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V SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917 Ten Cents the Copy
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PRISONERS LANDED
AT ANIERICANiPORT;
LOSSES REDUCED
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(Bv United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON. Friday, June 22.—The navy de
partment announced today the truth of the report that a
British steamer had arrived at an American port with
German p-isoners captured from a commerce raider on
the high seas. Details of the engagement and capture
have not yet been given out.
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J. s. CONTROLS SIX BASE HOSPITALS
(By United State* Cab’a)
PARIS. Friday. June 22.—The American flag flies
• today over six great base hospitals in the war zone in
France following the arrival of American nurses and phy
sicians to take the places of the British who are needed
elsewhere.
BELGIAN DRIVE STOPPED LOSSES
(By United State* Cable)
LONDON Friday. June 22.—Gen. Maurice of the
fiee an wunced'today that there has been a decided
w >.4 British losses on the western front since the
t.uwsn victory in Belgium. The British army now holds
78 miles of the western front
COULD WIN WAR AT ONCE WITH
TEN THOUSAND U. S. AVIATORS
(By United S*atc* Cab’e)
new YORK, Friday, June 22— After inspecting the
army aviation field at Minneola. French aviators who
have arrived in this country to train Ameiicau aii men
issued a statement today, saying:
“The United States could end the war at once, mak
ing possible a decisive victory over Germany for the al
lies. if it could supply 10,000 trained aviators now.”
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TO BUILD 3.000 AIRPLANES
(B? United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Friday, June 22.—The defense
council hill, backed by the president anil the administra
tion and authorizing *600.000 to be expended in the manu
* facture of 3.000 airplanes within the next year, will be in
troduced in congress next week.
EXPECT CONGRESS TO PASS
FOOD CONTROL BILL SOON
(By United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Friday, June 22.—Passage of the
food control bill is expected tomorrow.
Sweeping measures to authorize the trade commis
sion upon direction of the president to fix prices on life s
necessities was introduced in the senate today by Senatoi
Borah as an amendment to the food control bill.
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THREE-CENT POSTAGE SUGGESTED
(By United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Friday, June 22—The senate fin
ance committee has agreed on three cents for letters, one
cent on postal cards and an increase of one-quarter of a
,^nt per pound on second class postage rates to increase
the revenues.
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ORDER THE LAYING OUT OF CAMPS
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(Br United States Cable)
WASHINGTON, Friday, June 22.—President Wilson
has ordered 16 picked companies, selected from the en
tire national guard to report for sendee to lay canton
ments for the new army.
DRILL FILM TO
BE SHOWN; GUNS
AND UNIFORMS
1 Questions of the greatest import
ance will come before the Seward
, military unit tonight appertaining to
uniforms and equipment, telegraphic
advices having been received from
Delegate Sulzer which require imme
diate attention. For this reason a full
attendance of all who have drilled is
ordered by (apt. Luttrell and all who
care to join the unit are invited to be
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present.
Special instruction will be given to
new members, enabling them to catch
up without delay with those already
instructed in preliminary work and
all the young men of bc-ward should
take this opportunity to acquire mili
tary training.
FoUowing the business of the even
ing and drill, motion pictures of regu
lar infantry drill will be shown lor
purposes of i list racin'n through the
courtesy of Manager Thompson of the
Empress.
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KERN CREEK
TEAM COMING
IN FOR GAME
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A challenge was received last nig ht
from the Kern creek baseball team
which resulted in the scheduling of a
game for next Sunday afternoon to
be played on the local grounds.
The visiting team comes with many
sculps hanging from its belt, having
defeated many of the teams along
| Turnagain arm. They will give the
local boys all the amusement and com
petition that they care for this early
in the season, and they are no* com
ing from Ke*m Creek to Seward to be
defeated.
The game Sunday will start at 2
o’clock and will be played on the new
grounds in Federal addition. This
will bo the first ganm of the season
and a hig crowd is expected to wit
ness the contest.
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Perry Moore, of Nome, who was here
on his way out last night accompanied
by Mrs. Moore, is seriously ill.
RED CROSS WEEK
All plans for Seward’s Red Cross
day to raise funds for the $100,000,
000 war red cross fund are complete.
Tags are printed and will be sold by
volunteers to all who care to buy and
you can pay any amount from 25
cents up, for all the money goes to
the cause.
Arrangements have been made for
the musical and dance at Arctic Broth
erhood hall commencing at 8:30 in the
evening. Tickets including both events
will be offered for sale at 50 cents.
The program prepared for the musi
cal Saturday evening includes the fol
* lowing numbers:
Vocal solo.Mr. Erich Lucas
Piano solo.Mrs. Sawyer
I Group of songs.Mrs. Munro
Humanophone.Tholma Ellsworth
i Group of songs.Mr. Erich Lucas
Piano solos.Mrs. Sawyer
Solo.Mrs. Munro
At the close of the recital several
reels of late Pathe Weeklies, showing
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR APARTMENT
HOTEL OF BRICK
Plans have been completed by B. Tv.
Van Deusen, contractor and builder,
for a three-story brick hotel apart
ment and store building GG by 00 for
the Seward Apartment Hotel Light &
Heating company.
Work on this- building, according to
Van Deusen, is dependent upon the
opening of operations by the Seward
Brick vC* Tile company, as .°.00,(K)0 brick
are needed in its construction.
The plans contemplate a corner lo
cation, although the exact site for the j
building has not been made public.
The purpose of the company in ad-:
Ton to building the apartment hotel
is to supply heat and light to sur
rounding buildings, and to this end a
steam plant of considerable #size will
be installed in the basement.
The ground floor plans provide for
two stores 21 by r>8 and two 20 by 22
feet in addition to a hotel lobby 20
by 28.
On the second and third floors thore j
will be 22 three-room apartments, 31
on each floor. Each apartment is to
be provided with two wall beds and
private bath and kitchenette, the lat
ter to be equipped with an electric
cooker.
The purpose of the company is to
furnish the building complete and rent
either by apartment or individual
room, but at the start some of the
apartments may be left unfurnished
for the benefit of applicants already
owning furniture.
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WORLD WAR IS
JUSTBEGINNING,
NORTHCLIFFE
(By United States Cable)
BOSTON, Friday, June 22—Urd
Northcliffe read a communication here
yesterday before a meeting held in the
interest of the Red Cross and among
other things stated that it was his
opinion that the war is just beginning
and that he based his opinion on the
result of much experience on the
front.
war scenes, will be shown by Manager
Thompson of the Empress.
To avoid confusion it should be re
membered that Mayor McDonald is
cashier and treasurer for the day, all
tags and tickets will be handled
through him at the Seward Drug Co.
and all receipts should be turned in to
him during the day.
Members of the Children’s Agricul
tural Preparedness club will aid in tag
selling, and some of Seward’s most
attractive young ladies will see to it
that all who dance are properly
adorned with crosses.
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RAISE $650 FOR REI)
CROSS AT ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, June 22.—(Special)
—On Anchorage Red Cross day yes
terday $550 was raised and another
$100 was raised at an exhibition ball
game between the commission and city
teams. Red Cross efforts here will
end with a big dance Saturday even
ings.
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CZAR WILL BE TRIED
FOR SEEKING SEPARATE
PEACE WITH KAISER
(By United States Cable)
LONDON, Friday, June 22—William James Thorne
and James O’Grady, labor members of parliament, who
returned from Petrograd today, say that Minister of War
Korensky told them former Czar Nicholas would be
[laced on trial soon for trying to arrange for a separate
peace with Germany.
DEPORTATION ENDS PEACE MOVE
By William G. Shepherd.
PETROGRAD, Friday, June 22.—“1 find the citizens
of Petrograd pessimistic, but I think the situation in Rus
sia is improving,” declared Envoy Root to the United
States. “The only danger comes from Germany. The in
cident of the deportation of the Swiss socialist, Robert
Grimm, is very significant for through the failure of his
efforts Germany has lost all hope for a separate peace.”
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PERFIDY OF ENEMY SHOWN IN BOAST
PETROGRAD, Friday, June 22.—Along the Russian
lront south of Smorgon German airplanes dropped this
morning printed leaflets bearing the following inscrip
tion:
“Thanks for the long rest during which fraterniza
tion enabled us to transfer troops to the western front
to hold the attack of the English and French. Now enough
are transferred and we are going to fight and will fire on
fraternizers.”
The press is filled today with enthusiastic comments
over extremely meager reports which indicate outbreaks
in Spain almost amounting to a revolution for democracy.
The people are eager for full details and hope the revolu
tion will succeed.
A resolution was adopted by a small faction of the
soldiers and workmen’s congress today calling for the dis
solution of the duma and council of the empire.
FIN LAND SEEKS'INDEPENDENCE
HELLSINGFORS, Friday, June 22.—The social
democratic congress of Finland has adopted resolutions
demanding the'separation of Finland from Russia and
the formation of an independent republic.
CAN TRIPLE TRAFFIC
PETROGRAD, Thursday, June 21.—The American
railway commission alter a partial inspection of Russia s
railroad resources is confident that with the existing de
ficiency in rolling stock that traffic can be increased
more than three fold. #_
NORMAN CERTAINLY HAD BAD LUCK
(By United States Csble)
SEATTLE, Friday, June 22.—A. J. Norman, civil en
gineer, while hiding in his chicken coop, awaiting the ex
pected arrival of a burglar who had twice before rifled
the Norman residence, fell asleep and was himself fatally
w.Mnded by the prowler last night._
SIDNEY ANDERSON’S
FATHER DIES AT
KANSAS CITY
W. W. Anderson, father of Sidney
Anderson of the Bank of Seward, died
last night at Kansas City following a
prolonged illness. Advices to this ef
fect were received here from Sidney,
who went outside recently and was
able to reach his father before the
end came.
FRIEND OF KAISER
ESCAPES WITH FINE
Frank Mauer, who spent a night in
jail for “Hocking" the kaiser, appear
ed before Municipal Judge Poehlmann
yesterday on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly and was fined $25 and
sentenced to 90 days in jail. The jail
sentence was suspended, however,
pending better conduct in the future.
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{ BOATS AND TRAINS
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Mariposa will arrive sometime this
evening from the westward.
Admiral Farragut will probably ar
rive Sunday.
Santa Ana is due to arrive tomor
row.
Train will leave at 9 o’clock Sun
day morning.
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THE WEATHER
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ii Minimum .-.*9 ||
11 1<
ii Current .-.—59 ||
Clear, south winds.
WEATHER TOMORROW 11
Clear, southerly winds.
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