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LONDON, May l'i— Reports of
unusual activities in various parts of
Ireland reached the proportions ot an
avalanche today noon. Many barracks
have been destroyed and income tax j
offices attacked.
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PROGRAM OF
DANCE TO
SATURN
Tomorrow night, the Woman’s
club of Seward will give a dance at
the Arctic Brotherhood hall for the
benefit of the book fund of the public
library. Incidentally the dance will be
a welcome to the officers and crew of
the Saturn, they being the guests of
the evening.
At 8:4i> o’clock the officers and
crew of the Saturn will be escorted to
the ball and immediately upon their
arrival the following program will be
givf'n, after whirh dancing will bo en
joyed:
Address of Welcome— Mayor
Chamberlin.
Selection— quartette— Mesdames
Bailey and Ellsworth; Messers Brown
ell and Lucas.
Solo— Miss P. R. Wilson.
Violin selection,— Miss Bazant.
Solo— “A Khaki Lad”— Erich Lu
cas.
Selection— Quartette.
During the evening other specia1
features will be introduced among
which w»ll be a moonlight waltz with
vocal accomnaniment by the quarte*fe.
Refreshments and ice cream will be
served.
Admittance for the townspepole will
be $1 a ticket.
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SATURN ARRIVES
As the Gateway went to .press this
afternoon a boat was coming up the
bav and believed to be the Saturn.
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LON’DON, May 1.°*— Wireless ex
ports arc puzzl 'd over the sudden |
stoppage in the middle of a sentence
from the Moscow station. This was !
laot Saturday afternoon and not a1
word has boon heard from Moscow
Ynce that time. It is believed some
thing unusual is happening:.
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M jsquitocs, large ones, have made
an early arrival and unless one has
several mosquito welts upon them,,
they are not in fashion at all, at all.
Freighter Cordova got away tor
Anchorage and canneries to the w< st
ward late yesterday afternoon after,
being in port for nearly 24 hours.
Miss Elizabeth Romig is a passcng
« r on the Gateway City limited today .
returning home after several weeks
visit at Anchorage. /
The Gateway City limited left An
chorage this morning on schedule time i
with f>0 passengers for Seward.
Steamer Admiral Evans sailed
north from Ketchikan at 11 o’clock
last n*ght and should reach Juneau
sometime during tonight unless can-*
nery calls are made.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Me
thodist church is meeting this after- t
noon with Mrs. W. R. Downie.
Rev. Markham will arrive on the
train tonight from Anchorage to con
duct the ftmeral tomorrow afternoon
1 at 1 o'clock of W. A. McPherson at tho .
* Catholic church. |
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(JF.AR.ANTINE LIFTED
Health officer Baughman this aft-1
j ■‘moon informed steamship agents at'
j Cordova, that upon representation
j made by Dr. Chase, health officer at |
: Cordava, the Seward board of Health ;
| has lifted the quarantine against that j
j city.
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' SILVER WILL SOON BE
bought at si an ounce
WASHINGTON, May 13— Tieas
| -tv officia's believe that the purchase
! of sliver will soon be resumed at $1
an ounce.
PHILIPPINE SUGAR
CROP LARGE ONE
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BIRMINGHAM, Maj Id— Returns
indicating that Underwood is far
ahead of the Union labor leader op
ponent for the long term, lleflin con
tinues to gain for Bankhead s seat.
Representative Rent is apparently de
feated for renomination by the p i*
mary vote.
SPECIAL AGENT RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, May 13— Joseph
W. Nye, chief special agent of tne
State Department for many yeais,
and active in the secret service, has
handed in his resignation effective
June 1st. Mr. Nye will accept a p i
vate position.
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ECR SALES DECLINE
ST. LOUIS, May 13— The prices
at the spring auction of furs shows
a decline of 20 to 30 per rent from
February. Black and grizzlies are sell-1
ing for $20. The sales yesterday were
only $850,000 and the skins wore
mostly for rugs and for leather goods.
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ONE RESOLUTION IN THE
KNOX PROVISION KILLED
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WASHINGTON, May 13— The p’<>-;
vision in the peace resolution of Sen- j
ator Knox asking the President to
open negotiations with Germany by a
operate treaty was stricken out to
day by motion of Senator Lodge.
w k a t ii u n e row »
The foil twiog m the weather iepo»! j
i(i* the 24 hours ending nt 7 oVo It t
»*d‘< mot mng:—
SEWAKD 42, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 40, Clear, Calm.
Mutanuska 65, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 40, Clear, Calm.
Wasdla 50, Clear, Calm.
Talkertna 40, Clear, Calm.
Goldcrcek 40, Clear, Calm.
Hutricnne 40 Clear, Calm.
Summit 32, Clear, Cairn.
P»ains 31, Clear, Calm.
llcaly IS, Clear, Calm.
Xcnana 30, Clear, Calm.
Fairbanks 44, Clear, Calm.
GEE— ( ONES COMING DOWN !
CHICAGO. May 13— A Chicago
manufacturer who supplies ice cream
•ones has announced a reduction in
prices for the coming summer that
will enable dealers to absorb the war
tax and still sell the cones at five
cents.
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OLD HULK BREAKS UP
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., May 13
Word was received 1’ere recently that
| the historic old steamer Breakwater
broke to p’eces off the coast of Mcx
i ;co. about fifty miles north of Puerto.
While the crew was making a landing
the third officer was drowned, but
Capt. J. A. Wayland and the rest of
the crew were reported safe.
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MANILA, P. I. May 13— The su- j
gar crop of 1919-1920 in the Philippine
Islands, now being harvested, ag
greates 225,000 tons for export, and
between 75,000 and 100,000 tons for
horn consumption, according to figures
compiled hv chambers of commerce, ■
and manufacturers and exports.
Centrifugal sugar, 90 per cent pure,,
forms only a small percentage of the |
production of the islands, the bulk of
lh*k sugar produced being muscavados,
in which a large percentage of molas
ses remains after being produced by
the open boiler process.
Out of the 225,000 tons estimated i
available for export this year 75,000 j
tons arc centrifugals and 150,000 raus- i
cnvadoK. Piactically none of the latter
variety is exported to the United Stut-1
os, China, and Japan taking the most;
of it.
Growers and manufacturers, how
ever, predict that within a short time
the ratio of centrifugals to musca- |
vndos will be reversed, by reason of *
the modern methods of manufacture
being introduced.
There are at present twenty sugar
centrals in operation in the Philip- (
pines, and eight others are under con- j
struction or are planned for immediate !
development.
The labor problem is becoming ser- j
ious, according to producers and ;
manufactures. Many of the natives j
have left the island. Some have gone j
to the Alaska fish canneries, others
have taken up a seafaring life, while
a number have migrated to the Ha
waiian sugar fields.
The tractor has replaced the caraboo
in some localities. Producers and
manufacturers assert that double the
nresent output could be cared for, if
a supply of common labor could be
obtained to plant and harvest the
cane.
Efforts are being made to induce
the government to render assistance
along the line of more intensive cul
tivation of the soil. According to sta
tistics, the yield per acre has been
stationary for many years, as little
move than three quarters of a ton,
while in some canc producing count
ries five tons ail acre are obtained.
In the island of Formosa under
Japanese methods of intensive cultiva
tion, a yield of one and a half tons an
acre is obtained, and growers claim
that the soil and climatic conditions
there are inferior to those in the
Philippines.
While figures on local consumption
of sugar are not given as exact, var
ious authorities place the suantity at
between 15 pounds per capita in the
United States.
“The introduction of 50 000 Chinese
into the sugar industry of the Philip
pines, would, through the application
of more intensive methods of agricul
ture, which are not possible under ex
isting conditions, double the present
sugar production from the area at
present under cultivation for cane,”
*aid George H. Fairchild, a large ex
norier. in a review of the sugar situa
tion, published in the April Bulletin
of the Philippine Chamber of Com
; merce.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GATEWAY
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SEATTLE, May 13— Steamer Alas
ka sailed for the north this forenoon
at 9 o’clock with 24d passengers the
following being for Seward:—
Captain H. H. Lee,
0. A. Christanson,
W. G. Fortmann,
Mrs. R. Allen,
Milo Kelly and wife,
H. Kcchanek and wife,
C. Wesby,
E. J. Griffin,
S. H. Lorain,
G. W. Meeks,
H. J. Roberts,
Oscar Pearson,
John Chanquist,
J. B. Porter,
28 steerage.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA TO
PATROL FISHING AREAS
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., May 13—
A “mosquito fleet” of launches, *ach
manned by three men, will shortly
commence the work of patrolling the
salmon fishing areas of the British
Columbia coast. The fleet will keep
on the lookout for infractions of re
gulations during the entire fishing
season.
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PLACER MINING LAWS
OF YUKON TERRITORY
MAY BE AMENDED
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DAWSON, Y. T., May 13— Amend
ment of the Dominion placer mining
laws for Yukon Territory, to permit ;
extensive prospecting of low-grade!
placer creeks and valleys, for the pur
pose of introducing dredging compan
ies to extend their operations, will be
asked of the Dominion government by
the Yukon Development League, it
was decided recently.
Several large dredging companies j
have worked out their original ground
and may cease operations unless low
grade placers may be secured, it was
said.
The league, which is composed of
miners and business men, will also ask
the government to abolish the present
royalty on gold. Those behind the
movement claim that gold has lost
half its purchasing power and gold
mining is the only industry which may
not increase the price of its products.
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PARIS. May 13— The Uki-ama*
nress bureau reports that Odessa hoc
b£en occupied by Ukranian command
er Petlura and his forces.
NEW YORK, :ir.y Ki— Thu Assoc
iated Press this a.'t" noon says the
.'! can iv." itionisls are gradually
during in on Ca ranza in the hilly
country 150 miles northeast of Vera
Cruz. It is alleged Carranza took 27,
000,000 pesos in his fiight but dis
patches says the treasure was later
captured by the rebels. Governor Dcla
Hue. ta, of Sonora, is preparing to go
to M xico City to take control and re
lieve General Obregon who is going
into the field. The revolutionists hope
to hold the presidential elections late
in July and give assurance of fair
conduct.
ALASKAN
SEATTLE, May 13— Harry A.
Bishop, aged 51 years, died here yes
terday afternoon. Mr. Bishop is sur
vived by his widow. Mr. Bishop was
for many years a resident of Alaska
and for part of his time spent in the
no;th was the United States Marshal
of the First Division With his head
quarters at Juneau.
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BARBERS DISAGREE AND
MEN SHAVE EACH OTHER
CISCO, Texas May 13— When the
local barber's union and baiber shop
proprietors came to a break as a re
sult of wage differences, many pro
minent business men formed a mut
ual organization to shave each other.
A shop was secured and the amateur
tonsorial artists wielded the razor to
the apparent satisfaction of themselv
es.
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NAVY CONTROVERSY IS
NOW GROWING WARMER
WASHINGTON, May 13— Score
tary Daniels declared today in testi
mony before the Senate committee
that the cablegram which Admiral
Sims said made h;m want to jump ov
erboard and which read: “Consider
American vessels having armed
guards safer whon sailing independ
ently” was never signed bv the Sec
retary as Sims asserted. The signa
ture was “A. F. Carter, by direction of
the Clref of Naval operation.” Dan
iels admitted he disagreed sharply
with Sims over convoys the secretary
holding everything secondary to the
\merican soldiers.
SF^TTEE. May 13— Fish ouetn
♦;uns are as follows: halibut f;f4eoe
and one half cents; Red and ling cod,
two cents.