the ALASKA EVENING POST
Volume XI Number m SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917. Ten Cents the Copy
SMALL CHANCE FOR CHEAPER MEAT NOW
PACKERS AGREE TO
PUT PLANTS UNDER
GOV RNMENT LICENSE
(Hy A»*oci»ted Press l)i«p«tch)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.—The government regula
tion of the meat business is the next most important step
in the food administration, says Mr. Hoover, food con
troller. At a conference with the meat packers, the lat
ter offered to put their plants under a licensing system,
but they expressed themselves as confident that no de
crease in the price of meat was possible at the present
lime and not until the cattle production is greatly stimu
lated.
Mr. Hoover declared as his opinion that additinonal
congressional legislation is needed to give the govern
ment the control of prices of virtually all commodities
for the period of the war. To that end, he has recom
mended that a referendum be taken to ascertain the
views of business men over the country. The government
will send through the I’nited States Chamber of Com
merce to business organizations throughout the country
for an expression. Forty-live days are allowed to take a
vote and report the results to the food controller.
The department denies that it was contemplating the
regulation of household stores and food in the homes. The
denial followed the report that holsewives had become
alarmed over the report that stocks of canned goods were
to be seized for the army.
INFORMAL DANCING PARTY
WAS HELD LAST NIGHT
A delightful informal dancing party was held in the
Van Gilder hall last evening. The party was given by
Messrs. Bainbridge and Chamberlain in appreciation of
the kindness and hospitality received from the Seward
people during their stay here. Those present at the oc
casion were the Misses Nellie Shea, Vida Rich, Ethel Les
lie, Margaret and Elizabeth Romig, Sylvia Sexton, Edna
Robb, Jess Hensen, Agnes Hudson? and Messrs. Fred
Nolton, Munroe. Percy Chamberlain, Percy Bainbridge,
Brown, Grant Carlson and George Cotter.
SEWARD BAKERY CHANGES HANDS THIS WEEK
The Seward Bakerv, owned bv J. W. Reed, was sold
by him to Mr. Smallwood, of Anchorage. George Mitchell,
of the Seward Grill, is also interested in the new owner
ship. Mr. and Mrs. Reed departed on the Mariposa for
the Outside, where they will make their home. Mr.
Smallwood comes highly recommended and is a man who
will give to the people of Seward the very best in the bak
ery and pastry line.
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ADMITS THEN DENIES
HE MURDERED EIGHT
(Iljr Associat'd Pre** Dispatch)
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Sept. 21.—After confess
ing the axe murders of Joe Moore and his wife and six
children, the Rev. Lynn J. G. Kelly, accused of the crime,
has repudiated the confession. The clergyman’s wife
charges he was frightened into making it.
Sheriff Meyers denied the reports that “third degree”
methods had been used by the officials in securing the con
fession from Kelly. He also denied that a number of dep
uties were with him and Kelly in the cell. But the four
men were present, according to the sheriff.
County Attorney P. D. Roadifer typed the confes
sion, which Kelly signed. It is a complete and unquali
fied admission of killing Joseph Moore, his wife, their
four children, Herman, Katherine, Boyd and Paul, and
Lena, and Ina Stillinger, on the night of June 9, 1912,
with an axe.
All the children were under 12 years of age.
SUPREME COU RT SAYS WHEN
A MAN IS DEAD, HE'S DEAD
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(By Associated Press Dispatch)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.—Judge Fred H. Taft, of
the Superior Court here, has ruled that when the Supreme
Court of California says a man is dead, he is dead, and his
i own affidavit to the contrary is not admissible to disprove
his death.
The ruling, said by lawyers to be unique, was made
here in connection with the settlement to the estate of
Thomas Wilcox, who died a few months ago. According
i to the evidence, the widow was thrice married. Her
first husband was Albert Broberg, whom she wed in 1897,
and who disappeared soon thereafter. Later, she mar
ried a Dr. Lehman, who subsequently brought an annul
ment action, claiming he had learned Broberg was alive.;
While the case was in the Supreme Court on appeal, Dr.
Lehman died. Later, the widow married Mr. Wilcox.
The Supreme Court held the fact that Broberg was
alive had not been established. That ruling validated the
subsequent marriages.
After the death of Mr. Wilcox, his son by a former
marriage was made administrator, and set about estab
lishing the rights of the heirs. He procured an affidavit
from Broberg, now in Canada, that he is not dead.
When the final account was presented, the affidavit
was offered to the court. Then came the ruling that the
Supreme Court decision controlled the court, that Bro
berg was legally dead, and that his affidavit to the con
trary could not be received in evidence.
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WHITES AND NEGRO 3
IN S ’ARATE RANKS
(By AsaorUtcd PrfM Diipa(ch)
WASHINGTON, I). C., Sept. 21. — Negroes and
white men will not serve in the same companies or regi
ments in the new national army, according to Provost
General Crowder. Appeal boards were wired that ne
groes will be separated from the white men in the training
camps. The boards are asked to specify the race when
they certify a man for service.
There have been many inquiries recently relative to
the department’s intention in this matter. To clarify the
matter, Washington sent instructions to all governors, a
part of which follows:
“In order to provide for the segregation of races into
regiments and other organizations and to arrange for
compliance with State laws requiring the races to travel
in separate coaches, it has been found that it will b»neces
sary for the adjutant general of each State to know the
number of colored and white men certified from district
boards and adjutants general.”
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THE DORA SAILED SEPTEMBER 14—
TO RESUME HER OLD RUN
—
The steamer Dora sailed on the 14th from Seattle for
Seward, where she will resume her ran between here and
Dutch Harbor and way points. The Dora has undergone
repairs and is now ready for another year.
The steamer Santa Ana is on her way from the west
ward to Seward and will sail for Seattle later, where she
will undergo minor repairs.
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BLANCHE SWEET TO APPEAR SUNDAY
IN “THE SECRET SIN”
The Empress theater will show Sunday night,
Blanche Sweet, the versatile star, in “The Secret Sin,” a
Lasky' photoplay. The play is a bitter pronouncement
against the drug evil and the trade in opium, against
which the United States has waged an unceasing battle.
Miss Sweet appears as “twins,” two characters simulta
, neously.
“CONSCIENTIOUS
OBJECTORS” WILL
BE OSED IN S WICE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22. — Unless abuse of
exemption privileges is stopped immediately, the United
States may make service in the new National Army ab
solutely compulsory. That statement was made today by
officials at work with Brig. Gen. Enoch Crowder, in
charge of the draft.
They also declared that the “conscientious objectors"
—those belonging to religious sects opposed to war—
would be assigned to duty. Because of their scruples
against shouldering guns, they will not be placed in the
ranks, but will be given other duties with the army, and
may even be put under tire.
Arrangements also are being made to pay the wives
and dependents of those subject to service, thereby reliev
ing them so they can join their army. A bill probably will
be introduced to pa\ the wives of men in the army $47.f»0,
part of which will be taken from the men’s wages. Insur
ance plans for the men also are materializing rapidly.
The first increment of the new Army moved into the
sixteen various cantonments virtually as scheduled on
September f>lh. All increments will be in camp by Octo
ber 1.
General Crowder’s ruling on the “conscientious ob
jector.'.," means that they will be drafted and assigned to
duty.
They will serve in medical units, sanitary troops,
transportation units, engineer units, workers in mechan
ical departments of the aero squadrons, and scores of oth
er activities.
BANDITS HAVE HOLD ON CITY IN MANCHURIA
(l!y AsMociuted Dispatch)
HAILAR, Manchuria, Sept. 21.—Officials of the Rus
sian government are endeavoring to induce the Mongolian
outlaws who have seized this city to abandon their depre
dation and return to Mongolia.
For more than two months the Mongolians have
been in virtual possession of this large municipality.
They have not interfered with the Trans-Siberian Rail
way and property in the railway zone, but their occupa
tion has stopped all business within the town and has in
terfered seriously with the delivery of hides, wool and
other products which normally are shipped in large quan
tities from Hailar.
M. Grave, the counselor of the Russian legation at
Pekin, is here negotiating with the outlaws, and hopes to
induce them to return to Mongolia. Foreigners have not
been interfered with to any extent by the Mongolians, but
Chinese and Chinese property are absolutely under their
sway.
The invading party numbers about five thousand.
When they first arrived here they carried the red flag of
the Russian revolutionists and declared they were in sym
pathy with the republican movement in Russia. When
the Chinese boy emperor was put back on the throne in
China, the outlaws announced they were Chinese mon
archists and flew the yellow flag of the monarchy over
Hailar. They are now flying the red and yellow flags to
gether, and profess to believe that the boy emperor is still
on the Chinese throne.
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NEW PEDESTAL FOR JOHN MUIR BUST
(Bjr Associated Press Dispatdt,
MARTINEZ, Cal., Sept. 21.—Word has been received
here that a new pedestal for the bust of John Muir, nat
uralist and explorer, is now being made at the University
of Wisconsin in Madison, to be placed in the biology build
ing where the bust of the university’s former student now
stands.
The pedestal is to bear the following inscription:
“John Muir, 1838-1913—Author, explorer, naturalist.
A Priest at Nature’s Shrine>”