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SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER I, 1919, --- - -—
VOLUME XHL NUMBER U9 _;__________
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vAbf v i tk •» i* .*% proclamations ursine Presbyterians
\K\ YOKK. w.. * and other Christiana to unite in pray
eral Presbyterian Assembly has or- er fo|. K,,ujanco to solve the nation’s
dcrcd all churches tomorrow to read blems of social unrest.
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COME OUT
ON TRAIL
0;:*. over the trail from Nenana,
across Broad Pass, and into Seward,
;.v easy stages, seven men arrived last
night from the interior and are rojrs
tered at the Hotel Seward.
The men left Nenana on Wednes
day, October 22 and hiked to Talke«*t
na, where they caught a train to An
ehora^0 then to Mile r>8. From Mile n*5
tho nen hit the ties to Mile 22 and
came in last night on a work train
The trail is well bla-.ed and has been i
swamped out where needed. Around
Broad Pass the»*« is a foot of snow on
the ground. The men predict that the
trail from Nenana to Seward will he
the one used this winter.
Those registered at the Hotel Sew
ard from the*interior are as follows:
J. D. McGcll, from Fairbanks; R. V.
Averill. X. S. Wanamaker and C. a.
Peterson, from Nolan. W. J. Barker
and P. Pumonliko from Brooks; and
Fred W. Karver. from Anvik.
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NORTHWESTERN ENROUTE
Steamer Northwest ‘rn sailed from
Juneau at 3:15 o’clock this morning
and should reach Cordova late tomor
row afternoon or in the evening. The
Northwestern should reach here Tues
day at the latest.
W E A TH EU REPO RT
The following i* the weather report
for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock
this morning:—
SEWARD 24. Clear, North.
Anchorage 14, Clear, Calm.
Matanuska 10, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 11, Clear, (’aim
Wasilla Zero, Clear, Calm.
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JAP BOMB OUTRAGE
TOKIO, Nov.. 1— A bomb explod
ed outside the Foreign office this af
ternoon. There were no casualties. No
reason is assigned for the outrage un
less it is an expression of dissatisfac
tion at the appointment of certain del
egates to the International Labor con
ference bow being hold in America.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov., 1— It >1
quiet at the headquarters of the Unit j
ed Mine Workers. The leaders and of
ficials of the Unions arc strictly obey
ing the injunction to the letter and
are making no statements.
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Reward snapshots
The Christian Science society wil’
hold services tomorrow forenoon at 11
o’clock and Sunday school at 12:(K
o’clock.
Victor Guimbard. f*om Kenai Land
ing, is registered at the Hotel Sexton.
Mrs. .J. L. Buckley, Jr., from Ko
liak, is registered at the Hotel Sexton
ind will leave for the states on tin
northwestern .
H. 0. Highland and wife, from Sar
Vint, arrivals on the Eloise, are re
risterod at the Hotel Sexton, enrouV
o the states.
The north wind died down consid
'rably during the night.
Ice has former! across Lowell Creek ;
1 from end to end.
ENGLISH WOMEN AUK
TO HELP TO ENFORCE THE
\ \TI— PROFITEERING \<T
LONDON, Nov., 1 - Women arc to j
haw an important part in enforcing
the anti-profiteering act under in •
rtructions for its enforcement issued
j by Sir Auckland Geddes, President o* ;
| the Board of Trade.
Local authorities in England, Scot '
I ’and and Wales are instructed to ap
point local committees, two members
of which must be women, to investi- j
?ate all complaints arising from the
*a!e at retail of the articles to which
the anti-profiteering act may be ap
plied from time to time, hy the Board
of Trade.
Complaints must ho heard in public
except in particular cases and books
t or documents must bo 'routed rp con
| fidential if the owners so desires.
The Committee may either dismiss
complaint or if satisfied the profit *s
unjust, require the seller to repay the
i amount pa»d in excess. The Committee
also may cause the arraignment of the
profiteer in court where he will be li
able on conviction to a fine of not
more than $1000 or imprisonment not
! exceeding three months or both.
HUNDRED thousand
RAID FOR A SEAT
NEW YORK, Nov., 1— One
* hundred thousand dollars was
* paid for a stock exchange seat
here this forenoon. This is the
* highest price ever paid.
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ALASKANS ARE TRYING
TO SECURE A BETTER
MAIL SERVICE NORTH
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That Alaskans are in Washington
trying to secure a better mail service
and some of the obstacles they run up
against, is shown by the following ar
i tide in a recent Seattle Times, from
J. J. Underwood, Washington corres
pondent:
Falcon Joslin, oil and coal land op
erator, and John J. Regan, private
secretary to Delegato George B.
Grigsby, both of whom lived so long
>n Alaska that there has become pre
valent a superstition that they invent
ed the territory, are in Washington,
expressing a great deal of syfnpathot
:c feeling for the boys who bucked the
! Hindenburg line.
For some peculiar reason which is
f far beyond the understanding of Alas
I ‘cans, the department officials send
he mail to Kuskokwim points by way
if Chitna, Fairbanks, Fort Gibbon and
'nnoko River, which is about 1.000
miles farther than the route via Was
ula and the federal railroad. With
nuch emphasis Messrs. Joslin and Re
Tan drew the attention of Otto Prag
'r, assistant postmaster-general 10
lhc difference in distance. At the end
3f a conference lasting two hours they
were calmly met with the cryptic
statement that “the longest way round
‘s the shortest way home.” Mr. Pmg
>r was not disturbed in the remotest
legroe. The mail, he thought, would
•ontinuc to go by the route now in use.
Returns to Attack.
The Northerners made a strategic
•etreat to a position previously pre
pared, but returned to the attack next
lay with several leather portfolios fnM
■>f statistics. They opened the engage
ment with a heavy barrage of figures
vhich tended to prove that the lvusko
kwim region is the richest section o'
he territory— in fact the only place
vhere placer gold mining is being
*ied on to any considerable extent.
Mr. Prager is a placid listene*
When his visitors stopped to catch
heir breath and give their throat’
i chance to cool off, he drew their at
Mention to the fact that because of the
•ondition of the trail beyond Was si In
t costs $6,000 a year less to send the
mail hv the Fairbanks route.
The Alaskan* gained tneir second
wind while Mr. Prager was talking
“What’s a mere $6,000 to a strong and
rich and powerful government like
this that is spending billions in feed
;ng the starving people of Europe?”
"hev demanded. “Was it humane,”
they asked, “to feed the European?
and allow the good Americans in
Alaska to go letter-hungry?” It was
not. Nor was it logical.
Cites Parallel Case
“It would he just as logical for me
to return to Alaska by way of Baffin
Bay and the Northwest Passage or
via Cape Horn as to send mail the way
you are routing it,” put in Mr. Joslin.
“Mavhe so” answered the postof
fice official with a bored air, and then
was disclosed the fact that he had con
cealed a number of machine gun nests
in the way of figures proving that it
takes an average of only about four
days longer to deliver mail by Fair
banks trail and that the deliveries are
more regular. He also pointed out that
because of the impassability of the
Wassila trail it is frequently impos
sible to get mail over it at all. He
turned to some paper on his desk
which indicated that the interview
was ended.
TO RETAIN
ARMY MEN
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 1— Con
gress has authorized the War Depart
ment to retain 18,000 commissioned
officers until the end of the present
fiscal year. The Department has de
cided to retain 100 general officers in
i emergency grades, including General
• March and Lieutenant Generals Lig
gett and Dullard. Fifty five Major
I Generals headed by Wood will also be
i retained.
General Pershing has recommend
ed the eliminating of “dead timber"
from among the army officers. Some
of the army officers have passed the
■ stage of usefulness.
WANT MEMBERS
IN RED GROSS
Chairman Curtis Morford, of Uk
local chapter of the Red Cross, has ap
pointed George Sexton as the chair
man of the campaign committee to so
licit members to the American Rod
Cross. The campaign starts in every
state and territory tomorrow and end*
on November 11th. Mr. Sexton wil1
name his own committee to assist him
n the annual Red Cross drive. The
present campaign is for members at
i $1 a year. The Red Cross hagazine
subscription will also be taken at this
time, the subscription price being $1
a year.
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DANCE TONIGHT
The public and any visitors in Sew
ard, are cordially invited to he particl
oants at the dance tonight in the Arc
Sc Brotherhood Hall* to he given it
'onor of the officers and crew of th<
U. S. S. Saturn.
The citizens are giving the danr»*
■»r.d everybody is invited to join in th
Tood time. There will be refreshment i
served during the evening. Dancing i.
▼oing to start at 9:.'I0 o’clock shan
tnd stop at midnight so the late com
*ts will have a short time for pleasur
inless they change their usual hou
>f attendance.
Erich Lucas "-ill have charge o 1
he floor: A. H. McDonald will be th
•aterer, and others to assist in variou
•apacities will be Whittemore, Cotter
Borgen, Balderston, Hawkins and Rad J
ger. '
MTV HR GOING OUTSIDE
A Mclver and wife will be passenr
'rs on the Northwestern to Seattb
thence go to San Francisco wher
they will spend the winter month?
This is Mr. and Mrs^ Mclver’s firs
visit to the outside during sixtce’
years. During Mr. Mclver’s absent
Robert Foran will attend to his und
ertaking business.
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BANQUET TONIGHT
Citizens will give the officers of
the Saturn a banquet tonight at thf
Seward Grill. The banquet will star!
at 6:30 o’clock and the following wir
-» present, Messrs Hoben, Cotter, Me
Donald, Whittcm^e, Lucas, Graff
Dougherty, Balderston, Ellis, Hawkins
Carstarphan, Hammerstrum, Shelcy
Cummins, Avon, Hause and Dahlgren.
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A Wrangell man wants to buy a
mandolin. We bet he also plays cro*
quel.
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CHICAGO, Nov., 1— Reports re
ceived here from various union head
quarters indicate that about 395,000
miners are striking, out of a total of
615.000 miners in the nation.
Union leaders here say the strikers
will total half a million by tonight de
spite the injunction. The real strength
of the strike will be unknown until
Monday.
Mine owners are not endeavoring to
operate.
Troops are ready at various camps
and forts.
The strikers, who have quit, walked
out orderly.
It is estimated that 100.000 miner
arc striking in the state of Pennsyl
vania; 80,000 in Illinois; 40.000 in
West Virginia; 6.000 in Washington;
25.000 in Indiana; 10,000 in Kentucky;
40.000 in Ohio; 8.000 in Wyoming; 4,
000 in Arkansas; 5,000 in Colorado;
14.000 in Iowa; 12,000 in Kansas; 1.
000 in Montana and 10.000 in Mary
'and.
READY FOR PROTECTION
WASHINGTON, Nov., 1- The
government i> ready to protect all
niners remaining at work in the coal
nines.
SEIZING COAL
• DETROIT, Nov., I— Coal in tran
sit is being seized under an order
'rom the railroad administration.
MAY EMPLOY PARKER
WASHINGTON, Nov., 1— Mine
nion officials are taking no chances
nd are not attempting to violate the
function. The miners may employ
Uton B. Parker to fight the injunc
ion order.
MINES ARE CLOSED
SEATTLE, Nov., I— Mines in the
•ate of Washington are closed and
ipproximutcly 6,000 men are striking,
-’he NaH« i af Guard u ready for ••
icv but has not been tailed as no dis
>rders have broken out.
CLAIM 400,000 OUT
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CHICAGO, Nov., 1— Late this af
emoon union officials claimed over
00,000 miners are striking. There is
ittle disposition on the part of the
nine operators to challenge the figur
»s. Unions of ten states report more
nen are striking than the total paid
ip memberships in the unions last
August
In North Dakota, 1500 lignite min
ers are working on orders from In
dianapolis.
No disorders have been reported
any where.
NATIONAL GUARDS PARADE
TRINIDAD, Colo., NoV., 1— Foyr
hundred National guardsmen parado
the Trinidad streets this afternoon.
Idle miners with their families watch
ed the parade. There was no jeering
as the men seem to be afraid of the in
junction.
ALASKA ON
WAY NORTH
SEATTLE, Nov., 1— Steamer
Alaska sailed for northern ports at 0
o’clock this morning. Forty seven pas
sengers were aboard the following be
ing for Seward— M. F. Kelly and Gusc
Saario.
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IS PASSED
WASHINGTON, Nov., 1— The
House, by vote of 169 to 39, has pass
ed the oil and coal land leasing bill.
The bill now goes to conference.
SEATTLE, Nov., 1— Officials of
the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce state that J. L.
McPherson says the leasing bill pass
ed by the House, and now going to
conference, does not effect Alaska.
BELL DEAD
NEW YORK, Nov., 1— Colonel
James Bell, commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, died this
forenoon at the age of 74 years.
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HALLOWE’EN PARTIES
Miss Emily Borgen entertained 35
guests last night in the apartments of
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Borgen at a Hallo
we’en party. The rooms were prettily
decorated with Hallowe’en thing-em
bobs and crepe streamers were strung
aoross the ceilings. Dancing and for
tume telling, Miss Gertrude Kendall
presiding at fortune’s kettle, were the
indoor sports. Pumpkin pie, sandwich
es and cider were the refreshments.
Miss Charlotte Mathison and Beat
rice Baughman entertained at the
former’s home, thirty two of their
school friends. Games, etc., enlivened
the Hallowe’en.
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Larry Higgins, steward of the N.
S. A. A. club, has been appointed gov
ernment vendor of liquors at White
horse.