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' SEWARD. ALASKA.I KIOA Y, MAY 14, 1920. * t,;.. i i ! S PER COPY
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CHICAGO. May 11 - A squad of
police early this morning, come red
j.nd killed a t*aio lobher who hail rob
bed a railway m. il of the Illino-s t* *n
t, ul of $2d0.o:>0 and had k.lle«l two po
licemen who had attempted to top
him.
The dead bandit has be**n idem red
as Horace Walton, twenty two years
old a'.id a lii^h school gtaduale. He
; o> d i.s a postal inspector and forced
on- of the mail Hoiks to submit to
!i«*vin.-V h - hands tied. Walton, after
. a':m; th" car, wont to an apartment
1> v.>< folio v .1 by rifle squads of the
jn« d p. ,io\ They bombarded the rob
**, on>. ho . before he foil dead.
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MURDER TO
BE PROBER
PASADKN A. Cal.. May 14— M s.
A. K. Hoa.-, wife of the Kpiscopui
missionary, hot and killed hy .lam *s
Maguire nem Candle la>t luesday.
will demand a full investigation. M s.
Hoare was herselt a former A ask an
missionary, having met and married
Rev. Hoare in the north.
liishop Rowe who arrived in Sew
ard last night from Anchorage, said
the death of Rev. Hoare will cause a
suspension of all operations at tie*
Port Hope Mission, where Rev. Hoare
was located. A successor n»u.>t be ap
pointed to carry on the enterprises be
ing directed by Rev. Ho ire. Among
these enterprises was the cons* u«*ti »n
of a boat to cost $20,000 which would
be used to take coal into t e country,
a co-opeiativc store for nat.ves and a
hospital extension.
James Maguire, father of the boy
who shot-and killed-Rev. Hoare, is the
superintendent ot the schools in the
district in which the tragedy occurred.
Rev. Hoare leaves hi< wife and two
children and had been engaged in mis
sionary work in Alaska tor the pa.>t
ten years.
M’PHEKSOVS FI'NEPAL HELD
The funeral of NV. A. McPherson,
pioneer who died la*t Monday morn
ing. was held this afternoon at 1 o’
clock at the Catholic church. Father
Markham officiating. Following the
funeral sendees the body was taken
to Woodland cemctary tor burial. I he
pall bearers were Dan Corcoran, 1). J.
McEachen. Cal. H-osiu>. John Du
brueil, Charles Is'chner, l. W. Hawk
ins and E. K ref tin*.
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“POST HOI E” PETE DROWNS
According to advices reaching Rew
ard. “Post Hole" Pete McCartin was
drowned recently while making a trip
from Snug Harbor to Seldovia. There
is no confirmation of the report ex
cept that McCartiu’s boat was found
capsized and ho has not b* on seen.
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11strict cofrt ro be
HELD IN ANCHORAGE NEXT
MONTH BEGINNING ON IS !i
According to an order issue;I by
Judge Fred M. Brown, a te>m of t» *
district court will he h“ld at Anchor
are bee inning .Tune l"th. lhc dorket
is very light, mostly civil cases, n>
criminal cases coming up.
srokANK. Wash., May 14— Nine \
ti.. i-and dollars in currency wore tak- \
1 u irom tin Spokane express agent of i
tin Great No them at midnight by
two hold-ups. i'ix thousand dollars
ii, i\. r w.ts occr looked. I In* agent
wa badly beat, n up trying to defend •
hi' property. j
KI SSI \.\ INACTIVITY IS
( \l SING H. c. OF LIVING
SAN FRANCISCO. May 11 - Rus
sia was described as a great produce*
and consum r and hold.-, extraordinary
opportunities for America after the
collapse of the Rolsheviki, by former
Secretary Red field, now president of,
the Russian chamber of commerce, in |
a statement announced here.
The present high cost of living i." t
ascribed to Russian inactivity. Her
failure to export .**00,000,000 bushels
02 -heat caused the raise in the piicc,
of flour here. Ii*n- 0,000.000 calfskins |
longer available, keep* up the pi ice
ot shoes. The absence of her oil sup
plies puts gasoline up, and linen is
driven irom the market because Rus* |
si an flax is unavniluble. Ameiica
should take a leading part in the re- *
habitation ot the Russian railways,
which need a million dollars in equip
ment.
I •: \\ El INC MEN HERE
<*»von well .mown t aveling men ,
• ;me ir on the (iatoway City limited
luM n'gnt after ti ps to Anchorage j
• in! other Cook Inlet places. At the
Over!ami Hot**!. (1. \V. Barker, S mi
Baker. W. C. Baird, Cos Perot, M. C.
Rugg ant! Sidney Jacobs are register*
ed. At the Hot-! Sewa-d, R. VV !
Thompson, re pi tentative of the f>7 I
loties, i > making his headquarters
V» . Rerot, n presenting a cartring*.
• i i many is going to Cordova on fhe
Mo: th west err \ here ! e will outfit *01
.4 iumt after nig game in that secCon
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CABLE IS REPAIRED
The eablcship Burnsides has done
£0'>d woik timing the past ten days.
Ten days ago the cable broke between
Cordova and Valdez. The Burnsides
was at Seattle and was immediately
puf in shape to come north and make
♦he repairs. During last night the
break was discovered and the cable
was spliced and put in condition for
bu. inoss today.
WIL1 RESTRICT ALIENS
PRAGUE, May 14— The govern
ment is framing a measure re.>tricting
the acquirement of land or securities
bv aliens owing to large acquisitions
of property of every kind in Austria
during the period when the crown is
so low.
HEARINGS
ON ALASKA
TO CLOSE
SEATTLE, May 14— The Inter-de
pa. t mental committee hearings on Al
aska expect to conclude the hearings
i tomorrow with the arrival of a repre
1 scntativc from Fairbanks and possibly
»ne from Ketchikan. Col. Brooks said
the hearings ha<l covered practically
all industries and problems for all
parts of the territory of Alaska. He is
well pleased with the results and has
hoard everybody who appeared and al
so invited others who did not come,
>oin*‘ being bashful. Edward Saindow,
Matanuska farmer, Thomas Larson,
Copper Pivcr miner and Manager
Wheeler, of the White Pass & Yukon
pent*., wen* hoard this morning. This
afternoon, C. Protopac>, a Nome miner
ip pea red before the committee.
Mrs. C. C. Carpenter and Miss Joe
Xicmi, formerly with the telephone
company at Anchorage, are registered
at the Hotel Overland on their way to
the states.
Miss Elizabeth Romig returned'i
from Anchorage last night where she
has been visiting for the past four'
weeks.
Sidney Andeison did not come o\-*r
on the train yesterday from Anchor-1
igc 1 ut is expected here next Monday.,
Dishop I’. T. Kowe. is registered at I
.he Hotel Sexton having returned on
;he train yesterday from a visit to
Anchorage.
(diaries E. Ilerron, publisher of the
Vmhorage Times and Juneau Capital,
.3 registeied at the Hotel Overland on t
a is way to Cordova.
S. J. Duley, enroutc to Cordova, is !
egistored at the Hotel Sexton. ,
John H. Robinson, special agent for
he A. E. C., is registered at the llo*,
tc! Seward.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morton, organizing j
first aid classes in Alaska, is regist
ered at the Hotel Seward. Mrs. Hort-'
on will leave on the Northwestern.
ii I). Chase, special disbursing
agent for the commission, came ovm’
on the tiain from Anchorage ycster
da> to meet Mrs. Chase, arrival on
he Northwestern.
J. J. Clark, fiotn Anchorage, is rv
giat'ucd at the Hotel Seward.
The Joseph Pulitzer left Kodiak (
this morning and should reach Seward j
sometime tomorrow. The Pulitzer is j
•ompleting her first mail trip to the J
.vestward.
A large dirt truck arrived on the'
Saturn for u.-e of Capt. Martin, of the j
adio station, to keep the road in con
dition.
J. J. Finnegan and family will ar
•ive on the Alaska from Jim*au and>
•ill ’omaiii here untdl the d-.pgrture
•f the Admiral Watson for Kodiak.
The Gateway City limited will
lAove on scheduled time tomorrow S
o’clock for Anchoruir**.
UH1S BELL TO OPERATE
LAUNCH ON LAKE KENAI :
Louis Boll, well known old timer!
this section, is going into the trans
no tat ion business, on the side. Mr.
Loll is going to operate his gas boat
Fern on Lake Kenai this summer,
from Roosevelt to any point desired.
Bob Gay land is to be the commander
of the launch and negotiations can be
made for transportation service at
Roosevelt.
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W. H. Thompson, formerly pro
prietor of the Dream Theatre at
Juneau is now manager of the Liberty
theatre at Ketchikan He succeeded
1 Fred Purrinton who goes to the
States.
SATURN IS
HERE-GANQ
ALSO HERE1
'‘Hail, hail, the gangs all here” and
several now ones.
The U. S. S. Saturn arrived in port
yesterday afternoon and lined up
against the tailing when she docked
was the same bunch of jolly good of
ficers as were here last year. Few of
the old gobs are back on the Saturn
but there is a bunch of new ones and
all were eager to got to Seward as
they had heard so much about this
city.
'Pho Saturn will remain hero unt :
tomorrow night, then sail for Seattl*
the headquarters. Sometime in Aug
ust the Saturn will return to Seward
and be here ftr* about fifteen days.
Captain Curstarphen is again in
command of tin* radio boat and the
other old timers aboard the ship are
Lt. Orton, Lt. Avan, Lt. Dahlgren. Lt.
Hammnrstrom. Lt. Hause, Or. Shelly,
Ensign Bliss, Ensign Weldon and En
sign Prior. 'Pbc two new officers are
Ensign Hcciner and Pay clerk Yoes.
Tonight the Saturn officers and
crew will be the guests of the Wo
man’s club of Seward at a dance at
the A. 13. Hall. Mayor Chamberlin will
escort the officers and crew to the A.
B. Hall at 8:45 o’clock. There will be
an address of welcome, a short music
al program and then dancing until the
hour when everybody has had suffic
ient.
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PERSONAL OF THE NAVY
COMMISSION COMING NORTH
TO DEVELOP COAL FIELD
The personal of the committee arm
ed by Secretary of Navy Daniels to
direct operations in the Matanuska
coal fields and to start details for the
erection of bunkers, etc., is as follows:
Commander 0. C. Rowling, Lieu
tenants Richard H. Gifford, R. «L
Weiss, Robert T. Cannon and Hugh
McManus. Weiss is a graduate of the
University of Washington, and has
been to Alaska before.
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FISHERIES CONFERENCE
MAY NOW HE ORGANIZED
OTTAWA, May 14— The forma
tion of an International Scientific
council for fisheries researches be
tween Canada, New Foundland and
the United States, will be discussed at
a convention of the Canadian Fisher
ies Association at Vancouver, R. C.,*
to be held from June 2nd to June f>th.
NORTHWESTERN DUE
The Northwestern was reported
last night to be due in port at noon
today. At the time of going to press
the steamer was expected at any time. *
The Northwestern will be at the Sew-1
aid dock for several hours then go to
the San Juan dock and sail south from (
there.
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w io a t ii ;o u it w r o it t
'Hu* following is tlio weather irpo»t
for the 24 hours ending at 7 oVIodc
.his morning:—
SEWARD 46 Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 43, Pt Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 60 Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 45, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 50, Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 45, Cloudy, Calm.
(ioldcreek 44, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 26, Cloudy, South.
Summit 24, Clear, Calm.
Pains 32, Clear, N. E.
Healy 48, Cloudy, Calm.
Nenana 46, Clear, Calm.
Fairbanks 46, Clear, Calm.
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Harry Anderson, an old-timer in the
Yukon, was found dead in his cabin
on Eldorado creek. He had recently
been discharged from a Dawson Hos
pital.
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WASHINGTON, May 1 1 - The Pol
shoviki government is a gha t!y fail
ure declared Colonel Kdwaid M. R; an,
Red Cross Commission*!* to Noith
Russia and the Raltic, just :oturn<d
from a secret mission. < »>!. Ryan re
ports the Ksthonian miss’on cannot
hold out for six months more. ;>!< scow
and rotrograd are unsp^akab’y filthy
and famine stricken. There is 1 i11’•
water and the h em! ration is onr
quarter of a pound daily, the bread
b. in'- of low ^radc. The inhabitants
<1 ! ko i) -gsars. The streets
a * from ankle to knee df?ep in dirt
i i. • not I)' n cleaned for four
. 'I ■. * death rate is abnormal,
no medical supplies and
in, • !i .* «*hief diet of the peo
, h . ; ?v demoralized and
also. The con
■ "?: is h )[ ('* s according to Col.
Uyan.
VETOES BILL
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WASHINGTON, May 14— Pro
dent Wilson has vetoed the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill because of the section putting un
der congressional control all govern
ment publications. President Wilson
declares this would give congress cen
sorship encroaching on the executive
functions.
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VANCOUVER, 15. C., May 14— A
general strike throughout Canada of
municipal employees under civil ser
vice is threatened according to postal
officials. The employees object to the
reclassified salaries as announced by
the commission.
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TO VOTE OX PEACE
RESOLUTION TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, May 14— The
vote on the peace resolution of
Senator Knox has been set for 4
o’clock Saturday afternoon. This
was the agreement reached at a
special session last night.
INDIANA FOR WOOD
INDIANAPOLIS, May 14— Senat-1
ors Watson and New, Governor Good- j
rich and former Senator Beveridge
have been elected delegates at large
to the Republican National conven
ion and have been instructed to vot** j
for General Wood.
At the session this afternoon ten
district delegates were instructed to
vote also for Woods and four for ;
Tohnson. Sixteen delegates are unin-,
structed.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GATEWAY
VEKA CUUZ, May M— President
Carranza and his Federal forces are
still surrounded near here and light
ing desperately. Supreme commander
i iuv ta has issued a call for a meeting
of the Mexican Congress to name pro
visional president.
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WASHINGTON, May 14— White
IIous officials said the President’s
war lime address to the Atlantic fleet
: ad the cablegram to Admiral Sims.
Lid before the Senate committee in
vestigating the charges made by Sims
w< re given to the committee by Dan
iels with the full consent of President
Wilson. Tn both the address and the
cab1 egram President Wilson criticised
the British Admiralty.
Secretary Daniels, today in testi
mony before the committee, ridiculed
the charges of Sims that 500 000 lives
had been sacrificed through the Amer
ican navy. Secretary Daniels said
there never was a time when tonnage
was not available to carry troops and
supplies to France as fast as they
could be loaded and landed and sent
to the front. The complete co-opera
tion of the army and navy, testified
Secretary Daniels, shortened the war.
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AIR PLANE MAIL SERVICE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14— A
nine hour aeroplane mail service be
tween hero and Portland will be inau
gurated about September 1st accord
ing to announcement of second assist
ant postmaster general Praeger.
FAMOUS RAIDER MOEWE
IS GIVEN TO BRITISH
Firth of Forth, Eng., May 14— The
famous German raider Moewe turned
over to the British by the Germans,
arrived here this afternoon.