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' 111. NEMBER 158. T"_ SEWARD. ALASKA: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMP., ___
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CVN \ KT JOIN
TIIK RKD CROSS
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\!t hough the campaign for mem
bership *n the American Red
Cross officially ended yesterday.
Chairman (leorge Saxton reported
this morning that the members ol
the soliciting committee would
continue work lor the remainder j
ot this week. Those not finding
the committee can go To the Sex
ton Hotel and there secure their
receipts and buttons, all for the
««um of ON K HOLLAR.
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.W TO ACCIDENT j
W hile speeding down Second ave
nue at the noon hour, without even
any chains on th<*ir liuick bug. Bur
dette Blue and Sidney Jacobsen ran
over an embankment in a disastrous
spill. Sidney receive*! a ba«l cut on the
head, hnd was rushed t«» the doctor bv
first aider Ellsworth who happened to
be near the sc'no.
Burdette escaped serious injury.
Neither of the young men had any
thing to say except it was their tauL
as they were breaking the laws of th*'
municipality in exceed*ng the speed (
limit at the time of the accident.
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KITTEN IS FOVNI*
A little maltose kitten, about foil**
weeks old, was brought into the Gate
way office at noon by Hazel Rorfccn.
The kitten was found ar«T turned into
thelost anti found department of tie*
Gateway. As we have no live stork
corrals at the office, unless the owner
shows up within twenty four hours,
the kitten will tro to the cat heaven
via the Hob Guest route.
LADIES AID MEETING
The Ladies Aid Society of th**
Methodist Church will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o’clock with Mrs. C. E.
Orlanrler.
STEAM F.R NEWS
Steamer Admiral Watson is due to
arrive in Cordova at 0 o’clock tonicht
on the way to Seward.
Steamer Alameda is due to arriv-'
in Cordova tomorrow nitrht and should
arrive in Seward Saturday. The Ala
meda does not jro to Anchorage hut re
turns south from Seward.
PAJAMAS ARE THEIR SUITS
BUCHAREST. \ov., 12— So qpeat
is the lack of oxtinary wearing ap
parel in th*» Balkans thn? women and
children are usingr for day wear the
hulk of 100,000 suits of pajamas dis
tributed by the American Red Cross
for use in hospitals.
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UIS.MAPC K. Now, 12— Governor
brazier has declared martial law in
tie* North Dakota mines which hav
|> vn close'! l»y the llolshevihi.
Gov. b razier has ordered Adjutant
G iKoal Kraser to take charge of th' i
min *ig industry and call upon all male
residents to help a so those of mili
tary age if necessary to carry out tin*
orders. It is expected soldiers v. ill pro
tect the miners who will work unde.*!
the governor’s orders.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 12 - Th
coal op raors scale committee has at
c-ptei! Seen tary ot Labor \\ dsou -
offer and will confer here with the
miners anti Wilson next Kriday to ne
gotiate a wage agreement.
President Lewis has acct ptod this .
conference for the miners.
It is not known here today how
many miners have returned to work.
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HALIFAX. Nov., 12 Belie' j
! steamers report they an* unable to j
find the cow of fifty men of the Am
erican s; rumor Polar Land \\h eh ha:
I sunk off ('ape Breton. The crew tool
i to the boats fifteen minutes before
tb.- Polar Land went down
i\Pi \n ri(iim:i: m; \i>
MISSOULA. Mont., Nov., 12 Kd i
par Snaxson, Montana pioneer and In I
dian fip’nter, died last nipht. Spaxson
j was abo a painter of western pictuies. |
He painted the famous pictures en
! titled “OustoUs last fipht."
I
FIELD V WISH \L HAIG
DOES NOT GET A TITLE
HE WAS EXPECTING
LONDON’. Nov.. 1i>- Field Mai
| shai L< >•<; Haig does not after all be
[ come “Ka*l Haig of Remorsydo.” as h»
had wished, lint “Earl Ha;g of King
! . ton.” it is announced. His resident
being at Coomb*' then* were ohjec- 1
tions, it s understood, to the t.erntoj
i:d designation of Bemorsyle, the {
Tweedside seat of the head of hi*
family and remote kinsman, Colonel i
A. H. Haig.
Theiv are well defined rules as t*
the assumption of territorial title?
and the lord of a manor can object t»>
a new peer taking bis title from a
place over which the former has
“rights”. Lord Fisher. for example
wished to be liOrd Thetford, but hie
Norfolk manor belonged to W. D. Me
Kenzie. Lord Strathcona wanted to hr
Lord Glencoe, but the rights of tie
ancient Macdonalds stood in the way
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Koth s l,. Baker of Fairbanks an
nouncos his engagement to Miss Bor
tha Niddrie of Brooklyn, X. Y. Forbes
is a chief machinist mate on the U. S.
S. St. Louis.
C. if. Shea, master mechanic of the
;*ovi*r:mv :u railroad shops in Reward,
was “mobbed” last nignt by forty men,
men who daily take orders Horn him,
but wno mst night he»d the upper
nand and snowed their boss tiiat < ven
in ms own house, when they v. ere
around, he was only the smaller part
of liu.1 newiy formed partnership, ot
yir. aim .di.*>. C. if. £>iku. The niustei
mechanic, by u ruse, v,as “at homo
ar.»i wneii tne shop crew swopped
uown upon me iitue cottage on i ntu
Avenue, r.ortn Oi tne 6ev. aru Hotel, j
they know their victim w*ts there.
i uc shopmen l :gau mystenousiy
• iii the alloj n< a the (iut<
way office .wiortly alter • ..*u oeioca)
.Uot n.giu. limply o.i cans in uumuer
were gathered, paddles to beat the
cans we c name, a sack oi icalnei*
w*a.» pi ounce a aiso a dui.'.ci m t.»,«
iuul ut a o’clock a strange procession
oegan iO move. Headed by one ot the
Miupmon eanymg a transparency, the
four sides ot wnich bore, suitab1*
worded emblems, including “Jack did
it and “lie’s a good oiu scout but*- , 1
jie snopnn a started towaiu tile i>iic-a
domicile, ine men marened m singe
fat*, nearly an cin tying a tin cun, aim
oeaiiiig it too, others wticeled g>
Cui «Aiin uuwn bioiiu iuij i tiv
cwcen Ailurns ami Washington slave,
two mon joined the procession. 'i ho> 1
carried a stretcher upon which re-stei
something all done up in wrap
ping paper. The procession move,
to Washington street, east to Film
avenue and then up to the Shea home.
Following a tcrrilic urn ot noise, tlv
door was opened inch by inch and Jack !
Shea, pate and nervous, looked out up i
on a sea ol laces. The “mob husue*.
into the little house and Idled it. Oi
dv*s weie given to rush Fnou mto .
corner and hold him uni.I hi had hi on
g»\en his penalty. Mrs. i was in
formed no har m wouul come to her. j
il. Henshaw, spoke, an io. i».«
“irate” nun. nlormcd Mi. mi '• In.
the “bunch” was sore, ad tin
through.
“\ou went anil did it. Mr. Shea,
slipped il ove»*. Iteniembor wc thought
you were going to get married Iasi
May, but you didn’t. 1 waul to read
you something that was prepared :d
chat time,’ said Mr. Henshaw.
Mr. Henshaw then took from his
pocket a requisition, dated May
1‘Jli), on the store's ilepartmem, cull
ing for fifty pounds of lice, fitt> j
pans ol old shoes, etc.
“Bui tiic* requisition was never pre
sented,” said Mr. Honshaw, “But you ,
finally did it, didn’t tell us about 't.
and that is why the bunch, the high- 1
binders, are soic. Before we allow yen I
i • i 1
to go you must piomise one tiling ana
that is that you will never do ii again,,
“ior if you do, we have feathers, tar
and a rail.”
Mr. Shea solemnly promised he j
would never do it again.
“Now , in token of the esteem in
which we hold you, we want to present
to you, personally, a gift.”
The gift was brought in, slowly un
wrapped- - an old tin clipper, a rusty
fork and knife.
“But to Mrs. Shea” said Mr. Hcn
shaw we wish to present a gilt troio
the boys, and trust it will carry with
it our expressions of congratulations,
long life and happiness.”
From the wrappings of paper, a
chest was revealed, the drawers were
opened displaying an entire Commun
ity silver set, spoons; knives forks, etc.
also a silver service tray and silver
peculator.
Mrs. Shea becomingly blushed; M
Shea wiped his face with his hard'-r
ekief and said: “Hoys, 1 want to thank
you . I am not a speech maker, or l
would say something perhaps better,
but 1 can only repeat, 1 thank you.
And the 4,mob” had done it’s work
t and slipped out of the house, lire,
however, shaking hands with the bind*
and extending congratulations.
Mr. Shea knew absolutely nothing
of the surprise to he sprung upon him.
Messrs. Smith, Towle and Ilcnshaw
acted as a committee of three for the
shopmen, Purchased the chest of sli
ver and then arranged the serenade.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith, attended
to tie* earlier evening arrangements
and called upon the newly-weds, pos
itive then that they would be “at
home” when the hoys arrived.
SAX FRANCISCO. Nov., 12 A
though the airplane race frmi Fo;
\ Angdles to San Francisco an'1 return.
I scheduled for Noveinbo-* to a id 1f» • *
primarily a civilian event, a number of
army aviators will bo entrant-*, it is
announced, as the r\riiH ot the ir-ve-pt
by Col. H. II. Arnold, air service offic
*r of the V/rst' n Department, of a?>
i
proval of the Fight from the War De
partment at Washington.
Sinee the plans for t’u* High4 ve c
made pub*'** some time ago, several
arnn aviators hen?, s* e’.ing n*-v lion
ors, asked Col. Arnold for per
mission to compete in th»* event. The
approval of the War Department w:P
the sta.ndard of the event to a
high degree and will result in. many
iddit’or.al entries.
Several thousand dollars in cash
nri/es will !>' awarded the victors it
►he ronlest. which is being piomot?-’
-bv .1. D. Hogan and J. P. Koch of l.o*
\ngeles. The sanction of the Par if w
\ero Chib lias not boon obtained foi
ho event, as yet. according to Sidney
Ribbmo, secretary but it is believed
♦ his will be forthcoming today.
Accord mg to present plans, the r:*r»
to San Francisco will he rim on Ncv
cmbcr 15. Control stations will he lo
eated at Rakorsfield. Fresno ami Mod
csto. The ipturn flight will he start©'’
on the morning of November lf> from
Presidio Field and control station
will he located at San Jose, Satina*
and Oxnard. The contestants will f! 1
north by the valley route and retnr*
by the coast .
With the entrance of army aviator
nto the contest, additional prizes haw
been offered, it is announced. Inas
much ns the army men cannot accep
cash prizes, valuable trophies will be
given the winners among them.
A
FIREMEN MEET TONIC FIT
The Seward Volunteer Fire De- 1
partment will hold a meeting tonigh
at 8 o’clock in the Fire Hall. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
\v i: A T II K u K V. V 0 K T
The following is the weather repoi’
fo*- the 21 hours ending at 7 oVhml
this morning:— i
SEWARD 40 Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 24, Cloudy, Calm.
Matanuska 30, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 30, Cloudy, Calm.
Chickaloon 20, Cloudy, Calm.
The girls of Nenana play indooi
baseball.
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BULLETIN— Centralia. Wash.,
Nov., 12— One was killed, one badly
wounded and may die, ha'I a dozcn-o’h
ers wounded when Industrial Workers
of the World, late yesterday, I ir
cd upon former se-vice nun marching
in ;ho anuisCce d ’v parade.
\rthur McUlfresh was killed.
Many Industrial workers arrested.
Molj tried u> hnnir one a' ”» o'clock -»v*
night. Five handful people gaMtered
n*oued the jail at •> o’clock.
LYNCH L W. AY.
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CHVTRAUA. AY Nov.. U>
During "he night a mob !y uhod Britt
Smith, local secretary of !!• Ir<!
»ial Workers <»f the World. Smith 1
**d Dale Hubbard, Centralia lumber
man.
Or' of th » foni* former so*.lie? ;
lend as a result * f the Reds dioetia.
on the parade is.
Nineteen Reds :;:••• in tie jail.
Como,iff I’, Vat’enal
\Vp*hin,gt»*v r!cm Tacoma. \:i-; v'"*
•:ed!v moho'/vd *vi night *>nd rudi
(i here by spMc:ol Nairt. The company
s today’ natvoMine1 the sfoets.
Prosecuting Attorney H ■ » a \
'on sayfs James Lamb, one of the Rod
wisoners confessed to him that the
Teds had plotted to get the following
non, all former sendee men:
Warren Grimm, former Lieuten
mt in Siberia.
Arthur McElfrrsh, pharmacist, an 1
i veteran of the A gonna campaign.
Davi.1 Livingston, overseas veteran.
William Scales, grocer, who organ
zed the Protective League to drive
he Industrial Workers of the World
’rom Centralia.
Grimm and MrE: rrosli were killed
y Reds bullets.
Livingston led the parade hut ho
'as not hit by bullets.
Scales marched besides Grimm, but
\e was not struck.
The fourth dead man is Ben Casa
nanda, Greek booth*ark, veteran of
he Ninety First Division.
Grimm was left end on the Pacific
least Conference all-star footba1
Mm in 1911, a University of Washi
ngton student.
Three men wounded in the shoot
ng will probably recover.
Hubbard le<l a r**oup of six march
es who chased Smith to the river bee
'here Smith had hid behind Willows
nd shot at his pursurers.
Hubbard died at midnight.
DRIVING OCT I. W. W.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov., 12
>mith was captured at 0 o’clock last
light and taken to the jail. When 1’
*as announced Hubbard had died from
rounds received from Red bullets, a
nob took Smith out of jail and to ‘lie
•iver, where lie v. as strung up.
Sc.ne me latter cut the rope and
he body dropped into the Hvor and
| ‘loated away.
Op? woman R d is among the I. W.
W. prisoners in the jail.
(.'iti'/i* ns anti soldiers are tod:
rounding up the Industrial workers
the World. The Mayor says all Re
w II In* driven from the city. The Ala
or says some one shut off the ligh
ort»ly before the lynching took plu
leaving the town in darkness and
•or.’ I no* prevent the tragedy.
VYTEMPTED KEY01J;TI0N
WASHINGTON. Nov.. 12— lie
»>ns**ntalivc Albert Johnson front H
< Washington, told the House t
day that the Oentralia shooting w.
:: \ attempted revolution which th.
part of th • state of Washington h:
long1 feared.
liejoesi aiaticc Johnson this mor
inu wired .Mayor Jiogeis, of Centrali
ng ; <' must purge the communi
ro 4h° revolutionists.
‘Vito Pacific Northwest has lot
.<( trouble coming like that at (>
t siha-yesterday afternoon,” Iieprese
* i\< Johnson told the House in
short speech this fore not a.
NO MORE LYNCHING
CKNTUALIA. Nov.. 12— Judt
Pyhart said this afternoon there won
he no more lynchings.
“I have talked to the boys,” sa
the Judge, “and they have listene
Various members of the Par ha1
' i to them and they will let t!
lav; take its course. 1 premise all
give the I. W. NV.’s now under acre
i\ cj; ick and just trial.”
I. XV. \V. DEPORTED
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov., 12— Eif
eight I. W. W. members have been a
rested hero and they will be deporte
PLANNED A CAMPAIGN
SPOKANE, Nov., 12— The Depar
ment of Justice officials here say tl
I. W. W. arrived here a week ago fro
the I. W. W. headquarters in Chicaj
and were preparing to launch a pr
paganda campaign throughout tl
Northwestern and perhaps the enti
west.
NO MORE BLOODSHED
SPOKANE, Nov., 12— Gov. Hr
said this afternoon he does not cx
poet any more bloodshed at Ccntrali
The trouble was the result, he sa\
of a lonjr foud between the Central
Americans and the “wobblios.” The
had been several clashes in the pa:
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PEACE COMMISSIONERS
LEAVE PARIS DURING
THE COMING MONT
PARTS, Nov., 12— Tt was official
announced here ^ today the Americ
and British peace conference membe
will leave France during December u
til after the holidays.