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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1017 TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XL Xirn’i 20-V _____________*____...
ALII 3 CONFIDENT
DF TH: ABILITY OF
MAJ. GEN. P ISHING
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.—Direct assurance of con
fidence of the British and French commanders in Major
General Pershing’s ability to make the American arms ef
fective on the western front, was the information reach
ing here today. It came direct t rom Major General Hugh
L. Scott, former chief of staff, who had just returned from
Europe.
Major Gen. Scott hail a long conference today with
Secretary of war Baker and gave glowing words of ap
proval of the conduct of the Americans now in France
and of the faith the Ententes have in the American forces.
Coming across the Atlantic, the gunners on the boat
carrying Major Gen. Scott, fired at what appeared to be a
periscope. That was the last seen ot the object.
DORA ARRIVES
AFTER STORMY
TRIP TO WEST
Cru-ted with ice from bow* co stem,
masthead down, the little steamer
Dora arrived in port late yesterday
afternoon from h»*r westward trip.
One hum ret! and r.ity two steaming
hours and one4 hundred anti seventy
five tours spent riding at an* ho** tells
the story of the last trip.
Capt. New*laud says that he ha
been on many a hard trip with th
Dora, but the la.-t beat all rcccnKi
Gales were experienced going and
coming; waves washed comj let
over the boat many times and the
clear days for sailing were few. The
stoim encountered otT Celaovia was a
j-evere one and Capt. New lands
ed that little town up as he could not
make that port.
Tho Dora Drought little freight,
principally ccnltish anil herring and
tew passengers.
The sailing time has been fixed 'or
tomorrow night (Saturday) at eight
o’clock and the
undoubtedly spenu Christmas at No
diak the same as for the past fewj
vear .
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MILITARY UNIT TO GIVE
DANCE AND V DRILL AT
THE A. R HALL TOMORROW
The Seward Home Gua ds are go
ing to show the people >f Seward just
how proficient they are in the manutl
of arms and foot movements. Select
ed squads will give drills tomorrow
night when the unit gives a dance at
the Arctic Brotherhood hall. Already
tickets are selling at a good clip.
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ARTILLERY IS
PLAYING ON 3 ;
WESTERN POINTS
LONDON, Pec. 21.—Severe stornu
are reported from the Western front
again today. Official war statements
are to the cltect that artillery en
gagements oniy are happening but
these duels are taking place at Ypres
around Verdun and in the Cambrai
sector.
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On Italian From
ROME, Dec. 21. — The Italians are
counter attacking in an attempt to
repain Monte Asolore which was lost
during the past 48 hours. The Ital
ians are apparently undaunted by the
heavy Teuton forces attempting to
break the Hretna-Piave line and are
holding every inch of the ground.
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M'GRATH BACK
AGAIN AT DESK
Of NEWSPAPER
The smell of printer's ink is still too
strong for J. J. McGrath, former
newspaper man of this city, to resist,
rle is back in the “alley" again and i.->
proud of it. In the last mail received
in'Juneau the following clipping drop
ped from an envelope addressed to
the editor of the Gateway, an editor
ial fiom the Daily Tribune, Casper,
Wyoming, of Nov. 28th.
From this time foi ward The Casper
Weekly Tribune will be developed in
to tin* great journalistic medium ‘or
showing to the outside world the tre
mendous resources of this region and
also for confirming Casper in its posi
tion as the gnat industrial center of
those resources.
It is the intention, indeed, to make
the Weekly Tribune national in its
scope so that every peison in the
Cnitod States who is interested in oil,
wool. cattle and the other sources oi
wealth which this territory contains
in su**h abundance will turn to the
publication for information and guid
aiv e, and .incidentally, will have their
thoughts directed to this city.
The need for such a publication has
been felt foi some tune but this need
is about to be filled and the support
of the people of Casper and the sur
lounding district is respectfully solie
As representative for The Weekly
Tribune the management has secured
the services of J. J. McGrath, former
ly publicity agent for the Territory
of Alaska and a newspaper man of
long and successful experience who
will be pleased to wait on the people
of Casper personally and explain more
fully the object in view.
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REV. MUNRO IN CITY
ON WAY DOWN COAST
ON A SHORT TRIP
Rev. H. C. Munro, formerly pastor
of the Community Church here, ar
rived last night from Anchorage. Rev.
Munro will leave on the Victoria for
LaTouche then catch the Admiral
Evans from there for Wrangell. He
expected to return here soon after the
first of the year.
Rev. Munro says thai it has been
cold at Anchorage Cast Tuesday
mornintr when he left, the thermome
ter registered 30 degrees below at the
railroad station.
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DR. SLOW MAKES QUICK
TALK AT MOVIE SHOW
Dr. Sloan was the four minute
speaker at the Empress theatre last
night but he only occupied two and
a half minutes but hit out straight
from the shoulder urging people to
join the Red Cross rnd concisely tell
ing them of the honors of the wa»*.
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO LAST ONLY 3
DAYS MORE HERE
REJECT PEACE
Ao PRUPuSED
BY RUSSIANS
German Government U Reported to
Have Turned Down the Turns
of Peace and Conference
Comes to Naught
! OKI'U'I.M.S HAVK LKKT BF.KLIN j
Imperial (*o\ernmer.t Sends Foreign j
Secretary and Others of Much
Prominence to Russia for
Final Deliberations
LONDON, Dec. 21. — An unofficial
iispat* h from Petrograd under date
of last Wednesday, says that Ger
many has flatly rejected the peace!
terms presented by the Bolsheviki!
] government of Russia.
Kuehlmann Is Sent
LONDON, Dec. 21.—Dispatches re
ceived f»om Copenhagen this after
noon says German Foreign Secretary
Kuehlmann and other important offi
cials of the Imperial German Govern-'
| merit, left Berlin yesterday for]
Brest-LPovsk to try and arrange new j
lo ms -,nd negotiate a permanent i
peace with the Russians.
Wh'*n the officials left the railroad j
! station a crowd gathered and yelled:,
I “Bring us Peace.”
The yell was set to a familiar j
I (limit and <urg by the people.
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TRAINS SMASH
AND FORTY-SIX
DIE IN WRECK
SHKPHERDSVILLE, Ky., Dec. 21.
— Forty-six were killed here this
forenoon when a fast Louisville &
Xa*hvillc passenger tiain crashed in
to the rear end of a combination tr iiu.
Fire broke out following the colli ion
and several coaches were destroyed,
many of those killed being incinerat-1
ed.
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SLACKER IS ARRESTED
On the charge of being a slacker,
Terry Grannigan was arrested this
afternoon by U. S. Deputy Marshal
Isaac Evans. Trial will be held either
tomorrow or Monday. The alleged
slacker has been working at Mile 52
and aiso Mile 71. He claims that he
could not register, being near no reg
istration place, but failed to explain
why he did not register at 5*2 where
officers were stationed.
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WEATHER ON R. R.
The following is the weather report!
received at 7 o’clock this morning!
from points along the rad road:
Anchorage, 33 below, clear, north.
Girdwoud, 30 below, ci«**rt north.
Matanuska, 38 below, clear, ca’m.
King, 4 below, clear, calm.
Dead Fcr«e, 24 below, clear, calm.
Talkeetna, 40 below, clear, calm.
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EAGLE’S CLAWS SHIPPED
One crate of eagle’s claws from
Unga for the Governor’s office at Ju
neau. arrived on the Dora last night
| and will be sent eastward on the n^xt
I steamer.
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DESTROYER LOST
LONDON, - Dec. 21. — A British
destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in
| the North sea last night. The crew
i was saved.
fhrec Headquarters Are Opened In
the City fur members—Flag fly
ing from One of the Registration
Places on Broadway
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CHIDKEN TO JOIN TOMORROW)
Special Campaign Committee Meets
And Gets Ready for r. Final
Attempt to Secure New
Members in Seward
Flags were flying early this fore
noon from the Sexton hotel which is
one of the headquarters of the Red
Cross Christmas Campaign Commit
lee. The other two headquarters are
at the Bank of Seward and the Gate
way office.
This morning a canvas of the sitia-j
lion was made and the special com- ■
mittcemen looked gloom. Can it bc^
thal Seward is going to fall down with
a hard bump in this campaign for
members? The committee has onl>
ihiee more days 10 work in, the cam
paign closing Monday evening, Christ
mas Eve. Extra efforts are to be!
made especially tomorrow and Mon
day in hopes that citizens will go to
one of the three headquarters and1
yjgn their names for memberships
ranging from $1 to $100.
Children’s Day
Tomorrow afternoon the children
of Seward will be given their oppor-j
Unity to join, George Sexton ami
.Vi'rs. Sexton bt?mg ready to receive
all the kiddies in Seward at 3 o’clock
in the hotel Sexton’s lobby. The full
explanation of this drive to secure'
children as members of the Red Crops'
was made in yesterday's Gateway, i
From remarks dropped, their will un-j
loubtedly be a large number of young)
\merica putting their names down onj
the rolls.
Various Memberships
The vorious memberships for the!
Red Cross are as follows:
Annual membership . $ 1
Subscribing member (annual) -j
Contributing member annually o
Sustaining member annually.. 10
Life member, one payment .... SO
Patron member, one payment 100
An urgent appeal is made to all to
join the Red Cross. Visitors in the
city can join just the same as the resi
dent. Enlist in the Red Cross aimy
and show your whole-hearted sympa
thy with those who go to the front
and your desire to lighten their hard
ships, guard their health and bind
their wounds.
ON AND OFF
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SAN PEDRO, Dec. 21. — The tank
er Muuanu, of the Standard Oi* com
pany’s fleet, grounded n^ar VenUu*>
last night, but was floated free with
the high tide apparently rndawagert.
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MUNICIPAL POWER IS
NEXT MOVE AT EVERETT;
EVER SIT, Dec. 21. — The city has
entered into arrangements with Durns
& McDonnell to make a survey and
submit reports on a power project to
furnish the city with a municipal |.ow
or plant. The question will be sub
mitted to the voters next ynr.
YOUNG MORGAN CARRIES
OUT WISHES OF FATHER1.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21. — The resi
due of the late Pierpont Morgan’s
world famous art collection has been
presented to the Metropolitan Museum
of Art by Mr. P. J. Morgan. The
presentation carries out the wishes of
his father made in his will.
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What has become of the old-fash
ioned pious family that sat down to a
ten-cent steak large enough to say !
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grace over.
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ARGENTINE IS NOW
EXPECTED TO MAKE
A WAR DECLARATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—A declaration of war
against Germany by the Argentine Republic is regarded
almost certain as the result of new evidence of German
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trickery. This evidence was disclosed by the publication
last night of another series of telegrams between the no
torious Count Luxburg and the Berlin Foreign office. The
evidence was secured by the United States Secret Service
Department and released by the State Department.
Count Luxburg in one telegram sent to the Berlin of
fice showed that Germany tried every method possible to
align the South American countries against the United
States.
One message, with as recent a date as August first,
from Count Luxburg, stated that President Irigoyen, of
Argentina, had decided to conclude a secret treaty with
Chile, Bolivia and possibly Peru for protection against
North America. This was to be used as a leverage on all
other South American countries.
The Argentine Republic denies any such transaction.
PROVINCE OF i
QUEBEC WANTS
TO SECEDE NOW
QUEBEC, Dec. 21. — Deputy Gran
jover introduced into the Provisional
•egislaturo today a pro|>osal that '.he
Province of Quebec secede from the
confederation of Provinces of the Do
minion of Canada. The Province of
Quebec was the only one in the Do
minion voting against conscription
vhich carried at the election this
week.
SYDNEY, Dec. 21. — The indica
tions are that the Australian govern
ment's conscription scheme has been
lefoatod in the rtferundum by loO,
)0P majority.
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WATCH YOUR FIRES
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During the high wind that is
making itself fell in Seward, citi
zens are warned to wfatch their *
fires and keep the dampers turn- *
* ed to preenl spaiks from flying r
* up the chimneys. Last night at
one time on Broadway, sparks *
* from hall the size of a man’s
* hand to seven inches in diameter
were alignting, then being tossed
’ on. An ounce of prevention is ’
* worth a city.
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VICTORIA COMING
CORDOVA, Dec. 21. — Steamer
Victoria arrived in port this afternoon
at one o’clock after a stormy trip on
the outside passage from Seattle.
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The Victoria is expected in Seward
possibly late tomorrow' afternoon or
early tomorrow evening.
Steamer Admiral Evans is expected
at Cordova tomorrow forenoon. It is
not known yet w'hat time she will
reach Seward.
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GREAT SAVING IS
MADE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. — A saving
of 100 tons of meat and 020 barrels
of flour a week has resulted from ob
serving of meatless and wheatless
days by New York city’s larger hotels
and restaurants.
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ORIGIN OF FIRE
MILLS IS UNKNOWN
KELSO, Wash., Dec. 2L —Fire des
troyed the lumber and shingle mills
here, with a loss of $50,000. The ori
gin of the fire is unkonwn.
BIG COMPANY
DEFYING U. S.
GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. - .Swift
& Company has refused to Federal
investigation committee their records
regarding transactions of business
with the government or with other
parties. The committee desires these
records in their investigation of the
packing house industry.
“A drastic court action will be ta
ken to force the production of the
book* of all companies during this in
vestigation.” said Francis J. Henry
this afternoon. Mr. Heney is the spe
cial investigator and he made the
above announcement at the resump
tion of the commission’s inquiry.
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SECRET TREATY
IS ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN MADE
PETROGRAD, Dec. 21. — The
morning Izvistia, the liolsheviki no
paper published an article today of
what it claims is the substance of a
secret treaty between Russia and Ja
pan preventing any third country from
achieving political dominance in Chi
na. The Izvistia claims that this se
cret treaty was drawn up and signed
last year. «
The newspaper claims that the se
cret treaty declares for a joint armo*
demonstration against America and
England in the far east. The treaty
is to run for five years and Russia and
Japan promised each other aid if war
resulted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — Oiti
cials here say that the terse text o;'
the treaty alleged to have been mud*'
between Japan and Russia, does rr*
substantiate the reference to arrv'd
demonstrtation. It is expected the4
Japan will explain to the United
States the purposes of the treaty.
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STORES CLOSE XMAS
It was announced this afternoon
that Brown & Hawkins, Borgen’s, the
Seward Commercial company, and
many of the general establishments
in Seward, will be closed all day Tues
day, Christmas.