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Volume XI, Number 1*7 SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 24. 1917_Ten Cento the Copy
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN IS TO
BE STARTED WITH 500,000 MEN
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WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 24.—Decision has
been reached by the government to make preparation foi
aggressive warfare against Germany, in addition to the i
steps already taken for the protection of American ship
ping.
Steps to this end were taken this afternoon when con
tracts for supplies for an army of 500,000 men were drawn
up by the council for national defense at one of its most;
important meetings held since its creation.
These munition and supply contracts will be awarded
the moment war is declared and within an hour making)
and deliveries will be under way. ;
SAYT. R. HAS 100,000 MEN READY!
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NEW YORK. Saturday, March 24.—The New York
Tribune says today, “an American expeditionary force of
100,000 men to tight in France under the leadership of
Former President Roosevelt and financed by a group of j
wealthy citizens, is now ready here.”
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SUGGEST LOAN OF FIVE BILLION TO ALLIES
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 24.—Suggestions
were placed before the president for his consideration to
day which include the possibility of floating a loan of five
. billion dollars for the entente allies.__
CALL MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS !
TO GUARD BIG SHIP YARD
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(Hr llaited Stau« CaWe>
BOSTON, Saturday, March 24.—Two regiments of
militia were called out today following a conference be
tween Secretary of War Baker and Governor McCall.
These soldiers will be used as a guard for the Fore River
shipbuilding plants and other munition works.
BELGIAN RELIEF WORKERS ARE
NOW OULOF INVADED LAND
(B7 United State* CaWr)
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 24.—Brand Whit
locks’ American relief workers in Belgium have been
formally withdrawn, Secretary Lansing announced today,
and Whitlock will go to Havre.
Relief work among Belgian refugees in other coun
tries will be continued so far as possible.
WITNESS TELLS OF INTIMIDATION
TRIEDiBY,SEATTLE DETECTIVES
(Bjr United Slate* Cable)
SEATTLE, Saturday, March 24.—Eddie Metzdorff, a
waiter testified in the whiskey ring case today to receiv
ing a hundred dollar bribe to give false testimony. His
exposure was sensational in the extreme and if true re
veals that the police department is being used to a re
markable degree in defense of Mayor Gill and Chief
Beckingham.
Metzdorff stated while on the stand that Assistant
Chief of Detectives W. B. Kent, had through Watson B.■
Smith, paid him $100 to testify that the Billingsleys told
him they were “framing a case on Gill.”
“That* the man,” Metzdorff said, when Kent wasj
shown up for identification. He concluded his story at!
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noon by saying that he is now paroled from the penitenti- i
ary, and that he had been threatened by the police with j
being returned to the penitentiary if he did not swear to1
what he branded “a pack of lies.”
Uncle Sam Is on the Job
' I M ONLY
i.'insisting
\uPor< mv ’
Rights
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ELECTION CERTIFICATE
GIVEN TO CHAS. SULZERi
CBy United State* Cable)
JUNEAU, Saturday, March 24.—In
obedience to the peremtory writ of
mandamus issued by Judge Jennings
the canvassing board issued a certifi
cate of election at 10 o'clock this
morning to Charles E. Sulzer as dele
gate to congress from Alaska.
Delegate Sulzer will leave immedi
ately for Washington to he there in :
time to take his seat at the coming !
special session of congress, called for
April 2.
COAST TOWNS TAKE
PRECAUTION TO STOP
SPREAD OF MEASLES
Strict quarantine has been ordered
by the territorial board of health, in
an effort to break the epidemic of
measles which has swept up the coast
of Alaska.
Health Officer Romig, who returned
from Valdez last night, states that j
the epidemic has developed in a viru-1
lent form in coast towns to the south
ward and rigid measures are being
taken to stop it.
Some years back a similar epidemic
swept through Alaska and nearly an
nihilated the natives to the westward
and in the Arctic sections.
Official instructions appear in an ad- j
vertisement on page live of this issue j
and all i>ersons are ordered to obey:
them.
No child of school age will be allow
ed to leave Seward without a }>emiit
from the Marine surgeon, and on ad
vice from the territorial authorities
all children coming in on the boats
will be quarantined for a certain uum
ber of days. Similar precautions are
being taken elsewhere.
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NOTED LECTURER
WILL SPEAK AT
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. George Edward Lewis, of
Portland, Oregon, known to the read
ing public as “Alaska Blacklock," will
deliver his famous sermon-lecture
from the interesting subject “The
Great North American Sandwich," on
Sunday evening at 7:30 in the new’
Methodist Episcopal church. He is a
traveler of note and well known
lecturer.
Rev. Lewis and his moving picture
expert, H. S. Jones, have spent sever
al days in and about Seward in an
earnest endeavor to film in moving
life our natural beauty, our resources;
and our industries. He is an accredit
ed correspondent for the Oregon
Journal, and is preparing an article
for publication, sotting forth the
merits of Seward.
Inasmuch as he is engaged in the j
interest of our city without remunera
tion to himself, the least that we can
do is to give him (an audience, consist
ing of our business and professional
men, and of our loyal citizens in gen
eral. The entire public is invited.
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39 KILLED BY A CYCLONE
IN INDIANA; 100 INJURED:
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(By United States Cable)
NEW ALBANY, Saturday, March 24.—Great loss of j
life and property resulted last night when a cyclone cut
through this city and the oulying districts.
The dead number 39, injured 100, and the loss is esti
mated at $2,000,000. I -
RUSSIA VOTES
FOR REPUBLIC
LONDON, Saturday, March 24.—The central “com
mittee of twelve” and parliamentary representatives of
the constitutional democratic party at Fetrograd, voted
today in favor of a republican form of government for
Russia.
MAKE CALL FOR
ESTIMATES ON
INLET DREDGE
Commission Getting at Cost
of Improvement
Asked Up Inlet
For the purpose of reaching an
estimate as to how much it would
cost to dredge a slip sufficient for
handling coaJ at Anchorage during
the summer season, bids have been
called for by the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, for an IK or 20-inch suc
tion dredge.
Insistent demands from Anchorage
for harbor facilities there have been
met by the commission in the employ
ment of William Gerig, a harbor en
gineer of the widest experience, and
formerly associated with the Panama
canal force, to make a complete esti
mate of the probable costs of such an
improvement.
In a recent announcement by Capt.
Mears, he stated that no improve
ments would be made until after the
findings of Gerig had been passed up
on.
No provision for harbor improve
ments at Anchorage was included in
this year's estimate and it is no;
probable that the government, in veiw
of the country-wide protest agains*
“pork barrel” appropriations will
countenance any Such waste in view
of the short sf^ason that the upper in
let is open.
HOUSE KILLS PAIR
OF LEGAL BILLS
JUNEAU, Saturday, March 24.—
The house today killed bills seven and
eight, referring to court procedure.
Bills compelling witnesses to ap
pear if subpoenaed before the housv*
or senate or committees with books if
requested and give evidence, were in
troduced.
This afternoon memorial services
were held for Heid, late member of
the house, and Judge Jennings was
the principal speaker.
Senator Hubbard must be absent
for several days on legal business and
Senator Aldrich was unanimously
elected president pro-ternpore.
The bill making Lincoln’s birthday
a legal holiduy in Alaska was passed
by the senate, also the bill for the
abolishment of the committee for
promo Jon of uniformity of laws, the
Sulr.f r bill, proriding for an aged
wor.mn's home at Skagway, with an
appropriation for $20,000, and the Al
drich bill, with an appropriation of
$50,000 for a home for indigent
pioneer men and women.
SEATTLE, Saturday, March 24.—
Seattle won the second and . third
games in the world's hockey cham
pionship.* * e
WALTER STOKER
ACQUITTED BY
JURY;INSANE
Slayer of Hendrickson is
Held Unaccountable
by Jurors
VALDEZ. — (Special.) — Walter
Stoker, charged with the murder of
John Hendricks at Mile 12 on the gov
ernment railroad, was pluced on trial
on a charge of first degree murder
Saturday, March 17, and after the
jury had been impaneled and evi
dence taken concerning the killing,
the defense entered the claim of in
sanity and produced sufficient evi
dence to secure an acquittal. Stoker
had formerly been an inmate of the
Washington asylum for the insane.
The taking of testimony was con
cluded at 5 o'clock Saturday after
noon, and the jury returned the ver
dict of “not guilty on account of in
sanity" after being out 24 hours.
Judge Browm has wired to the at
torney general for authority to send
Stocker to an asylum for the criminal
insane as his former outbreak was al
so in the shape of an attempt to kill
with a rifle.
Stoker was represented by Attorney
Leon C. Booker, of Seward.
The case of F. L. Walt vs. A. J.
Adams, an action for damages for
false imprisonment, was transferred
to the Cordova term of court.
The motion for the return of cer
tain trunks, papers, etc., belonging to
Otto Kanitz, made by Attorney Book
er, for the accused, was argued in the
district court and the motion was
granted by the court.
In the case of H. Kerr vs. the
Golden Eagle Mining company an
order was issued dismissing the *case.
BOATS AMD TRAINS
The Northwestern arrived at 8
o'clock, and sailed south at 1:30 this
morning.
The Admiral W'atson left Juneau at
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The train will leave Monday morn
ing at 8:30 for Mile 40.
Trails
Trails good, with a temperature of
18 at Mile 71; 6 at Mile 52, 10 below
at Mile 34.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum . 28
Minimum . 17
Current .. 27
Weather . Gear
WEATHER TOMORROW
Fair, with increasing winds.