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‘- THE ALASKA EVENING POST
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, !i»JK TEN CENTS PER COPY
Voliimo XL Number -L'». ___ . --........ ...- . .
ITALIANS WIN FIRST VICTORY OF THE NEW YEAR
ARTILLERY DUELS
GREET N H YEAR
ON WESTERN LINE
GENEVA. Jan. 2. — The Italians have won the first
victory of the new year and have driven the Austiians
from the bridge mi the western bank of the I lave livei,
which the Austrians held since last November. Stiong
artilleiy duels are in progress today.
FRENI II FORCES HELPING THE ITALIANS
ROME. Jan. 2. — In the Monte Tonibare region on
the Northern *ront the French have captured many posi
tions between Ostersa, Dimon, 1-erena and Marankinc.
This is the oMk-ial statement. The French have also cap
tured about 2100 men and sixty machine guns from the
Teuton forces now opposing the Italians.
IT VIJANS CONTINUE THEIR OFFENSIVE
ROME. Jan. 2. — The Teuton forces attempted a
crossing of the Piave river this afternoon at Intesadiwa,
out have been repulsed says an official statement.
ARTILLERY DUELS WELCOME NEW YEAR
LONDON, Jan. 2. — Artillery duels in the Ypres and
Cambrai sections of the western front welcomed the New
Year and continued until early this morning.
GEN. KALEDINES MARCHING ON MOSCOW
Ia.’NDON, Jan. 2. — A report has been received here
in military circles that General Kaledines is now march
ing on Moscow, which is now being controlled by the
Bolsheviki. Gen. Kaledines is reported at the head of a
big army composed of all men of military age on the Cos
sack reseiwation.
GERMANS MAKE RAIDS ON FRONTS
PARIS, Jan. 2. — The German forces made several
•aids in Belgium on the Arras front, but have been re
mised, according to official reports.
SERENADERS
WELCOME THE
NEWLY WEDS
Grant Carbon and his bride receiv-,
•»d a welcome upon arrival in Seward
ast night which both will long re
member. The members of the \lov<c
lodge adjourned when the tra n*-<
whistle blew last night and went of*l1.1
mell to the depot. The newly wedsj
were escorted to the Otto Poehlman,
residence, by the time the procession
had reached there, scores of others
had joined. Chief Strejc was the prime (
noise maker and he covered himself
with glory- Cater during the evening
the members of the tire department
paid their respects to Mr. and Mrs.
Carlson and everything ended splen
didly, after dancing and refreshments
»»arly this A. M.
Coming over on the train telegrams]
had been sent along to the various
stations where the men knew Mr. |
Carlson and welcomes were extended.
At Glacier a regular northern jazz
band, with washtubs for drums, the
handles of frying pans for flutes and
other hastily secured kitchen utensils
for the instruments, serenaded the
couple and enlivened the already spir
ited occasion.
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i OCK SPRINGS, Ja*\ 2. *• An
unidentified negro, charged with mo
lesting a white woman, was taken
from the jail here and hanged to a
railroad bridge by a mob of 2"> citi
zens, who overpowered the local jail
guard.
PASSENGERS IN
ON TRAIN HAVE
A CELEBRATION
The bunch on last night’s train had
a jollification all of their own. Pa
triotic songs were given and alleg
iance to Old Glory was given. One
man remained in his seat when those
in the car stood as the battle hymn
of the nation was being sung and
the flag saluted. The “sitter” stoo«i
when a word was whispered in his
ear.
Bob Small found an old sock and
auctioned it off and then passed it
around with the result that a goodly
sum was raised and this amount will
be sent'buck to the Ped Cross Chapter
at Anchorage.
RELATIVE OF
KAISER DEAD
SEATTLE, Jan. 2. —Countess Anna
Pauline Fredericks Von Gorst, cousin
of the Kaiser, died in this city at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. John
Mountain.
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The countess is known to the musi
cal world of Europe and America.
During the eighties she made an ex
tensive world tour under the name of
Madame Verina Costar of Patt.
DIPLOMATIC CORP
OF ENGLAND GIVEN
SEVERE SHAKE-UP
iONE IS DEAD
AND ANOTHER
DYING-BOOZE!
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SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. — Mrs.!
Maude Hudson Smith, former social i
favorite of Portland, Oregon, was|
found dead this forenoon in a hath-1
room at a local hotel. Rod F. Smith,!
a wealthy insurance man, her husband
was found in an adjoining room in a
precarious condition. The couple
nine here from a dry state four daysj
go and for three days drank heavily, j
! Yesterday they both seemed bent on
tin one mission to get drunk, more!
drunk and finally paralyzed. Friends j
«oili. do nothing with them and the j
death and near death is the result.
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EIGHT HOUR DAY
NOW IN EFFECT
The • ight hour hr* for Alask i has
not »un suspended, with the excep
tion * i that relating to the fishing mi-,
•lie-try, accoiding > wnat information
is received by the Gateway. It was be
lieved that Go\. Strong would suspend.
Uu* entire law for tin* period of the
wa r.
Many business men in Seward lav*
made ::&rargements tempora y for.
the new law and are splitting tluir
shifts or are opening later in the
morning. The Carstens Meat corn-;
puny will open hereafter at 8:.’>0
o’clock, clo.-o a half hour aftei the;
mid-day and then open again at 2:*'*o
in the afternoon and close at o’clock.
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FIRST DELIVERIES OF
NEW LIBERTY MOTORS
WASHINGTON’, Jan. - VV .”rst
deliveries of machine made Lib tv>
airplane motors will begin in the near
future. The first deliveries will be
small, but the production will speed
up to a point where the United States
will be enabled to meet its own re
quirements but also to deliver thou
sands to the allied governments.
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WEARS COMING
NEXT SATURDAY
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ANCHORAGE, Jan. 2. — Major
Frederic* Mtars of the Alaskan En-1
j gineering Commission, will lo am her-1
{Friday for the outside. Tomorrow
night a r.nquet will oe given him by
I the i-iliz i\s of the to a *
Major Mcars is expected to reach!
Seward Saturday night and will be a
passenger to the states on the steam
er Alaska. He goes to Washington,
D. C., to confer with Sccretai v Lane
and other government official con
cerning the formation of a ***gii entj
of Engineers foi the regular army.
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TO STOP SMUGGLING
BASEL, Jan. 2. —Though the Swiss|
border authorities have increasinlyj
I surveillance of all frontiers so as to ‘
put a stop to the petty smuggling!
* that has been going on, principally in- i
to Germany, it has been impossible to;
i eradicate it entirely.
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LON DON, Jan. 2.—Sir Cecil Spring
L ee, British Ambassador to the Un»>
ed States, and Lord Bertie, British,
diplomatic representative to France,
ate about to retire. This was the. an
nouncement made in the Mornirv;
( aionicle today. The statement was
too first official announcement to bej
given to the public.
» ommentiiig editorially upon the
retiH meats, the Chroii'cle today said:
• *C •. t* • t Britaia ansi bring new blood •
and fresh blood into the diplomatic;
service which has been so long divor-,
cod from the actualities of modernj
life. The time has gone by when,
British interests abroad can be en-i
tju ted to men whose principal quali
fications are aristocratic birth and
wealth and men who spend their lives
in an atmosphere remote from the
realities of the modern world and who
look disdainfully upon commerce. The
l nited States does not have fo.»si!?»,
but real red blooded young men at,!
the head or else connected with
their diplomatic corps and Croat Bril
ain must do the same.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — Ambus-;
sador Spring-Rice conform! with Se-J
erotury of State Lansing today and
the latter announced to the newspa
per men that the British representa
tive was returning to England on a
“leave of absence.”
ALAMEDA NOW
NEARING PORT
CORDOVA, Jan. 2. — Steam w A'j*
meda from the south will arrive here
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A snow
storm is v ported on the gulf.
With her usual unloading and time
at the various ports between Cordova j
and Sewaui, barring a snow n". • »y
the Alameda should reach he c !n>j
tomorrow *..ght.
MANY ARE GOING TO
OITSIDK TO ENLIST,
Fifteen of those arriving fiom the
interior on the train last night are
hound for the states to enlist. The
majority expect to make application
to the Engineering Corps which is to
he formed by Major Frederick Meant,
of the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion.
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INDOOR PICNIC TONIGHT
The children and young people of
the Methodist Sunday School are to
have a midwinter indoor picnic in the
basement of the church tonight.
There will be games, moving pic
tures and a general good time. Mem
bers of the school and their friends)
are invited. Children are expected to
bring their own lunches as at an out-j
door picnic.
FIVE MORE
' MUST HANG
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 2. —
Five negro soldiers, tried in connec
tion with the Houston riots were to-'
day sentenced, after court martial;
proceedings, to be hanged. Previously'
K» were hanged for participation in'
the riots and 41 were sentenced to!
life imprisonment. There are others
yet to recent sentences.
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N GOTIATIONS FOR
PEACE STOPPED AS
HUNS WANTED MUCH
LONDON, Jan. 2. — The Bolsheviki government of
Russia has broken off all peace negotiations at Brest
Litovsk because Gennany wants to retain Poland and
Lithunia and maintain garrisons at Libau, Riga and else
where. This is according to unofficial advices received
from Petrograd.
It is stated that the peace conference of the Imperial
German government at first agreed to no annexations
and requested no lands where troops would l>e placed.
Later when Russia seemed to want peace at any price the
demands kept growing at every meeting. The Bolsheviki
pride was then hurt and according to the above the ne
gotiations are at an end for the time.
FAST MOVEMENT
OF SOLDIERS IS
URGED TO FRANCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — The American delegates
who recently returned from the inter-Allied conference
at Paris today recommended to the government constant
and speedy dispatch of American troops to the western
front. The delegates also recommended the speeding up
of merchant shipbuilding program and closer cooperation
with the Allies is urged.
It is understood here that the Allies plan to coordin
ate their shipping resources to devote the greatest amount
of tonnage possible for the transportation of American
troops across the Atlantic.
GUTTER BEAR i
CONVERTED TO
TRAINING SHIP
SEATTLE. Jan. 2. — The revenue;
Cutter Dear will probably not go
noith this year as the craft is being’
converted into a training ship for mer-1
chant marine officers at San Francis-1
co. The Dear has been in the patrol
service for the past 32 years.
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TRAINS CANCELLED
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2. — The
Pennsylvania Limited, the crack train
so well known, and 104 other trains
including the Congrcsisonal limited,
have been cancelled to clear the lines
for the freight trains to relieve the
congestion.
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MUNITION PLANT AFIRE
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 2. — Firr
of a mysterious origin damaged the
Hamburg Pipe Plant to the extent
of several hundred thousands of dol
lars. Hundreds of shells, manufac
tured for the government, were des
t royed.
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given vote OF THANKS j
Residents in one part of Seward j
have given a vote of thanks to Harry
Hoben for so thoughtfully leaving a
load of ice at the corner of Broadway
and Adams. Many a pick hit the ice
during the past 48 hours and the par
ticles were packed away.
TOASTS MADE
IN NEW YORK;
LITTLE WINE
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. — The metro
polis welcomed the New Year Mon
day night after the fashion of former
years that made the event of inter
national interest. The war placed the
stamp of moderation upon the various
affairs. The hotel and restaurant
cards offered nothing that did not
bear the food administration’s stamp
and high price wines were barred. A!!
places closed at 1 o’clock yesterday
morning and at midnight the usual
toasts were drank in anything hut
genefous portions.
one Thousand
DEAD IN QUAKE
GUATEMALA CITY, Ja, 2. —On
thousand arc dead as a result >f tin
earthquake ho c fst week. An es
timate this lorenoon placed the num
ber of hoirteJe^ hi over iUP,'V). Slight
quakes continue further terrorizing
the people.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. — The gov
ernment is getting ready to advance
$2,000,000 to the Bethlehem Steel com
pany on munition contracts, because
of the difficulties of the concern to
get money from private sources. The
government wants quick delivery of
contracts .
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