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SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920.__ -
YOU ME MU. N! MBER ___—--—"
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* CHAMBER OR
* COMMERCE TO
* HOLD MEETING
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* The Seward Chamber *
* ot Commerce will hold
* an important meeting v
* tomorrow night at S of
* clock at the Town Hall.
* All members and especi
* ally the business men of
* the city are asked to at- •*
* tend as matters of great v
* importance to the city
* are to be discussed
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EARTHQUAKE
TIFL1S, March 10— An earthquak •
has destroyed Makhst Gruhali ui d
other villages within a radius o sixty
miles fiom Tiflis. Many have been
killed and thousands are homeless.
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SIMS IS
TELLING
HIS SIDE
WASHINGTON, March 10— At!
miral Sims told the Senate investiga
tion committee that the navy depart
ments failure to act promptly on re
commendations and to place the coun
try’s entire naval resources at the
command of the Allies, within six
months after America entered the
war, prolonged the stiaiggle for at
least four months and unnecessarily
jeopardized the war’s outcome. Ad
miral Sims said 3000 lives were lost
and $100,000,000 spent every day of
the war. Sims said the navy function
ed magnificently. The American navy
entered the war in 1018.
Admiral Sims this afternoon con
tinued testimony and said President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing, for
several months, did not heed the ca
bles sent by the late Ambassador
Page, in April 1017, declaring th it
reason existed for the greatest alarm
about the war issues caused by the in
creasing German submarine successes.
Page urged immediate assignment of
every American destroyer and chaser
to British waters md Sims said Dan
ids opposed the convoy system ‘or
some time.
A.
WOBBLY CAS E
MAY GO BEFORE
JURY SATURDAY
MOXTESANO, March 10— Both
sides expect the jury will got the
Wobbly case by Saturday noon. More
rebuttal testimony from parades
brought out further facts that the
marchers did not break their ranks
until the first shots were fired. Testi
mony showed conclusively that the
marchers were at parade rest wh.*n
the shots started. The defense is to in
troduce sub-rebuttal tomorrow accord
ing to a statement today by Attorney
Vanderveer.
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WASHINGTON, March 10— Al
beit Potter, associate forester, has re
signed following the resignation of
Chief Forester Graves.
what auk they doing?
EDITOR Gateway:— Do you know
that time is a party camping on
Snow River studying the oil and rr.in
rial in the divide?
A member of this party is one of
the most powerful mediums that
Alaska has ever seen. She can cell
where ail the oil and other mineral
ground is located. I have seen them lo
eating. They will not talk much. \Vill
you please find out what they are do
ing, as many in Seward desire to
know.
Subscriber.
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HRE MEETING TONIGHT
There will be a meeting of the
members of the Seward Volunteer
Eire Department tonight at 8 o'clock,
at the Fire Hall. All members are »•* -
quested to attend.
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NO MORE LOANS
BE MADE ALLIES
WASHINGTON', March 10— The
Secretary and treasurer of the United
States has announced the American
government will make no more loans
to the Allies.
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TELL HIM “YES”
PHILADELPHIA, March 10— Roy
L. Daly, who is in charge of prohibi
tion enforcement in this district, ha
written to Washington for a ruling on
the question whether champagne
shall be used for christening vessels.
Ho has suggested that this would be
an admirable means of disposing ol
the stock of that beverage.
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CENOTAPH INSCRIPTION TO
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
LONDON, March 10— It has Ven
decided that the words , “To Our
Glorious Dead”, will be the only in
scription appearing on the cenotaph
soon to be permanently reconstructed
in Whitehall, because it is a monu
ment to men of various creeds and
denominations who died for the em
pire and are buried elsewhere. Mem
bers of the British cabinet dec'd.d
that a purely Christian inscription
would not he appropriate.
TO TRAIN FOR BIG MEET
PULLMAN, Wash., March 10
Eldon Jonne, Pacific coast champion
pole vaulter, has signified his inten
tion of going into training with the
hope of competing in the forthcoming
Olympic games at Antwerp, Belgium.
He expects to train with the Multno
mah Athletic club of Portland, Ore.
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SEATTLE, March 10— Kev. Hick
son, Episcopal Clergyman from Eng
land, who claims to heal by faith, at
rivcd here several days ago and hun
dreds of ailing ones are flocking to
the Trinity Episcopal church, James
and Eighth, to be cured by Hickman\
message of faith. Rev. W. H. Hlis>,
rector of Trinity church, reports Heal
er Hickman has made several cures,
one being that of overcoming a boy'*
blindness and a deaf girl has been
made to hear.
LABOR STARTS
FIGHT AGAINST
32 CANDIDATES
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PHILADELPHIA, March 10— The
American Federation of Labor has
fired the first campaign guns against
2f> Pennsylvania and seven New Jer
sey members for the House of Re
presentatives. The Federation bullet
in advises that laborites vote against
the congressmen candidates because
they voted for the railroad bill.
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A RE PLANNING
CAMPAIGN TRIPS
SIOUX FALLS. March 10— Ray
mond Robbins, Senators Norris, Ken
yon and Borah are idaoning campnw,n
tours in South Dakota speaking f*»r
Senator Hiram Johnson.
WILL REPORT
PROFITEERING
SEATTLE, March 10— Tho Kinr:
Countv Fair price committee is in ses
sion today. Reports are being made on
alleged cases of profiteering. Dis
trict Attorney Saunders says Feder
al prosecution will follow any profit
eering reports based on facts.
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APPROVE PEACE
TIME U.S. ARMY
WASHINGTON, March 10— Tim
House has approved and authori led
♦ Go reace rime a’mv of the United
States of 289,000 enlisted men ard
17,820 officers. The approval was b.v a
vote of 79 to 2f>. The House refused to
amend the army reorganization bill to
fix the maximum strength at 226,000
men and 14,000 officers.
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LEGION MAN
IS EXPELLED
BELLINGHAM. March 10— The
American T/'gion Post here has ex
pelled A. C. Durham, a Spanish War
veteran. also Go-mar* veteran. because
he defended the Industrial Workers
of the World.
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LKT’S START
Did you road that
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Associated Press
Dispatch yesterday
That the International
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Cigarette League was
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Planning to make America
Smokeless by 1925?
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Well, uluidda ya think?
Long haired men or
The women are back o! it,
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Don’t you think?
Now, let the men folk
Start something.
A. A. Hein, sourdough.
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Says if they are going
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To take away our smokes
' I^t's take away their
Face powder,
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Perfume,
Lip Sticks,
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Eye brow sticks
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All cosmetics
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and everything.
These are more injurious
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and cost more than
Our Smokes.
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Let’s Start.
MYSTERY DEVELOPING IN
LATEST MURDER AT SEATTLE
• SEATTLE, March 10— Arthur
Bacrnall, whose body was found in the
woods between Kent and Desmoin*\s
last Friday morning, was last seer
with an auto owner who was trying
to sell a Blue Bug. It is known Bag
rail, wanted a car. It is feared the
owner murdered Bagnall to obtain bv
pay check, the first payment on th?
purchase price. The police are looking
for a Blue Bug owner.
NEW TRIAL IS GRANTED
MRS ROSE PASTOR STOKES
ST. LOUIS, March 10— The Cir
cuit Court of Appeals has reversed the?
conviction of Mrs. Rose Pastor Stoker,
wealthy Socialist, for violation of the
esnionage act and ordered a new trial.
The woman was found guilty and sen
tenced to ten years.
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DOES NOT WANT TO RE
ON THE SHIPPING BOARD
WASHINGTON. March 10— Lons
Titus, official of Skinner & Eddv Cor
poration, of Seattle, has written to
President Wilson acking him to w:th
draw his nomination as member of
the Shinning Board. Titus said he was
an oil producer and it would be em
harassing to be on the board when
contracting for the Board’s Oil.
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Georere Woodruff Albrecht and
E. Taylor, both formerly of
Iditarod, have opened law offices at
Seattle. .
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NAVAL ACTIVITY
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The Press dispatches during the *
* past two days have contained
" items regarding a naval base in
Alaska. Don’t confuse this with
* the coaling base and also the na
’ val supply base. The coaling base.
* with bunkers, has practically been
* selected for Seward, and has been
* for the past five years. The sup
* ply base and the naval base have
* not yet been selected, as stated
* by Secretary of the Navy Dan
* iels. The naval base means ma*
*'■ chine shops, dry docks, etc. The
* na\al base in Alaska, when tinal
* iy selected, will mean that pos
’ sib several thousand men will be
* quickly assembled and work
* started. Perhaps Resurrection
* Bay may he selected for the naval
* base, as well as the coaling base.
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KAISER’S COUSIN*
GOING TO FIGHT
SEATTLE, March 10— Alvo von
Alvcnsleben, rumored to be the cous
in of the former Kaiser of Germanv
has arrived here to fight for six mi»
l.cn dollars worth of property he he’d
in Canada before the war. Von Alven
slcben has just been released from
Fort Douglas, Utah, where he was in
terned as an enemy alien. He handled
many big propositions before the wai
broke out. The German intends to
make Seattle his permanent residence.
TO FORMULATE
LEGION PLANS
WASHINGTON March 10— Co
end E. lister Jones, member of Uw
American Legions executive commit
tee, toM the house ways and means
committee today that the Legion
made a mistake in presenting its pro
posals for relief of soldiers in an in
complete and unorganized form. Jones
paid the legislative committee meets
this week to formulate a definite
and sane policy together with a
scheme to finance any bonus plan pro
posed.
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WE WONT OBJECT
TACOMA, Wash. March 10— Ta
coma wants the football game Novem
ho- 27 between the University of
Washington and Dartmouth College to
be played in the Tacoma stadium.
SEATTLE, March 10— A special
fioin Washington to the Post-Intelli
gencer says Congress realizes no laws
exist for aiding the development, t:a*
ffic or colonization along the govern
meut railroad in Alaska, such as i*
usually found along pioneer railroads.
This condition led the Senate to
pass the Jones’ resolution requesting
three sets of facts be answered by th**
•Department of the Interior.
The first fact is— What steps have
been taken to develope the country
along the Alaska railroad.
Second— What steps have been
taken for developing the traffic.
Third— Has any organization been
created to settle and develope the
country? If not, why not?
It is believed the Department of rhe
Interior will answer all questions ne
gatively as the Department has pre
viously declared it has authority only
to build a railroad.
It is said that laws to develope the
coin ry may bo included in the rider
to the sundry civil bill which carries
the lailroad appropriation.
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CITY O F I C I A L S
OF SEATTLE TO
BE CHANGED
SEATTLE, March 10— Mayor elect
Hugh Caldwell has returned from a
brief vacation trip to Victoria and is
holding conferences regarding candi
dates for various appointive offices.
It is believed Caldwell will press an
investigation of the municipal street
car deal. Tt is rumored that Thomas
Murphine is to resign as superinten
dent of Public Utilities.
It is understood Caldwell will re
tain Joel Warren as Chief of Police,
for the present, at least.
Major Carl Reeves , unsuccessful
candidate for the council, may succeed
Murphine.
Scores of conprntulatory messages
from all parts of the country have
reached Caldwell.
DIVORCES TO COME HIGHER
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., March
10— Members of the San Bernardino
County Bar Association have decided
their minimum charge for bringing di
vorce actions shall be $75. If it is nec
essary to publish summons, the
charge will be at least $100.
They have under consideration a
plan to charge a minimum fee of $2.
50 whenever clients “drop into” their
offices for consultation.