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LONDON. Sept.. 30^-The British
are fighting in the outskirts ot t am- j
brai. This is the official announce
ment. The British entered the sub
urbs northeast ot Loeallot. The C«ei
mun counters! and the British were
driven back a short distance.
S\ LIES MAKE CAPTURES
LONDON. Sept., oO. — Official —
Since July lb. the Allies have taken
200,000 prisoners, T000 guns and 20,
(HH) machine guns besides enormous
war muterials.
CAPTURE MORE VILLAGES
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Sept., :I0.—Letcatelet. Lav
acqueris, Nauroy and Bony, all vill
ages in the St. Quentin sector have
been captured. The British are as
I tride the St. Quentin-Cambrai rail-1
road.
FALL OF CAMBRAI DTK
LONDON. Sept.. «0. — Official —
The fall of Cambrai is only a matter
of time. The Allies have gained im
portant footing on the eastern side ot
the Du Noid canal and in the neigh
borhood of Belicourt. There is a
liklihood that St. Quentin will soon
share the same fate as Cambrai. The
enemy is apparently retiring from
Ch* *m i ndesdames. The h rench line ha.
been advanced two miles to the high
est point commanding the whole ridge.
ATTACK EARLY TODAY
LONDON. Sept.. :'.0. — Official —
The British and Americans launched
an attack early this morning north
west of St. Quentin. Fierce fighting
continues along the entire front from
St .Quentin to Scarpe. thirty five
miles distant. The British encircle
ment of Cambrai is progressing fav
orably. The Canadians have captur
ed the defense known as Mavcoing
Masnieres* line as far no?lh as Saille\.
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
LONDON, Sept.. 30. — The British
Americans and Canadians went for
ward during the night between Belli
court and Bondeui in spite of the se
verest opposition. Gen Haig reports
that the Americans joined the British
and Canadians two days ago on the
advance around Cambrai. Many pris
oners and a large number of guns
have been captured.
Haig reports, that the British north
of St. Quentin have smashed the Hin
dehnrg line two miles over an eight
mile front.
l\ S. AVIATORS WIN
AMERICAN ARMY, NORTHWEST
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SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 30. 1918.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 30— The Bulgarian armis
! tice has been signed. Official information has reached
here . The Bulgar armistice is the first break in the Teu
tonic Alliance. It is semi-officially reported that the Al
lies terms include the demobolization of the Bulgarian
army and Bulgary is to withdraw all armies from Allied
soil.
Berlin is now cut off from Constantinople.
HOSTILITIES ENDED AT NOON.
LONDON, Sept., 30— Chancellor Law stated thi.s
afternoon that the Bulgarians signed the convention
ending hostitilities at noon today. Bulgaria surrenders
completely the control of Railroads.
PRESIDENT DRAWS DRAFT CAPSULE.
WASHINGTON, Sept.. 30— President Wilson drew
the first capsule in the drawing to help determine the
positions in the respective classes of the 13,000,000 re
gistered in the new draft. The first number was 322;
the next numbers, 7277. 6708, 1027, 16169, 8366, 5366,
1697 and 7123.
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OF VERDUN. Sept.. 30.—The Amer
ican aviators again demonstrated last
Saturday that they were also masters,
of the air. In the sector they had r>2
combats and downed 33 German ma
chines without the loss of any.
RENEW ATTACK
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PARIS, Sept., 30.—Official — The
French in the Champagne sector it»
newed the attack at daybreak. The
Americans have been advancing day
and night.
HI NS REPULSED
PARIS, Sept., 30.—The Germans
south of St. Quentin attacked the
French this forenoon in an attempt to
recapture Hill 88 but they were repul
sed.
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LIST OF JURORS DRAWN
FOR COURT TERM AT VALDEZ
UNPARALLED FEAT OF ALL WARS.
PARIS, Sept., 30— Commander-in-chief I'och is to
day fighting five battles simultanenously. The feat is un
paralleled in the history of this or any other war. Each
battle is so timed and placed that each army supports
another ail forming an indispensable part of the whole
effort to wear down the Germans.
It is believed by military critics that the Germans
•'will soon withdraw to the Antwerp-Metz line. The Ger
mans are still fighting well on all fronts.
TURKEY MAY RE NEXT TO QUIT.
LONDON, Sept., 30— There is a strong belief here
that the next step in the European war will l>e an offer
from Turkey.
ALLIES MAKE BULGARIANS TERMS.
PARIS, Sept., 30— It is stated officially that the
armistice with the Bulgars and concluded today was on
the Allies own terms.
The Bulgarian delegates to sign the armistice ar
rived at Saloniki late Saturday and were General Lon
koff, commander of the Second Bulgarian Army and M.
Radeff, former member of the Cabinet.
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HAVRE, Sept., MO.— The Belgian
official statement says that the Bel
gians and British have defeated the
Germans in heavy lighting on Fland
ers ridge and also on the Messine^
anw Wytschaete ridges.
SEWARD DOY
KILLED AT .
FRONT
DISTINCT PROGRESS
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LONDON, Sept., 30.—Evening re
ports tells of Allies progress in aV
sectors on the Flanders fi-ont especi
ally the sector under attack between
Dixmunde and Ypres. Six thousand
prisoners were taken last night.
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
LONDON, Sept., 20.—Sunday’s ofti
rial statement said that the British
and Flanders and continuing progress
and advanced a maximum depth of
eight miles. Over 0000 prisoners were
taken Saturday night and also 200
guns. The British and Belgians are
threatening the line of comunication
of the Germans in all parts of Bel
gium.
Max Poehlmann former well known
Seward young man, has been killed in
action in France. The radio boys at
the head of the Bay have received
this information in the casualty lists
sent out by the government. One
list showed that the Seward man h:»«
been wounded and the next day, he
died from his wounds. The next of
vin as given in the official list, is Otto
Poohlman. Seward, “Nebraska”. Otto
Poehlmann is now .in the navy service
at San Diego.
Max Poehlmann was connected
with the commission hei*e and left foi
he states to enlist about a yearago.
The following are the grand and pc
tit jurors for the U. S. district cow*f
in session at Valdez:—
Grand Jurors— E. Bertholf, La
touche; James Clark, Latouche; Rob
ert Shaffer, Fidalgo; C. A. Mellison,
Cordova; L. A. Decker, Valdez; H
Beebe, Cordova; R. A. W. Kraapitz.
Valdez; J. S. M. Nelson, Chitna; W.
R. Shelhorn, Seward; Partly How
ard, Cordova; H. S. Kerr, Cordov* :
James Henry, McCarty; A. LaMott.
Cordova: C. S. Bratton, Cordova; Rob
ert Kelsey, Valdez; Fred Radell, La
touche; M. 1*. W. Frye, McCarty; J.
1'. Hall, Cordova; J. 0. Parker, Sew
ard; John Noon, Seward; William ?:c
Fadden, Cordova; Romaine Scott.
Valdez; James Hylands, McCarty.
Petit Jury— Charles Cochran, Cor
1 dova; John S. Neilson, Latouche; L
! E. Ray, Cordova; W. E. Brown, Cor
dova; Walter Wolf, Cordova; William
! L. Smith, Cordova; T. H. Reams, Sew
ard; J. D. Ix>ring, Cordova; W. J.
Shepard, Kyak; Rr B. Giles, Cordova*
Henry Russell, Seward; J. W. Deevt r.
j Cordova; G. R. Higginson, Cordov;. *,
I W. G. Sutton, Cordova; William Cro
ket, Cordova; F. E. McConaghy, Cor
dova; Horace 1/each, Cordova; J. E.
Richardson, Cordova; John J. Ross.
McCarthy; Archie Parks, Valdez; L
G. Belter, Cordova; W. P. Henry. Sew
ard; F. A. Schumacher, Latouche;
John Erickson, Valdez; C. F. Bounce,
i Cordova; Joe Reeves, Cordova; Paul
Bloedhorn, Cordova; James Brady
Seward; Oscar Margraf, McCaity: N.
Anderson, Latouche.
INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX
IN HOUSE WAR RESERVE BiLL
WASHINGTON,Sept., HO— A nor
mal tax of 12 per cent on net income
of individuals, together with i. provi
sion that the rate shall be 6 per cent
upon the first $4,000 . written in the
house $8,000,000,000 war revenue bdl.
has been approved by the senate Lo
anee committee.
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PRESIDENT TAKES A HAND
WASHINGTON, Sept., HO.— Presi
dent Wilson stepped .into the breach
in the Senate fight on the Woman’s
suffrage amendment today and pre
sided over the session personally. He
addressed the Senate asking the pass
age of the amendment as a war meas
ure.
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PARIS, Sept., oO.—The Serbians
are continuing their battle against
the Bulgurs pui*suing the enemy ami
have taken Kovtisaplach near Char
evo, six miles from the Bulgar border
at St. Nicholas. The Serbians are
now north of Voles. Large fires are
reported to be raging around Uskub.
ITALIANS TAKE BASE
ROME, Sept., 30.—Official — The
important Bulgarian base of Krashvo
twenty miles north oi Monastir has
been captured by the Italians who
have driven the enemy from the
mountain ranges between the Corna
and Velika rivers.
CHEIIVO IS CAPTURED
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KAISER SAYS “FIGHT”
LONDON, Sept., 30.—The Kaiser
is understood to have telegraphed the
West Phalian Patriotic Society say
ing the Germany is to utilize all force
to fight and enforce the defense of
the war until victorious end is secur
ed and the Fatherland is portected
against foreign invasion.
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STEAMER POPE.
.. Steamer Admiral Schley is expect
•ed in port tomorrow afternoon.
Steamer Admiral Farragut has not
been reported but is expected here to
morrow afternoon or early Wednes
day.
Steamer Alameda is the next boat
from the south and due here about
next Friday or Saturday.
SULZER COMING WEST.
CANDIDATE HERE .
James A. Wilkenson, seeking the
senatorship in the Third division, is in
■Seward on his way to Valdez, Cordo
va and McCarty. Mr. Wilkenson in
tern Is to return to Seward and ad
dress the voters.
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LATE CAGLEGRAMS XZX XZXZZ
HITS A MINE
WASHINGTON, Sept., .SO.— The
battleship Minnesota, which struck a
mine off the Atlantic coast, arrived
in port safely today and is now in p
dry dock. There were no casualties
LONDON, Sept., 80.— It is offici
ally repotted that the Serbians in
Macedonia have captured the Bulgar
ian city of Chcrvo with several thou
sand prisoners. Heavy lighting start
ed east of Veles but the Bulgarians
retired.
The Bulgak around St. Nicholas
are retreating but the Serhians ait?
said to be on an encirclement move
ment which will cut the retreat off.
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HUN OFFICER QUITS
AMSTERDAM, Sept., 80— It is re
ported that the German foreign Sec
retary Von Hiyzo has resigned,
SEWARD PEOPLE MARRY.
According to a Seattle Times of re
•cot dat*f W'll'iii", K. Rf,n' aged *<?••
and Elizabeth Torrey, aged 16, were
married in Seattle. Mr. Reilly is a
former radio boy and known as “Bud
and Elizabeth Torrey left here early
in the summer with her parents for
Seattle.
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If you can’t say a good word for
vour neighbor move out of his neigh
borhood.
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TO ENLIST IN THE NAVY.
Jafet Lindeburg, prominent mine
operator of the Nome distinct who is
on the Victoria, is going to San Fran
cisco and will enlist in the navy ac
cording to statements made to friends
here last night.
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CARDIFF, WALES, Sept., 30
Three thousand railroad men, v.ho
have been on a strike here, have de
cided unanimously to resume work,
immediately.
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Charles A. Sulzer, Delegate of
Alaska, is expected to come to the
westward on the steamer Alamed*’.
Possibly Delegate Sulzer will go di
rect to Anchorage, then come to Sew
ard over the railroad and proceed to
Valdez Cordova and out to Chitnia.
LAD THE*Q ATE WAT
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PARIS, Sept., 30— Gabrieke D’
Annunzio, the famous Italian author
and aviator, arrived in Paris today in
an aeroplane, flying- from Italy aero s
. the Alps.