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SEWARI), ALASKA. MONDAY MARCH 8, 192(L--- - -.
VOLUME X1IL NUMBER :’’>»• _ _______ —
WATSON SAILS
SEATTLE. March S— Steamer Vo
miral Watson sailed tor Alaska pott
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock with
i:5ti passengers aboard. The majorit.
of the passengers are cannery men
going to Kodiak «>r \ akutat. 1 he to»
lowing iKuvitt^'Vs ate aboard lor
Seward:
Mrs. Gust Usttla.
L. F. Nash.
F. A. Had land.
Five steerage.
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INCOME TAX DODGERS
ASKED TO BE REPORTED
WASHINGTON. March. S— Com
missioner Roper has issued a plea to
all honest citizens to aid in bringing
to justice income tax dodgers.
KL PASO, March 8— Bandit Villa
is holding Joseph Williams, an Ameri
can war veteran, for $50,000 ransom.
Villa, captured Williams when 300
Villistas dynamited the locomotive of
a train enioute to Mexico City from
Juarez. The trainmen battled with the
Villistas and ton bandits were killed,
also nineteen trainmen. Villa himself
killed the Pullman car conductor and
threatened the passengers with death
and then wept saying he would spare
their lives out oi iexpect to Angeles
who was recently executed.
KL PASO, March 8— Passengers
arriving here by train report Francis
co Villa commanded the bandits in
robbing a passenger train near Cor ••
alities last Thursday when 33 persons
were killed and several held for ran
som including one American.
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RADICALS
ARRSTED
AKRON, Ohio, March S— Sixty
four Radicals were taken in raids
made yesterday at various meeting
places. The raids were made by Fed
eral ajfenU.
BLOW SAFE
LOS ANGELES. March 8— Four
men robbed a First street store sa“'
of between $25,000 to $:J0.000 in ca h
and liberty bonds during the nigh".
The men gained entrance to the stor^
by telling the watchmen they were
detectives employed to watch the
store. They then handcuffed the
watchman and janitor to the elevator
caging and worked for three hours be
fore they succeeded in opening the
safe.
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ESKIMO HENTERS ON
ICE PACK; REACH NOME
NOME. March 8— Three Eskimo
hunters hav arrived over the shore ice.
They said they drifted fifteen day* on
an ice cake out of sight of land an*'
suffered cold and hunger. A gale car
red them to sea and then reverse
winds carried them back to shore. Thft
hunters were camped on the ice near
the mouth of the Yukon when they
were carried away by the sudden
storm.
NEW YORK, March 8— Gales a»e
gripping the Atlantic shipping today.
The Shipping Board’s steamer Guil
ford was disabled and has been aband
oned off Nantucket. The Captain and
crew have been saved.
The American schooner Eva Doug
las has been abandoned off the Dela
ware Capes. The Captain and eleven
members of the crew were saved.
The Shipping Board’s steamer Lake
Ellithrope was disabled and narrowly
missed striking on Sable Island
shoals.
A steamer, believed to be the Ca
nadian colllicr Cape Breton, ha*
grounded on the coast of Nova Scotia
and is believed to be doomed.
The crew of the steamer Bratto was
picked up at sea according to a wire
less report. The fate of the Bratto is
unknown.
A trans-Atlantic liner lost her
rudder off Ireland and has requested
assistance.
HALIFAX. March 8— The Ameri
can Shipping Roard’s steamer En
throne. from Enpdand enroute to New
York City*, lost her propellor and is
beinjr swept alone the coast by a sev
enty mile prate. Coast *uar<T cutters
are proinp: to her assistance.
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DISGUSTED WITH RUSSIA
SEATTLE. March 8— General T.
Thorp (trav. veteran of thirteen wars,
has arrived here from Vladivostok.
Gray served with General Kolchak’s
armv until captured by the Reds. He
was forced to leave Russia or join th«
Reds. Gray foucht with the English in
France before he went to Russia.
Gray «aid he was distrusted with the
inefficiency and jealousy in Russia.
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I
l lAND SUPPLY
Ks ALASKA
• IS UlUatiD
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W ASHlNiiTON, .March 8— Sec*
relary of the Navy Daniels, be- *
- tore the House Naval committee k
tins al lei noon, urged the exten- *
* sixe development of naval bases
* and navy facilities on the Pacific
* l oast and urged the ultimate es- #
labushment ol a luelmg and sup- "
* piy base in Alaska at a place to
* he determined later. Secretary '
Daniels recommended the estab
* lishment of a submarine and de- *
* strover bases at Port Angeles and
Astoria and the enlargement o.
the Bremerton yards to handle
* a large quota of the Pacific Heel
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MISS BALLAINK MARRIED
rile Seattle Times of February
has the following article concerning a
young lady well known in Seward:
Tuesday morning at 11:30 o’clock
at the University Methodist Chuivh
the marriage of Miss Florence Bal
laine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Ballaine, and Mr. Dean Wilson An
drews was solemnized in the presence
of relatives and a few intimavo
friends, Rev. Arch Tremayne read the
service. The bride, given in marriago
by her uncle, Mr. Frank L. Ballaine
of Seward, Alaska, in the absence of
her father in New York on business,
wore a handsome traveling suit of na
vy blue tricotine and a smart close fit
ting turban of electric blue. Her flow
ers were a corsage ol roses, violets
and lilies of the valley. Miss EUine
Felch of Dupont, cousin of the brid»,
was her only attendant and Mr. H. E.
Ward was the best man.
The entrance of the bridal party
was preceded by the ushers, Mr.
Chester King, Mr. Weaver Ketcham,
Mr. Baxter Felch, cousin of the bride,
Mr. JeiTold Ballaine, her brother, and
Mr. Francis Ballaine, a cousin.
The church was charming m ns
decorations of greens and spring
flowers, which made an effective set
ting with the flickering altar candlei.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews left immedi
ately after the ceremony and will be
at homo after a short wedding trip at
2414 55th Ave. S. W. The bride is a
fonner University of Washington
student of the class of 1919, and is a
member of Sigma Kappa Sorority,
Mr. Andrews, who is the son of Mrs.
I,. M. Andrews of Cleveland, served
overseas with the 11th Field Artillery,
Battery B. Among the out-of-town
guests was Mrs. Arthur Ritchie e9
Cleveland, sister of the bridegroom.
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EVERETT’S POPULATION
WASHINGTON. March 8— The
population of Everett, Wash., an
nounced today hv the census bureau,
gives that city 27,614, an increase of
2800 since the last census.
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DEFUNCT BANK MUST
PAY SEATTLE BANK
THE SUM SUED FOR
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8— The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals has upheld the decision of the
King County, Washington, Supero**
Court, in which the latter ordered the
Receiver of the insolvent Washington
and Alaska Bank of Fairbanks to pay
Dexter Horton National Bank of
Seattle a balance of over $27 000, plus
interest, remaining due from the
foreclosure proceedings instituted by
the Seattle bank.
MONTESANO, March 8— The
tate, in rebutal, today called William
McFadden, of Ellenburg, a deputy
heriff, who denied the testimony of
William Spears, a defense witness
who testified Saturday that McFad
den advised him against testifying lor
the defense. McFadden said he did not
know until Saturday that Spears had
been a witness to the shooting and d'd
not know that he was to be called as
a witness.
Miss Ruth Godfrey, aged fifteen,
testified on the day of the shooting
she heard her neighbor, John Patter
son, tel! his wife he did not see the
shooting. Patterson however testified
for the defense that he was close to
the hall at the time and had seen ev
erything that transpired.
The court ruled out newspaper
clippings offered by the defense to
show the meetings at the Elk’s hall
were to plan a raid on the Wobbly
hall.
NO STRINGS
WANTED
NEW YORK, March 8— William
McAdoo has reiterated his determina
tion to refuse the use of his name as
a candidate for presidential. primary
in Georgia. Mr. McAdoo declares the
National convention should be free to
exercise unfettered judgment as to
what platform should be adopted and
the candidate for President.
ALAMEDA ARRIVED IN
PORT SUNDAY MORNING
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
Steamer Alameda, after being
posted to arrive at 3 o’clock Sunday
morning then for 9 o’clock, arrived at
1 o’clock with 65 passengers and l‘J‘J
tons of freight. The Alameda called at
Sawmill bay to discharge but the dock
there soon became congested with <
freight and Capt. Johansen came on
to Seward, calling at the fish town
southbound.
Passengers arriving for Seward on
the Alameda were L. Arntsen, l.
Strom, F. Nehf, Mrs B. C. Christen
son, Mrs. M. Gilmour, L. E. Tierney,
E. Williamson, J. A. Davis and wife, <
Mrs. Hans Hanson, C. Bates, Vivian 1
Morgan, P. Looman, A. Husvick, J. H.
McCallum, r. O'Shea, D. Couture, M. 1
H. Dccourcy, G. Paulos, P. Jackson, ;
Mrs. Gilmour, A. D. McDonald, P. M.
Kotroff Miss R. Walsh, A. C. Johnson,
J. A. Johnson, Miss E. Jones J. Loran- 1
prer, E. Mcdard, Mrs. C. Ccmey, J. C.
Manpan, K. Klemz, H. Greland, 0. B.
Discus, J. Aviom, J. McGill, F. Swan
berpr, E. Levin, H. A. Tucker, Ira Ball, ;
S. Jackson, Sumner S. Smith, Wife (
and son, J. W. Frame, L. B. Adsit, J.
Douprherty, T. Julian, J. P. Larson, 0.
Spangler, A. McDonald, C. M. Brosius,
Mrs. Cora Junkins and 7 steerages. (
Passenprers leaving: on the Alameda
were Susie Guest and C. T. Beach for
Cordova: F. Werhrick, Mrs. W. W.
Johnston. W. M. Dawson and C. B.
Barret for Seattle; William E. Kil
berpr and Robert Merve for Valdez;
Joe Consail for Ketchikan; Oscar
Hart and R. Ruebens for Juneau.
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PIERCE THE RED LINES
LONDON. March 8— The Poles
and Finns have repulsed the attack of
the Bolshevik!. The Finns counterat
tacked and pierced the Red lines.
ALASKA R.R.
AGAIN BEING
TALKED OVER
WASHINGTON, March S— The
House sub-committee of the appro- J
priations committee has signified a
change in the estimates for the con
struction of the Alaska railroad for
the fiscal year beginning July 1st. The
sub-committee will begin hearings *n
executive session early this week.
Col. Frederick Mears is here in re
sponse to summons to explain the es
timate for $8,000,000 asked for this |
year, which will complete the railroad j
from Seward to Nenana. This leaves
only $.‘{,000,000 of the $52,000,000 au
thorization.
It is also stated that new' secretary
of the Interior Payne has not qualified
yet as Secretary I^ane, according t >
reports here, will be asked many ques
tions concerning w’ork on the Alaska
railroad this year and as w'cll as sums
spent in previous years, and Lane is
yet practically in charge of the De
partment of the Interior until reled.4
od.
POLL TAX LAW
OF ALASKA IS
NOW IN COURT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8— A
lecision which officials say may tend
jo test the constitutionality of Alas
ca poll tax law, has been rendered by
die District court in the case of a
'isherman brought against the Alas
ca packer's company to recover the
x>ll tax. The decision was granted at
die company’s request for a rehearing
>f the first hearing which the fisher
nen won. It is expected the company
vill maintain it paid the poll tax de
nanded by the Alaska government
ind deducted the tax from the mens
vages. Officials said this would bring
die legality of the demand into the is
tue.
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TO DEATHS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 8— Gerhard
Erickson, postmaster at Othell for ov
;r 20 years and a former member of
the state legislature died in a Seattle
hospital last night.
Captain John Taylor, former coun
cilman, a Civil war veteran, died this
forenoon at the family home on
Broadway north.
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ELOISE FOR SEWARD
The westward mail boat Eloise ar
rived at Unalaska yesterday and sail
ed from there for Seward today ac
cording to advices received by Agent
Wayne Blue.
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VICTORIA, March 8— Hugh Cald
well, mayor elect of Seattle, is here
taking a vacation following the elec
tion of last Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, March 8— Repre
sentative Frear, Republican chairman
ol' the committee which investigated
aircraft production, said the investi
gations revealed inefficiency, irre
sponsibility and that enormous sums
of money was w’asted in the manage
ment of America’s wartime air pro
gram.
Chairman Frear said Secretary of
War Baker in selecting Col. Disque,
ignored all coast loggers and lumber
men. Col Disque, according to the
chairman, knew nothing regarding
lumbering.
Chairman Frear said the Libeity
Motor, was America’s only achieve
ment of the American air service.
Representative Magee, Republican,
member of the committee, said or** bil
lion dollar expenditure did not pro
duce one w'on battle or bombing plane.
Frear and Magee issued the state
merits in reporting to the House.
Representative Lea, of California,
Democratic minority member of the
spruce investigation committee, told
the House, that the Republicans crit
icisms were absorbed in contentions
which were groundless and which
were delusions. Representatives L *a
said Magee did not tell the truth
when he said no American machines
wero used in the war. Lea said 128
American built machines were avail
able at the front on armistice day ard
that 400 American built planes had
previously gone over the Germon
front
The House debated the airplane re
port for four hour without result.
ASKS HOUSEWIVES TO
CUT ON MEAT PURCHASE.5
WASHINGTON, March 8— Th<
Department of Justice urges house
wives to purchase inexpensive insteac
of expensive cuts of meat as a meant
of forcing down prices;
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