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WASHINGTON , April 2— Post
masters and business men are holding
a convention here to devise means or
increasing postal efficiency.
Postmaster General Burleson, ad
dressing the convention said that th-*
war and the high war work too’:
thousands of postal employees thus
lowering the Department’s previous
high standing and efficiency.
Mr. Burleson stated that the De
partment sold 80 per cent of the War
Savings stamps.
By Associat'd Press
SEATTLE, April 2— The Post-In
telligencer in a special dispatch from
Washington today says that Senator
Wesley L. Jones wrote to Postmaster
General Burleson saying that he hoped
the Post Office Department would not
overlook experiments in Alaska in the
aeroplane mail service.
“When the Senate considered the
Post Office appropriation. ” wrote
Senator Jones, “it included SSOO.OOO
for aeroplane experiments. I inserted
an-amondment stating that some of'
this appropriation could be used in
Alaska.
“Aeroplanes could carry mail to
many Alaska towns which get no mail
and I suggested an experimental ser
vice between Seattle, Ketchikan , Ju
neau, Sitka and Skagway. Several
navy planes now at Seattle are avail
able for this experimental mail ser
vice by air.*’
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WICK WILL
CONTEST
JUNEAU. April 2— James Wicker
sham has arrived here and will per
sonally manage his own contest of the
delegateship election.
Wickersham says that he is justi
fied in making his attack on Secretary
of the Interior Lane owing to the in
adequate showing of the Alaskan TTn
gineering Commission.
Wickersham claims that the appro
priation is certain at the extra session
of Congress and work will not be re
tarded.
According to private advices from
Washington, D. C., received by fir;
Gateway, the $4,000,000 appropriation
will be granted by the extra session
By Associated Press
MEXICO CITY. April 2— Chief of
Staff Salvador Gomez denied todav
the report from Washington , D. C.,
that the Japanese have purchased
lands in Lower California. Gen. Go
mez stated that the Mexican govern
ment is not authorized to permit for
eigners getting large and extensive
land holdings.
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LADIES AID TO MEET
The business meeting of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Methodist Chur.h
will be held in the Sunday school room
tomorrow (Thursday) at 2 o’clock. Of
ficers will be elected for the new term
and all members of the Aid Society
arc asked to attend, also new members
are invited.
of congress without doubt. The rail
way Administration "has asked for
$2o0.000,000 and a sufficient sum will
be taken from this appropriation to
complete the government railroad in
Alaska, according to the same advices.
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TWO BOATS
FOR NORTH
By Associated Fresa
SEATTLE, April 2— Steamer Ad
miral Watson sailed at 9 o’clock last
night with approximately 250 pass* n
gers, including many for various can
neries in Alaska.
Sewait! passengers were as follows*
Mrs. C. S. Trout, H. R. Robinson and
wife, Frank Nyberg and John Alla*.
For Anchorage, to land at Sewari,
Mrs. F. Duncan.
ALAMEDA TOMORROW
SEATTLE, April 2— Steamer Ala
meda sails at 9 o’clock tomorrow
morning and will have approximately
300 passengers including steerage for
various canneries.
The Seward passengers aboard the
Alameda will be Rev. George J. Zinn,
Bert O’Brien, J. J. Murray, Mrs
Cor^en and 11 steerage.
ALASKA NEARING SEWARD
Steamer Alaska sailed from Cor
dova at 2:30 o’clock this morning ano
is due to arrive in Valdez at 6:30 o'
clock this evening. It will probably
early tomoiTOW forenoon before the
Alaska reaches here, it all depending
upon what cannery calls will be made
between Valdez and Seward.
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SHORT TIME
NOTES FOR
NEXT; LOAN
The Victory loan campaign opens
April 21st and closes May 10 accord
ing to advices received this forenoon
by both of the Seward banks from
Governor Lynch, head of the Twelfth
Reserve Banking District. The issue
will consist of notes of the same de
nominations as previous loans, $50,
$100, $500 and $1,000, but not over
five year duration instead of longer
terms bonds as in former loans which
were ten years up to 30 years.
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WEATHER REPORT
The following in the weather re
port for the 24 hours ending at 7 o’'
clock this rooming:
SEWARD 44, cloudy, calm.
Anchorage 26, Pt. cloudy, calm.
Matanuska 32, clear, calm.
Chickaloon 34, cloudy, calm.
Wasilla 34, cloudy, calm.
Talkeetna 36, calm.
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TWENTY SEVEN COMING
ON TONIGHT’S TRAIN
Twenty seven from Anchorage are •
aboard the train which is due late this
evening. The train left this morning
at 7 o’clock for the north end taking
out few passengers.
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12,000 ARRIVE HOME
NEW YORK, April 2— Twelve
thousand, five hundred soldiers arriv
ed today aboard the transport Levia
thian.
CHAMBERLIN
ELECTED
MAYOR
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Mayor .. .. E. E. Chamberlin
Councilmen ....—J. L. Graet.
H Melvin A. Horner.
* Arthur H. McNeer.
Treasurer. Hugh Dougherty.
Clerk ..C. A. Estes.
City Attorney.-..Carl A liny
School Director . J. M.Sloan.
The above were chosen as city and
school officers at the election heM
yesterday in Seward. The election wria
a spirited one, created much interest
from many view points and stirred up
considerable feeling. There were 272
votes cast for city offices, with 201
having registered, and 2G6 votes caat
in the school election.
The following is the vote polled by
to various candidates in the city a ad
those who were written in:—
. FOR MAYOR.
E. E. Chamberlin 131.
H. V. Hoben 112.
John Dubreuil 21.
FOR COUNCILMEN
J. L. Graef 102.
Melvin A. Horner 1G0.
Arthur McNeer 155
Charles A. Crawford 122.
Frank J. Cotter 101.
Jim Robertson 1.
FOR CITY CLERK
C. A. Estes 211.
Florence McNeer
Miss V. Coffey 1.
Mrs Gilmour 1.
FOR CITY TREASURER
Hugh Dougherty 178.
Florence McNeer -U.
Esther Urbach 4.
Jane McNally
Cal Brosius 1.
H. S. Balderston t.
FOR CITY ATTORNEY
Carl Almy 73.
L. V. Ray l*.
S. 0. Morford 8.
J. Lindley Green l.
H. Lein I.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
For 81.
Against 150.
There were no Candidates for City
Attorney and those polling votes had
their names written in, Mr. Almy win
ning.
The city council will meet and can
vass the votes tonight at 8 o’clock at
the fire hall and the new council wiM
undoubtedly hold their first session
next Monday night.
Seward’s next council will now be
composed of the following; Mayor, E.
E. Chamberlain; councilmen, elected.
Horner, McNeer and Graef; hold-ov
ers, S. M. Graff , E. L. Whittemore
and Erich Lucas.
Mayor-elect E. E. Chamberlin,
old-timer, is too well known in Seward
to need any special mention.
C. A. Estes, is a young man , well
liked, employed as the head of the
clothing department at Brown & Hav
kins..
Melvin A. Horner has been in Sew
ard for a number of years, is active
in fraternal affairs, the fire depart
ment and is the present manager of
the Hotel Seward.
Arthur McNeer is connected with
the Sap Juan Company in an import
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LEONARD MY FIGHT
KANSAS CITY, April 2— Denny
Leonard, the lightweight pugilistic
champion, has received an offer of
$20,000 from a Tacoma, Wash., pro
moter for a bout with Lew Edwards,
an Australian, at Manila on July 4
next. The offer is being seriously con* !
sidered by Leonard.
By Associated Press
PARIS. April 2— Reports received
by the French foreign office state the
Bolsheviki movement has been unsuc
cessful in German-Austria.
The Vienna railroad strike has end
ed the men being out only a few hours.
It is believed that the Allies will
soon resume diplomatic relations with
Hungary.
’ant position.
J. L. Graef, re-elected, is the hari*
ware man.
Hugh Dougherty is a property hold
er and engaged in the real estate busi
ness.
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ELECTION AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU April 2— The Welfare
ticket , headed by “Dolly” Gray, for
Mayor, was elcctcn -'Wday over the
Citizens ticket header v. Emory* Val
entine, by a large majority. The elec
tion was bitterly contested.
CORDOVA ELECTION
CORDOVA, April 2— There was
no interest in the municipal election
here yesterday and the following
ticket was elected without opposition:
Mayor, A. J. Adams; Councilmen, M.
Brock, J. E. Currier, W. R. Hillery,
Fred Haef, A. J. McConnell and Jark
Sapiro; treasurer, Thomas Scott;
clerk, K. G. Robinson; school director,
Nathaniel Green.
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TELEGRAPH RATES GO UP
Increased rates on the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph lines of
20 per cent over existing rates werD
effective April 1st, also a war tax of
ten cents per message where tolls are
over fifty cents; a tax of five cents on
messages where tolls are fourteen to
fifty cents inclusive, effective April
first. The rates on the cable System
remain the same except where 10c war
tax applies,
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By Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 2— The wets won
by a tremendous majority in yester
day’s election voting 391,000 to 144,
000 against the drys.
The so-called “personal liberty”
leaders stated today that this vote
marks the beginning of a campaign
to repudiate national prohibition and
said that there would be no let up in
the protest until the people’s freedom
is restored to them.
The Anti- Saloon League officials,
in a statement today, said that they
were not surprised at the result of the
vote as no fight was made by the Lea
gue.
“The efforts of the Chicago wets,
concludes the statement,” is a plan to
terrorize Congress and is little short
of seditious.”
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BOWERS SELLS TO RICH
H. A. Bowers has sold his interest
in the 0. K. Barber shop to his part
ner W. E. Rich, and will leave for
Mexico on the next sailing of the
steamer Alameda. W. E. Rich will con
tinue in the same location.
Mr. Bowers will go from Seward,
after a residence of three years, *o
Folsom, Cal., where he will join his
brother-in-law, Andrew Turner, with
the California Gold Mining Company.
From Folsom Mr. Bowers will ac
company Mr. Turner to San Juan,
Mexico, and get into the mining game.
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Four Keys on a chain have been
found and turned into the Gatewa/
where the owner can have property
by proving same.