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- ' '■■■ IWA'M). ALASKA IKIMA'l. AlCl sf (TiMO.
VOLl'MK XIV, M .MHER <W. ___
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This is Kas*ern St:u day :n Seward.
A delegation of Kastern Stars a1
rived on last ingi.t ^ tiain trom An
chorage and ton.giit t w\ vyil! take
charge of tin* institution of a loca'
Kastern Star lodg * in So aid The
ceremonies will beg n at s oVock to
night in the Oiltl f'el lows hall.
When the train reached Mile .
last night, a stop was made ami the
Kastern Sta* delegation alighted and
was taken to the l.allaine-Orlai det
bungalow and tbme eiven a dinnei by
those who will after tonight he Sew
ard Kastern Stars. A delightful time
was hail at the bungalow and at !>:“<>
o'clock last night Seward automobiles
were placed at the disposal ot the
Kastern Stars and the entire part}
wa, brought from the bungalow to the
Terminal city.
The Anchorage Kastern Star ladies.
Cor the most part, are house guests of
Scwardities. while others are stop
ping at hotels or in the Van Gildei
building.
Among the Eastern Stars who came
from Anchorage, and who will return
home on tomorrow s train are the fol
lowing:
Ah*s Eva Cunningham, Mr. Henry
Murphy. Mrs. Margaret Manning.
Miss Vella Truitt, Mrs. Daisy Mar
, shall. Mrs. Clara Ince. Mrs. Louise
Eckmann. Mrs. Lena Jaffe, Mrs. Lisa
Fogelstrom, Mrs. Blanche Rose, Mrs.
Gladys Lewis, Mrs. Marie Silverman.
Mi's. Carrie Dunn. Mrs. Lois Price,
Mrs. May Fitzerald. Mrs. Melvina
Murphy. Mrs. Pansy Adams, and Mrs.
Woliver.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 54, Raining, South.
Anchorage 50, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 62. Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 58, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 56. Cloudy, East.
Talkeetna 55, Cloudy. Calm.
Goldcreek 50, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 58, Cloudy, Calm.
Summit 52. Cloudy, S. W.
Bains 48. Clear, Calm.
Healv 54, Cloudy, Calm.
Xenana 58. Clear. X. W.
Fairbanks 60. Rain. Calm.
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A. P. Hunt, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. R. E. Hunt, is repristeml
at the Hotel Sexton bound for Valdez.
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PKNYKtt, Aug., «> - rears at.* ox
,»4cast'll tli: . Iasi night’s rioting b>
sired oil. stiikcrs and sympathi *.s
• kl.t* >l 4> * I* > »!,< !'•■» I. ill •*'* 1*0*
noAoil beloie the end ot tlio day. i In*
.'.r *.g i»i• *1'l iuIi'iI • *i ».»'•« mi vii.
«m' two mi'll and tin* s •; iou> i 1 *j 11 **\ »jl
• 11. K.g'.it st11*1*1 oa. s Wi'i'o d«*tin o«l.
Si\ hundred o i*v. ns r« . , .u *!i *i i t
moi ning io u»o o.i ot tin* .*dayo to
assist tin* police ;n maintaining o:«.»i.
Vv,t ‘.d ay th * stioot oars \ oro opr; at
od for tin* i‘i;st timo since las* ,
Saturday when tin* st iko bo- ■
oamo effective. Heavily amiotl gua dr ;
u e •* *oi i a s and pa>songt*rs wore .
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di n thi ... hut last n*ght sevc a*
riots bioko out in diftVront parts ot
tin* city.
DR.VVKK. Aug.. d— Mao*!' i*. ti •.
issued a proclamation this at term.oi
ordering all theatres, including mov
ies. to close at 7 o’clock tonight. M iv
or Bailey also requests citizens to <*
main at home in hopes of preventing ;
. ••cm : * nee of rioting.
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SIX VRMY 1IKPAKT.MKNTS
akk ordkkkd \boushki
WASHINGTON’. Aug.. d - Th<
War Department has prepaid an or
der abolishing six army department,
and creating nine corps as provided ir
the i eorganization act. The orders
await the signature of Secretary of
War Baker.
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WANTS AID OF TAFT
DAYTON. Aii£., 6— Nominee Cox
*'xpn ssed the hope today that I aft
would aid towards the election ot Sen
ators next fail who are favorable t<
the League of Nations.
COOUDCK WIU. TOCR TDK
COl'NTRY II T1IKRK UK NEED
IJOSTON. Amr., 6— A statement
was issued from the office of (.ov
Calvin Coolidfce today that he would*
tour the country in behalf of the Uc
publican ticket if the party manapen
decided such a course advisable.
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CHRISTENSEN IS FORCED
TO ISSUE GENER \L DENI AL
REGARDING I. W. W. CHARGE
NEW YORK. Aug., C— Nominee
Christensen issued a statement today
denying the Farmer-Labor Party was
controlled by I. W. W. as charged by
two party leaders who havo resigned
from the Utah State organization.
H. E. Ca’*lton. from Kenni river, is
a guest at the Hotel Seward.
Mrs. \V. S. Wooliver, Eastern Star
lady from Anchorage, is a guest at
the Hotel Seward.
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James !!. !*• g rs m<» t Woishipfui
lira nr! Master of the (I and Lodg« of j
the state of Washington, arrived on
the train la*t night from the inteiioi
ind is regime red at the Hotel Sewa/d.
Mr. Hoggs will meet the local Masons
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•it a special session tomorrow night.
Mr. Hoggs is a resident of Seat !•
having lived there for the. past 2r>
years. He knows the Alaskan sit at*
ion and will do all in his power to i
help the development of the tenito y.
fids Motion of the noithland is fav >■•
ed by the visit of a Mason of s’vh
dgh rank as Mr. Hoggs.
moosk oi'TK’iAi. iik::k
Ernest Due. district deputy of t'u
Loyal Order of Moose, is registered at
the Hotel Overland having arrived or
last nightb train. While in Seward
Mr. Line will undoubtedly he enter-,
tained by the local Moose.
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WASHIXJTON MINERS TO
ACCEPT W AC.E SCALE AM'
TERMINATE LONG STR1 E
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SEATTLE. Aug., K — The conven
: »n of the state coal miners lias ac
cepted the recent new wage scale of
ipproximately twenty per cent over
».he scale which terminated in the
strike last fall. The new wage scale
becomes effective at once and is con
tinuous for the next two years.
«M M \ V! A rONTKNTR VTIN'R
HER MILITARY POWERS
PARIS, Aug., 6— Rumania has be
gun the concentration of forces at
P.cssarnbia. Whether the move is for
the purpose of relieving the pressure
1 against Poland or force the withdraw
al of the Soviet troop? now on Ruman
ian soil has not developed.
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SAX 1)1 F,(10, Auj?., f>— The killing
Wednesday of Captain F. F. Capeda,1
commander of the Mexican Fedend
armed yacht Teeate, at Fnsenada. by
..-tiards under command of (iov. Cantu,
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was later accompanied by the seizure
of tin* yacht. The members of the crew
of th»» yacht were either killed or ar
rested. 'I’llis outbreak is believed to be ,
* b " atimtj of hostilities of the j
Ca ‘jj rebellion. It was reported here
today t’ »t Cantu forces have seized;
the eustom> house at Fnsenada.
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1.0.' \\V,I!I,KS. Aug., fi— Uncon-1
dition. ’ sM!'• vnder of (lov. Cantu is i
1 i ! m| bv ivp’-osentutive of the;
I’rov gowivment of .Mexico ac-1
cording to today’s advices received I
heie. The demand has been sent to
Mexicali.
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KOITKI'S VTTACK FOIJKKiNKUS
V' ilSi’ I'KANKFOKT, Ills., Aug.
b Following a night of roiting, in
li i !i five were killed and scores in
ji:i (l, comparative quiet was restored
he e today. Approximately 5000 for
*]’S. against whom the attack was
di ccted. have left their homes. K-si
dents tried to fire the homos of the
foreigners. The militia arrived her • at
noon.
DUBLIN TO DUTY BRITISH
DUBLIN, Aug., G— The Dublin
corporation has unanimously voted the
Yeedom of the city to Archbishop
M* ni.’v. of Australia whom the British
gove-nme at plans to exclude from
lir'and because of his utterances in
f:ivo’- of the Irish. The archbishop is
now enroute from the United States
on m steamer.
SPOKAXH. Wash.. Aug., G— Unit
'd Stat 1 Senator Miles Poindexter is
here and is preparing to open an of
iee as Chairman of the Republican
Senatorial campaign for the conduct
of contests of senators from .‘52 states.
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Trainmaster Cunningham came ov
er from the Commission City on Cook
Inlet last night on the regular Gate
way City limited.
M. S. Wilson and C. A. Shonncker,
‘raveling men, came over from Cook
Inlet points on last night’s train and
r. e making their headquarters at the
Hotel Overland.
Otto Poehlmann has purchased a
floral store and will engage in busi
ess in Petaluma, Cal.
W. L. Stearns, foiTner shop fore
man at Anchorage, who has quit, ac
eomnaniod by his wife is at the Ho
tel Overland will be passengers to the
dates on the Northwestern.
Lieut. John C. Olithero, of the 21st
Infantry with headquai'ters at An
|«ho»*age, is registered at the Hotel Ov
1 etlnnd.
Mine operator John M. Jackson
eanic in on last night’s train from
Cooper Creek and is registered at the
Hotel Sexton.
R Higgins, from Moose Pass, is a
guest at the Sexton.
JAP FEELING
AGAINST II. S.
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WASHIN'OTON, Auk.. «— Tho
State Department, in a statement to
day says: “This Department does not
care to comment on unofficial reports
emanating from Tokio which purport
to give d tails of friendly and frank
discussions pending matters between
the governments of the United States
and Japan.” Any matter of public in*
• crest will be published after mutual
agreement with the governments.
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TOKIO, Aug., Tha stHteme/it of j
Congressman recently in Tacoma that j
Japanese were bring smuggled into
the United States in great numbers,
had the tendency to increase the feel
ing in Japan against the United States
which whs first created by the aniral
of the recent American note regard
ing Japan’s policy in Siberia and els
wlmre occussioned by military pro
gram. There wen* many subsequent
attacks against America in the news
papers. The Foreign office says tfie
statements regarding wholesale smug
gling of Japanese into the Unit«l
State® is “fantastic and most improba
ble”
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
WILL UK GIVEN TUESDAY NIGHT
Wm. W. Porter, U S. B., of New k
York, member of the Board of Lect
ureship of the First Church of Christ,
Scientists, Boston, Massachusetts, will
arrive on the Northwestern. Mr. Port
er, who has been lecturing in the coast j
towns and through the interior this ^
summer, will continue on to Anchor
age on tomorrow’s train. He will lec
ture in Anchorage Sunday afternoon, j
returning to Seward on Monday’s i
train and lecture here Tuesday even
ing.
The local lecture, which will be
given at the Liberty Theatre, will as
usual he given free of charge and the
public is cordially invited.
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RHODE ISLAND CENSUS
WASHINGTON, Aug., 6— The
census of the state of Rhode Island is
given as 643,307 an increase since the
last census ten years ago of 11.4.
TURKS OPEN*OFFENSIVE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug., 6— The
Turkish Nationalists are opening a
new offensive against the Greeks in
the northwest according to official
reports.
NOTHING ON NORTHWESTERN
No later word had been received at
2 o’clock this afternoon by Agent Mc
Donald regarding the arrival of the
Northwestern other than that received
yesterday' from Cordova that she
would be here Saturday morning.
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M. A. Ellis, who has been in the
Cache Creek district for several weeks
is registered at the Hotel Seward and
will leave for the states on the steam
er Northwestern.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug., 6— Tea
alleged delegates ot various northwest
locals of the I. W. W.# were arrested
at a gathering near here, the session
alleged to be a district convention.
The officers declare that the arrests
is only the beginning of a wholesale
campaign to arrest Wobblies during
the next few days.
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ROBBED WHILE SLEEPING
NEW YORK, Aug., 0— While 1?&
patrons of the lienor Turkish Baths
were sleeping last night, five robbers
held up the attendants and escaped
with what is estimated to be over $10,
000 worth of money and valuables.
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TOWN IS BURNING
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug., 0- The
town of Coquitlam, seventeen mile*
east of here, is reported burning and
now partially destroyed. The Canad
ian Pacific freight sheds were burning
at 1 o’clock this afternoon. The dam
age at that hour had been estimated
at $100,000.
NEW RECORD IS SET BT
PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC
WASHINGTON, Aug., 6— Commer
cial traffic through the Panama canal
set a new record for the year ending
June 30th, according to a statement is
sued here today. A total of 2,478 com
mercial craft aggregating a tonnage
of eight and one half million.
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ALASKA FLIERS TO RESUME
THEIR FLIGHT NEXT MONDAY
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C., Ang., 8
— The American Amy planes will
probably resume the flight towards
Nome, Alaska, on Monday. The next
stop will be at Haceltan.