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Volume XI. Number 201. ~ SEWARD, ALASKA^SATURDAY, AUGUST 18,1917._Ten Cents the Copy
POW \ PLANT BLOWN
UP, VILLAGE BURNING,
HEAVY LOSS OF LIE:
(Br AMocin'nl PrcM Dispatch)
MONTREAL, Aug. 18. — Three tremendous explo-j
sions in the powder plant of Curtis Harvey, limited, at
Rigaud, province oi Quebec, early this morning aie be
lieved to have caused great loss of life.
Telephone and telegraph communication is disrupted
and the only details received were brought here by pas
sengers on a Canadian Pacific train which passed thiough
the vicinity a short time alter the disaster. The\ esti
mated the dead viewed from the train at t\\ent\.
The village of Dragon, some distance from the scene
of the explosion, is burning. Forty houses were blown
down, according to one passenger, who counted pile:> of
wreckage. Houses over a mile from the scene were com
pletely wrecked, and blown flat.
iNBELGiUM
STILL PROGRESSING
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 18.—In a sea skirmish on Thursday
a hostile destroyer and two mine sweepers were seriously
damaged by shell fire, according to an admiralty lepott.
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FRENCH KEEP ON ADVANCE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PARIS. Aug. 18. — French forces in Belgium pro
gressed further along the Bixschoote-Langemarnik road
today and captured the German supporting position east
of the Steenbecke river.
Additional German attacks along the Aisne front
were repulsed.
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PRACTICE MINE EXPLODES TOO SOON
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 18—Six Canadians were killed and 23
injured in the accidental discharge of a mine during ma
neuvers in connection with drilling under actual trench
conditions at Hampshire camp this morning. The mine
was discharged while the engineer squad were still in the
workings.
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TEUTON NIGHT ATTACKS REPULSED
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 18—German
troops in Flanders were repulsed after sharp night fight
ing along the newly established Allied line.
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PLAN TO ISSUE SEVEN AND
HALF BILLION IN WAR BONDS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Issuance of over $7,500,
000,000 in four per cent bonds, subject only to income
super-taxes, war profts and excess profits’ taxes have
been suggested by Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury to
the House Ways and Means committee.
The purpose of this bond issue is to provide $4,000,
000,000 to loan to the Entente allies and retire $3,000,000,
000 in non-taxable three and a half per cent, bonds.
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AMERICANS ARE TO DRILL IN CUBA
(By Associated Press Dispatch) |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — Cuba’s offer of ground
for a mobilization and training camp for American forces
has been accepted. The number, distribution of forces or
other details, are of military importance and cannot be
disclosed.
STOP PICKETING_AT WHITE HOUSE
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Police officers today put
into eeffct an order prohibiting further picketing of the
White House to prevent disorders.
COURT TERM
OPENS MONDAY
Calendar For Seward Term Includes
Number of Civil
Cases
Preparations are complete for the
opening of the Seward term of court
in Van Gilder hall Monday morning.
Judge F. M. Brown, U. S. District
Attorney Spence, Clerk Arthur l^ang
and other officials of the court arrived
on the Alameda. Offices of the court
officials will be located in the Van
Gilder building during the term. Clerk
Lang, with his deputies G. H. Wilcox
and J. B. Miller will be looted across
the hall from The Gateway office.
Court Reporter Hamburger will be lo
cated in Room 0.
Officials of the marshal’s office were
already here.
The calendar for the term follows:
CRIMINAL CALENDAR
U. S. vs. A. E. McLean for mur
der—Ray & Ritchie for defense.
CIVIL CALENDAR
AuRiist 20, 1917, Seward, Alaska
L. V. Ray vs. Skeen-Lechner Min
ing Co.—L. V. Ray and E. E. Ri
chie; S. O. Morford.
Alfred Carlson vs. Skeen-T/echner
Mining Co.—E. E Ritchie and L. V.
Ray; S. O. Morford.
J. L. Reed vs. Eri Thompson, et al.
(Continued on Page Six)
PARIS MORE PROSPEROUS
IN SPITE OF CONFLICT
(By Associated l*rc»« Dispatch)
PARIS, Aug. 17.—Savings, bank de
posits continue to exceed the with
drawals. Balances to the credit of de
positors have increased more than sev
enty million francs since the first of
the year.
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RADIO STATION ATTACKED
U. S. FORCES VICTORIOUS
The U. S. radio station in course
of construction by Gutleben Bros.,
near town, was attacked Thursday
evening by a large anti ferocious por
cupine. Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Gut
leben discovered him crossing a foot
bridge on the grounds. They exe
cuted a masterly retreat and gave the
alarm while Major Freyhold held the
bridge with a powerful magazine
broom. In spite of a continuous fusi
lade by Major Freyhold, and a mag
nifieient rear guard action by John
Starr to cover the retreat of the la
dies, the pocupine succeeded in cross
ing the bridge.
Reinforcements now arrived, con
sisting of Alec Cameron, Ernest
Brugger, Elvin Molema, Sherman Bar
tholomew, Rudolph Dalager and Peter
Stockan. The porcupine was trying to
gain a strategic position in the brush
at the rear of the cook tent, but the
Cameron division cut him off and con
tested every foot of ground, though
the porcupine charged again and
again.
Company C (meaning carpenters)
led by Henry McKallor, made a flank
movement and resisted every attempt
of the porcupine to come to close quar
ters with their long-handled repeat
ing shovels. Mr. McKallor was ably
assisted by Howard Osier, Otto
Boehm, Elmer Cook and Walter Ke
vin.
The reserves, consisting of Charles
Bacon, Superintendent Lane, Mr. Pet
ersen, Henry Molema, Ernest Fields,
Peter Kruslock and Charles Hoppe,
were now deployed in the rear of the
porcupine and brought a large cali
ber box into action with telling ef
fect and “Porky” w*as finally captur
ed. In the exciteemnt some one trod
on Supt. Lane’s pet com. Mr. Lane’s
remarks have been deleted by the cen
sor.
It is suspected that the discovery
of the camp by the porcupine was due
to the fragrance of Mrs. Molema’s new
baked graham bread.
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UNDERWOOD
TO SEE R. R.
Representative of Seattle Times Here
For Material On Railroad
Construction Stories
J. J. Underwood, of The Seattle
Timt^, well known to all Alaskans,
and Mrs. Underwood, arrived on the
Alameda for a visit here. Mrs. Un
derwood’s stay will be short as she
has friends in Juneau with whom she
desires to visit while “Jack” takes in
the sights along the government rail
road.
Mr. and Mrs. Underwood called on
Mrs. Helen VanCampen this morning
and will go to Woodrow this after
noon for a day's fishing.
Underwood will be in this vicinity
and along the line of the railroad for
about two weeks, getting material for
articles in regard to the coal fields and
railroad development accomplished
since his last trip north.
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ELECT RYAN
AS CAPTAIN
Quartermaster Sergeant Named As
Head of Military Unit
Lieutenants Named
J. J. Ryan, formerly quarter mas
ter sergeant, was elcted captain of the
Seward military unit to succeed Cap
tain J. C. Luttrell last evening, and
First Lieutenant Stites and Second
Lieutenant Campbell were re-elected.
Captain Ryan is with the accounting
department of the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission.
J. J. Finnegan acted as judge ad
vocate for election.
Appointment of non-commissioned
officers will occur at an early date and
drills will be continued every Wed
nesday and Friday evening at 7:30.
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VICTORIA WILL STOP
HERE ON ALL TRIPS
Arrangements have been made to
have the S. S. Victoria, Nome liner
for the Alaska steamship company,
stop here on all trips during the re
mainedr of the season.
The Victoria will sail from Seattle
north-bound on the last trip on Octo
ber Oth and south-bound from Nome
on October 17th.
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RELATIVES OF ALASKA
LINE OFFICIAL HERE
Mrs. R. R. Pierson and R. Pierson,
Jr., wife and son of the superintend
ent for the Alaska Steamship Co.,
are in Seward today. They are mak
ing the round-trip on the Alameda and
are accompanied by Mrs. J. Parker,
Mrs. Pierson’s daughter.
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DR. AND MRS. KEATING RE
TURN AFTER TRIP OUTSIDE
Dr. 0. J. Keating, Mrs. Keating and
the boy. returned to Seward on the
Alameda after a visit Outside. Dr.
Keating is a member of the Terri
torial Dental Board from this district,
having reecntly been re-appointed by
Governor Strong.
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Mrs. S. E. Likes, fonnerly a resi
dent of Seward and one of the first
women to settle in Resurrection Bay,
returned on the Alameda. Mr. and
Mrs. Likes at one time lived at Likes
bay, which is also known as Porcu
pine bay, and one of their buildings
is still standing.
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Ronan and James are operating an
18-ton capacity mill at their property
instead of an arastra as was stated by
error in a report yesterday.
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PRESIDENT WATCHING
THREATENED STRIKE
IN THE NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson is making a personal
study of the labor situation in Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana,
where the general strike of the In
dustrial Workers of the World is now
threatened for Monday.
Officials in close touch with the
threatned miners strike in Alabama
are optimistic over the situation and
claim that the strike can be averted
by developments which are expected
to occur during the day.
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MINERS URGED TO
DO THEIR PART
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 18.—Presi
dent White of the United Mine Work
ers, today issued a call on American
laboring men to play their part man
fully in the present war. He point
ed out that in spite of a shortage of
20,000 men in the anthracite coal
mines, the production had been in
creased to over (>,000,000 tons so far
this year.
“Mutual confidence between employ
er and employee made this possible,”
he declared.
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SHIPYARD MACHINISTS JOIN
STRIKE AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.--Omcials of
the Internatial Association of Ma
chinists announced today that 3,400
mechanics in three shipyards near New
York had joined the machinists’ strike
called today, bringing the total men
out to 12,000.
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FIRE FIGHTERS WILL
NOT WALK OUT
MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 18.—Sec
retary Smith of the local branch of
Industrial Workers, announced today
that members numbering over 100,
who are engaged in fighting forest
fires in Montana, will not go out in
the general strike called for Monday.
The announcement is considered most
important as fires are spreading se
riously. _
SAILORS OF WORLD PLAN TO TRY
MEN ON SUBMARINES FOR MURDER
(lly A«noriated I*re»s Diapatch)
LONDON, Aug. 18.—Representatives of seamen’s
organizations of France, Great Britain, America, Bel
gium, Italy, Canada, Australia and the Scandinavian
countries are meeting here to consider the crimes of Ger
many and German submarines.
Seamen at the head of the British Seamen’s union
have proposed that the seamen of the nations, whose sail
ors have fallen victim to ruthless submarine war on the
world’s commerce, establish a tribunal after the war to
trv commanders and crews of submarines for murdering
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sailors.
THE COAL QUESTION IS UPPERMOST
(By Asxociated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — President Wilson per
sonally conferred with Food Administrator Hoover today
and later with the trade commission. It is believed that
the subject of discussion was the coal situation and the
extent to which he should use his powers granted in the
food control bill, to insure proper distribution.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL BE DRY
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
VICTORIA, Aug. 18.—The British Columbia parlia
ment has passed a prohibition law effective October 1st.
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SPORTSMEN FROM EAST
HERE FOR HUNTING TRIP
M. S. Mackaye and J. P. Holman,
sportsmen from New \ork, are here
to go on a hunting trip down Kenai
river with Ben Sweazy and Andrew
Simon.
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ALAMEDA ARRIVES
FROM THE SOUTH
The S. S. Alameda arrived from
Seattle and way ports this morning
with 100 tons of local freight, 200 tons
for transfer to westward points via
the Santa Ana, and the following pas
sengers :
Dr. 0. J. Keating and wife, Mrs. F.
E. Woolley, Miss D. Woolley, Mrs. M.
Keltner, Mrs. W. E. Rich, J. B. Hol
man, M. F. McKay, S. E. Bowden, F.
Evans and wife, Mrs. D. C. Bard, S.
A. Sanderson, J. J. Underwood and
wife, Father Van Der Pol, W. K. Mar
tin, Judge F. M. Brown, Mrs. S. E.
Likes, Miss D. Green, N. Green, H.
McLean, Don McLean, W. E. Brainerd
and wife, Mrs. Berglund, I. Hambur
gerf C. H. Wilcox, J. B. Miller, D. I1.
Millard, Arthur Lang, W. N. Spence
and J. Christensen.
POSTOFFICE OBJECTS TO
TAX ON PARCELS
(Bjr Associated Preaa Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Protest
has been filed by the Postoffice De
partment against the proposed tax on
parcel post packages.
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BOATS AND TRAINS
The Alaska liner Alaska sailed from
Seattle this morning.
The Alameda is in port.
The Admiral Watson is due from
westward tonight.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum.60
Minimum ...46
Current ....-. 54
Precipitation. Trace.
Cloudy. South wind.
WEATHER TOMORROW
Unsettled. Showers.