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==-SBWAtfD. ALASKA. SATURDAY, JULY 24.1920. __fENlKNTO_Pg» COPT
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ROOSE\ KLT RESIGNS
WASHINGTON. Jul\ 24— Frank
lin D. Roosevelt formally presented
his resignation today as assistant sec
retary of tin* navy to take effect
August 9th, the date of his formal no
tification of the nomination for the
Vioe-Pdesidency on the Democratic
National ticket.
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AMERICAN TEAM WINNERS
ANTWERP, July 24— The Ameri
can trapshooters won the tinal Olym
pic event with ’>47 out oi 800; Belgium
>econd with ’>0-'>; Sweden •»*H). Britain
4S4 and Canada 474.
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STEAMER NEWS
Steamer Admiral Evans is due in
Seward tonight at 8 o’clock according
to advices received by Agent Wayne
Blue.
Steamer Aiameoa sailed north irom
Ketchikan at 8 o’clock this morning
and should report out of Juneau to
morrow afternoon early.
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WILL BEGIN AT ONCE THE
ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS
LONDON, July 24— A Moscow
wireless notifies Poland that the Sov
iet command has boon ordered to im
mediately bop in armist'cc negotia
tions.
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CAMP MAKES A FIND
K. B. Camp, the soldier po**t, who
was in Seward two months ago. writ
es M. A. Horner, of the Hotel Seward,
from Snug Harbor, that he and his
partner, O. Palka, have returned I roni
the head of the Cresson river country
after a five weeks trip. They found
good prospects and are tracing a lead
which promises good pay dirt.
Camp says he will secure more sup
plies and will remain in the Cressor
river country for the winter.
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Lavonia Stotko went out to Mile 31
this morning to visit the Rosnesf
family for a
TORONTO. July 24— Converted
by an evangelist, Ainell Love, aged
22 yea is, a prosperous farmer, tcxlay
confessed to having murdered his mo
ther '0’’en yvars ago. the crime foi
which his father was hanged. Love
said he clubbed his mother too death
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because she reprimanded him foi keep
ing bad company. Love was one of the
principal witnesses against his fathe;
at the trial. The evidence was mostly
circumstantial. The police are investi
gating the particulars.
LOUISVILLE, July 24— Thurkhan
Bates, aged 10 years, recently enlist
e<l. was arrested at Camp Zacherv
Tuyior today as the result of boasts
that ho had killed Elijah Sergeant, a!
Whitesburg, Kentucky, for whost
murder Bates’ brother, l riah, wa.
sentenced to life imprisonment and
another brother, Robert, was held foi
trial. The murder grew out of a love
affair between Uriah Bates and Ser
grant’s daughter. The marriage liven
* was obtained but Sergeant had it
revoked. Later the mutiliated body of
Sergeant was found in the mountains.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 60. Clear, Calm.
Anchorage 50, Pt. Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 60, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 58, Clear, Calm.
War'll a 56, Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 60, Clear, Calm.
(ioMcreek 54. Clear, Calm,
i Hurricane 48, Clear, Calm.
Summit 40, Clear, Calm.
Pains 42. Clear. Calm,
fealy 58, Clear, Calm.
Xenana 60, Clear, North.
Fairbanks 60, Cloudy, (’aim.
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Train master Cunningham came ir
on a freight this morning and will re
main here several days.
Dr. Baughman went out on the
train this morning to Mile 23.
Andy Simons returned out the lint
on the morning train.
Frank F. Young, who has been ou
i the line on business for several days
came in on a morning freight train
MEXICAN OIL EXPORTS IN
1920 GREATEST IN WORLD
MEXICO CITY, July 24— Mexico
will export during 1920 between
130,000,000 and 135,000,000 barrels of
oil. more than all the rest of the
world including the United States,
according to estimates made by
George Pdardone, Tampico oil sta
tistician. He bases his figures upon
the record-breaking production ol oil
in this country for the first five
months of 1920 when, ho says , ex
ports were 48,617, 167 barrels com
pared with 28,235,039 barrels during
the same period of 1919. Exports
for May alone are given as 12,520,568
barrels, which is nearly double the
; shipments for May 1919 and sets the
world's record for one month’s pro
duction.
Regarding his estimates for ship
1 ments for 1920 which he asserts will
be 80 per cent greater than in 1919.
Fllardone says about 100,000,000 bar
rels will go to the United States.
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FIVE MILLION TONS OF
COPPER TO BE REDEEMED
PRESCOTT, Ariz., July 24— Within
i a few weeks the United Verde Min
ing Company at Jerome will start
its project to shovel 14,000,000 tons
of rock off the side of a mountain in
order to expose great copper ore
bodies that have been burning for
• years from their own sulphur cons
j tent. Assistant General Manager
Robert E. Tally says the company’s
program will provide 15 years’ work,
and that approximately 5,000,000 tons
j of rich copper ore will be trans
ported by what are declared to be
the most economical mining methods
known.
The United Verde intends to tear
down the overlay of one of its
largest ore bodies and with the waste
dirt and the rock, build a platform
I far below in the gulch, to accommo
ate a new townsite that will ad
join the present town of Jerome.
One of the provisions of this
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operation is for a full sized baseball
diamond to he laid out entirely on
built land.
As a result of the steam sn «vei
operations, large bodies of ore in
what are known as the “fire stopes"
will be exposed. Some of these fire
areas have been burning for years;
th" first one starting in 1894 from
the heat developed in a cave-in
Since then many underground battle?
have occurred between the miner?
and the glowing copper sulphides
and until 1905, when the amazing
system of blowing cool air into the 1,
« 200 degree stopes was adopted, little
success attended their efforts.
. Water, steam and carbon diovid<
gas have all failed to smother the fir
t es due to the broken character of th<
, rock, which permitted air to get ii
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MILITARY FORCES ARE
REACHING BELFAST TO
l*REVENT MORE BLOODSHED
BELFAST, July 24— Beyond a
few cases of isolated fighting, it is
quiet here today. Military forces are
arriving. The police allege that the
Sinn Feiners in the fighting Thursday
| night used explosive bullets which ter- j
ribly wounded the victims.
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TWINS RETURN HOME
'/he Anchorage twins, Helen und
Mary, who have been visiting the
j Seward twins, Juck and Bill Stotko,
returned home this morning. The
young Seward twins were gentleman
ly enough to go to the station and bid
goodbye to the Anchorage ladies, and
i tell them in baby language they en
joyed the visit immensely, etc.
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ALASKA FLIERS HOPPING
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FORT SWELLING July 24— The
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four Alaskan fliers hopped at 10/JO
i o’clock this morning for Fargo.
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TREATMENT OF *W OMEN
STILL DARKEST PHASE
OF EGYPTIANS’ LIFE
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LONDON, July 24— Th<> treatment
of women in Egypt is the darkest
phase of Egyptian life, says G. N.
Barnes, Member of Parliament, who
has recently returned from a tour
1 of that country.
The men in Egypt, said Mr. Bar
nes, so far as sex relations were
concerned, thought themselves the
l^ords of creation. They could di
vorce their wives at will without
whim or reason, and it was not un
common for a man to have three
wives.
“In many houses, continued Mr.
Barnes, “I never saw a woman, and
you can take it from me, that the po
sition of the women in Egypt is one
of serfdom and dependence. They
spend their lives in miserable hovels;
in working in the adjoining fields or
in getting water.
“They are serfs of the men and
as much beasts of burden as the
donkey and the camel. A people
which uses women folk* in that way
are destined to be a subject race and
do not deserve to govern."
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J. A. Eamon and family, who ar
rived on the last steamer, will locate
in Seward and have taken the Root
; house on Second avenue.
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“Wacker”, six miles from Ketchi
kan, is the new boom town in that
section. A real estate film is putting
the lots on the market and advertis
ing it as the beauty spot of Alaska.
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The home of Dan Saunders in Daw
» son was destroyed by fire last week.
i All personal effects and househould
goods were saved.
NO RACE
SANDY HOOK, July 24— The fif
th cup race was declared off this fore
noon on account of exceedingly heavy
weather. The race will he made on
next Monday.
YESTERDAY* FEATURES
SANDY HOOK, July 24— The
time of the official finish of yester
day’s race, the fourth was as follows:
Resolute 4:39:25 and Shamrock 4:43:
06. Yesterday’s race was sensational.
On the last leg the yachts ran into a
squall and were smothered in spray
and had to take in their topsails three
miles from the finish. The Shamrock
passed the Resolute but the defender
immediately broke out a ballooner and
speeded by the challenger increasing
the lead to the finish and beating the
Shamrock, boat for boat.
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PART OF MERCHANT MARINE
ACT WILL BE SUSPENDED
WASHINGTON, July 24— The op
eration of that section of the new mer
^ chant marine act providing for a pre
ferential rail rate on exports sent to
the seaboard for movement in Americ
an bottoms will be suspended until
January 1st, 1921. The Shipping
Board made this announcement today
and said the postponement was neces
sary for an investigation into the facts
and for an intelligent application of
the provisions of the act.
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GUN SHOOT TONIGHT
The members of the Seward gun
club are requested to report tonight
for a shoot at 5:45. Harry Balderston
found out this forenoon thal the Am
erican trapshooters at Antwerp had
brought home the sliced bacon and he
I says the local boys should get in trim
and show the Anchorage enemies that j
they can be done by Seward.
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SEATTLE, July 24— Secretary of
1 the Interior Payne, in an address at a
dinner last night, said he wondered if
the fleet of wooden ships now lying
in Lake Union, this city, could not be
utilized to transport Alaska ore to
Seattle for ship construction. Secre
tary Payne deplored the high trans
portation costs to Alaska declaring
the consolidation of shipping lines
should be effected and the shipping
board should aid.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said
the Alaska oil development will not be
overlooked by the government geolo
gists on destroyers now on the Alaska
coast making an investigation of the
various oil field lands.
“We will let the world know of the
resources of Alaska", said Secretary
Daniels.
“It is believed that the wealth in
oil will exceed the wealth in gold,"
continued the Secretary of the Navy.
“The existence and value of the coal
has already been demonstrated.
“The new water power bill," said
the Secretary, “will do much for the
development of Alaska resources."
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MINERS PLAN A STRIKE
PITTSBURG, Kansas, July 24— A
strike of Kansas coal miners is set for
next week according to Alexander Ho
watt, President of the Miner's Union
cf the Kansas District. It is announc
ed tho strike is in protest against the
fines on the miners for refraining to
work on Saturdays.
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SPEAKER LEADS SISLER
CHICAGO, July 24— Speaker, of
Cleveland, passed Sisler, of St. Lo»»i^
and now leads the American league
batters with .416, Sisler being second
with .405; Jackson, of Chicago, third
with .403; Babe Ruth, fourth, with
.387. Ruth made his 33rd homer dur
ing the week. Cobb is ninth in batting
with .331. Edwin Eayers, Boston pit
cher, outfielder and pinch hitter, heads
the Nationals with an average of .404
and Hornsby is second with .359.
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