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SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY,' October 18, 1918. __ _ TEN CENTS PK1
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ROAl> t OMMISSIONKK
\\ II.SON IS TOO 1U SV TO
VT I KM) 1*0 1
Ro ■' *i©ner James ! Wil
son. who .» a candidate lor re-elec*
on, ' toe busy to do any campaign*
ing md hi friends, who are 1* g.ori
wil have to speak the goo<! word for
huo. M r W i is *n Seward • n . ex
pect> »o ;• t ;* ay for tie \ icborage
,{!vi ion 0*1 \ • .irst *ain t > make an
• aspectum • ! road work that is under
lay hi that locality ami then iv ai .
lo Vaide7t
• My vo.k in this •»-vision : s !;»•:"!
( * mn .. ," said Mr. W iisen «>
day.” peaks for ilsoif. Ot t»*r moivy
allot* .1 to me I have spent it whev.
in my judgement it is mo.-t needed. !
have trie*! to be impartial to all sec
tions and have done road work when
tt*e ma *■ ty will be benofitted. Oi
lOurS'' J tie.-ire to b** re-elected hut the
s»v on i drawing to a close and it i. j
ht iro.s with me, before politics.”
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t.R \ND Jl i:vs KKI'OKT.
The (*rand jury at the Vald •/. «*ourt
of the l\ >. District court .submitted
an e abnate report. A recomntinda4
i«»n wa- made that cannery companies
import l>rtt< r class of employees. The
♦ab.’rers a*** generally quarrelsome
and a vicious nature, prone to disturb
the :‘*:v e and dignity of the places
wherein they are employed. Rch*o '
mepdation is also made regord!ng au
thority f'*r the V S. Marshal to up
I «»tnt more deputies for the purpose
during the fishing season of \eepi tfj
order among cannery employees and
al-o watch the canneries regarding
the u mg of fish. The poor feeding of
cannot ymen was also mentioned an ’ a
request that a change be made.
The closing of the Copper Riv<" above
the Delta for commercial mt'no-os
was recommended in o’-der t*» proto t
the spawning grounds of fish.
\ severe rap was given th * J'o.-tal
authorities for the rotten mail service
and a readjustment was demanded.
NOW WRITE EVERYBODY
About next Wednesday tb< re may hr
a steamer with mail arriving in Sew
ard. This steamer will perhaps only
remain here a couple of hour-*. Now
everybody knows that if the Steamer
does hi in" a !a»*"e assortment o' mad
the»e will be no possible chan**.-* of
jrettinrr this mail before the steam
er sails south. Therefore the letter • on
the steamer cannot he answered. Hot
ter grot busy riyht now and attend to
all the coi»-,» pondence you can. slip
it ;n the P. O . and not wait until the
half hoir* whistle blows and then tr\
and slip the belated mail to some pa>
sencrer to nost down in the states.
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Ore of the finest possible war mea
sures would he Government control of
idle tongpies.
m u KTIN - YIKXXA. Oct.. IS
The Km pom* has proclaimed that
steps would he stated for the reorgan j
ization of Austria on a Federal basis
Trieste will lie treated seporately in
conformity with tin* population’s wis!
-es.
The plan does not include a unio
of Austrian Poland with an indepen - j
dent Polish State.
Tl'.Ml I/I IN Ht NT.AUY.
P.ASKL. Oct., IS - A tumult pre
vailed yesterday at the meeting ot th.
Hungarian Diet. Demands were mad
for peace. It was then announced thru
Austria was h*'ing organized int»
Federal states on an independent bus
is.
Fount Michael Karolyi, President of
the Hungarian Independent party, de
manded that peace negotiations start
immediately.
Former Hungarian Premier Pis-;;
said that Karolyi was an Fntente
agent.
An uproar then started and rcigne
until Die meeting adjourned. Deputic.
called each other traitors, liars »'•«
slaves
PE U E DEMONSTRATIONS.
PARIS. Oct.. IS— The MaGn sa.\.
that peace demonstrations continue i
Germany. Soldiers parade the Borin
streets, singing revolutionary and pa
eificit's songs. Other loyal German
soldiers shoot in the crowds. One arm
ed regiment broke up a pan-Goman
meeting at the Hindenburg statue an*,
attempted to burn the statue.
NEW STATE OK AFFAIRS.
BERNE. Oct.. IS— Wilson’s repB
to the German note has created a nev
state of affairs in Germany in diplo
matic circles. It is unofficially report
e«l that Germany's reply, aft * ca!n
deliberation, will make it dearly un
derstood that the President's tone i
open to objections.
Von Hindenburg’s presence in Bor ]
lin is believed to foreshadow tii
drafting of the German reply.
Bolin newspapers says that \\i!
son’s answer is a trap. One newspap
called it “Wilson’s evasions.”
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MM O SEGURO EXECUTION
HAS BEEN POSTPONE!'
lYi ' y Oct. 4. 1018 was doi rant :*:
as th •'ito on whi h Milo Segum, the
alien. • rs to have been execute*! ir
l aivbar1 *>, for the murder or ,4. I*.
Ui!'*v. a prominent mining o,Arato*
at Iditarod last spring. But owing t
an appeal having been taken bv his
attorney, and this actin.tr as a stay of
of execution, the condemned tnaT' ha*
boon reprived until an indefinite date
I Tow long it will be before the anreo!
is acted uy>on is unknown.
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FAIRBANKS ALASKA. OCT., 10
(Hy Mail )— The launch Flyer, own
t*d and operated by “The Hung v Kid”
struck a snag while navigating the
Tanana river between Non.-; and
Fairbanks, on the morning of th * lilt
inst , and >ank with all on but d.
The Flyer, which plies i g’.-’aHy
between th-* Tanana metropolis and
the railroad terminal, left N« . ana on
ih<* morning of the fourth, 1 > ' air
hanks, with nine or eleven pas * »>
gets, tin* exact number no: beit;j»
definitely know. Those known to
have taken passage on lie; wet"
George Coleman, manager of the
Northern Commercial comp try an
old-timer in this district; Mt How
ard Sterling, wife of tin* AlaC.n Rail
way Commission engineer, vvo l ad
been called to the bedside of hm* dv
ing father; Mr. and Mrs. Charle
Craig and small son; Helen .*i m ton
Dick Richards, from the . atTsh
Packing Company; and 4<Th • Hun
gry Kid, “ captain and owne. -v* tb« |
launch.
The boat was last soon at a ;»ouit on
the river twelve miles below I air
banks, upbound and going fa by a j
man named Hadley, who operate* a
*mall ranch on the river ban.. ' at* »•
Hadley's attention was called to :
floating oil case and what app* aied t*»
be the bow of a boat bobbing ip mu'
down in the water. He took a -U !
and rowed out to investigate.
arriving at the wreck finding t o ;>•
I he hull of the Flyer.
Hadley attempted to selva; e ilr
wreck, hut owing to a high h an*1
rough sea was finally obliges * > cu*
loose to avoid bein**- wamo •! A1 i
craft available at Fa • ’»• • ’ s •• No
nana are assisting in the . •• c'\ h*
the wreck and the bodies oi ''a ‘vic
tims.
hi the morning of the eight t!< !
body of Nil---. Cva«g wa fotuv'
gled in some snags about 20 > \ns'
•hove where tie boat was la t seen.
She nad on a heavy fur coat o '
great weight The body had a life
preserver on. but the cork had switch
ed to the hack. Mr Craig. va* a
prominent mining operator of 4ho ' n*
or river and at the time of the dis
aster had his season's clean-up with
him. The boat was enclosed with
heavy canvas, buttoned down c'ose y
to keep out the wind, and it is beliv
ed she sank so quickly that it wu
■mpossiblo for any of the passenger
o get out. It is believed the ••cst of
the bodies will'be found in the ho^i
The boat was equipped with a high
speed motor of 80 horsepower and
"if great weight. It is believed thac
making high speed the lip' '
vessel struck a snag or sawyer in the
river, which ripped her wide oner
The search will continue until t!.**
freezup, unless the bodies are found
sooner.
The body of Mrs. Craig bus 1 oer
brought to this city and embalmed.
There was a slight bruise over the left
eye and the right forearm had a rvl
mark, as though caused hv a l>o»“
from falling or being thrown against
the exhaust pipe of the motor.
The castastrophe is one of the great
est which has ever visited this city,
and has cast a general gloom over
llllllmmlllllllliliiliiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiimiiin
t ho community, as the victims wen*
among tho most prominent and mo.-a
iiighly respected citizens of the d'S
trict
The campaign for the Fourth Li I
erty Loan will end in the United Stai
rs and the territories tomorrow. Lo!
rally the campaign is going along
smoothly but Seward is far behind he *
quota, which cannot be helped, but it
is believed that there are many in tin.
section who should vet subscribe
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I‘resident Wilson has said that 2nd •
000 soldiers, with supplies would !><*
sent overseas monthly.
Secretary McAdoo yesterdav stated
that there would be no extortion «
the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign,
and no matter what the outcome of
the present peace propoganda, :\ I it1 it
and a sixth loan would he n vossary.
Let us all get in and d'g d*/*vn int»
the sock and take a bond.
I ROM FRISCO KM).
SAX FRANCISCO, Oct.. IS— Tin
Twelfth Reserve Hank figuivs on th«*
loan sale show two hundred and sev
enty four million, two hundred an i
thirty nine thousand, four hundre I
dollars subscribed. The suihciib- is to
♦al 1,22S,r>xr». San Diego claims T‘>
have exceeded her quota. San Fianci ..
co, official, has subscribed $<»S. 2!)."
>00. Xo'tlvTn California, out ide of
San FrancisctoSS percent subscribe
Utah has nosed Idaho out of j-econd
place in this district.
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KKNNKCOTT COMPANY GIVES
MILLIONS FOR LIBERTY BONDS
NEW YORK Oct., 18— The Ken
necott Copper Corporation ha- sub
scribed $1,000,000 to the Fourth 1 il>
erty Loan and of this amount $1,000
000 was allotod to the credit of i »
First Bank of Cordova.
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YONG GEE, TOO LONG.
OAKLAND, Calif. Oct., IS— A
company of Chinese theatrical play
ers presented a drama here recently
which started at eleven o’clock in the
morning and did not end until mid
night. This thirteen hour pt »*fonu
ance was merely the drama reduced
to tabloid form, the production as
written taking nine months before the
drop of the certain on the final act.
SOLDIERS NEXT SPRING TO
RAISE OWN WAR FOOD
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CAMP CODY, N.M., Oct., 18— Sol
diers in Camp Cody next spring w.M
raise their own war food in them own
war gardens. Prof. R. S Trumbell,
agricultural expert; A. C. Dayman,
Luna county farm expert and Capt
ain Stanley Eisoman, camp reclamat
ion officer , were in consultation here
recently and discussed plans for de
velopment of much of the farming
land near Camp Cody.
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CAMP CODY, N. M Oct , 18—
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Young Men’s Christian Association
and Knights of Columbus activities
arc well organized hero and the huts
of these two organizations in camp al
ways are crowded
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ALASKA HAS
A BRIGHT
FUTURE
SEATTLE, Oct., is— The Post
Intelligencer this morning in an editor
-ial on Alaska Day, says: “Alaska is
distressed but not discouraged We
believe that the present situation i?' ;
the north is only temporary. After th • I
war Alaska will get back her :»iI and |
morn. Alaska has a destiny that th° j
wo; Id’s events cannot halt.
NO CELEBRATION
SEATTLE, Oct., IS— Influenza has
forced the Aritic Club to abandon the
annual Alaska Day dinner and smok
er tonight. The sourdoughs will mark
the day however, informally.
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CAMP LEWIS WILL BE
PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE
CAMP LEWIS, Oct., 18—The can
tonment here will he placed under
strict quarantine tomorrow to prevent
influenza from getting in
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JORDON LANDS OFFICE
WASHINGTON, I). C. Oct . 18—
The judiciary committc this week
ordered a favorable report on the
nomination of Emmet R. Jordan, of
Nome, to be United States mrrshid ol
the Second division
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CORDOVA TO ELECT
OFFICIALS FOR TWO Y«$ARS
Member*, of the city council 01 Cor
dova her after will he elected for °
term of two years, the mayor, tuwn
clerk and town treasurer will b M**roo
elective if the ordinance passed at a
regular meeting in the city hall re
ceives the approval of voters at a re
ferendum vote to be held November -r>.
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RUDY IS A “MARKER/'
PORTLAND. Ore. Oct., 18— “Ru
dy” Kallio, hurler for the Detroit
Americans this year, showed up at n
local wooden shipbuilding plant a day
or two after his arrival here from the
East, and went to work, attired in ov
eralls. He is a “marker”, which means
that he marks ship plates
Kallio is a Portlander and saw ser
vice in the Northwest, Coast and West
-ern leagues before going to the ma
jors. He is rated one of the best curve
ball pitchers in the business.
BULLETIN'— LONDON, 0»
The Germans have evacuated
The Allie* have occupied Zee
the second important submarii
on the Belgium coast, Ostend
oeon occupied yesterday.
BULLETIN— LONDON, Oc
l'he Teutons are evacuating
j Albania, and .Montenegro.
The Belgian Coast has been
od to king Albert
The Belgian cavalry is pursi
retreating Germans in Flandei
off their retreat to Ghent. Th
gian artillery is Lorn banting t
mans.
BULLETIN — AMSTKRDA
IS— Hushing reports huge t‘
seen in the direction of Brug
flames appear to be spread in
The German w ithdrawal iron
ern Belgium is apparently not
CAPTURE MORE HlN
LONDON, Oct., IS— The
have captured over 4,000 pris«
the Bohain and I.ecateau icgio
is official.
BEGIN NEW RETRKA
PARIS, Oct , IS— The (
have begun a new rctieat bet\
Oise and Selle rivers bctwe»
and Cambrai. Th«* French are
ing the Germans being right
heels. The French this afterm
lured Anguileourt.
LI 1.1.K CROWDS WKKP
Paris, Oct., 18— When th*
occupied Lille yesterday, the
weep with gladness and
Great scenes took place when
pulace oi' Lille was told of tl:
allied victories and the ni
peace.
WAS GLORIOUS DAY
PARIS, Oct., 18— The gn
of Lille, Ostend and Douai v.
livered from the enemy yeste
ing one of the most glorious
the Allies since the Marne
The British south of Lacat
broken up the German posit
are now threatening the Hii
line The entire German def*
tern eastward to the Meuse is
ed.
BRITISH ENTER TI RO
LONDON, Oct., 18— Th
have entered Turcoing, six m
of Lille
The Belgian infantry entei
es this afternoon.
From indications, the Ger
retreating towards Antwen
It stands to reason that wl
| man is outspoken her husbai
talked.
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