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VOLUME XIY, NUMBER 149. SEWARD, ALASKA* , TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921. / * . TEN CENTS PER COP If
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NEW BOAT
CHARTERED
KODIAK RUN
Dr. Garkina, government surgeon
in charge of the hispital at Gilling
ham received word fiom Seattle this
morning that the ship Venus was en
route to Seward from Seattle. Andrew
C. Smith who has the contract for de
livering mail to the westward wired'
Mr. Garkina that the Venus would
replace the Pullitzer which was recent
ly reported lost after leaving Uiak..
Dr. Garkina returned to Seward about
three weeks ago from the states. He
has been waiting since then for an op
portunity to return to Gillingham,
which is located on Bristol Bay near
Chignik. Dr. Garkina is an U. S. Sur
geon. He has been stationed at Gill
ingham for about three years.
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SON OF WEALTHY BUSINESS
MAN CONFESSES TO
ROBBING POST OFFICE
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DALLAS Texas, Jan. 18— Albert
Rowan son of C. T. Rowan a wealthy
business man and large property own
er of this place surrendered yesterday
to the authorities. He is charged with
robbing the sub-post office here last
Friday. One of the alleged robbers
who was cap cured is said to have con
fessed and implicated Rowan.
WRITER QUITS ALASKA
Out of Alaska “for good” after nine
years in the Northland, and on her
way to Argentina to runain for sev
eral years at least, Mrs. George G.
Cotter, better known as Helen Green
Van Campen, writer of fiction, is in
the city with her husband from
Seward, guests at the Seattle Hotel.
Mr. Cotter, who is an electrical en
gineer, is on his way to Argentina to
install a transmission line.
During her nine years in Alaska,
Mrs. Cotter has tried almost every
kind of activity incident to life there.
She has tramped as far as 35 miles in
one day. She has driven dog teams,
camped out, hunted. Most of the time
sjie has lived in the wilder places, in
cjpper c. mps largely.
Last year Mrs. Cotter engaged in
placer gold mining for herself, direct
ing a small crew.
“We got some gold^- a fair return,"
she commented on this venture.
Wh-n a girl of 14 Mrs. Cotter was
forced to earn money, and choose the
unusual method of horse racing to
do it
In 1905 Mrs. Cotter took up news
paper woik on The New York Morn
ing Telegraph. Here she became
known for her feature stories. • She
entered the short story field “as a
joke,” she says, not rating her abil
ities in the this line very highly.
“My first week of fiction writing
1 made $9.” she says. “That was a
four-inch bit The second week my
i cceipts were $32, and I made my liv
ing thereafter on it”
Mrs. Cotter left New York for her
health in 1912 seeking the wilds . of
Alaska to recover it
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Mrs. Cotter spoke to the class in
sVn story writing at the University
of Washington School of Journalism
at 10 o’clock this morning.
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Harry Elsworth disposed of his two
automobiles yesterday. .
FORTY SEVEN I. W. W. MEMBER*
LOSE CASE AGAINST GOV.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1&- The
Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday af
! fumed the conviction of the forty sev
en I. W. W. members from Sacremen
to who early in 1919 conspired to vio
late the Espionage Act and the Se
lective Draft Act.
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FISHERIES DIES AT
AGE 84 YEARS
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BERKLEY, Jan. 18— Peter Wat
10uer, aged &4 for many years presi- j
dent of the Alaska Fisheries, Inc. diec
last night. He is survived by widou
and four children. He celebrated his i
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golden wedding three years ago.
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THOUSANDS VISI1
TOMB UNKNOWN
LONDON, Jan. 18— Scores of touch
ing instances have been witnessed a
ihe tomb of Britain’s “Unknown Wai
nor” in vVestmeinister Abbey, as lonfc,
lines of men, women and childre.
have passed the black marble sla».
covering the grave for several day.
Since the bunai there of the unideu
titled soldier.
Tim fact that no one knows the
name of the man who lies beneati.
die siab mads many to offer tributes
m the hope perhaps that the bod>
is that of a missing son. The mothei
of one of the thousands of unknowi.
wax nors, any of whom might be re
posing in Westminister Abby, laiu
tnree war medals, the Mons IS tar, the
Victory Medal and the British Wai
medal on the grave as she passev
in the line. They had been awardeu
to her only son who was woundeu
three times and afterwards repoiteu
missing.
A soidiers’s modest offering of flow
ers bore the inscription: “In loving
memory of my two pals and all the
other pals.”
The epitah placed on the slab
reads: “For King and Country
treater Love Hath No Man Than This.
a'ET RABBIT KILLS
HIS THIRD CAT |
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OCEANPORT, (N. J.), Jan. 18—
.laving earned the right to hand the
scalps of three cats at the door of its
nutch, a pet rabbit owned by M^.
Ella Fields of Oceanport, has become
a hero in the eyes of local sportsmen.
Cats in thifi section generally kill hun
dreds of young rabbits every -year,
but the feline marauders who have
picked out “Byng”, the Field’s pet rab
oit, named after a famous English
general, as a piospective dinner, have
done so to their sorrow.
“Byng” has a powerful kick, and
when the Field’s pet cat made a leap
for a strangle hold on the* back of
“Byng’s” neck it was received with a
terrific wallop from the rabbit’s hind
feet, the blow apparently breaking
the caf s ribs.
Then, according to neighbors, the
rabbit - proceeded to kick the cat
around the lawn until life was extinct
Mrs. Fields says the rabbit had pre
viously killed two cats by similar
methods.
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The. S. S. Alameda, northbound in
duo at Cordova at 10 o’clock tonight
COURTS FAIL
RECOGNIZE
HIS PROTEST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— The Su
preme Court has refused the Habeas
Jorpus case in the proceeding institut
ed by George Francis’" Rowe of Seat
..e to prevent his removal to New
*crk where he has been indicted on
.lie charge of using the mails to de
.raud. The lower court has also dis
cussed his application.
jUPREME court authorizes
SEIZURE OF LIQUOR VEHICLES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1&- The seiz
.re of automobiles and other convey
.aces in which liquor is being trans
ported illegally was authorized yester
day by the Supreme Court. No matter
* the owners of the conveyances ar^
..nocent the automobile can be seiz
d by the authorities.
uXAi NlWS or
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CORDOVA, Jan. 17— A. J. McCon
.oil, whc has been tm a business tri*.
k> New York, returned home on a re
ent steamer accompanied by hi.
.aughter Thelma and his niece, Mist
label Holland, of Pittsburg. The lat
.v i will accept a clerical position w:c»*
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.lie Alaska Pubjic Utilities.
Last evening Thomas Goto ant
Miss Marne Yendo were married bj
Jnited States Commissioner Robinson.
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Dr. J. M. Sloan and wife of Seward
spent a very pleasant day visiting
.vith friends while the Steamship
Northwestern was in port on her way
co the states.
The Fraternal order of Eagles of j
Cordova gave an informal dinner for
Jieir wives, mothers and sweethearts
last Wednesday night. Attorney Frank
Foster gave a short talk to the gather
ing couples.
George C. Hazelet and B. B. Neid
ing left on the oil tanker Margaret a
few days ago for Katalla to visit the
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coal and oil fields, but were compelled,
to return to town on account of the
storm.
On the afternoon of the Fifth of
this month Tony Lynch died at the
Cordova general hospital, sfter a short
illness. Deceased was 60 years old and
was bom in Italy. He came to Alaska
many years ago and resided at Fair
banks before coining to Cordova* where
he conducted a dairy for some time
past
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The steamship Northwestern sail
ed south Sunday afternoon with the
following passengers for t|ie States:
Mrs. H. W. Lovelace, N; dsuaen and
wife, Chas. K. Veidt,C. G&aon, Mrs.
J. C. Cunningham, Klaw Salabess, Lou
Thomas, J. J. Clausen, Geo. Skoxff,
Geo. F. Hull, Alex Kasafaff, Sam
Lukoff for Seattle. A1 Andrews, L A.
Moore, Abe Atkins, H» Hansen, and W.
J. Keffler for Juneau. W. Dalton for
Ketchikan.
ALL FLIGHTS
CENSURED BY
COMMANDER
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ROCKAWAY, Jan. 1ft- Existing
conditions which made it possible for
balloon flights without the sanction
of the commanding officer are being
corrected at the Rockaway Naval sta
tion. It will no longer be possible for
pilots to float into Canada without
discussing the details of the proposed
flight with the commanding offkxv,
Japtain Damon Cummings. DurMg
die captain's testimony yesterday be
fore the board of inquiry which is in
vestigating the recent. baloon flight
.vhich landed the baloon at Moose
factory, Canada, the above statement
<as made.
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PRESIDENT WILSON APPOINTS
•x KferufeauiYA ATIVE FOR
LABOR MEETING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— Presi
ient Wilson yesterday appointed Re
and Mahaney, Solicitor for the Dept.
A Labor to be the American membei
n the International Committee of Im
nigration which is to be held in Gen
under the auspices of the Inter
allAfcel Labor effice-of the League of
Nations.
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TEMPLE SERVICE
* The words chosen by Rev. Duane
^arl Carter for his Sunday evening
.ermon were taken from Paul's first
etter to the Corinthians. Paul in
.riting to the Corinthians uses this
argumentative form of question;
Know ye 'not that your body is a
.ample of the Holy Spirit” ?
The membership of the church at
Corinth was composed of converted
gentiles and Jews all of whom would
be familiar with the uses and purposes
of a temple or sanctuary, be it for the
worship of many gods or for the one
uod of the Jews. They recogiyzed it
as a sacred place set apart for wor
fchip and not to be used for profane
or even commercial purposes. They
would ’ therefore easily comprehend
Paul’s assertion that the body is a
wemple of the Holy Spirit
Since Paul Writes to the whole com
pany of Christians at Corinth he uses
die plural number in addressing them
and the term body could apply to the
diurch as a whole, but to have the
jody of the church a suitable temple
of worship would necessitaite the puri
.ication of the body of each member of
die church to.make it a place for the
.nawelling of the Holy Spirit; hence
die application becomes individual and
Olivers ally applicable today as it was
then.
There were many corrupt practices
in Corinth at the time of Paul, some
of which are still known and practiced
in modern times and even in Alaska.
By the body is meant not only the
physical being made np chiefly of clay
and water, but it includes all the men
.al and moral faculties with which God
ha* eddowdd the human being. Paul’s
contention is that these faculties which
distinguished man from beast should
be kept free from evil imaginations
and corrupt uses so that the Holly
Spirit may have therein his dwelling,
and that the real laan may expand and
dc7ehp by strvicfe to his ftaQow man
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nto the likntM and image of hia
Creator for which he was originally
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WAR TIME LAWS TO BE
REPEALED WITH AMENDMENTS
Y|£SHINGTON, Jan. 18- The Sen
ate Judicial Committee yesterday ap
proved the House Resolution propos
ing the repeal of most of the special
wartime laws. The Committee recom
mended an amendment for tie Food
and Fuel law which would permit
thdm to continue operating.
MOB ATTACKS POLICE STATION
WITH BOMBS, RIFLES
AND REVOLVERS
CORK, Jan. 18— A mob yesterday
attacked the Tuckey Street police sta
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tion with bombs, rifles and revolvers.
They were finally repulsed by the po
lice after fighting for several hours.
DE VALERA HAS
FOILED CHASE
LONDON, Jan. 18— (Special cable
dispatch to Universal Service.)
Where is Eamonn de Valera, Presi
dent of the Irish Republic?
All London worked up keen interest
today, in the whereabouts of the
elusive head of the Sinn Fein and all
the London newspapers had squads
f
of reporters on the trail. The doubt
that De Valera actually had succeded
in crossing the ocean and giving the
plip to Scotland Yard and the British
secret service gave place to a general
belief that the ‘‘President” had come
back just as mysteriously as he had
gone to the United States.
Word came from Dublin that De
Valera actually was . in Ireland and
was hiding somewhere near the cap
ital. / This was followed by intima
tions that the Irish President was in
^communication with his foremost
| aides and would, in a day or two,
| take the leading part in the pour
parlers which have been proceeding
with the British government through
several channels.
Sinn Fein sources in Ireland to
night sent word that De Valera had
been in Erin for more than a week
and this was linked with the declara
tion that there seems to be ground
for the belief that the Sinn Fein is
formulating final (eace proposals for
, presentation to the British Govern
ment.
The Irish office this morning took
official cognizance of De Valera’s
movements. (
It was admitted that De Valera will
be phfted under arrest on a technical
charge on sight
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WIFE IS STAKE
IN CARD GAME
GENEVA, (via Paris), Jan. 18—
Declaring thkt he had lost everything
ae owned, including his wife, to r
“friend” at poker, Andrea Calloni, ar
rested here for bigamy, told the Ma
gistrate that he considered that when
his opponent drew the “case ace” he
res legally divorced.
The game was'played in Milan.
'Fiat Calloni ldkt his cash , then his
jewels, then his home and finally in
desperation hd staked his wife, i
beautiful young giri he had'recently
married.
1 Calloni dfcew three aces pat and hit
opponent two kings and the queen,
jack and (ol Splitting his kings th.
way they do dowa Texas way the
lucky gambler <bmrthe ^case” ace.
Calloni drew two cards without bet
•ring his hand and ttauf lost the
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GERIG SAYS
RAILWAY IN
GOOD SHAPE
The undersigned returned from an
ispection trip over the Seward Division
and found the track conditions in fine
shape to Seward. Two big snowslidea
came down, one over the snowshed in
Mile 48, and the other in Mile 72. The
snow was carried over the shed with
out any damage, and without a mo
ment's delay to the trains. The snow
on the summits at Miles 12 and 45 is
between four and five feet deep, and
so far, the track has been kept clear
of snow by the use of the Russel snow
plow. This machine was received in
Anchorage during the past summer
and was found to be very efficient for
the work up to the present time. It is
tn ought the Russel snow piow can
handle the situation until the snow
gets eight or ten feet deep, when the
rotaries will be used.
As evidence that the snowshed and
snow-fighting machinery are efficient,
a record of the train time made be
tween Seward and nchorage, and An
chx age and Deadhorse, shows u
no time has the train been delayed as
much as thirty minutes on account of
snow conditions during the last two
months. This is a rather remarkable
retard for a railroad situated in such
a snow country as this is.
It is interesting to note that the
time m«de by trains between the abov»
points is practically the same as that
.uaue by tue tram known as the ‘‘ore
iSouthhwdJe -m ec„’a|
gonian,” which operates over the
southern Pacnic between roruand and
San Francisco.
The weather conditions during the
month of L/ecember have been very
favorable for construction work, and
as a consequence spiendid progress has
been made by ail departments. The
last of the steel was erected on the
^jsitna Bridge during this month, and
the erection is now complete, with the
exception of rivetting. At the end of
the month rivetting was about 40 per
cent complete. The north concrete pier
was completed and a portion ox
steel bndge is now resting on both
piers. The contractors north of Mile
275 made splendid progress and dur
ing the month a number of new con
tracts were let between Miles 284 and
300, and nearly all of the contractors
have moved on the work and have
commenced operation.
During the month of December the
Interior mail was delivered promptly
to Nenana and Fairbanks, and no de
cays aie recorded. The entire mail for
the interior of Alaska was handled
over the summit, and at the end of the
month there was not a pound of mail
that had not been delivered to the ter
.ninals at Seward, Fairbanks or Ne
nana. This is a record, as there has
never been a time in the history of the
mails to the Interior to equal this, as
second-class mail has been held over ■
and delivered in the spring. • - •
Yours very truly,
< Wm. Gerig,
Assistant Chief Engineer*
A wire received in ‘Fairbanks from*
ftation "thtirt ttat • wfajf
from the Belle country by the name
of Craigie la being rushed to toWn hr
medieal attention. It mi requeued in
the telegram that aa automobile be
amt eat to meet him eidJeo lam wO '
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