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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post ______—
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ALL OF
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SEATTLE. April 3— J. L. McPher
son addressing the Chamber of Com
mc :ce at a luncheon today, urged unit
ed support be given legislation whim
will permit the Territory of Alaska to
administrate :ts own affairs. Mr. Mc
Pherson said that unpeopled Alaska
would be u source of national weak
ness but a peopled Aowuv^ \. ould »• *
come a source of inestimable strength.
Mr. McPherson said Alaska would 1
come the continent’s tourist mecca if
first class hotels and transportat en
facilities were assured.
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WOMEN PICKET
THE BRITISH
EMBASSY
WASHINGTON, April 3— The
State Department has failed in ef
forts to get the Washington police to
stop the picketing around the British
Embassy by women favorable to the
Irish Republic. The Police says th• *y
art? powerless to act ifhless disonl -i *
occur. A doz«n women are para i n/
before the Embassy carrying banner*
criticising the British government.
The women made a demonstration be
fore the White House yesterday af.c*
I
noon.
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navy crafts collide
HONOLULU, April 3— The de
stroyer Aaron Ward rammed a hole in
the stern of the destroyer Chuur» »’
while enroute here from San DL'go.
The fuel ship Cuyama helped the
Chauncey into this port arriving at
noon today.
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EVERETT GRIGGS CHOSEN
PARK ASSOCIATION HE A!
SEATTIJS. April 3— Everett G
Grggs. of Tacoma, was this afternoon
elected President of the Washington
Natural Park Association.
A
gasoline goes i p
SPOKANE. April 3— Gasoline ad
vanced to thirty cents a gallon retail
here this morning.
daylight saving ISSUE
BE SUBMITTED TO VOTERS
TACOMA. April 3— The daylfcnt
saving question will be submitted at
an early day to the voters to decide.
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NO CUSTOMS MOUSE
FOR HYDFR UNTIL
AFTER JULY FIRST
The Treason* Department has le
nied the nrrrent req^mst of the Co!
lector of Customs for the TVstnct r f
a S”h-nort of entry be
established at Hvder An-il 1<t.. en
of the fnet that the nppr *•
riation for the maintenance of
Customs will not pnrm?t the ad<.>
rtf owvtVJnw to the cos* of the
service. The telegram from .Ton At
Shouse. at the head of the Customs
service, said there were no avail
able funds.
It was also stated in
jjram that it is bo,ieved that the
Rnnmnriati^n for the administration
of the prohibition enforcement
will fail of passa<ro in Con*r ess.
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Fmnlc Lester Preston and Mrs Sa
rah Florence Parlow. Nome re*iden*s
\\’f> *n Cl tv h\
Commissioner H»,orh O’VcJi. B^i
have resided in the district for many
years.
AID FOR
SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, April •>— The
House ways and means committee, by
a decisive vote, decided to recommcn l
the passage of the soldier’s relief leg
islation net with probable provisions
for cash bonuses. Details of the pio
vision will be referred to a sub-com
mittee. The provision declares agaius:
a bond issue and suggests that the
funds be provided by luxury taxes.
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M VRYLAND GREATEST
Ot' FIGHTING VESSELS
NEWPORT NEWS, April 2— The
battleship Maiyland, which was
launched here recently, is the firs’
of four *hips of her class to be launch
ed, and is one of the ten supor
»lr‘adnaughts authorised in the fi-ri
thrv'-year build’ng program adopted
in 1916. With a length of 624 feet
over all, a h *ani ot 9i feet, and full
’■>;id d'snlac' m *nt of 32.930 tons she
i- th*' l:rg‘st fighting craft built for
the American navy, and when com
missioned will bo one ot me in >t
powerful battleships in the world.
Originally designed to carry twelve
14-inch rifles, the plans for the ship
were so changed during the war that
she will carry instead eight 16- inch
guns-the first of this s:zo ever mount
ed or* a ship. They will ho placed two
each in four turrets on the center line,
two forward and two aft. Th^v w’1:
he larger by one inch than the groat
guns on the Brit’sh sh’ps of the Qu- ^n
Elizabeth class, which were used in
th" bombardment of the Dardanelles.
Battleships designed since the Mary
land was laid down however, will Lo
even more powerful. They will carry
twelve 16-inch r f!es and will measure
6S4 feet over all. with a displacement
of 43.200 tons. Their speed will he 23
knots, as against the 21 knots of the
Maryland, and practically all previ
ous classes of American dread
naughts.
The Maryland’s keel was laid on
April 24, 1917, e ghtoen days after the
United States declared war on Ger
many. Work on her was delayed bv
reason of the rush in getting out de
stroyers to fight submarines, but ;t
has been rushed since the armisticJ
and the vessel is now nearly three
quarters completed. She will he elec
trically driven by four propellers,
the power for which will bo furnished
by turbines of approximately 29,-0(h)
horse-power. Sterun will ho furnished
by eight oil-burning boilers.
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STOCK YARD INTENTIONS
WASHINGTON. April 3— W. \1.
Bordens, counsel for Morris ( ompany,
told the House nprricultuial committee
th:s afternoon that the stock yards,
owned by five bi> beef concerns, so1 cl
livestock to producers and if possible
the stock yards intend to *ive the
nroducers the first opportunity to yet
the yards.
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EDITOR AULT OF SEATTLE
WILL FACE TRIAL MONDAY
SEATTLE, April 3— The trial
Editor Ault of the Union Rccorr»,
starts Monday. Ault is chafed with
crm;nal libelinpr the memories of the
Centralia armistice day victims. Geo
rge Vanderveer is to defend Ault. T^e
d^f^rs* lost one point when Jud^e
Mitchell Gilliam refused to subpoena
about 100 witnesses from Centraiia
wanted by the defense.
STRFFT C\R SYSTEM OF
TOLEDO TIED IT BY STRIKERS
TOLEDO. April 3— All street ca’s
arc stopped today. Twelve hundred
conductors and motormen struck this
mc' mntr as a result of the city council
fadinn* to advance the car fare to
meet the wacre increase.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GATEWAY
WOBBLIES
WILL KNOW
ABERDEEN, Wash , April 3— The
court will next Monday hear argu
m *:its for a n» w trial in the Wobbly
arm'stc» day massacre case. If the
motion is denied, sentences will bo
passed on those convicted.
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
Seventy nine checked out from local
hotels this morning and left on the
Git-way City 1 mitcd for Anchorage
and other interior points.
Ed. Held of Valdez, is now offic
iating as chief butcher at the Fryo
Bruhn shop owing to the illness of
WVy Ellis.
Chrstinn Science services will b *
h hi tomorrow forenoon at 11 o'clock
.•.ml Sunday sehoo’ at 12:05 o’c'ock.
The private yacht Greased l/g.’.t
nirg which was purloined by several
soldicvs who went hunting is now .n
the dry dock being fitted up according
to C immodor0 A. H. McDonald and
Cant H. S Balderston.
School will resume again next Mon
day following the Fas'or holiday.
F. A. Friend, passenger on the
Alaska from Seattle for Sewa-d, was
formerly owner of several targ° dr *•»
stores in Tacoma. Very p obably be
*s noM- traveling for a large drug firm
in the east.
J. C. Pollock, engineer on the rail
’•oad. accompanied by h;s wife, a**e
•'assenge’s on the A’a ska for Seward
•rft°r spending several months in Cali
fornia.
Otto Poeh’niann went out the l:ne
th?s morning for a couple of days
outing.
Tteamer Admiral Watson should re
Twt westbound from Juneau some
time ton;ght Th*' Alaska should be
north from Ketchikan during thn
afternoon and out of Juneau tomor
row afternoon for Seward.
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REGISTRATION WILL
CLOSE THIS EVENING
When the city clerk c'os'h! h;s of
fice h»st n;gbt at 10 nWk 241 pi'r
had registered for the oHy elec
tion n<^xt T,,rsdav. T^e pio ks ofGeo
wiM be kont ora \ nt’l 10 o'clock *o
yvVht for the be1afeft ones who desire
to vote fo- c’ty officers.
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SEWARD METHODIST CHFRCH
p *<5Tpy> S^R^IOES.
11 A. ^1.
Qnnfl 'V S'*t*Afd MO^n.
Q»»^dny School Easter P’oprram 7:
?0 p M.
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pnr*fr»»» Mn^lp
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n h*aaV end w*R attend tbe Shr?no»- «
h*'!1 to b^ pfivon there a week from
torv>ht.
Korl Sonb'od. second rrnt0 of the
CrA*rrV«fAf VrtW’l'^ri v*y»i‘/»K pyrinod ‘ill
♦^o*-*’ ao»*1\» Ipct nTr«rinw. fnlf AT?A*dv*p',d
vnee oi wp<* nArthbound. Tire
body was rot recovered.
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HIS HAT
IN RING
HELENA, Mont., April Govei
nor Stewart has filed his petition here
for the Democratic nomination for
vice-president.
Several days ago Senator Hoke
Smith formally announced at Atlanta,
Ga., his candidacy for the presidential
nomination on the Democratic ticket.
President Wilson has allowed h*s
name to go on the Presidential pri
mary ballot in Georgia.
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* KEEP CHEERFUL
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* POUGHKEEPSIE, April 3-- *
* John Burroughs, on his eighty *
* third birthday today, issued a *
* mofciige to keep cheerful and to
* get more out of the newspapers
* so the world may be benefited as *
* the newspaper is the chronicle of 41
* all events.
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SMUGGLERS
ABE KIILEO
LAREDO, Texas, April 3— In a
rifle fight between four Amerie n
customs inspectors and seven alleg *1
Mexican smugg’ers, three smuggle s
were shot and killed and the others
escaped. The scone of the trouh'e ’S
forty mdes south of here. None of the
Americans were injured in the rifle
duel.
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JAPS HAVE BIG FUR
TRADE IN SIBERIA AND
MAY ENTER CANADA SOON
MONTREAL. April 3— Keishi
ishino of the Japanese department
of commerce, who is attending the
fur auction sales here, says Niat
the Japanese fur catch in Sibera
’as4 year was valued at ten million
do’Vs. He stated that in all pyol>
ability Japanese fur dealers wouhl
enter the interior Canadian market
noxt year.
Furs are bringing high prices at
the sales here. Raccoon skins
brought thirty dollars, which is a new
record.
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LONG HA11C ill A T AiiAliH
BECOME POPULAR
NF. WYORK Ap il 3— The gen
eral organizer of the Barber’s Inter
national Union says the dollar haircut
is in sight.
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El.IHU ROOT WILL
SERVE COMMISSION ON
INTERNATIONAL COURT
LONDON, April 3— It is announc
ed here that E’ihu R^ot had accepted
the imrtation to become a number of
thA comnrttoe to arrange the details
of the constitution of the Tntcrnat;en
al Court of Justice provided for by the
league of Nations covenant.
KAISER MAY HAVE
HELPED TO FINANCE
KAPP REVOLUTION
GENEVA, Apvil 3— The form'!
Ka;sAr w;thdrew depos:ts amounting
to $2.r>0.000 from a Zurich bank
ear*v in MarMi and sent the money
to Berbn just before the Kapp re
volt, it was learned here today.
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PURCHASE LIBERTY BONDS
LOS ANGELES, April 3— Gover
nor Stephens issued a statement here
tndav urging evervbodv to purchase
L’bertv bonds and victorv no*As bA
—^ V> ~ r>'-r Pn»rbasA’*S
arc understood to bA bitt,r,rr the mai
ket in excess of the demand.
MANDATE
WOULD BE
EXPENSIVE
WASHINGTON, April o— Presi
dent Wilson has sent the Senate a re
port of the American Commission,
headed by Major General IIarbi»ig» r
wh ch investigated conditions in Ar
menia. The Senate requested by re
solution, twice for this report. The
report makes no recommendation re
garding America assuming a mandate
over Turkey and Armenia but said
the inhabitants want America to tak*'
a mandate with Great Britain as sec
ond choice. It is believed America's in
fluence as a mandatory would tend to
prevent wars. As argument it is sa d
the mandate might tend to weaken
America’s position on the Monvoe
doctrine. The first year’s cost of the
mandate, aecord’ng to the report,
would be two hundred and seventy
five million dollars.
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KETCHIKAN IN PORT
Freighter Ketchikan arrived in
oort last even'ng bringing four ca
booses and one comb:nation baggage
nass nger coach for the comm S'doa.
Capt. Newlands, former commander
of the Dora, is master of the Kctdv
kan.
OREGON ADVENTURESS MAY
STAND TRIAL ONCE MORE
ON OLD INDICTMENT
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 3— M *\
Ma Mae Innis, convicted w»th her
husband, Victor E. Innis, of Eut?c"*\
Oren-on, of la ccny after trust in co
noct;on with the celebrated disappear
ance of the Nelms sisters, will face
charges of usim* the mails to do
fraud on an indictment returned .n
1015. She was re’eas^d from the
Atlanta prison, March 23, and was
immediately re-arrested.
SENATE PASSES FARMER’S
APPROPRIATION BILL;
HOUSE MAY SAVE SEEDS
WASHINGTON, Anril 3— TV?
Senate priced the agrcultural an
nronr?'*f;nn b:!1 carrying $33,000,
000. The Senatrt cut out the fve.
seed itom of $250 000. b’tt it is b°
liov-'d thot th!s will be rep’accd wli«n
tv»n h;R comes up in conference wi:i
the House.
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NEWSPAPER MAN
SAYS GERMANS ARE
INCREASING ARMY
PARTS. Anvil 3— Henry Midou,
♦Vio famous F’-eneh war covresnjn
dent in a di«nateh t" the Paris Jour
nal. says that today Germany is in a
nnr^inn *o moboRze three and a haH
million men for active war senro*.
tt^ +ha* G'',*mnnv has been
sof’^tlv enfo"c*np her famous war
machine.
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NEW YORK, April 3— Herbert
Hoover, who says lie will accept Hie
Republican nomination for President,
if it is demanded of h m, issued a
statement this afternoon requesting
he be not embarrased by suggestions
that other parties also consider him.
Mr. Hoover says: “The Primary
sense of team work in any party nr
gun'zat'on would preclude such a pol
’ey. I have no record of paitisan ac
tivity except membership in the Re
pub,;can club. Because of a rovng
prcfes.iion I have been unable to vote
often and this has been on account of
my duties in relict as ociatious. I will
not make a personal campaign for ‘he
nomination.”
Mr. Hoover said that if he was Hi*
R'mub’ican candidate, he expects the
Hoover c?ubs to hold their subscrip
tions and expenditures to the mini
mum.
IIOOVFR MAY SPEAK AT
MINING CONGRESS WHEN
IT MEETS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. April 3— Glenville A.
CoMins, President of the International
mining convention, says he is attempt
ing to obtain Herbert Hoover to sp»*ac
at the convention here next week. He
hopes Hoover will come.
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HERBERT HOOVER PRAISES
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT
NEW YORK, April 3— Herbert
C. Hoover was the p-inc pal spciker
at the tenth b:rthday dinner of the
Boy Scouts. He said with the Boy
Scouts expanding their ideas and
training there is no danger to Amer
ican institutions or ideals to be feared
He u god increased membership
throrghout the country for the Boy
Scout organization.
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TOWNS ARE
GROWING
WASHINGTON, April 3— Popul; -
tions of 253 of 14,000 incorporated
cities and towns in the United States
announced to date virtually all show
increases, some more than doubled.
To.edo’s increase is shown to be for
ty four per cent and is the grea;*st
to date of any of the cities over 100,
000 populat'on. Manistee, Michigan,
shows the heaviest decrease which ?s
twenty one per cent.
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w K v T II W U It K !• <1 It T
Till* following i< flit* xv«»al!»«»»• *rfO*t
for t!»«» 24 hour < ending al 7 nV-o *k
it»ix morning: -
SEWARD 20 Cloudy Calm.
Anchorage 10 Clear, North.
Matanuska 18, Clear, Calm.
Wasilla 12, Clear, Calm.
Ch'ckaloon 16 Clear Calm.
Talkeetna 20. Coludy. Ca’m.
Deadhorse 8, Clear, North.
Indian 4, Clear, Cairn.
Hulrcane 0 below, Clear, Calm.
Sullivans 14 below, Clear Calm.
Summit 12 b*low Clear. West. •
Car'so^** 2 b^nw. Clear. West.
Baines 10 below, Clear, Calm.