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SEWARD, f l.A«Af THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI. Number 244. *7_ ., 1 " 111
HUNDREDS U. S. SOLDIERS LOSE LIVES IN WAR ZONE
BULLETIN — LONDON, Feb. 7. — The loss oi life
on the Tuscania is tonight estimated at one hundred and
one. The Associated Press Correspondent in Ireland
'Tave this total to the American Embassy heie. Iht co.
respondent confirms the report ol order prevailing on
board the liner after being struck. Two typhoid and two
pneumonia patients were ianded on the Irish coast from
the liner without any bad effects. Only two women were
aboard the Tuscania and they went over the side of the
boat into life boats, laughing at the experience. Three
men in one life boat died of exposure.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7—The British steamer Tus
cania. a Cunard liner, carrying two thousand one hundred
and seventy-nine American soldiers from the Uniteo
States to the European battlefields, was torpedoed and
sunk in the war zone. This was the startling bulletin re
ceived last night by the Navy Department. The first bul
letin said that one thousand one hundred survivors had
landed in Ireland and it was l>elieved that o\ei nine nun
died of the soldiers besides other passengers aboard the
liner and many of the crew had also been lost.
This morning a bulletin was received stating that one
hundred and sixty-eight soldiers and probably more are
missing as the result ot the submarining ol the I uscania.
The comparatively small loss is the result of the fact that I
the British convoys arrived quickly at the scene.
The Tuscania carried the Thirty-Second National
Guard Division composed mainly of the former Michigan
and Wisconsin Guardsmen who trained in the camp at
MacArthur. Texas. There were also several aero squad
rons aboard.
The coded list of survivors is beginning to arrive and
an official list will be announced as soon as it is complete
ly decoded.
President Wilson remained up all night waiting for
details.
VICTORIA IS
IN PORT WITH
A LARGE LOAD
Steamer Victoria arrived this lore
noon at 11 o’clock bringing a large
cargo of freight for here, thiiteen
passengers, eight day’s mail and ex
press matter. Captain Charles Davis
report» fine weather all the \\a> from
Seattle, via the outside passage, tc
Cordova and then to Seward. Joe
large the popular purser on the
southweste» n Alaska rouie, is on the
Vi.-tona this trip while repairs are
being made to the Alameda, lhe \ ic
toria brought 211 tons of freight in
cluding oS.OOO feet of lumber for the
railroad; 87 tons of coal and also a
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large shipment of box shook* wircn
will be discharged at the San Juan
dock where frozen fish will also be
taken aboard. The passengers en the
Victoria were Mrs. A*ina Huh ami
cluM, Ole Svure Josef I ine Mason, R.
J. Peterson, Jack Morarity. J. T.
Smeaton. Otto Harring, J. 0. Bourke,
Bessie Mason, C. Matthews and S. H.
Burgh.
The Victoria will sail at 6 o’clock
tonight for the San Juan dock and
will get away from that dock abn*»t
nine or ten o’clock. The Vi toria ma.*
return to the Seward dock before
*£! ir.g south. The steamer will have
a fair list of passengers for o*her
Alaska ports and Seattle.
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BRAZILIAN FLEET TO
WORK WITH ALLIES
RIO JANERIO, Feb. 7. — Admiral
Pedro Pronti has been appointed the
commander of the Brazilian fleet,
which will cooperate with the Allies
us European waters.
GOVERNMENT TO
GIVE BIG SOM
TO RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, Keb. 7. — Chair
man Ellison D. c*nith, of the Senale’j
Interstate commerce comnisMon and
railroad commission, in reporting the
administration's railroad bill f*v -ab
ly today, estimated that under 'lie
measures of the provisions the gov
•rnam. t will guarantee nine hundred
and forty five million dollars which
will represent returns of five and
thirty-two hundre<ls ner cent, and be
lieves that the railroads will prob°1'
Iv accept these ternis as just.
MINING MEN
OF NORTHWEST
IN CONFERENCE
SPOKANE, Feb. 7. — Men promi
nent in mining circles of the North
western States and orovinces will
speak at the Northwest mining con
vention, to be holu here February 21,
to 16, according to a tentative pro
gram announced by officers of the
Northwest Mining Men’s Association,
under whose auspices the convent*?n
I is to be held.
Mineral exhibits from this section
1 of the United States, and from Brit
sh Columbia are to be a prominent
feature of the convention it is ex
pected. William Sloan, minister, min
ister of mines for British Columbia,
and Charles Hebberd, federal food
Secretary of War Baker issued a statement this
morning saying: “Such sinkings will unite the country in
to pressing on. We must and we will win the war.”
The Tuscania was torpedoed Tuesday night but the
British Admiralty gave out no advicgs regarding it until
survivors had reached the coast of Ireland and first detail
ed reports of the disaster was wirelessed to London. The
British Admiralty did not make a report of the affair un
til ten o’clock last night.
TUSCANIA REMAINED AFLOAT TWO HOURS
LONDON, Feb. 7—The British liner Tuscania re
mained afloat two hours after being torpedoed. The tor
pedo struck the Tuscania well astern. The submarine
making the attack was not seen.
Some of the survivors are in a pitiable condition.
Many cast aside "'l clothing when the Tuscania began to
sett le. Many of e survivors had been swimming in the
ice cold water for two hours before they were rescued.
The night was pitch dark and only the searchlights of the
: convoy fleet were of any avail to those struggling in the
water or the large number of life boats or on life rafts.
The British Admiralty announced this forenoon that
it was believed that two hundred and ten aboard the Tus
cania were lost. Among those saved are one hundred and
forty-one of the crew and three passengers, the latter tak
ing passage from New 'i ork City.
TUSCANIA HAD MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
LONDON, Feb. 7—The Tuscania was 14,348 tons reg
ister and carried a British crew also British naval gun
ners.The Tuscania escaped several previous submarine at
tacks on other trips by good speed and the sure aim of the
gunners on board.
administrator for Washington will ap
pear forenoon on the prcgrair on
February 13, and the afternoon stv
r,ion will be under direction of Fran
cis A. Thompson, dean of the school
of mines at the University of Idaho,
who is preparing a program. On t*i<
following day L. O. 1 inward, dean ol
the school of mines at Vv nhingtcn
State College, Pullman; Or. H. O.:
Holland, president of Spokane Cm* !
versity, wiil speak a* t.ie forenoon,
session, in the afternoon M. Mel-!
drum, chancellor of Spokane Univer
sity, Henry Landes. Wash ngtou State
geologist, will be amo • r the speakers.
Forme:’ United btate-j senator, c.eo.;
Tu ner, president of the Washington j
Stave M«tal Mine* V Association, villi
deliver an address Feb v ry 16, ard
' Stanley A. Easton, or?«d of the |
Idaho Mining Men’s Association, has
been asked to speak C W. C •i. ialo,
• vie .‘-president of th; American Insti
tute of Aiming Engineer.-, and a num
ber of other acti e mhv’v men aie
a’, o on trie program for .h<? .^ame d ly.
The an..aal banquet of the Mining
M n will be held on the evening of
February 14 and smoker, with an ad
dress by Governor iVIoses Al5cinder,
' of Idaho, will be held on the evening
j of February 15.
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GUARDS SEARCH LUNCH
BOXES FOR EXPLOSIVES
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. — As a
special precaution against the possible
introduction of explosives into ship
building yards here guards are under
instructions to examine the contents
of lunch baskets as the workmen en
ter the plants daily.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 7. — At noon
, the following fish quotations were pre
vailing: halibut, sixteen and five
; eighths cents; sable, four cents and
I red rock, two cents.
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OPERATE UPON
ROOSEVELT--HE
RESTS EASILY
NEW YORK. Feb. 7. — YhooOore
Roosevelt was operated upon last
night for abscess. He passed a com
fortable night and is reported to bo
resting easy today.
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HOSTED RECIPES THAI
CAN BE USED NOW THE
WHEAT LESS DAY HERE
A well known Seward housewfe
has sent the follow^ing tested recipes
to the Editor to publish as they may
perhays help those who are “stuck”
for something on wheatless day:
Corn Loaf
l cup sweet milk, 1 cup sour milk,
1 cup molasses, 1 cup corn meal, 2
cups graham flour, 1 teaspoon soda,
dissolved in sour milk, salt. Bake
slowly one hour.
Rye Bread
Make sponge with 1 pint wate •, 1
teaspoon salt, cup mloasses, 1 table
spoon lard, 1 cake compressed yeast.
Enough wheat flour to make thin bat
ter. Knead hard with rye flour. Let
rise, mold in three loaves, bake when
light
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SERVICE FLAG IS
DOING DUTY 0\ ER
ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 5. — A ser
vice flap: with 150 stars has been hung
from the tower of the new St. Pat
rick’s Catholic Cathedral hero to hon
or the members of the cathedra* con
p:regation who have joined the colors.
This f i$», which i§ one of the b’gge:;t
in the city, was blessed by Bishop
Shuler.
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The Tuscania is the first ship carrying Americans
oversea to be sunk.
SURVIVORS ARE LANDING ON ENGLISH COAST
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—Six hundred survivors of
the Tuscania have landed at Larne, Ireland and seventeen
at Islay, Scotland. The British authorities, according to
a report received direct from London this forenoon, are
endeavoring to make the survivors as comfortable as pos
sible.
The War and Navy Departments are relieved that the
loss is not larger.
The American Army will continue to he transported
to Europe and the government is bending every energy in
finding additional means of checking the submarine war
I fare.
TUSCANIA WAS UNDER CHARTER AS TRANSPORT
NEW YORK, Feb. 7—The officers of the Anchor line
today said that the Tuscania carried a crew of 220 men.
Captain McLean, commanding the Tuscania, had charter
ed the steamer from the Cunard line for the Anchor line.
DESTROYER TACKLES THE SUBMARINE
LONDONDERRY, Ireland, Feb. 7. — An American
destroyer, which was near the scene of the Tuscania dis
aster, attacked the submarine which torpedoed the liner,
according to a report received here. The American com
mander of the destroyer intimated that the submarine
was destroyed.
ANOTHER LINER ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. — The Cunarder Aurania, 13,
000 tons, was torpedoed while bound to the United States,
according to a wireless received tonight, but the big
steamship was not sunk.
FPKCI.vL MELTING 01
THE COUNCIL TONIGHT
There will be a special meet
ing of the City Council tonight
at eight o’clock to decide upon a
reply to be sent to J. J. I* inne
gan, now in Washington, regard
ing Lowell Creek improvements.
The spcca! citizen’s committee is
also requested to be present.
ENGINEERS TO
BE SENT OVER
! TO FRANCE NOW
j WASHINGTON, Feb 7. — One
1 battalion of the Twentieth Engineers
will be sent to France immediately to
cut limber abroad for railroad and
! buildings.
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO
RECUPERATE AT VICHY
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PARIS, Feb. 7. — Justin Godart,
’ under-secretary of state for medical
services, has placed at the disposal Ox
the American forces ten hotels at
Vichy, a celebrated watering place of
Eastern France. The Americans plan
to install five hospitals in the hotels.
Seven thousand beds have been rc
ouisitioned. .
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I STEAMER STARR COMES
IN WITH MUCH FISH
The San Juan company's fish boat,
Starr, Capt. Sprague, arrived this fore
noon bringing 100,000 pounds of fish.
The fish are being boxed and 25 tons
will be sent to Seattle on the Victoria
, tonight
GERMANS ARE
STARTING UPON
NEW CAMPAIGN
LONDON, Feb. 7. — The official
war report today states that Germans
are using artillery heavily in Fland
ers, Champagne, Anas and the Cam
brai sectors. Artillery is also active
in the American sector. The state
ment adds that the Germans are be
lieved to have started the prelimin
ary to the great offensive which has
been delayed for several weeks.
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MAJOR MEHAFFEY IS
WORKING IN WASHINGTON
Word has been received here from
M-.jor J. C. Mehaffey, fori erly mem
ber of the commission. Major Mehnf
fey reports that he is at present sta
tioned in Washington, D. C. and has
direct charge of the Miscelh neous Ci
vil work under the War Department.
This includes the road work for .Alas
ka and other improvements and work
being carried on by the government
under the direction of th- War De
partment. He expects to be ordered
to active service by spring.
El KS APPROVE PLANS
DRAWN FOR HOSPITAL
POSTON, Feb. 5. — Plans foy the
first “itcconstruction Hospital” in the
United States to be built hr re by the
Order of Elks have been approved by
the (1 and Lodj^e committee.
The proposed hospital will cost
.<300,000 and will accommodate 000
men.
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Success is more often the reward
of patience than of brilliancy.