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. SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JANl ARY 12, 191K. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI, Number 2.2._______
FEDERAL MEN IN
LOS ANGELES ARE
CAUGHT IN A PLOT
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12—The Federal authorities
announced today that several Federal officials had at
tempted to sell arms, ammunition and general military
stores valued at $2S'>,000 which have been stored in the
basement of the Federal building. The purchasers to be
were to use the munitions for the purpose of starting
another revolution in Mexico.
Three men have been arrested, Nicholas Zenn Zogg,
N. A. Xyles, and Joseph Collins all connected with the
Federal service. Two have admitted their part in the
scheme.
The munitions were confiscated by the Federal gov
eminent two years ago when an alleged plot to start a
Mexican revolution was frustrated.
FOOD PLEDGES TO
BE SECURED FROM
WOMEN OF CITY
Housewives of Seward will be asked to sign food con
servation pledges for the observance of Wednesdays as
meatless days and Fridays as wheatless days. Monday
has been designated as pledge signing day and representa
tives of four of the fraternal lodges in Seward will be the
committee to secure these pledges. The pledge men will
start forth Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock and all house
wives are urged to be ready to receive them so that no
time will be lost. The pledges signed will constitute a
food conservation census of this city and the names of
thus*' signing will be sent to the Territorial Food Adminis
trator, Royal A. Gunnison, at Juneau. All those pledging
their support to the government for food conservation
will be presented with a card to hang in the’r window and
the housewives will also be given “kitchen instructions.’’
The city has been Mocker off into districts, Messrs.
McDonald, McConity and Reed, for the Moose will secure;
nledces in the district bounded by the bay, Jefferson and
First and Second streets.
The committee of the Masons, Messrs. Keating, Peel
and Woolsey, will have that district north of Jefferson;
First and Third streets.
The Arctic Brotherhood committee composed of
Messrs. Badger, Campbell and Lane will have the district
from Third to the bay bounded on the north by Jefferson
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street.
The committee representing the Odd Fellows, Messrs.
Fathers and Keating, will have that district north of Jef- •
fersou bounded by Third and the bay. j
ALIEN NEMIES
HAVE EVIDENCE
OF A N N PLOT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The government has dis
covered a movement to reorganize a sabotage anti-war
propaganda throughout the nation This plot was dis
covered through intercepted communications. The evi
dence was first found on a score of alien enemies who have
been lately arrested and interned.
From what the Federal officials can learn the move
ment has been broken now and the activities confined to j
sporadic cases without the guidance from Central head
quarters.
Other developments may be unearthed but the author
ities are of the opinion that nothing further will come of
the movement although arrests may be made and other
alien enemies may be discovered.
NEUTRALS NOW IN
AM RICA EXEMPT
FROM WAR DUTIES!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Citizens or soldiers of Eu
ropean neutrals, now in the United States or Territories,
will be freed from liabiltiy to military service with Ameri
can armies, provided they immediately make an appeal
through the diplomatic representatives here. This is re
gardless of whether they have taken out their first papers j
or not. This announcement was made this forenoon by •
the Department of Justice.
WAR SECRETARY
IS HANDLED IN
ROUGH MANNER
Senate Military Committee Tours
Rapid Fire of Question for
Baker to Answer Regarding
His War Preparations
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IS HANDLED WITHOUT GLOVES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. — Late
yesterday afternoon Secretary of War
Baker’s examination before the Sen-,
ate Military Committee warmed up in
a rapid cross fire of questions by sen
ators of both the Democrats and Re-,
publican ranks who did not agree with
the Secretary’s favorable view of the
war prepaiations.
Secretary Baker depicted on Thurs
day that everything was done in
splendid shape and the troops abroad
and at home were well provided for in
the way of arms and ammunitions.
Yesterday the committeemen hand
led Baker without gloves and theyj
said that his declaration that the war!
supplies were adequate would mis
lead the country. Senator Weeks de
clared that the country should not be
lulled to sleep by any statements of
“non-existinpr facts.”
MUNITIONS PLANTS
MUST SAVE ON FUEL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. — *
Fuel Administrator Garfield an- *
nounces that even the munition
plants in the United States must
curtail their fuel consumption and *
he has issued a statement assur- *
ing the public that every effort *
to combat the fuel shortage will *
be made.
INCREASED INTEREST
IS MANIFESTED AMONG
MEN FOR LOCAL UNIT
There was a good turn-out last
night at the regular weekly drill of
the Seward Military Unit. Next Wed
nesday night special instructions will
be given to recruits. It is encourag
ing to those officers of the Home
Guards who arc devoting their time to
drilling to see a renewed interest be
ing taken by the young men of Sew
ard. There is still room for more in
both the special instruction class and
the regular drill.
TO APPROVE COURSE
OF THE PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. —
Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
of Illinois, today introduced a
joint resolution, approving the
course of President Wilson in
1 presenting his peace conditions.
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NEXT BOAT IS VICTORIA
The next steamer to arrive in Sew
1 ard fiom the south is tho Victoria,!
, This steamer is bringing* north several
! Seward residents, who have been be
i low on business or pleasure and sev
en days mail. The Victoria is expect-,
■ ed here next Wednesday.
! Jl’DGE WHITTLESEY
SPEAKS TOMORROW
AT THE EMPRESS
Judge W. H. Whittlesey will be
the four minute speaker at
r Empress theatre tomorrow night.
,l Judge Whittlesey will have some
* thing most important to say. He
* has been given free lance to
choose his own subject.
r. S. BOAT TORPEDOED
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. — The Amer-J
ican steamship Harry Luckenbachj
has been torpedoed, according to a dis-|
patch received by the owners. Eight |
of her crow are missing.
GOVERNM NT WILL
CONSTRUCT DOCK
AT ANCHORAGE
WSHiNGTON, Jan. 12.—At his own request Major
Frederick Years has been relieved of further duties with
the Alaskan Engineering Commission and will shortly
become nominated a Colonel to have command of the new
Engineering Regiment now being formed and which will
be sent to France for railroad work.
This is the announcement made today by Secretary
Lane, of the Interior Department. It is presumed that
the War Department has authorized the forming of the
Engineer Regiment and that Major Mears will be made a
Colonel and placed in command although these announce
ments have come only from the Department of the
Interior.
Secretaiy Lane announced that he had appointed Wil
liam Gerig, one of the Alaskan Engineering Commission’s
consulting engineers, as engineer in charge of the Anchor
age Division.
William Gerig is the engineer who passed through
Seward in November and stated in an interview that he
intended to return north in April and go to Anchorage.
He would then begin construction of a new government
dock on Cook Inlet also dredge a channel to the dock.
Mr. Gerig at that time stated that his plans were complet
ed and he was satisfied that he could dredge a channel to
the proposed dock which would be accessible to coal barges
and regular steamers during the months Cook Inlet was
free from ice.
According to information received in Seward, Major
Mears stated in his speech at Anchorage, on the occasion
of the banquet tendered him by the people of that city
prior to his leaving for the Outside, that Chairman Edes
had assured him that work on the new dock would be
started by April 1st or as soon after as weather conditions
permitted.
No information has been received in Seward regard
ing who will be named to the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission to succeed Mears. Many are of the opinion that
the engineers in charge of the different divisions will be
their own executives, according to their estimates already
made out, and will continue their work and no one will be
named as successor to Major Mears.
IDITOR ROGERS
OF NOME GUILTY
OFJ 1IOUS ACT
NOME, Jan. 12.—Bnice Rogers, editor of the Nome
Industrial Worker was found cuilty today by a jury m
the United States Commissioner’s court of a charge of
publishing seditious statements during the past two
months.
At the opening of the trial five days ago, United
States Commissioner James Frawley ordered that every
member of the Nome Bar Association act as counsel for
the defense of Rogers. With all of this army of legal
lights the jury found Rogers guilty as charged.
ROME, Jan. 12. — The government
has promulgated a decree for a new
5 per cent. loan. The issue price will |
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be 86V6 lire and subscriptions will be
opened from January 15 to February
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