SECRETARY BARER
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Washington,' Dec. 10. —Secre
tary of War Baker madethe an
nouncement today that Germany
has at present her greatest army
of the war massed on the western
front, in readiness for a gigantic
assault, and to meet this, the
secretary says, the United States
must “speed up
STRENGTH OF ARMY
BEFORE THE DRAFT
Washington, Nov. 7.—In the belief
that the country does not understand
the real strength of the American mil
itary and naval forces, Chairman Dent
of the house military committee, today
submitted to the house for publication
in the Congressional Record a statement
pie pared at his request by the commit
tee on public information from govern
ment records.
“On Sept. 6, 1917,” says the state
ment,“there were in the regular array,
national guard aud reserve corps of the
army, 78,828 officers and 741,053 en
listed men. In the navy there were
141,807 enlisted men, 41,473 naval re
serves and 14,500 of th£ naval militia in
the federal service. There were 5,000
men in the cost guard and 6,500 iu tiie
hospital corps. Enlisted strength of
the marine corps was 29,971; reserves
iu the service, 1,070; national naval
volenieers 701; retiied men on active
duty, fourteen. There were approxi
mately 12,000 officers in the navy and
1,166 in the marine corps.
“In other words, on that date, the
army bad, including officers and en
listed men 819,881 and the navy 254,265,
making a total armed strength on that
date of 1,074,146 men, all of whom are
volunteers. Prior to that time there
was not a drafted soldier in a single
training camp. The draft law was ap
proved May IS, 1917.”
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To J. F. Baird, Marie Baird and Char
les Hoxsie, and lo their heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned have expended in each of the
years 1915 and 1-91G the sum of one hun
dred dollars in labor and improvements
upon each of the placer mining claims
known and described as follows, to wit:
The Rainbow association, situated at
the head of Flat creek, in Otter pre
cinct, Fourth division, territory of
Alaska, the location certificate of which
is found of record in book one of loca
tions, page 318, in the office of the re
corder for said precinct: the Montana
association, adjoining the above-de
scribed Rainbow association, the Loca
tion certificate of which is found of rec
ord in volume one of Locations, page
318, in the office of the recorder of said
precinct; iu order to hold said claim
under the provisions of Section 2324 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto ap
proved January 22, 1880, concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said placer
mining claims for the periods ending on
the 31st day of December, 1915. and 1916.
And if, within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your interests in the said two
placer mining claims will become the
property of the subscribers, your co
owners, who have made the required
expenditures, by the terms of said sec
tion. Geo. W. Albrecht.
Chas. E. Taylor.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb. 2, 1918.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Gus Johnson, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that during
each of the years of 1913, 1914, 1915 and
1916 the undersigned has expended at
least one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing Darned placer mining claims, to-wit:
Lower 3, 4 and 5 above upper discovery
on Ophir creek in the Innoko mining
and recording district, in the territory
of Alaska, in which mining locations
you claim an undivided one-half inter
est, as shown by the records of said re
cording district. The said labor was
performed as and for the annual repre
sentation of the said claims and each of
them for the said years of 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916 as required by the laws
of the United States concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, and the
same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said years. You are
further notified that unless within 90
days after the completed service of
this notice upon you and within 90 days
after the publication thereof, you con
tribute your portiou of said expendi
ture as a co-owner, to-wit: The sum of
two hundred dollars for each of said
claims and six hundred dollars in all,
your interest in said claims or in any
one of which you so fail to contribute
will be forfeited to the undersigned,
who has made such expenditure, and
will become his property in the manner
provided by law.
£)ated at Ophir September 4, 1917.
ALFRED JOHNSON, Co-owner.
First publication Nov. 3, 1917.
Last publication Feb.2, 1918,
MANY ARRESTS
IN OLD HALIFAX
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Halifax, N. S., Dec. 10.—
Wholesale arrests of German
residents were begun by the po
lice authorites in this city this
morning. This action is taken
under the instructions from the j
military authorities.
The deck cargo of the ^British
steamship Picton, laden with mu
nitions of war, mysteriously
caught fire last night, and only
the quick and courageous work
of a company of riflemen pre !
vented another explosion. The j
vessel was t liken to sea today and ;
sunk.
Surviving members of the crew 1
of the steamship Jmo have bepn
arrested in connection with the
explosion aboard the steamship
Mount Blanc.
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FRENCH TRIBUTE
TO THE AMERICANS
Washington. Dec. 4.—An offi
cial tribute from the French gov- ;
ernment received at the State do
partment today pays honor to the
American engineers and work
men who were caught in the Ger- j
man encircling attack near Cam j
brai last week, and says: “They |
exchanged picks and shovels for |
rifles and cartridges and fought j
with the English, and many died
thus, with their arms in their i
hands before the invader. All j
helped to repulse the enemy.”
EQUADOR AND GERMANY AT OUTS
Guayaquil, Dec. 8.—The government
of Equador has severed diplomatic re
lations with Germany, according to an
official announcement made today.
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JLASKAj
Fairbanks. — Clyde A. Thompson,
postmaster at Eagle, Alaska, has been
arrested on a charge of embezzlement
and held under $6,000 bail to answer in
the higher court. The complaint in
the case was made by Charles Riddi
ford, a postal inspector, of Spokane,
Wash., and Arthur Paisley, an inspec
tor, also of.Spokane. According to the
information receive in Fairbanks the
inspectors arrived in Eagle shortly
after midnight on September 21 and
went immediately to make an inspec
tion of the office. Upon the completion
of their work they charged the post
master with being short $6,000 in his
accounts. The inspector took the post
master before the commissioner and
made a charge of embezzlement. The
defendant waived the right of securing
counsel and refused to make any state
ment before the court. He was bound
over to to the grand jury in the sum of
$6,000, the bail being furnished by J. J.
Hilliard, who went on the bond for
$4,@00, and J. B. Howard, who qualified
in the sum of $2,000.
Conrtruction work on the Katalla
railroad has been completed for a dis
tance of 28 miles to the mines, all the
bridges and trestles have been driven,
and rails have been laid for 14 miles.
It is expected the road will be com
pleted by the middle of November.
Forty men are employed at present in
the mine and an average of 200 tons of
coal have been blocked out per day for
the last year.
The Valdez Miner Is responsible for
the story of cave dwellers on King
Island, Cape Prince of Wales, which is
the extreme northern cape closest to
Siberia. The village of cave dwellers
number about 200 persons. The island
is a great mass of basalt rock, about a
mile in length, rising from th6 Bering
strait, with perpendicular sides from
700 to 1,000 above the water.
A 39-inch vein of clear coal ha9 been
found on Moos6 creek, on the line of
the government railroad, and coal has
been mined from this vein to supply
needs of the railroad. A diamond drill
will be used for further prospecting.
The growth of the outside demand
for reindeer meat is seen iu the fact
that a local company of deer owners will
ship out some thing over 150 carcases
of (loci’ on the last fleet. This is now
in cold storage until the boats arrive :
and are unloaded. One carload of deer
is being shipped to Minneapolis where
it finds a ready sale. The company will |
bring down before Xmas another1
drive of fat reindeer this being for
local consumption. It is stated that
there is just, now somewhat of a short
age of reindeer meat locally and this
will be overcome by this shipment.
Nome Industrial Worker.
The commissioner of immigration
has signed the warrant ordering the
deportation of Charles Uestor from the
United States. The Nenana undesir
able will be removed to the coast in
the near future and at, onco will be
turned over to the immigration officers,
who will put him over the border into ^
Canada, from whence lie came. Ru
mors reached the Interior from Canada |
that the authorities there will take :
Lestor into custody shortly after his ar
rival on charges of disloyalty. j
Whether or not these reports are true
cannot be learned.
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Until further notice Mail Carrier!
Smith says the mail will leave the Flat j
City postoffice on Mondays at 1 p.m.
Money-order and registration depart!
tnents close at 11 a.m.
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