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WHAT DOES
GOVERNOR
MEAN?
EDITOR OF THE GATEWAY:—
From the Associated Press repo, ts
I notice, that Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
who first came to Alaska at the gov*' n
meat expense, and during the ontir**
period of his residence in the Terri
tory has been drawing a salary from
the treasury of the United States,
seems to be very much alarmed and is
circulating a propoganda to be
published in the outside press,
and filed with in Government record*;
at Washington, that Alaska is men
aced by the Bo\sheviki, and that ar.
vj',*i*intr 'R planned for May 1st.
I have been a resident of Alaska
for &’> years and have lived in various
pints of the Territory, and l wish to
place on record the tact that nowhe e
in the world or can any state boa<t
of as high a class of citizenship in id.
walks of life from the loneiy prospect
or, the fisherman, or the business man
that makes his livelihood in the towns
in our Territory. News of such char
acter tends to discredit Alaska, nnu
places us before the world as not law
abiding. It tends to divert those whe,
are looking toward Alaska lor futu e
homes, and intimidates capital that
seeks investment in Fisheries, Mines,
and the oil regions. 1 for one give IM
gatc Grigsby due credit, tor his re
fusal to intioduce a bill in Congress
establishing a constabulary lor Auis
ka. It is unnecessary and un-American.
A territory with a population ot loss
than 50,000 and now occupied by a re
giment of soldiers, never asked for,
by the people. The U. S. Marshal o;
ganization, and now a new branch o
police service would cause a stranger
landing in our midst from a fiying
machine to wonder if he had not made
a mistake and landed in a Geima.i
village along the Rhine.
If the time comes and there i* a
crisis, which does not now exist, Li*
Pioneers of Alaska, the American Lc
gion of honor, with the aid of citizens
generally, can make it very uncom
fortable for any Bolsheviki that
starts trouble in Alaska.
It is the duty of the Chamber of
Commerce and other organizations to
pass resolutions condemning the ac
tions of Governor Riggs, and sending
forth to the officials at Washington
that such representations are ground
less and founded on misleading in
formation.
He seems to be paving the way for
military control of our affairs, plac
ing Alaska in a relative position with
the Philippines and other provinces ol
the United States. It is certain the
Governor is not in touch with the con
dit ons as they exist throughout all
p;*rts of Alaska.
(Signed) E. E. CHAMBERLIN. •»
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WASHINGTON, March 2.'!— Pros-'
dent Wilson today withdrew govern
m«*nt control over the maximum pri:e
of bituminous coal effective April 1st.
It is believed the operators will in
crease the coal price to absorb the 27
per cent wage increase recommended
f n* the mine’s by President Wilson’.
commission. President Wilson has
written to the coal mine operator; and
the miners urging them to make
; jroemonts immediately based » pen
the commission reports. President
Wilson said that a 27 per cent in
crease in wages would total $200,000,
000 yearly.
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CONVICTED MAN
GREETED AS
A HERO
MENOMINEE, Mich., March 2d —
Citizens greeted Roger Andrews as a
coi. pjehug hire when he returned
home today after his conviction in th**
Senator Newberry case. Flowers were
given to him and an address of wel
come was made. Andrews said that it
was better that sixteen men go to
jail than to have Henry Ford in th-„
United States Senate. Paul King, an
other defendant who was convicted,
issued a statement today and said his
conviction showed the administra
tion’s power with the government
agents at its hands. King said Now
boirv’s campaign was a clean one.
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HENRY MOlUiANTHAT IS
NOMINATED TO BE THE
AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO
WASHINGTON, March 2.‘i— Presi
dent Wilson today nominated Henry
Morganthau, of New York, ambassa
dor to Mexico. Morganthau was foi
merly ambassador to Turkey. Ambas
sador Fletcher, resigned recently as
ambassador to Mexico when he failed
to agree with the administration on
the Mexican policy.
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COST OF LIVING WILL
BE REDUCED WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT REDUCES
DETROIT, March 23— Governor
I*owden today declared in a#spee«n
that the first step in reducing the
high cost of living is the reduction in
the cost of the government. The Presi
dential candidate said the govern
ment had been back sliding since the
days of President Hamilton.
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CARPENTIER ARRIVES
NEW YORK, March 23— Georges
Carpentier arrived today with his 17
vear old actress bride, a most pretty
French girl. Carpentier says he is an
xious to meet Dempsey as soon as a
match is arranged. Carpentier looks
like a bank clerk on a vacation. He
weighs 176 pounds.
Carpentier wore in the lapel of his
coat a ribbon of the Croix de Guerre.
He said he had been wounded twice.
Carpentier is going on a vaudeville
tour for the next ten weeks.
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SEATTLE, March 23— Fedora,
and prohibition officers, at midnignt,
arrested Police Lieutenant Hoy O'm
stead, Pol'ce Sergeant Thomas Clark j
and nine other men. The officers se i
en seven automobiles containing 100 ]
cases of whiskey. The raid was made
at Meadow Dale. The officers took
shots at a launch which brought the
liquor from Canada. Chief of Police
Tod Wtvrcn this forenoon fired Olm
steed and Clark f om the force. Oth
er officers are probably involved.
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VICTORIA, B. C., March 23— Dale
Pitt, has been named manager of the
Premier mine, near Hyder, Alaska.
Pitt was formerly assistant Manager.
Pitt says the district around Hyder, is
not a poorman’s camp neither is it
any second Klondike.
According to mail advices received
on the last steamer, the strike at the
Premier mine, which has been on for
several months has ended. The follow
ing is from the Hydor News Weekly
News of March 5th. and explains the
situation as it now exists at the Can
ad’art mine;
Negotiates, which began a week
ago for a settment of tin* Premiot
strike, came to a successful conclu
sion Thursday n;ght and all the Md
crow who wish to do so will return
to the mine Monday and will be
placed as nearly as possible in their
o’d jobs according to the promise
given bv Assistant General Manager
1). L. Pitt. The men who came up
from Price Rupert under an agree,
mmit will a’so he taken on, and u
anv of the old crew who are now ou*
of the camp come back and wish to
work there' will be no discriminate t
diown against them.
Meetings of the men were held
Wednesday and Thursday, and
Thursday evening Mr. Pitt conferr
ed with the men in their mess hall
and a perfect understanding was
reached.
The men, in their proposition
presented to Mr. Pitt, asked for a
minimum wage of $5 per day and
board, but the latter explained that
he had not the power to concede
this without sanction from New York
office but that he was prepared to of
fer the wage scale prevailing at An
yox and Alice Aim, viz., a minimum
wage of $G per day without bo.r d.
This the men finally accepted.
The terms of settlement present
ed by the men are as follows:
1. That a competent cook be secur
ed.
2 That all strikers be reinstated
and the men that came up with Mr.
Harris be placed in the jobs they on
gaged for.
3. That a minimum wage of ' 5
and board for 8 hours be paid to all
day labor.
4. That baggage be handled to at d
fvom the mine free of charge.
5. That work be resumed on re
ceipt by the management of approval
by the New York office of condition
No. 3— providing that 1 and 2 are ac
cepted.
Comment.— Xo. 3 is added to the
original demand (procuring a compe
tent cook) for the following reasons;
(a) The Premier mine is the or.ly
mine that is shipping ore, and has
been doing so for some time.
(b) The present price of silver,
(31.70) puts the Premier Mining
Co. in a much better position to pay
it than the other mines in the Sal
mon river district that are paying it
and not shipping ore.
Xo. 4 The management has pre
viously agreed to this.
At the commencement of the dis
pute the men were willing to settle
on the single demand as to the
cook. If these terms arc not ac
cepted the men reserve the right to
revise them in future negotiations.
Xredlcss to say there was a gen
eral feeling of relief when it becam ^
known that a settlement had been
made, and this was heightened by
reports of the apparent frank.iesa
displayed by both parties to the dis
pute during the negotiations.
For the men, a committee consist
ing of Messers. Elliot, Caskie and
McManus closed the deal, which
had been tacitly agreed upon by both
sides, the final act of signing up br
ing performed in the wireless roon of
the Prince Albert as she was lying
at the Stewart wharf.
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TACOMA SPEEDWAY IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE AND
INCENDARISM SUSPECTED
TACOMA, Ma ch 23— Fire believ
ed to have been of incendiary origin,
destroyed the grand stand and the oil
soaked wooden track of the Tacoira
Rnoodway. The loss is $50,000 with no
insurance.
COLBY TAKES IIIS
OATH OF OFFICE
W A SHI N GTO N, M a rch 23—
Bainbrid^e Colby was sworn *u
today and took his oath as Secre
tary of the Interior and immedi
ately look up his duties.
Two thousand passports arc await
ing action by Coiby. No passports
have been issued .since Polk gave up
the office of acting Secretary ol tro
Intei ior, two weeks ago.
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BERLIN, March 23— Minister of
defense Noske, of the Ebert govern
ment cabinet, has resigned and it is
imdiTtttood the resignation has been
accepted. Other cabinet changes arc
probable.
BERNE, March 23— It is under
stood here that the entire Ebert cabi
net will resign.
BERLIN, March 23— The city is
becoming normal again. The Post-oJ
fice lias resumed and stoics are open
ing. The Radicals hold the entire
western Industrial' district of Gc -
many and the workers are forming a
government.
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AMERICAN LEGION TO
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
The members of Tost Isaac Evan;,
American Legion, will hold a meeting
rordpht at 7:30 o’clock in the former
drafting room in the commission
i lidding. All members are requested
to attend.
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HOMER MYERS DEAD
SEATTLE, March 23— Homer Mv
ers, Exalted Ruler of the Seattle
Lodge of Elks, died during the night
following a serious operation. Mr.
Myers was a member of Baird & My
ers, Ford Automobile agents.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
HAS RATIFIED SUFFRAGE
OLYMPIA, March 23— The special
session of the legislature will proba
bly adjourn tomorrow. Suffrage was
ratified unanimously by both houses.
The House has passed a resolution
asking the Attorney General to draft
a bill combining the growing number
of executive commissions and bureaus.
The question of a bonus to soMi ?rs
will be submitted to popular vote.
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WOMAN IS NOMINATED
.WASHINGTON. March 23— Presi
dent Wilson today nominated Mrs.
Helen Hampton Gardner, author and
lecturer of Washington, a member of
the C’vil Sendee corrmiss;on. succeed
ing Chorees Galloway, of South Caro
lina, who resigned.
SEATTLE, March 23— Four
thieves at 0 o’clock this forenoon held
up the La Fayette jewelry store on the
corner of Second avenue and Pine
street bound and gagged S. M. Feld
man, the proprietor, and Miss Nettie
Goldman, clerk, and escaped with jew
elry worth $10,000. Feldman reported
tht he missed forty d:amond rings,
score • of watches, and eight bar pins.
Feldman was taking the stock, at the
t'me of the robbery, from his huge
safe, to place in his display windows
or o*i the counters. When the men en
tered the store, and demanded he hold
up his hands, he asked if it was a
mA blow across tne face with a
revolver answered the question for
him.
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PREDICTS
U.S. HA\:
BIG NAVY
WASHINGTON, March 23— Chair
man iiut.cr of the naval committee,
to (1 the House today that America's
navy in 11)24 will equal that of Eng
land and that in the next four years
America will put out the most formi
dab’e armada the world has ever seen
produced in a similiar period.
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EASY MONEY
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 23—
Charles Rychard, a grocer of Ho*
quiam, who recently arrived from
a tour of the Orient, today re
ceived a Chinese draft for $19,000
with the explanation he had won
the Chinese lottery at Shanghai.
Rychard paid $5 for his chance.
CANADA TO
LOSE HER
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OTTAWA, March 23— Canada in
to dcmobolize the naval forces, with
the exception of the Royal naval col
leges and also will abandon the Es
quimau navy ya d all of this to take
place on April 1st. The Esquimalt
navy ya'd has been in continuous ser
vice since 1845. The Canadian cruis
ers Niobe and Rainbow will be sol I.
Nq reasons are made public as to the
why of the domobolization.
THIS WAS NO NICE WAY
FOR AN AUTO TO BEHAVE
SEATTLE, March 23— Henry M.
Hendrickson and John H. Swanson
Ivor* killed here w’hon a roadster, ir
which they were riding, rolled back*
wn**d down a f’ftv foot embank men*
at G-and Amvm and East Pine, short
ly after midnight