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SKtVAKI), ALASKA. I IJIDAY. Jl l.Y 23- 1919. _.__ -— .
VOLUME Mil- M MB! N St. _■ __» _- 1
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TAYLOR IS
TO GO ON
SHORE
This is Chi* f Steward “Teddy"
Taylo' V last voyage to Alaska Joob;*
hi v :n an\ > • a ht ! i.- came in ^
teamship Alas
k;t. the news quickly *pr* ad that he
had dec Mod to give up hi- sea career
ami Im it.* in tho master*. cabin of a
big land hotel.
In connect*on with .1. A. Farnham*
formerly of the St. Char' *s and othe
hotels in Seattle* "Teddy" has pur
chased the lease* good will* furniture
and equipment of the Hotel Atwood,
a new and thoroughly modern budding
with rooms* loeat «l on Fii-t Avenue
and Fine St toot* in Seattle* the deal
being consummated on July loth. The
popular chief steward n- now bidding
goodbye to his friend.- throughout the
North and immediately upon his ie*
turn to Seattle will take up the active
management of the hotel jointly with
Mr. Farnham.
Edward Ta> lor. which is his rca1
name- i> one of he best known sea far ,
ing m**n on the Pacific Coast. He came
to th** coast in first going with !
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.* and
late* with th*' Ala ka Commercial Co *
and it was with the lust named cor
poration* when he was chief stewaid ,
of the steamship Portland* remaining
with this ship for ten years* she was
wrecked at Spile l-’an*i- near Ketrhi* I
kan* and the wreck was taken over hy
the Ala-ka Coast Co. Afterward she
was ashore at Entrance Island near
Nanaimo and • n.tily v.a- a total loss
when wrecked near Katalla in P.MO.
Taylor was on board during each o *
these three mishap- as well a.- hav
ing charge of the passengers during
the memorable fifty-six days in 1JW2
when th*' Portland \va frozen lip in
Per ing Sea.
About eight years ago he tran.-'er
red from the Admiral kino to tlm
Alaska Steamship Co. and more re
cently has been chief steward of the
Northwestern Mariposa and Ala V
He knows the territory like an open
book and has a speaking acquaint
ance with pi act YaP v every oldtimc**
in the North* >o he w I be sorely miss
ed by those who travel hack and forth
on the different steam-hips especially
on the steamer Alaska* his last pos
ition.
He and his partner have entirely
refurnished *he Hotel Atwood and in
cluded in the dearrangement is a litt’'
Igloo for the exclusive entertainmon
of retired sourdoughs.
OFF FOR THE EAST
Russell Wool soy is a passenger
■;outh on the >tea»ner Alaska nn his
way ea't on an important business
ileal. Mr. Woolsey expects to return to
Seward witjhin six weeks or two
months.
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K \CEROSKY IN TOWN
Johnny Kacerosky arrived on th'*
train this morning from Hopo and is
’egistcred at the Hotel Overland. Mr.
Kacerosky is interested in mining pro
perty in the Hope section.
liv \ssnciated Pros*
P.ITTK- July 2o The larg u* min
ing com panic.*- »n the Unite district to
day jo ted notices annouming an in
11. ase «>f >1 a day in wages for mem*
hers of »0 InhoV unions. The now
cab- is ret oa< • ivo on July 1st. I nious
accenting this new scale are i\i|iiiro<t
tu > t ’ ail di put* without involving
*!i< companies. KIc\en thousand men
a e affectetl.
The M tal Trades are left out of
the increa e hecause the members re
jected the companies offer several
days ago on account of the settlement
plan for future disputes.
l.ONI'ON- J dv (■Correspon
dence of Hie A oi at* d Press)—
Race riot - in tie* northern part of
Kngland and Wa'es have created .1
stir throughout tin* country* principal
ly becauso of tin* »*.)%•**!ty of such oc
currences in these islands.
Normal'y there are few negroes ot
aliens with c!o *'d skins to he seen in
Great Ibitain but the exigencies ot
war caused the importation of a larg.
number cf them to work on scapo*
docks and to 1 remit the ranks of man
ual laborer *p!**ated by the call fot
fight:ng m n. Th y \v. r-• brought from
various pa t <»•■ t h * wor'd, i^outh Afri
ca and tin* \V» -t Indies supplying tin
bulk of them.
Repatr’ it on <*f these colored men
has b cn slow with tin* consequence
that many demobilized Itritish oldier-.
have had what to them seemed the bu
ter experience of >reing strangers en
gaged at prof ’able employment whPe
they* themselv s* looked in vain for
work.
Resentment over this state of af
fairs quickly developed into hatred
whin the soldiers obs " ved that the
st 1 angers were trying to cultivate the
acquaintance of white girls. A number
»f negroes took white wives.
\ medical officer in the troubled
ms both from a health and econo
mic point of view, and asserts that
:00-000 demoholized men are still
{ without employment while negroes ar<
*m ployed. “Is this not a gross in just*
ice?" he asks. *‘h i- nothing less than
niquitous that the men who haw
fought for their country should find
ho j d>> fhey n»*cd occupied by ne
groes.** „ -
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\OMIR \L W \TSO\ DI E
AT I IN THE MORNTNC
Steamer Admiral Watson is ducto
arrive in port at 4 o’clock tomorrow
morning. The steamer goes from Sew
| anl to Anchorage and other Cook In*
lot ports* returning here via Alitak
and Kodiak.
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alask v takes salmon
Steamer Alaska took 1000 cases of
salmon aboard from the plant of the
San Juan and also a full cold storage
of frozen fish. The fish is consigned to
Seattle.
LONDON. July 25—The first dim
mer of the after-the* year era is pas*
sing as a mere ghost ol tho old Lon
don social season which lormoriN L>
three months after Faster tiunshum
cd lUdgravia and .May fail into a ■» v*
taele hy day and night.
In other years* hofoie tin' *'ur
wrought it ; changes, the early w *ek
of summer saw the great^London imus
•*s thrown opi n for entertainment on a
M ale which no other European capita!
knew. Their blazing windows at night
told of reception and (lances on a
giand scale, t ourt was held at Ihu •»
ingham palace with an army of on’
forms and jewels making an unsur
passable show. Uy day the entire \Y -i
End was packed with cars and carri
ages taking the women of soci -tv
about for their calls and shopping.
There have beep foil'* blank yerAs
from lDlo to 1010- and now most of
thi establishments of the ducal and
»ld landed families who were the pil
lars of the declining regime are clo
od. or their lives are ordered to a quiet
and subdued tone. Not a few. bear tli
sign “For Sale” or “To Let”, testify
ing to the devastation of old fortune:
through war taxation or the retire
ment of families in mourning.
Nearly all of the social fixtures a»v
missing this year. No courts are being
hold at the palace for that presenta
tion to royalty of debuntes and other
whi-h gave them tho formal sea! »i
rank among the socially elect. One big
garden party is to take tho p ao’ °i
hose. The shepharding of the cxclus
■ v<* world into the royal enclosure :v
the Ascot race£ has b *en almost t}u
only semi-official gathering of sociotv
and pressure upon the Lord < baud'.m
Iain’s office for admission con q»rd
|y it vn more fierce than hereto
fore.
To tho stranger London may seen*
’ jvrdy and even gay, but :t is a rest an
ant and theatregoing liveliness like
he customary life of New York and
l‘a»is. The war profiteer* are spend’u *v
recklessly in their way. but among oh1
*asbion°d people there is a genera1
sentiment that display is not in ha*
many with the times- and for many i’
would bo impossible if they desired it.
Kvrn the restaurant life is much
’ -urtailed. Suppers have been eliminat
! ed and there are barely a dozen places
in thm largest metropolis of the world
found onen later than ten o’clock. The
midnight wayfarer sees women in eve
ning dress with men in fluards \ ni
i f0vm or formal black buying coffee
•in.l sandwishes at a sidewalk coffee
tall elbowing with a crowd of saddiers
•ahmon and miscellaneous night wand*
»ivrs. a picture undreamable for old
I ,omlon.
Still* with its.life war-shorn of much
‘hat was almost sacred to its ancient
aristocracy* England could never ho
Otherwise than picturesque and far?
nating. The Derby came into its own
•ura;n as the greatest popular sporting
n*ent of the world* as Ascot is tho
most patrician in its atmosphere. Th '
Guards regiment performed the histor
ic ceremony of trooping the colors in
Hyde Park on the King’s birthday* al
fhough in dull khaki instead of the ohl
array of scarlet and blue. Tho coach
with the sleek four in-hand starts from
Piccadilly for Pichmond with the stirr
‘ ing flourish of the horn although there
has been none on the Brighton road
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><v' Associated Press
NEW YORK. July 25— The first
iik«» of aerial mail pilots began th:s
morning none appealing to carry the
mail from New York to Chicago.
This strike follows the postal de
partment's refusal to reinstate two
pilots discharged for refusing to tak *
out planes last Tuesday on account of
the heavy fog.
It is understood that Cleveland mail
aviators are also on a strike charging
that the planes an* poorly equipped
and are dangerous.
STRIKE SETTLED
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LONDON. July 2.7— It is offic
ially announced this afternoon
that the strike of 2.70-000 coal
miners in the British Isles has
been settled.
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WEATHER REPORT
The following is tin* weather rc
• •o?*t for tin* 21 hours e nding at 7 o’
’ock this morning:
Seward 70* (’’ear. North.
Matanuska .78- Clear. Calm.
Wa^iUa 00. Clean Calm.
Anchorage .74. Clear. Calm.
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\LI. FRENCH RESERVISTS
WILL BE DEMOROL1ZED
BY MIDDLE OF OCTOBER
PARIS- July 25— All reservists
the French Army will he demobilized
by the middle of October according to
official announcement today.
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Ml TINY DISORDERS DENIED
PARIS. July 25— Rumors of a mu
viny and disorders among the Jugo
slavs ha- been officially denied from
‘be headquarters at Laibach.
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ROBERT BRIDLES QEITS
SEATTLE- July 25— President Rob
•rt Biidgos- of the port commission
■•'signed today. Mr. Bridges said thav
he |K)it commission was under polit
ical control. Bridges has been in the
ninority on the commission recently,
le has been recognized as one of the
fading authorities on port problems.
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THIEYINT. 1 NT.ON DON
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1 ONDON- July 25— Thieving- has I
ncr^ased immeasurably throughout
England «onco the end of hostilities
•.rid Vas > ikon on many novel forms.
Recently- two large oil paintings were
stolen from the wall of a country
house in Sevenoaks- a Surrey village, j
The owner had invited a distinguished
oarty to view the pictures- hut when ■
they entered the temporary gallery
there were no pictures.
One picture was a half length por
trait of Queen Elizabeth painted ir.
1600- and the other of a man filling
his pipe- also a large canvas.
Corporal IT. TL Ttahlrr- a member :
of tlm signal corps stationed at Sitka-!
recently passed an examination for ad
mittance to the bar. and is now a full
fledged attorney.
since Alfred Vanderbilt drove that
course.
Boating* cricket* tennis and golf
have burst forth with renewed enthu
siam after four years of sports fam
| ne. The Thames from London to Ox
ford and beyond is a long winding pa
geant of pleasure craft with white
flannelled young boatmen and rain
bow- tipted dresse everywhere. -
The hundreds of young Americans
j at Oxford and Cambridge are learning
I a university life new to them* where
students come to do everything but
study in term time* and save their
\g>oks for vacations.
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PARTY IN CCILV
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HAVANA. July J — A new po* *
* liticnl parly has been formed in
* Cuba with a platform for non-in
terference of other nation s in f ir
' ha’s affairs.
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paukkr m:\ns nvir so( um
NKW YORK- July 25— Alton Ik
Parker lias been elected president of
the Nati >nal t'ivic federation, succeed- i
jng V. Kverit Macy. who retires be
cause of )K>or health* i< is announced
here today. The federation Has widen
ed the scope of its activity by consid
eration of numerous reconstruction
and labor problems and a campaign
against bolshevism- which includes v\
investigation of text books on history
and economics used in American
sc bools and cojleges.
By Associated Press
COBLKNZ- July 25— The American
Army Intelligence officers have ar
rested sixty Germans from Oolong**.
Berlin and other cities. The arrests
were made in connection with a plot to
defraud the American government or
millions of marks by eliminating com
petition at the auction sales of arm>
supplies.
sKitiors rfvoi.t of
mint \kv fokcf.s is
RFPORTKO IN CROATIA
PARIS* July 25— Official advice®
were receive!I her*1 today ot a serio11>
mill it ary revolt in t roatia. I he mov*
merit is for the seperation from Seibn
and the formation of a Republic. The
militar y officers are ripping off then
insignias from their uniforms. The ar
my is in a state of dissolution. Soldier®
in several towns have proclaimed an
independent Republic. Serbians ar*»
trving to suppress the revolution by
lo>al 11 oops.
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\V1<’KERSHAM IS GIVEN
RIGHT TO MAKE CONTEST
WASHINGTON. July 25— The
House elections committee has report
ed /avo]ably on a resolution permit
ting James Wickersham to contest
Delegate Grigsby’s seat. Mi* . Wick
ersham has been given ninety clays
and then the hearing of the case will
begin.
ER \NCE WILE SOON
HOLD BIG ELECTIONS
PARIS- July 25— Elections for the
new French Parliament will probably
occur in October, undoubtedly on the
12th. Six hundred Deputies are to be
elected. The election of Senators will
occur on November 23rd.
GARRISON REVOLTS
GRATZ* SYRIA- July 25— Violent
combats occurred Tuesday at Marbu’ g
where the garrison revolted as the re
sult of dissatisfaction over demoboli*
zation. Thirty were killed and many
wore wounded.
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ARGRICULTURAL BILL
IS SIGNED BY WILSON
WASHINGTON. July 25— President
Wilson this afternoon signed the agri
cultural bill.
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FREIGHTER CORDOVA
ON KOTZERUE SOUND
SEATTLE. July 25— According to
a wireless report received here, the
freighter Cordova reached Deering on
Kotzebue Sound- Alaska last Wednes
day night, being the first steamer to
arrive there this year.
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By .Associated Press
WASHINGTON* July 25— It was
announced at the White House this af
ternoon that President Wilson docs
not intend to present the defensive
treaty with France to the Senate until
he returns from a tour of the United
States. Upon his return he will pre
sent the treaty and this will be ac*
companied by an explanatory address.
WASHINGTON. July 25— A clash
is expected in the Senate over the
President’s failure to submit the
French treaty.
WASHINGTON. July 25— It is in
dicated that President Wilson will
start his westward trip about August
10th.
WASHINGTON. July 25— Repub
lican leaders plan to set aside the trea
ty forconsideration of the treaty with
Columbia under which the United
States is to pay $25,000 000 for dam
ages from acquisition of the Panama
canal zone.
ARKANSAS SENATOR IS
BLOCKING LODGE’S MOVE
WASHINGTON. July 25— Senator*
Tx>dpe today offered a resolution ask
ing President Wilson to submit to th^
Senate the treaty by which America
agrees to aid France in event of an at
tack by Germany. Senator Robinson*
of Arkansas, blocked the immediate
consideration of the resoultion.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE. July 25^- Fish prices at
noon today were as follows:— halibut
eleven and one half cents; sable* sit
cents; ling and red cod* five cents.
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