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VOLUME XUL NUMBER 293. _ __—— -- r-- - ■ - - -" -
TAKE TOWN
NO SHOTS
FIRED
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LOS AXGELES, April 2«~ The
City of Guaymus , on the Gulf of Cal
ifornia. was captured April 12th by
5000 Sonora state tioops without a
single shot being fired according to
officers and passengers of a steamer
which arrived here this forenoon. Tht
officers of the steamer also report
that Toi>olobiunpo was also captured
by the Sonora troops.
AtiUTA PRIKTA. April 26— The
state of Manzanillo anil Colima, an
other Pacific port of Mexico, rre men
aced by the revolutionary forces ac
cording to a bulletin received by the
Sonora military officials.
WASHINGTON. April 26— The
revolutionists under Amulfo Gomez
and Federal under General Murgia,
are battling for the possession of the
Tampico Oil fields according to a dis
patch received by Salvador Alvarado,
Sonora representative here.
MEXICO CITY. April 26— The gov
ernment belittles the revolution and
officials say they are crushing the
sporadic outbreak also surrounding
Sonora. The government says only
two other states have shown disloyal
ty. The War Department asserts that
Murgia has defeated Gomez with ))00
casualties at the lampico oil fields.
It is also said that General Obregon,
candidate for Mexican president, is in
flight
AGUA PRIETA, Apiil 26— The
revolutionists report the lampico oil
fields have been cut off by revolution
ary' troops,
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ADMIRAL EVANS ARRIVES
AND GOES TO ANCHORAGE
With 91 passengers aboard for Sew
ard, steamer Admiral Evans arrived in
port last Saturday afternoon at 4 o'
clock and left out at 6 o'clock for Sel
dovia, Port Chatham, Kenai and An
chorage. The Evans had 59 ton> of
freight for here. Principally her en
tire cargo space was taken for cannoi*
ies on Cook Inlet.
Passengers arriving on the Admiral
Evans for Seward were John Austin,
A. J. Erthal, Florence Neligun. E.
Smith, Charles Sanders, L. Thompson,
J). Barnes, John Neddow, E. Rajaich,
N. Grenoll, V. D. Harrison, A. D. Mc
Crimmon, Camille McGowan, B. Moo,
J. C. Hungerford, J. Korcich and 75
steerage.
Those leaving on the Admiral Ev
ans were Ole Loberg, Dan Webb, Mrs.
Jack Renner, Edw. Maitland, Mrs.
Ixmia Shell and baby, Mrs. Joe Rich
ards for Seldovia; M. Dvivch for An
chorage.
Agent Wayne Blue has posted the
Admiral Evans to arrive southbound
tomonow night.
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TRAIN FROM ANCHORAGE
The train from Anchorage got
away at 8 o’clock this morning ac
cording to advices received by Agent
Sweek. There are fifteen passengers
pn tlje train for 8eward.
FIUME, April 20— This city is
again sevorel \ blockaded both by land
and sea following a raid by D’Annun
zio soldiers on Albaazia, west of here.
Forty five horses were stolen from the
regular troops. The blockade is in-.
tended as a punishment by General j
Pomirio against the military com- j
maud of Fiuir
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N O RT H \V ESTER N BRI NT. S
MANY FROM THE SOUTH
With 120 passengeis aboard for
Reward and having 170 tons of freight
or this poit. the steamer Northwcst
rn reached, pore yesterday afternoon
at 1 o'clock. The Northwestern cleared
ou tube uni at 2:30 o’clock this morn
ng. The Northwestern called at noar
v all of the canneries between Ketchi
an and Seward which delayed her in
caching here.
Passenger* arriving on the rMortn
*estcrn wore Mrs. P. M. McMahill,
H. A. Wertz. H. Goddell, J. E. Fern,
T. Davis, F. B. Comp, A. B. Steege,
W. P. Faulke, J. Leftdahl, F. Jones,
Mis. B. A. Good. I. Campbell, J. Smith
J. Toy,. Martin, H. S. Sega, J. P. Jen
sen. .J Leftus, T. Williams, R. B.
Mathison, Jack Mathison, P. J. Mc
Kenzie, U. Mannans, Mrs. G. Dale, E.
J. Hickey, R. Cass and wife, M. G.
Severson. G. H. Kapptz, G. Sloan, 0.
Lowe, A. Ladnar, G. Berry and wife,
M. Brahan, Annie Bern, F. Gough,
Mrs. E. Methewson, Mrs. L. Alsop,
T. J. McManus, Oscar Olson, E. A.
Friend, Sam F. Taylor, Sam Guyot,
W. R. Eubank and wife, H. White, J.
Olimsay, 0. Hager, J. C. Hipfingei,
W. Baird, J. Colburg, Gus Peret, C.
Sayer, J. Luhr, S. D. Sattee and 63
steerage.
Passengers leaving on the North
western were as follows:
For Seattle— J. E. Pendergast, M.
J. Rogers, W. J. Beaver, Corp. W. M.
Hughley, E. . Maddock, Leo M. Kore
ven, J. N. Fuller and wife, C. E. Os
born, William Lowery, C. M. Murphy,
Capt. H. Parker. L. W. Cable, Paul
Harris, Capt. Scott, B. 0. Spangler, P.
H. Crowley and Carl Carlson.
For Juneau— Robert Scott, W. H.
Summers, Oak Olson, J. F. Chamber
lain. l ee Frazer. H. H. Home and
wife, W. A. Webb. Pearl Pitts and
William Johnstone.
For Cordova— William Breeze, r.a
Rodell, Elmer Nyquist, C. W. Felch
and two steerage.
For Ketchikan— Jim Austin, A.
Vorss, John Barker and wife, J. B.
Brown , Stanley Barker, C. C. Elder,
R. Sinclair, N. J. Florence, 0. Peter
son, Ed Belmont, J. F. McGillvray.
For LaTouche— Mrs. Gus Manthy,
Miss . Clarke, J. J. Waich and seven
steerage.
For Valdez— James Truitt, J. C.
Gucker ami Joe Burke.
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ROBERTS BACK IN SEWARD
H. 0. Roberts, local manager of the
San Juan Canning and Packing Com
pany, returned north on the North
western and is again at his old Head
quarters, the Hotel Seward. Mr. Rob
erts will remain here all summer al
ternately once in a while and going to
Saw Mill bay where his company also
has another plant.
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J. C. Hipfinger, who has been nam
«*d Deputy United States Marshal at
Talkeetna. arrived from Valdez on
the Northwestern, registered at the
Hotel Overland, and left for his sta
tion on today’s train. Mr. Hipfinger
is well known in Seward having been
a resident here several years ago.
STATEMENT BY HERROJI
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Charles E. Herron, candidate for
National Committeeman, has prepared
a statement which follows. One thing
a person must admit, and that i-i Hei
ron lays bare certain facts, regardless
of consequences, and that much must
be said of in his behalf. Mr. Herron is
well known in this section of Ala> . v
and the following atatement . will
therefore perhaps be read with a
great deal of interest:
My political opponents and personal
enemies have very unfairly used the
business affairs ot the Kachemak Can
ning company, of which 1 am the un
fortunate piesident, in their strenuous
campaign to defeat me for republican
national committeeman. While it is
not my policy to defend myself, as I
am kept fairly busy defending my
friends, I will merely make a state
ment of facts in order to disabuse the
public and give my opponents further
ammunition for use in their futile
bombardment.
1 frankly admit that, in the same
fishing boat with thousands of othois,
the Kachomak Canning company owes
money. If this is a crime, then we arc
guilty. There are hundreds of men in
Anchorage today who own stock in
various mining, oil and even fishing
companies which have gone to the
wall on account of various rensoa*.
Again 1 admit that the Katchemuk
Canning company owes money, but
will not go to the wall, and will pay
dollar for dollar of what it owes. As
president of the company 1 have con
tracted debts— all ot which will be
paid, not by myself, but by the comp
any which 1 represent.
For the benefit of the public I will
briefly outline the business operations
of this company which, through the
misstatements and underhanded me
thods used by my opponents, has be
come a by-word ir. the political areas
of Alaska.
The much-talked-of fish company
packed 7,000 barrels of herring at
Halibut cove during the winter of 1917
-1*. The pack was shipped to Seattle
for sale. We employed approximately
sixty men at the Halibut cove plant,
which packed the herring under the
supervision of an official from the
government fisheries department. Due
to a marine mishap to the Admiral
Evans en route north from Seattle we
were delayed over thirty days in get
ting the pack to the Seattle market.
The shipment reached Seattle about
March 1st, more than thirty days late.
In the meantime the herring market
had dropped to the lowest level
known in year. Not only ourselves but
numerous other herring packers were
affected by the drop in price. Some
were forced to sell at a gieat loss;
others held their packs in storage.
At that time the company owed ap
proximately $45,000 for labor and sup
plies. We succeeded in mortgaging the
herring pack to the Scandinavian Am
erican Hank of Seattle for $35,000,
with which we liquidated our debts as
far as possible. This left the company
owing about $9,000, distributed among
three Anrhomge merchants, one Sel
dovia morohant and eight laborers liv
ing in Anchorage. This is the total
indebtedness of the Kachcmak Can
ning company in Alaska. I have per
sonally paid off as much of this in
debtedness as I was able to. I have
rot received one single dollar for my
time and services as president. Neith
er have I taken advantage of the op
portunity to throw the company into
the hands of a receiver and brought
suit for my own money, which I was
perfectly justified in doing. My inten
tion all the time was, and still is, to
pay off every single dollar this comp
any owes. Again I repeat that the
company will pay all debts, and furth
er this will be done throught my indi
vidual efforts.
In this respect I am in a position
to authoritatively state that I am, till
date, in receipt of a telegram from the
Pittsburgh stockholders, who control
the company, authorizing me to dis
pose of enough property in the wav of
boats seines, buildings and other
equipment , as I see fit in order to
clean the slate of Anchorage debts.
M'ADOO IS
FOR FREE
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| WASHINGTON, April 2G— Reply- j
ing to u questionnaire sent to all i
1 presidential candidates, William Mc
Adoo, as a private citizen, declares '
the tax laws should be simplified and
a distinction made between earned and
i unearned incomes. Mr. McAdoo is op
posed to all tax on free bonds. He
also favors regulations of monopolist
ic control of corporations by interstate
commerce, and opposes any abridg- (
ment of right or free speech of press
or assembly .
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VLADIVOSTOK. April 26— The
International Railroad Board has
made a formal complaint to the Allied
powers against the action of tlio Jap
anese military violation of the railway
agreement and interference of work
men and communications.
MANILA, April 26— The cruiser
New Orleans has been ordered to Vla
divostok according to an official an
nouncement here this afternoon.
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CANADA DEFEATS I*. S.
ANTWERP, April 26— The Cana
dian team defeated the United States
five in a hard fought hockey game
by two to nothing. The Swedish team
defeated the French team by a score
of four to nothing.
As the company owns property con
servatively estimated at $40,000 at
Halibut cove and other points, con
sisting of buildings, docks, dories,
gas boats, scows and other equipment,
can readily be seen, even to the most
pessimistic, that the much-abused
creditors of the Kachcmak Canning
company will be paid, and paid in full.
Representing the company, I make
this public statement. Under the cii
cumstances of an especially stringent
money market and no sale for fish I
have done absolutely the very best
that I could . I have* no regrets for my
apparent failure, which was no fault
of my own. The creditors have all
been advised of my intentions and for
the benefit of my political opponents,
will state that these same creditors
are perfectly satisfied.
My enemies are perfectly welcome
to any satisfaction they are able to de
rive from these facts: I further will
welcome the continuation of the un
just and unfair campaign along the
same line of chicanery they have pre
viously resorted to. The underhanded
methods so far pursued have not only
proven futile, but are reacting as a
boomerang.
My advice is for them to go to it
and spill the beans. I am going to
cany Anchorage, and, moreover, will
be elected national committeeman re
gardless of their efforts to corrupt
public opinion.
I have done the best I could and
have no regrets to offer. Perhaps I
have made mistakes in the fishing
business. Perhaps I have used the
wrong fish bait and have come to
realize that I am not a fisherman and
hereafter will “cut bait” in the polit
ical game, ever looking to the best in
terests of Anchorage and this vicinity.
In the meantime the creditors of the
Kachomak Canning company well
know they w;li b° na?d in full.
CHARLES E. HERRON.
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* GEN. SEWARD DEAD *
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* AUBURN, N. V., April 2G— *
* General William II. Seward, aged
* 81 years of age, son of Secre- *
* tary Seward, who negotiated the
,! porch a.*'* of Alaska died here this
non. General Seward ,
* hanker and director in many of
* the largest corporations in the
* United States.
WHO IS JACK M’BRIDE
J. C. McBride, candidate for Na
tional committeeman from Alaska, is
one of the best known Alaskans in the
southern section. Mr. McBride has
been for years the head of one of the
largest stores in Juneau, handling ev
erything but gioceries and gents and
ladies furnishings. Never has a man,
during the past 25 years, gone into
the great establishment managed by
McBride, made a request for goods,
and been turned down, no mattei
whether he asked foi credit or had the
money. Mr McBride never lost an ac
count, he sized his men up properly,
extended credit and in due time was
renumerated. It is such business men
like J. C. McBride who has built Ju
neau. Scores of fishermen especially
h. gone to McBride asked for gear,
etc., and without a cent, obtained what
they needed. They always found a
friend in McBride and as before men
tioned he made friends and was nev
er wrong in his judgement.
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SUNDAY SERMON
In the series of seimons on the par
ables of Jesus, Ilov. Duane Earl Cart
er took for the basis of his discourse,
last evening the parables of the mus
tard seed and the leaven recorded in
the thirteenth chapter of Matthew.
These parables are preceded by the
parable of the wheat and the tares.
“Jesus saw in his time, as we may
see even today,” said Rev. Carter, “the
good and the bad growing side by
side in the same community. He re
presents the workers for good by
wheat, and the workers of evil by tar
es. In those times, as today, those
striving for the betterment of the
community felt so annoyed by the
persistent efforts of the evil ones that
they were prone to root them out of
the community. But the Master said
no; go on with your good work, the
spirit of revenge developed in your
heart in rooting out the evil by force
will endanger, if not utterly destroy
some of the good. Save th<* wheat and
the tares will eventually get what is
coming to them.”
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FUR MARKET DROPS
George Goshaw, furman who has
been in Seward several days, receiv
ed advices Yesterday both from New
York and St. Louis that the fur mar
ket had been shot too pieces. Accord
ing to the cables, furs had dropped
from 30 to 39 per cent. Many of the
smaller skins which have been selling
from $2 50 to $5, took a great drop
and are a g*ut on the market at 50 to
60 cents.
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CORDOVA, April 2G— (Special to
| the Gateway)— Earle Jameison,
newspaperman, and the first Alaskan
to see semce over seas, wired today
j from Seattle the following:
“Meeting held here by tw’enty five
1 former residents of Alaska, now’ re
| .Ming in Seattle, at office of William
Gilmore, endorsed Herron, Valentine
and Reed and they pledged Alaska's
1 vote for General Wood for President,
i Senator Borah charges that the Wood
I campaign is financed by the Dupont
Pow’der Company and the Remington
Arms Company. Charles E. Herron
was present at the meeting and pledg
ed all Federal offices in Alaska to
Seattle Alaskans the members of the
!fth Division of Alaska.
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: STRIKE A
BLUNDER
CLEVELAND, April 26— Samuel
Gompers, in an address to all feder
ations, says victories have been won
without a party and he reasserted for
the Non-partisan political party. Mr.
Gompers denounced the switchmen’s
strike and said it was the biggest
blunder every pulled by laboring men.
NEW YORK, April 26— There is
a steady break-up in the railroad
strike. It is reported the men fear the
black list and this is causing hundreds
to return to their jobs.
CHICAGO, April 26— Railroad
managers report the railroad trail v
is ninety per cent normal.
WASHINGTON, April 26— The
Railroad Labor Board has refused to
hear the demands of the Kansas City
yardmen. Their grievcnces have not
conformed with the proceedings of
law as other cases.
NEW YORK, April 26— Two
thousand workers have been expelled
from unions for participation in the
unauthorized strike. This is the state
ment issued by Edward McHugh,
chairman of the strikers committee.
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WATSON IS POSTPONED
SEATTLE, April 26— The sailing
of the Admiral Watson has been post
poned until Tuesday forenoon.
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ALL IS QUIET AT BUTTE
BUTTE April 26— Mining has re
sumed normal conditions. A1 is quiet
in this district, the radical strike lead
ers having mysteriously lef
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SEWARD 44, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 40, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 40, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 45, Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 40 Pt. Cloudy, Calm.
Deadhorse 30. Calm.
’-Hian 26, Clear, Calm.
Hurricane 22. Clear, Calm.
Summit 28, Clear, North.
Baines 20, Clear, Calm.
H^aV 45 CHear, East.
N**nana 40, Clear. East.
Fairbanks 33, Clear, Calm.