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VOI s7 SEWABD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, A PHIL 29, 1914_yo- 173
NO AMERICANS
REPORTED SLAIN!
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Washington, April 29.—'The Brazil
ian uiininster In Mexico has notified
Secretary Bryan that not a single
American has been killed in that
city. Secretary Bryan has also re
ceived official notification of Huerta's
willingness to act as one of the media
tors. Officials here are dubious of the
success of the mediators.
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Vera Cruz. April 29.—General Fun
‘ston with his command of troops ar
rived here today. Thousands of Mex
icans greeted the soldiers with cheers, i
Washington, April 29. — The South
American envoys are busily engaged
in perfecting mediation proposals,how-j
ever, war preparations continue una-j
bated.
HUNDRED MINERS:
PERISH IN FLAMES
Eccles, VV. Va., April 29.—Two hun
dred anil sixty toiners are entombed in ;
a mine here.
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Eccles, YY. Y'a., April 20. — All hope j
has been abandoned for the miners
who are entombed in the New River
mine which is on tire. Fifty-nine of
the men were rescued when the flames j
drove the rescuers out, leaving a bun- j
dred still in the mine, most of which
are Americans. The mine belongs to
the Guggenheims.
SAYS OFFICERS
REFUSE TO OBEY
London, April 29. — The Evening!
News declares that the government j
attempted to send three regiments of
soldiers to prevent the distribution of
the rifles which were smuggled into i
Ulster when the officers balked and
refused to obey. The administration j
has denied it. j
Young Astor to W ed.
New York, April 29. — Young Vin-j
cent Astor, only son of Col. John I
Jacob Astor, who was lost with the i
Titanic, will be married tomorrow to
Miss Helen Huntington of this city.
The wedding ceremonies will be very !
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simple. j
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Drops Dead.
Yalpariso, Ind., April 29. — George j
Ade’s father dropped dead here today j
while attending a political meeting. j
Meet me at the Branch.
Dishwasher wanted at the Seward
Bakery. __
Ask about board by the week at the
Seward Cafe. $
BREAD BREAD BREAD
Full weight. 15 loaves or tickets
for $1. Doughnuts 15c per doz., and
cakes of all kinds at the Commerce
Cafe. Open day and night.
TROOPS ORDERED
TO COLORADO
Washington, April 29. — President |
Wilson has ordered six troops of caval
ry from Cheyenne to Colorado and will
issue a proclamation calling upon the
strikers to put down their arms. The
strikers claim that most of the militia
men are employees of the operators.
Washington, April 29. — President
Wilson has stipulated that the troops
which have been ordered to Colorado
shall confine themselves to maintain
ing order until such time as the state
can reassert its authority.
Trinidad, April 29. — There were
clashes between the miners and the
militia in a half dozen towns today.
Trinidad, April 29.—Strikers contin
ued their attack on the Walsen mine
today but were repulsed by the guards
who used home made canon.
RISKS LIBERTY
TO SEE WOMAN
San Francisco, April 29. — Captain
Griffith, disbursing officer who was
stai ioned at Fort Lawton, near Seattle,
and who disappeared on the eve of his
trial for embezzlement, was arrested
in Oakland today. He came here and
risked arrest in order to see his sweet
heart, who is a beautiful woman of this
city. The officer will be carried bacK
to Seattle to face the charge of embez
zling nine thousand dollars of the gov
ernment's money.
Remarkable Flight.
Boston, April 29.—George Richard
son of this city has a carrier pigeon
which Hew a hundred and ten miles in
a hundred and ten minutes. This is
the world’s record.
Reserve Banks Ready.
Washington, April 29.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo announces
that the Regional Banks will be ready
for business by the fiith of next Au
gust. _
Teddy Discovers New Tribe.
Reo de Janeiro, April 29.—Roosevelt
has discovered a new tribe of natives
far in the interior of Brazil which he
calls Pauhates.
Japan Will Participate.
Tokio, April 29.- Japan decided to
day to participate in the Panaraa-Pa
citic exposition to be held in San Fran
cisco ne.xt year.
R. G. Doughorty, formerly of Sew
ard, came up as far as Valdez on one
of tlie last boats and will spend the
season in installing two stamp rnills^at
the glacier camp.
The steamer Admiral Sampson sailed
west from Juneau at 2:30 p. m. today.
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The steamer Alameda sailed west
from Skagway at 6 o’clock this morn
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Asbestos lined mattresses at J. L.
Graef’s. i
Brass and iron bedsteads at J. L.
Graef’s. _ \
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One double oven range for sale at
the Commerce Cafe.
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ORE IS RECEIVED I
FROM BIG LEDGE!
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On the last boat from the westward j
H. E. Ellsworth received a shipment
of quartz amounting to about live hun
dred pounds from IJnga. The ore was
taken from a property that was lo
cated last fall by Peter Olson, a well
known Prince W illiam sound prospec
tor, who volunteers tne information
that it comes from one of the largest
ledges that has ever been uncovered
in Alaska. According to the Olson
storv the ledge can he traced for a
distance of a mile and a half and aver
ages live hundred feet in width. Mr.
Ellsworth will make a series of careful
tests on the ore this week.
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OLDTIMER COMES
TO EXPECT MINE
On the next boat to arrive from Se
attle will be J. 1). Meenach, one of the
old timers on the Alaska coast and
an indefatigable promoter. On this
trip Mr. Meenach is bound for llliainna
bay, where he goes to investigate the
Frank Cook copper property. This
property is one of the best known in
that section and samples that have
been assayed go as high as 12 per cent
copper, besides carrying a good value
in gold. Peter Morris, one of the best
posted men on the llliainna section,
states that the Cook property is a good
one and that it is well worthy of de
velopment. It is located about ten
miles from salt water.
EFFORT IS MADE
TO PICK OP TOG
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An effort is being made by the Pa
cific-Alaska Navigation company to
,pick up the tu«* Goliath, east bound
from Unalaska, and have her tow the
disabled Evans from Soldo via to Se
attle. The Goliath is fitted with wire
less apparatus, but one of a limited
radius and the operator was unable to
pick her up yesterday. If they fail to
intercept the Goliath, in all proba
bility the Latouche will tow the Evans
to her home port.
EXCAVATION
IS COMPLETED
Brown & Hawkins have practically
completed the excavation for their big
cellar under the Big White Store on
Fourth avenue. When completed this
will be the largest cellar in Alaska,
and if cut up into sections wfould make
a working shaft deep enough to tap the
ore on the lower level in the All Gold
mine or make a tunnel that would
reach across Resurrection river at high
water. __
Meet me at the Branch. *
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch.
COOPERATION IS
DECIDED SUCCESS
Cooperative stores, owned and man
aged by natives, are fostered wher
ever possible in Alaska by the bureau
of education, which has charge cf edu
cation for the natives of Alaska. In
this way the bureau helps the natives
protect themselves from those traders
who charge exhorbitant prices for food
and clothing and pay as little as pos
sible for native products.
These cooperative attempts have
j been a decided success. At Ilydaburg,
in Southeastern Alaska, where the
United States school teacher has gen
eral oversight of the cooperative
stores, the natives were able, after 12
months of business, to declare a cash
dividend of 50 per cent and still have
funds available for the erection of a
larger store building. The Klawock
Commercial company, also under na
tive management, was able after nine
months of existence to erect a new
store building from its surplus. At
Klukwan also the natives have organ
ized a cooperative store. . • /
Native stores have for several years
been in successful operation at Cape
Prince of Wales and on St. Lawrence
island, where the natives buy food at
reasonable prices and are assured an
equitable exchange for their furs and
other products.
A more recent example of coopera
tion is at Atka, a remote island in the
Aleutian chain. Formerly rough lum
ber cost $50 per thousand and shingles
$8, on this island, and clothing and
food supplies correspondingly high.
On the other hand the natives were
poorly paid for their labor. For each
of the few blue fox skins the natives
could catch they received from the
trader goods averaging $8 in value.
Sold at public auction in Seattle these
skins brought from $17.10 to $66.50
each, according to quality. During
this month, with the help of Seattle
merchants and officers of the revenue
cutter service, a cooperative company
was organized under the direction of
the United States public school teacher
and now’ the natives are doing their
own buying and selling with con
siderable advantage to themselves.
Cooperation in Alaska has been
aided by the policy of reserving tracts
of land for the exclusive use of the na
tives. On this land the natives build
up their own industries. Hydaburg is
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a reservation settlement. Klukwan has
| recently obtained a similar reservation
and Klawock hopes to secure reserva
tion land in the near future.
Hear Sawyer tell more of the “in
side” about Mexico at the Seward
moving picture show tonight.
Meet me at the Branch
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Snow glasses of all kinds for sale at
J. L. Graef’s l
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. *
For Sale—Five-room house and two
lots. Inquire at this office. 8
Complete steam laundry plant for
sale. Apply to Wayne Blue. 8
First-class job printing attbe Gate
way. We do it right.
I should worry. Chicken dinner
every day and short orders at all <
hours at Commerce Cafe.
E. Levin, Prop