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SEWARD" MONDAY. AUGUST 16, 1920* _IEN CL*Nao r&K Yuri
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NYUANOKLL. Aug., hi— The
army planes from New \ ork en
route 14» Nome reached here Sal
r day afternoon. Yesterday and to
day hundred?* of Alaskans swarm
* ed around the landing and in
* spec ted the planes at a distance.
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MANNIX TO VISII IU1SII
LONDON’. Aug.. Id— A chbiaiiop
Mannix. of Australia, declines his in
tention of visiting Ireland before leav
ing the l listed Kingdom, despite the
goVemill* nt’s edict. H* said he did not
consider himself bound by any govern
ment ord»*r. The Archbishops move.
MltJi at I • N ' I
closely watched by the police.
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( HAMBER 01' COMMERCE
MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT
There will he a meeting of the Sew
ard Chambei of Commerce tomorrow
night in the Town hall. The Seward
Oil d: C»as company nu mbers will
meet at 8 o’clock and at S:-*0 oclock
the Chamb‘*r of Commerce will meet.
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Yesterday was one of th*■ best Sun
days, from a weather standpoint lor
week-, and berry pickers were out in
force and picnic parties were also en
joyed.
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IVtei Swanson is a passengei on
the Admiral W atson for th** states. At
Seattle. Mr. Swanson will take O-car
Larson to a Hot Spiings for treat
ment. Both men are well known in
Seward b»,;ug connected w ith the elec
tric light company. Mr. liaison has
been in the states for nearly a year,
under treatment.
WKATHKR REPORT
SKWARD. 50. Rain Calm.
Anchorage l''. Cloudy, t aim.
Matanu.'ka 60, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 54, Cloudy, ( aim.
Wasilla 58, Cloudy, Calm.
Talkeotna 50, Cloudy, Calm,
(ioldcreek 48. Cloudy, * aim.
Huiricane 42. Rain Calm.
Summit 40, Cloudy, S. W.
Rains *'.8, Cloudy, Calm.
Mealy 52, Cloudy, Calm.
N'enana 55, Cloudy. Calm.
Fairbanks 56, Cloudy, Calm.
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Edgar Summers and wife. and
Clarence Summers, of Milton. Pa., ar
rivals on the steamer Alaska, are
visiting F. E. Youngs. The trio will
perhaps remain hero for at least a
month.
KoLNO. Poland. Auj;.. 1*» - Of
fice s of the iioUheviki regime state
porit\e.\ toda\ that Soviet Uussia
w I! seek an a :,nuce with <Iemian> to
n»ak * \va on l inr.ce and if successful
w i■ undertake the compicst of Kni?
1. :ul ed eventually America.
A ijr. 1 «•— The Prcnrh
»*ijf*i oPire has l»****i» advised that
a tle'anan aerial set vice has been or
ijani''.•*»! to supply the Russian Soviet
staffs with mi'itavy information eon
re ninv: th«• stmt movement- of
tb strat'-e e movements of tin* Polish
a’*ny. The Russians are said to also
be provided by (letmans with pro
\ i>h»ns a id munitions whh*h are sent
ae oss the east Prussian frontier.
POLITICS rou WKKK
COI.CMIU'S. Aug.. 16 - Nominee
Cox will make three addresses this
week. Tomorrow Cox will address the
delegates to the Democratic state con
vention. Wednesday Cox will speak at
South Rend, Indiana and on Saturday
at Canton.
MARION. Aug.. 16— Warren 0.
Harding will make his next front
porch speech on Thursday when he
will make one of the most important
addresses of the campaign to the
members of the state le gislature.
BRY WILL 'i PPORT
THK DKMOCRATIC TICKKT
S\YS CHAIRMAN WIIITK
NKW YORK. Aur., Hi— Giwro
White. Chairman of th(* Democratic
National committee. formally an
nounces that he believes Bryan is
whole heartedlv in support of the
Democratic nominees basing his hunch
on the announcement that Bryan said
he could he counted on to take the
stump if needed.
KNOCKS 12 HOMKR
WASHINGTON, Aur., lfi— In the
ball game here last Saturday after
noon. Babe Ruth knocked his 42nd
home run.
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Steamer Admiral Evans is repotted
to be due at Cordova this afternoon at
o'clock on the way to Seward.
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FIVE MILLION HOI.LARS
WORTH OF DAMAGES DONE
BY WIND STORM IN OHIO
TOLEDO. Aurr., 16— Damage esti
mate at five million dollars has been
done by a severe rainstorm which
floated away stretches of pavement,
flooded cellars and paralyzed traffic.
The storm was one of the most severe
experienced in this section of the
country.
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There is now being printed in the
Kaiiway & Marine News, published at
Seattle, a series of articles by Kd
immd Kllswoi th Sumner, under the
caption of “What’s the Matter with
Alaska?" In article No. 11, contained
in the August number of the Seattle
periodical, there is most timely refer
ence made regarding the recent visit
.f Secretary Hamels and Secretary
Payiu* also a query as to why Anchor
age. a closed port during the winter
months, should apparently be favored
.>o much when Seward is the port open
In year throughout, where naval ae
t*vitie.'- center, .'ir. Mimnei ai- ,
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so mentions the scores of commissions |
who have come north, during the sum-1
»ue months, instead of at a time when |
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tiie c mditions that are to be changed,
are best noticeable. Mr. Sumner also
calls attention to the fact that for
years, coal reports have been made,
all the same, showing great depo its j
for- navy uses, but yearly more corn- j
missions come to make same findings.
Article No. •’! strongly insinuates that
when Secretary Danels and Secretary
Payne make their report, their time of
office may be up. and what’s the use,
but they had a pleasant trip noith,1
etc. '1 he article, which is worth read
ing by all Alaskans and especially
those along the route of the soon to
be completed government railroad, is
as follows:
As this chapter is being written, j
the cable carries news from Alaska
that Secretary Payne, of the Intel ior
Department, and Secretary Daniels, of
the Navy Department, are inspecting
•he .Matanuska coal fields. Incidental
ly it will be recalled that Secretary
Fisher, of the Interior Department, in
the summer of 1911, made a trip to
the North, at which time he investi
gated the various coal deposits near |
the coast and penetrated the interior:
as far as Fairbanks, this at a time1
prior to the appointment of the first |
railroad commission by Prcsid* nt
Taft. Mr. Fisher was accompanied by
a la.ge retinue of specialists, so the •
Interior department at that time was
fully informed as to the seriousness
and extent of the Alaska malady. Also j
i new lentallv. it might be remarked |
representatives of the government and
investigators had enjoyed the beauti
ful sum Flier excursion.
It is worthy of special note that
during the past thirty years none ot j
these investigators have made the trip j
North during that period from Nov-1
ember 1st., to May 1st, when a largo
pioportion of the population comes
outside and conditions are quite at
variance with those of the long sunny
! davs of June and July. In the present
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case, we can picture the reception ac
corded to Secretaries Daniels and Pay
ne and can accurately outline the pro
bable lino of discourse at Matanuska
and Anchorage. However, it might be
well to state that the coal of Matanus
ka is the same geological occurence as
found and reported on by all the other
investigators for the last quarter of a
century. It has been approved for use
by the navy, for commercial purposes
ami for steaming purposes, according
1<» such reports as we have on hand.
However, the government railroad
track as laid to Chickaloon August 25-'
th. 1917, three years ago, and as this
coal was erploited as the principal
r\*a:»on for building the railroad, the ,
secretaries should be informed as to '
why tic mine has been worked only
in the most limited way and why dur
; ing the summer seasons of 1918, 1919
1920, with the route completed
| and tin* world crying for fuel, no prac
I tical commercial development of the ,
1 coal has taken place.
We are told by the engineers in
charge that the line from Anchorage
to Chiekuloon is equal in physical con
striction to the average load built for
similar purposes in the United States.
We know that there are cars and lo
comotives on hand for several steam
ships loaded with Panama equipment
have been unloaded at Anchorage, bu
did the management of the railroad
explain to the visitors why it was that
Seward, the official terminus, had not
been supplied with a heavy stock of
at least 5,000 tons for winter use?
The management also might have ex
plained that the snow plows on the
Seward division could not work dur
ing the great blockade of the winter
of 1918- 1919 until a shipment of 1,
100 tons of Canadian coal was loaded
at Nanaimo and taken to Seward for
that purpose.
Were the secretaries informed that
Seward is an all the year round open
port and Anchorage is closed during
the late fall, the entire winter and
•arly spring? So if the navy is to be
supplied with coal as was the much
repeated assertion when Seward was
declared to be the official terminus at
tidewater, how can the builders of the
railroad justify their seeming disre
gard of the official order by practical
ly ignoring Seward and throwing the ^
hulk of the appropriation and con* |
stmotive energy to Anchorage and
north thereof, when Anchorage will at
id' times he a closed port during the
.vv'ter.
The cable dispatches state that the ;
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secretaries were going to the Mata-1
nuska valley and to the Susitna valley, j
We can imagine the reception com- !
mitte.' showing them grasses and ,
g.a’ns “up to a man's shoulders," rut
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COX DECLARED TO BE
UNDER ARREST ON A
CHARGE OF SPEEDING
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aur„ 16— Yes
terday morning, Governor Cox, mot
oring from Wheeling, W. Va., was
1 stopped by motor cycle officers at
; Jackson, a small town near here, and
placed under arrest on the charge of
speeding. Gov. Cox said the officers
could reach him at any time at the
! Executive office, and drove on.
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DENVER, Aug., 16— A grand jury
| will be summoned immediately to
probe the recent disorders in connec
tion with the strike of the street car
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SATURN
JIANCE
The officers aim crew of the U. S.
S. Saturn, in conjunction with the Wo
men's club of Seward, will give a
dance tonight at the Arctic Brother
hood ball. Welfare officer Hause an
nounces that the dance will begin at
9 o’clock and he asks that for once,
will everybody attend at that hour so
that the evening’s social whirl can
start. Generally in Seward the dancers
begin gathering anytime after 10 o’
clock. The Saturn boys want to dance
tonight and on account of the Saturn
leaving tomorrow morning they want
the dance to begin on time so every
body ran have an enjoyable time.
NAVY RADIO CRAFT SATURN
IN PORT LOADED WITH FREIGHT
FOR THE PR1BILOFF ISLANDS
The U. S. Saturn arrived in port
early yesterday morning but instead
of being strictly in the radio business
is acting in the capacity of a tramp
freighter for the Bureau of Fisheries.
There is a shipment of farm stock
aboard for the Pribiloff Islands, pro
visions, lumber and everything. The
Satuin brought a small amount of
freight for the local radio station and
when this is discharged will continue
on to the westward which will proba
bly be tomorrow morning. The Saturn
will return south, load again and go
to the westward but the present visit
to Seward will undoubtedly be the last
one for this season.
All of the old officers are aboard
the Saturn with the exception of Pay
master Prior who has been succe^ed
by Ensign Williams.
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WATSON IN BOUND SOUTH
Steamer Admiral Watson arrived
i at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon, went
| to the San Juan dock at 1:30 and is
! scheduled to said south from the Sew
ard dock at 4 o’clock. Passengers ar
riving on the Admiral Watson for
Seward arc as follows: Miss Beulah ,
Wilson, Miss Kathryn Walsh, H. J. (
Barling and wife, J. B. Stanton, Tom
Finnegan, L. E. Grammar, J. Demp
sey, Lee Considine, L. Wolfe, Dan
Sutherland, W. H. Whittlesey, F. I
Small, jr., and Roy Hersh.
CROWN PRINCE TRAVELING
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug., 16
Crown Prince Carol, of Rumania,
passed through the city this forenoon
on his way to New York City.
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PARIS, Aug., lf>— Warsaw is still
holding out, or was late last night, but
a battle is raging before the city and
increasing in violence. The Poles are
making a good fight but the most that
can be expected is a delay in the city’s
fall. The Reds continue to advance and
last night were reported to be less
than ten miles away.
WARSAW, Aug., 16— The Rolshe
viki launched their first direct attack
against this city Sunday morning hut
were repulsed. After a light artillery
preparation they attempted to break
through the Polish lines the second
time near Radzmin. The Poles killed
and captured many.
LONDON, Aug., 16— Dispatches
from Moscow state the Russians are
[rushing the Warsaw fight and are
within twelve miles from the city on
the northeast and have captured Rad
yymin and other important towns.
WARSAW, Aug., 16— An armor
ed flotilla is patrolling the Viatulia
river to prevent Lolsheviki forces
from encircling the city. The Soviet
cavalry is reported at several points
west of the city. Trains are leaving
crowded with people. The city is quiet.
CHICAGO, Aug., 16— The Chicago
Federation of Labor has resolution*^
demanding a general strike if the
United States gives military aid to
Poland.
CHICAGO, Aug., 16— Seventy five,
thousand Polish descendants partici
pated in fifty five different mass
meetings yesterday and resolutioned
condemning the Bolsheviki and calling
attention to the Red propaganda. The
resolutions also thanked President
Wilson for his stand in regard to Po
land.
WASHINGTON, Aug., 16— The
cruiser Pittsburgh and destroyers
have been ordered fo the Baltic to pro
tect American interests. The navy
crafts will go from Cherbourg, France.
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ENGLAND WILL RESIST
ATTEMPT OF LABOR TO
DICTATE FOREIGN POLICY
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LONDON, Aug., 16— Premier
Lloyd George, in the House of Com
I mons this afternoon, replying to ques
tions concerning labor's ultimatum
■ against war with Russia, declared that
any attempt to dictate the policy of
! the government or of Parliament by
; industrial action would be a blow
1 struck at the root of the country's con
' stitution and will be resisted by all
forces at the government's disposal.
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