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SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY.NOVfiMBEE 19, Mill TEN CENTS PER COPY
VOLUME MIL NUMBER 164.
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BERLIN, No\ . 10 t Nath
AgMBtbl) committees investigating
the cause ot the recent wai learn--*
that Germany decided upon unit -ti »t
ed submarine warfare despit*' t »
warnings that the step would bring
America into tl* war. Forme) i >« ’
Marshal Hindenburg testified Go»- ^
many did not want the war.
Hindenburg testified Germany on
tered the war with her defensiv*
strength impaired by lack of co-op*'
ation between the army and home in
terests. He asserted this had a vital
effect on the final result of the con
flict. The German high command, te.«
tified Hindenburg. was and had not
been for a long time, cordial wdh von
Bernstorff.
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DEAD
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov.. I!)— Judg>
Calvin U. Gantebein. State Circuit
Judge, a veteran ot the Spr.ni.-h v ar,
died here this afternoon. The dead of
ficial was one of two men commission
ed Major at the first training camp at
the Presidio.
BRITISH FINANCES
LONDON. Nov., 1!>— According t >
Sir Donald Maclean, M l\. England'
financial situation is «pT»aninr.
said the deficit for the past six mon*» .
of th** present fiscal year is $1.10*.
000,000, exceeding hv $250.001*,000 t]»• *
deficit for the whole year a> < t»mn*
ed by Austen Chamberlin. Chnnrelln*
of the Exchequer.
LITTLE DANGER OF
SMALLPOX S( \R1
.KETCHIKAN. Nov.. 10— The tow i
of Petersburg has been quarantine
for smallpox. A Native broke quant”
tine, went to Wrangell in a sma’l boat
and then came to Ketchikan on th.*
Evans. He was discovered to have th'*
disease in a mild form, and a patient
in the Royal Hotel and the building
quarantined. The Native will he re
moved to an isolated cabin for treat
ment There is no fear and little likli
hood of a general epidemic, so th*'
ph ysicians claim.
Wrangell was the fiist Alaska city
to go over the top in the recent Red
Cross membership campaign.
WASHINGTON. Nov., II* - Speak
ing with the authority of the C abinet,
fuel administer Gartiold told the
strikers and operators today that the
people of the United States must have
and will have coal as long as the gov
ernment stands.
Administrator Garfield said tfoe
people will not be prevented from get
ting coal bv an\ thing the miners and (
opr rato* > nuiv do.
The waV committees went into ox
ecutive session at noon to negotiate :•
wage agreement.
Administrator Garfield told the eon
t\ vire do’t gates the people would not
pay onco d\v prices for coal but that
the people wanted to see the operators
and miners get a just return from
their product and work.
Mr. Garfield regretted that the op
orators and miners had not establish
ed u permanent body to settle their
differences.
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ALL RIGHT LETER COME
WASHINGTON, Nov., ID — Pro
hibition commissioner John F. Kra°
mei to\lay stated the government was
building prohibition enforcement mu
chinerv which would he most effective
BRITISH ARMY OFFICER IS
TO HAVE MEXICAN RANCH
LONDON. Nov., ID— Brigadier
General A. C. Critchley, is going to
take a chosen party of fifty fellow
British officers to settle on a million
nc-e ranch about 400 miles north of
Mexico City. He says Mexico is “tin
coming country of the world.”
Discussing the reported oppositior
t'* Ids colonisation scheme of the Brit
ish and American governments, lie
said:
“We are not going out to stir up.
trouble. I have no urgent need of tak
ing the officers with me, but I want
to give the bids a chance if they’v
got enough g*it in them to make good
and I want company. Both my fathe*
and my mother a*v coming out with
me, but with fifty Englishmen in th*
party we can be very happy.”
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RKl.MilOVS CEREMONY IS
PERFORMED ON A MOT NT
AND ST ATI’E IS ERECTEI
BERNE, Nov., 10- An unusual re
ligious ceremony porfomed ye*’
torday in the shadow of Mont Blanc
T1 ' Abbe Contin. accompanied by fiv
Chamonix guides, carried to the top o
Chariot Peak, an altitude of 12.24*
f“t, an aluminium statue four fee*
high and weighing thirty pounds. Tb
summit of the perk v*as reached nfte*
a seven hour climb; the Chamonix a*
guillc is one of the most difficult
peaks of the Mont Blanc rang*' to as
rend.
'I ho Abbe blessed the statue afte ■
*♦ . a erected and pronounced a shor
elution. The statue is of the guid *
(ihailet. after whom the peak is nam
ed and who was the first to conquc •
it in 1879. Chariot is now 82 years of
age.
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* WILL ORGANIZE
AMERICAN LEGION
HERE TOMORROW
m
* Ail American Legion w ill be or
* ganizod in Seward tomorrow
* night, the meeting place to be at
* the Town Hall and the time. S o’- T
* clock. All former service men, ar
my, navy etc., are asked to turn out
* and show the remainder of Alaska '
* and thosV in the states that in ev
* crything the Northerners have
* done, they have gone over the top
* and will perfect an American Le
gion here that will he a hummer.
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AMERICANS AT
ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, . .ov., 19— Robaits
Hall was packed last night by Anchor
age citizens to form the American or
ganization. Every business man in th'
town and those affiliated-with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission en
lorse.1 the organization.
No trouple is anticipated here, tlv
organization being merely to support
Americanism.
Leading citizens took pa 1 in thf<
meeting last night, John K. CoP *y
presiding. Mrs. Mears sjfke in b°ha*'
>f Col. Mears; Major McFarland. A
my Chaplain Hughes and others in b«'
half of the returned soldiers: Pro*’.
Dunn and Rev. Sheperd anil Senator
Price speaking on general patriotism.
The meeting was a rousing one.
HOLSHEVIKI MAKE
STARTLING CLAIMS
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• LONDON, Nov., 19— According
■ * to d'spatches received here, the
j * Holsheviki authorities claim they
have captured ten generals and
* over 100 officers in the attack on
Omsk. The Holsheviki forces are
1 now pursuing General Kolchak's
army eastward.
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! CRUISER TAKING ADMIRAL
JELLICOE TO THE ATLANTIC
THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL
VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov., 1!)—
The battle cruiser New Zealand, which
I brought Admiral Jellicoe here, left to
day for Halifax the trip to the Atlan
tic to he made through the Panama
! canaLFrom Halifax, the battle cruis
I e»* will take the Admiral to England.
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j SWITZERLAND IS TO JOIN
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
HERNE, Nov., 19— The National
Council has voted in favor of Switzer
land joining the League of Nations.
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 19— Pr<si
dent Wilson wrote the administration
Senators today advising that they
vote against the ratification of the
treaty as it now stands, containing the
foreign relations committee reserva
tions.
President Wilson said the commit
tee program provides not for tho ra
tification of the treaty but tor its nul
lification.
The administration senators ind*
cate they will probably vote against
the treaty as requested, unless a com
promise is effected.
Senator Lodge predicts the Sonati
will not obey President Wilson s or
ders saying Wilson undertakes to com
mand the Senate to ratify the treaty
without reservations which a large
majority of the Senators have adopt
ed.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 19— Sen
ator Lodge has asked unanimous con- ;
sent for a vote on unqualified reser
vations. The administration leaders
said the Democrats p -cferred to watt
until the Lodge reservations were
voWd upon. Lodge then withdrew fits
request and the deb:|e on his reser
vations began
WASHINGTON, Nov., tfl— It if J
understood the Republicans are will*
inp. to insert a proviso by which othei
nations could accept the reservations
by merely not objecting to them.
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 19— No
word has reached the State Depail
ir.ent concerning the reported arrest
of consular agent William 0. Jcnkin
at Puchla, Mexico, on a charge of hav
ing connived with bandits who ab
ducted him, and secured a ransom oi
$150,000.
Officials say the charge is a meas
ure in retaliation following late dis
closures connecting the Mexican au
thorities with the propaganda of the
radicals.
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AMERICAN PEACE MEN
LEAVE PARIS NEXT MONTE
PARIS, Nov., 19— The America!
peace delegation intends to returr
home leaving here on December 5th
AMERICAN ATHLETIC TEAM
MAY BE IN THE BIG GAMES
BOSTON, Nov., 19— The Ameri
can Athletic Union has decided t'
send an American team of athletes to
Antwerp for the renewal of the Olym
pic games there next year.
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* RADIUM IS LOST
* IN A BATH TUB
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C HICAGO, Nov., ID— A tube ot
* radium, worth $12,000. became un*
* fastened in a bath tub in St.
* Mary’s hospital this morning add
disappeared down the drain pipe.
Insurance covers the loss.
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CHICAGO, Nov., ID - The lea*e
one hall has been cancelled when <t
vas learned that Emma Goldman and
Bcrkman were scheduled to he the
)rincipal speakers.
MAVAL r J
of British
LONDON. Nov., 19— (By A. P.)—
British naval losses during the war
totalled 1,009 vessels according to a
letailed return just issued by the Ad
niralty. Of those 254 were warships
nd 815 auxiliary vessels df the Royal
Navy.
Of the warships, thirteen were bat
leships, three battle cruisers, thirteen
•uisers, twelve light cruisers, (includ
Mg six sunk as block ships at Zee
•’iigee and Ostend.) five monitors,
Vce flotilla leaders, sixty-four tor
pedo boat destroyers and fifty-four
ubm urines (including seven destroy -
d at Helingfors to avoid capture.)
Only forty-two warships were lost
a action, sixty-two falling victims to
uibmarincs and fourty- four to mines.
Eleven were destroyed to avoid capt
ure and twenty-eight were lost in col
ision. Twenty -two were wrecked, five
ost by internal explosions and seven
>y accident while in twenty-six cases
he cause of the loss is listed as “un
known.”
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FILIPINOS ARE SOON TO
RE TAUGHT AVIATION
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MANILA, Nov., 19— The Philip
pine government has taken posses
sion of land here and arranged with
\n aviation company to train at least
to national guard aviators on the site
luring the next year.
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W E A T H E R R E V 0 U T
The following is the weather repoif.
or the 21 hours ending at 7 oVloel:
his morning:—
SEWARD 22, Clear, Calm 2 inch
es new snow.
Anchorage 8, Pt. Cloudy, S. E.
Moosecreck 10, Clear, Calm.
Chickaloon 12, Clear, Calm.
Wasilla 0, Clear, Calm.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov., li»
\ lone bandit, believed to be William
Caril.se, a notorious train robber, and
escaped convict, hoarded the west
bound Union Pacific Los Angeles lim
ited last night and robbed tne passen
gers on the tourist and sleeping cars
of money and valuables. I he robber
escaped amid a shower of bullets from
the train guards as the train slowed
down near Medicine Bow. Rock River
and Wheatland posses are out search
ing. Troop A. cavalry, from Fo:t L>.
S. Russell, also joined in the hunt
shortly aftyr 6 o’clock this morning.
It is believed the lone bandit svas
wounded.
The train carried armed guards they
having been placed on the train since
last Sunday when Carlisle escaped
from the penitentiary.
United States Marshal Lyman, of
Hudson, was aboard the train at tie*
time of the hold-up.
Carlisle once before wrote the rail
ro.i I men stating he would rob certain
trains and he did despite precautions.
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LONDON, Nov., 19—■ It is report
ed in dispatches that hand grenades
were thrown at General Kolchak to
day in an attempt to assassinate him.
Six soldiers were killed and twelve
wounded by the explosions.
A dispatch from Helsingfors re
ports 20,000 of Yudenitch’s forces have
deserted to the Bolsheviki.
A Moscow dispatch says the Bol
sheviki in capturing seven towns took
27.000 prisoners.
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TO REORGANIZE
FORCE ON R.R.
ANCHORAGE , Nov., 19— Govern
ment railroad officials are inspecting
the line north of here. It is announced
a reorganization will be announced on
December 1st.
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FIRE ON STEEL STRIKERS
YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Nov., 19
Deputy sheriffs this afternoon fired
on steel strikers during an attack on
negro workmen. One negro was shot
in Hie leg.
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EXPOSITION IN APRIL
BRUSSELS, Nov., 19— This city
will have an exposition April 4 to 21,
next year. It is announced that Ger
man exhibitors will not be admitted.
Tbp exhibitors will be limited to Allied
countries and neutrals.