The Weather at Seward — Maximum, 58, Minimum, 47, — Clear, — Southerly Breeze.
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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1911 _>l<) - M>
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WILE OPERATE TO
MILE 54 AND EROM
59 TO KERN CR K
Work was started today to open
the line of the Alaska Northern as far;
as Mile 43, for the convenience of the
Alaska Engineering commission.
A crew of bridge men have been
sent out to repair the bridges between j
Mile 43 and 44. I
It is probable that the track be
yond the snow slide at Mile 59 will be
cleared to Mile 72 and the gasoline
car on that end put in operation. Withj
regular boat service onTurnagain arm
this will enable engineers to leave
Seward in the morning and reach Ship
creek camp the same afternoon with
favorable tides.
Engineer Underwood left this
o
morning for the camp at Mile 8, where
*he will be located for some time.
OFFICIAL FOUND
DEAD-WOMAN
HELD AS SLAYER
Stamford, C onn., -June 2'> Walter ;
Hallow , city alderman and capitalist,
was found murdered lids morning at
the door of a fashionable apartment
house. Mrs. HeleD Angel, a widow,
who resides in the place, is under ai
rest. Hallow had been courting her
for some time. The murdered man's
head was crushed, but a thorough
search of the buiiding tailed to reveal
the implement with which the crime
w :i> committed.
“WHITE WOLF”
BURNS TOWNS
Peking. China, June -•> “White
Wolf," the brigand who during the
past few months has devastated the
provinces of Hu*Pe, Ho*Nan and Shen*
Si, is now looting and burning towns
aud villages in the province of Kan Su.
LUMBER OUTPUT
40 BILLION FEET
Washington, June 25—The Forestry
service announce 1 in a bulletin today
that the lumber output of the Cnited
States for the year ending June 1, was
45,000,000,OIK) feet.
Budweiser beer at the Branch. •
UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY PUTS
LID ON VALDEZ
Valdez, June 25—District Attorney
Spence ordered today tHat tHe* so-called
restricted district of Valdez be closed j
not later than July 9. The sale of,
liquor bv women on Sundays and the ’
fact that the district is located in the ;
heart of the city are understood to be ;
the cause of the order. Whether the ;
lid will be on after July 9 or whether
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a new district will be established in :
some more remote place is not known, j
ARMED SQUAD
TO WATCH JOHN
f
New York, June 2f> For tbe first
time since tbe agitators began to annoy
j John D. Rockefeller and John I).
Rockefeller jr., two months ago, armed
deputy sheriffs from Westchester
county were summoned to reinforce
1 the private guards on the Rockefeller 1
1 estate at Pocantico Hills yesterday.
Sheriff Doyle, with eight deputies,
| rode from White Plains in an auto-j
mobile at noon. After they entered 1
i
the estate the gates were locked and
the deputies took stations near the en
trances.
It was understood that the cause for j
the calling of Sheriff Doyle was an at
tempt to break down the main gate
way. Private guards said that Mon
day night men in an unlighted auto j
mobile rammed tbe gate two or three
times as if to drive the machine .
through it. )
SELL COAL
FOR ROAI
Seattle, June 25— W. if Whorf an
nounced today that he has heen as
sured that the government will award
him a contract for coal from his Port
Graham mine on Cooks inlet, which
will be used during the construction of
the government railroad in Alaska.
Whorf spent considerable time in
Washington during the wiuter and
tioally convinced the interior depart
ment that it would be cheaper to use
! Alaska fuel than to ship it from Se
attle. until the branch line into Mata
nuska is completed, which w ill give
the government a chance to use its
own coal.__
CAN’T INFLICT
CRUEL PENALTY
•••LAW INVALID
!).•«. Moines, Iowa. .lune Jo It will
take an amendment to the coiistitu
lion of I he Tnited States before a law
providing for the st *ril /. it ton of erim
irials can he enacted in this country.
This is the decision of the federal
court here in declaring tin* law re
cently passed in Iowa unconstitutional.
The law provided for the sterilization
of criminals, idiots, dope tiends. drujj
i set's, epileptics, syphiletics and per
verts. Tin* court ruled that in effect
the law provided fora “cruel and un
usual punishment.* which is expressly
prohibited h\ tin* constitution.
TAKE A LAY ON
STETSON CREEK
George G. Cotter and Ben Sweazv
have taken a lay on Stetson creek and
have already begun work. They are
planning on installing a small hy
draulic plant, and will spend the sea
son in cross cutting the creek, doing
some practical prospecting. If the
ground will prospect as well as surface
indications show, the capacity of the
plant will be increased for next year.
STEVENSON LEFT
$100,000 ESTATE
Bloomington, III*, June 25.—The
estate of the late former Vice-Presi
dent Adlrti E. Stevenson is valued at
$100,000, and in the will, died for pro
bate yesterday afternoon, divides the
property equally among the three chil
dren of the deceased.
BIG THREE-DAY
CELEBRATION
Valdez has arranged for a big three
day celebrrlion for July 4, 5 and 0, at
the “Key City.” Fifteen hundred dol
lars in prizes will be given for various
events. There will be a rock drilling |
contest for the double jack champion- j
ship of the Third judicial division of;
Alaska, and $300 in prizes; a tug of war
between teams from Valdez, Cordova ;
and Seward for $75: motor boat, horse
aud auto races, also ladies’ row boat
and bidarki races, field events and a
log rolling contest. Special excursions
| will be on from coast points.
I
2 TEAMS
—
All the ball players in Seward turned
out last night and perfected the orga
nization of the Seward baseball club
for the season of 1914. The meeting
was held in the town hall. Otto Poehl
man was elected temporary chairman.
There was a general discussion and it
was decided that the club be organized
at once. Frank J. Cotter was elected
manager and G. B. Whitehead treas
I urer for the coming year.
The election of a held captain was
i deferred until some later date, Vhas.
| Martin and H. J. Haasch were ap
pointed to make up teams of the avail
i able material for a tjame Sunday.
Local business men will not be called
upon this year for donations to pay for
balls or equipment, as the players
i will look after these expenses.
KlTorts will be made to arrange a
j tfame with the LutTalo for July 4. other
j wise the team will «roto Valdez, to tail
j ijle with the Glacerites on the nation’s
' birthday and arrange for a return date
j later in tbe summer.
.-Ml ball players, •'real or imaginary*'
are requested to call at the Miner s
store and reiflsier as soon a> possible
wit li i he man t2*,r.
. *1 he new 21 ounds at the fo.it of A ash*
in if ton street are rapidly assuming a
business like look under the careful
1 management of Lround Keeper ().fle,
and with ifood Iuck will be ready for
July 4. Toniifht all of the players are
requested to t urn out with axes and
brush hooks to assist in clearing the
1
i outlield.
Karly in September it is planned to
| arrange a nine-game series between
Seward, Valdez and Cordova for tl.e
championship of .Southwestern Alaska,
‘and with the abundance of promising
material at hand Seward has better
than an even chance to grab the title.
BLUE BELL HAS
! MILL AT WORK
NIGHT AND DAY
George Sexton, who returned last
night from a visit to the Primrose and
HIue Bell mines, says that the latter is
working night and day.
“Since the mill has been moved to
the creek on which the mine is located
the Blue Bell has the rnosi ideal plant
on Kenai peninsula.
“The mill is located just below the
dam and the water whicn operates an
undershot wheel, completed recently
by Brosius & Noon, runs through only
50 feet of flume. The ore shaft is lo
cated only 125 feet away and the mill
is so arranged that it can be operated
by one mao.”
AGED TRIPLETS
HOLD REUNION
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Food du Lac, WU-, dune 23.—The
Windecker triplets, the oldest in the
United states, are celebrating the
seventieth anniversary of their birth
day this year on a more elaborate scale
than that which has attended former
events. The Windecker triplets con
sist of Sidney, of this town, Sylvester,
of the town of Byron and Mrs. Sedate
Pier of Wausau. One remarkable
feature of the lives of the triplets is]
the fact that the only birth anniver
saries on which they have been sep
arated were during the Civil war, Sid
ney Windecker serving three years as
a member of Company H, Fifth United
Stales volunteers. _
Curtain rods at J. L. Graff *s.
Niagara Falls, June 25—A protocol
) was signed today by the envoys of
; United States and Mexico providing;
for the establishment of a provisional
| government which will be recognized
i by all parties. It is stipulated that
the new government must grant am
| nesty to all foreigners and appoint a
commission at once to settle foreign
affairs.
Seattle, June 24.—George Koss, fire
! man on one of t he harbor dredges, was
•fatally scald31 wiei a stein pipe
I broke last night.
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(KING PETER TO
LET HIS SON
RIJN SERVIA
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i Belgrade, Servia, June ‘Jo king
j Peter ulK.licat.eri from tin* throne of
Servia today in favor of ins second son
Crown Prince Alexander today, i hr
king has been ill for some time and
; desires to spend the rest of h’.s lib*
1 away from the rigors of court lib .
Peter’s first son George, renounced
his right to the throne in UO'.t. when
he married outside of royalty.
1000 DROWNED
AT HONGKONG
j Hongkong, June 2o -Flood waters in
| West river which rose suddenly dur
ing the night drowned bet ween 000 ami
j 1000 Chinese. It is estimated that a
j million are homeless. All food sup
plies have been carried away by the
tlood and a famine is certain.
GONE 15 YEARS
BACK AGAIN |
Haul Moore, who arrived with his;
wife on the Admiral Kvans from San.
Francisco, was in Sew’ard lo years ago
with Judge H. H. Hildreth. Moore is
interested with his half-brother, lom(
Towle, in property on Kenai river, aod j
will probably be here for a \ear. He
says the feeling in Seattle is favorable
j to Seward.
GILL'S SISTER
WEDS ALASKAN
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Seattle, June 25.—Alice Gill, sister J
of Mayor Gill, was married to Frank
Picalts an Alaskan last night.
New line of guns, ammunition, sport
insr goods. Builder’s hardware and
tools. Brown & Hawkins Hardware i
and Furniture department. Quality
first.
Try a box of Hamer’s Eastern Can
dies: Seward Candy Shop. Tempt
ingly delicious.
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Stoves, Ranges, Camp Stoves, Win 1
dow Glass, Paints and Oils. Brown &
i Hawkins, Handware and Furniture
Dept. (Quality First).
You’ll find everything in the Pastry
Line at Cooper’s Cafe.
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New York, .June 2.r>. Roosevelt
arrived today from Kurope and de
j nouneed the administration’s foreign
; policy, lie said that the action of
j President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
in regard to the Mexican situation, had
made the United States rediculous
abroad. The proposed payment of
! $25,000,000 to ( o'bmpia for the canal
! zone, he declared was merely “belated
• ' *
, blackmail.”
Olympia, June 24 The minimum
1 wage commission for W ashington has
fixed tin* wages of laundry workers at
per week.
WILSON FREES
FOUR--AND 20
GO TO PRISON
i
on. .1 ir.»* 2~> W it Lout com
j menlin^ o;t tin* petition ff**• Hte release
of d \ n mi; “r" eor«\ cted at India not*
oils. |'r- -i<'.'! Wilson pardoned four
1 i t ti.e convicted mvn L da v. Tl;v rc
mainitiir 2<> will have to commence
i serving tin.e at Fort Leaven wot” it at
once, riteii* sentence:* ran^e Loin one
, to seven >ears.
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Butte. June 2* President Moy» r oi
the Western Federation uf Min**:*.
I who lied to Helena, followi* *: the riot
Tuesday nijfht, telephoned to the po
} lice today that he expected to return.
| but demanded protection from the se
! ceding miners.
:F!NDS A LAUNCH
ON KOYOKUK
—
Seattle. June 23.—District Attorney
Oosssley of Fairbanks arrived from
arrived from the east today. He re*
ceived a telegram within an hour
telling of the finding of a launch
named the “Seal Pup” on the
Koyokuk river with a lot of clothes
belonging to a marine aboard.
400 CHURCHES
TO USE MOVIES
New York, June 15.—Beginning
Octobor 1. 400 churches in 400 cities in
the United States will be supplied
with a high class weekly live-film mo
tion picture enternment.
Denver, .Tune 24.- W. U. Howlett of
Seattle is held here on a charge of
forgery.
Seattle. June 25—Archdeacon Stuck
lectured before the Y. M. C. A. last
night on his trip up Mt. McKinley.
Belmont Olive Oil, made from choice,
carefully selected olives. Its smoth
and delicate flavor makes it delicious
^ in mayonnaise and French dressing.
| Pure Olive Oil. Quality first. B. A H.