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UNITED STATES
TO DICTATE THE
TERMS OF PEACE
(Hr A'jortattfd Pre** Dispatch'
LONDON, Oct. (>, (Delayed).—“The United States,
at the end of the present European war, will dictate all
terms and every nation engaged in the conflict, the ( en- j
tral powers, as well as the Ententes, will abide sti ictl\
l,y the terms." This was the declaration made here to-]
day by Lord Grey, former British Foreign Secretary..
The occasion was a meeting of representatives of all Al
lied governments at which hundreds of prominent Amer
icans'. British, Italians, French and others were present.
In concluding his speech, which has created a great
impression. Lord Grey said that in th : recent peace pro
posals of Pope Benedict, the Ententes had followed the
dictations of President Wilson. “His course was the most
logical, and his refusal of the Pope’s terms was done in
such a diplomatic and business-like nature that every na
tion is now impressed with the great part the United
States will play in the world’s peace,” said Lord Grey.
“Every nation in the war, enemies as well as Allies, rec
ognize the United States as the greatest of all countries.
I repeat again, the United States will dictate the final
peace terms."
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BRITISH TAKE MUSHALD RIDGE
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LONDON,, Oct. 4. (Delayed). — The British troops
have taken Mushald Ridge, in Mespotamia, capturing A.
Geno Ahmed Bey and many prisoners.
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GERMAN ATTACK ALONG MEUSE
(By \iMciat«<l Press Dispatch)
PARIS, Oct. 4, (Delayed).—The official statement in
dicates that for the past twenty-four hours the Germans,
who have reorganized their forces along the Meuse river,
have made renewed attacks. The Germans gained no
ground, and in one instance lost two hundred yards over
a stretch of three-quarters of a mile.
ALAMEDA HAS
MANY BOUND
FOB OUTSIDE
Ducking head winds all the way
down Cook Inlet from Anchorage, then
encountering heavy weather, air tilled
with mist in the channel, the Ala
meda docked at six o’clock last night
on the way south. The steamer was
loaded with passengers, the only va- •
cant berths being those relinquished
by passengers leaving here. Outbound j
the Alameda picked up a large ship-1
ment of frozen tish at the San Juan
plant.
Among the passengers arriving
here from Anchorage were Kobert
Weir, John McFadden, S. D. Maxwell,
E. A. Nagel, C. W. Felch. Edgar 0.
Williams, R. A. Hunt, A. P. Hunt.
Mrs Butts, J. C. Madson, W. I. Knight,
James Gaffney, Father Shepard, and
eleven steerage
At 8 o’clock the Alameda sailed
south with the following passengers
for outside points: Capt. T. M. Ward,
Mrs. T. M. Ward, Mrs. L. A. Phil
lips, J. M. Rupe, Mrs. B. F. Towle,,
Agnes Hudson, John Yuen, Edwin
Yates, Mrs. M. E. Stone. W. A. Smith,
S. Johnson, Mrs. Bessie Painter, H.
Vaughn, wife and children; Guss Gil-1
lis, T. E. Jones, W. Culbertson, T. M.
Hunt, D. G. Allen, Mae Walker, A.
Ives, Miss R. Gordon and twenty-two
steerage.
FEW VICTIMS
FROM U-BOATS
LONDON, Oct. 5, (Delayed)—The
British Admiralty, in a belated re
port, announces that eleven merchant
ment over 1600 tons were sunk by
striking mines or boing torpedoed by
submarines during the week ending
Thursday night. Two steamers under
1600 tons were lost during the same
time.
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BED CROSS MEETING
There will be a meeting of the Ex
ecutive Committee of Seward Chap
ter of the American Red Cross, at
7:30 p. m. Wednesday, October 10th,
in the room of the Chapter in the
Railway Office Building, instead of
Tuesday evening as at first announced.
There is some necessary business to
be transacted, and a full attendance
of the members, of the committee is
desired.
CURTIS R. MORFORD, Chairman.
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TRADING WITH ENEMY
HILL GOES TO WILSON
FOR HIS SIGNATURE
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WASHINGTON, Oct 6, (Delayed)
—A bill pertaining to trading with the ;
enemy has passed both the House and
Senate and was today sent to the
President for his signature.
INSTRUCTOR
FOR GUARDS
IS IN CITY
Corporal Williams is Detailed to Sew
ard to Take Charge of All Mili
tary Work of the Local
Unit
DRILL IS CALLED FOR TONIGHT
Members are Requested to Be On
Hand for Drill and to Perfect
Re-organization of l * nit for
Permanent Work
Every member of the local unit of
the Seward Guards are requested to
turn out tonight at the A. B. hall for
drill, prepared to peel their pleasure
and get down to war-like prepara
tions. The recess is now over and be
ginning tonight and for three night*
every week, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, it will be drill, drill, until
further notice.
The reason for all this extra ex
ertion and demand for full attendance
and getting down to work is because
Corporal Edgar 0. Williams, of the
regular United States Army, is in
Seward and he will take full charge
of the local unit. Corp. Williams has
been detailed to Seward as drill mas
ter and instructor, through the cour
tesy of Capt. Davis, of Fort Anchor
age, and every drill night must, from
row on, see every man in the ranks
and ready to buckle down under the
instructions of one of the most cap
able men obtainable.
Special requests were sent to Gov.
J. F. A. Strong and Charles A. Sul
zer, Delegate to Congress, on the Ala
meda last night, urging that the sixty
guns for the local unit be rushed here
with all possible dispatch. It is ex
ported that the guns will be here
shortly, which will then create a great
er interest.
Corp. Williams* detail in Seward is
not for long but the local members
believe that they can show the prop
er authorities that they are in earn
est and he will be allowed to remain
here for the entire winter. But this
is up to the members themselves.
Corp. Williams is a veteran, in one
sense of the word, in the army life.
He has been in the ranks since 1894,
and has just completed three strenu
ous years under Major General John
J. Pershing, who is now in command
of the American forces in France.
Corp. Williams has seen active duty
in China, Phillippines and elsewhere.
He is a most likeable sort but shows
his military training from the ground
up and the local unit should show
their individual appreciation by being
on hand every drill night when, the
command to “fall in” is given.
Don’t forget that the drill tonight is
for work and a complete re-organi
zation of the 4ocal unit.
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BIDS ON JUICE FOR
RADIO STATION ARE
WANTED BY THE U. S.
The Chamber of Commerce has re
ceived several sets of proposals from
the United States Navy Pay office,
San Francisco, with the request that
locaj firms interested present bids on!
the electric current for the radio sta-.
tion for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1918.
All persons or firm interested will
be supplied with proposals and details
at the office of L. L. James, acting
Secretary of the Chamber.
WORK ON THE
RAILROAD IS
NOW SPEEDED
Line Will be Opened by the End of
this Week to Mile 51 and Sun
day’s Train Will be Operated
to There.
WEIR RET CRN'S FROM INLET i
Two Miles of Steel Laid at a New
Place on Road — Construction ,
Has Started Between Miles
71) and 79
Robert J. Weir, in charge of the]
Seward division of the Alaska Rail- i
road Commission, returned from An-:
ehorage on the Alameda last night and
today plunged into his usual routine
work. Mr. Weir announced that the!
line would be opened to Mile 54 by
next Sunday and the regular train on i
that day will go through to that point, j
Start New Work
A small gang has started grading,
cleaning and excavating for the new
combination machine shop and railroad j
roundhouse on the terminal property!
ami this work will be rushed.
Shovel Moving
The stvain shovel at work fc orth of
Mile 34 has completed its Work and
will he moved to the gravel pit at Mile
17.
Piles Driven
Piles have been driven for the 4,
000-foot trestle at Spencer glacier
and the driver will be moved to other
work.
Lay Two Miles of Steel
Steel has ben laid from Kern Creek, j
Mile 71 to 73. This was the announce-1
ment made at the railroad offices to-j
day and indicates the progress of the
work towards the north.
Good Progress Made
Construction work has been start
ed on the railroad from Mile 7(J to
Mile 79. All station contracts have
been let for this section of work.
Many Employees at Work
Last week the Seward division em
ployed 888 men on work at the vari
ous scenes, of activity.
BURNSIDES IS COMING
ANI) IS DIE WEDNESDAY
Word was received this morning in
Seward from the radio at Anchorage
that the government cable between
Sitka and Seattle was repaired Last
Saturday and the cableship is now
supposed to be headed for Seward. It
is expected that the Burnsides will ar
rive here sometime Wednesday at the
latest.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL MEET TOMORROW
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A special meeting at which import
ant matters will be discussed is on for
tomorrow night by the members of
the Chamber of Commerce. Full par
ticulars will be announced in The,
Gateway tomorrow.
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NEW BUSINESS MAN
t
Peter McGrath has taken a lease
on the old Gateway location and will
shortly open a commercial business,
due announcement to be made in The
Gateway.
NEW YORK GIANTS
HIT THE DUST IN
FIRST SNAPPY GAME
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BULLETIN—Chicago, Oct. 6, (Delayed)—McGraw’s
New York Giants hit the sand here this afternoon, sprawl
ed out fiat and took in Chicago dust through every pore.
The White Sox won the first game of the World’s series
in a shut-out game, the score being, Chicago, 10; New
York, 0.
Cicotte was in the box for the White Sox and pitched
a rattling tight ball game. His support at all times was
excellent. Schupp started off for the Giants. Herzog,
who had been indefinitely suspended, succeeded in having
his suspension lifted in time to take part in the game with
the Giants.
Tonight Chicago presents the wildest scenes imagin
able. Wads of money are reported to have been won by
the White Sox backers and many a New Yorker had to
borrow or wire back home for eating money, as they were
cleaned up. The following was the line-up when the game
was started:
GIANTS Position WITE SOX
Burns.1. f...J. Jackson
Herzog. 2 b..E. Collins
Kauff. e. !'. Felsch
Zimmerman.3 b.McMullin
Fletcher.s. s.Faber
Robertson.r. f..J. Collins
Holke. 1 b.Gandit
McCarty.c.Schalk
Schupp. p.Cicotte
Yesterday McGraw’s anil Comiskey’s tossers met
4/ 4/
again on the diamond in Chicago but the result of the sec
ond game could not be learned this afternoon.
Today there was no game, the teams going to New
York where they will meet tomorrow afternoon and
again on Wednesday.
NOONDAY LUNCHEON
Tomorrow at 12:30 o’clock the
members of the Seward Chamber
of Commerce will hold a noon
day luncheon at the Grill. Some
thing doing is the way those in
charge of the atfair characterize
the event in asking that all busi
ness men be at their plates.
M’ADOO IS ON
PACIFIC COAST
SEATTLE, Oct. 6, (Delayed ^-Sec
retary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo
will be here on Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the
course of his country-wide speaking
campaign in behalf of the second is-^
sue of the Liberty Loan Bonds.
New York Apportionment
NEW YORK, Oct. 6, (Delayed).—
The Treasury Department has appor
tioned New Y’ork 40 per cent of the
new Liberty Loan. One billion and a
half dollars are expected to be raised
; here.
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NO COUNCIL MEETING
WILL BE HELD TONIGHT
There will be no special meeting of;
the City Council held tonight, the reg-1
ular meeting being called for next
1 Monday night at 8 o'clock.
WILEY TO BE
BURIED HERE
The funeral services over the re
mains of Charles H. Wiley will be held
at the Arctic Brotherhood hall tomor
row afternoon at two o’clock. The
services will be conducted under the
auspices of the A. B.. All members
are requested to meet in the hall this
evening at 9 o’clock to perfect ar-.
rangements. Burial will take place at
the local cemetery, a special train be
ing supplied by the Alaska Engineer
ing commission. At the funeral ser
vices tomorrow afternoon the public
is invited.
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WAR TAX BILL
PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, (Delayed;
—The House has passed the war tax
bill without a roll call. The Senate
is expected to pass the measure late
tonight or tomorrow.
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While attempting to open a car
bide can, there was a sharp explo
sion and telephone man Stoliza was
injured about the face. The accident
happened at the tunnel Saturday even
ing. T. Wagner received a dislocated
shoulder yesterday out on the line
from a fall.