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The (.lateway i••wived tire follow
ing thi> fort . i !rom ili<* Anchorage
Time!*:
Anchorage n,p eciates Sewards
generous attil »i n icga.d t*> net
wlelnat ng t. ! w* th. Ati Anchorage
joints in an ir.v latum to Seward to
com* over a*’d t• ■ ip « ••!» i» at.*.
^ mi*road excursion ate will l*o one
faro and on<* third foi the round trip
f *om all pouts, go-xi on July Jnd to
July 7th. Special events and features
of the A nr ho i ago program include
has ‘ball, tenni-» tug-of war. track
n«v.*;t, l>and fiance* Anil everyth’hi:.
The dance on the night of July third
will he for Seward. Anchorage will act
as a whole committee and especially
entertain ti'« Seward visitors. t’ome
on over, the town wi’l bo youis.
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ALAMEDA
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SEATTLE. June 11— Steam* r Ala
meda sailed tor tin* north at o’clock
yestuday morning with JOB passeng
ers the following being fur Sewa’d:
li. P. Curtis and wife.
Mary Hadley,
IL T. Towler,
W. R. Hocking,
W. F. Floyd.
F. H. Hailey.
Viola Tripplett.
^ J. M. Culbertson.
Mrs. Nora Morgan.
Mrs. J. J. Morgan.
•1. 0. Anderson,
Helen Ba’dmston,
Hubert Evans,
(.<•<) go Kevs.
K. M. Keys.
John Quigg.
(leOige Larson.
H R. Kussell,
H. E. Barlow and wife,
ri. H. Shelness.
I‘‘»ter Rotswa.
Fifteen Steerage.
Helen Balde'stor.. who ha> been at
tending private school in Tacoma, is
e^’nirg home on the Alameda v c
sailed north yesteMay forenoon.
f)r B. B. Wilson and M»ss Leonard
will leave for Anchorage tomorrow on
a short business trip.
V\ P. He<lherg. master mechamc for
the commission at Anchorage, left for
the states today on the Admiral
Evans.
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CIJU Vv’.lb h ik- ll — After ;uloj»t
jig i • repo t of the resolutions cotn
y«. tr: a\ al t.*moon. when the
foil .nil ; i -assembled at four o’
, v . tlv convention thereby adopted
. ;,t . .. o m in- vote being taken at
T o'clock U4.d . djont unent ihen taken
until Kiiday morning.
To •• \\ no leg fight in the c >n
\ *. owi the piatfoim with the
I. ::e i(. ' Nat o11s Piank. The attempt
to >;:l) tit ite a minoitv repoit went
d*»;*, n in ;; land. .id( of “noes.”
The on!y litile disturbance of the |
r. m eii w:i;. when some delegates
ti tei -d to bo*t the convention un
it mo: ;ed \ i« ws were expressed
it th i igue plank but conflicting ,
... f>« n pacified.
TI - League of Nations plank, as
! . A :i n,» by K’.ihu Root, and pass(*d *
j.y .1 • i -r.v \tion, established three
P'in pb*s fo* which the rreconcilables !
cent nded namely the emission of any
: b'l.gt fo at fication. commendation I
of the S mate for refusing to ratify,
an I th.-r a y future. LeaguiLJWUSt be
fn ar.-ord w itb American ideals and
mciph-... The plank concerns the .
nt negotiating treaty and League |
and d -nuiihis that the policies of
Washington, Madison and Monroe be j
oi dnued. There is no mention of dis- ■
a moment.
7 i* iiuh’.stiial relations plank in
di »ses the Cummins-Ksch anti-stiike
d : d‘t.on as regards public utilities.
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WATSON ENROUTF
TO THE NORTH
SEATTLE. June 11— Steamer Ad
miral Watson sailed for Alaska ports
at o’clock this forenoon with 111*
passengers the following being for
Seward:
It. it. Trombouver,
(leorge Pittaes,
James Pittaes,
Fred Mehan,
Many V. Hohon,
M. H. Sinclair and wife.
Eva Porter,
Peter Sarakoff,
Sum Sal off,
Seven Steerage.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 54, Cloudy, South.
. \nohfvnge 50. Pt. Cloudy , ('aim.
Mutanuska 56. Pt. Cloudy, Calm.
Wn«i!la 5S, Cloudy, Calm.
T dkeetnn 50, Cloudy. Calm.
Oddcreek 56, Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 50, Cloudy, Calm.
- Summit 42. Cloudy, Cam.
Ruins 42 Clear, Calm.
Healv 62. Clear, Calm.
Venana 64, Clear, Calm.
Fairbanks 62, Clear, Calm.
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C Hague and Jack Smith, arrivals
on the Admiral Evans are registered
at * ho Sexton.
Cal Hutton left on the Admiral
Evans today for Cordova.
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CHICAGO. Julie ii — Under the
agrecnu it last nitfht. th* program tor
the Republican National convention
today was that a candidate for pro ;i
dcr.t must he nominated before :• 1
jow aiino* t today. Tic > leaves th * v\ <*
presidential nomination foi oulutday.
• CHICAGO. June 11— Under an
agreement made by Chairman Roc ;o,
each candidate may !>•* seconded su
two addresses of five minutes e.vh
and additional seconding speeches 1 :n
ited to two minutes.
NOMINATK BIG THREE
CHICAGO. June 11— The I :s
thro<*. General Wood, Gov. Lowe *n
and Senator Hiram Johnson w re
placed in nomination at the Rcpub' c
an n itional convention durinpr the f. st
four hours of today’s tropica! session.
Bach nomination was* nrcoinpmbod by
♦ume!too.s ai d lengthy demonstrations
1 . pito the efforts to foice the con
vention at full speed. AH nominating
ipeoches had been carefully prena *d
im! the speeches wore ready also the
espouses. Wheeler in nominating
lohnson drew roars of cheers when he
r*f. rred to the Wilson administiat -m
as the “royal family" and to McAdoo
as “the crown prince.”
CHICAGO, June It— Despite the
sweltering heat, the delegates beg in
'mtho'iug at eight o’clock but it was
10:00 o’clock when the Secretary
started calling the loll of states for
nominations.
Alabama passed.
Arizona yielded to Kansas lo" ’ i*
nomination of General Wood, the no1 \
"ivit'rg speech being made by Alien
Joseph. The speech was frequently in
■emipted by cheering and at the con
clusion of thj speech thousands of
turkey feathers, which is the Wood
badge, were loosened from the coiling
of the C diseum and fell in the hair
c (he women and down the collars of
the men. Many yelled like real In
dian > “Its Wrond, let’s go,” which was
the Wrood yell, and this yell kept up
dicing the following half hour.
Lodge lapped vainly for order.
In the gallery groups of men and
women stood yelling “W’ood” in two
and three times incessantly.
The Wood managers saw the pro
jects of a long session guessing the
*;npjH»vto»*s of other candidates would
try to outdo the W’ood Demonstration.
The Wood demonstration lasted
forty minutes. Frank Knox of New
Hampshire and Mrs. Douglas Robin
son. of Mew Yonk, seconded the W’ood
norni nation.
I OWDEN NOMINATED
Representative Rodenberg, of 111
ino s, placed Gov. Lo>vden in nomina
tion. k. \
Th" Lowdon forces started an up
roar when Rodenberg finished his
speech and paraded around the aisles
with Gags and smashed straw hats.
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AppaianOy up aids of 1200, maybe
moie, pu; ticipatod in the demonstra
tion imii' lin y wo e their voices out.
(he° ;• g ami whistling stopped alter
forty 14o minutes.
eeja* i**;. L. Ikekeit, of W.d \\>n
iv _} a: d 'Ivs. 1". 'tenor Dobb:r.s, of
Ch.vago, seconded the LowUen iu»
ation. •
Colonel Nathan T. Alilleor anno tnc
rd to the press gallery he would pos
itively place Hoover in nomination.
CLAIM ON VOTES
Yw*od supporters claim 000 to .‘MO
vot on the List ballot. Lowden non
say th ,*y only need one st»ong eastern
slat 4 delegation to put their man over.
Th •> a’e flii ting with New York and
Pennsylvania. The Johnson men are
r.iji'n:: a lot of noise. Hoover suppovt
CiSLAro^ilent. Dark ho ses, especir r\
HiV.'S, Sprout and lettler a.<* p a* :y*
fovS ng.
I css’bly the first h;.l’ t will lu • k
en liboul the mddle of ihlo a^tu : *n.
JOHNSON NOMINATING
Beveridge, rliom Lodge called *.»> he
chair, presented Charles S. WT.r'er
of San Francisco, who nonvnuted
Johnson. Scattered applause «.une
Wiled a* spoke of poitv unity
and the recognition of the west. The
real bu'.-t broke however at tie men
'■'♦n of Johnson's oppe. .t’on to ti e
Longue of Nat ans. .Lers, boo.s and
puf' iws greeted Wl.odor's re' ronce
to Johnson having insufficient cam
pa.gr, funds.
Wheeler was consideiahle in':« r
-i»|)‘,cmI tewvd the close by cries ot
4<iL*nrst.” Whoelei greeted this ref *j •
once to th * newspapet publicity and
more laughter followed Ins reference
<o the wealth represented on the Cali
fornia d legation. The Johnson fire
works lasted half an hour.
Representative Schall, the blind
congressman f om Minnesota, thrilled
tho v owd with .i seconding speech and
hv unanimous consent was given two
ex*ra minutes. Other speeches were
made seconding the nomination of
Johnson, by Richard Doherty, of Jer
sey City: Charles P. O’Neil, of Mich
igan and Mrs. Katherine Phillips Ed
son, of Los Angeles.
COOIJDGE NOMINATED
Connecticut yielded to Massachu
setts and Speaker Gillott nominated
Gov. Cool id go.
PRITCHARD NOMINATED
Delaware passed and Florida yield
ed to North Carolina for the nomina
tion of Senator Pritchard by former
Senator Butler.
Prichard’s nomination was not
seconded.
The Delegates are growing restless
and are impatient and tired of ora-f
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tory.
HITLER NOMINATED
The roll pa.-s*vi t > NVw York state
befoic the* i i xt n:vl' : v as found.
State S ■ Ogden M Ilf in: d *
the nominating >, <•!» !.>r Nicholas
Murray Butler. H<* had a hard time*
nu king himself heard.
The aT'i/jtK’Oilimit is mud<* tl .t* 1.
Coleman Dupont has withdrawn.
Tl; mx* is no intimation rs to what can
didate will get his support.
HOOVER NOMINATED
Judge Nathan E. Miller, of Syra
cuse pin* d Hoover in nomination.
At tin no o’clock, Chicago time, the
delegates were stewing, wore noisy
mud clrmor'ug for the end ot Ihc talk
and to start voting.
It is expected that the fir.t ballot
will he taken very shortly.
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(Watch the Gateway windows for
bulletins of any further or exciting
convention news. )
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(ATT RE-ELECTED
GENEVA, June 11— Carrie Chap
man Catt was unanimously re-elected
President of the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance today and she lias
accepted.
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Lieut, E. S. liervey, 21st Infantry,
came over on last night’s train from
Anc horage and registered at the Hotel
Seward. Lieut. Hervoy left on the Ad
miral Evans today on a two months
furlough and when he returns it is
said he may be accompanied by a
bride.
(’apt. A. E. Lathrop, Alaska movie
magnate, registered at the Overland
last night from Anchorage and left
for Cordova on the Admiral Evans to
day.
fj. H. Ileaston, arrival on the Alas
ka, i.** registered at the Hotel Seward.
Mr. Houston is enterested in mining
property at Nuka Bay and will go
there within a few days.
Mis. Leora Estes is registered at
the Hotel $eeward from Girdwood.
Mrs. Estes came in last night on a
business tii’p and will return on to
morrow’s train.
E. S. Hewitt checked out from the
Hotel Seward today and left for Val
dez on the Admiral Evans.
K. Peters, who came in on last
night's train from Anchorage and re
gistered at the Hotel Seward, left for
Seattle on the Admiral Evans.
There are 20 passengers aboard the
Admiral Evans from Anchorage on
their way to the states.
The Gateway City limited will leave
for Anchorage on scheduled time at 8
o’clock in the morning.
Gus Gcllcs, traveling man, left on
the Admiral Evans today for Juneau.
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A 40 pound king salmon was caught
in the Narrows in front of Petersburg
last week. This is a record-breaking
ish for that section.
MONTH LA I., June 11— The lie
pub u;*n labor pouiK was today con
; nt erg of the
; n . *.*• a. "ii <•* Labor. Gemp
<:s »?>]»»•( * enincd that section
Mil of public
. t 'unuLs s miliar
u la < :h ,'i !>•!< transportation
, L G :v!; . s .i-! t’ «• plank was con
L.i j> wiiai *manded.
< hat would
b the result of the rejection of lubor's
demands by the Ii publicans?”
Gompers said “You may draw your
own inference.
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CALL FOB A
CHICAGO, June 11— A call for a
mention of the Labor Tarty to meet
here on July 11th to the 13th was pre
pared today by Secretary Frank J. Ks
per, who said he expected at least
;:.')00 delegates.
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WARSAW, June 11— The great
battle along the river Beresina, which
began on May 14th, has been crowned
by success according to Polish offic
ials report. The Bolsheviki forces have
been definitely defeated with a loss of
hundreds, including prisoners taken,
and many machine guns.
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KING OF HOBOES STARTS
C AMPAIGN FOR ERECTION
OF MONUMENT FOR POET
OAKLAND, California, June 11—
Claude Hamilton Welton, known as
the ‘ King of Hoboes”, graduate of
two universities, lawyer, and psychol
ogist, has returned home here to
start a campaign for the establish
ment of a memorial to Joaquin Miller,
“the poet of the Sierras.” Welton
plans to begin work in Alameda coun
ty within the next month for the per
manent prcf ervation of “The Heights’
in East Oakland, where the poet made
his home.
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FATHER SUICIDES BECAUSE
ABSENT SON’S LETTER IS
THREE HOURS TOO LATE
CHICAGO, June 11— Failing to re
ceive a letter from his son, who
left for France six weeks ago on a
pleasure.trip, William Phillips, aged
85, killed himself. Three hours af
ter a letter from the son, Edgar 0.
Phillips, arrived.
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