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WASHINGTON, May 6— Is Alaska ;
another great oil depository, tiom i
which will be made immense fortunes,
ar.d which will experience a boom, or
is it merely underlaid with a thin
stratum of oil sand that produces a
limited amount ot high grade oil ? Is
A question which Eastern capitalists
this summer will begin the expendi
ture of $2,000,000 to find the answer
for.
Much other money, of course will
ho spent by the various companies. *
hut one company of Eastern men, who
employ oil experts and have closely
examined government reports of <*p
perations already attempted in Alaska
are going partly on the theory that
there may not be gushers, such as
have been found in other oil fields.
They will make tests in the several
localities with a view of development
along the lines furnished from tests.
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PROTEST ON
ANYTHING
RUSSIAN
SEATTLE, May 6— The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce vigorously op
poses recognition of the Russian So
viet, opposes trading in any form. The
Chamber has wired the National t iv
ic Federation that there should be no
compromise between Russian Bolshe
vism and American Democracy.
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COL. RICHARDSON AND
DELEGATE GRIGSBY FIGHT
FOR MORE MONEY FOR ROADS
Col. Wilds P. Richardson and Dele
gate George B. Grigsby yesterday ap
peared before the Senate committee
on military affairs and urged an in
crease in the appropriation for Alas
ka roads to be expended Ander the
supervision of the Alaska board of
road commissioners, according to a
special dispatch received hv the Gate
way today. Delegate Grigsby said that
he was confident that they would be
able to get a considerable increase
from the Senate committee. The war
department has asked for $422,000 but
the House only voted $150,000.
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COAST GUARD CUTTER IS
ORDERED ON GUARD AT THE
NEW MINING HYDER CAMP
According to advices received hen*
on the Alameda, the activity of alien
agitators at Hyder and in that vicin
ity has resulted in the dispatch there
of the United States ppiard cutter
Alpronquin. The Altronquin carries 71
men, four 1-inch rifles and two ma
chine spins. Gov. Riprffs made the re
quest following the repo>*t from Hyder
of Deputy U. S. Marshal John Ronan
and United States Commissioner John
T. Reed.
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 6— De
claring that the recent revelations in
dicated a deplorable corrupt condition
in certain courts of San h rancisco,
Governor Stephens has authorized the
Attorney General to Co-operate with
the District Attorney in a clean-up
campaign and if necessary to take ov
er the duties of the District Attorney.
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LABOR PARTY TO HOLD
NATIONAL CONVENTION
TO NAME CANDIDATES
CHICAGO, May 6— The National
Labor party convention will be held
here July 11 to 13, to nominate candi
dates for president and vice president
and to draft a platform.
Every labor and farm organization
is invited to send one delegate for
each five hundred members.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
TO MEET IN NEW YORK
IN CONVENTION AUG. 3
WASHINGTON, May 6— Directors
of the Knights of Columbus, meeting
here decided to hold the next su
preme convention in New York, Aug
ust 3, 4. and 5. It will be known as
the LaFayette convention, as mem
bers of the order attending it will
present a statue of Gen. Lafayette to
France for erection in Metz.
JEWELRY SYLES
CHICAGO, May <1— Spring Styles
in jewelry on display in the show
room? are different from those of last
y« ar. Green as represented in jade is
the leading color. Last year red was
the predominating note.
Bead necklaces have a touch of the
Oriental in them. Round beads and
odd shapes are being shown.
Earrings that are being shown are
mostly of the long Egyptian type.
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BONES OF WOMAN
LONG MISSING ARE FOUND
AT INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 6—
A skelton just found in the attic of
a building formerly used as a hospital
is believed to be that of Carrie Sav
age, who disappeared 20 years ago.
* CURLED HAIR
* CAUSES DEATH *
* CHICAGO. May G— The death
of three employees of the Chica
* go Curled Hair Company from
* anthrax, has caused the closing ot
* the plant pending an investiga
* tion of the health officials. The *
* officials believe the disease was *
* contracted from hair which was *
* secured from Argentine. Spread *
* of the disease is not anticipated. *
* The curled hair when made up is •
* used by thousands of American *
* women.
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ENTIRE FAMILY
OF BANKER IS
MURDERED
LOS ANGELES, May 6— The fam
ily of IE. G. Robbins, wealthy banker
of Shelton, Missouri, was found mur
dered here yesterday. A substantial
reward has been offered. The police
are puzzled at the case. The Robbins
were all choked to death by a rope.
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MORE MONEY FOR R. R.
WASHINGTON, May 6— An addi
tional five hundred million dolars will
be asked of congress by railroad exe
cutives to finance the construction ol
freight cars tnis year.
HI NOT WILLING TO
PUNGLE UP FOR RECOUNT
NEWARK, N. J., May 6— Senator
Hiram W. Johnson has refused to put
i.p $23,000 with a similar amount by
General Leonard Wood, to defray the
cost of a recount of the ballots in the
recent New Jersey primary election.
EXPLORER NANSEN NAMED
TO IMPORTANT POSITION
WASHINGTON, May 6— Explor
er Nansen will head the League of
Nations organization for the repatri
ating of 200,000 Gertnans and Aus
trians and other war prisoners held in
Russia,
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BANKS REFUSING ADVANCES
ON SHIPPING OF JAPANESE
WASHINGTON. May 6— Banks
are refusing to make advances on car
goes of freight in the Japanese trade.
It is known that Yokohama shipping
is congested and tied-up. Commodities
have declined sharply.
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JUDGE QUINN SPOKEN
OF FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE
WASHINGTON May 6— Judge
Clement Quinn, of HPo has bAen re
commended as circuit jndflrrt fo** the
Fourth Judicial Division of Hawaii.
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WASHINGTON, May 6— Assailing
what he described as a despicable pro
paganda against labor, Timothy Healy
Prdkident of ihe Brotherhood of Sta
tionery Firemen and Oilers, today
charged before the Labor Board that
“a high official of the government
had been used to deceive the people in
to believing that if a man works lor
a living he is an enemy of the United
States government." The official’s
name was not mentioned in the charge
but much of Healy’s statement dealt
with an announcement of the Depart
ment of Justice regarding the threat
ening May day troubles.
Chairman Barton of the Labor
Boa’d objected to Healy’s remarks.
Healy insisted that labor was
\\T(*.’.ght up over the attacks of gov
ernment officials and resented it.
TREADWELL PEOPLE
DEVELOPE CLAIMS
ON THE KUSKOIvM IM
(Juneau Empire)
The Alaska Treadwell Gold Min
ing Company has taken a bond on
twelve gold quartz claims at Nixon
Fork, near McG>*ath on the Kusko
kwim River. At the present time
Livingstone Wernecke. representa
tive of the company, is doing devel
opment work on the claims with a
crow of twelve men.
A big outfit, costing , it is said,
in the neighborhood of $17,000, is
being assembled here by the com
pany for transportation to the Kusko
lcwim. In the outfit is a port
able air compressor, drilling ma
chines and everything else that goes
to make a quartz mining camp.
Th;s outfit is being assembled by
Charles Horner, who will leave
soon in charge of it and a crew of
men for McGrath, to assist in the
development of the claims.
Livingstone Wernccke, geologist,
for the Treadwell Company, left for
McGrath several weeks ago. He went
by way of Seward and the end of
steel on the* government railroad and
then traveled twelve days by dog
team on the trail to his destination.
His report on the claims was said
to have been favorable and he was
authorized to go to work He has
been working with a crew of twelve
men ever since in opening up the
prospects.
Vith the new equipment that win
b? sent there it will be possible to
put on a larger crew of men and
to push the development work to a
finish and put the mine on a paying
basis.
The option on this property comes
as the culmination of the endeav
ors of the Treadwell Company last
season to get hold of some good
quartz properties in the interior of
Alaska.
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FLOUR TAKES A JUMP
MINNEAPOLIS, May 6— Flour
t,h»s eftArnoon fifty cents a
barrel and makes a new record price
of $16 an increase of $2 a barrel dur
ing the past month.
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HUT MUST
GET FULL
PENALTY
LOS AXGELLS, May 0— Indig
nant protests against anything short
, penalty lui James Iluirt,
alias Watson., polygamist and murder
er ui many* wives, have been received
from many quarters. The case may be
taken to another county where no
clemency is promised.
CHARLES HOWARD
STEWARD ON A
BIG LINER
Charles Howard, a former Seward
man, well known by all citizens, is
now chief stewaid on the Steamuhip
Ciicinus, one of the large freight and
passenger steamers operated on the
Pacific and Atlantic. M. A. Horner, of
the Seward Hotel has received a let
ter from Mr. Howard, written from
Melbourne, Australia. Howard says
that the eighteenth amendment is not
in operation in Australia and he met
his old friend John Barleycorn soon
after his arrival and became very well
acquainted. Mr. Howard said he joined
the steamship Circinus at Seattle,
wont to Honolulu and then to Mel
bourne. From Melbourne, the steam
ship was to go to Adaliade, to Sydney,
to Java, over to Colombo, through the
Suez Canal to dear old London, where
he wanted his mail from Seward
friends to be addressed, care of the
American Consul. Mr. Howard expects
to be in Seward poss'bly this summer.
He asked Mr. Homer to remember
him to Jack Noon, T. W. Hawkins the
Editor and in fact all who had inquir
ed for him Mr. Howard said he was
getting over his rheumatism and was
feeling in splendid condition.
C. P. R. EARNINGS
MONTREAL. Mav 6— The not
earnings of the Canadian railway
were one million and a half dollars
loss then lest year although the gross
earnings were nineteen and one half
million dollars more.
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A*v*Vr» Mvre former Nennnn cnr
j£of<»V*n.*an. where
ho »’s ?n the contracting and building
business.
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JUAREZ, May 6— An aimy of not
!e.;s than 10,000 men is being prepar
ed for a march on Mexico City. This
is an official statement made public
here today by the revolutionists.
NEW YORK, May 6— Ramon
Denegri, until recently Mexican con
j sul general here, has accepted the ap
pointment as commercial agent of the
revolutionary party of Mexico. Dene
gii has left for Sonora for a confer
ence.
WASHINGTON, May 6— Official
nte-est in the sweeping revolution in
M xico is stimulated today by reports
of the revolutionists to bring about a
; better understanding with the United
I States. The revolutionist leader* an
nounce that General Obregon will be
selected President of Mexico within
ixty days and a friendly attitude to
wards all foreigners will be adopted
immediately.
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GIVEN BACK
TO DENMARK
COPENHAGEN, May 6— Huge
crowds welcomed the Danish troops
into Schleswig, which has been re
turned to Denmark after German rule
for the past fifty three years.
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MARK POTTER IS NAMED
ON COMMERCE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, May 6— Presi
dent Wilson today nominated Mark K
Poster, of New York, President of the
Carolina- Clinchfield & Ohio railroad,
as a member of the Interstate Com
mence Commission.
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NOME REPUBLICANS
ARE DISGUSTED AT
BEING IMPOSED UPON
NOME. May 6— The McBHde land
slide in the Republican primary elec
f;nn has had an interesting effect here
upon the Republican leaders and the
rank end file. At first there was as
tonishment, disappointment and ch***
gin, and this has been followed by d'S
gust and indignation. There is a dis
position to blame Dan Sutherland for
giving the people the w>-ong steer, and
local londrtvs say that the leaders of
the Republican organization at Juneau
ovo wholly unreliable. The Repub
licans here expected a sleeping Her
ron victory and feel that they have
had misinformation and were Imposed
upon.
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Kodiak is now enjoying a building
boom.