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CJgT ' .. SEWAftlV ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, July loT^SlS ' ~ _TEN CENTS PB COPT
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LONDON, July 10— A new Siberian provisional gov
ernment, unanimously supported by the population and
which will continue to fight the Central Powers, will be es
tablished at Vladivostok. The program includes the liber
ation of Siberia from the Bolsheviki and the avoidance of
interventions, universal suffrage, provincial councils and
a labor bureau and the distribution of land among the land
less. A flag has been adopted, two stripes of white and
green.
It is understood here that the British, American and
Japanese influences have been at work in forming the
new government.
NORTHEAST RUSSIA WITH THE ALLIES.
AMSERDAM. July 10— The Wologdaczhe says that a
Republic has been created in Northeast Russia comprising
all of the section of Northeast Russia from the White Sea
to the Asiatic frontier. The Republic is said to be in sym
pathy with the Allied cause and will help the Allies as soon
as the government is perfected.
NO DECISION BY AMERICA YET.
WASHINGTON, July 10— An authority statement
made this afternoon says that the American government
regards the Russian situation as too rapidly changing to
permit of a decision yet what America military aid will be
extended, it has been decided that nothing must be done
to detract from the strength of the forces in France and
Belguim.
TROYSKY HAS HIS LITTLE SAY.
PARIS, July 10— Bolsheviki Minister of war Trotsky
addressing the delegates at the opening of the General
Congress of Sobets. said that Russia is on the eve of geir
eral military conscription and emphasized the necessity of
Russia having a powerful army.
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NEW YORK GIVEN A RAID SCARE.
NEW YORK, July 10— The Bronx had all of the thrills
of an air raid when the siren whistle, which was to be
blown in case of enemy air raiders should appear over the
city, was tested last night without the police being inform
ed. Women grabbed their children and fled, while business
in the downtown districts was interrupted.
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AI.AMKPA IS FOG POUND
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According to information received
by the Gateway at 2 o’clock this after- •
noon, the steamer Alameda had not
reached Anchorage being tied up in a
fog which hangs low over the Inlet.
It i sal most safe to predict, that if the j
fog should lift within a few hours, the,
Alameda will not make it back from
Mile 114 (Anchorage) until 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
train OUT TODAY I
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A passenger train was operated on
0 the railroad today leaving here this
afternoon at 1 o’clock for Mile 52
where connections were made with a
train fr<yn Kern Greek. The train will
return hero late tonight.
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Owing to repairs being made at this
end of the line, the telegraph and long
distance system to ('ook Inlet was in
terrupted l^st night at 5 o’clock and
not again reestablished until this
afternoon.
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FETTER SON'S BROTHER DEAD
Rudolph Fcttei-son, who left recetnly
for Olympia, Wash., arrived too late
to see his brother alive, the latter hav
ing died two days before he reached
there. Mr. Fetterson on his return,
visited Camp Lewis and witness ed one
parade of Soldiers in which over P.000
automobiles participated.
FISH QUOTATIONS’
SEATTLE, July 10 — Fish prices
at noon today were as follows: halibut,
fourteen and bno quarter cents; sable,
six and three quarters cents; ling and
red cod. four cents.
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ENORMOUS SUM EXACTED
IN FORM OF TAXATION
WASHINGTON# July 10 — The in
come and excess piotiits taxes of* the
ast fiscal year totaled nearly three
billions of dollars, it is announced by
the treasury department.
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WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is unsettled, increasing
winds and possibly cooler.
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FOB FIFTY DAYS
GENEVA. July 10 — Wifhout b.va<
,>,• r.O days and with many other no
•essities of life lacking, llu* people oi
!i zogivna are on the vergv of sta v
t:on, according to Prague newspapers
\ proto. t has been made against the
■ttitudo of the Austrian Government,
and the government replied that Vie
nna also is suffering from a food shor’
age.
ZURICH. July 10 —- The Mim'd
\>st says leaves for substitute* fo
odder for Bavarian horses arc being
•sod. School children of Munich last
week stripped leaves from tho ti e?
ud brushes in the parks. The poplua
ion is indignant.
ALASKANS ARE
RESCUED JUST
AT BiSrlT Til
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SEATTLE, July 10 — Twelve mil.
?rs in the tlood News Bay distti'
/ere rc scued from starvation by the
lelayed arrival of the schooner Ren
der Brothers, according to the report
given out by the ship’s officers.
The Alaskans claimed the winte
was so severe that they were unable
to hunt or fish and were forced to e*i
mo&s several weeks.
Ico delayed the arrival of the steam
or with suppiles.
Officers say 100 Natives in the Kus
kokwim Valley starved to death.
Good News Hay is on the coast of
the Aleutian Peninsula and i> when,
i rich strike was reported last Sum
mer, which caused much excitement in
Toward, Seldovia Anchorage and
Cook Inlet communities-.
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RUBY, ATs., July 10 —Koyukuk sta
tion at the mouth of the Koyukuk liv
er was washed away by high watei
any many Indian villages have been
V.olated. All communication with the
lower liver has been cut. Thus far
no loss of life has been recorded, but
all the cord wood stacked along the
banks of the river, which is valued at
thousands of lollars, has been swept
away by the flood.
MAN IS*FOUND INSANE
Robert Rutherford, arrested several
das ago, was found to be insane by a
jury in U. S. Commissioner Whittle
sey’s court today. Rutherford has
peculiar lv ill unications abouWthe pro
duction of the human race and his
qualifications. His. bothoi^ome tactics
while at the hospital, strange and*un
expected calls at various homes, re
sulted in his being arrested and trial.
Rutherford is a trader and arrived
from Cold Ray on the Dora.
IS NOW A MOOSE
William C. Auderson, of the San
Juan Campany’s force, was initiated in
to the Moose last night at the regular
meeting. There as a large attendance
of members to help the candidate into
the green pasture.
ADMIRAL EVANS
ON A DRYDOCK
SEATTLE, July 10 — One of <hc
drydoek of the Skinner & Eddy Cor
P .| a',on broke in two early this mo; n
i* f.„ The steamer Admiral Evans,
v.liieh was on the foiward reetion be
ing lopabeil, thiotigh li Ted, appct.n
to be hold firmly and is not damaged
According to wired ess adivecs picked
up by the Victo.ia, the Admiral Evan
reached Seattle under her own ste;
Saturday night. The Evans was
convoyed south by a salvage boat sine
a large tug.
WASHINGTON, July 10 — New 11
.ulations by Secretary Banker and
/resident Wilson prohibit the furniMi
ig of liquor to oiTicors and men oi the
\rmy within their private homes in
/.ones around every military cam;
where men are stationed for a peiio<
>f 30 days. The same regulations ap
ply to the American Army in Tran a
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Over a sea as smooth as glass al
he way from Nome, the steamer \ ic
> ia a i rived in po*t last night at (>
/clock, just four days: 22 hours on thi
dip. Cnpt. Johnnie O’Brien blew the
d familiar siren whistle that arouse:
. dogs, as usual, and then slipped
tly to the San Juan dock and load
d all fish that it was possible too
store away in the spacious cold sto.ag
juarters of that steamer.
The Victoria had 217 passengers a
>oard from Nome and Yukon River
points .including 11 sbldiers who have
been ordered to report outside for re
gular service in France.
Many well known men and women
were aboard the Victoria after a long
winter's time at Nome. All visited
the stores and many called on friend,
while the steamer was in port.
The Victoria cleared for the soutl
at U o’clock this* morning not going t»
the Seward dock as no business was off
re:i an I also on a ccorr of being • 1
days, so far, on 4he lii»t lound tr»n t'
Seward INnin.-.a
FIRE BOYS TO
MEET TONIGHT
There will be a meeting of the mem
bers of the Fire Deartment at 8 o’clock
bers of the Fire Department at 8
o’clock tonight at the Fire Hall. Chief
Guest requests that all members at
tend the special meeting.
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CARL ELEINSCHMIDT DEAD
SEATTLE, July 10 — Carl Klcln
schmidt, oldest mining engineer of the
Northwest, and holder ot the exten
sive properties in Alaska is dead here.
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IBRI i STRENGTHEN
• L. S BATTLE LINE
LONDON, July 10— ( Official )— TJie German ar
tillery and machine guns are very active in the region east
of Amiens from Villers Bretonneaux to Ancre.
Local attacks in Flanders against the British have
been repulsed. The British line has advanced near Merris
and many prisoners have been taken.
It is announced that some disease is spreading among
the German soldiers, known in America as la grippe.
Whole divisions are ill and display no energy.
FRENCH MAKE INROADS ON GERMANS.
PARIS, July 10— ( Official )— Artillery duels near
Chavigny farm, where the French recently made inroads
upon the Germans, are in progress today. General activity
is reported against the Germans at many points of the
French lines.
SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE NEAR.
NEW YORK, July 10— The Associated Press this
afternoon says that the Allies, including the Americans,
are strengthening the western line and preparing for an
offensive of some "magnitude. Details are not even ment
ioned in the official despatches but the persistence of re
ports of a great movement seem to have some foundation.
German prisoners taken by the French and British state
that colds have seized a great number of the troops of the
Teuton forces and the men are listless and refuse to en
gage in any great action. The Allies are now carrying on
hundreds of attacks at various places against the German
lines.
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AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
WASHINGTON, July 10— One hundred and three
anems are on today’s casualty list as follows: killed in act
ion, 21; died of woutods, 15; died of disease; 4 died of other
causes, 3; wounde'd severely, 45; wounded slightly, 1; miss
ing in action, 12; known prisoners, 2; marine casualties,5.
BRITISH ADVANCE IN FLANDERS.
NEW YORK, July 10— Late this afternoon the Asso
ciated Press issued the following late summary: The Bri
tish advance in Flanders, near Merris, improves the pro
tection to the Hazebrouck railway junction the mainten
ance which is vital to the line on the Ypres front.
The Franco-American forces have taken 5400 prison*
ers on the French front since June 15th.
AUSTRIANS ARE BEATEN BACK.
ROME, July 30— ( Official )— The Austrians have
been beaten back on both sides of the Osum river in the
Albania fighting area. The Italian advance is continuing.
KAISER HAS THE GRIPPE.
ROME, July 10— The Kaiser is reported to be a vic
tim to the influenza epidemic prevalent now in the German
Army. Several members of the Kaiser’s family are also
suffering from the same kind of a cold.
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LAGE CROPS PREDICTED.
WASHINGTON, July 10— The Department of Agri
culture forecasts the following estimates on the crops:
corn, three billion one hundred and sixty million bushels:
wheat, eight hundred and ninety one million bushels.
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EARTHQUAKE IS RECORDED.
WASHINGTON, July •.— An earthquake of consid
erable intensity, probably in South America, was recorded
by the seismographs at Georgetown early this morning.
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