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SEWARD. ALASKA. S\T( UDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1918. TEN CENTS PEB C0PY
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\; Vi Yh>KK. Sept., 7— The Associated Press in the
sun y this afternoon of the fighting on the western
that the Germans are today accelerating thei.
1 moving faster towards th« east, rhe
.win -. i a!i points have gained important new ground on
the ( ti front from the Aisne to west of Cambrai. rhi
IJritish have pushed forward on a front ol over lilteen
i ihes. Tiie French smuh of the Somme have effected a
* aia oil at; average of a mile over a wide front.
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\ STKON(iHOLl) TEKGM£~ HAS FALLEN
l.O.'\*iK)X. St »t.. 7— Tergnier, tnree miles west oi
I . 0!,, .-.as been c. pu’tvd i»y the French a.vl Americans
u L.ve advanced on a 20 mile front to an average depth
of two me places to a depth of fourmiles. I*ht*
1 nc -American occupied lergnier without opposition
Tie lYenc i h.ave also reached the forest of Coucy.
file British has progressed on practically the whole
i attic trout from Havrincourt wood to the river Aisne and
are continuing to advance today with greater rapidity
than has been expected.
... BRITISH GOING AHEAD IN FAST TIME.
\i i 1 H THE BRITISH, Sept., 7— Troops have advanc
• oil today east of Eogavsness and Lieramont northeast of
iVionne in the Lvs Salient. The British north of Ermaul
ghemare and rushing towards the western bank of the
river Lvs and are over nine miles east of Somme and also
along the ('ologna river where they have reached Tincourt
HUNS SIXTY MILES AWAY FROM PARIS.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 7— Characterizing the (.'■•••
man retrograde movement as a general retreat on a 100
miie front, from Arras to near Rheims, General March to
day pointed out to the newspaper men ana me vai ious
military committees, that the German lines are now sixty
miles from Paris at the nearest point as compared with 40
miles on July 15th.
General March said that the organization of the first
| American Field Army in France was progressing so rap
idly thatnearly 95 per cent of the American troops brigad
ed with the British and French have been withdrawn and
are being assembled at a point he did not designate. This
accounts for the small number of Americans engaged in
he present allied forward movement, only the Thirty Sec
■ad being now engaged.
General March told the Senate military committee
this afternoon that the situation on the western front was
lioi e satisfactory this morning than it had been for mon
ths. Good progress in being made and the outlook is
bright. . t.t*
GERMAN AVIATORS DROP BOMBS ON
BED CROSS— PATIENTS CARRIED OFF.
WITH THE AMERICANS, Sept., 7— German aviat
, • ued two directs hits Wednesday night on a iarge
i; ,i ( ass between the wings of the French and American
hospital southwest of Soissons.
a-iv were no casualties as the patients had been re
hen the bombing began, which was soon
ift .j- dark. Slightly wounded patients helped the Red
Cross attendants to carry those severely wounded to plac
rses showed great braver} dur
i.g the raid, <
ONLY SIXTY EIGHT HUNDRED FEET OF
STEEL TO BE LAID ON SEWARD END.
0,il\ .•>0(1 feet of steel remain to be laid on the Sew
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ard division amt this will be completed by the time steei
ha.- been ...M to tile connection at Mile 791', from the An
crorage division.
Even available man on the Seward division is at
work laying steel and balasting is progressing behind
every mil laid. A through train Seward to Anchorage is
row ; .nest certain within ten days or two weeks. The
! iv.gi u ) Any ox has landed sufficient steei at Anchorage
to connect with the Seward division.
*.\ POWER OF FINLAND FOR GERMANY.
BULLETIN, PALIS, Sept., 7— It is unofficially re
po i ted here in state circles that the entire man power of
Finland has been placed at Germany’s disposal by a new
treaty of alliance.
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Chicago, Sept., 7— William D.
Haywood and fourteen of his chief
aides in the conspiracy cases in which
th»‘ l. W. W. was accused of attempt
ing to overturn the war program of
d.e government have been sentenced
tt twenty years imprisonment and
>>20. 000 fines for each; thirty-three
other* were sentenced to ten years
imprisonment; thirty-three to five
years; twelve to one year and one
day; and two were sentenced to ten
day terms. Fines down to $5,000
, were imposed on nearly all the con
victed men in addition to the prison
; sentences.
The sentences were imposed b/
i Judge Landis.
TURKISH ARMY
IS IN REVOLT
X1AY YOIJK. Sept., 7— Advices re
ceived here from Turkish and Arab
ian sources tell of insurrections
among the troops of the Turkish
army.
At Konia, half way between Con
stantinople and Aleppo, when orders
were given to a contingent to entrain
for Palistine, the troops seized th>
guns, large and small made for th.*
mountains, where they formed a new
revolutionary centre tho »tgh are be
tween Constantinople and Palestine.
In Smyrna and Aidin- some fifty
kilometers to the south a similar re
volt has been inaugurated.
In the Caucasus, the Turks have
been having a hard time to pluck the
Armen ans and Georgians, and have
made little or no progress in seizing
the coveted lands there.
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ADMISSION DAY
IN CALIFORNIA j
IS BIG EVENT
SAX FlvAN’CISCO, Sept.. — A
martial air is to ho given the celebrat
-ion o: California Admission Day,
September !Hli, bv the 2N San Fran
cisco pallors of Native Sons and Nat
ive Sons and Native Daughters of the
(lolden West. Special attention will be
given enlisted day according to plans
being made by officials of the city
and of the two orders. •
A great military parade will be j
held in the morning and patrotic lit
erary excercises in the afternoon. The
celebration will conclude with a mil
itary ball for men in uniform at the
city’s exposition auditorium in the
evening.
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TRAIN’ OUT TOMORROW
A train will leave Seward tomor
row morning at 0 o’clock and connect
at Mile 45 with a train from Kern
Creek. There will be no through
trains tomorrow the changes being
made at Mile 45 the north and south
trains returning direct from there.
SULZER ON
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Delegate Charles A. Sulzet*. is on
h s \va> to Alaska to begin his cam
paign for re-election according to
.naii advices received in Seward.
Delegate Sulzcr, in a letter to friends
•a Seward, stated that all Alaska leg
islation had been attended to the on’y
nun ore yet to come up being the
economic problems of the government
in the production of gold. Do egato
sulzei believes that the Federal gov
•i nment will raise the price of gold or
provide a ImunU or subsidy to main
tain its production.
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HILDRETH GOI NG TO ITALY
H. H. Hildreth has completed his
training for a secretaryship in the
i. Al. C .A. at the Columbia Univer
-ity at New York, and expects to be
>n his way any day for work in Italy
iccording to a letter received by Rev.
J. J. Patton.
FREIGHTER SKAGWAY HERE
Freighter Skagwyy arrived in poit
his forenoon went first to the San
Ilian dock to dicharge distilLiate and
Jiis afternoon goes 'to the Seward
dock. The freighter has 72,000 feet
of lumber for the commission, oil and
gasoline for local merchants.
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FOF R MINTTE ST FAKER
\\. F. Hen *y, will he toe tow rou*~
ut speaker tomorrow itrht at the Gi
be* ty theatre.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is clearing, slight
squalls, fair and cooler.
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AIRPLANESSVPPLY THE
SOLDIERS WITH SHELLS.
LONDON, Sept., 7— British troops
in advanced positions today were sup
plied with small arm ammunition by
a>rplanes, which made deliveries with
parachutes to which the ammunition i
was attached. ,_ „ n
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CHICAGO, Sept., 7— The Boston Red Sox took the
third game of the World’s series this afternoon from the
! Chicago White Sox by a score of 2 to 1. Boston has now
; won two games out of three. Tonight both teams leave for
i Boston to complete the series.
In today’s game Boston made seven hits and are ere*
j dited with no errors. Chicago made seven hits and one err
or.
The batteries were Mays and Schang; Vaughn and
Killifer. . • /
Klem today umpired ball and strikes satisfactorily.
The weather was fair, the sky being clear and the atten
; dance was large.
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THREE PARTIES OUT SEARCHING FOR
... THREE SEAMAN FROM THE U. S. S. SATUN.
Three different searching parties, all composed of old
timers of Kenai Peninsula, are out today searching for the
three missing seamen from the U. S. S. Saturn, L)auh!,
Mead and Rubbins. The men left a week ago tonight tor a
day’s outing and are believed to be iost on the lowlands
between Lake Kenai and Russian river.
Charles Einswiller and Wild Bill Dewitt left Cooper
Lake this morning following a trail. George Laughlin and
Charles Bern left for the Brewer-Hayden mine this morn
ing and Russian John and Jim Callas left Mile 18 for Rus
sian lake. If any trace of the missing are found certain
signs will be left along the various trails for the other
searching parties to be informed.
CLAIM THAT LENINE IS DEAD.
STOCKHOLM, Sept., 7— Travelers arriving today
from Moscow declare that Premier Lenine, who was shof
by a young girl several days ago, is dead and the Bolshe
viki is suppressing the facts. j
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