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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post_ _____
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One hundred and fifty flat cars
and loir locomotives from Panama
which arrived on the freighter Anyox
and barge Raroda this morning, will
be unloaded at Sowaid. instead of he.
ing taken t<» Anchorage.
i’apt. J. J. Ryan, in charge of the
Supply Department of the Oommis
>ion, in the absence of ('ot. H. P. War
ren. said he could handle the unload
ing in Seward, and he won out. Ross
Stevedore Horton came over on last
1 night's train and also one largo crane
i was brought over. With the* two
cranes and a huge force of men, the
material arriving on the freight and
barge will be unloaded much easier
and flicker than at Anchorage.
('apt. W. T. Sporman is in command
of the Anyox and Capt. C. Cameron is
in command of the Barodu. The
freighter and tow called at San Pedro
and Ketchikan northbound from Bal
boa and from Ketchikan came direct
to Seward.
ALGONQUIN
1$ IN PORT
The trim little coast guard cutter
Algonquin ariived in port yesterday
afternoon on the way to liering Sea
where a patrol will be established this
summer. The Algonquin left Bremer
ton a month and a half ago and has
called at Hyder, Ketchikan. Juneau,
Cordova and Valdez previous to reach
ing Seward.
Captain W. A. Wiley is command
er of the coast guard cutter and
among the other officers are W. T.
Stromberg. J. R. liesse, who was in
Seward two years ago in command of
the Explorer; J . E. Whitlock, F. C.
Allen and Dr. A. W. Seibert.
There are sixty men aboard the Al
gonquin and more are needed to bring
up the complement, so if any want to
follow the sea, the Algonquin furnish
es the opportunity.
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ALASKA NEARING
Steamer Alaska sailed from Ju
neau at 10 o’clock yesterday forenoon
going via Skagway. The steamer is
expected to arrive in Cordova tomor
row forenoon.
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LEGION MEETING
There will be a meeting tonight at
8 o’clock at the Town hall of the Isaac
Evans Post No., American Legion
and Capt. J. J. Ryan asks a full at
tendance of the members.
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OFF ON OFFICIAL TRIP
Game Warden J. A. Baughman left
today on the Admiral Evans for his
annual trip around Cook Inlet. Dr.
Baughman will be absent about three
weeks.
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Mrs. Hattie Bell Erwin, who has
been doing newspaper woik in the
Interior, has returned to her old home
iq Iowa.
BALLAINE
CASE IS
REVERSED
SAX FRANCISCO. Juno 8— The
Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed
the judgement of the District Court of
Alaska by which J. E. Baliaine was
given $.‘10,0(K) damages against W. J.
Boland, W. A. Stavert and J. C. Jem
mett for alleged malicious prosecution
of title in the suit over land compris
ing the townsite of Seward, Alaska.
The Circuit Court of Appeals holds
Ballaine’s testimony that the value of
the property declined fifty pe>- co»p
as a result of the title suit brought
against him in the name of the Alas
ka Northern railroad company, was
speculative and he must establish ac
tual damages.
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OPERATE ON LAFOLLETTE
ROCHESTER, Minn., June 8—
Robert LaFollettc was operated upon
today at the Mayo Brothers institute*
for h pall sack. The. operation was
succesful but serious.
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BAR SILVER DROPS
NEW YORK, June 8— Bar silver
fell rbout ten cents an ounce to eighty
?ou- cents today due to the reports
from London of another decline of
six pence there owing to heavy sell
ing to East India and Chinese inter
ests.
COWBOYS IN MOVIES
WANT HIGHER WAGES
LOS ANGELES, June 8— A hun
dred and fifty cowboys employed in
the making of moving pictures struck
today for $10 a day and six movie
companies are tied up pending a set
• tlement. The cowboys are now receiv
ing $7.50 a day.
MARTIAL LAW AS
RESULT OE STRIKE
A TSTIN, June 8— The Gover
nor Ims proclaimed martial lav
•it Galveston because ot the
freight congestion resulting from
the strike ot the longshoremen.
MURDER
BERKELEY, Cal., June 8— Sud
denly seized with a murderous mania,
Robert I). Richards this afternoon
killed his son with an axe and wound
ed his wife and daughter. Neither are
expected to live.
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DAUGHTER OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TO WED
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NEW HAVEN, June 8— Ex-Prosi-'
deni William H. Taft today announced
the engagement of his daughter Helen
to Frederick J. Manning, instructor of
history at Yale. The marriage will
take place in Canada in July.
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AMERICAN MINISTER
VICTIM OF PROFITEERS
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THE HAGUE, June 8— The new |
American Minister to the Northlands, <
William Phillips, considers himself a
victim of an instance of profiteering
in rent. A wealthy speculator has pur
chased the commodious building which«
for a long time was occupied by the
American Legation and has notified
the American diplomats thnt they will
either have to pay a greatly increased
rent or move out.
The American Charge, Mr. Gunther
has been seeking new quarters but has
been handicapped by failure of the
American government to provide for
the purchase of a legation building.
ESCAPES BIGAMY CHARGES
BECAUSE PICKS ’EM YOUNG
CHICAGO, June 8— Marrying two
young girls under age does not con
stitute bigamy, it has been decided
by a jury in Judge Pam’s court, and
Anton Barilow was found not guilty
of the bigamy charge. He married
Freda Newman, aged 16, and later
married Charlotte Lazarus, aged fif
teen. The jury held that his mar
riage to Miss Newman was not legal
as she was under age, and hence
his second marriage was not big
amous.
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GULF OF GEORGIA MUDSHARKS
TO BE MADE INTO SHOES
VICTORIA, B. C-, June 8— Fancy
footwear, bags and other novelties are
to be made by the Veterans Product
Company from the skins of mud
sharks. Operations will be inauguart
ed early next month by the company,
which was organized two months ago.
The company has been granted an ex
clusive license to fish for mudsharks
in the Gulf of Georgia.
MONTREAL, June 8— Any at
tempt to enforce compulsory labor by
making strikes unlawful must be re
sisted at all costs declared President
Samuel (Jumpers in the opening ad
dress before the Fortieth annual con
vention of the American Federation of
Labor.
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ONE BIG UNION WILL
INCLUDE ALL CITIZENS
NEW YORK, June 8— An investi
gation of the “one big union of cit
izens” idea and its feasibility in pro
tecting American communities from
possible fuel or food famines during
strikes, is now under way by ton
members of the New York State
Chamber of Commerce recently ap
pointed by the president of the organ
ization as a “committee on public wel-;
fare.”
Revolutionary labor upheavals and
strikes designated as “outlaw” walk
outs by union officials and the em
ployment of volunteer Americans in
keeping the channels of communica
tion and transportation open, are the
objects, it is said, of the chambVs
present inquiry. The chamber for rov
eral weeks has been listing and class
ifying volunteers who, with no anta
gonism toward unions or partisan in
terest in labor quarrls, obligate them
selves to operate motor trucks or do
any other work necessary to keep the
nation’s commercial arteries open in
time of stress. To prevent the tieing
up and throttling of whole communi
ties, the committee has received hun
dreds of responses to blank question
naires specifying the ability and
equipment of the various volunteers.
Their occupation , home addresses and
telephone numbers together with oth
er similar data are in possession of
the committee which, in time of crisis,
mav be utilized.
The chamber at a recent meeting
luthorizing the appointment of the
committee by President Alfred E.
Marling, passed resolutions in which
it said that “civilization is now men
aced by false and distorted and polit
ical ideas and the public welfare de
mands that the men and women of
the nation, who hold to high ideals of
personal and political conduct, who
believe in sound economic principles
and hi constitutional government,
shall undertake more resolutdy to ful
fill their civic duties." The resolu
tions further declared that “the struc
ture ;if government and sor.cty as a
whole" was impelilled by the :nter
ruptionof the normal channels of com
munication and the public senricc due
to "an irresponsible minority of the
population of the United States." It
further stated that the duties of the
committee on public welfare should
be to draw' up “a plan of organization
and co-operation whereby the public
may, by volunteer service, aid in
maintaining the uninterrupted use of
public utilities and assist the duly
constituted authorities in preserving
law and order."
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CHICAGO, June ft— Thousands
crowded around the Coliseum many
hours before the opening of the Re
publican National convention this
forenoon. Scalpers asked fabulous
prices for admission tickets but few
purchased.
The confusion and muss-muddled
condition were added to by the swelt
ering heat.
There is a continued absence of
leadership and this added to the dis
comfort and bewilderment of the situ
ation presents the opportunity for
some* shrewd leader to step forward
at the psychological moment and in
vite a stampede. Nobody has any idea
of the strength any candidate will de
velop on the first ballot. There were
still suggestions that it might be wis
er to put up a man not involved in the
campaign expense expose.
The name of Charles E. Hughes
and Gov. Coolidge ogain recur. There
is some talk of making the temporary
organization a permanent one, owing
PROHIBITION
GASES TO GET
A REHEARING
WASHINGTON, June 8— Permis
sion to file motions for the rehearing
of cases has been given by the Su
preme Court of the United States at
the request of attorneys in the var
io^ prohibition cases.
CHICAGO, June 8— Regarding
the decision made yesterday by the
Supreme court upholding the prohi
bition amendment and the Volstad en
forcement act, Levy Mayer, who argu
ed the case for the distillers before
the Supreme Court, said: <TI advanced
every possible legal argument in the
avenue of the courts and these ar<*
now exhausted."
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FOR OIL CLAIMANTS
All Powers of Attorneys in Public
Land Matters must contain a 26 cent
revenue stamp. This stamp should
be placed on the Power of Attorney
and oanncelled before it is sent to the
office. Applicants for oil claims are
also advised that it is necessary for
them to furnish there full Christian
name and with their applications.
Many of them use their initials only
and much delay is caused in seecuring
the full name.
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Mrs. Willa Mitchell and Frederick
J. Date, well known at Nenana,
were married at that place recently.
to the terrible muss in which the dele
gates find themselves.
All day yesterday and last night
bewildered delegates milled around
hotel lobbies bewailing the absence of
the leadership of real leaders of by
gone days. The delegates find grim
satisfaction in referring to the
charges of bossism so often hurled
during former Republican conventions,
and ask if it is not better be led than
to be lost without a leader.
Dark horse comment was still pre
vailing when the convention assembl
ed today. Besides Hughes there w'as a
strong undercurrent last night of oth
ers. Senator Borah said he would re
gard Hughes as a very formidable
dark horse if that stage was reached.
Many delegates believe that the con
vention should find a candidate for
the Presidency on the Republican
ticket not mentioned in connection
with campaign expenses.
HAYS OPENS IT
CHICAGO, June 8— Chairman
Hays, of the National Republican
committee, called the national conven
tion to order at 11:34 o’clock this fore
noon at the conclusion of a long
prayer by Bishop Charles Woodcock,
of Lcusiville.
The audience broke into “The Star
Spangled Banner” when Hays rapped
for order.
Contrary to custom, the front rows
are occupied by California, North Da
kota, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado
and Virginia. Few old timers were
among the delegates.
Senator Cabot Lodge was elected
temporary Chairman. “We must drive
Wilson and his destiny from power
and must defeat the League of Na
tions,” declared Lodge in the key note
speech which defended the Senate's
opposition to the peace treaty.
“We make an issue and we ask
approbation for what we have done.
The people will now tell us what they
think of Wilson’s league and the sac
rifice of America.”
Chairman Lodge said the time had
come to take a firm hand in Mexico
and end the disgraceful record of the
last seven years. Lodge said that the
primary duty was for United State*
to deal with Mexico under the Monroe
doctrine yet” we are asked to make a
mandate for Armenia.”
Chairman Lodge denounced the
administration for failure to deal with
profiteers and condemned the govern
ment ownership of railroads. Senator
Lodge during his speech was most bit
ter on the administration of the Mex
ican policy and many times referred
to it. The Treaty and the League oi
Nations received the most attentlor
in the keynote speech as the biggesi
campaign issues.
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