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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
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AIR LINER IS
MAKING TRIP
WASHINGTON, Sept., 20— Carry
ing fourteen passengers including a
crew of five, the Lawson Air Liner
arrived this afternoon four hours from
Mineola. The air liner bucked head
winds. After remaining here th tv
days the liner will go to Dayton. Ohio.
A trip across the continent to San
Francisco is the program mapped oat.
\F\N SW1SS MINIS 1 EH
IS COMING TO THK V. S.
DKKNK, Sept.. 20— It is reported
that Dr. Larry, Secretary of the Po
litical Department here, is to replace
Dr . Sul/.e* as Swiss Minister to Wash
ington. Dr. Sulzer has expressed the
wi>h that he he relieved of his duties
without givmc any reasons.
CLAIMS PEOPLE
ARE AGAINST
THE LEAGUE
ST. PAUL, Sept., 20— Addressing
the state legislature Into yesterday af
ternoon. Senator Hiram Johnson said
he believed that if action on the Lea
gue of Nations was delayed sixty
days, the people of the t nited States
would speak in positive terms and in
sist upon its defeat to protect the
country’s interest.
“Public sentiment against the Lea
gue of Nations is growing daily,” said
Senator Johnson.” This sentiment is
rapidly assuming proportions of a re
volution. Pitiless logic is gradually
dispelling the harm around the so call
ed League. Even President Wilson
abandoned his fourteen points.
DULl’TH. Sept., 20— Senator John
son abandons his present speaking
tour and ieaves tomorrow fo» Wash
ington. D. C.
DULUTH. Sept., 20 - Senator John
son last night in a speech here, said
the power of making war should he
taken from the rulers and vested in
the people with authority to decide
by referundum, women having an
equal vote. Under the League, such *t
plan was not practicable, according to
Sen. Johnson. The League, according
to the speaker, was drawn up in sec
recy and popular support is prompted
by official.propaganda and will be
paid for in taxation.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THF GATEWAY
PARIS, Sept., 20— A squadron of
Allied warships has arrived off I- iume.
The guns have been turned upon thi
city and it is understood that D’lTn
nanzio has been given 24 hours to
leave the city. The Italian government
is understood to have urged D’Unnan
zio to leave without further trouble.
CHARGE AT
DEATH’S
DOOR
PARIS, Sept., 20— Pierre Lenoir,
sentenced to death in the Humbert
case, charged with divulging militar\
intelligence to the enemy, was re
prived from the firing squad at the
t last moment when he asked to be con
fronted by Callaux.
As a result of his death door accu
sations, the arrest of another Chamb
er Deputy and a newsp^er owner Is
expected The revelations may even
re-open the famous Humbert caae.
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STRIKERS WIN AND LOSE
CHICAGO, Sept., 20— The build
ing strike and lockout which kept
200,000 men idle for two months ha>
ended. The construction employees
granted the carpenters the demand for
$1 an hour but reserve the right to say
whether the men work two or eight
hours a day, it all depending upon the
amount of work to be done.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Sept., 20— Fif
teen hundred homes along twenty
three blocks of the Reach front were
* rushed and carried away by Sunday’s
tidal wave, which fifteen feet
deep in some places. This is the state
ment made today by surveyors and in
surance adjusters.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 20— Re
lief trains with army food, blankets
and tents have reached Corpus Chris
t». On** truck company, one ambulance
and one field radio outfit have been
'>**nt to the s/orm area.
CORPUS CHRISTI. Sept., 20
Ninety eight additional bodies have
been found on the north shore of Nue
ces Bay. This brings the known dead
to near 400 hundred and causes fears
that the total may be double.
CORPUS CHRISTI. Sept., 20—
Marked progress is being made today
in clearing away the debris. The rain
has stopped.
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i COPENHAGEN. Sept., 20— It is
understood here that the Petrograd
Soviets have empowered commission
ers to begin peace negotiations with
i the Allies on the basis of the Allies
conditions* the Soviets now wishing1
peace at any price.
INDUSTRIAL
ARMISTICE
NOW WANTED
FREEPORT, Pa., Sept., 20— At
torney General Palmer last night in
a speech here urged an absolute indus
trial armistrice for six months to per
mit the solution of the economic pro
blems arising from thy war changes.
Mr. Palmer said six months free
dom from unrest would cause an in
creased production which would bring
back the area of easier living and bet
ter times.
Mr. Palmer strongly discountenanc
ed strikes.
SAN DIEGO. Sept., 20- President
Wilson addressed fifty thousand per
| sons last night in the stadium. The
I demonstration was a noisy one and
when it had quieted down, the Presi
dent said that some changes were pro
posed in the treaty which would up
set the theory of equality among na
tions and put the United States in ..
special position of privilege. The
President said that it would be mock
ery to enter the League of Nations
without assuming equal responsibility.
President Wilson quoted from an
article the late Theodore Roosevelt
wrote in 1914 favoring a combination
of the great nations of the world in a
league for peace and righteousness.
The President also read from a ban
quet speech of Senator Lodge made in
May, 1916, also favoring a similiar
alliance to the League of Nations, for
a lasting peace.
President Wilson is spending today
quietly at a Los Angeles Hotel. He
has a slight cold.
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Sept., 20
Secretary of State Lansing speaking
here last night, declared the treaty
should be ratified without delay and
without changes.
“There is nothing in the treaty
which invades America’s sovereign
ity,” said Secretary Lansing.
The speech last night was Secre
tary Lansing’s first statements since
Attorney Bullett, of New York City,
told the Senators last week that Lan
sing said America would never vofe
for the treaty if they know what it
contained. Lansing did not mention
Bullett’s statement.
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NORTHWESTERN AT CORDOVA
Steamer Northwestern arrived a:
Cordova at 10 o’clock this forenoon
and leaves there tonight at 6 o’clock
! for Seward and w-ay ports. The run
! ning time between Cordova and Sew
ard, without extra stops, is 24 hours,
so the Northwestern can arrive here
1 tomorrow evening. Better do your let
| ter writing immediately, get the mail
’ into the post-office for it maybe that
the Northwestern will have sailed
i southbound before you are out of bed
on Monday. This is no cinch bet how
ever.
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SEATTLE, Sept., 20— Cardinal
I Mercier to visit this city and plans
for a big reception are now under way
The date for the Cardinal’s visit here
has not yet been deflnitfly set.
“.Just as soon as the railroad ap
propriation of $17,000,000 is passed by
Congress, hundreds of men who have
formerly been employees of the gov
ernment railroad in Alaska, will throw
up their jobs in the states and return
north, many coming back with the in
tention to make Alaska their future
home. Men now earning $10, $12, and
$15 a day, all skilled men, besides
many of the former common laborers
on the railroad, will come north again.
Although a man makes big wages in
the states, when he has paid his we<*k
!v dues to his union, the* sympathetic
assessments and the many free will
offerings to the families of those kill
cm* or injured, he has about $40 a
week left out of his pay envelope.”
The above is the statement of C .l
Sellander, well known in Seward, who
was aboard the Admiral Watson,
bound for Anchorage*, to again be em
ployed bv the commission as machin
ist.
Mr. Sellander has recently returned
north from the states. For several
months he was employed as a machin
ist in San Francisco. He made from
$12 to $15 a day, six days of the* week.
But, as he says, he* had left out of his
pay envelope, about $40 at the end of
the week.
“One has no idea, unless lie has been
in it, how quickly the money goes
for union purposes,” said Mr. Selland
er.
“Where 1 was working in San
Francisco, one or two men were badly
injured daily and some weeks a man
was killed daily. On Saturday after
noons, men were at the pay gates so
liciting funds for the families of those
injured or killed. If you did not con
tribute, you were a piker, and the
smallest amount one was expected to
give was $5.
“Then there were weekly dues to
your union, and special assessments
for this labor union, here, there and
everywhere, out on a strike. You were
required to pay these assessments,
you had no other choice. When you
cashed in at your home, to pay the
rent, grocery and meat bill, sometimes
you had enough left to put aside for a
pair of socks for yourself, a handker
chief for the wife, or a button for the
kid’s shoes.
“ Some life outside, but one must
weaken, and come back north to make
a living. There will be hundreds of
former employees of the commission
coming north just as soon as the ap
propriation is passed.” .
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NO GRAFT
WASHINGTON, Sept., 20— First
assistant postmaster general Koons
and President Martin Morrison, of the
civil service commission, today denied
tho charges of Charles Galloway, for
mer member of the commission, that
Postmaster General Burleson was de
bauching the civil service by interfer
ence in the selection of postmasters.
The two men were witnesses before
the Senate postoffice sub-committee.
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WASHINGTON, Sept., 20— The
league’s covenant reading has been
finished in the Senate. The Republic
ans claim enough votes to pass the
amendment equalizing the American
and English voting power. The Demo
crats are still confident that all
amendments will be rejected.
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EMPLOYEES OF
NEW YORK TO
HAVE UNION
NEW YORK. Sept., 20— The Un
ionists are endeavoring to organize a!!
New York City employees including
policemen and firemen into one big
union called a Central Union, and then
affiliate with the American Federa
tion of Labor. The men are to seek
wage increases, some want at least a
sixty five per cent increase.
NEW YORK, Sept., 20— Mayor
Hyland disapproves of the proposed
formation of a Central Council by the
city employees and has urged the
heads of the various departments to
abolish the agitators from position in
the next budget.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Sept., 20— Fish quota,
tions are as follows: halibut, fouteen
cts; small halibut, eight and one half
cts; ling and red cod, four cts.
' PARIS, Sept., 20— Henry Morgen
I thau, head of the commission to Po
1 land, has arrived from Germany. Mr.
j Morgenthau says Germany has emerg
’ ed from the war a perfect dynamo of
| strength, her human military power
i us great as ever with her 65,000,000
people schooled and hardened for any
kind of duty.
Mr. Morgenthau said that he be
lieved that German will seek quarrels
with her neighbors and within a few
I years will resort to arms again to re
! gain lost territory and prestige. The
people of the world must not believe
that Germany is crushed for she is
not, and is the same treacherous, cruel
military nation as before the signing
of the armistice.
ROBBERIES
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NEW YORK, Sept., 20— Trusted
messenger boys in the financial dis
trict have disappeared with nearly oor
million dollars worth of negotiable
bonds and >ther securities, uring this
last six months. Few of the boys have
been arrested, they having disappear
ed completely.
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IRISH LOAN
IS OPEN
DUBLIN, Sept., 2p— Subscriptions
for the Irish Republic loan of 250,000
pounds was opened here today.
BEATING RECORDS
CHICAGO, Sept., 20— Reserva
tions for the world's series are
surpassing all previous records.
WILL SEE WORLD'S GAME
CINCINNATI. Sept., 20— The
Chamber of Commerce is to pay the
expenses of Cal McVey, from Cali
fornia, to see the world’s series. Mc
Vey was a former player of the Reds,
/ears ago, when they played through *
season without losing a game.
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JAPANESE NAME A NEW
AMBASSADOR TO THE U. S.
.. TOKIO, Sept., 20— Kijuro Shide
hara, former foreign Minister, has
been appointed ambassador to the
United States.
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KEY WEST, Sept., 20— The Span
ish steamer Valbanear, from Spain to
Havana, is reported to have sunk in
forty five feet of water after going
aground in quick sand. The fate of the
200 passengers and crew in not
known.
KEY WEST, Sept., 20— A subma
rine chaser arrives and confirms the
report of the Spanish steamer Valban
eia having sunk in the hurricane and
it is believed that the 200 passengers
and crew were all lost.
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CHICAGO WASHERWOMEN
WANT HIGHER WAGES
CHICAGO, Sept., 20— Washerwo
men along the North shore suburb*
have demanded higher wages and bet
ter wages and better working condi
tions.
They have been receiving $3 per
day and carfare, and they are now de
manding $4 per day and a noon meal.
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PACIFIC FLIGHT MUST
BE MADE VIA ALASKA
NEW YORK, Sept, 20— Commad
er Reed, transatlantic flyer, says no
flying boat is now in existance able
to cross the Pacific except via Alaska
to Russia. Trade currents in the air
make the straightway flight impossi
ble.
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James Neary, a Valdez pioneer, re
, cently passed away at that place. H-*
was 77 years old at the time of his
death.
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