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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post__
SE\VARD,TaLASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI. Number 216. ■
U. S. SOLDIERS TO
I i HUSTI I OVER
ATLANTIC AT ONC:
BALTIMORE, Feb. 9.—“Submarines or no submar
ines, America will continue to fearlessly send troops to
France,” said Secretary of the Navy Daniels this noon in
making an address before the Press C lub here. Secietaij
Daniels referred to the torpedoing of the Tuscania only
slightly but the above statment was the most pointed. The
head of the navy said that men are going to France as fast
as ships can transport them. “Not only American bot
' toms are being used but aiso scores of British ships/' said
Mr. Daniels.
TELLS OF FIRST
FLOTILLA GOING
ACROSS THE SEA!
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NEW YOKE, Jan. 31.GtB“ Mail
Associated Press). — How secretly
the United States dispatched the first
flotilla ol torpedo-boat destroyers last
April to join riie British navy in the
• hunt for German submarines, was told
for the first time publicly last night;
L*y Commander j. K. Taussig, l . S.
X., who took them across the Atlantic.
I’he narrative was related before
lui audience'which thronged Carne
gie Hall to celt brate the opening of a
war savings stamp campaign in this
city. Commander Taussig’s story ot
the work accomplished b> the na* y s
“grayhounds” far from home was
- .vildly cheered.
* So anxious was ute Navy Depart
ment that toe outside world n gener
al should know nothing of the move
ment of those ships, Commander j
Taussig said, “that not ivni I. who
was in command of the e/pedition,
was informed of our destination.
Receives sealed nuunicuum*.
“My orders were to proceed to a
point fifty wiles east ot Cap< Cod and
then open my sealed instructions. Ln*
til I got to that point, at midnight of
the first night out, I did not know oui
first port of cad was to be Queens*
• town, Ireland.
“It is natural that the few in auth
ority who knew of our movements
watched with anxiely for news of our
crossing. It was the first time that
vessels of this type had ever made >o
long* a continuous passage without re
fueling or without the company of
larger vessels.
“We were ten days in making the
trip, due mostly to a southeast gale,
which accompanied us for seven of
thi ten days. So rough was the sc *
during this time that for seven of the
days we did not set out me.>s tables.
We ate off oar laps. On the ninth
day we were pleased to be met by a
little British destroyer naryd the
‘Mary Rose.’ She picked us up e:ul>
one morning and came along flying
t.ie international signal ‘Welcome to
the American colors.’
Things Looking niack.
“They were very glad to see us.
Things were looking black. In the
three previous weeks the submarines
hact sank 152 British ships. We imme
diately had depth bombs instated s*
ns to tight the Submarines. The night
before we entered the harbor at
Queenstown^ a German submai ine
planted twelve mines right in the
channel. Fortunately for us, they
were swept up by the ever-vigilant
British mine sweepers before w© ar
rived.
“We escorted many ships and we
saved many lives. I cannot say we
sank any submarines. The submarine,
1 found, was a very diffcult bird to
catch. He always sees >ou hrst. Only
once did my vessel, in seven month*,
succeed in actually' tiring at a subma
rine. He then went down after the
*i#th shot was tired. At ihut he was
live miles away.
Fear Depth Ifcrnbs
“But what they are afiaid of a-e
tl«* depth bombs. While 1 cannot say
positively that I sank any submarines,
1 .saw Jesuits on seveial occasions
which ltd me to believe tha4 l had at
least «i imaged one or two
“The pat 1*01 duty was very trying,
as the o-ean was strewn with wnck
age ror a distance of -‘00 n* iOs olT
shore. It was hard to led a periscope
when wo -aw one. We tired at fish,
floating : pars amt other objects, be
cause we could not afford to take a
• haiuv. Tiie submarines gi*ew Icsn
active, or did less dairage, as the
summer wore on.
' 1 he night patrol work uungor
ous. Collision* were frequ • and we
had to use our judgment as to wheth
er ve should turn on the lights and
a oid danger of collision and take the
risk of a submarine seeing, or keep
our light out and ti ke our chances.
We ha\*» ;o remember t’ at if a sub
marine finks us she only sinks one
dnp. A serious collision might fink
two ship:. so it is a it ittoi ot jud^-j
me nt.
“The onestion is, can we beat the
sub*«*ai‘re? I am s iv we cm, J1 the
people "’ll do theiv oa*.”
Commander Taussig said there* is
c omplete cooperation In tween the
American and British n.iv*». in foi*
eign waters. There is no trictio* 1:'
decla»*?J.
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WOODS AGAIN TO HEAD
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0. — Repre
sentative Frank P. Woods, of Iowa,
has been elected chairman of the Re
publican national campaign commit.ee
by unanimous vote. Other officers
elected were: Vice chairmen, K.yre
sentative Julius Kahn, California ond
W. K. Wood, of Indiana; secretary,|
Representative K. H. Wason, New
Hampshire; treasurer, i'ouner Senator
Nathan B. Scott, West Virginia.
AMERICA NOT MEDDLING
WITH IRISH QUESTION
LONDON. Feb. 9. — Andrew Ho i *r
Law, chancellor of the exchequer, an
nounced in ihe house of commons that
no messages, oflicial or semi-official,
emanating from high quarters in
Washington and pointing out the ur
gency of a settlement of the Ir«h
question have been received by Pre
mier Lloyd George.
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ASKS PORTLAND TO CLK \ N CP
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9. - Johr
McCoort, special representative of the
war department, with social condi
tions near army camps as his line of
work, has asked Portland police to
“clean un” the city, as he asked Seat
tle and Tacoma to "clean up" last
year.
INDICT INDUSTRIAL
WORK IS OF WORLD;
ACTS OF SEDITION
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 9—The Federal Grand Jury
last night returned indictments against fifty-five persons
on charges of conspiring with Secretary Haywood, of the
Industrial Workers of the World, in hindering the execu
tion of the United States laws in the prosecution of the
war. Forty-six of those indicted are members of the I.
W. W. and are already under arrest. Several of those
now in jail are implicated in the plot to dynamite the ex
ecutive mansion of Governor Stephens.
OLD KLONDIKER 1
DIES SUDDENLY
IN THE SOUTH
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SEATTLE, Eeb. 0. — V\ illia.ii Stan
ley, one of the first men from Seattlej
to reach the Klondike in the great!
ru.*sh and also one of the hrat to re
turn with hundreds of thousands of,
dollars worth of gold dust, d*ed here
this forenoon of pneuir.«iia. The fu
neral .vill not be held until next Wed-,
re. '*ay in order tha'.; several of his
family may anivc from various pa»ls
of the United States.
Mr. Stanley took one hundred andj
twelve thousand dollars from Me
Klondike following the rush and v ote!
a l»ook entitled “One Mile of Gold.’!
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In order that all citizens may
* again become informed regarding 4
4 the “less” days for food conserva- *
v tion the following is printed and
; housewives would do well to
' clip it out and paste it up:
‘ Whcatless days—Monday and 4
4 Tuesday.
4 Meatless day—Tv "day.
Porkless days—Tuesday and 4
4 Saturday.
4 One wheatless meal daily at
4 evening.
4 One meatless meal daily.
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GOOD BILL AT EMI’RIiSS
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Tomorrow night manager Thomp
son will present “The Cheat” with
Fannie Ward. Although the star ad
vertised is most clever in this film
production, that splendid Japanese ae
tor, Sessuc Hayakawa is really the
star. “The Cheat” is no problem play
and the theme is a new one, intense
ly interesting from the start to the
finish.
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red CROSS RECEIVES
CHRISTMAS DRIVE FUND
The local chapter of ti e Red Cross
ha' received from the American Red
Cre«* its proprotion of tn«* fund rais
ed du>*ing the Christmas drive. This
fund amounted to $25(5.V',!.
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UNIT DRILLS TONIGHT
All members of the Seward Mili
tary Unit are requested to be on hand
! tonight at the drill at the Arctic
i Brotherhood hall. The men will be
! formed into permanent squads and a
! full attendance is desired as a conse
I qv.ence
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CARD PARTY TUESDAY
Next Tuesday night the ladies of
the Catholic church will give a card
j party at the residence of the priest.
This will be the last party of the la
1 dies before the Lenten season.
PACIFIC SHIPS
TO GET PERMITS
TO CLEAR PORTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Fek 9. -- Col
lector of Customs Davis announced
today that all vessels in the Pacific
coastwise trade must hereafter obtain
special permits before clearing from
ports. This order, it is said, is de
signed to c liable the government to
obtain an accurate estimate on the
number of vessels carrying oapa* ity
cargoes in the coastwise geivicc. It
is also belie'ed to be an orJc- which
will give information to the govern
ment rega.dirg transportation of
fO* •* >tl’it
500,000 RUSSIAN RIFLES
SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0. — Rifles
ordered by the Russian government
from the Remington Aims Union Me
tallic Company, at Bridgeport, Conn.,
and the Westinghouse Company, at
Springfield, Mass., will be taken over
by the government. More than half
a million rifies, differing only in bore
from the Americanized Enfield are in
volved. •
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ASK CONGRESS FOR RELIEF
SPOKANE, Feb. 9. — Grain men
attending a conference of growers
representing Washington, Idaho and
Oregon here have sent a telegram to
congress asking that relief be given
to the situation involving grain sack
shortage and labor scarcity.
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WANT REUNION WITH SWEDEN
LONDON, I-ib. 9. — The Aland isl
ands, lying in the Gulf of Bothnia
about half way between Sweden and
Finland, have petitioned for a reun
ion with Sweden.
JAPANESE ARE JflMNG
THE LOCAL RED CROSS
During the past week the following
Japanese joined the Seward Chap
ter: as magazine members—Frank
Sakamoto, Harry k. \ago, Mis. Yago,
Cliarry Watanabe and Hai ry Houda.
As annual member—G. Nishujama.
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<■ TWO BATHS A MONTH
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* FISHFR, Mir.n., Feb. 9. — Re
* sidents of the village of Fisher
* will in the future bathe on days
* designated by the village council,
* and each person will be limited to
<’ two bathf a month. This action
* was made necessary by the ex
* treme lowness of the Red river. *
* from which the population gets *
* its water supply.
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SEIZED DOCUM \]$
| EROM RUSSIA SHOW
MORE HUN INTRIGUE
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I PARIS, Feb. 9.—The Petit Parisien this morning pub
lished, with the consent of the French government, offic
ial documents which it is claimed were brought here from
Russia. The documents show conclusively that the Im
perial German government financed the Bolsheviki move
ment.
Among the documents is one circular from the Imper
ial German bank to German representatives in Switzer
land instructing them to honor all demands for money
from Premier Lenine and also Foreign Minister Trotsky
or any of the other recognized Bolsheviki leaders.
A correct copy of these incriminating documents are
being rushed to all the Allied nations so they may deter
mine the.tiuth of the frequent statements previously
made that Germany was behind the Bolsheviki of Russia.
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GOV 1NMENT ARMY
OF FINNS ENGAGE
REDS; WIN IATTIE
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STOCKHOLM, Feb. 9—A dispatch this forenoon
from Helsingfors says that General Mannerheim, com
manding the forces supporting the Finnish Revolutionary
government, has defeated the Red Guards of the Russians
in a hard fought battle at Korkeakois near Tammerfors.
Three thousand of the Red Guards were killed. The loss
es of the Finnish troops was small.
BIG GUNS BOOM
AT CAMP LEWIS
FOR FIRST TIME
CAMl* i .:;:vvis, Wash., Feb. 9. —
Big guns boomed here todi'.y Cor the
j drst time. Brigadier Genera? Edward
i Burr had a full regiment of light ar
tillery on the range this forenoon for
practice. The artillerymen sent big
shells toward the targets across ‘be
Ni squally flacs. The marksmen ship
thoroughly pleased the army oil cer.
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VICTORIA SAILS SOUTH
Shortly after eight o’clock last
night the steamer Victoria sailed for
the south after remaining at the deck
for fifteen hours waiting for a severe
storm which was reported by wireless
to be raging on the outside, had sub
sided.
CARD PARTY MONDAY
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• Monday night, after the regular
! session of the Arctic Brotherhood, the
■ wives and sweethearts of the mcm
; bers will be invited into the big lodge
room and there will be card’ playing
and other entertaining amusements.
COTTER 4 MINUTE SPEAKER
Mayor Frank Cotter will be the
four minute speaker at the Empress
1 theatre tomorrow and as usual he will
! have something interesting to say.
CABLE IS DOWN
BETWEEN SITKA
AND THE SODND
Seward is sort of isolated today in
one sense of the word. During th»*
night the cable between Sitka and
Seattle went down and no word has
been received here from Sitka as to
where the break occurred and no word
regarding repairs.
North of Seward a slide at Mile
43 V2 crossed the wires and another
slide north of Kern Creek took out
the wire breaking communication be
tween here and Anchorage.
The Gateway is today receiving
press from al directions. Part of the
press news is coming from Seattle
via wireless to Ketchikan and then
over the cable to Wrangell, Sitka, to
Seward.
Other pre.;s matter is coming from
Astoria to Sitka, to Cordova, and is
I caught by the U. S .Radio station at
the head of Resurrection Bay. The
cost per word is something ten ific,
( but what news is happening, the Gate
way is getting.
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I DEFENSE COUNCIL WILL
MEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON
j The Sew’ard branch of the Teirifcor
1 ial Council of Defense will meet to
; morrow’ afternoon. All members are
urged to bo iu attendance at 2 o’clock*
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