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„ „„ v „ lalo ~--- 1 .-•■"-r—i - SEWARD, aIa LA.VOLUME*xhl. NUMBER 49. _*?Hi-PER- C°PY
TUESDAY. JULY 9. 1919 _ _ . --=-r , ^ ... . - . ... ■ -- --■
CITY DOES NOT
HAVE TO BORROW
ANY MONEY NOW
Twenty two hi|-idrrd dollars in
lax money ha> been received b>
the city of Seward from delin*
quents and the city will not be re
quired to borrow any money for
the present. This became known
at the meeting ot the city council
last night when the matter of soli
citing a loan from the Hank ol
Seward came up tor discussion.
ISEWARD SNAPSHOTS
R. C. Colburn and wife, and Miss
Cornelia H. Cooper expect to leave h*r
Seattle on the Alameda >ading about
August 2nd or Mrd. Mr. Colburn ha>
been diaughsman with the commission
for the pa't thieo*year>. Miss Cooper
is office m inager of the Gateway.
Many friends will regret the depurtun
Robert Roraig and Albert Norris*
former Seward boys- are the leading
tennis players at Anchorage.
Lieut. Hutchason. attached to the
denistry corps of the U. S. Army, pass
el thiough Seward on the Admiral
Watson for Juneau.
Col. Frederick Meats, formerly
connected with the A. K. C.» has re
turned from Franee anl is now in
Washington.
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It is common report in Alaska thru
Gov. Riggs will appoint Anthony J.
Dimond* of Valdez- law partner ot
Democratic National Committeeman
Donohoe. as territorial attorney gen
eral* to succeed George 11. Grigsby*
the new delegate to Congress from
Alaska.
It was quiet on-Broadway today ow
ing to the departure of the Saturn anl
the busy social season of the past ten i
days will now be lived over and the
people given a chance to rest up.
C. B. Seorest* who has hern employ
el as foreman of the Lynch Biothers
diamond drill company working on the
Compertz coal property in the Chick*
aloon district* accompanied by his wifi
is a passenger for Juneau on the Ad
miral Watson.
Dr. H. 0. Schlaeben* who has be*n
in Seward for several weeks has re
turned out the line.
Mrs. Ray* S. Stevens . representing
the Book of Knowledge* is registered
at the Hotel Sexton.
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Men have started at work on th'
glacier stream putting in a new dan
north of Third avenue on the north
side of the stream.
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TO WORK FOR OIL TANKS
At the meeting of the city council
last night, upon suggestion of council
man Lucas- City Attorney Alm.v was
instructed to prepare facts anti figures
and submit them to the representative
of the Standard Oil Co.* at Seattle
showing the necessity for an oil tank
at Seward. Recent arrivals from Seat
tle have reported that the Standard
Oil expects to build two tanks in Sew
ard* one for crude oil and the other
for distillate.
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H. S. Grave? of Juneau recently piu
chased the $2.r>.000 stock of clothing
and shoes from the Clavson-Krnnedy
store at Skagway and will remove the
Ftock to Juneau where it will be sold
4* cut prices.
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON- July 8— Presides
Wilson will discuss the peace treaty
with the Senate on Thursday noon* it
is understood here today.
According to present plans* Presi*
dent Wilson will leave next week on a
speaking tour.
The sundry civil measure is awak
ing the President's signature and it »s
‘Xpected that he will sign this and
many other bills late this afternoon o.
tonight upon his arrival.
WILSON BACK HOMK
NEW YORK. July 8— President
Wilson lands this afternoon. The
transport George Washington is being
escorted by a fleet of warships. The
transport passed quarantine at 1 i*»0 o’*
clock. Destroyers met the George
Washington '*0 miles east of Sandy
Hook. Presidential salutes from th.‘
warships were the first of many we!
coming ceremonies.
Forty five warships* headed by tb*
flagship Pennsylvania* waited in the
•laibor to join the inhound fleet.
Vice President Marshall. membeiv
the cabinet and others were aboard
‘he Pennsylvania.
Ma\o» Hyland and Groveinor Smith
.core aboard municipal steamers.
EWven hundred police are on duty
it the dock and 1000 school children
are also at the dock to aiag.
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICES CLOSED.
WASHINGTON. July 8— Tht fail*
•ire of the congress to appropriate the
necessary funds has resulted in the
•losing of all hut twenty-six of the
federal employment service offices.
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AM ERIC \\ BLY KRCPP WORKS
LONDON* July 8— Munich* Bavar
ia- advices today say that American
ntetvsts have purchased the great
Krupp works at Munich and a^vera!
>ther big industrial concerns in I feat
city.
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bh; strike in Berlin
i BERLIN- July H— The Berlin trans
portation lines are tied up os a result
>f a strike of the workmen. ■
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VLASKA NATIVES
SHOW FINE PLUCK
NOME Alaska- — (Rv Mail)— No
lives who survived the Spanish influ*
°nza scourge at Wales* in the north
west portion of the Seward peninsula
known as the wealthiest native dis
trict of Alaska, have virtually begun
»jfe over and with true American
oluck. according to officials of the
bureau of education who recently
made a trip to the village.
Ninety-five widows and orphans
iro still being cared for by the bureau
hut the rest of the population is sel#- ,
;upporting and have insisted that |
\one of the orphaned children he taken
away from the village. Many native
narriages have been consummated
atelv and in nearly all cases the new
'y weds adopt one or more of the or
ohans the population of the villag°
looming it their duty to care for th-'
•ittle ones left without parents as n
•result of the epidemic.
Henry S. Swath* curator of birds*
museum of vertebrae zoolopv* U. of
\* and Joseph Dixon, assistant cu
•atov of mammals* are in southeast
on Alaska sratherinp specimens foi
ho museum. They are making a trip
up the Stikene.
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j McCrea* an old timer of the
Fourth Division died recently from
ancer of the stomach. He was well
known in many camps in Alaska* and
was a member of the L. 0. 0. M. He
has a brother pt Washburn, Arizona.
JESS DOWN
7 TIMES IN
ONE ROUND
By As«ociit«d Pr*#a
TOLEDO- July 8— The moving
pictures of the Willard Dempsey fight ■
show that Dempsey knocked Willard
down seven times in the first round.
There were no knock downs in the sec
ond or third rounds but Willard hung
on the ropes during these rounds.
Left hooks to Willard’s chin sent the
former champion down four times.
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HAS NOT RESIGNED
WASHINGTON. July 8— Post
master General Burleson today denied
the report being circulated that he had
resigned.
M.
TRANSPORT MX LOSES
PROPELLOR ON PACIFIC
HONOLULU. July 8— The trans
port l>ix has lost her propelloi 250
miles from here and wirelessed fo*‘
help. The submarine tender Beaver
has been sent to help the Dix.
RIOT !\ ROME OVER
HICH FOOD PRICKS
ROME* July 8— Riots against the
high cost of living and a forcibly re
pletion of prices have broken out here.
The rioters ore well organized. The
Chamber of Labor started a campaign
against the speculators whom lhe\
call “starrara of the peoples.” Manx
shops have been ransacked.
DENVER CARMEN STRIKE
AND SERVICE PARALIZED
DENVER* July 8— Twelve hundred
carmen struck today paralyzing street
car service. The men want a wage in
crease.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE* July 8— Fish quota
tion.i are as follows: halibut ten and
three quarter cents; sable, five cen*s*
ling and red cod four cents.
BISHOP ROWE IS NOW
MAKING TRIP TO INTERIOR
Rev. P. T. Rowe. I>. I).- called Bi*
hop Rowe by thousands of Alaskan
friends* is bound north through Skag
way to Dawson* eoroute for his annu
al visit through the interior.
Bishop Rowe was consecrated av
bishop of Alaska in 189o and sin •<
that time has throe times refused t*
tie transferred to more remunerative
and less arduous missionary fields.
This is the twenty-fourth year be
has spent in journeying through Alas
*;u ami the splendid work he has ac
complished and the great good he hit •
lone is ever the source of pride to the
many old and new friends of this re
markable man.
His name is a household word an 1
he is always welcome in the remotest
amps as well as in the larger towns.
In company with Archdeacon Stuck ho
'*xpoets to spend the greater part »f
this summer in visiting the Indian
missions scattered along the Yukon*
Tanana and Kovukuk rivers. The bis
hop will arrange his trip so as to ut
tend the Triennial General Conference
of the Episcopal church which will he
held this fail in Dctriot.
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WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weather re
port for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’
’n« V this morning:
Seward 68. Cloudy* Calm.
Anchorage 60* Clear* Calm.
Matanuska 60* Clear* Calm.
Chickaloon *38* Clear* Calm.
Wasilla 56. Clear* Calm.
Talkeetna 58* Clear* North,
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Two hears* the fifteenth and six
teenth this season* were shot recent’y
; by George W. Folta* stenographer for
i Governor Thomas Riggs* near Lemon
creek. Folta left his office after 3
o’clock and killed the two beaj-s in a
short time.
JOHN GILPATRICK
NOT NATURE FAKER
Out at Moose Pass* where he
has a garden tract* John Gilpat*
rick has often said that he
has found four, five* six* seven,
eight and even nine leaf clover.
Everybody called the Federal
jailer just a rank faker who could
not make gimd on hia assertions.
Gilpatrick went out to his farm
Sunday and returned last night
bringing in proof of his varied
leaf clover. The clover leaves are
perfectly formed* and the clover
grows from eight to ten inches
high* plenty of it, at that.
CASES FROM
NORTH ARE
DECIDED
4 \«'iociatfd Pre*«
SAX FRANCISCO. July 8— Thvi
Circuit Court of Appeals has approv*
• »«l the seizure by United States Mar
shal llronneman of a large shipment
>f liquor at Cordova on January 2. PJ
IS. The Northern commercial Comp
any owned the liquor seized which was
nroute fn>m Fairbanks to San Fran*
cisco.
SAX FRANCISCO. July 8— The
Circuit Court of Appeals has affirm*
*d the lower courts judgement in
granting the Pacific Coast & Norway
Packing Company possession of a
mall parcel of Alaska tide land.
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SAX FRANCISCO, July 8— In a
lecision handed down today the CiF*
euit Court of Appeals denied a writ of
*rror made by Frank U. Rallaine re*
juosted in action against the Alaska
Northern Railway in connection with
t suit involving land at Seward* Alas
ka.
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MICHIGAN WOMAN GETS
VAI.OR WAR DECORATION
ALMA- Mich., July 8— In recogni
tion of work in encouraging food pr"
luction during the war, the National
vVur Garden Commission has reward
ed a medal to Mrs. Frances King of
his city* the president of the Woman'?
National Farm And Garden Associa
tion. The presentation was made by
’harlos Lathrop Pack, president of
he commission. A similar medal has
teen presented to the heads of the
overnments of the United States*
England* France. Belgium and Italy*
ind to the world leaders in food con
trol.
The modal was designed with the ob
ject of representing the country's mili
tary service and the support given to
it by those who worked in their war
gardens. On the obverse is the figure
if a young woman working over gar*
len plants. In low relief are soldiers
navching . The decorative motive *fo*'
*:he reverse is a basket hamper filled
with the varied product of a war gar
den. Under the basket appear the
words; “The seeds of victory insure
the fruits of peace*" a hoe and rifle
uossed an* the dates 1914-1919.
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MOOSE MEET TONIGHT
The Order of Moose will hold a re
gular meeting tonight in the little A.
B. Hall. The annual convention of the
Moose was held in Mooseheart* Illin
ois* last week and was largely attend
ed by delegates from all parts of the
nation. An annual per capitax of $2
was voted to provide a fund of $1*200*
000 to maintain an industrial school
and hospital for the order at Moose
heart* according to advices received
in Seward. The Philadelphia lodge*
through its delegates, announced that
it had appropriated $125*000 for the
reconstruction of the hospital yt
Mooseheart. Among the officers elect
ed for the ensuing year were Supremo
Dictator Mayor William Broening* of
[Baltimore; secretary* Robney Brand-,
on* of Mooseheart; treasurer* Harry
W. ^lace, of FfcNadelphia,
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MEXICO WANTS TO
BE SOLID WITH l\ S.
MEXICO CITY* July 8— Ygna
cio Bonillas. Mexican ambassador
to the United States, leaves lor
Washington- I). C.* tomorrow car
rying President Carranza’s in
structions endeavoring to relieve
the causes of misunderstandings
between the I nited States and
Mexico and bring about an era of
good feeling between the two
countries.
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By Associated Press
LON’DON- July 8-— All newspapers
seem to oppose the trying of tin* form
er Kaiser in England. Paris report
that America and Japan are opposed
to the trial and Italy i.> only luke
warm. The liberal newspapers believe
that the trial would tend to make a
martyr of the Kaiser.
AMKKOXdK.X* July 8-- The form
er Kaist r apparently is unperturbed
by tin* pn, ibility of being extradited
and plans to remain here a long time.
IONDSOF
HAYWOOD
APPROV )
By And a ted Press
CHICAGO. July 8— The Court of
Appeals »in a decision today* approved
the bonds for the release of William
D. Haywood* pending an appeal of his
ease. '
Haywood Is serving a 20 yeav
sentence having been the leader of
Industrial Workers of the World con
victed in August last year. Fifteen
*>f those convicted have already been
released pending appeal to the Couit
of Appeals.
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R-34 OFF
TOMORROW
By Associated Press
MINEOLA* July 8— The British
lirigible R—?A starts home tomorrow
regardless of weather conditions. The
dirigible will fly over New \ork City.
Over 250 American soldiers are hold
ing the dirigible to prevent it being
blown away when the wind pulls the
balloon.
A_
FINNS ARE TO ATTACK
PETROGRAD BY PLANES
WASHINGTON. July 8— The P>ol
sheviki is planning: to evacuate Pet re
ared according: to official information
received here.
PARIS, July 8— The Allies have
plans of an attack on Petrog^ad by
Finns with the Kolchak forces. Ma"'
airplanes are to be used in the attack.
By Associated Press
TACOMA* July 8— Thousands of
ship yard workers jammed the down
town streets today endeavoring to
force a Mooney strike. The men heckl
ed the carmen who attempted to take
cars to the shipyads.
A crowd of Mooney adherents con
gregated before the police station hut
made no demonstration.
The Metal Trades Council refus
ed to call a sTrike for a couple of da>
out of sympathy.
Striking telephone girls led the
Mooney parade today.
nomTmen
ACCUSED
DEFRAUD
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SEATTLE. July 8— Jacob Berger
and Oscar W. Ashby, well known min
ing men of the Nome district, who are
accused by big Minneapolis lumber
men with fraud in connection with the
sale of mining claims in the Nome
country have left for Minneapolis * to
face a trial. They are accompanied by
their attorney. W. A. Gilmore, former
mayor of Nome.Gilmore scouts the
criminal charge laid against his clients
and says they will be freed without
any trouble. 4
A thirty-six mile ditch line and eight
mining claims in what is knowm as the
Topkok district south of Nome* are
involved. Berger and his partner. Sul
livan. were the original locators of the
claims, which are located on the fam
ous Daniels creek. Dr. Caleb White
head. a former Nome banker, organiz
ed a company to take the claims for
the sum of $300,000. A ditch line was
constructed to carry v.mter to the
claims for mining purposes. Ashby* a
wealthy mine operator* in the course
.»f events- took a mortgage on the
claims and ditch line. The charge of
fraud grows out of this alleged mort
gage.