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Daisy Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
SEWARD ALASKA. ‘IONDAY, FEBRUARY*16, 1920. TEN CENTS PER COPY
VOLUME XIII. NUMIIKR 23li. . m.waiih alabka ^__ — —-------;_- .
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WASHINGTON. Feb., lb— Sc....
or Gronna has given formal not ve
that if the Republicans ‘nominate Ho.
ver. he would vote for the lVmocrit
candidate, provided h * shares “m;
views."
Gronna also d< dan’s he cannot s«*c
how Karnes can gi\e his proper inU*
ost> to the producei and con>unn r and
at the same time man. go the »> ^
deutial campaign of one of hi > dist.i •
guished associates, the greatest int. r
nationlist in the l mted Sfcate>, who
Hoover.
Senator Shennan says Hoover 1
difficulty in discovc .ng what party h
will ally himself with.
Senator Gronna replied that t:«
blue book classifies Hoover as a li«*
oral.
NF.W YORK. Fob.. lt>— Herb- :
sense of humor is revt-d • 1
in a letter lie wrote to Casper Hodg
son el' Yonkers, an old Stanford ela s.^
mate, pleading guilty to tlu* charge );*•
pursued his engineering proles-dm
abroad.
British citizen. or had applied »‘o»
British citizenship. Hoover said.’
Many geneiations of Quaker anc-Vw
«• s would rise in their graves at su. l*
i discove y. The British refused *.o al
ow me to enter Kngland during the
var without a passport. I am also f.ut
tered by the false reports that l made
ten million dollars before 1 was thirty
mi s of age and also the reports that
I have seventy investments in Great
Britian.”
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WALLACE
MAY GET
POSITION
WASHINGTON, Feb., 16— Hug!
Wallace of Tacoma, Wash., now l v. t
cd States Ambassador to France, ami
assistant secretary of the state D
partment Folk, have both been me >
tioned as successor to Lansing,
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SEATTLE PRIMARIES WILL
BE HELD TOMORROW— I IN \I.
CAMPAIGN IS ON TONIGHT
SEATTLE. Feb.. 1C»— Mayoralty
candidates are holding their an uu 1
down town meetings tonight. 1 he :»*•»
maries are tomorrow.
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ALASKA CABLE IS TO BE
REPLACED BY NEW ( \’*
SEATTLE. Feb.. D>— A special dis
patch this afternoon from Washington
to the Times says approximately one
hundred miles of cable between S^a;
tie and Alaska, will be replaced as
soon as the army deficiency bill be
comes a law. The cable is down in two
miles of water for a long distance and
is in bad shape.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 16— The
White House issued a statement to
day that President Wilson is to inform
the Senate most emphatically tho*e is
no base for the report of a secret
agreement between the Shipping
Hoard with British interests for the
sale of thirty German liners. The
President’s denial will l*f* the answer
to the resolution ot the Senate, which
has been adopted, asking tor full in
formation regarding the report.
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WASHINGTON, Feb.. 16— Do? pH/'
p-rt'-sts, the Shipping Heard has re
ceived bids for thirty Go mi an liners.
The District of Columbia court to
day took the protest of William Ran
dolph Hearst against selling the lin
ers, under advisement. Heavst asked
for an injunction to stop the sale and
the bidding which has been spirited.
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PASADENA VISITORS MFST
FIND LODGINGS IN .1 ML
PASADENA. Cal.. Feb., 16— Lodg
ings are so scarce in Pasadena that
visitors here are “put up for the night
in the city jail practically* eve»y
night.”
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FOGS ARE EGGS IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Feb., 16— The price of
eges in Berlin now is higher than it
was in Par’s in the siege of 1870. They
are selling here at 2 and one-half
marks each.
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WASHINGTON, Kcb., Id— Ka *
road labor will initiate and formulae •
a definite program as a basis on win *.t
to continue the campaign against t •
b-gb cost of living, and also costs n
genet at. Railroad labor has expi-es** i
this question and asks answers from
union officials “Are we, as American ,
to admit we cannot control tin1 prcfi
teer ?*’
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MONTESANO, Eeb., lo — Late Sat
urday afternoon, Mrs. Warren Grimm
testified. She identified the vest of her
murdered husband, which was punct
ured bv the bullet which caused hi<
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death.
Mrs. Grimm said she left her baby
with her sister-in-law, and watched
her husband march past. She did not
know of the shooting until she was
called to the hospital where her hus
band was dying. Mrs. Grimm was net
cross examined.
John Earl Watt, war veteran, tes
tified he was shot twice but did net
know the direction from which the bul
lets caine.
MOXTESAXO, Feb., 1(5— The stale
has produced witnesses who declare l
that much of the shooting came* '.Yon*.
Seminary Hill, back of Centralia, into
the marching soldiers. One witness.
\\\ H. Cooley, said he heard nvry
shots from the hill and had seen throe
men with guns, running from the hill
after the shooting.
H. F. Gardner, former Wobbly, tes
tified today he was in the Wobbly
hall shortly before the shoot* ng. >
said Elmer Smith, one of th • d :
ants, asked Britt Smith, aiioO* ■
fondant, just before the shooting, it :
\ as ready for the raid. Vn’th * '»• • .
he was always ready for raids.
PORTLAND DOCTORS MAY
FORM LABOR I'NP
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb., 16— A un
ion of physicians and surgeons umks
Iho \me -icaYi Federation of Labor
may be chartered here. Otto Hartwig,
President of the State F<deration oi
<aid he had been approached by >ur
geons on the subject.
The dentists also are contemplatuv;
the foimation of a union.
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Ki.AX BEING EXPORTED
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REAVEL, Esthonia, Feb., 16— Kx
oorts sturt<S<( from Russia last Satur
day when two carloads of flax arrive 1
here.
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GIRLS IN ARMY DRILL
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb., lV>—
Girls outnumber boys in the army
drill classes at the school at Conc**e:e,
Wn.. according to reports reaching
the State Normal School here. The
Goncrete girls and boys are soon to be
sunnlied with government rifle. The
girls, it is said, are very proficient at
the manual of arms.
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The Elks at Juneau will give a min
strel show sometime during March.
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THK HAGUE, I'd., 1C A n *\\
Allied note asks Holland u> intern the
Kaiser and suggest he he sent to on*1
of the Dutch Islands or the \vfest In
'dies. It i. umlr* stood Holland has of*
! to intern ’die fornm Kui
Doom where he is living at pic.. .
Holland would guard him anil est\l>
lish a strict censorship.
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CHAMBERLIN IS
A SENATORIAL
K. K. Chamberlin, mayor of Sew
ard. and particular^ known to hi
gion of friends as “AT', will today iik*
bis declaration of candidacy ior To.*:i
torial Senator on the Republican
ticket.
Mr. Chamberlin is a sourdough or
Alaska and the Thiid Division in pe.;
t’cular, from which he is a candidate
for the territorial Senate.
Seward now has two candidates for
the Senate, Mr. Chamberlin on the Re
publican ticket and John Noon on th._*
Democratic ticket.
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PARIS, Feb., 16— Amhassa !• •*
Hugh Wallace has delivered to the for
oign office a memorandum in wh:-h
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President Wilson says he does not ap
prove Premier Lloyd Georges propos
ed settlement of the Adriatic quest; v>.
The President states international cir
cles are greatly disturbed as he had
hoped the proposed Peace conference»
compromise would settle the question..
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FIVE DEAD IN SEATTLE
FROM EXPLOSION IN THE
ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
SEATTLE, Feb., 1G— Five employ
ees, including P. H. Jacobs, a carpen
ter, are dead as tho result of an ex
plosion in the mud drum of the steam
plant of the Puget Sound Traction
Light & Power plant late Saturday
night. The plant is on Post street and
Yosler Way.
PATKRSOX. X. J., Kob., Hi— Twn
ty nine Radicals, said by the Secret
S- rvice agents to be members of i’l1
notorious Lera Xouva group, the most
dangerous terrorists in America
were captu *cd during the night by W
piclrod agents. A dramatic raid was
made suddenly on the Red headhunt
ers and every anarchist was captured.
They were all well aimed but the ••ni-l
• as so sudden and decisive not a shot
was fired. The anarchists will be tal.cn
to Ellis Island to await deportation
proceedings.
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( U’T. FINNEGAN HAS
FILED FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF ALASKA
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JCNEAU, Feb., 1i>— Captain
J. J. Finnegan, of Seward, form
erly in charge of the select iv**
draft administration in Alaska. '
has filed for the Republican nom
ination of Attorney General of
Alaska. John Rustgard filed Sev
ern! days ago for the same po^!
lion.
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WASHINGTON, Feb., 16— Mexi
can bandits have captured Wilson
Welsh Adams, of Los Angeles, in Sea
cates state and want $50,000 pesos a.
i ansom.
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GOVERNOR OF UTAH IN
SEATTLE TO ATTEND THE
WEDDING OF HIS ONLY SON
SEATTLE, Feb., 16— Governor
Hamburger, of Utah, is here to at
tend the wedding of his son Julian, to
Margarie Hifdo, of this city, which
takes place tonight.
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LOCATORS
HERE FOR
WESTWARD
Seward is today the more a of oil
1: n l locuto.s and is the center of the
oil excitement in Alaska.
On iast night's (iatoway City lim
it'd, ever :;r> arrived from intori >r
points to go to the westward on tVie
steame Admiral Watson. .Many ire
bound for Cold Hay, and vicinity. Oth
ers ar • going to lilimania while others
are keeping their goal a secret.
Those going to Cold Hay will be
pas.- uige on the Watson to Kodiak,
where gas boats are in readiness, hav
ing !ii"»n eha t“red by wireless. Others
will ran tlie chances of being able to
.■cciw' ev > h jits ’.*» take them to Pu
scene of where they expect tu niak •
ocations.
Many citizens of Seward have l«*fv
or will go out from here to make lo
cations as soon us the measure is
signed by President Wilson. Those
from Seward are interested in various
sections between the head of Uessurr* -
tion bay and the Kcnai lake wato •
sh d. A hold ag company is in pro
g.« ss of formation here which will al
so hove locations made.
Advices from other sections, osp:*
ially from Cordova, are that there is
much excitement in that section re
garding oil land locations and gas
boats are already at a premium.
Among the stampeders, now In
Seward, are the following:
At the Overland hotel— V. M. Ev
ans, Oscar (Jill, Sidney Angers >n,
banker from Anchorage; E T. MeXal
ly. William Lee, H. I). Taylor. W. E
Logeman, W. L. Lohr, H. L. Frost, Ed.
Haziner, Robert McIntosh, Charles
l.ollanl and George Johnson.
At the. Hotel Seward— Sid Sand*
strom , L. E. Grammer, Charles Isa
acs and T. X. Carlson.
RAY OIL LAM) ROYALTY
WITH OIL IF POSSIBLE
WASHINGTON, Feb., 15— Satuv
day Robert Payne, new secre
tary of the Interior, requester! Sec-e
tary Lane to oxcerciso at once h»s au
thority given him in the oil land leas
ing bill to take the government’s roy
alty on oil produced in oil instead of
cash and to sell the oil to any govern
ment Department.
Mr. Payne said such action won! 1
enable the Shipping Hoard to obtain
its requirements of fuel oil. The Ship
ping Hoard caused this provision to
be inserted in the leasing bill per
mitting the government to take *t<
royalty in oil to assure the necessary
supply of fuel oil on the Pacific Coa^t
at reasonable prices.
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WANTS LIQKOR SOLD ON
ALL THE AMERICAN BOATS
WASHINGTON, Feb.,1f>— Repie
sentative Sabath, of Illinois, has in
troduced a resolution directing the
Shipping Board to sell the former
German liners and the resolution also
instructs the Secretary and Treasur
er of the Shipping Board, as well as
the Chairman, to adopt rules permit
ting sales of liquor aboard all Americ
an steamers, outside the three mile
zone. Representative Sabath says -.be
prohibition of the sale of liquor aboard
the American steamers is hurting the
traffic.
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Attorney A. H. Zeigler. of Ketd i
knn may be a candidate fo** Territor
ial senator on the Democratic ticket.