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__—--— WARD. ALASKA. SATl RDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1913. T®** CENTS_rai__<
VOLUME XII. NUMBER '23. _ _:------ ■ —
COME hom:
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WASHINGTON. Nov.. 30— Genera!
March totlay announces! that Com
mander Pershing had designated 4°,
000 men and 3400 officers for an ea»
|y return to the United State.*. I ho
units comprising: these men will be an
nouneed la’ •*
General March said that Com
mander Pershing: has reported 262,
720 casualties, excluding: prisoners, to
November; 28,363 were killed in act
ion; 12,101 ha4l died of wounds and
17,000 from other causes.
It is expected that 160,000 men \vi '
be returned from overseas 4lurinp
December.
RELEASE MEN FROM CAMPS
WASHINGTON. Nov.. 30— It is
expected that men will be released
form the various camps in the United
States at the rate of 1,000 a day.
Plans for brinfrin* soldiers from
Prance include the use of the hospital
ships and special cars to carry men to
the reconstruction base hospitals.
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PARIS. Nov.. 30— Chairman Hur
ley of the U. S. Shipping Board ar
rived here today. Mr. Hurley said
that plans are made to return Ameri
cans to the United States aboard ship'
if afrrceable, of the Allies. Ail troops,
with the exception of the police
guards, are expected to be home with
in the next ten months.
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RIGGS GOING
EAST
SEATTLE, Nov., 30— A .-pocial
cable from Juneau says that Gov
**s aboard the southbound
steamer Spokane due here tomorrow
or Monday. Gov. Riggs is said to be
on his way to Washington, D. n.* the
nature of his mission not being dis
closed. This is the first time the gov
ernor has been out from Alaska since
he was appointed.
Placer mining in the interior is at
low ebb according to Tim Rail who ar
rived last night. Excessive freight
rates and abnormal high prices for
all supplies has knocked the spots out
of mining.
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SATURN GOING TO CHINA.
Mail advices received on the Vic- ;
toria state that the U. S. S. Saturn j
is now hitting the high places on th<* j
Pacific Ocean waves and is bound foe j
China for wireless work.
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Virgil Rich is at Mare Island ac-1
cording to word received here by his |
father, but expects to be discharged j
from the naval service and return
h*m about the first of the year.
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*hat the Alaska *a»l* from Seattle to
morrow *<»d the N‘o-thwe>tern on n'*>?
Tuesday. The mVegram sa?. * "for
Cordova only** and Mr. McDor 11 did
not know this fo’^noon whether both
ste?mers wrt-re orly going as fa* a?
er o* o conirg to S*woid.
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Passengers for Anchorage ravin;
Seward, mu.st show a cert i.% ate o'
vaccination or they will not ho per
mitted to board the train here. Hu
order was received this morn i.r from
vhe Anchorage Hoard of Huath. i
a person should slip one over, t e A >•
borage Hoard of Health oil. kvs wi
grab them at the other end of t*
Air. Weir announced tbi> ai *no> *i
that a special train will be oj i r. led 1
Anchorage leaving here at 7 »»*clo< k
.omorruw morning, Passenger.. .v»’ <
akeii if they have the wee :u.*io'
•erti’iorit** from Health ollic* r Ion* g
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1ESTS TO SHOVs
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A VOCAUST
L03 A\Cr^U:.S. Mow. ‘13 A mot
hod of testing the ability of a / poi
*on to sing, without seeing him '
even hearing him, lias been devx
by Thcophiius Fitz, of this city, re
cently director of music in tin Slat
Teachers’ College of Colorado.
This method, which Professor l it
says is his “contribution to .-.ou nce,
is based upon a series ol l.na. ui
ments of the head cavities thui ;e *
dares he has worked down to exu
mathematics. He does not find
^•sary to see, touch or hear the su*.
ject, as his work, which be term
“voice diagnosis,” has become a*. <•
finite to him as mathematic s. V! h
ask., is that certain n;, a-urements <<
the head be taken correctly.
A ♦'ter learning those moasi:
and *he sex of the subject, no e .. ,
hi;, own calculation as to the
shape of the head cavities an ! ; i
rounccs whether the subject, i: a
is a soprano or contralto, and if .
youth, whether he should sing the ro
of a bax*? or of a tenor robust o.
“Mamie often sings, soprai o ji:.
because Susie does, although sh
ought to be singing contralto, * sa\
Professor Fritz. “And Pill in 1 is i
on singing bass, because hi ti nks »
is manly, when he really oug1 ‘ to b
a tenor.*'
Persons with round heads n i! * ti.
best singers, he says, because Wv••
head cavities are the most sy mm -U*‘
cal; those with long heads cor.- * n« y
and those with oval cranium ra k last
“It’s nonsense,” he says, “for peo
pie to pass four or five years stud;,
ing music, to asertain wheth* - they
can sing and if so, what part, whm
by this method, they can obtain sue];
a decision immediately.”
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EYESIGHT IMPROVING
Emmet McConnell, a former Sew
ard bov, who was taken to the state
for treatment for his eyes, will no'
loi>e hi.-> eyesight as at fi»\<t feared. P
successful operation van performed
and the younp man will be O. K. with
in a couple of months.
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Many natives contracted the “flu"
at Susitna station and doctors and
nurses were sent from Anchorage tr
srive them medical aid.
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Few express packages were receiv
ed on the Victoria and a largfe ship
ment is expected to he aboard either
the Alameda or the Admiral Watson.
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WASHINGTON, Nov., «<> - Sam
el H :nj;» i’s heads the Ament: n Fed
ve :» n *<i Labor (lol('jratc.> to *he lu
. rnativ>nu> Labor conference to b
M in Paris while the peace oofcr
me is sittimr. Other delegates an
' r. o iirc n, S crotary am i i'er
\r o* of the United Mine V. orker°
. 11 F:anh Huffy. Secretary of th
Carp' liters National body.
The Labor conference i • ' > con
ider and h Ip the peace di ussier,
and < tablish a new ii ternationc
ra h* uqion federation.
WASHINGTON, Nov., :H) Mar
quis Saionji. former Japanei * Pre
mie'’. ha lie n desip nated at th' he n
if the Japanese peace delegation a*
Paras.
TO DISCUSS ACTED
THE WAR PR015ELMS
NEW YORK, Nov.. 30 R j
onstruction Committee orga* cd by
The National Civic FodovaH■»•» h;»‘
wn called by V. Everit Macy. rrp<;
• nt of the Federation, to me t at !
Madison Avenue. Monday, Dr rmb«
> 101 *5, at 10:30 A. M., to com.
following questions:
What part of the so-called !abe:
and capital” war measure? dev ^ ty
'he Government shall be r^aiisod at
he conclusion of peace?
How far a'T compulsorv it '.a-!
\s, which were necessary und< .* ravr
-or *y conditions, to bo coolin' • ! :*•
p< ace i.^ restored?
What changes in opr immic’.Vioi I
m!iev will be forced by the ecenom
v i of km* results of the war?
Realizing that Hie after-Ik ’ -wj*.
->ra will call for a r1 notice' an
nrogressive roconstne* •'* r • rr.r •
The National Civic V
March 1(5. 101K. provided for H'e • - j
nointment of a Committee of • ue
tentative men and women cc^npei < ^
with labor, agriculture, man” ;otv*
;ng, commence, banking, ore
the church, the bar, etc., to moke r I
study of the subiect, so far a-' it re.
*ates to the problems with wh; h Tlv
National Civic Federation is espoHrd
■v ejiuippod to dual.
IDITAROD TRAIT. IS NOW
IN NEED OF M \NY REPAIR'
James Ke1p°r, one of the interior ■
nvrjva on last night's trn’n . whr '
Vft for tl.e nvIsMe on the Vi^o-ia
was f»ft vn Mays makinjT the trip t<* *
v n V>orM*’,c. nvd n,r a roadboo*:* or
«4lch May’s travel. Ihe wind ft t:*ner
was terrific and in some place-. »t was
almost impossible fo facp it. The ther
momenter several days rofMster*d
from r.O to 40 decrees below 7pro. Mr.
KpnVr says that tho trail is ;n bad
condition and needs much repair work
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S •amor Victoria arr vod I »ni the i
on Hi yesterday afternoon «nr tly af-|
or ' oYioek making a fast trV north I
from S. attic via the outside passage.
Capt. Jahannsen has suecedcr Cap;
) I; on a. master of the sh p, an-!
'ai .1 Hopkinr. is in his fam iar ca
racity. The Victoria brought a large
Y.-ight cargo for here and 21 .assen
;c • . The Victoria went to e San
: i ». ;/ K o’c'ock tins r orning
f o' n fish and other ca’’go and
for the south dur: ’g the
* ft ’ '.oon.
T’ e following pas engers arrive
n S' '.v:> I on the Victoria: Alfrc
»o: a. \V. Cf. Wilt and vif*. Lena
• a,vho**on, Mr . 11. Sharp Mi?",
h*. ■'■ ■ < 1 ■■ ■ ii. V r . K. A. Ooford, Charles
’ « on and six other Jo nsons.
Id, Alfred R
t»ot' Ma V'r, Henry J.'Hdin ar 1 Phi1
) Wostoff.
'fhe Victoria only tool: tlm Sca
ard citizens from hero, the ren,air.de
of the passengers being from out th
’ino.
The following are the pa. nge
Tom Seward on the V tori;*: Ra»
Thomas and wife, W. E. ( iger.
Frank Short, L. Bu’be and wif\ C. L
Sail ng, H. D. Courtney and ' fo, A
Anderson, Nell Agenling, It. C
Smith, II. v. Davis, D.'Mn lv on, I.
Hongsinons, C Barbara. Chari* ; Hat*
non, T. W. Boyd, Mrs. S. F'W t, Mr
S. Scott, Mrs. C. J. Kincn’d, (•. E.
Whnsisb rg, C. Martin, F. J. Ligo
horn. John Donohoe. L. B. .1 >hnsor>
[>. Rich- ■.*. Ak.ck Vyborg, J. Shaffas
Mrs. I). Westland, Geo. H. Rose, W
McSinm, John Lund. Oscar ' •dson,
Mav Walt n, Mrs. Harry Walton
Christina Johnson, A. A. Lev is, E
Values, L. Balanger, W. M. McDrefu’
A. L. Dic.mon and wife, H. I . Hunt
*nd wife. Gus Gilmour. T. W. S'-equis*
G. Murdoch, Geo. Anderson, J. Han
ahan and wife. J. J. Hoffner, S. E
Nelson, T. W. Barr, J. C. Kline. It. H
Kanoc, H. H. Chamberlain, G, o St.
Long, Chas. Martin, J. II. Robinso?
and wife, J. E. K(*ller, Mrs. J. E
Tain--*, Graeo Osborne, Victor Maud
; n ,i mies E. I **ons, Mm. Snd h and
if<\ F. W. Craing, Ben Eshbv. S. E
'v ! o?\ G. H. Koffeby. Ed. Houler
W. J. Stewart, Jim Murray, D n Mc
Kenzie. J. B. McAllister, Chas. Laid
nv*v»n, Robert Prince, J. G. Peterson
*\ Pelkson, Mrs. Frank Nyborg, Mr'
F. Stedmans, A. P.. Rogers J. O’Brien
0sear Holden, T. M. O’Connor, J. 0
Kelvnd, D. M. Gunnes, E. Or’andei.
\. Startones, Richard Visber, John Oh
on, TT. O’ConrHl and 32 steerago
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STEAMER DOPE
The cable office has received the
;nformation that the steamer Alameda
is due in Seward tomorrow noon
Steamer Admiral Watson is due ir
Cordova tomorrow mominpr at 8 o’
clock and should reach hero on Mon
day.
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Harry Ellsworth received the snr
r.ws on the Victoria thnt his father
passed away recently of the influenza.
NOTICE TO TRAVELING PUBLIC. !
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All nassengers, either by train or steamer, arriving
in Seward, must immediately report to the Seward Board
>f Health.
A'l persons desirimr to leave Seward will avoid delay
inconvience and quarantine, by having a certificate from
an attending physician of recent vaccination.
SEWARD BOARD OF JIEALTH
AMSTERDAM, Nov., 30— In response to the Briti
threat that hostilities would be resumed against the G<
nan nation unless conditions under which the Allied pi
• vers, arriving at the Allied lines, be remedied, a Ber
lispatch says that everything is being done to assure t
•derly return of the prisoners.
it is understood here that Allied prisoners are bei
literally kicked out of prison camps with nothing to e
many id and in fact hundreds are reported to have be
found dead within a short distance from the camps.
Prisoners arriving at the Allied lines claim tnat i
dastardly treatment, none compares with what they ha
received at the hands of the Germans.
Twenty British prisoners were practiclly forced to r
.he gauntlet among a regiment of German soldiers just:
fumed from the front, and none escaped without horri!
nangling from bayonets.
The war office at London heard of these reports a
Com. lander - in - chief Foch was on the point of orderi
• n immediate resumption of hostilities.
AM, THE KAISER HAS ABDICATED
AMSTERDAM, Nov., 30— A dispatch from Bel
ays that the former Kriser yesterday signed the abdic;
on decree and expressed the hope that the new regc
e, uid be able to protect the German people against z
neh /, starvation and foreign supremacy.
The use of the word “regent” is believed to havt
to Abie significance.
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WASHINGTON. Nov., 30— Admiral von Hintz
former head of the German navy, obtained the Kaise
indication p'-oclamatio i according to official advices
:eived here.
CONGRESS WILL MEET NEXT MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 30— Congress will convt
: lav. P sident Wilson will advise the new ct
;t r: instead of following his custom of delivering his:
.Iress on the second day of the session.
beer brewing stops at midnight.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 30— Brewing of beer and o’
'r malt liquors stops at midnight tonight throughout t
United States. The committee which recommended \\
son’s proclamation prohibiting the brewing of malted p.
lucts during the war decided to make no recommendati
;hat the proclamation be rescinded.
GERMAN WIRELESS STATIONS ARE SEIZED
BERLIN, Nov., 30— A group of independent Soci
ists and 0 unocrats, closeiy identified Dr. l.iebknech
Sparacus element, today seized all German wireless st
ions and are transmitting their propaganda.
HUNS SURRENDER RAILROAD CARS
PARIS, Nov., 30— Germany has surrendered t
first of the 150.000 railroad cars demanded by the ar
istice.
JACCARD IN THE SOUTH. j
Loo Margules received a postcard
from E. S. Jaccard, written before the
signing of the armistice, and the for
mer commission man was t. \en ir
Frisco, but expected to leave the next
day for a camp in the east. Mr. Jac*
card will now perhaps return to Sew
ard about the first of the vrar as ti»e
war is over.
ELOISE IS DUE.
The gasboat Eloise, carrying mail
from Kodiak to the westward, is due
in port anytime. The Eloise is com
ing here for the westward mail as no !
steamer calls at Kodiak for several j
months.
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TROUBLE
BUENOS AIRES, Nov., SO— t
onstrations at Antofagasta has
sumed such an aspect that Chile
sent a cruiser there, with troops
make a fight.
The First and Second army d
ions have been mobolized as ther
a further indication of possible i
Peruvian demonstrations.
MUCH BEEF ON VICTORIA
Over 400 quarters of beef arrive*
the Victoria from Seattle for Anc
age. The beef will be loaded hen
car? and shipped over the railroac