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MONTREAL, May 3— Consolida
tion of nine Canadian steel, coal and
transportation companies into the
ltkitish Steel corporation with a capi
tal of $300,000,000 was announced
h**ce today. The larye merger « f the
Canadian companies, with those of the
British Empire, is now second only to
the United States Steel corporation.
The consolidation will associate iron i
and coal deposits of the Dominion, and
the st**el industries ot the Atlantic
seaboard.
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• ERECT MONUMENT
• TO EDITH CAVELL '
LONDON, May li— A monument
to Edith CaveU. the British nurse who
was shot by the Germans at Brussels,
has been erected in Charing Cross
Hoad, just off Trafalgar Square and
almost under the shadow of the Nel
son Monument.
The unveiling ceremony was con
ducted before a huge crowd by the
Queen Mother, Alexandra, b»*ing the
first act of state she has performed
in London since the death of her hus
band, King Edward VIL
The monument is of grey granite
find stands 40 feet high. On the four
panels are the words: Humanity, Sac
rifice, Devotion anti Fortitude. On
the back is the British lion trampling
on a serpent, and above it are the
words: “Faithful unto Death. *
The statue, of white marble, shows
Nurse CaveU standing erect in her
nurses* uniform. On the base is the
inscription:
“EDITH CAVELL
BRUSSELS,
Dawn October 12, 1015”.
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ALASKA VEGETABLES GROWING
Vegetables are now growing in
Alaska. Mrs. A. W. Roberts, last Satur
day sent in several bunches of as fine
lettuce as one would care to eat. Mrs.
Roberts is also serving cucumbers,
grown in her garden which is flour
ishing in splendid style.
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THEATRE ESTABLISHED
FOR ENTERTAINMENT OF
MONTANA PRISONERS
DEER LODGE, Mont, May 3—
Governor Sam V. Stewart and Mrs.
Stewart were the gue.sts of honor re
cently at the opening performance at
the "House of Forget,** the recently
established theatre in the Montana
state penitentiary.
Warden Frank Conley is responsi
ble in a large w'ay for the theatie, at
which not only amateur performances
will be given, but where professionals
will appear. The theatre is part of a
program which he is working out to
make the Deer Lodge prison a model
penal institution.
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TORNADO KILLS FIVE
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Mav 3— Five
arc known to be dead and eiflrhtv bad*
!y hurt as the result ot a tornado last
nii{ht at North Cjelsea.
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DES MOINES, la., May 3— De
clarations against lawlessness, confu
sion ami anarchy but a devotion to or- |
deriy government were passed at the
Methodist quadrennial conference. The j
resolutions followed an address yester
day morning by Bishop William I*. j
McDowell, of Washington. Thirty four j
bishops besides hundreds of others
heard the address in which the princi- 1
pies the church stood for were set
forth. _ j
BAKERS ON STRIKE BUT
MASTERS DOING BAKING
SEATLE, May 1— The master bak-:
ers are at work at the ovens in an cf- j
fort to keep up the bread supply fol
1 owing the strike of the bakers which
began last night. Ten of the larger
shops are in full operation and there
is no shortage of bread.
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G YMBLERS STRIKE FOR
INCREASE IN WAGES
AC.VA PRIETA, Mexico, May 3—
American gamblers employed here
have struck for an increase in wages
from $10 to $15 per day. Chinese are
filling the places of the strikers.
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GREAT GAME OF BALL
BOSTON, May 3— Major league
records were broken Saturday when
the Boston and Brooklyn Nationals
played a twenty six inning game to a
tie of 1 to 1. The gam** was a brilliant
one. Cadore andOescher pitched
through the entire 2d innings.
PRINCETON IS WINNER
CAMBRIDGE, May 3— Princeton’s
eight defeated Harvard and Pennsyl
vania in the Henley regatte here to
day.
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DEMONSTRATIONS ON MAi
DAY WERE REAL FIASCOS
WASHINGTON, May 3— The art
anticipated May Day demonstrations
in the United States fell flat and the
labor circles were unusually quiet.
VANDERVEER IS GUILTY
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 3— The
jury, following the indictment of the
Grand Jury, today found George F.
Vanderveer, the I. W. W. Attorney,
guilty of violating the law prohibiting
persons talking to prisoners in jail
without permission of the sheriff.
E. A. Dedstrom, a prospector from
Fairbanks, is at Hyder to get an early
start into the hills.
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MAY DAY
IS QUIET
IN FRANCE
PARIS, May 3— The official casu*
alty lists show three dead and 102
wounded, two being in a dangerous
condition in dsordors of last Sunday.
The arrests numbered 103 many for
eigners being among those jailed.
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MYSTERY CAVE
AT MT. KATMAI
- IS DESCRIBED
A mysterious cave covered by a
?t>ck which may lead to a “hollow
mountain" and valuable relics of by
gone ages within the shadow of Mount
Katami is told of by S. M. Malachoff,
who acts as messenger for the Juneau
United States cable office.
Malachoff was born at Kenai. His
father was M. S. Malachoff, general
agent for the old Alaska Commercial
Company, and his grandfather was a
Russian trader in Alaska in early
days.
The present Malachoff was lf> years
old when he resided at Katmai, at tho
base of the volcano which made a
world record for erupting ashes. He ]
was sent on an errand by his uncle,
Adair Alock, another Russian trader,
to Cold Bay.
At that time there were no whites I
on Cook inlet or at Cold bay, other j
than a few Russian traders. Whl! .
Malachoff was waiting an Indian boy
about his own age told him of a “m ?di
•ir*''" which the natives used for rheu
matism, and showed him the place’
f’om which it was taken. It was noth-'
ing more than the seepage of crude1
oil which caused the recent stampe le j
to Cold Bay when the leasing bill v ns j
signed. Malachoff took some of the j
oil to his uncle, and later showed it
to Capt. A. E. Lathrop, who was oper
ating a ferry on Cook inlet, and the 1
latter at one time talked of fitting out.
an expedition and making a further :
investigation.
Like all young fellows of that day,*
young Malachoff made excursions to i
distant points, sometimes alone in his
canoe, and sometimes accompanied by
a native lad.
On one of these recursions a na< w
boy told him he would show him some
thing. He approached a bluff about
MO yards from the beach and rolled
aside a stone and exposed to view a
subterranean cavern. The voices
when sent in echoed and re-echoed,
and gave Malachoff the impression
»hat the whole mountain was hollow
inside. 13e»ng m close proximity to
the volcano of Mount aKtmai, it is
possible that underground envois had
been formed.
Th'* two boys did not attempt to
crawl inside to investigate, and the
occurrence, with other events crowd
»*'ir almost passed from the mind of
his boyhood experiences, and he had
his hearer could not help but wonder
what might be inside of the cave
which the natives seemed careful to
try and hide from sight.
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DYSON KNOCKED OUT
LAWRENCE, Mass., May 3— Jim
mo Wilde knocked out Bobby Dyson,
Saturday night. Dyson is a bantam
of New England. The knockout came
in the first round.
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E'mer E. Smith, mayor of Douglas,
and the proprietor of the Front Street
drug store, and owner of the Juneau
music house of Juneau, through the
advice of his physic*ans wdl retire
from business and leave for the States
in the hope of regaining his health.
DANCE FOR
CREW OF
SATURN
The U. S. S. Saturn is expected to
arrive in port possibty by the end of
this week. As usual, the Woman’s
Club of Seward will give a dance to
the officers and crew of the well
known radio steamer. The date of the
dance will not be announced until the
positive time of the arrival of the Sat
urn is known here. The Saturn is now
at Sitka, or was on Saturday . The
Saturn is going to Cordova, will pro
bably be there two or three days, then
come to Seward for two or three days
before proceeding to the westward.
The dance will be in the nature of
the customary welcome to the men of
the Saturn. There will be several fea
tures introduced during the evening of
the dance and the punch for which the
Woman’s club is famous, will be serv
ed.
An admission fee of $1 per couple
will be charged the townspeople, the
boys off the Saturn being the guests’
of the evening.
The proceeds of the dunco will be
used to purchase new books for the
| Seward Public Library in which the
Woman’s club is keenly interested and '
which they are rapidly getting in «
shape for the use of the public.
CABLE IS BUSTED
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The cable is busted between Yul-?
dez and Cordova anil all commercial 1
ur.d press matters is being routed di
reet to Seward from Sitka and relayed
o Cordova by the radio station here. •
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DU BLYTH GOING AWAY
Dr. Blyth will leave on the Alume- j
da for LaTouche and will probably be |
absent for two months before return- (
ing to Seward.
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MURDERER IS INSANE
According to advices receved in
Seward, Paddy Shanahan, who last
fall murdered assistant United States
attorney Began, at Ketchikan, was
found to be insane at the time of the
murder, by the jury, before whom his
case was tried.
EARLY FORENOON FIRE
The roof around the flue of Mrs.
(Lace Corson’s house caught fire at
o’clock this morning and the fire
alarm was sounded. E. R. Tarwater,
put the sparks to sleep with the aid
of a hand chemical just as the boys
of the Department reached the scene.
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TOWLE GOING OUTSIDE
Frank E. Towle came in last night
from Mile 52 and will leave on the
Alameda for the states. Mr. Towle
will visit below for possibly two mon
ths before returning to Seward.
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COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
The city Council will meet tonight
at 8 o’clock at the towrn hall. This is
the first meeting of the month.
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W K A T II K It It K V O It T
The following is the weather refO»t
for the 24 hours oml»»*g «t 7 oV*e»'K
iMs morning:—
SEWARD 45, Clear, North.
Anchorage 35, Pt. Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 40, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 37, Clear, West.
Wasilla 38, Cloudy, West.
Talkeetna 36, Cloudy, Calm.
Gold Creek 38, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 30, Clear, Calm.
Summit 24, Cloudy, Calm.
Bains 26, Cloudy, N. W
Healy 28. Cloudy, Calm.
Nenana, 20, Snowing, Calm.
Fairbanks 41, Clear, Calm.
TRI :s TO
KILL WII:
YAKIMA, Wash., May 3— Frank
Kappert, restaurant ownei, is dead
and his wife and baby are at the point
of death as a result of bullet wounds
inflicted by Kappert at the home of
Mrs. Kappert’s parents, near here.
Kappert is alleged to have fired five
jullets into his wife’s body, two of
them passing through. The baby,
which was clasped in the mother’s
arms, had two bullets in the body.
After the shooting Kappert fired a
bullet into his own brain. The couple
have been estranged for the past
month.
PRICE GOES UP FOR
CENTRAL AFRICAN WIVES
LONDON, May 3— Lord Dewar,
who has just returned from Central
Africa, says the high cost of living
among the natives has forced the
price of wives sixteen hands high
from four spearheads before the war
to eight spearheads now, or from four
cows to eight cows
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CLAIM MARRIAGE OF
DEMPSEY WAS ILLEGAL
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3— Gov
ernment officials announced that they
had evidence to show that the mar
riage of Maxine Wayne to Jack Demp
sey, on October 19, 1916, was in viola
tion of the Utah divorce laws, and
therefore invalid. Later she was di
vorced from Dempsey. She was a
prominent witness before the grand
jury which indicted Dempsey for draft
evasion.
The result of the present investiga
tion will be to give her the right to
testify against Dempsey and Kearns.
PREDICTS HIGHER PRICE
FOR DAILY NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON, May 3— Frank
Munsey predicts that five and even
ten cents daily newspapers will soon
be in vogue. Hearst advocates a re
duction in the size of the dailies and
says he has reduced his newspapers in
size, raised his advertising rates and
his revenue has not been affected. Both
Munsey and Hearst testified today be
fore the Senate newsprint investiga
tion committee.
KILLED IN NOSE DIVE
VALLEJO, Cal., May 3— Charles
Stoffer and Miss Josephine Silvera,
the latter aged eight years, were kill
late yesterday afternoon when the air
plane they were in went into a nose
dive and fell three hundred feet. Char
les Stoffer, Jr., pilot of the airplane,
was seriously injured.
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FIRE AT TACOMA
TACOMA, May 3— Fire of an un
known origin destroyed the plant of
the City MUls, the plant being on the
waterfront. The loss is estimated at
$100,000.
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| AGUA PRIETA, May 3— Confir
mation of widespread revolts against
j the Carranza government, throughout
Mexico have been received here. With
„uese leports comes the declaration
that the American Federation of La
1 bor is expected to support the move
i meni on the anti-Ca: ranzaists. This
* declaration is made by the Secretary
i of the Executive Board of the Mexi
can Federation of Labor.
WHITE WOMAN ACCUSED
OF KIDNAPING INDIAN
ON ACCOUNT OF WEALTH
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TOPEKA. Kan., May 3— Whether
the legal supervision of a guardian-at
ia\v over an Indian is supposed to in
clude the latter’s matiimonial venture
must be decided by the Kansas su
preme court in the habeas corpus
proceedings brought by Carl J. O’Hor
nett of Henrietta, Okla., to recover
the custodian-ship of Jackson Barnett,
aged 70, a Creek Indian of Henrietta.
Barnett, known as ‘the richest In
dian in the world,” o wns oil lands val
ued at more than a million dollars.
Under most romantic circumstances,
Barnett last February eloped and was
married to a young white woman,
Mrs. Anna Laura Lowe, at Coffeyville
Kan. O’Hornett chaiges that the
old Indian’s bride is “an adventuress
of the most pronounced type,” and
that she “kidnaped” Barnett because
of his wealth.
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1 CHAIN OF HOTELS MAY
HE ESTABLISHED IN NORTH
A plan with unlimited capital be
hind it is in the preliminary stages for
owning and controlling a chain of ho
tels in the main cities in Alaska, from
Ketchikan to Anchorage.
Parties in Juneau have been ap
proached with a view of getting a
hotel there to form one of the links,
and it is said thru negotiations have
been opened with parties in Ketchikan
and Cordova, and later that people in
Se vard and Anchorage will be ap
proached.
The purpose of the incorporators, it
is said, is to lower the cost by buying
supplies on a much larger scale for
the chain of hotels; also they have in
view a plain to interest syndicates
which make a business of catering to
the tourist trade in different parts of
the world. It is believed that the time
is near at hand when tourist associa
tions will become actively interested
in advertising an “Alaska trip” and
making it a recreation center for those
who seek novelty in scenery and
health and hunting and fishing.— Ju
neau Capital.
TEACHERS AND FISHERMEN
MUST GIVE UP UNIONS
OR LOSE POSITIONS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3— Fol
lowing a conference between represen
tatives of the board of supervisors,
the board of education and the Cali
fornia State Building Trades Council,
members of the teachers’ and fire
men’s unions were notified that they
must give up their union affiliations
or lose their positions
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Tbe old C’ty council of Ketchikan
st^on^d on* of off;ce r*e*nfV having
a deficit of a trifle over $10,000.