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1 .! THE ALASKA EVENING POST
SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1917 TEN CENTS PER COPY
\ olume XL Number 27i _ *_ - — -, --.... — —— ■■■— ■ — ■ - -■
TO REOPEN
RATE CASE
OF ALASKA
Copper Production In Alaska IWing
Retarded by K\cessi\e Rates
According to a Petition
Filed in Washington
WICkKKSH AM TAkKS 1MTI V I IV K
I)irect Charges Made Against Fines
Operating in North—Steamship
and Railroad Fines Cited
To .Make Shoeing
\V AS H l N GTON, X ov. 1 *i.—J anus
Wickersham has filed a petition for
the rehearsing oX the Alaska rate
case and has demanded a further in
vestigation.
In the petition tiled. Mr. \\ icker
>ham contends that the copper pro
duction of Alaska has been great y
curtailed by the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad and also the
Alaska Steamship company.
Mr. Wickersham states that he has
sworn affidavits from copper compa
nies. dependent upon the Copper Riv
er railroad to haul their output to
tidewater, that the rates on the rail
road are so excessive as to be almost j
prohibitive for shipping. Other com
panies claim that the steamship rates
are also excessive.
QUEEN S BODY
IS GUARDED BY !
NATIONAL GUARD!
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HONOLULU, Nov. 13.—The Na
tional Guard tioops oL Hawaii ha'e
taken charge of the body of former
Queen Liliuokalani because of the
threatened will contest. Control ol
the body was demanded by John 1*.
Colburn, who was associated with the
former ruler. The will is dated Aug
ust 20th, 1017. and appointed Mr.
Colburn executor and making man}
changes in the disposition of the dead
nuofn’s property.
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DEPTH CHARGES !
ARE FEARED BY !
GERMAN SUBS
WASHINGTON, Nov, 13. — The
depth charges used by American and
British destroyers are feared most by
the U-boat commanders. These are
high explosives timed to explode by
water pressure at the desired depth.
The wide cruising radius of the Amer
ican boats has also weakened the mo
rale of the U-boat crews. They have
made the submarines spend more time
under water than they used to do.
There is not so much destruction of
ships by gunfire and bombs as form
erly. The augumented destroyer pa
trol has made the submarine use up
more torpedoes, with the result that
they have to return to their base fre
quently for reloading. Every Ameri
can destroyer has to its credit at
least one encounter with a submarine.
One gun crew saw the spar of a sun
ken ship the other day, which they
at first thought was a periscope, and
shattered it at 2,00 yards.
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SPOKANE TOMORROW
Agent Wayne Blue received word
this forenoon that the Steamer Spo
kane would leave Cordova at noon to
day for the westward. This should
put the steamer into Seward tomor
row afternoon. The Spokane has a
fair list of freight for here and six
and one-half days mail.
ARR ST MAN
IN SEATTLE
IN A PLOT
German Foreman Taken Into C ustody
in Puget Sound City on C harge
ol Causing Explosion in
Seattle Steel Works
WYSTEKIOrS AC1I) IS I’SED
A harge is Made by Officials that Man
l>octored Product of Steel Plant
So That It W ould Not
Stand Proper Test
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SEATTLE. Nov. 13.—Gusts Voll-i
rath, German foreman at the Olympic,
Steel works, was arrested this after
noon charged with causing an explo-1
sion at the Olympic Steel works, also
at the Aurora works. The police be
lieve that Coll rath is in a plot to pre
vent the manufacture of steel plates j
for tlie government ships now under(
construction here.
The officers refuse to make any an
nouncement regarding the connection’
of others in the plot but it is stated
that developments will result within
the next few days if not hours.
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MAYOR DENOUNCED
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. — The
Food Administration denounces as
municipal .t>bboi/ the wholesale con- j
tiscation of coal by Ohio Mayors and
city officials. It is reported here that
in many places in Ohio, railroad tracks
have been removed to prevent train
loads of coal from being moved and
the city officials are handing out the!
coal to those who need it.
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DOCTOR IS MURDERED
CLEVELAND, Nov. 13.—An un
identified assailant murdered Dr. Har
ry Lorenzo Chapin, physician, author
and traveler, in his hotel room last
night. The blow fractured the skull.
The police are searching tor a stran
ger who was with Dr. Chapin here
late yesterday afternoon.
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SIKZE S. S. OFFICES
NEW YORK. Nov. 13.—On orders,
from Custodian of Enemy Property
Palmer, officers have seized the offices
of the Hamburg-American Steamship
comp: nv. The Port Boaid will prob
ably use the offices. Julius P. Meyer,
Vice-Director of the company, and 70
employees have been ordered to leave.
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. C. S. SOLDIERS BURIED
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 13. — Privates En
wright, Gresham and Hay, the first
three American soldiers killed in the
trenches, are now sleeping in French
soil. Final interment was made yes
terday. The American and French in
fantrymen stood guard during the fi>
neral and a French Commander paid
the tribute.
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FEDERAL OFFICERS
PROBE EXPLOSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—
Federal secret service agents are in
vestigating an explosion which des
troyed the Hope gasoline plant near
Fairmont, Va. It is said to have been
the country’s biggest gasoline plant.
Information has been given to the
government leading to the belief that
the explosion was not accidental.
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ARCTIC SCHOONER
WILL GO TO PERU I
SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—The power
schooner Ruby, belonging to the Kus
kokwim River Trading Transportation
company, which serves the isolated
districts of Bering sea and Arctic re
gions, is being prepared for at least
one voyage to South American ports.
She will load 350,000 feet of lumber
for Pern and on her return voyage
will bring a cottonseed cargo to San
F rancisco. •
PRESIDENT CALLS
UPON PEOPLE TO
GIVE GOD THANKSj
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—In making
his proclamation declaring November
2Mh, as Thanksgiving day. President
Wilson calls upon the nation, even in
the midst of sorrow and in the great
peril of the world now shaken by war,
to Thank God for the blessings that
are better than mere peace of mind
and prosperity of enterprise. The
President asks that Thanksgiving
day be spent as it should be, in thanks
.giving to the Creator for all our
blessings, individually and collective
ly as a nation.
VICTORY LOAN OF
CANADIANS BIG
TORONTO, Nov. 13.—Pledges to
Canada’s Victory Loan for the first
day aggregate ten million dollars.
This is only a partial list of the re
turns to last night and only a few of
the expected large subscriptions are
reported.
BIG EATS ABE
IN FRANCE FOR
U. S. SOLDIERS
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Nov. 13.—Large ship
ments of turkey, mince meat, cran
berries, nuts, raisins and sweet pota
toes arrived here today for Thanks
giving dinners. More shipments are
reported on the way.
CHANCELLOR OF
GERMANY IS TO
BE HEARD NOW
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—It was unofficial
ly announced here today that Count
von Hertling, new German Chancel
lor, will probably make his first state
ment to the Reichstag which will meet
in special session here the latter part
of this week. It is understood that
all differences between parties have
been adjusted and Count von Hertling
will be accepted as the new official.
heavyTxports
OF SUGAR MAKES
IT SCARCE NOWi
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. — Food
Administrator Herbert C. Hoover says
the heavy export of sugar to Europ
ean countries is one of the reasons for
the present sugar shortage. The i
Uuited States has this year exported
over 18 times as much sugar as the
average in three years befgre the war.
Last year’s exports were 19 times as
great as the average for three pre
war years. Of our sugar exports to
the Western Allies last year, 70 per
cent went to England. This year
France has received 02 per cent. In
1912 the total sugar exports from the
United States were 83,747,75- pounds;
1913, 47,987,7G1 pounds; 1914, 72, 323,
615; in 1915, 581,710,510 pounds and
in 1916, 1, 605,895,639. This year the
total is 1,254,551,289 pounds.
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WANT EXTRA SESSION
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—The Ameri
can Defense Society today urged
President Wilson to not wait for the
December session but to call an extra
session of congress to declare war on
Austria.
ITALIAN CITIES
ON PIAVE TAKEN
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—The official war |
statement issued this afternoon by ,
the German government announces !
the capture of Fonzazo and Mont Lon-1
gara by the Austro-German forces
along the Piave river.
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WHEN! OH! WHEN,
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13. — *
* Captain Persius, naval expert of *
' the Berlinger Tageblatt, notes the
growing impatience among the
* Germans over the submarine cam
* paign and demands “when shall
* we have England beaten?”
* Capr. Persius says that it
* would bo six months after food
f shipments are cut ofl* from Eng
land before that country would
* think of suing for peace.
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HAMBURG'S BIRTH RATE
HAS HAD TERRIBLE FALL
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13.—Advice*
received from Hamburg are to the ef
fect that the birth rate there has fall
en below seven and seven-tenths per
thousand as compared with nine and
one-tenth per thousand for the first
week in June. Records for the first
week in June show that there were .*>0
per cent more deaths than births dur
ing that week.
The mortality in Hamburg now is
lower than in June, however, owing to
the improvement in food conditions
because of the availability of fresh
vegetables.
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DENVER MINT TO TURN
OUT ONLY PENNIES
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DENVER, COLO., Nov. 13.—From
today until some undetermined time
in the future, the Denver mint will
turn out nothing but pennies—600,000
of them a day—to relieve the need for
great numbers of coppers caused by
the war tax bill.
CASTRO MAY GO TO MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 13.—It is re
ported here that Ciprano Castro, for
mer dictator of Venezuela has bought,
a sugar plantation in the state of
Vera Cruz and shortly will come to
Mexico to live.
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* WE’RE ALL FANS *1
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* Wallace Hood, John Henry and *
* C. E. Chamberlain, baseball play- *!
* era, who helped the Seward, Alas- * j
* ka, team win the championship *.
* of Southwestern Alaska, are reg- *
* tered at the Ranier-Grand hotel. *
* says the Seattle Post-Intelligent*- *
* er of recent date. They say that *;
* sec ion of Alaska is baseball *
* crazy and at one game played in * i
* Anchorage this summer a crowd * •
* of 5,000 people attended. This was *
* remarkable attendance in view
* of the fact that the population *
* of the city is only 5,000, they say
* In fact, whenever they want to *
* have a census, they stage a hall *
* game and count noses. One game f
* this July went eighteen innings *
* and there was still enough day- *
* light to play another nine innings, *
* they declare.
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BIG TRIUMVIRATE
IS EORMED-LOYAL
RUSSIANS CONTROL
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SKAGWAY WAS
NOT ABLE TO
ONLOAD CARSO
Full Load of Freight for Anchorage
Brought to Seward and Will Be
Discharged Hen—Is I’nder
C harter to C ommission
Freighter Skagway arrived in port
at noon today from Anchorage where
for over two days Capt. Hansson tried
to discharge his cargo, but he did not
put off a single pound. The Skagway
brought no freight for Seward, not
even the long expected coal, but
everything aboard is for the commis
sion. The freighter was chartered for
this trip by the commission and has
bridge material, lies, and a miscellan
eous cargo. Two or throe days will
be required here to unload the An
chorage freight.
Capt. Hansson stated this afternoon
that never before had so much ice
been running in Cook inlet. “For two
days I tried to get in a position to
discharge freight but no use, the ice
was too much,” said the captain. “I
came very nearly being forced* ashore
once and then anchored behind Fire i
Island until 1 decided that a longer
delay would see me frozen in and I
hauled up. anchor apd came to
Seward.”
The Skagway h*ft the Inlet early
last evening, and between ice and a
snow storm had a hard trip into
Resurrection Bay.
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SEARCHERS OF
missing men
ARE STILL OUT
No word has been received from the
gasboat New Josie which is out with
a searching party, looking for the
missing hunters, Bill Weaver and Ben
Svveasy. Pilot Dodge, of the Mari
posa, reported that the boat was
sighted Sunday searching along Eliza
beth Island. Capt. Hansson, of the
Skagway, did not see the New Josie
on account of the storm.
United States Deputy Marshall I
Evans expected the gasboat to return
sometime today, but the storm down
the coast might prevent.
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TRAIN MAKES QUICK
RUN TO KERN CREEK
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The regular train which left yester
day morning at 7 o’clock for Kern
Creek reached there last night at 6
o’clock. There will be no train from
Kern Creek probably until the latter
end of this -week.
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ICELAND DEMANDS
HER INDEPENDENCE
LONDON, Nov. 13.—The people's
parliament of Iceland demands inde
pendence from Norway and a national
flag of its own. Iceland now practi
cally has home rule.
The majority of the Danish people,
it is said, hope their king will sanc
tion the demands of Iceland’s parlia
ment.
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TURKS QUIT PALESTINE
LONDON, Nov. 13. — Indications
are that a general retirement of the
Turks is under way in Palestine.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—A Copenhagen
dispach early this forenoon confirmed
the report sent out last night that
I Premier Kerensky had gained a com
plete victory over the Bolshevikis.
It is also reported, in the same ad
vices, that Kerensky and Generals
Kornilolf and Kaledines have formed
a big triumvirate in Petrograd where
the soldiers are siding with Kerensky.
Unofficial advices received here at
noon state that Nikolai Lenine, who
was reported to have been named
Prime Minister by the Maximalists,
has been captured and imprisoned.
Advices from Stockholm this after
noon announce the arrival at Petro
grad of Kerensky and Gen. Komiloff
and also that the Bolshevikis have
been defeated at Tsarkoe-Selo and
have retreated to their stronghold nt
Petrograd.
C laim a Defeat
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Complete de
feat of Premier Kerensky and Gen.
Korniloff is announced late this after
noon in a Russian communication by
wireless. This report is entirely con
trary to the report received early this
morning and coming by wireless is
believed to have origin in Germany.
The report by wireless however says
that after bitter fighting at Tsarkoe
Selo, the revolutionary army com
pletely defeated the forces under Ker
ensky and Korniloff.
Tiie announcement further says
that the Soldiers and Workmen's de
puties have ordered at Petrograd all
measures necessary for the capture of
Kerensky who is said to be retiring
before the revolutionary forces defen
sive.
U. S. Official Reports
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. — The
American Consul General at Moscow,
telegraphing to Ambassador Francis,
at Petrograd, under Sunday’s date,
confirms reports of fighting between
the Bolshevski and Provisional gov
ernment forces and says that seem
ingly the Provisionals are winning.
All Americans in Moscow are safe.
The Provisional Cossacks are reported
now to be enroute to Moscow and at
tack the Maximalists.
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DAVID MAY BE
ASSISTANT TO
DIST. ATTORNEY
The office of assistant district at
torney for the third judicial division,
with headquarters at Anchorage, was
offered late yesterday afternoon to
United States Commissioner Leopold
David, says the Anchorage Times of
last Friday. The offer came in a cable
gram from United States District At
torney William A. Munley, who is at
Valdez and who before his appoint
ment to the district attorneyship was
assistant district attorney here.
Judge David has the offer under
consideration and will accept or reject
it within a few days.
In the event that the judge declines
the appointment, it is expected to go
to a non-resident atorney. In case the
judge accepts, C. H. Sundmacher, of
this city, is mentioned as a likely can
didate for the commissionership here.
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ENTERTAINED BY ROYALTY
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Colonel E. M.
House, head of the American com
mission to the conference of the Allies
and his wife, were guests of the King
and Queen at a luncheon given this
afternoon at Buckingham Palace.