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SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 191,. ... _ . .... _
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Jl*N! At . A.' ' * Hoirntrs be
pun 104lay b* !o:o th* lorritoiiui l*0
islaturo on a Shipping Hoard to oper
ate >t»‘iii'ii'r> oil v no A.a-ha r 1
routes. The bill pio\ide- f«>’* a To t
toria* tran p«»rtat! 'n line : nd appr>
pnute* $«.'* *,o: o t-> d arter .-hips.
The (\‘V ns n. m ial ah’rp uni t *
minors, especially prospectors, ha;
pas ed the hou v and !> en am* ltd •’ ’.<*
include oil and coa! prospectors.
The memorial for a radio station
at Seldovia will pa-- both Hou*e .
This memorial to (’< npress was in*re
duced by Rcpr it ve John N
of Seward.
;
j In i(\tor elective has pas -ed
*!u >• mi’O but it is doubtful if it will
, a ui the House.
IT. bid r* p<‘*i!injr th ' primary e’e -
or. lav dd mt pas yesterday in the
. enate.
Ti • b abo'ishinjt the A'aac.
I*uldicity lluroau passed today in th *
Senate.
Ti e election lav.* bill and the oijrht
bill have be n introduced in t1 '
‘be u The oijr'.t hour bill rove's ;.ll
indu tries inckidtn.r amnerie . Ties
reported fa > ; bly perhap
in t .'* Hou o this atte noon.
I>01 SK . IDAHO. April l— Mali» s
fifteenth legislative session at which
the Republicans had an overwhelming
majoi'ty, repealed tl ' state primal
law as it applies to state and congres
sional nominations and returned to the
convent on plan for the nomination < t
party candidates. This change wa
made as a consequence of the usurp i
tion of the Democratic party nu. V
ery proceeding last summ« r’s primr
bv th*' Vonparti ian league.
The state adopted a commission
form of state government, creating
nine departments in p-af ' of t’ ■* *1
.now operative, and vesting fi i
aponsibPity in the governor who wi”
choose h»'' own cabinet of nine mei
each of whom will receive ?* r'00 J
year.
A constitutional amendment will b •
submitted in P20 providmg foi an in
crease in the supreme court member
ship from three to five members
Whether the supreme court mn ’ :r '
jurisdiction over decisions of the pu»*
lic utilities commission will also he de
cided as a con titutiona1 amerdnvnh
The legislature is authorized to ore
scrib^ tho scone and conditions o{ ap
peals perfected.
A state constabulary system with
ev*' ive police powers was ohcM’ h
ed ami on appropriation of ?"0,000
wa< made for that pnroose.
Fix tensive ropd imnr wement \vhc
authorized and Sl.SOO.onu to b*' raised
by a special road tax levy, was made
:iva:,abV for the construction work.
TheA rcction of wings to die cen
tral capitol unit was authorized and
a $900,000 bond is: Ac approved for fi
nancing the constmction.
Appropriations for ai! purposes • v
r*d ;>opvoxiriat* b’ $8,000,000 which in*
v !v< 1» s $i’0,000 for the election of an
vim' dstva 9m building at the Lewis
:o:i .> a‘e Normal school replacing the
one destroyed a year ago by fire.
A bill creating a oldier’s settlement
hoard and carrying an appropriation
of $1/ 9.000 passed the Idaho Legisla
tor-'. The l»«”i d is empowered to aid
'urn n:r ohlb-rN in finding homes
and \n. e* t i co-operate with tTm
fed ral «ro\ eminent.
Sol li< r Labor is planned to be ex*
t ndvelv used on the construction of
(.t. ;md ve t wings to the centr'd
.•ipitol bui'di 'g for which a $900,000
b«,n.l :ss’SD ivi been nuthonzed.
A bill prov ding fm* a $1,000 tax
xc motion for d’sehargod mm who
had seen Moican border service «v*
wer» in the army during the German
struggle was killed end an emergency
rmn’oymenr lull for soldiers, provid
ing for employment by the cunty corn
mi sioaers for 00 days, failed to pass
becam e it was believed to he unconsti
tutional.
N s. Thomas P. Aitkon. wife of the
well known dredge man of the inter
ior. arrived on the Alaska and is a
guest at the Overland.
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PARIS, April 4— Several French
delegates decline that many Fren h
id a.- are gaining ground in the Pea c
(VntYv !u,;•. Tlu* Echo «!«• Paris claii s
fha. many members of the Council ? •
lieve that (cumany is able to pay ba
rn, .1 lately six billion lrancs in var
ious kinds of money and can also de
li \ *»■ 'tiw material and manufactured
go <ls worth thirty billion franca.
DENY DISSENSIONS
PARIS, April 4— Premier Lloyd
(ieorge denies that there are any <!» •
* n ions between Franco and Ee.glan 1
r-g mding guarantees for Frane?
gainst (I many. The Pritish Premier
. ta *s then* is a complete understand
ing b 1 w on the two governments and
re - that England is ready 1 o
mak<* fre li a rifice-, if necessary, to
s» are peace and independence of
France.
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SACRAVEXTO, Cm., Anri! 4—
Sc-tutor Inman today a*kcd permis
sion to int"jh-jcc a bill prolrbitinv
Japanese leasing agrieultuial land - in
California.
T o rule committee denied Inman*?
request on account of the fact tVr* it
is d cmed ir.advi able to the leg a
turc at thrt present time. L gis'rto s
hov ever may cable to President V. d
.-on a king if M e proposed legiskuiou
would embarrass the American new
delegation.
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T1, ' lacbr bridge chib will meet t *
mn-row v it!) Mrs. IT. S. Ilalderston.
Luncheon will he served at Mrs. Yu i
Slyke’s at 2 o’clock.
Al Davis, wife and children, sailed
todav on the Alaska for a two month‘s
v? it in the states.
H. Marcus, representing the Good
year ftnbV‘r Co., arrived on the Alas
ka and is registered at the Hotel Over
land.
M*s. -T. M. McConnell, Mrs. Manthv
and ohddren arrived on the Alaska
fro"' I aTnirhe to rema;n in Seward.
Otto C. Shallerer and wife, former
ly Mrs. Hettle, returned to Seward to
dav after their honeymoon trip in the
states.
H. M. Kearney, of the Iditarod
district, returned north on the Alaska
after several months visiting in the
states.
Thor' twelve days mail from
Seatt1^ and 21 days mail from Juneau
brought in on the Alaska this morn
ing.
Cant C. A. Johnson, manager of the
-al e-v a* Caine’s Head, and Thomas
S. Christenson, are at the Hotel Sew
ard ready to fix the plant up for th»*
sea <on’s bn si ness.
TToi^n Van Campon is registered at
the Overland from Cordova.
J. R. \Tekla<on, one of the return
ing soldiers who has been at Camn
Grant, is at the Hotel Seward having
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WASHINGTON, April 4 - Accord
ing to cabled advices received at the
White lion < , President Wilson is ill
in Paris and confined to his lied b\ a
seveie cold. His condition is not ex
treme! j eriou aitd cd 1ho
executive will shako the cold by t
rest. Pc i also believed that his ill
ness will only interrupt his work foe
a fewllays.
The three Premiers met in the Par
is White Home as usual this after
noon and discussed important matters
in the sick room.
WASHINGTON, Ap ?1 4— i e t
emment is planning to have 1700 com
missioned airplanes and 0100 re « 1 '■
planes in the p rman uit army. Ac
cording to official inio* malion P. »s
planned to have ">('.),( 00 men in Amer
ica’s proposed army.
conn' north on the Alaska.
A. G. Dickinson and wi.'\ of An
cho?age a’e registered at the Hotel
Sewa d. Mr. Dickin or. is manager of
Dick’s Kitch< n at Anchorage.
M. M. Thompson and It. S. G mme,
with the A. K. C ., at Anchorage, ar
rived from the states on the Ala kn
and are registered at the Hotel Sew
ard.
Vietor Matson and H. Lauritz, com
mission men at Anchorage, are guest ;
at ‘he Hotel Seward, arriving on the
Alaska.
A. A. Skonbock. m r rant of An
chorage, r< turned novth on 'ho A’y -
ka and is registered at the Hotel Over
land. Mr. Shonbock say* many are yet
to come roith o king employment,
old timers ave to return an 1 others a. e
coming to prospect.
E. T,. 1 auglin. of Xenana. who was
a candidate for Territorial representa
tive, returned north on the Alaska,
after a visit n th° states and is ro
gi tered at the Hot0! Seward.
Rov Reubens, traveling man from
Seattle, is registered at the Hotel Ov
erland.
John C. White returned to Seward
on the Alaska and will take his old
po it ion at the Northern.
H. P. Gallagher, with the Commis
sion at Anchorage, is * registered at
the Hotel Sexton.
Capt. I. H. Fleichman, wife and
baby , arrived on the Alaska .and are
enroute to their home at Anchorage
Vhere Capt. Fleichman is an accouna
ant with the A. E. C. The captain has
just been discharged from the army
sendee.
WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weathe’** re
port for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’
clock this momirg:
Seward SO, cloudv, ca’m.
Anchorage 2(V. Pt. cloudy, calm.
Matanuska 44, cloudy, calm.
• Chickaloon 32. clear, calm.
Wasilla 32. clear , calm.
Talkeetna 38, clear, calm.
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PKPJ.l.W April 4— Leading cthi
caL plrlosopbical and religious socie
ti. < of Germany have addressed an
m! to President Wilson, giv:n»,
arning against disregard for hi
f arteon pence points, the agreement
by which Germany laid down her arms.
The appeal declares that if Ger
mans are driven to despera-fctMi they
v.v I,' rather become Rolsbeviki than
slaves.
The appeal further says the Allies
■iwe provoked anarchistic conditions
now prevalent in Germany by refusing
| to 10 ax the blockade.
Discu. sing 4he possibility of a
| rival of militari m. the appeal says
i the:e is only one thing that could weld
! the Germans of ev< ry state into a
I *,'arliko power again, and that is the
continuat on of a policy of hate anj
annihilation at which the Allies seem
now pursuing.
I’le iit ni VViho;. i* vanuM that
the United State f with its billion do!
; lar trusts, is a fertile field for com
munism and the appeals further sug
gests that all wealthy Americans had
better support the league of Nation-.
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ATHENS, April 4— A dispatch
from Constantinople rays that Turkish
Mini ter of the Interior Djemed Bey
l a. declared that 800,000 Armenians
have been massacred by Turks since
the beginning of the war.
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BUDAPEST, April 4— This city is
orderly and the government is at
tempting to stabilize conditions.
Foreign Minister Bela Run receives
manv telegrams daily from Lenine re
garding the Bolsheviki movement.
Run was formerly Lenine’s secre
tary hut denies the reports that he ij
a Bolsheviki or that he is lending any
support to that movement.
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GERMAN TROOPS MOVING
AG MNST THE SPARTACANS
COBLENZ, April 4— By A. P.—
The Gorman troops opposite here arc
moving towards Frankfort to suppress
a Spartacan revolt.
By Associated Press
BERLIN, April 4— Gambling ha*
increased since the signing of th*
armistice to an alarming extent. There
is playing of all kinds of card gam*s,
even roulette, in the streets. In cer
tain parts of Berlin the streets are
lined with gambling tables, edge to
edge. The police are powerless. Gambl
ing clubs have sprung un like mush
rooms, the former a ri toe ratio section
of Berlin has teen changed into
gambling rooms of luxurious furnish
ings.
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WASHINGTON, April 4— Chari^
Edward Russell, Frank P. Walsh and
many other promenent men have sign
ed an application preliminary to a
petition for a pardon for Eugene Debs,
now serving ten years in prison, hav
ing been convicted for violation of the
espionage act. The petition for a par
don will be presented to President
Wilson according to reliable informa
tion.
SPAIN WANTS TO GET IN
PARIS, April 4— By A. P.— The
Spanish Ambassador here has advised
President Wilson that Spain is desrr
ious of adhering to th* League of Na
tions and anxious to be a party.