■ .* THE ALASKA EVENING POST
SEWARD. ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917 TEN CENTS PER COPY
\olume XI. Number JH.i. _ ■ - — ■■■ '■ ■■■■—.- .. ■ —»■■■ ■■ -
s :attle
wom n
IN ARMS
General Greene, ( ommanding ( amp
l.euis, Orders All Soldier* IV
Stay Way from Seattle on
A-count of Wickedne ss
WOMKN W1U. MAKK HKOTKST
Will Hold Mas* Meeting and March
to City Hall and Make Demand
That Moral Conditions of
City He Improved.
SKATTLK. Nov. j::. The women
of Seattle composing the various
chapters of the lied Cros* and the
Federated Women’s Clubs with othei
organizations, are planning a mass
meeting to consider steps to remove
the order of General Greene, comman
der of Camp Lewis, which was issued
vesterdav, barring all soldiers from
visiting Seattle.
The leader of the women say tha:
the mass meeting will probably re
sult in a parade down Second Avenue
and up Yesler Way to the City Hall
to demand that the officials clean up
the city immediately.
General Greene in his orders bar
ring soldiers front Seattle, said that
his recent request that the city must
better it’s moral condition, met no re
sponse from Mayor Gil. and the city
councilmen.
Mayor Gill today said that General
Greene was discriminating against
Seattle, and soldiers shouei b<* barred
from Tacoma also when the men were
ordered from Seattle unless on strict
ly camp business or to visit relative.-.
Business men are understood be
hind the women in their demands as;
it is admitted that the commercial :
clean-up in the city*
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FOOD ROTS TO I
BOOST UP THE
PRICES TO C. P.
CHICAGO. Nov. 23.—Nefarious op
erations of food profiteers have been
traced down by detectives in the em
ploy of the federal government, with
in the past two weeks, and today :i
statement was given out that Chica
go has been the center for the ectiv
ity of some of the most unscrupulous
of the food manipulators against the
common people.
One of the discoveries made by the
detectives was during an investigation
in the great local railroad yards. Siz
ing up car after car of perishable veg
etables, the sleuths found that hun
dreds of such cars had purpose!} iwy
er been unloaded but were allowed to
stand on the tracks until their con
tents had spoiled.
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Between three and nve nunanru -
of decayed vegetables were found and
many other cars bad their contents
frozen. There were potatoes, cabbage,
onions and sugar beets in the huge
lots of criminally wasted food.
The fnvestigators have plain evi
dence that the purpose of leadin' the
produce to spoil was to boost prices
by creating a shortage. Arrests are
expected to follow, as the police de
partment has been notified of the con-1
ditions.
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SUBMARINE DESTROYED
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Premier Lloyd
George announced today in the House
of Commons that five German U-;
boats were destroyed yesterday in the
North Sea.
MEARS GIVEN
PROMOTION IN
1 THE O.S. ARMY
Member of the Alaskan Engineering
t orn mission Is Promoted From a
Captaincy to Major—May He
Ordered to the Front
'si (A ESSOR NOT KNOWN HERE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.--Captain
Frederick Mears, one of the three
members of the Alaskan Engineetinj.;
Commission, now building the "ov
ernment railroad in Alaska, was t- •
da\ promoted to the rank of .Major.
It was not stated whether Major
Mears would be ordered from Alaska
immediately or not, but in view oi
other promotions, ho will r^ere *n
I struct ions to itport here very shortly
ami take a t o.nmand.
Major Morv is comparative. »y a
young man, w*l» versed and well up
in military tactics. Previous to leihg
made a member of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission, three year-’
ago, he was with Majot General Goe
thals on the Panama canal commis
sion and prior to that tint* was with
the regular aimy.
in the event of Major Mears being
ordcied to report to the colors, it is
not known in Scwaid, nor In fact An
chorage, according to telegiaph ad
vices. who will • be the commiss'.on
member’s successor.
LENINE WILL
REDUCE SIZE OF
THE RUSS ARMY
PETROGRAD, Nov. 2.*l.—-Bolshevi
ki leader Nikolai Lenine announced »r.
an official statement today, signed a>
acting Premier that he intends to re
due* at ue* e the Russian arm**-**. I■**-■
nine st that he will begin with tlu
ciass of these conscripted and knmn
as the eig n ninety nine's.
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DEVELOPMENT
AT NUKA BAY
TO BE RUSHEO
Preliminary Work Is Completed and
Men Will Be Sent to Property
Early Next Season When a
Mill Will Be Erected
Development work will be rushed
on the property at Nuka Bay next
spring and a mill will be constructed.
This is the statement made by those
interested in the property today. On
the Dora yesterday six men returned
from the property where they have
been engaged in preliminary work.
The men in the party were A'«x Har
rington, P. Skeen, John R ce, D. B.
Redfield end Harry Johnson.
While jii the property a log cabin,
14x10 was badt on the wa er level,,
,1400 feet fr.m the property; a tent
cabin was erected at the timber line
near the property and a shaft was
sunk 20 to 25 feet. Owing to the
lateness of the season, the men re
turned to Seward and everything will
be prepared for further development
in the spring.
The ore is rich, according to the
men, and perfect satisfaction is ex
pressed with the values so far shown.
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Nome’s output this season equalled
that of last year according to the
Xom« Xuggtt.
British Drive Against Hindenburg
Line Progressing Favorably
And Germans Are Forcing
All Men Into the Gap
GREAT AREA IS ( APTI REI)
Tanks, Cavalry and Infantry Keep
Advancing Along Cambrai Road
And Important Goal Only
Three Miles Away
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
I FRANCE, Nov. 2:3.—The success of
the British in the Cambrai sector con
tinues to grow. In the past two nays
the British have captured an area
equal in size to that the Germans won
during the first fifteen days of the
spectacular drive upon Verdun.
British tanks by the scores with the
. cavalry and infantry are now battling
along the line in which in many places
[ is less than three miles from the im
! portant town of Cambrai, the ultimat •
goal of the British forces.
Over nine thousand Germans were
captured late yesterday afternoon and
during the night.
The Germans are reported throwing
their cripples and convalescents into
the gap in hopes of stopping the Brit
ish advance. This is known because
men with their arms still in splints
and men on crutches have been taken
prisoners and they state that they
were thrown out of the camp hospi
tals into the fighting line.
The battle today is raging as of
yore, over open ground.
MUST GET BUSY
TO RAISE FUND
At noon today only $13 of the
apportioned $100 had been raised
in Seward for gifts which the
National Red Cross is to give on
.Christmas to all the soldiers and
sailors of the fighting forces of
the United States. Contribu
tions of $1 are asked as the gifts,
which will be made up in Seattle,
are valued at that amount. The
gifts must leave Seattle by Dec
ember tenth and the Seward
campaign will end one week from
tomorrow night. Mrs. Frank
Blown was the only contributor
yesterday. The $1 purchases a
packet of necesasry articles for
the boys at the front wirch are
not furnished by the government.
How many dollars will !m rolled
in up to tomorrow noon. The
Gateway or any member of the
Red Ci033 will accept th- contri
butions.
HIT BY TRAIN
W. W. Stoddard, while walking
along the railroad this forenoon, was
struck hy a locomotive and knocked
down. He sustained several cuts on
the head and was taken to the hos
pital while unconscious. Several
stitches were taken and this afternoon
Stoddard is still in a dazed condition.
The man is deaf and did not hear the
warning whistle of the locomotive.
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fish quotations
KETCHIKAN, Nov. 23. — Fish
quotations at noon today were as fol
lows: halibut, bare, no receipts; sa
ble, bare, no receipts; red rock, one
and one half cents.
FORMER GOVERNOR DEAD
DENVER, Col., Nov. 23. — James
Hamilton Peabody, governor of Colo
rado during the Cripple Creek strikes
in 1903, died here this forenoor. after
a short illness.
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TEUTONS ARE
OFFERING THE
i RUSS A PEACE
Russian Diplomat Reported to Now
Re on the Way to Petrograd to
Present Proposals to Rebels
For Peace With Germany
NO CONFIRMATION AT BERLIN
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 23.—According
to the Daily Tidingen, a Russian dip
lomat left this city today for Petro
grad. The diplomat is reported to
have been ordered to hand he Rus
sian Revolutionary Government peace
proposals from the Teutonic powers.
The Tidingen claims that its in
fo niation is official but declines to
state from what authority it makes
its statement.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23.--Nothing
is known here regarding the p are
proposals now said to be on the way
to Petrograd. Official advices from
Berlin have from day to day stated
that the Kaiser would not recognize
the present revolutionists.
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GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA
READY TO QUIT OFFICE
'.r.NCOT N. Neb., Nov. 2T—Gov. K
Neville, Democrat, has placed his res
ignation of chief executive of the
state of Nebraska, in the hands of
the Secretary of State. The resigna
tion becomes effective when the Sev
enth Regiment of the National Guards
is accepted into the federal service.
Gov. Neville has been appointed Colo
nel of the Seventh.
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O’LEARY INDICTED
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. -Jeremiah
A. O’Leary, President of the Ameri
can Trutn Soe fty and Edito1* of "Th»
Bull” publication recently banv 1 from
the United States mails, was in lifted,
by a Federal Grand Jury here this af
ternoon for violation of the espionage j
act. O Leajy has been in the iime
light for the past six months and is
now, according to the FtUeial auth
orities, wnere they need him.
VICTORIA WILL
BE PLACED ON
ALASKA ROUTE
Former Nome Steamer To Take the
Place of the Wrecked Steamer
Mariposa—Sails From the
South Next Tuesday
SEATTLE, Nov. 2:).—Steamer Vic
toria, which has been operated during
the past season to Nome, will replace
the wrecked steamer Mariposa on the
Seward-Seattle route. This was the
announcement made here today. The
Victoria will leave here for Seward,
next Tuesday and will go to South
western Alaskan ports via Cape I* lat
tery. Upon the return trip from Sew
ard, the Victoria will call at Valdez
and Cordova then direct to Seattle,
not making any ports in Southeastern
Alaska. The Victoria will remain on
the Alaska route until the steamer j
Northwestern comes off the dock from
an overhauling, then the latter boat
will alternate with the steamers Alas
ka and Alameda on the Seward voy
ages.
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Agent McDonld received a cable
gram this afternoon that the Victoria
would sail next Tuesday from Seat
tle for Seward and way ports, coming
up the outside passage and returning
the 9*mc way.
ALASKA STEAMER
HITS B. C. POINT
PASSENGERS SAEE
SEATTLE, Nov. 23.—Steamer Spo
kane, of the Pacific Steamship com
pany, grounded at Idol Point, in Brit
ish Columbia Waters, midway be
tween Seattle and Ketchikan, last
night during a log. A wireless re
port from the Spokane says that the
steamer is resting on a rocky bottom
and is leaking forward.
All passengers were transferred
safely to another steamer which
reached the scene soon after the acci
dent.
Passengers at Rupert
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Nov. 23.
—Steamer Princess May, of the Cana
dian Pacific Steamship company, op
erating on the British Columbia coast
wise route, arrived here this morning
with 237 passengers aboard taken
from the steamer Spokane which is
believed hard anti fust on the rocks at
MRS. HEIMS IS
VICTOR IN CASE
OF A GRUBSTAKE
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 23. — The
Supreme Court has granted Mrs. Ella
Heim her claim to one half of the
Torcmiah Wilson holding in the Ophir
group of claims at Nome, Seward
Peninsula, Alaska. Mrs. Heim cia.m
od that she grubstaked Wilson. Her
half of the holdings are stated to be
worth at the least $6,000,000. The
case has been in the courts for the
past two years.
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LAUNCH KUMBACK GOES
DOWN IN STORM—MEN
TAKE TO SMALL BOAT
SELDOVIA, Nov. 19. — (Special
Correspondence)—The launch “Kum
cack” under charter to the Kachemak
Canning company, left Seldovia on
the 8th of Novemper for Swanson
Creek to take salt and barrels to Hali
but Cove. She had fine weather and
left Swanson Creek loaded with a
hundred barrels. When olf Ninilchik,
several miles from shore, light north
erly wind and sea and snowing at
times, the boat began making water
so fast the crew could not keep it out.
They had only a few minutes to grab
the handiest things in sight and get
into the small boat. The lights of the
“Kumback” went out of sight before
they were 100 yards away and they
started toward shore. This happened
at 10:00 p. m. on the night of Nov
ember 11 and on the next forenoon
they landed near Anchor point half
frozen but all safe. There were four
men aboard and they did not save
anything excepting the clothes they
were wearing.
From all reports it is a case of
foundering from structural weakness.
The fishermen at Halibut Cove have
altogether about 350 barrels.of hei*
ring packed.
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EASTMAN IS INDICTED
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—Max East
man, publisher of “The Masses” a
magazine recently barred from the
mails, has been indicted by a Fedeial
Grand Jury and a warrant issued for
his arrest. Violation of the esnion
age act is the charge.
Idol Point.
The Princess May was northbound
from Vancouver, B. ('., and answered
distress wireless messages sent out
by the Spokane last night. Tor a time
the Princess May was unable to locate
the Spokane owing to a heavy fog,
hut the weather cleared about mid
night and under a brilliant moon the
work of transferring the passengers
from the Spokane was begun and ac
complished without any accidents.
The passengers were amply provided
for on the Princess May and will re
main here until arrangements are
made to take them to Seattle, which
will possibly be within the next 21
hours.
Many of the passengers on the Spo
kane were those who were aboard the
Steamer Mariposa, which was wreck
ed Sunday morning. They were taker,
aboard the Spokane at Wrangell.
Steamers Standing By
SEATTLE. Nov. 23. — A wireless
message from the Spokane this fore
noon sayj that the Steamer Admiral
Wainwright, ol the Pacific Steamship
company, ai d the steamer Victor a.
of the Alaska Steamship company,
enroute south from Cordova, a.»e
standing by the wrecked vessel and
may attempt to pull her off this af
ternoon but doubts are expressed as
to the successful outcome of this.
It is stated at the offices of the Pa
cific Steamship company, that salvage
tugs will he ordered out from Van
couver and Victoria to go to the as
sistance of the Spokane.
Idol Point is about 20 miles north
of Bella Bella and is within five mih*s
of where the steamer Mariposa went
aground two years ago. The Point
juts out into the regular route ot the
steamers and is a dangerous place to
navigate in clear weather.
Was Making First Trip
The Steamer Spokane was on her
first trip to Southeastern Alaskan
ports having left Seward a week ago
yesterday afternoon,. Thursday, Nov.
15th. The Spokane has been for years
on the Southeastern Alaskan route
but owing to other vessels in the
Southwestern Alaska service being
needed on the Seattle-^an J ranci^co
route, the Spokane was being operat
ed in conjunction with the Admiral
Evans to Seward and way ports.
Captain Archie McKay, formerly
on the Admiral Watson, was master
of the Spokane on the present trip.
It is known that he had a new pilot
aboard with him, who had just been
raised from a first mate. The press
advices do not state who was on the
bridge last night at the time of the
accident.
The passengers leaving on the Spo
kane from Seward for Seattle were:
A. A. Hines, W. B. Bachmore, John
Johnson, John Nelson, Tom Hannon,
Gus Johnson, J. J. Brown and C. E.
Bade.
No word w’3*i r°ceived up to this af
ternoon regarding the mail and ex
press but it is presumed that both
were taken olt the Spokane and un
doubtedly transfe-red with the pas
sengers.
The Spokane met with another dis
aster about three years ago sinking,
while on an ex uirsion trip, in Sey
mour Narrows She wa* ra^ed, ta
ken to Seattle, generally overhauled,
| and put into comrvss* i again and
two years ago was remodeled and
made a regular passenger and freight
steamer.