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- -==^=-r-"r—•= SEWARD. ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920. -----
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ELECTION RETURNS
CANVASSED
At a meet ng of th • city council
last night at 8 o’clock the votes cast
at the election on Tuesday were can
vassed, found correct and city cletk
Estes was ordered to issue the proper
certificates. The claim for pay of
judges and cleiks was also ordered
paid. The council then adjourned to
meet Saturday night at 8 o’clock
when the councilmen elect will be in
stalled in office.
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INCREASED PRODUCTION
TO RESTORE BUSINESS
CONDITIONS IN THE t\ S.
WASHINGTON. April 7— Seeing
increased production a means of re
storing normal business and price
conditions, the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, it was announc
ed, will make its oight annual meeting
to be held in Atlantic City April 27 to
2*Hh. an Increased Production Conven
tion .
Every topic will be considered fro?\*
that viewpoint. The relation of gov
ernment to production will be first
taken up and under that heading will
be considered anti-trust legislation
and taxation. Business of every kind is
declared to be keenly interested in
taxation, especially excess profits tax
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Another phase of the problem to
be discussed will . be the part of the
government, the farmer and the busi
ness man in increasing farm produc
tion. Secretary of Agriculture Mere
dith will speak for the governments
The relation of labor to production
will be approached from both sides,
the employe’s viewpoint to be present
ed by a representative of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor and the em
ployer’s bv a business man. There
will be group meetings for each of
several great divisions of industry.
30.000 CAN SEE GAMES
CLEVELAND, 0., April 8— Ap
prox imatel 30 000 baseball tans ''ill
be able to see the Cleveland team play
this season. An additional stand to
se^t 3 500 persons will be const ru* rd
ic'uri'fig to Presi lent James Dunn.
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YACIIT SEASON TO OPEN
THIS MONTH IN FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8- April
24th the combined yacht clubs of San
Francisco bay will officially open the
1920 season with a “Fleet Day cruise
and celebration.
The San Francisco Yacht Club the
Corinthians, the Aeolian and the Oak*
land yacht clubs will join in a review
along the San Francisco water front.
In the evening there will be a dinner
and dance.
Events planned for the season in
clude the Neptune Beach trophy race,
June 27; Pacific Inter-club yacht as
sociation cruise, July 3-5; and the la
cific Inter-club races September 9.
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WIFE MUST QUALIFY
WITH HER HUSBAND TO
BECOME NATURALIZED
STERLING. Colo., April 8— The
wife of any man who wants to be na
turalized in the district court here
must qualify for citizenship with her
husband, acco^ing to a recent ruling
of Judge Stephenson.
Tmd<»r the suffrage amendment,
the judge ruled, the woman because
she becomes a citizen with the hus
band and has the right to vote, should
qualify under te same terms as does
tl\e male alien.
PARIS, April 8— Reports from
Coblenz say the French and German
patrols clashed ea.iy today, north of
Hamburg. Several shots were ex
changed between the two patrols. One
German officer was wounded. The
French troops also fired on a jeering
mob in Frankfort The mob dispersed.
Six Germans were killed in this clash
and twenty Germans were wounded.
PARIS. April 8— Refugees report
the German government troops are
mercilessly repressing the Ruhr basin
Communists. The refugees say the
soldiers shot all Westphalians who
laid down their arms. It is also re
ported the German soldiers have bom
ba uied Dusseldorf with gas shells.
ALANIA
ON WAY
SEATTLE, April S— Steamer Ala
meda sailed for Alaska ports at 9
o’clock th,s morning: with 210 passen
gers the following being for Seward:
O. A. Glasser,
Wm. Morrison,
F. A. Rapp.
A. T. Budd,
Mrs. P. Mahill,
Mrs. N. N. Jaffee,
Mrs. F. H. Chapin,
Josephine Chapin,
James Black,
L. G. Marrland,
Miss A. Divine,
Mrs. J. B. Beckstad,
Iver Nettwig,
J. D. Nickle,
B Y. Collins,
Frank Terri nee,
L. J. Till,
L. K. Bain,
E. Jackson,
Mrs W. G. Sutton,
J. Bender,
Mrs. L. Long and baby.
M'S. L. Edmendson,
I. Demares,
Arthur Ix>ng,
F. D Payne,
F. S. Adelman,
L. McAllister,
A. P. Linquist,
A. Baudin,
Ole Larson,
A. Tannison,
F. Meary,
N. Blake,
W. Ray.
J. B. Biskstad,
Two stccrarge.
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ALASKA DUE IN MORNING
Steamer Alaska is due in port to
morrow morning at 10 o’clock and will
be here nearly all day discharging
cargo. This is according to advices re
ceived by Agent A. H. McDonald.
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SMITH KNOCKED OUT
PORTLAND, April 8— Fred Ful
ton knocked out Gunboat Smith in the
second round here last night. Smith
was scared too death.
Eagle is much troubled from th*
depredations of sneak thives, the ar
ticles stolen being of little value but
numerous. Residents of the camn
will give the thief a blue ticket if he
is caught.
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A Methodist church will soon be
established at Hyder.
FOUR DEAD
FROM FIRE
IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, April 8— Fireman
Charles T. Lacraase, injured by fall
ing walls when the Lincoln hotel was
destroyed by fire yesterday morning
died late yesterday afternoon making
a known total of four dead. The fire
men are making a thorough search of
the ruins today for victims.
l)r. Augustine Dwyer, of Boston,
lecturer, who registered at the Lin
coln Tuesday night, and reported to
have been burned, has been discovered
to have gone to Tacoma on the last :
Intel-urban Tuesday night one hou. I
before the fire started.
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FORM HOOVER CLUB
SEATTLE, April 8— Scott Cal
houn, Hoover’s classmate at Stanford
University, was last night elected
President of the Hoover Republican
Club; Robert S. Paris, was elected
first vice president and George B.
Littlefield, second vice president. The
club plans to send Hoover delegates
to the county Republican convention
on April 17th. The Hoover national
headquarters suggests a consolidation
of the Republican club with the non
partisan Hoover clubs.
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STRIKE IS
SPREA ING
CHICAGO, April 8— The insur
gent strike of switchmen, engineraen
and firemen, which started n the local
yards, has now spread to Kansas City,
Toledo, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Gary
Decatur and St. Louis. The strikers
predict the strike will become nation
wide. The transcontinental freight
movements are greatly rampereed to
day.
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TO ACQUIT AULT
SEATTLE, April 8— Superior
Judge Ronald has ordered a directed
verdict of acquittal for Editor Ault,
of-the Union Record charged with li
beling the dead, killed in the armistice
day massacre at O'ntralia.
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MOVIE COMPANIES USE
WRECK FOR THE SCENES
ABERDEEN, WASH., April 8—
“Sea stuff” films are being made fre
quently by California moving picture
companies at the wreck of the schoon
er Janet Carruthers, which piled up
on a Grays Harbor beach about a year
ago.
Beautiful ladies arc being “rescued”
every week from the wreck’s cabin,
curley haired heroes risk their lives,
often jumping into waist-deep break
ers, and “captains” are sticking with
the old Carruthers to the last bitter
“fade-out”.
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VERA CRUZ TO HAVE
MILK NOW IN BOTTLES
SAN FRANCISCO, April &— De
livery of milk in regular American
glass bottles will soon be a competit
or in Vera Cruz with the universal
Mexican custom of bringing the milk
around in lavge cans to be measured
m:sceiianeous receptacles fur
nisher! from the customer's household,
according to Gonzalo A. V*1*«ca. a
V^ra Cruz dairyman, who visited Cal
ifornia a few dnvs ago. He was so im
passed with the m^km** machines
nqr»d *»t tbo TTnivc-sit.v of California
farm that ho started home bv way of
Chi'-ero to i«v in a sunrdv for use in
his own dnirv. He bought two car
load’s of bottles in San Francisco be
fore his departure
DIVORCE OF MARY
PICKFORD SECURED
IN ILLEGAL WAY
RENO, April 8— The Attorney
General of Nevada is to file a
motion next week to set aside
Mary Pickford’s divorce from her
firmer husband, Owen Moore.
The motion will charge the divor
ce showed that conspiracy *and
collusion was resorted to in con
ducting the case. It is also charg
ed that neither party had resided
long enough in the state to se
cure a divorce. Mary Plckford,
several days following the divorce
was married to Douglas Fair
banks.
CANNERY FLEET
OFF FOR THE 1
NORTH
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SEATTLE, April 8— Big full rigg
ed “windjammeis,” some famous as
American clipper ships long ago, al
ready are spreading their sails and
heading for Alaska, the vanguard of
summer salmon fleets which go north
every year to work with the scores ol
fish canneries that dot northern har
bo s and in.cts.
Dozens of other craft, steamers,
gas boats, barges and tugs, are going
north with the sailing ships. Before
winter they will all come ploughing
back with this year’s fish catch cann
ed and packed and stored in their
holds.
No record salmon catch is expected
this year, according to reports from
Alaska. Most of the southeastern
Alaska canneries expect to reduce
their pack this year from one third
to one half normal and several will
not operate at all. One cause for the
cut is the fact that all of last year’s
pack has not been sold. Low’ markets
are given as another reason.
Alaska’s salmon output last year
was 4 502,201 cases, the smallest
since 1015. The high water mark of
Alaska’s salmon years came in 1018
when, in response to a war call for
food, the canneries sent 6,607,560
cases out.
Most of the salmon are packed in
southeastern Alaska, a strip of terri
tory that juts south between north
ern British Columbia and the Pacific
Ocean. Last year southeastern Alaska
fisheries turned out 3 108,364 cases
gainst 775 557 from central Alaska
and 708,280 from far western Alaskan
points. The central Alaska plants ex
tend from Cape St. Elias westward
to the Alaska Peninsula. The far
western plants are on the shores of
Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea.
About 125 sa’mon canneries were
operated in Alaska last year by near
ly 90 companies. Several big concerns
operated more than one plant, the
Alaska Packers Association leading
with ten. Libby McNeil and Libby
were second with nine. The North
western Fisheries Company operated
seven and the Pacific American h ish
cries Company four.
Nearly alt the boats of the largest
fleets that of the Alaska Packers As
sociation, makes its headquarters in
San Francisco Bay. The Libby Mc
Neill and Libby and the Northwestern
company boats winter here, the Libby
boats riding in the fresh water of
Lake Union. The Pacific American
company operates from Bellingham.
Portland, South Bend, Everett
Olympia, Astoria, Anacortes and oth
er ports send their share of fishing
vessels north.
Five or six thousand men are going
north to spend the summer working at
the fisheries. In the fall they will
come back with the boats and the
catch. For several weeks passenger
steamers running to Alaska have been
carrying capacity lists of cannery em
ployes. The Northwestern and the An
acortes Fisheries Om"a»>v. brth sub
sidiaries of the Booth Fisheries Co,,
will use 1,500 men in the north this
year.
REASONS FOR
SPECUEATIONS
SEATTLE, April 8— Frank Van
derlip, New York City Banker, has ar
rived and he will address the Interna
tional mining cong ess tomorrow on
the gold probh m . In an address at
Portland last night, Mr. Vanderlip
blamed the Treasury Department for
the inflation of finance credits and
said the Secretary of the Treasury in
sisted on keeping the discount rates
low in America so borrows could be
made at a low interest. He said the
Federal Reserve banks forced the dis
count rates low thus enabling every
one to extend credit and engage in
speculations.
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CONVENTION’ MAY
GO TO OAKLAND
CHICAGO, April 8— Fred Lynch,
it Minnesota, National Committee
man, said the national committee
meeting here on April 20, is to hear
the dissatisfaction of the Democratic
ieade.s regarding the convention ac
:ommodations at San Francisco. It is
now proposed to hoid the convention
it Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8— Post
master Fiske said Lynch s statements
we.e inaccurate and sa d Lynch’s dele
^ ition was already meeting in Chica
go having been called to approve ol
San Francisco’s hotel and other ac
:ommodations.
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TO DECLARE WAR OVER
WASHINGTON, April 8— Repre
sentative Campbell, cha rman ot the
Rules committee, opening the fight
for the' adoption of the joint resolu
tion declaring the war with Gcimany
jver, dec.ared Congress should assert
this fact that the Americans and Ger
mans arc now no longer in mortal con
flict.
Representative Campbell said the
people were wearied by the year and
a half of pace under the executive
wartime powers. He said the people
long for freedom of government with
three seperate branches and Congress
is within rights in declaring that the
state of war has ceased to exist. Re
presentative Pou, answering Camp
bell, said the passage of the measure
would be playing in Germany’s hands
and said the Republicans had offered
the resolution as an excuse for b:ok
en party pledges. Rep. Pou further
said the measure was des:gncd to cm
barass Wilson. The Republicans jeer
ed this latter statement.
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25 ON THE TRAIN
The Gateway City limited is on the
way from Anchorage, having loft on
scheduled time at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. with 26 passengers aboard for
Seward.
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WASHINGTON, Apiil 8— The
election of Mr. George Hazelet, dele
gate to the Republican National Con
vention, from Alaska, will bring na
tiona. suspic.on on the Republican
party.
liazelet stands for a renewal of
national distrust against Alaska. He
is for the Alaska Steamship Co., mon
oply of tian po; tat on; for excessive
freight and passenger rates* for Gug
genheim control of the Alaska gov
eminent railroad; for the Packers
combine in control of Alaska Salmon
i iftiici ^nd for control of the Alas
ka syndicate interests.
iiazeiet has notified me, in writing,
lie ot poses putting on a government
line of steam, bipo in connection with
the government railroad.
I strongly urge all citizens of
Alaska, who hope to see Alaska coal
and oil generally developed, citizens
who seek regular and sufficient ap
propriations for building and operat
ing the government railroad, and for
Alaska government, free from corrupt
corpoiai.oii rule, Ic vote fo- Herron
for National committeeman and for
Valentine and Reed for National con
vention delegates, but defeat Hazelet
at all hazards.
(Signed)— James Wickersham.
The following came paid press to
the Gateway tins mo.ning, and as the
Gateway is independent in politics,
the (1 spatch is printed ror its politic
al news vaiue. James Wickersham has
boon delegate for many years from
Alaska and being repeatedly re-elect
ed m^st have a laige fol.owing of
fr.cnds in the te.ritory. The item in
the above dispatch in which Seward
is vitally interested, of course, is that
regarding Mr. Ilazelet's attitude on
the government rai.road p opos tion.
Mr Wicke sham's endorsement of
Herron, is pe.hajs both for political
as well as political reasons. Mr. Haze
let \ ill arrive in Seward on the steam
er Alaska and may answer the charg
ee raa le by Mr. Wicke:sham.
LOOKS LIKE M’BRIDE
.JUNEAU, April 8— The Business
mcu’s ticket supported by the conser
vative labor element, overwhelmingly
defeated the combined A aska indus
tr'al Union and catering politician’s
ticket in Juneau, Ketchikan and Pet
ersbuvg at the elect ons on Tuesday.
Managers of McBride’s candidacy for
Republican Nat onal committeemen
believe th’s presages an overwhelm
ing victorv for him in the primaries
on April 27th.
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VALDEZ ELECTION
VALDEZ, April 8— At the election
hold Tuesday Bigs, Meals, Minor,
Qu;nn, So'by Sm;th and Wood were
elected councdmen and Mrs. S. 0.
Co s'or was elected clerk of the school
hoard Thnv0 was a very light vote
there being no contests.
PLAN FLOATING STEAMER
VICTORIA B. C.. April 8— Plans
ova on to lav for f'oat’ng the steamer
PpflAA .Tohn steamer Al
-Av:ne reports by wireless p*‘
John holes have b^en plugged and
pumns havo b^en smarted taking the
water out of the holds.