...+.
" FOOD WILL WIN THJf !
j tfE WHO WASTES A } WAR — DON’T WASTE !
CRI ST OF BREAD PRO- { IT
I LONGS THE WAR. } i! . |
i j ‘
. Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post __
_ : - --- SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY7june^27, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
VOLUME XI, N _____________ __ _ ■ ■ - -;- ——
DRAWINGS ARE
MADE FOB IRE
WAS! '
cans of ID 18 class stood at attention
this morning, iigurativ* ly .-making. as
the umbel's were assignetl to each man
who had attained a mum ity in
year ending June nth, were drawn in
the Natonal draft lottery. Th< histor c
events of a yea
the numbers represi at; sg 74 i
ths were drawn. It is b< lieved that a !
men will be placed in class 1 be:civ
the end of the present year.
The first number d awn was 24d, the
second, ltr,8 and the third 818.
(The Associated Press dispatch sa\
that possibly the numbers drawn today
wil also apply to tin* Alaska men when
they register fion July 2nd to So tem_
ber 3rd).
PARIS, Jnuo -T — An otTii ial di>
ptch received here* ilwlai'ea that the re
ported assassination ot i o.im
\ .
that the former Czui wa.> kill'd by the
Bolshoviki during limit* retreat on Ye
katerinburg.
IM.YA .!
Bureu at Laussane annunces a con
firmation of the report that the Bol
sheviki authorities at \ wkdaterinburg
condemned the fotmer Czar to death
after a short trial and he wasS then
shot.
GRAND DUKE IS
AT HEAD OF NEW
RUSSIAN PARTY
AMSTERDAM, June 27 — A Mos
cow dispatch says'that Grand Duke
Micheal Alaxandorvich younger broth r
of the former Czar, is repotid to have
placed himself at the head <>: a new
Siberian government and i. ued a man
ifesto to the Russian people.
LAND MEN
MOSCOW, June (Official) — The
Germans have landed 11.000 *nfanti\,
cavalry and artillery at Poti on the
Jilack Sea.
AUSTRIA’S LEADING ACTOR
DIES FROM OPERATION
AMSTERDAM, June 27 — Alexand
er Girordi, Austria’s leading actor, is
dead from the effects of an operation
for blood-poisoning. He was 68 years
od. ............ *•**
- ■
WASHINGTON, dune 27 — Secre
tly o Wa Baker today disclose! to
ate military committee the fact
t, a within thiet months and enlarged
p.vjec! ' ould l»o presented to
V'(v »• ^ '‘ ininjr the additional sum
of hid ms ot*. o.lars ami additional mil
Pons of m n. S.V etary Hkev said too
full -ope of the measure was not yet
i\\ W* oven the oldcials prepar
ing it.
Jon-"t uy Baker further said that if
the high . t hopse ar realized there will
h • .ouo Ai a r.il ;.n soldiers in Kr
;' ,000 will be
’ Nine
and <i I d o id id’s are already
di id . me .id Secretary Baker and
t»vop r ?vrmi nt; are five months
;di * ad «»f th^schedule.
NOME Juno 27. — Steamer Victor
ia. the first steamer of the year, arrlv
,i here yesterday forenoon after buck
ing the ic ‘ in the Nome roadway for
n in Three other vessels are
i ■■ 1 o e i «*. ice hound within sight
•r the city.
On Mo d.: Scotty Allan failed in an
ttonot to pud a boat through the
ice to the steamers.
This >< arV 1? eakup is long overdue.
S verai of the -steamers have been ly
*i ■ ; t the od e of the ice pack tor over
a week.
tlASF’i. Switzerland, June 27 — It
is nunc red from Berlin that Dr. Rich
ard von Kuohlmann, German Foreign
Secretary, has resigned his portofolio
upon request.
NO $10,000,000 IS
LEFT TO COLUMBIA
NEW YORK, June 27 — Reports
from White Plains, where his will was
filed, that Robert B. Van Cortlandt, re
lirod banker, who committed suicide
I V binary ’Slas-L \ is left from $8,000
p H) o $10,000,000,000 to Columbia
o • .re. \V( re set at rest by James B.
•. of Van
C rth' . . \ l.o «! cw up the will on May
9, 1899, and is one of its executors.
Hr sahl that the estate would not ex
c v<i $r>00,(X»0. The entire estate under
the will goes to the college.
-—»-—
i
WASHINGTON, June 2 — Con
i''1, res. have agreed on amendments
providing all civil government empl
oye's shall work eight hours instead
i*; seven and receive additional pay.
-9
SAC SAGES FOR POOR
LIVERPOOL, — Lord Rh
onda, the Food controller, is said to be
planning to establish twenty factories
for the production of sausages for
poor people. All profits would go to
the Food Controller.
--
Read the Gateway
RESTRICTED DISTRICT
ORDERED TO DE CLOSED
DUCHESS OF HAMILTON
i
Mary, duchess of Hamilton, was
“mentioned for her devoted work in
the auxiliary hospital" into which her
Suffolk home, Easton Park, Wickham
Market, was transformed. She has giv
en up all her social duties to devote her
entire time to Red Cross work.
ALASKA IS DOE
iN THE MORNING
Steamer Alaska is reported to be
due here tomorrow morning at 2 ocloek
.with the following known passengers
who were aboard when the steamer sal
'd from Seattle: W M Howard andwife
John Hail and wife, Dr. S. B. Feinn
nd wife, and Miss Ida L. Todd.
TRAIN CREW
INDICTED FOR
MANSLAUGHTER
HAMMOND, Ind., .June 27 — The
Grand Jury has .indicted, for involun
tary manslaughter, Alonzo Sargent
and Gutave Klause, engineer and fire
men of the empty troop train which
collided witha circus train at Gary,
Indiana, last Saturday morning kill
ing 70.
51 EN DATTEREVuP
There must be a hoodoo somewhere
out the lino for Charles Nutter is in
from Milc23 suffering from neuraligia
in the face; Fred Martinide met the
buzz saw with his thumb and the saw
won, and J. McMahon struck his head
with a peavy. They are all here for
treatment.
REST R1 TED DISTDRIT ....frC$$$haC
The restriceted district in Seward
will be closed tight after July 1st, and
fourte^ women of the district will
leave the own and fourteen houses
have the for rent sign hung out.
United States Deputy Marshal Is
aac Evans received his instructions
direct from Marshal Brenneman who
was instructed to close all bawdy hous
es in the Third Division. •
The cable to Mr. Evans is as follows
“Received instructions from the At
torney General that all restricted dis
tricts and bawdy houses must bo clos
ed. Order them closed at once and not
ify them that any one found violating
this order after July 1st will be pros
ecuted. The penalty, is $1,000 fine oy
a year’s imprisonment or both. This
order must be strictly enforced. This
order applies to all towns in this Divis
ion.’’ .
(Signed) Brenneman.
Coming right on top of this order
is another issued by Deputy Marshal
Evans putting the absolute ban on all
kinds of gambling. It is understood
that several “pan” games were played
and money changed hands.
OMNI : j
I AN) FOR
THIS CITY
-*
A brass band is being organized in
in Seward and instruments and players ,
are now needed. So far the Seward
band boys have 2 cornets, bass, trom-!
bone, baritone, alto, snare and bass j
drum.:.... .
Tonight at 8:00 o’clock there will be
a rehearsal at the Arctic Brotherhood
hall. Anybody who can play an instru
ment is requested to show up and any
one with an .instrument is not only ask
ed to appear for rehearsal but to bring
his. instrument.
The band is being organized for a
•oming event and according to present
dans is going to be the big noise.
"*"_J__.
ANOTHER TEST
VOTE IN HOUSE
ON PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, June 27 — Another
test vote in the House on the prohibi
tion issue resulted this morning in the
adoption of a resolution by 112 to 92
calling on the President to .inform the
House whether any ruling has been
made b ythe railroad administration,
Board of War industries and Board of
War Trading, curtailing supplies to
liquor manufacturers.
!
WITH THE AMREICANS, June 27
—Two hundred and fifty Germans wer
captured last night when the Ameri
cans stormed and captured Belleau
Woods. Seven officers were among
| those captured. One officer said that
1 the German commanders told the men
the Germans had landed an army in
r—— ***—--—***1
America, captured New York City
and was now marching upon Philadel
phia. The officers also said that the
Gennan Commanders had received ad
vices from Berlin that submarines had
sunk forty or fifty ships along Long
Island Sound.
TWENTY TO ONE
RUSH AMERICANS
AND THE FRENCH
WITH THE AMERICANS, June 27
— A mid bust night, in which two
companines of French nd Americans
near Babobvillier lost several men tak
en prisoners, was made by an entire
battalion of Germans. The Germans
advanced in two columns after gas
shells had paved the way. The Allied
forces were outnumbered 20 to 1.
WITH THE AMERICANS, June 27
— The Americans captured 311 prison
ers in a drive on the German posts
last night in the Belleau sector and
also captred If big machine guns, auto
malic rifles and a quantity of small
aims and ammunition. Last night it
was quite on the Marne front.
LONDON, June 27 — An official
statement today says that the British
last night captured a German point
*ast of Hazebrouck.
ALLIES WAIT
FOB HUNS TO
MAKE ATTACK
NEW YORK, June 27 — The As
socaLed Press. late this afternoon in a
special summary says: along the bat
tle lines the Allies wait further en
»mv attacks. It is believed that the
Germans are about to make an attack
igainst the British and French.
British airmen have forced Ger
nan machines to land within the past
•2 hours. A report from Berlin says
12 Allied machines have been downed.
-— -
WAR PRISONERS
COMMAND TOWN
HARBIN, June 27 — Teuton war
prisoners are completely in control at
Irkutsk on the trans-Siberian railroad.
-4
VALUABLE FUR SHIPMENT
Agent McDonald has completed
checking a shipment of furs by ex
press for the states. The shipment ar
rived on the Dora and .is valued at
$35,000.
.— -
PIECE OF SHRANPEL SHELL
EXTRACTED FROM HEART
LONDON, June 27 — A piece of
shrapnel weighing one-seventh of an
ounce has been extracted from the an
terior wall of the heart of an English
soldier at a hospital here. The pati
ent was warned that the operation
might kill him. When he came out
from the influence of the anasthetic he
said he felt like a new man.
, NEW i'ORK, June 27 — The As
sociate* Press says that while the lt
| uliuh. e engaged in clearing up the
Piave it, the Americans noithwest
of C.. iu Thierry have captured
Bolici Vdods a point of considerable
impo»- ce from a stragetic stand
point. /om this point the GeiTnans
have b able to rake the Allied posi
tions «.n all sides of it with artillery
eastern ward to the northern edges.
The Americans now command the rail
road unning to Chateau Thierry*.
! RVING TO REORGANIZE.
ITALIAN FRONT, June 2 — The
Duk-' of Aostas and his Third Italian
army continues to advance along the
Piave front in the Capo Sile region
[clearing all positions. The Austrians
!ia\e abandoned picking up theii war
materila and the dead remain on the
ground unburled. The Austirans are
trving to ;e.ogan:7o especially along
the railroad system but seem to gain
no headway constantly being harass
ed by the Italians.
CONGRATULATES GEN. DIAZ
WASHINGTON, June 27 — Presi
dent Wilson cables General Diaz, com
manding the Italian forces, congratula
lions Kim on his important victory and
saying that America feels that tin*
blow was struck not only for Italy but
for the whole world.
WIPE OUT ADVANCE POST
* _ •
ROME, June 27 — The Italians
surprised and wiped out a large Aust
rian advance post in the mountains a
long the front. Activity is marked
with much intensity today.
KAISER’S PORTRAIT TORN OWN
ROME, June 27 — During the cole
brtion of the Italian victory on the
Piave, a crowd lushed to the Captio
line Hill 1st night, burst into the CalT
areilli Palace, which was frmerly the
Genii an embassy, and portraits of the
Kaiser were torn down and the Italian
Hag hoisted over the building.
SIGHTS STRANGE
CRAFT ON OCEAN
NORFOLK, Va., June 27—The mas
ter of an incoming vessel reports that
he encountered a strange craft 150
miles off the Virginia capes four days
ago. He believes that the vessel is a
German raider or the mother ship of
the submarines now off the Atlantic
coast...
-4
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, June 27 — Fish quota
tions at noon today were as follows:
halibut, fifteen and three eights cents,
sable, seven cents; ling cod, three
cents.- ....
--4
MARATHONERS OUT
Several marathon runners have been
out on the trail during the past two
days getting ready for the big event
on the Fourth.