Alaska for Juneau.
The passengers for Seward are J.
R. Weaver and wife, and Mrs. E. L.
j Whittemore.
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