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OFFICIALS ELECTED IN
MANY ALASKAN CITIES
J. W. Pritchett, editor of the Wran
gell Sentinel, was elected Mayor at
the regular city election held on April
1st. G. K. Diemart, Samuel Conning
ham and Thomas Dalgity were elected
to the council.
A. L. Wilbur was elected mayor of
Fairbanks without opposition. The
following council men wow elected:
(’. H. Woodard. H. H. Ross, Robert
Lavey. George Moody. Joseph H.
Smith. George Hutchison was elected
school treasurer. Reorganization ot
the fire an»l police dejuirtments are
probable results of the election.
The city election at Skagway was
postponed on April 1 on account of
the epidemic of influenza and the
death of Wn. Buying, a member of
the city council. The postponement
was under authority of the recent act
of the legislature passed in response
to the appeal of Mayor Ashley to Gov.
Riggs.
K. Holt • as e« *ctrj Mayor of Xom -
with 10' votes. C. Cavey, E. Tamutxer
George Maynard, Fred Peterson and
I.eo Seidenverg were elected council
men. K. Grimm was re-elected city
clerk; Grant Jackson was elected city
treasurer; and 0. D. Cochran was
elected city attorney. J. Morris was
elected president of the >chool boat'd.
Three hundred votes were polled.
R. L. Petty was elected mayor of
Ketchikan by ."i:i majority over former
mayor M. J. Heneghan. By a vote of
218 to 21 the people decided in favor
of the construction of a commodious
wharf on the waterfront to accomo
date the fishing fleet. The following
men were elected councilmen: F.d J.
Williams, G. K. Paup, H. Xixon, Dean
C. Cannon. Walter Thomas, N. R.
Walker. Ira King was elected school
treasurer.
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ANCHORAGE YOl NG MAN
GETS DIS'l INGCISHEO SERVICE
CROSS FOR HIS HEROISM
TACOMA, April 2:i— Christian
Nelson, who enlisted in the Unitcn
States army at Anchorage, Alaska,
has been awarded the distinguished
service cross for extraordinary hero
ism, displayed during the war nea”
Hois de Hrieulles. As a messenger he
made his way yards through a
heavy German barrage fire to car re
word to the American commander of
a mortar platoon. Young Nelson had
only taken out his first papers when
he entered the army. Today the feder
al court held a special session to nat
uralize him and the judge paid him a
glowing compliment for his heroic
feat. The formal questions usually
asked an applicant for naturnalizatiou
were waived, as the judge said his loy
alty and patriotism were undoubted,
as proved by his deeds, and it was a
distinct honor to the nation to have
such citizens.
PETAIN COMING TO AMERICA
CHANTILLY, France, April 23
Marshal Petain. the hero of Verdun,
and one of the most famous of thrt
fisrhtinjr penerals of the French army,
will visit the United States at an early
date.
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FIRST STEAMER TO THE
KLONDIKE DURING MAY
DAWSON. April 23— The first
steamer from White Horse is expected
to arrive here on May 5th.
By Associat'd Press
SEATTLE, April 23— A dispatch
from Washington, D. C., to the Seattle
Times says the United States Bureau
announces over 430 000,000 pounds of
canned salmon reached Seattle in 19l«a
and this large pack was worth $51,
041,949.
The above pack does not include
salted or cured salmon.
One hundred and twenty five can
neries were operated in Alaska in 19
18 and 26,502 were employed in the
various plants.
The output for 1918 was eleven per
cent greater than in 1917.
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SEWAltt SNAPSHOTS
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The city council will hold session
tonight at the Fire Hall at 8 o’clock.
A. H. McDonald will go to Anchor
age on the Alaska on business for the
Wells Fargo Express Co. Mr. McDon
ald will return on the dame steamer.
T. W. Hawkins may go to Anchor
age on the Alaska on a business trip.
The Alaska has 4# tons of freight
for Seward.
Mrs. Strye, well known in Anchor
age. is a passenger south on the Ad
miral Farragut taking her photo
studio to San Francisco where she will
locate permanently.
Joe Stregc expects to get away on
the Alaska for Anchorage.
Mr;. Ethel Haley, who died in Seat
tle recently under mysterious circum
stances, following a joy ride, has a
mother , Mrs. I.enore Taylor residing
in the Cook Inlet city. The body of
Mrs. Haley has been taken to Ridge
field. Conn., for interment.
Charles E. Herron is a passengev
on the Alaska from Seattle going to
Anchorage.
P. B. Coe. the new agent for the
Alaska Steamship Co., at Anchorage,
is aboard the Alaska bound for his
new headquarters.
The Ma-ons will hold a communica
tion tonight at 8 o’clock.
Dave Black, well known placer min
ing man from the Ophir diggings, is a
passenger on the Admiral Farragut
for the states. Mr. Black is the last
to come out from the Iditarod section
over the trail which is now getting
bare in many places making travel
difficult.
O’RIELLY IN THE MONEY
James E. O’Reilly, formerly super
intendent of construction in the An
chorage division of the railway work,
and a big property owner in that com
munity, is in the coarse money in Can
ada. He is a partner in the big rail
way contracting firm of Carlson &
Feddy, who have large constructi »n
contracts on railways building in the
province of Canada.
J. G. Watts, former townslte man a
ger at Anchorage, has a tie contract
near Kent, Washington, from the Nor
thern Pacific Railway company, and is
doing well.
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FOR G. 0. P. PRESIDENT
NEW YORK April 23— The Suth
erland Alliance has been formed in
Pennsylvania to boost United State*
Senator Howard Sutherland, of West
Virginia for the Republican candidacy
for president.
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C. J. Clemenson, resident of Ketchi
kan for 18 years , died recently in
Seattle following an operation.
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AMERICANS HAVE
BIG APPETITES
PARIS, April 10— lly A. P.—
Cooks at the hotel where the hundreds
of Americans connected with the
Peace Conference are staying are
amazed at the appetites of the Ameri
cans. The American breakfast upset
all calculations in the French hotel ac
customed to supplying guests with
rolls and coffee as an early morning
meal. Wild calls for ham and eggs,
beefsteaks, chops, oatmeal and hot
I cakes surprised the French cooks, who
after weeks of catering to the hungry
I Americans, have not become reconcil
ed to the American breakfast menu.
The American fondness for hors
D'oeuvres also caused consternation.
I Great dishes of beet pickle , potato
salad, sardines, cold slaw and other
relishes served as a preliminary to the
conventional French dinner, disappear
so rapidly that it has been necessary
to employ many additional cooks to
prepare delicacies of this sort. Ameri
cans help themselves so freely to tins
initial course that they frequently
have little appetite for the soup, fish
and other dishes which follow.
As the hotel kitchen can draw sun
plies for its food, the Americans ha'/e
many delicaties not available general
ly in Paris cafes. Ices, ice cream and
pastry made with real sugar are offer
ed to the peace delegation. In most
Paris hotels and cafes saccharine is
used for such purposes, and even for
sweetening coffee. The hotel where
the Americans stay also has an abun
dance of white flour and genuine
white bread. Elsewhere in Paris the
bread is dark, and even pastry, wh< n
available, is made from brown flour.
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ALASK A IS DUE IN MORNING
Steamer Alaska sailed from Valdez
at 8 o’clock this morning and went to
Drier Bay. From the latter cannery
port, the Steamer goes to LaTouche.
According to radio advices received
from Capt. Gus Nord. the Alaska
should arrive at Seward between 6 and
7 o’clock in the morning.
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MANY YEARS BEFORE
OCEANS FREE OF MINES
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 23
(Correspondence of The Associated
Press.)— Floating mines in the Dar
danelles and Sea of Marmora still con
stitute great danger to navigation
Several ships have been lost since the
armistice through mine explosions
The armistice required Turkey to In
dicate all mines, but it has not been
possible in all cases to give their exact
position. Mine-sweepers have been at
work for some time, but naval authori
ties say it will be many months befor'
vessels can proceed through the
straits with safety. No navigation is
permitted at night. On passenger ves
sels lifeboat drills are held regularly,
just as in days when submarine men
aced the seas.
Even in the broad stretches of the
Aegean Sea the greatest precautions
are taken against floating mines. In
certain areas passengers are require 1
to wear life preservers, and narrow
lanes of travel have been marked out
for pilots to follow.
Put it is in the Pack S<*a that the
greatest danger exists. Not onlv are
there numerous floating mines there,
hut extensive unmarked mine f;ehls
laid indiscriminatedly by the German.*,
Russians and Bolsheviki. They arn >
constant menace to shipping. Thrt
steamer bearing the American Red
Cross Mission to Rumaina narrowly
missed a floating mine while proceed
ing to Constanza. Often the Sea of
Marmora, where they are an ever
present danger to the hundreds of
naval and merchant vessels.
Naval authorities say it will be
several years before the water* of
Europe are entirely free of floating
mines. Manv of the German minne He
stroved bv Allied trawlers were found
to have been moored by rone. Wh-»n
the rope rotted the mines broke from
their anchorages and drifted in many
cases to the main line of steamer trav
el.
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FORMER AMBASSADOR DIES
CHICAGO, April 23— Robert S
McCormick, former United States am
bassador to Russia died of pneumonia
at his home in Chicago.
FAMOUS PICK AND SHOVEL
WARRIORS RETURN TO U. S.
NEW YORK, April 23— Several
members of the famous 11th engineers
who used picks and shovels to stem
the Germans near Cambrai, returned
from over seas today arriving on the
transport Santa Thresa.
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SEATTLE
Bv AmocIiN Pres*
SEATTLE, April 2:1— Twenty five
birdmen in a dozen war planes bombed
Seattle thin afternoon with Victory
Loan literature. The Birdmen are per
forming stunts .‘1000 feet in the air ov
er the city. The planes belong to the
Victory Loan Flying Circus.
This afternoon ihe Pacific Coast
League opened in this city, Seatt'e
v’ith Oakland, and one aviator droppe !
the first ball to Mayor Him sen who
then pitched it to Chief of Police War
ren who then threw it across the plate
to the first batter up.
TRY FOR ATLANTIC FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, April 211— Throe
navy seaplanes leave tonight for Rock
away Reach and the aviators expect to
start in May to fly to Europe. Each
p'ane will carry five men. The planes
are equipped with four Liberty
motors.
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“BIG BILL" DAVIS,
WELL KNOWN MINING
MAN. REACHES END
Kar Thiele, well-known at Akiak,
on the Kuskokwim, trader who passed
through Seward on the Admiral Far
ragut , confirmed the rumor current
that “Rig Bill” Davis, a former well
known Cleary creek operator, died on
his way out from his trading post on
the lower Kuskokwim last fall.
“Big Bill" made a substantial for
tune on Cleary; later made an exten
sive world-tour and wound up in Fair
banks with a lot of travel experiences
but very short of cash. Later he went
into the Koyukuk and spent a couple
of seasons there, but did no particular
good for himself and left for the Idit
arod section in 1910.
Bill’s streak of bad luck followed
him to the Iditarod and later to the
Georgetown stampede on the Kuske
kwim, but along in 1911 or 1912 h:»
invested the few remaining dollars h^
had in a trading outfit and went down
to the lower Kuskokwim country
where he established a trading post.
He seems to have done well from the
first and had accumulated better tha.i
$20 000 by last fall when failing
health started him for the outside,
which was followed by his death when
only one day out to sea.
Big Bill was a typical Alaskan, one
of those fellows who never gave up
altogether and the proof of his death
will be learned and regretted by many
of his old acquaintances in Alaska.
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LABOR TO HAVE A FIGHT
BELLINGHAM, WASH., April 23
-The State Federation of Labor meets
here on June 16th. It is expected that
this meeting will develope into a fin
ish fight between the radicals and
conservatives for complete control of
the state labor organisation.
NEW YORK, April 2:5— The As
! sociated Press, in the European Peace
conference affairs, makes the follow
ing summary this afternoon:
The Peace Conference has passe i
the Japanese racial equality ques
tion along for future adjustment.
The Italian question is still a press
ing one. It is repoitcd that the Italian^
are willing to a compromise and may
give up claim * to tne Dalmation anti
Hinterland coasts, if given Eiume.
The Dalmation coast conference is
not settled.
Rival claims of Japan and China
to Kiao Chau-Shantung Peninsula
may leave the problem for settlement
by the League of Nations.
WILSON’S PROPOSITION
PARIS, April 23— The Ix>tit Par
isiene says: ‘‘President Wilson is in
clined to give Fiume to the Jugo-Slo*
vakia. Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd
George are ready to compromise a1
though they are both with President
Wilson in trying to adhere to the old
treaty between England and Italy
which gives Fiume and Dalmatia to
Italy.
PARIS, April 23— Premier Orland.)
threatens to return to Italy tonight
unless the questions arc settled su s
factory.
Premier Lloyd George is trying to
persuade Orlando to remain here. Vn
British Premier i.- trying to reconcile
the viewpoint, of Orlando and Wilson
but was unsuccesslul a\ a conference
held la."t night.
GKKM \NS GKT \ Hi:>
PARIS, April 2.“»— The C m man
peace delegates have been invited to
Versailles on Ap il 28th, next Monday.
WILSON'S STATEMENT
PARIS, April 2:;— President Wood
row Wilson issued a statement ear'y
this evening saying that Fiume cann >*
become a part of Italy. The America
President said that the conditions con
cerning th< Adriat tb me nt hi
changed since England promised Italy
Fiume for entering the war. Presi
dent Wilson said that new states
would he created for which Fiume
would be the outlet to tho sea.
“Italy does not need Fiume for de
fense as the Au>trian naval menace
is gone,” concluded the American Ex
ecutive.
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ALASKA COLLEGE REGENTS
ARE NAMED BY GOVERNOR
Governor Riggs has appointed and
the senate confirmed the following re
gents of the Agricultural College and
School of Mines, located at Fairbanks,
Alaska:
P. J. Rickirt, Fairbanks, term ex
piring first Monday April. 1923.
H. Claude Kelly, Fairbanks, term
expiring first Monday April , 1921.
L. S. Keller, Skagway , term expir
ing first Monday April, 1923.
L. F. Shaw, Anchorage term expi*
ing first Monday April, 1925.
Mrs. L. C. Hess, Fairbanks , term
expiring first Monday April, 1923.
A. R. Heilig, Fairbanks, term expir
ing first Monday April 1921.
A. C. Nordale. Fairbanks, term ex
piring April 1, 1919.
J. A. McIntosh, Fairbanks, term
expiring April 7, 1919.
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HOOVER IN BERLIN
BERLIN, April 23— United States
Food Administrator Hoover arrived
here today and will direct the inter
Allied food Commission's work.
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(Special to the Gateway)
JUNEAU, April 23— Chairman W.
T. Burns, of the Fail banks Democrat
Territorial Central Committee has is
sued a call for a Democratic Territor
ial Convention to be held at Juneau
May 2nd to nominate a candidate fo.*
delegate to Congress, to he vot* d upo i
at the election to be held June 3rd.
The call provides that prima?*ies
may be held as the Divisional commit
tees may provide.
The following is the delegate re
presentation at the convention by dis
tricts:
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
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WEATHER REPORT
The following is the weather re
port for the 24 hours endinp at 7 o'
clock this mornirp:
Seward 50, Cloudy Calm.
Anchorape 22, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 42, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 24, Cloudy Calm.
Wasilla 40. Coudy, East
Talkeetna 24, Cloudy, Calm.
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