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AM 1ICAN CAPTURED
(By Associated Dispatch)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, France - Belgium,j
Sent 17 —The German general commanding the eleventh j
reserve division, has recently placed a price of four hun
dred marks on the first American soldier brought, dead
or alive, into his lines.
POLITICAL CRISIS SOLVED IN RUSSIA
(By A»*ocial*d Pre*a Dispatch,
PETROGRAD. Sept. 17.—It is officially announced
that the political crisis has been solved after an all night
conference. A new cabinet was formed, and its connr
mation will be published tomorrow.
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SUGAR INDUSTRY UNDER U. S. CONTROL
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON. Sept. IT. — Under a presidential
proclamation the entire sugar industry of the United
States has ben placed under the jurisdiction of the food
administration, to be conducted under a license system,
which will control its manufacture, distribution and im
portation.
HINDENBURG CRITICIZES THE PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BERLIN, Sept. 17.—Hundenburg, in replying to the
anti-Wilson protests from German organizations, said.
“By his attempt to create disunity W ilson succeeded in
uniting the German people. Wilson will receive a cleat
answer by the seventh war loan.”
KERENSKY ORDERS ARRESTS OF LEADERS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 17—General Alexieff was due
to arrive at Russian main headquarters last night and the
revolutionary troops were ordered by Kerensky to march
on Hohilex and arrest Korniloft, Lomkomsky and others
concerned in the revolt.
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A. F. OF L. TO SUPPORT RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17—Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of Labor, has cabled the
Minneapolis conference resolutions to Kerensky, pledging
the support of the American working class to Russian de
mocracy.
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CABINET TROUBLES WORRYING KERENSKY
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 17. — The indications are that
the government is seeking a way out of its cabinet diffi
culties. Social Democrats and Social Revolutionists have
prepared identical resolutions declaring the impossibility
of collaborating with Kerensky if Constitutional Demo
crats are made ministers but voting on the resolution has
been postponed and a settlement is expected.
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CITY OF MOSCOW LOYAL TO GOVERNMENT
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD. Sept. 12.—At a meeting of all officers
of the garrison at Moscow, called by General Versovsky,
assurance was given of loyal support to the provisional
government.
All elements of the population are heartily in sup
port of Kerensky, commander-in-chief of the Russian
army, and are falling in line with views as previously ex
pressed bv the Municipal Council.
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STRIKE SITUATION CLEARING IN MONTANA
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 12.—It is expected that the min
ing and smelting industry will be again in operation in
all parts of Montana in a few days. A committee of the
Mine, Mill and Smelters’ union is in session with the boss
smeltermen at Anaconda and the latter’s signature to the
men’s requests is shortly looked for.
DISCUSS GLACIER
STREAM NEEDS
City Council Appoints Committee to
Confer With It. J. Weir As to
A Solution
At a combined mass meeting and a
regular meeting of the city council
last night the first step toward a so
lution of the glacier stream problem
was effected when the council passed
a resolution that a committee of tax- |
payers be appointed to confer with
R. J. Weir, engineer of the Seward di
vision of the government railroad, and
others, in an effort to devise ways and
means toward curbing the glacier1
stream.
The council room was packed with !
interested citizens and taxpayers. Sev
eral plans for remedying the difficulty,
were put forth by the different speak
ers, the estimated costs of such plans
ranging in price from $2500 to $200,
000. Most of the speakers favored a
dredging of the creek bed by a steam
shovel and reinforcing the walls with
wooden bulkheads. The fact was
brought out, however, that a steam
shovel could not be secured for at
least sixty days, as all shovels are in
urgent use on the government railroad
and cannot possibly be spared for im
mediate prosecution of this work.
It was the consensus of opinion that
it was useless to petition congress for
an appropriation due to existing con
ditions throughout the nation.
Among the speakers taking part in
the discussion were F. L. Ballaine, L.
V. Bay, H. Dougherty, J. J. Finnegan,
J. L. Green, F.. L. Whittemore, W. M.
Sauers, E. 0. Sawyer, Jr., and D. C.
Brownell.
Of the different plans proposed, J.
J. Finnegan, offered the most compre
hensive and in the end a permanent
solution, according to many. He pro
posed Congress be petitioned to al
low the municipality to issue bonds for
at least $200,000, as much of this
amount as needed, to be used in con
structing a flume, the remainder to be
used for building bridges, a city hall,
sewer system, and other badly needed
civic improvements.
The following committee was ap
pointed to look into the matter and
they will meet with Mr. R. J. Weir at
five o’clock tonight: H. V. Hoben, L.
V. Ray, J. J. Finnegan, F. L. Ballaine,
Wm. Sauers, T. W. Hawkins, S. M.
Graff and F. J. Cotter.
Short answers to many questions
asked at the meeting were:
Ballaine says—Government at pres
ent not good for aid.
Sauers says—JJO tne best we can.
Ray says—Sandbag and brush;
bond town and build dam.
Dougherty says—Flume and steam
shovel ditch at cost of $2500 for ditch, j
Finnegan says—Get Congress to
allow issue of bonds.
Whittemore says—Do something.
Green says—Sluice out channel.
Sawyer says—Place wing dams.
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ARCTIC CLUB TO HOLD
ALASKA CELEBRATION
SEATTLE, Sept. 17. — The enter
tainment committee of the Arctic
Club has arranged a celebration to
! commemorate the fiftieth anniversary
j of the transfer of Alaska from Rus
sia to the United States, by holding
an open house for Alaskans and a ban
quet at night, on September 18.
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DODD HEIR TO
HUGE FORTUNE
Former Member Alaska Revenue Ser
vice Gets $800,000 Fortune
Left by His ynde
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—H. F. Dodd,
for several years connected with the
Revenue Cutter service and lighthouse
service in Alaska, and well known all
along the Alaska coast, today receiv
ed notice from his attorney that the*
litigation over the estate of his un
cle, Frederick Dodd, had ended, and by
a decision of the court the entire es
tate of $800,000 had been awarded to
him.
Frederick Dodd was a South Afri
can diamond miner, and accumulated
his large fortune in the mines. H. F.
Dodd, the benefactor, is now a boat
swain at the naval training camp near
here.
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NEW G. N.
AGENT HERE
H. R. Taylor, the new traveling
freight and passenger agent for the
Great Northern Railway, wearing :
straw hat and an expansive smile,
was aboard the Alaska, arriving this
morning. He will stop over here 01
the return trip from the westward.
A. S. Dautrick, who has represented
the company in Alaska for the past
five years, has been transferred to
Seattle and leaves on the Alaska fo>
that port
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SUIT FOR EJECTMENT WON
BY STEVE MELCHOIR
An action in ejectment, to recovei
possession of two lots, Nos. 20 and 21,
in block 12, in the City of Seward, in
which John A. Noble was the plaintiff
and Stephen Melchoir the defendant
was decided recently when Judge
Brown handed down his decision in
favor of Mr. Melchoir.
In the opinion of the Judge, Mel
choir entered upon the land at a time
when he had such a right to do so and
holding adversely to the plaintiff and
his predecessors in interest, during
the statutory period more than ten
years after the issuance of patent to
John E. Ballaine. Mr. Melchoir is a
veteran of 1871, having fought at Ver
dun and has been a resident of Alas
ka for many years.
John A. Noble purchased these lots
from a former owner, who bought
them originally from John E. Ballaine
and Melchoir established his home on
them and occupied a cabin thereon
for more than ten years, paid taxes
according to law, and considered it
his property and his home. The opin
ion now handed down now gives him
this undisputed right.
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MOVING PICTURE SHOW
WILL START TONIGHT
Manager Thompson informs us that
arrangements have been made for the
opening of the picture show and that
at the usual hour tonight he will pre
I sent an unusually good program, the
leading picture being “The Majesty of
the Law,” with an additional reel of
news pictures.
FRENCH MINISTER
CALLS WITH REQU !ST
FOR EXPLANATION
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
I STOCKHOLM, Sept. 17. — French Minister Thien
! huat has called at the Swedish foreign office with a for
j mal request for an explanation of the Argentine incident.
I Other representatives of the allies are expected to pursue
i the same course.
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VON ECKHARDT DENIES COMPLICITY
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 17.—Von Eckhardt, the Ger
man minister, has denied everything in connection with
the disclosures that he employed Folke Gronholm, for
mer Swedish consul, to convey information to the Berlin
foreign office. Eckhardt declares he never sent any com
munication through Gronholm, and never wrote any com
munication for services rendered.
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MORRIS CALLS AT SWEDISH FOREIGN OFFICE
(Hy Associated Press Dispatch)
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 11. — American Minister Mor
ris today visited the Swedish foreign office relative to the
German cipher telegrams. The outcome of the call was
not made public.
GENERAL KORNILOFF ATTEMPTS HIS LIFE
(Hy Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 14.—After having been received
by Kerensky and informed of the fate awaiting him, Gen
eral Korniloff, commander of the Korniloff troops sent
against Petrograd, returned to his lodging and instantly
shot himself, but not fatally. Kruimoff's own Cossacks
arrested him immediately after he attempted to take his
life.
SENATE TURNS DOWN SENATOR HARDWICK
(Hy Associated Press Dispatch)
i WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Denouncing introduction
of such a proposition the Senate Military Committee re
ported adversely on the resolution of Senator Thomas W.
Hardwick, of Georgia, providing for the consent of ev
ery drafted man be obtained before he would be required
to perform service in a foreign country. The committee
also reported that they believed every man drafted could
be. used abroad.
PIONEER SEALER DIES AT VICTORIA
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
VICTORIA, Sept. 10, 1917.—Captain James Warren,
pioneer sealer, died at his home here today, aged 85. War
ren is noted for having brought the first steamer, the
Beaver, to the Pacific Coast in 1835.
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| OLD-TIMER ARRIVES IN
SEWARD ON ALASKA
P. H. McGrath, an old-timer in
Alaska, arrived on the S. S. Alaska
this morning. The t)\vn of McGrath,
located on the Kuskokwim river, was
named in his honor. He will spend
some time in Seward, going to Mc
Grath about the first of October.
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WORK STARTS TODAY
ON NEW RECTORY
Work’ commenced this morning on
the erection of a new rectory for St.
Peter’s Episcopal Church and much
progress will be made this winter.
When finished the rectory will be one
of the finest in the Territory.
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H. V. HOBEN ELECTED
COUNCILMAN LAST NIGHT
At a regular meeting of the city
I council last evening H. V. Hoben was
, elected councilman to fill the vacancy
of A1 Chamberlain, who resigned.
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FAREWELL SURPRISE
GIVEN MISS GAFFNEY
A crowd of young ladies met at the
Ellsworth home last evening at seven
o’clock, proceeding in a body to the
home of Mrs.-H. J. Vaughan, where
Miss Violet Gaffney has been visit
ing for the last few months, surpris
i ing that young lady very much.
I The evening was most enjoyably
| spent by the Misses Nima Thoreen,
Dorothea Wooley, Blanche Daykin,
| Blanche Caylon, Thelma Ellsworth,
I Marie Thoreen, Ida Revelle, Elizabeth
Torrey, Maxine McDonald, Elsie Les
j lie, Mary McConnell and Doris Simp
son.
At a late hour thirteen girls gath
ered around the table and enjoyed the
refreshments, which were brought
with them.
The party was given as a farewell
to Miss Gaffney, who will leave for her
home in North Yakima, Wash., with
her aunt, Mrs. H. J. Vaughan, about
^ October 1st.