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v()I s SfiWABI), ALASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1914 __ NO> MM)
Vera Cruz, May 19.«--President
Huerta's terms to be offered before the
mediation commission were made pub
lic at Mexico City today.
Huerta offers to resign from the
' presidency if the United States will
agree to loan Mexico $400,000,000, of
which ninety-nine million will be in pay
ment for a lease of Magdalena bay at
one million a year. Of this sum he
agrees that forty millions be spent on
* public improvements by a commission
of two Mexicans, two Americans and
one member each to be named by
England. France and Germany. He
also stipulates that Carranza be barred
from the presidency.
A •** ,■ 1 meeting of the euuneil wtl
Im* e * *»* i* »ti a ** :. * rlit i*!
I’yili! > v « o\f\ ■ J fin* >’Ljrade*
\\ ; * if to dtsfU's t lit
prop«>**• • i v'f. i! | ** ifM f ty ownei -
wi . I**- v, ‘*'0 •> i >« p fs**i,f ami an
attempt mao** *o re e . an etpiul *ni
w just in* * " * tii..; * i • f.\i*** for ra v
ing of owering (mi oil- jsAvilt <«• ev* n
* Iv div
At tin* u *•» t?ng of th** tonne 1 !a**t
night ti i* eon!raet for f earing I hit«
avenue of stumps «;i> *‘f * > Mt*>»r*.
Perkin^ ami Weaver, who tod for tin*
)owt e hid. t aril * tiering to do the
work tor '17*. They were grunted a
permit to U't* 1 jht el;a j**> of powder.
The rep*n of Alio tor I. e.t' on t lie
treasurer's hooKs was r«*r ited and
tiled with lie* titnmee e .mmittee. Omy
a tew minor error** were found.
J08-T. R. NEAR
N«*\v York Max IP. Koi uirr I’resi
dent 1 *-e\t*i? \\ i; i arrix'e at Oyster
Hay tomorrow fmni I’.tazil. A great
vorp* of newspaper m»*n are on the
ground waiting for T. K ,and his opin
ion xx ill !»♦ asked on everything tgom
the xvur vx:th Mexico to the weather.
RACING GCGS
DIE OF POISON
Nome, May IP. -1 Jew ard> are offered
today for the capture of the miscrei nt
who spread poison in the racing dog
stables here la>t night. Five of War |
ien’s dogs and another whole team
were poisoned.
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Halifax, Nov , May IS).- Four mi
v . t^o ; «»! Id men who put to sea*
n boat from the wrecked
U-*- _■ htcr <' • ! i;i,bia were brought here
t‘*«ia\ bv He* r* venue cutter Seneca.
Tie 1 v. who died durinw the 1.3
day* of drifting at sea were thrown
m rh«o:ro. I’tto nf * he >urvivo:s were
uncon-eious w lien found. 3 hey were j
a'd i* • food and had secured drink- ,
ini: water hy st retching a tarpaulin in i
the rain.
24 DYAMITERS
LOSE APPEAL
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< "nicago, May IS Twenty-four ofli
ci iU of sevi-ral branches of organized
lab*0-. < mu! guilty of unlawfully trans
porting dynamite, were oidered to
begin-.erving their sentences at Ft.
Lea Vi n worth on .lone nth by the fed
eral e »urt of appeals today. Five have
given tip the light and returned vo!-;
untarily. ft is reported that the otl
ers are p aiming an appeal to the Snj -
reiue com t.
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way. We do it right.
To JOIN IN
ONE CEE
Committee Including Mayor,
Heads of Societies. Railroad
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and Other Clubs Named to
Perfect Organization. Meets
Tonight.
Hans were made at the mass meet
ing hi"* night for the re-organization
of tie* Seward Commercial Club or the
organization of a new dub, which will
he :»" democratic as possible in its
membership and work for the general
well fare of t he lown.
The meeting was called to order im
medi rely alter the Democratic t luh
adjourned. Dr. C. T. Dagget was nam
ed temporary chairman an i <>lh«* Itcese
secretary.
On mot ion of (leorge Sexton a reso
lution was adopted to liave a committee
composed of tin* may*ir, president ol
the Commercial Club, president of the
Democratic Club, chief of the Arctic
]>ro* hel'hood, president «»t 111«• l*i >n* ei s
of Maska, a representative of the .Al
aska Northern and tin* editors of the
daily and weekly papers, meet at the
earliest dal** possible and consider the
proposition of re-organizing the Com
mercial Club or organizing a n* weiub.
th»* matter to he left in the hands of
the committee.
Several ta.ks were made urging h:tr
moh\ ol action ami iinin* uiate work in
tin* general interest *>l Sewaixl and tie
intting v. •* a*-, on* d» to he convened
i again at the can oi tie.* chair to hear
th** report ui the c mimit t e«*.
A me* ling ol tin* comm tt**e i" cali
• «l at tin* Aici :c Drolherhood hall at
s o'clock tun gin.
New York, May ID. Lieutenant
Becker, on trial here for planning the
deatii of (iambler Rosenthal, looked
the picture of despair today wiien
Charles I‘lilt, formerly his friend and
coalident. told on the witness stand
of meeting Becker tlie day before tin?
shooting and he inyf ail vised to “avoid
Times square on the following day*’
and that he would learn the reason
later.
OFF FOR ARCTIC
NEXT MONTH
Seattle, May ID. Officials from the
Smithsonian institute are here buyintr
supplies for its expedition into the
Arctic seas which is due to leave June 1
DECLARES
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Widow of Promoter Says Her
Company Owns Great Copper
Deposit on knpernoff island,
With Kiel) Ore in Si^lit
Seattle, Wash., May III.—Frantic de
nial that site i> guilty of any mining
fraud was made today by Mrs. Annette
Loder, widow of the late lh\ Loder.
who organized the Kuppernoll topper
and Smelt ing t o.
Mrs. Loder said that the company
had been declared bankrupt while her
husband was alive hut that site was
trying ta> re-organize it. The campary
is suppos -d to lr Id claims on Kupper
no IT island oil the Alaskan coast in
cluding 7^,00'f acres of copper ore. and
she claims that a hundred thousand
tons of ore worth per ton is in
sight. Hie company is capitalized at
$l,ddd,dt H)
You'll ‘ind everything in the pastry
line at the Sew aid < ah*.
AMMONS WILL
TRY IT AGAIN
Ih-nver. May IP. Smart imr under
the vert nil la^hinu he received at the
hands of <* lie president, Governor Am
mons made preparation today to a>k
for the withdrawal of lederal troops
ftutn flie Trinidad district. Ammons
s lid lie would vend new ollicers to the
scene and try tie* militia a^aiu.
AIRSHIPS GO
T9 GALVESTON
San I)ie£0, ( al.. May IP.—t ap. t ow
an. commander of the First Aero t orps,
received orders to-day to dispatch from
the Government aviation camps to
Galveston live Government aviators,
thirty enlisted men and three army
aeroplanes. The aviators who will tfo
to Galveston are Lieutenants Dewitt
lllitiif ,who ranks highest in (lie army
aviation work: \V. K. i'alliaferro, A.
Fallois, J. K. Garbem and G. A. Dodd.
FIRST BOAT OF
YEAR AT DAWSON
Dawson, May IP.—The steamer Vi
dette, first boat to tret through from
Lower Lake Lehartre, arrived here
today after a record run of 4*J hours.
Scuttle, II ‘ash., Jlay Lieut. Jdcars and Thus.
Higgs of the Alaska Engineering Commission trill\
arrire here tonight and establish temporary head
quarters at the Artie club.
The first shipment of park horses rounded up for
the locators up in Idaho and, Eastern Washington
by Jack Dalton, arrived today and will be quar
tered in a suburb until the expedition is ready to
sail.
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Washington, May 19.—President
Wilson’s instructions to the peace en
voys who will meet with the represen
tatives of Mexico and mediators from
■ Argentina, Braziiand Chile at Niagara
Falls, were made public today.
| The principal demand of the
United States is the unconditional
elimination of Huerta as head of the
Mexican government, and under no
circumstances will this demand be
withdrawn. The envoys were told not
to accept any proposition which called
for the withdrawal of American forces
from Vera Cruz until Huerta is re
j moved. Lesser details, such as the
jselection of a successor to Huerta and
the allowing of claims for damages
were left to the envoys’ discretion.
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! TO ENTERTAIN,
ALL INVITED
Members of t be geodet ic survey party
| beta* on their way to the westward wjll
; trive a dance tonight in the Hale build*
j in if. and a general invitation is ex
tended to the people of Seward to come
! and have a tfood time. There has been
i considerable complaint because of no I
j hall suitable for a dance of late, and it ;
l remained for Tncle Sam's men to show |
i the way. They have arranged with
the Warner orchestra to supply the
music and will serve refreshments to j
: their quests.
| POST OFFICE
FOLLOWS FLAG
Washington, May ID.—The United
States Postal Service is ready to follow
the American flag into Mexico.
Here is the ollicial announcement re* j
specting t he establishment of an
American postal agency in Vera Cruz: j
Postmaster General Burleson has
issued an order establishing a United
States mail agency at \ era v^ruz, (
Mexico, from this date, April 24, and j
assigning II. M. Robinson, Superin
tendent of Railway Mail Service, as
United States Postal Agent in charge.
Budweiser beer at the Branch. *
One double oven range for sale at j
the Commerce Cafe,
I’reparaf ion** for wdcu;; A * (Aivernor
Lister of WashA.gton ait*’ ’A1 party of
business men com it'.*: to ward on t I.»*
Admiral Sampson ;*s ^i;os of I’resi
•dent Alexander of the I ’acitie A aska
Navigation company were loaded;, tin*
Democratic club at last n _ Ir.’s -ot
ing. A committee of live were named
to receive the guests and an assessment
levied to meet tin* incidental expense
This committee will co-operate with a
business men's committee previously
named including Commercial club
members and several men not in
eit her organi/at ion.
Jack Honan was called on for a
speech by !’resident Daggett just be
fore the meeting closed and lie compli
mented Seward on its energetic club
jand prophesied great things for the
llesurrec*ion bay port in the near tu
lure. It looks like Fairbanks has lost
Sack for good. “S. tSmiln " Hewitt
j also favored the club with a few re
| marks.
The Democratic duh committee in
cludes Dr. J. A. Baughman, F. J. Nick
erson, O. H. Reese, Derick Lane, L.
(). Sawyer, jr., and Dr. C. T. Daggett,
president.
The business men’s committee in
cludesSydney Anderson, Derick Lane,
Charles F. Brown, F. L. Whitlemore,
Frank J. Cotter, Harry V. Hoben. W.
M. Sauers, B. M. Stone, Gus Bergen,
E. O. Sawyer, jr., and S. M. Graft,
president of the commercial club.
ICE PACK STILL
KOLOS AT NOME
Nome, May 19.—The ice shows no
sign of breaking up so far, and sluicing
is being delayed on account of the late
season. _
Felt mattresses at J. L*. Graef ’a. f