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SEWARIA AfcAS&A. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 11,191*. ~ ' _TgN CENTS PER (OP>
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NKW YOKK. CM... II— The com
mittee of striking longshoremen has
flatly refused the War Depart
ment’s ultimatum to handle four
freighters anti s»\ passenger ships en
route to New \o*k.
The strike has virtually stopped
harbor activity.
tt is feared hero the strike may
spread to all Atlantic coast ports.
The longshoremen want an in-crease
of from sixty five cents to a $1 an
hour according to whether it is day or
night work.
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STRIK IS
FABRICATE
PlTTSBl’RC., Oct., 11 — Represen
tatives of the steel strikers told the
Senate committee, investigating the
strike, that the free right to assembl
age and free speech hail been denied
them.
William Feeney, union organizer, al
leged policemen were brutal.
Chairman Kenyon says he has, so
far, been unable to find an eye wit
ness of any alleged brutality and the
stories always come from an organiz
er or strike leader, with no prooi to
substantiate their charges.
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STREET CAR
MEN RETURN
OAKLAND, Oct., 11 — Street car
platform men, out since October 1st.,
returned to work at noon today pend
ing1 arbitration.
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BUILDING \T RYDER
Forty buildings are now under con*
struction at Hyder, including two $0,
000 hotels. Business lots are selling at
an average of $500. There are four
good restaurants at Hvder, five large
rooming houses, numerous cigar and
soft drink stores. The population is es
timated at 300 with 100 at Stewart, on
the Canadian side.
John Donahoe, from Mile 32, is re
gistered at the Seward.
The Northwestern will bring eight
days mail from the State* for Seward.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct.. 11— The!
conference of the bituminus coal min
*»is and the opeiators. considering the
miners demands for a sixty per cent
increase in wa^es and shorter hours,
has resulted in a disagreement and
will adjourn.
The leaders of the miners say they
will strike on November 1st. The min**
( operators say they cannot fciant the
i demands of the miners. ~
Three hundred thousand men in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois will be affected by the strike..
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RECITAL TOMORROW
The pupils of Miss Mae C.ilmour,
will be heard in public recital tomor
row at 2:.'U) o’clock at the Methodist
Church.
The following program will be giv
en : —
I. Sing, Robin Sing— Spaulding,
Minuet of the (Jraees Loechhorn,
Melba Johnsrud .
II. A Jolly Ride— Clara Manthy.
Ill Kir Tree— K. R. Kroeger,
Moonlight Serenade— Mark*
! Crosby, — Patricia Ray.
IV. Waltz of the Forest Spriti --
Krug. — Meryl Towle.
V. Nocturne — Chapin — Hazo
Borgen.
i VI. Minuet — Dorothy Baughnuni.
VII. Beethoven’s Farewell to the
Piano— Beethoven— Margaret Sloan
VIII. Lady Betty— Old English
Dance— Seymour Smith,
IX. Austrian Song— J. A. Parker.
Charlotte Mat bison.
X. Traumerei— R. Schumann, —
Beatrice Baughman.
SATURN BUNCH ENTERTAIN
AT AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
The officers and men of the U. S. S.
Saturn entertained Seward citizens at
a dance last night at the A. B. hall
which was; a most enjoyable affair.
Chief of ceremonies Hause kept things
lively during the evening.
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RIGA '
LONDON, Oct., 11— The Germans
ami Russians have made an attack on
Riga, using big guns of Germany, and
are reported to have forced Letts to
evacuate the Russian seaport.
LONDON, Oct.. 11— It is reported
the peace conference intends to de
mand that Berlin Withdraw troops
from all Baltic provinces on pain of
coercive measures from the Allies.
The Allies regard Germany’s c\f
ture of Riga seriously.
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COPENHAGEN, Oct., 11— A Hel
iingfors dispatch says serious fighting
has started in Petrograd between ad
herents and opponents of the Bolshe
viki. Counter revolutionaries have cap
tured several important buildings ami
government institutions.
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iSEWARD SNAPSHOTSl
The Chrbvian Science Sreioty wili
hold services tomonow forenoon at 1!
oclock and Sunday school at 1*2:05 o’
clock. ..
John R. Nelson and Fred Nelson
came in on the Bergen last night f• o»n
Kodiak, where they went to tlsit sev
eral weeks ago, and are registered ai
the Hotel Seward. John intends to
leave on the Northwestern for th«*
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states.
A. Haakanson, from Kodiak, is re
gistered at the Hotel Seward.
Purser S. A. Sholin, of the Bergen,
and his wife are guests at the Hotel
Seward.
There will he services at the Catho
lic church tomorrow at 10:110 o’clock.
Kliiott Fremming and Fred Pal
quist; surveyors who have been work
ing around the dook Inlet section din
ing the season, arrived on the Bergen
and are registered at the Hotel Sew
ard. They will leave for Juneau on the
Northwestern.
A. Olsen and wife, of Chignik, are
registered at the Hotel Seward. Mr.
and Mrs. Olsen have been in Alaska
for the past 27 years and this is the
first trip to the outside in twenty
years. Mr. Olson is in the fishing busi
ness at Chignik.
H. S. Bean, from Akutan, arrived
on the Bergen and is registered at the
Hotel Seward.
Judge S. O; Morford will leave on
the Northwestern to attend the dis
trict court session at Valdez.
The Admiral Watson has five days
mail aboard from the states.
C. I.arochelle, John W. Storfold and
.J. A. Kamon, all from Port Chatham,
are registered at the Hotel Sexton.
Seward’s floating Hock arrived this
morning from Anchorage in tow of the
Anna W., in command of Capt. Ward.
The dock is loaded with coal which will
be discharged at the Seward dock for
the commission. The floating dock will
then be moored to the north side of the
new dock for use of the fishing and
other small craft.
Mrs. Harold Painter, baby and
mother leave for Anchorage $n tomor
row’s train for a visit. .
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct., 11 —
The first iron manufactured in the
Mahoning Valley since the strike, was
poured from a blast this morning. This
is according to observers outside of
I the plant. The Sheet Tube Company
and other plants here are also at
tempting to resume operations.
WILSON IMPROVES
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 11— *
* President Wilson passed a good
night and continues lo improve.
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WILSON MUST KEEI*
TO HIS BED
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• WASHINGTON, Oct., II— This •
afternoon Doctors at the White
• House announced President Wil
1 * son must remain abed for an ex
• tended period.
CANADIAN COIN
NOT DISCOUNTED
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Canadian silver money is not being
discounted in Seward at the present
time. Paper money however is being !
dicounted.
For the past month there seemingly !
has been some confusion regarding
discounting Canadian money. Accord
ing to the hankers of Seward, silver j
will not be discounted until there is
more in circulation than at present.
“The Rank of Seward is not dis-,
counting the silver,” said Mr. H. S.
Balderston today, “but we are dis-!
counting currency. We do not ship any
silver south and at present there is
very little Canadian silver in circula
tion here.”
“Not until there is more Canadian
silver in Seward, than at present, will
we discount,” said Erich Lucas, of'
the Harriman National bank of Alas
ka.” If there should suddenly be a de
luge of Canadian silver in Seward, the
discount would necessarily be enforc
ed. All Canadian currency is however
being discounted by both of the Sew
ard hanks.”
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NORTH\\KSTRR N TOM0RROAV
Steamer Northwestern arrived at j
Valdez at 7 o’clock this morning; sail
ed westward at 11 o’clock this fore
noon and is due in Seward tomorrow
morning, whether early or late, was
not known at the time of going to
press. The North western will he in
port all Sunday discharging freight.
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COLD SNAP AT D AAV SON
DAWSON, Oct., 11— A sudden drop
in the temperature to six degrees be
low zero has forced dredges to clos3
down two weeks earlier than usual.
There is ice in the Yukon river. It is
doubted whether the river steamers i
Washburn, Yukon. Alaska nnd Seat
tle No. 3 , enroute from the lower riv
er, will be able to reach Dawson and
may he forced to winter at intermedi
ate points. The last steamer from
Dawson for Whitehorse loft last Wed
nesday.
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C. McIntyre, marine engineer, ar
rival on the Rergen from Nushagak
hound for San Francisco, is registered
at the Hotal Seward.
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VILLA HAS
PLANNED
A WAR
WASHINGTON, Oct., 11- A corn
ier has arrived on the Mexican border
and reports Villa will start a major of
fensive on Monday with the lurgest^
force he has ever assembled.
ARCHANGEL, Oct.. 11— A dia
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patch from Helsingfors says 2000 liv
es have been lost in a wreck ot an un
named British ship off the Norwegian
coast.
LONDON. Oct., 11— Lloyds and
also the British Admiralty discredit
the above report hut if true, probably
the wrecked ship is a British trans
port carrying British soldiers from
Archangel.
If the report is true, the diaaster
will mark the greatest loss of life in
a single wreck in the urinals of the
sea.
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AVIATORS
NEAR END
OF RACE
BUFFALO, Oct, 11— Kiel luts ar
rived here leading the castbound fli
ers. Spatz was two minutes behind
Kiel. Smith left Bryan with Kiel bfit
has probably taken another course.
Spatz lost his way in a heavy rain
storm and also broke his propellor.
Kiel and Spatz expect to reach Min- j
eola Field tonight ending the trans- j
continental flight.
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RENO, Oct., 11— Lieut. Maynard,
leading the westboundcrs, arrived at
11 o’clock and left at the noon hour
for Sacramento. Maynard is du.^ in
San Francisco this evening early.
CHICAGO, Oct., 11— Rain is hold
ing many fliers in the middle west.
Eastbounders and westboundcrs are
expected to complete half of the race j
tonight.
TRAIN OUT IN MORNING
The Sunday train leaves Seward to
morrow morning at 7 o’clock and con-1
nects with a train from Anchorage. ]
The Anchorage train leaves mile 114
at 0 O’clock tomor row morning.
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CLEVELAND, Oct., 11— Six Rob
bers held up the Samuel Emerson Co.,
paymaster in the lobby of a building
this morning:, threw pepper in the pay
master’s face and escaped with $11,
000 which was in the paymaster’s bat?.
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ALBERT IS
ON COAST
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Oct., 11
King Albert and his party has arrived
here and will be guests for the next
three days of Herbert C. Hoover. The
King and his party will go motoring,
also enjoy swimming in the Pacific.
Cheering throngs met the train at
every California town.
LARGE REUNION
AND A PARADE
ATLANTA , Ga., Oct., 11— Right
thousand Confederate soldiers and
survivors of Lee’s army, marched in
the reunion parade this forenoon. The
Fifth Division Regulars accompanied
the Veterans.
i Lee Frazier is in from Looseve:*
and h registered at the Hitel Over
land.
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