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Das!v Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post _ _
reward.Alaska.mONDay,matn, 1920.“ . __I_TElN umspercopy
VOi I Mi: \l\. M MBER 1. ___-___—- "
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MY 1 MM. F.ng.. May tT - The An
glo-French combination which lv>
suciMH'diHl the tug four in the manage
ment of the Allies dealing with <i i
nuinv has decided that financial »\
port , o» the two governments shall
i ecoiereeod a iump sum tor iu* <
demi.**y a»'d that payments of lute - j
allied d,*hts shall proceed parallel with
Goi many’s pa.\ in cuts.
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PAUL'. May IT • U is umU'ist.od
in ofth ial cisvhs that the Anglo- ^
Kr- ' i ,!|<'iii, at Hvtho has iio
Ci i.*! ‘’.at th t *".! sum ot German
........ •>?•(»:' '.< • i \ .i at Om* Hu ml ml
ami twenty hill.on francs. This is ap
proval roly S.iO.ooO ,000.000.
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WASHINGTON. May 17— Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels, before tin*
Senate committee today, castigat* *1
the advocates of the General stall lor ,
the navy, declaring th«*y sought to :
Prussianize the navy and make the
civilian secretaiy a rubber stamp. Sec
retary Da riels cited tin* S m's chaig*'S .
as a palpable effort to discredit fh**t
Secretary of the Navy and quoted re- •
ports and writings of other societal- j
ies to show they were also opposed by
the General staff system and likewise
opposed it.
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TRAIN COMING
The Gateway City limited got away
from Anchorage this morning at S o’
clock and Agent Sweek is informed
there are twenty passengers aboard
for Seward.
\ I ASK \ COMING
Steamer Alaska, according to cable
office advices, sailed fion Juneau at
10::)0 o'clock yesterday forenoon. If
the Alaska did not call at Skagway.
she should reach Cordova tonight be
t'ore midnight.
WIN 1>EM(K R A TIC SKIRMISH
SPOKANE, May IT— The regular
anti-federal forces of the Democratic
party have won in the first skirmish
in the state convention when the State
Central committee seats on the tem
porary roll-call the King County dele
gation headed by Hugh C. Todd and
Charles D. Fullen and both contesting
delegation from Pierce County, each
delegate having a half vote.
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Charles Auer and Fred Bryan have
opened a irmat market at Cordova.
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WASHINGTON. May IT— Indira-1
lions a e that the government will act i
witlrn 4s* iiours t«* break the uauon
wide fro gill jam. A sweeping order is
expected to he made by the Interstate .
Commerce Commission giving piio ily
siTament to food, fuel and persi babies,
bar ir.g lemp ira; ily the transporta
tion of all dead freight so as the ac
cess ties of life can be rushed to the
ccannunitn where a shortage exists/
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man <;oe> insane |
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John Olson, arrested Friday n'ght |
on the waterfront by Deputy F. S.
Marshal Ru!?>h IF ed and Fiiief of Po
lice Rvibeit (iu *st, will be taken before
F. S. Commissioner Whittlesey tomor
row afternoon at 2 o’clock and cx
amined as to h s sanity. Olson lias
been in the country for several years.
His hallucinate.is are many, one be
ing that theie is so much electricity in
the air he cannot wear leather shoes.
Vnother is that the currents from the
Vukon river and the Pacific ocean are
at war and creating electricity which
makes large lights which are blinding ;
him.
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COME 0 U K NORTH
Charles E. Drown, of Drown
Hawkins, accompanied by his wife, re
turned today on the Admiral Evans
after n six month’s visit in the states
which took them to New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown will remain in
Seward for several days before going
to Anchorage.
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ARK MARRIED
0. R. Brook and Mis. Grace Towle
wore married at 4 o’clock vcstci day
afternoon by United States Commis
sioner Whittlesey. Mr. and Mrs. .1. F.
Clat kin were the witnesses. The newly
weds are well known in Seward, Mr.
Brook being with the commission and
Mrs. Riook conducting the Broadway
Shop.
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HERE ON VISIT
Mrs. J. P. Hannon arrived on the
Admiral Evans from Cordova for a
short visit with her parents Dr. and
Mrs. J. H. Romig.
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I’ACKI.KS INDICTED
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YEW \0I1K, May 17— The
* Federal grand jury has indicted i
Morris Company and Cudahy
company, packers, on a charge of
profiteering.
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WINNKPEC, May 17 - Uobert lh ^
Cdenn, former governor of North j
Carolina, a member of the Interna- j
tional Waterways commission, who
has been here for several days on bus- •
iness, was found dead this morning in
his bed at the hotel. Heart trouble- is
supposed to have boon tho cause.
COCNCIL MEETS
The city council will meet in regu
lar session ton:ght at S o’clock at the;
town hall.
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ITI.ITZKK IS IN
The mail boat Joseph I'ulitizer, (
Cant. Naro, arrived from tire wes - *
wa d this morning at 6:45 o’clock. He- \
side' the mail the little gas boat had j
the following passengers: James 01*v-1
or and Jens Jensen, from 1’hignik, 0
gistered at the Hotel Seward; B rt I
Lash ana. A. Nelson, N. Adamson, Ld.1
Holm stream and K. J. Johnson, rogi ;t
orod at the Hotel Overland.
DR. K. LESTEU JONES
HEAD OF ( OAST AND
GEODETIC SI'RVEY COMING
Advices have been received by
J. )v. Thomas Higgs, Jr., that Hr.
K. Lester Jones, superintendent of
tlio Coast and Geodetic Survey, v ill
visit Alaska this summer in com
pany with Mrs. Jones. Hr. June.- :s
in enthusiastic booster for Alaska
and is constantly using every en
y\ lVor to make the marine surveys
>f Ahskan waters complete, diverting
"hntev«r f,,M Is possible to^push i.u*
Alaskan work.
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\I, \SKA EXPORTS EOR APRIL
REACH SUM OF $1,718,000
Products of various kinds sir prod
from Alaska to the South during the
month of April were valued at $1,
71*; 517, according to the report of
the Collector of Customs for the
, mouth. This included C.05(.5l5 pounds
of copper valued at $1,151,441, and 1,
210 512 pounds of canned salmon valu
ed at $202,255.
Other shipments from Alaska in
cluded fresh fish, $68,184; furs, $58,
105• cured salmon, $20,005;, clams,1
$110; shrimps $4 075; oh ter fish, $27,
730; curios $075; animals, bones,
hoof.-. c1c. $175; lead, $0 282; lead
hulbon, 8807; palladium, $10,880;
Platinum, 88,850; manufactured furs,
$050; game trophies, $125; oil paint
ing 8200: U. S. goods returned, $80,
010; foreign made merchandise, $61,
152.
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EVACUATE QUIETLY
MAYENCEE, May 17— The
French troops yesterday morning
quietly evacuated Frankfort and
Darmstadt
CORDOVA, May 17— (Special to
the Gateway)— In the United States
Commissioners court Saturday night,
Charles K. Herron plead guilty to the
charge of criminal libel filed by Geo
rge C. Hazelct and was fined $100
and costs. Tn a written statement,
Charles K. Herron publicly extracted
ilie untruthful news stories and edi
torials in the Daily Juneau Capital
and the Anchorage Daily Times, as a
reparation for the wrong done AIr.'
Hazel et.
Mr. Hazelet left on the Northwest
ern yesterday morning for Chicago to
attend the Republican National con
vention to which he was elected a del
egate in the Republican primaries
held last month. Mr. Hazclet emphat-1
ically denied he was pledged to sup
port any presidential candidate not
withstanding the f'.ct that Aluska’s
two votes were promised by the Seat
tle Alaskans to certain candidate*.
CHICAGO PHYSICIANS
( AN GIVE 100 WHISKEY
PRESCRIPTIONS A YEAR
CHICAGO, May 17— Chicago phy
sicians will be limited to 100 whiskey
prescriptions every three months,
Capt. Hubert Howard, prohibition
commissioner announced today. The
allotment no.v is three times that
number.
JAPANESE I’Oi’UL\HON
INCREASES IV MEXICO
TOKIO, May 17— Indication? of
an increased Japanese population in
Mexico avc pointed out by the news
papers ho^ e as a result of the pro
posed reestablishment on April 1 of
the post'd money order system be
tween Japan and that country. The
American designation of dollars and
rents will be used and the amount of
a single order will be limited to not
more than $100.
WEAR 01.1) CLOTHES
SAYS GOV. PARKER
NEW ORLEANS, La., May 17— "I
have bought only one pair shoes in
T.roo years,” Governor-Elect J. M.
Parker said today in an address to
the Tulane University Old Clothes
club.
“The man who has moral courage
to wear old clothes these days is set
ting an example of independent man
hood to the whole woild,” he stated.
1920 SALMON OUTLOOK
IN H. C. IS NOT GOOD
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 17—
British Columbia’s salmon outlook for
1920 is not promising, according to
packers here, because the year is an
off one for the sockeye run, and be
cause of the difficulty of marketing
the cheaper giade, such as chums and
pinks. Approximately 20,000 cases of
last year’s run of chums are still un
sold, according to ackers.
TRAINING COLLIE DOG
TO TAKE CARE OF A
GIRL WHO IS GOING BLIND
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17— A
half grown collie dog, humane work
ers here have learned, is being train
ed at Pleasanton, a town across the
bay from San Francisco, to take care
of a little girl who is gradually going
blind.
Little hope of the child retaining
her eyesight is held, and it is believed
that the dog will be able to lead her
safely when she is no longer able to
make her way about alone.
SEATTLE, May 17— Lieutenant
Weiss and Hugh McManus, advance
guard of the commission of Naval of
ficers to investigate the Matanuska
coal fields, have arrived here. Lieuten-;
ants Richard H. Clifford, Robert T. i
Cannon and W. P. Thill, the other
members, two civilian engineers and ,
two chief petty officers of the navy
accompany the commission sailing to
Alaska on the Alameda next Thurs
day. The naval appropriation bill car
ries one million dollars for mining
coal and transporting it to tide wat
er for the naval colliers if the com
mission decides the quality and extent
of the deposits justifies. The navy
commission will remain in the north
until November.
IRTHDAY
PROVES BE
DEATH DAY
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PLOUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 17
— Levi P. Morton, a national charact
er, died yesterday afternoon at his
home at Ellerslic Rhinebeck, on his
96th birthday anniversary.
ST. LOUIS 16 YEAR OLD
GIRL GOES TO PEN FOR
KILLING STEP-FATHER
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 17— Ursela
Roderick, 16-year-old girl who
killed her stepfather, Joseph Wood
lock, in April, 1919, was found
guilty of second degree murder and
sentenced to 10 years in the peni
tentiary. The girl had been tried
once before on the charge, the' jury
being unable to agree. She claimed
she killed Woodlock in defense of
her honor.
Four years previously she had
killed her own father, and was ac
quitted on the testimony of herself
and her mother that she killed him
to save her mother’s life.
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LODGE WILL MAKE
KEYNOTE TALK AT
REP. CONVENTION
CHICAGO, May 17— The Repub
lican National Committee selected
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mas
sachusetts to bo temporary chairman
of the Chicago convention and to make
the keynote speech. Senator Lodge was
recently selected at the Republican
Primary election in Massachusetts as
one of that State’s delegates-at-large
to the convention.
The selection of Senator Lodge is
believed by observers to indicate the
purpose of the National Committee to
take a middle course on the League of
Nations.
BELFAST, May 17— Londonderry
experienced a night of terror Satur
day when a part of the city was for
hours at the mercy of riotous mobs as
a result of the ill feeling between the
Sinn Feiners and the Loyalists. Ser
geant Dennis Moroney, chief of the
special criminal department, was shot
and killed as the police charged the
rioters.
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MEMBERS OF CARRANZA’S
CABINET ARE ARRESTED
AND ARE IN MEXICO CITY
EL PASO, May 17— The Revolu
tionary agents claim all members of
Carranza’s cabinet have been captur
ed and sent under guard to Mexico
City.
MEXICO CITY, May 17— Carranza
and his forces have been defeated in
the vicinity of Rinconada, near Vera
Cruz and he is fleeing into the Vera
Cruz mountains by way of Perotc.
The revolutionaries have captured
2000 of Carranza’s soldiers, immense
quantities of war munitions, including
24 trains. General Candido Aguilar
son-in-law of Carranza has been cap
tured at Jalapa, Vera Cruz.
FORD INCREASES CAPITAL
STOCK TO $100,000,000
LANSING, Mich., May 17— For
mal notice of the proposed reorganiza
tion of the Ford Motor Company, and
other interests of its stockholders has
been filed with the Secretary of State.
The papers indicated that the auto
mobile and tractor business will be
consolidated and reincorporated as a
Delaware corporation.
Incorporation is to be under the
Delaware laws because the Michigan
statutes do not permit organization of
a company with capital stock of more
than $50,000,000.
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SWITZERLAND IS TO
BE IN WORLD LEAGUE
BERNE, May 17— Switzerland's
referundum vote favors the accept
ance of membership in the League of
Nations. The vote for admittance was
by a close margin.
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