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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 103. ' ’ SEWARD.-ALASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1920.
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MARION, Ohio, Sept., 17— Pro
nouncing the League covenant as ir
reconcilable to the American consti
tution, Warren G. Harding in a front
j>orch speech this afternoon, declared
the time had come for the Lnited
States to decide whether to preserve
or abandon the charter under which
America had achieved its nationality.
Harding said: “The constitution ortho
covenant is the paramount issi:
cannot be governed by both Washing
ton and Geneva. We cannot follow the
present chief magistrate without for
saking the country.”
PRAISES
JOHNSON
SACRAMENTO, Sept., 17— Open
ing his campaign in the state of Cali
fornia, James M. Cox, Presidential
nominee of the Democrats, praised Hi
ram Johnson as an exponent of pro
gressiveism and flayed the big inter
ests and the Republican leaders. Cox
declared that he admired Senator
Johnson for his frankness and his lack
of hyprocisy.
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SEWARD 54, Cloudy, South.
Anchorage 38, Clear, Calm.
Matanuska 48, Cloudy, Calm.
, Chickaloon 44, Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 48, Cloudy, Calm.
Talkectna 45, Rain, Calm.
Goldcreek 42, Rain, Calm.
Hurricane 40, Cloudy, Calm.
Summit 30, Cloudy, Calm.
Bains 34, Cloudy, South.
' Healy 40, Cloudy, Calm.
Nenana 36, Cloudy, Calm.
Fairbanks 38, Cloudy, Calm.
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WASHINGTON, Sept., 17— Offic
ials on the -Saloon League has
published a partial list of congress
ional candidates against whom the
League will fight because of their po
sition on Prohibition. Wayne Wheeler,
general counsel, said that every can
didate not recorded favorably to ri
gid enforcement of the prohibition
laws will be fought to the linish.
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WASHINGTON, Sept., 17— A joint
report of the mint and geological sur
veys fixes the total of American gold
production during the calendar year
1919 at 2,918,628 fine ounces and sil
ver at fifty six and one half million
ounces. This is a reduction from pre
vious years of eight and one quarter
million dollars in gold and eleven mil
lion dollars in silver. California led in
goid production with a $17,000,000
[Output.
ATTEMPT A VIOLATION
WASHINGTON, Sept, 17— The
Embassy at Home reports the at
tempted violation of the American
consulate at Genoa by working men
displaying red flags who also sought
to force the lowering of the American
flag over the building during the fun
neral of a workman.
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RETURNS FROM PRIMARIES
SEATTLE, Sept., 17— . Senator
Wesley L. Jones is leading for United
States Senator by more than two to
one. Congressmen Miller, Webster and
Summers are all renominated by the
Republicans. Hadley and Johnson were
unopposed. All candidates for state of
fices on the Republican ticket have
been renominated.
Judge W. W. Black, of Everett, has
been nominated by the Democrats for
Governor* over Edward Mathis, of
Bellingham, who is his nearest op
ponent. The Democratic returns from
the state are incomplete. A light vote
was cast.
In King county, Matt Starwich is
safely leading for Republican sheriff.
Others nominated by the Repub
licans include Malcon Douglas, return
ed soldier, who defeated prosecuting
attorney Fred C. Brown.
The three incumbents of the su
preme court, Justices Tolman, Bridges
and Holcomb has been renominated.
SEATTLE, Sept., 17— In the face
of'all but a few scattered state re
turns, Gov. Hart is leading Hartley
by more than 7000 for the republican
nomination of governor.
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ILLINOIS ELECTION
CHICAGO, Sept, 17— With 700
Illinois precincts still missing, Lcn
Small has a lead over Oglesby for the
gubernatorial nomination of only 5500.
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• DISCUSS HEALTH LAWS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept., 17— Re
solutions touching on narcotic addic
tion, vivisection and other important
matters regarding health are before
the convention of the American Health
\ s«ociation now meeting here. Sub
jects discussed include treatments of
leprosy, water and the supply of food.
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Freighter Skagway finished dis
charging coal at the Seward dock at
1:30 o’clock tins morning and left for
Anchorage.
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SEATTLE, Sept., 17—The increas
ing demand throughout the country
for a greater production of foodstuffs
coupled with the practical exhaustion
of reserves in America makes it im
perative for the reclamation of larger
areas of waste lands said Arthur P.
Davis, director of the reclamation ser
vice in a speech today at the Univer
sity of Washington where the Irriga
tion Development Congress is m ses
sion. Frank R. Jeffrey, representing
Franklin D’Olier, national commander
of the American Legion, said the le
gion was behind reclamation work and
lie believed at least a, fifth of the for
mer service men wanted to be placed
on land.
BIG PACKERS FOOLING
WASHINGTON, Sept., 17— The
Federal Trade Commission, reporting
today to Attorney General Palmer, de
, hired that the Big tive Packer’s plan
for the disposal of the stock yards
would not be a real seperation of the
stock yards from the packer’s inter
ests.
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“Pioneer” Smith, with a brand new
Van Dyke, came in on a speeder last
night from Moose Pass, where he has
been doing assessment work.
A. H. McDonald went over to An
chorage on the Skagway and will re
turn on next Monday’s train.
C. W. Isaacs 4s at the Hotel Sew
ard from Anchorage, in Seward on a •
I business trip. j
A. A. Hein is in from Moose. Pass
i and is registered at the Sexton. i
F. D. Caraway is in from Mile 52
and is stopping at the Hotel Seward.
John H. Robinson, special agent for
the commission, is oyer from the In
let and stopping at the Hotel Seward.
• W. H. Rogers, from Cook Inlet,
came in on the train last night and is
registered at the* Hotel Overland.
The Gateway City limited will leave
out on schedule time at 8 o’clock to-'
morrow morning for Cook Inlet and
way points.
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The body of Fred Patching,
drowned at Loring, has been recover
ed,
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CAUSED BY BOMB
NEW YORK, Sept„ 17— Will
iam J. Flynn, chief of the bureau
of investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice, declared positive
ly this afternoon that yesterday’s
explosion was caused by a bomb.
The police, firemen and city au*
thorities concur in this.
RECEIVED WARNING
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HUNTLY, N. J., Sept., 17— A
1 warning “keep out of Wall Street
1 until after September Sixteenth"
' was received on September 9th,
1 by Joseph T. O’Neill. This wam
' ing was written in a letter. The
' letter was today turned over to
' the authorities of New York.
NEW YORK, Sept., 17— 'Financial
center* of all big cities, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
Gulf to the northern boundary tine of
the United States, are aimed camps
today with police and private sentries
stationed as guards to prevent a re
petition of the mysterious explosion
which raised so much horror on Wall
Street yesterday noon. #
State and city officers are today
running down reports of extremists
bomb plots, the Wall street disaster
being one.
Secret service agents and bomb
experts today state that without doubt
yesterday's explosion was caused by
an infernal machine for clockwork
parts were last night ftand in the
meckage in front of the Morgan of
fice. TNT or picric adM ii believed to
have been used. A ;
Deportment of Jtiafee ***
following nun, tndl* taxtay whkh
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point to a widespread radical plot
Thirty nine were killed yesterday
noon by the explosion and over two
hundred persons were injured.
Today the scene of the explosion
is roped off and infantrymen are sta
tioned at all points throughout the
Wall street district
The Stock exchange and other or
ganizations of like nature resumed
business today but trading waa slack
even on the curbs.
CHICAGO, Sept, 17— Private de
tectives and armed men are today
stationed in mmI outside of all finan
cial institutions in this city pn guard
for any possible disturbance of an ex
tremist nature.
It is understood that secret service
men are covering all suspected radic
als in this section of the country.
BOSTON, Sept, 17— All govern*
ment property in this city is guarded
today and banks have scores of snned
men on duty.
, NEW YORK, Sept, 17— Six ex
pert chemists, attached to the Depart*
ment of Mines, arrived this after
noon to aid in the construction of the
metal fragments found in tbrwiuch*
age and believed to bo pert'af tfcd
bomb which was exploded. ... .
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NEW YORK, Sept, 17—Edwtf
P. Fischer, former
French High CommifcdOO, h*» been
detained at Hamilton, OnCario, aKar
having alleged he ae«*^w* poet card. /
to two friend* here'waraitg ttMl Wt
to be oh WattStreet on the ttttimtk
or nzteenOL He will be bioatf* born
to testify before the grand Jorjr.
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NEW.YORK. Sopt, IT-r Woppsa
are today buhl, engaged, in ttaaabf
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