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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
• - SEWARt). ALASKA. SATURDAY. MAY 2971920. TEN CK.*- : S PER COPY
VOUME XIV, NIMBER II. __' _-_- _____
ATTACKS
PRIMARY
LAW NOW
HOSTON. May -1*— iJenond l.n'ii
nrd Wood, in a statement here today,
said it was a question whether direct
contact with th** people, afforded hy
the piiioaii.s, was worth the expense
involved. **\»> question al>out it, presi
dential piim ns are expensive be
cans*' the people must In* reached.
Th*' main question is. is it better
the system where nobody knev bow
much was spent or wh**re it was cir
culated. many times through under
ground channel.- Is it better than the
system of state conventions cv tie
syst m of bosses ?’*
W AS'Il'T,TON*. May 20 li -twe. n
MOP.OoO and £!25 00«> was ini sod in
the stat«‘ of California in behalf of
tin* p; evidential cr.mpa:Kh of Senator
Hiram Johnson. This was the state
ment made today to the Senate in
vest’gnt ng mmm'tt *e l>\ Alexander
McCabe Johnson’s campaign treasur
er.
Mr. McCabe said approximately
£200,000 had b »en raised for John
son's camp.vgn by public appeal of
California exclus vc. Small local sums
uggr» gating a few thousand dollars
had been contributed by small donat
ors. M*\ McCabe said Herbert Fleish
\ck *i had contributed £5.000, William
it. Crocker >4.MU) and John H. Rosset
ter £2,500. Nothing was contributed
by the Devoung estate, railroad com
missionias nor the University of Cal
ifornia regents. .McCabe said Califor
nia had divided her allegiance be
tween Johnson and Hoover. \ aiious
sums of the campaign fund were sent
to Indiana. South Dakota, Montana.
Michigan and Oregon. McCabe esti
mated that Hoover’s expenditures in
California had not been less than
£.’100,000 and Johnson’s $50,000.
Angus W. McClean, of North f:ro
liaa, director of the war finance cor
poration could give the Senate com
mittee no information regarding the
McAc’oo campaign and denied the Lib
erty Loan publicity campaign organ
ization was used to: the lo men sec
retary of the Treasury.
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EX— KAISER OFFERS
HORSES. C’ARRI XC.ES.
HARNESS FOR SALE
THE HAGUE, May 2!>— Horses
carriages and harness belonging to
the former German Emperor, includ
ing a set of gold mounted harness
presented to him by the Pope, are
offeied for sale in a display adver
tisement in the Handelsblad. The
advertisevnennt is signed only by a
numb* r. hut it is agreed to furnish
photographs and further information.
LittV doubt exists that it is C ount
HoherzoUem himself who is dispos
ing of th** goods. For some time oast
rumor at Ameiongen, has ha*l it that
the former emperor’s financial con
dition has not been thriving.
Fmphas:s is laid upon the histor
ical value of the articles in the
advertisement, which declares that
documents will be furnished to piove
that they are genuine. Two court
carriages, one hunt;ng wagon. t’nr**e
sets of harness, two saddles, con
s»d- »• ih’o liv»ey and two horses from
th** former loyal stables aie listed fo*
sab*.
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VIENNA COURTS SITTING
WITHOUT WIGS AND ROBE?
VIENNA. May 2?— Officers ami
attendants of the Vienna courts
have gone on st’ikc and taken with
them the keys to the lockers con
tain ng the robes and wigs belong
ing to the judges. Consequently the
Vienna courts for the first tirm
in history are sitting in ordinary ci
vilian clothing.
DKMPSKY WILL 00 TO
PKMTKNT1ARY FOR LIFK *
Deputy l nited States Marshal
Ralph Reed received a cable this
• afternoon from T. S. Marshal
Kivnitcinan that the sentence ol
1 Dempsey. convicted of murdering
Usac Kvans and Margaret La\or.
had been commuted to life im
1 pri»onment.
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>I!M ( T PRINCIPAL FOR
SKWARD’S PFBLIC SCHOOLS
Mi ss Jessica Don Carlos, of Los
Angeles, a graduate of Stanford Uni
wssity in DM2, Bachelor of Arts, has
been selected as the principal of the
Seward Public School and also High
Schooi instructor. Miss Don Carlos
was for five years teacher in high
schools in 1 o> Angelos. For five
months last year she was doing “wol
far*' wo k” in tho devastated area of
••h UH for the Vn’ted States.
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\\ VI St>\ IM K TOMORROW
\: Wayn** looks for the
Ad?*. ’1 W.vtson to be in port south
bou »i! .v.nu'Mme tomorrow night or
»ailv Monday morning.
CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY
Master Benny Crawford and Mast
er Henry Uosness are celebrating
their first birthdays this afternoon at
tin. home of little Benny. Ton little
0 x. a v present.
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M TO MOBILE FORCE ON
CAN VDIAN BORDER TO »
CHECK BOO/E TRAFFIC
GREAT FALLS. Mont., May 2D—
Immediate formation of a federal po
hc* automobile force to patrol the 1
Canadian border in an effort to check
the smuggling in of liquor into Mon
tan i and Idaho has been recommend
ed to th»* customs bureau at Washing
ton h\ A. J. King, collector of customs
?:t G»eat Falls. Mr. King said he made 1
the leconmiendation some t.me ago (
at the request of other federal offic- ,
;d> He suggested that the force con
sist of at least six men. equipped with
high power automobiles and author
ized to co-operate with the Royal Ca
nadian Mounted Police.
The need for such a police force,
Mr. King said, was emphasized by .
information gamed on a recent tout
mad" by Mr. King with Charles Salter
special customs agent at St. Paul.
•From information gathered on our
trip/’ said Mr. King, “it is apparent
that considerable liquor i< carried}
across the bonier in coal cars. Those
shipments are buried in coal at Fernie
(\, and canied into the United
State > via Eastport. Idaho, and C.j-to
wn y Mont.”
!*\»ur leather suit cases containing
more than 70 bottles of Canadian
whiskey, weie brought to Great Falls
recently. They were confiscated at
Eastport and Gateway.
SWITZERLAND C ANNOT
EORROW IN EUROPE;
TURNS TO AMERICA
PARIS, May 29— Swiss Finance
Minister Musy told the National Coun
cil that Switzerland is endeavoring to
consolidate ai.d discharge the 1,270
000.000 franc debt of mobilization,
b it that on account of the unfavor
able financial situation in Europe
the government is compelled to turn
to America for a financial loan for
that purpose.
A . mm
M's. Cornelia Templeton Hatcher,
a temperance worker ot national rep
utation and who was largely respon
s:b!e f^r the passage of the Alaska
P'-ehib t’on. law passed by the con
gress, who is now visiting frier.ds in
Lancaster. Ohio, wires Seattle
friends that she proposes to leave
fnr Anchorage, Alaska, about the
middle of June, to join her husband,
Robert L. Hatcher, a prominent op
‘ orator in the Willow i*:eok district.
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King probably Monday, S. F. Co.
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[SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
Charles Hubbard, who has been in
town for several days, returned on
today’s train to the Primrose mine.
Mis. Hilbert Jnhmtrud ami daught
er Melba left on the Alameda last
night for a visit in the states.
Mrs. M. Hans is a passenger on
the Alameda for a visit in the states.
Richard Wakelin. traveling man,
accompanied by bis wile, left on the
Alameda for Juneau.
Miss Wand: Nolan, of the Hank of
Alaska at Anchorage, a passenger
south on tlu Alameda, visited with
Mr. and Mis. C. A. Estes while the
steam, r was in port last night.
Judge Leopold David and wife, vis
ited friends in Seward while the Ala
meda was in port. The Davids are
hound for the states on a short visit.
Dr. Beeson returned to Anchorage
today leaving on the Gateway City
limited.
Miss Carrm A. Reece, teach*'• in
the Anchorage school for the past
year, is a passenger South on the
\ lamed:*..
Frederick Broadwell, who left fV
Anchorage during the week, writ »s
that he has formed a partnership w th
Ml mar Evans, of that city, and will
engage in the paper and decorat i'g
business.
Col. Gotwals left on the Alarm- la
last night for his headquarters at Ju
neau.
C. E. Whitney, formerly with t te
commission at Mile 52, left on tie
train this mo ning for Girdwood a id
from there he will go to his mining
property and work this summer.
Miss Gertrude Kendall, Miss N 1
*is Nash and Miss Claire Schwarz left
this morning for a visit to Anchora* e.
They will return on Monday’s train.
San McDonald left on the Alameda
!as» night enroute to Seattle and lat
er on will go to Chicago to attend the
Grand lodge session of the Elks.
H. McDonald, in Anchorage on
busin -ss, wfll return home on next
Monday's train.
1*. C. McMullen left for Anchorage
♦his morning and will return or the
train Monday.
George Sexton, proprietor of the
Sexton Hotel, who has been on a trip
to Scuttle, is returning home on the
Northwestern.
Mrs. E. B. Wood went to Anchor
age on today’s train and will return
on Monday's train with Mr. Wood who
has be^n there for several days on a
business trip.
James E. Paulson left for Mile '2
on today's train and will be the resi
dent manager there of “The Key.
Mrs. R. O. Scott, wife of the ch ef
operator of the Anchorage limes, is
•i pas ong< r south on the Alameda
'saving been summoned to Port Town
send. Wash., in response to a message
if the serious illness of her father.
Major \Va;;gh and Antone Eide left
m the train today for Talkcetna and
he Cache Creek mining district where
••on'* work will be done this summer.
.Steamer Alameda discharged her
'••eight and passengers on lighters at
Anchorage as the Admiral Watson
was at the dock.
Dr. R. R. Wilson wall leave for An
chorage about June 12th to be absent
for about t»*n days. Upon her return
Dr. Wilson w’l! probably visit La
Touclie on a professional trip.
Gus Claussen, for several years
doorkeeper at the Empress theatre at
Anchorage, is a passenger on the Ala
meda on the initial stage of a journey
to Germany.
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; GERMANY QUITS PLAN
TO COURT RUSSIAN
SOVIET FOR TRADE
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NEW YORK, May 28— A plan to
I send a commission of German indus
trial leaders to Russia to re-cstahlish
commorcial relations with Soviet
i Russia has been temporarily aban
j doned according to cables to the Sun
and New York Herald.
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TALKS OUT
i VERY PLAIN
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J NEW YORK, May 2D— Addressing
(tin annual meeting today of the Am
erican Iron and Steed Institute, E. H.
i Gary declared that the employers of
America, referred to as the capitalists
group, had heretofore been backward
' in prcclniming rights and insisting on
proper condition. Mr. Gary said the
; present so-called labor strikes were
instigated as part of a campaign to
demoralize the social and economic
conditions. *‘A small minority,” said
! M>. Gary, “had adopted the word la
bo:* v. ith the concealed design oi fin
ally attracting the majority and to
obtain legislation to destroy the con
stitution.”
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CLOSING OF SCHOOL PROGRAM
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The pupils of the Seward schools
I yesterday rendered the following pro
gram in a very creditable manner.
Flag S.u’ute, School; Star Spangled
Banner, School; “Bob White,” recita
Lon by C *c;l Leslie; To a Water Fowl,
recitation, Clara Perry; Pmeo So'o,
Hazel Bergen; “Miller of the Dee”, re
citation. Merritt Shellhorn; Spring
I <org, School; A Boy’s Song, Third
4 ! %v #i#% • NVg'o Lullaby, Humoresque,
Girls; Poem “Life” Hazel Borgen;
Boy Scout Song, by grammar grade
-•t’s; The Village Blacksmith, Alaska
Stew irt; Springt'mc Song, Primary
Grades; Hiawatha’s Sailing. Marit
FMe; Sandpiper, Mary Grandjean^
B an: itizaiion Primary Boys aided by
'he Primary Girls; “Work” Will am
•'hellhorn; Benjamin Franklin Jour
neyman a play by High Schoo’; V. * u.d
Drill, Grammar boys; Remarks by
Superintendent Morford; Song—4,Ani
enca’.
Filmer Carter was ill yesterday
and Joe Bradshaw without much p‘«
nauition very ably took Filmor’r. ]* »rt
•n the high-school play.
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Thu following is D'e w**nt*u»r up ut
u the *.'! hours emlmg id 7 »»V w'*k
*.u» morning:—
SEWARD 58, Clear, Calm.
Anchorage 50. Clear, Calm.
Matanuska 60, Clear. Calm.
Chicka'oon 60, Clear, Calm.
Wasilla 64, Clear, Calm.
Talkedna 55, Cloudy. Ca’m.
Goldcreek 62, Clear, Calm.
Hurricane 50, Clear, Cairn.
Summit 40. Clear, Calm.
Bains 48. Clear, Calm.
H»\i!y 60. Clear, Calm. [
Wnana 68, Clear, Calm,
i Fairbanks 60, Clear, Calm.
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j URIT1SH FINANCIER
PREDICTS THAT AMERICA
\VIM, LOSE FOREIGN TRADE
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LONDON. May 29—Sir Edward
Mack ay Edgar, British financier, has
expressed the opinion that American
| activities in international trade “may”
j easily fizzle out, just as her desire
to be loader in the world’s polities
fizzled out.” England’s recovery from
the drain of war has been remarkable
he says, and she is recovering the
markets lost to American and Japan
ese competitors.
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WASHINGTON, May 29— Reports
from building officials of 114 of the
largest cities in the country’ to the
United States Geological Survey, De
vflvtment of the Interior, show the
number of permits issued or build
iners prected in these 114 cities in
1019 was 309 551, against 173,635 in
1918, an increase of 78 per cent.
tv.a ro«t ef operations in 1919 was
31 120 817 591 against $369 252.315 in
1918 being an increase of 3761 565,
07^ or 206 per cent. Next highest
record was in 1916, when 347,761
t»'Arp reported, which cost
31.046,276,649.
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SEATTLE, May 2D— Arthur Hod
gett. nineteen years of ago, who ar
rived from Anchorage on the Admiral
E.ehs mst ThuiS'lay, having it. char
ge A. Martin, a h.ind lYip no hoy, has
disappeared from the Seattle Y. M. (\
A. Purser Drury of the Admital Evans
says lllodg'-tt tool; $20 and two .'-team
ship tickets intended for further trav
el of the two youth*.
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CAVALANNA OCCUPIED
PARIS, May 20— D’Annunzio
troops have occupied Cavalannr. and
th* eaten Sussak. The forces are con
tinuing the attack against the Jugo
Slavs. The latter forces arc prepar
ing to resist.
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FRENCH FORCES FIGHTING
LONDON, May 23— A French col
umn has fought the way to Aintab,
Syria and after extremely heavy
fighting has relieved that town. The
Turks suffered severe casualties.
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ALAMEDA IN AND SOCTH
Steamer Alameda arrived in port
at o:.‘'.0 o’clock last night, remained at
the Seward dock for an hour and then
went to the San Juan dock for 140
box's of frozen fish sailing south
bound at o’clock. The Alameda
brought no passengers from Anchor
age. Twenty seven passengers were
aboatd from Anchorage, the majority
bound for Seattle. Passengers leaving
Seward on the Alameda were Mrs.
Gilbert Johnsrud and daughter, James
llananan, Sam McDonald, Mrs. M.
(Jans, K. W. Griffin, F. S. Madden. L.
Wyncrt, J. Knutson, G. M. Johnson,
Richard Wakclin and wife, and Col.
Gotwals, the latter going to Juneau.
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SEIFERT IS OPTIMISTIC
Cus Seiffort writing from Seattle (
expresses himself as very optimistic
over the future of Hyder. Mr. Soiffeit
recently put through a deal which, he
is certain will net large returns.
Speaking of the possibilities Mr. Scif
fert says:
“I do not believe that the world
in its mining history, has ever known
such immense bodies of ore carrying
such large values as already have
boon exposed in the Hyder or Port
land canal district. And you must re
member that there are great stretch
es of mountains that have never been
explored or prospected, and it is
doubtful if any white men have been
over parts of the country.
“There absolutely is no question
about the future of that camp.
Enough pay ore already is in sight
to guarantee that fact.”
Tony Lynch of Cordova recently
returned from the States bringing
h;m a bride. Mr. Lynch and
Mrs. Gulkana were married at Port
land. Ore.
M'S. Mnrv R. Wheeloric and Sep*
\tlmua Ervine were married recently
at Anchorage.
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vn IK, May 2'J— a special to
the i n .- from Washington, I). C.,
ra> • Lvhgate Grigsby's fight against
tlu* merchant marine hill may cause it
to die with th ‘ adjournment of Con
gress. Grg by claims that three pro*
v:s <.v>. f enac^d, would place Alas
ka at tk * me i y of two steamship
, •*mp‘in;‘ s.
Th* f \<t obj ctionnble clause, ac
l ag ! o 1)*» Grigsby, would
b'.i!' t1 ’f• c rd't’O’i! ** vessels carrying
fr ight to Alaska waters and except
those of C mad’an or'g:n.
The Record obj ctionable provision
would allow the Shipping Board or
agents to operate vessels only to ports
•‘*h adequate te*m?nal connections
with roil connections which would
hurt traffic to Cordova, Seward and
Skagway leaving Nome, Ketchikan,
Juneau, DougHs anti Sitka open only
to companies now operating to Alas
ka ports.
The third provision prohibits Uan
pd'an vessels crnying freight origi
nating at American ports from Daw
son to Fairbanks which would handi
cnn Fairbanks.
The bill has strong support but
Grigsby is not alone in opposition to
i* and may get it held up or gain ad
herents for the remainder of the ses
sion.
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FUR SALES CONCLUDED
ST. LOUIS, May 20— The spring
auction of furs has concluded with
sales approximating $22,000,000. For
the past seventeen days the sale has
been attended by a largo number of
buyers and the total sales of the fiscal
vear has reached 80.000,000 pelts. The
sales represent about one half of the
world’s available supply. The prices
ranged from ten to 25 per cent below
February.
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WILSON INSISTS THAT THE
ARMENIANS HE GIVEN OUTLET
TO THE SEA BY WAY OF BATUM
WASHINGTON, May 20— The
President will, it is said, insist that
the new Republic of Armenia be given
access to the sea through Batum which
the Allied Council has tentatively cL
cid \1 upon. President Wilson insists
that Batum be a free port. The State
Department is now preparing a mem
orandum to assist the President in
the determination of the boundary.
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CUT A BIG MELLON AND
PEOPLE PAY THE BILL
AKRON, Ohio, May 20— The Good
• ?ar Rubber Company has declared a
took dividend of 150 per cent, total
nor over $31.000 000. The directors
w il sell $10,000,000 common stock and
20,000,000 preferred slock. The com
pany now has a surplus of $43,000,000.
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j acks in SOUP WORTH
$23,000 TO NEW YORKER
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.n’EW YORK, May 28— Two tacks,
•up rr'd to have been swallowed by
' !or:ta D. Spitzer, wh;le drinking a
howl of soup in one of the Child’s
; Com pan v restaurants resulted in a
♦V Sup-erne Court awarding
aim $25 000 damages. %
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