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VOLUME Mil m miihj i."> SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919. ^ umNTS PER COPY
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oil! W HAT A PEEVE
k WASHIN
ator Sherman of Illinois, enrag
* ed a* the profiteering of the I: mi
lord* hero, savs that he wants
' the cap?to! of the I'nited St:*tes
moved to St. Louis . where there
is no gouging hv ho»e! keepers,
house owners and lodging house
keeper*.
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1 1SH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE. May 22— HaliV t
•you 1 at fifteen and ''n^ * ;
liners and red cod one and one ha;f ct=i.
Uy Associated I’rcss
WASHINGTON, May 22
— The House, after hour
and hours of strong debate
has adonted the WomanV
suffrage constitutional
amendment.
Tienreseutative Little. or
Kansas, introduced the reso
hr 'on last Monday soon af*
er the House had organized
and the debate has practic
ally been continuous sine*
then, up to the passage o";
the nverdment this after
noon.
By Associated Pres*
PORTLAND. Oc.. May 2*2— A task:
Road Commissione** Waugh i' he»v
and has conferred with the Federal
officials regarding securing of fund
of the forestry department for imme
diate use in building needed roads in
Alaska.
Major Waugh is go ng north soon
having retu/.d from Washington
where he was seeking additional ap
propriations for Alaska road work.
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SHERMAN GETTING BFSY
WASHINGTON May 22— Senator
Sherman announced today that he will
introduce a resolution tomorrow fo»‘
the aeperat;on of the League,of Na
tion’s covenant from the peace treatv.
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lly Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Mav fN
The Senate and House lead
ers believe that the ban on
beer and wine will not be
lifted. This war time prohi
bition measure, that of lift
ing the ban on beer and
'vine, was urged by Presi
dent Wilson in his message
to Congress.
Roth the Republican and
Democrat leaders stated t.p
dav that the majority of the
members of Congress a>a
strongly opnosed to any fur
1 bp- dabbling with the pro
hibition question and are un
animous in opposing anv
lifting of bans.
It is however stated *pp
prohibition issue will p"oba
blv be kent bv the committee
until after July 1st, when
the country goes dry.
\LMED N WAL FORCES
\RE NOW AT SMYRNA
PARTS, May 22— The allied navai
rorros have landed at Smyrna in an
ption of tho sipninp of the peace
treaty with Turkoy, to maintain order.
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Kodiak Island has experienced the i
hardest winter seen in many years. At
Alitak the thermometer reached as
low as twenty three degit*cs below
»ero. There was also a heavy fall of
snow. The writer circumnavigated thj
Island during the present month. The
snow at that time was still well down
O tlie waters edge on most portions of
:he Island.
The Alitak Packing Company ,.t
Alitak. Kodiak Island has a new sup
erintendent this year, J. M. Poster
who w as with the Valdez Packing Co.
ast year.
This Company has extended t!ic' **
wharf this spring out to deep water
>o that ocean going ships may land, at
the dock, having a depth at low tMc
of twenty three feet.
The steamer Admiral Sebrce land
ed at this port on April 28, diseharg
ng 900 tons of cargo, and loading 300
ton for Seattle.
The U. S. Government school at
Akhiok , in Olga Bay right miles from
VIdak, has just closed a very success
ful year of school and village work
among the natives of the south end or
the Island. The Akhiok village ha
a native population of one hundred
and twenty eight. The district superin
tendent of native schools visited this
school during the present month, end
. i much progress made amon* tn
natives of this village. The school haJ
an enrollment of forty pupils. The na
tives of this village contributed mor^
than $200 to the American Red Cros'
during the past year.
The Native Orchestra led by Sim
eon A got, would ho a credit to any
-chool in Alaska, white or native.
Mrs. Kathryn Seller, a graduate or
Carlyle and Westchester Pennsylvnnv;
is the principal teacher, and is a na
tive of the Aleut race.
The TJ. S. Revenue Cutter *Tnn'
ira” in command of Captain Podge nn
oho red in the bay at Kodiak on Mav
12th. She was enrouto to UnalasVn
and the Seal Islands, and will alse
make the cruise to the Aleutian Isl
and' in June, carrying the supnlie
for the U. S. Government School a!
Atka Island.
The Territorial school at Kodiak
ha> just finished a very successful
years work.
Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Rutschow in
charge of the trading post at Cold Ray
arrived in Kodiak on the mail boat
Flense and are passengers for Seattlrt
on the Fnrragut. Mr. Rutschow ex
hibit a few ounces of coarse go’d
which b* stated was taken from the
n1o°er claims of the Mason Brothers,
near Cold Bay.
P’-ofe^or Robert F. Griggs, Pi
re tor of Katmai Expeditions for the
Vation.nl Geographic Society exhibited ;
free of charge, pictures taken of Mt.!
Ka*mai and the Valley of Ten Thous- j
and Smokes to the people of Kodiak '
on May 8th.
Tn connection with the exhibition
of these pictues thrown on the
screen at the moving picture hous*,
he delivered his lecture on Mt. Katmai.
This is the same lecture he delivered
in Washington P. C.
A half hour before the doors were
opened practically the entire popula
tion of the village of Kodiak, whites
and natives thronged the street in
front of the building. When the doors
were opened the hall was filled to ov
erflowing both sitting and standing
room occupied within five minutes
time.
As stated before, this was tho same
leeture delivered in the effete cast,
but delivered in Kodiak under quite
different conditions. It however b£
ABE WORKING EN
APPROPRIATIONS
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 22
The House appropriations
committee began this after
noon considering measr/ >s
carrying twenty seven mil
lion dollars for deficiencies
in the various government
departments which were not
provided for by the last Con
gress.
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FAIRBANKS* MAN IS
W EDDED—AIR VL A NES
ON IIIS HONEYMOON
SEATTLE. May 22— James A.
Gibbs, of Fairbanks, was married
here last night to Miss Vera
Smith, one of Seattle’s prettiest
young women. Tomorrow the
newly weds leave by aeroplane
for Tacoma on their honeymoon.
SPECIAL TR UN FROM THE
COAST FOR FIGHT ON FOCRTH
SEATTLE, May 22— Arvan£omnpf
started today in this city for n special
frain from Soattle with Portland. Sno
’•ane and Tacoma fiprht fans for tho
^Villard-Dempsey pro in Toledo on JuK’
4th.
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;ng one of the secret* of Dr. GnVg'?
marvelous success in bringing out t*
M'e world the wonders from this mof*
dTfindt and dangerous field of ex
ploration, by patient labor under nd
'•e’-se conditions, he was not the ]onH
nroturbed bv the incessant coughin,r
nnd sneezing of the native youngster
or when the pacol?ne engine balked
nd thA lights went out.
‘‘T.nd;oc and Gentlemen” the doctor
brnmn, “The people of Kodiak bn’*-*
lone so much for me that T am glad
fnr tb's onportnnitv”-hero some
*i'*ng hannened to the engine and the
-oom plunged into total darkness” —
■ e will now wait for another onnor -
joviallv remarked the doctor
a1? he prpeeeded to one corner of thA ,
••eom and sat down on a codfish bar- j
rel.
In a few minutes however the hrhft
"nme on nrnm jnd the doctor proceed
*d with the lecture.
Fortnnat* indeed were those who
Vjyl this illMmin^tinfr and inten°e|v
•’ut^resting Qtorv of this Ninth Won
«,e” of the World, Tim Valiev of Ten
TlvMipnnd Smokec, nnd had the actual
nhotogranhs before them shown in the
mo«t delicate and exquisite colorings.
Dr. Griggs believes that this land
nf won f rs may be made accessahle
f/> the traveling public, and it surely
twho^ves the people of Alaska to coo
oe~ato with him in every way to use
this remarkable scenic asset to at
tract people from all parts of the
world to the territory.
Mr. Colb. the movie man of Grand
Canyon fame, accompanies the party
this year. The advance guard of the
party under the direction of Lieut.
Heidelberg have already landed at the
mouth of Katmai River, and another
group of the party has landed at
Naknek and will go in from the west
side.
Dr. Griggs and Mr. Colb sailed on
Nimrod for Katmai Bay, May 19th.
Mrs. GnVrm is a woman of charm
ing personalitv, and very devoted to
her family of throe bright children,
the doctor and his work. The family
will remain in Kodiak during the sum
mer.
ARTHUR H. MILLER.
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By Associated I*re»8
WASHINGTON, May 22
fhere is a possibility that N
C 4 will leave the Azores to
ovrow at daybreak for Lis
bon.
The navy seaplane was
'xoected to get away some
time today according to
wireless advices but engine
troubles prevented.
CONGRATULATIONS
WASHINGTON, May 22
Major General John J. Per
dung has cabled the Navv
Department the Army’s ccm
aratulations on the trans
Atlantic flight. Pershing
stated: “The aviators have
added another brilliant page
to the navv’s achievements.
ABANDON HOPE
ST. JOHNST May 22
BHtish fivers have abandon
ed hope of ever finding Har
ry Hawker, who started
from here last Monday for
Ireland.
Frederick M. Ravnam, an
other British flyer, leave?
here soon to attenpt < the
flight across the Atlantic.
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PRESIDENT OF CHINA
REFUSES RESIGNATIONS
OF CABINET MEMBERS
PARIS May 22— The peace con
ference has been informed that the
Chinese cabinet has resigned but the
President has refused to accept the
resignations.
It is said*that the peace conference
between representatives of North and
South China at Shanghai has broken
up without results.
Hv Associated Pr**aa
BERLIN, May 22— The
j German cabinet today auth
orized the Associated Press
to say that Germany declin
es to sign the peace terms of
the Allies.
The authorized statement
of the German cabinet says
the peace terms spell the eco
nomice destruction, political
dishonor and moral degrad
ation of the German nation
for the present and also fu
ture generations.
The Cabinet’s statement
concludes with the announ
cement that “Germany stop
ped fighting in hopes that
peace would be secured on
the basis of President Wil
son’s fourteen points. The
present peace treaty hande i
to Germany by the Allies do
es not represent the points.
We apneal to Americans to
uphold their claim for jus'
ice and peace as represented
by their President.”
ASK EXTENSION
PARIS, May 22— The
German peace delegation t«
day formally asked an ex
tension of time to present
the answer to the Allied
peace treaty.
The time to present their
answer was not later than
tomorrow.
It is believed that move
time will be granted for the
Germans to make their re
ply
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GOVERNOR GENERAL
OF PHILIPPINES IS
DIVORCED BY WIFE
SAN DIEGO, May 22— Mrs. Mabel
Judson Harrison was today granted a
divorce from her husband, Francis
Buton Harrison, governor general of
the Philippines. It is expected that
Governor Harrison will wed a Univer
sity of California girl, whose parents
object to the match.
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Cordova has rented a building on
Water street to be used as a deten
tion station for any contagious disease
that may appear,