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VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 87. ___;_ ; __— ' -- -
NEW YORK. Auvr.. The Am
i»ric»miration commission ot tin* Am
ni\ui I * has submitted to tin* ot
finals of KllK Island a plan fot tin*
assimiliatinu of tin* nation's alien
population and biintrmu it to tin* im
mediate association of American in
stitutions. l ie* American Leu ion m o
poses to establish headquarters in
\\'w York City and using all ppsts
throughout the country as hrancho*
tor Americanize!ion work. The Amer
ican Legion nlans call lor the release
of immigrants to the Americanization
commission. Commissioner Wallis, ot
Kllis Island, said the plan meets with
his approval.
DANCE
l\.p ut». everybody and £et ready
to shako a lo^o, a foot tonight at the
dalice at the Odd Fellows hall. Oet to
the hall early and dunce late is the
way th** committee is tiyinu to be.-tr
the people to action. The dance is tor
evet \ body.
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NOON |M 1JLK \ V\ CAMPAIGN
Ketclukun made the first response
to the request tor all Alaska cities to
chip in a quota to defray the expense
of the John Noon mission to the l nit
ed States on behalf of Alaska. A cable
from Ketchikan says the tirsl da> s
elfoits netted $‘>00 cash.
Excepting some newspaper and ma
gazine inquiries, the first Outside ex
pression of public interest came in
the form of an invitation lor Mr. Noon
to stop off at Cleveland. Ohio, and ad
dress the Chamber of Commerce in
mat city on Alaska and her problems.
OCCIDENT %LL1 KILLED
John Partti. Finlander about
years of age, was killed last Tuesday
night between 10 and 12 o’clock at tl
ranch of Emil Savilla located fixe
miles northeast of Anchorage. SaviPa
was a?rested and Partti s body
taken to Anchorage. Partti lived with
Savilla and his wife on the ranch ri
the Eagle liver farming district. Sa
villa claims the death was purely a
cidental ami happened while he was
taking a shotgun down from the xxa I.
It is said Partti was lying on a bed
and the shot from the gun hit him in
t’| breast causing instant death.
BELFAST POLICE BARRACKS
are wrecked by rioters
BELFAST. Aug.. 2K— Fierce riot
ing broke out today in west Belfast.
The police barracks were wrecked.
The military fired on the crowd and
man,* gunshot victims have been ad
mitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
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I'OKTl.AXP. Ore.. Aug.. 28— The |
tug Wallula is reported stormbound a*
Astoria in efforts to cross the ( olunv
hiu rivet bar to proceed to the assis
tance of the schooner Defiance. The
!> fiance is on the rocks outside of
Gray Harbor and a aeventv mile gale
raging along the coast.
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URKTOl. LAY CATCH
OF FISH IS VERY LICHT
SAN’ FRANCISCO. Aug.. 28— The
first of the Alaska Packer’s Assort:
tion fleet entered the harbor this alt
ernoon being the Star of Lapland, lb"
officers report tin* catch almost :.s
light as last season which was a t
cord light catch. The Association’s en
tile fleet is now hound south frt*i
Liistol Lay. Vessels of other cann *ri« a
will -tart home within the next we. k
or ten days.
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\VK VTHKR REPORT
SEWARD 54, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 50. Pt Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 54, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon -»t>. Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 50, Clear. Calm.
Talkeetna 55, Cloudy, Calm.
(Sol dr reek tb. Cloudy. Calm.
Hu ricane 40, Cloudy, ( aim.
Summit J»0, Cloudy, C aim.
Lai ns 28, Cloudy, Calm.
llealy -“.8. Clear, Calm.
Nenana 28, Cloudy, Calm.
Fail hunks 40, Cloudy, Calm.
SAM T10N BOND ISSI’K
TO PAYE THE HOADS IN
STATE OF WASHINGTON
EVERETT, Wash., Aug., 28— The
Y»’a.shington Good Roads Association
today overwhelmingly voted indorse
ment of the Carlyon referundum
measure providing lor a $*10,000,000
hand issue to pave the roads in the
state of Washington.
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BOBBED OF $15,000
HAMMOND lnd., Aug., 28— Three
men in an automobile robbed the pay
master of the General American
Company and escaped with $15,000.
The robbery took place at the noon
hour.
UMA. Aug., 28— It is official!* j
reported that six mutinies Have oc
curred among 1 a,000 Chilean troops <n
the provinces of Tacna and A'va. A
number have been killed by loyal
troops. The majority of the s »* b<»r.
a o clam n iny to be returned home.
STRIKE
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PLAY BALL
Baseball game tomorrow at
o'clock at the ball park.
That is the sporting dope as given
out this afternoon, sudden like, when ]
the crack players of the Kodiak Base
ball team arrived on a lishing 1 oat
and immediately put up a bet of $i000
in Mexican Villa money with .Manage*1
Baldwin of the Overland Hotel, and (
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said: “Cover it."
The Kodiak bunch look like winner
at that, but the Seward team is going
to cross hats with them, just the same.
When the Gateway went to press
this afternoon the $1000 hot hail not
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been covered hut as K. Sultan, C • 11• nn ^
Carrington, G. L. Rich and Sam l*ak-i
or, well known traveling men. are j
joshing the Seward hunch unmerciful
ly, the bet will be covered in good
American money.
The Kodiak players claim the> can
beat at any game from marbles, poker
to baseball and their $1000 Mexican
money is doiug the talking also.
The four traveling men are going i
to place bets blit the size of the bets
and on which team the money will be 1
planked down, will not he known un
till a few minutes bo!ore the game
.-tails tomorrow afternoon.
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The public is asked to turn out and
“root."
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(U N ( Li lt SHOOT
The Seward Gun club will have a
shoot this afternoon at 4 o’clock and
all members are asked to repoit on
time Tor the smashing of the birds.
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According to cable office advices,
the steamer Northwestern was due in
Cordova today noon. Rets are being
made the steamer will not arrive in
Seward before 8 o’clock Monday morn
ing but no definite word had been re
i ceived when the Gateway went to
press.
There will be eight days mail ’ roni
the states on the Northwestern, ii the
steamer arrives Monday mornii g 1
days will have elapsed since mail was
received from the states.
Mexico City, Aug., 28— The British
and American subjects captured by
rebel leaders Zamora are reported to
have escaped during a battle between
Zamora forces and Mexican fedcrals
which was fought in the j-tate ol Jal*
i co yesterday afternoon. The forces
of Zamora were routed according to
the official jeport.
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NEW YORK, Aug., 28— Thirty
men were injured, eight seriously, and
four buildings were wrecked this fore
noon when an acetyline gas tank in
the yards of the Detroit Pressed Steel
Company exploded.
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XKW YORK, Aug., 2S— Longshore
men stopped work this afternoon on
four White Star liners as a protest ac
cording to the steamship IJaltic’s crew
for allowing the Rritish authorities to
remove Archbishop Mannix front tie*
ship on the last trip across the At
’antic. The officials of the line have
asked for pi election and police reserv
es have been rushed to the piers. He*
strikers marched to other piers, espec
ially the (Tinaid line, and pulled out
other workers and then went to the
piers of the Anchor line and did like
wise.
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Mrs. Leon Urbach entertained at
bridge yesterday, three tables being
played.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard
checked out from the Hotel Seward
this morning and left on the train foi
th ir home at the Primrose mine.
Mrs. Cooper went out to Mile 2 ’
on today’s train for a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Roberts.
A. Sollers, employed at the sawmill
at Mile 21, who has been in Seward
for sovt al days, returned to his work
on today’s train.
Mrs. Bertha Urbach went out on
tho tiain this morning to Mile 2(*» for a
visit with .Judge and Mis. Harlow.
Silver salmon were jumping ' vely
in the bay this morning and se.eial
got their boats out and went trolling.
Mrs. I\ C. Mabel I. who has been at
the Hotel Seward for several days,
checked out this morning and left for
Mile 2:J.
.lames Kyle left on the train this
morning for Cooper Creek.
Mrs. lVtor N. Anderson and daugh
ter Agnes, visiting in Seattle and Ev
erett for several weeks, are returning
home on the Alaska.
Mrs. Ralph Reed is expected to re
turn home from Anchorage next Mon
day.
Bertha Wilkins, tourist from Ban
don, Ore., is registered at the Hotel
Overland on the way to the states.
Among the guests at the Hotel Sex
ton are the following from Anchorage',
Thomas Collofy, E. L. Davis, W. M.
Wheeler. A1 Coffin, S. Irvine, wife
and child.
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SEWAKI) METHODIST CHURC H
Sunday School 11:00 A. M.
Evening Service 7:H0 o’clock.
Subject of Evening Sermon: ‘'The
Physician”— This is the last of the
Series on The Christ of Symbol.
Special Music, Violin Solo by Wil
ma Pazant.
We invite you to these services.
Duane Earl Carter, Pastor.
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M’SWEENEY IS WORSE
LONDON, Aug., 28— The condition
of Lord Mayor McSweeney, on a hung
er strike, is worse. He spent a restless
night.
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MARION, Aug., 2ft— Pronouncing
the* existing League of Nations as a
definite ir redeem able failure. Warren
(J. Harding proposed a new effort to
construct the world association on a
framework of The Hague tribunal.
With such attributes, said Mr. Hard
ing. the League as then may he form
ed would be safe and practical. Mr.
Harding proposed to form such an as
sociation. Touching on Mexico, the
nominee proclaimed "that a plain not
ice had been submitted by the Lnitcd
States to every government on earth
that America would submit to no
wrong to its citizens or the property
of citizens.”
ENDORSES RAILROAD ACT
.MARION, Aug.. 2K— Warren C.
Harding, speaking to a group of rail*
*oad employees unqualified supported
the Ksch-Cummins railroad reorganiz
ation act and said in the near future
the worker.-, would realize this was the
greatest forward step in the history of
all railroad legislation.
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* THOUSANDS GREET
* COX IN NEW YORK '
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* NEW YORK, Aug., 28— Thous- *
* nnds gathered at the station this
* forenoon and showered flowers on
* Democratic nominee Cox when he * .
* arrived here to spend two days.
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NEW YORK, Aug., 28— Nominee
Cox this afternoon said the attempt of
1 the Republicans to raise a campaign
fund of Eight Million dollars was
brazen and bold or else looli.sh. C ox
declared that the Republican leader
ship had “simply gone foolish any
way.”
CHAIRMAN HAYS BELITTLES
j COX CAMPAIGN CHARGES
NEW YORK, Aug., 28— Chairman
Hays, of tho Republican National
Committee, replying to the charges of
I Democratic nominee Cox made at
Pittsburgh Thursday night regarding
the great fund of the Republicans for
! the campaign said: “Cox has such inti
mate knowledge of the wasting of
millions of dollars in aircraft produc
tion in his own state during tho war,
that he has dreamed of millions since
then.” Hays says Cox failed to prove
his charges because they were false.
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WOMEN ARE PLANNING
FRONT PORCH CAMPAIGN
EVERETT, Wash., Aug., 28— Wo
men in the state of Washington are
planning on a front porch campaign I
for Harding. Five minute speeches
will be made on the porches by wo
men speakers.
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WARSAW, Aug., 28— An official
statement says the Polish artillery has
decimated the principal column of the
retreating Rolsheviki on the north
western frontier and repeated attacks
in the vicinity of Lemberg have beeu
successfully repulsed. The situation of
the northern front is not changed.
WARSAW, Aug., 2S— Soviet troops
who took refuge in Prussia, are fight
ing the Poles along the frontier ac
cording to an official statement.
The Poles have been cautioned not
to fire on German territory.
In continuation of the campaign to
take Lemberg, the Bolshcviki forces
have reached a point east of the city
where the Poles repulsed and defeated
the invaders.
The're is a lull in the fighting oa
the northern front.
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MISKE SAYS HE HAS NO
FEAR OF JACK DEMPSEY
RENTON, HARBOR, Mich., Aug.,
2X— Billy Miske, who fights Jack
Dempsey on Labor Day, today declar
ed he had no fear of the champion's
knockout blow or his punching. Miske
said he would carry the fight to
Dempsey instead of backing away and
would match his speed and boxing
skill.
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SHINGLE PLANT GOES UP
IN SMOKE BUT IMMENSE
MILL SAVED FROM FIRE
PORT MOODY , B. C., An*, 28
Fire at the plant of the McNair
Shingle Company destroyed the
shingle mill, sheds, office and material
warehouse but employees prevonted
the flames from reaching the $75,OQQ
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sawmill.