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VOLUME XIII. NUMBER !H. ' -' SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAYi AUGUST 2671919." ^ JIY__~ZYZY~ — _TEN CENT8 PKB COPY
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HELD HY
ALLIES
LONDON. Aug.. 27— The Bolsfce
\iki authorities admit that the All1'
have occupied Odessa alter thirty ves
4|»ls bombarded the city tor two da}s.
A Russian volunteer army is now
holding Odessa.
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FOREST R WiKRS ARE NOW
RELIEVED SAFE FROM FIRE
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iffOKAN'E. Auk*. 26— Forest ranjr*
of* Sullivan anti nine men. surrounded
by a forest Tilt* on Sunday, are be
lieved to have escaped from the flames
anti are now safe.
LOS ANT.KLKS, Aug., 27— The
railway strikers on the Southern Paci
fic have decided to ignore the instruc
tions from the National Brotherhoods
ordering them to return to work.
No mail has reached this city since
last Thursday.
PITTSBURO, Aug.. 26— The May
or this morning ordered out 1000
i emergency police to aid the regular
police in preventing a recurrence of
rioting during the strike of trolley
employees. Late yesterday afternoon a
riot occurred in which hundreds were
injured.
SPRINr.FIKLI). 111.. Aug.. 26
Riots of the coal miners who have
struck against the fines imposed by
(ho operators bioke out today. One ne
gro fired on the strikers. The negro
was pursued an<1 killed.
NO FLl' THIS FALL
UNITNNATI# Aur.. 28— Health
officer Peters announced today
that a recurrence of the influen
za epidemic "as unlikely this fall
the people heinR immunized hy
the disease last fall.
NEW BILL
FOR THE
LEAGUE
FLEET AT
MONTEREY
MONTEREY. Aug.. 26— Guns o'
the historic Presidio boomed a wel
come late yesterday to the lanfi*
Fleet. The Governor and Admiral Rod
man today attended the flag raising
over the old customs house.
fish quotations
SEATTLE. Aug., 26— Fish prices
are as follows: halibut, fifteen tents,
sable five cents; ling and red cod.
four cents.
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MANY LITTLE NATIONS
WANT WAR MATERIAL
PARIS. Aug., 26— Various small
countries of Europe are anxious to ob
tain some of the surplus American
war supplies, but are unable to act un
til the credits system has been arrang
'vith the United States.
Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and
the Scandinavian countries are
among the countries negotiating for
upplie*
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WASHINGTON. Aug.. 2G— Sen
ator Wesley L. Jones has introduced
a bill proposing the withdrawal of the
United States from the League of Na
tions unless all members abolish the
••inscription measure. The bill provide.-,
that the American representatives j
-ihall not consent to decisions involv
ing the United States military or nav
al forces unless authorized by Con
gress. The Jones bill also provides that
the American delegates to the league
I he elected by ttfe people for four years
and receive $25,000 annually.
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ADOPT AMENDMENTS
WASHINGTON, Autr.. 26— The
Senate Foreign Relations committee.
| in quick succession, has adopted a ser
:es of amendments to the peace treaty
eliminating America as one of the
powers represented on the internation
al commissions created to supervise
reconstruction in Europe. The memb
' ers of the committee are divided on
• party lines, nine to seven. Senator
Fall presented the amendments today.
Senator McCumber, who voted with
the Democrats against the Shantung
amendment, was not present at the
sessions today.
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A wife’s yearning rapacity is us
ually far ahead of her husband’s earn
ing capacity.
SHELDOM 1$ BACK
FROM THE FRONT::
Charles Sheldon, perhaps the first
man to enlist in the war service from
Seward, who returned here Saturday
night on the Admiral Watson, was
dghteen months and eighteen days in
France. Mr. Sheldon enlisted in Nov.
in 11U7 and (50 clays afterwards was in
France with the naval aviation corps.
Mr. Sheldon has many interesting
things to tell regarding the war. He
brought back with him a trunk filled
with war relics of various kinds.
Mr. Sheldon was at the front most
of the time he was in France and after
the* signing of the armistice was tor
five months in Belgium and Northern
France building refugee houses.
Going across the Atlantic, Mr. Shel
Ion was on a transport which Is cre
dited with sinking one German sub
marine.
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JURORS DRAWN
FOR SEWARD
COURT TERM
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Th»* following are the jurors drawn
for trial duty at the Seward term of
the District Court which convenes here,
:>n September 8th:—
C. M. Eckman, H. C. Mills, J. E.
Chovin, H. C. Bennett, U. G. Crocker,
D. A. Quinn, E. R. Arbuckle, G. H. Tit •
fany, W. E. Logeman, Henry Baxter,
J. D. Whitney, G. B. Barber, W. A.
Sheman, A. A. Shonbeck, Chas. AustcL
and W. E. Lee, all of Anchorage; A1
bert Hamburger, E. L. Whittcmore, H.
E. Ellsworth, Fred C. Miller, Charles
jenicke, W. W. Alderman, Charles G
Strom* Thomas Hambright, Fred C.
Knowlton, C. M. Brosius of Sewanl;
C. R. Crawford, S. W. Curtis, and W.
D. Thompson, LaTouche; and Wm A.
Simpson of Roosevelt.
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REFUSES QUARTER OF A
MILLION DOLLARS FOR
INTEREST IN ALASKA MINE
Since refusing an offer of $250,
000 cash for her interest in the Chica
goff mine, Mi's. DeGroff has drawn
more than one million in dividends:.
This is the story of the wealth of a
oioneer Alaska merchant’s widow who
lives in a place in Honolulu as the re
sult of a small sum her husband specu
lated in Alaska mines.
Edward DeGroff was a big. good
natured small town grocer located at
>itka. He never accumulated any great
wealth because be was too liberal with
credit. Most any old-time prospector
could get a small grubstake by giving
DeGroff a good talk. When the Chich
agoff float ore was found by two Na
tive Sitka boys their teacher, Pro**.
Kelly, got DeGroff to put some grub
and cash to • prospect the find. The
ground was staked and pay started
from the grass roots. The Natives got
about $50,000 in cash.
Prof. Kelly also took cash for his
interest, and eventually .the Chicha
goff company offered Mrs. DeGroff
$250,000 for her interest. Whether her
husband had told her before his death
never to sell or whether just a wo
man’s whim is not known. But she re
fused to sell. Today the Chichagoff
mine clears about a million a year, and
Mrs. DeGroff draws about twenty-five
per cent of it in dividends.
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WELL—KNOWN ARTIST
MARRIED TO HIS MODEL
NEW YORK, Aug., 26— Howard
Chandler Christy, the noted artist,
was married today to Mrs. Nancy May
Parker, a widow, who has been his
favorite model for eight year*.
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Pursuant to instructions from tin?
Attorney General and the Food Ad
Ministration, with the hope and pur
pose of assisting in establishing fail*
and equitable prices for food commodi
ties and generally to the end of reduc
ing the high cost of living in
all commodities in general use. Judge
Whittlesey today named an investiga
ting committee for Seward and vicin
ity, whose duty it will he to hold hear
ings at which any and all citizens may
appear and give their evidence touch
ing the prevailing prices in Seward
for such commodities.
“It is the* part of good citizenship
for the members of this tommittee to
forego any reluctance to serve,” said
Judge Whittlesey in making his com
mittee appointments, “and for the re
sidents of Seward to co-operate as
fully as possible with the National
government in its endeavor to abolish
profiteering and establish a scale of
•ower prices for food ami oher com
modities.
“The government is giving present
attention to this subject as touching
the interests and welfare of all the
people to the exclusion of many other
important matters.
“It is only by co-ordination of
, knowledge of facts and of efforts that
the consumer may be benefitted and
i the dealer not injured.
“If the local merchants are not at
fault, the public should know it, a»»*i
if they are at fault, correction and ad
justment should be made.
“It is suggested that those win
wish to appear and present their"eV'*-'
donee of profiteering. to save tim*'
should bring their hills with them.”
A meeting of the committee will be
held at the Town Hall, Thursday af
ternoon, August 28th, at o’clock. The
following is the committee named by
Judge Whittlesey:
Mrs. J. M. Sloan,
Mrs. F. E. Leslie,
Mrs. Erich Lucas,
John Moon,
George Sexton,
E. L. Whittomore,
D. W. Stoddard,
Mick Losness,
A. H. McNeer.
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MAIL FOR IDITAROD
TO BE BILLED THROUGH
CORDOVA IN FUTURE
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Alvah Fames, chief railway mail
:-lerk for this section, in charge of
he Interior mail routes, announces
that the Seward-to-1ditarod mail route
has been discontinued, and that here
after the mail for Iditarod will be
routed via Cordova, Chitna, Fairbanks
and Ruby, and thence to Iditarod, says
the Cordova Times.
This announcement will cause dis
appointment to a large number of per
sons in the Iditarod, Innoko and Kus
kokwim regions, who have for the past
five years been furnished with mail
by this route. The distance from tide
water via the Seward trail is in the
neighborhood of 350 miles, while the
route to be followed hereafter, which
formerly was the route followed by
the mail for the gold camps of west
ern Alaska, is several hundred mile*
longer.
While no explanation is given for
the change, it may be presumed that
the Seward route has proved more
costly than was anticipated for the
country to b^ served. The population
of that section has rapidly decreased
in the past few years, and it is prob
able that a better service will be fur
nished by the new route, although a
longer distance will have to be trav
eled.
It is likely, also, that the infrequency
j of steamship service to Seward during
■ the winter months may have been a
factor in making the change.
Dr. M. W. Bruner, the man who
first laid out the right-of-way for the
Copper River railroad, was a visitor
in Alaska recently for the fifty-second
time in 22 years. He was to Hyder,
Alaska, this trip, on business,
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WILL PROSITTE
RESTAFRANT MEN
SEATTLE, Aug., 26— Federal
District Attorney Saunders an
nounces he intends to prosecute
profiteering retailers and has or
dered the District Attorney to be
gin criminal action against res
taurant and hotel men who charge
ten cents for n cup of coffee. Re
cently all raised the price of a cup
of coffee to ten cents.
ONLY TWO MEN
WHOSE FATE IS
STILL UNKNOWN
WASHINGTON, Auk., 26— Th.'
War Oepartment announced only two
men unaccounted for of the thousands
of Americans in battle. 1 he total cas
ually is. now placed at 210,7T2 deaths
and 770,422 from all causes.
CANDELARIA, Texas., Aug., 27
Captain Matlock has officially report -
, <*d the presence of Carranza troops si<
• miles north of Coyama Chihauhau.
Capt. Matlock encountered these
forces last Saturday and they defern* I
jtho American punitive expedition from
continuing the pursuit of the bandits
who had captured and held for ran
i som two American army aviators.
American scouts learned that laO
Carranzistas were on the only* trail
the Americans could take toward
further pursuit r#f the bandits. 'I he
Americans then began the return
march to the border to avoid a clash
unless orders had been received to go
ahead and fight.
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DANIELS MAY BE
CANDIDATE FOR
! PRESIDENCY
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HONOLULU, Aup., 2G— Secretary'
of the Navy Daniels declared that the
| Wilson administration has no candi
date for president so far.
When asked about his own candid
acy, Secretary Daniels said that was
for the people to decide.
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SITUATION
IN INDIA
GRAVE
LONDON, Aug., 26— Sir Harrigton
Lovett, who has held many important
nositions in India, told the government
. ommittee today that grave possibil
ities had resulted in India as the re
sult of the activities of the extremists.
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WANT MEDAL
MARFA, Aug., 26— The resi
dents of the Big Bend District
are urging Congress to award a
congressional medal of honor to
Captain Matlock for going single
handed and rescuing the t*fo Ar
my aviators from the Mexican
bandits. ^
WASHINGTON, Aug., 27— The
War Department announces that on
September 2oth retail stores tor the
sale of household commodities will he
opened by the Department and the
commodities from the Department s
surplus stocks will be sold.
These stores will be in the large
cities and will also fill mail orders.
The Department is considering pur
chasing necessities so the store may b**
continued indefinitely as a part of the
government’s campaign against the
high cost of living.
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JOSEPH HAS RETIRED
PARIS, Aug., 26— Archduke Jose
ph has retired as Hungarian dictator
and former Foreign Minister Peynil
le has formed a new cabinet.
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REVOLUTIONISTS KILLED
SAN SALVADORE, Aug., 26— Gov
ernment troops have killed many Hon
duran revolutionists and scattered the
rebels near the Guatemalan frontier.
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L. A. Harrison, the Skagway mer
chant, has become a high-flyer. He re
cently wired home that he had taken
an airplane ride over Seattle,