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SEWAftl). ALASKA. tT-KSDAY, APRIL 20, 192<T ___TE.N <-I.MS PER COPj;
VOII ME \III. M MBER 288. _____._—
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Fiunn\ Ap i! 20— DAnnunxio is
forming an unt'-Feaguo oi Nations
consisting oi ine minority elements ot
all count’ns of “oppressed people
The confer *neo is called for May loth
rod d legates are expected from
Kgypt. Ire’and Tukoy. IVisia, India
and Montenegro.
ROBBER OF
BANK 1$
KILLED
ELL1STON", Mont., April 20— C.oo.
Warburton, deputy sheriff, and Clay
ton Bergstrand were killed; William
Fountain was captured when 1- con
tain and Bergstrand attempted to rob
the local bank here this forenoon.
Warburton happened to 1* * passing
the bank at the time of the robbery.
It is believed Warburton and Berg
strand shot at the same time killing
each other.
A
CONTINUES COUNCIL
IN OFFK E TO SAVE
COST OF ELECTION
CASTLE. ROCK. Colo., April 20—
If it is true that the high cost ot' gov
ernment is the most important conti i
bution to the high cost of living, then
Castle Rock should he the cheapest
place in which to live.
Municipal elections were to be held
this spring. Mayor Hugh Shellabar
ger and all the other town officers
were candidates for re-election. Ap
parently everyone thought the town
got along all right last year under
Shellabargor, and by unanimous con
sent the administration has been al
lowed to hold over another year with
out the expense of an election.
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ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
WASHINGTON. April 20— The
Son^eme Court ha* held to bo uncon
stitutional the act of New Mexico to
levy an exc:s« tax on gaso'ine in o’-r
ginal container.* shinned into the
state by the migratory Bird Act.
FISH QUOTATIONS
j^pTfiniv V\. \nr?1 *?0— P**io°s
on halibut firsts is mne cents and or
seconds is six and one half cents.
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CHICAGO, April 20— Thirty thous
and cl orris uau &0U0 freight handlers
ha Vo doc idea ».oi to siiiko but will
submit tneir wage demands to the
railroad board.
CHICAGO, April 20— The Brother
hood of maintenance of way employ
ee^ and tile shop woikers have re
quested the Labor Board for a tempo
rary me lease ot per day with tune
and one half for overtime. There are
100,000 members in the Chicago dis
trict and they will leave woik individ
ually on Wednesday, April 2Sth, un
less the demands are granted. Thirty
five railroads will be effected. Bro
therhood President Gable opposes the
..co.v*n of the men.
WASHINGTON, April 20— Korin
ul demands that the Railroad Labor
Board give assurance ol an award of
living wages to railroad men, and that
the strikers be taken back without
prejudice or loss of s.no.ity were fil
ed this afternoon with the Board. Re
presentatives of New York and St.
Loins sinkers had a long deliberation
with the members of the board before
the filing of the demand was permit
ted. Then began the first public hear
ing on the general wage dt mands of
2,000,000 workers.
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BIG PURSE MAY BE
hung up for Al to races
INDIANAPOLIS, April 20— Twen
ty thousand dollars more will he add
ed to the purse offered prize winners
in the 500-mile international sweep
stakes race to be run over the Indian
apolis speedway if a campaign start
ed among local automobile concerns is
successful.
George M. Dickenson, president of
a local automobile concern, is respon
sor for the campaign. He has sug
gested that subscriptions be given by
the manufacturers ar.d that the mon
v collected will be paid to the auto
mobile drive’s on a basis of $100 for
each lap in which they are out in
front.
swAonstak^s for the past few
vnors has been for a purse of $50,
000.
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Many a young man looks upon »
dollar saved as a good time lost.
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THE UUTTA I’ERCHA GIRL *
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By \ First Nightcr.
To foment the friendly relations be
tween Anchorage and steward, oui
visiting theatrical troupe should bo
property introduced.
Aithur liumimngton, who is very
much married between play hours,
leads the entire scandal. To start
things between you and me, he is not
married at all. His real name is W. A.
English.
Kalph Omerod, is Arthur’s friend
and falls in love with a Daisy. When
not engaged in his funny pranks, he
s known as Licutenan* John C. Gliih
ero.
Jo.hua Gillebrand is supposed to
be cared for by his mother but never
was his mother. He never met that
enjoyable creature during his plastic
stage; Something else stunted ins
growth. In Anchorage during week
days his friends call him Arthur
March.
Dobson is the Cutler, but they gave
him a room at the hotel equally as
good as that of the stars. Dobson do
es his part in a comely way and an
swers humb’y the year round when
addressed by the name of C. G.bbons.
Mrs. Hummington is not married
but just claims to be and acts the part
well. She believes all she is told on
the stage and while she is supposed
to lead a double life, is a lovely girl,
and her many fiiends. are proud to
call her Miss Una Koith.
Mrs. Gillebrand was not left be
hind for she is not the kind you can
easily shake, but you are tempted to
try, and after the show is over ail will
agree with me. Wo will not b.ame An
cho.age lor sending her away. Seward
should be willing to relieve her
neighboring city for not to long a
time and give Mr. A. G. lhornp.-on a
breaching spell while his wife is act
ing up in another town.
Daisy Maitland is Arthur’s niece
and Arthur tells her she can marry
his friend, and she appears willing to
do so. She may be single, but there is
a strong suspicion thal she is already
ir.arr ed to Jack Kobarts.
Barba a, A Inn’s maid has h*r
love troubles, as *.o all young g . *s
who come in contact with Dobson, but
in her turn off the stage, she escapes
his influence and promenades as Miss
Teddy Turner.
Hose Columbier entertains the
“Bakl Headed Row”. She is the “Gut
ta Percha Girl”, the neck stretcher
and eye strainer, with neatly shaped
ankles which sway to the rythm of
“You’d Be Surprised,” while Joshua
tries to stretch his step in broken un
ison and cracks his voice wth her in
an entertaining way. Rosa is a blos
som W. R. Manning buttonholed soim
time ago. He has all of Anchorage to
m^colf tonight.
The Company is ably managed bv
Miss Daisy Maitland, nee Mrs. Jack
Uobarts, and all the players have
their lines well in mind, giving the
porfonvmee a professional color.
The Company’s scenery in a way
may he limited, but Seward is re
nowned tho world over for its wonder
ful scenery and should it be seen on
the .stage, it would only serve to de
tract the attention of the audience
from thrt interesting performers.
The traveling men will turn out to
enioy the pTay tonight and one of
their number who has missed too
manv boats out of the terr’torv, in
comparing the company w’th that of
the Wilkes’ Phay^rs in Seattle, savs
they are well worth seeing, and will
stvotch vis*on th« s^o^d time
when ‘The Gutta Percha Girl” plays
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tonight.
Following the play tonight the
j floor will bo cleared and dancing will
be enjoyed all for the one admittance
1 price, $1 for adults and 50 cents for
; children.
The curtain will go up promptly at
S o’clock tonight.
KILLED BY
TORNADO
ABERDEEN, Mississippi, April 20
; — Scvcra» are reported to have b» en
killed and forty to fifty injuied in a
tornado which struck tins place at
noo.i today.
; DENVER. Apiil 20— The blizzard
is abating. The railroads are still
block <1 The less of cattle on iiie
ranges is believed to be heavy.
LINCOLN, Nebr., April 20— The
railroads arc still crippled from the
seven day’s blizzard. Snow continues
to fall but there is no wind.
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CITY OFFICERS
ARE EIEC1E0
At the meeting of the city council
last night, salaries for the year were
decided upon and the city officers ap
pointed by the city council were elect
ed. At the meeting last night Mayor
Chamberlin counci I men Ilorner,
Krofting, Ellsworth, Mc'Cecr, Graef
and Oi lander were present.
The following salaries were dec d
ed upon:
City Clerk— $50 per month .
Municipal magistrate— $i 00 per
year.
Health officer— $50 per month.
Municipal treasu.ci— $50 per
month.
Chief of Police— $100 per month.
Fire Chief— $100 per month.
There being no application for mu
lvc’pal attorney, the salaiy question
was laid over until a futuio meeting.
The following officeis were then
unanimously elected by the city
city councilman:
City Magistrate— C. A. Estes.
Health officer— Dr . J. M. Sloan.
Chief of Police and chief of the
Fire Department— Robert Guest.
HUNDRED MILLION TO
DEVELOPE RIVER BASIN
PROPOSED IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 20—
The formulation of a plan for the do*
vclopment of the entire basin of the
Colorado River at a cost of more than
$100,000,000 will be principal business
of the annual convention of the Lea
gue of the Southwest to be held from
ApHl 1 to 2.
The Governors of the eight south
western states California. Arizona,
New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado,
Oklahoma and Texas arc expected to
participate, together with the heads of
city and country governments in thc?o
states and representatives of civic,
patriotic, education1, industrial an*’
commercial organizations . Speakers
of nntionn1 fame are expected to have
places on the program.
P. White, for two yonr<?
with the Fairbanks cable force a^d
MJss Jo-enlvno Haynes of Seattle
i were married in Seattle recently.
BUTTE, April 20— Mininpr opera*
1 t o *s ai* ' practical'.y sospond d in this
scct'on today. A fe • mine s evaded
the I. W. W. s rikors and a»- at
work. The st.ikers a c v. i »» ;r rnzrd
and the leaders «ay they propose to
i
close the mines ami keep them closed.
So demands have been made so far
o.! the companies. There have been no
a. iv ts and f. w assaults have been
d . The engineers and pumpmen
•f\. • to strike, have d .fied the pick
i • vs and are a: their posts.
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VLADIVOSTOK, April 20— The
Japanese hold 1.5 cities in Eastern Si
Ik’i a under control and announce they
will guarantee the operation of rail
roads and adopt a conciliatory atti
tude The Japanese are mainly intor
c tod in mainta ining commun cations
with the Kasdans who continue to
flee to the hills. They however lack
eqirpment and supplies. No serious
attacks have been made on the Jap
anese.
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W ANTS TROOPS WITHDRAWN
PARIS, April 20- A manifesto is
sued hv the General Federation of La
bor today calls a slr>ke for May 1st
demanding the withdrawal of French
forces from oast of the Rhine and the
abandonment of colonial expeditions;
;dc*o the release of the class of 1018
from the colors to show the world
France wishes peace.
LOSES ITIS SIGHT
BUT WINS FAIR BRIDE
SANTA MONICA Cal, April 20—
J. A. D Cochranrt-Barnett,
Eng1;sh v^tAron of the g^at wav and
m;c<5 100^ m Layton. daughter of va
Ior A. N. L^v^on of OM Park. Chi
chAstAr. E^g’and we^e married here
rry»AnPv. ta?A PA,nnft has never
le h,!nd hAvi’m* giv
r\r\ Vq v*S*On Ar» fl'A f’*ont.
TtoY—>Aff M’CS T.pvtah
«r» E^gVnd pftai» ha h°d
V*AY^A A ft ay* A \vn<4
^trr fV,o onfl rr-nnr^ 1ofL Vef *>ntO
for e IaJciivaIv foM»' nf fSnAdp.
fV»A tr-nw d^csn;tA h’*s r>V*vs?Anl
handt^nn s,,A''-'«,rf1dly manages his
own wheat ranch.
NEW YORK, April 20— Elbery H.
Gu y today informed the stockholders
of the Steel Corpo.ation at the annu
al meeting that the corporation was
holding down the price of products be
cause of the high cost of living, and
that the prices and profits were high
♦ aough now. Gary stated he stands
to the open shop and government re
gulat on of unions. Gary says he
wants to prove that the Steel Corpor
ation may possess a soul, heart and
mind.
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SAN REMO, April 20— The Pre
miers have agreed that Germany must
observe the treaty. Premier Lloyd
George advocated economic pressure.
Premier Millerand advocates military
force. Premier Nitti sides with Lloyd
George and there the matter rests.
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DECLARES A DIVIDEND
CHICAGO, April 20— Sears-Roe
buck today declared a forty per cent
dividend.
MOORE RESTS MOORE
PROVIDENCE April 20— Pat
Moore, of Memphis, bested Roy Moo'e
of St. Paul, in a twelve round fight
last night. Roth men are bantams.
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GOVERNMENT OPERATION
OF RAILROAD CAUSED
MOST TREMENDOUS LOSS
WASHINGTON. April 20— The
tota1 loss of the govevnm^nt oneration
of ra;1 roads ;s estimated to have been
$1 220.000 000 . This amount is the
loss the House appropriations has
t^?s amount is inchided
*25 000.000 estimated guarantees to
roads under the transportation
act.
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