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PREPARING EO
NYxt week sometime, Seward will
entertain Secretary ot the Navy Dan
iels. Secretary of the Interior Payne
anil Admiral Kodman, of the Pacitic
Fleet, Uesides the two cabinet officials
and the Admiral, it is expected that
officers and men e’ w ral tle»uoyers
will also be in Seward and a general
entertainment for all is to be given by
the citizens, the plans being in charge
of the city council. Last night. the
city council gave Mayor K. K. ( hamb
erlin full authority to appoint various
committees from the citizens and
whether one is on the committees or
not. all are expected to be prepared to
work for the “good of the order. Dur
ing tie* visit of the fleet the city will
be decorated, a banquet and public
dance will be given and one day will
be a general holiday when various
sports will be pulled off. On the big
day those from nearby towns will be
invited to come to Seward, meet the
distinguished guests and hold a jolli
fication with the officers and men of
the do'drover fleet. Just as soon as the
itinerary of the cabinet otficcrs and
destroyer fleet is known, the commit
tees and citizens in general will buck
le down to working out the plans for
the reception and entertainment. L n
less there is a change in the plans,
Secretaries Daniels and Payne will
leave Seattle with the destroyer fleet
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JITXJE BKOWN HKKK
district Judge Fred M. Brown ar
rived on the Alameda this morning
and will leave on Saturday’s train for
Anchorage for a special tern ot court.
Accompanying Judg Brown is l lerk
Arthur Lang who is accompanied by
his wife. The couit officials are guests
at the Hotel Seward.
WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 60, Cloudy. Calm.
Anchorage •"'6. Pt. Cloudy, X. VS.
‘ Matanuska 60. Cloudy. Calm.
Wasilla 62. Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 60, Cloudy, Calm.
Goldcreek 62. Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane "4, Cloudy, ('aim.
Summit .V2. Cloudy, S. W.
Bains 42. Clear, Calm.
Healy 60, Clear, Calm.
Xenana 62. Cloudy. S. E.
Fairbanks 60. Cloudy, Calm.
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next Saturday. Whether calls will be
made at other ports in Alaska on the
northbound trip is not known today
but Secretary Daniels wired Mayor
Chamberlin the itinerary would be
wired from Seattle and this may be
received by tomoi row as the Secretary
of the Navy should reach Seattle to
day on the Battleship New Mexico
which is taking him from San Fran
cisco.
SEATTLE, July 8— The present
plans, which possibly although unlike
ly may b(* changed, call for the de
parture of Daniels, Payne and Rod
man on six destroyers leaving here on
Saturday. The first port of call in
Alaska has not yet been announced
and will be decided when all three get
together tomorrow. The battleship
Idaho will probably be sent north to
bring the two secretaries back after
ten days or two weeks visit in the
north.
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INVESTIGATION IS ON
CHICAGO, July 8— The Senate
campaign investigation combination
will move to Illinois tonight to investi
gate Palmer’s campaign in Missouri
according to an announcement today
by Senator Kenyon.
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BRUSSELS, July 8— Most of the
large cities of Belgium following the
examples given in France and Switz
erland. are creating civilian unions.
I whose chief aim is to combat political
strikes and assure the working of pub
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in MANIAN Oil. WELLS
ARE DEVELOPING SLOWLY
r.UCHARKST, July 8— Despite the
. heavy speculation in oil land and oil
' property now going on in Rumania,
expert oil men say that it will take at
i least five years for this country to
properly develop such prospects. The
: speculators are merely selling pro
spects to each other rather than de
veloping the property.
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The Ketchikan baseball team has
received new uniforms.
The Petersburg Hospital Associa
tion has secured the services of two
competent nurses.
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[SEWARD SNAPSHOTS]
Mis. VV. K. Rich and daughter Vida
aiv passengers on the Admiral Wat
son which is now on route to Seward.
Miss Rich will spend the summer here J
returning south to school in Septem- J
her.
James Kearney, father of Mrs. C. I
R. Brooks, is a passenger for Seward
on the Admiral Watson.
Dr. 1>. 1». Wilson and Miss Leonard
will leave for Kodiak on the Admiral
Watson.
Mrs. Junkins left on the train this
morning for a visit with Mrs. Robe rts
at mile 23.
Mis. K. L. Sweek and children re
turned on the Alameda troni a visit
of many months in the states.
Attorney E. E. Ritchie came over
from Valdez on the Alameda and is
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
R. E. Robinson, representing Sher
man Clay & Co., of Seattle, accompan
ied by his wife, is making the round
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i trip on the Alameda,
i % Cornelia A. Hatcher, temperance
! advocate of Alaska, returned from the
! south on the Alameda anti left on the
; train for Anchorage.
J. 11. Mitchell and wife, from Stitz,'
I Idaho, arrived on the Alameda ami
are guests at the Hotel Seward.
A. A. Humfrey and F. E. Walker,
i traveling men, arrivals on the Alamo-1
da are registered at the Hotel Over- j
land.
Senator L. V. Ray returned this
morning on the Alameda after a pro
fessional trip to Valdez.
A. J. Dimond, of Valdez, is regist
ered at the Hotel Overland from Yal
dez.
George C. Hazelett came north on
the Alameda to his home at Cordova
after attending the Republican nation
I
al convention at Chicago.
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OFFICIAL TRY-OUT
—
Seward’s fire truck was given its ^
first official try-out last night. With
Councilman Ellsworth at the wheel,
Mayor Chamberlin and councilmon
Horneiv Krofting and McXeer on the
running hoards, the truck made a
•‘still alarm” call to out north of the
sawmill. The truck answered all of
the requirements and made the run ;
out and back in four and one hall
minutes.
TOrUlSTS OFF ON TRAIN
Fifteen tourists aboard the Alame
| da left on the train this morning for
I Anchorage and will return next week
to catch the Northwestern for the
south. Among the tourists making the
trip to Seward, then to Anchorage,
and hack here again are C. J. von
Maur and family from Chicago.
S. J. Weitzman, one of Haine’s
oldest residents, died suddenly on June
26th from Hemorrhage of the brain.
Mr. Weitzman went to Haines nearly
I 30 years ago and was engaged in the
' mercantile business.
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♦ BIG ARMY OFFICIAL
♦ COMING TO SEWARD
FORT ANGELES. July 8— *
General Hunter Liggett, com- *
* mantling the Western Department
* ol the I nited States Army, is *
* aboard the V. S. Transport South
■* Bend which sails today lor Sew
ard. General Liggett is going *
north to inspect the Alaska posts.
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CHICAGO, July 8—Senator Rood,
of .Missouri, who was denied a seat at
the Democratic convention at San
Francisco, announced today he will
“support the Democratic ticket and
will always he a Democrat but will al
ways maintain his present position
against the League of Nations.”
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WOULD ELECT ONLY TWO
MEN TO STATE OF Fit ES
SANTA EE., N. M., July 9- If a
recommendation by the taxpayer's as
sociation of New Mexico is favorably ,
acted upon by the next session of the
state legislature and a constitute nal
amendment is ratified by the people,
this state will be the fii^st in the un
ion to reduce its elective state offic ‘i^s
to a governor and lieutenant govei ior.
At a meeting of the association in
October, 1919, it was recommended
that the number of elective officers
be reduced to prevent duplication of
work, provide for greater efficiency
an»l reduce stute expenditures. Under
the plan proposed the governor would
“nominate and by and with the advice
and consent of the senate appoint all
other state executive and administra
tive officers created by the constitu
tion or laws of the state of New Mex
ico, including those hereafter to be
created, and all such officers shall
hold their respective offices during
the pleasure of the governor.”
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DESIRE TO SEE WRECK
NEARLY CAUSES DEATH
UK AIM. Cal., July 8— A desire
to see a train wreck is reported to
have led two 12-year old boys of Fort i
Bragg to wrap a logging chain around
the inside rail of the railroad track,
one mile from Fort Bragg, Cal., in the
endeavor to ditch the eastbound pas
senger train. The engine and three
coaches passed over the obstruction
safely. Had the chain boen wound
around the outside rail, the train, fill
ed with women and children bound for
a picnic on Pudding Creek, would have
boen dashed into the creek many feet
below. The boys confessed that their
desire to wreck the train was inspired
from a movie film.
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The Dawson News is conducting a
campaign for the destruction of un
and dilapidated shacks. It says they
are fire traps and disease breeders,
as well as unsightly and useless.
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AXCIIOKAGK. July s— Hen Ag
now, pion oer of the Matanuska Valley,
and a rancher, was found dead last
night, shot through the breast, The
body was found by a seaiching party
headed by Deputy l’. S. Maishal
Hoffman.
Agnew was last seen alive four days
ago. There is eveiy evidence of mir
d -r. A wheelbarrow and shovel was
iiea.- tli • bod> indicating that the mur
derer intended burying his victim.
The body had been dragged and
thrown into a creek neat Agnew’s
ranch house. Clues point to the eter
nal triangle. The dead man was popu
j lar in this section.
iK i.\>» OKT i’OU SEWARD
V*i.itil \» EN i AGKOCND is
ELOATED AND PROCEEDS
POUT AXGEI.ES, July 5— The
U. S. Transport Soutli Rend, which
went aground in a log two days ago,
lias been floated, without any damage
and proceeds today for Seward with
men and supplies for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission.
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A LAM EDA ARRIVES AND
GOES ON TO ANCHORAGE
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Steamer Alameda arrived at 7:b0
o’clock this morning bringing bo tons
of freight and 102 passengers and left
for Anchorage at 'J:b0 o’clock having
300 tons of freight for there and five
passengers.
Passengers arriving on the Alameda
for Seward were M. E. Deavey, Miss
M. Moore, Mrs. H. McDonald, M.
Moore, ll. M. Chittenden, K. S. Drury,
C. M. Murphy, K. S. Boustad, Mrs, G.
Me Wynn, Mrs. E. L. Sweek and child
ren, D. W. Sprauguc, J. S. Scnter, F.
W. Walker, (I. II. Spangler, Mrs. Cor
nelia Hatcher, Miss Grace Herman,
Mrs. H. Campbell, Sam Gilmore,
Judge F. M. Brown, L. V. Bay, A. J.
Dimond, E. E. Bitchie, A. A. Hum
freys, Arthur Lang and wife, E. Ruck
er and wife, D. F. Bakken, 0. F. Olson
J. F. Patterson, C. J. Von Maur, wife,
two sons and a daughter, Mattie
Smith, Ethel Godfrey, Miss May
Woolworth, Miss E. Woolworth, Mrs.
Marshall, Miss G. O’Connor, Miss M.
O’Connor, Miss E. Ely, Miss B. Blath
! erwick, Miss B. Sully, Marie Hadley,
J. H. Mitchell and wife and 50 steer
age.
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That the operations of the Ver
mont Marble Company will be carried
on this year on a large scale is in
dicated by the fact that representa
tives of the company were recently in
Ketchikan to hire thirty men.
BOSTON, Ju.y S— Indictments
charging profiteering in food were Lo
<!u> returned b; the Federal Grand
jury against Swift & Company, Ar
mour company, V'.. E. Hollis & Com
pany and the Independent Sugar Com
pany.
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1K \I)K RESTRICTIONS ON
SOVIET RUSSIA REMOVED
WASHINGTON, July 6— Trade
restrictions with Soviet Russia have
been removed by the State Depart
ment, according to announcement
made today. The restrictions have
been removed with the exception of
those shipments pertaining to mater
ials susceptible for immediate use lot
war purposes.
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PRAISES THE FRENCH
NEW YORK, July $— General
March, Chief of Staff, returned today
from a tour of the occupation zone al
so France, Belgium and England, and
praised the care of the French for the
graves of the fallen Americans.
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AMERICAN DECORATED
PEKING, July 8— In recognition
of his services as head of the Inter
Allied technical board, President Hsu
Shih-chang has decorated Colonel
John F. Stevens, of Chicago, with the
first class Wcn-hu or Literary Tiger
Medal.
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SIGN AN ARMISTICE
MEXICO CITY, July 8— The Sec
retary of War today confirmed reports
that an armistice has been signed be
tween Villa and the Mexican govern
ment.
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The Hyder recording district has
been rearranged by order of Judge
Jennings to make it meet the require
ments necessary.