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The machine shops of the govern
ment railroad, tn Seward, are not go
ing to he closed in their entirety.
The above statement was made tl i
morning by Col. H. P. Warren, engin*
eer of the supply department of the
A. K* C., with his headquarters »n
Seward, and thus knocks into a cock* \
hat the various rumors that have beer,
circulated around the city for the |>n t
twenty four hours.
The machine portion of shops wiV
be closed but the repair department j
and roundhouse will be maintained •»>
heretofore, according to Col. Warren.
All heavy repairs will be made at An
chorage but a repair shop will be
maintained in Seward. In fact i.in
struction work in to be done at the
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Seward shops. Many flat cars must be
i converted into box cars and other roll
ir.g outfits will be constructed all at
the local shops. While many men will
be taken from the machine shops to
the Anchorage shops, about an equai
number of men will be added to the
repair shops here.
It had been rumored that even the
steam was to be shut off at the loca*
shoos. Well, somebody has just been
“bulling” for the large room will be
used for the repair work and he
steam plant must be maintained, nnd
the whittle will blow just the same,
and everything, according to Col.
Warren, and he should know for he
has just recently returned from a con
ference with Col. Meant.
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TRAIN SERVICE
TO BE CHANGED
An improvement in the train ser
vice from Seward to the interior wd!
be announced probably this week. t o!.
H. P. Warren stated today that Coi.
Mears has had the matter under care
ful consideration for several weeKs
and although the Seward Chamber of
Commerce beat Col. Mears in the pub
licity matter, protesting against he
inadequate service between Sewar 1
and the interior. Col. Mears had near
ly completed his plans for the bett * •
ment of the service.
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The service oeiween oewarn
the end of steel on the southern div
ision is to be changed so that ther'
will onU* be a lay over of one night
at Anchorage, instead of a week.
connections were made by one o: the
two trains now operated between Sew
ard and Anchorage. Also extra freight
trains are to be operated between
Seward and Talkeetna to furnuh
through traffic, handling all supple?,
etc., in an expeditious manner.
Col. Mears was expected to lcato
Anchorage today but will not lea* •
there for Seward until tomorrow when
a train will probably be operated. ;f
the track is clear of the ice now cov
ering it.
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HUSBAND DIES OF FLU:
WIFE COMMITS SUICIDI
SEATTLE. Fob.. 9— Half an hour
after the death of her husband from
influenza. Mrs. Alice M. Phelps, frrief
stricken, fired a bullet into her Brain.
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lumber compvny mill
destroyed BY V FIRE
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KELSO, Wash., Feb., 9— K; e
Sunday afternoon destroyed th'
Thompson- Ford Lumber Com pan v
sawmill. The loss is $50,000.
GLARE ICE ON
THE RAILROAD
'The track of the government mi’
road from Seward to Anchorage is to
day practically covered with glare ice
as the result of the unprecedented
weather of the pa^t 52 hours. Friday
night snow, wet and heavy, fell over
the entire region, from a depth of on<
to two feet. Heavy rain and soft sleet
fell Saturday and the combination < f
snow and rain made mi nature rive-s
Yesterday the weather turned cold
and froze the minature rivers. The
train leaving Seward yesterday morn
ing at 8 o’clock reached Mile 52 early
this morning. Today, with the aid o^
hundreds of men who are picking the
ice from the rails, the train is moving
towards Anchorage. There was nu
train out from Anchorage this mo*n
ing and the same icy conditions exist
on that end of the division If the v *»•
ther moderates, a train will get awnv
from Anchorage perhaps during ihc
afternoon, making connections v:tv
the train from Seward, and both will
then be turned back to go to their
seperate stations. In Seward th*
streets are a mass of ice and walking
is one thing after another, .dips,
bumps and cusses.
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FORMER SOLDIER ROBBED
ON TRAIN AND THROWN OFF
OAKLAND. Feb., 9— Herman
RJtzmann, former soldier, enroute to
Seattle from Fresno* was bound. pa<?
,rel and robbed of $1000 and then
thro'va from the train to the railroad
tracks where he was found late yes.
terdav afternoon in an unconscious
< ono!tion.
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John M. Reed, who formerly nra *
t»ced law in Anchorage is now lo
cated at Marion, 111., where he is as
sistant prosecuting attorney.
WATSON SAILS
SEATTLE, Feb., 9— Steamer Ad
miral Watson bailed for Alaska ports
this forenoon at 10 o'clock with
passengers, the following being foi
Sewurd: W. F. Scott, B. G. LarKe, H.
G. Miller and five steerage.
HOLD ELECTION
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Copt, J. J. Hyan has been elected
Commander of Post Isaac Evans,' N' >.,
5 American Legion of Alaska. Capt.
Mooney, of the cable office fprce is
Vice-Commander, James Coulton is sec
retary and H. D. Martin, of the ractio
station, is Sergeant-at-arms. Other tf
ficers will shortly be appointed.
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF
THE A. E. C. , IN SEWARD
IS CHANGING LOCATION
The clerical department of the sup
ply department of the A. E. C., ifl be
ing moved today from the former two
small rooms on the north side of th*j
commission building, second floor to
the south side, occupying the larg!
room formerly used by the draft ng
department.
Assistant engineer George Colwell
is moving *into the former telegrapo
room on the north side of the commis
sion building, second floor. Col. War
ren will remain in his present office
as well as will chief clerk Fleischmwr,,
who is back again on duty after u *ay
off owing to illne**.
DELIBERATE
ATTEMPT TO
WRECK TRAIN
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FORT WORTH, T(%l Feb., 9— A
deliberate attempt to wreck a Tecas
vt Pacific train by throwing a switch.
^ charged by Engine^* Newton Smith
whose train was wrecked near Ranger,
Texas. He says a man turned \ne
switch and then disappeared. Smith
says he put on the air but he was go
ing to fast to stop in time. One man
was killed and ten injured in the
wreck.
RETURNING FROM FUNERAL
OF DAUGHTER, MOTHER 13
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb., 9—
Melvina Clark was instantly killed
yesterday afternoon when an auto in
which she was riding to the cemetery
for her daughter's burial collided with
another machine. The funeral wa.$
postnoned and mother and daughter
will be buried together.
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The Tvonik natives, on Cook In*et.
made 800 na*rs of snow shoes during
the past season.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 9— Fol
lowing the showing of a movie cf
Irish scenes in a down town theatre
last night, a score of men broke into
the projecting room, tore up two
films banged the movie operator
around, damaged the machine and
smashed seats in the main part of tho
theatre. A panic followed, women
fainted and children screaTtted. Thi
men became angry, it is said by the
police who arrived at the scene during
the disturbance, when the movie pic
tured Ireland as u poverty stricken
land with pigs in the parlors and
chickens roosting in the homes.
JUMP M
FLAM iS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., Firs
this morning destroyed the Berkshire
apartments, at Sutter and Jones. One
woman was killed and a score burned.
Many jumped from the apartment
house window's into the firemen’s net,
or slid down ropes made of sheets.
Tenants screamed for help from every
window and the scene was a horrify
ing one.
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2000 ARE
TOCTRIKE
SALT LAKE, Feb., 9— Two thous
and copper minors employed at King
ham, all holding membership in the
metal mine workers union of the l.
W. threaten to strike Tuesday unless
their demand of a flat increase ot $1
a day and betterment in the working
conditions are met
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J OI NDERS IN MID—OCEAN
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HALIFAX, N. S., Feb., 9— The
British steamer Bradboyne is believed
to have foundered at sea in mid-At
lantic with some loss of life. Several
steamers report by wireless they .ire
picking up some of the crew.
The second officer and five men
of the steamer Oxonian perished while
attempting to save the crew of
Bradboyne when it was abandoned ot f
New Foundland, instead of mid-ocean
e* at first reported.
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NORTHERN PART OF
KOREA EVACUATED
BY THE JAPANESE
LONDON, Feb„ 9— A dispatch
from Moscow any a the Japanese
have evacuated northern Korea.
The dispatch says the population
arose in arms to aid the Korean
forces from China.
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Keb., 9- Four i
were killed and several injured this |
forenoon when a mob charged the
court house here to lynch William
Lockett, a negro, who confessed to
murdering Geneva Hardoan, a ten
year old white girl.
Lockett’* trial started this imro
ing. Police and state troops wore on
guard at the court house when the
mob made its charge.
The police and tioops fired on tK'
crowd.
Two women are reported to have
been shot.
The mob was held at bay while of-1
floors slipped the negro to a place or |
safety.
The ring leaders of the mob carr - i
ed a rope with which to hang the nr
What started the mob on its worK
was the quick work of the jury <n
finding Lockett guilty, as charged,
and his sentence by the Judge for
electrocution on March 11th.
LEXINGTON, Feb., 9— Four hurt
dred soldiers have been ordered hero
from Camp Taylor to prevent more
trouble.
Farmers, from the surrounding
country, are here on the crowded
streets. The streets around the court
house were roped off while the offic
ers were spiriting the negro away.
During the forenoon and early this af
ternoon, the police stripped all pawn
shops and hardware shops of guns to
keep them from the angry mobs.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 9— Vigor
ously denouncing Congress, the Am
erican Federation of Labor announces
the appointment of a National Non
Partiaan political campaign committee
to mobdize the trade unionists and
; all lovers of freedom in an effort to
defeat the candidates indifferent or
hostile to Labor and to elect only true
and tried friends of trades unions. The
movement in the campaign will start
immediately.
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LONDON, Feb., 9-^ A wireless
dispatch from Moscow says the Bol
shevik! forces have victoriously enter
ed Odessa.
COPENHAGEN, Feb., Z— An 0
deasa dispatch states that the foreign
element in Odessa began evacuating
the city when tie British ships fired
over the city. Two hundred sick per
sons in the city were taken aboard the
American boat Navahoe.
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NEW YORK, Feb., 9— Herbert
Hoover declares, in a formal state
ment, he is not a candidate for presi
dent of the United States and no one
is authorized to speak for him polit
ically.
Mr. Hoover, in the statement is
sued, says if the league of nations is
made an issue in the election, he will
vote for the party standing for the
league, because he knows what the
League means.