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- S^AklV ALASKA FRIDAY. JUNE 20, 191*. TEN CENTS PER CO
UH.l ME MIL NUMBER 38. _-_-___________
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jSEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
Yidi Rich, still just about as big a*
a pint of -cidei• returned home on the j
Alameda and wa ; d by a arg
number of friend the dock.
J. C. Seeley* auditor for the A. K. **• '
who ha* been at the Seward Hotel fo
the past JO da vs. went t> Anchoage
on the Alameda.
Charles Krefting* and his son Kin
mett* returned to S ward on the Alt
meda. The Krefting have been away
for ov.*r a war.
Rusher l.ueas* direr? ’Torn Arkar*
as* cousin of Krieh Lucas* arrived in
the city last night having been a pas
senger <*n the Alameda. Mr. 1 .licit*
says he likes the country, but hn> one
complaint • and that is it never seem*
to get dar k ,-onrecp*»n?!y do*“ n r
know when to c> to bed* and a pecul
iar feeling results.
George Lindsay and Carl Lind-a /*
returned soldiers* are at the Overland,
both having been discharged and r.’a !
to get back to A’n*ka.
Susie Guest* daughter of Chief of
Police Guest* resumed on the Alameda
having attended school for the pa l
year in the stat* .*.
Mrs. M. Tilloson* from Cordova, ar
rival on the Alameda* i* registered at
the Hotel ‘Seward.
Kd Austin and Hyron Wilson* min
ing men from Valdez* interested in
property on the lower Kcnai* are at
the Hotel Seward* having arrived *n
the Alameda.
F. E. Parson* traveling man 'v«M
known in the territory* with his head
quarters at Juneau, is registered at
the Hotel Overland.
J. E. Meals* returned soldier* is a
guest at the Hotel Seward having
come north on the Alameda.
Joe Krause, discharged soldier*
passed through .on the Alameda for
his home in Anchorage. Mr. Kr.uu
was in the aviation sendee and has
the cross de Guerre. In one fight in
the air* K auVs pilot was killed* hut
he brought down his enemy although
72 bullets had hit h*s own machine
and he had nine wounds himself.
J. Wilbur Ward, who has been man
ager of the Cordova Herald* passed
through for Anchorage on the Ala
meda
George W. Adams and wife * \v»m
have been outside for several month
returned on the Alameda ami are 1
gistered at the Hotel Seward.
Phillip Kavanaugh- from Tacoma*
is registered at the Hotel Seward an
intends to give this section ot ' u
country the once over* being g’> 1 'i
by his friend. Lt. McCarron.
Mrs. E. taken* arrival on the A’*'*
meda from Seattle* is registered at tli
Hotel Sexton.
Pr. C. J. Smith. Oklahoma Oil man
passed through on the Alameda la -t
night for Anchorage. Pr. Smith is ac
companied by It. Sill* mining engineer
and together they will in pect the Gold
Cord property on Willow Creek.
George H. Gamble* auditor of the
Interior Department* who has been at
Anchorage for the past three month*
or more* came overland last night* and
is registered at the Hotel Seward.
Mrs. B. A. Good has taken apart
monts at the Hotel Seward for the
summer.
Hv Associated I’r^s
LONDON- June 20— A dispatch
from <\>oe*nhngon says that a dozen
Hriti h erui ;ers and several destroyers
ha' ■ arriv ’d to enforce the blockadt
if Germany does not sign the peace
treaty. •
I i a > reported that the Hritish
dirigible U -M was over Uerlin las?
Wednesday.
HI N GO\ KKN.MENT I'VLLS
HAIMS* June 20 - The Seheide
Miaen government in Gennany ha
fallc n.
It i^ believed that the new govern
ment wi’d s’gn the peace treaty.
It i that t ' -man \;
lioual A.-sembly accepted the terms
but that Scheidrmann strongly oppos
ed the treaty.
(Just.iv Noske, M inTst* r of Defense.
i> to head the new government.
WANT MOKE TIME
LONDON* June 20 - Early this ev
ening it was reported here from Ber
lin that the Germans want more time
to think about signiny the treaty. This
i believed to leave been the sentiment
of the Scheidemann government an.;
the dispatch has been delayed isi
reaching here.
M’s. Willis E. Nowell; wife of the
Alaska Steamship Gontpany’s agent a?
Juneau, aecompanied by her two ehi'd
ren* is making the round trip on the
Alameda.
* harles Nelson* wife ot the
Poi t steward of the Alaska Steamship
Company , is a round tripper on th"*
Alameda.
Klliott Stewart* old time newspaper
man of the north* returned from th»
.stages *o Valdez on the Alameda.
The seven day’s first class mail ar
riving on the Alameda was hoxc 1
within two hours last night.
.). K. Iiobarts well known Anchor
age man* passed through on the Ala
meda after a trip to tin* states.
C. K. Peach* with the forestry ser
vice. has returned from Anchorage
and is making his headquarters at the
Hotel Seward.
(»len Carrington* former well know*'
traveling r an* and again back at th?
bus!?: • s. 1 aving been discharged from
the .orvitis a passenger on th* Ala
meda for Anchorage. Mr. Carrington
will stop of{ at Seward upon his re
turn.
(ius C.illis and M. J. Kngg* com
mercial men. are enroute to Anchor
ag»' on the Alameda.
1>. S. Johnson and P. J. McDonald*
with the auditing department of A. Ik
C.* are i*gistered at the Hotel Seward*
having come overland from Anchor
age lanight.
Mrs. William Sundobrook* whose
husband is connected with A. A. Show
beck at Anchorage* called on friend'
la^t night while the Alameda was in
port.
The Alameda will return from An
chorage on Sunday* perhaps early ?r,
he morning. Mail in th*' Post office
ear’v tomorrow night will he dispatch
ed.
Assistant U. S. District Attorn***
Jerry Murphy passed through last
night rn the Alameda from Cordova
for his home at Anchorage.
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BOOTLEGGERS
OF CALIFORNIA
KEEPING BUSY
ASTORI A* Ore.* .Juno 20 - Not un
til the nation Roes dry on June • >0* and
perhaps not then will the troubles ri
the authorities of Astoria and other
northern Pacific ports with tin* boot
Iorrois of California be over. Kvo.”
since the state of Oregon was captur
*d by the prohibitionists trafficking: in
contraband liquors has been carried on
between San Kinncisco and the Colum
bia river ports more especially Ast >r»‘i
because of the numerous natural ad
cantaRos afforded for the sale d •
ivory of the wet Roods.
The authorities here* in their ct
► ort* to run down the bootleggers,
law searched hundreds of lumboi car
rying steamers and schooners* the ve •
e!s plying regularly between Sar.
Franciso and Columbia river pons
is well as the ships making occasion'd
alls at thes* ports, their last previous
‘ top having been some southern port.
Their tireless efforts have made
lie path of the carrier of contraband
m anxious one and their efforts have
nought thousands of dollars into the
nunicipal and county treasurers. I>et
here has been much of the contra
band liquor which has escaped their
vigilance.
One of the favorite wavs of evading
he authorities is to toss the contra
band overboard at a designated point
it the mouth of the river where it is
licked up by the person in collusion
vith the custodian from San Francisco
> the Columbia river port. Then it
s “fished” up and sold at from $15 to
,25 a quart. The price delivered .it
Vstoria runs from $1)0 to $120 a case,
but that is for bonded goods.
As high as 10 and 15 cases have
been* known to he carried on one ship
md the oil tankers have proven a to*•
•ible field for the‘authorities lin'd
avery one of them was searched as it
locked.
With the nation going dry the traf
fickers are devoting their attention?
o devising some means of continuing
he supply and Sheriff Ole N o' on* of j
Clatsop county says illicit tills im
loubtedly will spring up in the iemot*»
imbered districts of the lower Co
lumhia.
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Thi'-te»*n round trippers are aboard
he Alameda* ten being from the
totes.
M»s. Julius Rrelui* sister of M»*s.
vihs* abo Mrs. L. Weiss, arrived on
ho Alameda for a visit in Seward.
Miss Reginald Johnson* who has boon
dvu»nt from Seward for nearly a year*
•o'Pined on the Aljimeda fast night.
Mn. J. A. Hauglimnn returned
he Alameda after securing medical
‘reatment in Seattle.
Hugh Fouch greeted friends in Val
lo7. the other night who were passeng
ers on the Alameda. Mr. Fouch. who
* as connected with the cable office
*oire heir* has received his discharge
»n<l will go to the states on the Ala
meda.
A largo quantity oi snow sneq ma
norial and other railroad lumber was
•eeently destroyed by a forest fire
dong Turnagain Arm. Several bun
bed cords of wood* cut during the
•inter bv private parties, was al-o
burned.
A large quantity of liquor which
has b«en seised in Seward by the Do
nut v marshal’s office was destroyed
his morning.
IV ,T. Lane* of the radio force, and
his wife will leave for Seattle on the
Alameda.
Tomorrow is the longest day of the
vonv. the beginning of summer. The
\rcfie Brotherhood will celebrate the
day by giving a dance tomorrow even
ing.
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(OLCMIH S. Ohio. June 20—
The lower house of the state log
islature. late yesterday afternoon*
adopted a resolution asking the
¥ Governor to slop the Willard
Dempsey light on July Fourth.
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Bit, CROWD IS CERTAIN
AT EIGHT ON THE FOFRTI1 |
TOLEDO. June 20— Three hund
red and twenty five thousand dollars
in cash have already been received for
tickets at the fight on the Fourth as
suring Tex Rickard a financial suc
cess.
Jack Dempsey resumes boxing to
morrow the injury to his eye having
been cured.
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OPPONENTS OF LEAGFF
OF NATIONS TO ABANDON
ATTEMPT ON A TEST VOTE
WASHINGTON, June 20— It i>
indicated today that the opponent o:
•lie League of Nations may abandon
'fforts to force a test vote in the Sen
ate before the Germans act on the
treaty.
Republicans also have virtualh
ibandoned hope of bringing a roll tab
on the Knox resolution which is one
trying to separate the league’s cove
nant from the treaty.
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WEATHER RKPORI
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The following fs the weather re
•o»t for the 24 hours ending at 7 o
•lock this morning:
Seward 70- Cloudy- Calm.
Anchorage 52, Cloudy- Calm.
Matanuska 58- Cloudy- Calm.
Chiekaloon 52- Cloudy- Calm.
WasiUa 52- Cloudy- Calm.
Talkedna 56, Cloudy- North.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE- June 20— Fish price*
vesterdav wore as follows: halibut
eleven and one half cents sable- none
on the market; ling and red cod- four
cents.
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UNIVERSITY OJRLS USE
COATS TO EARN MONEY
BERKELEY CAL.- June 20— Coats
have proven their va u<* both as mone
tary and dietical avsi dants to student s
who are earning their way through
the university. At least this is the ex
pel ience of a University of California
girl who earned her way through col
lege “riding on a goat.” In other
words- Miss Elsie Thomas- the goat
herder, acted as “milk man” to lie*
•everal customers- and used the pro
duct • also as part of her did. Miss
Thomas graduated recently with her
class.
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C VLIFORM \ WOM \\
WRITES 000 SOLDIERS
I.OS. AVGEI.ES. June 20— Friend;
of Mrs. Frances Gee* of Engle RocV
City* a suburb* claim for Tier title or
champion letter writer to American
soldiers in the European war.
The moth'v of Elmer M. flee* young*
est member of the 117th Engineers*
M’s. Gee at first opposed her son’s en
trance into the American army* but
later reversed herself and became an
enthusiast in the war against the Teu
tonic allies.
Then she began writing letters to
her son’s comrades and in forty
weeks wrote 000* in every one of whu h
she placed a five-cent package of gum.
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SAV FRANCISCO, June 20— The
V. M. C. A. announces that eighty
one men and women workers in their
overseas force have been cited for
bravery. Sixty-four were decorated
and two hundred and thirteen com*
mended by army officers.
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VILE \ is NOT
* GOING TO BE BAD
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El. I' VSO. June 20— A courier
from Villa's camp at Samalnyucn
had brought a note from Ageles
to General James Erwin asking
why the Americans pursued D
Yillislas. The note says the
tas endeavored to keep from
shooting across the Bio Grand'
and tried to keep the fighting
away from the Border. The note
further says Villa does not plan
reprisals on Americans in Mexico.
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.OTG TO RETI'RN SYSTEMS
TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON. June 20 - T!» •
•louse has passed the -onsite hill pro
riding for tlu* return of the toh-grap 1
and telephone properties to privetf
•ontrol. The bill also repeals the la'*'
under which the President took ovAr
he telegraph, telephones and cables.
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ESTATES 1M INED; RUSS
COUNTESS QUITS UOUNTIM
NEW YORK* Juno ‘>0— Counter
Marie Witte, wife of the foimer pr**
nier of Russia* arrivrd today and sain
she intended to make her home in
America.
“My estates have keen entirely
ruined since the Rolsheviki secured
he upper hand in poor Russia* and
after many weary months. I found it
A as hopeless to remain longer in the
hope that affairs would adjust them*
elves*” she said.
“America is the greatest country
on the world today and 1 hope l may
remain here to do what 1 may for mv
own country.”
LOS ANGELES STORES
TO CLOSE SATURD VY3
T.OS ANGELES. June 20— One of
the largest department stores in Los.
Angeles announced recently that it
would give all employes two days of l
| each week during July and August* by
closing Friday night to remain closed
I until Monday mornings. Heretofore it
has closed at noon on Saturdays of
those months. Fifteen hundred em
ployes will benefit by the new ruling.
The managements of several other*
large stores here were said to he con*
sidering similar action.
MIDNIGHT SUN TOURISTS
HAVE ARRIVED AT DAWSON
DAWSON. June 20— T"’o steam
boat' with the Midnight Sun excurs
ionists aboard arrived here this after
• poon. The tourists are enroute to Fort
Yukon.
Six patients remain in the hospitt l
as the result of the ptomaine poison
ing at the Hunker Creek mess house
last May*.
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By Associated Ptess
POMK- June 20— “Remain faith
ful to our duties toward our Allies-”
P emier Orlando declared to the
| Chamber of Deputies yesterday in a
I speech.
A gieat tumult followed- some of
♦ho Deputies yelling “the Allies neve
have boon faithful to Italy- why should
we remain faithful to them
Premier Orlando’s speech stirred
'l: * Deputies to such an extent that
they did not hear the remainder of his
speech.
The Chamber of Deputies voted
down a vote of confidence in his gov
ernment and have forced the Premier
to resign.
PARIS- June 20— The settlement
of tin* Adriatic question will be indef
initely postponed if the.King accepts
Orlando’s resignation.
1 tfily will probably send a new peace
Negation to Paris.
It is not known who will sign th^
German treaty for Italy next Monday.
ITALY TO ACCEPT
PARIS- June 20— Reuter’s agency
bas a dispatch saying Italy has in
tmeted tie* Italian delegation to ac
.0pt President* Wilson’s settlement of .
-.he Dalmation question. Premiers
Clemenceau and Lloyd George concur
red in President Wilson’s proposition.
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LIQUOR DEALERS BEING
GRANTED LICENSES BY
government of the u. s.
NEW YORK- June 20— The inter
nal revenue department is granting
liquor dealers licenses for sellirg alco
hol after July 1st. The licenses are
granted at the purchaser’s risk how
ever.
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PORTLAND RAISING FUNDS
TO GET ALASKA BUSINESS
PORTLAND- June 20— The Ore
gon-Alaska Society is raising funds
by a series of entertainments to ad
vertise Portland in Alaska. Merchants
are also going north to remind the
people that the Portland markets are
good ones.
Portland is going after the Alas
kans who winter in the south. A mid
night sun anniversary excursion on
the Willamette river will be held n
next Tue llay.
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HOBO COLLEGE OPENS
NEW YORK- June 20— The hobo
college opened on the Bowery, under
the direction of James Eads How, a
millionaire hobo of St. Louis. All grad
uate hobos who desire post graduate
courses in sociology, industrial law
and public speaking are invited to at
tend. Students start the day with a
two hour job hunt. If they fail to find
a job the^y can return with first hand
information on sociology*.
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