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VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 9i ~ -~~ ' SEWARR^_Ka^^ —-TEH CRN* P^CO*
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Sept..'
4- Although Dempsey and Miske have
finished part of their training, they •
will both work before the public this 1
afternoon and tomorrow. Both men
are satisfied they have reached the
peak of form. Dempsey said: “1 an. ;
Jis lit now as when lentered the ring
against Wiilavd and feel confident I
can go fifty rounds.” Dempsey weighs
ISO pounds and Miske tips the scales
at 190 pounds. The town is crowded
with fight f ans and the hot .o are
filled three and four being in each
room.
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> (SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
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Jcre * Murphy, Democratic candi
date for Attorney General, arrived or
the Admiral Watson and checked out
from the Hotel Overland this morning
for Anchorage.
* R. C. Hurley, representing Klim
left for Anchorage this morning on
the train.
Arthur H. Miller, in charge of native
education in this section, who arrived
on the Admiral Watson, accompanied
by his wife, checked out from the Ho
tel Seward and left on the morning
train for Anchorage.
The Broadway Shop has taken over
the adjoining building and will open a
first class tailoring and cleaning es
tablishment within one week. Mr. C.
E. Pockrandt will be in charge of the
shop and ladies garments will receive
special attention.
H. L. Rawley, wife and children,
from Wrangell, arrivals on the Alas
ka, are registered at the Hotel Over
land.
^ William Sunderbrook, merchant of
Anchorage, accompanied by his wife,
left for the south on the Alaska. Mr.
Sunderbrook will locate in California.
A. J. Mickley, assistant freight
and passenger agent of the Admiral
line, accompanied by his wife and son.
- are round trippers on the Admiral
Watson.
J. H. Rawley, who arrived with his
family from Wrangell on the Alaska,
will join the Brown & Hawkins force,
• being employed n the grocery depart
ment.
Isadore Bayles, wife and children
left for their home in Anchorage on
today’s train. Mrs, Baylcss arrived on
the Admiral Watson.
Erich Lucas and wife, C. D. Hazen.
Mrs. Gus Borgen, Hazel Borgen and
Eddie Borgen left on the train this
morning for Mile 23 where they will
be joined by C. G. Jones and wife and
the party will go down to Cooper
Creek for a few day’s outing return
ing on Monday afternoon.
J. Lindley Green left on the train
this morning for Anchorage.
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CHICAGO. Sept.. The Senate
campaign investigating committee har
subpoenaed a dozen more witnesses tc
appear Tuesday. Many names, accord
ing to Combie H. Moore, of Youngs
town, Ohio, Pre-convention managei
.or Cox, has been secured by him of
men who he says can give absolute
proof that the heads of the Republican
money raising campaign have boosted
their plans and will solicit a campaign,
jf $16,000,000. Mr. Moore says that he
ms proof that will warrant the piob
Jng of all political parties in thefi
•ampaign fund solicitation.
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GERMAN IS INDICTED
CHICAGO, Sept., 4— The Federal
Grand jury has indicted Theodore
Schuddo, a native of Germany who
was charged with defrauding the gov
ernment by collecting more than $1000
back pay while using the name oi
lieutenant Arthur Kincaid. Schuddo
secured Kincaid’s papers in Germany
after the armistice was signed. Schud
do, who claims to be a German officer,
enlisted in the American army as a
private. No other action has yet been
taken on other charges arising from
posing as an American army officer.
1 WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 56, Clear, Calm.
Anchorage 45, Pt Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 46, Clear, Calm.
Chickagloon 44, Clear, Calm.
Wasilla 50, Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 50, Cloudy, Calm.
Goldcreek 38, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 44, Cloudy, Calm.
Summit 40, Cloudy, S. W.
Bains 38, Cloudy, Calm. v
Healy «ft>, Clear, Calm.
Nenana 44,/3ear, Calm.
Fairbanks 42, Clear, Calm.
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HARDING MAKES ADDRESS
MARION, Ohio, Sept., 4— Warren
G. Harding, addressing the members
of the Marine Band this afternoon ex
pressed his determination to guard
against the "Clamor, insincerity and
abuse” in the present campaip and
said he felt that it was his duty to be
tolerate to thosediffering from him
and would not drag the American peo
ple into the mire.
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PICNIC NEXT
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At one o’clock next Monday after
noon a picnic will be given by various
Seward ladies to the children of Sew
ard.
i If weather is suitable for an out-of
door’s affair the picnic will be given
in the city park, but if the weather
is stormy, ihe picnic will be given in
the Arctic Brotherhood hall. There
will be plenty of refreshments ^nd.out
of door sports or in-door sports as the
occassion arises. Each child is request
ed to take 25 cents which will no a
contribution to the Women’s Roose
velt Memorial Association which is lor
the purpose of building a Roosevelt
home in New York City.
There is a prize of “Tneodorc
Roosevelt’s Letters to his child) on
with a special representative blank on
the cover. Lawrence McNeer is go.nj
after this prize and requests that tlu
children help him out by giving theii
junior donations to him at the picnic, i
A list of atl junior donators oi 25
cents will be kept and they will receive
a medallion* pin. The names df till
donors will also be inscribed in the
Book of Donors to be kept at the
Roosevelt home thus making a recoid
of all those who have contributed to
the memorial fund.
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SPOKANE BAfrK TO COLLECT
DISCOUNT ON CANADA COINS
SPOKANE, Sept., 4— Spokane
banks will cease paying out Canadian
silver at once and will not accept
it without discount after today, it
has been decided by the Clearing;
House Association. Discounts fixed
are: 10 cents on half dollars, 5 cents
on quarters and two cents on dimes.
A total of seven hundred thousand
dollars in Canadian, coins is held
in Spokane banks, according to W. |
T. Triplett, secretary of the Clearing
House Association, and the banks
have taken steps against a further ac
cumulation due to an alleged piof
lteering in the coins.
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GERARD W ILL ATTEND TO
CAMPAIGN FUND COLLECTION
NEW YORK, Sept., 4- Former Am
bassador.to Germanyg James Gerard,
lias accepted the post of chairman of
the finance committee of the Demo
cratic National committee. Senator
Harrison announced Gerard will have
charge of the supervision of collecting
the Democratic campaign fund.
MUST LEAVE FRANCE
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LONDON, Sept., 4— George Duffy
self-styled ambassador of the Irish
Republic to France, is given 24 hours
in which to leave France. This is the
official announcement received from
Paris today.
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ASK AID OF WILSON
LONDON, Sept., 4— The wife of
Lord Mayor McSwiney, now on a hun
ger strike in a London prison, has
cabled to President Wilson asking him
to exert his influence to secure the re
lease of her husband before he dies.
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[ PHILADELPHIA, Sept., 4— The
tians^ort General Gocthals today res
cued the entire crew of the submarine
S-f>iafter the men had spent two days
locked in the hold of their sunken Te«
sel. A small telephone bouy, developed
durihg the war, was sent out by the
men in the sunken submarine. This
aught the notice of the watchers on
the ^General Goethals and gave first
news of the accident. The rescue of the
men was then accomplished. This
new invention is believed to be respon
sible for saving all of the lives of the
men of the sunken submaringe.
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FUNERAL OF PVT. ZEIBER
The funeral of Pvt. Ziebcr, who died
recently from accidental injury and
exposure, while on a hunting trip, was
held yesterday afternoon at the Odd
Fellows hall, the ritualistic ceremony
of the Odd Fellows being used. Rev.
D. E. Carter spoke the eulogy and
special music was given by a choir
jomposed of Mesdames Hailey, Mr.thi
son, .Ellsworth, McNeer and Messers.
Lucas and McMullen. The soldiers of
the local detachment attended in a
body and acted as a military escort to
KiY]y to and from the undertalcing
parlors. The body will be shipped
south on the steamer Admiral Watson.
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CANNERIES DESTROYED
Advices were received on the Ad
miral Watson yesterday that the can
neries at Hidden Inlet, Naket Inlet
and Skull Arm, all in southeastern
Alaska, were recently destroyed by
fire. Forty three thousand cases ol
salmon were lost when Nakot 1 dot.
cannery was burned. .
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SHINGLE PLANT DESTROYED
new WESTMINSTER, B. C., Sept.,
4_ Fire destroyed the Dominion
Shingle plant here yesterday the loss
being estimated at $70,000.
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SEWARD METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School 11:00 A. M.
Evening Service 7:30 o’clock.
Subject of the Evening Sermon:—
“God’s Care for the Individual”
Special Music by the Choir.
'llie Public is Invited to these Ser
vices.
Duane Earl Carter, Pastor.
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LAST BOAT FOB NOME
Agent A. H. McDonald has receiv
ed advices that the steamer Victoria
sailing from Seattle on September 12
th will be the last steamer this season
for Nome and St. Michael. The last
voyage is a month earlier than in pre
vious years.
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VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept., 4— Two
thousand north Vancouver * residents
waited on shore this morning while
the crews of the ferries operating to -
Vancouver struck. All kinds of crafts ^
were pressed into service to brhig the
commuters to work.
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Agent E. L. Sweek announces that
the regular schedule on the govern
ment railroad will be observed on/
Monday, Labor day, the train leaving
Anchorage for Seward at 8 o’clock.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept., 4—!
*riie police have arrested seven men!
charged with attempts to blackmail j
and terrorize wealthy Connecticut cit- j
izens. These arrests followed a secret
inquiry into a bomb explosion hers
last Sunday at the residence of ft
wealthy man who refused to pay aay
attention to the threats he received.
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EVANS ON THE WAY
SEATTLE, Sept., 4— Steamer Ad
miral Evans sailed yesterday morning
at ten o’clock for the north with 38
passengers the only one for Seward
being Sam Schuckedin.
DISCUSSING THE JAPANESE >
SITUATION ON THIS COAST
WASHINGTON, Sept., 4— Gover
nor Stephens , of California, is here
conferring with Secretary of State
Colby regarding the Japanese situa
tion on the Pacific Coast. Gov Steph
ens refused to divulge the results of
the conference but said he had been
assured by Tokio reports of an ap
proaching agreement between Japan
und the United States providing for
the naturalization of all Japanese re
sidents and the restriction of future
immigration.
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POLITICAL CHARGES
SPOKANE, Sept., 4— Declaring
that his political opponents, Gov. Hart
and Roland Hartley, of Everett, a
wealthy lumberman, were spending
thousands of dollars to obtain the Re
publican nomination for governor,
George B. Lamping of Seattle has
challenged them to a series of debates.
Lamping said he was not willing to
have the governorship sold to the
highest bidder.
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TOBACCO AND SHIRT
SLEEVES PERMITTED
IN VBNICE LIBRARY
VENICE, Cal., Sept., 4— Men may
smoke and go coatless while reading
at the Venice Public Library. The
library board recently leased the
building formerly occupied by the
Venice Country Club and after mov
ing the books there, decreed that to
bacco and shirt sleeves would be per
mitted on the verandas.
SHIPPING BOARD TO ALLOW
CAPTAIN’S WIVES TO SAIL
WASHINGTON, Sept, 4— Wives
of Captains of Government owned
merchant ships may now accompany
their husbands on voyages as the re
sult of an order announced by Chair
man William S. Benson, of, the Fed
eral Shipping Board.
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CHICAGO, Sept., 4— Train robbers
today stole a freight train of 21 ears
loaded with automobiles and other
merchandise and drove it to Benton
ville, 111., where it was abandoned.
Five men were later arrested. Hie
same band had previously stolen an
other freight train and drove off aft
er throwing the crew from the train.
Thefts followed the train stealing.
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Several other encounters have been
reported between train crews and for
mer employees of the railroad,who
joined a strike.
CHICAGO, Sept., 4— Railroad «r
ecutives have appealed to the District
attorney to stop the “organised cam
paign of sabotage” by . the railroad
strikers. The statement says engineers
have been stolen nightly and locomo
tives turned loose in the yards to run
wild. Strikebreakers have been beaten
and one has been killed. Families of
the strikebreakers have also been in
timidated according to the statement
of the railroad executives.
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MAY STRIKE UNLESS A •
DISCHARGED MAN IS AT
ONCE GIVEN BACK JOB
SACREMENTO, Sept, 4— Employ
ees of the state printing department
will hold a mass meeting tonight and
decide whether to strike unless Carl
ton Johnson, head of die proof room
is reinstated. Johnson was dismissed
for signing a communication in be
half of the employees charging mia
conduct in the printing department
Johnson reiterated his charges that
Robert Telfer, state printer, had fol
lowed employees to receive pay while
absent from work and showed prefer
ence to those men who entertained
members of the state legislators. Id
ler denies the charges and is asking
for a hearing.
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ZAMORA MAKES THREATS
MEXICO CmTsepit 4— Rebe!
leader Zamora .hail threatened to exe
cute American Gastor and other
prisoners he has in hit custody Jf toy (
are not raMenMd Immediately. tMs In
according to ftfvieee received by Mm
government. The Mexican federal
troops are exerting every effort pos
sible to secure 9* rrioaap Of the Brit
ish and American subjects trim wer*
kidnapped. 1 -
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