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SAX K I* AX CISCO, Oct., :J0- The
Circuit Court of Appeals has r le i
that Mailo Segura must hang for hi’l
mg J. K. Riley, at Flat City, Alaska
last winter. Segura said he killed Ril
ey to collect S2000 for hauling wood to
his i lining property.
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K. It. MONJKY O. k.
WASHINGTON. Oct.. :?0— The
House has adopted the deficiency
hill and it now goes to the Presi
1 dent for his signature. The defic
iency hill carries the six million
dollars for the government rail
road in Vlaska.
SEATTLE. Oct.. 30— A special dis
patch to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
from Washington, says the House ap
propriations committee, through lead
ers Cannon and Good, assisted by
Mondell, cut the Alaska railroad ap
propriation to $6,000,000 because Con
gress plans to hold those in charge o^
the railroad to more strict account
ability.
The dispatch says the management
of the railroad in Alaska is under a
cloud of distrust in Congress. Appro
priation committeemen say unbridled
extravagance would have resulted it
Congress appropriated the entire sev
enteen million dollars.
The special says that when the
railroad bill was before the Senate,
Senators conferred with Secretary of
the Interior Lane regarding the gen
eral criticism which came from Alaska
like a deluge, regarding the commis
sion’s policies and extravagances.
At the time, the Senators stated
Secretary Lane promised to clean
house in the management of the rail
road.
Now the House committeemen charge
Secretary Lane with bad faith as h°
has only shifted the officers.
The dispatch says most of the crit
icism is laid to the inexperience of Col.
Mears. l^ine said Mears formerly had
charge of the operations of all the
American railroads in France. The
special dispatch says an investigation
at the War Department office shows
he did not hold such a position as he
arrived in France only a tew months
before the armistice was signed.
Records given out in Seward dis
prove the last contention in the above
dispatch. Col. Meats was in France
for months and did have charge of
the American railroads in that coun
try, according to what is known here.
Col. Mears letters from General Per
shing regarding his competency in
handling the railroad situation in
France, shows that he must have been
in charge of the railroad long before
the armistice was even thought of.
Regarding the extravagance of tlm
commission, under former Chairman
Edes, there is no doubt, if only the
one instance is sighted, that of spend •
ing several millions of dollars alone in
shipping freight to the interior to
start the railroad from the wrong end.
But this is now ancient history and
should be forgotten.
During the few months Col. Mears
has been in charge, it shows that he
can do something and is doing it. H*:
intends to surround himsc-f with a
corp of efficient men who have been
in the war game, where favoritism
counts for nothing, for if a man can
not make good, he slides down th*»
scale..
According to the lead of this a tic
le. the six million dollars is now at the
disposal of the railroad commission,
repress nted absolutely by Col. Moars
and the Gateway believes he will
spend the money judiciously and com
plete the railroad.
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LONDON. Oct.. 30— The propose
Liverpool-Australia and Liverpoo
New York air service will he an enor
mous undertaking. The problem or
supplying the necessary dirigible air
ships is but one of the items to be con
side red. They cost about $3,.750.001
each to construct. At least six •>*
these huge craft will be necessary to
maintain these two services with any
degree of regularity. There are also
to be considered the problems of suit
able landing grounds and mooring
posts; the intention of the (heat Nor
thern Aerial Syndicate being that ae*
odromes will be provided at the mo »
important stations while mooring
posts will serve as second class stops
of halts.
Aerodromes for dirigibles are re
quired only at every 2.000 miles and it
is now possible for an airship to he
moored to or released from a mooring
tower in any wind up to 00 miles an
hour; yet the total financial backing
considered necessary for such an un
deitaking is in the neighborhood of
$10,000,000.
The mooring out station for air
ships which is in the form of a high
tower enclosing an elevator shaft by
which passengers and cargo will be
taken un and down from the ground
is over 150 feet high. With a revolving
head the air flip can be rigidly at
tached to this tower by the nose, wiV
ride clear of the ground in all weath
ers. and be able to swing with the di
rection of the wind.
Each of these towers will be provid
ed with a hauling in winch and a rope
by which the airship will be hauled up
the mooring post; also a supply base
of hydrogen, fuel, and water ballast.
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M. f>. Joseph, of Nenana, who had
been with the Alaska Engineering
Commission for the past three years
has taken a position with the Tongas*
Tiding Co., as bookeopor and cashie».
He has been in the north about seven
years.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 00— At liv* favor: bly reported the bill providing
request of Attorney General Palmer, for the deportation of alien anar
the Senate immigration committee has chists.
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NEW HAVEN. Conp., Oct.. ”0
H!!:t \Vh Her Wilcox, died at her home
during the night.
l!!!a Wheeler Wilcox was one of oir
American poetess, horn in Johnstov v
Center, Wis., about IX.Vi. She has con
tributed much to current .periodicals
and her poems have been widely cop
ied. Some of her better known volumes
are: “Maurine” 1X82; “Poems of Pas
sion" 18S:i; “Poems of Pleasure” 1888;
“Drops of Water”; Sweet Danger” ;
ete. Possibly her best known ami best
vc-d novel is ‘Mai Moulee’ which was
published in 18S.r>.
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FAKES THE IRISH LADS
TO SLIP IT AWAY OVER
LONDON, Oct., .*10— A story of
how one Irish poutheon maker, as they
call moonshiners in Ireland, managed
for a long time to escape detection is
so good that it is being told all over
the country.
The English revenue officers had
( detected so many stills by the smoke
arising f’.om the fires that the man in
question, who occupied a house ad
j 'ining, connected his flue with the
chimney of the barracks of the Royal
Irish Constabulary and his distiller)
remainad undetected until someone be
trayed him.
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WASHINGTON. Oct.. .*50— The Do- j
'iii liv nt o.' Justice expects there wil j
! '» many arrests in several states for
i 'lntions of thM food and fuel control
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v|\ TWO MINUTE ROUNDS
ANOUNCKD IN SEATTLE
FOR ALL BOXING BOUT*
SEATTLE, Oct.. dO— To speed up
boxing bouts and to relieve the boxers
from undue strain, promoters of shows
here will he permitted to stage match
es of six two-minute rounds instead of
the customary four three-minute
: rounds, it has b^en announced, by
; Charles Hulen, secretary of the Soat
! tie boxing commission.
Portland, Ore., tried out the two
minute round plan with much success,
it was reported here, lloxers say the
greatest strain comes during the last
minute of the three-minute rounds.
STOCKHOLM IS MOST
EXPENSIVE CITY TO LIVE
IN OF ALL EUROPE
LONDON, Oct., .‘>0— Travelers ar- •
Hving here from Stockholm, after vis
aing some of the other capitals are
firm in their conviction that it the
most expensive city in Europe.
The staple coin is a krona, just over
25 cents, and it costs "2 krona for bed.
hrw^fnst and hath in a hotel. The
simplest meals cost $5, and wine is
prohibitive abe'He $20 a bottle for
the worst war champagne. A taxicab
for an hour costs $7.50, and five krona
is the customary tip for a meal, while
one is expected to give a krona to the
man who happens to be handy and in
sists ?n opening the door you would
rather open yourself.
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STUEDEXVILLE, Ohio. Oct., :0 -
Hope has been abandoned lor 20 nr.;'
ers imprisoned at Amsterdam, near
hove. R( scuevs stopped digging when
: 150 feet from the men as il was fear
! ed an explosion would stait a tiro ba
' iend the rescueis.
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VANCOUVER, R. C., 'Vt., UO
Captain James Turnbull, Y» kon river
steamer captain died here bust night
shortly alter his arrival from tie
north.
Capt. James Turnbull has been cap
tain of the steamer Dawson for a
number of years. The steamer was op
crated between Whitehorse and Daw
son. Capt. Turnbull was one of the old
captains on the Yukon river, about
fifteen years ago being a mate and
gradually working up to the command
of steamers. He placed the steamer
Dawson on the ways at Whitehorse
about two weeks ago and then left for
his home in Vancouver.
SENATE FIGHTING TREATY
WASHINGTON, Oct., ‘50— The Scn
ate is starting a fight to strike out ol
the treaty the provision for interna
tional labor organizations. LaFollette
intends to move that this ue eliminat
ed. Thomas and others debated asrnins*
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the provision.
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w E A T H E K K E I* O R T
The following is the weather repoit
for the 21 hours ending at 7 o'clock
this morning:—
SEWARD 34, Clear, West.
Anchorage 10, Clear, East.
Matanuska 18, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 11, Clear, Calm.
Was ilia 2 below, Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna Zero, Clear, Calm.
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE
GOING TO BRANCH OUT
SASKATOON, Sask., Oct., 30—
The Western Canada league, which
had a successful season, has decided
to expand to a six club circuit in 1920.
Calgary anti Edmonton have been add
ed and it is rumored that if this cir
cuit is a success, an eight club league
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with Vancouver and Victoria in the
fold may be arranged for *1921. Base
ball came back with a roar in the Can
adian Northwest this year.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., HO— Thu
Railroad administration has ordered
the confiscation of all coal in transit
• where necessary, to obtain a reserve
supply to keep the railroads in opera
tion during the strike of the coal min
ers.
The government will make exemp
tions on coal destined to certain class
es of consignees based on the fuel ad
ministrations priority list.
It was announced today that the
government might use soldiers to pio
coci coal miners willing to remain at
work.
DENVER, Oct., HO— The Colorado
National Guards are being mobolized
to preserve order in the coal fields.
Aid of federal troops will also be ask
ed to guard property if this is neces
sary.
PITTSBURGH, Oct., 30— One hm»
IrH thousand Pennsylvauia and West
Vi.guna coal miners are planning to
st ike tomorrow night
SPRING KU'.LU. 111., Oct., 30
Ninety thousand miners i.i Illinois will
go out on the strike tomorrow night.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct., 30— In a
statement issued by the officials on
tin' United Mine Workers they blame
th«* situation on the mine operators
and charge they refused to negoliat *
the wage agreement through the min
ers. The union officials claim the min
ers *are within their constitutional
rights in striking and gave profound
consideration to the President’s state
ment. The officials deny there is any
other purpose and the working condi
tions to be changed.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 30— It is an
nounced the government will not hesi
tate to curtail the coal consumption
in industries by at least forty p<*r
cent so as to keep the essential indus
tries in operation.
Attorney General Palmer lias an
nounced the fuel administration wi’l
take control of the handling of tho
coal.
The cabinet at a regular session this
afternoon discussed the situation thor
oughly.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct., 30— Presi
dent Lewis of the United Mine Work
ers, in a telegram this afternoon t>
Secretary of Labor Wilson, direr*’v
attacked President Wilson’s cou se ti
the coal dispute as the climax of a
long series of attempted usurpations
of executive power.
President Lewis sent the telegram
in answer to the Secretary’s message
to the conference of mine union offic
ials. The mine union officials th:s af
ternoon stated they see no way of
averting the strike.
Not discouraged by recent drill
tests which gave low values on the re
cent platinum discovery, several Val
dez citizens are planning to put in a
sluice box and ditch next spring and
see if the deposits will pay to develop,