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The machine shops of the govern-

ment railroad, tn Seward, are not go-

ing to he closed in their entirety. The above statement was made tl i

morning by Col. H. P. Warren, engin* eer of the supply department of the

A. K* C., with his headquarters »n

Seward, and thus knocks into a cock* \

hat the various rumors that have beer,

circulated around the city for the |>n t

twenty four hours.

The machine portion of shops wiV

be closed but the repair department j

and roundhouse will be maintained •»>

heretofore, according to Col. Warren.

All heavy repairs will be made at An-

chorage but a repair shop will be

maintained in Seward. In fact i.in-

struction work in to be done at the

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Seward shops. Many flat cars must be

i converted into box cars and other roll-

ir.g outfits will be constructed all at

the local shops. While many men will

be taken from the machine shops to

the Anchorage shops, about an equai number of men will be added to the

repair shops here.

It had been rumored that even the

steam was to be shut off at the loca* shoos. Well, somebody has just been

“bulling” for the large room will be

used for the repair work and he

steam plant must be maintained, nnd

the whittle will blow just the same,

and everything, according to Col.

Warren, and he should know for he

has just recently returned from a con-

ference with Col. Meant.

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TRAIN SERVICE TO BE CHANGED

An improvement in the train ser-

vice from Seward to the interior wd!

be announced probably this week. t o!.

H. P. Warren stated today that Coi.

Mears has had the matter under care-

ful consideration for several weeKs

and although the Seward Chamber of

Commerce beat Col. Mears in the pub- licity matter, protesting against he

inadequate service between Sewar 1

and the interior. Col. Mears had near-

ly completed his plans for the bett * •-

ment of the service. r. _1_J

The service oeiween oewarn

the end of steel on the southern div-

ision is to be changed so that ther'

will onU* be a lay over of one night at Anchorage, instead of a week.

connections were made by one o: the

two trains now operated between Sew-

ard and Anchorage. Also extra freight

trains are to be operated between

Seward and Talkeetna to furnuh

through traffic, handling all supple?, etc., in an expeditious manner.

Col. Mears was expected to lcato

Anchorage today but will not lea*

there for Seward until tomorrow when

a train will probably be operated. ;f

the track is clear of the ice now cov-

ering it. a__

HUSBAND DIES OF FLU: WIFE COMMITS SUICIDI

SEATTLE. Fob.. 9— Half an hour

after the death of her husband from

influenza. Mrs. Alice M. Phelps, frrief stricken, fired a bullet into her Brain.

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lumber compvny mill destroyed BY V FIRE

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KELSO, Wash., Feb., 9— K; e

Sunday afternoon destroyed th'

Thompson- Ford Lumber Com pan v

sawmill. The loss is $50,000.

GLARE ICE ON THE RAILROAD

'The track of the government mi’- road from Seward to Anchorage is to-

day practically covered with glare ice

as the result of the unprecedented weather of the pa^t 52 hours. Friday night snow, wet and heavy, fell over

the entire region, from a depth of on<

to two feet. Heavy rain and soft sleet

fell Saturday and the combination < f

snow and rain made mi nature rive-s

Yesterday the weather turned cold

and froze the minature rivers. The

train leaving Seward yesterday morn-

ing at 8 o’clock reached Mile 52 early this morning. Today, with the aid o^

hundreds of men who are picking the

ice from the rails, the train is moving towards Anchorage. There was nu

train out from Anchorage this mo*n-

ing and the same icy conditions exist

on that end of the division If the v *»•

ther moderates, a train will get awnv

from Anchorage perhaps during ihc

afternoon, making connections v:tv

the train from Seward, and both will

then be turned back to go to their

seperate stations. In Seward th*

streets are a mass of ice and walking is one thing after another, .dips, bumps and cusses.

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FORMER SOLDIER ROBBED ON TRAIN AND THROWN OFF

OAKLAND. Feb., 9— Herman

RJtzmann, former soldier, enroute to

Seattle from Fresno* was bound. pa<?-

,rel and robbed of $1000 and then

thro'va from the train to the railroad tracks where he was found late yes.

terdav afternoon in an unconscious < ono!tion. -<•-

John M. Reed, who formerly nra *-

t»ced law in Anchorage is now lo-

cated at Marion, 111., where he is as-

sistant prosecuting attorney.

WATSON SAILS SEATTLE, Feb., 9— Steamer Ad-

miral Watson bailed for Alaska ports this forenoon at 10 o'clock with

passengers, the following being foi

Sewurd: W. F. Scott, B. G. LarKe, H.

G. Miller and five steerage.

HOLD ELECTION (

Copt, J. J. Hyan has been elected Commander of Post Isaac Evans,' N' >.,

5 American Legion of Alaska. Capt. Mooney, of the cable office fprce is

Vice-Commander, James Coulton is sec

retary and H. D. Martin, of the ractio

station, is Sergeant-at-arms. Other tf-

ficers will shortly be appointed.

SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF

THE A. E. C. , IN SEWARD IS CHANGING LOCATION

The clerical department of the sup-

ply department of the A. E. C., ifl be-

ing moved today from the former two

small rooms on the north side of th*j

commission building, second floor to

the south side, occupying the larg! room formerly used by the draft ng

department. Assistant engineer George Colwell

is moving *into the former telegrapo room on the north side of the commis-

sion building, second floor. Col. War-

ren will remain in his present office

as well as will chief clerk Fleischmwr,,

who is back again on duty after u *ay-

off owing to illne**.

DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO

WRECK TRAIN ■'

FORT WORTH, T(%l Feb., 9— A

deliberate attempt to wreck a Tecas

vt Pacific train by throwing a switch. ^ charged by Engine^* Newton Smith whose train was wrecked near Ranger, Texas. He says a man turned \ne switch and then disappeared. Smith

says he put on the air but he was go-

ing to fast to stop in time. One man

was killed and ten injured in the

wreck.

RETURNING FROM FUNERAL OF DAUGHTER, MOTHER 13

KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb., 9—

Melvina Clark was instantly killed

yesterday afternoon when an auto in

which she was riding to the cemetery for her daughter's burial collided with

another machine. The funeral wa.$

postnoned and mother and daughter will be buried together.

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The Tvonik natives, on Cook In*et.

made 800 na*rs of snow shoes during the past season.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., 9— Fol-

lowing the showing of a movie cf

Irish scenes in a down town theatre

last night, a score of men broke into

the projecting room, tore up two

films banged the movie operator around, damaged the machine and smashed seats in the main part of tho

theatre. A panic followed, women

fainted and children screaTtted. Thi

men became angry, it is said by the

police who arrived at the scene during the disturbance, when the movie pic- tured Ireland as u poverty stricken land with pigs in the parlors and

chickens roosting in the homes.

JUMP M FLAM iS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb., Firs

this morning destroyed the Berkshire

apartments, at Sutter and Jones. One

woman was killed and a score burned.

Many jumped from the apartment house window's into the firemen’s net, or slid down ropes made of sheets.

Tenants screamed for help from every

window and the scene was a horrify- ing one.

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2000 ARE TOCTRIKE

SALT LAKE, Feb., 9— Two thous- and copper minors employed at King-

ham, all holding membership in the metal mine workers union of the l.

W. threaten to strike Tuesday unless

their demand of a flat increase ot $1 a day and betterment in the working conditions are met -♦-

J OI NDERS IN MID—OCEAN ■ ■ m

HALIFAX, N. S., Feb., 9— The

British steamer Bradboyne is believed

to have foundered at sea in mid-At-

lantic with some loss of life. Several

steamers report by wireless they .ire

picking up some of the crew.

The second officer and five men

of the steamer Oxonian perished while

attempting to save the crew of

Bradboyne when it was abandoned ot f

New Foundland, instead of mid-ocean

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NORTHERN PART OF KOREA EVACUATED

BY THE JAPANESE

LONDON, Feb„ 9— A dispatch from Moscow any a the Japanese have evacuated northern Korea.

The dispatch says the population arose in arms to aid the Korean

forces from China.

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LEXINGTON, Ky., Keb., 9- Four i

were killed and several injured this | forenoon when a mob charged the

court house here to lynch William Lockett, a negro, who confessed to

murdering Geneva Hardoan, a ten

year old white girl. Lockett’* trial started this imro-

ing. Police and state troops wore on

guard at the court house when the mob made its charge.

The police and tioops fired on tK'

crowd. Two women are reported to have

been shot. The mob was held at bay while of-1

floors slipped the negro to a place or | safety.

The ring leaders of the mob carr i

ed a rope with which to hang the nr-

What started the mob on its worK

was the quick work of the jury <n

finding Lockett guilty, as charged, and his sentence by the Judge for electrocution on March 11th.

LEXINGTON, Feb., 9— Four hurt-

dred soldiers have been ordered hero from Camp Taylor to prevent more

trouble. Farmers, from the surrounding

country, are here on the crowded streets. The streets around the court

house were roped off while the offic- ers were spiriting the negro away.

During the forenoon and early this af- ternoon, the police stripped all pawn

shops and hardware shops of guns to

keep them from the angry mobs.

WASHINGTON, Feb., 9— Vigor- ously denouncing Congress, the Am- erican Federation of Labor announces

the appointment of a National Non- Partiaan political campaign committee to mobdize the trade unionists and

; all lovers of freedom in an effort to

defeat the candidates indifferent or

hostile to Labor and to elect only true and tried friends of trades unions. The

movement in the campaign will start

immediately.

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LONDON, Feb., 9-^ A wireless

dispatch from Moscow says the Bol- shevik! forces have victoriously enter-

ed Odessa.

COPENHAGEN, Feb., Z— An 0-

deasa dispatch states that the foreign element in Odessa began evacuating the city when tie British ships fired over the city. Two hundred sick per- sons in the city were taken aboard the

American boat Navahoe. __^

NEW YORK, Feb., 9— Herbert Hoover declares, in a formal state-

ment, he is not a candidate for presi- dent of the United States and no one

is authorized to speak for him polit- ically.

Mr. Hoover, in the statement is-

sued, says if the league of nations is

made an issue in the election, he will

vote for the party standing for the

league, because he knows what the

League means.