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SEWARD. ALASKA. VOLUME XIII, NUMBER _1_TEN MATS PER COPY
nil RSOAY. FEBRUARY >. 1390. _____-_
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Two important matters were dis
cussed at the special meeting of th«*
Seward Chamber of Commerce h* Id
last ni*ht ia the town halL
The first matter was the question
of better transportation on the gov
ernment railroad, that is a through
train once or possibly twice u week
from the end of steel, at Talkeetna or
Wasilla to Seward.
The second matter was the question
of securing distillate for the fishing
fleet that will operate out of Seward
this year, as in previous years.
Through Train Service
The through train service to be re
quested, from the end of steel to Sew
ard, once or twice a week, is tor the
benefit of the traveling public also
for mail. At present trains are opo’ ut
ed between Seward and Anchorage,
twice a week. A train is operated out
of Anchorage to Talkeetna, once a
week. This weekly train service north
of Anchorage causes an unnecessary
stop over at Anchorage, which thu
traveling public is now objecting t *.
Uy the present schedule, a person
leaving Seward for the interior, must
take about eight days to get 22$ mile.*--.
At present there ate in Seward
eleven men who are out from the in
tenor bound to the states on business
trips. These men were forced to wait
at Talkeetna from five to seven days,
required to remain in Anchorage t o
days, and then come to Seward. W hi n
these men return north they are go
ing to stop at Cordova, hit the rat •
road and trail and be in l aiiban ^
within three days. The time from Sew
ard to Talkeetna, unless connecting
were made with the weekly train
Anchorage would be eight days. Triv •
eling men are also prevented from
making good time owing to the
weekly service from Anchorage north,
and the corresponding stop over at
Anchorage.
At the meeting last night a com
mittee consisting of President Wh*
temore, Hugh Dougherty and Elmer
K Frend was named to have a cin
ference with William Gerig, assistant
chief engineer, and present the mat
ter of a through train service, Sew
ard to the end of steel.
It was also mentioned at the me *
ing that if a through train nervine
was provided, it would be very like'y
that the mail from Seward to Idit i
rod would again be sent over that
route instead of from Cordova, to
Fairbanks, to Nenana, then down the
river, a round about way of about $00
additional miles.
To take up Oil Matter
Now that the announcement has
been made distillate will not be sup
plied to Alaska towns, as the manu
facture of that commodity is to be
stopped owing to the extra demand
for gasoline, the future of the fishing
industry is affected. A committee con
sisting of Dougherty, Graef and Me
Neer was named to take the subject
up with the commercial organizations
at Juneau and Ketchikan, also with
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
see what steps were to be taken th.s
year to supply the fishing fleet.
It has been hoped that distillate
from Katalla would be secured. Presi
dent Whittemore cabled to Georg-*
llazelet, Cordova, two days ago ask
ing if distillate could be supplied t.»
Seward. Mr. Hazelet cabled that thi
limited supply from Katalla was lik
en entirely by Cordova.
J. L. McPherson, manager of th»*
Alaska Rureau of Seattle Chamber pf
Commerce, who is -now in Washing
ton, I). C., wired Seward asking for
the needs of this section. Sec
retary Lucas was instructed to notify
Mr. McPherson that the opening o."
the Matanuska coal fields by the navy
re-establishment of the Seward-Idsta
rod mail route; passage of the oil !ar.«l
leasing bill, and trails and wagon
roads as feeders for the government
railroad, were the needs of this sec
tion of Alaska.
Letters were road from President
Doyle, of the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce, stilting that the organiza
tion at Anchorage was working fo *
better conditions in this section o?
Alaska and copies of the resolution
recently passed by the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce were read.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting last night of representative
citizens. President Whittemore an
nounced that the next meeting will be
held on Friday, Feb., 13th., at which
officers will be elected for the year.
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SEATTLE GIRL FOLLOWS
IN FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY , Feb.,
Ellen Calhoun, of Seattle, has been
elected Editor of the Daily Palo Alto,
the University daily. Ellen is the
daughter of Scott Calhoun, of Seattle.
He was one of the first editors of the
daily many years ago.
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STORM IS
RAGING ON
EAST COAST
WASHINGTON. I'Vb., r>— From
New England to Virginia the wo t
snow storm of the year is raging to
day. Sleet and wind is reported fiom
all sections.
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PRESIDENT WILSON HAS
RECOVERED FROM A COLD
AND GOES OFT ON PORCII
WASHINGTON, Feb., 5— Desp.o
a hail, sleet and snow storm. Presi
dent Wilson spent some time today r-n
the south portico. He has apparently
recovered from his recent slight •-•old
COTTON
MARKET
IS HIT
LIVERPOOL, Feb., 5— Owing 10
the depreciation in exchange, th * .m
portation of cotton has virtually been
stopped. The present high prices are
are handicapping the financing. 1 h*»
manufacturers trade is urging that the
exchange difficulties be relieved im
mediately.
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CAN \D1 VN CURRENCY IS
BEING HEAVILY DISCOUNTED
SPOKANE, Feb., 5— Canadian cur
rency is being discounted here today
hy twenty per cent. Silver passes at
par.
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MARKET FOR CONTINENTAL
EXCHANGE FEVERISH TODAY
LONDON, Feb., 5— The market
continental exchange is feverish to
day. Belgium and French exchnr** a
dropped over night. New York ex
change opened at $3.22 for the pound.
Officials are encouraging export to
America to hold steady exchange and
urge that importation of luxuries from
America be stopped during the pres
ent drop of exchange.
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MOVIE ACTOR IS KILLED
LOS ANGELES, Feb., 5— Earl
Burgess, noted movie actor, was in
stantly killed this afternoon at Bere
vely Hill when he fell 700 feet from
an airplane on which he was perform
ing and making a comedy,
hEYVER. r eb . 5-- Oiville H-uv
ington, skilled mint worker, was ar
rested this afternoon charged with
having robbed the mint of gold b il
lion valued at $100,000. The stol *n
gold was found buried in various
places in the yard of his home.
GOING SOME
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COMPTON. Cal., Feb., 5— A
thief, with an automobile, stole
the sink, stove, light fixtures and
* even the furniture on the first
floor of a big ranch house near
here while the ranch owner and hi* *
* family were asleep upstairs.
PREPARING
PLATFORM
WASHINGTON. Kcb., 5— The Ue
publican committee of 171 meinb r?
has met to draft recommendations for
the party’s national platform. 1
members considered planks including
business rehabilitation, tariff chang s,
readjustments of foreign and domestic
commerce, postal reform and labor
conditions. The comtnittee will not
touch upon foreign matters until who
Senate acts on the treaty.
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ESTIMATED
POPULATION
Of CANADA
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OTTAWA, Feb., 5— The census
Department estimates Canada’s pop**
1 at ion at 8,805,102.
Ml’ST END STRIKE OR MEN
WILL LOSE THEIR POSITIONS
RUTTE, Feb., 5— The sub-stat on
men of the Chicago & Milwaukee K
K., are striking and the company has
been forced to abandon electricity and
use steam between Harlowton, Mon
tana and Avery, Idaho. The company
is replacing the strikers and expect to
resume electric trains tonight. The
railroad administration told the mm
they will lose their jobs if the ?t k'
is not stopped by tonight.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 5— Admin
istration leaders say there is no truth
in the report that President WiN m
knew of Grey’s letter in advan^>.
Grey had published in London papers
yesterday a letter stating that Eng
land might accept the Lodge reserva
tions to the treaty. The American
government feels that the President
should have been informed of the let
ter before it was published.
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CAMPAIGNS ARE
STARTED BY 2
CANDIDATES
SEATTLE, Feb., 5— Colonel Hu t
ley, of Everett, in his first campaign
speech for Governor, declared Radi
calism should be handled without glov
es. Col. Hartley asserted that most
ni. n in high office were not accessib o
10 the common people.
Col. George Lamping, in his iiist
campaign speech for governor, declai
ed that the present legislative bodies,
do not represent the people.
SPOKANE, Feb., 5— The Young
Men’s Republican club of this city is
planning a banquet for Senator Miles
Poindexter when he arrives here in
March or April to start his campaign
for President on the Republican tickc..
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WOBBLIES JURY MAY RE
COMPLETED RY TONIGHT
MONTESANO, Feb., 5— It is ex
pected the wobblies trial jury will be
selected by tonight. The jury will visit
Ccntralia before witnesses are called,
it is said.
MONTESANO. Feb., 5— John
Lamb, one of the eleven defendants,
ill yesterday, is better today.
It is believed that Ray Rcckcr, an
other defendant, is the son of a Chica
go Lutheran minister. Another Chica
go minister is interested in him.
Lamb’s illness yesterday delayed the
court proceedings.
MONTESANO, Feb., 5— Nine per
manent jurors have been selected and
two alternate jurors.
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CLOTHING MAY DROP
CLEVELAND, Feb., 6— Financial
experts announce that they belie\ed
inflated cost of clothing and food is
ended. Already a marked decrease in
the basic price of many commodities is
noted.
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MEXICO CITY’, Feb., 5— The Mex
ican government has cancelled Ameri
can consul agent Jenkin’s exequatur
and will p-ob^biy nsk him to leave.
PARIS , Feb., f>— Relation* bn -
tuween the Allies and Germany seem
today to have arrived at a crisis a.
the result of the icfusal of Kuiy v >n
Lersner, German peace delegate, i •
forward the names of the Germans
whom the Allies want for trial.
German minister de Noske is <|*iot
ed as having »aicl Umi Germany can
not secure the men a..f1 t^T A1 lie.- de
mand is a revenge worse than the d -
mands of Shylock.
BERLIN, Feb., 5— It is reported
here that von Lersner threw the ex
tradition note back at Premier M
erand when he read it and found o il
the demands made.
All German newspapers say that
Germany’s cxistance depends upon the
outcome of the Allies extradition «*• •
mands.
NEW YORK, Feb., 5— Newspap
ers this afternoon throughout t u
United States, almost without ext -p
tion, demand that the Allies enforc
the extradition demands. Several
newspapers are outspoken that if Go *
many had won the war, that nation
and its bloodthirsty generals wouM
have trod roughshod over the remain
der of the world regardless of right
or wrong.
Several newspapers show that Gi •
many does not yet believe she has •osf
or rather does not realize her posit on
in the world, of a defeated braggart,
nation.
1.ON DON, Fob , r>— A dispat-h
from Berlin says the Geiman cabinet
is to send the Allies another nre -
stating the fatal consequences that
will probably follow the extradition
raid on Germany. The German mir. s
ters are unanimous in declaring **x
tradition of the mcnywnnted is an ut
ter impossibility. Noske says the train
bearing the extradited men would nev
er be permitted to leave Germany if
the men should be arrested.
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OREGON HAS WOMEN’S BAND
SHERIDAN, Ore., Feb., 5— The on
ly complete women’s band in the Nor
thwest is boasted by Sheridan. It hnr.
a personal of 41. Recently John Phillip
Sousa, band leader and composer, pre
sented a comet to the organization.
The band was organized January
3, 1919, as a d;stinctly community en
terprise, and it has played several suc
cessful engagements in the Northwest.