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Vf v , SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1917. . Ten Cents the Copy
\ olume \ I. Number 111._° _\_1_—
TAR AND FEATHERS;
HOT PITCH APPLIED
TOI.W.W.M MBERS
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 10—Sixty black-robed men, call
ing themselves the “knights oi Liberty, last night seized
seventeen Industrial Workers of the World from the cit\
police and took them to the edge ot the city.
The hooded men made the Industrial Workers strip
to the waist and they were then flogged until the blood
ran from the gashes made by the cat-o-nine-tails. 1 he
men were then tarred and Leathered.
Not a word was spoken during the ceremony except
by the man in charge, who uttered his words in the “name
of outraged women and children of Belgium.”
As the leader applied the hot pitch to the bleeding
backs of the men, and feathers thrown upon them, the
seventeen were then warned to get. They were started on
their way towards the hills and warned never to return to
Tulsa.
The flogging occurred in the center of a ling of au
tomobiles and in the light of the automobile searchlights.
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BILLINGS SENT TO
FOLSOM PRISONTO
SERVE LIFE TERM!
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SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. — Warren K. Billings,
convicted of murder in the Preparedness Day bomb out
rage of July, 1016, was today sentenced to life imprison
ment. Billings was immediately taken to Folsom to l)e
gin serving his sentence.
Before he left the courtroom it was announced that!
Secretary of Labor Wilson had arrived from Washing
ton, D. C., to investigate the Mooney bomb trial at the re
quest of President Wilson.
Billings stated that he was hustled away as a frame
up to get him behind the bai's before the government in
vestigation begun.
SEARCHERS FOR
2 MISSING MEN
FAIL TORETURN
The gasboat New Josie, with the
searchers aboard looking for the twe
Seward huntera, Bill Weaver and Ber
Sweasy, did not return last night and
up to early' this afternoon was stil,
out. It is believed here that if the
hunters were found at Ialick Bay, tht
gasboat would have returned here b)
late yesterday afternoon or early las'
evening. The delay of the New Jo
sie’s return is taken here to indicate
that the two men have been lost.
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BRECK GOING SOUTH
C. R. Breck, who has been con
nected with the A. E. C., in the open
ing of the Matanuska coal fields
leaves for the states on the Mariposa
Besides being a surveyor, Mr. Bred
managed the Matanuska baseball clul
during the past season. Mr. Breck ii
stopping at the Seward.
MONDAY TRAIN
HEREAFTER ON
THE RAILROAD
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Throughout the remainder of the
winter there will be no Sunday train
out over the government railroad. This
was the decision announced today and
the reason for the change is owing to
; a mail contract which requires interior
1 mail be dispatched from Seward every
Monday morning.
The train on Monday morning at 7
• o‘cock. instead of Sunday morning will
- run through to Mile 71 or Kern Creek.
The Iditarod and “Anchorage Emer
gency” mail will be dispatched on the
train, which will also take passengers, j
express and freight:
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WOMEN'S CLUB SEWS
♦
Yesterday afternoon the Women's]
: Club met at the Red Cross headquar-i
) ters in the Railroad building and oc-!
> cupied their time m sewing on various
articles for the boys at the front.
GERMAN AVIATORS
DROP BOMBS UPON
FR NCR HOSPITALS
PARIS, Nov. 10.—German aviators last night drop-:
pcd bombs upon a French hospital at Zuydcoote, killing
seventeen invalids and wounding nine.
The raiders also dropped fifty bombs upon Dunkirk.
Three civilians were killed and three wounded.
WILSON SENT
TO COAST IN
HELLO STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.—Sec
retary of Labor Wilson arrived here
this morning, heading the President's
Mediation Hoard to negotiate a settle
ment in the strike of the Pacific Tele
graph & Telephone electricians and op
erators.
SWASTIKA CLUB MEETS
The Swastika Club, composed of
many of the younger girls of Seward,
met last night with Miss Blanche Cay
lor. An enjoyable evening was spent.
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GERMANS ON PIAVE
BERLIN, Nov. 10.—The official war
statement issued this afternoon says
that the Austro-German forces have
reached the Piave river and a battle
with the Italians is expected within the
next twelve hours.
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CROOK SAILS TODAY
The United States transport Crook
reached Anchorage yesterday after
noon, getting clear of slush ice and is
supposed to sail for Seattle late to
night. The Crook will have over COO
passengers aboard for the south.
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RUSSIA GETS LAND
CLOSE TO SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—The Russian
government has leased 35 acres of
ground near the suburb of George
town and intends to use the land to
assemble 1500 locomotives and 30,000
railroad cars which have been bought
for use on Russian railroads.
LATE CABLEGRAMS
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Liberty bonds of the four
per cent issue broke under par for the first time this morn
ing and fell to 99.98.
BRITISH FRONT, Nov. 10.—The British have passed
many strongly fixed farms north of Goeberg and ad
vanced over half a mile in places. All objectives were
gained today.
BRITISH FRONT IN BELGIUM, — Nov. 10.—The
British attacked in the Pass Ahendaele area today and
advanced eight hundred yards at some points.
LONDON, Nov. 10.—The British have captured the
city of Gala in Palestine. .
JACKSON, Mich., Nov. 10.—Burglars wrecked the
Farmers’ State Bank at Concord this morning near here
and escaped with $18,000 in cash.
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HELSINGFORS
IS TAKEN BY
GERMANIFORCES
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10.—The Ger- j
mans have entered Helsingfors, capi-.
tal of Finland, according to u wireless
report received this afternoon. The
Baltic German fleet is reported to be
at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
ALAMEDA NOW
ON WAY NORTH
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—Steamer Ala
meda sailed at nine o’clock this morn
ing for Southeastern and Southwest
ern Alaska. The following are pius
i gears aboard for Seward: Mrs. \V. A.
McNeiley, Miss S. Sexton, William En
quist, Miss E. Nelson and Miss L.
j Vandcrbogert.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
! SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—At noon to
day halibut was quoted at 21'ac and
sable fish at 6c.
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THAW ONCE MORE
NEW YORK Nov. 10.—Applica
tion has been made to a local court
for a guardian’s appointment to look
after the affairs of Harry K. rlha\v.
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FIGHTING IN FLANDERS
LONDON, Nov. 10—Stormy weather
today did not stop the British trom
making new advances along the \ pres
and capturing several Germ ar
trenches.
MAXIMALISTS NAM:
LENINEAS PR MIER
NEW GOVERNMENT
BULLETIN, Washington, Nov. 10. — The United
States government announced this afternoon that rela
tions have been practically suspended with the Russian na
tion. This is done until the situation is more clearly de
fined.
NO AMERICANS HARMED IN REVOLUTION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Ambassador Francis, to
Russia, advised the State Department today that no
Americans had been harmed in the revolution of the Max
imalists.
Ambassador Francis said in his code message that it
was impossible to obtain information from the country
outside of Petrograd as the Bolsheviki government had
hold of all wires and controlled both telegraph and tele
phone systems.
LENINE UNOFFICIALLY NAMED A PREMIER
PETROGRAD, Nov. 10.—The members of the All
Russian Congress and the Delegates to the Workmen’s
and Soldiers’ Council have unofficially named a new cabi
net for the Maximalists’ government. The cabinet is com
posed entirely of Bolsheviki. Nikolai Lenine is Premier
and Leon Trotsky is the Russian Foreign Minister. The
cabinet will serve until the Constitutional Assembly ap
proves of it or selects another.
TO DECLARE THREE MONTHS’ ARMISTICE
UNDATED—The Russian Maximalist government is
lo offer an immediate armistice ot three months. During
the three months, representatives of the people and those
of the belligerent nations will settle peace questions. This
is according to a statement by new Premier Lenine.
MOSCOW JOINS THE NEW GOVERNMENT
LONDON, Nov. 10.—It is reported here today that
Moscow, the supposed new seat of the provisional govern
ment of Rusisa, has joined the Maximalists.
WHEREABOUTS OF KERENSKY UNKNOWN
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10—The present whereabouts
of former Premier Kerensky, of Russia, is unknown. He
has seemingly disappeared during the past three days.
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BRIGHT LIGHTS
OF BROADWAY
TO BE DIMMED
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10. — The great
White Way along Broadway is to glow
hereafter from 7:45 o'clock at night to
only 11. The lights have been shin
ing heretofore from dusk to daylight. J
The dimming of the lights of Broad- j
way is the result of the fuel adminis
trator’s order to cut down on the use
of coal in generating electricity.
It is estimated that 250,000 tons will J
be saved ye;#vly by the curtailment of
the bright lights in New \ork alone:
A nation-wide curtailment of electric
signs may be necessary and possibly j
signs will be eliminated altogether.
Broadway's glimmering goes into j
effect tonight
MAIL CARRIERS
ARE PICKED UP
GOING TO KERN
Tom Finnegan and Art Speckhar,
who started out from Mile 52 over the
trail early in the week for Kern Creek,
arrived at the latter place last night,
with the assistance of a train crew of
the Alaska Engineering Commission.
Finnegan and Speckhar started with
fifty dogs to be used for the winter
mail service. Yesterday morning their
whereabouts were unknown and
friends began to grow’ uneasy. A lo
comotive wras sent out from Kern
Creek and picked the two men up at
Mile 63. The dogs were scattered
around the country but w'ith the ex
ception of three, all w’ere caught and
taken into Kern Creek.