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BIG DANCE
ON TONIGHT
Time— Tonight
Place— A. l>. Hall
Starts promptly at 0 o'clock.
This means that the American
Legion will give a mil.taiy ball to
nigat and it will stu:t promptly al D
o’clock.
Many novel features will be
given tonight at the tirst afiair el
the lccai post ot the American Leg on.
Fir>t the A. I». Hall is going to be
artist:cally decorated, soi .eJiiii re v
and e’aboiate. Then there will be
many war time relics etc., on exhibi
tion. The dances thems lv>*s will b *
ce t\»n names, many of them known
only to the boys who have been over
th re or in th i gu ai *ce ready
to go if tho occass on had avison.
The ex-service men will for the
most part appear in uniform and
ladies will be in their real party
gowns.
CITY TREASURER MAKES
REPORT OF MONEY ON HAND
There was a balance on hand in the
city treasury last n’ght oT £10 120.92
accord1 ng to the report submitted last
night by the city treasurer to the city
council. The report shows $31,1 ll.M
has been received during the past f s
cal year f»*om taxes on real property
and $2517.08 received from taxes on
personal property Other money vrs
received from municipal licenses, ma
gistrate fees and nrscellaneous which
brought the sum total received to
$41,957 84. The total warrants issued
were $31,836.92.
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DIES UNDER OPERATION
Word was received here late yes
terday afternoon that Mrs. I. II.
Fleischman died yesterday at Anchor
age while being operated upon for the
removal of a tumor. Mrs. Flei. chman
leaves a husband and a two year old
son. The deceased came to Seward
several months ago with her husband,
then connected with th« suppty de
partment, and made a wide circle of
acquaintances who will mourn her
death.
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VLADIVOSTOK, April G— T.
Japanese forces have occupied th
city after e ;;ht hours severe fightiip
in all parts of the city. Several ro\ii
utona.\ regime officials have been
a rested and deported. All Russians
have b on di.aimed. The Japanese
flags are floating this afternoon over
aii government buildings. The Japan
ese forces surprised the Russians ar.d
mot little opposition at first, as the
Russians fiod to the hills and then ro
r nod and severe f ghting resulted.
TV*' Japanese first attached the Ko
• a qva t'rs and marched the Ku*
van and Korean prison© s through
the streets tie 1 t >g'the’ with ropes.
HONOLULU. Anvil ft— A Tokio
• W • says th*1 J ’.panes’1 go ,cr*,me”t
v> -m *>dv:s (! th' V’ndivostoch So
a.,i r^voVt'ornr *s that Japan will
•
Russians will S'ttlo Urn unrest ir*
V”nd;vostok.
WVSTUyGTO?:. W'l ft To’ m
i offV’aMy *» \ in •,! th ' 1'vt 'd Stn*
«rr>-orv,mr*nt c'f th”1 Jana*v',s'* ot”
pat'rn of VpdV'stnk rrd ♦**n* S”'*’
oeeuprt:on recn't*'d from *h,ortAnr‘ ’
j'ct fvA s*vo net; of a portion of th'1
Ross;an a'my. Th ' o^un^tio^ is ro’°
1 v to namt 'in o' d^r .n"d 4Tm rot/'
th' Ru s‘ans h.v*rt a't'wk'n! 4he .Tap
anr*?'' army at J’;h^sh ami Khabaro
vsk where the buttes ar-' st'U irg ng.
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FIRST BOAT FOR ANCHOR\GE
The first b^at 1eav:m» Seattle for
Anchorage will b' the ste^m^r Ab
mod i acco-d’npr to adv-'c^s received *n
Seward bv cnb’e tVs afternoon The
Alameda on h^r f;rst Anchorage Pin
v-Ml leave Seatt’e Thursday, Ap’il C!)
th.
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ON VPHT TO P A FOSTERS
M’ s. A. .T. Carson arrived from Ar
rho,*a°,e on yesferdav’s train on a
fop^v^n v*s't w»fh her d^u^ht^r. Mrs
Otte Poei'Vn»'n. who leases for Oh
ifn~n;a on the AbsPa, and n’*o •» '•bwt
r's’t v»th h <»v other dan<»hter Mrss
\ido*v%n Carbon, office manner of
♦he Gafeway.
T""rW tbn r*nn*'o*omont of -T. Cnc^y
\\frbo bnffot cnr on tbA CMtA
v*av C;t'T Ti?r';tod. \s r^'V’^r? a nvo
nonocod b;t with tv,rt
Manv natrons c^Tcn tbov rr^t a bAftAv
ftf'r'rc'' than thov do on thA oM op*rV
b’pbnd diners of the trains in the
states.
i nil III iiminmimmiin .
RE MARRIED IN
QUIET TOWN;
OH, YES
James Edward Hill, aged .‘Id. and
Miss Minnie Lou:se i*op;>, agjd 2d,
were married last night at 0.4.*) o’clock
by United States Commissioner V. Il
ium It. Whittlesey in the presence of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Conncis, of An
cho age and Mr. and Mrs. H. 1). Mar
tin, of the radio stat on. Hollowing
the wedding ceremony the br dal
i'oupio cc’chrated the wedding dinner
•it Cameron's Cafe and then ah went
o t to the rrd!o station.
When ask d by Mr. Mart n hast
night at th • 'fi ling fl nn »;*, w1 y he
.*r.m? to Se-'ard f om An ho nr ' to b'
rVd ': •. 11d: 4 01 1
* Vo o <n as to b' marvi >d in a
town."
■*T»* TT*0 | "»• tr *v ^ ‘V*
• ’ ^ <| yi"'* T> v** ' t° b"* S" vs brt
^ a**d *h*' **■■ no ‘i an ^ t1'' br d*1
-v-. ♦» » bM y b’tt1' lads trv’* ,fr to 1* ^‘p
m.”'1- % Ao(hn“ v’i*b r’x o’* r^ven ov
-.■-le m ■'*’ an 1 ■■*onPn at' " l?:*g to
>v: of th * p~ogrnn. M-.
** c Ti’i -m’1 r» * b** no*r*:t>l to k
✓v-m* v.)>;u a”'v in <^''V.T"(1 a^'1
j..<^ f~r one s,:n o' tho tongue
-- 1 nroWv tb«v i’l not return to
\.r» org' om *bv train to^o’row fo**
't va f-y, » rp y* of o*h *rs '■ ant
to rha"g'* rbo m'n 1 of th** no*”!y wed
moat deaVvely, about Seward being
qn*rtt
The now’v vena ar'' we i Known
nW'' >I*\ KM is krov’n as the “Day
Kght KM” having earned that sebr
roMot in Voldz many years ago. ?!r.
11*11 landed on the bench in Seward in
1002 w’th Judge Whittle cy a mem
b'*” of tlm orig?nal survey gang to put
th ourh the Fre for the A’nska Nor
thern. Hill was broke when ho landed
her-* but had a fancy pa,#r of pink
socks ami the “Jcdgo” staked Hill
with fifteen cents for the socks. The
socks were worn out long ago. Hill
has been with the T. & T. Department
fo* the commission for a number of
y^ars and was in the service in France
for eighteen months with the 01st
Engineers.
The bride has b^n rteno'trapnei
with the T <6 T. Department at An
chorage and as both were ’n the s°nv*
Dr‘r>a,'tm nt ra*u,,a1lv the wires be
came crossed quite often and tbrt !»tA,,‘
ch'r'f operator, or whatever Curvd’s
ojt^re*tv was attended to t^o little
details of C'mor.t;nrr friendship and
tho w<vH!u«* w”s th** result.
DULLET1N— At 3:30 o’clock this
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Ar.i» o • r/evon han
.! el and s.x.y se en out oa 2.2* pre
e.iu.d in M.ch gan gi\e Hiram Jolm
so 1 10»>,<o0j \» ood, Louden,
30,205; Hoover, 10,774; Peishing 7500.
The Democrats stood as follows:
11, 20; Edwa d . 10 033 j Mc
Adoo, 8 05:'; Uiyan, (1000 and Pa. nor.
5,GOO.
DETROIT, April G— In the Preui
dent'ai prinia :es held yes''l day ill
eh gan, Wood an strongest in ‘he
upper peninsula where 1^5 precincts
ga.e him 10,000 and Johnson 8,000.
Grand Rapids gave Wood 4,700, Hoo
ver 10 000. D troit gave Johnson G!>,
030. Johnson 00,000 and Hoover 12,000
or. the R 'publican ticket. Dot oit gave
IMwards 7100. Hoover 4000 and Mc
Ado) 3000 on the Dcmoe* alic ticket.
PRTRO'T, A; r‘l G - Tlvs afternoon
h 12 >5 state pv>c’ncts report d
’m on is given ll1 000; Wood
00 >; V’o'd Go 000. Approx mutely l::,!f
;h - *; t*> pvinet* ’n the Democratic
, «.y g've Hoove:* 13-COO Edwards
M 000 and McAdoo 10,000.
'RATTLE. Ap'il G— The returns
• a ont by the Associated press
>v*n ’Detro t do not mention Poindex
er.
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r:'v wine advfpti.se
IN TITE PATHFINDER
* t thA nv?e* :ng of the city council
’r. ’ n’ght F. M. K'mpfer territorial
• *pvf.cort?.tivc of “The Pathfinder,**
iVomi r’s magazine, made a short talk
on the two forthcoming issues of tiro
magazine and asked for support. The
c;ty council vote ! £250 for advertis
er’: pages in the magazine and for ex
tra copies of the May and June issues.
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Sic: mer Alaska sailed from Juneau
westward at 0:1b o’clock hist night
and is due in Cordova tomorrow fore
noon.
SI am or Admiral Watson is making
several canne y calls between Juneau
and Cordova and is not due in Cordo
va until early Thursday morning nc
cor<l:ng to C°ble office advices.
The mail boat Joseph Pul’tzer left
Juneau Sundnv and is due to arrive
in Seward on Friday.
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afternoon , Mr. Hill radioed in from
the station that Seward was not slow,
far from such and he wouM tekc back
everything he bed said if Martin, and
bis legion of fronds would only go
away and lot h;m s’eon. Rut noth;ng
do;ng, tho MDav1;gbt K:d” must live
up to bis reputation and pay for the
cost of h?s remark about Seward be
ing quiet.
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MOXTESAXO, Wash., April
The Wobbiies sentenced *ate y-.sicr
day afternoon by Judge \»i^o4i lor
the Cent.a .a armistice day murdcis,
to 25 to 40 years were Eugene Ear
rett, who is alleged to have f red the
shot that killed Warren Grimm; E.itl
Smith, Wobbly organizer; 0. G E.and
Ee t li'.and, John Lamb, O. C. E and,
and Jam s Me In rary.
Judge Wilson said that he must
ignore tire jury’s plea lor lei icr.cy fo.
Eatrelt and Lamb. Judge V.’ Iron sa d
the cases against all were identical.
Roberts, who was declared to t> *
nsan * committed suicide in t!i ■ . tat
Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
George Vandervocr requested a
new trial on the grounds that the vex
diet was senseless as t did r.ot <1 cid?
th gulty or innocence of the d fend
ants.
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AULT E
SEATTLE, April G— The State has
rested in the case of Editor Ault, of
the Union Kcco.d, charged with crim
inally libeling the memory of the d.ad
in the Centralia armistice day massa
cre. Only 2 witnesses were called. Geo
rge Vanderveer moved for a vcid.ct ot
acquittal and he argued this mo ning
an is continuing this afternoon.
James Duncan testified at the trial
regarding the ownership of the Un
ion Record.
This afternoon it was stated the
State might re-open its side of the
«ase.
GOING TO OIL FIELDS
Several well known Anchorage c:t
iaens arrived on the Gateway City
limited yesterday afternoon and thew
are cn o ite to CoM Day where they
will perfect fna1 surveys of thrr
land. Amon^ thos^ cemnjr over Wt
ivght were W. G Thompson a"d C. W.
TS-ao«; t^av ^ave for Kodiak on
the Admiral Watson.
PAUIS, April 0— French soldiers
te iu> o».*upy i*»anufurt, Hamburg,
u.M ^an:K-la ib. French tanks, sharp
shooters, engineers and chasseurs are
uaJoncd ac liie Post Office, lailroad
and a*, the city's entrances.
.. er is n) i gating. Tlie main Ger
...a ; r. jv>n lias left Darmstadt to
a.o d loiuact with the French. A
sma 1 G a man force remains at
iVa.h.i ; t to police the city. General
DciMUbte, Fiench Commander, has is
i a proclamation to the cities oc
dje aring that the French
s d the lvli.ne to compel Berlin
. ) i\up ct its ag cement with the Al
. Viie p.oc .mation says the
;ch will withdraw when the Ger
..i n fces ecacuate the neutral zone.
... .vs pup rs have b on suspended in
t’i o.cupied towns. Paris is wonder
; 1 the E g ish will support the
.on move. Pienner Millcranci
; G rmany i.; to pay the cost of
c i at on because G rmany’s
a .‘o '(1 the French to resort to
co re .on.
\V VS:ir;CTOr;, Ap*il 6- France,
’ o u’ Arab: ssv.dor Ju s. rand, has
i! Pr .dent V/i son to express h s
o' r'yarding1 the French occupa
t: v». c G nr.an c tics. Jusserand sent
t' !h statement of F ance’s position
'.o t1' * Wh'te House. The S‘ate Dc
3*.Ttu’ "at : ys th' pro/lament has so
fa exp issed no opinon rc.'rard’npr
F:anc ’s move as America is merely
an interested spectator.
PARIS, April G— American Am
bn a lor Wal’acc has conferred with
Pco'i and P c iicr Millerand Accord
ing to t ie aft moon edition of the
Paris de IP l.o Millerand expects to
•onvineo President Wilson that Pran
ce is justified in occupying German
e t c . A dispatch from Rome says the
Italian cab net is mo a’ly to support
Prance’s move but decided the Italian
c mg '^ss wouM make no move against
Ge many. It is said the French go>
einm l.t has net heard from England.
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CITY ELECTION QUIET
l h • c'ty el ci on • n, progressing
(|*ii*t!y. no street f'tfhts, no free ci
gars no donUo voting, perfect’y ser
ene on tho su face. Vot»m? started
early and was active up to the time of
ro'i.f? to p ess The clerks are Mrs.
McMe"!** end Mrs G'*rc'% Tov’l'*; jud^s
b'dnff Tom McCoo-'ty Frederick
Broad well and Mrs. C. A. Estes.
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