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WASHINGTON. Mu * '-0— Republican Senators have
elected Albert R. Cummins, of Iowa, President pro-tom
pore. Cummins o :ly defeaUu K y Pittman, Democrat oi
Nevada, by five votes.
The House has elected Frederick H. Gillette rtpuo
lican of Mas>;,ciuissets. ns >j‘ aktr. lie defeating ( hauin
Clark.
MERGER ISCIYEN A TURN-DOWN
WASHINGTON. M ■ r 20— Speaker Gillette today re
fused to allow Victor Berger, re iresintat.ee- elect ins
Wisconsin, to take the oath. The speaker refused to recog
nize Bergei when he tried to speak, as a matter oi person,
ul privilege. Berger was recently convicted of war time
espionage.
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AMERICAN -INFANTRY REGIMENT TO
LEA\ E ARCHANGEL IN TEN DAYS
ARCHANGEL, May An American infantry rcjM
ment will leave hero for I n hind within the next ten days j
accordin'/ to official announcement made here this after
noon.
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THREE DIVISIONS ORDERED HOME
WASHINGTON, 31 ty The War Department an
nounced today that Eve-- regular army divisions have
been ordered o !e ve Franco for home. The men will a
once go to various French ports and he picked up by trans
ports which are waiting for them.
TWO SONS Of |
NAVAJO CHItr 1
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FLAGSTAFF. Anz.. May 2u A!
though the two sons ol the Xavnj
chief Uatiltonny, are in jail here, an 1
one of then is said by officers to have
confessed to the murder of the trade:*
Charles Hubbell. at his post near 0*a
iba. March 22, officials still a? * nub
cided as to whether the crime v.n
committed in Coconino or Navajo
county.
When Hubbell was killed his t ratlin?
post was burned, presumably to hid**
the deed, and surveyors now art* o\
the ground running lines to detenu in
in which county the trading post was
located, so that the question of v.h>
shall conduct the proscution may be ,
derided.
The two Indian bwthevs gave nr*
name- as Ad Itoni Itiguc N. 1. ’’n'
Adeltona Uiguc \o. 2. and fo» No. >
the leader of the tribe already hav*
put in a plea for eh money.
“He is a medicine man, and very
. valuable to our people," they say , hm
medicine man or not. the authorities
declare that be must stand trial. \»>.
I is 22 years old and iv said to hav*
taken the entire blame for shooting
Hvhhell on his own shoulders, evon
crating bis IV year - old brother Xo.2
The Odeltonis assert, according to
officers . that they had no thought
either of robbing or killing Hubbell
when they approached his post on the
night of .Vaich 2*k Tin y sav 1.*• d >*
hit one of them, an * nrument deve*
on* :l. lit bbel! feed two shots and the*
ays Xo t he'killed Hubbell.
the : hooting. Nnvaj*
trackers ‘railed the brothers to a lai
n the mountains, and a sheriff’s pos
e set out to capture them, hut tw
>d*an Tioliccmen eroded the LitO
Y> orado. urprisod tin* Adeltonis. an
hen made them swim the freshet
swnllen stream to the jaii a* l.eupn
h< policeman wimming behind then
to make >er° that no attempt at e.s
•apt* was made.
ISRITIH! WILL HONOR
THOSE IN WAR W!R’
l.OXOOX. May 20— With pagean
try anti music London is planning t
’*onoi the war work of the Rriti<'*
ne cautile marine July IP. There is t *
' a procession on the Thames, from
Tkickfriars Chelsea hiidgo, of lmr
lieds of merchant.shins’ lifeboats dc
•o ated with the colors of the variou«
in. s represented and maned by saiX
*;-s v. ho risked their lives during th
a . \ newlv-formeo League for Xa
:on .1 and Civic Ceremony is arranr •
n.u the celeb* at ion. The Thames Em
bankment is to be elaborately decora*
ed.
\\ K ATI IKK KKPORT
The following the weather re
o t for the 21 hours endincr at 7 o
o th«s morning:
Seward 02 Cloudy, Calm.
' nchor^ire 4X. Cl^ar. Calm.
Matanuska 52 , Clear.
^hickaloon 40. Clear. Calm.
Wasilla 52, Clear. Calm.
Talkeetna 50, Clear, Ca^m.
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Bringing IT passengers for Seward
and T1 tons of general freight, th »
.sti trier Alaska. Capt Gus Noid. ar
rived at 11:5Ui o’clock last night an I
returned south from here, leaving a.
o’clock rki#$ motning.
l»as engt •. arriving on the Ala !;a
were Mrs. B. M. Lawrence, Effie Mc
Kenzie, Ed. S. Green, G. Conley,
C aides S e\ art, A. W. Frazer, Rev.
L. I>. Cook, Leon Urbach and wife,
Mrs. B. Urba;,h. R. H. Koch. Mis. C.
E. 0 lander, A. E. Stewart G. (on!
or. vn,.I. L. Xevins, X. Becker, Mis. X.
Vick, A. Vi dv. B. Vick. George Grigs
by and wife, four Orientals and 2‘!
str^i ago.
I hose leaving on tne AiasKa '»o» 1
T. 1\ Murphy and wife, H. C. I.onv;
and wifo. S. Cluyot. TT. C. Rood. I'red
Cox, for Jumna; Capt. L. K. (Irccor
and wife, K»ed Kallas, Mrs. T. 1 nlan 1,
Mrs. L. V. Ray. Patsy Hay, Capt. S. K.
W. Kit?olio. John Chamberlain and
Licet. K. Aikman, for Seattle; C. A.
Shonacher and A. Anderson for Cor*
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Row L. I). Cook returned on t!» •
Alaska, his eyes greatly immov'Mi
from treatment obtained ‘o
durntr • s’x weeks ahs^nc*.
Mrs. Robert Lawrence, wife of ’’
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Steam: hip Co., and Mrs. F. K
Kenzie stenogianhor in one of t!“ o*
flees of tiie steamship com nary, a«*f
round t»in na sengors on the A':, !r:.
?Ls. C. H. Rakkon. auditor for F-—o
& Co., left on the Alaska to^av
Seattle. Mrs. Rakkon audited the
hocks of local manager RMi- and •
h«m a most flattering compliment up
on 1 s excellent system.
t*. M. Jordan and L. f. ''f ’ddh ca1 tp
owners of the m;no at Kllamar, ram*
n rth re the Ala ca and will rem* :u
?p the north for several months
Dr. C. H. Gilbert Henry O /.In '^v
nnd E. M. Hall, of tho United .c*o* '
Fisheries Bureau, came north to Cor
dova on the A1 ask a and will come to
Seward on the first steamer.
Seven days mail for Seward v*a«
brought north on the steame’* Alaska.
Mrs. C. F. Orlander returned horn*'
on the AJaslca after a month’s visit in
Seattle.
Mrs. L. V. Ray and baby, and Mis
V-it‘V P v are passengers to Seat*D
on the Alaska to be absent on a visit
'‘or ove’-pt months.
C. A. Shonackcr, Sam Guyot, H.C
1 on" . Fred Cox and J. F. Chambcr
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1 lain, alt traveling men sailed for var
;ons Alaska ports on the Alaska.
T. P. Murphy and wife, old residents
of Seward, are passengers on the
Alaska for .Tuneau.
Miss Emily Bergen entertainrd.
Capt. Kittelle and Lieut. Aikman 1a*s
night at the home of her parents, M»*.
and Mrs. Gus Borgon. Miss Cornelia
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Kipht hundred foot of new win"
dams in Lowell Creek are to be built;
1200 feet of the old whip dams are to
Ik* repaired and lowered and much rip
r:ipp; t ; is also to be done and all -'v*
at the earliest possible time. The es
timated cost of tin* temporary work is
about M 000. The special committee
<*t" tin* </jty council is also to make a
report at the next meetinp repaid:np
permanent and lastinp improvements
to the p’acirr street, make recommon
d:*' Jons and then to submit the entir e
ma. ers to the voters at a special elec
tion.
Tin* placicr stream committee of the
city council, Messrs. Clraef and M •
\Vcr, made a report last nipht. Coun
cil rmn MeWr practically made the
report and intended to submit a draw
ing of the proposed temporary im
provements, but the plans had be n
msi'lnced.
Mr. McNeer stated that the tern no
rary plans were for the rebuilding of
tlu* y/ingdam above the Itrewn^M
homestead. 1 .owering of the nlnnki’u*
on Mie wingdnms nt Fir-t and Second
avenue, putting the flanking down at
least four feet, and also extending the
d'>ms several hundred feet; rip-1 an
nine on the north bank above the
Third avenue bridge; repairing and
t vn’e?iten*ne the win°*dams between
Thi’d and Fourth avenues and tlu
ln\v«^ing ef the planking; increasing
the cnun of the Fourth avenue bridg”
jj»v| {clnicin<r o*’t of the stream below
Forrth avenue bridge to the water
front.
Mr. McNeer estimated that t(W
piles wore needed they bc;ng eigb*
• r h\- nt the mall end; 100 brace-.
* 1i • ;n |> ■ np- f:ve inches at the smal1
„(i .MV| •><; ono feet of nhnnkinp.
Councilman T.uca moved that thr
»• • ir*<ntpr> t*d*e tens fep the tomnor.
•\.0”k. advertise fm* lv’ds, ete., bu*
jyi-’ m rpno’t at the next meeting re
r" * »| • no- re*manent control of the
aot- strong. This motion was car
vie 1 unanimously.
Cooper and Miss .fane MeXally wove
xv.*v,| of the*farewell party to the
officials.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Balderston en
* -plained Cant. L. E. Gregory last
night. Mrs. Gregory is an accomplish
cd vocalist. She was regretful that she
did not have a longer time to stay *n
Seward, having only arrived on the
'dmiral Farragut yesterday morning
from Anchorage.
R. IT. Koch, well known in this sec
tion came north on the Alaska and is
registered at the Hotel Sexton.
H. C. Reed, who has been a guesr.
at tho Hotel Seward, left for Juneau
on the Alaska.
George B. Griggsby, attorney gen
eral for the Territory, also the Demo
cratic candidate for Delegate to Con
. i at tho Hotel Overland hav
• arrived on the Alaska from Ju
neau. Mrs. Grigsby accompanies her
husband.
Leon Urbach and bride came north
on the Alaska. Mrs. B. Urbach mother
of Leon Urbach also came north for a
visit.
A. Frasier, formerly proprietor
of the Branch, is registered at the Ho
tel Overland having arrived on the
Alaska from Seattle.
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By Associated Press
liEESINFORS, May 20— British warships engaged
r ian Bolsheviki fleet for thirty minutes early today
in the Gulf of Finland. The British sunk one Bolshevik:
■I, forced another ashore and damaged two others.
The crippled ones escaped when a fog settled down sud
! denly.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May ::0— American navy seaplane
; C c, with a crew of five aboard, is missing. Warships
a? today searching around the Azore Islands. It is hoped
at the seaplane’s empty gas tanks will bouy up the sea
lane, despite the heavy seas running.
The seaplane N C 1 was wrecked but is being towed
o the Azores. The crew was seasick and fatigued.
According to wireless advices, seaplane N C 4, the one
lane to reach the Azores after flying 1800 miles in 15
hours and thirteen minutes, will probably proceed during
the day either to Lisbon, Portugal, or Plymouth.
SEAPLANE IS FOUND
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WASHINGTON, May 20— Late this afternoon it was
•rm on need by wireless that warships have found seaplane
N C 0 seven miles north of the Azores proceeding under
her own power.
BRITISH AVIATOR ON FLIGHT
LONDON, May 20— Harry Hawker, British aviator,
-ho left Newfoundland yesterday, for England, is unof
ficially reported to'have been sighted off the coast of Ire
land late today.
BELIEVED AVIATOR IN TROUBLE
LONDON, May 20— A Central News Agency says
<-hat Hawker has landed in the s<-> 100 miles off Ireland.
Hawker’s plane is not a seaplane and is not equipped with
pontoons.