The weather at Seward — Maximum, 50, Minimum, 42.— Rainfall, 24 hrs. .17 — Medium southerly wind.
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"777” SEW All I), ALASKA. TIIl’llSDA Y EVENING, MAY 31, 1014 N(K 11,2
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A.
HIRE
Wnranees yy<:e received from the Toronto headquarters today that the gasoline
r;li-s will be permitted to temporarily run on the Vlaska .Northerns tracks under condi
tions similar to those in etlecl last year.
The line i- open as far as Mile ,'il. V section eroyy yvill he put at work and the car
put on >oon as possible.
'Phis means that several plans for deyelopment work along the line yvhieh depended
on the transportation problem y\ill go through.
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• >cv.ard (iomercial Cluh to Mold
Special Meeting tonight—
Those dt Mondays Mass .Meet
ing Asked to Attend—General
Imitation Issued.
A call has been issued by the presi
dent for a special meeting of the Sew*
ard Commercial club, to be held in the
Seward Motion Picture show at 8:00
o’clock this evening. The purpose of
the meeting is to open the rolls for
new members and President Graff says
that a resolution w ill pr« bably be
p adopted calling for the election oj new
officers, as the time for the annual
election has already passed.
A special invitation is issued to all
those interested in Seward and its fu
ture to be present, join the club and
get. busy.
\\ ill Present Resolution.
The ten uorary chairman of the mass
meeting in d Monday nijfbt lias issued
a call fur those present to attend the
' meet it u < •: t he Commercial club to be
held tonight. A resolution drawn by
the committee named at the mass meet
ing wiii be presented to the club.
In order to avoid confusion tlo* first
five rows of seats ir the hall " ill be re
served fur numbers of th** Comm rcial
t hit).
BECKER GETS A
HARD BLOW
New York, May -1. The defense in
the Pecker ease received a stajftfering
\ blow today when the court excluded
^ testimony _;i\**n hy Pa^fo Frank before
his execution, which exonerated the
former police lieutenant from btaiue
for tiie murder of Ko-enthal.
* GRAND JURY
HOLDS WOMAN
Seattle. Wash., May 1*1. in spite of
her pleas that she had a real mine on
KupernotT island. Airs. Annette tanier
was indicted by the federal «'rand jury
today on tin* charge of usinif the mails
to defraud while >eliin^ stock in the
copper company of which her late hus
band was president. ;
Kev. Price w ill return to Valdez to
day on the Alameda. |
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Home cooking at the Vienna cafe. 1
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EXECUTES GENERALS
. Yiuzuru la Us. Can a da. dial/ J/.---\lilh two
re present a t i reS present from .1 le.viro and the I ailed
States the mediators j ram .Irgcn/iaa. PruzH and
Chile met here today to consider the dif) erenees be
tween President Huerta and tin* rebels m Mexico
and Huerta and the / mted States.
Juarez. May J t .---1'rcrcnt i u% a junction of
federal forces at Saltillo. General \ "Hlo of the rebel
many achieved another coup at daylight today when
he trupped and captured the entire force under
General Ozorno at Paredon.
I i'l/a granted temporary clemency to the cap
tured soldiers, bat executed Genera! Ozorno, an
other general <oid JJ staff officers an hoar after
they surrendered. The prisoners Inter will be given
the privilege of joining the rebet army or being shot.
The spoils of ivar taken by the rebels include
t.000,000 rounds of ammunition, four troop trains,
a buttery of machine guns and ldOO rifles.
STILL AFTER
PATENTS ON
COAL CLAIMS
S* ittle. May 21. Archie Shields and
A. K. Munday. who have been trying
to secure patents to coal lands in the
iSerim; Kiver tie ds, will make another
attempt to get title. 'I liev will leave
for Turonto. Canada, eurlv in .lime to
^ i",ire deposit ions \\ .siv*11 will he pre
sented to the deparlmont of ti»e inter
ior.
CUT WITNESS
FEES TO $2.
Washington, May 21 A bill was
passed by the boils- today cutting wit
ness fees i ? the federal court in far
wostern states from to $2 per day.
Kastern congressmen urged that they,
be cut to ?l.o0.
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With the first of June all E
E subscription rates for the (iate- E
E way will be payable in advance. =
E The carrier will present bills E,
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SIXTEEN DIE IN
E HAILSTORM
IN MEXICO
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Mi)/.quiz, Mexico, May 21.—Hail i
stones weighing from two to three |
(unices killed lh people din ing a tor
nado which swopt this town last night, i
The ice storm lasted six minutes and
so great was the fall that fiat roofs on i
several small building's were crushed j
in bv tin* weight of ice.
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IN WASHINGTON!
Washington, May 21.—Coxey’s a rmy |
of live arrived today and the “General” 1
made a speech from the the capitol j
steps to an interested crowd of cdn
Pressmen and senators and several •
i ~
hundred citizens
HEAT WAVE
HITS CHICAGO
Chicago, May21.—The first hot wave
of the season hit the lake country yes
terday. The thermometer registered
85 and the people took to the parks for
| relief. N
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Portland Steamship Company
Will Buy Three Vessels, and
l:\tend l ine to Southwestern
Alaska.
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Portland, May 21.—Prominent busi
: ness men of the city gathered together
in a ^uiet way yesterday at a luncheon
and discussed the necessity for increas*
I ing the steamship service to Alaska
| that they inaugurated a couple o(
months ago. These men subscribed
| a million dollars to increase the capi
tal stock of the Portland Steamship
jcotnpany, which is now’ running two
I steam schooners to Southeastern
j Alaska. It is the plan to purchase
three modern passenger- and freight
steamships and to extend the line so
as to include Seward and other South
western Alaskan ports. They believe
'that the government railroad con
struction in the north will assure much
| additional business for Portland firms
1 if satisfactory steamer service is in
! augurated.
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RECORD TIME
i BY MARIPOSA
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I Seattle, May 21.—The Mariposa ar
| rived last night after making the trip
j from Ketchikan to Elliot bay in the
rec all time of 41 hours and live min
utes. This is the fastest time ever
made between tlie two ports.
SCHOOL FOR
I KATMAI KIDS
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An order has been issued by the
clerk of the District Court of \ aides;
establishing a territorial school at
Kenai, and has named as supervisors
of the first school elect ion to be held in
September, E. It. Hojjarf, Carl A.
Peterson, and J. H. Mann. The only
school now at Kenai is for Indians.
MUST BE THAT j
SEATTLE SPIRIT
Seattle, May 20.—This city a^ain
leads the United States as the most
healty municipality of over 100,000
population. The death tate for the
past year was 14 per thousand.
%
Seattle, May 21.-Lieutenant Mears
i of the Alaska Engineering commission
arrived today and joined Riggs at the
commission headquarters at the Arctic
club. The commissioners have already
received 5000 applications for positions
on survey parties. .
So insistent are the job seekers
that notice has been posted that, other
than the corps of government em
ployees who will be needed for
draughting work, stenography and
other duties at the Seward headquar
ters, men to be employed will be hired
after the commissioners reach Seward.
The engineers expect to use the
Alaska Northern building as head
quarters and have already notified the
company’s representatives that it will
be needed. Disbursing Officer Barn
dollar will make his headquarters in
the same building.
Men to be hired in Alaska will be
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packers, cooks, hunters and others fa
miliar with the country between the
coast and Fairbanks. Hunters will be
sent with each party, as they will de
pend entirely on game for fresh meat
The Commercial club will give a
luncheon today for Commissioners
Mears and Riggs.
WITNESSES IN
DIRIGO CASE
I DON’T AGREE
Seattle, Wash., May 21.—Judgment
in the case of the Dirigo which ran
ashore at Useless hay, was with-held
by the United States inspectors at the
close of the investigation here last i
night. Witnesses disagreed as wheth- j
er Capt. Flynn was intoxicated at the
time of the wreck.
Tiie Dirigo was not damaged by
grounding out was forced to return to
Seattle a second time when the crank
pin in her engine broke. She will be
ready to sail for Seward for the third
time in a few days.
If you want to enjoy your after
dinner smoke you will sure smoke a
Lovera. ThE Cigar.
Curtain rods at J. L. Graef *s. I
T. R. PLAN TOUR
OF COUNTRY
IN SEPTEMBER
j Oyster Bay, May 21.—Roosevelt
! plunged into the political fray on his
arrival here last nisfht. He at once
held a conference with Sen. Perkins
and is considering a io.ur of the country
next September.
BANKER WILL
VISIT SEWARD
J. H. Sears, the well-known New
York banker will arrive in Seward late
in June, and will probably remain in
this section all summer. Other east
ern financeers may accompany him.
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