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lmrTr SEWARD. AL VSK.A.SATCRDAV AUGUST 7. 11120. TEN CENTS PHB COPT
YOU ME \l\. NI MBER 69.--- - ---—
\ouiiiv\i:>ri:i;\ in rout
Steamer Northwestern, I'upt. .Jen
sen, a;r*ved in poit at 7 o'clock tt.is
morning with .*0 round trippers. a
laig • number of passengers to. Sew
aid and IPS tons of freight The
steamer went to the San Juan dock
at 111 uVik.. and i> scheduled to ..ad
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for the south late this afternoon.
Passengers aiming on the North
western lor Seward were J. Seamer
sea. J. ThtM»dore,J. M. Kyle, P. Kane!'.
15. French, Mis. K. H. Magee, George
Fair, P. Munay, Mrs. 1*. Murray,
Mrs. C. K. OWmneMi, Miss C. Kirhy.
Paul linwison J. « -,a> *n. I’’. J. \N alt
er anti wife, \V. 11. llurtliOti, C. W.
Frick, ll. S. Itaithoff. C. Johnson.
Sam llaker. J. J. Finnegan. Mis. 1>.
G. W ilson. Mrs. W. 11 t*. Miss 1). king,
Mis. J. I>. McGowan. U. K. Murphy.
,\i. 1.. Mooney, J. J. Kyan, l. J. Con
roy, Charles Phillips. P. Gilliland, A.
Stockland. M. C. Pugg. J. Hutton,
George Piist. J. A. Stewart, C. Uyers,
\V. W. Porter anti wife. J. H. Stanton.
P. G. Horst. C. J. Hamilton. J. F.
Chamberlain. Anna Cunningham,
James NVoibel. L. V. Versel, Miss I*.
Hadberg. J. Henrickson, seven steer
age* anti tourists.
I* list class passengers who will
leave on the Northwestern are as fol
lows: for Valdez— Finest Ulue, Mrs.
1). E. Hunt anti A1 Hunt. For Cordova
— Jack Welch. For Juneau— H. C.
Hems haw*, K. 1. Wilson and John On
duskey. Foi Ketchikan— A. Workin.
For Seatth— Mrs. E. Irminger. W. D.
Stearns anti wife, J. J. Great, 1. J.
Heckey, wife anti chihlren. T. L. Jor
tion, J. A. Ha**r. Mrs. E. A. Allen, l .
P. Cusack. W. N Whit**. W. C. Pet*tl
an*l J. Mantier.
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lit TTK imiGG1ST HKRK
looking oykr t oi ntry
George I*air. well known druggist
of Hutto. Mont., arrived on the North
western and is today being shown ov
er the city by J. A. Stewart. Mr. Fair
came north seeking a location but
finds that the cities along the coast
are well supplied with drug stores at
the Cabinet has decided to accept the
noith again next year and will then
probably locate.
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H. C. Hemshaw. formerly of the
shop force of the commission but late
ly at Anchorage, leaves on the North
western for Tenekee Hot Springs.
William W. Porter. Christian Scien
ce lecturer, left on the train this tore
noon for Anchorage and will return
on Monday’s tiain and lecture in Sew
ard at the Liberty theatre next Tues
day night at 8 o’clock.
J. J. Finnegan arrived on the Nor
thwestern from Juneau anil will go to
Kodiak on the Admiral Watson.
l.OXPOX, Aiur.. T The House of
Commons h.as passed the Irish eoer
cion bill on the third reading. 'I'he
: vote was -Oh to 1^.
K\citinjj scenes were enacted in
the House of Commons din ing the dis
1 cimsioii on the hi!! to restoiv Older in
i .■ d. ■ ph Ilovlin, Nationalist
fioni P.elfast. was suspended and > nit j
• i e Nat
aiists.
A Liveat majo ity of the Labor
Parts and several Independents and
Liheials followed Pevlin from the
dr. ill be i amid tie* jeers of the sup
porter of the ministry.
i:U.I.l l'l\ Denver. Aug.,
Tlie strike s at noon vot, «i to call ott
the strike if tin* comapny would per
mit their, to etui u to work in a body
and to send the strikebreakers out ol
th * city. Wayne Williams, counsel toi
the union, was instructed te> confei
with the company officials and report
this afternoon.
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KVSTKKN M AP INSTITITKD
A lodge of the Kastern Star was
instituted last night in Seward hy P.
C. McMullen and the work was ex
emplified by the Kastern Star dc le
gation from Anchorage*. Following
the* institution of the lodge a banquet
was served and speeches were made
hy visitors. The following officers
were eh*cted last night:
Worthy Matron— Mrs. Lillian Fal
ter.
Worthy Patron— Dr. J. M. Sloan.
Associate Matron— Mrs. < . K. lb
lander.
Sen-etary— Mrs. Wayne lilrn*.
Treasurer— Mrs. J. H. Pomig.
Conductress— Mrs. Hugh Dougher
ty.
Assistant Conductress— Mrs. I*. P.
Skeen.
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wil l. ISSl’E CHALLENGE
MONTREAL. Aug.. 7— Canada's
challenge for yacht race for America's j
cup. will he telephoned to New Yorkj
city tonight by the Koval ( ape Lreton
Yacht Club it is announced.
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1*. S. RACER DESTROYED
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COWES. Eng., Aug.. 7— The rac
ing motorboat Whippenvill, Jr., here
to represent the Motor Goat ( luh of
America in the race for the Harms
worth trophy contest, was destroyed
by fire and sunk. The crew rescued.
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SENDING SPECIAL NOTES
WARSAW. Aug., 7— The Polish
foreign office has sent a note to the
Allies and a special note to the l nited
States on the political situation.
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( u\ IS NOTH- IKS) AND
KsrorsKs hk; lea(;ik
DAYTON, Aug., " — Peace for Am
»*i ica and the world hy this nations
ultra nee into the League ot Nations
with “interpretation."’’ not disturbing
.ts vital principle, was pronounced by
Democratic nominee (’ox. his paia
inount }u»iiey in his address this at • r
noon aceeptbig his nomination. . tr.
(’o\ championed the l.*ague of ' i
jo! < a i‘oposed by President Wilson
with interpretations insii'iiig '*d
fa'th amt understanding. H ‘ donoune
ed the de'.ei initied and dishorn* a *'<
proposal of Harding for “sept at*
peace with (’nomany."
“League or no League*,” nominee
Cox declared, “is the* issue l»«*tw »*n
the pa;ties and is the supreme is ue
of the country.”
Nominee ('ox said the first elut\ o!
the new administration would l>° the
ratification of tlu* treaty. The prohi- |
bition amendment and the Yolst *a<!
law was not mention *d. Mr. ( «»x pr* n
ised a strict law enforcement and u g
ed ratification of the suffrage ame. d
me*nt. The* nominee flayed the* Repub
licans, including Harding, and sho* d
up the records of republican congress- |
men in general.
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“Morals of any nation cannot or. i- |
y be proelue*cel by statute.- ’ said the
nominee passing to tin* plea against
the writ of injunction.
The nominee paid a graceful t*i
buo to President Wilson when scoriae 1
the Republican platform for the :*.b- (
senee of “a line that breathes emotion
and undo” in the nation’s war achieve
ments and said: “While soldiers fell in
ihe trenches, President Wilson bre’ e
in the enormous labor in his office.”
Discussing domestic question*,
nominee Cox denounced profiteering
and promised that profiteers sho ild
suffer the penalty of the criminal. He
advocated fair return for both capi a!
and labor am1 approved collective bar
gaining bv labor through her own re
presentative.'. ‘‘We should not, by lew,
abridge man’s right either to labor or
quit employment, however neither
capital nor labor should take action
to jeopardize public welfare.
WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 54. Raining, Calm.
Anchorage 52, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 00, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 00 Cloudy. Calm.
Tulkeetna 58. Clear, East.
Wasilla 55, Cloudy, Calm.
Goldcreek 54. Cloudy, Calm.
Hurricane 50, Cloudy, Calm.
Summit 38, Cloudy, Calm.
Bains 40. Cloudy, Calm.
ITealy 54, Cloudy, Calm.
Nonana 58, Rain Calm.
Fairbanks 51, Rain Calm.
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A woman’s glove, black and white,
has been turned into the Gateway’s
office where the owner can have same.
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liK.WTilt, Aug., 7— The city is
i|tii<‘t today following a second night
of rioting growing out ol the street
carmen's strike. Three were kilh*d dnd
one dozen wounded in the rioting in
various parts of the city. I wo hund
rrd soldiers from Fort Logan took ov
er the situation early this morning
Ah- n Mayor I.alley issued a proclam
ation declaring the city under martial
aw aim under control of the military.
Five hundred additional soldiers are
expected to arrive hero late this after
noon. The Ann riean Legion and civil
1 ian volunteers are aiding tin* military.
Janie.*. Kyle, who has been outside
for matu mouths, i etui r.ed oil ’ lie
\oi iijwv ..t rn tiiis morning looking as
line a* silk and says he has enti; lv
• covered from all illness.
(\tj»t. \Y. L. Mooney ami ('apt. J. .1.
Ryan, who have heen at l'ort Wm. 11.
Seward taking the examinations for
the regular army, returned to Seward
»n tlie Northwestern.
\Y. li. Barthoff and B. S. Barthoff.
mining men of the interior, arrived on
lie Northwestern and left on the train
tiiis forenoon.
Ernest Blue, district d* puty of the
!.. <). (). M., leaves on the Noilhwo.it
ern for Ketchikan enrcute to his h« *ne
at Prince Rupert, B. C.
Sam Baker, traveling man, arrived
on the Northwestern and left for (' n
mission City on the train tiiis fore*
noon.
Mrs. W. (I. Spencer, of Anchor; go,
l»ut fornimly of Nome, i.-* visiting Airs.
Wayne Blue.
The (iateway City limited got away
for the interior and Cook Inlet at D:
:;o o’clock clearing up the mail, ex*
press and passengers lor inland points
arriving on the Northwestern.
'fin* Anchorage Eastern Star dele
gation returned home leaving on the
am this forenoon.
Airs. C. (i. Jones, who has been vis
iting here for over a week, returned
home to Aide 52 on today’s train.
(’. A. Thoday returned to Aide 4s1-*
on the train this morning to remain
iniii early fall.
AMl'NDSEN OFF FOR POLE
NOME, Aug., 7— Arctic explorer
Amundsen plans to leave here tomor
row morning on a new attempt to
reach the north pole, drifting with tin'
polar ice. Capt. Amundsen has sup
plies for a five year voyage.
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FERNIE. B. C., Aug., 7— The min
ors of the Coal Crook mines refused
to work today claiming two former
members of the big union had been
| discriminated against.
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DETROIT, Aug., 7— Babe Ruth
made his fortieth home run in the
i
(game here yesterday afternoon.
SEATTLE, Aug!, 7— H. B. Kenne
dy, veteran Puget Sound Steamship
man, died here this forenoon following
i a short illness.
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SK ATT Li b Auu'.. 7 - Less conser
vation and more encouragement to the
' indivi laa! and the settler is the pri
mary need for the development of
, Alaska said Senator Wesley L. Jones
and Major Wilds I1. Richardson in ad
dressee yesterday afternoon before the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Major Richardson declared thut
1 A)a>ka suffered more with le»s corn*
I pensation during the war than any
I section of tin* entire t inted States.
“On my recent visit to Alaska,”
said Major Richardson,” 1 found many
o'd-timers there hut missed many.
Those romjvning still have confidence
and hope.”
“I consider myself senator from
Alaska a.> well :us Senator f ora the
: tate of Wash*' docla.od Sonat
i or Jones ‘‘and want to v*e Alaska
prosper as the profile wen deserve.”
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; DOFS NOT BELIEVE I HE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS WILL
rth RATIFIED by congress
SPOKANE, Aug., 7— Vice-Presi
dent Marshall was interviewed here
today and lie oxpivs. ed the belief that
the peace treaty with the League of
Nations, cannot he adopted even ir
case of a Democratic, landslide nexT
November. The Vice-president said
oven if the Democrats were successful
in electing all of their candidates in
the Senate thej will still lack the nec
essary two thirds.
The vice-president expressed the
opinion that one third of tlm people
were unqualifiedly against the Lea
gue; third were for it without reser
vations and the other third were tor
it with reservations.
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CANTU IN SECLUSION”
Mexicali, Aug., 7— Governor Cantu
remained in seclusion today with his
family and refused to comment on the
statement credited to Senor Juan Platt
that he had offered to surrender with
in two weeks. Little credulence is giv
en to the statement here.
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MILL DAMAGED BY FIRE
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug., 7— Fire
of an unknown origin damaged the
Grays Harbor Commercial Company’s
mill at Cosmopolis and the loss is esti
mated to be $150,000. Two hundred
i men are thrown out of work as the
! result of the fire.
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Mrs. D. E. Carter and Mrs. D. C.
! Mathison left on the train this fore
noon on their way to Hope on a visit.
WASHINGTON, Aug., 7— Soviet
Russia lias sufficient munitions for
a five year warfare according to esti
mates of military authorities. Virtual
ly all stocks were furnished by the
Allies to the old Russian regime.
LONDON, Aug., 7— komeneff,
Soviet delegate here, declared the S«
vi,*t's reply to the Rritish note is au
tio‘iitic. The reply demands the armis
tice terms include n reasonable guar
antee that the armistice period will
not be used by Roland to prepare for
further hostile acts. It is understood
reply although it is not wholly satis*
factory.
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WOMAN KILLED JUMPING
FROM FLAMES IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Aug., 7— Mre. Jose
ph Chaney, oi this city, was killed;
Miss M. Evans and Miss Edith Bogue
seriously injured; ten others slightly
as a result of fire which destroyed the
Elton Court apartment, Eleventh av
enue and Yamhill street, early this
morning. Mrs. Chaney and Miss Evans
jumped from a fourth story window.
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CONSTRUCTION OF OIL LAW
Land Office Bulletin for July, 1920,
contains the following statements in
connection with oil leases.
Assignability of Permits.
Right to a permit is not assignable,
but after permit is granted, it may be
assigned upon consent of the Secre
tary of the Interior, first had and ob
tained.
Posting Notice by Agent.
Under the law, the action of an
agent in posting notice is the action
of his principal, but the application
for permit may not be executed by
agent.
Permits in Alaska
Tho same rule applies in Alaska M
in the States; that is, not more than
one permit in same structure.
Statement as to Bonds.
No bond need be filed with the aj>
plication for a permit but they will be
required when the peimit is issued
Surety bonds, cash or Liberty Bond#
will bo accepted.
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NAVAL RESERVISTS CAN
GO TO TURKISH WATER**
WASHINGTON. Au*., 7— Th«r
commandants of the first, third and
fourth naval districts have been in
structed to order reservists so desir
ing active duty to allow them to serve
f.board the destroyer flotilla eoon to
leave for Turkish waters to agumwt
the forces now there.
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Dr. Blyth leaves for LaTouche on
the steamer Northwestern.