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' volume V1THBER ,, SEWABR ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 81 1*18._TEN CENTS PKB COPT
RUSSIANS UPRISING
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LON POX. July Ml.—Stockholm dispatches today say that the Rolsheviki
of Russia has reached the end of the tether. Masses of Russian workmen an !
peasants will soon uprise ,in arms, against the Rolshcviki tyranny.
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AMSTERPAM. July Ml.—A thirteen year old boy threw a bomb widen
killed Field Marshal, von Eichoro. German Commander at Ukraine, and the
Adjustant General, at Kiev last Tuesday, according to advices received her.
The two men weVe driving together when tho boy spotted them and thiew
the bomb. The boy was immediately arrested and said that he had been
sent from Moscow to do the deed upon orders of the Communist Committee.
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ASHORE
A PACIFIC PORT. July 01— The
Japanese Liner Canada Maru. bound
from Yokohama with a $4,000,000 si k
cargo aboard and 170 passengers,
grounded early this morning near
here Relief vessels went to the scene
ami the passengers ^ere taken off. It
is believed that the Japanese crnfc
will be floated without much damage.
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SCARE ON
F00 i NOW
ALL OYER;
LONDON. July 31.—“This countrj
will never again have to go through
any period ol such trial and irritation
as arose from the food shortage
which caused ti e queues in the coun
try last autumn and in February and
March” said John Robert Clynes, Act
ing Food Controlled, in the course et
a statement on the food situation.
Mr. Clynes told of the immense
change that has come uvei the coun
try since a few months ago when in1
ami his chief. Yiscoint Lnomlda, we e
about to ration the pople. So great
is the change that the t.dk of ro\oiu
lion on lood shot tage has passed >•
way, ami trade union confer* nces now
end wohout mentioning food.
4*vV» have to thank our Lountifu!
ally. America, for great food supilus
s-anl Mr. Clynes. "She ha., had ne at
less ami wheat less days in order to
*end us more.
ALASKAN' IS AliOAiil)
A TOlil’Kl**>Li> STKAMKU
SEATTLE. July at. — Captain
James J. Doyle, a former employee
of the Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany. was i*n boaul the steamer West
-over, launches! at Seattle last heb
ruary, and torpedoed July 1 Ith.
Captain Doyle war the former mas
ter on the stern-wheeler steamer
J. K. Amo-, operated on the t oppei
river, during construction days. His
name is not among :hc missing.
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HAS ONLY DAY’S MAIL
Steamer North we-tern lot t Scat* o
on the night of July 20th and conse
quently onU* had a little over one
day’s mail. This was distributed
with a Inigo part of the second el isr
mail when the windows opened at
the Post Office this morning.
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Read the Gateway.
NOT YET
LONDON, July .'>1— Foreign Sec -
retarx Balfour told the House of Com
•irons today that no enemy govern
ment has* approached the Ententes re
garding peace negotiations.
HIGH OFFICIALS
SEE HEED FOR
AIO FOR GOLD
WASHINGTON, July 31.—(By
mail) Delegate Charles A. Sulzer < 1
Alaska yesterday held a conference
with Chairman Bernard Baruch, of
the War Industries/ Board, Henin Jen
nings. consulting engineer of the Bu
reau of Mine> and other high official
relative to stimulating the gold in
dustry and encouraging a larger out
put of gold. All were in full sym
pathy with the movement and inclin
ed to render every assistance possible*
rh«* elimination of income taxation
igainst gold min- rs, with a war es
sential classification, wore favored.
The sugge stion was made that the !
President appoint a gold commission
er in order to give the gold miner.**
proper representation and to h* »ug
about a bonus, oi, by in‘e* national
agreement, increase in same wav the
• »riee of gold, anti in every way to j
imp*t.vc the conditions that t iect the
production of gold.
ic a a; suggested by one ol uiej
unmbeis «»i ibe conlercnce that re^o- I
.utioia> making >uggestions as to me
aU>ut a bonus, or by lntednational
voJ*d Ik* ol great assistance.
li»e in ea ioi ..increasing tiie icim
tr\ s gold output, is everywhere lec
ogmzed. I nis need i.> emphasized by
the fact that there will be a reduc
tion in the gold production of Sou
A Inca, Austria and other gold cen
ters. .
POUA SAibo TOAiOiiiiOW
Steamer Doia will sai! for the
westward tomorrow afternoon at 1
o’clock. There will* l>e a large num
bei of passeugei> and full load of*
frciglu for the westward.
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COPEXHAGEX, July 31.—With a
'n\v to‘putting down the alarming
growth if gambling, the Hungarian
government lias prohibited all games
of chance at clubs and saloons in Bud
apest and police have h n given au
thority to enter private clubs at any
time, says German papers,
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LEGISLATOR OF
NORTH IS DEAD,
SEATTLE, July :!1— C.K. SNOW,
father of Alaska’s prohibition meas- |
urc, is reported to have died yester
day at his father’s home in Alliance
Nebraska.
C.K. Snow was representative in
the Territorial Legislature from Ru
by. At the close of the last legislat
ure r. Snow went south for medical
treatment. Several years ago Mr.
Snow was teaching school and mining
in the interior and later become part
owner of the weekly Ruby Record Cit
izen. but disposed ot his stock after
the passage of the prohibition meas
ure.
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GAR. MAY BE
VERY LAST ONE
PORTLAND, Oiv July Ml. — The
National Kncanipment of the Giand
Army of the Republic this year will
be held in this city, dui mg the week
beginning August lc>th, 1D1S, It i<
probably the last encampment of the
veterans’ great organization that will
be held in the Pacific (’oast.
Owing to the great importance of
the forthcoming encampment Direc
tor-General McAdoo expressly stip
ulated in the read justment of pass
enger rates, which became effective
June 10 th, that the rates to the an
nual encampment in Portland should
be one cent per mile tor acutl distan
ce traveled, to be computed as over
the most direct route of the tians
the lowest transcontinental passeng
continental railroads. Ihis rate is
er rate ever made for a great Nat
ional gathering, and the making sim
ply was an expression of the appre
ciation of the government of the pat
riotic* purpose of the G. A. R.
Railroad tickets* tor the encamp
ment will be on sale in the various
cities of the country August 1st, and
every day therafier upto the time of
the encampment. Return limits on
the tickets will be for sixty days
from date of sale.
The business sessions oi me en
campmcnt, and other indoor exorcises
will be held in the new $(»00,000 mun
icipal auditorium, a beautiful struc
ture capable of comfortably seating
reveral thousand persons.
Committee.; of Portland business
men ere arranging all the details for
he reception and entertainment ol
the veterans and their families. In
addition to local festivities, excurs
ions to a number of nearby points
*iave be ?n planned, to include visits
to Portland’s splendid shipyards, a,
trip over the magnificent Columbia j
River Highway, by automobile, for
those w ho wish to make the trip and
other pmIc trips to points of interest.
SCHLEY SAILS SATURDAY
TV* Admiral Schley, the next steam
-or for Southwestern Alaska from
| Seattle, sails next Saturday after
. noon at 4 o’clock according to cable
• odvices received by Agent Wayne
P.lue.
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SKAGWAY ON WAY NORTH
i The freighter Skagway, of the Al
aska Steamship Co., is on the way
north and should arrive in port at any
time. The Skagway has the shingles
for the new roof of the Public School
building.
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Traveling freight and passenger
Agt. Davidson. Alaska Steamship Co.
accompanied by his wdfe and young
son, arrived on the Northwestern and
will remain in Seward until the re
turn of the Alameda.
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NORTHWESTERN
ARRIVED TODAY
Steamer Northwestern arrived in
. ort this morning shortly alter 4
o’clock bringing- 25 passengers for
Seward and 20G tons of general
freight. The Northwestern leit Sea
ttle at 8 o’clock on the night of July
20th and besides the regular poits o.
cali, made trips to many canneries..
Practically 12 hours were lost at
Drier Bay owing to the difficulty of
navigation in and out. For the past
two days rain was experienced but
the first part of the trip was under
more favorable weather conditions.
The following are among the pa.*>
engers at riving on the Northwestern
from the South: Mrs. S. A. Segglke,
H. C. Laughlin. 0. J. Broods, Mrs. D.
Killigrew, VVr. A. Dupey, l». A. Grier,
I). C. Bard, K. h. Hill, l*. L. retty
grove, J. L. Dayidson wife and son,
K. E. Whelpley, C. M. Peterson, 1). B.
Peterson, Col. B. O. l^enoir, J. I>. Mo
Dougail, C. 1*. Wood, B. A. Basel, 1..
Kruger, E. A. Gardner, C. tors, S.
(J.essemoiT, Miss R, Kay, Vera And
erson, Bessie Marsh. M. Sharmoll, A.
Anderson, Miss L. Kotchum, Miss 1..
Strickland, H. Anderson, MB. Vincent
Capt. J.J. Finnegan and seven steci
ag'*.
The Xoi thwestern was billed ♦*:
sail this afternon for Anchorage. Th
steamer has 121 tons of freight
nbr'ird for Anchorage and 14 passes-,
ire i s.
ALAMEDA DUE TONIGHT .
Steamer Alameda will arrive in
|K>rt tonight at 7 oVIock according to
cable advices received by Agent Mc
Donald. The Alameda has a goodly
number of passengers and three and
one half day’s mail.
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SAYS FXPODUS FROM THE
NORTH IS AN EPIDEMIC
F. W. Pettygrove, one of the besJ
.known commercial travelers who has
been making this territory for yea1
arrived on the Northwestern this
morning and is registered at the Ovc
land. Mr. Pettygrove says that the
exodus from the territory reseml lor
a stampede to a new strike. “People
>re going to the states,” said Mr
VHyprove, “juM like sheep, none
’ no :ng why. It is the same as in
old days, men would quit good jobs
to rush to another camp where r
-trike had been reported. Blit talc*
my word, Alaska 1s coming hack into
her own when the war is over A ms
lea has received most valuable adver
tising and those who have been at th<
front will want to come to Alaska to.
•oetinue the g'reat out-door life.’
Mr. Pettygrove is now reniwnt
ing several eastern firms and will
emain here until the return of the
Northwestern.
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PIUNCE A SUB HERO
NEW YORK, July 31.—The latest
“U-boat hero” to be extolled in Gor
man newspapers is Prince Henry, ol
Deuss, who. according to the Cologne
Gazette commanded a submarine
which sunk in Italian waters three
steamers, among them the transport
Sant Anna.
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BRITISH HISTORIANS ARE
HAVING A HARO TIME
TO GET AT ALL DETAILS
LONDON, July 31— Athough four
men hnve been working nearly a v«er
on the British official history of tiie
war they have only reached events
which took place in September, 1911.
Tt, has been suggested thaj^Jhe fore*
of historians he increased in an effort
to bring the woyk up to date.
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Word was received in the mail to
day that the steamer Dora after the
August trip, will be pcimanentlv
taken from the westward route.
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Probably there is nothing so fata’
to a bad dream as a good.sneeze.
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WITH THE AMERICAN’S, July :?1.—(Official)—'The German efforts to
advance their lines against the Amerians have been fruitless after a most
terrific battle lasting 24 hours in which the losses upon the enemy have been
heavy and the Americans losses are also large.
The Americans have been content to hold all positions instead of advanc
ing and losing man power. Thi« afternoon American aviators ivjK>rt the
Germans are giving way on the right line.
Early this morning the Americans made a pretense of retiring from part
of the town of Seridges. The Germans quickly advanced into the town and
two companies of Americans, v i machine guns, suddenly closed in arul en
f /eloped the enemy. Kvei * <»»• -y«n was either killed or * idly .ouur-d.
UNDATED—The German positions north of Ourcq are in grave clangar
|( spite the German’s tremendous efforts to check Hie Allies. The Allies are
this afternoon fighting their way east of Fereentardenois and seem to be in
a position t ocompel the Germans to retieat at the bottm of the Rheim-So
issons salient.
BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR THE MONTH
LONDON, July 31.—The British casualty list for the month of July,
according to official statements issued tonight, has been f>7,291. The casual
ties. for the month of June were 141,147.
GERMANS SLID OUT OF ALLIE’S BAG
• WASHINGTON, July 31.-General March told the newspaper corres
| )ondents that from advices received direct from Commander Pershing the
sole object of the Germans in the Rheim ;-Soissons salient had been to ki’l
md permit to be killed as. many men as possible. What ever object either
side had at the beginning has been submerged by the developements in the
lighting.
General March said that the salient had become greatly flattered thus
dissipating any hopes of the Allies bagging many prisoners. The with
drawal of the Germans has reduced the line from ten to fifty four miles. The
maximum retreat of the Germans has been fourteen miles in the center.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES UNKNOWN
WASHINGTON, Nothing has been revealed here regarding the extwit
of the American Casualties in the reecnt fighting. General Pershing ha>
net yet cabled the list of casualties but they will Ik* given out &» soon a*
received by the War Department.
. PARACHUTES TO BE USEh BY AVIATORS
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WITH THE AMERICANS July 31.—Captain Sarret, French aviator per
formed the first experiments today in falling with a parachute from a mov
ing aeroplane. Capt. Sarret dropped 300 feet with an umbrella twelve vatda
in diameter. He landed safely. It is believed that parachutes will now he
used to enable men to leave their machines safely and not meet death in the
falls.
AMERICANS MAINTAIN POSITIONS
PARIS, July 31.—The Americans maintain their positions near Serin
gesetnesles which they accried during the night after violent fighting. This
is an official statemen. The French repulsed four German attacks against
new French positions east of Tout and Chyla Chateau.
FISH QPOTATIONS
SEATTLE, July 31.—Fish quota
tions at noon today were as follows:
halibut, thirteen cents; sable, six and
three quarters cents, lin? and red cod.
four cents; pickled herring. $1.15 per
ten pound box; sable £2.10 per ton
pound box.
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Mrs. Thompson, who has been visit
in? her sister Mrs. Balderston, re
turns to Anchorage on the North
, Western.
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PARIES, July 31— The Chinese Am
bassador here says that the Chinese
government does not intend to en
croach upon international affairs of
Russia or Siberia but will join the
Allies in doing anything assigned.
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Bead the Galeway.
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