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Daily Edition, ajid The Alaska Weekly Post__ —
—t SEWARD^ ALASKA: SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920. ~ __ll.N C I.NTS 1 ER COPY
VOLUME XIII Nl MHER 2SS. _______ -—
HOOVER JS NOT
V CANDIDATE FOR
THE PRESIDENCY
* SAN FRANCISCO. March H—
Herbert Hoover has Hired the
California Democrat State i om
nuttee stating he is not a candi*
date for President and savs he
* i» hiKhl) sensible of the «real
honor implied in his friend’s de
* sire to nominate him.
SEATTLE. March 6— Two sur
veyors today found the body of Walt
er Arthur Bagnall, a Seattle clerk,
aged 21, hidden in the deep woods b -
tween Kent and Desmoines, with a
bullet hole in the head. Corner Tiffin
says it is certain Bagnall was murder
ed. Bagnall left his desk at the Aero
Alarm Company’s office last Monday
noon to deposit his pay check amount
ing to $60. He«»**ver returned. On his
typewriter, half finished was a lotte*
Bagnall was a former sailor.
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leap year party tonight
GIVEN BY THE SEWARD LADIES
The Arctic Brotherhood Hall is de
corated and everything is in readiness
for the leap year party to be given
by the unmarried ladies of Seward as
sisted by the married ladies. Dancing
is going to start at 9:"0 o’clock ac
cording to announcement made b\
Bemadine Warren, Melba Straughan
and Aldoren Carlson, the committee
in charge of general arrangement*. In
order that there will be no misunder
standing regarding the dance tonight,
all men are invited and the women
folk will be there. The majority of the
young ladies and also the married la
dies have already chosen their part
ners for tonight, but gentlemen who
have not been fortunate enough to re
ceive an individual “bid" want to at
tend the dance just the same. The af
fair is not a dress-up event, aprons,
or shirt waists and skirts being th»
fashion for tonight Any lady appeal
ing in a regular party gown will like
ly to get his, also. Many dinner part
ies have been arranged for “after the
dance."
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SHOPMEN ARE LAID OFF
RICHMOND, March 6— The South
ern Railway laid off 140 shopmen her*
today and .'100 at Knoxville all caused
on account of the reduction in the ex
press service.
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IMPRISONED I. W. W. ARE
SITDYING CP ON DEVILTRY
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6— A.
W. Thornton, of San Francisco, told
the Credit Men's conference here, that
imprisoned I. W. W. members were
taking the university extension course
while in jail and will later use their
knowledge in making bombs. The ex
tension courses cover chemistry and
electricity.
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Much activity is reported in the
Cache Creek district this winter.
WASHINGTON. March Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels told the
House Naval committee today that if
congress does not ratify the treaty he
will recommend a naval building pro
gram for the next fiscal year larger
than any previously. Secretary Dan
iels outlined his plans and then said
that if America rejects membcrshin
in the League of Nations, “we must
have the incomparable largest navy
afloat. Only a moderate building pro
gram will be needed to round out the
fleet if the treaty if ratified and the
Unit'd States joins the League of Na
tions.**
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-SEWARD SNAPSHOTSl
l.oo Margules will leave Seattle ior
Seward on the Alaska sailing next
Thursday according to a letter reel
ed by E. L. Whiltemore.
Alvin Goldstein, fur buyer who is
stopping at the Hotel Overland, has
just returned from a trip to the inter
ior as far as Dawson. He says the
eatch has only been fair in that sec
tion of the country.
Edith and Ethel McIntosh, who
have arrived in Seward to make this
their permanent residence, were given
a farewell party at Anchorage last
Tuesday night by their many young
friends.
The Christian Science will hold us
ual services at 11 o'clock tomorrow
forenoon and Sunday school at 12.05
o’clock.
Frank Cotter and wife will proba
bly not return to Seward. Mrs. Cotter
will remain in California and Mr. Cot
ter is planning on making a trip to
South America according to a letter
received by Miss Gertrude Kendall.
W. F. Davis, of the geological sur
vey, accompanied by his wife, will ar
rive on the Alameda enroute to Nena
na.
Capt. C. A. Johnson, in the fisb:ng
industry at Caine’s Head, is a passen
ger for Seward on the Alameda.
R. H. Ogburn, of the Yukon Gold
Mines Company, from Dawson, who
arrived on the Admiral Evans, has
purchased the dog team from G. .1
Melvin and will hit the trail from An
chorage for Iditarod.
Duncan Little will probably leave
on the train tomorrow* for a visit to
Anchorage and give that burg the
once over.
Sumner Smith, coal mine superin
tendent for the commission, is re
turning north on the Alameda.
MAN HANGED— ACQUITTED
VIENNA, March 6— A court here
has just acquitted a man named Bren
er who was hanpred in 1914 after con
viction on a charge of communicating
with the enemy. After the armistice
his relatives demanded that the case
be reopened on the ground that the
woman who accused him was hyste •
ical and that the affliction had since
become acute.
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SHIPBUILDING BONUS
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 0—
Bonuses of $25 to $37.50 a ton wall be
granted to ships constructed in Bra
zilian ports under a new law enacted
by conprress.
* WOBBLY DEFENSE
M, HAS RESTED CASE ’
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MONTESANO, March 6— The *
* Wobbly defense suddenly rested
* the case at noon. The prosecu- v
* tion’s rebuttal testimony is to fol
1 low. The Court has denied Van
derveer’s motion for a directed
verdict of not Ruilty. The case
* will probably ro to the jury with
* in a week.
MONTESANO, March G— The de
fense is continuing in its endeavors to
submit testimony showing the raid on
the Wobble ball was planned- The
court continues to rule nothing is pos
itively shown to connect Warren
Grimm with the conspiracy, if one did
exist. George Vanderveer is trying to
prove that Judge Wilson, who is try
ing the case, delivered the eulogy at
the funeral of the Centralia victims
and offered to prove Governor Hart
approved of the Employer’s Associa
tion campaign against the Wobblieu.
Vandei-veer also offered to prove the
government selected Judge Wilsan *o
try the case. The court said all of this
was immaterial evidence and wou1 1
allow Vanderveer to prove nothing.
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CANADA GETTING GOLD
NEW YORK, March G— Three
million dollars in gold has been shipp
ed to Canada to stabilize the ex
change. The gold was shipped to the
Canadian government. It is under
stood more will follow.
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ONLY ONE COUNTRY IS
A RIVAL OF THE U. S.
IN ONE PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON, March 0— Only
one country, Fiance, can bo consider
ed a rival of the United States in the
production of naval stores, and her
production is about one fourth as
much as the United States, the De
partment of Agriculture states. Aside
from lumber, the southern pines, par
ticularly the long- leaf pine, are the
source of our naval stores, represent
ing a value in excess of $20,000,000 a
year. The position of the United
States in these important raw mater
ials at present is a commanding one.
A new project in naval stores is
opening in the West where the Forest
Service has given a permit to a Port
land, Ore., turpentine company to ex
tract pitch from 160 acres of Dough
las fir on the Umpqua National For
est. This company is pioneering the
new industry in the West.
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GERMAN UNIVERSITY IS
CLOSED— IS CZECH COLLEGE
PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Mar.,
6— The government has closed the
German university here and it will be
come a Czech college. This is in lin'*
with the general de-Germanization r /
Czecho-Slovakia. One concession to
the German element has been made in
permitting fl defendant in court to use
the German language in those dis
tricts where the German population
exceeds twenty percent
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SKINNER & EDDY WILL
BUILD HUGE OIL TANKERS
SEATTLE, March 6— The hip
building yards of Skinner & Eddy
are soon to begin the work of build
ing two huge oil tankers for private
interests. The tankers, when con
structed, will be the largest merchant
ships ever built here.
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FOKKER IS DRAWING
PLANS FOR NEW PLANE
ROTTERDAM, March 6— H. Fok
ker, the designer of the famous Kok
ker, the designer of the famous Fok
kftr airplane, has drafted the plans of,
and will shortly begin building, a
large airplane capable of carrying CO
persons.
The machine will have a speed of
75 miles per hour and will be driven
by six motors. It will be provided witn
sleeping berths and smoking room.
KILLS Wli:
SUICIDES
SEATTLE, March 6— E. K. Mc
Cormick, mechanic, shot and killed his
wife Nettie, then killed himself at
midnight. McCormick found C. L.
Jackson, a street car conductor, in his
wife’s apartment. The McCormicks
have been sepcratcd since New \ ear a
day. McCormick was jealous and the
incident last night proves he had
cause to be. Before he killed his wife
and then himself, McCormick gave
Jackson a frightful beating up.
OFF ON ONE DAY FLIGHT
CAMP LEWIS, Wash., March f»
Lieut. Smith loft here at 5 o’clock ar.d
hopes to fly to San Diego before
night. Ho loft early so as to react
Eugene, Oregon, in time for a waffle
breakfast with friends. He plans to
stop at Rod Bluff, Cal., San Francisco
and Fresno. Lieut Smith is using a
Do Haviland plane.
SEATTLE. March 6— It is report*
od here Smith passed over Eugene at
7:45 Medford at 11:15 but on account
of log uid not stop. Smith was 5000
feet high when he flew over Medford
according to the report here.
RED BLUFF. March G— Smith ar
rived at 1 o’clock this afternoon.
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ZERO WEATHER REPORTED
BUTTE, March., G— Below z« ro
weather is reported in all pails ol
Montana today. It is 35 below at Ha'*
lowton; 30 below at Billings and L »w
iston, 32 at Basin and 22 here. Great
Falls reports only 12 below zero.
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dutch laborite writes
ABOUT UNITED STATES;
SOME LITTLE KNOCKER
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AMSTERDAM, March f>— An un
flattering view of America is given >n
an interview in the Amsterdam Tele
graph by William Oudegeest, widely
known in labor circles, and leader of
the Dutch labor party, who recently
returned from attending the interna
tional labor congress at Washington.
Among other things, according to
The Telegraph, Mr. Oudegeest found
that in the United States:
Politics are at this moment ir. a
level with those of 1840 in Holland.
Economically, America has got to
the stage of 1880.
In the light of culture the American
still lives in the 18th century'.
“One gets the impression,” the
Telegraaf quotes Mr. Oudegeest a?
say'ing, “when he is in America, that
he is in the closing days of nobility,
when the peasants thought their nobl?
lords the only tilings of inportance in
this world, but with the difference
that the bankers and great business
men take the place of the junkers and
barons.
“General education in very low.
People do not read.”
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KING BODY GUARD IS
TO BE STRENGHTENED
LONDON, March 0— King Georg/s
bodyguard which before the war con
sisted of 200 Grenadier Guards, the
pride of the regiment, averaging 6
feet 4Vi inches in height and 211
pounds weight per man, now musters
only 18 such men. An urgent appeal
is being made for 200 tall men to
make up the strength of the guard.
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WILL BE PLENTY OF
WATERMELONS THIS YEAR
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EL CENTRO, Cal., March 6— The
1020 crop of cantaloupes produced in
Imperial valley will be worth $11,500,
000, according to an estimate just
made by I. T. Sparks, division freight
and passenger agent of the Southern
Pacific railroad.
PHILADELPHIA, March (i— A
freeze following the raging snow
storm is expected to check the floods
which yesterday swept parts of West
ern Pennsylvania and Delaware driv
ing many from their homes. Ice gor
! gcs wrecked many bridges and scores
jf homes wore washed away along the
Schuylkill and Susquehanna rivers.
The heaviest sufferers were at Read
ing, Lancaster, Harrisburg and Wilk
esbarre.
WILL NOMINATE
WILSON SAYS
JIM HAM
KANSAS CITY, March f>— Former
United States Senator James Hamil
ton I/wis, of Illinois, speaking hc»o
last night, predicted that the Demo
cratic National convention delegates
will nominate Woodrow Wilson by ac
clamation despite Wilson's wishes.
Former Senator Lewis says Wilso »
embodies all issues of the campaign.
NEW FIRE TRUCK HAS
THE POWER AND WILL BE
GREAT ADDITION TO CITY
Tho G. M. C. Truck, purchased
through the H. E. Ellsworth agency
of Seward, was given a thorough try
out yesterday and proved to answer
all requirements. The truck will noMf
be built up for a fire fighting appara
tus. Yesterday, with Bert Denny at
the wheel, Fire Chief Guest with his
eagle eye watching tho mechanism
and Harry Ellsworth watching the
speedometer, the truck was pufr
through all sorts of tests as to power
and speed. A run was made out along
Broadway over the snow trail and
bark again and then shot around the
city with all sorts of speed. The en
gine worked like a charm and every
thing proved to be 0. K. Last night
the boys of the Department all gave
the truck the once over and the body
will now he built and the combination
chemical, hose hook and ladder truck
will soon he ready for alarms, both
day and night.
SUCCEEDS BANKHEAD
MONTGOMERY, Ala. March t>—
Former Governor Comer has been
named to succeed Senator Ranhhead.
deceased.
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DEMPSEY IN THE RING
T.OS ANGELES. March 6— Crowds
Hmmed in la^t ni<?ht to see the two
ebemn’ons Leonard and Dompsav.
nrt.nnsev boxed three rounds with
Terrv KeRer. Experts savs Dernpsev
is in mermen* condition. Leonard
boxed with Eddie Hannlon of Seattle.
NEW YORK, March f>— Another
storm hit New York just as the city
was recovering from the five million
doilur blizzard of a month ago. A six
ty mile gale is blowing today with
rain and sleet. High tides are report
ed along the coast. Signs and chim
neys have been blown down here an.I
the plate glass windows of scores * f
stores have been blown in, especially
on Fifth Avenue, the damages being
estimated into the hundreds of thous
ands of dollars.
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* IS GIVEN DIVORCE
IN ELEVEN MINUTES *
* NEW YORK, March 6— Mrs. *
Evelyn Parker in twelve minutes *
* today obtained a decree of seper- *
* at ion from Prof. Ilerschel Parker, *
’ who climbed Mt. McKinley, Alas- *
* ka and who is well known in *
* Alaska.
MARY HAS THE WEEPS
LOS ANGELES, March 6— Mary
Pickford, weeping and worn from her
divorce experience at Carson City, ar
rived here late yesterday afternoon.
She waited aboard the train until ail
other passengers had left, then peer
ed out to find a battallion of newspa
permen and cameramen and scores of
curious people waiting to “get her/’
She fled from the other side of the
nr, stumbled as she ran crying to her
mother, who helped her up and hustl
ed her into an automobile which
whisked away.
LOS ANGELES, March 6— In an
interview with the Associated Press
today, Mary Pickford said she will
never remarry but will devote the rest
of her life to the movies, if the pub
lic will stand for her since her recent
escapades. She says she seperaU:d
from Owen Moore three years ago.
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ALAMEDA IS DUE TONIGHT
According to cable office advices
the Alameda is due in port tonight at
9 o'clock. The Alameda crashed
through the ice and reached the dock
at Fort Liscum but was unable to go
to Valdez. The passengers for Valdez,
the mail and express, was left at Fort
Liscum and will be taken over the ice
to destination. The Alameda will get
away during the night from Seward.