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VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 183.
~*SEWARDTaiIaSILA*' THURSDAYrgSTOBERlirj
TEN CENTS PEE COPT
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WASHING JTOW Oct., 2 k— More,
than i:i,000 mercha.it marine officers j
have* been gi undated from the Ship- i
ping Board’s training schools since
their establishnvvn. Juvo years ago
and 72 percent ■ >• tin* gnu mattes have
been license! f*>r uto at season-re-f
cords, of the I boards recruiting ser
vice at scaso 1 iec<»i ds ot the Board’s
recruiting s» rvice show.
Officer for Ule government owned
ifUfichant marine are trained at ,Can?p
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Stuart, V..., San hYaitcisco and Seattle.
■nr wooden ships operate on the
Atlantic <*oast as comoinaiaun train
^ ing ships a*.. c.» jv* <nilurs.'Each has
a capacity of *2U0 apprentices, and .1.
200 tons v f u &«». 1*
On tii«‘"l*acii;c coast one* wopden j
ship carrying 1.800 tons of curgo'fcndj
115 apprentices and a new* 1;800 ton j
steel vessel with space fqr 146 ap
prentices operat on the triangular run
between Seattle , the Hawaiian Isl
uiuls and San Francises. ••
Extension and development <#.its |
system of training Americans to com-1
nand the craft of tlie merchant raa- j
nne is planned by the Shipping Boards)
It is suggested that shore station be
maintained where- men from all Sec
tions of the country can be assembled
and given instruction in seamanship,
ooat drill and other preliminary work/
The men would then be sent to sea
in modern steel freight ships Which
could be utilized as combination car
go carriers and training vessels,, car-.,
lying about 125 apprentice^. •. It is
planned to place these ships in a
trade which would insure a voyage out
and return in aboift 60 days, 4 vessels
cn the Atlantic and 2 on the Pacific.
Concurrently with the sea training
the recruiting service plans the estab
lishment at colleges and universities ■
near the principal American ports of
a maritime commerce course which
••• would include accounting, business
correspondence, business principles, (
•• economics, elements 6f statistics, j
• markets, transportation, prihciples of
foreign trade, exports afcd imports,
languages, railroad and mantime
rates, business administration boat-'
ness law , advertising, ship operation
. and other basic subjects. . #
The year would be. divided into
.four three-month period^ , the. first;
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one or two quarters to be spent in
college work and the subsequent quar
ters in practice under competent sup-*
ervision in the officesof*'"steamship1
companies and on board j?hrps. Ttate*
men would be paid for their services
while employed in offices and q^ ves
sels and thus would be able to obtain
their education without financial uosfc
to them. ^
It would* be soughtJto so irrange
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the course as to extend‘ over a period
of 4 years with a degred- upon, com
pletion. Shipping Board officiate be
lieve this would build ’iijkflCnd'
many other well trained men. in\aU
branches of rtaritime commerce.
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_W. E^Maas, a Seattle oil land lo
; cator at Cold Bay, is closiirtg, migo&aK
tions for a standard drill oir.hja pro-;
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pertyyand ’&pect& to start to meet
buildings ,i* preparation*.1*or‘ drilling
early in the spring.
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| CUBAN MARKETlTUSEFUL
TO TEST POPULARITY
OF AMERICAN GOODS
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| Parrel Post Needed to Develop Our
Trade with Cuba.
The attention of American manu
facture*# new to Ah* export .business
•is directed by the National Foreign
Trade Council to the potentialities of
tin: Cuban market, which is easily ac
e.‘soii»le, but yet ^characteristic of the
vast* markets iu tfe. republic further
South, and which forms a ' natural
stepping stone for • •' those companies
wit hing to test the possibilities of sell
ing their products abroad. By trying
to introduce hiS products, in this mar
ket first, the manafactiaer will bt j
able to gauge the conditions he may
expect, to encounter in other Spanish
speaking countries without the handi
cap of long-distance negotiations.
Cuba at present offers an excellent
field • for American products. The*
$v;eatiy. inc,rea^ejdjjpospqrity in the
uaanii, due to the fortunes made in
•sugar and tobacco, has given rise to a
denia >d fbr*iuxurit‘a of all kinds. • • !
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Although t&e United-States was able *
tet•■obtain practically a..monopoly of
with Cuba during the war, our
manufacturers are cautioned to be
very, careful in their* dealings with |
this market , as the..exporters of other
countries are availing themselves ol
every opportunity to recover their
former trade. w Thc'NatioiiaT Foreign
Trade Council |h>isat#s out that the es
tablishment* of a Ipj^l poet rservice
between the: llnitetl ^States and Cuba,
would aid materially in . cementing
business relationships and in increas
ing Cifbart-3tfherican‘fra<ie. "*
Fr^E. OF HALIBUT
•.. .-The -Seattle-quotations on- haliblife*
today are as follows. Halibut 21 cts;
ChiAken Hftfbht lCKeCfc Sable fish 6
cts; Red and Ling Cod 2 cts. •
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1 MYSTERIOUS FIRES IN
SEVtjRAL.ELACES
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. REGINA, Oct., 2(K- Fire of which
origin is unknoyn destroyed-twelve
stores and caused a dhmage exceeding
.
three hundred thousand dollar at Re-,
giira this morning. . * * * *«•• - * *
/ The pupils.-of the school wish . to
thank/the Women's Club, whofovet
‘fbi^s made it possible for the town to
lavea library tsrith wo much .good fit>
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T^he different reference books aro
used'extensively by the pupils of the
different classes, especially in science,
History amt English;.*
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We are having the begfnnihg of
departmental work in the grades.
Schwarz is in charge of ail the m\jfei<^
and Misa Nash is doing-work in pen
manship. From the # -. sound it : would
^seere tliat/somorgood chorus work- is
1 being done. We cant beaT Miss Nash’s
gttnra&ti&rjps so we make no comment.
! ' A program Was held op Alaska Day
‘ by the* piipils of1*'1 'file Whpte .school.
Frim thhb graders givu^^hjfaflka,
•$y jAlasfe^;. and “Barefoot Boy** :to
quite?serious talks by eight and tenth
i-grad^ pupils^ * . . v ...
t mi Dryde* a*d Howard Komig,
,vh« iiavejteen aCt^dtHg school in An
|retnrne4.}4»»ehooi JastMon
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THREATENING LETTER ,
SACREMENTO , Cal., Oct,, 2!-r
1 Governor Stephens has in his posses
sion a letter' received today which !
tei!^ of a purported pian.of the I. W. j
W. element ef the Pacific Coast to de- i
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st»oy simultaneously the Public Build-;
ings tonight, in San Francisco, Loe r
Angeles and Sacremento.
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SEATTLE, Oct, 20— Another al
leged arson attempt was discovered
last night when officers found a fire
started with oil rags and papers in
the basement of the Milwaukee Hotel.
The fire which was speedily extingu-j
ished with a small property loss would j
have!" endangered' the lives of several1
hundred guests. The police blame the
arson fierids for nearly a score of at-,
tempts to burn hotels in Seattle dur
ing the past year, including among the'
number being the Hotel Lincoln blaze, j
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Citizens of* Wrangell, after having
been convinced that fox fanning is to
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be one of the established industries of
fne.territory, organized a company to
engage m fox farming on Niblack i
Islands, about . thirty miles from
Wranged, and the first shipment of
foxes has been ordered from the Her
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euVs Ranch on. Socke t Island near
Petersburg. This ranch recently made
a shipment of eighty foxes to a fox
ranch at Glencoe, Minn., including.blue
foxes and a few silvers, and several
of the islands in southeastern Alaska
have already stocked their farms with
loxes from the Hercules Ranch.
' The P. E. Harris Company , oper
ating canneries in Alaska has increas
ed its Capital Stock from $100,000 to
$'/&>,00Q,.. ... _
AMEJUlfAN ^Ty ftENTS
I bASBBALX. CHAMPIONS
'*'*• OF VENEZUELA
Win Cup Presented by Minister* of
Education. . •
• ^.s a result of straight victories over
'all opponents, a baseball team made
lip of visiting 'foreign trade students
of Georgetown University. thas(>een
declared champion of Venezuela, and
naabeen.awarded a magnificent silver
loving cup b-y the Minister of' Public i
Instruction. '{ ■
» According to the National ^oi-eig
Trade Council, this cup was won by.;
tfc^e • Georgetown men aftey ft series of
baseb,ailv games with various Venezu
elan teams. A team of. Amjjycan citir..
aens..-iiving in Caracas, .the capital
Venezuela; was also defeated ljy.Jme
foreign trade students. . ...
; : : SimiTar delegates of/students
be sent out each year to foreign^
countries to compete tjieir foreign
trade education, > and to act as trade
^nbassa^ors for the overaeas com* •
mcrce of the United States.
W anted one complete ell drtlHug outfit
f—
T0X10, Oct., 21—Authorities are
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genuinely alarmed over the spread of
a new rol’gion “Omatakyo,” meaning
nal fundamental relations literatus.
According, to press reports authorit
ies have said that the..spread of the
new cult is dangerous to. interests of
the state and the. maintenance of gen- j
oral peace and order.
According to the press reports, Om
Otokyo. is*, described a. combination
of, Shintoism,.. Chauvinism, . Megalo
mania ^and Mesmerism, founded by an j
. . woman named Dpguch, ber: j
in ib'iC, who after a life .of privation j
ancftaifi’ering proclaimed herself Shin
to, anti died in 191$ leaving ten thou
sand Japanese volumes, composed in a
state of ecstacy. Each volume contain
ed two thousand words.
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Apostles are carrying the religion,
on, and according to press reports i*
is spreading like “flames of fire”,
especially, among the educated classes,
including many, college students,.
Preachers .of the cult declare that Ja
pan will control the whole world after
a great war. #
The Osaka newspaper, Taissi.Nich-j
inichi, \yhich recently suspended pub-1
lication, has been purchased.for spread
of the doctrines'.of the cult. .....
According to press reports aliega-.
tions are made; in some quarters a.
Ombtokyo is the invention of militar
ists who seek to utilize the power of
its. organization to press aggressive
ambitions..
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WASHINGTON, Thursday—‘ Col.
RMardson for many years the head
•of the Alaslca’.Road* Commission has
been assigned ,to.the command of the
30th .infantry stationed at Camp Lew
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TO QUIT SUNDAY •
LONDON, :Oct., 21— The coal strike
situation took an unexpected grave'
turn when the railway men and trams-.,
port workers announced that they
would strike in sympathy with the
coal strikers unless negotiations be
tween. the goven^mentand the coal
miners was reopened this week. Their
statement is a. visual ultimatum to the
government and .they have further no>
tified the government officials that
they will all quit at; midnight Sunda.
unless the strike negotiations begin
on Saturday or sooner.,
1/ ‘ROANOKE, Virginia, Oct, 20—
TWo Norfolk western bound passenger
trains went into a head on collision
oariy this morning near this town and
as the result three , of the passengers
were killed and Aye seriously hurt
Boost Seward hut Ntrur Knock. •
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-OIL IN MACKENZIE BASIN
Canadian Mining Journal: The dis
covery of oil at Fort Norman is con
sidered to be an event of importance.
The oil is said to be of good quality
and the significant feature of the dis
covery is that there are hundreds of
square miles of the country in Vhich
the oil formation occurs. Charles Cam
seh, deputy minister of mines, regards
the discovery as one. of the most not
able events in recent mineral explor- j
ation work. Mr. Camsell knows the
country well and he is well pleased
to learn that its resources are being
explored with such good results. v
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Office of the Governor
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Juneau, Oct., 11th, 1920.
TO ALL NEWSPAPERS:—
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The Governor's Office has been ask
ed to assist in the locating of the fol
lowing person:
Mr. William Lewis Caldwell, aBout
49 years of age, medium weight and
height. Last heard of six or seven
years ago when he left for some min
ing town in Alaska.
Any information received will be
..indiy forwarded to eiher the Gover
nor’s Office or to Mrs. Chas. H. Over
niyer, (>0o .South. Jefferson St., lola,
Kansas. •
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE . .
RUSS liiUEATEN ARMENIANS I
1’AiviS, Oct., 21— Russia today j
sent an ultimatum to Armenia tie-1
maiming permission to immediately i
bi'auMpoi t troops through that country j
so Liiac a junction couid be eltecceo
.viwr uio Turkish Nationalist*. Wrmis
su'ii was r mussed the iioisneviki gov
romenc ana the authorities here be
ueve that the refusal will iesult ifi
scrh.-us i giiting. -1 • .
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.... VIENNA, Oct., 21— Gun running.
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.^d arms smuggling has oecome a big- j
ger uade* in Austria than it was on i
uie Mexican frontier in Villa's palm- j
mst days. .
: 'i'iie countiy is full of military ma
teria* while Hungary, Poland and Ju
go-: Siavia are munitions hungry and
Uic* result to make a market so tempt
ing that tiie risks are disregarded, lx
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:ui« Eociaiist organs are to be credited
irov. ever, atHeast some of the trade is
done under the auspices of certain
Entente governments as well as the
conservative element of the Austrian
government. - ¥
Within the last few days the police
made known that they had discovered
an organization lor running military
material into Hungary and made two
arrests. One of the men was an cm
p*oyee* of *tiie Woilersdorf munitions
factory, a government plant. Work
men’s councillors have a good organ
ization. and are constantly on me
watch ior railway shipments ot aims
and -cartridges , but in one government
office it was admitted that for every
carload detected and stopped nine got
away oves-the frontiers.
■ '■ Frederick Adler, the Socialist lead
er; has declared that great quantities
of arms were being smuggled from the
country and it was the duty of the
workmen to find a way to stop it.
- . The Allied Control CommisSiomhas
'issued an order prohibiting the further
sale-of government-owned arms or
munitions or that, in possession of*the.
private concerns organized, to trade in
demobilized material. Many of these
concerns were jn&do up of the memb
ers of the official demobilisation com-,
missions who sold to themselves.
There seems little; doubt now that
a recent raid oh tbe^urstenfeld sjp
senal was' the wb^ of. former Austrian
officers noV in Ihe Austrian Legion
of the Hungarian, army, aided by Hus*
Parian officer*. A later n
fiartiierg arsenal seemb tb hare been
inspired >y the threats of the work*
men to raid the farms for food.
Remember the Straw Ttlt'MHb
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SEATTLE, Oct., 22— It is no long
er a question of shipping pelts of fox
es , enterprising Alaskans are raising
the animals and shipping them on the
basis of live stock, according to word
received yesterday by the Alaska Bur
eau of the Chamber of Commerce
from Petersburg, one of the disburs
ing centers for the fox fanning indus
try in southeastern Alaska. A recent ,
shipment of live foxes was valued at
$63,000 and part of the shipment was
from Skagway and the interior.
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Eventually Oil Why not Newt
VESSEL SINKS * '
PRINCE RUPERT, Oct, 21— The
American fishing vessel Livingstone
struck a large log near Digbie Island
this morning and
her hulk. The captain and crew suc
ceeded in beaching the vessel before
she sank. *
PACKERS FOUND GUILTY
NEW YORK, Oct, 21— The Grand
Jury today returned a Federal indict*
mcnt charging the Armour Company »
and various officers connected with
the firm of profiteering. They were
found guilty of violating the Lever
Act on one hundred and twenty seven
counts. .
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EVANS ON WAY NORTH
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The steamer Evans sailed from
i
Seattle this morning with forty six
passengers. Among the passengers on
I boa rd are the following people for
Seward. F. D. Either, Ben Williams,
Du Sing, and eight steerage. ’*
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| SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
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Many people attached to the Rail*
road Commission are in Seward. *Re*
gisteied at the Seward Hotel we find
M. M. Thompson and wife. Mr.
Thompson is the Traveling Auditor of
the Commission. Mrs. M. G. Gihnour is
visiting friends here. Mrs. Glmour was
formerly with the Commission here in
Seward. Mrs. B. Seeger of Anchorage
is also at the Seward. Mrs. Seeger ar
rived on the Gateway Flier last even
ing. Her sister Miss Jennie McGinus
arrived on the Alameda and will re
turn to Anchorage with Mrs. Seeger.
Jimmy Coulton of the Supply Depart
ment and John Robinson, special agent
are also here. Several big game hunt
ers aye registered at the Overland and
Sexton Hotels. J. H. Eagle of New
fork are registered at the Overland
and Thos. Gihcrist of Oklahoma at tlfe
Sexton. R. D. Chase Disbursing Offic
er of the A. E. C. is at the Seward.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION
Territory of Alaska,
* Juneau, Alaska.
* / October 1, 1920.
Tp Readers of the “Alaska School Bul
letin”:—
We regret to announce that, due to
a shortage of funds for the.maintop
«nce of this office, we shall bo unship
to publish the “Bulletin” during the _
present school year. However, it is our
plan to issue mimeographed circulars
fipm time to time covering Herns of
school news and otherHftitters which
wil^ be of general interest to school
boards'and teacher*. As in the past
we nmst depend on egocatina aaA
teachers to provide us with news Kay
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Tory truly yours,
Lester D. Henderson •
Commissioner of fjifcintlon
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