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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
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TouJMK XIV. M MISER 184.
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SAN FRANCISCO, °ct.. 22— ». M.
Folsom t»>i4ii»*r I*»«l«xivil Fuel Admin-.j
<Sfi*ator of the W< ir n tab's told the ;
Common Wealth did* in aa address ,
last night laat th » V4.;»hu* si P! ’> j
i uel oil is being rapidly exhaust* u
that the i ... ■ >. ■ * *u 'lNM' ’
less hydio-eleclric energy was sub- j
>titnted internationally to supply com- !
bustion for engines now deriving their
power from oil fuel. The present sj>
tem of boilers in steam engines must j
he banished. He further st
the situation was rapidly becoming ;
there serious ami critical for the ind;
H*ct consumer of the independent oil
products. The Pacific Coast is at the |
present time dependent upon oil and »
more than seventy percent of the oh ,
used is consumed by heat and light .
plants.
SOME
FACTS
WORTH
KNOWING
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J. E. Patton, who recently returned
to Valdez from Latouche, where he
has been at work on his property, say
the Ladysmith Smelting & Mining
corporation has a large force at work
in the erection of the new concentrat
or, which is nearly completed.
The company has purchased the
electrical outfit of the Reynolds com-,
pauy. Which has been installed. The
sawn?ill purchased last year from C.
R. Crnwfoid is running full blast, cut
ting timbers used in the buildings and
in the mine. The mine has a capa
city- of 20,000 feet. A new boiler has
been added, and other improvements
made.
i’iiis property will be ^ne of the
largest in Piincc William Sound, as
soon as contemplated improvements
an mat*. ?. It has a laige body of ore
in sight, and it is stated" by Mr. Pat-j
ton that the company is engaged in
skirting the ore body to determine the
extent.
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
Don’t forget the dance Saturday
n ght at the Oddfellows Hall. Every
body who can dance is going. Join the
bunch and have a good time. Splendid
music and good floor.
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Eventually OIL Why not Now?
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bbl.ER (SKADK COAL
IN NENANA DISTRICT
A bettor grade of coal is now be
ing mined from he coal fields in the j
\amity of Neman than at any prcvi
< v* tine*. according to iniormat*or |
r,-,>jrr» hut Ivyause of difficulties !
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•• ... u ‘d i" t<ansnorlation exten
s’\'e mining cannot be done in that
vicinity at tin* present time. The big-;
go<t opeiators are located near Hea’y,
and the completion of the bridge •
across the Nenana river this summer
..ms opened a loute of transportation
f oin Healy to Nenana. Along with
ihe other industries of the interior, j
howo.tn*, there can be no extensive;
devdojment of tlio coal* in that sec-!
;<a i.ntil the completion of the gov-i
f rnmen* railroad.
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LILLY FOUND GUILTY
AT JUNEAU OF MURDER
OF BILLY WOODWORTH :
After being out 1 hour ami 40 '
minutes, the jury in the case of the
United h tales against E. C. Lilly, in
which th' defendant is charged with
the murder of Billy Woodworth, of
Juneau, returned a verdict of “Guilty
of murder in the first degree, without
capital punishment.” John B. Mar-»
shall, attorney for the defense, in- :
uicated that he would appeal the
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case to the circuit court of appeals,
on rulings of the court.
At the conclusion of the presecu-'
tion’s case, counsel for the defense
adced for a non-suiton the ground
that tin* government had not made
out a case. Judge Jennings, after
hearing arguments, took the matter
under i dvisement ov£r night and yes
ter lay lulcd against the defense. Mr.
Marshall then asked the court to in
struct the jury to bring in a verdict
of not guilty on the ground that the
evidence was not sufficient to warrant
a conviction. 4 This the court refused
Exceptions to the rulings of the*
«».ert were allowed. The defense then
announced that it had no evidence to
to offer and the attorneys proceeded
to argue the case. Mr. Marshall for
the defense and J. C. Smyser, United |
States attorney, for the prosecution.
The time for pronouncing sentence
was not set, as the defense will first
bo given the usual time in which to
prepare for an appeal. Under the
•aw the only sentence possible for the
court to impose is that of life impris
omnent.
! ELMER A. FRIEND AT DOUGLAS
Elmer A. Friend, former editor of
Hie Gateway at Seward, Alaska, was
visiting in Douglas October .15th. Mr; |
Friend recently resigned his position
ivtli the paper and has not yet located
but will take a rest for a time.
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Eventually Oil. Why not Now?
MORE (.OTTON DESTROYED
EARLE. Ark., Oct., 22— The plan.
>f the Earle Compre.t, Company a1
Aio town and .ix thou'.ami bales o,
#
•otton were destroyed by fire last
night. The fire is believed to have boei
>1 iuvoiuliury nature and the loss h
estimated at over six hundred thous
ti <1 dollars.
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LON DU.' COAL Ui\FUS
Tlie minors of South Wales hav
..'A' t'. lie1 National Miners Federation
vO < ail a conference s to consider the
wiiir.ita1..a! of an labor (iota the coai
Miiaes. 'Ihe mines are now being kept
•»P >n by specially assigned crows the
•v iti mn vai of which would render iue
pits usol* .is for the resumption Ox
work. , ,
EARTH QUAivE RECORDED
VICTORIA, Oct., 22— The seismo
graph at Gonzales observator last
night recorded an earth quake disturb
ance of consideiable intensity. It is
thought that the disturbance occured
on the Alaska Peninsula.
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SHOE PRICES TO DROP
ST. LOUIS, Oct., 22— Delegates
attending the conference of the Weat
ern Association of shoe wholesalers
predicted today a further decline in
shoe prices.
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VERA CRUZ TIED UP
MEXICO CITY, Oct., 22— All of
the tiaffic at the Port of Vera Cruz,
has been stopped by a stevedores
strike. The action taken by the steve
dores may result in a nation wide
strike.
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RENEW INVESTIGATION
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CHICAGO, Oct., 22— The Grand
Jury today resumed its investigation
of the baseball gambling charges. It
is particulasly investigating the'pools
formed by the alleged gamblers. Elev
en indictments, including eight against
former White Sox players are expect
ed.
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CABINET RESIGNS
f STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct., 22—
The entiie Swedish cabinet resigned
today.
SENATOR REED TALKS
KANSAS CITY, Oct., 22— Senator
Reed who hired a hall - in this place
last night at his own expense declar
ed that if Cox is elected that he fear
ed the influence of President \
and that if Harding is elected he fear
ed the influence of Root and the In
ternational Bankers. He further said
that the countries interests demanded
that every good man possible be elect
ed to the Senate so that the body could
spurn every form of internationlism.
BRIDGE CLUB TO MEET
Tomorrow afternoon 'the Bridge
Club will* meet at Mrs. McNeers prom*
ptly at two o'clock. ,
Wanted one complete eil drUUag eititt
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SHY OF FUNDS
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NEW YORK, Oct. 22— James. G.
Blaine, eastern tresurer for the Re
publicans broadcasted an appeal last
night for more funds. He declared that
the difficulty of getting into success
ful action was limited by the scarcity
of money for expenses and that the
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plan of limiting contributions to one
thousand dollars was a poor one be
cause it enabled the expenses to accu
miiatc rapidly. •
The Republican Committee has been
forced to borrow money for campaign
purposes.
Suffering from about thirty wounds
on his body inflicted by a big brown
ji*ar at Hoonah Sound last Thursday,
Charlie James a nineteen year old na
tive boy was brought to Juneau on
jie Hstebeth recently. He was placed
in the U. S. Government Hospital for
treatment by Dr. L. 1*. Dawes. The
young man was attended by Dr. W. J.
Pigg of Sitka after he was injured and
the extent of his injuries was no^
itnown up until late as the wounds
had not yet been redressed.
In a statement to Dr. Dawes James
said he was hunting deer with a small
calibre rifle when he was attached by
a female brown bear with two cubs.
,!'• filed as the, animal came town ids
him but was unable to stop heV. H
was knocked dowp and the bear picuei
him up in her mouth by the back and
shoulder and was tarrying hi
when her attention was attracted by
Harold Bailey. James was rescued b;.
Bailey, who put the bear to flight
but was badly injured.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 42 Cloudy Brisk North.
Anchorage 31 Cloudy North.
Matanuska 42 Cloudy Strong hast.
Ciiickaiouii 36 Cloudy East.
Wasilla 38 Cloudy East.
Talkeetna 38 Cloudy East. .
Goldcreck 30 Cloudy N. E.
Hurricane 26 Cloudy North.
Hurricane 26 Cloudy North.
Healy 30 Cloudy East.
Nenana 10 Cloudy East.
Fairbanks 15 Cloudy East. j
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BARRACK NOTES
The Army Educational school, in
Anchorage has commenced its second*
term. Both thq commercial and ace
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demic classes are well represented.
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Most of-the locaijboys will take ad
vantage of the vocational training a
vocatod by Uncle Sam.
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Private Obcrlander has returned
from Anchorage. He reports fhat the
boys of that town are busy biiilding
. gymnasium.
Two soldiers hunted up the line, .
Their names I have forgotten
They say the hunting's fine,
- But finding* very rotten.
A few more weeks and company B.
will be able to celebrate the anniver
sary of its landing in* Alaska.
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Ae we Dough boys Sour Dough
boys ? Hit it and take it. Bugler blow
taps. '
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Betel Seward but Never buk,
REINDEER WILL
BE ALONG ROAD
Broad Pass Country Has Feed for
Millions of Deer— Herds to
Be Sent There.
That there is room for millions of
reindeer to feed in the Broad Pass
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country along the right of way of
die government railway, is the opin
ion of W. T. Lopp, superintendent of
the Bureau of Education for Alaska,
who was in Juneau this week.
Mr. I.opp has been in the Broad
Pas-? lourtry and rode over it on
horse-back. He was sent there by
the government to ascertain if there
was reindeer moss for winter feed for
reindeer. He found there was feed for
millions of the deer there.
lie made the statement that
either ibis fall or early next spring
: erds of deer will he; driven to the
Broad Pass country from the head of
the iuisknkwim, the nearest rein
u;er i tat .on. Some of the deer will
be herds of private owners, while
others will he government deer that
will be l iven to the native.^ of that
section*
JVii'g adjacent to the government
railway the# deer will be the near
est to the markets of the East. In
;;ui« nnny of them will bo driven to
the raiboad and slaughtered in the
win ter time, and shipped, to not only
the coast cities of Alaska but to
the markets in the States, without
being put in cold storage.
Mi. l.dpp who visited in Juneau
for-a few days, left for his head
juartprs at Seattle by way of Ketch
ikan, where he will remain a short
t!m«.
(i)ouglas Island News)
$ More than $400,000 worth of Si
berian furs were sold to the great fur
merchants of America, England and
France by the Hibbard-Swenson Co., .
of Seattle, in its epochal sale the fore
part of last week, which was attended
by representatives of 28 different
houses. Another sale of Hibbard
Swenson furs from Siberia will be held
later when almost $300,000 worth will
be auctioned. The first sale, according
to American and foreign buyers yes
t;’7 day, established Seattle as the lead
ing market of the world for furs of |
high grade, and the seepnd sale will j
strehgthen the port’s grip on that po- i
sitidn. The sales last week represent-1
ed a drop of from 20 to 30 per. cent
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from last year’s prices. Buyers were
present from New York and other
Eastern titie* N
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Favorable climatic conditions, abun
dance of food and procacwU.n from out
side interference make the islands of
southeastern Uaska especially suited
for the fox farming business. Very
recently farmer.* occupied several isl
ands to restock the fox farms . among
the; islands to lia^e this industry be
ing Indian and Lemcseur Islands.
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Although the population of Gasti
netu Channel, sections in Alaska hrs
never gone be/^nd the four-figure
point, the enterprising citizens of that
country do not accept the govern
ments estimate 0/ their numbers as
final, and placed reliance on figures
recently compiled by a directoiy com
pany, which cred.ts the Gaslincau
Channel with 6334 people, an increase
of 17 per cent since the federal census
was taken last winter, according to
word received yesterday by the Alaska
Bureau of the Seattle Chamber 'of
Commerce. • *
Remember the Straw Vote Crnhit,
ISEWARD SNAPSHOTS!
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ALL ABOABD
The Gateway limited pulled out of
the yards on schedule time this morn
ing with'every coach practically fill
ed. Commercial men, show people, An
chorageites, and Seward citizens
bound for Anchorage and way points.
Mayor Chamberlin toting a grip fill
ed with clean collars and speeches
was one of the many. He will journey
. tiie end of the railroad and while
journeying will talk to the voters v
aiong the way and incidentally intro
duce them to the new member of the
Senate. Bobby Mack and the Misses
Siownell and Courtney of tne k.
olio w Co. which showed here last night
at the A. B. Hall were among those
bound for Anchorage. M. M. Thomp
son and wife, J. J. Jeffries, J. T. Coul
*on, Mrs. It. Seeger, 'Miss Jennie Mc
iUmus, Mis. M. E. Gilmour, R. D.
Chase and John Robinson all of the
A. E. C. said goodbye to their friends
in the Terminal City and returned to
Anchorage. E. J. Reardon of the Road
Commission was on the train bound
xor kenai Lake and J. M. Meyer who
.s in charge of the road work was
booked through to Anchorage.
A GOOD SHOW
The A. B. hall was filled last night
with an interested and enthusiastic
gathering of people who came to see
the Ellis Show company. The show
was kood. The dancing and singing
numtjers of the Misses Bronell and
Courtney were all clever and the un
animous encores given after each act,
spontaneous and sincere. Bobby Mack
pulled some good comedy in the go
betweens. His take off of the Parson
and the Hop Head were particularly
well acted.
From beginning to end the show
was interesting and amusing. The
jokes were new and the music catchy.
Mrs. McNeer demonstrated her wond
erful ability as a pianist throughout
the entire show by handling the many
changes in the musical program as if
she had accompanied the Ellis Com
pany all season.
The show was a success. The peo
ple enjoyed it It was a decided change
from the reel to the real movie and it
is to be hoped that the Ellis tf>mpany ..
will find the time to play a return
jngagement on their way out .
They left this morning for* Anchor
age where they will give two shows at
the Empress.
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Regular meeting of the Pioneers
Order tonight, at 8 P. M. Pioneers
Hall.
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Arthur Meighan, premier of Cana*
da, a representative of President Wil*
’ son, yet to be named, and all of the
senators and congrehsmen from this
slate will attend the dinner to be giv* •*
an here Dej. 1 to celebrate the 26th
anniversary of the organisation of the
Yukon order of Pioneers at Fort Yu
kon. The banquet will be given in the
Masonic Temple. Attendance will be
limited to 750. The money will be
composed entirely of Alaska products, .
including reindeer meat from Seward
Peninsula; beets from Skagway; daps
from Cordova; fish from Ketchikan; •>
potatoes from Matanuska and floor
from the first floor mill in the Tanena
Valley..
Suhacdhe for the (gateway.
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