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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
"'ll 1 ' SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920. TEN CENTS PER nil''
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SEWS
DIVORCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 2$— Mr*.
Isabelle Geary Barnette has obtaino I
a divorce from E. T. Barnette, form
erly of Fairbanks.
Barnette is now residing in Los An
geles. He Is interested in Mexican pro
perty.
Mrs. Barnette was given the custo
dy of the daughters.
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INDICATED
SEATTLE. Jan.. 28— Ninety nine
thousand, one hundred and eighty
three have registered for the munici
pal election. This is the greatest re
gistration ever reported in Seattle.
Mayor FitxgeraM. candidate for re
election. in camna’gn sneeches. is at
tacking Duncan, socialist and labor's
candidate. F;tzgeraM says Duncan,
during the general strike a year
thriftten*d to st'nt off the c’tv lJgvt
and power and b^k the o^
the st*-eet cers. pt-ge'-aM said Dop.
can attempted to bWk the war wirV.
Duncan as is the «. den:«-d
all of th* charges made bv F;tzgemM.
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LONDON, Jan., 28— Mysterou.i
signals disturbed the New York- Lon
don Marconi wireless last night.
Sir Frank Drayton, astronomer, ad
mitted that it was possible the signr.N
ure wave signals from other planets.
He said it was impossible to get tne
message.
NEW YORK, Jan., 28— Dr. E. F.
Anderson, chief engineer of the rad'o
corporation of American scouts the
idea of s:gna!s from planets. He says
some earthly station probably caused
the interruptions.
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TELEGRAPH MEN ON STRIKE
SEATTLE, Jan., 28— Linemen o
the Postal Telegraph struck today for
a seventy five cent increase a day. The
unions claim 1500 men are out on the
coast. The company says very few
men quit their posts.
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BASEBALL SEASON
OF THE COAST WILL
OPEN APRIL 6lh
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan., 27— A
twenty-eight week schedule openii.g
April 6 and closing October 17 , but
no games to be played at Portland o.
Seattle until the third week was
agreed upon by the directors of the
Pacific Coast baseball league.
Salt Lake had opposed opening *1
the season on its own diamond as
early as April 6, on account of wea
ther conditions, while Judge W. W.
McCrcdie of Portland and William
Klepper of Seattle withdrew from the
afternoon meeting with the declara
tion that they would resign from the
league if games were to be played In
their cities on that date, but a com
p**om»ce on the part of Salt Lak't
settled all difficulties.
AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN
PLEASED BY ANNOUNCEMEN V
BUENOS AIRES, Jan., 28— Amer
ican bus:pes8 men in Argentina re
ceived with pleasure tnc announce*
ment that the United States Ship
ping Board had allotted seven o<
its fast passenger liners for service
between New York and South Amer
ican ports including Buenos Aires.
They have felt that they have been
•♦mgH'rg against a handicap owm*
to Slow mail communication :md
p^ss^n^er transportation between
the Un»ted States and this country.
If the Americans here wanted to
send a letter to the United States
he knew that in the pt?st it would
require at 1eart 30 days for the let
ter to reach New York and that fre
quently it wouM require 40. T%
send a renresentativo to the Unit
ed States on a business mission
wouM require three months hefo’e
th« agent could return to Bueni^
Aires.
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SEATTLE, Jan., 28— The local
fair price committee has found one
Seattle family of three, able to live on
$1280 a year. Most of the letters re
ceived by the committee state that the
families are having a hard time living
on $150 a month.
Yne above family of three sta*e i
that it did patronize bakeries or
delicatessen shops.
The committee is trying to fun’
how cheaply a family can live. The
Federal government agents are ass st
ing in the investigation.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Jan., 28— Halibut
quoted at 21 cents for large size; fif
teen cents for small; sable, five cents.
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NEW p* PER AT JUNEA TO
BE THE ALASKA DAILY CAPITOL
SEATTLE, Jan. 28— Tie m- *
mornin^ paper at Juneau, to be pub
lished beginning about the first o*
M^rcb. w»M b'1 k^o^'n rs thn Vus’m
Daily Capitol. Wilbur Ward will be the
manager.
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TAILOnTvG ct,a<?cfs
ARE ADVOCATED FOR
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SVN FRANCISCO Jan.. 28— T1^
Pacific Const Merchant Ta;Ws A?^
is snss?on hpve, hes adontod rnj« lu
h’ons favoring classes In tailoring
the pnb1;c s^hoo's. and fur a com^etf
tive svstAm in the selection of men’s
dr«ss rp+h+r than selection by a few
chosen designers.
POUND DROPS LOWER
NEW YORK Jon.. 28— The Eu<*
l»''h pound r^arb^d A Tlftw low level
t«d*»v of 82 52. Tbn Corman ma^k
only wo>dh one and five ono hundred
ths Af n cent and francs at thirteen
for $1.
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SEATTLE, Jan., 28— William Gor
ig, assistant chief engineer of the go
crnment railroad in Alaska, arrivc3
here from a visit in the east and will
probably leave Friday for his head
quartos at Anchorage.
Mr. Gerig states that four thousan
men will be hired here in March and
will be sent north to Seward for wo k
on the government railroad. Mr. Go ig
predicts that the rails will be stretch
ed over the route by the fall of 10:!
and full ope’at:on of the railroad will
be in effect during the middle of 10:12.
WILL ASK
FOR LOAN
WASHINGTON, Jan., 28— P csi
dent Wilson has asked treasuier GU s**
to make another appeal to Congress
for authority to. loan $150 000,000 to
Poland, Austria and Armenia to re
lievo the desperate food s’tuation.
President Wilson says that it is un
thinkable that the United Statrs
should withhold assistance from the
stricken people and said he regretted
to learn Congress is dc’aying grant
ing an ear’ior request for authority to
make the loan.
DENIED son \ LISTS PLEDGED
TO SUPPORT THE ROLSHEVIKI
ALBANY, N. Y. Jan.. 28— AtS> -
neys for the five s”spendAd Sociai' t
nan^bars of the Assemb’y* den
day that the Socialists were pledged
to sunnort thA Bolshevki cause, am
bassador MartAns ov h.nd they even
endorsed pkans for estab.ishinij So ■
iets »n America.
Mnvor f?Aovre L”nn. of cchnn or-,
dy. testified that fhA Soc:a1,sl pa*tv
'•epuired its candidates for TV’V'C of
fice to s;e>n a blank resignation be
fore election.
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SFLF^'HON OF TTTE TTTRY
FOR vrwnF!T’T’Y TPTU, fc
STARTED— TRAINS STALl ED
GRAND RAPtrs. Jan., ?«— So
Wt»on fhA Nevbarrv jiw has stn’di
ed, snotvbonnd trains are de^yin^ the
arrival of witnesses.
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MAY LAUNCH A THIRD PARTY
SAT/E'* O'wroTi. .T^n.. 2<*— T'"*
pnrl T/'bnr dA^nrpfAS v«M h'1'1
pi here tomorrow nod mn,f
Tonorh a third party in politics in th;s
state.
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and ^VVttv pn^nrp pt RrAn'A*,fr»n. tp
•»hon*vl fh* PaA;f»> «>»•'
:n lUn YtAQniM r»f '
mPd form. There has been only on*
death. ; * }
MONTE SAXO, Wash., Jan., 23
George Vanderveer, just before ;
court session ended lest n'ght in
Wobblies trial, renewed his motion 1
a change of venue alleging that
would be impossible to s cure a i
for the Industrial Workers of i
World, and ho cited the fact that
two temporary talerm^n had been
lectod. Vandervocr e a rned that
would h^ imposs’h’e to secure a f”
trial in the Grays Harbor county.
Tho motion was quick1 y denied.
It is announced that E’mor Sm; ’
one of tho defendant-, will arp'v ~
his own defmiS''. Srvth is a lawyer.
S. A. Youngs. Mo^tesano Vir
h*’.'? b^n iwss^d by b^'h t^o d f
and the pi*osoc”t:on. Timothy Ma *•
passed yesterday, was v.r »•''*•
ho f’nally admitted h* v,a~ onoosrd t°
capital punishment. Earl Coon'"-, tin
!y other venireman examined, wa
used. News stories figure prom
it’y in tin questions asked the pro
■?itivA jurors. The attorneys p edic
i testimony will begin early ncx
onth.
YONTESAXO, Jan., 28— The *»
; pas °d between attorneys this af
rnoon. Ve.ndei-vcer <!ec’arod Attoi
**y W. H. Abel, one of the defons
!o neys, vts employed ?>y a ••,mm
>*np^nv to prosecute the wobbPe*
' be1 said this was a lie and Vander
veer knew it.
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MONTES AXO, Jan., 28— Mor
-v.{ , -as exb’b’ted today on exanrn
:it!en of prospective jurors whicl
mbrM enable a selection of jurynn
in t;me than two weeks, as firs
predicted.
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LONDON, Jan., 23— W. A. Ilujrh.?»,
Premier 6f Australia, speai: yer»tcr*
day at Melbourne, said the next war
will be on the Pacific and may bee:
. . aw any time. The Picmicr said A
st'r.lia was hedged about with natioi
with lust for Australia.
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EDITOR* * RE ASKED FOR
VIEWS ON GRAHAM DILL
NEW 10..K, Jan., 2;- Fra k
Glass, president of the Amcrhan
Newsoaner Pub’'she's Associat’O”.,
has usked the od’to's th
the country, who believe the legisla
tion n'*vo ed n the (Fa u in am, -
sendition bill unwise, to telegraph b'
t.on'^ht a br’of* statement of the!’
views to Representative Campb^I
lions'1 rides comm t
tce. Mr. Glass sa?d that the b:'l
would give officer power to ref’’s'
mad priv^efT's to ns^spipe’s ar.d
others without a hearing and wd1
out giving notice.
WASHINGTON, Jan., 25— Senat
H'tch'O’k has srvcd not'ce on t
Republican Senate leaders that unk
comprcmise negotiations be continu
o”* the ^»*'-‘otv. he will cany the fir
to t^e Uoo- of thr* Senate.
Hitchcock communicated with Prr
dent Wi’son b 'fore he served the i
tire. The Senator wants the RopuY
ans to compromise on Article No.,
INFLUENZA INCREASES
WAcHU*GTON, Jan. 2^— A gr:
itrtl b”t s’ow increase of ’nfluer
rases is reported in several states
day.