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CONCERT IS A SUCCESS
A good sized audience enjoy*kl the
concert given at the Odd Fellows' hu.i
last night by Ye Olde Tyme concert
company and the debut was made witn
great eclat. The members of the com -
pany were dressed in ye costumes of
the days of long ago; the girls with
coquettish powdered curls and ye
frills and furbelows of grandmother s
time, and the men with powder* J
wigs, satin knee Dreeches, and mce
frills at throat and wrist.
The concert opened with a chorus
by the entire company followed by so
los, a duett and quartette by our lo
cal singers all in good voice, as fo.
lows:—
Solos— Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Bailey.
Miss Schwarz and Ericn Lucas.
Duett— Mrs. Ellsworth and D. C.
Brownell.
Quarette— Lucas , Guy, Sherloc*,
and Brownell.
Piano solos— Mrs. A. H. McNecr.
The company was composed of Mrs.
D. C. Mathison, Mrs. Ira Bailey, Mrs.
Harry Ellsworth, Miss Elizabeth Ko
mig. Miss Clara Schwarz, Mrs. W. E.
Ellis. Mrs. C. E. Orlander, W. L. Guy,
J. O. Sherlock, Erich Lucas, D. C.
Brownell and Mr. Bunnell.
Mrs. Carter, dressed in keeping wit.:
the remainder of the company , an
nounced each number on the program
The music was all confined to the
songs of yesterday, those songs that
were popular in the o!<te days.
After the concert, the audience on
joyed a pleasant social hour and was
served by the ladies, in costume, with
doughnuts, cakes and coffee. Wan
the thermometer at zero and the o J
north wind howling a gale, the coffee
went straight to the right spot.
dance tonight
There will be a dance tonipht t
the Arctic Brotherhood hall and tie
public is invited. Grant Carlson aw
Johnnie Sullivan will have charge v
the floor for the Arctic Brotherhood.
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HENRY COMING BACK
W. H. Henry, known by all »r
Seward as “Bill" Henry, is conrm?
back to Seward. Mr. Henry* left for the
states ebout a year a*o and is at pres
ent in the real estate business in San
Francisco. The call of the north
however to stronj? for Bill, and he s
coming back.
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KLLSUAT?™ GET^ AGENCY
FOR GOOD AITTO COMPANY
Harm* EMswnrth received a n'^ru
letter this mornine st^tine ho h<***
b*en anoointed aeAnt for th’S c;tv a"'1
di«tr*ct of th* Buick Automobile Co .
9 also the G. M. C. tmcks. Mr. Eps
worth bss been tndn* f°r sewn*
months to land the shove agencies and
finally was successful.
GENEVA, Jan., 17— Austrian war
ships, which must be given to the Ai
des, have undergone a second but
smaller Scarpa Flow incident. It is re
ported here the Austrians destroyed
or removed the principa* parts ol tne
machinery of the ships at Cattarao
and only the hulls are in good shape.
The Cattarao fleet includes th've
cruisers and one battleship.
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'SEWARD SNAPSHOTS]
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Passengers for Anchorage and otJi
er interior points, arriving on the
Alaska, made close connections with
the train this morning. The train pull
ed out at 9:05 o’clock, one hour late.
Miss Aldoren Carlson left on the
train today for Anchorage to spenl
Sunday with her parents. She will re
turn on Monday’s train.
L. Shulman, fur buyer for Charles
Goldstein & Co., of Juneau, is regist
ered at the Hotel Overland, having ai
rived on the Alaska. Mr. Shulman w»'l
go to the interior also to the west
ward.
The Christian Science Society w»11
ho’d services tomorrow' forenoon at 11
o’c’ock and Sunday School at 12:05
O’c’ock.
S. L. Whitford, arrival on the A’as
ka f»om Cordova, is registered at the
Hot°l Seward.
E. C. Clark, from Seatt’e is regis
ter^ at the Hotel Seward, having a:-‘
rived on the Alaska.
John W. Frame, publisher of th(
monthlv Pathfinder the Pioneer’s ma-.
gazin", leaves on the Alaska for Val
dez. At Valdez , Mr. Frame will issue.
the next ed;ton of the Pathfinder
there in honor of the Pioneers at tha»
place, then will come to Seward and
issue a Pathfinder here in honor of
the members of the local ig'oo.
Rev. J. H. Condit, In charge or
Presbvterian chivch m;ss:ons in A’as
ka, arrived on the Alaska from Jun
eau and left for the interior on the
morning train.
J. C. Dougherty, maintaining ladies
furnishing stores at Cordova and An
chorage. arrived on the Alaska ano
left for the interior metropolis t*v
morning.
Eleven days mail and express were
brought by the Alaska from the states
and Alaska ports.
W K A T II K It U K !* (I It T
The following is the ureal hoi* repn»t
for the 24 hours ending at 7 oVhi-'lr
this morning:—
SEWARD 6 above, Clear, North.
Anchorage 24 below, Clear, Light
East •
Moose Pass 42 below, Clear. Calm
Tunnel 32 be*ow, Clear, Calm.
WasiPa 18 Clear. Calm.
Matnnuska 23 IjffJow, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 1, Clear, Calm. ,
Talkeetna 8, Cloudy, Calm.
A. E. C. OFFERS FOR SALE
MANY CRAFT AT ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE, Jan., 17— The Alasl:an
Engineering Commission in Alaka
has offered for sale three steamboats,
one gas launch, five lighters and eight
barges, now at Anchorage. The boats
and barges are worth over $60,000.
Now that Seward is to be the term n
al of the government railroad in Alas
ka, the commission will have no mor*
use for the steamers, barges and light
ers as all freight will be discfiargod at
Seward.
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GOING OUTSIDE ON TRIP
TO PURCHASE LATE GOODS
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Mrs. A. E. Ashton, in the ladies
furnishing business at Anchorage, is
stopping at the Hotel Overland on her
way to New York and other eastern
cities where she will spend two months
buying for her up-to-date store. Mrs.
Ashton leaves on the Alaska today
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CAPTAIN RYAN RETURNS
J. J. Ryan, formerly with the A. E.
C. store’s department in Seward, for
mer Captain of the Seward Unit of
Home Guards, and who served in the
quartermaster’s Department during
the war, returned to Seward on the
Alaska.
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WELL KNOWN HOTEL MAN
OF ALASKA IS IN SEWARD
W. A. C. Baldwin, one of the best
known hotel men in Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska arrived on the
steamer A’aska this mo-nlnp from
Seattle. Mr. Baldwin will undoubtedly
locate in Seward. Previous to coming
to Seward. Mr. Bald”’’!! ha* been m
charge of hotels at Cordova Juneau
and Ch»tna and is nopular with th*?'
traveling public. If Mr...Baldwin e
"flits* \sn~n Ba’dwin. now in Ev i
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e-ett, Wash., will come north on one 01.
the next steamers.
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JIMMIE HAWKINS BACK
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Ji*um’e H°wkins, son of T. Wk
Hawkins, of Bro"rn and Hawkins. r*«
t”rn«d to Seward th;s morning on the
V°s1'a •’nd is poin^ to remain in the
home town.
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HOCKEY GAMES
VWCOTTVER Jan., 17— Vancou
ver defeats the Victoria hackey play
ers. last night by a score of 2 to 1.
REBEL CHIEFS CAPTURED
MEXICO CITY. Jan., 17— Two im
portant captures of rebel chiefs ha*e
been reported by the federal govern
ment "rithin the past few days;. Luis
Medina Barron, who for stone time has
operated in the state of Chiapas, has
been apprehended, and Rafael Pimen
tel, a former general in the state of
0°xara has surrendered, together
with his personal staff.
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E. G. Wetzler, chief clerk of ‘ the
railway mail service and postal m
snorto*’, who has b*ep stationed the
past two years at Skagway, has been
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removed to Juneau.
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 17— Admiau
$ims today told the Senate committee
investigating the naval . awards to
heroes, that the Navy Department, be
fore sending him to England in 191 *,
told him not to let die English pull
the wool over his eyes for "we Just
soon fight the British as the Ger
mans."
Admiral Sims said the Navy De
partment did not co-operate with the
American naval headquarters in Lon
don and no plan of action was decided
upon until ten months after he had ar
rived in I,ondan. Admiral Sims sr.id
“we did not help the Allies or act on
their recommendations during the ten
months, but acted upon our own know
ledge, etc." •
Senator McCoimick, of Illinois, a re
publican, amid the navy department*
attitude, as Sims described, wa* ter
rible and he believed the Senate
should investigate the entire attitude
of the Department towards Sims.
Senator Pittman said that Admiral
Sima represented the minority of the
naval officers.
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SEATTLE CONSTABLES ARE
CHARGED WITH GRAFTING
SEATTLE, Jan., 17— Complaints
and charges have been made against
constables James M. Lambert and
Thomas Mulligan, two old timers, witn
having accepted bribes from hard cid
er joints. It is reported, Lambert, ha*
confessed.
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JAPAN IS WILLING TO
NEGOTIATE RETURN OF -
SHANTUNG TO CHINESE
TOKIO, Jan., 17— Newspapers heir
state Japan has informed China she is
willing to negotiate at anytime tor -
the return of the German rights in (
Shantung to China.
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SUFFRAGE RATIFIED BY
INDIANA LEGISLATURE
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INDIANAPOLIS. Jan., 17— Both
houses have ratified the auffrnrjti
amendment.
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OIL TANKER AGROUND ,
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.,. 17— The
Standard Oil tanker Asuncion, from,
San Pedro, founded on the north side •
of the Golden Gate this afternoon in
the fo?. Live savin? crews have ?one |
to the assistance of the men aboard. (
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MRS. ROCKFELLEB DEAD ' j
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BRUNSWICK, 6a.< Jan.. 17— Mrs.
William Rockefeller ded here this af- •
ternoon. Mrs. Rockfeller was a sister
in law of John D. Rocfeller.
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JELLICOE RECALLED
RIO JANERIO, Jan.. 17— Admiral ]
Jellicoe has been suddenly recalled to l
England and cancelled his south Am- ^
erican trip.
ENGLISH PROGRESSING
. LONDON. Jan., 17— Typewriters .
have Just been put into use for the j
first t*me in the House of Commerre ,
Press irallery, but over the protests of ,
9, minority of oW*T i
• AMERICAN REDS TO *
• GET THIRD DEGREE
• BY THE RUSS KEDS *
• HELSINGFORS, Jan., 17— So- 4
• Wet Russia delegates say they c
• will examine closely the Reds de- •
• >erted from America before al- *
• lowing them to enter Soviet Rus- /
• (da. The delegates say Russia sha.l v
• not be the dumping grounds for
• American radicals.
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HANGO, Finland., Jan., 17— Ger
man pilots brought the American
transport Buford safely th rough the
Hango mine fields and the Bufor.l
landed the American Reds here tins
afternoon. American immigration of
ficials are to take the Reds to the Rus
»ian border, then turn them loose.
Berkman and Goldman let off their
jsual steam about what a shame han
!>een committed in deporting them and '
both said they were going to return
to America.
DEMAND THE KAISER
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PARIS, Jan., 17— The Supreme
Council has sent a letter to Holland |
Iemanding the kaiser.
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ROBBER FAILS TO ROB
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NEW YORK, Jan., 17— A bandit <
>&tt!ed with bank clerks in an in* *
effectual attempt to rob the Manhat- ■
;en Saving Bank, Broadway and *
Weecker streets, at noon today. Twen
y shots were fired. The bandit was
mptured.
3XPLOSION BLOWS OUT THE r
FRONT OF STORE BUILDING t
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CINCINNATI, Jan., 17— An ex- t
dosion this forenoon blew out s
ront of a store building. Three men t
vere killed and two were njured. The t
lamage is estimated to be $100,000.
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)AILY NEWSPAPERS TO
' SUSPEND OWING TO THE
SHORTAGE OF NEWSPRINT n
WINNIPEG, Jan., 17— Three dail- g
es will probably susn^nd tlvs after
loon on account of the shortage in \
►aper. The three plan to issue a one '
sheet bulletin daily.
BULLETIN— PARIS, Jan. 17
The Chamber of Deputies has elect
ed Deschanel as President of France.
Deschanel received 7‘64 vo:es out of
91C which were cast in the election.
BULLETIN— PARIS, Jan., 17
Several Senators are circulating pe
titions to confer on Clcmenceau the
title of “Saviour of the Country.*'
PARIS, Jan., 17— Prmrer Cletnen
ceau failed to get the nomination for
President of France at the caucus of
the Senators and Deputies.
Paul Deschanel, President of the
Deputies was named a candidate. He
received 408 votes to Clemenceau’.
389. President Po'ncaire received six
teen votes; Foch one.
Clemenccau*s friends are search
ing for another candidate. Poincaire
says he will not be a candidate ami re
fuses to run.
Failure of Clemenceau to get the
piesidency, eliminates him from pub
lic life.
FRENCH SOLDIER, WHO
IS ELECTED TO CHAMBER
OF DEPUTIES, IN PRISON
PARIS, Jan., 17— An extraordin
ary story of the election of a French
soldier to the Chamber of Deputies
and his subsequent conviction by
courtmartial and sentence, to Impris
onment for two years has come to
light here. Lieutenant Verniers, of ar
tillery is the man. When the tickets
tvere being prepared for the elect•••n.
i soldier candidate was desired in the
Department of the Nord and Ver
lier’s name was proposed by a nation
ll republican senator who said that
Verniers had 56 wounds and had re
vived 17 citations for bravery.
Verniers was then in a hospital but
le was elected without appearing bc
rore his contituents. Later it was
earned that he was charged with
ttealing 20,000 francs from the fi nd:*
>f his regiment. He was courtmartial
ed and sentenced to two yea s impris
mment and has resigned from the
Chamber of Deputies, after hav?ng
>«en a members of that body for 48
lours.
ROBBERS ARE FOILED
SEATTLE, Jan. 17— Bob White, a
lewsboy, stumbled on three ye££iru*:i
rying to dynamite the West Seattle
>o«?t office last night. The trio held
he boy prisoner while they tried un
uccessfully to enter ana open the safe
hen gave up the job in d;sgust. The
rio then turned White free.
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ROBBERY ON STEAMER
VANCOUVER. B. C., Jan., 1.7—
'hiev^s entered the mail room of the
teamer Che^shin just before she a>
ived f'-om the noHh this monu'ng and
to*e $18,000 in bank notes. There are
o clues.