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• - • • •—-SEW^HtD- ALASKA. FRIDAY. JUNE 25, 1920. TBN CENTS PBBO
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TURKEY KICKS
OVER LOSING
TERRITORY
TO DANCE
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In honor of Miss Emily Borgen ami ■
Mrs. VV. \V. French, a dancing party ;
will ho given tonight at the Odd hol
lows hall starting promptly at 0 o’
clock ami ending at midnight. The
public i* invited to attend. Leon L r
bach is chairman of the arrangements.
Miss Bergen and Mrs. French are po- t
pular members of the younger set and
as they leave for Anchorage tomor
row, the dancing party tonight is sort
of a farewell.
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BRITISH HEM I* BUYERS
IM’RC’H \SI\T. IN MANILA,
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MANILA. R L, Juno 25— Buyei-s 1
for th*» London trade have entered the
Manila hemp market and it was an
nounced today that one lot of #0,000
bales of United Kingdom grades had
been sold to a representative of Brit*
ish concerns.
According to the purchaser the
hemp is for cordage manufacturers of
England, and the price paid for the
product is said to have been around
$26.50 a bale.
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PRICK OF WHISKEY IN
MANILA ALSO GOES CP
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MANILA. I*. L. June 25— The price
of whiskey has gone up from twenty
to forty per cent in the last two weeks
in Manila, due partly to the increase
in the local internal revenue license
ami partly to the dwindling supply of
American liquor.
Brands of American whiskey which
sold in the United States at $1.25 a
quart before war time prohibition sent
prices soaring there, may be had here
still at $2 a quart, which is about fif
ty cents higher than the price a few
weeks ago.
The popular brands of Scotch
whiskeys bring from $2.50 to $•* a
quart.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 50, Raining, Calm.
Anchorage '*0, Raining, Calm.
Mutanuska 54. Raining, Calm.
Chickaloon 5tt, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 50, Raining, Calm.
Talkeotna 00. Raining, Calm.
Goldcreek 50, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 45, Raining, Calm
Summit 4b, Cloudy, Calm.
Bains 44, Cloudy, North.
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Bir. DANCING PAVILLION
POCATELLO, Idaho, June 25— A
new amusement park just opened
south of the city has a dancing pa
villion covering nearly a square block
and accommodating between 2000 and
2500 couples, or approximately one
fourth of the population of this town.
GON’STANTINOPLK. June 2-.
The Turkish Peace delegation at
Paris has been instructed from he»e
that the Turkish government will ab
solutely refuse to sign any peace trea
ty which deprives Turkey of the
Smxina district. Adtianople or east
ern Thrice. It is however indicated
that the Turkish government in the
main agrees with other territorial
limitations fixed by the Ententes.
LONDON, June 2f>— The Greek le
gation has been officially into!mod
that the Greek troops have surround
ed the Turkish Nationalists army
corps at Inpha, eighty miles east of
Smyra. The Greeks have taken 8000
prisoners, guns and other booty.
IKON AND STEEL NOW
BADLY NEEDED IN Rt'MANIA
JASSY, Rumania, June 2f>— Ru
mania is ba<lly in need of iron and
steel. For nearly seven years steel and
iron imports have been far below nor
mal. All reseiwc stocks were used up
durinu the war. For reconstruction
purposes hundreds of thousands ol
tons are needed.
Hitherto the Orman and Transyl
vanian furnaces have furnished most
of Rumania’s steel. However, all of
Rumania’s needs could be met if Am
ericans developed her iron mines.
There are rich undeveloped deposits
both in old Rumania and in Transyl
vannia, especially alonu the Carpath
ians. Other iron ore deposits of an ex
ploitable importance are in the Do
brudja.
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HOISE WHERE GALILEO
LIVED MAY BE I'SEI)
AS NATIONAL MONTMENT I
ROME, June 25— A movement has
boon started to make the house at Ar
cctri, called “Jewel,” where Galileo
lived from 1 *>.*»I to 1642 a national
monument and to collect there all Gal- !
ileo relics. While Galileo lived at Ar
cotri he was called to Rome to answer
a charge of horsy before the inquisi
tion.
On his return he witnessed the
death of his daughter who was a nun.
In this particular house he dictated 1
“dialogues of new sciences” which he
considered was his masterpiece. It was
there also that he received the poet
Milton and was presented by Holland
with a golden chain in acknowledge
ment of his service to science.
POLAR EXPLORER FROZEN
COPENHAGEN. June 25— Two
members of Captain Roald Amund
sen’s North Polar expedition, Knud
son and Tcsson, are reported in ad
vices received here to have frozen
to death during: the winter of 1919
1920.
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YALE DEFEATS THE
CRACK HARVARD MEN
NEW LONDON, June 23— In
the annual rowing events today
the Yale freshmen defeated the
Harvard rowers hy one length in
the two mile boat race. The Yale
junior varsity crew' defeated the
Harvard men hy one and one half
lengths over the same course.
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS;
Mrs. A. J. Carlson came over fi«im
Anchorage on the train last night to
visit her daughter, Miss Aldorcn Carl
son. Mrs. Carlson will return on the
train tomorrow and come to Seward
next week going to the states on the
Alaska.
W. J. McMillan is at the Hotel
Seward and will leave on the No.th
western having been summoned to,
Portland on account of the serious ill
ness of his daughter.
W. Vestal and Fred Flannigan are
at the Hotel Seward having come in
from out the line on a business trip. |
Alvah Karnes is registered at the •
Hotel Sexton and will leave for his'
post office inspector headquarters at i
Cordova on the Northwestern.
Charles W. Watson is registered at
the Hotel Sexton from Anchorage
having come over to meet his daught-1
er Gertrude who is coming north on
the Northwestern after attending the
Holy Names Academy at Seattle.
Highway engineer J. M. Myers, re
turned from Cooper Landing on the j
train last night.
District Attorney William A. Man
ly is registered at the Hotel Sexton
and will go to Valdez on the North
western.
Jack Lean came in last night from
Mile 2nVs and is registered at the Ho
tel Sexton.
Archie Allen and wife, and F. H.
Saunders and wife, from Anchorage
are registered at the Hotel Overland
Mrs. Gilmour, Mrs. W. W. French
and Miss Emily Borgen will leave for
Anehoiage on tomorrow’s train to re
sume work in the accounting office of
the supply department which has been
moved from Seward.
The gasboat Eloise is expected
from the westward about Monday ae
< riding to Agent Blue. The Eloise is
coming to Seward in place of the Jose
ph Pulitzer which remained at Un
rdaska.
Steamer Northwestern due tomor
row will have seven days mail aboard
! >om the staft *
Citizens who are going to Anchor
! rgo for the Fourth celebration are re
qi ested to register wish Chairman
Ellsworth.
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Two Petersburg boys found some
old gun shells and extracted the pow
der, then lit a match to the powder.
The town doctor had a job putting
bandages on their faces and hands.
Chicago, June 25— The heads of
fifteen railway men’s organizations,
in conference today, declared that the
rail situation was the most menacing
since the war. The heads expressed
their doubt at their ability “to prevent
a complete paralysis of transporta
tion,” unless given co-operation by the
railroad labor board.
“The n\*»n have reached the break
ing point in patience,” said President
Lee. “The demands of the organiza
tion were presented more than a year
. ago and the dilly dallying policy of
the administration still has them
pending. Meanwhile men either are
leaving tin* railroad work for more
money or are contemplating being ex
pelled because of the unauthorized
strikes.”
Xo strike is contemplated said Mr.
Lee, hut the men are becoming a prey
to propaganda.
Chairman Barton of the Labor
Board said a decision on wages would
be made as soon as possible but just
ice demanded all a proper deliberation.
SILVER MINING CONTINUES
RUSHING IN MONTANA
HELENA, Mont., June 25— While
reports from some sections, notably
the Philipsburg mining istrict, toll of
curtailment of mining operations bo
cause of the drop in the price ol sil
ver, the rush to develop and work sil
ver properties in Montana has not
ceased. Where the cost of transporta
tion is normal, it pays to mine silver
md will continue to pay, mining men
say, while the metal remains above
00 cents.
Much of the silver ore contains lead
in goodly quantities and not a little
of it also has copper in sufficient
quantity to help appreciably. Gold also
is found with silver.
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SAVE;) BY A BOY SCOUT
HELENA, Mont., June 25— Mark
Hayes, aged 8, was saved Horn pro
bable death by fire recently at Rer
ead, near Judith Gap, bv 1 ibert Huott,
aged 14, a Boy Scout, who seeing the
other lad’s clothing aflame, rushed up
on him, hurled him to the ground, tore
the garments off and heaped dirt upon
the flames. The Huott hoy was
slightly burned Jiimself.
BUY YOUR COAL NOW
HELENA, Mont., June 2f>— The
state railroad and public utilities com
mission has made a plea to the people
of Montana to lay in their coal during
•l e summer, before crops begin to
move.
The warning was not generally rc
V'.rdcri last year and the strike of soft
i.oal miners caused an acute fuel
shortage in this state.
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W. E. McLeod, for many years
a resident of Sulzer, has been ap
pointed United States Commissioner
at Ci-aig. He succeeds Charles A.
Fox , and will move with his family
to that place.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 25— The
Democratic National Committee met
today to diaw up the temporary roll
of delegates. There .are three contests
but that of Reed of Missouri is the on
ly one of importance. The Georgia
contest is expected to be settled in
favor of the Palmer delegation with |
confirmation of Clark. The Reed case
is complicated as the state convention i
rejected him as a delegate at large
I and a battle is promised. The
contest is from Oregon and is tr
The McAdoo adherents are plan
to withhold his name from being
lotod upon in the early stage. A
den movement has developed he’
ignore the prohibition plank ii
platform as was done in Vir;
which the President approved. I
however depends on Bryan’s c<
uid his strength among the deleg
HITCHCOCK NOT TO
BE A TAIL-ENDEU
WASHINGTON, June 25— Sen
ator Hitchcock today announced
that he would not accept the nom
ination for the vice-presidency on
the Demo; ratio ticket.
CROWELL
RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, June 25— Bene
dict Crowell, assistant Secretary of
War, resigned today effective on July
1st. Crowell will enter private busi
ness.
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THE HAGUE, June 25— The com
mission of jurists in session here for
the formation of a permanent court of
International Justice, as provided in
the League of Nations covenant, has
unanimously decided that the court be
located here.
STOP ROAMING NOW
MOUNTAIN'S NEW SLOGAN
CASPER, Wyo., June 25— Wyom
ing will be advertised throughout the
nation by a state chamber of com
merce, which has adopted as its battle
cry, “Stop roaming; try Wyoming."
The association seperates the state in
to five divisions, each of which will
have a distinct sub-organization.
Co-operation between the differ
ent sections of the state is one of the
principal aims of the chamber.
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Leaders are born, and likewise also
followers.
LONDONDERRY, Juno 25— C
tions here have somewhat imp?
Fighting between the extreme
the Unionist and Sinn Fein fa*
is today confined to sniping,
troops last night drove the w;
faction# from the streets ar
keeping the streets clear today
self styled warriors. Many shops
ed at noon today. The food sup
short There is no gas all having
used at noon yesterday. The
number of deaths since the
started has been announced as
seventeen.
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ALASKA CENSUS DAT
SEATTLE, June 25— Furth<
ulation data of Alaska cities w.
cn out today as follows:
Juneau 31
Ketchikan 24
Charcoal Point 3
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ROOSTER'S CROW CANT *
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jui
The rooster's early morning cr<
not be restrained by court ord<
Such was the decision of Ju
W. Bardwell, in district cou
after hearing a petition from
F. Dight, a former alderman
city, seeking an injunction to
sleep-disturbing noises which,
came from his neighbor's ho
yard.
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NORTHWESTERN TOMOI
Steamer Northwestern is
port tomorrow forenoon at 1
according to advices receft
Agent McDonald. The steamei
tons of freight for here and t
port seven or eight hours.