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ROCK FOR l >. III.. June IS— Five
soldiers from Camp Crant are being
sought in connection with the shoot
ing to death i»f Mrs. Maude Lucille
Moss, wife of Captain Leroy H. Moss,
camp utilities officers, and daughter
of Pen .). Arnold, the noted electrical
engineer. Mis. Moss was riding' in an
automobile with her husband and four
pi.-nds and had just passed a group
of soldiers when a shot struck her in
the back of the head.
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( LOTH PROFITEERS
MAY H WE TO FACE
LEY KR AC T CH \RGE *
NEW YORK. June IS— The
supreme court of the l nited Stat
es will he a'ked to decide whether
* cloth clothing under the Lever
* act.
Federal Judge Hand has grant*
' ed the writ of error asked by the
* government in the case against
' the American Woolen Company
and others charged with profi
* teering.
Judge Mack had quashed the in
* diet men t on the ground that cloth
' was not wearing apparel.
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COl’PLE ARK WEDDED IN THE
OFFICE IN WHICH THEY WORK
Yesterday afte-noon. in the office
of the accounting department of the
Supply Division of the commission, in
the railroad building. Ruth R. Moyer
and Paul Reran were married by l\
S. Commissioner W. H. Whittlesey.
The witnesses were Mrs. C’airo 15.
French. Mrs. Ora R. Hubbard. James
Ooulton and George Renning. The
bride has resided in Seward foi a
number of years and is well and fav
orably known here. Mr. Reran was
formerly in the service of his country
and since having been discharged has
been connected with the commission.
Scores of friends of the newly weds
join in wishing them all the success
and good fortune possible.
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WILL PICNIC ON SI MMY
Weather permitting, the P:oneers
will pull off their annual oicnic at
Mile T next Sunday. There will be cof
fee, sandwiches and beans but those
who desire more should take their pic
nic baskets along with them.
ON OIL MISSION
Dr. F. Frank, is aboard the Steam
or Admiral Watson enroute to Cold
Bay to make an investigation of the
oil in that region. Dr. Frank will re
tina within a couple of months and
make a visit in Seward, he having liv
ed here a number of years ago.
An investigation was recently made
of the places at Ketchikan that are
selling hard cider to determine the
hardness of the stutf.
The Ketchikan chief of police has
gone on record as declaring that the
ordinance against speeding automo
biles will be strictly enforced.
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CHICAGO, June IS— General
Wood has issued a signed statement
eha act' izing tin* statement of Nich
olas Muiray Butler regarding Wood’s
cam| aign as “a vicious and malicious
falsi hood.” He said he regretted to
make the statement, hut “neceessary
to orand a fakir and denounce a liar.”
declared the men who managed his '
campaign were of*spotless charactei j
and said the attack upon them was
infamous. Butler’s action was “an at
tempt to ingratiate himself with cer- (
tain elements which exercised the de
termining influence at the conven
tion.”
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SUPERIOR. Wis.. June IS— Sen
•iti.r Lon root today expressed regret
at the nomination of Harding and in
a statement given the press declared
ho would he among the first to join
a new party if after the election Hard
ing adopted reactionary politics or
was being controlled by the old guard, i
But the organization of a third party
now, Lenroot said, would insure Dem
ocratic success in the November oLh*
tion. and “with such a situation, there
can he but one choice, and that is
hearty support of the Republican tick
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PORTLAND. Ore., June IS— More
than 5,000 signatures have been se
emed to a repudiate the Republican
platform and announce himself as an
independent candidate for the presi
dency, according to a telegraph sent
today to Johnson by W. P. Adams, an
attorney of this city.
BOSTON, .fum* IS— “Please accept
rvy sincere sympathy,” said Vice Pres
ident Thos. C. Marshal today, in a tel
egram to Governor Coolidge.
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WASHINGTON. .TunolS— Senator
j Harding announced todav that he will
j not pait:eipate in the Ohio primaries.
Me had nothing to say about the or
ganization of a third pa»ly, nor any
of the topics to he covered in his
i>oech of acceptance.
WATSON IN AND WEST
Steamer Admiral Watson arrived
port at 2 o’clock this morning and
mailed for Anchorage and Kodiak at
1 o’clock. The steamer brought 30 tons
->f freight for here and the following
oassengers: Eva Porter, H. V. Hoben,
Kred Meehan, W. H. Sinclair and wife,
E. R. Tromeur, George Pittas, James
Pittas, P. Saraknoff, Sam Saloff,
William Bazant, Otto Hermidorff and
line steerage.
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ACCOUNTANTS OF
SUPPLY DEPT.
TO MOVE |
Tin* accounting foivo of tho Supply
Department of the. commission, now
located in Seward, will he moved at
once to the general headquarters of
the commission at Anchorage. On the
tiain next Wednesday, the force \' ill
leave here to their new headquarters.
The change moans that Col. H. 1*.
Wa ren and his accountant force will
hereafter he located at Anchorage. ’
The receiving and forwarding force of
the Supply Department, with ( apt. .1.
j. Ryan at the head . will remain in
Seward.
Col. Moars. who was in Seward
yesterday, made the following state- ,
moot to the Editor of the Gateway re- ■
gatxling the change, which is as fol-1
lows:—
In connection with the proposed
consolidation of. the Supply Division
hondquai tors with General Headquart
ers, it has been suggested that the
readers of your paper would appro
bate a public statement relative to the I
necessities which call for this chance j
at the present time. Agreeable to this
request I nm, therefore, taking this
opportunity to give you the following
information:
In handling the orders for the large \
amount of materials and supplh*s [
which have been purchased for the
construction season of 1020 consider
able delay and lost motion has result
ed in consequence of the Supply D"’
ision Headquarters Office being locat
ed r.t Seward out of touch with the
Gemnal Headquarters of the Comm -
,ion at Anchorage. There has, al<o. (
been some duplication of records, in
♦he Anchorage and Seward offices,
wlvch can he avoided by the propos'd
change.
The necessity for the elimination
of any lost time in handling business
of the Stores Department lias been
made very apparent at the prest at
time, duo to tho fact that tho Na\.\
Commission for mining coal in the
Watanuska Coal Fields have establish
ed their headquarters at Chickalo< n,
and have already begun to place large
orders for materials and supplies with
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
to meet the necessities of their devel
opment work in the Matanuska Coal
Fields. They have retained the ser
vices of an expert designing engineer
who will visit tho coal fields next
month and make plans and estimates
for the installation of modern coal
washing machinery to handle the on -
out of the Chickaloon mine. We are
:dso getting nearer to the Northern
Division and by October first will
hav * twicc-a-week direct mail commu- i
uication with '.hat organization. We
contemplate shipping a large part of
♦ho supplies for Northern Division for
1P21 season via Seward and Broad
Tass and desire to have our Supp'v
Division in close touch with this work, j
which will he possible on account of
cl osar and quicker communication to
tho scene of construction activity.
All of this Supply work, including
the requirements of the Naval Coal
C nmission, calls for direct contact
with the officials in charge of the
Supply Division, as well as with the
records pertaining to same, which can
ho hi ought about in no other way than (
by the consolidation of the Supply Of
fice with my own office, at Anchor
age.
T wish further to state that mis
change is especially necessary, at this
t'm ' as I am under direct orders from
See,-rotary Payne of the Interior De
partment to reduce expenses at ovei\
point, and .in line with his instructions
rind policy in this respect, we are ar
ranging to stop the publication of the
Ala.4a Railroad Record, July 1st, and
to other economies, where same
are possible and consistent with the
general management of the work,
it should be understood, of course,
that tho above remarks do not apply
to the general handling of supple
through the port of Seward. It is in
tended that our receiving and for
warding agency will continue to func
tion as at present, not only during the
present summer, hut throughout the |
winter, when largo quantities of sup- ,
plies will ho landed here for distribu
tion over the line of the railroad
through Broad Pass, during Iho wint
er of 1U20-21.
Capt. .!. J. Ryan will go to Anchorage
with the accounting force and organ
ize the department on a now basis ami
system and have everything in work
ing condition when Col. H. P. Warren
returns north. Capt. Ryan will lx* ab
sent for perhaps three weeks and then
come hack to Seward which will he his
headquarters.
Git HAT BRIDGE SPAN NOW
ON THE WAY TO ALASKA
GARY, 111., June* IS— The second
largest bridge span ever produced
here, being .*>04 feet in length, and re
quiring a score oi eais to transport it,
was shipped yesterday by the Americ
an Bridge Company to Alaska and
will there In* reassembled. The span
is for the Susitna river bridge on the
government railroad in Alaska and
ill connect the I aiibunks - Seward
d visions. Bridge exports from all
parts of the country came here to in
spect the span before the shipment
was made.
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V. S. CABLE IS BUSTED
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The United States cable between
Seward and Valdez went on a strike
this forenoon, in short it is busted.
Commercial and press matter is com
ing via radio until the break is repair
ed.
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Mrs. R. L. Wov.er will leave for An
chorage on the train tomonow mo n
ing after visiting in Sev.ard for sev
eral weeks.
Attorney E. E. Ritchie returned on
last night’s train from Anchorage i ad
left today on the Alameda for Valu >z. |
Dr. Ik B. Wilson and Miss Leonard
came back last night on the train aft
•»r a professional visit to Anchorage.
I). H. Williams is registered at the
Hotel Seward from Anchorage.
William Kaiser is registered at the
Hotel Sexton having come in on the
train last night.
The Gateway City limited will leave j
r,>v Anchorage tomorrow morning at 8 j
o’clock.
The Bridge club will meet tomor- j
row afternoon with Mrs. Erich Lucas. ^
S< nator Ray returned last night j
from Anchorage where he has been on
a professional visit.
Eva Porter, eight years old, daughter .
of Mrs. Wayne Blue's sister, arrived
on the Admiral Watson today to spend j
the summer in Seward with he? aunt.
Erod Meehan, arrival on the Ad-1
miral Watson, is registered at the Ho
tel Overland.
K. R. Weaver, from Moose Pass,
arrival on last night’s train is a guest
at the Hotel Overland.
T. H. Hanson, Edwin 0. Kildall
and Eld rod Ireland, traveling man,
who have been at Anchorage, came ov
er on yesterday’s train and registered
at the Hotel Overland.
The Admiral Watson brought one
day'.* mail from the states.
Charles P. Vaughn, wife and two
daughters are round trippers on the
Admiral Watson. Mr. Vaughan is a
wealthy manufacturer from Philadel
phia.
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The Wranprcll school board has de
cided to increase the faculty to six
teachers next year. Four have al
! ready been elected.
Henry Hannon of Portsmouth, 0., j
and his wife recently went up the
Stikine river for a bear hunt, in the
Cassiar district.
SEWARD HAS
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SEATTLE. Jum* IS- The Dureuit
of Education. Alaska Division head
qimiters, made the announcement to
day of the population of the following
Alaska cities, as the result of the cen
sus taken smoial months ago:
Seward
Anchorage 1^50
Cordova 955
Valdez 4r»6
LaToucho *r)(,3
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ALAMEDA IN AND SOLTH
Steamer Alameda arrived litis morn
ing at 10 o’clock at the Sun Juan dock
and loaded frozen fish, went to the
Seward dock during the afternoon and
sailed south shortly afterwards with
the following passengers front here:
for Seattle— Mrs. H. P. Warren, Miss
B. Warren, Busby Lucas, 0. B. Decus,
J. Malkmuner, M. Mayer, B. H. Grif
fin, Charles E. Brown and wife. For
Juneau— F. E. Parsons. For Valdez—
A. J. Guy anti E. E. Ritchie. For La
Touche Miss Jennie Peterson.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 48. Cloudy, South.
Anchorage 58, Pt. Cloudy, taint.
Matanuska 58, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 57, Clear, Calm.
Was ill a 62, Clear, Calm.
Talkeetna 55, Cloudy, Calm.
Goldcreek CO, Clear, Calm.
Hurricane 58, Clear, Calm.
Summit 52, Clear, Calm.
Bains 56, Clear, Calm.
Healy 64, Clear, Calm.
Xenana 70, Clear, Calm.
Fairbanks 70, Clear, Calm.
SHOTS IN THE ARM
SAX FRANCISCO, June 18—
“Shots in the arm” wore robbed of
tenor for army candidates sent to
Fort Winfield Scott, local post, by
Private J. J. Caston, who for $2 would
show a recruit the “painless way” oi
administering typhoid prophylaxis.
Caston has just been sentenced to
six months imprisonment at Alcatraz
Island. He had furnished a daub of
iodine instead of a needle jab to the
recruits who paid him.
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SCRIBBLED NOTE ON SCRAP
PAPER ACCEPTED AS WILL
REDDING, Cal., June 18— A
scribbled note on a scrap of paper has
been accepted in court as the will of
Gustav Westerholm, a marine engin
eer, leaving all his property, valued
at several hundred dollars, to Jessie
Limon, fifteen-year-old school girl of
Areata.
The girl works after school hours
at an Areata hotel and her dilligence
so impressed Westerholm who stopped
their one night that he left his estate
'to her.
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WA.SlilX<iTOX. June IS— Prohi
bition advocates will ask tile lJemo
' cra-.ic Rational convention to adopt a
plunk lor the rigid enforcement of
prohibition and xvili present “a solid
front against Cox," said Wayuor B.
Wheeler, counsel for tin* Anti-Saloon
League. in a talk today. Wheel
*:* .-a'.; i!*.• resolutions committee at
Chicago adopt d an i nfoi cement plank
bu* iost it -.omo vb' •• between the
committer room and tin convention.
> VX KBAXCISOL June 18— Vice
President Thos. C. Marshall arrived
here last night to attend the Demo
cratic national convention as a dele
gate from Indiana. He said he would
not accept the presidential nomina
tion if it was handed to him on a sil
ver platter. “I am an old man, who
has torn his hair for I>ryan, slaved for
Parker and done the hardest kind ol
work for Wilson, and I am about
ready to retire from politics," the vice
i president said.
When asked h:3 opinion regarding
Harding, he said: “Personally I have
a big regard for Harding, and would
do anything for him except vote for
him/'
FINANCIER PERKINS DEAD
NEW YORK, June IS— George W.
Perkins, noted financier, died this
forenoon at Stanford, Connecticut.
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(JUAKK IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES; June 16— Down
i town buildings were shaken at 2:15
o’clock this morning by a slight earth
quake. No damage is reported.
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MONTANA CANDIDATES
CIRCULATING PETITIONS
FOR AUGUST PRIMARIES
HELENA, Mont., June IS— Th«
candidates arc already about witi
‘ their petitions for the primary elec
tion of August 24, when the citizens 01
Montana will go to the polls to nomi
nate, in at least two parties, candi
dates for governor, secretary of stat<
treasurer, auditor, railroad commis
sioner, attorney general, superinten
dent of public instruction, three assot
iate justices of the supreme cour
two representatives in congress, stat
senators and representatives, as we
as many district judges of the sta’
courts.
Xo United States senator is to i
elected this year. Two years hem
the term of Senator Henry L. Mye
will expire.
Congressman Carl Riddick, repu
lican, Second district, and John
Evans, democrat, First district, 8
candidates for re-election.
The candidates for all offices, fr<
township and country places up, i
expected to number about 4,000. It
expected that at least 20 questi(
will be submitted to the people,
eluding several propositions for b(
issues totalling many millions of (
lars.
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The Whitehorse district of Yu
Territory is to receive $28,150 fy
the territoiy as its share of the
propriation for upkeep and gem
expense this year.
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