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IsEWARt). ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2, 1920. "* ' F . - I M S PER C(
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Several progressive citizens of
Sew a id l*»>t night formed the SaMtna
Oil C\ mpany and the company’s 10
preaortativc. .1. -V. Stvv.a.t. left on
the Gateway City limited ihi? morn
ing for the interior to complete final
location and give a thoiough investi
gation to the property which has beer,
t iled upon. Backed l»y not only Seward
hut Texas ev.pitul, the susitnii oii
Company will have a drill at work
with'P two months, according to the
pro*, tit plans. Analysis of the oil
01. .’•» • land in question has been
»n sat:sl\:cici> and those in the
company an most sanguine of oh tv. n
u.g : suits and proving there i.> oii
a new section. The new company has
sufficient capital to go ahead on a
Utige sc: le if tin* drilling warrants.
WASHINGTON, lum J— The Su
preme Court ot the United States to
day held that federal constitutional
amendments cannot he >ul)nv.ttod tor
ratification to a referundum vote in
the states having 1 eferundum provis
ions in their constitutions. The decis
ion declares the Oh o tate constitu
tional referundum amendment inoper
ative insofar as it at teds the ratificu
tion of fedeial amendments.
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SAILS FOR ST. MICH VKL
SEATTLE. June 2- The Alaska
Steamship Company's freighter Cor
dova sailed this forenoon for St. Mich
ael ur.d liering Sea ports. The passen
ger steamer Victoria sails <»n nc>:t
Friday. The freighter Ketchikan is ex
pected to clear for Nome next week.
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SIMON KOI* WINS DERRY
LONDON, June 2- - Rofo*v a m .m
mouth crowd. Captain Loder’s Spioii
Kop won tho gveat English d*o ■ \ this
afternoon.
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}| \J. GEN. GRAVES ROOSTED
WASHINGTON. Juno 2*- Major
General William S. Graves, who eo v.
mantled tiir* expeditionary force- .n Si
beria. has been assignel a permanent
command at Fort William MclEn’* y.
ai R tab Philippines.
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TO SWITCH EDCCATIONAL
WOMEN INTO NEW WORK
PORTLAND. On*.. Juno 2— De
claring that too many educated wo
men become school teachers. Miss
liertha K. Young, dean of women at
Rood College here. hair started a
movement to establish bureaus in
large western cities to find positions
for professional women other than
that of teaching school.
W VSHIXGTOX, Juno 2— Charges
that the campaign in Pennsylvania of
Attoiney General Palmer was con
ducted with an open appeal to the dis
tillery and brewery interests, wore
made before the Senate'investigation
committee tins afternoon by Eugene
C. ih itidwe'd, a McAdoo suppoiter.
l»0P!ii’A ell said also that saloons ami
!nmd d warehouses in some parts of
the state were now running wide open
uml •• the ‘-yes of the Department of
Justice officials and prohibition offic
ers, with Palmer’s permission. Edward
Keating, manager of the Plumb pirn
league, said the league had not ion
♦ ih !*"d any ••ampavgn funds. The
League has been less critical of Mc
Adoo and Johnson than of any other
pro doentiid candidates.
HR VAN SURE DRV
WASHINGTON, June 2— Will
1 iam Jennings Bryan announced
this afternoon he will go to the
Republican convention to work '
* for a dry candidate and a dry
* plank and will a’no go to the
* Democratic convention to insist
that the convention go on record
in favor of prohibition.
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"TAT JOHNSON OKI EGATFS
CHICAGO. Jum' 2 - The Republican
National committee has seated the
del mates from the Tenth Minnesota
district. Th° delegation i* favorabl.• to
Johnson.
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AMERICAN FINANCIERS
WHO TOURED JAPAN ARE
BYCK IN UNITED STATES
S YN FRANCISCO. June 2— Frank
A. VandeHip and other financiers have
amvod from Japan where they toured
the country and discussed unofficially
points o<* international interest with
Japnno.se lead^'s. Mr, Vanderlip said
ho found a strong sentiment that
warts American friendship.
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TOURING THE U. S.
S\N FRANCISCO. June 2— Twen
ty Entish merchants on a seven
week’s tour of the United States,
studying merchandising methods, have
arrived here.
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NEWS EASILY
SAN FUANCISCO. June 2— Tele
/rap!, companies operating from San
Francisco aio preparing to handle vir
tually an unlimited amount of press
reports on the Democratic national
convention to be held here bcginn lg
June 2S.
One company alone, the West* rn
I'nion Telegraph company, has an
noumod that it is completing at
cost of $500,000 improvements in ts
plant that will take care of 1,0‘iu.i 00
words daily in addition to it^ reip ,',.r
business. The Postal Telegraph CV.A
company is also increasing its fae 1
ities and news agencies and arso a
tio.'.s are getting ready to move .gn k
ly an augumented “load” th» \ \'dl
carry wires leased from tehph* ne
corn panics.
UT.oer the multiplex automatic f>’s
t'-m, that permits four message* to be
carried each way, eight altogether, on
on- wire, the Western Union is i>:e
puring to take care of 250.000 wo.ds
of press matter for evening papers
and 750,000 for morning papers o. oh
day, I*. B. Calkins of the general man
npor’a, office here announced. So
additional wires are being put in, o \
“char nels” for extra sets of autoir d
ic instruments being added. The multi
plex system is almost twice a< f
as the Morse, in which the nv s. age is
ticked off by hand, and the onur- \y
now handles 05 peicent oi .ts b\u* > v-"
kv the new methods.
Hie com pa a:, will hnve inod'-xl
t tho time of the convention »«
uilcfc cf pneumatic tubes to carry
rmrsnucs diiectly into its mam opor
atinsr mom where an intricate system
of belt conveyors makes it pess.lue to
pc*. r\ cl*, message sent within one
minute.
With its new improv^men:. tft«*
plant here, the Western Union an
noune d, will be the most modenf in
the v.orld and the third largest in the
United c?rates.
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PROSPECTOR DISAPPEARS
PRINCE RUPERT, June 2— “Bal
(ly" Crdinns, woll known prospector,
who after many weary months of
search discovered the valuable silver
property of the Spanish Group
Alice Arm. has disappeared.
Salinas is a Spaniard, young, short
and ?worthy. Long before Alice Arm
blossomed forth as a boom silvei
ear-p. his unbounded faith in the dis
trict kept him prospecting through the
hills. Finally, ho struck a rich vein.
The owner of this property ha”
he<*n missing for weeks. He wandoied
away after a prolonged illness from
influenza. Stacked in sacks at the
Spanish Group is enough silver ore to
yield a modest fortune.
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CHICAGO, Juno 2— Politicians
•tro gathering rlowly. Roprcs'uitativos
of (he *i»;1 itiin 1 branch of the WomanV
suffragist? a; 1 on tho ground prepar
ing to p -kct tho convention hall to
ouf »rcv tic •> *mand for a plank in the
2 at form calling for a dod abator,
from dilatory states to ia>;fy snl
(*»•: g<* atv.cndmcnt.
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WASHINGTON, June 2— A c« m
plote agreement on the House A en -
chant Murine bill was reached niter
an all night session. The Somite i io
vision for a permanent Shipping
Hoard of seven was retained hut he
annual allowance lor the iw' "cmoh
of ships was reduced from $50,00i).?<00
to $25,000,000. The sale of Anvr; an
ships to foreigners is provide i io *t
sale to Americans is found impossible.
To meet the objections of the New
Englanders, the conferees amended
the provisions prohibiting shipments
by water between points in the Unit
ed States except in American vessels
so as to apply only to the Alaska
trade. It was claimed the provision
'.o ’M work a hardship on the New
England states.
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W VSHINCITON, June 2— The De
partment of Agricultuie, in a report!
issued today, says conditions of the;
(otLoa crop is 02.2 of normal which is !
the lowest in years and the worst con
dition ever known.
PRESIDENT AND OTHERS
DO NOT HAVE TO PAY TAX
ON WHAT THEY ARE PAID
WASHINGTON, June 2— The Su
preme Court has declared unconstitu
ionol the provisions of the war reven
ue ret requiring the President, 'Fed
eral Judges, including the Supreme
Court Judges, to pay income tax on
their salaries.
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PRICE REDUCTION GIVES
LITTLE ACTUAL RELIEF
WASHINGTON, June 2— Despite
the lecent reductions in prices, little
relief from the general reign of high
rmees is seen by the Federal Reserve
Board in the analysis of May business
conditions. There is no change dis
cernable in the underlying condition?;
responsible for the high cost of living.
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SEATTLE, Juno 2— It was oi’ic
1'ii.iy reported from Juneau to lay th: t
f: h trap pirates have resumed activ
ity in Fuitheastcrn Alaska. Several
| night ranis ly aimed men in ! mneh
oc have li ::i reported ospes.ally near
F»; vk In el and in the l •> Straits d>-!
trici. Roth sections are being patrolled
i by ii submarine chaser but the pirites t
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t*VR<! <1 th«* i ew. P. K. Harris & <
LMaps uffercd a raid last night, J
,) -at*s are said to he well organiz
It s estimated that half a mill
. m wore carried uif last year
the pirates. Gov. Riggs, Jr., will :
for moic protection if the presi
•baser is not able to catch or stop •
pirates.
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HONOLULU, June 2— Japan has
broken off negotiations with the Bol
sheviki for a formation of a buffer
state in Siberia, according to advices
received today from Tokio by the lo
cal Japanese newspaper. The break is
he result of the discovery of a plot
to undermine Semenoff, commander of
ill lvU ssian foicos in Siberia and bring
the Baikal region under Bolsheviki
rule.
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MONTREAL, June 2— The Cana
dian Export Paper Company will ad
vance the price of newsprint, the pap
er newspapers are printed upon, from
$00 to $110 a ton, for three months,
beginning July 1st and will advance
the price to $120 for the last-three
months of the year. The price will be
increased one cent a pound on July 1st
fo five cents at the mill and another
one cent on October 1st making it six
and cne half cents at the mill.
\ ORTHWESTERN ON WAY
Steamer Northwestern is due in
Cordova tonight at 6 o’clock accord
j ing to advices received by Agent Mc
Donald. The Northwestern is not ex
pected in Seward before Friday morn
ing.
WASHINGTON, une 2— Robert
Wolfe, proprietor of the Columt
Daily Dispatch and the Ohio Sk
Journal, told the senate investigati
i committee, that Senator Hardin
! candidacy was in the hands of a gro
of men whom he could not supp«
and bis fight was against this grc
rather than against Harding.
Wo'fc said he did not care a sn
about tlm advertising. Frederick
Joss, supervisor for General Wood,
Ohio, said that between $57,000 a
58,000 had been spent in the Wc
campaign in the state of Ohio.
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SEATTLE, June 2— Steamer J
1 miral Evans sailed last night a'
* o’clock for Alaska ports carryj
I ninety seven passengers the followj
being for Seward:—
A. G. Frickc,
W. R. Taylor,
, Mrs. R. A. Maddox,
Miss Edith Maddox,
Violet Maddox,
Forty Steerage.
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! * All those interested in basebal
* and who will get in and play tin
* game or even boost, are requestei
* to meet at The Key tonight at I
* o’clock.
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