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Deputy Marshal Cavanaugh return
ed to McCarthy on yesterday’s train.
Chas. M. Rosswog is having a new
awning placed in front of his store.
Miss Pauline Ness left on yester
day’s train for Fairbanks, where she
will visit her brother.
Commissioner Noaks has appointed
the following election officers for
the territorial primaries April 27 in
the Eyak precinct: L. H. Smith, H.
Graham and John Nebbe.
Mrs. McGrew, of Butte, Mont, left
Seattle on the Admiral Evans for
Cordova to visit her monther Mrs. E.
C. Emmons, who has been in poor
health for several weeks.
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Attorney R. H. Noaks and wife
have moved into an apartment in the
Lathrop building. Sergeant Sherlock
and family are occupying the home
on A avenue vacated by the Noaks.
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Under the territorial election law
the qualifications for voters at the
primaries on Tuesday of next week
are one year’s continuous residence
in the territory and thirty days
in the division, which entitles you to
cast your ballot in any precinct.
In the commissioner’s court this
morning Lee Quong. a Chinese, was
found guilty of violating the bone dry
law and sentenced to serve six months
in jail. Alfred Guio was also fined
?250 and given 25 days in jail on the
charge of vagrancy.
The new city council meets tonight
and organizes. The retiring members
are Councilmen MacConnell and Lath
rop, who are succeeded by T. J.
Donohoe, E. L. Harwood and W. W.
Wolf. Those re-elected are Mayor A.
J. Adams and Councilman Fred Haef.
Councilmen Brock and Currier are
hold-overs. The selection of a fire
chief and patrolman is the most im
portant buisness to be transacted and
as the present incumbents have given
satisfactory service their re-election
seems assured.
The tug Holyoke, owned by Skin
ner & Eddy, of Seattle, was in port
for fuel oil. She is towing a large
barge to Kodiak.
The launch Pioneer will leave to
morrow' morning for Katalla taking
back a cargo of empty oil drums for
| the Chilkat Oil company.
No report has as yet been received
l from the steamship Northwestern en
j route from Seattle, but she is due in
Ccrdova late tomorrow^ night.
There will be a special meeting of
the chamber of commerce at the
Northland club on Wednesday even
ing at 8:30 o’clock and a full atten
dance of the members is requested.
Dr. Forbes, alias Johnston, w’ho was
recently arrested in Utah for passing
forged government warrants at Cor
dova and clsew'here, will be broguht
back to Alaska on the Admiral Wat
son, sailing from Seattle on Wednes
day. Johnstone, the name which he
went under wrhile in Cordova will be
given a preliminary hearing here im
mediately upon his arrival.
CALIFORNIA VARSITY
DEFEATS STANFORD
IN TWO BOAT RACES
OAKLAND, Cal., April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The intercollegiate
boat race on Saturday last, a distance
of three miles, was won by California
University, which finished three
lengths ahead of Stanford. The* time
was 16 minutes 25 2-5 seconds.
The twm-mile race also was won by
California’s second crew.
DEMANDS OF FEDERATION
PRIOR TO MAY DAY STRIKE
PARIS, April* 19 (by Associated
Press).—A manifesto of the General
Federation of Labor, calling a strike
j for May day, demands the withdrawal
I of the French forces from east of the
Rhine, the abandonment of colonial
j expeditions, and the release of the (
; class of 1918 from the colors, to show
the world that France wishes peace.
OVER SEVEN BILLIONS
COST OF GOVERNMENT
DURING FISCAL YEAR
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It cost $5,021,176 to
run the government during the first
nine months of the present fiscal year.
The cost for the year is estimated at
$6,750,000. Further .appropriations es
timated at one billion dollars are not
included in these figures.
world-widFshortage
OF WHEAT PREDICTED
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Indications of a world
wide wheat shortage and a world-wide
increase in the demand is reported by
the American Chamber of Commerce
in London.
EDITH CAVELL’S SLAYER j
IS DEAD AT BERLIN
BERLIN, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—General Von Sauberzweig,
governor of Brussels during the Ger
man occupation of Belgium, died here
today. Von Sauberzweig was blamed
for the execution of the English nurse,
Edith Cavell.
STEAMBOAT INSPECTORS
LEAVING FOR ST. MICHAEL
SEATTLE, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—Captain Harry W. Ravens
and Sabine L. Craft of the St. Michael
federal board of steamboat inspectors,
will leave at the end of this month
for Skagway and Dawson, and down
the Yukon river on their annual in
spection tour.
K. OF P. NOTICE
Regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.
m„ at Masonic hall. Work in R. O.
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