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SEWARD, ALASKA. THURSDAY! JANUARY Hi. Sift IKN CENTS P?5 * 0,'V
VOLUME XII, NUMBER l»I.
10 COMPETE
WITH ALL
NATIONS
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PARIS, Jan., U>— American ship* i
ping will be able to make rates in suc
cessful competiition with other nations
under provisions ot a shipping polic>
the government has adopted. (. hair
man Hurley, of the L. S. Shipping
Board, who is here, devised the plan
and made this announcement today.
Chairman Hurley stated *h Amer»
ca has the ships for mercantile busi-1
ness and will use them openly defying
all nations in competition.
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BRADLEY WILL RETIRE
FROM ACTIVE SERVICE.
I*. R. Bradley will close the office
of the Ford Administrator for the (
Territory on February 1. Mr. Bradley |
will retire as active food administrat
or, but his services will be subject to
call from Mr. Hoover.
L. L. Harding anti other employe*
of the food administration retires
with Mr. Bradley. This branch of war
activity has made a splendid record
under both Judge Gunnison anti Mr.
Bradley. Offices’were maintained in
the Seward building Juneau.
OHIO WILL BE DRY
BELIEVE MUH
COLUMBUS. OHIO., Jan., IK— Dry
this state, home of the Anti-Saloon
League, is going to show the nation
what real dryness means.
Dandelion wine, hart! cider, home
made intoxicants of all kinds, will he
under the ban.
Ohio prohibition takes effect May
27. several weeks in advance of nat
ional prohibition.
The legislature must provide m;:- j
chinery for enforcing prohibition.
Here are some of the recomm<*n lat
ions of the victorious drys, now meet
ing in Columbus:
\ known advocate of prohibition to
he “prohibition commissioner'*;
Deputy commissioners to operate
from populous centers;
Intoxicants found in places ot pub
lic resort, held without permit from
the commissioners, to be contraband:
Advertising, sale, delivery or pos
sesson of any preparation or com
oound from which intoxicants car b'
made to he prohibited.
The latter provision prohibits vari
ous “powders'* which, added to nenr
heer, di^olve the hyphen. Some drys
wish to prohibit drinks that become
hard like cider, or which can be mad-*
“hard** bv the addition of a prune o*
raisin permitted to ferment over
night. *
Paris Jan., 16— Among the treas
ured possessions of Marshal Foch :s
the large white flag under w’hich the
German armistic delegates traveled to
beg for terms.
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PARIS, Jan., lt>— The inagu ation
of the peace congress will be on next
Saturday, done with ceremonies be
fitting the occasion. A d« tachm**iit of
troops will pay honor to the delegates.
Foieign Minister Pinchon wi'l re
coive President \\ ilson at the ! ead •
steps of the Foreign Ministry budding
and accompany him to the room where
the meeting will then begin a* ?» o *
clock in the afternoon.
The delegates will sit around a
horseshoe table, the delegations being
grouped in alphabetical order, Ameri
can delegates at one end, Pritish.
France, Italy and Japan at the other
end.
President Poincaire will make t!to
opening address.
FOR PI BLICITY METHODS
PARIS, Jan.. 16— The SupYemc
council, after considering the matter
of relations between the peace confer
ence and the newspapers, called a
meeting this afternoon of all corre
spondent? to interchange views on
publicity methods. The American
newspaper men, the keenest of all re
presented here, are practically decid
ing all matters regarding publicity a
other correspondents stated early ’har
when it comes to publicity. Kuropear.
nations know nothing of this import
ant feature.
TAKES B YEARS
FOR TESTIMONY
EL PASO. TEX., Jan.. 16— T'i -
taking of testimony in the New Moxi
co Texas boundary case, which began
six year’s ago, was just ended here.
The transcript of the testimony,
which covers about (>.000 type-written
sheets, is to he sent to the clerk of
the United States supreme court at
Washington. D. C. Attorneys esti
mate that it will be necessary to make
thirt\-six copies of the testimonev
before it is ready for submission to
the court.
The case resulted from the shift
ing of the Rio Grande between An
thony, \\ M.. and El Paso . The river
had been named as the original houn
, dary Tine. Several thousand acres o:‘
land are in dispute, and both state?
1 have granted titles fo them, in many
1 cases to different claimants.
TPo F’enhant Butte dam now has
’ stabilized the line of the R;o Grande.
The testimony was taken before
commissioners of the supreme eouiv.
MORE MEN COME HOME
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1 battleships Virginia and Rhode Island
. arrived in port this afternoon bring
I ing 2000 American soldiers from
i France.
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\ou can never tell. Many a fellow
is in the swim who has some difficulty
in keeping his head above water.
400,000 CHILDLESS WIVES
WORRYING THE BRITISH;
EASY DIVORCE URGED
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By Associated I*res*
NEW YORK, Jan., 1<*> - The U. S.
Shipping Hoard ordered that all Am
erican ships requisitioned during the
war ho released.
This order releases all ships not
actually engaged in the army service
of the United States. It is estimated !
that over 200 ships are released by
the order of today.
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CHlCACiO, Jan.. H»— The middl
ac» t’s economic readjustment from a
war to a peace basis will be ; ’utivly
simple compared with that of «:• tern
dates, according to offers of the
Chicago Association of ’ommi rce, i
who have ju t completed a survey of
business conditions. Reports from
large employers indicate that virtually
all returning soldiers will be given
their old jobs and in Chicago little dif
! ficulty is expected in absorbing tin*
j excess volume of labor.
Many eastern states manufactur
ers went into the munition business |
on .1 large scale in 1014, receiving
heavy orders from the Allies. New ;
plants were erected and old ones con
verted. As a result , when the United
| States entered the war, the eastern
firms were prepared and during thv*
fir<t year received 85 percent of the
government war contracts, ofiicials
of the Chicago Association of Uorn
! mcrcc said.
They added that after the eastern
| concerns were loaded to capacity the
i government turned to the middle west
I for assistance. Chicago manufacture*s
i with few exceptions d:! net expend
large sums in now plaid j a«d i"‘r l*;n
! ery to carry out war orders. In a ma
jority of instances they continued
' them regular lines on a minimum pro*
' duction basis and made a sid<* Him of
the government work by putting on an.
additional force of labor and working
1 dav and night.
Because of th'c policy, mo<* o the
Chicago firms found it comparatively
^asy to readjust business affairs in
menv cases the change being accomp
lished in a few days with the same or
gan ion and labor forces.
T«arge numbers of women who ver«
pressed into sendee are gradually be
ing dismissed to make room for the
•dd ers as they return.
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WESTERN LEAGUE WILL
RE FORMED ONCE AGAIN
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KANSAS CITY ,,MO., Tan., 16-1
Baseball in the Western League is to !
be re-established on a pre-war basis j
it a meeting of the club owners to j
be held here s/wn after the annual «
meetings of the .major leagues. Ed
vard Hanlon, acting president of the j
ir>agMc, has announced that the call
for a meeting would ho issued shortly. |
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CANADIAN TROOPS ARE
LANDED AT VLADIVOSTOK
VLADIVOSTOK, Jan., 10— Two
j thousand Canadian troops aboard th*
I transport Prosteliaus, which met wUh
a mishap coming across the Pacific,
were landed here in good order this
forenoon.
By Associated Dress
LONDON, Jan., 16— One of the
most active bodies dealing with P('3ce
problems in Britian today is the Bri
tish Divorce Law Reform Union.
This organization is vigorously de
manding laws that will make it easier
for hastily wedded or other unhappiK
married couples to secure so pa atior-.
“There is no question of social re
form that is so urgent and pressing
from a women’s and a national point
of view.” assorts A. Horatio Taylor,
chairman of the legal branch of the
union.
(leorge Barnes, member of the war
cabinet, recently stated that there are
about 400.000 childless war wives in
Britian.
MAny of those marriages were has
tily contracted, contends the Divorce
Law Reform Union, and a relaxation
of marriage laws is necessary to en
able the unhappy parties to obtain di
vorces and start anew.
Says Chairman Taylor: “We arc
constantly receiving letters from these
parties. We also receive heartbreaking
human letters from dosei'ted ' omen
>vho will not break the moral laws
hip *<> on living out their steril * liver
in lonely*, silent misery, when tho-c
men waiting to bring joy into thoi
lives if the law would allow it.
“There are endless ca*os of ,,#omAn
deserted and left with fami’io- who
to get home and protector for thei*
families, have taken the moral 1 iw in
to their own hands/’
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recently
appeared before the National Ritth
. >>: te Commission.
He took as a basis the figure of a
half million separated coupler and the
statement before the recent i ivo:;*
Commission heading that 50 p' v cent
of divorce people remarried.
Therefore, if divorce were mad
obtainable for the half million now
separated there would be about a
juarter of a million remarried c mplcs.
Crediting each family with an aver
age of three children, he said, there
would he an actual addition to ’he po
pulation within a few years of 750’
000. Thu* he held it no exaggeration
to state that within a generation o
*o the ravages of war could bo made
up from this source alone.
Sir tidward says:
“Kven if there are children, there
is no sancit.v about a home in which
j man and wife are constantly at log
1 gerheads."
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HERE’S HOW TO FEED Hi NS
LONDON, Jan., 16— Just before!
the armistice was declared Englisfl
papers were featuring the stoiy of a
German scientist who must not he
permitted to return to his fatherland
because he held the secret of a wond
erful food substitute which would aid
the Germans to longer resist 1 amine.
Now, it is suggested that, if Germany
must be fed, this scientist be sent
home with his secret as speedly as
possible.
PROFITEERS IN POLAND
ARE EXCOMMUNICATED
GRODNO, Poland, Jan., 16— For
mal excommunication was meted out
to profiteers in Grodno recently. The
chandeliers of the chief synagogue
were draped with black. Two 4)lack
coffins were placed in the middle.
Three rabbis gave talks on .patriotism
and then cursed the use revs and war
profiteers while the trumpet sounded.
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RELIEF FOR EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Jan., 16— Too
Senate appropriations committee, with
little opposition, ordered today a fav
orable report on the House bill ap
propriating $100 000.000 President
Wilson has requested for the food re
lief in Europe, not including Germany.
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RIO JAXERIO, Jan., Hi - D .Rod
rigue Alves, Tre id'*nt-(! < t of Rrar
died thi afternoon folio in^ .1 sh l
illness.
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BERLIN. Jan.. If. - Mount. T.i:
Guards are reported io have caniMr <«
Dr. Liebknccht late this afterno tj an
taken him to a secret prison.
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By Associated Press
COBLENTZ, Jan.,
German trirls, charged with viVatir
Commander Pcrshinjr’s orders relr 've
to conduct toward?* the American s<’
diers, have been arrested. Seven* <>
the gfirls are under arrest for 4alki>
to the soldiers and attempting: to place
them in supicious attitude. Com nan
er Pershing: today ordered a p1 v ' a
and medical examination of a’l \ omi •*.
and those found diseased in any way
will’bc immediately sent to Beilin or
away from the territory occupied by
the American forces.
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NO MORE HRITISII TO
GO TO RUSSIA IT IS SUE
LONDON, Jan. 16- No more llvit
ish troops will le* sent to Ilussei. tb<,
oeoewar offico todav announced.
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\ LEON SO PLANS TO VISIT
SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
MADRID. Jan., Hi— V wo an
nounced here today that King A’fon^o
is making plans to visit the Sou4
: American republics soon.
WEATHER REPORT
• The following is the weathc re
j port for the 24 hours ending a 7 o'
j clock this morning:
Seward P»2, clear, calm.
Anchorage, 4 below, clear, ca m.
Chickaloon 5, clear calm.
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ROTARY' HITS DRIFTS
The train leaving here yes4 c J'\v
forenoon reached Mile 20 late ye r
day afternoon the rotary in f o
| clearing the way through large 1 ‘n
i At mile 20 the passengers and me !
were transferrd to the rotary am1 a
run made from the north. Mile '‘u wa*
! reached hut the rotary went b: ^
Mile 40 for the night and this morn
ing started again for Mile forty- ov u
and one half which was expected to b"
reached earlv this afternoon.
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LINCOLN, Nebraska,
The .-tat * ley! latun* ratified tin* f* I*
oral p ok! ki n amendment at 10:20
ah *;>»*!< this forenoon.
CHICAGO, .km., 10 - The Unit'd
States ha« <o:nnUted the legislative
pror v of votin'? i* M d"Y.
Nebraska ratified the *tnt:mem
t’i»> foren; a. 01 .hh;j? ike thirty
th state ,• d.
Prohibition labor <1 *l:i:*• ■*! >d'\
that the accomplishment was Hu*
i?roat. t w <•' of moral legislation in
the World’s hi t- ry.
The amendment which has bee?
ratified by th* fU> Mates, prohibits the
mnnufaetor'* or -'.ale of intoxicc'miy
bev*rn7? end is effective one year
after the dal * of final ratification
Meanwhile th* nation tfoes dry on
July 1st. 11)10. by PrcsMer.tial pm.-l?*
maticn, a a war measure, unle- s
P«* -ideal Wilson rescinds it before
then. *
‘ MI*: TOO • MISSOURI.
JKFFEF.vOX CITY, Jan., U>— Th *
‘ ;L\ <» r’tri !:H :y of M'SSOUri this flf*
torn • n yd*#; ted the proh:bition
amendment.
( ALIFORM \ TO FIGHT
SACREMEXTO. Jan., 1G— CouT
action h to be rt rt d i.i tlii- state 4<>
restrain Governor Si pher.-* from ee *
tifvimr the lctrislat’ire’s action, for
prohibition, to Wa h'njrton.
IIII.LIONS FOR FIGHT
ST LOUIS, Jan., IG— DiTillers
with billions of dnllats and o' her te
sotirses are to cany the dry issue to
the Supreme court to save the busi
ness.
(’ASK WITHOUT MERIT
WASHINGTON. Jan.. 16— Dry
liaders hero s<ato <hat the distiller*:
and their attorney’ wil1 f’nd that
case.' will be without merit when pr?
rented in any of the courts of the nat
ion. The neople have decla'ed fo^1 pro
hibition. the loaders dcohare, and the
'•<v»rts will so decide. s
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TTI7>: ”0 SPRING JOKE
AND BREAKS FURNITURE
• f --o.. ? l^ng Broadway th.it;
fo”Cnnon ever* *he crackinq of
!)*• p*;J»-*rr forn’i"' ■'» c*‘'v?*'od thundo**
o’aes.
TT--<vh v*r- :ftinpr on
t’* ^vor o’*i ,*.» *'• ” v up sofa in
trbbv c“ the Sexton thi^
e ••'*r*oen. copy’*0: u:reself lister.inp
M Jfjko-.
Th'-n it 1 •'pp'^nod. Doupherty ar
t/'innted i.n’inp a joke b”f instead
C-VV-...-.0- out the ont're end o^ the ?o*“\
th° niece of funiifurc required an
evnert to mako repairs — and at that
t not at Dougherty’s expense.