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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
sEWARDi Alaska. Wednesday. June u, 19m. ——____
VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 30. ..... ..— - ■ ’ ..
i i \ i \m ia:n
LONDON. June 11— The Bo!
she*iki forces after three days
’ fiuhtim: are reported to have cap*
lured 1 ta from G«»n. Kolchak's
troop*.
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BERNARD STONE GOING TO
START ANOTHER NEWSPAPER
IN KKTITIIK \ N 11 VD TROT RLE
SEATTLE-June 11 Bernard Stono
and Edward G. Morrissey nre he»<*
and have pun based a newspaper p’:»n*
\vh»m will In 'hipped to Ketchikan.
Alaska. Th* two newspapermen
tend to start the Daily Evening J«>u»
nal before July 1st. Politically the
Journal will be independent.
On May 1st Mr. Stone and M».
Morrissey started the Ketchika"
Times* a combined paper from the oM
Progressive Miner and a weekly I >'
Times is understood to have be* n r,»
ancert by certain budnes; men o'* Ke*
ehikan who purchased the two oMyi
papers an*l placed Mr. Stone •»»
chary*'. On the la<t trip of the A’a
mod*** Pave Tewk.-bimy. formerly •'*
the Anchorage Times and lately edit*'
of the Alaska Raili 'ad Report, pa«s*d
thioupa Seward on his way to Kotch*
kar to take charge of the Time*, re
cording *<» report*. It is understo * *
that Stone and Morrs-ev had a r:,n
ing out with the storkhoMers e<* t1***
Times and quit on the j* b.
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VICKSIU’RG CM 1 FP AT
\N< HOR \C*F. ON WAY WEST
The cruder Vicksburg was at An
chorage last Friday afternoon and ar*
ter taking aboard 125 tons of cod
steamed for the westward to give aU
to the flu victims. This is according
to word brought to Seward this n>o*-n
ing on the Admiral Watson. The
Cruiser Vicksburg is going to Pntrb
Harbor and nrohnblv Nome before *»•
turning. Anchorage cozens have a*’
ed the Secretarv of the Navy, that •*
it is possible, to permit the endser
return to the Cook Inlet town fer the
Fourth of July.
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STEAMER NEWS
Steamer Alaska arrived at To.-do
va at «r o’clock this mominfr and is o
sail from them for Seward and wav
calls at 10 o’clock tonieht. Prohah'e
time of arrival in Seward wi'l he on
Friday the thirteenth.
Steamer Alameda is advertised * *
sail north from Seattle tomorrow a*
9 A. M.
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• ASK RATIFICATION
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NEW YORK- Junel 1— The \;v ‘
• tional Woman Suffrage Associa
• tion is asking twenty two cover
• nors to call a special session of *
• legislatures to ratify the suffrage *
• amendment recently passed by
• Congress.
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llv Associated Press
VIUN\A .lime 1! The Associat
cd Press learns that Austria is pie
p»’.! iut a 'eplv to the peace treaty. ^
is understood that A us* ia will inn'*e I
an evasive rep.y.
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>»'t I, ‘»\ !5l(i PUOMJCMS
PAIUS i 'i II The Council <*«
the Four seems pessimistic ’I
large unsolved questions. It is unde*
stood that Premier Clemenceau is mi
moved from h»s determination not t*
modify any of the pence terms to ary
of the belligerent nations.
PF.N1 M S FOR GERM \NY
PARIS- June 11- The Allies have
denied Germany’s request for a man
date for the former German colonies.
It is officially announced that fian
ce is determined not to let Germany
belong to the League ot Nations tin*
tier any c;rcum.stances* until year
have passed
COMPLAINS ON TERMS
PARIS. June 11 Austrian Chan
col lor Renner has sent the Peace con
fen nee a letter comp’aining of tlv*
hard cond:*ions impo ed upon Austria.
Chancellor Renner says: "Austri;*
is overwhelmed with despair.’’
IRISH QUESTION
PURLIN’* June 11— A dNpu'i'h from
Paris today says that the peace con
fere nee is to consider the hi h quo
tion.
!t is understood from the dispute!
that Col. K. M. H »»use* of the Ameri
can delegation* is to visit Englan*
soon and urge that the English sett1
the Irish question. Col. House is a' <
to visit Ireland.
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PIONEERS M W GIVE A
PICNIC NEXT SVITRim
At the special meeting of the Rio
nee’s held !a<t night a committee >f
l was appointed to make a report at
another *:pec?al meeting tonight re
garding a pienic for next Saturday
out around Mile ♦>. The special com*
mitte» is con posed ef Or. Romig* ( a*
Brosius, Guest and John Gilpat
rick.
The Pioneers holieve that now is the
♦ime to give a picnic and as Saturday
is Flag Day* the day would *he anp»o
nrinte. A No flies have not begun U
bother and the weather is just right
for picnickers.
FORMER SENATOR SPOONER
OF WISCONSIN PASSES AW.U
NEW YORK* June 11— Forme;
United States Senator Spooner, who
represented Wisconsin many years at
Washington* l>. C.* died suddenly thir
forenoon, after a short illness.
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\ serious five recently at Sunrise
destroyed eighteen cabins according t%»
advices reaching here on the Admirai
Watson today. A forest fire, got be
yond control of the men and before it
was stopped from spreading the cab
ins were destroyed. The majority o4
the cabins were vacant at the time* it
is said.
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TAXES IMPOSED
m ALL SALES
IN TERRITORY!
The recent session of the Ala -Ua
legislature assembly, easting about for
wavs and means of increasing the ter
ritory's revenue* passed a law entitled
“An act to provide revenue for the
govei nni* at of the territory ot Alas': i
by imposing and collecting a tax upon
profits deri\ed from the sale of prop
erty within the territory- and provid
ing means fo’- the collection and en
forcement of same."
; ;u bid passed follows:
See. i. That there shall he levied
assessed- collet led and paid- a tax «>1
per centum upon all profits in exce
*f one thousand dollars ($1-000) re
ceived after this act shall become e?
fee’iv< upon all sales and contracts to
^-11 t 0 « 'tat*' or other capital asse *
ituated in the Territory of Alaska
Whether the sale or contract of sale
and payment he ma le within or with ,
nit the territory. The term “real es
tate" shall include min* - sites- fish
ing and manufacturing sites- and ad
•ights acquired under the public land
taws of the United States- and a:;
>uihiing. • manufacturing and redo.*
don plants, railways- tramways, pip*
>»• u her tran-mission lines, dredges,
t a.ves- pi< i and docks- and all tin
nip overrents- machinery end equip
nent placed thereon. I he term caps*
•d asset*" shall include fish traps am
’ishing rights and privileges- timb*
;<>ld sepp'-ate from the real estate
doat *• scows and barges- and all nor*
on il property held as an inv«- tmen
>- us d in the transaction of business
is distinguished from ores and min
-M-als- fish and fish product?- forest
inducts. and other merchandise am
personal property sold in the ordinary
ansaction of any business for which
i license i; paid to the territory- an
t is herchv declared to iie not the in
ention of this act to impose any ad
’i’enal tax upon profits obtained i*
he rdinary tiansaction ol any bimi
loss for which a license tax is im
iosed hy the laws o! Alaska. I*or thr
upnose of ascertaining tlv gain •>
oss result mg from the sa*e o • oft’*
lispsition of property, real or p ”
on?d-. an mired uno** to d'o !'rst da*.
»f Ma ch li)1“- the fair market vubr
>f such property as of that date sha*
v» d i med Its purchase price and user
for the basis of determining th.
mount of spell gain or loss. If th
ou ideration he paid otherwise than
a money- the fair market value of th *
moderation at the time received
hall he deemed, the selling price for
ho computation of the amount of th°
‘ax.
So ■, 2. A lien <s hoieby declared
md imposed in favor of the Territo** •
>f Xhiska unon all property and prop
rty rights within the territory for he
payment of any tax imposed by this
\ct- and the purchaser of any such
importv may pay the amount of such
.x and deduct the same from the pur
J ;\sc price. o»* the territory may on
o't c such lien hv appropriate action
n the courts of the territory in tho]
nanner provid'd for the foreclosure ot
mortgages. Any person m* persons,
partnerships, association or corpora,
ion receiving all or any part of the
purchase mice or other consideration
?or or on account of any such sale or
•ontract of sale sha'l make a true and
complete mturn- under oath- to the
territorial treasurer, upon such forms
an ! according to such regulations os
j the territorial treasurer may prescribe
reciting in detail such official in order
to compute the amount of such tax.
Such return shall be made within thir
ty days after receipt of tho purchase
m ice or other consideration, but if the
same he paid upon installments- then
the return must he made before Febru* |
ar\ first of each year for all install
ments received during the previous
(ai* ndor year and, in any event , with
n thirty days after final payment of
the consideration be made- and the
tax shall become due and payable
from time to time as computed by the
'.ei ritorial treasurer- and shall bear
interest thereafter until paid at the
••ate of 1 per centum per month.
Should such return be not filed as
herein equired- the territorial treas
urer may compute the amount of such
tax from such information as he may
conveniently obtain- and may proceed
to recover the same precisely as if
such return had been filed in due form
and computation of the tax made
thereon- and in the event of th**
amount of such tax being subsequent
ly reviewed or otherwise adjusted by
th** court- there shall be added to the
amount of the tax as so finally ad
justed a penalty of 10 per centum of
the total amount finally found due;
Provided- that the territorial treasurer
may • in his discretion and with the
approval of the governor- grant such
‘Xtensions of time for completing
und filing such returns as he shall see
fit- either before or after the time
he rein prescribed therefor shall have
expired.
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DEMOCRATS
Ry Associated Press
DENVER* June 11 National Dom
icrutie Chairman Cummins declared
.odav that the next presidential con
teat will be for the control of the
world. The outcome will determine
vhether America will continue to boM
the world's love* which Wilson ha
von for the nation.
Chairman Cummins said the world’s
love is lost if Wilson’s party is de
feated. j
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UPMIRAL WATSON ARRIVED
EARL\ rODAY— SAILED FOR
SEATTLE AFTER SHORT STOP
Steamer Admiral Watson* Capt.
Jlasscock* arrived in port at 0:*'*0
/dock tliis morning from Anchorage
•ml other westward ports* ami sailed
for Seattle at 8 o’clock. 1 lie steamer
had f>() pasM.uigers aboard from An
■horage* th<* majority hound for Seat
tle* and 17 from Kodiak and other
ports.
Passengers arriving on the Admiral
Watson for Seward were Oscar Hart*
W. K. Beamer* J. H. Nichols* A. A
Fraser* W. Mayer* W. Mayer, .Tr.. air’
P. L. Neil.
Louie Fusick and John Berk were
passengers to Cordova on the steamer
from Seward* and F. A. Scott went to
Juneau.
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TR \\SPORT BRINGS ONE
MAN ON TRIP OVER SEAS
NEW YORK* June 11— The Am- !
crican transport Federal arrived from
Antwerp this afternoon bringing one
lone officer* Captain 0. M. Mills* of
Seattle. Bands and tugs mol the trails
port believing that it carried a large
number of soldiers.
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WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weather re
port for the 21 hours ending at 7 o’
dock this morning:
Seward Of>* Clear, North.
Anchorage *r>0, Clear* Calm.
Matanuska 56* Clear* Calm.
Chickaloon 60* Clear* Calm.
Wasilla 48, Clear* North.
Talkeetna 50* Clear* South.
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By Associated l’ivss
WASHINGTON- Juno ! i Senai «
Walsh- Democrat «>f Montana, in a
speech today in the Senate. dol\ n d
tin* League of Nations against th
charge that it subverts America's
constitution.
Senator Wa Ii . * '< ; 'hat D.■*
opponents of the League ot Nation <
had trumped up many unsupported)!!*
objections to play upon alleged popu
lar sensationalism.
Senator Walsh further -aid that
the theories of Senators Lodge. Kno*
and Johnson were founded on 4hco* i
'ong disprove I and tluit the covonan
did not set a ide any constitutional
nrrrogatives.
Hv Associated I'res*
CHICAGO- Juno 11— The nation
' id.* of Telegraphers was ef
fective thi < morning at 7 o’clock.
Union officials here estimate that
(I.'M)n(r telejr aphci will leave their
kcy.s during the day.
1* i..- ah«) announced that over 100,*
000 el« ctrico1 work-rs will strike next
Monday- Juno 16th.
The telee ■ a phe and the electric if
\\o kers aie striking for a right- ac
n-r to ’«* union officials- to or
ganize and bargain collectively.
QUIl-iT \T FRISCO
S\V CiiAXCISCO- June 11— The
r! .. anli comp; nies here announced
at a on th t nobody had answered the
»al! (’or a general strike.
n uu rout i: working
X!-:\V YORK- June 11— The West
rn Union announces a full force is
ontinuing to work in offices here and
elsewhere.
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By Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA- June 11— Majo;
A. J. Drexel Biddle. President nt th*•
Army and Navy Civilian Boxing
Board of Control* has selected William
Bocap* sporting editor of the Phila
delphia Public Ledger* to referee the
fight on the Fourth of July at Toledo
between Joss Willard and JaciC Dc?np
sey.
Rocap was a former amateur box
ing champion.
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OFF ON THE ALASKA
Cable operators Fouch* Almgren
and Hoover received orders this morn
ing that they would leave on the Alas
ka. Operator in Charge Montgomery
wil| not leave until the Alameda.
15y Associated Press
VANCOUVER* B. C.. June 11—
(Jus Hamilton* resident of the v.*e t
coast of Texuda island* battled
‘hrough a storm in a 3(1- foot launch*
•owing hero to secure food owing to
fhe strike which has tied up vessels
carrying freight to the island.
Hamilton says that the situation 's
serious. Many loggers on the island
will probably die unless food is sent
to them. Some of the loggers are de
pending upon the game for food.
Storms, which have been raging
for the past ten days* are keeping the
fishermen ashore.
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ELECTION NEWS
Fifteen votes were ca^t at Kona*
in the delegate election on June 3**d
and all were for George B. Grigsby.
Grigsby also swept the Fairbanks
district.
Labovites at Nenana resented the
failure of the eight hour bill to pa s
and the two precincts there gave
Grigsby 128 votes and Jones 114.
Returns from Nome and seven out
lying precincts give Jones 274 an 1
Grigsby 198. Bad weathei* on the pen
insula caused a light vote.
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