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\oi.l'MI' M, M MBER :«K. - si*VARD. ALASKA. MONDAY'. MAY 10, 1920._1JZZZZZZZZZZTZ:^^PER COP*
FROM OPERATOR
ON THE CABLES
TO NEWSPAPER
From cable operator to a desk in
a newspaper oil ice, is the expeuencc
of J. E. Pegues who passed through
on the Alameda for Juneau where he
wid become city editor of the Juneau
Empire. And Mr. Pegues blames it ail
on \V. O. Perry, operator in chuige of
the local cable office, whose guest he
was on Saturday during the stay of
the Alameda.
Mr. Pegues came to Alaska in 1913
and began work under Mr. Perry, in
the interior. Mr. Perry was later
transferred to the outside and when
Pegues lost his running mate, he be
gan to wish he was not in the service.
Mr. Pegues was finally transferred to
Fairbanks and then as a side line
started doing local work on the Alas
ka morning Citizen. A year and a half
ago Pegues resigned from the cable
force and became managing editor of
the Citizen and remained in that capa
city until fire destroyed the t itizen
plant several months ago. Mr. Pegues
likes the newspaper game so made ar
rangements for continuing m th.it
profession and will henceforth be
associated with John W. lroy, owivr
and publisher of the Juneau Empire.
>|r. Pegues came out over the 11 ail
from Fairbanks and notwithstanding
heavy snow made the tiip in seven
days to Anchoi age.
On all sides, according to .nr. i e
Kues, the A. E. C.. is rushing its prep
arations for a strenuous season.
Teams are hauling all kinds of sup
plies and materials from Mile 242.
the present end of steel on the An
chorage division, northward tor the
benefit of contractors during this
bummer.
On the Nenana end of the line many
outfits are now blasting the roadbed
through the r<>ck walls of the Nenana
canyon. The work there is being lim
ited on account of a lack of necessary
supplies and materials which could
not be obtained last year on account
of insufficient funds. Despite all
handicaps, however, the roadbuilders
are making good progress.
At the junction of the Healy and
Nenana rivers about fifty miles south
of Nenana the Healy Kiver Coal corp
oration, after several week’s pros
pecting, have lined up a good vein of
lignite coal of excellent quality, and
during the summer will install modern
mining machinery and begin produc
tion on a good scale. The vein cover*
practically all of the 160 acres held by
the company, and is dry and sound,
being free from foreign rock, dirt and
clay. This corporation expects to
SEATTLE, May 10— The commis
sion of navy officers appointed last
week by Secretary of the Navy L>an
ieis to devolope the coal in the Mata
nuska fields for the navy, will sail
fiom here on the Alameda, scheduled
to go north on May 20th. The commis
sion will begin activities as soon as
they reach the fields.
SEA l I LK, May 10— It is said that
the coal commission going north this
month will, besides starting activities
in the Matanuska coal fields, begin
preliminary work at Seward for coal
bunkers, etc. This is not official but
it is understood several men of the
navy will leave the Alameda at Sew
ard and attend to preliminary work
at Seward for the navy bunkers, an
chorage, docks, etc.
EVANS NOW
ON THE WAY
SEATTLE, May 10— Steamer Ad
miral Evans sailed for Alaska ports
at 10 o’clock this morning with 141
passengers, the following being for
Seward:
Harold Summers,
A. J. Chase,
Charles E. Rrown and wife.
B. P. See gar and wife.
Mrs. J. H. Copeland,
E. C. M^rse,
Twenty steerage.
The steamer Jefferson also sailed
this morning for Southeastern Alaska
ports with many passengers and had
J. J. Finnegan, wife and two children
aboard for Juneau, where they expect
to take the next Alaska Steam-hip
Company’s steamer for Seward.
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CAVALRY ENTERS KIEV
WARSAW, May 10— The Polish
cavalry has entered Kiev on the heels
of the retreating Bolshevikis.
mine and market between 30.000 and
40,000 tons of coal during the present
year. The placer mining operators
in the Fairbanks district are preparing
to use this for fuel to replace wood,
which has become too high to permit
extensive operations.
In the entire sect;on touched by and
adjacent to the railroad hundreds of
prospectors are scattered in the hills,
and unconfirmed reports are being
heard of likely looking finds of ore.
both free-milling and base. The Kan
tishna district and the region just
south of Broad Pass, both oast and
west of the right-of-way. seem to be
the goal of most of the prospectors.”
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WASHINGTON, May 10— Edwin
T. Meredith, Secretary of Apiculture
recommends the establishment of pa
per mills in Alaska as a means ot re
lieving the paper shortage.
Secretary Meredith announced to
day that to encourage the prpei
industry the national forest timber
would he offered for large workings
under mutually favorable terms of the
Department. He said the Department
was prepared to contract stumj age
and supply pulp mills for thirty years,
the timber to be paid for month to
month thus obviating the necessity for
large investments of raw materials.
Secretary Meredith the inital prices
would be based uj>on current timber
values.
4 Alaska is sufficiently low, ” said
Secretary Meredith, “to make the cost
of wood paper stumpage a small fact
or to the manufacturer. On several ar
• eas, spruce is appraised at 50 cents a
! cord and hemlock at 25 cents a cord.
These rates will apply for the first
live yeais after the installation of n
p’ant and thereafter be readjusted at
five year intervals if the current timb
j er statutes warrant, but with equitable
provisions regarding maximum rates.
“The government owes it to Alas
ka to develop the resources and foster
economic growth. At the present junc
ture, Alaska will supply the paper in
dustry at one of the most critical
times in the needs of the United Stat
[ es and at the same time profit Alas
ka”
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HOOVER HAS
SUGAR PLAN!
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! WASHINGTON, May 10— Herb
! art Hoover suggests a rationing to
manufactureers and other non-essent
ials as a means of relieving the sugar
iitnation. Mr. Hoover further sugg
an agreement between America and
foreign countries not to bid against j
each other for sugar.
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W. A. M’PHERSON DEAD
—
W. A. McPherson, one of the pio
neers of this section, passed away this
morning after an illness lasting sev
eral months. Mr. McPherson came
north in 1904, engaged in photograph
ing and a1 so located a homestead
north of the city where he lived until j
taken ill. The deceased was well liked
by all and was one of those sturdy
pioneers who remained with the coun
try and helped build it up. Mr. Mc
Pherson died at the home of his
nephew. Scotty McPherson. Funeral
announcement will be made latter.
CHICAGO, May 10— Plans for the
a'gest hotel in the world were made
mblie here today. The hotel will be in
’ive units and occupy three blocks,
There will be four thousand rooms
ind a theatre with a seating capacity
•*f 2 500. There will bo 400 kitchenet
tes for guests who will desire to cook
their own meals. The hotel will be six
teen stories high, thorn being one ex
clusive unit for bachelors. The esti
mated cost of the hotel is put at $15,
000,000.
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EIGHT KILLED IN CAR
PORTLAND, Ore., May 10— Eight
were killed and 38 injured near here
last night in a head-on collision of
electric trains. One of the train crews
is said to have disregarded orders and
not to have waited at a certain switch,
according to officials.
WILSON’S CAMPAIGN ISSUE
WASHINGTON, May 10— Presi
dent Wilson in a telegram to the Ob
regon Democratic leaders calls on the
party to go into the campaign stand
ing for a square deal in favor- of-the
p^ace treaty against the Senate’s re
servations.
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JURAEZ, May 10— Francisco Vil
j la, Mexican bandit leader, today laid
down his arms and turned all of his
1 forces ove** to the revolutionary com
mander at Chihuahua city.
Galveston, May 10— It is unofficial
ly reported that the revolutionary
forces have entered and are now oc
cupying Vera Cruz.
El Paso, May 10,— It is reported
here that President Carranza, report
ed to have fled from Mexico City, re
amed to near there, is now in hiding
and his arrest is expected to be made
any time by the revolutionary forces.
Washington, May 10— Tne State
Department has received official con
mution that Mexico City is now in
he hands of the revolutionary forces.
There are no disorders and foreigners
have so'far been unmolested. The Am
I • ican destroyers fleet has been order
I .d from Key West to Tampico.
■ El Paso, May 10— General Obreg
; on is unofficially reported to have
! omplctc possession of Mexico City.
General Francisco, military com
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SOCIALISTS
HAVE BOOST
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NEW YORK, May 10— At the So
cialist National convention which be
jan sessions Saturday afternoon, an
attack on the Wilson administration
was made and a prediction that the
Socialist would poll two million votes
in the presidential election in Novem
1 ber by Morris Hillquist, temporary
| chairman. Hillquist said the last three
years had proved the fallacy of a
“good man’s theory in politics."
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• ALASKA HEARINGS
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' ° SEATTLE, May 10— Col. H. P. *
* 'Warren of Seward, was before the
* Inter- Departmental committee *
* Sunday being quizzed and ex- *
* plaining the work of the Alaskan *
* Engineering Commission, devcl- *
* opment plans for the section *
* through which the railroad pass- *
* es and telling of many other mat- *
* ters which should be set aright *
* by the various departments at *
* Washington governing Alaska. *
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SEATLE, May 10— Milo Morris
Miles, old time resident of Dawson,
Y. T.. where he was employed by the
WeUs Fargo Express, died here last
night at the age of 64 years.
in am lor, is said to have carried out :
wholesale slaughter of political pris
oners at Santiago b »fore leaving, fif
teen rebel generals being amonp
those killed accoiding to reports re
ceived at Juarez by the revolutionary
headquarters.
Laredo, May 10— General Reynal
do Garza, commander of the Federa
forces at Neuvo Laredo district, is s
refugee on American soil following
the defeat of his troops and the cap
ture of Neuvo Laredo by the Revolu
tionists.
Houston, Tex., May 10— Tampico
is leported to have capitulated to Gen
eral Obregon's revolutionary forces.
No disorders are reported from there.
Juarez, May 10— Bandit leader
Villa will not be given a military com
mand under the revolutionists. It is
believed here arrangements will be
made for his retirement from politics
and warfare.
Laredo, Texas, May 10— At revolu
tionary headquarters it is claimed that
all foreign diplomats at Mexico City
requested Carranza not to combat the
revolutionary forces marching on the
capitol but he refused to heed their
warning. Many of the Federal troops
deserted as soon as the revolutionary
forces neared the city.
WASHINGTON, May 10— Dread
nought Oklahoma has been ordered to
proceed from New York to Key West
for possible duty in Mexican waters.
The dreadnought takes a full comple
ment of marines from League Island.
EL PASO. May 10— The Federal
garrison at Saltillo, Capital of Coa
huila, has revolted and the govern
or has fled with the public funds. This
is according to reports received by the
revolutionists here. Two other state
capitals have also fallen, accord:ng to
the reports, but the names are not
given.
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NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF
REPUBLICANS IN SESSION
CHICAGO, May 10— The Repub
lican National committee is meeting
today to select a temporary chairman
for the national convention and to
transact other other business. It is
expected the session will be for two
days. Senator Lodge’s name is the on
ly one mentioned for place. The list
of delegates to the national conven
tion, as checked over this morning,
shows there are eighty women dele
gates or alternates.
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PHILADELPHIA, Mov 10— Wil
mer Atkinson founder of the famous
Fn**m Journal d»ed here this after
noon at the age of 79 years.
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