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SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1919. __ -..—
VOLUME XIII. NUMBER 134. . .______-_______
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SIX SHIPS
LAUNCHED
IN HOUR
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct., 15— Six
steel vessels, totaling nearly 60.0UO
tons, were launched into Oakland In
ner Harbor today in a space of less
than an hour— the largest number of
*hips and the greatest tonnage ever
set afloat on one tide in the history of
shipbuilding .
i he nearest approach to tms worm •;
record was when Hog Island sent live
vessels into the water on May "0, last
totaling "»9 000 tons.
The sextuple launching was made
the event of a country-wide celebia
tion under the auspices of the Oakland
Chamber of Commerce. Ten thousand
invitation^ were sent out to federal,
county and city officials and disting
uished personages, but at the gato^
were thrown open to the public it is
estimated that ten times that number
were present. The crowd is said to
have been a record breaker also in tho
witnessing of a launching.
Admirals, generals and high offic
ers of the Marines, with their staffs,
were special guests, as were members
of the consular corps and officials of
the United States Shipping Board.
Six hours, one for each vessel, furnish
ed music.
The first ship to go “overboard"
was the Salina, a 10,000 ton tanker,
named after the city in Kansas as h
reward for its subscription in the Vic
tory Loan. Mrs. R. J. Laubengayer of
Salina was the sponsor.
At ten minute interval* the Jans
low, a 9,400 ton cargo boat, christened
by Mrs . K S. Moore of San Francisco,
and the tanker Sapulpu, another Vic
tory Loan ah ip, christened by Mrs. J.
W. Hoover of the Oklahoma city, tooic
the water.
Miss Natalie Byington oi Uono.
Nevada, sponsored the City of Ueno,
another Victory Loan ship, and thi.,
was followed by the Mesella and the
Jalpa, for which the sponsors were re
spectively Mrs. J. A. Moore and Mrs.
George A. Anne* of San Francisco.
While the launchings were taking
place aeroplanes tlew overhead carry
ing official photographers and motion
picture men, and dropping confetti,
serpentines and flowers. A mimic bat
tle was fought with the planes with
daylight fireworks
Following the launchings, then*
was a parade from the yard through
the principal streets of Oakland to tie*
headquarters of the Chamber of Com
merce. This was participated in bv
the army, the navy, and the marine*,
and by state, federal, city ami county
officials, civic and commercial organ
isations, lodges, »ecret societies and
SKATl.K. Oct., to— (ieorge A. Mil
ler. well known newspaper photo
grapher, who was with Dr. Cook on
the Mount McKinley Expedition, has
been arrested in connection with the
drowning yesterday of Mrs. Miller, in
Lake Washington.
Miller claims his wife fell overboard.
The Police found blood on the side
of the launch.
Mrs. Miller was the divorced wife
of Mayor Baker of Portland.
Miller was until lately a deputy
sheriff.
Miller .says his wife was a drug ad
dict.
SKATl.K, Oct.. 15— Late this af
ternoon Prosecuting Attorney Brown
said he could find no evidence showing
Miller had killed his wife.
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THREATS
ma :by
THE REDS
NEW YORK, Oct., 15— Heavy po
lice guards are atound the criminal
courts building where two alleged an - .
:rch’its are on tria'.
The police found incendiary circu
threatening the lives of the Su
preme Court Justice Weeks,, assist- ,
tan; district attorney Rourke, and po
lice sergeant Gogan, head of the bond)
squads.
Guards have been placed at other
buildings where bombs are expected
to be placed.
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PLAN TO VOTE TODAY
ON SHANTTNG AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 T»— Repub-:
lican leaders, with Democrat acquie- ;
sence are planning a vote late today j
on the Shantung amendments . Senat
or Colt. Republican, declared the adop- j
tion of the textual amendments would j
mean the defeat of the treaty and
would accomplish no result that the !
reservations could not accomplish, lie
advocated the reservations.
Senator Owen proposed an inter- .
oretative resolution preserving j
Egypt’s self-government. Owen says
ho stands for the unqualified accept
ance of the treaty.
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The Standard Oil Company is con
structing two large 05 foot steel tanks
at Ketchikan.
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other organizations, all in gaily decor
ated automobiles.
At the Hotel Oakland, following
the parade, a luncheon was served in
honor of the sponsors and the distin
guished guests.
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COAL MEN
TO CONFER
on wag :$
INDIANAPOLIS, Oft., 1 r»— Presi
dent Lewis, of the United Mine Work
ers, has accepted Secretary of Labor
Wilson's invitation to confer with the
t*m| I iyers of >the soft coal miners. Ih
strike order, for a walk-out, has been
mailed to all bituminous unions.
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TITTONl TO REPRESENT
ITALY IN BIG LEAGUE
ROME, Oct., 1 — Foreign Minister
Tittoni is to represent Italy in th»*
League of Nation’s council according
to official announcement made today
by the King.
WEATHER UISPOIM
The following i; the wcnth#!** *e
port for the 21 h‘M »>* cridip;: n* 7 «»
•lock this moniing:
SEWARD 42, Raining. South.
Anchorage 26, Cloudy, West.
Matanuska 52, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 50, Clear, East.
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SHIPBUILDING YARDS
OF FRANCE ARE BACK
ON THE PRE-WAR BASIS
HAVRE, Oct, 15— Shipbuilding
yards along the French Atlantic sea
board arc restoring French merchant
marine to its pre-war status. Vessels
aggregating 511,180 tons are under
construction. These include nine liners
for passenger trade totalling 97,000
tons. One of the ships is the Paris, a
sister ship to the France which recent
ly made her first trans-Atlantic voy
age.
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RIO DE JANERIO, Oct., 15— Al
though Brazil is one of the greatest
rubber-producing countries of the
world, measures are beinff taken to
expand the industry by the introduc
tion of the Mexican rubber-plant,
ffuayule.
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LONDON. Or*., 15— The Russian
Soviet government is today facing a
crisis.
Denekine’s Cossacks are advancing
from the south.
The Northwestern Russian forces
are within striking distance of Petro
grnd.
The Holsheviki headquarters at
Petrograd were closed during Iasi
night according to official advices
reaching here.
COPENHAGEN, Oct, 15— The
Letts and Lithuanians are savagely
fighting the Germans and Russians i.1
Riga. Shells have fired a portion of
the town. Many civilians arc reported
to have been killed.
The Letts have captured many I»a
varians.
It is reported a British torpedo de
stroyer has captured six German mer
chantmen all loaded with soldiers to
fight in Russia.
LONDON. Oct., 15— Denekine has
has captured the important city of
Orel, taken 1000 Holsheviki as prison
ers and also is now in possession of
large quantities of war material .
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OLD SPIRIT
IS BACK
AGAIN
BALTIMORE, Oct, l.r>— William
Howard Taft, as President of the Uni
tarian General Conference, speaking
here this forenoon, said the moral
tone and sacrifical spirit of all peo
ple, which had been distinctly elevated
during the war, had suffered a reac
tion.
“We are back in the old region of
doldrums where progress to better
things is as slow as before the war, *
said Mr. Taft. “Thi, reaction, however,
will soon be followed by an onward,
upward movement.”
The City of Cordova has passed an
ordinance providing for the office of
city attorney.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 15— Samuei
(Jumpers. President of tin* American
Federation of Labor, has broken dow i
from nervous exhaustion. His tempt r
ature is 101. Labor leaders claim Com
pel *s illness is the result of months of
Inin milting work in connection with
the peace treaty, the international La
bor Congress at Amsterdam, the steel
strike and the present session oi tin*
Industrial conference, at which he i*
a delegate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15— Lat
this afternoon it was stated Gompers
expects to return to the Industrial
conference tomorrow.
The American Federation of Labor
may elect First Vice-President Jame*
Duncan as temporary President of the
Federation if Gompers remains ill u
very long time.
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WASHINGTON, Oct, 15— A state- j
ment from the White House this aft
ernoon says President Wilson will not
sanction the adjournment of the Na
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MAYNARD IN UTAH ON
FLYING VOYAGE EAST
SALDURO, UTAH, Oct, 15— Limit. |
Maynard has arrived hero, flying east.
Maynard left San Francisco during
the night.
SALT LAKE. Oct., 15— Maynard
has arrived here. None of the other
fliers have left either the east or west.
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AID MEETS TOMORROW
The Tift dies Aid Society of the Moth-!
odist church will meet tomorrow after
noon at 2 o’clock with Mrs . D. C.
Mathison.
tional Industrial Conference until it
exhausts every possible means of solv
ing the pies At industrial situation.
President Wilson, despite his ser
ious illness, has been advised of the
tense situation in the conference re
sulting from the controversy over la
bor’s proposal to arbitrate the steel
strike.
President Wilson feels that this
situation should not endanger the suc
cess of the conference as there are
many other weighty labor and indust
rial problems to he settled.
WILSON IMPROVES
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* WASHINGTON, Oct., 15— *
* President Wilson passed a good
* night. He is keeping in touch with
* the govern ip ental affairs and is •
* striving hard to improve so he can *
again be the directing head.
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NEW YORK, Oct., 15— The French
liner Nigara has rescued all aboard
the French liner Venezia which is
burning in mid-ocean.
The Niagra picked up a wireless
call at midnight that the Venezia was
afire and nassengeis were being plac
ed in lifeboats and the big liner was
doomed.
The Niagra arrived three hours af
terwards and took the passengers
from the life boats and now has the
crew of the Venezia aboard.
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HILO, Oct., 15— Several new crat
ers are reported on Mauna Loa, one is
snouting lava 100 feet into the air.
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