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7=7“... SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 24,1917. Ten Cents the Copy
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MILLION MEN FOR
SERVICE AT ONCE;
MORE MONEY NEEDED
(Bv Associat'd Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON. July 24.—An American army of 1,
f 00 000 men for service abroad at once instead of 500,000
as contemplated for the first draft, is foreshadowed today
by the government’s request for $5,000,000,000.
This request was made this afternoon to the Senate
Finance Committee by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
who at the time told the committee that an additiona
credit of $2,000,000,000. to be loaned to the Allies, would be
requested.
Indications late today are that the new revenue de
sired by the government will be drawn from the excess
profits” taxes and minor increases in miscellaneous taxes.
Excess profits in the United States now amount to about
$5,000,000,000 yearly._
GOVERNMENT REQl ISITIONS FIRST SHIP
WASHINGTON, July 24.—The requisitioning of com
mercial shqw* for war purposes was commenced today by
Secretary Daniels of the Navy Department. He ordered
sevin tank steamers to report at Pacific and Atlantic poits
to carry fuel oil for the navy.
SPRINGS FIVE BILLION INCREASE
WASHINGTON, July 24. — Secretary McAdoo has
prepared new estimates for Congress greatly exceeding
those already presented and which will necessitate raising
revenue not contemplated when the senate finance commit
tee revised the war tax bill and it will have to be fuithei
revised.
The government is basing its needs covered in the in
creased estimate by McAdoo on the needs of the army and
navy department for war purposes. McAdoo wishes the
war tax bill to be amended to authorize an additional
$5,000,000,000.
Secretary McAdoo appeared before the senate finance
committee this afternoon to explain the treasury s needs.
He said that the additional funds were required by the
army and navy.
No determination was reached as to whether the
money would be raised bv bond issues or taxation.
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$4,000,000 TO PASS
IN DEFjCI NCY BILL
WASHINGTON, July 24. (Special to The Gateway).—
Secretary Lane appeared before the sub-committee on ap
propriations Friday and in support ot the $4,000,000 item
for the government railroad emergency work in Alaska
and the appropriation will probably be included in the next
genral deficiency bill which is expected at any time.
BLOOD AND IRON RULE TO SAVE
RUSSIA SAYS PREMIER KERENSKY
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PETROGRAD, July 24. — Premier Kerensky an
nounced today that the provisional government of Russia
will adopt from now forward a policy of “blood and iron”
if necessary to save Russia from Germanic influence and;
anarchy.
The situation on the war front is very serious, accord
ing to Kerensky, and needs heroic treatment.
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I! editorial for Americans of German origin, by one of ||
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WILSON ENDS ROW ON SHIP BUILDING PROGRAM
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WILL DOUBLE
MAIL SERVICE
Four Thousand Pounds Per Week Will
be Shipped Over Line After
Navigation Closes
Rids have been called for by the
postoffice department for an increased
mail service from Seward to Anchor
age during the coming winter. Ihe
call, signed by Chief Clerk Alva
Ames, follows:
“Bids are asked for the perform
ance of Emergency Star Route servite
from Seward to Anchorage and return
for the period from the close of navi
gation at Anchorage in 11)17 to the
opening of the same in 1D1S for the
handling of a total amount per week
of (a) 1525 pounds per week in each
direction and (b) for the handling of
a total amount per week of 2,000
pounds in each direction; frequency
of service two round trips per week.
Bidders are requested to submit two
bids, one for the handling of 1525
pounds per week and one for the hand
ling of 2,000 pounds. The total
amount of mail to be handled out of
Seward each trip will not exceel 1000
pounds. Bids on this service must be
made at pound rates, that is, so as to
show the price per pound.
“No bond will be required of the
successful bidder but each bidder must
submit with his bid an endorsement
from some responsible party, vouching
for the ability and good faith of the
bidder .
“Proposals for the performance of
this service will be received at the
office of the Chief Clerk, Railway
Mail Service, Cordova, Alaska, until
c ~ Atwmief 1 1017 ”
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FOUR MEN DROWNED
AT MOUTH OF KENAI
Latest advices from the superintend
ent for Libby, McNeil & Libby at Ke
nai state that four men were drowned
there July 8th by the capsizing of a
dory near the mouth of the river.
The Chinamen were taken out alive,
but the three Japs and the Italian
were drowned. The bodies of the vic
tims with the exception of that of one
of the Japs, was recovered later and
were interred at Kenai.
The drowned men and six China
men went over to the town of Kenai,
the day being Sunday and the cannery
idle, and apparently obtained liquor
there, as it is stated they were more
or less intoxicated when they started
to return to the cannery. The ten
men, consisting of three Japs, an Ita
lian and the six Chinamen, embarked
in a dory, considerably overloading the
craft. Their intoxicated condition, the
strong current of the river and a heavy
southwest wind all combined to bring
about the accident.
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UPTON SINCLAIR QUITS
PRO-GERMAN SOCIALISTS
LOS ANGELES, July 24.—Upton
Sinclair ,the well-known author aud
great reformer, has resigned from the
Socialist party.
In giving a reason he stated that it
was too pro-German to suit his ideas
of what was expected from a good
American citizen.
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NOTED SWIMMER IN
CAMEL CORPS NOW
SYDNEY, Australia, July 21.—The
news was received here lately that G.
Finlay, of West Australia, the breast
stroke champion of the world, received
a commission some months ago and is
attached to a camel crops of the Brit
ish army in Egypt. Finlay already had
taken part in the campaign in Pales
tine. He left Australia a private.
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J. M. Jule, of Juneau, was killed re
cently while engaged at work in the
Worthen lumber yard when a lumber
pile fell on him. After the falling of
the pile Jule lived only a few min
utes.
PRESIDENT FIRES DENMAN OFF
SHIPPING ROARD AND ACCEPTS
RESIGNATION OF GEN. GOETHALS
(Ry Associated Prc*s Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—President Wilson settled
the row in the shipping board today between Chairman
Denman and General Goethals. He asked Denman to re
sign and accepted the resignation of Goethals and Captain
John B. White, a partisan of Denman.
With both Goethals, general manager of the emer
gency fleet corporation, and Denman out of the way, Ed
ward B. Hurley, a Chicago business man and formerly
chairman of the federal trade commission, will become
chairman of the shipping board.
Capt. John B. White’s resignation was accepted first
and foreshadowed the events which followed. Adminis
tration chiefs are with the President in the matter and
state that the only possible policy in the present crisis is
for the President to brook no delay.
.... Rear-Admiral W. L. Capps, chief constructor of the
navy, succeeds Major General Goethals as manager of the
emergency fleet corporation, and Bainbridge Colby, of
New York, has been named to succeed Capt. John B. White
as member of the shipping board.
BOARD AFTER MORE MONEY
WASHINGTON, July 24.—This afternoon President
Wilson sent the nominations of Edward Hurly and Bain
bridge Colby as members of the shipping board to the Sen
ate for confirmation,
Members of the Senate Finance Committee said that
the shipping board after receiving $800,000,000 was now
asking for $500,000,000 additional.
GOETHALS WOULD GO TO WAR
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Following his resignation
from the shipping board, Major General Goethals has ask
ed to be allowed to join the American army in France.
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SIGNS BILL FOR 22,000 AEROPLANES
WASHINGTON, July 24. — President Wilson today
signed the appropriation bill calling for $640,000,000 for
the airplane program, including the construction of 22,000
airplanes. _
I \RFIJl BATTLE ON
ALONG FLANDERS LINE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BULLETIN
BERLIN, July 24, (Official).—An artillery battle of an
intensity never paralleled previously has been raging for a
day and night in Flanders.
TEUTON COUNTER IN EAST WINS
BERLIN, July 24, (Official).—On the front south of
Smorgen, along which the new Russian offensive devel
oped, all positions taken by the Russians have been re
taken with the exception of two.
. On the southern front the Russians have been forced
to retreat into the Carpathians.
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ATTACK IN WEST FAILS, SHELL RHEIMS
PARIS, July 24.—German advances along the Aisne
failed to achieve success and today the Hun gunners are
again shelling Rheims. Whenever the German army is
defated at any point on the west front the artillery oppo
site Rheims takes revenge by shelling it. The city is almost
totally destroyed now and only 5,000 of the original inhab
itants remain.
' LONDON HEARS TARNAPOL CAPTURED
LONDON, July 24. — Reports were received today
that the Germans had occupied Tarnapol again in eastern
Galicia. V . _j
SOUTH SALMON
RUN HEAVY
Reports from Canneries in Southeast
ern Alaska Balance Shortages in
Western District
j While the red salmon run to west
ward has been practically a failure,
the run of fish in Southeastern Alaska
has been unusually heavy so that the
annual pack for the Territory will be
up to the normal.
From Cape Spencer to Chilkoot and
Taku the salmon are pouring along
the waterways in the biggest run for
many years. In 1911 and 1914 record
breaking salmon runs were recorded.
1917, the cycle year, is keeping up
and indications point to breaking the
record . From every section in the Ju
neau district comes reports of record
breaking catches.
Icy Straits, Chatham Straits, Lynn
canal and Taku in the Juneau dis
trict report record breaking salmon
catches. The pack to July 15 is re
ported as follows:
Tenakee Fisheries (1 line), 7,000
cases.
Meyers & Co., (3 line), 15,000 cases.
Hoonah Packing Co., (4 line), 40,
000 cases.
Funter Bay (G line), 40,000 cases.
Hawk Inlet (5 line), 20,000 cases.
Port Walter (1 line), 10,000 cases.
Pacific American Fisheries (G line)
30.000 cases.
Astoria & Puget Sound (4 line),
20.000 cases.
Carlson & Co., (5 line), 27,600
cases.
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SANTA ANA SAILS ON
LAST TRIP, TO BETHEL
The Santa Ana was delayed in load
ing cargo last night and did not get
away until today. Those sailing for
westward include:
Kodiak—L. Parker, C. J. Sanreth, H.
L. Loyd .
Unalaska—E. R. Lewis and wife,
Rev. A. W. Newhall, M. D., and wife,
Frank Meerwadt, S. W. Taylor and
Miss Emma Supe^naw.
Chignik—Miss P. Martin.
Nushagak—A1 Christie and V.
Christie.
Soldovia—P. V. Cooper.
Uyak—H. V. Hopkins.
Sand Point—A. H. Brachvogel and
L. L. Bales.
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CHARLES MATTEUS LEASES
FISH SALTING SITE
The Commission granted a one-year
lease on July 12 to Charles Matteus
for the use of land in the railroad
terminal reserve, having a frontage of
50 feet on Resurrection bay. The
lessee will erect a fish saltery on the
premises, he having been engaged in
the retail fish business for several
years at Seward.
Matteus, who is locally known as
“Frenchy,” has operated a saltery on
the beach north of the dock, and will
establish his plant on the new site near
the San Juan dock.
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I BOATS AND TRAINS
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The Alameda sailed from Cordova
west at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Northwestern sailed south last
evening.
The Santa Ana sailed west at noon.
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