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" 'r“ SEWARD. ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 11. 1920. ' ' ‘“
VOLUME XIII, NUMBER 3M. ___ ...... ....1 ---- --
Of NAVY
NEW FISH
TRAP LAW
IN NORTH
WASHINGTON. May li— Reprc*;
sentative John B. Miller, of Seattle, •
obtains an explanation of the W ar De
partment’s order of April U»th limit-1
ing the length of fish traps ami flout
ing pound nets in Alaska waters and
restricting to a depth of 100 feet in
the water to which they may be plac
ed.
General Beach, chief of engineers, (
nays the Bureau of Fisheries, months
ago, urged regu’ation.* for floating (
fish traps ■•presentity* the unrestrict-,
ed use of these traps as a menace to ,
navigation.
Masters of steamers also complain- j
ed, he said. I
Representative Miller has been ,
promised a hearing in Seattle about |
October 15. A first hearing will be j
held in Juneau September 15 but both
will be too late for this season’s work. *
CANADA IS
NOW INTO
HERJIWN
WASHINGTON, May 11— Formal
announcement of the purpose of the
British government to place Canadian
relations with the United States are
completed and now in the hands of
the Canadian officials. This statement
was read in the Ottawa parliament
and made public this afternoon
through the British Embassy. Unusual
powers are to be conferred on the
Canadian minister who takes full
charge of all diplomatic relations. The
name of the minister is not announced.
Whether the United States will have
a minister at Ottawa is not made
known here.
ADMIRAL GOODRICH HAS
BEEN CHARTERED FOR TRIP
TO ANCHORAGE BY THE A. K. C.
SEATTLE. May 11— The freight
er Admiral Goodrich of the Admiral
line, has been chartered by the Alas
kan Engineering Commission for one
trip to Anchorage with supplies and
laborers. The Admiral Goodrich is
now being loaded and will sail Fri
day. The cargo will consist of steel
rails, bridge timber, tics and miscel
laneous freight. About 100 men for
construction work will be pa&sengeis.
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Charles Anderson known to all old
timers as “Lazy Charlie” died re
cently in a King county hospital. He
was a resident of Valdez up to a few
years ago.
WASHINGTON, May 11— Presi
dent Wilson's hitherto unpublished in
stiuctions to the officers of the At
lantic fleet delivered in person
aboard the flagship Pennsylvania on
August Uth. 1917, was made public
today by Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels, who said it showed a bold and
\igorous policy was outlined for the
navy and had thrown tradition to the
winds.
President Wilson, in his talk to the
officers of the Atlantic fleet said:
‘Strike the word prudent from your
vocabulary. Do the things that are au
dacious to the utmost point of risk
and daring. Those are among the
highlights in the American navy fight
against th«* foreign foe"
The President, during his talk to !
the fleet officers, expressed dissatic-;
faction with progress towards crush
ing the submarine and said: “Never
mind precedents, we must do new
things and successful things not yet
attempted by the British. America is
the prize in the \v*)rld war so break all
traditions and show that although we
are amateurs we are fighters and
fighters against all professional fight
ers."
NORTH CAROLINA WILL
HAVE SPECIAL LEGILATURE
TO TAKE UP SUFFRAGE
RALEIGH, N. C., May 11— Action
of the Democratic state convention re
cently in adopting a platform plunk
for ratification of the woman suffrage
amendment will be followed by a
special session of the legislature about
July 1.
Louisiana is the only state to have
a session before North Carolina but
Suffrage loaders say no matter what
action is taken in Louisiana it will
have no effect on the fight for ratifi
cation in North Carolina.
If Louisiana were to act favorably
it would make the 36th state but on
account of some uncertainty over the
ratification in Ohio legislature, be
cause of a reforendun involved, suf
frage advocates are anxious to have
37 states ratify the amendment.
Opinion is divided here as to what
action the North Carolina le gislature
will take. In view of the fact that both
political organizations in the state
have adopted platforms including
planks favoring suffrage, many paity
leaders believe the amendment will be
ratified. Besides Governor Bickctt,
many Democratic party leaders in the
state have come out for the amend
ment, including Secretary Daniels,
Senator Simmons and Congressman
Hocy. The legislature is overwhelm
ingly Democratic.
Opponents of suffrage believe the
amendment will either be defeated in
the legislature or by the voters of the
state. They think the legislature will
follow Senator Overman’s idea and
propose a state constitutional amend
ment giving women the vote, thus put
ting the suffrage question up to the
voters, who. they believe, will reject
it.
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E. F. Durbin, arrested at Fairbanks
on the chaw of robbinsr the Post of
fice box of the First National Bank,
plead Ruilty at a recent term of court
and was Riven a term in the peniten
tiary.
SEATTLE, May 11— The radio
station at Nome reports the murder
of Rev. A. R. Hoare, Episcopal miss
ionary. Rev. Hoare was sShOt and kill
ed bv James Maguire, afced 18 years,
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| at Port Hope while traveling with the
missionary. The boys father arrested
the son. It is reported the boy is in
sano. The boy was taken to Candle.
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NEW YORK, May 11— Eugene V.
Debs was today proclaimed Socialist
Presidential nominee, by Morris Hill
quist. Hillquist bitterly scored Wilson
and General Leonard Wood as foes of
the workingmen.
Eugene V. Debs is now serving a
term in the Atlanta penitentiary for
violation of the espionage act. He has
been a presidential candidate before
for the Socialists.
The Socialists may continue their
deliberations for several days. Accord
ing to party officers nomination of
candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States and
construction of a plattorm will be the
chief business before the delegates.
Socialists attach particular import
ance to the convention, because of at
tacks made on the party’s attitude
during the war and during ihe investi
gation in Albany which led to expul
sion of the entire Socialist delegation
of five from the New York Assembly.
Unseating bv the House of Represent
ative Victor L. Berger of Wisconsin,
convicted of violating the Espionage
Act, also is likely to come up for dis
cussion.
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Representative Socialists also de
clare that rights of free speech, free
press and free assemblage, which
party officials assert have been en
dangered hv “gag legislation” passed
during the war, are certain to receive
attention. The ethics of application
now of war measures designed to in
vent strikes also is scheduled for de
bate.
A committee of which Morris Hill
quit. once candidate for the New \ork
mayoralty is chairman, is now at work
drafting recommendations for the
pariv platform. Adoot’on of a now
platform is considered of prime im
nortnneo this venr. because of efforts
hv Federal and State officials te ally
the partv with its “T/*ft W*ng **
Industrial worker? of the World, Com
munists Bolshevists and other ele
ments— which its leaders assert has
been dropped during the past year or
so.
It is believed that the platform may
make clear the party’s attitude not
nnlv toward these “ex-comrades” but
toward the present Russian govern
ment. During the Socialist trial at
Albany, party lenders made it plain
that while thev held a sympathetic
feeling for Soviet Russia, because it
presented themselves allied with the
Communist Party, from whose philo^
sophy they said they differed.
The convention is limited to 200
delegates, announced, apportioned to
the various States in conformity with
their Socialist membership. Each
State has at least one delegate. New
York with 27 delegates, is the largest
delegation. Pennsylvania, with 21 is
to be second.
Otto Branstatter of Chicago, na
ional secretary, called the delegates
to order in the auditorium of the Fin
nish Workers’ Educational Associa
tion. Leading Socialists from Atlantic
.0 Pacific were present, including Mr.
Hillquist, Seymour Stedman, Chicago
lawyer who has defended many promi
1 nent Socialists caught in the mesh of
war legislation; Victor L. Berger, of
Milwaukee and Mayor Hoan of the
same city.
DiSCUSS
ALASKA
SEATTLE, May 11— F. E. Whelp-j
ley, owner of a fox ranch near Sew-1
ard, Alaska, was before the inter-de-1
partmental committee this morning]
and explained the possibilities of fur j
farming.
Nathan Eckstein, of Schwabacher
Brothers, wholesale grocers, discussed
trade and shipping facilities.
G. R. Vause, mining man told of the
conditions in the Susitna district.
John Cobb, representing the Cham
ber of Commerce of Juneau, Nome
and Fairbanks, is being hoard this
afternoon.
The meetings are executive and
i oihing will be given out until after
\ne committee makes its report at
Washington.
A_
WILL NOT RAISE MONEY
FOR SOLDIERS BY TAXES
WASHINGTON, May 11— The Re
publican members of the House ways
and means committee today definitely
decided to abandon the proposed one
per cent retail sales tax for raising
part of the money for the relief of
soldiers.
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WOOD GETS SEVENTEEN
DELEGATES FROM N. J.
TRENTON, May 11— Revised re
vised returns give General Wood sev
enteen and Hiram Johnson eleven of
New Jersey’s twenty eight delegates
to the the Republican National con
vention at Chicago.
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FLYING PARSON RECEIVES
HIS DISCHARGE FROM ARMY
NEW YORK, May 11— Lieutenant
Melvin W. Maynard, known as the fly
ing parson, has received his discharge
from the army and has joined the
Brooklyn Central Young Men’s Chris
tian Association.
A
R. W. Cullen and John Sullivan,
*o Fa?’banks pioneers, died recently
at Nenana. They were buried* at that
place.
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WASHINGTON, May 11— Sucre- om;. • Ver a an soldiers over seas,
tary of the Navy Daniels today marie .c; »“«*ia y Daniei.s said that the
: his reply to Admiral Sims before the ichcd today
^Senate committee. Secivtaiy Daniels <'■! t n . Inn n >.l ■ the criticisms
openly charged that the Admiral lack- . ■ m ml without.
ed vision and be ttled t '1 ;
American navy in coni : delayed six
British; that he covete l the I ■ '1'1 sided
decorations and aspired to become an i» i. opj »'.tior.s to Ad
honorable member of the British Ad-.mra the Brit*
j miralty. Ido . ■<-Daniels said un
Secretary Daniels assorted that th ; •' ' *‘‘ unfounded
officers supporting the char ' • '• P existed
.rural Sims were people with a griev- a' 4. * u ‘ * * 11 ;;r,d American
•ncc. rted l'iat
The Secretary said S n • establish
ached much more ir to the ' e man>f
protection of tin* merchant marin< :i° thought
than to the safety of the transpo ts of many o: the navy officials.
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16 GlVlSN Lilli
1.O6 Ai>GuLL6, May A a—
Janies iiuiii, a<it.s a antes i. liai
son, polygamist, who is ueoeved
lo have muruered iroin lid to ad
women, was today sentenced to
life imprisonment. A stay Oi exe
cution was seemed untn .way loth
by Watson’s attorney.
SEATTLE, May 11— The Red
. announced today that advices
i.a . b* oil iccvived Hum Fairbanks and
.. i.ana that e.giity per cent of the
o, a.av.oil oi ilio.se two cities were
....... wuh the influenza. There are
more than 800 cases of flu in both
towns, nine have died at Fail banks
and dime have been twelve deaths at
n a There arc three physicians
at Fairbanks and two at Xenana. Xo
slio: uigo of medicine is reported.
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l il.i.i ii »»lin aKi aul.
NOvv PlV blAilaU CUalii.Mi3
VENICE, May 11— Now that the
war is over and Venice iias recovered
from the nigiumare or having her
wealth of art destroyed by slieu nre
or worse still, looted by soldiers, one
by one her treasures from under
ground collars or distant galleries are
being returned to their places.
One of her most admued posses
sions however, Titan’s “Assumption
of the Virgin,” which is counted
among the seven great master-pieces
in the world, the pride of the Venetian
Academy of Fine Aits, has been re
turned, not to the gallery, but to its
original home in the choir of the beau
tiful gothic Church of the Frari, for
which it was painted by Titian in 1516. ■
The magnificient frame of carved
marble which was originally built
round it now’ shows off the glorious
picture to advantage and the Venet
ians are delighted that it should be re
stored to the position where its don
ors and the great genius wfc) compos- j
ed it intended it to remain.
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KL PASO, May 11— Revolutionary
leaders say the new Mexican regime
will welcome foreign capital and pio
lilacs piotcvtion •'] lives and property.
Rofoims will be instituted and gamo
dug and the saloons will be abolis.iol
WASHINGTON, May 11— The re
volutionary government of Mexico will
soon ask for an immediate recogni
tion by the United States.
PITTSBURGH, May 11— Crude
cil purchasing agencies announced to
lay an increase of 25 to 35 cents a
b r el on two different g adcs making
barrels now $2.10 and $4.