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WASHINGTON, May 6— A Presi
dential proclamation issued today ex
cluded nearly oOO.OOO acres from the
Chugach National Forest reserve, on
Kenai Peninsula. Alaska, near Sew
ard, Alaska, and restored the home
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stead entry after July Oth to settle
ment and other disposition after July
ltith. Two noncontiguous areas exclud
ed are one along Knik and Turnagain
arms and the other along Cook Inlet
near Kachemak Hay.
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PERSHING WILL
VISIT LONDON
By Associated Press
LONDON, May 6— It is reported
that American Commander John J.
Pershing will visit London on Empire
Day, May 24th to review a brigade of j
American soldiers enroute home
The Daily Mail todays says that
this will be England’s pride and pri
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vilege to give the warmest British
welcome ever extended to the man
who fought at Chateau Thierry and
broke the German line in Argonni for
rest.
“We shall never forget the part
America played in the darkest hours
of the war,” says the Mail.
WASHOUC.AU Wash., May 6—
Two masked men forced the cashier
and tw o women clerks of the t larke
county bank to hold-up their hands at
2 o’clock this afternoon. The robbers
escaped with $7000 in cash but over
looked $50,000 in Victory loan bonds
which were on the counter.
TURKS PLAN
DESTROYING
GL| CHURCH
LONDON, May S— (Corresponded
ce of The Associated Press)— Warn
ing that the Turks had threatened to
destroy the Church of St. Sophia in
Constantinople, if any movement was
undertaken to restore that church to
the Christians has been received by
government officials of Great Liitain.
The subject was brought up in the
House of Commons the other day
when Arthur J. Balfour, the foreign
minister, was asked if he had received
a communication from Constantinople
stating that the Turks intended to
blow up the Church of St. Sophia “if
any public expression of opinion took
place in the United Kingdom in favor
of the restitution to Christendom of
one of the oldest Christian churches in
Rurope.”
Mr. Balfour replied that no official
communication to that effect had been
received but that such information had
^een conveyed by interested parties.
He announced that Admiral ( althorp,
British commander in Constantinople,
had been instructed to take measures
to protect the building: and that he
would see that these instructions were
carried out.
Despite the warning: there is a de
finite movement looking: to the restor
ation of the g;reat cathedral church of
ancient Constantinople to the use of
the Christian religion. Erected at first
in 360 A. D. and rebuilt in 537 as a
Christian cathedral, St. Sophia was
appropriated by the Turks as a Mos
lem house of worship and is now the
principal mosque of Stamboul.
A memorial signed oy tne arcn
bishop of Canterbury and York and
others has been sent to Premier Lloyd
George urging that, while the great
imperial mosques of Constantinople
should remain in the hands of Islam,
“justice requires that the Christians
of that city, who form a large majori
ty of its inhabitants should have then*
priceless building (St. Sophia) re
stored to them. It has no special sac
redness for Moslems. Its value in their
eyes is merely political.
“The great church is now in a ser
ious condition and must inevitably col
lapse if it is not placed in capable
hands,” says the Memorial. “The glor
ious mosaics, a precious heritage
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I.W.W. ARE
MEETING
CHICAGO, May 6— The National
Industrial Workers of the World con
vention opened here last night. A. S.
Embree. secretary of the Metal and
Miner’s branches of the I. W. W. is the
presiding officer. The branches repre
sented by Embree endeavored during
the war to close a’J the conpei mines
turning out product for the govern
ment.
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* THOUSANDS VOLUNTEER *
* FOR OVERSEA DUTIES »
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• NEW YORK, May 6— Thous- *
• ands of men are volunteering to *
• relieve an equal number of sold-*
• iers in the American army of oc- “
• cupation in Europe. One thous- *
• and sailed today. It is expected
• that 49,000 men will be sent over ’
• before many months.
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REMAINS IN CHARGE
At the meeting last night of the
bondholders and the stockholders of
the Gateway Publishing Company,
Elmer A. Friend was again named as
Editor and General Manager of the
Daily Gateway and Alaska Weekly
Post, until September 1st.
NEW STEAMER SCHEDULE
Agent McDonald has received ad
vices of the sailings of the steamers
of the Alaska Steamship Co., for May
and June. The changes are given in
the regular advertisment appearing on
Page 2.
URBACH COMING BACK
Leon Urbach, who has been on a
pleasure and business trip in the stat
es for several months, is now in Seat
tle and will leave on the steamer Ala?»
ka for Seward which sails next Mon
day.
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A. B. MEETING
The Arctic Brotherhood held a
short session last night, 0. Ked bills
and then discussed future social af
fairs and members who fail to show
up at the regular Monday meetings.
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among the artistic treasurers of the
world, should be uncovered from the
defacement which is necessarily im
posed so long as the building, con
st ructed and decorated for one faith,
is alienated and devoted to another.*’
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* SUBSCRIBE $33,750.
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* At the close of business yester
* day afternoon, the two banks of
* Seward reported that $33,750 had
* been subscribed here to the Vic
* tory Loan. The amount was from
* 136 subscribers, the bonds being *
* from $50 up. Seward’s quota is
* $65,300 and this is the last week
* of the campaign.
FROM THE WESTWARD
Today wireless advices brought
subscriptions amounting to $9,800
from canneries to the westward. This
amount will be included in the sum
total of today’s business, which will
appear in the Gateway tomorrow.
FOR TWELFTH DISTRICT
SAN FRANCISCO. May 6— Up to
last night the twelfth Reserve bank
district totalled $114,216,495 from
342,235 subscribers.
Oregon is the only state in the dis
trict which has reached the quota.
Portland is the only principal city
reaching her quota. Commander Per
shing has cabled that he knows Cali
fornia and San Francisco will reach
their quotas when the people recog
nize the importance of the Victory
loan. Mayor Rolph says he will close
all city offices and schools if neces
sary so that all may work for the loan.
San Francisco has only subscribed 29
per cent of her quota, far behind even
the smallest of the Alaska towns.
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LOAN GROWING
WASHINGTON, May 6— It is be
lieved that the Victory Loan will easi
ly pass the two billion dollar mark by
this afternoon. Last night subscrip
tions reached one billion, nine hundred
thousand dollars.
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CRIES IN COURTROOM
SEATTLE, May 6— The city cor
oner and clerks of a tea room testi
fied today in Ruth Garrison’s trial for
alleged poisoning of Mrs. Grace Storr.
Miss Garrison wept during the testi
mony of the coroner.
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WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weather re
port for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’
clock this morning:
SEWARD 46, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 38, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 42, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 45, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 40, Cloudy, Calm.
Talkeetna 36, Cloudy, Calm.
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GOING TO ANCHORAGE
Passengers who will leave Seward
for Anchorage on the Alameda are
Mrs. A. H. McDonald and C. N. Pring.
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ALASKAN IS
GIVEN NEW
TRIAL
By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, May f>— The
Circuit Court of Appeals today in an
opinion grants a new trial to Alois
Huber, convicted in Alaska of man
slaughter.
Alois Huber was convicted of kill
ing Matt Schernthaner, at Flat City,
in 1017. Huber pleaded self-defense.
The killing resulted over trouble start
ed by a mining dispute.
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FIGHT JFM' 4th.
NEW YORK, May <»— Tex Rich
ard announced this afternoon
that the Willard-Deippsey fight
will be held on July 4th at Toledo,
Ohio. The pugilists will enter the
ring at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
and box twelve rounds unless
there is a knockout. If the bout
goes the limit the referee will
award a decision on points.
BUILD LARGE ARENA.
TOLEDO. 0.. May 6— Plans are
already being made fo& (be build
ing of an arena to seat 50,000
people for the Willard-Oempsey
fight.
STEAMER NEWS
Steamer Alameda sailed from Cor
dova at noon today. The Alameda
could arrive here within 24 hours hut
this is- the season of the year when
cannery stops are made and delays re
sult. The Alameda should reach Val
dez tonight and Afrent McDonald
should then receive word as to the pro
bably time of the steamer’s arrival in
Seward.
Steamer Northwestern is due in
Cordova this afternoon.
BATTELESHIPS WILL BE
TAKEN ASHORE AND PUT
IN CONCRETE FOUNDATION
WASHINGTON, May 6— The navy
Department is considering bringing
the Constellation and Hartford, two
famous ships of the navy, to Washing
ton. haul them ashore and set them in
concrete foundations in Potomac Park.
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FLY OVER SIERRAS
NEW YORK, May 6— Army aviat
ors leave tomorrow for Sacremento,
Cal., to attempt to fly across the Sier
ra Nevadas to Ogden.
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SIX STORY APARTMENT
BURNS—SEVEN ARE KILLED
COLUMBUS, 0., May 6— A six
story apartment burned this morning
early. Seven of the inmates were burn
ed to death and several dozen injured.
Four floors suddenly gave way and
tell to At basement.
By Associated Press
PARIS, May f>— The Council of
foreign ministers is considering the
complete economic isolation of Ger
many if Germany refuses to sign the
proposed treaty.
Advices from Berlin say that the
Gorman government will recall the
peace commission if more delays at
Versailles occur. The German dele
gates state they will return home and
wait until the Allies are positively
ready to deal with them.
TREATY SOON KNOWN
PARIS, May ft— It is expected that
a 10 000 word digest of the peace
treaty will be released for publication
on Thursday morning.
NO C OMPROMISE
PARIS, May G— No compromise
has yet been arranged in the Adriatic
coast question. The return of the Ital
ians to the Peace conference is to
demonstrate they are still loyal to the
Allies.
German newspapers claim that the
Italians have broken with the Allies.
ARCTIC TO
SUPPLY
FOOD
By Associated Press
OTTAWA, May 6— Arctic Explor
er Stefansson today advised both
houses of the Canadian Parliament re
garding plans to convert Canada’;
Arctic Regions into a great wool, mllK
meat producing area.
Stefansson proposes large herds of
reindeer and musk oxen. The explorer
stated that the Arctic would be able
to help solve meat shortages and told
of the introduction of reindeer into
Alaska.
“Some day in the very near future/’
said Stefansson, “the Arctic and Alas
ka will support over seven million
reindeer."
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SHED TEARS
BIG PLACE
IS GOING
By Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 6— Sherry’s one
of New York’s most famous dining
places, after twenty years in business,
is to close within a fortnight in view
of the coming prohibition.
Louis Sherry, the proprietor will
again become only a caterer.
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NEW YORK. May 6— Adverse
weather today postponed the start of
the navy aeroplanes across the Atlan
tic.