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VOLUME Mil. NUMBER 268. _ SfcWAKU. ALAoRA. -
NUNS GOING
TO FIGHT
REDS
BERLIN. March 27— A Cologne
dispatch says the Allies are to perni't
Germany to send 100,000 troops to Hie
Ruhr districts to fijrht the Reds, ’f
these forces are insufficient to main
tain law and order, fifty thousur l
British Kron ’ a 1 1 !»?i i troops will
reinforce them.
j. A. MAC.ILL COMPANY
TAKES OVER HOLDINGS
BELl’GA WHALING CO
The J. A Magill company is a
newly organized concern, with a cap
ital stock of 100.000 shares, all of
which have been subscribed . vhioi
proposes to engage extensively »u
the whaling and salmon canning
business ia the waters of ( onk
let. Aluska. The company ah *
plans to install a fertilizing plant,
for the purpose of using the offal
and refuse of the various canneries
located on the inlet and making it
into a commercial product.
The company has absorbed. by
purchase, the entire holdings of tb/'
Beluga Whaling company, which in
cludes fishing equipment, boats,
buildings and grounds, located at
the mouth of Beluga river. which
flows into Cook inlet. Beluga rive *
is famous for the number of Beluga
whales that enter it. and the whal
ing Industry will form an important
part of the company’s activities.
Mr. Magill . vice-president and general
manager of the comoanv , was the
manager of the Beluga Whaling
company. He has perfected a de
vice which he will employ in th^
catching of these valuable sea mam
mals.
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MILK NOT SO CHEAP
Bv a typographical error. Carna
tion milk being advertised by Brown
& Hawkins, yesterday appeared at
$2 75 a case. Nothing do;rg. the wood
en case and the cans cost more than
that without any mi’k. The pnej
should have been $7 25 a case, thank
you.
COL. MEARS DEPARTS
After transacting important busi
ness in Seward, meeting several local
committees, etc., Col. Frodenc.t
Mears. Chairman of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, left for An
chorage this morning on the Gateway
City limited. Other offic;als who cam**
to Seward to meet Col. Mears return
ed also on the same train.
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BRANCH GRILL REOPENS
The Branch Grill reopened ag.vn
today after being closed for a week
making general repairs. John ^u.en
has moved the main part of his rest
aurant into the old bakery room .
changed the range, installed a specfm
dish washing room ana also a new
meat and cold storage room. Whve
the long counter to be installed is noi
yet completed, there is plenty of room
at the counter now in place to accom
odate fifteen patrons at one time .
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PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT
There will be an important meet;ng
of the Pioneers tonight and it is rr
que<*tod that all members attend. F.
M. Kempfer. representing the Pio
neer’s magazine, 4*The Pathfinder,
will be present an explain all abo"t
the Seward issue which will be print
ed here next May. This is a matter of
interest to all Pioneers and a good at
roqn«*st°d at the m*»eting
tonight. There will also be initiation
tonight.
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HANDED A
KNOCK OUT
SEATTLE, March 27— Fred Ful
ton last night knocked out Hector, of
Bremerton, with a left handed jolt
within two minutes after the opening
of the first round. Hector was out ten
minutes. Fulton’s punch travelled less
than a foot.
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CELEBRATION MONDAY
Next Monday is Seward day, and
this important event in Alaska’s his
tory will be celebrated by the Pio
neers. The celebration will bo in the
foim of a dance, with a shoit pro
gram, given at the Arctic Brother
hood Hall next Monday evening. The
public is invited.
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SERVED WITH GENERAL
RICH VRDSON IN RUSSIA
A. D. Collins, a young man of
Maska. who served with the fo're;
»•* .j-r 0 *n< ral Wilds P. Richardson,
on the Murmansk coast in No'th
Russia, acquired while there enough
of the Russian language to land him
in a fat position with the American
Foreign Trade corporation, 72 Fifth
Avenue, New York City. The cor
poration is a powerful one, operating
its own line of steamers. Mr. Col
lins was formerly connected witn
the towus’te office in Anchorage.
Ho and Miss Ruth Chandler, m\so
formerly of Anchorage, where she
was employed as bookkeeper for the
big mercantile firm of Brown &
Hawkins. «dc recently married.
Mrs. Collins is a sister of Mr. Earl
Chandler of the Marine bank in St
attle.
EVANS NOT REPORTED
Steamer Admiral Evans had not
reached Cordova this afternoon when
this edition went to press.
SEWARD RIFLE EXPERTS
CHALLENGED BY ANCHORAGE
The Anchorage Gun Club has
challenged the experts of Seward to
a match to be pulled off sometime *n
April, as early as possib’e. The chall
enge was sent by the Anchorage gun
club when the members of the latter
organized by’ electing F. A. Hansen,
pres;dent and R. I). Thompson, as sec
retary.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The Christian Science will ho’d us.
ual services tomorrow forenoon at l1
o'clock and Sunday school at I2:0r>
o'clock.
A
POLARIS IN PORT
The fishing boat Polaris came in
port yesterday afternoon from the
banks and d?sposed of 10,000 pounds
of halibut to the San Juan Company.
The Polaris left out during the night
for the banks.
MANY OUT ON TRAIN
Ono coach well filled with passen
ger. the chair car occupied to tn^
limit and the private car with the of
ficial party, together with two box
cars and a caboose made up the Gate
way City limited which left for An
chorage at 8 oclock this morning. The
rotary went out ahead of the limited.
A
OPENS ON MONDAY
Mrs. Van Slyke’s place will bo
opened again to the public next Mon
day. This popular place has been re
fitted and decorated and Mrs. Van
Slvke announces she is ready again
to cater to the public.
Oscar Ness and wife have died of
th« a* leavin'* two cb:!d
ren, girls of eighteen months and two
and one half years.
BATTLE ON
250 MILE
FRONT
WARSAW, March 27— The Dol
.heviki is attempting to smash the
Polish right wing and so far several
villages along the Stutch river have
been captured. The Bolsheviki forces
have however been unable to cross the
river. The fighting is along a 2o0 mde
front. The Poles are inflicting heavy
losses upon the Reds. The Polish gov
ernment has moved from Warsaw to
Bromberg, in Polish Poson.
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POLITICS AT JUNEAU
Attorney Ralph E. Robertson is
candidate for Mayor at Juneau, and
Glenn C. Bartlett, of the Gastineau
hotel; W. G. Johnson and Ray G. Pay,
the latter being chief machinist and
head linotype operator on the Juneau
Daily Empire, are the candidates for
council, according to advices received
here on the Alameda. Doth Johnson
and Day a>e seeking re-election as
their terms of office expire in April.
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SEGURA GRANTED REPRIEVE
Mailo Segura, who was sentenced
to be hanged on Friday, April 2 for
killing J. E. Riley at Iditarod, has
been granted a reprieve of ninety duy •
according to advices received in Sew
ard. This action is probably the lesnlt
of appeals for executive clemency by
Segura’s relatives in Montana.
MILLER IN SEATTLE
A. W. Miller, formerly a business
man of Seward, has established him
self in business in Seattle, and ope •«
ntes under the name of the A. \Y\
Miller Wood company. Mr. Miller re
ports that he is doing a flourishing
business. He lives i.t G338 Thi t>
eighth avenue southwest.
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ANTI— PROHIBITION
POSTERS IN LONDON
LONDON, March 27— Huge anti
roiub.uon posed s have appeared on
ijondon billboauls. One shows a braw
ny British workingman fishing a tiny
Uncle Sam out of his glass of beer,
with the words: “Lumme, there’s a
microbe in my beer.”
Another displays a figure repre
senting W. E. (Pussyfoot) John on,
American prohibition campaign*' ,
an angel by the bedside of “John
Citzcn” to whom he crones a lullaby
while he binds him with iron shackles
hand and foot.
MANY COUNTRIES
ARE REPRESENTED
IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, March 27—More
foreign governments are represent
ed by embassies and legations in
Washington than in any other capi
tal in the world. In all 42 coun
tries have credited representa
tives here. Besides these there are
many unoffic:al representatives ol
nationalities seceking rcogn'tion
from the American government. Chief
among these latter are representa
tives cf the Ir sh, Ukrainians, Armen
ians, Lithuanians and Albanians. On
ly the states of Monaco and San Ma
rino appear to remain unrepresented.
Rev. Herbert Gilring, formerly with
the Cooper mine Eskimos, a pioneei
Church of England missionary, died
recently at Ottawa at the age of 20
years.
Bob Stapes, a Goldstream opera
tor, was severely injured by being hit
with a slab of ice while working in a
shaft on the creek. His jaw was brok
en and his nose and face badly lacer
ated.
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ASKS FOR LARGE
ALASKA FUND FOR
ROADS AND RADIO
SEATTLE, March 27— Thu
Post-Intelligencer today says, in a
special from Washington, that
Gov. Riggs and Major General
Wilds P. Richardson have appear
ed before the House military com
mittee and explained the war de
partments' request for item in the
army appropriation bill for Alas
ka's roads, trails and bridges.
Gov. Riggs urged also an appro
priation for five new radio sta
tions, at Ilyder, Se dovia, Bethel,
Bett es and Nishagak. Richardson
told the committee of the need for
roads, bridges and trails in Alas
ka.
CAMBRIDGE WINS RACE
• LONDON, March 27— Cambrdgc
won the track field meet and eight
oar race from Oxford. Several Amo’>
can- Rhodes students are on the Can
hridke teams. This is the first t*n>• •
the two colleges have met s:nce 19M.
U. OF W. WANTS TAFT
SEATTLE, March 27— The Uni
versity of Washington is endeavoring
to get William IL Toft to make an nd
dvo«*s here to the University assembly.
Taft speaks in Salem in May.
MINISTER TO DENMARK
WASHINGTON. March 27— Jose
ph Crew, counsellor to the Amencm
embassy in Paris has been nominated
minister to Denmark succecdng Ncv
ntan Hapgood whose nomination th**
Senate failed to confirm.
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SAN FRANCISCO TO
HAVE ANNUAL AERIAL
RACE TO DEL MON I E
* y
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27—
The Pacific Aero Club has announced
a non-stop race from here to DM
Monte and return, 100 miles e:’Mi
way, on Apn’l 21.— The race is to he
an annual affair. Several thousan l
dollars in prizes have been offoro ?.
Several aimy aviators are said to
have entered for the race already.
NEW YORK SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA WILL VISIT
CITIES IN EUROPE
LONDON, March 2G— The New
York Symphony Orchestra will ar
rive here in April to make a tour
of the principal cities of England,
France, Italy, Belgium and Hol
land, it is announced. Concerts also
wdl he given in .Monte Carlo. George
Engles of Now York, manager of the
orchestra, says tlvs will be the fir-t
time that an American symphony
orchestra has played in Europe an 1
that the New York orchestra is
ccming over by official invitation of
the governments.
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AMERICAN LINER II \S
TWO FIRES IN HOLD
SOUTHAMPTON, March 27— Th<?
American liner Philadelphia has aban
doned her sailing on account of two
fires in her after holds. The sste*
ship New Yo’k burned here recently.
Th manager of the line believes the
fires arc incendiary.
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BUSINESS MEN TURN
OUT AS LONGSHOREMEN
CHARLESTON. S. C., March 27
Sixty business men turned out today
nS amateur longshoremen to un’oad
GOO tons of freight from the freighter
Lake C’ear which had b^en ordered to
return to Baltimore with the cargo in
tact on account of the longshoremen’?
strike here.
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Mrs. H. U. Bollinger, who has rc
>n p’-'A'' 1007 d:ed in
that city recently 0f Uremic poisrvne'
and srme! influenza. She is survived
by a husband and two children.
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WASHINGTON, March 27— Gov
ernor Riggs, Jr., and it. M. Somme ,
in urging the enactment of legisla
tion to give Alaska oil'ic a s greater
control over shipping tad the So.ait*
Commoce committee that inad-qua.
trail poitat.on service and high <\ V
p ng latos were n taidmg Alaska’s de
velopment
Co.. K gg.;, Jr., said the product/on
of placer gold had been curtailed h>
high rates on the Ala. va iin s an 1 o •
the lines from Seaittle to Alaska.
R. M. Sernmes, of the Te»rito»-.al
Shipping Board, said the private car
riers were trying to build an ;.l).:o!uie
monopiy u».J : id the (Companies do a;
they please, the government havh.,;
no regulations. Sernmes said the
whole mail contract syst' m had be^n
destroyed and now the sh:ps of the
companies, and other available ship*,
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SAYS WAR PROFITEERS
ARE PLANNING CONTROL
OF NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
WASHINGTON, March 27— Sen
ator Borah told the Senate today that
war profiteers were combined to con
trol the Republican and Democratic
national conventions. Borah said pre*
war expenditures of some candidates
presented a shameless situation.
Woods managers say Gov. Lowden is
spend?ng more money than Woo l-.
Borah said the candidates should tell
who is supplying the money.
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MAYOR HUGH CALDWELL
O^ SEATTLE STARTING
NEW PLANS FOR THE CITY
SEATTLE, March 27— Mayor
H”"h Cn1 dwell has appointed Major
Carl Reeves to succeed Thomas J.
Mi»r*'h’no as Superintendent of Puh,:c
Utilities. Reeves was an unsuccess
ful candidate for c:ty councilman at
thA r»Q"r\t e’ect;on.
Mayor Caldwell has a’so named s;x
c;t:zer>s tlm rity zoning commis ion
to compile a huild:ng zone ordinance.
T^a <■>*,,. p^n riATuod on the commission
are Clarence Blcthen, representing the
Crambo" of Commerce; C. H A’den,
representing the Architects* Crosven■
or Fo’som. representing the building
o”’n«rs: Ra’ph Stacv. repre?ent;ng the
Ko^’-ors; Lou’s y°<;h. representing the
Unions and .T. W. Godwin, represent
ing the real estaters.
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FOR COALITION CABINET
FFRTJN. Mp’rh 27— Ho'-^nn
Hfii/OW, forwor foroVn secretary. :s
to rndAP”or to reorganize a new c?\b;
r\nf o" t**-* bAs;s of the obi coprt'on
Cpb;nAt. Premier Ba^er and th« c’d
p«h’nAt ?g now out hPV’Pg resigned
yesterdav. Mueller will make imnort
pnt pnn^ASc*?nTi^ to Lobor according to
unofficial statements.
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HARVARD SALARIES
TO BE ADVANCED
CAMBRIDGE. March 27— The sA
?r^c of thA teaching staff of Harvard
VmU hA advanced 40 to 50 per cert on
September 1, according to an official
announcement.
T^a fh^cnm p^inA in Snptben**Arn
UncVo iq tn voonron operations, the
initial cxew being 25 men.
refused contracts for transporting
mail at fixed intervals.
One Good Point.
S run es told the committee tha*;
v hat Alaska needs is home rule far
wo"'1 than Ireland is in need of horn.**
rule. He urged the passage of the
( i'.\ b m '-oh bill to give the Territor
;al shipping board control over ships
in A'aska waters. Semmes
ad the Canadian shipping interests
< e 'is'ri;'- . nister influences to ge«.
control ct* transportation between
AV.ska a:u! the states. Semmes said
private cuiriers generally em
’• *d u 'on a course which is sapp'ng
the tevi tory of tvs-Mirers.
:d ci: Leohy urged the passage
of the Chamberlain bill.
Semmes sa d the fish packers op
pose Chamberlain’s bill because it
would hurt their private transporta
tion lines. He said the Canadian com
j.n*'. - have wrested the Alaska busi
ness f’om the American lines. Senator
Chamberlain asked Semmes if the
Canadians had destroyed Ketchikan *
business to help Prince Rupert. Sem
mes replied in the affirmative and
said by various cute little tricks, the
Canadians had moved the fish indus
try to Prince Rupert and they were
now planning to move the canned sal
mon industiy in the same way. Sem
mes said the • Canadian government
subsidies the Canadian lines and
helps them to connect rail and wat-*r
transportation to get the business.
Opinions O ffer
SEATTLE, March 27— A Post-In
tolPgencer special says Maurice Lee
! y and It. M. Semmo found the Unite 1
States Shipping Board not enthusias
tic over Chamberlain's bill to organ
ize the AV'ka water transportation.
It is understood opposition rx;sts as
to tho b»!l although no not’ceable on
nos;t;on has b^en positively shown nor
has it appeared.
Se^rebary of the Interior Payne
believes that the goverrment can a’d
V’nska by operating steamship lin^s
in co"nect:on with the government
rniboad in A’a^ka Semmes objects to
this unless the government steamship
bn-* would handle traffic to all pom's
along the coast.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, March 27— The
House Judiciary committee has ap
proved of the resolution directing
the Federal Trade committee to con
duct an immediate inquiry into the re
cent advance*; in the price of fuel oi1,
kerosene, prasoline and other petrol
eum products. Representative Dyer
sn;d the prices of oil was ;n the hands
of two powerful capitalist combines.
OFORCF<? C * RPEYTTER IS
PRIZE FIGHTER DE LUXE
XEW YORK. March 27— Georgs
Cn-p"nti^r »s a prize fierhter de luxe.
He occupies the b*st s;x room suite in
a hot*'! here a"d b'*ou"ht 35 trunks
conta?n!rpr 160 shirts. 20 over coats,
75 s";ts of clothes, 100 pairs of shoes
and £*>0 Snorts »n D»t»oit
ha,r** G*'»*r»''»'t;er $20,000 to
meet battling Levmsky.
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