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SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 2i>, 1920. ___________
VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 219. _ -_ ■ - ■■
FOUL PLAY
SUSPECTED
SEATTLE, Jan.. 2d— The polio
arc investigating the death here o i
November 9 of Charles T. Skoycn, a
chauffeur who died of gas po.somng
accidentally caused by a stove, accord
ing to the verdict of the co.oner s
jury. Diarponds worth S1000, whicn
were in his possesion are missing ac
cording to Mrs: L. J. Day* *’ho
charges foul play.
MURDER
SUICIDE
RAYMOND, Wash., Jan. 26— A. C.
Williamson, insurance solicitor,
and killed his five year old son at his
wife’s home here, then turned the gun
on himself and suicided. The coup*.?
had been living apart for some tinv*
and Williamson had asked for the
child. This started the altercation
which ended in a murder and suicide.
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BLA1N TO M MCE 111 - PI
IN CONNECTION WITH SHIP
YARD FRAUDS IN FEBRUARY
SEATTLE Jan., 26— Capt. John
Blain. indicted in connection with the
probe of shipyard frauds, was a"•
ra’gned today and will make h:s p’erd
on February 9th. The court today re
fu«ed to reduce Blain’s bail from $i0,
. 000.
The grand jury is to adjourn f'v
two weeks and will then take up the
shipyard cases again.
STR. JEFFERSON ALL RIGHT
SEATTLE. Jan., 26— The steam
er Jefferson reoo-tH th:s afternoon
by wireless “all well.” The Jefferson
is 24 hours overdue and fears were ex
pressed for her safety when no repo t
was received.
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HIGH"’ 'Y'lKV MMCF IDG
HAUL IN SEATTLE-SPOTS
TAKEN AT FLEEING BANDITS
SEATTTE Jan. 26— H'>hv*‘vm<'n
entered the Central cafe, on Fi»st
avenue. dunn<r the m>ht ard
aix m^n. Th*» Vwhwavmmi took $150f»
in cash a"d $1500 in checks from th*
manaeer. Thev drooped ttm cT>nc**s ^
their banned cre*n"av. A poDce~>"~
was wWn one b’o^k of the place. Th*
mana^nr f;r«d at th« f^nz highway
men but did not win* them.
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 26— Bolshe
viki ambassador Martens told the Sen
ate committee today that the Russian
Soviets had now become stiong enoug i
to fight the world. Martens said ilv*
Soviets have bet veen $450 000,000 and
$500,000,000 in the public treasury an
want to buy necessities in foreign
count lies. Martens said the Russian
banks ami citizens have no gold.
FLU EPiDEMiC
SACREMENTO, Cal., Jan.. 26
There are appioximately one thousand
cases of influenza in this state.
MEMPHIS, Jan., 26— All theatres
schools and public gatherings are clos
ed on account of the influenza epidem
ic.
NEW YORK, Jan., 26—Desp:t'
strenuous efforts of the health author
ities to check the spread of flu 2.800
new cas's were repoited today, with
30 deaths. The total number of cast s
since the first of the year have been
8799.
CHICAGO. Jan., 20— Sixty nin
are dead of the influenza and 02 r» \e
dead from pneumonia during the »
2t hours. This ?s the heaviest since
the epidemic started.
WASHINGTON’, Jan,, 20— The Sen
ate has adopted a resolution carrying
an appropriation of $500,000 for c un
batin^ the influenza now an epidemic
in many eastern states.
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HtRRAH, HCRRIP. HOOP—LA
NEW YORK, Jan. 20— Floret
Fo^d Adnvnl trator Arthur Williams
predicts a decrease in the cost of liv
• n" as the result of economy prevail*
in" rmontr the people and the incveas
od production. He pvedicted that >1'“
price of dothin" will drop sharp1/
within the present year.
ALAMEDA DUE TONIGHT
Steamer Alameda is due in no t ^
tnn’ght between s<x and 9 o’clock. The
stftamer Ms 100 tons of freight and a
large number of passengers.
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TRAIN IN TONIGHT
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The Gat*'wav C’tv limited, from \r>
Moreno will a’T;ve in the terminal
c,*tv of Sewnvd iatrt tins afternoon o'
poHv evening. The Fm?t*d express ha
fifteen passengers for Seward.
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Rf/M>rrnvn CAMPAIGN for
SITPFR^FADNOUGHT is O. K.
WASHINGTON. Jan . 26— The suc
cessful comnietion of the recruiting
eamna’gn for native Tonness'ans fe*
tbc snuerdrrtadnought Tennessee indi
cates that the nlan MU M adonted h'*
other states for which dreadnoughts
are named.
TRIAL OF
WOBBLIER
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan., 26 —
Attorney Vanderveor, for the wobbles
a, the opening oi the trial in CcnM il
ia, requested a change of venue unit
exhibited northwest newspapers an i
clippings indicating prejudice against
the defendants.
WHAT IT IS ABOUT
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan., 26
Elevcn men, s:\icl to be members of the
Industrial Workers of the World, fae
<«1 trial today on charges of first de
gree murder in connect on with th'
killing of Warren 0. Grimm, one of
four men who were shot to death in
an Armistice Day parade at Central -
ia. Wash., Nov., 11, 1919.
Two other alleged I. W. W., a1.so
charged with murder, have not yet
been apprehended.
Thrt victims of the shooting were
all Centralia residents and former ser
vice men: Grimm, a lieutenant end
fo-mot- University of Washington
football star; Ernest Dale Hubharn,
shoe denier; Arthur McE*fresh, diive
g st and Ben. Cnsgranda, booth1 nek.
In the prisoner’s deck of the super
ior court here today were Elnvn*
Sm;th, Britt Smith, Kay B 'dkcv, Bert
Falkencr. James Mclnorney, Bvt
Bland, M;ke Sheehan, Eugene Bnrno*.
Lor-n Roberts, John Lamb, an 1 0. C.
Riand. They pleaded not sgivlf
Chehalis and we e g anted a cl
of venue to Montesano, then t<^ Con
trdlia.
In tlm investigation many eye wit
nesses said the f:rst shooting w-s «•'
wUn without warning ur provocate
by those inshle the I. W. W. ha h
Some said the firing b-gan from the
hall after a single shot from the Ava
1 m hotel, opposite the hall.
At the coroner’s inquest Dr. Fnv'k
B’ckfovd, Centralia phys;cian and for
mer service man who was m.v 'h
in the parade, testified that the shoot
ing began on’v after the marchers
started to rush the hall.
WVfdev Everetts ra;d to have b^en
an I. W. W.. organizer and the slayer
of TIuhha’d , was snirited f’*om the
fail in the n;ght following the shoot
ing. the electric lights of the to"*n
having b-en c»t o<*f. He was token b •
a mob to a bwdee over the Chehnlis
river where he was haMg'd.
Several srtrvice men who we-e
wou-d^d by shots have completely re
covered.
Tweoh^-fenr men, roiwd*d irT>
ter the sbeefin". we^e rha~‘T''d w»t.h
criminal ectivH;''S h"t several of thes *
have since been r Vased.
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pFWQlU^C or-Td Y AT C. A.
OROA VITIATION IN OOOO T.IOHT
BEVTTOTA. f?*»l.. Jnn.. 96— TV^ng
W* ^Ab^A". Cr^ov^ P*"
shJp«r d»cWd **♦. h- W
prnt?b'd« And fAAprn* fo~ t>»o V. M. i
A. n"d saM tVi^t crt^sms of O'" V
Af. C. A. wo**fc ova was was due large
ly to misunderstandings.
‘ The lid has been clamped upon
liyUvi, UtC UUlivC l*U..S UiO Cii/SeU U.lU
gu.»iUm»g mill UiUlAiUJ^ livid Uccll UC
liU.i-ll li.Cgvli. t* UOil A ICAA, tell iv*y S
a0o, uific v*d'«i uUiiui 1^0 pt'v/piC nil
i*>uei anu auout iou at otewait, on
ciio LiM.sh UoiUinbia bide, li u>dei
nad remained wuie open lor Uirej
more niouUis that place would liav j
boos veil oi at least id,OJJ peopie, bat
now the last 1'iontier 10**11 in Alaska
is tight."
That in short is the story oi* Ky.* r
brought by 11. A. Lowers, well known
tonsorial artist and mining inun whr.
|jas returned from the south, arriving
on the Admiral Watson.
Mr. Lowers also said that the nine
ty men employed in the Premier m n<\
the property of the Guggenheims,
were on a strike for white cooks, in
place of the Chinks, and the mine h u!
been closed for several weeks and
would remain closed for perhaps sev
eral months. There are pr. h.ps 0
men out in the mountains prospect a
“Old sourdoughs would have en
joyed the sight in Hyder as I ha 1
fii-st," said Mr. Lowers today." Tilt
town was wide open, whi. key and 7 to
1G per cent beer was being sold at th
many bars. G r s weie th no zco, C’th<
dancing or soliciting drinks at the hai.
P:anos were thumped. Roulette, blacc
jack and faro were beirg p’uy'd.
“Then all of a sudden, John Ro a.n,
former senator fro.n Seward, was ap
pointed deputy ma-shal nrd he receiv
ed word to close everything
“Ronan went around and told the
var’ous proprietors that the lid was ca
and to fo- get the past.
“Bang went the lid and bund •• >
couM not get away from Ilvder ra^-c
enough. Many' went to Stcwa t, on ■*
mile a’vay and just across the bo d -.
'"'bore everything seems to be wid
open.
“Hyder Is in a hard reck t'r tv '
it \s a different camp for the p’a *
camps, and all who think 0! gom *
there should be cant ors.’
SINGLE STORE IN
KOBITK IS BORNEO
NOME, Jan.. 26- A wireVss
fnm Ko'zcbuc Sound says the
s'ore at Kiana, the on’y s'ere in
Kobuk has been destroyed by f:ro.
The wire’esn says it is feared the
whites and natives in that dis
trict wi'l suffer for lack of food.
SON OF FORMER ALASKAN
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
BERKLEY, CaL, Jan., 26— L’ovd
Fish, son of Janies Fish, former gov
ernment mail contractor at Valdes,
died today from injuries received Sat
urday "*hen an automobile ran h m
down. Fi°h was pd!ng h’S moto’cycl"
at the time with h's b-otlmr. The driv
er of the auto is now being sought by
the police.
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ORGANIZE N. W. LEAGUE
m —*
T\CO'L\ Jan.. 26— The North
West b^sobnB league will b« o-^n^^d
We tonight Tt is exacted Seattle,
V^r>(*o,1,TO,‘- Wo^otrVioo. V’etor'a I a
coma a*d Yakima w?R have represen
tatives at the meeting.
CHIGA, East Siberia, Jan., 20
General Blunt and seven other Anv
can army engineers, several It d Crce
workers and an entire Polish army,
former prisoners, have been captured
by the Bo’sheviki forces. No ottie.
particulars have been received.
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BOSTON, Jan., 2G— Gov. Caivi 1
Coondge dec»urcs he is not a canddate
for the presidency and wiii m t inter
the contest for Massachusetts. The
dc.ogation did not say they \.oj <1 op
pose the p. csentut.on of lus name at
Ch cago but asserted they would not
peim»t the imputation to be made that
Gov. Coolidge had used h s office to
promote his inteiest th ough the elec
tion delegates.
OFFER RETARD TO BRING
THE POWHATAN INTO FOR
HALIFAX Jan., 26— The U. S. S
Shipping Board has offo-cd a reward
of $150,000 to the ves el bringing th'
Powhatan in po:t. Water is g lining
slowly in the hold of the transport.
Halifax, Jan., It is said two Amer
can tugs are bringing the Powhatan
into port and are expected to arrive
tonight.
A
ADOPTION OF TIIE LODGE
RESERVATIONS WOULD PUT
AMERICA IN A TIGHT HOX
NEW YORK, Jan.. 26- Former at
torney general Wickersham Winy • lf*•
clarM the adopt'on of the Lodge re
servations would rcqu;rc a rrsubmis
sion of the peace treaty to the Allied
nations and Germany to make tm*
treaty legal and b;nd ng and won d
thevr»for p’ace the XT m ted States in a
position that wonM be serious.
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LONDON. Jan . 21— The
r^r^s is i-e^o^d to
reached the Chinas* K-b
do on the western Mongolian border.
BERLIN, Jan. 26— Mathis Erz
berger minister of Finance, was *hoi
and wounded this afternoon as he was
leaving the criminal couits building.
BERLIN, Jan., 26— Oltwig von
Hirschfield, who shot Erzberger, has
been arrested.
WORLD’S
DEBT IS
BIG ONE
NEW YORK, Jan., 26— The Na
t'onal C ty Bank, in a statement issu
ed today, estimates the world’s debt
as $2JO,000 000,000 as compared i.
$40,000,000,000 in 1914. Paper curien
cy thioughout the wor d nas increase,
000 per cent since 1914. The gold re
serve behind it has only increased 40
per cent.
COLD IN NEW ENGLAND
BOSTON, Jan. 26— A cold wave
is sweeping the New England states
It is 30 degrees below at Northfield
Vermont. It is reported 40 degrees at
many other places.
KILLED IN COLLISION
NORTH BAY, Ont. Jan. 26— Fif
teen were kWed and many injured i»
a collision th»‘s forenoon of two sec
t^s of a C°nnd:an Facific exprer
trains bound for Vancouver, B. C.
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GERMAN TROOPS LEAVING
TOWN IN UPPER SILESI
BERLIN Jan.. 26— German troor
are b''f*>nn*u'T to evacuate Cuw’on, i
the upn^r Silesia, accords to tv
of the neaee tre°ty. E’ghtc*
thousand allied troops will occupy th:
district