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SEWARD. ALASKA. THURSDAY, JAM ARY 15 1920 _=
voi l ME XIII. VOLUME 210 __.___—
PARIES, Jan., 15— Die Leagta of
Nations will come into being U»*ui r
row in the clock room of the h r*'i.cn
foreign office.
Loon Bourgeois is to preside at t >o
first meeting.
American ambassador Hugh W;.t' ^
ace is not to attend.
Delegates will be present from 1m g
land, Italy, France , Greece, Belgium,
Spain, Japan, Portugal and Braz;l.
The Paris newspapers predict ‘.hat
Amoiicn will soon jo.a the League of
Nations as that country cannot remain
cut and fight tho world alone on any
proposition, especially the question • oi
war and commerce.
COLLEGES WANT
RATIFICATION
OF TREATY
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NEW YORK. Jan., 15— Incomplete
returns fjom fifty three of 400 col«**g
es voting showed 22,000 out ot 41.OCX
students and teachers Favor a com
promise and making immediate rat>
fication of the treaty possible. The
eastern colleges want a comprom s>*
but the western colleges want rati .ca
tion without reservations. The south
ern colleges are against reservation*, j
FIFTEEN MILLION HEAP
OF CATTLE AKE GRAZING
ON THE EL PASO RANGE: j
EL PASO. Texas. Jan.. 15— V;:
teen million head of cattle a*e g « -
ing on the ranges in the El Paso dir
% trict, according to figures »
compiled by prominent cattle men.
cent completion of the E’ephant j
dam has provid 'd irrigation for a lav
gc tract which increases the fe *r5 n ’
possibilities for live stock.
Even during the past year, wry r
the Mexican ranges were virtu: d j
without cattle because or mtena; •.ru -
bles by fact5oral strife, El Pa o hand |
led 250 000 head of cattle, 260.000 u»nd |
of sheep. 18.500 head of horses and ,
mules and 20,000 h**'; ^
The vast ranges below the bo c*r
once were a great source of prospect;
for this section and heavy impo*‘a
tions were made for American con
sumption of this former prosperity in
some future date, when outlawry shad
have become a thing of the past. Pos
sibles of production on both su»e>
of the Rio Grande are considered un
limited.
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The Petersburg band was recent!v
reorganized. Thirty men have turner
out for practice.
LONDON, Jan., 15— It is i am
tLe Doubles in Berlin, started by
Extremists, may spread throughou
G *rmany, and possibly to Vienna. ii\
agencies of the Communists will be rc
sponsible for the trouble ii any start;
The* communists are against the gov
eminent which has proved hostile In
aids strike’s. This is believed t
hav * been the real cause for the riot,
yesceiday in Berlin.
10.000 CAPTURED
LONDON, Jan., 15— The Bo!shev
ki forces have captured Rostov, on tl
Don river, and taken 10,000 soldier
J2 guns and a gieat amount of baj
gage.
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MUXSEY PURCHASES PAPERS
NEW YORK, Jan., 15— The Munse
interests have purchased the No'
York Herald, Evening Telegram an
the Paris edition of the Herald fio
the Gordon Bennett estate.
<(K\\LISTS NOMINATE
DESCHENAL FOR FRENCH
PRESIDENT AT ELECTHV
PARIS, Jan., 15— Paul Deschom
has been nominated for President b
the Radical Socialists.
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THIRTY KILLED IN RIOTS
BERLIN, Jan., 15— Thirty wei
Vi Pod here yesterday in the Reich.*?, v
building riot.
MANAGER OF LOUISVILLE
CLUB WILL PLAY BAL7
LOUISVILLE. Ky„ Jan., 16— Jr
McCarthy, signed to manage the Loi
isville club of the American Assoc’r
t*on next season, will be a p1ayir'f
manager. President KncneTtaPip gnv
McCarthy an opnortunitv of d;ree»in
the play from the bench instead e*
paving second base, but McCnrth
said he preferred to be in the game.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GATEWM
ALASKANS AT 2!
CONVENTIONS
DESIGNATED i
(Special from Empire)
JUNEAU, Jan., 15— Teicg.-rn:
from Democratic and Republican a*
tional Committees to Territorial > (,c
rotary Sommers says the Demo? .it'?
give Alaska six delegated and six al
ternates and the Republicans give two
delegates to the national conventi -ns.
Primary election ballots shoul' bo
prepared accordingly.
Emery Valentine announces ho will
file Ms declaration for delegate to The
Republican convention.
WILL WRITTEN ON TABLE
CLOTH IS REFUSED PROBA IT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 15- A
will written on a table cloth was < ’ *
fically refused probate here recently
by Judge Thomas F. Graham of th *
superior court because Mrs. H •’ •»;
Scott who had written it just • v
'he committed suicide Novemhe 8
1019, neglected to put a date on if.
This will read:—
“The trunk in the nail to Vw!
^preen, the chair to Mrs. Allen. »on
vill find money \n the bank to pny all
expenses. Put my black dress on me.
Love to all. “Helen”.
The will was offered by Will-i r
\T Varnev a brother of Mrs. Scott.
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IIKINE CONVENTION TO
HE HELD IN PORTLAND
DURING MONTH OF JUNE
PORTLAND, O'©., Jan., 15 Th
Portland committee in charge or t•'*
irrangements for the Shrine convm
:on to bo held June 22, 22, and 21
020, has discovered that lading bo'S'v
have been so largely superseded t>
utomobiles in the Northwest that ii
nay be almost impossible to gather
r»0 good appealing animals at
•ards in this city. It has been the in*
-ntion to use them extensively ir
*;reet parades, of which there will b
%mr in the three days of the convm
tion.
A canvas of the city shows that
V’-e is not even one livery stable ex
iting in Portland where horses and
,>s may be rented. AH of the good
orses owned in this c’ty are boaid
>t private riding seboo’s and a fee of
ten dollars is exacted every time ore
of the animals is allowed to leave
;hc barn.
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FRISCO TO CONSTRUCT A
GRANITE WAR MUSEUM
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan., 15— Cor
•tmetion of a large granite building
n the civic center here, to be used as
i war museum, Americanization hah
rnd meeting place for veterans, ?:=
proposed by the War Veterans momor
al Association.
The Building, projected as a mem
aria! to San Francisco’s sohliers a"d
sailors who diecHn the war, would b»:
finan* ed, under plans ?af<T nere, by
sale of stock at a dollar a share.
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Our idea of a well bred man is one
whp never boasts of his dough.
LOS ANGELES, Jan., 15— .
Dempsey has wiiccl asking for an op
portunity to testify before the Amor
can Legion’s Supreme Council regard
ng the charges of being an alL‘g:u
slacker. He says he wants to pres r :
his war record.
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NEW YORK, Jan., 15— John Dod re.
one of the Dodge brothers of the De
troit automobile manufacturers, <1 ed
here this afternoon. John Dodge star t
ed his career with a small machine
shop.
ROBBERY
SEATTLE, Jan., 16— A Japan *
owned restaurant and meat ma’-.a •
within three blocks of the police he: d
quarters, was robbed during the night
Screams of the Japanese in the rc^tn .
rant attracted the police from hem!
quarters. The restaurant lost $-10 and.
the moat market $600.
MAN 102 YEARS OF AGE
MAKES LIVING TILLING SOU
ITTy .0, Island, of Hawaii, T. H., .Ian
15— \. K. Kinaina, full b’oodcd Ha
waiian who is approaching his 10*'
birthday, is making his living, der.it'
his years, by tilling the soil.
K’aaina has eight acres of land id
Ilaahea where he raises sugar cm
and taro. Th»‘s taM, patriarchal Hava
• •an who was horn April 21, 1817, sfi
has keen eyesight, while his hea’m
is as acute as ever. He sneaks no Fn,*>
lish, but is a fluent conversationalist i
his native tongue.
Tu tlm da vs of the oM monarchy
K:m*nn was one of its chief rota”'
and during Queen Knahumnnn’s life h
was one of lu*r principal advisruv
F*om hi* office he gained the n*V
nnwn of K?an»na, wh’ch means “go
emor” which has stuck to him e,,r
«5:*wp, disp'acfrg his own name of T
lank
TUo A f-*’7ner was married fvT?'
but had no children and both his wive
have been dead many years.
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r,Tr,rv to rnrp»r p \ vrjvr,
NOT LIKED BY COLLEGE GIR’
ST. LOUTS. Mo., .Tan., 16— Wh
voMV,rr women freshmen of Was* n*
ton Unive**sity. numbering 150, v*c
qn p-t* on nd recently whether they f***
O wo d eh to-chenk dancing thnv 0’fr*
wh^lmle^V decided it was unsmd-'
an^i s^o’dd be barred. One hiwdv'
and forty-five of them deeded the*
ga^e the dead^v gem a chance to •'
it? wo~se. but there were five who W
ed .Vong the l;nes that they d’dn’tc v
whether tb/» gown worked O’* stw.ie1
it was “all the same to them.”
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f \vamam pariPfC WIT.L
RETURN TO PRE— WAR BAST
prTMXTTPpin. J?mM 15— Official? r
the Cnm.dim Pacific announce thr
rciU?on dollars will be siv”
0n evtno?ions and improvements
ywoviv every western Canadian c:'
+e«*n. The railroad is also to sooi
return to a pre-war basis.
GENEVA, Jan., 15 - Enver IV;’;: .
form Tiy Turktsn min'sk; of \va ,
ccntly elected King of Kurdistan, aa.
started a Holsheviki revoiutVi
Turkcstand, Afghani tan and H •dual
V’.tnn against the British proge.
vinjc Env*/ Basiu hopes to str'ke
)on at India. Moscow has furnishen
iim with much /nonoy.
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WASIIINGTO: , Jan., 15— 'i
,louse judiciary committee has
aside the Sterling anti- sedition meas
:rc for the b;U cl awn up by AUo.v;<
Icneral Palmer. The members of iim
udiciary committee claim tiic Sio
ng senate measure is too c!"',st’.c. li;
.’aimer bill provides for the death p n
dty where agitation against the gov
ernment results in loss of liiO.
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NEW YORK, Jan., 15— Fore gi
ade handled in ten leading U:siu-<
.ates cusvoms districts in 1DK), u
nding to stations just made puh.u
;»e, aggregated $8,812,701),000 in ni
ji ts and exports of which New Yoi '
d with 45.5 per cent. This Hurt’s pr
;rtion of the total imports har.(i\<
:u 44.3 per cent, and of the expo i
J.3 percent.
There was a lively competition foi
*orul place it was said, between Has
n, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New 0
ans, San Francisco and Seattle. No
cleans won for the first time in r v
•al years. Philadelphia crowded Now
Orleans so close that an addition cl
illion dollars to the value of the foi
er’s foreign commerce wou’d hav>
iced her in the loaol. Scathe, Boston
an Francisco, Detroit, Baltimore
'alvcston and Buffalo followed in U;l
ler named.
During the preceding uscm \
'^ttle snatched second pos::ion irui.'
uladelphia, which had just achi ve *
for the first time in many years.
• Baltimore and Galveston lead Bor
n and San Francisco in the value o
'ur exports, but the weakness oL' the
*'t named ports lies in'the pauent;
• their imports. There is no por*
'•>ich imports exceeds exports, a1
o’irh they come nearer to balanctn:
v Boston.
Montreal led the North AmcH cv
vts except New York, vnth a tota:
reign trade of $700,000,000 in value j
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M. J. Bucey and J. G. Krause have
• in,,ehnsed the Noyes garage at Kow
chikan.
VANCOUVER Wash. Jan., 15—
1 oi ge VanDervcer, the attorney for
Jie wobblies, has b«.en convicted 'ic.e
: d fined $/5 for conversing with
prisoners in the jail in vioiatlon of the
.a At the time of his arrest several
\ (-•! s ago, VanDervcer put up a figr.t
a ;aiu t the officers and force had tr
!>.* used to make him submit to ar
rest.
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 15— The
Sh'pphig Hoard’s vessels earned $100,
000 each last year. Twelve hundred
ships were operated during the year,
/he overhead charges and other ex
penses must be deducted before the
f na’ returns however are positively
known.
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DOPES JOIN
CdMIiKISTS
NEW YORK, Jan., 15— The De
partment of Justice agents announce
at ignorant foreigners have oecn
ured into the Communist party. The
membership has been secured by pro
mising the men that they were join
r.g a social enterprise for community
lances, and they would have a share
n the profits which would be large*
i ny ef the foreigners contributed
large sums of money. All of this mon
ey went to help along the propagan 11.
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WASHINGTON, Jan., 15— Demo
cratic Senators met in caucm last
i'ght. The Senators a’e deadlocked on
the vote between Hitchcock and Un
derwood for the leadership. The cau
cus adjoined to meet at the ca'.i c*f
the two candidates.
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SEATTLE LOSES AT HOCKEY
SEATTLE. Jan., 15— Seattle V t
in the hockey enme last nifrht to Van
couver. The British CoUimbinns made
a score of three and the locals only
made one.