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THE ALASKA EVENING POST
Volume X,. Number 203. ~" S~EWARdTALaIk A/THURSDAY, AUGUST 23,1917._Ten Cent8 the
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GAIN ALL GROUND LOST
AT START OF GREAT
iATTLE LAST Y AR
(Rr Associated l*rcs» Dispatch)
PARIS, Aug. 23. (Official).—Turning on the Teutons
French forces north of Verdun, having resisted two night
counter attacks on positions occupied Monday, took the
offensive again last night and smashed through at lorto
mont farm, taking a fixed German position with twenty
four guns. , , , .
Capture of the redoubt brought the total of prison
ers taken since the start of the French offensive on the
Meuse up to 7.000.
Minor counter attacks were made at dawn but the
opposing regiments were not abie to muster sufficient le
serves and were beaten back without difficulty. The new
ly occupied position is the object of considerable shelling
today, however.
The French now control all ground held at the be
ginning of the great battle of last year except Hill 304,
which the enemy maintain at considerable cost.
All objectives north of Verdun having been attained,
a fresh artillery preparation will be necessary before ad
ditional advances can lie made, the heavj guns aie be
ing moved forward this afternoon.
Incendiary bombs dropped by German aviators on
two hospitals behind the Verdun front killed ten wounded
men and one woman nurse and nineteen male nurses.
GOOD TURNOUT
NEW “NON-COMS”
Interest Shown in Drill by Members
of Seward Military
Unit
Appointment of non-com misioned
officers for the year or until it is
deemed necessary to make changes
was announced at drill last night by
Capt. J. J. Ryan.
There was a good turnout and plenty
of snap to the drilling. The company
officers took turns in giving the com
mands, getting as valuable practice
as the men in the ranks. It is prob
able that the next drill will be held
out of doors, the weather permitting.
The officers appointed follow:
Hamilton GratT, first sergdant;
William P. Henry, quartermaster
sergeant; J. J. Finnegan, sergeant;
Ehrich Lucas, sergeant; R. C. Coburn,
sergeant; E. L. Sweek, corporal; F.
Allen Taylor, corporal; Max W. Poehl
mann, corporal; E. S. Jaccard, cor
poral; Chas. A. Sheldon, corporal;
George A. Mitchell, corporal.
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COURT DECIDES IN FAVOR
OF CITY IN TAX CASE
Judge Fred M. Brown handed down
a decision this morning in which he
decided in favor of the city in the case
of J. L. Graef vs. Town of Seward,
concerning delinquent taxes on a spe
cial improvement. Argument was had
on both sides prior to the court’s ac
tion.
AN AUSTRIAN
CORPS CRUSHED
Wholesale Attack Along the Isonzo
Results in rapture of 13,000
Soldiers
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BULLETIN
ROME, Aug. 23, (Official).—Furi
ous fighting continues on the Isonzo
front, latlian forces making gains dur
ing the night and today on the north
ern and southern wings. The total
j number of prisoners was increased
during the day 3.000, making the
grand total for the offensive 10,000 to
date.
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
ROME. Aui. 23, (Official).—The to
1 tal number of Austrian prisoners
I taken on the Isonzo front during the
recent offensive, including yesterday,
is reported from field headquarters to
be over 13,000. An entire Austrian
corps was broken up and thirty pieces
I of artillery were captured,
i Italian forces gained new successes
along the whole battle line. North of
Gorizia operations are pr9ceeding
regularly, while to the south the
struggle is localizing, especially on
the Carzo front.
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| JAMES T. NEWTON NAMED
COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—James
T. Newton, of Georgia, has been nom
inated commissioner of patents.
MILLIONAIRES HARD
HIT IY WAR TAX
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The Senate has adopted
an amendment formally making the tax on all million
aire’s incomes 67 per cent. It is expected that a general
protest will result but the heads of the government have
determined if possible to place the burden of the war on
those most able to bear it.
ABANDON BIG
GUARD CAMP
AT PALO ALTO
Unreasonable Demand Results In An
Order for Troops to Mobilize
In East
(Ily Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, (Official.)
Plans for the great National guard
training camp at Palo Alto have been
abandoned and the troops from Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming, which had been ordered
there will be sent to Charlotte, North
Carolina.
The abandonment of Camp Fre
mont at Palo Alto was ordered be
cause local health authorities insisted
on unreasonable sewerage prepara
tions which would increase the camp
cost to an excessive sum.
DON’T FORGET
BUTREGISTER
Hundred and Seventy-nine Have En
rolled Here—Only Eight
Days Remain
Only eight more days remain in
which men of military age can reg
ister and be within the law. After
that date every man between the ages
of 21 and 31, not carrying his regis
tration card showing his number and
name will be subject to arrest, fine
and imprisonment.
There is no doubting the patriotism
of local men, for they have not only
registered but many are seeking to
enter various lines of the service. The
only danger is that someone in a re
mote camp or out the line may neg
lect to register until too late.
There are registrars at Seward,
Roosevelt, Moose Pass, Mile 52 and
Kern Creek, so no one should overlook
his duty .
The total number enrolled here was
17!) at noon.
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GOVERNMENT
MAY PAY OVER
$2 FOR WHEAT
Government Will Take Whole C rop If
Price ( annot be Agreed l pon
by Dealers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. — The
price to be paid by the food adminis
tration for the portion of 1917 wheat
crop, which it buys, will probably ex
ceed $2 per bushel.
Prices are to be fixed next week
and the government stands ready to
buy the entire crop for distribution
if dealers and the food administration
cannot agree on what should be
charged.
i. BOATS AND TRAINS j
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The Admiral Evans is due at five
o’clock.
No word has been received from the
Victoria.
The Santa Ana is due Monday.
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OPENING OF COAL
M m SHIFT OF
PACIFIC SEA LAN [S
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
General changes in marine routes and sea schedules
on the North Pacific following the commercial opening
of the Matanuska coal fields are being contemplated by
the shipping interests of countries on both sides of the Pa
cific, which are so extensive as to practically revolutionize
sea traffic from North America to the Orient.
The full value of high-grade bituminous coal to the
Pacific has not yet been realized here, people being too
close to the situation to take in its full scope.
An idea can be gained, however, by considering the
fact that coal from England and from Virginia is con
veyed by ship to ports in every part of the world, includ
ing the Pacific Coast and Asia. It is at once apparent
that the shorter haul from Alaska will mean that consum
ers on both sides of the Pacific will avail themselves of
this opportunity, once the coal is on the market.
This is realized by interests back of the big Japanese steamship lines
and in preliminary arrangements are already under discussion for the rout
ing of Japanese ships between Seattle and the Orient to more northerly
course taking in Alaskan ports. Japanese consular reports have already
been filed for the benefit of steel and iron interests in Nippon showing the
value of Alaskan fuel.
Plans are now under way by the Admiral line by which Wayne Plue,
its local agent, will be able to sell tickets from Seward to Hawaii on their
own boats, and by the time coal from Matanuska is available for commer
cial use, Seward people will be able to go from here to San Francisco via
the beautiful isles of the Southern sea.
The opportunity for a triangular run between Pacific Coast, Hawaiian
and Alaskan ports is at once apparent, because of the general demand for
merchandise and fuel, as well as the passenger possibilities.
Vesels leaving Seattle with full cargoes for Alaska can take on coal
here for Hawaii, and take sugar and Hawaiian products to Seattle. The
tourist possibilities of such a route arc tremendous.
The first step in this plan by the Admiral line has been to put the S. S.
Senator on a direct run from Puget Sound to Honolulu and return, which
will be continued until coal production here is a reality. The Senator left
Seattle on its first trip August 11th. The trans-Pacific business between
Puget Sound and Hawaii is in its infancy and is necessarily being encour
aged by shippers, but by the time fuel is available here it will be built up to
a substantial condition.
RUSH WORK ON
CANTONMENT
Over Building An Hour Completed At
American Lake During
the Past Week
SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—Over a build
ing an hour has been the record in
construction work at the American
Lake cantonment. In addition to the
buildings for the cantonment, which
number 477, work is well started on
the base hospital which includes 59
buildings, to cost $500,000.
Corrals are being completed for i5,
000 head of horses and mules due here
September 5th.
The cantonment buildings include
361 barracks, stables and warehouses.
! All of the buildings in four infantry
barracks are completed.
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CALL HALT ON
LUMBER MILLS
Must Declare for Eight-Hour Day Or
Tnions Will Not Handle
Manufactured Material
SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—The Central
Labor Council voted last night that
all lumber mills and camps throughout
the Northwest, in which the eight-hour
rule is not adopted before September
1st, will be listed as unfair.
The result will be that union labor
will refuse to handle lumber manufac
tured by mills not granting an eight
hour day.
Many of the mills are holding out
and the enforcement of this order will
cause considerable delay both in the
shipyards and at the American Lake
cantonment, unless the government
intervenes.
CLASS ROW ON
IN RUSSIA NOW
Discontents Line Up Against the Gov
ernment in Extraordinary
National Conference
(Ily Associated Preii Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Aug. 23.—Confer
ences are being held at Moscow pre
paratory to opening the Extraordin
ary National Council and indicate that
a clash may occur.
Preliminary meetings indicate that
proceedings are likely to be a strug
gle of the cabinet backed by Social
ists against the “bourgoise” consist
ing of constitutional democrats, dis
contented business men of Moscow and
dismissed generals. All of the latter
class agree in severely criticizing the
i present course of the cabinet and de
i mand radical changes. Premier Ke
rensky is excepted from condemnation
however.
BOMBS ADD TO
FIRE HORROR
ATSALONIKI
Military Forces Feed Homeless After
Burning of Walk'd City
On the Aegean
(By Aiaociatfd Prem Diapatrh)
SALONIKA, Aug. 23.—Sixty thou
sand persons made homeless by the
fire within the walled city are camping
on the outskirts of the town and are
being fed by the military authorities.
Over 30,000 are being fed by the Brit
ish alone.
Property losses in the fire are enor
mous, the loss by insurance companies
totalling $10,000,000.
Greek citizens are greatly enraged
at the Germans and Bulgarians as the
result of a barbarous act during
the fire, when three Teutonic avi
ators, attracted to the scene by the
great pall of smoke, circled above the
city and dropped bombs while the fire
raged.
ANOTHER ANGLE
U. S. ALLIANCE
Popular Cashier Long Under Stars
and Stripes, Is Admitted to
Full Citizenship
This morning, at U. S. Commis
sioner Whittlesey’s office, another
Anglo-American alliance was consum
mated, the occasion being the grant
ing of final and full American citizen
credentials to Harold S. Balderston,
popular cashier of the Bank of Sew
ard.
The well-known taker of coin has
been in possission of his first papers
practically since he cast aside the
short coat and “bowler” of his early
days in America but his host of
friends declare that it was only when
our President came to the front and
took over the light that was reany
getting too hard for King George, and
slightly beyond his power to handle,
that Mr. Balderston decided it was
up to him to celebrate and show his
appreciation by taking the final
plunge.
Mr. Balderston ably puts it as fol
low's:
“I will alw’ays look with pride on
the actions of my native England, and
while I feel that the advent of the
United States in this war only hast
ens the inevitable outcome, which w'ill
be the complete triumph of the Al
lied troops, I feel that I should do
all in my power to show' President
Wilson that I am in the most hearty
accord with his actions and to that end
have renounced my allegiance to His
Majesty and from now on I am an
American citizen and jolly well proud
of it”
Mr. Balderston is the recipient of
many good w’ishes and congratulatory
messages today from all sides.
29 SAILORS FROM
KOTOHIRA MISSING
Advices received by the marshal’s office last night
indicate that twenty-nine members of the Japanese steam
er Kotohira Maru, wrecked at Amchatca island, are still
missing.
Amchatca island is 380 miles west of Dutch Harbor,
where the twenty survivors landed, who are enroute to
Seward on the Santa Ana. The coast guard cutter Unalga
is now making an island to island search for the missing
men. „„ ,
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