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WITH THE AMEBIC AN’S. SAN QUENTIN SEC i
Oct l- - The Americans on the Hindenburg line sou: 1
vK were neaviiv engaged yesterday and up to la' e
i ..ght. The Australians are co-operating with tm
.•ricans , . .
The Americans are fighting vigorously in the tunne.
rh wnich the St Quentin canal flows. Thousands o.
> were poured into the struggle and large number
villeti. The Americans worked machine guns con
lv and the mouth of the tunnel is today blocked w.
Germans. The Americans are holding all trenches oi
Hndenburg line which they have taken during t.i
♦wo days.
enemy is shelled back.
ITH THE AMERICANS IN THE LORRAINE
OR, Oct.. 1— The American artillery shelled back
;s sailient the enemy around the St. Mihiel sec
oelieved t:.at the movement has halted the ei.
arrival of reinforcements from west Argonne.
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ward General Hospital may,
hi although this was not
tor certain today. Those in
mI in the Hospital are going in
,iiIs beiore taking any step,
a estimated that $-*>00 will be
l to repair and possibiy move
» p tal to a better location, also
• purchase of more ground space
v>spitai management does not
Uiai this money could be se
, mie? . oy popular subscription.:
•n are several thousand dollars
*• 1iook> representing unpaid for
treatment. Many of the*>e
i...,ght be called “indigent” but
» prevents the pimple from sign
i statement which would make
t ritoiy liable for the bill.
iu* Hospital is needed here espec
•; » i employees of the railroad
rum cases to the westward, but
titutiou cannot be self sustain
i it must cease. Yariousmat
to be decided within the next
* s regarding the hospita*.
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ARMENIAN KKUK KRM)
•y dollar, the Armenian Relief
vop.s pomp up. When the cum*
jj*ed last week the sum of
had been contributed. The
1 ad at noon today pone up to
the followinp contributions:
$ 2.50
‘Merson . 5.00
' helper 5.00
ede 2.00
Spencer. 2.00
STEAMER DOPE
id had been received from
Admiral Schley or Admir
:» o'clock this after
•nor is .due anytime
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. 1.—Ton thousand
•ndered in Palestine
dlicial statement.
RAILROAD IS
OPENED
1 he government railroad in Alaska
iVnm Seward to Anchorage, has been
ociciallv opened by Gov. Rig:rs. Jr.,
who in company with his wife, Robert
J. Weir and wife, and several passen
ger.- made the trip yesterday from ;
Sewaid to Anchorage in a special
train direct from the local station to
the depot at Anchorage.
’•’be train left here yesterday fore
noon at 8:45 o’clock and arrived at
Anchorage at 8 o’clock last night.
Good time was made on the Seward
division but several delays were cans
ed on the newly laid track trom Mile
sr> to Anchorage.
The special train left Anchorage
| thi.> morning at 8 o’clock and is due
to return this afternoon. Gov. Riggs
and wife will catch one of the Admir
I a I steamers for Juneau.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Oct. 1.—-The price of
I tij>h today noon was as follows: hal
ibut. fifteen cents; sable, sixe cents;
, ling anil red cod, three cents.
ALLIES CONTROL BC LG ARIA
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LONDON, Oct., 1.—The control of
the railroads in Bulgaria gives the
| Allies complete control of Bulgaria.
| This is the statement made today by
Bonar Law.
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h’HOrSAND SOl'ARE MILES
C Al'Tt RED BY ENTENTES
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! LONDON, Oct., 1. —Bonar Law st
[ ated this afternoon that since July
i 12th, The British have captuivd one
thousand square miles, 250 vilages
and 120.000 prisoners.
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MASONS NOTICE
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Regular comunication. Wednesday
night, October 2, Seward Lodge, F. &
A. M. , Work 3rd degree.
02 L. Uvbach, Master.
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TODAY’S SUMMARY
NEW YORK. Oct., 1—The Assaul
ted Press this afternoon says that the
French, British, Americans and Bel
gians continues smashes and fuithe*
nc reading the peril to the Germans
Tom Verdun to the North Sea. Tin ,
mportan bastions of Lille, Cambrai.
md the second Laon are becoming of
it tie use to the Germans.
The Beligans have captured Rouler
widening the wedge between Lille and
he Geiinan submarine bases on the
Belgian coast.
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SEWARD SNAPSHOTS
A. P. Kates is in from out the line ;
tin! stopping ai theSeward. Mr. K^tes
rill leave on one of the Admiral
steamers for the states to join the
colors.
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C. A. Myers and wife are register* i
•d ;.t the Sexton, from Moose Pa>s.
M” Myers is in for the first time in
ivor a year. He is well known here
having been mayor of Seward for two
terms.
George Guest has resigned as cable
messenger and has returned to the
pnidie school.
I, A . Janies, Jr., is temporally lo
oted in U. S. Commissioners Whittle
sey's ofliee having given up ms ohl j
>l!ices in the Bank of Seware build- i
no preparatoiv to going out ;id< to
•nlist.
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Frank L. Ballaine, wife and son
•xpeet to leave o nthe Admiral Far
ragut for Seattle.
The Military Unit will drill tonight
at the A. P*. Hall beginning at 7:15
i o'clock sharp.
Roth the Victoria and Admiral Wat
ion are sold out for the last trips
from Nome.
Don’t forget that the Sewa-d Chap
ter o f the Red Cross wants your old
| clothing. Leave the bundles at the
work room of the chapter n the rail
road building.
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The government steame* Bear is
expected to leave Nome soon taking
to the states many indigents from
Seward Peninsula.
2000 STENOGRAPHERS ARE
NEEDED BY THE GOVERNMENT,
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct., 1— T*o
thousand stenographers and type
writers are urgently needed to fill va
cancies in departmental service at
Washington, D. C., according ti ar.
announcement from San Francisco,
office of the twelfth civil sei-vice dis
trict. Examinations are being htbl at
frequent intervals.
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SOCCER PLAYER IS GOING
TO JOIN THE RED CROSS.
SAM FRANCISCO, Oct., I— Jack
McKinzie, considered one of the best
soccer players San Francisco ever
had, has just announced his intention
to go abroad at one© for Red Cross
work.
PARIS, Oct., 1— The Allied of
fensive is gaining strength and the
German resistance is weakening. Late
yesterday another French army •li
ed the great battle and successfully
attacked along the Vesle. The im
portant features of the operations ol
the past 24 hours have been on the ex
reme left wing where remarkable ad
vance was made. The Belgians cover
the flanks of the British second army
enabling it to advance safely to capt
ure the crossings on the Lys river at
Warrcnton, Coniines, Coutiai and
Menin. The British captured two
crossings early today the British pla’
a complete envelopment of Lille, Ron
baix and on to the Urcoing region.
The British have all but taken Cam
brai and St. Quentin.
Ix'catelet has not been occupied
account of mine taps left by the Gcr
mans.
TIGHTENING GRIP
AROUND CAMBRAI
LONDON, Oct., I— The British
continue to close in on Cambrai. In
the movement during the past twelv *
hours Provide, west of Cambrai, and
Tilloy Darby, on the northwest of
Cambrai have been captured.
The British have advanced their
wedge north of St. Quentin and capt
ured Lovergies, between Cambrai and
St. Quentin. Yendhuile has been can*
ured according to late field advice*.
KEEPS SMASHING
HINDENBURG LINE
LONDON, Oct.. 1— Haig keeps .
his successful smashing blows aga*r
st the Hindenburg line. The British
and French in Flanders have advan -
od another five miles. The Belgians
aro reported to have captured Hold
ers and imperilled the enemy com
munications.
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MUST RIGHT WRONGS BEFORE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS POSSIBLE.
LONDON, Oct., 1— British For
eign-Secretary Balfour in a speech to
day said that the wrongs of subordi
nated peoples must be righted in the
territories Germany has occupied
since the beginning of the war and
these peoples must have complete
freedom. All this must be assompiish
ed before a league of nations is po.s
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BRITISH NEARING DAMASCUS
PARIS, Oct., 1— The British are
today within two and one half mi.es
fr^m Damascus, according to officoal
id vices.
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CHOLERA IN BERLIN
BASEL. Oct., 1.—According to au
thentic advices cholera has broken out
in Berlin and many fatal cases have
been reported.
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KING LEADS HIS FORCES
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HAVRE, Oct., 1.—King Albert is j
•ommanding the Belgian foives in the j
present fighting.
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TURKEY SENDS OUT FEELERS
LONDON, Oct., 1.—The Evening
News says in an extra edition that
Turkey is putting out feelers for an
armistice.
LONDON, Oct. 1— The greatest excitment prevails
in Germany over Bulgaria’s defection according to Hol
land dispatches. Saturday, Sunday and yesterday the ex
citement throughout the Imperial German realm was a1
most hordering on a panic.
The people, high and low, demand that something be
done. The demand is for someone possesing the confiden
ce of the Germans and the Allies to replace the present
military oligarchy. The junker conseivative classes art
split wide apart but all are clamoring for a decisive action.
peace demonstration like riots.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 1— Official dispatches from Ber
lin state that a peace demonstration was held there the
cheering crowds assembling before the Bulgarian legat
ion. Police intervention was necessary as thousands were
forming and yelling “Peace” The rioters got the upper
hand of the police and many statues were demolished.
SMELL THE SAUERKRAUT.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1— The newspapers of Germany
and especially in Berlin are hysterical over the sudden de
velopments both the withdrawal of Bulgaria from the Tou
tonic alliance and the defeats of the various German div
isions on the western front.
The newspapers are all demanding that a cool head
mist be found to deal with the situation. One newspaper,
m Imperial organ, says: “The present government has
preferred to lead the nation in blinkers past the abyss of
langer. Our national life is now endangered. Germany
has been ruthless in the present war. Our enemies know
this and we know it. The Kaiser knows that deeds have
Deeri committed which have been barbarous. Bulgaria has
forsaken us. Austria will be the next, possibly Turkey.
The world distrusts the Kaiser. The people of Germany
are beginning to see his faults. A cool head must arise and
;ead us out of our ways.”
.SERBIANS CUT BULGARS IN TWO.
LONDON, Oct., 1— The Serbs east of Veles have de
feated the Bulgarians six miles from the Bulgar frontier
and cut the Bulgarian forces in two parts. The Bulgarian
soldiers killed their own officers when the latter attempt
ed to stoo them from fleeing before the Serbians.
The French cavalry has occupied Uskub.
WHAT BULGARIANS ARMISTICE MEANS
LONDON, Oct., 1— The Bulgarian armistice is pure
iv military. The Balkan territorial rearrangement was
nurposelv omitted. Bulgaria agrees to evacuate all Serb
ian territory, demobolize the army and surrender all
means of transport to the Allies; surrender control of the
Danube and allow the Allies free passage in Bulgaria for
military ooeration. All these transportation arrangements
will be entrusted to the French, British and Italians.
The armistice is effective until a general peace.
SUFFRAGE
DEFEATED
BULLETIN — WASHINGTON,!
Oct., 1.—The United Suites. Senate
late this afternoon defeated woman !
suffrage by a vote of fifty three to
thirty one. This failed to give the
two thirds majority necessai-y to ad
opt the resoultion submitting the An
thony Suffrage amendment to the
states.
THE KAISER
ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
AMSTERDAM, Oct., 1. —The Ber-1
lin Press today claims that the Kaiser j
has eccepted the resignation of Chan
cellor von Hertling and also the re
signation of War Minister von Hintz.
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AMERICAN FORCES IN
RUSSIA CAPTURE TOWN
VLADIVOSTOK, Oct., 1.—Ameri
can troops assisted by Japanese
^troops have occupied Blagjvesehenc.
LEAVING FOB
FT. LISCUM
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Seven inducted menJnW leave on
the Admiral Schley t«.ay from Sew
ard Roin£ first to Foil Liscum. The
men will only remajfi at Fort Liscum
for a short time thep, go to Fort Wm.
H. Seward, where £ all Alaskans of
the present draft M-e beintf mobolized
It is understood that within a month
or six weeks the f Alaskans will be
transferred to C;,nr p Lewis, Washing
ton. %
The men leavinRwSeward today are
Ivar Ekren, Jonas ^rberk, Carl John
Lundbertr, Fredrick Edison, Chrysos
Manuelides, Russell ^>olsey and Ivor
Lund. 1
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DRIVE BACK a\ STRIA NS
ROME, Oct., 1.—The \ustrians at
tacking the advanced posfo of the It
alians in the Guardacara 1 alley, west
of Lake Garda, have been Iriven back
cros sthe Chese river. \
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Cupid never strikes for mo»x» nay.
Hty work is merely a labor of |ove.