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^SEWARD, ALASKA^ WEDNESDAY OCTOBER | jg _ _TEN CENTS
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FAST CLIP
WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct., 2
_ \\\ st «>t’ Verdun the Germans ap
to be withdrawing on the Amen
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j« JfUlllK lUnalu^ un jumvwi.
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A nrt a i li'tinc II rnt»r»»ss!»<l in I
«h«« »'gonno forest. Illinois troops
are between the Meuse and th^ Ar*
gonne wood.- and advanced over six
mfles the first day of their offend- .
• The Illinois advanced so r:\jidly
i that they captured a party of Her
mans. included a Colonel, sitting down
to luncheon. The troops iound win •
and beer in the dugouts.
American aviators have dropped
new-papers and cigarettes tor the
Yankees in the advancing front as
they are going forward so quickly
that such supplies cannot reach
othei than hv the air.
SHELL HOSPITAL
WITH THE AMERICANS WRM’
OK YKRDl’X. Oct.. 2— A Herman
shell struck an American hospital
. near the firing lines last night and
killed 20 patients, many already I
wounded at the front. Possibly the
shell was a stray one but it app< ars
that the Hermans attacked deliberate
ly.
ANCHORAGE IS
COMING HERE
ON OCTOBER 13
Anchorage intends t*> come to Sew
anr and celebrate the completion o:
the government railroad on Sunday.
October 13th. There is nothing in the
date to mean anything blit success
and Seward will at once *;et busy ar.«i
prepare to receive the couple of hund
red who will make the trip over the
railroad on the excursion train.
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I’ARRAOI’T TOMORROW.
Steamer Admiral Karraffut i' ex
pected tomorrow as far as Ajjent Blue
was advised this afternoon at *' o -
c' *k. The steamer was at Port Gra
'i last ni^ht and is to make her us
f(M call at Kodiak before cominp to
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S S' MASONS NOTK’K
Oft^ular comunication. Wednesday
sum October 2, Seward Lodgo, F. &
an, i * • Work :'r(i de^ret
L. Urbach, Master.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct.. 2— Dispit
chos from Budapest newspaper* are
to tiie effect that Austria do «ivi
peace notwithstanding defensive moa
♦ui*e taken as the »e>ult oi Bulga 'a .>
withdrawal from the European war.
The Crown Prince took the defensive
measure a- purely military l>ut Aur
Irian government is still striving to
make an agreement with (0*1 many
for peace at the earliest possible time
that would absolutely prose ve the
dual monarch’s territorial integrity.
It CLEARS HATE TCRKEY.
LONDON, Oct., 2— During th** dis
cus>ion of the Bulgarian arm-trice at
Saloniki, the Bulgarian officials in
timated that Bulgaria would no he
adverse to attacking Turkey un !e»
command of Allied officers a> thr Bill
I-gar.s despise the Turks from aP
I points.
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WOULD FIGHT Tl RKEY.
ROME. Oct.. 2— King Ferdirano
it is reported , has advised the \ at
can that Bulgaria is not advers* to
fighting Turkey if such action is need
ed.
King Ferdinand has also advised
the Vatican that he will abdicate i
favor of his son.
HUNS AFTER TURKEY.
THE HAGUE, Oct., 2— Uep> t
here say that Germany is trying des
perately to maintain command of Tur
key hoping to keep her as an a'.\
Two hundred and fifty thousand leu
tons have arrived at Sofia from Ru
mania.
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SCHLEY IN AND SOUTH.
The Admiral Schley arrived in p*v
at 10 o’clock last night and sailed
south at •"> o’clock thi* morning. The
Schley waited until daylight in ordm
to go to the suitery at C ain s head ‘to
fish.
The Admiral Schley had .»D aboard lo
the outside from Anchorage, ‘.even
from way ports and eleven for Valdez
to attend court.
From Seward the steamer had the
following passengers: for Seattle
W. M. Wheeler, A. D. Estes. L. Hav
dahl, W. i*. Hughes, F. L. Ball dno,
wife and son, Andrew Allen. Osca:
Carlson, L. C. Hanson, C. A. Johnson
and li> steerage, men from out ti e
line; for Valdez:— Mrs. C. R. Odell,
J. A. Wilkenson, and L. V. Ray: fn
Juneau— Gov. Thomas Riggs and
wife, Fred McMichaelson and Dai.
Sskaton; for Fort Li scum— Russ 1
Woolsey, C. J. Lundberg, C. Mano
elides l. Ekren, Fredrick Nelson, 1
Lund, J. M. Jacobsen, I. Nettsald and
J. Nor berg.
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Fred Overton. Bill Hacker and Dick
Windele came in on the special train
from out the line to see that A. I>. Es
tes was ffiven a proper send-off on
his way to Berlin.
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LIBERTY LOAN IS
CLIMBING ALONG
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2— The Four
th Liberty Loan is expected to pass
the six billion dollar mark by the e*'d
of the alloted time. It is evident ‘.hat
the people of the United States may
oversubscribe the loan and mak» it
the last one giving all aid possible to
the army to end the present war with
in the next six months.
WORD FROM SAN FRANC ISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 2— The
total subscribed in the Twelfth Re
serve district, which includes AK-dca,
up to last night is estimated at S77,
000,000 . All banks in Northern C ali
fornia. exclusive of San Francisco,
haw subscribed $23,000,000. The total
in San Francisco last night was $8,
80,000; Oregon banks, official, $8,:568;
southern California hanks report is
>:;.:;62,0()0.
HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED
FOR A LIBERTY BOND.
Citizens must not forget that the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign ;s « n
full blast. Subscriptions are coming in
-to the local banks in fairly good f ish
ion but Seward, if she cm not go »»ye,
the top, should make the subscription
as large as possible. The boys at the
front must eat, or they ma\ fu'T
around and come home. Buy a Lib
erty Loan Bond today.
TWO GREAT MOVIE SHOWS
ARE TO BE GIVEN HERE.
“The Birth of a Nation” and *ln
tollerance,* two of the largest movie
productions ever made, are to he
shown in Seward at the Liberty thea
tre this week. The men who have the
tour of Alaska in charge have arriv
ed here with the films and the date
will be announced possibly late today.
Both of the productions are too well
known to need special mention and
Seward citizens are fortunate in he
ing able to see them at this time.
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BED CROSS WOMEN MEET
NEXT FRIDAY EVENING.
The ladies of the Seward Chapter
of the Rod Cross will meet F-'day
night at the Red Cross rooms in the
railroad building for extra work. The
work session will be from 8 to 10 o’
clock and as many ladies as possible
are urged to attend.
BRITISH CAPTURES DURING
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
LONDON, Oct., 2— (Official)—
During the month of September the
British captured 66/100 prisoners; 700
guns. For the months of August and
September the British captures were
123, 618 men and 1400 guns.
LONDON, Oct., 2— The IMtisli
have entered Damascus, the Tu k>
surrendered unconditionally.
NKVV YORK, Oct., 2— The Capture
of Damascus marks the British ad
' vance of 120 miles since September
20. During this quick advance the 3ii
tish captured 50,000 prisoners; de
stroyed at least three Turkish arn ie
and have driven the enemy from Pal
estine and the great part of Syria.
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[SEWARD SNAPSHOTS]
Attorney L. V. Ray is a passenger
on the Admiral Schley for Valdez t»>
attend the present session ol the Dis
trict Court.
Many of the friends of the hoys
leaving for Fort Liscum wei'e at the
dock last night to bid good bye
B. Barndollar, disbursing agent
of the A. F. C., with his headquarter
at Anchorage, is in the city.
Mayor H. V. Hohen returned on the
special train last night from a busi
ness trip at Anchorage.
There were seven squads in line
last night at the special drill of tlx*
Seward Military Unit anil seven non
were taking special drill under S^rgt.
Henry. The drill last night was a
good one and several of the men in
ductee! yesterday were along the side
lines watching.
Kenneth C. White, mine expert with
the government on Cook Inlet, accom
1 panied by his wife and mother-in-law,
Mrs. Isaac Sowerby, passed through
on the Admiral Schley for Juneau.
Joe Burke, special agent of the gov
ernment, is a passenger on the Ad
miral Schley for his headquarters at
Valdez .
Miss R. L. DeGraff, private score
) tary to Capt. Lathrop, is aboard the
Schley bound for Cordova from An
chorage.
The Admiral Schley took aboard
16,000 cases of salmon at Port Gra
ham on the present trip south.
| H. 0. Roberts, local manager o? the
San Juan Company, returned last
night from a business trip to Anchor
age.
The ladies of the Methodist Aid
Society will meet tomorrow (Thuis
| day) afternoon at 2 o’clock \\'th Mrs.
Estes.
Steamer Alameda should be getting
close to Cordova according to he** us
ual running time.
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GOVERNOR GOES HOME,
j Gov. Thomas Riggs, jr., and wife
left on the Admiral Schley for Jun
eau. The governor returned from An
i chorago late yesterday aftemo *n,
making the official trip over the mil
load both ways.
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CHOLERA IN VIENNA.
MADRID, Oct., 2— Asiatic cholera
at Vienna has already caused several
deaths according to offical reports r.v
J ceiveri in Spain.
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HUNS MOVE
GUNS FROM
THE CUAST
PARIS, Oct., 2— The Germans are
moving their heavy guns Iron) the Bel ,
-giun coast. The British, Belgian and !
French forces are making successful
heavy attacks in the Flanders coun
try.
SHELLING COAST.
PARIS, Oct., 2— British monitors are
today bombarding the Gentians along
the Belgian Coast.
The Germans are burning the r;i11 -
road junctions at Alenin and near Rou
lers in face of the advancing Allies.
The French guns control the raitroud
from Os tend to Courtrai.
FAST TIME
OVER RAILS
—
Six hours and fifty minutes was
the actual running time of the special
train, which officially opened the gov
ornment railroad between Sewar I ard
Anchorage, upon the return from An
chorage yesterday. The train anived
here at 5:10 o’clock yesterday afte*.
noon having left Anchorage at 8 o
: clock yesterday morning. Several
, stops were made on the return out ol
; courtesy to Gov. Higgs.
As far as the Seward division is
(concerned, a regular train service
| could now be maintained between Sew
; -ard and Anchorage but on the An
! chorage division, especially arour.fi
! Bird Hoint, trouble is experienced with
| slides etc.
The Special train leaving here Mon
day went direct into the yards at An
chorage. The Anchoiage Home Guards
met the Governor but aside from the
inspection of arms, which followed,
Gov. Riggs only called on friends ar.d
there was no public gathering.
The crew on the first through train
Seward to Anchorage, was comprised
of Engineer John Rossness, F iremar.
Carl Vaughn, Conductor W. A. Har
man and Hrakeman Long. The loco
motive was the oldest on the line be
ing a former Alasku Northern En
gine, now known as No. 10
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT.
LONDON, Oct., 2— Increased ac
tivity on the Italian front has broken
out especially in the mountainous sec
tors.
T ,. Au.'trL** have evacuated all
Albanian tor*dory we t of Lake Och
rida.
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ALASKAN IS MODERATOR.
NORTH \AKIMA, Wash Oct. 2—
Lev. C.eo'go Tlruce, pastor of b ? Nor
thern lag! t Presbyterian church at
Juneau, hr.s been c'ected Moderator
cf the of W * *' •'* •* *» North
ern Idaho u*»d Alaska.
PARIS, Oct., L— St. Quentin fel
during toe right shaking th** who!*
German Hindcnburg defense <y item
The Allies are this morning advanc
ing in the upper Oise Valley and cros
sed the multiple of waterways up'>n
which the Germans largely ba-eo
their defenses.
The open country is suitable for
tanks and now lies before the Allie*.
The Crown Prince’s armies on the
Ailette and Aisne have been outflank
ed and a general German retreat • ;
now most imperative for the enemy.
The capture of St. Quentin appar
ently opens the way for a swift ad
vance eastward. The Belgians will cut
the communications of the Germans
necessary to holding German sub-bar -
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HUNS BURNING CAM HR AI
LONDON, Oct., 2— The British eon
-tinue to encircle Cambrai which the
Germans are burning.
\YTDK GAP TORN.
LONDON, Oct., 2— The Brif h
have torn wide gaps in the German
lines between St. Quentin and I.ecate
let. Four more towns have been cap*
tu red.
NEW LINE ESTABLISHED
PARIS, Oct., 2- The French hav*'
passed beyond St. Quentin north* u.>t
and east of tin* town and now hold the
line from the Somme to Trancjuoy to
Kouvroy then along the St. Quentin*
La Fere r*oad to the Oise at Vendcuil.
HENS ARE DISRUPTED.
LONDON, Oct., 2— The ficnan
line of defense is broken between
Cambrai and St. Quentin. It is uncer
tain what lines of defense the '* r
mans have in the rear. The British
threaten the German lino of retreat
in the Oise Valley also from st, Gob*
iun Massif.
RETIREMENT ON BIG SCALE.
LONDON, Oct.. 2— The Germans
retirement is on a fairly large scale.
It seems probable as the result of the
loss of St. Quentin and the lines north
of that position, that the Germans will
make a long retreat and if good weath
-er prevails big changes on the w * t
ern front may be seen before winter.
ROUSE MIT HER HUNS,
WITH THE BRITISH, Oct., 2— No
Germans remain on the western side
of the St. Quentin canal. The Ger
mans are striving to hold the east
bank with large forces.
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EDITOR TOLD TIU’TH AND
IS SENT TO PRISON
AMSTERDAM, Oa., 2— Editoi
Von Eagner, of tho Wcnin Woerts
who yesterday editorially took AicV
a fling at the conduct of the war. es
pecially the Kaiser and demands
strenuously that a coo! head shoulr
arise to bring Germany out of th<
present condition, is in prison, soli
tary confinement. His newspaper ha
been conficated.
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DEFYING THE HUN SUBS.
PARIS, Oct., 2— It is officially an
nounced that one day last week th«
Americans discharged 39,719 tons o
cargo from ships and during anothe
day 14,338 tons.