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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
- - — —■ . .«. SEWARD, ALASKA.' SATIKUlv' MARCIt 32. 1919. ____PER C —
VOLUME XII. NUMBER 2I.*>. _ —-,
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H> Associated Press
PARIS, March 22— It is reports 1
that the Esthonian-Lettish often-iv«
against th»' Holsheviki is mcnaccing
Petrograd so seriously that rrc>ts!,\
has ordered a general mobobzation •»;
• all men up to forty six years of ag*.
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liv Associalt'd Press
.IL'Ri:/, Mu ch 'll— The Fedoras]
the V 11 ta in a pitcn
c.l battle near Ascension, sixty nitvs
south to iVUunbus. It is reported that
fift. Villistas have be n killed. The
dead includes: Martin Lopez. VilL ?
second in command.
Felipe Martinez, famous Villa (ler:- i
ei at. j
l’he Villistas were entrenched an l 1
had the advantage until their ammuni
tion ran low. Lopez led a charge n
pc: on ami Fedora! machine guns win
ed out the advancing force.
The Federal troop* took the field j
i\ iaj ag > t > stop the Villisti
from i aiding American ranches. ,
METHODIST CHI UCH OFFICERS
HOED HI SI NESS MEETING:
FINANCES IN GOOD SHARE !
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Officers of the Seward Method'! t
Church held a business meeting la.-1
evening to receive the reports ot com
mittees and discuss business matte’5
in connection with the church wor ;
The members of finance committer
present were. Dr. J. H. IJomig, ^ urti.
R. Morford and W. I.. Guy. Mrs
Mathison and Mrs. Estes represented
the Sunday school and the churt h
choir. Reports shower! that up to daV
funds had been received sufficient
meet all present bills and leave a bal
ance in the hands of the treasurer.
Mrs. Estes read a report from th“
Ladies Aid that showed much work
had been done by that organization
and good financial returns receive!.
All other reports were favorable.
The treasurer of the finance com
mitteo was authorized to pay the pro
mium on the church insurance anti tc
pay Mr. W. Jones for his sendee :n
building the fires and seeing that ti e
church was warned for all mootings.
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Seward has a new hotel, in name,
at least. The Fairbanks is hereafter
to be known as the Del Monte, with
din;ng room in connection. James
Paulson remains the proprietor.
The Christian Science Society will
meet tomorrow forenoon at the usual
hour, 11 o’clock, and Sunday School
at 12: 15 o’clock.
Steamer Admiral Farragut has
eight days mail aboard for Seward
from the states.
W. P. Henry will be a passenger
south on the Admiral Farragut. TV
well known interlocutor is going on a
visit to various coast cities.
Peter Heitman and William Chicho
noff, two discharged soldiers from
Fort Liscum who arrived here on the
Alaska, will bo passengers on the Ad
miral Farragut to their home in Ko
diak
By Associated Pres*
JKF PERSON CITY. March 22
■'ifty Democrats of the Missouri leg
si at u re offer to resign if United Stai
*s Senator Reed will resign also. Th*
egislators propose to run again fo
eelection as they suggest Reed shou’
ilso do to force a popular vote on th
Li ague of Nations.
Reed has been attacking the Lea
rue. attacking everything connecte
tvith the peace conference at Paris.
cMiends of the Senator stated t'
iftern >on that Reed would perha:)
lot think of resigning while his on
m es say that he would be wise tor i
le ran aga:n would he snowed unde
:o ;uch a depth that there would n>
•von ho a wiggle left.
The Seward Public Schools yostc.’
lay completed the seventh month •)■'
he nine months term. School w?!
lo. c here the latter part of May.
Bee Sing intends to leave for Ko
liak on the steamer Admiral Farra
gut.
Both the Sunday school and chosi
>f the Methodist church are working
*n programs for Faster.
lohn Dubreil has filed his petitior
tnd is now a candidate for Mayor a’
he eitv ejection to be held Tuesday
Vp.’il 1st.
Virgil Rich was discharged frorr
ho navy last Monday and is now vis
tin ’ relatives in Corvalis, Oregon.
T. B. Vickery advertised a lot fo*
a> in the Gateway for two days anr
Osoar Anderson purcha ed. Advert’s
ing pays.
The first two days of spring have
Seon all to the mustard and the ha’o
meter indicates a rrvld day Sunday.
PI. VN HARBOR CHANGES AT
HONOU LF TO COST $1,000 OOf
Honolulu, T. H., March 11— Plan'
made by the board of harbor commis
sioners call for the expenditure o1
w than ?.1.000,000 for the improve
ment of shipping facilities at Honolu
lu and other territorial ports. Th<
commissioner’s estimate will be sub
nit ted to the legislature by Governoi
C. J. McCarthy.
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IIv Associated Trent*
PARIS, March 22— Premier Clem- ,
cnceau brands as absolutely false t ic
statements published here in various ^
newspapers that he has offeied h.s
resignation to President Poincaiic b •- ,
cause of difference in opinions rela
tive to the Rhine and Australia.
GOLD STRIKE IS
MADE ON YUKON
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• A. M. Kilgore, former United Stat- j
commissioner for the Flat record*
iig district, reached Anchorage last !
evening, and brings additional details J
of the recent gold strike on the. Yukon j
river, says the Anchorage Times of
March 13th. While Judge Kilgore says
he does not \\i*h to start any general
stampede to the scene, he thinks tnero
will be an opportunity for the prof ,
peelers and miners living in .the region
o pot in on the strike and that then ,
« i favoiable prospect in the light of
h. ‘ is now known, that the camp
ii ' take good, with further develop
ien . According to information readi
ng Flat city, prior to Judge Kilgore’? ;
'epa ture, February 27, pay had be n
oca* e d in one hole only on the dis-!
•overy claim on the gold creek. Th
eport stated that there was four fe t
»f dirt that bedrock had not been
•eaeVd. Prospects had been found on
>th: • creeks in the vicinity. Such weP
'cno n mining men in Flat as Henry
lo' aid, Charles Gerhart and A1 Wal
h loft for the strike before Judge K»
gor ’s departure, and the fact tVa4
theto are experienced miners going in
’end rredcnce to the reliability of the
news about the discovery. There is ?. :
^en *ra! stampede on from Flat and
Mit-ir d. Every available dog has beoi
umhased by the stnmpeders. Refovo
he strike was known, dog*, coulf
caroe’y be given away. They now a 1*1
ca * e at fancy prices.
Tho first report about the strike
va brought to Flat by the priest in
•ha g' of th* Holy Cross mission, on
I he Yukon river. He stated that pres
sectors from the Russian mission had
I Seen prospecting the region where tru ,
discovery was made since last suni
me-. Prospects had been found on so**
-»rr' civeks and late in December pm
Sad been located on one long crook.
Su* that the creek had not been bed
•oc* ed. The priest described the cre« k
is being located about forty-two mil*'?
to the northwest of Anvik. The creek
;s a tributary of a tributary of a
•re k that flows into a big navigat)*<
dough that empties into the Yukon
Set ''on the Russian mission and Pi
mu le . The winter route is by way 01
\nvik to the head of the big slough
^ro n thence it is about twelve mile*
wer rather high mountains to the
ooint where the gold discovery wn>
ma le.
The day after Judge Kilgore lef’t
Fla*, he met a fur trader named Cav’.
Carlson, who had just come from Holy
Cro^~ mission. Carlson told the judge
ths: while at the mission, he had pan
ned a pan of dirt that had been
brought from the pay hole on the dis
covery claim on the creek by a half
bre l trader named Walker. The pan
of r!i~t yielded 35 cents. Carlson sa’d
he knew nothing about bedrock being
struck. It is Carlson’s belief that th'»
ground is shallow and wet. Tlu1
halfbreed trader, while at Holy Cross
sent a message to Jerry* Ford, a weak
: thy mining operator and trader, advis
ing him to *epd a man to investigate.
15y Asnociatrd PrcfM»
BULLETIN— Paris, Mar.,
22— A special session of the
United States Congress will
probably be called for the
middle of May. This is about
the time President Wilson
expects to return to Amer
ica. Today President Wilson
stated that he would go
home earlier if the peace
treaty was advanced suffic
iently. The American execu
tive is keeping in close touch
with the home sentiment re- ■
garding the League of Na
tions, through private secre
tary Tumulty and United j
Slates treasurer Glass.
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PRIZE FOR
AIR FIGHT;
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By Associated Press
MELBOURNE, March 22— The
Australian government offers a prize
jf $50,000 for the first successful
flight, Australia to England, under
taken by an Australian.
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AVIATORS LEAVE FOR A
FLIGHT OVER MOUNTAINS
SACREMENTO, March, 22— By A.
P.- - Three army aviators left her?
h> forenoon in an attempt to fly ove.
the Sierra Nevadas to Reno.
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By Associated Press
VLADIVOSTOK, March 22— The
Allies are now taking steps to pro
lect life and property in Siberia in
fa<'C of a revolution which is believed
imminent. There is great unrest
among all classes especially the pea t
ants.
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Ford sent his partner, A1 Walsh, to
i the scene, with a view of taking a
| stock of goods in.
A couple of days later— March 1—
Judge Kilgore met a well known char
• act^r called “Five Dollar Bill”, wh<
was hastening to the strike. “Five
Dolllar Bill” said that four feet of pa>
in thawed ground , had been found or
discovery claim. The ground averaged
he raid, 35 cents to the pan.
The name of the creek could not be
learned, nor could the names of the
| discoverers be obtained. They are said
j to have been prospectors who have
' been living about the Russian mission
, for several years past.
1 Judgf' Kilgore tendered bis resigna
j fioo last October, with the hope of
"''Itinr into the war. The signing of
j fho armistice has blasted his expecta
tions in this respect, and he may lo
j cate on the inlet somewhere and en
gage in the fishing industry. He is a
well-known old-timer in the interior
couptry.
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ARRESTED j
FOR ING
AGITATORS
•i* Associated Pre»a
SAN’ FRANCISCO, March 22— Four!
confessed Russian Bolshevikis were
arrested this forenoon and arc held at
police headquarters on vagrancy
charges ponding deportation. The four
are known to have agitated among
the laboring men especially at the
ship yards. •
STORM
By Associated Press
DENVER, March 22— A sleet.'
now and wind storm is raging east of
here hampering rail and wire traffic.
Part of the Associated Press report
is coming to the coast via Texas and
'•he remainder via the Canadian wires.
FARRAGUT NEARS CORDOVA
Steamer Admiral Farragut is duo j
n Cordova during the night according
to wireless reports. The steamer is
not expected here before late Monday.
Bf Associated Press
PARIS, March 22— The Italian Ul
timatum regarding Fiume an<l other
Dalmatian concessions is causing
much concern .among the peace dele
gates. It is believed that a favorably
solution will be worked out by Presi
dent Wilson, who it is stated, will un
doubtedly have full charge of this
question and settlement.
ANOTHER ULTIMATUM
HALIFAX, March 22— General
Gulielmotti, Italian military attach**
the Italian Embassy at Washington
D. C., speaking here today before a
large gathering, said that the Allies
must choose between Italy and the
Jugo Slavs.
General Gugliemotti stated that
Italy expects France, England and th'*
United States to back that nation up
in the claims for the Dalmation coast.
BRITISH TO GO EASY
LONDON, March 22— Robert Bor
den, British peace delegate, today said
that the British Dominions do not
think that they should take the re
sponsibility in discussing difficulties
of the European nations especially
where England is not directly involv
ed
“The United States is the nation to
arbitrate the majority of the Euro
pean problems,” said Robert Borden,
“and President Wilson is the best ar
bitrator among the delegates now as
sembled in Paris, or even yet to
come."
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By Associated Pre«
SEATTLE, March 22— Ruth Garri
son, the eighteen year old girl who
•onfe sed two days ago to poisoning
Mrs. Grace Storrs, owing to love for
the latter’s husband, was this after
noon removed by Sheriff Jack String
er td the House of Good Shepherd, a
Catholic institution. The sheriff stated'
that the “girl should not remain with
^ho<‘? old hags at the county jail.**
Prosecuting attorney Brown object*
*k1 to the removal saying that Miss
Garrison, although the niece of weal
thy J. D. Esary, should receive the
treatment as other women pris
oners.
<3tp~rc. v*ho arrived yesterday from
easterjt Washington has been charged
“with abduction** pending the outcome
of the poisoning case.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Garrtsoi'
was arraigned and given one week in
which to plead. When brought into
court and asked if she was ready to
plead, the girl cried and also sobbed
when taken to the House of Goo 1
Shepherd.
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JACK JOHNSON IS OFF
TO MEXICO TO FIGHT
HAVANA, March 22— By A. P.—
Jack Johnson has gone to Mexico. Rc
expects to be the leading principal in
several bouts to be staged soon,
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