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<i\* THE BELGIAN FRONT. Nov.]
7— A wireless has been received he*
stating that the Germans have *!♦' i I- ]
*«l to aba mien Ghent and a ;i* g * h
Belgians not t! tire on the suburbs of j
th" town where the white flags h**. *]
been raised.
The Ohio troops are prominent »r
the n lief of the city and have* '•ton*,
ed and captured the Eecke salien
sixteen miles -outhwest of Gh rt.
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FOR 2 REPUBLICS
PARIS. Nov.. 7— The new Jugo
slav government is now in charge of
affairs in Austria. AH officers have
tak**n their oaths including Josef Pa
gacnik. former vice- President of the
Austrian lower House, who is the new
president.
GENEVA. Nov.. 7— Tie* ('tech Slo
vak Republic is now a reality w.th .i
constitution like the United States.
I>r. Karl Krama. former leader of
th* Hungarian Czech party, is t'*
fi: st president
\\ IIY SHOTS WERE HR! 1
About •» o'clock Tuesday. jihit be
fore th" a1 arm of fire wa> sounds!
tv». d»-t*ni*t shots were fired. b«u
the irnno»*taiv e v as lost di»'-,*v ‘b
subsequent running to the scene of
the fire. It appears that the guard at
the dock notiro l the smoke
fmm tl m p of Brostu* Noon
and fired three shots to attract a‘
t'nf'Y.n so he could get someone !>
giv» the alarm.
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MT.KXTH IN nUOKLYN
J. J. McGrath, former pewspaHer
man of Seward, i-> now located !n
Ih-ooklyn. N V., and employed on th •
Standard- Tnion.
LONDON. Nov.. 7— A dispatch
from Copenhagen this afternoon says
that there is a tremendous re\ >lt ir.
Hamburg among the woskmen nod
there is aftiilerying in the streets.
LONDON, Nov., 7 \ W< Iff Bur
eau dispatch announces that all work
has bet n stopped at Hamburg on ac
count of a strike. Undisciplined acts
and outrages have occurred, the men
demanding more wages, better food
and the end of the war.
The same bureau, which is the Ger
man official system, says similiar re
volts have occurred at Lueheck.
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PABIS. Nov.. 7— The French
pursuing the retreating (»ermrn.
the (litire front using cavalry on d
right wing am! advancing toward
the Mense.
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SKATTLK, Nov.. 7— The South
eastern Alaska steamer Humboldt ar
rived here this morning with a sh« '
wrecked crew aboard. The lifeboats o;
the Humboldt were launched in ;
''ea sea and the crew of eleven o*
the fishing boat Ilwaco, wrecked
I ’« i Island B. C.. were rescued.
r.KKK; on oiticial timi*.
\V-,,: •'" 0 Kn^'n^er in chare•
of th* V.ehorage Division, is in tin
J city ra; ’ i'n offbxd visit to Robert
We*r. of ‘ho Seward Divi^on. “N• i.
' Gens expects to return home tomor
row.
ALASKAN KILLKD
OTTAWA, Nov., 7— W H. Mum by
of Cordova, Alaska, fijrlitinjr with the
Canadian fortes, has been killed in
| action according to the casualty r'*
I nort received today from the front.
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STOCKHOLM, Nov.. 7— Twenty
thousand deserters from the C ‘rmai
army are this afternoon marchinj
J through the streets of Berlin unmo
I lested and yelling “down with i:'ilit: <
ism and the Kaiser ”
ELECTION
At 2 o’clock this afternoon not <
buh tin had been rcccivm , • dun
the territorial election. In the ihiiu
Division, the returns from Kooai * *’i
have been roc*. ived but they make r.<
change in the Delegate vote.
Last night the Gateway wiivtl boll
the Dispatch, Wickersham organ, an*
Empire, Sulzer advocate, at Juneau,
for their official returns on th»- Dele
gate vote for the territory, none lv»d
been received at 2 o’clock.
The totals in yesterday’s Gatova*
>n the territorial election, were tie
same as appeared in the two Juncut
newspapers according to cables re
ceived last night.
AT ROOSEVELT
The following was the vote at Roose
, velt:—
Connolly l, Sulzer t> Wickersham r
German 5, Price Ward 4, Frame R
Green 5, Henry 2, Murry 4, Noon 1 '
Patt* rson 2, Ray 6, Reed t. Slater •’
Small 7. Galen t, Lee 1, Olson 1, Wil
! son 0.
PRECINCTS CXRKPORTED
The following precincts of the Third
Division were unroported this fore
noon: Kenai, Seldovia, Port Chatham.
Afognak, Sand Point, Unga Susitiv
i Station. Cold Pay, Illiamnia. Naknik
and several smaller ones around Xr.s
I hagak.
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GETTING READY FOR STORM.
The storm front is being put in
i place at the Alaska hotel today ready
to combat the porth winds.
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LONDON, Nov., 7— Mutinous Gw
mail .sailors at Kid sen zed in ; ut> •
ships Kaiser and Scldc. v. ig i.oKie, \
and refused to return to t:;e»r . *;.p.vt J
ive di lios-uniil psare h.*<i >• * n '
The mutineers hoisted the L».; 1’ hi; i
overpowered the officers, kil • <,
al, including the commander.
Three companies of intantr., o e
sent to restore order and ah m he m
fantry soldiers immediately join,
the mutineers.
A fourth company of lia. a v
sent to Kiel bat was huv •<! to :•<
turn.
The Soldier’s council d.*<■
all officers aboard the battleship
mould remain al 111 ir post.' o’ \
the council which controls the lo.d
supplies Machine guns wen s iiint
at various parts of the docks.
The cities of Cuxhaven and Wi'- >
helmshaven are reported to be quii" ,
IN HANDS OF KKHKLS.
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LONDON, Nov., 7— Copenhagen >• ;
ports that the German navy and ; .
great part of Schleswig is in th» j
hands of the revolutionists.
THl'NDKR STORM
About 2 o’clock this sect on of ti e ;
country had a genuine thunder store •
Thunder continued at interval unt*
7 o'clock when there were several pro
nounced claps followed by lightnin/
The thunder storm seemed to be to
the south, out to sea.
Throughout the forenoon and after
noon thunder and lightning continue
at intervals.
TRAIN OUT SATURDAY
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It was announced this afternco
that a train will be operated to Ar.
chorago from Seward on S. turda\
morning.
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! PORTO RICAN LABORERS
WANTED AT NORFOLK, VA.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Nov., 7
Twolve hum!red Porto Rican labor
ers are wanted at Norfolk. \ a., ae
} cording to a cable received by F. C .
Roberts from Colonel Buttler, ot the
quartermaster’s corps of the army.
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WAY OVER THE TOP.
WASHINGTON, Nov., 7— The
Fourth Liberty Loan was over-sub
serbed by over $860,000,000. This was
officially announced by the Treasury
Department this afternoon*
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: broaiica i, tbc* Slat;1 1' p*v. *v ‘
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the :irrui>t’c<‘ torn:;-.
Secretary of Stale* ; \:o
I7a <i t listate mu? t.
T!: • C •> man a: mintin' Y • v. -on
mo1 io lj:’ rt'Co;*.’< tl by * o;nni n<
ef Foch «
noon.
SecM tary of State i an i ■
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bad el e bn
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this mo thi part*
<lan lyinjr wv;t ot tin* Mou.e. ihi* i
an official report.
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WASHINGTON, Nov.. 7 - T R
publican National Committee issued a
statement this afL rimon • claim
that the Republicans will control tin
Senate by 50 to 4(1. The count however
is still unsettled in the western -tat'..
MOMMA IN SEWARD.
Fred T. Memma. in chavpre of-tl
T. & T.( Department of the A. K < •
is on a business trip here. Mr. Muir,
ma expects to return to A' <To »i.u<
his headquarters, on tomorrow’ ; spec
ial train.
auskanIs promoted to
RE SECOND LIEI.’TENAXT.
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WASHINGTON. Nov., 7— Edwarjl
Spenn Blceker, of Pox City, Alaska
has been commissioned a Second
Lieutenant in the Camp Taylor Art?1
lery Scbeol.
>n ;ir. rlYu i:d reports that the arm
• i !>; 1 i*.’("i signal.
ih'Owds gathered at the White
t itr r<- i :.n i m s\vurni«*d
1 v t rj i ' M\iinr-i-t V». *•»»
j aiaiviwd through the streets cheering.
Mi.MiSTK L NOT SKI Mil >
NKW YOHK, Nov., 7 The Ne
Yoi k news bureau said that the Lon
vi !'.)i• gn o'Tico, at .'*S»0 this after
: o on, had no confirmation of the re
< t that Germany had accepted the
arm is '.ice condition ■>.
Other tv ” s on anizar'ons ent on*
ijuibhins v'porting that advices hu»i
on rccci • <1 from I.ondon at 11 o’*
•lock saying that the armistice had
bee a signed and the war was over.
These organization •• were forced to
!ony their former bulletins.
UK DAYS UK FORK A TUI LK.
PARIS, Nov., 7— Provided the Ger
man delegation sifrns the armistice
terms, it will be several days before
•i truce can b«* cminped.
m .NS ON FRKN( II SOIL.
LONDON. Nov., 7— Cemmande’
n- hiT Feeh early today notified the
German anuistioo party that it shou.o
idvance to the !• resell lines alonff the
Chinu-v- Fan'-mi 'e- Lava- edo -Guise
to n eet him. Foch
hen stated t’ t *he Plenipotentiar
ies would then he conducted to a place
•pm French soil, for an interview.
FRENCH VUE HOPEFUL
PARTS. Nov., 7— The rows that the
German White Flag part left for tb
front impressed France deeply.
Germany's prompt action on thi
lrrrist'ce took France completely by
■surprise and evidently removed t u
last lingering doubts regarding Ger
many’s sincerietv in asking for th*
Mlied terms.
Meanwhile the Allies are giving th*
enfeebled enemy forces no rest. Re
•.red of the Germans is almost & rod
The British are near Maubeuge an<
the French converging on Hirson.
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STEAMER DOPE
The Admiral Watson is exnected i
the morning on the way south.
There is no word from the freight*
Skagway at 2 o’clock.
The Alameda is understood to h
coming north via the inside passag
and should be in Ketchikan today.