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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 120. Hi ~ SEWARRALASICATHURSDAY. OCTOBER~77l9207~'— ~ —=P==._r==^-~
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Jerry Ballashoff, a native came to
his death by a blow on the head, near
- Seldovia, last *veok. according to , a
corner’s iiuiuest. Two men, J. Sohmak
a white man. and Jimmie Nicholson, a
native, an* aboaid the Admiral I*-vans
in charge of Deputy Marshal >. O.
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Oasler and two guards, held in con- i
nection with the case. Halt of Seidov
ia. all witnesses in the case, are :dso ■
on the Admiral Kvans being taken to
Valdez to appear before the rall grand
jury. According to Deputy . Marshal j
(’asler, Ballashoff. Sohmak and Nieh- j
olson went hunting or something.
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Home brew is supposed to have played
a part in the hunting game, for
Schmak and Nickolson returned from
the hunt minus Ballashoff. The latter’s
body was found several days later,
near Syldovia, in a creek, the head
showing several bad bruises. The
body was taken to Seldovia where, an
inquest was held and the above ver
dict returned. The two companions of
the dead man were taken in custody,
•aslvr is of the opinion murder was
committed, Ballashoff .being the vic
tim, having been hit over the head and
his body thrown into the creek.
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RUSTGARD SPEAKS!
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John Rustgard candidate for Attor- |
ney General in the Territory after be-)
ing introduced by Dr. Sloan, chairman j
of the Republican campaign commit- j
tee spoke for about one hour last.
r ;ght Prefacing his talk with the i
statement that he never decried his j
opponents in the political arena he
proceeded to tell his listeners why it
f was their duty to vote the straight
Republican ticket. Many of the sub
jects that he spoke of in detail were
interestingly explained. The radical j
changes that Alaska needs were touch
ed upon and various remedies suggest
ed.
Mr. Rustgard leaves this mprning
cn the Steamer fcivans for LaTouche
and other points, where he will con
tinue his campaign.
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SNOW COMING DOWN
Snow fell heavily last night and this I
morning was down to the timber line •
on Marathon and below the timberj
line on the mountains east of the bay.}
Snow fell in Seward during the night <
but meted as fast as it hit the ground. j
BELIEVE VIC GUIMBARD
HAS LOST HIS LIFE— BOAT
IS FOUND TO BE A WRECK j
No further advices were veceived !
today in Seward regarding the search'
for Vic Guimbard, pioneer of the Ke- j
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nai Peninsula, who is believed to have «
been lost and is now perhaps dead. Vic
Guimbard’s boat was found wrecked
on lower Kenai. Searchers have been
for days going up and down the lake
and Russian river, but no trace ot
Guimbard has been found. It is now
believed by the old-timer’s many
friends, that Guimbards’ body will be
found on the beach of the lake or riv
er or perhaps Cook Inlet.
STEAMER ADMIRAL EVANS
* IS OFF FOR THE SOUTH
Steamer Admiral Evans, Capt. Jen-,
sen, arrived from Cook Inlet ports at
9 o’clock this morning and sailed for
the south shortly after 10 o’clock. The
steamer had one box of fish aboard as
cargo from the westward, twenty pas
sengers for Seattle from Anchorage,
17 passengers from Seldo»via for Val
dez and the following for Seward: 01
lie Gray, C. S . Butler and Christ Cryt
Hess.
Among the passengers sailing on
the Admiral Evans, first class, were J.
H. Fogelstrom and wife, Archie Alver
son and wife, and 27 steerage for
Seattle; John Rustgard and seven
steerage for LaTonche; William-Mon-*
ly, F. R. Brenneman, J. H* D. Boose
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TRAVELING AUDITOR OF
ADMIRAL LINE IS HERE
C. S. Butler, traveling auditor of
th*' Admiral Line, arrived on the
steamer Admiral Evans this morning
from Anchorage. Mr. Butler will re
main in Seward several days on busi
ness.
HEAVY TRAVEL FROM
INTERIOR VIA CORDOVA
Travel is heavy from Fairbanks and
other interior camps via the Fair- j
banks-Chitna-Cordova route according
to Purser Drury of the Admiral Ev
ans. On the last trip of the steam e;
south 100 fi-om the interior went out
on the Evans and this trip 80 from the
interior have booked passage from
Cordova according to a cablegram re
ceived by Purser Drury.
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- Sometime tomorrow our collecter ‘
* wjli call on you if you still owe !
* for your subscription. Will you *
t kindly pay her so that it will be
* |K».^*hle lor us to enter your name. *
* on the list we are now preparing *
* paid up subscriptions. If the col
* lector misses you because you are
* working or out will you kindLy
* call at the office not later than *
* Saturday, Oct., 9th and settle.
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HOME RULE ON BROAD
Scale may settle the
GREAT IRISH DISPUTES
LONDON, Oct., 7— The Daily Mai
today says the leaders of the Sinn
Fein have intimated that although
they desire complete seperation from
England, they would not ’oppose the
broad measure of Dominion home rule
if it was proved by a majority of the
Irish people who would be asked to
vote upon the question.
HERMAN GETS K. 0. •
PORTLAND, Oct., 7— Sam Lang
ford, of Boston, hqng the K. 0. on
Tiny Herman, of Astoria, last night in
the seventh of a supposed to be ten
round go.
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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
IS ON A HUNGER. STRIDE
WASHINGTON, Oct, 7— Attor
neys are seeking to obtain tfyi release
of Benjamin Salmon, of Denver, a
conscientious objector, who is in the
military hospital here. Salmon has
been on a hunger strike and has re
fused to eat for eighty four days, de
spite partly successful attempts at
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forcible feeding.
NKW YORK, (L*t., 7—* With a
deafening roar, the shock following
being felt for miles, an oil tank of the
British steamer ,G. R. Crowe, tied up
for repairs at Brooklyn exploded
shortly after one o’clock this after
noon. One hundred men were worki ng
on the steamer at the time and they
were hurled in all directions. hour
bodies have already been recovered
one half a mile away from the scene.
Four men are still missing. Between
twenty and thirty were seriously in
jured. Red Cross workers and tun ba
lances were rushed to the scene and
carried the wounded and injured to the^
hospitals. In New York a panic fol
lowed the explosion for just two wee ks
ago‘today, Wall street had its bomb
explosion. Thousands rushed to the
streets and excitement ran high until
word came that the explosion was an
oil tank at Brooklyn.
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CONTINENTAL U. S.
SHOWS FAIR GROWTH
WASHINGTON, Oct., 7— The popu
lation of continental United States is
105,688,108 an increase of 13,710,842
oe 4P por cent since tin* census re-1
turns of 1910. These figures are not
inclusive of approximately twelve and
one quarter million of people living in j
the outlying possession*. The popula
tion of Alaska and the totals classed
under military and naval service
abroad is yet to be announced.
TOUGH ON THE RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Oct., 7— Comp
troller of the Treasury Warwich ruled
today that the treasury department
might withhold from the railroads all
further payments due under the guar
antee of the provisions of the trans
portation act until a final accounting
has been completed by the various
railroad systems.
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TRAIN OUT TOMORROW
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The Gateway City limited is scho- !
dulod to leave tomqrrow morning at
8:80 o’clock for Anchorage and way
stations.
STREET CAR HITS AN
AUTO TRUCK— MEN KILLED j
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct., 7— Two ;
soldiers were killed and three were in- ;
jured when an auto truck was struck
by a street car.
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BACK TO THE SOIL,
PEOPLE GO ON FARMS
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 7— The
census bureau announces there are a
total of six million, four hundred and
fifty nine thousand, nine hundred and
ninety eight farms in the United Stat
es. This is an increase of 98,496 over
the returns of 1910. \ j
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i NORTHWESTERN IS DUE
IN PORT IN MORNING
: Steamer Northwestern is due to
arrive in port tomorrow morning ac
| cording to cable advices received by
; Agent' A. H. McDonald. The Steamer
! has 113 tons for the Seward dock.
Frozen fish will be taken aboard at the
San Juan dock, the Northwestern be
ing in port possibly five or six hours.
HARDING TELLS OF NEW
WAY FOR NATION’S LEAGUE
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DES MOINES, Oct., 7— Nominee
Harding accepted the direct issue of
ratifying or rejecting the League of
Nations in a speech here, brushing
aside the problem and clarifying re
servations. Harding declared he would
favor staying out of the covenant
' written at Versailles and declared he j
^ wanted no acceptance of the League
with reservations and that the proper
I course'would be to reject all commit
ments. “I do not want to clarify those
obligations made at Versailles,” the
republican nominee said, “but I
.want to turn them back. It is not in
terpretation but rejection I am seek
ing.” The lufmince restated his pro
gram for a world association based on
the principles of harmony with the
constitution and he renewed his pledge
to initiate the formation of such an as
sociation immediately after his elec
tion.
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“American troops have no business
in Geimany,” was the declaration of
Haiding here in response to a question
/rom a member of the large audience.
LITITtANIANS AND THE
.POLES CEASE FIGHTING
RIGA, Oct., 7— Military operation
ween the Poles and the Lithuan
ians have ceased. This is announced in
connection with the announcement of
the Allied mission that satisfactory
arrangements have been made for the
settlement of all disputes.
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TRAPPED IN MINE
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Oct., 7
— On*- miner was killed, two others
are believed dead, and a fourth has
been trapped as a result of a cave-in
at the Hansen mine»near Lanfair.
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SEWARD
WOMEN
READ THIS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct., 7—
About 19,000,000 women will vote in
the November election and they un
doubtedly hold the balance of political
power. This statement is based on a
computation made from the woman’s
vote in the Maine election.
About 80,000 women voted in the
Maine Election. Based upon the census
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of 1910 that number is 32 percent of
the number of women 21 years of age
who live in Maine. The Maine women
number, according to the 1910 census, (
248,309.
In the United States, according to j
latest census statistics, there, are 26,- j
883,546 women of voting age. If thej
ratio of 32 percent which existed in the
Maine election prevails in all the
States, arid it probably will as the wo
men generally will want to vote for.
the first time, there will be cast in the
November election an aggregate wo
man vbte of 8,602,741^ or nearly nine
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EBBETSFIELD Brooklyn, Oct., 7
— Sherrod Smith’s southpaw slants
were poison to the Cleveland Indians
today in the third of the world’s base
ball games, Brooklyn making off with
the game by a two to one score.
Uhle pitched for the Indians, Nunc*
maker being behind the bat.
Even though the Trolley Dodgers
st ^cceded in annexing the third game
of the Worlds Series the Indian tribe
from Cleveland is still very much in
the race. The fourth game will bo
played in Cleveland and the Indian
tribe when it reaches its own teepee
may hold a war council, which will de
cide that the scafp locks of the Dod
gers must hang on their belts. On
their hotne gitwnds with the entire
city of Cleveland rooting for them
there will be some playing and only a
superior brand of baseball put up by
the Brooklyn players will enable them
to take the flag home.
The Score:—
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CLEVELAND 1 - 1
BROOKLYN « 1
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NEW STUNT IN AIR
NEW YORK, Oct., 7— The army
and navy aviation experts witn ssed a
,demonstration last night at Minooki of
a fireproof plane whub made a land
ing while afire. The device k declar«*
to mark one of the m»>. t important de
velopments since th«• signing o2 the
armistice. Aviator <**»!iins treated the
plane and his own uniform to a new
five-proof substance then covered the
plane and his uniform literally with
gasoline. When at a height of oOOO
feet, Collins set his plane and himself
at’;re. He landed safely, neither he nor
his plane being scorched in t! e slight
«st.
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millions. In the Northern States the
percentage probably will b * higher,
and in the Southern states lower be
cause in the “Solid South” the black
man is largely disfranchised, and the
negro women will receive the* same
political discrimination in that section.
But the Nations’ average probably
will be about 32 percent, which will
give nine millions.
Similar statistics show that there
are 29,577,690 men of voting age in
the United States. In the presidential
election of 1916 there were cast 18,528.
743 ballots, 62 percent of the total
male population 21 years of age. It
can hardly be exppeted that so large
a precentage of the women will vote,
but it may be safely said that at .least
32 percent of them will.
WIRELESS PHONES TO BE
INSTALLED IN MONTANA
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Oct., 7-r
Wireless telephone installation for
communication between its eleven
power plants in Montana is planned by
the Montana Power company. 'Wire
less telegraph aerials and instill
ments* already installed at the Big
Falls plant near Great Falls, at the
Thompson Falls plant and at Butte
are troubled with static. The wireless
telephone is said to be free of that
trouble. '
The Montana Power company, with
250,000 hone power, is said to
third in power producers of the U.ni
ted States, outranked, only by the
Niagara and the New Yoric* cttto
panies.
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W. J. II. Fogelstrom, bridge en
gineer for tin; Commission, accompan
ied by iiis wife, arrived from Anchor
age on last night's train and register
ed at the Hotel Seward. Mr. and Mrs.
1 Fogiestrom are enroute to the states
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: on a vacation.
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Archie A Iverson and wife, from
| Anchorage enroute to the states, re
I gistered at the Hotel Seward after ar
{ living oa ia.>t night’s train.
D. JI. Spence, .). Turner and H.
j Scott, from Montreal, have been in
specting property in the Willow Creek
district, are registered at the Hotel
Seward.
Lt. I). R. Hardman, disburser with
the army. by his wife,
a! rivi d fiom Anchorage last night and
| a» c guests at the Hotel Seward.
Arthur 1». Gray, expert connected
with the mechanical department of the
rein mission, io registered at the Ho
.11 Sevva.«l from Gold Creek. Mr. Gray
will visit friends in Seward for several
days before returning to his station.
Deputy U. S. Marshall Mossman is
registered at the Hotel Sexton from
Anchorage. Mr. * Mossman came to
Seward to meet his wife who will ar
rive from the states on the North
western.
t diaries G. Hubbard is registered at
lie Hotel Seward from the Primrose
mine.
James E. Wilson, of the Third Div
sion ltoad Commission, is registered
at the Hotel Overland. Mr. Wilson is
-jound lor his headquarters at Valdez
after a business trip to the interior.
U. S. Marshal Brenneman and chief
Deputy J. H. D. Bouse, arrived from
Anchorage on Hhe train last night
where they have been attending the
court session there, and registered at
the Hotel Overland.
District Attorney Munly arrived
from Anchorage last night on the
train, registered at the Hotel Sexton
and left on the Admiral Evans today
for his headquarters at Valdez.
Gus Gillis, the Optimo Kid, is re
gistered at the Hotel Overland and
will leave for Juneau on the North
western.
George Harris, from Fairbanks, is
registered at the Hotel Overland.
Arthur H. Smith, mining engineer
from Norfolk, Va., who has been in
specting the Anderson property on
Canyon Creek, came in ^st night on
the train and is registered at the
Hotel Sexton.
Alvah Eames, post office inspector
for this district, returned on the train
last night and is ,making his head
quarters at the Hotel Sexton.*
Fred Bryant came in from Chicka
loon on last nights train for a visit
here of seviral days.
* F, E. Youngs came in from the end
of steel last night and will remain in
Seward for seraal days.
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