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ME Xl\. M'MHKI! 8. _ SEWARD, ILaSKX TUESDAY,"'MAY 25, 1920.-========^=T=== -==; ^ ====^7
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TRANSPORT WILL
BRING MEN TOR
COMMISSION
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion has made a tentative arrange
ment with the war department for the
use of army transports to bring la
borers from San Fiancisco to Seward
and Anchorage. Between >">00 and 1000
men will be brought north accoitiing
to advices for work on the railroad
now in course of construction.
The initial trip will be made some
time next month. Col H. P. Warren
is now enroute from Chicago to San
Francisco and it is expected he will
confiim the agreement for the use of
transports in bringing laborers to
Alaska. It is understood the men will
be brought to Seward and sent by rail
to stations between here and the end
of steel.
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INDICTED
WASHINGTON. May 25— Indict
ment* against Charles \V. Morse and
other defendants, charged with the il
legal sale of the steamship McCul
lough, were today dismissed by the
Federal Court by order of attorney
general Palmer.
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SEWARD WOMEN WELL
PLEASED WITH TIME
OVER AT ANCHORAGE
The members of the Woman's club
of Seward who were guests last week
of the Woman’s club of Anchorage,
returned home on the train yesterday
And they have nothing but praise for
the splendid time and entertainment
giv»»n th«.m.
The Seward ladies returning woe
Mrs. A. H. McXeer, Mrs. Thoday and
Mrs. Wayne Blue. Mrs. Erich Lucas
will not return until Thursday as she
is visiting with Mrs. Jones at Mile 52.
Mrs. Blue stated that the hospital
ity of the Anchorage ladies could not
bo surpassed by any community and
the spirit of all gatherings was of the
genuine loyalty kind.
Mrs. Blue was entertained by Mrs.
Via Thompson, Mrs. M. J. Conroy,
Mrs. W. G. Witt, W. W. Butts and oth
er acquaintances and friends.
Mrs. McXeer was the guest of Mrs.
A. A. Shonbeck while in Anchorage
and was tendered many social enter
tainments as was also Mrs. Thoday,
gue*t of her son, Bert Denny.
Mail for the interior of Alaska will
bo routed via Seward, Anchorage and
the Broad Pass beginning October 1,
according to reliable advices received
in Seward. This includes Xenana and
Fairbanks mail as well as mail for
the Iditarod and other interior sec
tions. The change from the old rout
ing via Cordova and Chitina, has come
about after a spirited contention from
all commercial bodies in Alaska. Sec
retary of the Interior Payne helped
to educate the Post office officials as
to the desirability and practicability
of the Seward, Anchorage, Broad Pass
route.
The new contract calls for the de
livery of mail by the Alaskan Engin
eering commission by rail from Sew
ard to the end of steel and by the ov
erland to the end of steel on the XTe
nana end.
The contract starts on October 1st
and under it the interior will receive
mail twice a week, each way, fiom
October 1 to N’ovember 23, when a
maximum of 800 pounds will be car
ried bv the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, and three times a week, each
way, from N’ovember 24 to March 30,
carrying a maximum of 1,600 pounds,
and from March 21 to May 31, twice
a week, with a miximum of 800
pounds.
The new routing will divert the
winter travel, both ways, through
Seward and will naturally exert u di
rect influence on every line of busi
ness.
ELECTRONIC JAG HAS
NOW BEEN DISCOVERED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2f>— Ros
: sibility of producing all the symp
toms of alcoholic intoxication on elec
tric “juice” attracted San Francisco
demonstrated to medical men the use
of an electrical device he has invented.
The “electric jag” discovered pure
ly incidental, Dr. Abrams said.
“The discovery,” he said, “is based
on the theory that the unit of enery
is the electron and that every mater
ial thing is simply a manifestation of
different rates of vibration. I have
used the vibrations of chloroform to
produce the effects of chloroform it
self.”
The subjects are placed . on a
sheet of zinc, an electrode is placed
upon the head, and, when the current
is turned on. one newspaper writer
>aid: “John Barleycorn is with you
again. The ‘kick’ comes slowly and
without any appreciation of the fact
on the part of the subject until he
finds himself unduly loquacious, hap
py or sleepy.”
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George S. Maynard has purchased
the plant and equipment of the Nome
Industrial Worker and will consoli
date it with the Nugget plant.
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HOOVER
SPENDS
BIG SUM;
WASHINGTON, May 25— Not in
cluding the California primary* <x
penses, Herbert Hoover has spent
$66,302. This is according to a state
ment made this forenoon by John J.
Lucey, his manager, to the senate
committee investigating the campaign
expenses of the various president al
candidates.
Walter F. Vick, manager of Gover
nor Edward’s campangn, denied that
any liquor interests were back of Ed
ward’s candidacy and further denied
that Gov. Edwards had made any
pledges.
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END OF KENNECOTT
IS NOT IN SIGHT:
MORE ORE THAN EVER
NEW YORK, May President
Stephen Birch, of the Kennecott Cor
poration says the producing cost is
under 10 cents a pound compand
with around nine cents last year.
Questioned as to the probable life
o: Kennecott, Mr. Birch stated that j
with deep mines, such as the Ken
noeott it was difficult to figure the j
life of a pit>perty, but that there is
more ore in sight now than was .
originally figured on. The corpora
tion is opening up new large bodies j
in Alaska of the same character as .
the 60 per cent high grade ore first I
discovered, and from present indi-1
cations the ore looks as good as it
did five years ago.
Speaking about the dividend out
look. Mr. Birch said that any increase
in disbursement depends of course
upon the copper market. Kennecott
has not as yet received any in-;
come from Braden. Demand for cop-1
per is springing up again, and Kenne
cott is in a position where it can
icrease production when the proper
time arrives.
Kennecott controls the Mother Lode
Coalition Mines in addition to owning
Braden and approximately 38 per cent
of Utah Copper’s outstanding stock.
Braden has a life of about 70 years
at a maximum production and Utah
about 28 years.
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Reports from outlying sections of
the Nome district say that whooping
cough is epidemic among the natives.
Tho malady is also epidemic at Mis
sion, a short distance east of Golovin.
VANCOUVER, 13. C., May 25— E.
H. Beazley, managing director of the
Union Steamship Company, was in- j
Stantly killed, and Major A. Baker
seriously injured when Baker’s aero
plane crashed to earth late yesterday
afternoon from a height of 2500 feet.
Scores of people witnessed the trage- j
dy.
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ANOTHER AIR FLIGHT
OVER ALASKA PLANNED
TO BE VIA CANADA
Seattle, May 25— The Post-Intel
Hgecer today prints an article fiom
Washington that Captain H. F. Doug
las left Washington yesterday to ar
range for the route of aeroplanes for
a flight from Mineola to Nome by
way of Fargo, straight across Can tda
and Alaska. Only one stop is plan led
in Canada and that is at Saskatoon.
Possibly the planes will visit Dawjon
and Fairbanks. The proposed route
will follow clown the Yukon river. It
is expected that it will take three
months for arrangements, which are
now being made with the Canadian
authorities.
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WILL HUNT TREASURES
ON WRECKED BOATS
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 25— To
delve into the unknown depths of the
sea off the west coast of Vancouver,
Island and wrest therefrom the treas
ures hidden for many years is the ob
ject of S. Maddison and his party of
salvagers who will begin operations ,
soon.
Last autumn Maddison made sub
marine cruises along the crags which
line the coast of the island and locat- !
ed four large wrecks besides a num- j
ber of small ones.
Two of the larger he identified as
the Pass - of - Medford and the Valen
cia, and one of the others he thinks
is the long lost H. M. S. Condor,
which disappeared in 1903 and has
not been heard of since.
Some of the boats which met their
fate on the perilous west coast ear
ned cargoes which at the time of
sinking did not make it worth while
salvaging, but under present day con
ditions it is thought there is freight
aboard the vessels almost worth its
weight in gold.
FISH TREATY SIGNED j
WASHINGTON, May 25— The
treaty between the United States and
Canada covering sockeye salmon has
been signed by both governments.
The treaty is designed for the pro
tection, preservation and propagation
of sockeye salmon and the regulations
of the fisheries waters contiguous to
che United States and Canada and
especially the Fraser river section.
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MEXICO CITY, May 25— Exclus
ive by Associated Press— Former
President Carranza suicided rather
than surrender. He fired a bullet into
his biain. This is according to a tele
gram to the headquarters of General
Obregon purporting to have come
from General Herrera who is at Cer
ro Azul, state of Puebla.
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MEXICO CITY, May 25— Presi
dent Carranza was buried in the Do
lores cemetery where the poorest
Mexicans are interred. There were few
mourners and the funeral took place
while a new president was being se
lected. The fate of Louis Cabrera,
former secretary of the treasury is
unknown.
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FREIGHT MOVES SLOWLY
WASHINGTON, May 25— The
Interstate Commerce Commission re
>orts a continued but slow movement
n the freight transportation in the
U. S.
JOHNSON IN
LEAD OV \
WOOD
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PORTLAND, Ove., May 25— Com
plete unofficial returns from all coun
ties but fifteen, and partial returns
from those counties, assure the re
nomination of all Republican repre
sentatives and Stanfield for United
States Senator. The Democrats nomi-1
nated McAdoo for President; E. E. j
Chamberlain for Senator; Harvey
Graham, representative in the second
district; Esther Pohl Lovejoy, in the
Third, none in the First. Johnson now
leads Wood by 1189 votes.
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WILDE GETS DECISION
TORONTO, May 25— Jimmy Wil
de decisioned Patsy Wallace, of Phil
adelphia, in ten rounds last night.
Mrs. Leonard Seppla, wife of the
famous Nome dog racer is now on
her way to her former home In
Belgium and will also visit Norway
and Sweeden. Mrs. Seppala recently
visited the National Capital to se
cure her passport.
Mrs. William Shand, a former Daw
son woman, died in Okanogan county,
Washington, recently of influenza.
WASHINGTON, May 25— Will
iam Jennings Bryan has taken a flat
issue with President Wilson on the
question of a mandate over Armenia.
This issue is contained in a state
ment in which Bryan declares “any
mandate is impossible.”
Bryan further said!” We could do
more towards making the world safe
for Democracy, even for Democracy
in Armenia, by recognizing the Ar
menian Republic and entering the
League of Nations as a friend of all
countries.”
WASHINGTON, May 25— Several
of the Republican Senators pred'et
that the President's request for au
thority to accept a mandate over Ar
menia would lie in the Senate Foreign
Relation committee hands indefinite
ly. Senator Lodge said nothing but he
has opposed the mandate emphatically
in the past. Senator Harding says he
will never consent to a mandate over
Armenia to be assumed by the United
States.
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PENROSE IMPROVES
PHILADELPHIA, May 25— Sen
ator Penrose is much improved today
and his early recovery is expected.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, May 25— Halibut is
oiling at seventeen cents; sable at
five cents and ling and red cod at two
cents.
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Juneau citizens are arrangeing for
a rousing Fourth of July celebration.