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Lieut. Cnt. Tolman and Lieut.
Thomas Finnegan of Seward, are anx
ious to be given an opportunity to
demonstrate the feasibility ot an at.
plane mail service throughout Alas
ka. Both are in the aviation service,
and both made good at the training
camps. Lieut Tolman was among the
first to join the aviation sendee a ire.
the war was declared, and he quickly
became so ef licit nt that he was re
tained throughout the war as a train
er at American aviation training
fields.
Doth Lieut. Tolman and Lieut, hn
negun feel certain that airplanes
would be practicable as mail carrieis
in Alaska. Both of them have had
years of experience in various parts
of Alaska, and speak with experience.
Lieut. Tolmnn spent a number «*(
years at Nome with hi> parents, and
then moved to Seward where his fa
ther was game warden for many
years. He has been all over the Ter
ritory and is familiar with it unde:*
both Summer and Winter conditions,
Lieut. Finnigan is a brother
Capt. J. J. Finnegan of Juneau, and
has spent years along the coast ot
the Third Division and in the Inter
ior. He has been with the aviation
service for some time, and won h*s
commission in the Army some
months ago by his work on the train
ing fields.
Lieut. Finnegan writing to Capt.
Finnegan about the plans of Lieut
Tolman anil himself, say's:
“From now on there will be little
training done at the various aviation
fields, and some fields will be dis
continued entirely. The Government
has more training planes than It can
possibly use and many of them are |
equipped with Hespano- Suiza motors
just the thing for an experimental
tryout. These planes will travel pn
miles per hour and can he easily
constructed with runners for landing
on snow and also with an auxi'ary
givs tank, so as to be in the air tor rt
lea-t six hours. We tiguie the tram
will take mail to Anchorage and from
there, or any place where there is a
frozen lake so as to make a ‘take-off
we could go to Fairbanks in three anc
a ha’f houre.
“If this could be put through and
the affair started as soon as possible,
Crit and 1 would like to he recom
mended for the experimental work.
We think we a.*e fitted for this mom
than any other flyers on account or
our knowledge o/ the country and it?
—editions.
“Tho machines could ho shinned thi<
Winter and wo could make several
trial trips in March and April and '
then, after proving it to be a success,
wo would anolv for the Liberty motor,
which would carry 600 pounds of
mail. The Hespano will cam* 200 lbs.,
without in the least overloading it.
“A an experimental requirement
we weujd need not lew than fiv*
machines, but would prefer ten.
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mediately we could make our trial trip
on the IStii of .March an-1 i also think
we are the logical ones for the job.
It would be hut a small mattei to ex
tend the rort*1 to Nome and other in
terior point- after once established.
“Pn not think this is a pipe dream
because it would, bo the easiest thing
imaginable if 'Vashington wouh sanc
tion it and give us the opportunity or
proving our contention.”
My Associated Press
CHICA(;0. .Jan., 14— Over 100)
delegates representing practically ev
ery Intnmtional Union and Centra'
Labor Congress are in attendance at
the International Workers Defens*
Leagve cont’erenc hen t*> adopt plan
i for obtaining new trial for Mooney
and Millings, implicated in the bond
throwing cast* at San Uranci ro ir
1918. The radical element is well re
presented. Delegates were cheered
when mention of a strike to enforce
the demands were made.
TROOPSHIP IS IN
DISTRESS
By Associated Press
VANCOUVER. P>. (\. Jan., 14—
The hip British Troopship Prot ila»:
carryinp 2000 Siberian bound Car ad ,
ian troops, has sent a wireless (all foi
assistance. The Protsilaus was near
ing Vladivostok when her pr«-pello* I
, dropped off.
The British Cruiser Kent is report
ed hurrying to the scene.
VICTORIA, Jan., 14— It is under
stood that the Protsilaus, having met
with a mishap bound to Vladivostok,
is proceeding on her journey under
her own steam.
H \NEMAN r.OINC /VWAV
I. C. Ha noman, of tho Forestry of
fice in Seward, will leave on the fiwt
train for Anchorage. Mr. Hanemar
"ill be absent on business for perhap s
three or four weeks and the forestry
offi.*e here will be closed during that
time.
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TRAIN OFT TOMORROW,
train for Anchorage "dll leave to
morrow moaning at 9 o’clock accord
ing to official announcement this aft
ernoon.
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GERMANY
liy Associated Bret**
1JKUUN, Jan., 14— Order ha^ been
o»mp! tely restored in cities outsid %
of Berlin, where the Sparticans es
ablished themselves.
Forty-five Bolshevikis have been
arrested in various places an l one
leader has been killed, several .nind
od. All Sparticans are bein^ di armen
as quickly as they are arrested.
It is announced that Dresden will
forcibly prevent elections to the Nat
ional Assembly as Ion** as the Ger
mans are not united .
EUROPE SMELLS OF FISH
STOCKHOLM, Jan., 14— Smell oi
fish is all over Europe. In all homes,
except where they have much cash,
the sniffy pervasive aroma is mani
fest. Fats are scarce. In Sweden the
government decrees that all the lard
of hogs and the suet and tallow of
cattle and sheep must be handed over
to the food administration. Before the
government passes out these fats
they are mixed with fish oil.
Pork chops can be bought. But nc*
strips of fat go with these chops.
Whale oil butter is sold in Norway.
Looks like cow’s butter, yellow and
golden. Passes for butter— till you
taste it.
LONDON, .lan., 14— Gr«s* Brit
ain, to assist provisional gove’.iioe■*.
>f Russia has established a nos
hie basis, at fixed rate of exchange ol
10 rondo to 1 pound sterling. Money
thus i reived will he deposited in th •
Rank f England as a reserve to in
suit* .nvertibility of Russia’s notes
nto .«• erling at the above rate*.
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Ca.it. MoAlpine was taken to Yai*
lez last night by officers to appeal
opfoi-o the next grand jury on a
charge of “embezzlement by servant.’
William Coppemoll, former attor
ney of Seward, arrived on last ingot’s
.train and is on the Alameda for th?
date.1. Mr. Coppemoll recently re ign
ed as U. S. Commissioner at Talkert
na.
* Harry Leland, manager for the Yu
kon Gold Company at Flat City, ar
rived on the train last night and is a
passenger on the Alameda for his
homo in Seatlo.
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Dr. H. H. Beck and his sister, ar
rivals on the Admiral Watson, have
taken one of the cottages on Third
avenue between Adams and Washing
ton.
Attorney I;. V. Ray returned from
Anchorage on last night’s train.
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F. B. Wood, former postmaster at
\nchorage, recently at LaTouche, re
turned from the latter place on th?
Alameda and is a guest at the Sextos.
J. R. Herxer is registered at the
[ Sexton having come in on the train
last night.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan., 14— The
Bolsheviki agitation in the United
States is not promising of reaching a
stage of open disorder according to
the Department of Justice. 'Hie move
ment at present is mainly in New
York City but hundreds of Secret Ser
vice agents throughout the country
are watching those with Bolsheviki
I tendencies.
i BOLSHEVIKIS EXPELLED
VIENNA, Jan., 14— This city ha:
expelled a large band of Russian Boi*
; shevikis within the past two days. The
i men have been told to clear out, and
they have.
BUENOS AIRES DISORDERS
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 14— Dis
turbances have been on for tin* past
24 hours notwithstanding that 800
Bolshevikis have boon arrested. Shot-;
have frequently heen fired from win-1
A train for Anchorage will leave to*
SPICER IS FOUND INSANE
R. F. Spicer, who left Seward on
the Admiral Watson, was taken in
charge by federal authorities upon ar
rival at Valdez and yesterday ho was
adjudged insane and will bo sent to
Morr.ingside on the Ala'meda.
Spicer was around Seward for sev
eral weeks, but a delusion that ho was
drugged at Cordova a couple <nl years
ago while a juryman has been prey
ing on his mind , and lately he had
been both on a still and loud hunt foi
the scalp of the Guggenheims. Spice*
was watched while in Seward but ap
peared to be harmless but the authori
ties at Valdez, who were also on the j
watch for him, gathered him in upon !
his arrival there and concluded that
a rest at Momingsidc would be most
beneficial.
OLI) TIMERS ARE
WITHOUT PENSION ( ASH
Pensions for pioneer women and
men of the Territory are hold up, j
awaiting an appropriation from the
coming session of the legislature. 1
The pensions are paid in quarterly in
stallments, and the payment due on
the first of the year can not be paid.
The next payment, on March 1, w’tl j
also have to be passed until the legis
lature acts. This wall place the depen
dents of the Territory out of money
for nearly six months.
The drain on this appropriation hn>
been exceedingly heavy during the
past year, which carried the total be
yond the expectations of the legislat
ure. As there has always been an un
animous opinion among legislators
favoring these appropriations, there
will be little trouble in securing an
emergency appropriation from the Te
; gislature.
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LONDON, Jan., British Scien
ists are looking to the day when coal
will be unavailable for fuel and rcc
ommending the growing of those
, plants which will produce starch and
sugar that can be converted into al
cohol to supplement petrol as motive
nowfcr.
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GENEVA. Jan., 14— The R evolut
ionists forced an entry into (hand
Duchess Marie’s palace at Luxemburr
last Friday and demanded that she
abdicate. She refused, according to a f
v'ic^s reaching here today, on the
ground that Parliament had r t
(guested her to abdicate.
It is reported that the Poling
against her is the result o1' the ;v *
hat she received the Kaiser a" I ’he
Crown Prince and also permitted h
; is ter to become engaged to the Cro\ i
Prince of Ruppercht. The people d >
•ire to he independent of Gorman con
trol.
AMERICA AND
JAPAN AGREE
By Associated Press
TOKIO, Jap., 14— It is report:* !
that America and Japan have r< ach< i
in agreement regarding a joint con
| trot over the Chinese-Siberinn rail
ways. The railroad systems will be op
erated under a joint commission v !tli
I John F. Stevens as president of the
commission.
CORDOVA GETS ADVERTISING
Cordova is receiving a great amount
>f advertising which according o ar
rivals on the Alameda, will rebound
to that city's discredit. For instance,
passengers for Cordova from Seattle
nust pay an additional $25 for o tick
^t. This $25 is for the purpose o*‘ nay
:ng the expenses of the Quarantine a!
Cordova. Also , no matter if ore has
had the flu , or is perfectly healthy,
whether they are only going through
Cordova or remain there, all aiv v’*
iect to ten days in the cannerv • ':i
*he wharf which has been called "Tb
Hillside Inn.” The cannery is th * no*.-*
house or detention station. Chinu *"*
little children, white men. whit*
men are all dumped together in :*. log
room, for ten days quarantine. 1 i
stated that several of the passe nj.
arriving at Cordova have been n the
five weeks, at their own expome but
under guard.
FOR PROHIBITION.
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 14— The
states of Washington. Arkansas and
Indiana have ratified the federal
hibition amendment during the nr si
seven days. There are now 26 states
ratifying the amendment.
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1*\ AhVIl'iitlrd IH'.s.l
PARIS, Jan., 14 —President WiUon
is considering a sp akinij tour of tin*
United State v’sitiiuj many cities and
po .sibly extending iii^ trip to the Pac
ific Coast..Thie trip will piobahiy r>e
te.hen after the adjournment of Oon
pre. • ra*ly in March. President VVd.
son will have time for this tour in
the United States before returning .»
Europe.
The object of the tour, accordihif
to announcement of President Wilson
is to inform 4A • country reprardine t‘:<‘
proceedings of the conferences in Par
is: sound out and encourage public
sentiment rep-nj.Jincf the fourteen
peace principle* which the American
president feels has been acclaimed I v
the European masse-'. Pro idenf W -
son’s friends believe that the popubir
expressions in Europe have had a
fjreat influence upon European states
men.
TO Cl YE OFT NEWS
PARIS, Jan., 14— A joint pre’u
conimuique is tohe issued for all n-t
ions regarding the peace conferences.
Horotofor the French and British cor
rspondents had access to more new-;
than the Americans. President Wilson
made such a strong hol'er that the e-»
tnblishment of the g moral press bur
eau ha- re ulted. President Wilson al
so t*>ld I! concerned 'hat he vrou! 1
himself give out certain news to the
100 or more American correspondent *
now in Paris, regardless of what tne
communique issued. Preside*!4 W’l -on
will communicate with the American
newspapermen through Ray Stannard
Baker, a magazine writer, who has
been named publicity agent. The Pres
dent will give details of the meetings
to Mr. Bakov which avo not contained
in the communique.
RUSSIA MAY GET IN
PARIS, Jan., 14— Russia may he
represented at the first formal pear'
meeting according to announcment to
day.
MAY EXTEND ARMISTICE
T \RTC\ Jan., 14— Germany may be
"rn’ ted pm extension of the armistice
if the German commercial ships a«*
-v rendered to transport troops homo.
Ti';- ran he accent rHshed by the ex
c\ ange of ships for food.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS .
PARTS. Jan.. 14-— The League of
y**P‘ons will mob ibly be the first mat
ter before the peace conference. The
del gate - pve planning to work twelve
hours a day if necessary.
T. A. Davidson, registered from the
Kuskokwim. is a guest at the Hotel
Seward.
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