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Volume XI. Number 204. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1917._ Ten Cent, the Copy
LL EpPEAN FRONTS
CUT IN COAL PRICES
SAVE $30,000,000
IN CHICAGO FOR YEAR
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—Slashes in price of soft coal,
amounting from $1 to $1.80 per ton, were announced to
day by the Consumers’ Coal Company, the largest retail
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coal dealers in the world.
This cut in price is effective immediately and results
from President \\ ilson's order fixing fuel prices. Othei
dealers are making similar reductions. Ihe saving to
Chicago’s coal consumers for the coming year, should the
cut remain effective, will be $30,000,000.
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GERMAN AND ENGLISH AIR RAIDS
(By Associated Tress Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 22, (Official).—German airplanes
raided the English coast today, but failed so far as gen
eral results were concerned. Two of the raiders were
brought down and the others were unable to penetrate
far inland. Bombs dropped over Dover ami Margate
killed three and injured two. Another squadron of Ger
man airplanes raided the Yorkshire coast last night but
the damage was trivial.
In a British air raid Sunday night many tons of
bombs were dropped on Middlekirke, Dump and Bur*
geoise works in Belgium. All of the raiders returned.
CLEARING BOULDERS FROM
LOWELL CREEK BED
The street committee has a team
and men at work on Lowell creek to
day, hauling boulders from the bed
of the stream to the sides to insure
its keeping within its banks when high
water begins in September.
Councilman Chamberlain says that
he is confident that all three bridges
as now put in, will hold. All cross
ings are open for traffic. At Third
avenue the crossing is so fixed as to
allow for dumping dirt from excava
tions made about town where it will
be of value in reducing the cost of
making the fill at the south end of
the bridge.
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REVOLT IN SINALOA IS
ENDED BY CAPTURE
MEXICO CITY, August 21.—'The
recent armed movement in the state
of Sinaloa started in opposition to
the taking of office of General Ra
mon F. Iturbe, recently elected gov
ernor, has been ended by the capture
of the rebellious leader Fernando de
los Monteros.
FATHER VAN DER POL GOING
TO PARISH AT CORDOVA
Father Van der Pol will be the guest
of members of his parish and friends
at the parish house tomorrow even
ing at a farewell gathering prior to
his departure for Cordova.
After several years’ service here the
FathVr will exchange with Father
Fletcher who, prior to this, has been
in charge at Cordova and Valdez.
Father Van der Pol has the keen*
est interest in Seward and its future
and will keep in close touch with de
velopment, although absent.
Father Fletcher will arrive on an
early boat, but Father Van der Pol
will not depart until next week.
BIG HEAD OF LETTUCE
FROM NASH HOMESTEAD
On display in Borgen’s grocery is a
head of lettuce from the farm of John
Nash across the bay, which when de
livered, weighed three pounds and just
filled a small-size wash tub. It is the
largest head of lettuce seen here this
year, but no larger than Nash has
grown other years.
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR’S WIFE EXPLAINS PART
ALASKAN WOMEN CAN TAKE IN HELPING WIN WAR
Members of the Woman’s Patriotic
League are meeting at Pioneer Hall
this afternoon to consider their part
in helping to outfit a bed in the Wash
ington ward of the Neuilly hospital
just outside of Paris.
Mrs. Frank Ennis, of the League,
has received a letter from Mrs. J. F.
A. Strong, wife of the Governor,
which was read at the meeting.
The letter says in part:
“I have a letter from Mrs. Frank
lin K. Lane and she makes what I,
cor&ider a splendid suggestion as to
work that could be done by the Alask
an Leagues. I will copy a part and
you can submit her suggestions to the
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Seward League.
“‘Perhaps you in Alaska will be m
• terested in a hospital bed to be put
in the Washington ward of the Neuil
ly hospital just outside of Paris? We
are trying to get several beds for the
Interior Department here so that our
men may feel the HOME thought
when they are wounded. (The HOME
club is composed of wives of officials
of the Interior Department.) Each
bed costs about $600 for a year and
we are going to supply all the gar
ments, sheets, etc., from the war
work here.
“ ‘Each bed so endowed will have a
brass plate. On it—ours will read,
“Department of the Interior.”
“ 4If you should start one I should
suggest “Alaska Patriotic League,”
and if any of your men are wounded
they would have the bed in the Wash
ington ward.’
“Mrs. Lane is a very busy woman
and I thought it kind of her to give
us a few suggestions. The ladies
whose husbands are officials in the
Interior Department under Franklin
K. Lane, wko as you well know, is do
ing so much for Alaska, have work
rooms at the Home Club building op
posite the White House and Mrs. Lane
devotes much of her time in supervis
ing the work of knitting sweaters,
socks, mittens, helmets, and mufflers,
ordering materials, cutting garments,
etc., and keeping the attention of all
centered on the needs and comforts of
the men in the trenches. She has
knitted twelve pairs of socks and in
the last mail I received a pair for us
to use as a model.
“The women of the whole country
SEWARD CIVIC
FAIR DANCE
Tickets Will be Sold by Women to
Finance Fair Given Here
Next Month
Members of the Seward Women’s
club, in order to insure complete fi
nancial success of the Seward Civic
Fair to be given early in September,
will give a dance at Arctic Brother
hood hall Saturday evening.
It will be a “Shirt Waist” dance and
promises to be one of the most popu
lar events of the season.
Tickets are on sale at Hotel Sex
ton and will be sold by members of
the organization.
Members of the Chamber of Com
merce and city council failed to an
swer the appeal of the ladies for co
operation in the fair work, but are
expected to buy a ticket from every
woman who offers to sell to them, ac
cording to the finance committee, this
being their last chance to make
amends.
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COURT DISMISSED APPEAL
TAX BRIEFS FILED
Briefs were filed with the district
court this morning by attorneys for
the city and J. L. Graef in the suit
concerning a special improvement tax
for the grading and sidewalk on
Broadway.
The appeal from the commissioner’s
court in the case of Tallason vs. Mat
tius was ordered dismissed.
On completion of the taking of tes
timony and argument in the case of
John A. Noble V3. Stephen Melchoir,
involving Melchoir’s claim to certain
lots in block 12, the court took the
case unde/advisement.
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DRILL WITH THE SEWARD
UNIT AT 7:15 TONIGHT
The local military unit will drill
this evening in the A. R hall at 7:45
o’clock. On account of many of the
members finding it difficult to be on
hand at 7:30 o’clock the time has been
accordingly changed to fifteen min
utes later.
The interest in the local unit seems
to be increasing, there being more in
attendance at the last drill than for
some time, among the number being
several new recruits. It is expected
that the interest will continue to grow
and that tonight will add several more
new names to the roster.
Captain Ryan has plans under way
which will add interest to the organ
ization as well as afford the members
plenty of occupation. He will also an
nounce tonight the new non-commis
sioned officers who will succeed those
whose terms have expired.
are awake to the fact that we are at
war and the work they are planning
and performing is simply marvelous.
“Everybody knits.
“I have an English woman engaged
to give the members of the League
lessons in knitting and I hope to make
our work more uniform. There has
been a great deal of complaint as to
poor and careless work.
“If you want to try a few pairs of
socks just to find out if the Seward
ladies care to take up the knitting
work, you could get some Fleischer
yarn or something similar. One of
the tourists that came up on the boat
when I did said she would call on you
and show you some of the articles she
had been knitting for the Navy
League. After working with the Red
Cross and visiting leagues for six
weeks in Washington I rather favor
ed Mrs. Lane’s suggestion of raising
$600 for the hospital bed. Each
League could raise as much of the
$G00 as possible in any way they may
choose. By little personal sacrifices,
entertainments, bridge afternoons,
etc. These are mere suggestions and
| if any member of the Seward league
WRONG IDEA
' ON THIS BILL
Alien Shipping for Coastwise Trade
Not to Affect Alaskan Ship
Situation
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—Capt. James
Gibson, chairman of the Pacific
coast committee of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce, returned from
Washington today and says that the
bill pending, which will permit foreign
tonnage to ply coastwise when Amer
ican ships are unavailable, has been
misunderstood. Alaskan commerce is
totally unaffected.
TWO BILLION
TAXASSURED
Senator Borah Speaks in Favor of
Proposed Increase in
War Taxes
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—It seems
a foregone conclusion that the Senate
will increase the war tax bill to a
total of $2,000,000,000 by increasing
the taxes on war profits and large in
comes. Senator Borah spoke at great
length today in favor of higher tax
ation.
NATIVES ON INLET IN
NEED OF CLOTHING
Word has been received by J. C.
Tolman, from Seldovia, that owing to
the short salmon run in Cook Inlet and
the practical failure of the humpback
salmon run, the natives there are very
short of money and supplies.
Clothing is needed and Tolman has
agreed to box and send all clothing
donated here. Anything in the way of
garments or shoes will be welcomed
by the natives, many of whom are too
old to work, even if the salmon run
had been up to its usual mark.
Notify Tolman if you have clothing
to send and he will call and take it
for shipment.
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WAR DEPARTMENT BUYS
VAST AMOUNT OF CLOTH
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. — Con
tracts have been awarded by the navy
department, through the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts, for approxi
mately 1,744,000 yards of woolen uni
form cloth. Of this total about 964,
000 yards is 11-ounce cloth, 400,000
yards 18-ounce, and 880,000 yards 80
ounce cloth.
has a better idea for the benefit of
the American Sammie in the trenches
‘overseas/ kindly send it to us and we
will be more than grateful.
“The situation is most serious and
we must all awaken to the fact that
WE are at war—that we are engaged
in the greatest conflict the world has
ever known—for humanity, for de
mocracy, for the preservation of the
Stars and Stripes.
“Alaska, as yet, hardly realizes the |
seriousness of the situation but she
can be depended upon to (to more than
her share when the call comes. Will
you not call your League meeting im
mediately and decide upon the work
you will select to do? Kindly let me
know as soon as possible so that we
may all work together for one grand
result
“Sincerest regards to you and kind
est greetings to members of the Sew
ard League from the Juneau Chap
ter.
“Sincerely,
“ANNA HALL STRONG,
“August 12, 1917.”
FOT SCRAPES VERDUN,
BElGITM,ISONZO,AND
ON RUSSIAN SECTORS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 22, (By Asso
ciated Press).—British forces commenced another oper
ation of magnitude northeast of Ypres between Lange
mark and Frezenberg.
VERDUN AGAIN SCENE OF NIGHT FIGHTING
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PARIS, Aug. 22, (Official). — German forces made
another violent counter attack last night on the Verdun
front and west of the Meuse succeeded in penetrating
the French positions but were later ejected.
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AUSTRIANS SHELLED FROM SEA AND LAND
(By Associated Dress Dispatch)
ROME, Aug. 22, (Official).—The Austrian line is be
ginning to bend and give way at various points. Italian
forces operating on the Alps fronting the sea are support
ed by floating and fixed batteries and monitors. Strong
Austrian positions have fallen before the continued at
tack.
VIENNA ADMITS LOSS—TOOK PRISONERS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
VIENNA, Aug. 22, (Official).—The Italian offensive
has forced back the Austrian line at some points, the vil
lage of Selo being among the places lost. During the
lighting 5,(500 Italian prisoners have been taken in coun
ter attacks.
GERMAN ADVANCE AGAINST RUSSIA
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Aug. 22, (Official).—German forces
began an offensive today on the northern part of the Rus
sian line between the Tirul marshes and river. Russian
forces at this point returned northward.
BERLIN ADMITS LOSS AT VERDUN
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
BERLIN, Aug. 22, (Official). — French troops have
gained a footing in the southeastern part of Avocourt
wood and on the knolls east of Avocourt wood on the Ver
dun front.
BRITISH GAIN NOTCH AT LENS
LONDON, Aug. 22, (Official).—Despite heavy Ger
man counter attacks, the British forces maintained newly
gained positions on the outskirts of Lens and made fur
ther progress at some points.
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BRITISH LOSS 14,000 IN WEEK
LONDON, Aug. 22.—British casualties for the past
week totalled 14,000 officers and men, including 2,900
killed.
AUSTRIAN ORGAN PIPES FOR SHELLS
BASLE, Switzerland, Aug. 22. — Austrian churches
and organ builders have been notified that all organ pipes
in all the churches of the monarchy will soon be requi
sitioned to fill the needs of war industries.
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ELEVEN OF
FIRST CROWD
STILL HERE
m—rn—mmmmmmm
Seward Day Will be Celebrated by
Remaining Members of “First
Hundred”
On next Tuesday, August 28th, the
original “Old Timers" will celebrate
Seward Day, it being the anniversary
of the arrival here of the “first hun
dred" on the Santa Ana.
The Santa Ana brought Colonel
Swantiz and the first construction
crew for the Alaska Central railway
here on August 28,1903. The weather
of that day was clear and warm.
Of those coming on that date the
following are here, according to a roll
made out this morning by two of the
party: Pete Anderson, Mrs. W. H.
Daykin, Blanche Daykin, T. W. Haw
kins, C. F. Hewitt, Mrs. L. Hettle,
John A. Nelson, George Phelps, A. F.
Rasmussen, Mrs. F. A. Taylor and F.
E. Youngs.
Although the Santa Ana has not
been reported, it is possible that she
may arrive from westward this time
on the anniversary of her first trip
here.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum.68
Minimum .—46
Current.........61
Precipitation. 17
Cloudy. South wind.
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WEATHER TOMORROW
North wind. Clearing.