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FOOD WILL WIN THE '
WAR — DON’T WASTE
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SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JAN’Y Hi. 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
VaIuma \1 Viinihor ^______
FORMER PREMIER OF FRANCE PLACED UNDER ARREST
SIX INCH WEAPON
DISCOVERED NEAR
PLANT OF THE U. S.
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AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 16. — A metal tube, re
sembling the latest in infernal machines, was found near
the dry dock of the navy yard at this place eail\ this
morning. The tube was six inches long, wound with
string. A wire fuse was attached to the tube and writ
ten upon it in German was the following.
“This is a 25 second explosive bomb. There are
others.”
Secret Service agents found the tube and immediateh
l>egan an investigation. The wire fuse ran twenty feet
under a plank walk and connected with a high power
wire, the end of which was located in abandoned shed 300
yards from where the tube was found. In the old shed a
blasting box was found and three other tubes. There
were several lettei"s written in German and Austi inn
found under some old shavings in one corner of the shed
and these are now being translated. Two foreigners were
noticed by the guards near the shed two nights ago but
escaped in the darkness.
The tube is this afternoon being taken apart to in
vestigate what explosives are contained in it.
BIG TIME IS'
PROMISED AT
A. 8. DANCE
The big dance *hv. the Aictio j
brotherhood is going to put on next;
Saturday evening at tie' A. R. Hal!,;
jovable ot the seasons anr-^cTiu
The A. >5.8 have rapitlly grown to j
he one of the strongest Lodges in
Alaska and has a membership larger
than any lodge in Seward. It is tin
intention of the committee to limit i
the coming dance to meinbers~of the
Lodge only and their ladies and any
out of town guests the members may
see h. to invite.
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The best of music will be obiuincu
ami with the refreshments that the
comm:tt?e, having the alfair m ohu»gc
have promised, the party promises to
be a huge success.
In line with lodge activities the
monster vaudeville show that the Aic*
tic Brotherhood is planning on stag
ing some time in early February just
before Lent is worthy of notice even
at this early date. With a membership
of over 150 to pick from the lodge has
decided to put on a vaudeville night
that will set a new mark for other
organizations to shoot at ir. the future.
A partial program consisting of
sketches, fancy dancing, monologs,
singing, fancy dancing, monologs,
arranged and as soon as ‘ho vrariou>
stunts are whipped into shape, re
hearsals will begin in earnest and
when the curtain goes Op in the A. B
Hall on the night of tlie big show
lovers of clean entertainment will have
the pleasare of gazing at a show that
would be a treat to an outside aud
ience.
There is one sketch that promises
to be a scream, treating of course on
a local condition, but it would be trea
son to say more about it at this time.
The date and program will be announ
ced as soon as the committee having
the entertainment in charge complete
their work.
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POWDER PLANT BLOWS UP
FORT SMITH. Okla.. Jan. 16. —
The powder and dynamite plant at
Petterson, eighteen miles east of Mc
Allister has been blown up and it is
reported that the loss is heavy.
HUNS USING
PATENTS OF
AMERICANS
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NEW YORK. .Tan. 16. — Expert!
examination of the German mine-lay*
inn U-boat. Ihc U-G-5, captured by
the British ana exhibited hero, dis
closes the fact that Germany is steal
inn Yi nk*'»* brains and ingenuity and
tummn them "anainst the l. nited
Suites.
Germany has been fond of"boastinn
4,h»'r” development of Ihc submarine;
and German ora ins and German en
nineemn skill have been lauded t«
the skies. Now, it turrs out that the
much vaunted German achievements
are* stolen bodily from ar. American
inventor.
Henry R. Carse, president of the
Submarine Boat Cdrporation, which
now holds the original Holland sub
marine boat patents, in compam with
a nur«ber of naval engineers and con
structors, has made a careful exami
nation of the captive under-sea boat.
Carse found that in six distinct
points the U-G-5 has utilized the stol
on American patent- in h«r construc
tion.
The characteristic spindle shaoe de
sign and non water-tight superstruc
ture, the rudders to control the de
' gree of submergence and location rf
’ ballast tanks are among the st'den
n:>ten*s, f,Ri so says
STEAMER TEXAN SAFE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. — The
American-Hawaiian steamer Texan,
bound for France loaded with nitrates
and reported Monday to have been in
a collision in mid-ocean and sinking,
is safe, according to a wireless dis
patch this afternoon received by the
Navy Department.
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WEATHER ALONG R. R.
The. following is the weather report
of places along the railroad received
at 7 A. M.:
Anchorage, 22 above, clear, calm.
Girdwood, 18 above, snowing, ci*!m;
one-half »nch of new sno\\>
Matanuska, 6 below, clear, calm.
King, 18 above, clear, north.
Talkeetna, zero, cloudy, east.
* Deadhorse, 24 above, clear, calm.
VICTORIA HAS -
LARGE NUMBER
FOR THIS PORT
Steamer V ictoria, delayed 4 hours
by low water at LaTouche, arrived in
i |»o11 shortlj after S o’clock this morn-!
ing but did not dock until nine o'clock.}
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i Phere were • seventy-five tons oi coal
in the forward hold for the steamer j
i Doia and w hen the Victoria first came j
! to the dock she was in a wrong posi-j
| tion to discharge the fuel. Captain :
j Charles Davis went out into the
! stream, turned around and came in
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I again bringing the Victoria into a
better position to discharge.
I’li» Victoria had a large li* t of pas
sengers for beware! as follows: trom
Seattle—T. Alikkelson, D. Skiatitis,
(Jus Borgen. Tom Mclvcon, W. N.
Ueed, Airs. Julian Reed and babies.
From Seattie for westwaid ports, to
connect with the Dora: George* AI.
Priest, Andrew Nelson, E. A. Simp-j
! son, W. Redmond, Charles Hanson, F.,
N. Oaks, F. Erickson, C. York, Al.<
j Smith, Paul Jorgorson and two steer-1
ag(*. From Cordova—P. Waddell, P. 1
Cuthbort, R. J. do Leo and two steer
age. From Valdez—K. E. Rudolph
and wife. From LaTouche—Albinj
Flagland and wife, Airs. H. D. Martin,!
W. H. Coulter and Mrs. F. E. Floyd. \
The Victoria is due to sail for tho
south this afternoon about 4 o'clock.
The following are among the first
class passengers aboard: Clara Stiles,
H. B. Slites, Joe Seeolf, L. LasofT, G.
C. Frame, J. W. Frame, Jr., H. J. Ed
wards, Joe Kangaroud, Henry Bax
ter, H. F. Dose, R. Warded, P. Cuth
bort, T. 1). Wills, J. Fleming, B. D.
Kertoff. G. A. Derby and wife, Chas.j
Walmsley ami wi<e. George Cameion,
Thos. D. Barry, M. U Sullivan, Bert
Gauthier, Homy AchoflT, F. E. Whelp
ley. A. A. ( upoff, AI. A. CupoflT, Ale*
Aukloff, W. D. Wallace, A. J. Bubrik,
Miss Bo*- Ansritt, AI. S. Johnstone, II.
p. Riisko, R. S. Amaldson, W. H.j
James, Roy Ashland, Carl Johnson, J
B. Damoe, William Murray, W. B. j
Spearman and eighteeen steerage.
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CONSERVATION
OF FOOD TOPIC
OF M.A. HORNER
Food conservation was the topic
| chosen by M. A. Horner, the four ^
1 minute speukei at the Empress thea-,
tie last niirht and he handled his sub
ject in an able manner. Mr. Hornei ;
I stated that the i£Oveinti.cnt was ab
! solutely impartial and said the con
servation was needed to win the war.
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GOVERNMENT lXStTRAN< E
FOR MEN EXTENDED TO
CHEW'S ON THE HIGH SEAS
WASHINGTON, Jan. lf>. — Because
! of the extension of the submarine
warfare, Secretary of the Treasury
1 McAdoo today ordered that the gov- j
I eminent life insurance be extended to j
officers and crews of American mer
■ chantmen traveling between the
I American ports and CapeA^erde Isl
| ands and the west coast of Africa, j
: north of the Sierra I^eone.
j HUNGARIAN CABINET
REPORTED TO BE OUT
LONDON, Jan. 16. — The Hunerar
uin cabinet has resigned on account
of failure to obtain necessary support
for the military program. This isi
according to a Copenhagen dispatch i
j and indicates that peace is wanted by
the government.
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BRITISH VETERAN DIES
COBURG, Ont., Jan. 16. — Brier.
! Gen. Bernard John Dowling Irwin, of
j Chicago, who for many years had a
; summer home here, is dead after a
week's illness. * lie was a veteran of
Indian campaigns and the civil war.
POLYGAMY TO
BE A BAR TO
A REAL PEACE
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1<>. — Ger-j
many will have no peace unless she
gives up all idea of permitting or en
couraging the practice of polygamy,1
it the mothers of the nation have their
say.
The officers and managers of the j
National Congress of Mothers, and
of the Parent-Teachers’ Association,
which met heie recently, adopted re
solutions demanding that monogamy
lx made one of the binding conditions
of a pcimancnt peace agreement.
It was charged by a speaker in the
convention that Germany is “draft
ing” women to be mothers.
Statements have been made by re
liable persons that there is open ad
vocacy of polygamy in. Germany at
the end of the war in older to re
build i he diminished population, Se
condary marriages” is the name hy
which the immoral system of breeding
cannon-food is known.
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I\l* COES *>.0«0 MILES
HUNTING FLEEING WIFE
K At ILK PASS, Texas Jan. 10. — In
search ol his wife, who, he alleges,
look $700 of his money and left with
another man a wealthy Japanese mer
chant of San Francisco spent a day
in Eagle Pass and in Piedras
across the river, in the hope of locat
ng her as well as her companion andj
the $700.
The irate" husband is touring the j
country in search of his erring spouse, j
He came here from San Antonio and!
loft here for El Paso, having covered;
about 5.000 miles in a fruitless search. I
During Ids stay acre he consulted the]
immigration authorities and offered a
reward for any one to locate his wife
“If I succeed in finding her,” he j
said in good English, *‘I am going tnj
have her deported.”
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PREMIER OF RUSSIA
SAID TO HAVE BEEN
SHOT IN THE LEG j
PETROGRAD, Jan. 16. — It is re-;
ported here late this afternoon that |
the Bolsheviki Premier Lenine has:
been fired upon while riding in his
automobile ten miles south of here.
Lenine is reported to have been hit j
in the leg by a bullet and others in ;
the party had a narrow escape.
FRENCH FORCES ENTER
GERMAN FRONT TRENCHES
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BERLIN, Jan. 16. — The French,
following heavy artillerying, made an
attack at Vosges and have temporar
ily penetrated the German front!
trenches. This is the official German
war statment today .
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ANCHORAGE POSTMASTER
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. — Presi
dent Wilson /oday nominated Everett
McPhee to be postmaster at Anchor
age.
Mr. McPhee has been acting as
postmaster at Anchorage since the
first of the year.
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CATTLE IN HOLLAND
KILLED BY EATING
NUTS IN THE SHELLj
LONDON, Jan. lf>. — Because of
the shortage of fodder in Holland the
farmers have been feeding their live
stock with nuts, and as a result many
of the cattle have died and the health
of a large percentage has been affect
ed seriously.
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Vu>ow wili pi n rou
POSITION IN LI.(itSI.'\ M KE
VANCOUVER, D. C., Jan. 16. —
Ralph Smith, widow of the late
minister of finance, i* a canchdat • for
tie Legislature to succeed hei hus
band, on an independent ticket, for
the olction to be hold Jan. *J4th.
CAILLEAUX TAK N
TO JAIL; U. 8. HAS
MAD! TH i CHARG ■
PARIS, Jan. 1G.—Former Premier Cailleaux, who has
been under investigation in connection with a German
propaganda in France, was placed under arrest here last
night. , - ^.
The French government today issued a statement
that the arrest of Cailleaux was the result of a cablegram
from Secretary of State Robert Lansing, of the United
States. The cablegram stated that Cailleaux had com
municated with the German foreign office in 1915. Cail
leaux is also said to have visited Buenos Aires that vear
and many communications were sent to Berlin through
the German representative, von Luxburg. Cailleaux was
trying then to conclude peace with South American coun
tries arid Germany, at any cost, to permit resumption of
business between the nations.
COMMUNICATIONS SEIZED BY U. S,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Secretary Lansing refus
ed to discuss the foregoing concerning the arrest of Cail
leaux this morning and it was understood that the infor
mation upon which the former Premier was taken into
custody was contained in captured Luxburg communica
tions.
This afternoon Secretary Lansing, however, stated
that from its mysterious stock of intercepted diplomatic
communications, the State Department was to publish
correspondence between former German Ambassador von
Bernstorff and Berlin, showing conclusively that Cail
leaux had communicated with German agents in 1915.
One dispatch gave the plans of the capture by submarines
of the ship upon which Cailleaux was sailing for the Ar
gentines. The ship was wanted because the captain was
carrying certain papers which the Germans wanted. The
submarine commander was told to treat Cailleaux with
every respect and see that he reached Argentines safely.
It is understood here that the steamer was an Ameri
can vessel sailing between Cuba and the South Seas.
DRILL TONIGHT
FDR RECRUITS!
Tonight the second instruction drill
for recruits, to the locai military unit
will he given at the A. B. Hall. These
drills are intended for the beginner j
in military tactics. Last week a
large number turned out for the first
instructions and others are expected
to join the delegation tonight. The;
rudiments of military drilling are ta
ken up preparatory to the recruits at
tending the regular Friday night
drills.
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FIND MONEY STOLE*.'
FROM CAMP FUNSTON
HIDDEN IN BARRACKS
• C AME FUNSTON, Jan. 16. ~ The
money taken last Friday night' from
the Cantonment bank here by Capt.
Whistler, who killed four, then sui-,
cided, said to be more than $62,000,
was discovered hidden in the walls of)
Whistler’s quarters in the barracks I
here this afternoon.
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GEN. wood LANDS
ON FRENCH SOIL
FOR OBSERVATIONS
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CAMP FUNSTON, Kans., Jan. 16.
— Word has been received here that
Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of
the 89th Division, has arrived srMy
in France. Gen. Wood went abioad!
to study the field ct/v‘ifS«»ntf on the- j
war front.
FIDE AT NENANA
DOES BIG DAMAGE
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According to telegraphic informa
tion received here the roadhouse of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
at Nenan has been completely d*>
troved by fire including all standard
guage locomotives. A subsequent
advice stated that perhaps two of the
locomotives could be repaired.
SLANDER TALKERS ARE
TO RE PINCHED NOW
WASHINGTON, Jan. IG. — A res
olution was introduced in both houses
today proposing a congressional in
vestigation of the slanderous charges
made against the character of the
American troops abroad. It is al
leged that these slanders have been
circulated by the Anti-Saloon Lcagut.
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ALLIES ARE SAFE IN
THE CAMBRAI SECTORS
LONDON, Jan. 16. — Chancellor
Law told the members of the House
of Commons in a speech this after
noon that the Allies were safe in ihe
Camb»ai sectors and the German and
Austrian forces could not dislodge
them.
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One reason why a man thinks he is
smart is because he can explain things
to his wife that he doesn’t understand
himself.