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-= - —— - — SEWABD. ALASKA. ,1«l..«C»55I*r >«. >»•" "- _TEN CEET3 PE.
VOLUME Mil. NUMBER m ----- - -----*
COLWELL
STARTING
N 11/WORK
Under the supervision of assistant
engineer George Colwell, work ha*
been started on the Seward dock for a
second track on the $ou:n side of the
present warehouses . The new track
will permit of two tra ns being loaded
at the same time, one from the ship
and the other from the warehouses.
The double track on the <*ock is a nec
essity to handle the giowing busine^.*
of the railroad. Mr. Colwell expects t'»
have the track installed within t?u.
next two weeks.
Other improvements arc also t> be
made in the terminal yn:r*s here t»y
Mr. Colwell. A second story will
added to the depot, the additional <
rooms being fitted up for station
agent E. L. Sweek. The north end of ]
the warehouse, now partly being us'd i
for the commission mess, will be fitted j
up for sleeping quarters to acconw- 1
date the many men coming north for :
the commiss on who will not be abV
find quarters in the regular hotel* o* 1
Seward. It is expected that men will 1
come north by the hundreds during 1
March and April. <
All of the above improvements will 1
be in charge of Mr. Colwell.
JUDGE BROWN COMING BACK
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According to advices receded by
Senator L. V. Ray. by letter Mm 1
Valdez. Judge Brown has recovered
from his illness end is supposed to b
a passenger north on the ATasI*a which
left Seattle today. Previous reports 1
received in Seward were that JurL'' 1
B-own had handed in h;s rcsiginato"
and Tony Dimond had made applica- 1
tion to become judge.
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BOLSnEVIK IDEA GAINS «
HEADWAY AMONG THIEVE* '
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BERLIN, Jan . SO— The Bolsnevtu
idea that tho other fellow oug:»i. lo o
compelled to share his property ever, •
if one must resort to theft to obt un
it, seems to actuate some of Berlin s
thieves.
Two s sters, servants or a've::- to o
family in Hanover who recently sto •
400,000 marks worth of valuables ; n m
their employers declared, when arrest
ed, that they felt it was perfectly
right, under the new order of things
to take a sha-e in the property of
those better situated.
L«rPe quantities of jewelry and
valuable articles, are being stolen ;
Berlin. Servants are often the offend
ers and frequently are captured be
cause they are amateurs.
ORIGIN OF DOLLAR SIGN
l <v*TVW. Jan.. 30— The Ameri
can dollar sif?n had its orijrn in th^
b’e^d n'r or the PTar of Hascules
and a Spanish scroll, according to
a British writer who has made a
study of the “folklore of commerce.”
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GAfEWAV
MOXTESANO, Jan., 30— When the
court session ended last night ei^iit
jurors had been temporarily passed
i'or the tr:al of the members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
T1k» prevalence of influenza has rot
interfered with the selection of jurors
but may if it docs not abate.
MOXTESANO, Jan, 30— Two ad
ditional temporary jurors were secur
ed th;s forenoon making ten in the box
all subject to temporary challenge.
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MOXTESANO, Jan., 30- At three
o'clock this afternoon eleven tempo
rary jurors had been selected.
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MIDDLE CLASS
IN ENGLAND ON
ROAD TO RUIN
LONDON Jan. 30— Sir H. Rider
Haggard, the author, believes the m ti
tle c’asses of England are on th«
‘road to ruin”. TVs opinion he ex
pressed in a letter to the genera! sec
•tarv of the Middle Classes Union, re
setting that other work prevented
um from asjwnrrng the presidency of
i V anch of the union.
“I svmpatVze f»d!v with vour move
pent” he wrote. ‘The nvddle clasw,
>v whvh T take to mean all beneath
;he r»nk of P^ers who do not nctnaMy
»am their liv;ng bv the work of th":r
a"° w’tho^t rkv'M on the nvd
;o nun. Owing princina^v. or at a"\*
•at( verv lankly to the ?ncr*»d:h,o nx
of rearer and educating their
•hiMron, thoif Vrth^to dorroasin ?
n a most a’amun" f°s^*on °nd n>*nha
>iv »s now exceeded by their dealh
O'at
JoCc.o«; fVrt rv^of-’fr./'r is fT’VOn a *+^0
i*nd a"d O'at “l'ndor vrn^r'no of a
«nV*tw« T>wn»•*••»!» R;,l
\»*o na”' tV»ro"t''n,'d w:th O'* Vss of
K„ v»'«cc«*«#»c nr ^“ao ♦»—'•* vh’/»t, a'a„o
'nab1** rnonv v?0» rv«4 n
n^omps tA li^p at a".” H* **:d ♦**♦ ^
)niv rn«K:««»!rt« to ?>»*ot«rt tV»wcol.
—c *'*'d thf i" interests coidd 30'11
:hom. <
l(Tf 4-V. ^ o*f1'C''C rAnunln ft C.
ir*;t«rt A„/l Jr* AAAQon„oo/»A F""' t»,»">*o-l
»J.,„4o,.o4 to /tootV, oc V"^''"'.''
► 0 fVto r,*»'**r,,P<5 h^fnrn tV*o f^tt pf t«*f
D^,n T rm «'"•* fV*f ^
Voo, 1.-MI ^i"n*>Annr U'A v»a*»H>, oa-«
► Vo nni,*<»'" ♦> ~*oatnoss of our country.*’
"io concludod.
SCORES OF TTOR^ES AND
MlTtFS USED I\ MINES
WILL GO TO TTIE PASTURE
^T’T'TTT* Mpnf.. Ton , 30- j
?/»0»*oq pf pnrinnt on^ P1n,rS
fVtof fo>- ,.-o**Q hoirft rlono nn^on/vnonn'l
,,.^^1. fV.rt ^oon mlnoc p* T^ntto. cnn.n -
pf o»<p p Jr* (?'<ntt«. P|*A t<» b*‘
r*V»} ♦<* o c f* n ^ con^
pasture. acco-^"* t* *<* *•»
^ nnpp^rlo rA’'"A- **-*n*n~ CTi T^O
f,*ron ^><tq n»^on V* m n'Jyo^s; pf fUo V»^pQ*-c; ,
mono nmnUivwl pn/lownpnn/^ V*»if mJp- I
iptn«*o rnUrpo/J^ rfro/Jinl'n p»*p r«n^"
infr fViorn onrJ n«"* ♦*** r-M^n-VJror o«i
(unlr n(>rt fn pnnn') ♦Va’^ ^AA^'w'rir .lov!
pA<nf*'nrr f^o?n f^nofopf P* ♦''O s*^n**o
»«****» tv,„ <-Pr*>tch their hacks en
bunch grass.
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KKW YORK, Jan., 30— The Am
erican tanker Mielero , en.oute to Ma
la nxas, Cuba, from Philadelph a, b.oke
in two at sea sometime dui ing thought
One boat with the chief officer an 1
seventeen men picked up a1 other h-iet
with th * captain and several men. Ac
cording to reports 22 men are missing.
V! \ \ FR VVCISCO. Jan., 30— The
transport Mount Vernon, which left a
week ago yesterday on a sefcret m «
sion, is return :ng to port in a leaking
condition. The transport is in no dang
er and is proceeding without ass.st
ance 400 miles off the coast.
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NEW YORK, Jan., 30— The tank
er Miptoro was owned by the Cuban
Distilling company. She carried 16.
000,00b gallons of molasses in bu:k.
It i£s understood the steamer OzeUo
has picked up the urvivors.
SEATTLE, Jan., 30— Private and
unconfirmed cables say the British
steamer Brisbane has been lost with
all hands off the Shanghai coast. The
d’saster occurred a week ago. Capt. E.
E. Mctican, of Seattle, was in com
mand of the ship.
HONOLULU, Jan., JO— It is re
ported here, in a cab c advice from
Pekin, that General Kolchak has es
•apod from the Dolsheviki and is hid
ing* in Manchuria.
TOKIO, Jan., 30— It is reported n
Japan that Kolchak made his escape
from the Bo’sheviki in S:beria and
in hiding in Manchuria. The Nippi J’*
j snys the revolution which occurred
at Irkutsk, which ousted Kolchak, has
transferred all governmental powers
to the Bolshcviki.
DIES WITH
A SMILE
OSSIXG, Jan., M— No one h is
iaimed the* l>o^iy of Gordon Hamby,
•If confessed murderer, bank robb .*
iml bandit. Hamby was electrocute 1
luring the night in the pr son here,
dystcy surrounds Hair.?>ys parent
:ge and it will be burled with him.
Hamby smiled when the straps were
id justed and as he left the death cell
io cried to h's fellow prsoner*:”
Joodbye, fellows, 1 always did like to
ry everything once.”
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/AST TRI^VSURERS ARE
CACHED IN MOUNTAINS
OF MEXICO BY BANDIT:
BROWNSVILLE Tex., Jan., 30
Vixst treasure's of silver and gold,
;to’en by band;ts over a period of
nanv yea s, are cached in the mour’
lines of Ch;h”ahua. Mev’CO, and in
Hi* remote ami w?M sect:ons of l’***
Mexican states of Duranga, San I.o;s
Potes; end Za^at^cns. nccordmg to
American min;ng men who have bem
nvest;gating oncatons of foreign
iwned rnin^s in bnnd:t ridden sections
if the southern republic.
Among the peo~s rumors pm of
treasurer*, stored in 0’h,,a,uja
pnd Durango mountains bv tb« bam-t
F*TTir;sco Vn’a. rivalling the rich
ps Cortex f<m«d amon/ t^e r^o^l-*
when the Span;a*ds conoimr^d Mexico
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 30— James «
Blakelee, fourth assistant Postmasti; ]
tf »niial, told the senate postal com
mittee today, that decreased produc*
t:on. v*’th the const ?nt :nc ease of dis
satisfact’on of farmes Mr. Blakelee
sa d over 40 000 ans wers had been re- c
r ived to 200 000 questionnaires sent f
to farmers. These indicated a d;squ't- (
incr ro^d:t’*on po. tcntious of disastrous +
consequences. t
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FLU EPIDEMIC ABATING c
CHICAGO, Jan.. 30— The influrn- C
to a stnt°P’.’ ut t
of the city health officials. S?xty eivht
d;«d yestevdav. E’^My two have died
f’-'wi M”iv,mon:a. Thirteen now coses
of Pu were on’y repovted dirinfT the
past 24 hours ending at noon todav.
HONOLULU. Jan., 30— Th-e'; 1
deaths Horn flu occurred hrtre yectov- ?
dav m^k;n" tweive deaths this year, j
There have been sixty four cases. r
FORMER AMSKAN IMF/* IN <
PHILADELPHIA OF PNEUMONIA ]
SEATTLE .Tan.. 30— Georpre Ba.M
v’in, m'ninrr onT*n/'e'* a^d a pioneer •*
R'vpr d;str;ct. formerly
nssoc;nted vT’th Stephen B;rch. d'ed
hist mVht :n Philadelphia of pnenmon- J
to advices received hero
(
th*s afternoon.
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WANT TREATY RATIFIED ]
SPOKANE. Jan. 30— The Ameri
can Naf:onn1 livestock Association in
ronvAAtion here, has resoliit;oned u-g*
;nrr »mmed:atc rat’f’cat’on of the trea- 1
tv wfth rAsA,'vatiAns as the treaty is <
T'oAAssary to safeguard American in- 1
terests.
• SMOKING ROOM FOR
• LADIES IN THEATRE
0
• CHICAGO, Jan., .10— A local 1
• theatre has opened a smoking '
• room for women. The manager '
• said the women drove him to it as 1
• they smoked in the wash room of
• lad es bordoir a’so in the lobby. '
• The manager claims the women 1
• attending theatres smoke more 4
• than the men.
RETAKE
ODESSA
VIENNA, Jan., 30— It is reported
here the Ukran’ans have captured
Odessa from the Bolsheviki,
LONDON, Jan., 30— According to
idvices received by the British war
lepartment, difficulties in obtaining
supplies has probably stopped the Bo>
jheviki advance along the trans-Siber
an railway west of Irkutsk. Deta< h
nents have been reported reaching tim
Chinese frontier southeast of Blisic.
LONDON, Jan. 30— According to
i wireless dispatch from Moscow, the
mti-Bolsheviki forces have been com
jelled to evacuate Derbcnt, on the
vest coast of the Caspian sea.
Eastern Siberian peasants are it •
>orted to have evolted and themselves
ierzp(l the go’d fields in the vicinitv *'f
ttkolaevsk.
CIDER INDUSTRY HIT
YAKIMA, Wn., Jan., 30— YakimaV
”’eot c;der industry in which, it *s
aid, .V00 00 worth of bus:ness is done
very season, may be rendered a
b n"* ef thrt p°st by Federal P o’v'bi
ion Commissioner Kromev’s ruling
nvting the a’coholic content of tlie
ider to one half of one per cent in ac
ordonee w’th t^e natona* proh'bit’on
amendment. Yakima cider mnnufact
ires srw it is ’meoss’bie to mantifact
ire commovc;al cider wh ch will keep
vithin the law.
A
MANY SITES FOR ARMORY
WALLA WALLA, Wn Jan., 30—
rwenty five po^osed s’tes for the
tatc a’Tnory to be built here are h"
ng considered by the armory com
ni°sion, which is composed of Acting
Adjutant General Maurice Thompson
Seattle. J. Skaggs. Snok^ne, and Col
>. H. Weyrauch, Wal’a Walla.
STAMPEDE FOR AUTO LICENSE
OLYMPIA, Wn. Jan., 30— Anpl;
for new 1020 2* a"tornom*c
icenses ar*' expected to b^gin f'oo 1
into the off?c-; of Secretary of
>tato T. N. Howell th:s weeK Addf
;ionni clerks are to be employed io
mndle the rush.
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FIRE DESTROYS PLANT
WINNIPEG, Jan. 30— Fi>e tMs
'ovArftftn d«st’oyed the LnrPar nort:*>n
>f T^'P^nt, pulp p’ant here. Thn
oss is $200 000.
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LONDON, Jan., 30— Ail English
newspapers say the slump in Britis.i
exchange indicates the chaos in Eur
ope and the grave crisis which is
tli catencd to halt international trade.
Scvcial newspapers suggest an inter
national conference of bankers as the
problem must soon be solved.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30— The Eng
lish pound struck a new low level to
day going to $3.49%.
ALASKA NOW
COMINC TO
SEWARD
SEATTLE, Jan., 30— Stcame.*
Alaska sailed for the north this morn
ing at 9 oc.ock with 182 passengers
die loiiowing being for Seward:
Mrs. M. Olson
Mrs. G. Chante
Kenneth Lengmas
Roy Fail banks and wife.
Mrs. B. A.exander
J. S.Johnson
Wiliam G.rig
Mrs. Dave Miller
Mrs. Lillian Basher
Mrs. L. Van Damme
H. R. Taylor
Fred M. Ayer
Carl Osterlund
Mrs. W. J. Bates
Mrs. M. Leek veld
C. V. Marshall and w'fe.
Mrs. W. G. Hughes and baby.
Alice Temple
W. A. Takalo
Mrs. T. C. Miller
Holly V. Ashby
Edward Michielson
Mrs. Edith Dora
Arthur Dora
Margaret Dora
Eleven steerage.
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DEMOCRATS WALK OUT OF
CONFERENCE OVER TREATY
WASHINGTON, Jan., 30— The un
official bi-pa't:san negotiations on
the treaty reservations sudden’y ended
th;s afte no™ .vhen Democratic sen
ators fading to obta:n a compromise
on Artie1'* 10, va’k^d o**t of the con
The Democratic senators an
nounced they v’onM seek seme ot'r.Ar
method of obta:n:ng rat:fication. The
final bveAk came when Senator Lodge
refused to aAeAnt a reservat’oo to
tich' 10 d aftAd by Taft and presented
by the Democrats.
LOUIS IIILL TO RETIRE
ST. PAUL, Jan., 30— Louis W. Hill
chairman of the Boavd of D rectors of
the Great Northern, will retire Cron
the active management of the railroad
system ve-y shortly after it is return
ed to privet'' ownership according to
a statement made here today. Recent
ly ;t ,,?as rumor'd eastern interests
obtained control of the G’cat No th
em and Mo* them Pacif’c. Louis Hill i*»
a son of the late James J. Hill.
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MORE QUAKES IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY. .Ton.. 30- Accord
!nf» to vn-o~*s macin'* h^**e. eaHh
n'lni-fl c^o^hs were felt in Veva C**os.
Ch'>Vh;como,a n*d Piv'Wa during the
night and early this morning.