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Coal hunkrs and necessary docks tor the United
States Navj D pa •tment will be constructed in Seward,
this summer provided a clause in the naval appiopi iaticn
hill , now in a committee, is reported favorably.
Senator Miles Pointdextor has secured the insertion
of a clause -’1 the naval hill for an appropriation of $1,000
000 to he used by the U. S. NAVY, for mining coal or con
tracting for coal in Alaska, tor transportation to Sewaim
and for the const rut ion of coal bunkers at Seward and nee
esary dock.
* Charles A. Sulzer, Delegate from Alaska, wired the
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above facts to the Editor of the Gateway this forenoon
and added:“Navel appropriation now in conference. I am
doing all 1 can to have clause introduced by Sen. Pointdex
ter retained and believe the appropriation will be made".
The l nited States Navj Department has a reserva -
ion of about 33 acres,on the point and continuous teritory
about half a mile below the city limits. For sometime it
has been known that the Navy Department contemplate.)
itiuzing this reserve for the construction of bunker an 1
necessary docks.
It is also known that certain officials of the Navy De
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'lartment have declared that Resurrection Bav has been
elected for the delivery of coal for the war vessels of the
Navy.
Favorable reports have been made regarding the coal
now being mined on Cook Inlet, and owing to Resurrection
Bay being open the year round for traffic, the Navy Dep
partment will now, at the discretion of the Secretary o
the Navy,provided Se". Pointdexter,s clause to the naval
appropration bill passes, begin construction of coal bunk
ers and docks in this locality.
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WASHINGTON. Juno 2 — Th« lar
y?,t annaujul army * uprouriauion hi»lu
hi>tory. ca ryint? $12.041.0omM'O arul
authorizing tho l’re Mont to cah into
-erv.iot all men who can be trained ur.d •
equipped, was today passed by the
•House and immediately sent to the
Senat * where it w ill speedily be put i
♦h rough.
TELLS RAILROADMEN
TO STICK ON THE JOB
WASHINGTON, J
Genera! McAd»»o, of t!u* l uited States
railroad system, tast niifht reminded
ihe railroad employees that they \v»o
employees ot the l in ted Slates in
ii»>io of war and that a stride n.e:
a blow tc the yovomemtne am! tlnv
for the protection of hundreds of thou
sands of American troops on the bat
tle front.
Director General McAdoo ^ent te e
a»n> u the heads of labor unions
t avin.T shopmen ainon.tr their members
v;n i(iv that the goxernm nt ‘aiu.ot b<
k toieed or intimuUited and calleduiHm
all men to remain at their duties and
ivply upon him for better wages and
a-*tter working conditions, Director
! • Vneral Me Adoo said that be woul
•jv* just consideration to all claims
! made.
ALASKA ROAD WAGES
SAME AS LAST YEAR
OFFENSIVE Of
AUSTRIANS iS
ABOUT READY
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, June
l _The Austrian offensive will soon
begin in earnest, Italian officers told
the Associated Press today, ihe Ital
ian armies are throughly prepared,
perhaps better than before as r *gards
to modem war material.
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GOOD SCHOOL RECORD
School closed yedonlay and accord
ing to figures submitted by Miss
Belle Wallace, priticapal, the school
closed with enrollment of ?'» which was
ten more than .at the same time last
year. The highest enrollmen* .va • lOfl
pupils. The pupils made up all tb
work lost last year, owing lo i quaran
tine and everything is ready to go dr
iag the n*xt t#rjn.
“Wa «•<».. Seward Pi'-tric*. same scale -
as last year. Laborers $ l per day; car
penters SB per day. teamsters $4.50
per day, SI per day deducted when
, above employees are subsisted by the
Hoad Commission.”
(Signed) Alaska Road Commis
sion, Juneau, Alaska.
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The above dispatch from Juneau has i
h. on received in Seward following an
inquiry made after the rumor had been
circulated along the coast of a higher
s-ale. Thescale published m the pap
ers recently applied to wages *
Rnirb.nk*- district Mitar. <i and other
options of the interior and is the
ame scale ns- was in effect last year.
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NO SEARCHING PARTIES
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So search parties will be sent out by
the territorial officials for Bill Weaver
and Ben Swe°zy, whose boat was
found near Bear glacier this week and
brought oa Seward. It is probably
that the administrators of-the two es
tates may send out ,a party but this is
not know'n definitely.
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ATLANTIC POdT, Juno 1 — Ac
cording to authentic information A
•Jernian submarine lying in wail off
the Irish coast for the American Loop
ships, was lammed and sunk,
transport which sunk the Hun L —
boat, is one of the hugest liners known
The liner hit the submarine amidslu]
after it had fired a torpedo, and cut
through the little devil craft like a
knife through cheese.
GREEKS TAKE
PRiSONRS ON
BATTLE FRONT
LONDON*. Junel — Mor^ than 1500
German and Bulgarian prisioners
among them 33 officers and a large
Quantity of war material, have been
captured by he Grek troors on the
Macedonian front.
METHODIST CHURCH
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Rev. J. J. Patton, Pastor.
11 a. m., Sermon and worship.
12:15 p. m., Sunday School.
7:30 p. m., Theme, “Christ First”.
All are cordially invited.
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. G.. J. Zinn, minister in charge.
Services Sunday June 2nd 1918.
11 a. m., Holy Communion and Ser
mon.
7:S0 p. m. Evening Service and Ser
mon.
NEW YORK. June 1 —(Associated
Press sinnmar}) •— Having reached
the Maine, the Germans are today
.tiiking westward, evidently to Gim
.inate the Montdidier salient and push
it below Amiens to cut off Paris from
the North.
The French report the German , re
gress slow. French counter attacks
have forced the Germans to give groan
and also, late tin’s afternoon, prevent
ed tho Gormans from closing the
j Marne.
The Teuton center < mid to be a t
vwnci ng steadily but slowly. The Ger
mans simultaneously struck the Allie’s
j left flanks along h<* Ailette, am! <1 iv*
the Allies back. The A1 lice line now
runs f'-'mi Sois«ons Ihreuth Spagnoe
Planchcou*! to the Oise river, eight
miles east of Xoyon.
The present offensive suggests the
posibility of the resumption of the j
Genian d’ive down the Oise valley
towards Paris. The Allies checked o
jsimiliar drive last M.arcli.
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SENTENCED BY
JUDGE BROWN
VALDEZ, June 1 — C. E. Burr, of
Seward, found guilty of an assault up
on a Valdez child, was this morning
sentenced by Judge Bdown to six
months in jail and a fine of $.‘>00. This
is the maximum sentence .and Judge
Brown expressed deep regret that he
could not give Burr more.
W. E. Jackson, charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses at
Seward, was sentenced to one year’s
imprisonment.
John Manuel Shea, convicted if the
muider of T. J. Buck, atCordova last
fall, was given a life sentence today
by Judge Brown Shea shot and killed
Buck, the latter having married the
former’s wife, after divorced.
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“YEAS' WIN DEBATE
The debate before the Literary Soc
iety at the school yesterday afternoon
“resolved, that immigration be pro
hibited after the Ware’, was decided
in favor of the affiirmatives by the
judges. The affirmatives made- their
points on prohibitory immigration of
the Huns, .and won. These on the affi
rmative were Elizabeth Torrcy, Joe
Bradshaw and Dorothea Woolley, neg
ative Elizabeth Romig, Ruth Guy %nd
Helen Talla$en.
" LONDON, June, 1— The British General Staff tells
the Associated Press that the Germans have reached the
right bank of the Marne river on a ten mile front.
The new development today is the German attempt to
extent attacks from the Champagne region to east of Rh
eims where the Teutons were reported attacking early
this morning.
BERLIN, June 1 — (Official) — On one front, from
Noyon to west Rheims, the German attack is progress
nig favorably.
PARIS, June 1 — (Official) The German attacks on
the French positions on the right bank of the Ailette riv
er have been repulsed. The Germans have reached th<*
Marne, light detachments having penetrated as far as the
river between Chartves and Jaulgonne.
WASHINGTON, June 1 — Commander Pershing’scom
munication early today says that an American raid in the
Woevere sector, on the enemy advanced positions were
successful. The enemy positions were destroyed and
many Teutons were killed wounded or made prisioners.
WITH THE AMERICANS June 1 — After sharp
lighting the Americans repulsed four German attacks at
Cantigny today.
American aviators have downed another German
aeroplane northwest of Toul.
PARIS, June 1 — The German attack continued dur
ing the night with redoubled violence along the western
side of the new salient between Soissions and Chateau
Thieery. The French counter atacks and drove the Ger
mans back. The enemy is massed near Siossions along
the Viercy line and are gaining ground everywhere. Al
ong the northern bank of the Mame the Germans pushed
forward. Advance parties from the north and east bor
ders of Chateau Thierry as far as Veneuil station have
made attacks upon the French.
U.S. TRANSPORT IS SUNK
WASHINGTON, June 1 — The United States trans
port President Lincoln, returning home, has been torped
ed and sunk off the Antilles, according to an official re
portmade by the Navy Department.
SEATTLE MAN JAILED—SERIOUS CHARGE
.SEATTLE , June 1— Ludwig Ivann, a Seattle whole
saler, has been arrested and charged with attempting to
give Germany information regarding the American forces
and defenses. Kann is a naturalized German. The govern
ment authorities refuse to give out much information con
cerning the serious charge.