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THE ALASKA EVENING POST
Volume XI. Number m_SKWAIIl), ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1,1917. _ - Ten Conte the Copy
SHIP CORPORATION TO
RUSH CONSTRUCTION OF
CRAFT FOR TRANSPORT!
(By Associated Tress Dispatch) # |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—All boats now building in
American shipyards of over 2.500 tons have been requisi
tioned by the government under provisions of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation.
Construction work in the yards will be doubled and
triple shifted to insure speedy completion of the craft
necessary to carry out the American program._
f. H. DOOLITTLE
PASSES OVER
End Comes Suddenly for Well-Known
Resident of Seward—Came
North In 1S97
Frank H. Doolittle, aged 52, pioneer
Alaskan and well known as a contrac
tor and builder, who has been here
for the past four years, died suddenly
at 8 o’clock this morning from heart
failure following a severe attack ot
bronchitis
Doolittle was born in Detroit. Mich
igan,'and came to Alaska in 181*t on
the fT» the Klondike via the Yu
kon. but the boat on which he started
up the river was wrecked and he spent
the winter at St. Michael, where he
entered the employ of the A. C. Com
pany as a constructor. Later, he went
to Nome and was there until the Shu
shanna stampede, after which he came
to Seward and has resided here ever
since.
He leaves a wife, a sister of Mrs.
Gus Borgen, who is now in Korea
traveling with friends, and a son at
Virginia City, Nevada. His parents
are also living and reside at Holly
wood near Los Angeles, Cal#, and a
half brother, Will Doolittle, also re
siding in Los Angeles.
Although he has been ill since last
March, Doolittle’s decline was rapid
toward the end and death came sooner
than was expected. He lived next
door to the Borgens and Miss Emily
went in this morning to inquire as to
his health and found him suffering
severely. She went at once for the i
doctor but by the time they returned i
he was dead. Gus Borgen is making,
arrangements for the funeral and has J
notified the relatives outside. Services 1
will be conducted at Pioneer Hall at
2:30 Sunday afternoon.
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AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
ON RADIO PLANT
Gutleben Brothers are ahead of
schedule on construction work for the
radio plant and have the third resi
dence ready for roofing. When work
was commenced Daniel Gutleben, who
is in charge, figured on completing the
framing and roofing of residences in a
week and did not expect to have the
third structure ready before August
11th.
One of the big 200-foot steel towers
will be raised soon and the second will |
be brought over from Cordova on the
next boat, providing a barge has been
secured to transport it there from
Whitshed.
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THREE REALTY TRANSFERS
NOTED ON RECORDS
Deeds were filed for recording to
day from Stewart & Dougherty to
Frank L. Ballaine for the easterly
two-thirds of Lots 21 and 22 in block
19; from Frank Ballaine to Francis
Crawford for Lot 23 in block 39; and
from J. D. Johnston to Frank Bal
laine for tract 24 at Woodrow.
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One hundred and eighty persons
have registered at Ketchikan for mili
tary service.
INDIAN SLAVED
IS CAPTURED
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Murder of Indian at Talkeetna Lake
Followed by Suicide of His
Wife
Deputy U. S. Marshal Casler, with
an Indian known as Talkeetna or knik
Xicholai, passed through on the Ad
miral Evans yesterday on route to
Valdez, where the Indian will be held
for the next grand jury on a charge
of murder.
Xicholai is charged with killing his
cousin’s husband near Talkeetna Lake
100 miles from Talkeetna. Alter the
murder the woman killed herself. The
crime was investigated by Deputy U.
S. Marshal W. H. Healey of 'lalkeet
na. He left Talkeetna on July 7, 1017,
accompanied by J. G. Kennedy, as a
packer, two Indian guides, and three
horses. He made his way north to
Gold creek, distance 41 miles. He left
the mouth of Gold creek on the morn
ing of July 0th and deeming it unwise
to take horses further, the party put
packs on their backs and “treked in
a southerly and westerly course, cross
ing the headwaters of Gold and Clear
creeks and on to a section of country
lying between these latter anti towards
the headwaters of the Talkeetna river,
called by the Indians “Stepan lake,”
but known also as Talkeetna lake. 1 he
Indians for many years considered this
lake an ideal summer camping place.
To this lake had gone, sometime in
mid-June, 1917, it would appear, In
dian Stepan, his wife, tHeir son and
daughter, and the accused murderer,
he being a cousin of Stepan’s wife.
After the murder, the Indian gath
ered up the personal belongings of the
old Indian and his wife, placed these
in a pile and then set them afire. In
raking about this fire, the marshal
found a thermos bottle, some beans,
threaded needles, a waist and part of
a dress, all belonging to the dead wo
man. Also a pair of muclucs—a field
glass, a watch, all belonging to the
murdered Indian, all more or less
scorched by fire. A five-gallon keg
wherein the “hootch” had been made,
was found in the brush about 150 feet
from the damp.
The bodies after being exhumed
were very closely examined and eas
ily identified. The examination proved
to be a terrible ordeal. The Indians
in the marshal’s posse would n^)t go
near the corpses, even to look upon
them.
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RESIDENCE TO BE BUILT
BY MRS. J. P. STOTKO
Mrs. J. P. Stotko has purchased the
lot formerly occupied by the Anton
Eide residence destroyed by fire Jan
uary 2nd, and also the lot next on the
south, and will erect a one-story resi
dence 24x36 feet. Framework for
pouring concrete to extend the rormer
basement work is being erected and
construction work will be continued as
fast as possible.
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Two hundred and sixty-five sacks of
mail were delivered at Nenana re
cently. It was distributed by the post
mistress and one assistant in forty
eight hours, without extra expense to
the government.
BRITISH FRENCH PUSH AHEAD AGAIN
IN BELGIUM; STILL RETREATING IN EAST
(Uy Associated Press Dispatch) I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — Continuous pressure on
the German line in Belgium has resulted in further yield
ing of ground, the British establishing themselves in the
village of St. Julien, the extreme limit of the first wave
advance, which they had lost in the German counter at
tack closely following the initial dash.
French armies operating on the Belgium line also
moved1 forward last night.
These advices were received today at publicity head
quarters from official sources in Europe, and passed by
the censor.
GROUND LOST THUFSD \\ NIGHT REGAINED
(Uy Atincfciatcd Pres* Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 4, (Official)—All positions east of
Monchy Le Preux on the Arras front, which were taken
by Germans Thursday night, have been retaken by the
British.
In Belgium tile Allies have progressed east of Kor
tebeer Caboret.
RUSSIANS STILL GIVE GROUND
(By Associated Pres* Dispatch)
PETROGRAI), Aug. 4, (Official).—A battle between
Russian forces and Teuton advance troops is raging
.northeast of Kimpolung in Southern Bukowina.
Teuton forces have occupied the town of Dormvatra.
Between the rivers Dneister and Piuth and in the
Carpathian mountains the Russian troops are still retir
ing eastward.
STRIKE HAMPERS RUSSIAN RETREAT
(Cy Associated Dress Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 4.—Dispatches received today from
the Southwest Military Headquarters in Russia say that
the improvemnt in the morale of the armies there is not
substantial and warn the Abies against optimism, unless
the political situation changes completely.
Officers with authority from the provisional govern
ment are still unrecognized, while the armies have op
ened the front for the enmy to enter.
At this moment when everything depends upon prompt
removal of property and v:ar munitions from threatened
maposseTs
AFTER ARi F1 1
OPPOSED TO DRAFT
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(By Associated I’rcss Dispatch)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 4.—Nearly l,O0O members
of a marshal’s posse, with orders to “shoot to kill,” are
searching for armed bands of men opposing the draft, who
have been terrorizing central Oklahoma.
These bands composed of “tenant farmers,” Indians
and negroes, have refused to register for the draft or al
low registration to continue in some of the remote dis
tricts. One band is reported to number 400.
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LAW WILL BE ENFORCED
(By Associated Press Dispatch) ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Department of justice offi
cers have announced that persons resisting the draft law
will be run down, whatever the cost. The law has been
resisted in Georgia and Oklahoma and one or two other
remote points.
The places where the draft situation has appeared
serious, the war department is co-operating.
MINERS TO OUST I. W. W. ELEMENT
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
FORT SMITH, Ark., Aug. 4.—President White, in
ternational head of the United Mine Workers, announced
today that he had decided to take drastic measures to
oust the I. W. W. and working class union agitators from
the ranks of the miners’ union and thereby end the strike
evil in the Arkansas mining district.
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territory east of the present battle line, the railway men
have called a strike.
KAISER THANKS MEN WHO HELD
(Ry Associated Press Dispatch)
BERLIN, Aug. 4.—The Kaiser addressed a deputa
tion of soldiers on the Courland front yesterday thank
ing them for holding their own against superior forces
and making possible the victorious push in Galicia.
DESERTERS AND LOYAL TROOPS FIGHT
(Ry Associated Press Dispatch)
TIFLIS, Aug. 4. — Advices received here from the
eastern front tell of a battle between^ deserters and loyal
soldiers in which the deserters, who were being rounded
up, fired on the soldiers wounding several, after which the
Cossacks opened up with machine guns and the surviv
ing deserters surrendered.
TEACH KAISER TO SAY RESTORATION
IS DUTY OF ALLIES SAYS PREMIER
(Ry Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 4.—Lloyd George in a speech made
today, commemorating the beginning of the fourth year
of the war, said that victory must be so complete that
British national liberty will never be challenged again.
“Neither the Kaiser nor his chancellor will be satisfied
with German soil,” said Lloyd George. “They talk glibly
of peace but stammer over the word ‘restoration.’ They
must lea i’ll to use that word ‘restoration.’ ”
OLD GLORY FLIES ON
HARVESTING MACHINE
BELLEVILLE, III, July 12, (Mail
Correspondence).—While reaping the
grain crops of St. Clair County, as
an aid in feeding Uncle Sam’s troops
in France, farmers are displaying
their partictism by flying the Stars
and Stripes on tractor, binder and
reaper.
'Ed Helms, a Turkey Hill farmer,
who has equipped every implement on
his large farm with an American flag,
said:
“More reason to fly the flag from a
reaper than from an automobile. The
farmers are now doing their ‘bit’ and
are showing their patriotism while
doing so.”
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LOCAL MEN PURCHASE
SMALLEY HOMESTEAD
Gaston W. Smalley comlpeted yes
terday the sale of his homstead to the
Alaska Transfer Company and J. H.
Romig. The homestead is located
north of the McPherson homestead on
the west side of the U. S. railroad,
about three miles north of town. Smal
ley has resided on the place for a num
ber of years but could not continue to
improve it, owing to ill health.
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j BOATS AND TRAINS |
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The Admiral Farragut is due Mon
day.
The Mariposa is due about Wednes
day.
Train leaves at 9 o’clock Sunday
morning for Mile 71.
The Northwestern sailed from Seat
tle today.
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THE WEATHER
Yesterday. 1
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o Maximum.58 u
ii Minimum .50 (l
11 Current.52 |
11 Precipitation .. 35, n
II Cloudy. Soutl wind.
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WEATHER TOMORROW
II Unsettled. Showers. II
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CLOSED SEASON
FOR HALIBUT
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Canadians Now Considering Value of
Protecting Food Fish—May Act
With Cnited States
Regarding the question of a closed
season being applied to halibut fish
ing, the following from a recent is
sue of the Vancouver Province may be
of interest:
“Halibut fishing companies here ex
pect that the Canadian and American
governments will shortly reach an
agreement for a close season on the
hailbut banks of the Pacific Coast to
cover two or three months each year,
and to run for an extended term of
years. It has been proposed that De
cember, January and February be the
close season months, and there is a
possibility still somewhat indefinite
that the restrictions upon halibut fish
ing will go into effect this year.
“Representations have been made to
Ottawa by the fishing companies tak
ing halibut, asking for a close sea
son in order to protect the industry.
American companies also approached
Washington. The United States gov
ernment has already announced its
willingness to comply with the request
provided that Canada would do the
same. At Ottawa the department
showed some desire to set a close sea
son which would cover two or three
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years and w’ould vary to the different
halibut banks. The halibut interests
promptly objected, however, on the
score that the industry would be dis
rupted and with varying seasons on
the banks halibut fishing could not be
economically carried out. Up to the
present the Dominion department has
not yet taken any definite action, but
it is expected will fall into line w’ith
Washington’s proposal.
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It is reported that an epidemic of
ring worms has been found at Tele
graph Creek. Many natives there are
suffering acutely from this infectious
disease and one wToman who has de
veloped the most obnoxious form is un
der quarantine.