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SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 8. I9W. . _
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MOTHER WHITE
PASSES AWAY i
Maitha S. White, known through
out Alaska as “Mother” White, h i
passed away at Anchorage, deatl ha*'*
ing keen causev. from a cancer. Mr*
Waite was consciou to the last. am
realized that the time had come fo
her to go ami passed away w ;th ;
smile upon her face, as she : way
wore during her remarkable life.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cotter le'
for Anchorage this morning to r.tt
the funeral. Besides her daughter.
Mrs. Cotter, a son survives, Uober;
W. White, who is manager of tlu
White House at Anchorage.
“Mother” White gained her nam
by her acts, her great generosity, an .
the good she did in .all directions,
especially to the prospector and th
miner. There are scores of prospect
ors in Alaska who will revere hci
memory, for no matter wliat they a.'k
ed in the way of grub stake, finane:
aid to reach a new strike, or ever,
’slight assistance, “Mother” White
gave it
“Mother” White came to Alaska ir.
1894 and located on Cook ln;ot a
Ladd's landing. Two years after Mar
tha Susitna White was born, now Mrs.
Frank Cotter, and known to her int -
mate friends as “Babe”. Mrs. Cotte.
was the first white child to be b >rn
on Cook Inlet.
“Mother” White has been in tui.
section of the North since her a. rivr
going outside frequently f »r h sh >rt
visit, but always returning.
“Mother” White is one of the
women in America who has ■*ve 1> or
given a gold medal from the Conrr*» -’s
of the United States and abo a raif •
able resolution, also passed by the
body.
About 30 years ago, a Danish bnrfc
piled up on the rocks near Coharsct
, Beach, Washington. The waves wcv
rolling so high that it was impossih’c
to even launch the life boats on dior
to give assistance to the seamen or
the bark and death faced t]m i.
“Mother” White went to the re u
however, and the 13 men aboard late*,
reached shore, safely. Mrs. White tied
a rope around her waist, and dived n
to the breakers, swam through tV»
surf and after a terrific straggle with
the elements reached the bark. Sht
was hauled aboard and the rope rhr
swam with from shore was made fast
and by it all seamen reached the
shore. Mrs. White, a oowerful swim
mer, would not use the rop<' in re
turning. but after a short rest, ard
after the seamen had left the bark.
#Jie again dived into the water and
Kv Associated Press
BUTTK, Feb., 8 - The entv da;
shift, 250 men. of the El *Motol
mine, a, C’n ' property, struck, ve
terday noon because of a reduction o'
$1 a day in wages in the B'.t'o di
tri:t.
1. W. W. AT WORK
BUTTE. Keb„ 8— Following plan
agreed upon at an 1. W. \V. m* nfcin
last night, hundreds of striker... w* '
armed, turned back men who Slavic
to work this monvnp.
The result has been that tho v hoi
mining district has practicaih :‘t
sprnded operations today.
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swam ashore.
For this feat, Congress grantee
Mrs. White a gold medal, the Bari-1
government gave her a modal and tl •
City cf Portland made svmt-i re
cognition of her bravery.
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SOCIETY OF N VI IONS
MAY FINISH WORK TFD\>.
PARIS, Fib.. 8 By A. P.- It -a
announced this forenoon that the So.
:ety of Nations expects to finish iF.
work today. There was a long meet
ing last night and at noon today •
vas announced that two third • 0’
draft for the plans of the pvo.-ec1
were complet'd. *
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QUIETING IN LONDON.
LONDON. Feb., 8 The-. ''\‘Wkv
strike has been sett! ! an ] the srrvv
will be resumed as quickly as pc -ibl«:
ARE COMING HOME
v \SIUXOTON, Feb. 8— By A. IV
The brttleshin Kansas and five 4rair
jyv-ts sailed f^om Kir.r10 th; in
with 8500 officers and men. In ludcd
'a tbrt men going home f>;*c th*'se o
th« 1'Hth Engineers aUfL-'kad > iV
!>1st Division.
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MILI ION SOLDIERS H AVE
BEEN DISCHARGED, TO DA’*T
W ASHINGTON, Feb., .8— frn.rp’
March, CH*f .or Staff, 'nday fhnr
deniobol> ration »n the Unite’ °tato?
was non on tlu home stretch. Uo L
this morvng ** 70’*0 office r '»>!:' 1 0>o
c00 h id been actually discharged.
WASHINGTON STATE
MAY REVIVE RACING
OLYMPIA, F'-b., 8— A bill ha
j boon introduced in the lower house o<
the state legislature intended t'
create a state racing commfeirn and
prescribe rules for running race ;.
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Just one week ago tonigh tht !
Seward Chamber of Commerce awoke ■
' om slumbering, and in one svyoop
descended down upon the Ala.-kan
hitir.' v ng Commision, a;.d afU •* un
'iuimc isly passing a resolution de
nand ng that the Alaskan Kr.g .vr-,
ig Commission complete the ra.moad
between Seward and the coal fiel*• • b '* .
other work \nus attempted . ' in
.viu's to TVlegste Wicker-ham and
Vitmlly Senators of Alas1 > at Wnsh
, ogtrui, D. C.. Informing them o ' what •
,va ; be;ng urged.
Tliere are those in Seward who took :
’rustic opposition to the position of
he Seward Chamber of Commerce,
aying that such a step as taken would
njure the chances of securing the Test
tppropriation amounting to $!,0,)0,000
* ' complete the railroad. It was the
ame old subterfuge but Sewar! had
aken the step, the cablegrams had
been sent, and everybody, except a
few, knew that the step was a no tvi
val one.
But Seward did not take the :r iM
itive , as many believe. Oh. no. hhe
people of Anchorage had begun to
wonder about things, and bogan
:ng themselves questions as to ‘ w eiv
‘hov were at." The people of And
ige found themselves in a peer iar
position, surrounded by ice and snow,
uc off from the world by waf r and
•Iso cut off from rail through »mf»d
' ’led promises that the railror 1 be
‘ween An borage and C'e o.’cnn Tr
minus. Seward, would ’ o open, b
Railroad mat tors a«sumd a
nt view at Anchorage, tlm is
noop!A. Splendid yards, plenty c; ro*i
ng stock, branch roads in o1! » *'ir V
'ons but star ting at Anchorar ‘ and
•oinr no whore ;n other wo» ■; the
looplo of Anchorage were all <! *orsc
up and no place to go, figuratively
•peaking.
Then the Anchorage Times fathom
ed the no^ition and condition. It was a
hard pill to swallow, but a modicirc
for the disease must he found, thee
fakon.
Thus it was that Anchorage cr>rl o4
j took the load, hut there are those in
Reward who believed that the action
? >f the Chamber of Commerce ». a
olely local, not logical, etc.
But as shown in yesterday’s Gate
way, in an editorial from the Ketchi
' an Progressive Miner that newspaper
ook a fall out of the Alaskan Engin
eering Commission. So one can see
►hat Seward’s action is a territoria1
mo, and before the matter is. tabled,
he government railroad in Ala ka.
will become a national matter.
But returning to the Anchorage
Times editorial- it explains itself,
•hows that the government railroad is
worthless in it’s present state; shows
lhat the railroad must be completed to
Seward, to be of any consequence a;
all, and makes a demand, the same as
the Seward Chamber of Commerce
about the remaining $4,000,000. The
Anchorage Times editorial is under
4he caption of “COMPLETE THE
UNFINISHED PORTION FIRST”
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BULLETIN— WASHINGTON,
Feb., 8— Secretary of the Interior,
Franklin K. Lane today esk-'C (on
Kresa for $13,800GOO to console the
Alaska railroad within the next year. t
the work to he pushed to the limit.
and ]: ivs follows, as printed on Satur
day, December 2Sth, 1918:—
“Agitation has started, looking to
the completion of the unfinished por
tion of the railway line between Sew-,
and th° Matanu ka coal fields, and the
°onstp*ctien of dockage facilities for •
Anchor.'."0, before any more construe-1
lion work is done on the road toward
the interior It is pointed out by local
in°'Q m°n who have made some
thin" of a study of the railway situa
tion. that the congress will appropri
ate hut four million dollars for con
struction work next year. This four
million dollars will exhaust the orig- j
in*d appropriation of $115,000,000 ask
ed for wh°n the railway hill passed
the congress. Hence, it will become
necessary to complete the line to the
interior . This is the situation that
confronts ns, frankly stated.
It is the opinion oi tnese iccai
business men, who are vitally concern
ed, in a financial way, in Anchorage I
and in thisNsection of the country,
that it would ho the part of wisdom
on the part of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission, if it would employ
‘he four million dollars to complete
the work i nhand - assuming that four
million dollars will do it. We could
then go to congress and say that we
’\ave so many miles of completed rail
way line in operation; we have con
structed a road from the coast fn thtf
Matanuska coal fields; we have finish
ed dockage faril;ties at Anchorage to
handle the coal product, and now wc
i want so much to complete the line to
L,he interior country.
" The question resolves itself into
i this: Can we secure better results
from the congress by going before it
and snvihg that we have so many
miles of completed railway line in
active operation the vear round, and
that we have finished the line to the
i coalfields, and installed adequate
i dockage facilities at Anchorage, the
coal terminal. Or, that we have a
railway line partially completed for
such a distance toward the interior.
“It is our opinion that we could
present a stronger argument in favor
of further appropriations by finishing
the work in hand, before any further
effort is made toward extending thu
line toward the interior.”
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By Associated Press
WINNIPEG, Feb., 8~ It is report
ed that the influenza is wiping out the
Northern Manitoba indians. Two hun
dred and fifty are known to h* dead
during the past week making a total
of 709 deaths so far.
MUST WEAR FLU MASKS
MELBOURNE, Feb., 8— The gov
ernment has ordered the wearing of
influenza masks. There were 80 deaths
yesterday. There are 559 new cases.
New South Wales has quarantined at
the border.
By Associated Press
LONDON, F»*b., 8— The newspap
ers today claim that the British gov
ernment is taking steps to deport all
undesirable aliens. It is believed that
a large number of Bolsheviki mem
bers hav$ been deported already.
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HUN' ASSEMBLY
ELECTS^ CHIEF
WEIMAR, Feb., 8— Carl Kaut ky
Under Secretary of State in the Ebe» ■
Cabinet, was today unanimously elect
ed president of the German Nations
assembly which is meeting here.
WARRING NATIONS WARNED
PARIS, Feb., 8- The Pa-e Con
gress has announced that owing to thr
conflict between the Poles and Czechs.!
resulting in the occupation of the Os-j
trau Karwin mining district and t'n
railroad between Oderburg, Tescken
and and Jabunkau, by the Czech.-,
Great Powers have declared it nece
sary to remind the nationalities wh*»
have agreed to submit territorial qo^s
tions to the Peace Congress that thev
must refrain from occupying the con
tested territories.
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I5y Associated Press
SEATTLE, Feb., 8— The city *
ficials stated this forenoon that t!
Municipal street cars will be start *
running this afternoon but the Sea*
tie Electric Co., is undecided whc.
policy to pursue.
About r>0 restaurants re-open .1
*h:r morning.
At noon today, or Mayor Han on' -
orders, the city started opo-ating ji‘
i ney bus sen-ice to all parts of the
! city. Mayor Hanson also stated th.it
' he will run the city cars on the pri
1 vate Pnes if the companies do not r
! sume tbe:r sendee.
This afternoon at 1 o'clock th*
strike committee had not made a re
port regarding calling off the svmpa
thetic strike. The committee war. in
session all last night and resumed
conference this morning at 7 o’clock.
Mayor Hpnson extended the time for
calling off the sympathetic strike un
til this afternoon as the strike com
mittee stated yesterday many union
must be hoard from regarding the
matter.
All “union exemption” r>ns on
trucks have been torn off by the po
lice upon orders of Mayor Hanson who
declared that any truck could oper
ate without the consent of any of the
labor unions.
SITUATION AT TACOM A
TACOMA, Fob., 8— The street car
•ervice which suspended for 12 hours,
was resumed on all lines today, th"
men having returned and they havo
not been molested by the shipyarder .
P»arb°r shops, restaurants mwl thea
; tres are open.
The longshoremen arc meeting thb
afternoon to reconsider their strll
rote and will probably vote to return
to work late this afternoon or tonigh .
The shipyarders are still out.
I. W. W. IS BUSY
PORTLAND, Feb., 8— The mem
bers of the I. W. W. here are today
distributing handbills urging the sym
oathy strike with the. Seattle 'strikers.
| One I. W. W. leader has been arrest
| *d. A mob followed him to the jail but
the police used clubs and the men beat
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MORE LABOR TROUBLES
NEW YORK, Feb., 8— All union
brick layers and hoisting engineers
»mp!oyed in various cities on con
tracts held by members of local BuPi
rn g Trades Employers Association,
will be called on to strike Monday to
enforce demands of carpcotrrs for 8!
per Hay increase in wages. ’Mie action
follows a lockout th" emplr:. era de
clared.
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RIOTING IN HONDURAS
SALVADOR. Feb., 8— Bv A. P.
It is reported that serious rioting 1*
securing at Tagluco Galpa, Capitol of
Honduras.
Minister of the Interior Mojia is
reported to have been killed.