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WASHINGTON, July 17 — Labor
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prices in America have Increased three
per cent from April 15 io Mn\ I5t
this year. l*oi live y ... . cmlit ,** 7!°.y
15th, the average *t increase it* the
fold price has bn a y’i per eont.
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of Am outgo. who i-> visiting her sist
i . i. $* BaHki ton ad
i*r. Mrs. K. S. ltaid m, a <K 4 k*tu’
bridge j ty \u>' given b\ Mi. and
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\ . v. 4 bl s \v< *• played. Lun
cheon was st*ivt d, late in the evening.
Huinpic have 4.
fast shipment oi the sn.mon v.us ie
c 1 at tin San Jtitu ai nery yester
day.
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Those who attended the Alaska-Pac
ific-Yukon exposition in Seatt e w.
remember ttic “bug anus- tne ct
house, the dady house, the dippy house !
etc..” at the neci o: t :e Pay feak.
Seward wii‘ have i* own ki id of ;
House upon the arrival ot the l>o a.
There are s vm insane persons aboard
and they will be put with two others,
now in the I cderal jail, until tin* 1 • x,.
batch of p'k or.vrs and insane me sent
to Morningside.
Mrs. \Y. M. Sam will entertain thr
young people tonight in honor of her
niece, Miss Dorothy Hopper, who is
visiting lien rom Seattle.
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There s go:ng to be a “smashing
a (Tan” at the Sar, Juan dock soon.
United States Deputy Marsha; Isaa*
Evans will snvi h all bottles of hootch
seized and the contents will be poured
into the Bay.
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Five prisoners, practice.!!y a-1 slack
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the Dora from westward poits accord
ing to info mation Tccived here.
The Woman’s club of Sewant '•*|
P'eet Frid y afternoon with Mrs. F. A. ;
Friend at 2:30 o’clock. A war recipe
will bo demonstrated.
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The Admiral Wainv right and Cor
dova ! f|
with freigh for Alaska and should ar
rive in port sometime this week.
The Methodist Ladies Aid Society
will moot tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o’clock at the parsonage.
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Steamer \dmiral Fa-ragut is adver
tised to sail from Seattle for South
western Alaska ports tomorrow fore
noon.
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Robert J. Weir W’M return tonight
from an inspection trio to the upper
epd of the Seward division.
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LONDON, July 17 — Lieutenant:
N cvhi R«»o»-vi-ii. younjro-t son of*
• o«, o Roosevelt, former President!
too l/r.ited States, was killed today
. battle ovei Chateau l hici ry.
Him, I,.os veit fell to Ids
h the (Jeiman air squadron mach
li.* a • v aired in battling, fell be
i »1 the om rny linos a crumpled wreck .
ad it is practically certain that the |
t - ,\v was killed. Philip Roosevelt, a|
witro d the aii battle.
OYSTER RAY, July 17 — Theodore
o \ o!t. v '■ 'a informed that his son
1. id boon killed, said: “His mother and
<1 la had a chance to render
i , (vintry st mo service before fate
befell him."
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W v. hI ]vm p’“. we are not going
• . tearner as soon as we be
iiev-d we would.
p ihe lostp?t dope: The stca
Vi 'lira! Fa agut is advertised
to sail from Seattle tomorrow at 10
o’dock. The Northwestern d?<l not sail
w-terday. there fore the Admiral Far
tu•;* will have day’s mail aboard.
H \ miral earner should-mark you
carl' her< about Friday, July
20th.
I >; 1m f». the Northwestern has
b a po^tpm ! <i until next Saturday
mo i ing. The steamer Dora will be
, . lint the arrival of the Nor
! western.
DAWSON, V. T., July 17—Alaskan
who wintered at Crow I^ake,
Rumpel* Hou e. h trail point in
i V retie CVrcle, fought against fa
'ghout the cold season, ac
'ovdir'; t > i h ttei received here. One
: . an ' seven year old
. k* pi tlu .nselve^ alive ten
> by jmiwing a caribou skin, which
.hey snaked in water. For some reS
m the caribou, which usually run in
■ a** e numbers in the north and upon
which the Indians depend for subsis
rc, du mg J.ho winter, migrated
\ ;t- to some other section.
FISH (R OTATIONS
ST VTTI T. July 17— Fish ni ices t0.
lay noon were ns follows: h ilibut f^u1
to n r.iul one halt* cents; Ijng and red
cod, three cents.
KETCHIKA V, July 17 — Fish quot
ations t day were as follows: halibut,
. 4 tr ade, twelve cents, second grade,
•a cents: sable four-cents; red rock,
two cents.
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It ha-- just about gotteli so in this
country that a man can’t have indiges
tion without being regarded as a food
hoarder.
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r MOONEY TAKEN TO DEATH CELL.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 17— Thomas Mooney was tak
en to San Quentin to be placed in the death row in that pen
itentiary where he is to be hanged on August 23rd. for
murder connection in the Prepardness day parade in July,
1916.
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.AY IN FIGHTING
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OSAKA, July 17 — A violent ty
phoon struck the southwest part of
Japan and the Luchu Islands on the
r.iirht of July 11th. Communication
has been interrupted since then. Heavy
floods were caused at Kobe and here,
l/osses of life and property is not
mown at this time.
PRESIDENT IS
ASKED TO NAME
INVESTIGATORS
WASHINGTON, July 17 — Presi
dent Wilson announced today that he
will remain here tbroug#>ut the sum
mer. The President has abandoned all
hopes of having a vacation.
ATHENS. July 17 — SpanishTd
.•ices state that the Spanish steamer
carrying Minister Lopez from Vega
to Spain, has been torpedoed. The di
plomat and his family are reported to
have escaped in life boats.
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WILSON HAS NO
VACATION HOPES
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WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Senator j
Hitchcock, chairman of the Foreign
Relations committee, today urged
1 resident Wilson to appoint a special
commission to investigate conditions
in Russia.
HEADQUARTERS AMERICA?
moors with the rritish
ARMY IN FRANCE, July 17— (Co
rcspondence of the Associated Press)
- The war seems to most of the nowlv
arrived men of the American army
here to bo still far away. Aside from
the air raids that reach for back of the
lines there is little to suggest that a
*igantic struggle is going on almost
within hearing distance.
“How far is is to this-war anyway?"
asked one of the recently arrived men.
He was swinging his legs from thedoor
way of what would look in America
like a toy box-car as a train pulled in
to a small station on the way from
“somewhere in France" to “somewhere
else in France".
“We’ve been here ’steen days al
ready", said another, and we’ve seen
just nothing that looks like battle.
The distance from the station to a
>;.rt of the line where some of the
boys may “go in" some day is not so
far as seems to them, but almost right
up to it the grass is still delightfully
freslr and green, the wild-flowers are
as thick as they are wont to be at this
season in France, and the birds sing
with as much zest as they do hundreds
of miles from the battle front. The
weather aids the illusion of peace.
There has been just enogh rain to
wash the dust from the foliage along
the beaten roads. The nights are just
cool enough to induce good sleep, the
days just bright enought to bring out
Iho beauties if a fertile region.
The line between this unstricken re
gion and the country where only shells
have ploughed the land for several sea
sons is a sharp one. On tbe other
side the villiages have cmmbled. Some
larger towns give out no other sound
than the bursting of shells and the
falling of ruins. None may go into the
wreckage for in the shell holes, among
the piles of debris lurks the subtile
poison the shells bring from the Ger
man lines. The streets, are kept clean
of debris by the British army. As so
on as a shell knocks down the remn
ants of a wall the masonary is picked
up and called away.
Just outside this dead zone the vib
ration fiom the fire of big guns shake
the branches, of the trees, but the birds
pcrcher upon them are unmindful.
Shrapnel sent from German guns in
reply bursts all around but the night
ingale’s song goes on quite the same
as it does farther back from the lines
where the war appears to the Ameri
can boys to be still so far away.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT, July 17— The German
masses in the great offensive have been held for forty
eight hours and have been turned back from Paris also
their attempts to ascend the Marne where the French and
Americans are checking them.
The German columns on the south bank of the Marne
are today in a perilous position, while to the east of
Rheims the Allie’s army is intact.
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ENEMY’S PENETRATION IS THREE MILES.
LONDON, July 17— The enemy’s advance yesterday
down the Marne river, in an unimportant locality, marks
the total penetration in the French lines. A six mile ad
vance at Festigny was the most southern point reached.
GERMANS ARE USING RESERVES.
PARIS, July 17— ( Official )— The Germans last
night used reserves to attack the Allied lines north of Stan
-gan. The enemy penetrated to Boardonniere. Further
east the French held the enemy on the outskirts of the Bou
-quient Woods and the village of Neslis.
The French drove the enemy from Monvoism between
the Marne and Rheims.
The German assault in the Vrigny region has broken
down completely. The enemy assaults east of Rheims have
been fruitless.
The French have maintained practically all positions
and all lines intact.
GERMAN CAUALTIES ARE LARGE.
LONDON, July 17— The German casualties in the
present offensive have been heavy for the first 48 hours. It
is estimated that 100,000 have already been killed and the
number of prisoners taken is unestimated. The French
losses are declared to be small. No guns have been lost in
the counter attacks but many German guns, brought up
when the attempt to bridge the Maine was made, have
been captured by the American Marines.
HUN REVOLUTOINISTS
URN LARGE AIRDROME
LONDON, July 17— Destruction by fire of a new Ger‘
man airdome containing 22 aeroplanes, near Nivelles, is
atributed to army revolutionists among the Teutons forces
Ten Belgians and two German non-commissioned officers
have been arrested. •
BOLSHEVIKI LEADERS ARE ALARMED.
LONDON, July 17— The Bolsheviki leaders in the
Irkutska region are alarmed at the turn of events in Vladi
vostok, and are preparing to flee towards Mongolia.
PEKIN, July 17— The Czech Slavs have occupied the
town of Klutshevsky, southwestern Transbaikal. General
Seminoff is reported to have occupied Sharasum.
SKILLED MECHANICS ARE ON A STRIKE.
NEWARK, N.J., July 17— Between 7000 and 8000
skilled government mechanics have struck in various war
plants here asking for higher wages,
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