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V1 .. . - . SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, IMS. ' ‘ TEN CENTS PER COPY
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IS GOAL
OF HUNS
mini0! heaihjcaktkr*. m*.
•j*>. — The German* Have penetrat'd
to Mai cel Cave, tv Gve miles east oi‘
Armen- means of lieav\ masked at
tack-. The Teutons ui e making Gici*
greatest oliorts today south j.
Somiv\ The British there are bat
tling stubbornly and brilliantly again-'
an i.avance which -mist be admiti** •
has be* n steady.
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Hun* Alter Amiens
PARIS. March 2U. — The Germane
><»ek Amiens because the town is an
important railway center for commun
ication with Kngland. The loss will
bo inconvenient but not vdal.
French Reserves Reau>
PARIS March 2!>. — The Frer.sh
reserves arc being held in a posit.on
to make an advance when the orders
are given. The Germans numerical
superiority is decreasing. I he reeling
here i.- that a great outtlc is about to
begin for the Allies as t!v tiormansj
have lo.-l.
GERMAN
THRUST
HELD UP
PARIS. March 2i). — Violent liRht
intf last nifcht took place in the region
mound Montdidier according Lo the
official statement today. l>espite count
er attacks the French have held all of
the villages captured from the Ger
mans yesterday. The French to h>
took Moncel. north of Montdidier.
The French and British together
h *u* 1 cid ud the German thrus? The
German loses are extremely heavy
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TRAPPERS TO
HAVE BETTER
FUR PRICES
NEW YORK, March 29. — The re
poits of the New York Fur Auction
Sales Corporation issued yesterua}
says that the prevailing: conditions
have »:ever before h*'en equaled, and
that the keenest competition is to be
expected at the spring: sale from the
increasing numbei of buyers who arc
now inable to meet their demands
through the usual channels
Beaver oimine, bfue fox, £rej fox.
white fox. red fox, lynx, marten, mink,
muskrat, opposum, otter, raccoon,
skunk, wild cat and wolf are all quot
ed above the January sale prices. A
continued improvement is noted for
silver fox.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS
BI ILDING KOR SOLDIERS
CAMP KEARNY. San Diego, Cal.,
March 29. — A Christian Science
building, to be used as a reading room
for the soldiers, rapidly is nearing
completion at Camp Kearny on Center
Street, just outside the military res
ervation limits and across from the
Hostess house operated by the Y. W.
C. A. A secretary will havo charge of
the building, which .vill be open at all
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LONDON March — The Biit'sk
Lace Maintained all positions o*’ the
So nine and have earned ground in
m aces by most successful counter at
t xks. This is the iast orticial staU
m e il issued this afternoon.
After holding tin* line >esterdav in
f i •, o •• peated assaults bv numc ic
;dly superior enemy forces, the
is’1 this morning retimi a short d:s
am r frotv. tie advanced position'?.
The British have taken many pris
oners during the past 24 hou;s alone
the Somme.
The Get mans are reported to have
lost an exceedingly large number of
; men.
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OFFER U. $.
FORC :$ TO!
G N. FOCH
PARIS, March 20. — OrUcial ?n-j
formation says that Major Gene***?.’
John J. Pershing, commander uf the
| Xmerican forces in France, has visit
I General Foch at the headquarters
at the front and placed the entire re
sources of the American army at
Folk’s disposal for employment in th**
I western front battles.
Gen. Pershing said that the Ameri
can p^ojd' would hold it a great hon
or if »he American troops wore '*n
* acred in the present battle.
General Foch is understood to have
placed the offer before the war coun
cil at the front.
BRINGS REPORT
FROM THE GOOD j
NEWS BAY LAND!
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I inert from Good News Bay, with
fair reports, J. Pesteel has arrived in
Seward anci is a guest at the Hote1
Seward. Mr. Pesteel came out from
the region where the latest gold strike
is reported, by a ’ong route, going up
,he Kuskokwim to McGiath, then hit
ting the regular Iditarod trail from
there. Mr. Pesteel say£ that north
from the coast, snow did not fall in
(the interior until the middle of last
, month.
j. Regarding the possibilities of the
Good News Bay section, Mr. Pesteel
says tiiat although the diggings have
been worked only on one creek, the
returns have neon most satisf actor}
ranging around $1.17 a yard. Tundra
is shoveled into the sluice boxes and
(the natural fall is good. The district
is a lnr^e one but only extensive work
will demonstrate now rich the ground
is.
Coming out, Mr. Pesteel met sever
al parties going in, one consisting of
seven men.
: EMIGRATION QUESTION
OF JAPAN TO COME UP
TOKIO, March 29. — M. Mochizuki
the head of the recent Parliaments! y
.Mission to the United Slates, recc^t’y
declared in Parliament that the emi
gration ijimstions oetweer* America
I and Japan should receive attention.
I The Foreign Minister agreed with him.
MAKING BIGGEST G |N USED BY ALLIES
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This photograph shows men at work on a 320-nillllujeter howitzer In the
Crensot War works, France. The 520-inl Jlineter gnus are the largest used hy
the allies on the western front.
WOOF AGAIN
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AMSTERDAM, March 2<». — The
Merlin Vossische Zeitung declares that'
the Germans are about to deliver a '
new and mighty blow on another ner'g
of the' rVont tvfitcn will *tear a newT
hole in the already pierced line of the !
enemy." 1
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Bl'LLETIN — PARIS, March 1
29. — The long range bombard
ment of this city by the gun or '
gams in St. Gobian forest, rear of
the German linos, was begun
again this iftemoo: after naving
been suspended since early last
Tuesday.
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UNWRITTEN LAW
CRITICISED BY
ENGLISH PAPER;
LONDON, March 29. — Employ
ment of the “unwritten law” as a
cloak behind which soldiers may plead
justification of capital crimes result
ing from conjugal infidelities has
again amused criticism throughout
England. The action of a London
juilge in binding over to keep the
peace a soldier who had shot his un
faithful wife dead has called fortn the
comment from the Manchester Guar
sian that “the courts are beginning to
treat certain offences by soldiers in
the same spirit as the Church granted
indulgences to Crusaders.”
In the most recent case, the accused
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in kill
ing his wile, and the Crown, accepting
the pica, offered no evidence on the
charge. In deciding the judge said:
“I have to inflict punishment such j
as a reasoned and instructed public
opinion will believe is fitting to the
case, and I believe that no body of in
| str.icted and reasoned men would be
! lieve that punishment in a sense of
imprisonment is fitting to this case.”
He thro ordered the prisoner to be
bound over “to come up for judgment
if called upon.”
Commenting on the case the Man
j chaster Guardian said:
“To allow the liberty of private ven
geance is to dissolve society into its
| anarchic atoms and to negate the rca
I sons of State which substituted the
1 national and royal courts for the
courts of local and personal preju
dice.”
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The best news from “over there’
will be that it’s all ovor there. » ,
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REGULAR ARMY MEN
WILL TAKE CHARGE
OF DRILL TONIGHT
Tonight Lieut. Long, of the U.
S. A., now in Seward, and sev* 1
rral of his men will be ht the reg
ular drill of the Seward Military
f'Tni. The regulars will work
with the Home Guards in physical
and bayonet exercises and Capt.
J. J. Ryan desires that every mem
ber of the unit hr in attendance
tonight.
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IT is ov tl
WASHINGTON, March 2;).—Major
General Bell today told the Senate*
Military committee that the British
withdrawal in the present lighting
was made according to a prearranged
plan. He stated that the Allies knew
of the German preparations for the
drive soon after the offensive had been
announced as about ready to stert
The Allies made preparations to face
it and “it is all over how/’ concluded
the American Aimy officer.
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NEED FORTUNE
TO CONSTRUCT
A SHIP YARD
WASHINGTON, March 29. — The
Hog Island shipyard, where the gov
ernment is- to build one hundred and
twenty fabricated steel ships, will
cost the government between $21,000,
000, and $40,000,000. This was the
testimony given here this afternoon
by John Freeman, naval architect, to
the Senate committee investigating
the expenditures and reports of graft
at the shipyard. Freeman was brought
here by the contractors who are con
structing the shipyards.
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NOTICE TO PARENTS .
WHOSE CHILDREN Go TO
M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL
You are urgently requested to send
your children to the Methodist church
Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock for
their final rehearsal for the program
to no given on Easter morning. 1 his
request applies for those clyldren who
are members of the beginners and pri
mary departments. Mrs. Patton’s
class of girls and Mr. Patton’s class
of bovs will meet at 7 p. m. Saturday.
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Another reason wrhy bananas are so
popular in the tropics is that it isn t
much work to shell them.
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BULLETIN—Washington, March 29—Military ob
servers here, relying on official dispatches by the War De
partment from London, appear confident that an Allied
counter offensive against the Teutonic forces is very near.
It is also believed that a substantial American force will
enter tiie battle when this offensive begins.
GERMANS ARE HAMMERING ALLIED WINGS
NEW YORK, March 29—The battle now in progress
between Scarpe and the Oise presents an entirely new
phase says the Associated Press this afternoon in the sum
marv of the battle on the Western front. The Germans
>ave been unable to break through the Allies' defense and
the Teutons are now countering and have turned their at
tention to the wings of the Allied salients. Heavy fight
ng Coniiiiues aiuiii; hh/.-i of fffj m > t-mile fi oni. On
the northern flank, Field Marshal Haig, although giving
ome ground, has repulsed several attacks and held his
positions intact between Boisleux and Albert.
FRENCH OFFENSIVE GAINS.
On th*1 south the gains around Montdidier have been
offset by the French offensive south of Noyon.
Military critics on several of the New York morning
oapers intimate that the British are allowing the Germans
to gain a slight entrance wedge, t housands and thousands
of the Teutons losing their lives, then, when the proper
moment arrives, a gigantic encircling movement will be
started from Belgium to the southern end of the present
^rench line with the intention of cutting off the Germans,
•ushing toward the border of Germany and over the top
towards Berlin.
The critics agree that this would be the cause for the
ending of the war and hopes are expressed that if this
cully that the Crown Prince and a greater part of the
German staff at the front would either be captured or
movement was put into execution and carried out success
vvould be forced to beat a quick retreat to save themselves.
The critic's agree that it seems impossible that the kaiser
vill lose another 400,000 men ruthlessly bucking an Allied
defense.
STEAMER DOPE
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The North - ves'ern sailed fiorn Ju-!
lean last night at 8 o’clock. Provided
-j,m st ;4n -r do"« no* call «<t canneries
inroute to Cordova, she should icich
he laUer port tomorrow forenoon be-1
tween eight and 10 o’clock. The North j
western might he in Seward Sunday.;
\To word has been received regarding |
the arrival of the Admiral Farragi.t |
at Juneau.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, March 29.,— The fish
quotations at noon today were as tol
lows: halibut, fifteen and onc-quarte>
cents; black cod, ten and one-half
cents; ling cod, five and one*fourth
cents; red cod, five and five-eighths
cents.
KETCHIKAN, March 29. — Halibut
number one, was quoted at thirteen
and one quarter cents today noon, ana
seconds were quoted at eight cents.
Sable quotations were four cents and
red rock, two cents.
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It isn’t every man who can rise in
the world without feeling uppish
ab^ut it.
COOK INLET IS
PACKED WITH A
SOLID ICE MASS
Cook Inlet is blocked with ice solid
ly between Anchor point, on Kenai
Peninsula, and Iliamna Bay, on the
west, directly up the inlet to Knik.
This is the information received in
Seward. Opposite Iliamna B.*y there
is twelve miles of solid ice. The nu*il
carrier from Homer started toward
Kenai last week in a dory and reached
Anchor Point, then encountered the
ice, solidly blocking the inlet.
Arrivals on the train yesterday
from Anchorage say that ;t will take
a couple of weeks of exceedingly
v/arm weather to make conditions in
the Inlet possible for navigation. Huge
ice piles, thirty and forty feet high
block all parts of the channel. No
open water has been seen at Anchor
age so far this year, according to men
from there, now here.