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-ns-" SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPT
Volume XI, Number »o:i._ . . . "■ . '■ -' ■ ■■ ■■■4
BURNED IN
A BLAZING
SEA OF OIL
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\\ ATLANTIC POinVApril IS.—;
Thirty-sewn were killed when the ■
A:nev ican steamer C. D. JenoMigs and :
tii® British steamer War Kn.ght, both
carrying naptha and other inflam
mable oils, collided off the coast of;
England on Match 24th.
Destroyers rescued the survivors.
While towing the blazing War,
Knight towaid the beach, the steamer
struck a mine and was blown up. De
stroyers went to the rescue of the
crew through a blazing sea of oil.
Only one was killed aboard the Jen
nings. Most of the dead were burned
to death.
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EGGS COST $5
EACH-MEAT $4
FOB ONE POUND
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PARIS, April IS. — Eggs are $5
each in the occupied portion of north
eastern France, according to Eugene
Motto, former Mayor of lioubaix, who
has just returned from that area. Meat
is $4 a pound when it is obtainable at
all. "The Germans have carried off
ail supplies and every movable piece
of machinery,” he says. "The German
arrogance, which had decreased, has
again become more pronounced since
the German successes against the Rus
sian Bolsheviki. In spite of every
thing, however, the morale of the Bel
gian and French inhabitants continue
good, and their ardent patriotism, cou
rage and confidence have never falter
ed."
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J. M. PARKER BACK
IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NEW ORLEANS, April 18. — John
M. Parker, for several years recogniz
ed leader of the Progressive party i:i
this state and candidate of that party
for vice president of the United States
in 191*>, has announced his return to
the Democratic pa*t\. His announce
ment, he said, wa;* inspiicd by repoits
of attacks by Republican senators on
President Wilson’s administration. He
arraigned the Republican critics of the
administration and declared “this is
no time in our national life to criticize,
hut rather it is the time to help.
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Our idea of a rich man is one who
could afford to keep a fried egg on his
parlor mantelpiece.
PKONOFM K I OCH AS
IF SPE1.LFP “KI SH" ;
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Since the appointment of (den.
* Ferdinand Foch, toe grc; t Frenc »
<• officer, as generalissimo of the ai- *
* lied forces, discussion has been *
* prevalent in America as to the
* • orvec* pronuncia ion of the su«
’■ preme commander s name. So it
* was when Marshal Jeff re came t:
* this country. Even at the capital *
' of the nation, save in diplomatic
* circles, there was the utmost con
* fusion, and statesmen stumble! *
* awkwardly in greeting him
* The general's n:*me is pronoun
* ced, not as if spelled with an 0,
* something like Fox. but as v
* spelled Fush—“just like mush.”
Keep this in mind ard you vi1’
* not go astray in naming the man *
* who is expected, in American *
* slang, to “can the kaiser.” Bu *
0 when you can say it, do not speak
* as if you had mush in your *
* mouth..
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KULTUR
The purchase of a LIBERTY BOND will stop the murdering of the innocent and ban
ish Kaiserism from the world. Do it today.
MACHINE GUNS
OF HINS KILL
WENT ONES
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MOSCOW, April 18. — Ilecause the !
peasants in the village of Vovoskli re
sisted the German aimed requisition
V" moi»c\ and killed the oflic'rs sent
to enforce the demand, th;- Germans i
burned the village and fired, upon the
inhabitants from machine guns placed
around it. flu* vivilians starVd to es
cape the flames but were nhot do vn
by the ma:ivae guns and th i * burn
ing house-* .. one their funeral pyre
Kany women and children am.' kil'ed
jin this frightful butchery.
TO QUITPITCHING
i ST PAUL, Nebraska, April 18. —
■ Grover Cleveland Alexander, the fa
I mous pitcher is ordered to report for
j draft on April 30th. Alexander is
| pitching this week for the Chicng'
Nationals at St. Louis.
; CREEL PERFORMS STUNTS
)VER WASHINGTON Cl H
WASHINGTON, April 18. — Geo.
Creel, chairman of the committee on
public information, took a ride in an
aeroplan* over the capital with a p lot
i who performed the loop the loop and
other exciting stunts. The machine
j is being demonstrated for Army use.
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“Tlv^re is no half-way House betw
een Victory and Defeat.”
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
LIBERTY LOAN WILL BE *
PRINTED ON SATURDAY *
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I
Acting upon the suggestion, or
rather request, -of Secretary of
the U. S. Treasury McAdoo, the
names of subscribers in Seward,
* to tne third Liberty loan, will lx*
published m either Saturday’s *
Gateway or the Sunday morning * j
Tost. All newspapers in the coun- * !
* try have consented to this sugges- * ■
tion of the Secretary of the *
* Treasury. Many Alaskan papers *
* have been printing the list from *
* day to day. *
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STEAMER DOPE
The passengers at Anchorage were i
instructed to be aboard the steamer
Alaska at 1 ’clock this afternoon. The j
steamer was advertised to sail late j
this afternoon for Seward and may
arrive hei*e early tomorrow forenoon.
Steamer Admiral Watson was due
at Kodiak at 3 o’clock this afternoon
according to advices received by the
U. S. Radio station. The Watson is
expected by Agent Blue to arrive !
around noon tomoriow.
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WOMAN’S CLl’B MEETS
The Seward Woman’s club will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the residence of Mrs. Wayne Blue,
i Mrs. Sloan will read the prand opera
: “Parsifal.”
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TRAIN IN EARLY
The train from Mile 40 is expected
to arrive about 4 o’clock this after
noon. _
FOURTH TOWN
IN NORTH GETS
AN HONOR FLAG!
WASHINGTON, April 18. — The
third Liberty loan subscripUons last
night reached one billion, filty nine
million, five hundred and fifty-eight
thousand dollars.
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Petersburg Gets Quota
SAN FRANCISCO, Aoril 18. —The
town of Petersburg, Alaska, has been
awarded an honor flag, having sub
scribed it’s quota of the third Liberty
loan. Tacoma is the first city of a
population between 50,000 and 100,000
to get an honor flag in the Twelfth
Reserve district. Subscriptions in the
Twelfth district have reached seventy
million, eight hundred forty-four thou
sand, three hundred and fifty dollars.
San Francisco has subscribed twenty
seven million **ight hundred thousand
taken by 25,000 subscribers.
RUSSIANS FEEL
GERMAN’S HEEL
*
WASHINGTON, April 18. — The
Teutons intend to dissolve the Ukran
ian Radainstall. Austria and Germany
will jointly take over the government
of the Ukranians. It is reported here
that Ukraine will be made a Teuton
colony.
BRITISH HOLDING
ATTACK BY fRESH
GERMAN DIVISIONS
NEW YORK, April 18 — French reinforcements are
today moving towards the British lines on the northern
battlefront hut it is unknown here how large these forces
are. This is the confidential report received by the
Associated Press this afternoon and is contained in the
summary of the European fighting. A report from Ber
lin says that the Teutons have occupied Langemark,
Passchendaele and Poelichapelle.
Field Marshal Haig reports to London that the line
on the Lys river front is intact being the same as it existed
yesterday and the day before,-following the retirement.
East of Yores the Germans are gaining no ground des
pite heavy attacks.
GERMANS START A NEW BOMBARDMENT.
LONDON, April 18 — Southeast of Remind hill, on
the northern front, the Germans pressed back the British
slightly. The situation was restored by counter attacks
according to the official report today. The Germans
thrice attacked unsuccessfully near Bailleul. The Ger
mans are bombarding Bripons, between Locon and Rob
erta. This started last night and was continuing this
afternoon.
BRITISH LINES BEING MAINTAINED
WITH THE BRITISH, April 18 — The Germans have
brought many divisions of fresh troops for hard thrusts
which they are making today. Although - the British
were unable to hold Wytschaete and Meteron, which they
retook late yesterday, they beat off the Germans else
where and the British maintained the lne throughout the
night and are holding it today.
FRENCH NOW HEAVILY IN ACTION.
OTTAW;A, April 18 — A Reuter’s dispatch received
by the Canadian Telegram agency this afternoon says
that the French forces are now heavily in the action on the
northern front having been rushed there by Allied Com
mander Foeb.
KAISER BREAKS LOOSE AGAIN.
AMSTERDAM, April 18 — The Kaiser, who recently
visited the battlefield near Queant, west of Cambra^,
broke his silence only once when he remarked: “What
haven't I done to preserve the world from these horrors?”
AMERICANS CONTROL NO MAN’S LAND
WITH THE AMERICANS, April 18 — The American
forces in the Lorraine sector have taken control of No
Man’s Land. Patrols are visiting the German wire en
tanglements nightly without encounterng resistances.
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STATtCELEBRATES
SACRAMENTO, April 18. — Va
rious cities in California are today
celebrating the anniversary of the San
Francisco earthquake and fire as a fire
prevention day. Gov. William D.
Stephens recently issued a proclama
tion urging the people of the state to
take precautions to reduce to a mini
mum the danger of fire. He appealed
especially to persons who go into the
hills and mountains in the summer
months, to guard against fires which
may devastate valuable watersheds.
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STEFANSSON IS
TYPHOID VICTIM
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FAIRBANKS, April 18. — A mes
senger has reached Fort Yukon and
1 reports Stefansson as suffering with
| typhoid fever and is very low. Dr.
Burke, of the Yukon Mission, and
Alexander Allen have left for Stefans
i son’s base on Herschel Island. It is
! expected that they will make the trip
in ten says. The messenger made the
trip in three days traveling night and
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