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Daily Edition, and The^Alaska Weekly Post
“l"" WtSfSBnXESSC MONDAY. MAY 2fit 1919. __
VOLl’MK Mil. Nt’MBEK 18. -■ _ • _• --:
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HAITI MORK. May 2b— The liner
Virginia, bound from Norfolk to Hai
ti mo re, burned to tin* water’s edge
early this morning at the mouth of the
Potomac river. The liner had 15t» pas
sengers aboard at the time of the fir?
ami it i> be:u % *d that \velve perished.
Practically all passengers were asleep
| in their berths at the time of the fire. :
The officers and crew worked heroic
'ally try inf: to extinguish the fire but !
| flames suddenly enveloped the entire .
- liner and many were forced to jump j
. into the water to escape.
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CHANGES AT THE
CABLE OFFICE
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Operator in Charge Montgomeiv.
of the local office, who nus been in
Seward for three years, leaves on the
next Alaska for Valdez where he wV;
be t:angered anti become assistant
operator in chief.
At the same time Mr. Montgomc ?y
goes. Operators Almgrcn and H rove:-,
two other popular men of the local
cable force, will leave on the Alaska
for Valdez and there receive their dis.
charge from the sendee.
The three cable men leaving here
about June 12th. have a wide circle <>r
acquaintances who will regret then
going. “Bill” Peary will succeed Mr.
Montgomery as operator in Charge
and another new man coming here will
be First ('lass Sergeant Mooney. Both
of the new-comers who will be on the
Alaska leaving Seattle June ”, have
been at the front in France and both
have been on Alaska duty before. Mr.
Mooney was at one time reported t *
have been killed by gassing, another I
time killed by a grenade while on sig
nal corp duty, but he always pulled
through and “is coming back. *
WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weather re- |
port for the 24 hours ending at 7 o
clock this morning:
Seward 60 Clear, Calm.
Anchorage 46, Pt. Cloudy, (’aim.
Matanuska "0, Clear, ('aim.
Chickaloon 43. Clear, Calm.
Wasilla 4">. Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 46. Clear, Calm.
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GRIGSBY GOES OVER
TRAIL ro wchorgat:
Geovre [*' Grigsby, Democratic can
didate for Delegate from Ala-ka. to
Congress, as successor to Charles A.
Sulzer. left yesterday over the rail
road and trail for Anchorage. Mrs.
G* ig>hv will remain in Seward until
Mr. Grigsby returns on the Alameda
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE OATEWA*
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON. May 26— Ser
geant Alvin C. Yoik, second elder of
a Pall Mall, Tennessee church, former
ly a conscientious objector, who re
ceivi d a congressional medal for th»
mightiest single handed aehievomon
of the war. visited the War Depart
men* and the White House today.
Secretary Baker said: *‘\ou arc a
brave man.’’
Secretary Tumulty said: “ Amoric;
owes you a debt of gratitude. (\>m
niandor-:n-chief Koch, in Fiance said
von was the greatest hero of then
all.”
York killed twenty Germans, took
122 Germans prisioners and put 26
guns «*ut of commission.
BIOWS BACK WITH FOIR
1)01.1,ARS GIVEN BY MISTAKE
WHEN CHANGE WAS MADE.
RAWI.IN’S. Wyo.. May 'Jfi- An
other tribute to the American arms
man was received recently by Jame*
Reck, until recently manager of a lo
cal cafe. It was a letter containing
four dollars Beck didn’t know he had
lost. A returned soldier at Astoria
Ore., was the author of the letter fol
lows:
“Traveling on a troop train. I pass*
'<1 Rawlins in January. 1 ate at your
•afe and got four dollars change from
i one dollar hill. Soldiers are prover
h ally ‘broke’ you know, so l regarded
t as a God-send. Sow I am glad t >
’■eturn the four dollars to you without
interest. Thanks.”
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WHALERS IN PORT
The whalers Patterson and Tanemak
•ame to port yesterday for water and
left out early last evening. The whal
ers are bound for Akutan where thee
will hunt this season.
RECITAL PLEASING ONE
The joint recital of Mrs. Towle an 1
Miss Gilmour given yesterday after
noon was well attended and the chil 1
artists and ladies taking part on th'
program acquitted themselves admit
ablv.
Three brown hear have been killed
near Cordova by Dr. W. W. Council
and Jack Dgstan.
HAWKER
FOUND
ALIVE
AMERICA MAY NOT
ACCEPT A MANDATE
PARIS, May 26— President Wil
son announced today that probab
ly America would not take the
mandate lor Constantinople and
other parts of Turkey.
DAYLIGHT
ROBBERY
Hy Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26— Thro
unmasked robbers entered the Gem
Jewerly store at noon today, bound
and gagged the only clerk on duty and
escaped with $4,000 in jewlery and
coin.
The Gem Jewelry store is in the
heart of the city and the crime is one
of the most daring reported here for
months.
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WILLARD LEAVES TODAY
FOR TOLEDO TO START
TRAINING FOR FIGHT
LOS ANGELES, May 26— Jess
Willard leaves here sometime toda>
for Toledo, Ohio, to begin training for
the Fourth of July fight with Demp
sey. Willard weighs 250 pounds but
expects to fight at 24S pounds.
<l\ NATIVES AT NOME
St lCIDE ON SAME HOPE
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Frank Harris is in receipt of a let
ter from Otto Van Sickle at Nome, in
which he says that they had a real
cold spoil there during the winter
which laster a month, the ther
mometer ranging from 40 to 60 de
grees below zero. In speaking of th'*
influenza epidemic there he states
that there were about 250 deaths,
fifty being whites and 200 natives.
The latter gave up as soon as they
were stricken. Six hanged them
selves within a few minutes in the
Eskimo gymnasium, all using the
same rope. They had to unsling one
to make room for the next victim.
Van Sickle reports that an Eskimo
shot an S00 pound Polar bear at
Spruce creek, below Soloman and
also caught two cubs alive. This is
the second time a Polar had strayed
that for south in the history of the
j camp.
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| BELGI CONGO SHIPS
COTTON TO ANTWERP
ANTWERP, May 26— The first
• shipment of cotton from the Belgian
Congo arrived in Antwerp. It amount
ed to about eight tons but it will short
ly be followed by larger quantities.
Heretofore Belgian industry has
been relying exclusively on imports
from America. The first attempts at
cotton growing in the Belgian Congo
were made during the war, in 1915.
Today there arc already several cot
ton plantations in operation in the
Maniema and- Sankaru districts. The
1918 crop yeilded about 250 tons.
By Associated Press
LONDON, May 26— Lloyds has re
ceived a message that the' Danish
steamer Mary was signalled and found
the Sopwich airplane on Lewis Butt,
the northwest point of the Hebrides
Islands.
The Air ministry announced this
forenoon that the Destroyer Woolson
had intercepted the steamer Mary and
will take aboard British Aviator Haw
ker and navigator Grieve and land
them at Thurso, Scotland.
No particulars are given regarding
the flight of Hawker and Grieve from
St. Johns , but it is presumed that cn
gine trouble forced them to land at
Lewis Butt on the Hebrides.
Great rejoicing has taken place
here over the fact that Hawker and
Grieve arc among the living.
STILL WAITING
PONTA DELGADA. May 26
will probably be sometime today be
fore N C -4 gets away for the contin
uation of the flight across the* At
lantic.
ALL HOME
DURING
JUNE !
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Hv Associated Press
WASHINGTON May 20— General
March has issued orders, according to
announcements today, providing lor
the sailing from France by June 12*n
of all Americans except the regulars.
General March says that definite
plans for the withdrawal of all but
thn regulars have been so formulated
that there will be no hitch. It is also
stated that the regulars will probably
be withdrawn as soon as the present
cris's on the Rhine is over and the
neace treaty signed.
HAND GRENADE HURLER
WORKS TRUE TO FORM
FORT BUSS, Tex., May 26— Hurl
ing the hand grenade in France with
the Germans on the receiving end oi
the battery failed to put a kink in
Major R. R. Neyland's pitching arm
which made him famous in his cadet
days at West Point.
Returning from France with re
cord for hand grenade hits along the
western front, he went into the box
for the Eigth engineers here recently
and struck out 24 men, which is claim
ed as an army record. He was credited
with 24 of the 27 putouts, only thre-*
opposing players laying wood to the
ball.
The Arctic Brotherhood, Moose and
R^dmen’s lodges of Wrangell joined in
criving a great masquerade ball re
cently. The Wrangell Sentinel says
the affair was well attended and keen
ly enjoyed. It was the first masque
rade ball given at Wrangell in two
years.
WASH 1 VCiTOX. May 2G— A special
to the Post-Intelligencer says that
Seen-' a: \ of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane has asked Congress to appropri
ate immediately $1,0G4.:1.>1 tor Alaska
railroad work until Juno HOth, the end (
of the present fiscal year.
Secretary Lane, in his request, stat
ed that the failure’of the government's
railroad appropriation to pass Con
gress the last session had seriously
curtailed work and many laborers and
contractors have been placed at half
pay, the balance to be liquidated when
the funds arc made available.
Secretary Lav wants the money
appropriated so that work can bj
pushed during June which is a good
month for construction work.
Secretary Lane stated at the pres
ent rate “we face a deficit next Jun^
30th of $878,868.”
PETBGGRAD
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By Associated Pre*a
LONDON, May 26— Great fires
and explosions are reposted today at
Petrogvad. It is believed that the Bol
shevikis are being pressed by.advanc
ing Esthonians and are destroying the
munition stores at Petrograd.
Reports received here are that the
population of Petrograd has risen
against the Rolsheviki.
BELGIUM’S QUEEN NOW
A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
BRUSSELS, May 26— Queen Eliz
abeth of Belgium has been nominated
Doctor of Medicine by the University
of Liege, in recognition of her work
as nurse throughout the war. The
Rector of the University handed the
diploma to the Queen and read an ad
dress from t\\ faculty in her honor.
Cant Tom Banbury of Juneau n
with Gen. W» P. Richardson in Rus
sia. He was one of those who volun
teered when Gen. Richardson asked for
men to accompany him and the two
men are well acquainted, having
known each other in Juneau.
By Associated Tress
SEATTLE, May 25— James Wick
ersham says that he intends to leave
at once for Washington and present
a bill to Conpress for the appropria
tion of $4,000 000 for the pvvernment
railroad in Alaska, also to ask Con
press for means for the settlement >f
Alaska by returned soldiers.
Mr. Wickersham predicts that the
coal, oil and pas bill, killed last ses
sion. will be passed at the extra ses
sion.
two Filed
as AUTOS
CRASH
By Associated Press
SEATTLE, May 26— Two are dead,
two seriously injured and five slightly
injured as the result of an auto crash
early this morning on the Seattle
Everett highway. One of the seriously
injured is Carl Chilberg, son of J. E.
Chilberg, the Seattle banker.
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The WOrlhen mill at Juneau has
started operations for the season and
expect to cut approximately six mil
lion feet of lumber.