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THE ALASKA EVENING POST
RD.ALA Y, JULY 11,1917._Ten Cents the Ccgy
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G ■ . July 11—Official announcement was marie
The Germans succeeded in
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Yscr district.
i: \N<) I'LLT IN LONDON
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:i •' hj: : r: oRT ro take Dunkirk
. > ' .• 11.—Undated advices from Ku
* •> t . ’.ici attempt to bend back the British
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•v ak i-uvni-b when the\
; ANNEXATION AND COIN
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ormuia that peace without annexations
to us. We cannot declare our terms oi
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Ti. < ■ loc then made a strong attack on Erzber
1. cation of peace without annexations or in
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(TI. Associated Press Dispatch)
:N. July 11.—Yonvaerts, printed today a state
ment t'. i s.d ,u government had decided to intro
duce a a :y o sal suffrage this autumn, without
waiting
A III ATTACK AT CONSTANTINOPLE
< Itv Vssociated Press Dispatch)
LONDON. -July 11.—British airmen attacked the
Turkish fleet off Constantinople yesterday and dropped
mbs on the cruiser Sultan Selim, formerly the German
ship Cceben. Observers with the squadron state that
t ;,s \v( re also dropped on the war office and a clean hit
scored.
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GENERAL DELIVERY
I OC I HR PELIXQI'ENTS
Neil, of the Postoffice De
parti .vui., . yesterday and m
chock' - V" t1 o U>i al office found Sew
ard residents to have been delinquent
iii paying their box rent. Thi^is noi
peculiar to Seward, it being a genera'
failing, so the Department has made ;
rule taht where box rent is not paid
the holders will find their mail in tin
general delivery, so don’t kick at the
postmaster if you dfcn’t iind a letter in
your box after the next boat—}jay up.
TH rE BILLION BUSHELS OF CORN
Two-Story Ruilding Will Re Greeted;
Soon by Robert
Ashland
Robert A. Ill a ml, owner of consul r
abit* property in town, will return to
Seward about the iiv.it of August and
will const ud a two-story j arayv
fairs ofc bis father.
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tary unit.
' TRADE
Siui.R!/l
i nrf*trifted Exchange P?tween Ah i
ka and ltiis.si.in Pro imv
i. rged
SEATTLE, July IE—Trustees
the Chamber of Commerce
« beria,
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• I.MPKOPKU DIET MADE
{ SHAKE AN INVALID ♦
S. irk living in K surrectio 1
Day are careh.-s
| caught by oPte Andersc
l to the discovery that he had *
‘ sharks stunuuh. It is probable } i
I with tendencies to ti c for
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KE\. CRIMONT TO
BE CONSECRATED
BISHOP OF ALASKA
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SEATTLE, July 11.—Right Rev. R. 1
J. Crimont, head' of the Catholic*1
church in Alaska, recently appointed
bishop of Alaska by/the Vatican, will ;
be* consecrated at St. .mines cathedral,
Seattle, July 27 . Archbishop Alex
ander Christie, of Portland, and Bish
op Edward J. O’Dea, of Seattle, will
direct the ceremonies. Many other j
high church dignataries, priests and
prominent members of the Catholic
United States will be present.
The official communication, hearing’
the signature of Pope Benedict XV,
raising the head of the church in Al
aska to a bishopric, was received a
few days ago, and the announcement
of the consecration date followed.
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SIXTEEN REGISTER ON
FIRST DAY OF DRAFT
Sixteen men of Seward of military
age registered under the t selective
draft act, yesterday, that being the
first day of active effort for registra
tion.
Clerk Foehlman will he aided in the
registration work by x\. Boom, who re
cently distinguished himself at short
stop on the local ball team during the
Cordova trip.
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(By Associated l'res* Dispatch)
W \SH1NGT0N, I). C., July 11.—Three billion bushels
1 ivt .1 as the prospective corn crop for 1917. This is the
returned by the farmers of the United States to
call for food for the* allies . Never in the history of
e count vy has there been such a crop.
1 ood Dictator Hoover has asked the canners to reduce
o as low as possible, saying that the output of “home”
uer.s is likely to embarrass the canners in the sale of
r’s product. He points out that nearly every house
thc country is canning on her own hook as never
tnd that there will be a decrease in demand for
armed goods as the result.
RUSSIA’S LOG CABIN GENERAL
FROM SIBERIA CAPTURES HALICZ; I
OF GALICIA AGED ONLY 46j
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(Ily Associatid Dress Dispatch)
; LTROGRAD, July 11.—Official advices from Gali
tliat the pursuit of the enemy south of Lemberg
continues.
fell into the hands of the advancing Russian
sk day, a large number of Teutonic prisoners
a! dO guns being captured. i
t;-. acral KornilolF, hero of the Russian advance at!
. Is only id years of age and was born in a log cabin!
., i n Siberia, the son of a poor Cossack.
.aer advices indicate that prisoners taken at Halicz
- ■! ( men in addition to a large quantity of sup
iies.
;e c ivalrv has continued its advance westward to
. L 1 auk of the Lotnice river and pressed northward
10 tht dogorottehan-Zolotvin line.__
FOOD BILL TO
BE MODIFIED
Control of Iron, Steel and Ollier
Items Will be Eliminated
Shortly
\. VSHINGTON, July 11. In an ef
fect lo modify the food control bill to
m . t various objections ol the agri
1 committee, the Senate began
i iderm ion of amendments today.
li i.- cu ired that control be limited
to food stuffs and fuel, eliminating
iron, cotton, copper and other products,
natc gave unanimous consent* to
od control
n ure and all amendments, not
i.:i r than 2:2,0 o'clock Saturday after- j
noon, July 21st. The first “cloture1
motion” limiting debate has been
withdrawn temporarily.
DOWN SHADE |
NEW YORK, July 11. — Liberty
Loan bonds sold on the stock exchange
at 09.98 today, owing to reports of
further Liberty Loan bonds being of-j
fered next autumn and spring.
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REINDEER HERD
BEING GATHERED
FOR CHICKALOON
Progress is being made toward es
tablishing the reindeer industry in the
Chickaloon district.
Agents of the Matanuska Renideer
Punching company are now in the
lditarod region and have purchased all i
the available stock, some 200 head.
The officers of the company assert,
however, that they are arranging for
S00 more deer and these are to be
gathered in the Kuskowim valley, near
the head of Bear creek, to be brought
out this fall.
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WINS ELECTION
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Former Prisoner for Revolt Defeats
National Candidate With
Ease
LONDON, July 11. — Prof. Edward
Devalera, of Dublin University, a not
ed Sinn Feiner arrested during the
revolution last year and recently re
leased from prison, was elected to par
liament from East Claire yesterday.
He defated the nationalist candidate 5
to 2 .
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HE DREW SWIFT
SMASH ON JAW
FOR DISLOYALTY
While Judge W. A. Munley, Deputy
U. S. Attorney, was making a patri
otic address in Anchorage on July
4th, a foreigner so far forgot himself
as to say :
“The --ought to have a wet
sponge rammed down his throat."
This brought forth a quick response
from the left fist of Fire Chief J. J.
HefTner, to the point of the fellow’s
jaw . He was immediately led away
by two companions, and all efforts to
ascertain his identity were fruitless.
START WORK ON ROADS
NORTH OF INLET
ANCHORAGE, July 11.—Ross Ken
ny, foreman under Anton Eide of the
Alaska road commission, in the dis
trict above Cook Inlet has established
camp at Wasilla and also at Mile 32
on the Knik-Willow creek wagon
road.
Foreman Kenny will have supervi
sion over 30 men who are working on
the wagon roads of that section and
much good will no doubt be accom
plished this summer.
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Cards have been received announc
ing the marriage of former townsite
manager J. A. Moore of that place to
Miss Helen Waugh, of Portland, Ore.
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MATERIAL LOR
RADIO PLANT
Barge Brings One Complete Radio
Station Minus the
Towers
All of the material and equipment
for the radio station being built by
Gutleben Brothers at he head of the
bay, arrived this morning on the barge
Barracuta.
The towers, however, will be brot
over from Cordova, as the ones to be
used here were those formerly used on
the hill station at Whiteshed.
A. Freihold, a civilian employee of
the navy department, who is a guest
at The Seward, will act as inspector
of the work.
“People who have never seen a ra
dio plant, knocked down, will get a
chance to see the whole thing, minus
the towers if they visit the dock to
morrow," said Daniel Gutleben.
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MOBILIZE 16
DIVISIONS PLAN
Guard to be Gathered Upon August
First For Its Final
Training
WASHINGTON. July II.—'The fed
eral militia bureau is arranging for
transportation of the national guard,
which is to be mobilized on August f>,
according to the President’s proclama
tion. The various state units v/ill be
organized into 1C tactical divisions and
assigned to camps for final training
before being sent to the front.
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TWO HURT ON WORK
AT THIS END OF LINE
Dan Sullivan, construction foreman
on work between Miles 9 and 11, was
seriously injured last evening when he
fell from a gasoline speeder at Mile
DDL*. He sustained a fractured rib
and is now in the Seward General
hospital.
John Smith, an employee at work on
the Snow River bridge, fell from a
piledriver yesterday afternoon and
sustained severe bruises. At first it
was feared that his hip had been frac
tured. He was brought in for treat
ment on a speeder by George Colwell,
Superintendent of Construction, and
is now at the hospital.
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NIGHT LETTERS ON
U. S. CABLE SUSPENDED
Night letters originating in Alaska,
to be sent over the miiltary cable,
have been suspended, according to ad
vices made public this morning by Lee
Murphy, signal officer in charge here.
Night letters originating in the States
outside of Seattle will still be handled
into Alaska.
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!j BOATS AND TRAINS j
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The Admiral Evans sailed last even
ing for Seattle after discharging coa!
for the U. S. R. R.
The Alaska is due tomorrow nighrt
from Anchorage.
The Admiral Farragut is due Friday
morning.
There will be a train out the line the
latter part of the week, construction
work permitting.
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