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ALAMEDA IS
Bv \ssociated Cress
SEATTLE, Jan.. 7— Steamer Ala
meda sailed for Alaska ports late yes
terday afternoon. The following pa>*
senders are aboard for Seward:
J. H. Connelly,
Mr-. C. H. Hopper.
Gus Borpen,
A. D. Estes,
Esther t’rhach.
Martin Rockwell.
C. H. Tiffany,
Erich Lucas and wife.
Gus Samis,
Mrs. S. H. Sample.
T. Samis,
Lewis Lee.
John Gidland.
Fr-d C. Miller.
J. J. Leitheiser,
CITY W THORIZKD TO SELL
PROPERTY TAXES ARE OLE ON
An order has boon received from
District .Judge Fred M. Brown, dated
December 20th, JOIN, directing the
City of Seward to sell any and a ’
property upon which taxes, general or
special, has not been paid for the
year 1917.
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A. D. Estes, resident engineer o it
the line who went south several mor -
ths ago to enlist in the war service, is
returning to Seward on the Alameda
Esther Urbach. Leon Urbach’s sis
ter. is coming to Seward on the Ala
meda. to remain for some time.
Mr. and^Mis. Frich Lucas, who
have boon visiting in the states for
several months, are returning home
on the Alameda.
J. H. Conley, father of Mrs. W. M.
Sauers, and Mrs. C. H. Hopper, her
sister, are coming north on the Ala
meda.
Gus Bo*, gen is a passenger on the
Alameda for Seward.
The Moose will hold a regular sess
ion tonight in the little A. B. Hall.
Mrs. K. F. Hartman, proprietress
of the hotel at Wasilla. is registered
at the Overland and will go to th?
states for a visit.
The floor beams are in. truss
swung and only the ties remain to b*
placed on the new bridge across Glac
ier Creek at Mile 54. The bridge N
about 05 per cent completed.
By Associated Pres*
VICTORIA. Jan.. 7— The inqui y
into the causes for the wreck of the
Princess Sophia, of the Canadian Pa
cific Steamship Vo., will start on Feb
ruary 1 Oth before Justice Morrison
and two nautical assessors, one being
Captain J. P. McPherson, British Co
lumbia Wreck Commissioner. The oth
er assessor is yet unnamed.
Judge Morrison announced today
that he does not yet know just how
far the scope of the investigation will
pro.
A. P. Buxton will be the council for
the Crown; E. P. Davis and J. E. M< -
Mullen for the Canadian Pacific; J. K.
McKay for the Yukon Government,
and S. T. Hankev and M. P*. Jacks *n
for relatives of the dead.
\ large number of witnesses \v. 1
he summoned from Juneau. Possibly
‘he hearing will be held at Vancouver,
that city being the central point.
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SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
A private party, in honor of James
Benton Looney, cable operator who
leaves for Valdez on the Admiral Wat
son. will be given this, evening in th'*
Van Gilder Hall.
Fifteen inches of sno*v fell during
the 24 hours ending at 7 o’clock this
morning . The snow is wet and packs
readily.
Steamer Admiral Watson arrived
at Halibut Cove yesterday afternoo n
at 4 o’clock and probably loaded pick
led fish all night and also today. Tlu*
Admiral Watson has been at Kodiak
and is expected to reach here late to
morrow night or early Thursday.
A deed has been filed for record in
the l\ S. Commissioner’s office show
ing. Roy Thomas has sold his house
and lot. Block 28. lot 12. to Otto
Schallorer. The property is south of
the property now occupied by the
Shell horns.
J. T. Snv'aton, registered at Ho
tel Seward from Flat, is on his way
to the states to spend the balance of
the winter.
Antone Fide has sold to M. B. Tan
ning. Lot 13, block 17, the considerat
ion being $1500. The property is sit
uated on Sixth avenue between Adam?
and Jefferson streets.
.1. F. Beattie, an arrival at the Ov
erland from the Tditarod, is an opera
tor on Boob Creek. Mr. Beattie will go
to Seattle to remain for two month*
and then return to the interior.
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PRESIDENT
IN PARIS
By Associated Presi
PARIS, Jan., 7— President Wood
row Wilson, wife and daughter, re
turned this forenoon from tTieir trip
to Italy.
MEARSHAS
A NEW JOB
Colonel Fredrick Mears, who re
signed as a member ol' the Alaska x
Railroad Commission to lead the 31:.t,
Regiment of Engineers to France, is
no longer directly connected with the
Thirty-first, having been appointed,
before the signing of the armistice,
general manager of American rail
roads in France, and Capt. C. G. Jon m
fomerly road master on the Anchor
age Division of the Government Rail
road, who is with the Thirty-first, wo
made general road master over 400
miles of main line track and .‘>00 miles
of yard track. This news is contained
in a letter, dated “With the Americar
Expeditionary Force,” October 1, fron
jones to W. L. Durham, o
the Maintenance of Way Departmen
Captain Jones’ letter says in part:
“The regiment is getting along fine
It has done lots of good work since it.
arrival in France. We have had futi
cha go of the const ruction of a large
terminal. We have ereetd a raihov
machine shop, a boiler house, an »>
house, Gorman prison camps, a fifty
thousand gallon water tank and r.
railroad yard, five miles long. A’.'
the'e are completed and in operation
The machine shop takes in daily 1M'
locomotives.
“Since the completion of this work
I have been made General Road Mast
er over 400 miles of main line track
and “00 miles of yard track. 1 have
about fifteen road masters under me
Some of them are Captains and some
Lieutenants. 1 am kept busy looking
after this work.
“Colonel Mears is not with the
Thirty-first Engineers any more. H*»
is general manager of American rail
roads in France, and it is some big
job. He is putting a lot of pep into the
outfit and making every post a win
ner.”
Ail work on the 20 mile bridge out
the line has been completed.
Passengers- arriving here from the
interior on Sunday night’s train and
now stopping at the various hotels *e
port that there is much game in the
section from Nenana to Broad Pass.
The roadhouse men are dishing up
moose, sheep caribou.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Jan., 7— Fish quotat
ions at noon were as follows: halibut,
22 cents; pickled sable, $22 per bbi;
pickled herring, $25 per bbl; salmon,
sockeye, $26 per bbl; silvers, $24 per
bbl; pinks, $20 and falls $18 per bbl.
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OYSTER BAY, N. Y„ Jail., 7— This
i place is mourning the loss of a neigh
bor, Col. Roosevelt. Reminiscences of
Roosevelt as a boy, youth, man, hus
band and father, intimately associat
ed with two generations here, are b *
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dents.
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Today they told of how the Roose
velts always used oil lamps until a
few months ago when the Colonel sa d
half apologetically: “we just had to
j put in electric lights, as the servants
J iemandod it.”
| WILSON SENDS CONDOLENCES
OYSTER BAY. N. Y., Jan., 7— Mis.
Roosevelt received the following fro. i
President Wilson late yesterday:
‘Tray accept my heartfelt sy input1 y
)n the death of your distinguished
husband. The news has shocked nse
much.”
Mrs. Roosevelt i*eceived over 5)0
elegrams and cablegrams during the
night from private citizens, Ambas
sadors, ministers, congressmen, Rough
Riders , former President Taft and
Queen mother Alexandra, of England.
The funeral arrangements are all
•ompleted and will be held tomorrow, j
MEMORIAL SERVICES . I
OYSTER BAY, Jan., 7— (apt.
Archibald Roosevelt intimated this af-1
ernoon that national memorial ser- j
vices for the dead Colonel will possi!)-|
ly he held in Washington or New
York.
SEAT-VICK
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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan., 7— The
douse of Representatives , by a vow
)f 2(M to 64, adopted the House eleci
on committee's report seating James
vVk kersham as Delegate from Alaska,
lee ding that he had been elected in
1016.
Tt was announced that further act -
ion would be taken within the next
day or two.
MORE ELECTIONS RETURNS
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer made
further gains in the November elect
ion by the recent arrival of returns.
Chisana cast but nine votes seven be
ing for Sulzer end two for Wicker
sham. Illiamna returns give Sulzer !4
Wickersham 0.
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INSANE MEN BROlT,HT
HERE FROM ACHORAGE
Two insane men were brought he it
on the last train from Anchorage by
Deputy United States Marshal Kava
naugh. The men ait* Ed Welch and
Joe Krikoroff. They will be sent south
to Morning&ide on the Admiral Wat
son.
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Don't expect a soft answer when
you call a man hard names.
MILLIONS TG
ELIEVE
EUROPE
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan., 7— Tie
House appropriations committee to
lay approved President Wilson’* re
quest that Congress provide $100,000,
000 for relief work in Europe, outside
of Germany.
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By Associated Press
LONDON, Jan., 7— Official ad
vice* received here this aftewoo.i
stat ? that the Bolsheviki forces havt
cap'aired Riga. This Russian strong
hold is on the Gulf of Riga and hrs
bee i defended by Russians opposed to
Geiman domination.
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LONDON, Jan., 7— Von Berns
torff, foimer Gorman ambassador tr
the United States, is reported working
in the German Foreign Office prepa'*
ng data for the peace conference an-’
the endorsement of the League ej
Nations, as he believes that th
>ch:'me is a practical one.
Bemstorff is reported to have stat
ed that Hohenzollems will never agai*'
rule Germany.
Asked if them was any danger ir
the Kaiser being so near in Holland
Bemstorff replied: “Where in Her
would we send him?”
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By Associated Press
BULLETIN— BERLIN, Jan., 7~
Tens of thousands of extreme Radical
and .Spartacus members are staging a
denionstuiion today, paraui'.g in*
streets especially along Under Den
Linden and Brandt nborsi • •ite .**,
Hundred’s of the marchers are arm
ed. Government sympathizers h;:\**
packed the Wilhelmstrusse and hun
dreds of fist fights have occurred.
The Spartacus demonstrators are
mainly those from the city slums, ai 1
four fifths are bedraggled women and
girls.
COPENHAGEN, Jan., 7— Adolf
Joffree anu M. Radek, leaders of the
Bolsheviki mis. ion to German, ha\e
arrived in Berlin an<l are repotted to
be assisting I)r. Liebkneclit and Rose
Luxemburg in formenting a Bolshe
vik i revolution. It is stated unofficial
in dispatches received here that the
Berlin police headquarters is the head
quarters of the Spartacus group of
revolutionists.
ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE POWER
AMSTERDAM, Jail., 7— Lieb
kne 'ht’s Spartacus group last Sundav
attempted to seize the power of Ber
lin. They occupied the office of the
Wolff Bureau, the semi-official news
agency office which supplies many
newspapers with news.
TROUBLE IN BERLIN
COPENHAGEN, Jan., 7— A Mun
ich special dispatch says that a civil
war has begun in Berlin . The city is
in a state of complete Anarchy. The
banks are barricaded against attacks.
Liebhnecht’s Spaitacus radiod
vorkmen are crowding the streets an 1
nachine gun fire has been frequently
lea d throughout today.
CAPT. M’ALPINE IS HELD TO
THE GRAND JURY AT VALDEZ
C:\pt. D. 3- McAlpirie. former ma '
er )f the gas schooner Ruby, was !«♦<»
yesterday afternoon held to answer *o
the grand jury at the next cn-n- fiss
ion at Valdez on the alleged «b: go of
embezzlement by servant.” r:t ,t. Mc
Alpine was represented by S. 0. Mor
”ord and the government by Assistant
United States attorney H. G. Rennet.
The witnesses at the preliminary hear
ing yesterday before United States •
commissioner Whittlesey were A. F.
Dayis, P. M. Ogle and A. H. McDon
aid. Rail was fixed at $1500.