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VOLIJSexn. NUMBER «■ -m_SEWARD. ALASKA.'I’Hl'KSDAY. APRIL - —-^
ROAD WORK
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Sec etary Harry E. Ellsworth, s v
retary of the Seward Chamber of
(*«>?» m ' re has r *ived advices from
Major Waugh that much road wo h
v/itl b‘ done in this S'ction this sum
mer. According to the advices roce;v
ed, three miles of the Seward-Kene.i
road will b" const* itet«*d and put ;n
shape for traffc. Work on construc
tion of th* Quartz-Russian rver a~d
Kenai road will also stmt Road bu:h»
ing will commence just rs soon as ti e
snow leaves the ground anti ‘a ’a *?'*
force will b^ emplo\ed.
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FIRE AT SELDOVIA
A Fghted cigarette sta’ted a
at S»Mov»a two days ago and ihe
movie picture theatre and poo* »*o«'m
totally de^troved a‘cord:ng to
rd^ic^s received here on the Admiral
Evans.
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SNUG HARBOR ICE BOUND
Hnvho'* is net erpv ’CA hmrnd
but nothing was seen of the cannery
but th* rhimn-vs on tlm b'dWmr*'
The Admiral Evans was not abV *r
get with;n h.*df a m;l* of tve
owing to the ice and the f»o;"bt fv
there. 300 tens. was discharged at
Seldovia. Purser Dn»ry said that th.
only th’r.g seen of Snug Ilarher vis
drifts of snow which covered the can
nery buildings, only the chimneys, h -
ing visible.
ADMIRAL EVANS ARRIVES
FROM WESTWARD AND OFF
FOR SOUTH WITH GOOD LIST
Steamer Admiral Evans. Cant
Jensen, arrived in port nt 11 :*'*0 o'clock
last night fiom the westwa d and
sailed south one hour later with 13
*Jhssengers. Capt. Jensen repoits
stormy trip to the westward, when
Port Chatham was reached his goo 1
ship being covered with ice from stem
to stern, owing to the h:gh wind and
rough sea. The Admiral Evans had
125 barrels of herring aboard fro?u
SeMovia for Seattle.
First class passengers leaving S*»w
ard on th** steamer wo**e Gus Jehnan
sen, H. E. Speyer. J. E. Erickson, G
Schlog, Herman Vererr, E. H. Griff n,
Inga Simonson. J. A. Wallace, J. A.
Jenkins, D. R Collins, William Bry
son, Emmet Hackey and 16 soldiers
for Seattle; Mrs, Mary Cotton for
Ketchikan: H. J. Bloom and Ruby De
Graff for Cordova; L. L. Brown, S; m
Shuklin W. B. Batchelor and W. B.
Madlon for Valdez.
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WANT BRYAN TO TALK
SEATTLE. Apr! 1— Efforts a»e
b*;n<? made to r^t William Jennirc^
Bryan to speak he****, at Ta^o^a a-H
Snokan' b^for« h* eo*s t^e O-m >
cratic convention at San Francisco.
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ALBANY. N. Y. April l— All five
Socialists members of the New York
State Assembly have been expelled.
The vote was 1U> to 2S.
The Assembly debated the expul
sion all night. Many spectators i\
imonod din ing the d'bate and lia 1
vote.
WOMAN’S CLl B TOMORROW
The Seward Woman's club wit?
meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 «>'
c ock with Mrs. Sloan.
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TWENTY ON TRAIN
Tb • G iteway City Fm'ted left An
chorage on time this morning ano
agent Sweek has been advised the»o
are twenty pasengers aboard front
there for Seward.
JOHNSON TO FiiiHT
MEXICALI, Mex.. April 1— Jack
Johnson has signed for a finished
f;ght with Fred Fulton or Carl Mor
ris, according to local reports. John
son will give an exhibition fight here
Sunday.
WILL RECOMMEND THAT
WAR BETWEEN THE U. S.
AND GERMANY BE ENDED
WA^HK’GTON Apr’! i— Tfi-s
House foreign affairs committee *ia>
favoi p.b’y reported the Republican
leader's rcso’ution d cla'irg that tr.e
war between America and Germany
h' end 'd. The vote was strictly a
party one twelve to s;x. The resolu
tion pvovidees repealing the more im
portant war time acs, these including
war t me pohib t’on. Lever food cou
trok esmonage act. selective serv ee
laws and the laws for loans to the Al
lies.
high up men indicted
WASHINGTON, April 1— Jam.*
iffinvo^d G’-av^s. former assistant at
torney of the Department o- •uf—e*:
A hton Embry. former Associrt"
T.'st’ce* Ra-n^tte Mosrts, Washington
lawyer and Millard Mayer, a stork
bvok'"* have b^n *rd:cted be the
(rn^d hr*v invest’cratin'* the a’logod
leaks in th* Supreme Coirt d«ciVon*
:*> tho So^th^rn P^fifr o l land cases.
The four profited $1500.
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MUST SURRENDER
PARTS, Anri 1— Ge-many hn
rrr° th » Workman’s lenders in the
Ruhr district 48 hours extersion t»m«
to accept O’* reject the ultimatum de
manding they surrender.
JAPAN AND CHINA ARE
NFAR AN AGREEMENT ON
THE S»I VNTUNG QUESTION
TOKIO, April 1— Unofficial ex
changes concerning Shantung between
a^fl JMran show an ag^ccmert
on several questions inc*u<1*ng th»
open:ng of the K;achau as an open
Chinese port and the organization 01
railroads as joint Chinese a*d Jan.in
o-o onfnH)'n’s/'<;: and the e^tabl’shmcnt
of m?n;ng rights , ahso ns a jo;nt en
It ;S eyn^cted the f:rst di^r»ct
off>:el negotiations will start this
month.
FRANK VAN CAMPEN SUES
FOR DIVORCE FROM WIFE
SEATTLE, April 1— Frank R.
Van Campen, formerly superintendent
for the Guggenhcims at LaToucho,
Alaska, has filed suit for divo.ee
ag lint Helen Green Van Campen, tiie
well known writer. The cha ges are
d rl'on. .Ur. and Mrs. Van Campen
have been married eleven years ac
c-o ding io the divorce case papers.
ROBBERS GET $45,000
WASHINGTON, April 1— Robbers
in an automobile lobbed the messen
gers of Swift Company today and v
t.ped wiJi bags containing $45 000.
UNITED STATES TROOPS
ON TIIE RHINE ARE UNDER
COMMAND OF TIIE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, April 1— Prey
Hnnt Wi’son in re por.se to a rcsoui
t:on of ir.qu!ry has wiittcn the House
that the American t oops on the
Rhine were subject only to the Presi
dent’s orders and that I'och has no au
thority over the American soldiers.
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JOHNSON TAKING FALLS
OUT OF RIVAL H. HOOVER
NEW YORK April 1— Hiram
Tohnson ir a campaign speech here to
il y said one of his opponents veered
with the w:nds on certain question.-.
Rater the Senator from Californ'a to’d
the reporters he referred to Herbert
Hoover whom he sa;d was held in ut
t *r cont mpt by certain persons be
ing f'rst on one side, then the other,
oN tho League of Nations question.
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WERE LATE FOR DINNER
RM/TIMORF April 1— Major Sid
ney E. Packer and Miss B’anche Frr.z
or drifted in a seaplane on Florida
f >r s:xfAen hours yesterday and
last night without fooc? and wawv.
The two were enroute from Florida ?v
the Bahamas Islands to take dinner.
TV H’lton found them oi
fko sea drifting.
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MAYOR CALDWELL GOING
AFTER GAMBLING PLACES
SFVTTLE. Annl 1— Mayor Cald
well lart n:ght madA a personal in
sertion trip and found underground
passageways, secret doors and heavy
foV* v’.V’s in the lower part of the
r:ty. Mrnv rooms were entered and
wore found to have ptrprb'y been
f'ttvl up fov gamhVng dens whwh
were several days ago o”deved closed.
Th-e^ pob*cA officers of the lower roc
t:on district have been transferred to
other Vat*. Arrests may follow tho
Mayor's trip, lar.d lo’-ds permitting
gamb^ng rooms in thA?r bu{*(Ung p?w
h Vv V*ng those to V arrested.
DEFEAT SUFFRAGE
Anril 1— The lower hous*
of the Deleware legVatu’-e has de
fm\tAd th° ratification of suffrage by
a vote of 23 to nine. As Mississippi
defeated the rat?ficat:en a1 so, the
Wf »•#> go Voders a~e rtill lacking C”C
aos *. V'"*wont may vote next on the
suffrage issue.
HONOLULU, Ap il 1— A dispatch
from Tok o says seven hundred Jap
anese troops and c’vH’ans have be n
kill d n a two day’s battle ag-Prst
the Rolsheviki at Niko’aevsk, Siberia.
The Japanese consulate has been
burned. Thu Japanese residents or
gan‘zed a rolunto"T fo re to ard tV
Japanese ro’dicrs in the battle. J p
anA*c consul E. Ish'da is mis.do '.
Niko’aevsk is at the mouth of ti e
Amur river.
VALAD’VOSTOK, April 1— TV
Niko’aevsk battle started March HOdi
and forty Russians were ki”ed ard
e’ghtv wounded. Hi" bn’icvod the bat
tle there is sort of a guerilla wa.narc
which has started through carte* n S:
p-d VH encounters are prova
ble if the Japanese do not evacuate
.he country.
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PROBING MARY’S DIVORCE
RENO April 1— Robert R’chards,
d*'putv ntto-n'W g moral, is inver; ’gat
ing Mr rv Pickfo* d’s recent dvo *ee
rase her^ to determine if >t was f"»••
dulent or irregular. If irregularity*
are found an attemnt will bn made to
set the decree as’de Mary was mar
ried last Sunday to Douglas Fair
banks.
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NOT SAYING ANYTHING
WASHINGTON April 1— TV
White House officials have no infor
mation regarding Wilson’s pvoW*
act’on on the filing of a petition at
Atlanta for the Presidential brill >t,
without his knowledge.
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IRISH nOME RULE BILL
PASSED SECOND READING
LONDON April 1— The House rf
Commons has passed on s^ornl read
ing the Ir*sh home rule bill It is re
ported over 100 arm'd men attacked
the police barracks in Durian county,
Cork, Ireland, with rifles and bombs
nml no tions of the building were de
molished.
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PLUM LANDS A PLUM
SE \TTLE. Ap'il 1— Dr. Fr-nk A.
Plum has been named med;eal direct
or at the city hosprtal. Dr. P’om com
manded the base hospital of the 91st
located at Pershing’s headquarter.
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w !•: \ T n E It It E ' I It »
Tin* following »* the \v*»n*,,o»- n pi*t
for the !’! hour* rmliiiff i\\ 7 oV « *li
.*.»>< onu-fung:-—
SEWARD 21. C^ar, Calm.
Anchorage 3, Clear Calm.
Matnnuska 2 CPar Calm.
Chi eke loon 15. be ow Clear Calm.
W^sPla 2 C’ea~ East.
Talkeetna 10 b^ow, C’ear, Calm.
Deadhorse 12 below. C’ear. Cn'm.
T» d?an 10 b^ow, C^a** Ca’m.
Hurricane 5 ba’ow, Clear. Ce’m.
Sullivans 12 b^ow Clear Ca’m.
SMmmitt 10 below CVa" T/gbt N.
Carlsons 33 below Clear. Calm.
Paines 24 below, Calm,
Trail Fair.
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The bakerv at T^rd^n was Re
cently nearly destroyed by fire .
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SEATTLE, April 1— A special 'o
the Post-Intel Igcncer from Washing
ton says Gov. Tt ggs, Jr., will leivi
Washington about Ap i 1 CJi for Ju
neau, A. ask a. The d spatch says
governor is planmng a confc.tn )
with Snator New on the Trritniai
:;Wijr mj*k bi * b ? o.c he leaves and
al:o expects to appear before the
House : ppi‘ot rial or.s committee vc
gariling the $18 000 item in the next
deficiency bill to recompense the to •
ritory for the inf uenza campaign
money spent last year.
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MORE NAVY SCANDAL
WASHINGTON, Aprill — Rear
Admiral Diadley Fisko, retired, told
the Senate committee that the Unitid
States navy was unprjpa ed for w* r
in 1017 becausj of meat il and temper
mental characteristics of the man at
its luad, and his po..cy. The Rear Ad
miral said: ‘‘The man at the head »i
the navy should be imbued with the
sprit of the navy, highly educated,
cpju minded and acquainted with the
jniiuvp'cs upon which naval pieparcd
ness is based.”
Rear Admiral Fiskc was adviser :o
Suictary Daniels for several yeas
before America entered the war and
jc.' gncd afte” disputes with Danie's
on the question of abolishing wins
on warships.
CALIFORNIA GLEE CLUB
TO TOUR PACIFIC ISLES
OX ADVERTISING TRIP
BEREKELEY. Cal. April 1— Mem
bers of the Univc sity of Califoriiia
Glee Clnb who WjII tour the is’ands of
the ProTc during the summer months
p’-n to car y advc: Using propaganda
of the Unive-s ty of Cr/ifornm and
"omme cial interests of the Coast le
gion.
The coPcgians phin to leave for
Canada at the clo3e of the CoTege
arm ster, and will sail from Vnrcoiv.
01 for the Hawaiian islands, then to
Australia, New Zealand and other >s'
nn 1 (T"0”rs. They will return in time
f0" the fall term at the university.
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DROPS DEAD WHILE
HOUSE BURNS DOWN
TOPEK V, Kan. Anr;l 1— So g-e-t
was the sbonk when Char’es M. Bac
on aged 7fi a Civil War veteran, dis
covered h;s home in fames, that he
dropped dead from heart failure.
SWETMANN COMING
E’^’n Swfttma"n a nass^ng^r on
the Gatewav C!ty limited todav f*om
Anchor gr M". Swetm-^n W’B fme.
r«od 0.fto Po^hlmann at the Seward
Drug Company.
WASHINGTON, April 1- A
'seJa fi-j.n Washington says fig it
'ng language, with no righting, char
acterized two Alaska hearings :n
Washington. Janies Wickersham cor.
c'ud * 1 hi arguments last n'ght be
fo e tin* House elections c mmittee ?n
the A'a ha d dogate contest and hot
■ ords were oft'*n exchanged. G.*o:*go
Grigsby starts his arguments tonight
n th • • ontst. The committee is sit
t'rg nights to avoid any interimptions.
The Comme co committee is still
hearing fciic Alaska Slrpping Bill ar
guments. John Ba’laine testified thar.
l/»jhev \ts emp’oye 1 by Fa’con Jo -
hn and vhe Bering River Coal Comp
any h ’no** by implication also employ
ed b- the Gugg nhcims.
Maurice Leehoy said Ballame’s
s’a'* rs a Me.
Ballaine said Lech^y lobb ed to rc
neal the Alaska con1 leasing bill.
l.eobey called this a Me.
«? Wickersham called Se.nmcs
a sherlock and a dead sea lawyer.
Th's was also called a Me by Sen*
mes.
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SEATTLE G\S RATES
GOING TO BE BOOSTED
SEVTTLE April 1— The PuVic
Service Commission has authorize !
the Settle Lighting Company to >»
rrt>rso the gas rates twenty five per
cent.
MILLION DOLLARS IN
BONDS TO BE SOLD
BY CITY OF SEATTLE
SEVTTLE. April 1— The city »s
p’pto «*eii a million dollars
worth of city light and power bonds to
n**bve d; ecf. without their pa«s
'n r through the hands of IvoTtors. This
wju > r*or«- o'* a”1 issue of a miB’un
iw.’f (lo’lo's to finance the Skag
it liver project.
SOUTHERN FACTORIES
ARE UN'BLF TO SUPPLY
FURNITURE DEMAND
rr»ri?,*’R'>RO. N C. AnHl 1 —
The d''Toa r d for furniture throughout
*9 of rmTru'or,e prooort’ons,
«rvl if is irouoc<s:hYrt to the sup
ply keep up with the domand, accord
t-»«■* f/> irmn,*fA<'f’V'A',5 —ho a^^nde.!
flm rvw%^t!n"s oc tho ?Tat;ena1 Cornell
»*r P"”h'*mva Acs/'C’°t!o*'s h«M her*.
Th^ru is «"Arv rm^on tA hr*iir*ve these
•r»nn,,feeturA,*s sav, that the domand
will brt iric,o',s*r*g’v g-e^t in the fut
ure. At the same t;me ?t was a^reH
i’ mh'u* s^o^tago was the
most serious d:fficulty confronting
furn;ture make s. and no material re
lief is in s:ght at present.
EASTERN GOVERNOR
IS A SENSIBLE MAN
HAT>RT<!BTTRr» Pa.. Anril 1—
Ga^*or"or WiMl?am C. Snroul h°s de
cided not to ava?l h;mr,elf ef the time
hono’-ad privilege of appoirt;ng a per.
semfd staff. He at the thought
of h°ing followed about by a r^tiuua
d'V'V^d ant ?r> goM b'*a!d. S'VO^ds and
military trnpn:ngs. He will struggle
through h?s te~m as governor without
it.
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