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VOLUME Mil. NUMBER 269. “’
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NOME PIONEERS
ARE ROASTING
GRAND IGLOO
NOME, Match 2D— The month o
of the Nome Igloo of Pioneers ur
indignant over the action ot the Giuimi
Igloo in refusing to seat the Norn-'
delegates at Anchorage, also indig
nant because of the qualifications tf
membership which has been reduced.
The Nome Igloo sent a report and al
so per capita tax in regular order and
then had to wire proxies because of
the illegal short noVce. The local Ig
loo declares the session of the Grand
Igloo was illegal and has refused :o
abide by its acts and will appeal to *tli
Ig^os to do the same.
The local Pioneers wired their prox
ies to present a protest to Grand
President Nelson appealing to him for
a square deal and prevent d smption
of the order, also to suspend the oper
ation of the amendment reducing the
qualifications for mornb "ship until a!1
Igloos can make direct dec’a rat ions
Otherwise Nome will withdraw from
the Grand Igloo.
guide for hunters
Fred Neilsen. old timer to the west
ward, is now in Seward, and very pro
bable he will be the guide for several
eastern hunters who are expected *.o
arrive in So .raid shortly and go to
Kodiak then further west on an ex
tended trip.
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NINETEEN YEARS SINCE
TANSY HAS SEEN BROTHER
S. F. Tansy is a passenger to Se -
dovia on the Admiial Evans going
there to meet his brother Jack, whom
he has not seen for the past ID yea s.
S. F. Tansy has been in the interior
for the past ID years and his brother
has been along the coast, the majo.'ty
of the yea is being spent on the inlet.
Nineteen years ago the brothers were
together in Valdez, then S. *. Tansey
left for the interior and only came to
Seward last week enroute to Seldovia.
NORTHWESTERN WEST BOl’NO
Steamer No: thwest?in sailed from
Juneau at 7 o’clock this morning and
should arrive at Cordova early tomor
row evening on the way to Seward.
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MAIL ON EVANS
Only one day's mail from the state s
anivod on the Admiral Evans but
there were several days mail from
coastwise cities for Seward.
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William Maloney, formerly Alaska
Territorial Mine Inspector and Fred
Pederson, formerly engaged in mining
in the Nome district, have purchased
a garage at Kirkland on the ens»'
s»d« of Lake Washington, near
Seattle.
SEATTLE, March 20— Informa
tion has boon received here that Or.
Robert E Fo b 's has been arrested at
Kite, Utah, by Federal agents. The
“doctor” is wanted at Cordova and al
so Juneau, Alaska for forgery ami the
theft of treasury checks. The man s
also wanted in Okanogan, Wa-h..
where he broke jail last tall. The
“do tor” was captured after an excit
ing chase of 2 000 miles from Juneau
and Cordova to the Utah desert.
Dr. Forbes operated in Alaska, at
Cordova and Juneau under the name
of B. C. Johnstone, representing him
self to be that man who is a promin
ent Ma on. When at Juneau, John
stone or Fo bes, secured treasury
warrants and fy^ed these, cashing
them at Cordova securing $2,000. In
c'd^nt’v he borrowed money from sev
eral Juneau and Co**dova citizens ard
gave checks on outside banks. Of
course the checks came back “N. S.
F.,” and other things upon them.
United States District attorney W. A.
Munly, now in Seward, also received
word that the bunko man had been
arrests but h;s adv;ces are that he
was arreted under the name of Ar
thur Webb. A^ywav. the forger and
th;*'f is now in the hands of the fed
ora’ authorities and will undoubted’?/
h~ b ought north to explain, then go
to jail.
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CHILDREN BORN
OUT OF WEDLOCK
LEGITIMATE HEIRS
FARGO. N. D.. Marnh 2D— Tho
f;r't cpso under Nerth D^k >ta s
law enacted to estab'ish tho 1o*tmi
ma^v of children bom out of wedlock
h^s b^en completed ;n tho Cpss C<v n
ty courts a»'d n chiM so bom lies
reco;ved its fathom's name ard b^m
declaved h;s lo<?»t*mato heir. The
law was passed by the legislature
in 1D17.
Under provVons of th;s act which
is sa;d to be tho first of its kinl
in the countvy, a child born out * f
wedlock is declared to be the child
of its natural parents, as such is
entitled to support, shelter and edu
cation equally with other chiMroi
born in legal marriage and is entit
led to share in any estate jointly
with a 1 other legal heirs.
Suit to establish the natural
parentage of the child, the law pro
vides, must be instituted one yea
after birth, the facts in the ease
to be proved a3 in any other legal
action. This is construed as placing
the burden of proof upon the plaint'f'.
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Word was brought North a short
time ago and first published in the
Ketchikan Chronicle that it was prob
able that the steamship Jrffe
would be converted into a freighter.
It was said that the vessel had be
come too slow for the passenger trade
and that she would make a good
freight boat for the Northern run.
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George Bindley pioneer of Wrau
ge11. h^s d:°H o* tuberculosis at Mom
ingside sanitarium.
MAYBE SO
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 29
— Grand Duchess O.ga Alexand
rovna, sister of the former Czar
of Russia, believes he is aliVe.
The woman gives no positive rea
sons for this belief.
SAYS CANADIANS
WANT TRAFFIC
Or ALASKA
WASHINGTON, March 29— Late
Saturday afternoon, Maurice Leehoy,
to d the Senate commerce committee
iho Canadians and other private inter
ests, including the Alaska Packe.’s
Association, were opposing the Cham
berlain bill which would give the Ter
ritory of Alaska conti ol of the steam
ship companies, in the matter of
rates, etc. Mr. Leehcy quoted a Cana
dian Steamship official as stating he
would got the Alaska traffic because
he had influence in Washington.
Chairman Jones said: “We ought to
see they do not.”
Mr. Leehcy told the committee he
understood James Wickersham and
John E. Ballaine had told Secretary
of the Interior Payne, that Leehcy re
presented tipi Guggenheims. Mr.
Wickersham, who was in the commit
tee room, denied making any .-»uch
statement and also denied he repre
sented and Canadian interests. •
SEATTLE, March 2D— Speciil to
the Post Intelligencer say charges
flew at Saturday’s Senate Commerce
committee hearing on the Alaska
transportation bill. Sommes charged
Wickcrsham with lobbying for Cana
dian interests Wickcrsham denied the
chargj and said Semmcs did not be
lieve it.
Maurice Leehey said that Cana
dian clients of his had asked him to
“lay off” on the transportation bill.
Major GAieial Richaidson, Gov.
.iiggs and John E. Ballarne were p-—
sent at the hearing and many times
Chairman Jones was required to ra.»
for order. Chai man Jones said he d d
not know himself who did represent
the Canadian transportation lines but
said the Canadians used effective me
thods.
BIG FUND FOR CONTINUANCE
OF ROAD WORK
WASHII'GTON, Match 29— Ed
win T. Meredith, newly appointed sec
retary of agriculture, believes thc.ro
should be active continual on of pres
ent fed O’ a! and state co-operation in
connecting state road systems with
the system of adjoining states «n or
der that the working out of an ade
quate highway program for the whole
United States may proceed in an ov
(br’y manner. He a1 so advocates the
cont’nuance of work now going for
ward under the federal aid road law.
“As 1921 is the last year covered
by the law,” Mr. Meredith says, “it
v*ouM be highly desirable, in my optn
ion, for Congress to make provision
as promptly as poss ble for the con
tinuation of the work under the pres
ent system by an appropriation of at
least $100,000,000 for each of the four
fiscal years beginning 1922.”
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c;?ant C. Caughey and Miss A\i*a
lec Prchard were married the ot’ier
dav at Co dova by commissioner
Noaks.
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INDICT
STRIKE
LEADERS
WINNIPEG, March 29— Five load
ers of Winnipeg's general strike sev
eral months ago have been convicted
of seditious conspiracy. The five in
cluded Aldeiman John Queen. One
other defendant was convicted of a
modified charge of committing a pub
lic nuisance. Alderman A. A. Hups,
was acquitted. A crowd in the court
room cheered when a false rumor was
circulated that the men had all be m
acquitted. The c o.vd hissed the ver
dict when it was announced and
fought with officers for five minutes
before evicted from the court room.
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PIONEERS NOT
TO BUILD NOW
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At the meeting of the Pioneers iust
Jaturday night, it was decided not to
purchase a lot at the present time an*
build a suitable hall. The matter was
thoroughly discussed at the meeting
then a vote was taken with the above
result
The meeting nights of the Pionee* s
will hereafter be the second and
fourth Fridays of each month instead
of the seconml and fourth Saturdays.
F. M. Kempfcr, representing the
Pioneer Magazine, the official organ
of the organization, was present and
to d of the plans of the magazine pub
lishers and the edition to be issued in
Seward in May. The members of the
lodge voted support of the editi »*i
and will take 100 copies for distribu
tion and one or more pages for ad
vertising purposes. The Pioneers will
also ask the merchants to take adver
tising space.
Nick McGlashan, of Unga, ana
K’mor A. Friend, rode the malrmuto
over the trail Saturday night and then
jo:ned other Pioneers around the Igloo
fire.
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SEAMEN’S ACT UPHELD
W\SHINC,TON, March 29— The
Supreme Court in deciding the ap
nea's b’-o’^M bv Brtish slvp owner.*
today up held the constitutionality of
the provisions of the Lafollette sea
men’s act relating to the payment of
wages to seamen up on demand.
SEATTLE AND OTTAWA
WILL PLAY HOCKEY GAME
TORO'TA March 29— Ottawa
and Seattle meet here next Wednv
dav to play hockey in an artificial
'•ink to "’h’ch Seattle is accustomed.
has won one game and Otta
wa also one game.
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LINER IS AGROUND
FPANCTSCO. Ma'-ch 29—
The Pacific Mail liner Columbia
nr o^nd^d ♦tvs nftArnoAn on a sand
spit near Yokohama. The passengers
are remain:ng aboard. The cargo is
being lightered. It is expected the
liner will be floated tomorrow.
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Jo'"« T R^ed has taken no his dut
ies as Commissioner at Hyder and
opened a recording office.
CHICAGO, Ma ch 20— Northeast
erly Illinois has been swept by a tor
nado and 26 persons are known to
have been kiiicu. Hundreds have be ut
injured and the property damage ku.-.
lain into the millions of dollars.
Elgin, Joliet and the western out
skirts of Chicago were struck hard and
eight persons w’ere killed and 100
wounded.
Four million dollars is estimated to
be the damage.
At Elgin four persons were kil'.ed
and at Mebosc park, two were killed.
Chicago’s death list was four; Dun
ning’s three; Zulu, Indiana, one and at
East Troy, Wisconsin tw*o. One thous
and are homeless at Dunning. There is
wide devastation in the country dis
tricts Wires are down in all direc
tions. Hundreds of homes have been
destroyed. It is feared that the death
toll is large in the rural districts but
the wires being down no information
of a definite character has been re
ceived.
ST. LOUIS, March 29— One man
has been killed and many buildings
damaged by the high wind.
FORT WAYNE, Ind.. March 27 —
The town of Edgerton, eighteen mi’es
from here is reported to have wiped
out by the wind storm.
ATLANTA, Geo-gia, March 29—
Twelve we**e killed by a tornado at
LaGrande, Georgia. Many are krovm
to have b^en injured. The co^rt h.yse
and the school buildings are b-ing us
ed as t^moorury hospitals. Five were
killed by the tornado at West Point,
Georgia.
CDTCVGO. March 29— State and
f'd'-'-'d troon*? ar« this afternoon on
pnt-o1 d"tv ;n that paH of the e*ty
the suburbs struck by the tor
nado.
DETROIT. M°-eh 29— Over one
doz^n in Michigan have he^n
cut off from wire communication hv
a ter if:c wind and had storm. Exten
s:ve property damage is reported.
TOT,mo. March 29— Several casu
al t;es are reported at Stanton and
T^bb's corner, near here, by a torna
do.
TOT mo. March 29— This nft*’ -
roeo it is known yesterday's tornado
VPI/'d twenty end injured several hun
dreds in the Toledo district.
ALEXANDER CTTY Ga. March
29_A tornado has killed five whites
and s:x negroes. The Tvone-ty dam
age is estimated to be $30,000.
mOTW. TP*"ivfi. March 29— A tor
nado last night killed eight persons
here and injured 127. The property
damage is over $1,000,000. Merchants
pioicsaional men and laborers are
clearing the streets of debris. Militia
.1 n and foimer soldiers are patroll
ing the streets. One three story brick
building fell o.i an adjoining building.
CHICAGO, March 29— A series of
tornadoes hit Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Missouri, and Illinois and killed scor
es. Few definite reports had been re
ceived up to 2 o’clock this afternoon,
owing to wires being down. It is
known however that thousands a»e
homeless.
CHICAGO, March 29— At 5 o'
clock this afternoon the tornado death
list was placed at 93.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 29
Twenty seven are dead and several
hundred are missing as the result of
the tornado in Indiana.
CHICAGO, Maich 29— The grea:
est loss of life near here was at Mel
rose park where it is repoited 24 per
sons were killed.
LAGRANDE, Ga., March 29— Fif
ty are read and 100 injured as a Je
suit of the tornado which stiuck this
place last night.
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HOOVER SAYS HE IS NOT
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
WASHINGTON. March 29— Last
Saturday afternoon, Hcibcrt Hoover,
eplying to an inquiry regaid ng his
campaign expenses, said “as I have r.o
campaign, naturally I have no finance
statement." Mr. Hoover reiterated the
statement he was not a candidate a”d
was not seeking any office.
SHIP FRAUD INDICTMENTS
SEATTLE March 29— John Bta.n,
reindict'd on the charge of alleged
fraud in ship building , has been in
flicted f ve times on the same cha’ ge,
three of which were dismissed. Phil
lips Morrison, of Tacoma, and Capt.
Magee were also reindicted by the
Federal grand jury charged with de
frauding the government on false
claims for ship work.
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PATENT FOR A LONG
RANGE GUN IS SOLD
TO THE FRENCHMEN
PARTS, March 29— De1ema»-e
Maze. French inventor, has sold the
French government a patent for a
new long range gun which has been
proven bv tests to have a range of
100 to 120 nr’les. England is trying
to obtain a right to use the plans and
A.TU'Hcon military attaches have ask
«sl Washington authorities to send ’■e
presentatives to future tests.