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SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, TEN CENTS PER COPY
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Nebraska Senator Intimates I hat War
Secretary Does Not Know
Conditions of Department
ot Which He is Head
CLAI.W> SHIPS AKK SC A PC I
Secretary Baker Cornea Bight Bark
With Statement that Many of
I lie Members ol I he Senate
Just Talking Stuff
W ASHINGTON, Feb. 4. - Senator
G. M. Hitchcock, ot Nebiasku, ad
dressing Hie Senate this afternoon,
said that Secretary of War Baker.',
jecent statement that America would
have half a million men in Franc*
early this yeai was absolutely pre
posterous and so exaggerated • as to j
vorvey an ent.iely false in.orers-on a:
to what we can and are doing.
“Secrotaiy Baker is doubtless sin-1
ce»e in making h»s statements,** said i
the Senator, “but he is inclined to
mislead by lack of information re- j
gaxiing the scarcity of ships an*4
makes most sanguine statement and
predictions. The President of th’s
nation does not know even the real
situation. I cite as an example the
absence of government co-operation j
to support the Senate’s measure to;
the appointment ol a munition s direc
tor as on** of the war measures.*
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Senators lion’l Know All
WASHINGTON. Feb. I “Many
.Senators believe they know every-)
thing,” said Secretary Kaker toc■ * v j
regarding the statements of Sen.)
Hitchcock. “Tue> and the people of
the nation do not know how many1
soldiers we have now in France oi l
they would change their tune about
what we can and are doing. Many of j
the Senators -it in chair.- and hatch |
up stuff and that is all it is—stuff.”
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RECALLS WRECK j
OF 8 YEARS AGO;j
THWAITE TALKS
Eight years ago tomorrow the
steamer Victoria came into the har
bor having the survivors of the wreck
ed steamer Fftinllon aboard. i*or «U
days the survivors of the wreck had
been camped on a rocky elicit on thg
west coast of Kodiak Island waiting
for some steamer to pick tiicm up.
During all this lime, with the excep
tion of one day, the men had been ex
periencing the most bitter ot weatrer.:
Thia morning John E. Thwaites was |
found intently looking at a large pic
ture, hanging over one of the doors
at Sexton & Thwaites. The picture
was the Farallon, encased in ice live;
feet thick, resting on the rocky shore, j
where she struck. Mr. Thwaites was
the mail clerk on tne Farallon and
he stood looking at the picture sa d:
“That was a fearful thirty day period
through which we passed. Our shel
ter place was swept by gales contin
ually and none of us left except to se
cure drift wood to keep us warm j
The snow fell so thickly that one;
would have become lost had iie stray
ed .SO feet away from sight. Nothing
was more cheerful than the sight of ]
the Victoria, one of the three boats;
?ent out to locate us.*’
Capt. Hunter, now on the North
western, was also on the Farallon,
when the wreck occurred.
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TEX RICKARD GOING
TO S. A. TO PROMOTE
RAISING OF CATTI.E j
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XEW YORK, Feb. 4. — Tex R’ck
art) sailed for South America today.
In the other half of the hemisphere
Tex will raise cattle. Before the
steamer sailed, Rickard announced to
the sporting editors and others that
he had quit th*» promotion of fiffhts
for food.
LIEUT. COMMAND." C'cLEY
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Lieut. Commander David Worth *
Baglay of the American destroyer Ja- j
cob Jones nearly lost nfs life when
the vessel was torpedoed by the Ger.
mans. He was dragged from the wa
ter onto a raft by a seaman, who after
ward died of exposure. Bagley is a
brother-in-law of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels.
LOWN UP
LONDON, Feb. 4. — It is reported
that a munitions depot near Prague,
the capital ot* Dohemia, has exploded
killing nuny persons. The import re
ceived here is that the explosion was
an intentional one.
LAST GALL
OF FIRST
DRAFT ON;
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — Provost j
Marshal General Crowder today an
nounced ♦hat the movement of the last
increments of men selected in the first
draft begins February 2-I’d and will
continue for a period of five days.
This movement will complete the
operation of the rirst draft.
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GKNFRAL WOOD IS
01'I OF HOSPITAL
PARIS, Fob. L — General Leo
nard Wood, recently wounded
while visiting the front, was able
to leave the hospital today and
receivtd visitois at the American
headquarters hero.
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FATHERS' ASSOCIATION .
WII.L LOOK AFTER THE
LADS FROM WASHINGTON .
"SEATTLE, Feb. 4. — Arthui B.!
Pr^st, dean of men at the University!
of W ashington, will leave for Paris to
establish headquarters for Washing
ton State soldiers as soon as the nee*,
essary funds ate raised. The move
ment is backed by the Father's As-|
sociation, composed of men with sons
in the service.
A girl can’t be expected to be warm
hearted if she wears it on her sleeve.
!0F
I IT HUNS
WARNING
TO K 1
UP WAR
EFFORTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — Secre
tary of War Baker today issued a
warning to the American people not
to let the reports of strikes and gen
era I internal disorders in Germany
slacken the American preparations
for war.
l or the first time, Secretary Baker
today stated, he believed that the Al
lies have a preponderance of men and
guns on the western front and are
ready to resist the German forces as|
oe\er before.
“I believe," said the War Secretary, \
that there are more men now on the!
western front lines than have been I
made public and these forces are thor
oughly equipped. Ihe Allied line is
strong and I believe that this is one
of Iht* facts why no great attack*1
have been made by the Teuton foicest
despite the fact that hundreds of:
thousands of men have been brought1
from the Russian front to strengthen
the von Hindenburg line.”
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DONT UK!,AX WORK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. — The
United States employment service is-1
sued a warning to the American work!
men today not to relax their effort in
ship building a id other trades because
of (ierinan stlikes and disturbances.
The statement said that the unrest in
(Jermany may he quelled at any min
ute and the “war is not over by an\
means. Workmen are urged to hold
their present jobs until they are want
ed for ship building."
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4. — Three men
wore shot in street car riots yester
day and traffic is at a standstill to-;
day. The Hoard of Directors of the
United Railroads declare that the
strike was instigated by persons out
side of St. Louis to hinder the lm.mi
racture of war equipment.
The company refuses to recognize
the new union of men and the em- j
ployrr.ent of women conductresses was
one of the probable causes for the
strike.
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VI \N WITH COUNTERFEIT
(ONSCIENCE WHO “PAID”
U. S. OLD DEBT SOUGHT'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — Score
tary McAdoo received an anonymous
iettei containing $108 in bills.
“I am deeply repentant,’’ whote the!
sender, “for having defrauded the I
government out of this sum and now,
return it.”
The money was sent to the treas-!
ury cashier for deposit in the con
science fund.
Later it was discovered the bills
were counterfeit. Now Chief Moran
of the secret service is looking for the
man with a counterfeit conscience.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 4. — Fish quo
tations at noon today were: halibut,
sixteen cents; sable, four cents and
red rock two cents.
LIEUT. JOHN ORCHARDS
Lieut. John K. Richards, U. S. N.,
was one of the officers of the American
destroyer Jacob Jones who survived
when that vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine.
SUB CREWS
CORATED
BY KAISER
AMSTERDAM, Fob. 4. — The Kai
ser has created a special decoration
for the submarine crews on the anni
versary of the ruthless campaign as
recognition of the “meritorious work
accomplished.” The decorations are
available for the officers and members
of crews o' submarines after they
have made three voyages.
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PIETSCH WILL
ENTER SERVICE
FOR THE WAR
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Charles Pietsch, the young nan
formerly with Frye-Bnihn company,
in Seward, has written to Rev. J. J.
Patton, that he has just reached the j
draft age and is going to enlist in thi*
wireless service. Ho will leave soon
for the Great Lake’s Naval Station, j
Mr. Pietsch was in St. Loui> at the
time the letter was written.
“Every place you go or every place
you look, it is war down heie. This i
is the war by which we hope to gain
and give democracy” write*? the young
man. “Our high schools are drilling
the boys in military tactics and the
class is composed of those which the
good old U. S. A. will be prbud of.
“You don’t know how much I wish I
I was back in Alaska again. Soirm-]
times I feel homesick for Seward and
the mountains. 1 only hope that f
will live through this strife so that 1
may again return to the land which,
appeals to me."
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CANAL CONTRACT IS
CONCLUDED WITH
CHINESE PEOPLE
LONDON, Feb. 4. — The Eiems
Carey Canal contract has been con
cluded with the Chinese government.
Twenty-year 7 per cent bonds to the,
amount of $.‘1,500,000 will be issued j
in the United States and $2,500,000
will be floated in Japan by the Indus
trial bank of Tokio. Bonds will be
secured by lands to be reclaimed and
the issue price will be 80. Construc
tion work will begin in April. The
main line will be 900 miles and a sec
ondary line 200 miles. Both roads
will be financed by the American In
ternational corporation.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb.
4.—The American officers are elated today over the re
sults of the American artillery in the first enagement with
the Germans and which occurred Sunday forenoon. The
attack of the artillery followed a preliminary shelling by
the Germans.
When the engagement started the infantry was order
ed out along the ’trenches and the infantry commanders
called for the artillery. The latter responded with a bar
rage and worked with pronounced effect.
Aerial reconnassiance during the short but sharp
engagement showred that the American artillery fire had
a very destructive effect and it is known that three enmy
dugouts were demolished.
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AMERICAN FORCES ARE NOW ON THE
REAL BATTLEFRONT IN LORRAINE SECTOR.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Secretary of War Baker’s
weekly war review makes the official announcement that
the American troops are now occupying a portion of the
actual battlefront. A dispatch from Major General John
J. Pershing says that Americans are in the front trenches
along the Lorraine front.
KAIS R TO
KILL THOSE
ON STRIKE
LONDON, Feb. 4. — With the ex
ception of disorders at Jena, the Ger
man strikes today appear to have been
ended. The end came when the Kaiser
issued a proclamation that all work
men who ruled to return to their
(asKs immediately would be executed.
STRIKE AT JENA
. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4. — The Ber
lin Tagesblatt says a new strike move
ment has begun at Jena. About one
third of the women at that place have
struck. Jena's population is about
21,000 and is situated in the Grand
Duchy of Saxe Weiner.
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SPECIAL CASKET IS
MADE FOR SULLIVAN
BOSTON, Feb. 4. — The fu
neral of John L. Sullivan, who
died late Saturday, will be held
on Wednesday. No casket was
found here large enough to hold
the remains of the dead pugilist
and a special one is being mane
and will be sent here fiom New’
York. Theodore Roosevelt has
been asked to be one of the pall
bearers. %
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CONTRIBUTION OF
LABOR TO CAUSE
FOR DEMOCRACY
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. — Los
Angeles Labor's contribution to the
fighting forces of America was sig
nalized here by the formal raising of
a service flag bearing a star on its
white field for each of nearly six hun
dred organized workers off to war.
Simultaneously a great American
flag was run np on the Temple's flag
pole.
BLAME FOR
COLLISION
AT HALIFAX
; IS PLAC
! HALIFAX, Feb. 4. — The Cana
dian government's investigating com
i mittee into the recent horror in the
harbor today made its report. All
I blame for the recent collision is plac
ed upon Pilot McKay and Captain
Lamboc of th^ French munitions shin
Mont Blanc.
No statement is made regarding the
penalty to be meted out to the French
steamer officers.
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GERMANS TO
COMBAT THE
NEW DANGER
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i AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4. — The Ger
! man press is full of comment dope
' eating the military effort of the ignit
ed States. However, the Cologne Ga
zette calls attention to the menace of
the air forces which America .plan to
have in Europe this year, as follows:
**Much fuss is being made about the
nirm*r. Their training is easier ai.d
quicker than the creation of a who!*'
army. ?\‘o doubt it will not be before
the spring of this year that American
airmen in large numbers will be avail
able. Both as regards Jhe personr el
ar.d the material we have tak m ade
quate countermea.-ures, and we shall
he ready to meet the new danger,
which we take by no paeans lightly"