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COURT ROOM AT
W0B6LIES TRIAL
TO BE CAURDEO
MONTES ANO, Jan.. 24— Thi„ c ty
is jammed witii those coming to ex
tend the wobbiies trial wnich open -
Monday. The court room is to be un
der guard by special deputies, wen
armed, to prevent any possible out
break from either side.
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COMMITTEE Tl RNS DOWN
APPROPRIATION FOR N \' V
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24— By a
margin of one vote the House appro
priations committee refused to ine m*
Ten million dollars in the deficiency
appropriation bill for the Navy De
partment. The Department wanted the
ten million to make necessary repairs
to warships. It is believed 12,00)
navy yarders will be discharged, next
month because the appropriation fail
ed.
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MONEY FOR CABLE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON. Jan., 24— The
House appropriations committee r.as
favorably reported money for ren *vv
ing the Washington- Alaska cable
system.
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SENATOR REED LAFNCIIES
ATTACK AGAINST IIOONFR
WASHINGTON. Jan., 24— Senator
Reed, in the Senate this afternoon,
launched a vigorous attack againsl
what he termed as Herbert HoovmV
self p’-omoted boom for nc pres*
cy. Reed charged Hoover o^e of the
go-betweens of Co’onel House and
high Brit’sh office’s during the ne
gotiat’ons preceding America’s entry
into the war. Senator Reed said Heo
ver was a convenient connecting bnk
because he wrs so close to th* Brit sh
government. Reed challenged an^
member of the Senate who double 1
his statement to induce a resolution
of investigation.
THOUSAND NEW CASES OF
FLU REPORTED IN N. Y. CITY
ME WYORK. Jan. 24— One thous
and new influenza cases have been re
ported here since yesterday. There are
now a total of 2361 cass here.
force bolsto WITHDRAW
LONDON. Jan.. 21— The Lettish
Drops have forced the Bolsheviki for
ces to withdraw from Reshltzn,
n.'lwnv town, sixty’ miles northeast *•.
Dvinsk.
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GRAB BIG PAYROLL
REDBANK, N. J., Jan. 24— TW'“
armed men heM-un and robbed t )Ut
employees of the S^dmund E;sner * o..
on the factroy jjn>unds this noon and
robbed them of the payroll amounting
to $20,000.
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Mrs. Joseph McNeill died of tuber •
culos’s at Co’dfoot leaving a husband
und four »mall children
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 24
There were several heavy and severe
oa thquake shocks feit here during the
night. People rushed from their homes
and for hours were panicky. L :: •*
damage is reported to have been gone
here. Victoria, Bellingham , Nanaimo
end Seattle felt the various shores.
Plato glass windows were broken at
Bellingham.
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SEATTLE FISHERMEN
TO Bl ILD BIG STORAGE
PLANT AT PORT CHATHAM
Construction of a large cold storage
plant to aggregate an expenditure of
5100.000, at Povt Chatham, Alaska to
care for the salmon and halibut catch
in that section, was announced Wed
nesday by O. O. Hvatnm. president of
the Pacific Sea Product Association,
of Seattle sun's the S^att i Post-Intell
igence" of January 8th.
Salmon and halibut catches in pre
vious years have been taken ta Sew
ard, to the p’ant of the Snn Juan Fish
& Packing Company, but fishermen
declare that this plant :s not large
enough to accommodate the catches.
Mr. Hvatum leaves for Port Chat
ham on the next northern voyage of
the Admiral Watson, and he plans tv,
have construction work started ear’c
in February. The plant, he said,
wo’dd have a cold stooge capacity
of 2.000 000 pounds of fish.
Mr. Hvatum hns a Vo b^en elected
president of the F'shing Vess«l
Owner’s Marine Ways. Inc., wluch
operates a ship repairing p'ar.t or
the Salmon hav terminn*s of the port
commission, th"* annua* e*ect;on of nr
f>o «; nf tbe com pop v having bAr*o
he’d Tuesdav afte^on at p;er 8.
H'atem wAs former manager of the
romnar*v. and accented the P' ''s*
Honov of tbe f;»m ip o'xlor to devote
V,-s time t-> b’vMinff thA pew storage
nC the Pacific Sea Products '
soci#,t;on.
officer* e’e^t^d to the F’sh
ip" vessels Owner’s Assovda* on.
v-bif-h f;rm is now repairing ^xty
f^Vr>r* vessA*s at its p*ant. am as
foUow«! 11. A. ^.oodstrom. vice pmv
dent: Jaeob Engdal. see>*etanr-tmp%
i,vr«p npd manager, and W. C. Hurlc'.
A. L'nd'-eg John Heitman and J. B^s
si, directors.
TWO THOUSAND CA SES OF
FLU REPORTED DAILY IN
CHICAGO— 101 DIE IN A DVY
CHICAGO, .Ian., 24— Two thousand
new cases of flu arc reported each dav.
There were 101 deaths reported yes
terday. This is the highest death rat"
since the epidemic started here.
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W K A T II K R R W P O R T
The following U the weather refO»t
for the 21 hours ending at 7 oV»o *U
ttds morning:—
SEWARD 14 above Clear, Ca'm.
Anchorage 16 bc.ow, Cloudy.
Clear.
Hurricane Gulch 6 below, Cloud/,
Clear.
TH;an River 23 below, Cloudy,
Clear.
r>n«rtv.(ysA t6 tHo"'. C^oudv C’enr.
Wasilla 30 IHow. Cloudy. C'ea'*.
M^t^nnslca 2t b°tow. Cl^ar, Ca’m.
Chicknloon 16 below, cicnr, can.
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GUANJD HAPIDS, Mich., Jan., 21- -
Leonard Wood, who is campaigning
here for the presidency, says a so:u
tion of the present problems lies in llu:
application ol‘ the principles of law
and order. The candidate says the gov
ernment must loosen the strangle h old
of taxing legitimate business and m ist
extend America’s trade throughout <u.
world. Wood said the Americans
and not the Hods are going to run .A m
erica.
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[SEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
Ste- nier Alameda sailed westboi id
from Juneau at 9:30 o’clock last n giic
and is due in Cordova tomoriow fixe*
noon. The A’ameda could arrive in
Seward on Monday.
The Christian Science holds ser
vices tomorrow morning at 11 o’cl * ’<
and Sunday school at 12:05 o’clock.
Steamer Admiral Watson
from Valdez at 7:30 o’clock this ino rs
ing and calls at Fidalgo Bay to h ad
ore. The steamer is expected to arrive
at 8 tomoriow morning in Seward
with 200 tons of freight.
w. A. English, who has boon r,
Seward on business for the A. E. <‘.t
and a guest at the Hotel Seward, re
turned to Anchorage on the Gateway
City hmitod th;s morning.
T. B. Robinson, electrician rng*'* •'
here for several weeks, is a passenger
on today’s train for Anchorage .
Frank B^rry has co«^e over from
Anchorage and is working for Hjh n
& Davis, who have a log contract for
the commission.
Fmmet Krefting exnects to go o*'t
to M;1e 52 next week to work for the
commission.
Forestry agent Hanncman left t»*'i
morning on the train for Anchorug* ,
on 1 h”s*ness t**in.
At the meeting of the Women**
chib of Sewa'd heM yesterday after
noon. it was decided to give a mu ie-'h
and dance on St. Valentine’s night. \
program committee was appointed to
take charge of the affair .
Jimm’e Hawkins entertained a num
ber of h;s young friends last night ?r.
ho’ior of h;s guest from Oakland, Ran
dolph Clements.
REWARD LODGE NO., 219 F. <v
V. M., will give a Banquet and r"c< p -
tron on the eve of Washington's birth
day. Fabmary 21st, in their halt.
All Masons and their families are
invited. Washington's birthday is us
ually considered an especial Mason e
day bv ah Masonic lodges but on ac
count of that day falling on Sunday
this y^ar. the exettrscs ave to be iHd
the night of the twenty first.
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GOMPERS ATTACKED BY ONE
OF THE U. S. REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON Jan., 24— Repre
sentative Blanton, of Texas, a Demo
crat, this afternoon urged the enact
ment of the anti-sed’tion legislation.
The representative f’om Texas attack
ed Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation of Labor, for hv
opnosition to the anti- sedit’on leg s*
] at ion and said the Department of La
bor was honeycombed with anarchy.
Wanton declar'd Gompers was ror- pa
triotic and said further that Comers
had sa;d he wouM call a revolution
v-Vion Povost Ma^hai Crowder issued
his “work or f;ght” order. S;x thous
and sfr?kes occurred in Amerca dur
ing the WO'-. sa.;d Blanton and th*»e
Hv and otfior
patriotic labor leaders.
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TO RAISE
FUND FOR
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Alaska is not going to be behind in
anything and although the date has
passed for ra sing funds for the
itooscvclt memorial, Alaskan towns
are just now starting on weir cam
paigns and Seward is going to g r
right in Jino. Juneau, Douglas, Ketchi
kan have havl their Roosevelt memor
ial campaigns, Anchorage is just fin
ishing the campa'gn and other towns
including Seward aie just starting ow
ing to a delay in gett'ng the subscrip
tion blanks, etc.
In Sewa d, the local council of na
tional Defense will have charge of the
campaign and L. V. Ray, chairman ol
the Seward Division of the Council of
Defence, and Wm. H. Whittlesey, sec
retary, have appointed the following
committee to be the active woikois:
George Sexton, Capt. W. 0..Perry, F.
B. Wood, Elmer Friend and the Misses
Jane McNally and Emily Rorgen.
E’ther Monday, Tucrday or \Vr.r4.
nesday night one speech of brief d’:r
ation will be made at the label ty th*?:i
tre in which the object of the mond
ial will be stated, then the commit *o
will solicit subscripFons from $1 up
Certificates will bo issued by Geo ro
Sexton.
The nat;ona! memorial in conirct m
of our late ex-president, Thcadore
Roosevelt is one in which every ma 1
women and child should bo interest <1
in, no matter what ones polices ur
Roosevelt was a thorough 100 p •
cent American and the money rn s i
will all £o towards the erection 01 a
suitable memorial. No one secures any
benefit from the fund, all those intv* -
ested in the work donating ther time
gratis.
rURKEY SIDED WITH THE
GERMANS AFTER CABINE
VOTED TO GO WITH ALLiLS
Constant’nople, Jan., 21— Turkey
*T*Jfied the war on Germany's sole ;\*f
ter the Turkish cabinet had decided to
join with the Allies. This is acco» 1 ; a
to a secret parliamentary commttee.
Enver Pasha, the war minister at th t
li’ae, was responsible ror tne c*<ainv
of front.
WHAT ARE WE COMING TO?
COLUMBIA. S. C., Jan. 24— The
Senate has passed the second bill P*o
h’b:tinir smoking in public eat.n;r
places.
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SFNATOR POINDEXTER TO
MAKE A CAMPAIGN TOUR
FOR THE U. S. PRESIDENCY
SEATTLE Jan. 24— It is report ‘d
Senator Miles Poindexter is to tovt:•
the state of Washington next mon-h
on a pres;dent;al speaking campaign.
Washington Republicans are conceded
a cok'd delegation for the Senator.
Po;ndexter men c'aim that h's cam
paign is gaining grounds in the east.
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ENLISTED men of coast
GUARD TO GET MORE WAGES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— The
House has passed the bill increas;n"
the warns one third of <01 enlisted
men ;n the coast g’ard and na?y re
troactive to lest Ja^mvy 1st.
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LONDON, .Tan. 24— A dispatch
from Ho’Fvn snvs the O*ohs ha™ p”r
rendered G^nc^'a^ Kolchak to the Irku*
tsk revolutions!sts.
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TO TRY TO
FLY TO POLE
LONDON, Jan., 21— John L. ,
commander of the British Impe ial
Antarctic expedition, leaves in Jun •
fo- f vc y a.s m the Antarctic regions.
Three of his party will attempt
reach the south pole by aeroplane
ing f on th • top of the great ba lv* ••
at the Bay of Whales. The plan s c ,f'
equipped with skids to land en the ice.
The explorers will follow the Amund
sen's route and must cros- a ll.Ortn
foot mountain range at a speed of Ot
nvl^s an ho"-, owing to the atmo
sphere conditions.
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MEAT PNCKTNO industry
WILL BE PTSCTTSSED \T
SPOKANE IN COMING WEEK
SPOKANE, Wash. Jnn.. 2t— T/
g;«dnt;on b'-for^1 co^g-ess pffrct,’nrr •• «
nmnt racking industry will bn d1?"" •
ed at tho twenty third nnrur ’ conven
tion of tke American NaV^na* cv**
Stock Associat;on here January 27 ’ >
and 20.
Findings of tbe FedorA] TVe'*
f»n(| fVrt |An'rfliv hfl<\v,rr?
in Washington will bn f»diy n*’osoT**''d
by the Market ComrnitrAo or r*>A n
W’ftt’O’i. pr*^ bv sneakers of ppt»o*v]
inoo'Taeee. T^b^qo onneqe^ to tb° k'*
iskat’on w?N bo rr'v^ry an opporturT'.y
to nroqont tboif v|e*vgt
Amon" 0*hnn pnnqtinnq for ponqbl
nt’on. eroo’,d*nf? to offic*a\s of tbo a■"
5or:"t;ftn. p^e:—
“Federal control of n”b,:e
'otvlq* pri*n'r*;qt~pt*/>n of
oqfqt onccrbln red”rf;r>n in rv’mb«r o*
Sopd of q^ork T^nr*"pitted on fVn n"~
t’O^pd fonoqfqt tuning d**i,’,,’P,f<;. °>>r *
♦Vn fi^O-or^A qtonV-»*p:«!{nr* V»o*nA^tepA
lj?P • r***n»7*n<T in r«n*-innnl pn^l-q^
<‘P;, M >-or,<l T ,nrviq^ nf’op P^d qnnn'An;
*b**entnr|Ad pd^pn^n railroad rates*
;be~*r,rrn of qfo^V ppr«?.
yn^vfij nn livn q^oetr pnrf ir? n ••«
loots: n*-obaVo EM’-nn^ d«Mfl"d f •
•nr*"* n'VN/h'.nfq* imnjvtq frnrp othi'T*
surplus countries; poAnqqft* r..
nn linn q^nnV nn^
iip^Vi^ifiop of i»nno**to*inn of It**.'
'took ped r^Ants f»-o*n eo**nt**leq *’*e~.
'Onfn<*innq fjiqnnqnq PXISt; Orad’Cnt'*»"
of animal d;seases.
TPbn pn-rA-ro-nf nf f^n finn V" n-oV
n~q fn pnnfinnn fVnin potinifipo to n*<"t
^od b^-omdMAts, b**ff—. err"s. rmi’fn’
ond eoAdnnqn^ m;1k. r-'* to mf-p;n
«n*Jnifioq in linnc O* V’?1
ppqq xv'H ponift ’n for d scussion, ,ir_
!ord;nrr to officials.
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rj \|MQ pu M^T> TT A T> r ACT?
qt? ro» n _pm >'Orr no
^»?OT?r TTPTTQp COM^fTTT^
W^qmvr.TON. Jon.. ?4— Jt*o™
<;Anfpt,*VA ,Rndpnb'‘rrr charged A ?T’f
•boP pf+n’-riAv V’«rV.
^v:tuv a ros* of rA,d fAAf hA
fai^d to aiwar vA«*t«rdav b*b'
^nvcn rnlAs ro»nrn;ttAA to Avr»Vn 1t,w
nAA,J f'vr |»nt*-SAdH?nn W*'
IpfJnn Tbo pffo-AAtf c.b’nlfK.^
b«*q v*a"*s in "noting which were read
;o the committee.
SEATTLE, Jan. 24— The Federal
grand juiy hits indicted Captain John
F. 11 ain, formerly District Manager
of the Un ted Stat s Shipping Bond.
The indictment charges that Bla n
received secret com miss.ons from the
Stewart David and Equipment Comp
any, New York, on sales the company
made to the Shipping Board, while
iLa n was distinct manager.
It is alleged the commissions totall
ed approx:mately $10,000.
Capt. B ain had charge of the gov
ernment's g‘gant:c steel shipbuilding
program in Washington and Oregon.
The federal investigators say other
indictments ae coming, the Ri i n
indictment being only the beginning
of the shipyard probe.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 24— Capt. B!aui
lias been ariested and has given a
.>10,000 cash bail and released.
Capt. Biain refused to say any
thing.
Th" indictment changes that Biain
gave h’s commiss:on to his mother-in
law who later returned them to him.
Special agent Schlessinger left for
San Francisco, today to return within
a f w dr.vs when he announced ot*w
inoi tments wouM be returned.
The grand jury reconvenes n *x.
Tuesday and it is stated there wiT* *v*
much work in the shipyard fraud
cases.
rEW YORK, .Tan. 24— Officials of
the Stmvart Davit Equipment todav
denied Biain had received secret com
m Vs;ons from the company as charged
in th* md’etment of the g-and jury nt
Seattle.
Opt. B’ain was fo'*mrtHy ass:sl
ant manager of thA Pac’f'c Co;* ;t
Step.mAh:p Comnany Wth h;s hAad
nunrtors ft Se'tt'e. Eerber he wa.**
in crmmand of the steamer Pennsy1
wh‘eh was operntAd on th*
Vas^a m^te. Prnv*o,,s to rom ng to
♦ho PaA»fic Oa^t, Cant. Biain was
fodo*al iosn^oto” of hid’s and boders
from fTm TVsMn d:stnrt.
C°nt. B’a:n, when the A dm’’1: •
T/no rbF0**hAd the PAc;f*c Co*’ t
Steamsh:p Company, rema»nAd w:tn
thA Admira1 line for seme t’’mo. thm
rns:gn°d erd wo**t into prvate <h'n*
ping, Cna’iv h^n" a^nomted d:strct
maT,aoror of the Sldppmg Boerd an 1
divided h:s t:mA brtt”*een Seattle, Ta
coma and Portland vhe^e the shirn;’
board was construction both woo iAn
ann steel vessels for wer purpose* and
th« Tioir Amercan mArrhant marine.
Cant. Biain made his home in
Seattle.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC ARRIVES
WITH LAST OVERSEAS FORC E
NEW YORK. Jon . 24— The tra—
po’t Northern Pa'nf’C, bringing the
Inst contingent of the A.mern*an exof
d;t;onerv forces and 271 passenger
from th« d;sahtrtd trarsnort PownatsH,
arrived here this forenoon.
WELL KNOWN AUTHOR DEAD
VOTERS. >t Y Jan.. 2*— R"v.
Cv’ais To,,rT,sAT*d Bradv. well fcro«* *
.ifl-'!~*ooal clergyman, died
here this morning.
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