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By AnforiitH Brens
SEATTLE- July ol - The Alaska
Aerial Tran?portati >n Company, in
corporated for halt a million dollar s
is building three l>e Haviland biplane,
each costing $'*0,000. Two smaller
planes for service “cats” are being
built. A huge plane will carry six ton?
of freight and 20 passengers. The
I first plane completed will bo shipped
north by the First of October and tlu
others will not ^o into service unt'!
next year.
The main operations of the company
will be between \ aid v Faivbanii»*
Nome* Arctic points and Siberia. Fuel:
plane will have four Liberty motors
and have a speed of 100 nd’es an hour.
• t'RGENT CALL IS
• MADE FOR CLOTHING
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Children ami adults among the
• natives of the Susitna are in the *
• greatest need for clothing and
• footwear. The Women’s Club of
• Seward has received an urgent
• call to assist in this matter. Any*
• body in Seward having any old
• clothing or old footwear are re*
• quested to leave it with Mrs. Bor
• gen so that a shipment can be
• made on the frist steamer
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RECOMMENDS MEDAL
LONDON- July -1— The president
of the Hoard of Trade has recommend
ed to King George that a silver medai
he awarded to Lieutenant Ross P
Whitemmrsh of the United States navy
for gallantry in life saving, when the
British steamer Dwinsk was stink bv
an enemy submarine in the Atlantic
Ocean about a year ago.
Lieutenant Whitomarsh "as in
charge of a life boat in which nine
teen British subjects took refuge. The
boat encountered a cyclone but th •
lieutenant brought her through it
safely, and the record states that h?s
bravery and devotion saved the lives
of all.
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RAW SILK ADVANCING
YOKOHAMA. Julv Prices r.f
all (Trades of raw silk which dropped
disastrously with the beginning of the
war have since mounted far above thf
high tide of the last ten years. Japan
exported $190.000000 worth of raw
silk last year- it is announced.
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Bv Associat'd Press
WASHINGTON. July 31— Senator
are disclosing opposition to the sptv
ial treaty with the French. The senti
ment seems likely to be centered
along two lines that it is antagonist t
to tradition of “no entangling allium
es“ and also that the treaty wouh
subvert Congress constitutionality o:
right to determine questions of wa
or peace.
President Wilson maintains th.v
the treaty is not an alliance. Senato
Borah and others claim it has fore
similiar to alliances among European
na ions.
NEW VISITS WILSON
WASHINGTON. July 31— Sonata*
New. of Indiana* Republican* visited
President Wilson this forenoon, hate
Senator New said ho told the Presi
dent that it would be impossible to jre’
the Senate to accept the treaty as i
now stands* it either beinjr ratified
with reservations or fail altogether.
Senator New told the President
he utterly opposed Article 10 of tlv*
’eajruo’s covenant.
President Wilson told Senator Neu
that the adoption of reservations bv
‘he Senate mijrht set a precedent for
other nations.
Senator New replied that the ques
tion of reservations was one for Am
ericans to decide regardless of the ef
feet on other countries.
HAS A STIFF BACK
WASHINGTON. July 31— Senator
Keyes- Republican of New Hampshire
after a conference with President Wil
son today said: “My back is stiffor
than ever for ratification of the trea
5y* with reservations.”
CALL OUT
SOLDIERS
ON BLACKS
CHICAGO. July :U— Kight thous
and tloops art* today patrolling tin
black belt. During the morning- ne
groes fired upon the troops but none
of the latter were hit. The death list
now totals 150 and nearly one thousand
have boon injured in the riots since
Sunday.
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CHICAGO. July 01— The city this
afternoon is comparatively calm for
the first time since Sunday.
It is believed that the soldiers have
quelled the riots. The troops were on
ly ordered out when It was learner*
that the whites had planned to burn
a large section jf the black belt.
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TOl’GH ON WOMEN
I.OS ANGELES. Cal., July 21 —
Judge F. H. Taft of the Superior
* Court has ruled that hereafter
* w hen women are asked their ages
* in bis court* they must not say:
* “I’m over 21,” hut will be required
* to give the exact years.
* “The witnesses must answer the
* question*” said Judge I aft. “I can
* see no reason why anyone should
* object to telling their age.”
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RFBBERXECK TRIPS FOR $60
LONDON- July 31— American
business men and women now in Lon*
Ion are beinp offered a view of fam
ous battlefields in Belgium and Fran
ce for $60- which includes transporta
tion and meals for three days.
The tours are under the direction
of the Belgium government and are
made by automobile. Visitors are tak
en to Belpium via Dover and Ostend.
Zebruppe is visited and a whole day
is spent in that vicinity where there
are still many interestinp if pruesome
evidences of the war. Tho itinerary
includes Ypres- the Yser- the “hip
Bertha” at Leupenhoom- Dixmude*
Poelcapelle- Zillebeke- St. Julien- Hou*
thulst Forest- and Fumes, all names
familiar to American newspaper read
ers who followed the war from day to
dav.
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If a man Is pushed for money he is
usually shoved to the rear.
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•4* As‘*4K*iated Prena
WASHINGTON. July 31— Presi
dent Lee* of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, announced today that
unless the railroad administration of
the United States acts by October 1st.,
to increase the trainmen’s wages or
else reduce the cost of living* steps
.looking towards enforcement of the
W-mandA will he taken.
It is understood that President Wil
son has been deeply impressed by .he
| declaration of the trainmen. President
Wilson has also boon appraised of tlu*
fact that unrest is sweeping over the
country on account of the decreased
purchasing power of the dollar.
CONSIDERS LIVING COST
WASHINGTON. July 31— A state
ment issued at the White House this
afternoon says President Wilson is
giving deep and thoughful considera
tion to the high cost of living. All
branches of the government tV t can
aid in solving this problem are now
working upon the question.
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IS LYING
NEW YORK. July 31— A special
committee of the House of Represen'
tatives is here investigating the re
port that a hundred airplanes were
lestroyed in France after the armis
tice was signed.
Former Lieutenant Paul Lockwood
testified that his colleagues said air
planes were damaged or burned in
entionally after some of the machines
has flown only twenty minutes.
Guards patrolled during the burning
of the aeroplanes to keep photograph
ers away.
At the time Commander Pershing
cabled denials.
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* GOING DOWN
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* WASHINGTON. July 31— The *
* government at midnight tonight *
returns the telegraph and tele* *
* phone systems to their owners. *
* This is the official announcement. *
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USING AIRPLANES TO
LOCATE FOREST FIRES
CAMP LEWIS* Wash.. July 31
Two army airplanes left this after
noon for Portland* Oregon to assist in
locating forest fires which are now
raging in that vicinity,
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COMMITTEE
IS COMING
TO SEWARD
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NORTHWESTERN
ON WAY NORTH
SEATTLE. July 5U— Steamer
Northwestern sailed for Alaska ports
at o'clock this morning.
Passengers for Seward are as fol
lows:—
C. G. Cotter.
Roseoe Fear*
J. E. Dwyer.
James Truitt.
SsC. Oumborpatch*
P. D. Rladgett*
J. O’Neil.
George L. Renning.
A. F. Davis.
Ed L. Whittemore.
Arnold Under and wife.
S. S. Reploze and wife.
P. H. Van der Steere.
Seven Steerage.
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9 SOMETHING DOING
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* WASHINGTON. July 31— Hie *
* Senate Public Lands Committee is
* considering Senator Smoot’s bill
* to promote the production of oil*
* coal, gas phosphate and sodium
* upon government owned lands.
* The hill is similar to the one fail
* ing last session, except that the
* provisions for the sale of coal r
* lands is eliminated. Special atten
* tion is being paid to demands
* from Alaska for coal and oil pro* 0
* duction.
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ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
GIVE DANCE SATURDAY
The Arctic Brotherhood will givi
a dance next Saturday .night according
to announcement made today by th»»
special committee. The dance will be
in the nature of a sort of farewell to
several well known Seward persons
who will leave on the Alameda.
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AUSTRIAN CABINET RESIGNS
VIENNA. July 31— It was offic
ial announced late this afternoon that
the Austrian cabinet has resigned in
a body.
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HONDURAS REBELS WIN
GOVERNMENT ALSO WINS
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SAN SALVADOR. July 31— Rev
olutionists have captured four small
towns. The Honduras government for
ces have however won three victories.
POSTAL ROUTES HAVE
BEEN RESUMED BETWEEN
FRANCE AND GERMANY
PARIS* July 31— It was officially
announced today that postal commun
ication has been j-esumed between
France and Germany.
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By Associated Pres*
SEATTLE. July 31— A special
dispatch to the Post—Intelligencer
from Washington, 1). C.» says eight
and possibly more members of the
House committees on territories and
appropriations leave Washington next
' Saturday for Seattle and will sail
from Seattle on the steamer Alaska
on Thursday* August 7th. for Alaska.
The members of the committees will
come direct to Seward* and then
go overland to Fairbanks, returning to
the coast via Chitna and Cordova*
then to.Seattle.
Representative Albert Johnson* of
the *tatc of Washington- is one of tho
members goiifg north and the other.;
have not yet been named.
Possibly Secretary Lane may go
but if he does not* Assistant Secetary
Hollowed* under whose jurisdiction
the Alaska hngineering commission
rests with* will make the trip.
The trip is under the auspices of
the Department of the Interior and J.
L. McPherson and VV. A. Ryan are
making the arrangements.
The above members of Congress
should reach Seward about two weeks
from today or tomorrow.
Representative Albert Johnson is
the member of the territories and ap
propriation committees* who the other
day said that he believed the time had
now arrived when/ the commission
building the government railroad
should be re-organized.
Assistant Secretary- Hollowed is the
man who succeeded Myers who resign*
ed to be connected with oil companies
in Texas.
LANE MAY COME
Secretary Erich Lucas* of the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce* received a
cable this forenoon from the Alaska
Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, urging the local organiza
tion to impress upon Secretary Lane
the need for his making the trip north
with the Congressmen. The cablegram
stated that Secretary Lane was not
quite decided about making the trip,
just wavering.
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TO RUSSIA
LONDON. July 31— Ei^land is to
send a naval force to Russia to cov»r
the evacuation in the Archangel dis
trict by troops. The regular troops are
ready to assist if there is any neces
sity.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE* July 31— Fish quota
tions are as follows: halibut thirteen
and one half cents; sable* fiva cents.