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SEWARD.'TaSsKA.~TH1 USD.W. JI NK 17, 1920. TE.SC. TS PER COPY
VOLUME \I\. NUMBER 26. _ __;____- _7
TO CHAN6E
THE WOOL
CNTER
CHICAGO. June IT - \Ve.>te:u bank
(•i> an,! wool growers are conferring
hero on the proposal to raise One
Hundred Million dollais to finance the
annual wool clip which would make
Chicago the nation’s wool center in
stead of Boston. The conference was
railed by Governor Harding of the
Federal Re>erve Board. Senators Wal
sh. of Montana: Hitchcock. Pittman.
King and Chamberlain and many
western financiers are present at the
conference.
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VTROt iriks OF TURKISH
N ATION MASTS REI.YTEP
BY AN EYE WITNESS
NEW YORK. June 17—The Turkish
nationalist forces in besieging Mar
ash. Syria, last January deliberately
and continuously fired on the Amer
ican college and Near East Relief hos
pital and orphanage there, according
to Dr. Mabel Elliott, of Renton Har
bor. Mich., who was in charge of the
hospital during the three weeks* at
tack.
Dr. Elliott, who has now returned
to this county, with Mrs. Mabel Power
of North Hero, Vt., Miss Helen Shultz,
of Reading. Pa., and Miss Minnie
Dougherty, of Holyoke, Mass., told an
eve-witness story of the attack, di
rooted against the Armenian popula
tion.
The slaughter of men. women and
children was horrible, she said, and
the pillage of houses barbaric. In one
Armenian church 2.500 persons were
killed- - only 22 surviving the attack
on it — she said.
Of a fleeing column of 5,000 Amen
ians, mostly women and children driv
en fiom the beseiged city. Dr. Elliott
said only 2.200 reached their objective.
Isdahie. hut 75 miles away.
••The whole three weeks of the
scig*' the firing from housetops and
windows never ceased." she said. “The
Turks fired many buildings all over
the town, and from our windows we
could see columns of smoke rising
first from one pail of the city and
then another, every hour of the day
and night.
‘ The largest Armenian church at
first sheltered some *2.->M Amenians
of the better class, shop keepers, busi
ness men and merchants and their
families. They had arms, and the\ put
up a good fignt. But the Turks f nall\
fired the church and forced them out.
Onlv 22 of them escaped with their
lives.”
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OLD BARGE CONVERTED
INTO A SAILING SHIP
PORTLAND. Ore.. June IT— Ali
ce being operated for ten years as a
barge, the former three-masted sail
ing ship William H. Smith, is now be
ing refitted as a five-masted topsail
schooner and shortly will load her
first off-shore cargo in ten years. The
William H. Smith was built on the
Maine coast r,7 years ago and was or
iginally a full-rigged, three-masted,
skysail- yavder ship. She was noted
for her luxurious cabin furnishings.
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WASHINGTON, June 17— Co-or
dination of federal control of Alaskan
lands and resources and consolidation
of the two American Shipping lines
now serving Alaskan ports, were
among the lecommendations made to
day to St'cretary of the Interior Payne
by the special committee of officials
of ihe Deportment of the Interior ap
pointed to report a plan for aceeler
ating Alaskan development.
Secretary Payne approved of the |
report and instructed the committee;
to put its program into effect as soon
t as possible.
“The hearty cooj>eration from in
terested common1 ial organizations is j
invited to pa tieipate in the conferen- ;
ces on the subject and this is expect- |
ed.” said Secretary Payne. “Alaska’s
immense natural resomees have never
been developed properly. During the
war the white population of the terri
tory actually decreased from 50,000 to
30.000 and the output of minerals and
other industries decreased. The region
ha- rover been properly available ror
exploitation. The resources of the ter
ritory will not h*: turned over to one
inten st or group of interests. The
improvement of shipping and railroad
facilities will he undertaken with the
purpose of admitting fresh capita’ and
the opening of the country for settle
ment by American citizens.
“Concentration and coordination oi’
federal control of Alaska’s lands and
resources is contemplated by obtain
ing legislative authority tor an Alas
kan Development Board and pending
this, hv th* appointment of an inter
departmental Alaska committee. Oth
er plans include the coordination by
federal road construction and develop
ment of a plan for a comprehensive
system of roads and trails to serve the
entire territory'.
“Investigation of the feasibility of
smelting Alaskan copper ores on a
commercial basis within the territory,
will be undertaken.”
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WATSON AT .*> A. M.
Steamer Admiral Watson is sched
uled to arrive in port at 5 o’clock to- |
morrow morning on the* way to An-1
chovage and Kodiak.
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(’OL. MEANS IN TOWN
Col. Frederick Moars arrived in
Sown id last night, accompanied by F.
A. Hanson. The two officials have
been making an inspection trip and ;
returned to Anchorage during the af- J
terncon.
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ALAMEDA DI E TOMORROW
At 1:.‘»0 o’clock this afternoon the
Alameda had not left Anchorage for
Seward. The steamer is expected here
sometime tomorrow forenoon on the
way south.
KETCJI1KAX KISH PRICES j
KETCHIKAN', June 17— Fish
priors vosterilay were as follows: hali- '
but firsts, ten cents and seconds six
cents.
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ELECTRICITY WILL BE
CSED TO CATCH THIEVES
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 17—
Automobile bandits will have to ac
quire a speed exceeding that of elec
tricity if they expect to slip through
the proposed San Francisco police cor
dor. An electric winker system is
planned whereby signals will bo flash
ed to patrolmen on various “beats.”
Wll.I, PRESENT TWO
NAMES AS PRESIDENT
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CHICAGO, .hint* 17— The com- v
mittee of forty eight will present
two names **to the American peo
ple from which to select one at
the proposed third party conven
tion to be held here on July IOth.
TAMILI KS <>1 POLISH
IMMIGRANTS COMING TO
THK V. S. ON TRANSPORT
NKW YORK, June 17— A trans
port bringing 800 wives and children
of Polish immigrants in this country
is on the way from Duntzig to an Am
erican port, according to information
received here by the Hebrew Shelter
ing and Immigrant Society. This is
the first group of a total of ol),<>00
families to be brought to America to
be reunited with husbands and fathers
from whom they have been seperated
by war for more than six years.
The Hebrew society has undertak
en to find the wives and children of
Polish immigrants who have been pre
vented by the war from sending any
aid to their families, many of whom
hav** been driven out of their homes
in the war zone and have become l *.>t
to their kind in this country.
“This is not a project of new im
migration,” said George L. Bornstein,
the society's president. “Much harm
has !>een done by the statement that
we were inducing Jewish people of
Poland to come over. That is not ihe
fact. We have absolutely no concern
with any intended immigrants except
the wives and children of men already •
in this country, more than bO percent
of whom are now American citizens.”
Mr. Bernstein said that the work (
which the society was carrying on v as
lone with the hearty consent and co
operation of the Bureau of Immigra
tion and the State Department.
“We began our work,” he said, “by
advertising that we would attempt to
locate these men’s families and help
them get to America. Our seven agen
cies all over the country were immed
iately flooded with picas from 50,000
omn who, because of the war, had not
been able to bring their families over
or even communicate with them. In
^omc cases the men had no idea where
their loved ones were.
“Our task has been to take what
information we could get of the last t
known residences of these wives and
children and put our commissioners in
Poland on the trail to locate them.
When this is done we advise the fam
ily head in America how much money
It will take to bring his people over
and help him through the formalities
of proving their right of admittance. ^
When the families actually arrive we
will care for them until they can he
“stablished in their new homes which
arc scattered over the United States
but generally in cities, not on larms.”
PERHAPS THEY WILL
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MARYSVILLE. Cal., June 17
Experiments to ascertain if the wild
silk worm will thrive upon oak leaves
are being conducted in the foothills of
: Yuba and Butte counties by the Ser
iterre Silk Plantation.
A consignment of wild silk worms
from Chico, Cal., reached Guy Wilki
son. manager of the plantation at Wy
andotte recently and are placed upon
oak trees.
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NEW YORK, June 17—.The police
of New York City declare that the
Murder of Sportsman El well is the
most baffling ever under their super
vision. The solution of the murder is
not yet in sight. El well was found in
his apartments with a bullet hole in
his head but no revolver has been
found. El well died before regaining
consciousness. It is said El well phoned
a close friend early on the morning of
his death. The police cannot locate this
friend. Several prominent society wo*
men have been questioned including a
former princess but no light has been
shed on the mystery. El well's house
keeper told the district attorney today
she removed a woman’s negileo, slip
pers and boudoir cap from El well’s
room after she found him dead and
hi*! them in the cellar to protect the
woman, whom she knows nothing
about except that she appeared about
28/yc ars of age.
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CENSUS OF FUR SEALS
IN ALASKA TO BE TAKEN
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17— I>r.
G. Dallas Hanna, member of the staff
of the California Academy of Science,
has just left here for Alaska where he
will make a census of the fur scab
on the Phibilof Islands under the di
rection of the United States bureau
o/ fisheries.
Dr. Hanna has been connected
with this work each year since
101:5. In 1919 it was reported that
there were 510,000 animals in the
herd. In 1910 when the government
first took over the operation of tho
island industry there were less t’.an
200,000. During the time when this
increase was taking place enough
surplus and useless males have been
killed and their skins sold at auc
tion to provide the national treas
ury with $3,500,000 above all ex
penses, according to W. W. Sargeant.
secretary of the California Academy
of Sciences.
The purpose of the census is
chiefly to determine how many ani
mals can he safely removed each
vo? - and still provide for a maxi
mum percentage of increase of the
herd. If the increase in 1920 con
tinues as heretofore, it is said there
should he about 000.000 of these j
amphibious fur bearers, by tar the
largest herd in existence, as well as
•i surplus of about 30.000 males
which can lx* killed for their skins.
At current prices <»T these furs they
will he valued at about $3,000,000.
“Since the cost of operation will
be less than $200,000 it is quite
evident that this industry is one of
tho best, if not the best financial
enterprise the government has,” said
Mr. Sargeant, “and it is capable of
almost unlimited expansion provid
ed the females are protected at sea
and the surplus males are removed
from the herd. The fighting of
such males on the crowded rookeries
causes a large mortality among the
females and young.
“The carcasses of the animals kill
ed were formerly allowed to waste
but last year a by-products plant
was put in operation by means of
which it is expected a very super
ior oil and animal meal will be
placed on the market. The census
which will be taken , in 1020 will
enable a close approximation to be
made of tha quantities of these pro
ducts which will be available in the
immediate future.”
MONTUEAL, June 17— Govern- charges of steam idler were huilcil
ment owneiship of railroads with the at t::* chair. James Duncan, of Seat
Democrats doing the operating, was tie. made the diicct charge that Gom
indorscd by the American Federation peri was* steam lv.lcring. The tiude
of Labor today after a bitter fight, delegations suppoited Gompers when
The i ail road unions supported the pio- he d rnied th'* i got 01 roll call to split
posal. Goinper’s administration forces delegations. The mine workers and
opposed i-intending for gove nment metal trades organizations stood with
control. Disorder interrupted the roll the iail'oad a.^ lor government owner
call when the vote was taken and ship.
FREIGHT
MBARGO
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 17— The
freight embargo at Prince Rupert is
still maintained by the Grand /Trunk
and Canadian Pacific. There is no in
dications of any change in the long
shoremen’s strike there which is the
cause of the embargo.
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“NEVER SAID IT ”
MEXICO CITY, June 17— Gabriele
Sanchez Celi, an Ecuadorean, arrest
ed February 16 last and charged with
carrying Bolshevik literature is still
facing judicial proceedings heie but
his allegations of American and Allied
espionage in Mexico during the war,
which were carried under many- col
umned headlines as interviews while
he was under arrest before being
brought to Mexico City, have dwindled
into vehement denials of his guilt and
protestations that “he never said it.”
Sanchez Celi, in what he now de
nies were interviews, was quoted as
revealing means which he alleged
were used by Americans in securing a
military map of Mexico from the Mex
ican War Department files. The War
Department later denied that any such
map was missing.
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IS GOING HOME
Busby Lucas leaves on the Alame
da for his home in Oklahoma having
been called by the serious illness of
his sister.
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GOING TO SEATTLE
Mrs. H. P. Warren and daughter
expect to leave on the Alameda for a
short visit to Seattle returning with
Col. Warren.
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Charles E. Brown, of Brown &
! Hawkins, Seward and Anchorage, will
' 'cave on the Alameda enroute to New
i York city on business. Mr. Brown will
probably he gone for about six weeks.
TACOMA, June 17— Tacoma Is
threatened with a walkout of the po
licemen next Saturday. The probable
walkout followed the order requiring
each officer to woik four hours over
time next Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day to protect several thousand visit
ing Shriners. The Commissioner oi
Safety says the police must woik ov
ertime and the men .say they will quit
first.
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ALASKA FISH DISCUSSED
AT SCIENCE MEETING
BEING HELD IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, June 17— Addressing:
the opening: session of the Pacific Div
ision of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Dr. Bar
ton Warren Evermann, of San Fran
cisco, this morning: said that while he
did not wholly condemn artificial hat
ching of salmon he had not found an\
evidence that the hatcheries of Alas
ka had done much to save the fish.
Dr. Evermann advocating: letting: suf
ficient fish escape yearly to maintain
the natural spawning, that it would
tflke several years and thousands of
dollars to make experiments neces
sary to save the salmon fisheries of
Alaska. The speaker said this amount
was trivial compared with billions of
dollars which the Alaska salmon will
yield in future years if scientific and
absolutely necessary experiments are
demonstrated.
WATER POWER BILL IS
IN PRESIDENT’S HANDS
WASHINGTON, June 17— Al
though the time limit for signing the
water powc;' bill expired Friday night,
the measure is still in the hands of
the president.
HARDING WILL SOON BE
BUSY WITH CONFERENCES
WASHINGTON, June 17— Repub
lican presidential nominee Harding
will soon inaugurate a series of infor
mal conferences with the leaders of
the \arious party group: to get their
views for incorporation in his speech
1 of acceptancy. Harding posed for the
movie pictures this afternoon.
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