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VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 9S. _ MWAiT__
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SEATTLE, Sept. 3—A
special from Washington, I).
C„ to the Times says the na
vy Department committee,
recently in Alaska especially
at Anchorage and Seward,
reports twenty eight million
tons of coal suitable for nav
al use in the Matanuska
fields. The Commission roc
ommends that the coal be
brought to seaboard at An
chorage or Seward. The re
port of the commission is no;
made public but a naval of
ficer gave Senator Poindext
er the facts as stated in the
dispatch. The committee in
Alaska consisted of Captain
Kittelle, Capt. Gregory and
Lieut. Aikman.
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Washington, Sept., 3—\
Frank Law, counsel for the
Alaska Steamship Company,
told the House Interstate
Commerce Committee today
that the Alaska steamship
rates would have to be
greatly increased if water
transportation were placed
under regulatory jurisdic
tion of the Interstate Com
merce Commission as now '■
proposed. Mr. Law said the
existing laws limiting liabil-,
ity of shipowners for cargo
losses would be cancelled by'
the new bill thus making it j
necessary for the shipown- j
ers to carry more insurance j
which in turn would be ad- 1
vanced to the shipper
through advanced rates.
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MAY OCCUPY
LEFT BANK
OF RHINE
• r.OOD NEWS
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• ST. »*AlTL, Sept, 3— J. Ogden *
♦ Armour, the packer. said today
* that the crest of the high cost of '
* living had been reached and prices
• were already starting downward •
• and will continue. The drop later *
* will be considerable, according to *
• the meat packer. •
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LONDON. Sept., IV- The British
destroyer Victoria has been torpedoed
and sunk in the Baltic. Eight of the
crew ire missing.
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PARIS. Sept., The Suprem'
Ounc.il is to send a forceful note to
Germany pointing out that the Ver
sailles treaty does not permit of the
representation of Austria in Ger
many’s Reichsrath which Germany*:.;
constitution provides for. The Su
preme Council demands that the artic
le be withdrawn within a fortnight
otherwise the Allies will occupy th<
left bank of the Rhine.
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PARIS, Sept., 3— The Pope has in
structed Cardinal Merrier to piv>
President Wilson the Pope’s views re
pardinp the League of Nations.
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APPEAL 1$ MADE
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PARIS. Sept., 3— The revised
treaty has been given to Austria. The
treaty leaves the future of Austria
largely in the hands of the League of
Nations which ran decide whether
Austria will be permitted to join Ger
many. .
Vienna will probably lose her com
mercial supremacy as only four md
lion inhabitants are left in Austria *o
support the Capital.
The treaty was given to the Austria
delegates late yesterday afternoon.
Speaking on the ratification of the
German treaty here today, Capt. Thj •
diue s^id that fifty seven per cent of
all French soldiers under thirty one
years of age, had been killed in the re- j
cent war.
AMSTERDAM, Sept., 3— The Pan
German League in Berlin has express
ed a desire to return to a Monarchy.
The Vienna lawyer, Boslin, speaking
at the session, declared the Austrians j
desire to be ruled by the Hohenzol
lem*.
PARIS, Sept., 3— Minister Renner
received the Austrian peace treaty last
night and left immediately for Vienna.
It ib expected the Austrians will ask
an extension of five days in which to
reply as the Austrian assembly meets
next Saturday or Sunday. The exten
sion of time will be granted.
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• SOME STUNT
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- SEATTLE, Sept., 3— An aero
* plane delivered a rush order for
* seven auto tires at Everett forty
* minutes after the order had been
* telephoned here. The aeroplane
* did not stop at Everett but dp>p
* ped the tires on the courthouse #
* lawn. *
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NO WORD FROM ALASKA
At the time of going to press this
aftemoonno word had been received
from the Alaska. According to prev
ious schedules the Alaska should
reach Cordova sometime during the
night.
TRAIN OUT TOMORROW
A train will be dispatched tomor- j
row morning leaving Seward at 8 o’
clock and making connections with a
train from Anchorage. Passengers for
Anchorage should bear in mind that
there will perhaps be some distance to
walk and they should carry nothing
but hand baggage.
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JACK DEMPSEY IS TO
FIGHT CARPENTIER IN
LONDON— DATE NOT SET.
DECATUR, IUs., Sept., 3— Mana
ger Kearns announces that Jacx
Dempsey has accepted the offer to
fight George Carpentier in England
for a purse of $175,000. Probably the
fight will he before the National
Sporting Club in l/>ndon. The date has
not been set. Dempsey is tiring of his
vaudeville tour but will probably ap
pear on European stages.
J. H. D. Bouse, Chief Deputy in
the Marshal’s office, is registered ai
the Hotel Overland having come ove?
from Valdez on the Lt. Donaldson. Mr.
Bouse will remain here for the Seward
term of the District court.
The gas power schooner Ruby ar
rived from the westward yesterday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock and is takftig
on cargo for the return trip.
CUMBERLAND, Maryland, Sept,
?— The Baltimore & Ohio shopmen
have rejected Wilson’s wage Increase
and have struck.
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Deputy United States
Marshall C. W. Mossman,
who is now in charge of the
hunt for William Dempsey,!
alias Cummings, asks the
people of Seward and the
surrounding district to re
frain from hunting or firing
off firearms during the pre- •
sent chase. Yesterday there i
were many out in the hills j
hunting and their shots con-1
fused the searchers andj
started all sorts of rumors.
Deputy Mossman does not\
want to put his official ban
on hunting but believes that
the citizens will gladly co
operate at the present time
and do nothing to hinder the
work of the two score of men
who are out on the search
for the assassin.
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* INFORMATION WANTED
* Deputy Moaamun asks that it
* anyone misses any food or firv
* arms from cabins anywhere, in
* Seward or to the north along the
* railroad or trails, to immediately *
* notify him as this might lead to '
* some clue regarding Dempsey’*
* whereabouts and movements.
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NEW PLAN FOR
OPERATION OF
THE RAILROADS
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WASHINGTON. Sept, 8— The In
terstate Commerce Sub-Committee has
submitted to the senate a plan for
private ownership operation of rail
roads under government control with
strikes and lockouts prohibited.
Senator Cummins prepared the hill
embodying the recommendations. It
is suggested that a new railway trans
portation board of five members be
named by the President to supei’vise
the railways under the direction of
the interstate commerce commission.
P VCIFIC FLEET TO BE
REVIVED IN SEATTLE
BV PRESIDENT WILSON
SEATTLE. Sept., 8— Private Sec*
•etarv Tumulty has wired here that
"resident Wilson and Secretary Dan |
Vis, aboard the battleship Oregon
will review the Pacific fleet in the
Seattle harbor on Sept., 18th. Presi- J
dent Wilson speaks here at the Arena
corner of Fifth avenue and University
street, on the night of Sept., 14th.
WILSON HOLD CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Sept.. 8— Upon
the eve of his departure on a speech
making tour, President Wilson held a
conference with Senator Hitchcock re
garding the Senate fight on the. treaty
ratification without reservations..
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COLD WATER PARTY IS
NOW FACING A BIG SPLIT
CHICAGO, Sept., 8- The Prohi
bition party’s national committee is
considering dissolving the party. One
faction wants to continue to seek en
forcement of the prohibition legisla
tion. A split in the ranks is threaten
ed. The delegates will vote on the
question sometime today.
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AMERICANS FIGHTING IN
ARMY IN LITHUANIA— THE
BOLSHEVIK! SURROUNDED
COPENHAGEN, Sept., 8— Advices
from the Lithuanian region state the
Bolsheviki forces are surrounded on
the front and are offering to make
peace with the Lithuanians whose ad
| vance continues. One regiment is com
posed of Americans organized in Par
is for the Luthuanlan army.
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Deputy United States Marshal Isaac
Evans died this morning at 4:42 o
clock in the family apartments in the
Harriman National Bank Building,
the victim of a bullet fired last Mon
day morning by William Dempsey,
alias Cummings, who is now being
hunted down by scores of armed men.
The end came in peace and the heart
just stopped fluttering . At the bed* j
side were Mrs. Evans, the wife; Unit
ed States Marshal Brenneman, Chief i
Deputy Bouse, Mis. Sloan, who had j
been acting as night nurse since the
tragedy, and Dr. Romig.
liast night, Mr. Evans condition
took a turn for the worse between
eight and ten o’clock, but he rallied.
At midnight the heart action began
going weaker and weaker and tin* «
the temperature went up. Mr. Evan*,
remained conscious to the end, now
and again speaking to those around
the bedside, and then passed quietly
away, dead fiom the shock on the
nervous system.
The body was removed to the Woon
Undertaking establishmen this morn
ing where it has been prepared for
burial. The funeral services here will
he conducted by the Masons . Rev.
Hughes, a brother Mason, minister in
charge of the Presbyterian church ot
Anchorage, will arrive in Seward on
tomorrow night’s train and preach tho
funeral sermon. The hour will he an
nounced later.
Out in the woods, somewhere north
of Resurrection Bay is William Demp
sey, now with the stain of a murder
upon him.
The sad news of the death of Mr.
Evans reached the score of armed men
still on night duty soon after the end
had come. These men redoubled their
efforts to find the assassin and when
the day men went to their posts there
was a greater detei-mi nation in them
to hunt down and kill or bring alive to
Justice the man who had killed one of
Seward’s most respected citizens and |
an officer of the law.
As \eputy Mos.<)nun, who is in
charge of the man hunt, said this
morning, there has not been a positiv?
clue as to the whereabouts of Demp
sey since he disappeared after holding
up D. C. Brownell last Monday fore
noon. about fifteen minutes after the
shooting.
There have been rumors of this and
that, shots have been heard, but they
have resulted in nothing bearing on
the discovery of the. whereabouts of
Dempsey. Those in the woods have be
lieved they have heard Dempsey mak
ing his way through the under brush,
i etc. The noise might have been made
by Dempsey, or it might have been
made by a sudden gust of wind, a
bear, a porcupine or a wild bird.
Dempsey may show up today. A
man who is coatless would have a hard
time keeping warm during Monday
night, which was cold, and last night
when a cold drenching rain fell. Demp
sey’s shoes must also be worn nearly
through as only biking shoes would
stand the test of the bard travel
Dempsey has been required to take.
Dempsey may have found an isolated
cabin where he has kept warm, but the
question of food is also another item.
This latter leaves the officers and
searchers to believe that unless the
man has secured food somewhere, he
must come out some place today and
ask for it
Others believe that Dempsey has
made his way north beyond where the
patrols are working. Other* believe he
has not crossed Resurrection rivet and
is hiding beneath a log in the denso
underbrush. Perhaps Dempsey’s dead
body may be found, he a suicide, bu:
all beliefs are only conjectures, there
is positively nothing tangible.
The reward of $200 offered yester
day , is a personal one made by Mar
shal Brenneman, as he has no authori
ty, unless permitted by the Depart
ment of Justice, to make a federal re
ward, the territorial reward must bn
made by (lov. Riggs.
The death of Isaac Kvans has cast
gloom over the entire city and added
to this the gloom is all the more deep
er on account of the cold, dark, and
rainy weather.
On the streets, in the stores and
els where are little gatherings, all di >
cussing the shooting and the death.
“It is sad”, and “it is most regret
able,” are the expressions most heard.
The death of Isaac Kvans has caus
ed a sort of speecttfessness to fall upon
his legion of friends. The end came sj
suddenly, so unexpected, that all seem
dazed.
Marshal Brenneman, Chief Deputy
Bouse, who has known and worked
with Mr. Kvans for years; Seward cit
izens generally who kuew Mr. Evan*
so intimately only express that which
denotes sadness.
The Bank of Seward remained clos
ed today out of respect to Mr. Evans,
he being one of the bank directors.
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CORONER’S INQUEST HELD
“We, the jury duly empaneled and
sworn, in accordance with the evidence
offered and our inspection of the body,
do find that Isaac Evans came to his
death on the 3rd of September, 1919,
between the hours of 4 and 5 A. M. ns
a result of a pistol wound from a 45
caliber revolver received on September
1st, 1919, about 9A.M. at the hands
of one Jack Nichols, alias William
Dempsey, alias W. Cummings.”
The above is the verdict of the jury
at the corner’s inquest held by Com
missioner Whittlesey this morning
The jury was composed of Georgo
Sexton, M. V. Diedrick, C. A. Estes,
E. E. Chamberlin, Wayne Blue and
Alexander H. McDonald.
The witnesses testifying were rret
Knowlton, Robert J. Weir, Dr. J. H.
Romig, F. R. Brenneman and C. L.
Mossm&n.
L. V Ray acted for the United Stat
es.
Isaac Evans was born in Pittsburg,
Pa., on July 11th, 1884, his father,
Samuel Evans, being a farmer.
Mr. Evans first came to Alaska in
the latter part of February, 1898, en
tering the customs service in March
of the same year at Wrangel . He wua
detailed to act as convoy from Wran
gell to the international boundary dur
ing the gold rush to the Cassiar dis*
trict, fn the care of foreign goods.
In June, 1898, he was appoint*!
customs inspector and was stationed
at the International boundary on the
Stikeen, remaining there until April,
1899 when he was transferred to For
ty Mile river, a tributary of the Yu
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TO ATTACK PETROGRAD
BERLIN, Sept., 8— British General
Gough has told Petrograd that an at
tack is planned upon that city.
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