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Steamer Northwestern is reported
to have sailed from Seattle yesleiuay
morning at i o clock. t*ioviueu no niau
w;»> sent on tue Admiral ra»ragw
ownig to cal tying explosives. tne
NoithwesU-rn siiounl have -* day
mail aooa.il. Ui course tins is on y
1- Ji.v. oi r. loi the Aiameua, going
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first to Anchorage, mignt have the a
-cumulated Reward mad aboard.
*1 he Christian Science Society will
ho. i so. >ice.', tomorrow morning at 1
octock an»t Sunuay School at l-:i-» o
ctock.
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t'apt. Whitland. one mate and four
seamen ate aooard tne Northwestern
tor oeaaiit. v apt Whitland and his
clew wni take tne gas sehooner Kuoy
io Putch Ha oor i he Kuby ha> been
.11 port here tor several week.^
The Gateway admits that the distri
bution v«; tue tiateway along the »ail
t'*a«i ;> had. h!\« ry day there an kicks
aaout not receiving the paper. A tra n
wili go out taking papers mailed a
week Hack. K Ports are to be matle to
perfect some system of delivery it th**
\*a%ev*ay forced to send its own cur
riel.
Two trains are due this afternoon •
o! thu* evening from Anchorage. One
train is a s:> vial bringing K. O. Mc
Cormick and ti»** other members of the
|M v a. commission ap|>ointe<i by So >
retary of the interior Lane. This spec
ial left Anchorage this morning at 7
o’clock. Upon arrival here the com
mission will make their headquarter*
at the Hotel Seward The regular
train from Anchorage and intermedi* |
ate points is due this evening.
A train for Aiuhoiage left this
morning at 7 o’clock with a number of i
through passengers.
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U.S. Assistant District Attorney I
C. Murphy; Anchorage Kiiv Chief J. •
Heffner; (lust I’*vst* a«l and J. H.
Smith left on the train this morning :
for Anchorage.
There was another good drill last
night of the Seward Military Unit.
One platoon had guard mount. Th**
next drill will he on Tuesday night at
7:17» o’clock.
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Miss r:id*» Kendall pleio-antK
entertained Miss .\’<*llie Nash, Miss
Mary Baon Wright and Mr. (. 4*.
Morford at dinner last evening at her
apartment in the Van Gilder building
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The Red Cross ladies met last night
and prepared a larg^ number of sur
gical dressing.* for shipment to the
states.
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NEW YORK LEADS IN W S.S.
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NEW YORK. Ot . 10— Tho total
sales of war-saving1 stamps in New
York City exceeded $30,000,000 the
past month.
GOPKXHAGKX. Oct.. U> — Tno
Politiken says that Germany’s reply
to President WiUon’s note will deny
Wilson’s accusations of German cr*i
cities and will also declaie that sub
marining cannot be stopped until
armistice agreement is reached, llr
reply, according to this same author
ity, will not reject Wilson’s demand.1
but will make more negotial.ons p*> •
sible. It i.- said that the German reply
will not bo reaily tor sex oral days a!*
though one report has it that the re
ply will be .^ent to President W i'.v >i:
sometime on Sunday
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Panics have occurred in Perl in
daily, laist Thursday there was a u»*
cided panic on the bourse, maritime
securities and chemical products drop
ped almost to the bottom.
REPLIES TO Al'STRI \.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 10— Presi
dent \Viis»m has answered Austria *
peace note. 1 he President declan d
Austria-Hungary must satisfy th:
nation of the attainment of the aspn
ations of the people of the Dual Mon
archy and reiterated that the people
of the Dual Monarchy shall he the
judge* of their rights and destinies
and not the military.
President Wilson’s reply was sen*,
through the Swedish minister and i(
specially cads attention to the a.hire
before Congress on January 8th.
The peace reply says that Austro-Hue
-garv should he accorded first oppor
tunity of autonomous development.
The President calls attention io
America’s recognition of the Czech
Slovak’s National Council as Allied
belligerent states also recognition of
the nationalistic aspirations of ti.
Judgo Slavs for freedom.
CZECHS FOR KEPI'BMC.
COPEN H A G K X .Oct., U>— lieriin
dispatches says that the Czechs Slo
vaks are masters of the situation a
Prague and that the National Council
has proclaimed an Independent Czech
nation and declared for the principle
of a republic.
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M YSONS DKNOCNCK KAISER.
>T. I.OITS. Oct., ID — The Supremr
•\nmci! of the Scotish Rite of Kree
masonurv adopted resolutions last
ek vigorously denouncing the at
tempts of the Kaiser to personal’!) w •
•he Masonic order to abet the Ora an
1 peace propaganda.
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METHODIST HOOK CONCERN
Vi II L ‘!A\ E A PAPER MILE
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
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CENTRA I.LA, WASH. Oct#. ID
I The Methodist Hook Concern, one of
the largest publishing houses in the
country has purchased 230 acres of
coal land east of this city and is con
sidering the erection oY a paper mill,
it is said that a patent process for the
use of fir in making paper will he us
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BULLETIN— WITH ALLIES I\
FLANDERS Oct.. 1D— The Fr ncl !
cavalry is reported to have icached
the outskirts of Ghent this aft >rnoon.
Bl LLETLN - AMSTERDAM. Oct..
ii>— The British have entered th*
Belgian town Eecloo.
Six thousand Germans are . .‘port
ed shut against the Dutch frontier^
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BULLETIN— LONDON, Oct., 10
Refugees it*port that Belgian troops
have shot and sunk several si ips In
the Eecloo canal carrying Gem a; of
ficers and war material. All aboard
are reported to have been lost.
PUPILS OF Ml Si? GILMOUR
HEARD IN A UECITAl
i The Pupils of Miss Mae (iilincur,
were heard in recital at the M *tho
dist Church last evening and the fol- j
owing program was rendered.
Study . Fritz Spend!'i
Melody . Fr. Kuhlau
Cecil Leslie,
The Rainbow . A ReciTtion
Hunter McNec* •,
Song of Home. Gurlitt
Helen Balderston
Dolly Dear and 1.V ihn tati >:»
Ester G i.v
Valse D’Enfants .... Loui< Collier
Gladys (ire n
What Would 1 Do ... A Kec diT'or
Margaret Reed
La Styrienne. Rurgmuelln*
Charlotte Mathieson
Turkish March . Mozart
Margaret Sloan
Marcissus. Xevin
Nellie Mathieson
Song.. The Dream Rout
Charlotte Mathicso \
Accompanied by Nolle Mathieson
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FOR AMERICAN WOCNDKD.
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; LONDON. Oct . 10— The goveiT
•uoni of Cuba has sent to the Amen
•an R *d (boss in Europe 240.000 cig
arettes and 2 *>00 packages of smoking
tobacco, for distribution to American
l wounded.
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UNGA RAISES $1,750.
• Unga raised $1,750 recently for the
Red Cross. 11,420 was raised at a
dance and basket sale; $100 mem
bership and dues and $215 came from
Squaw Harbor. This is pretty good
work for a little town like Unga and
vicinity.
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TO PROMOTE JAPANESE TRADE,
t SEATTLE Oct., 19— A committed
o<’ Seattle citizens, composed of 21
financiers and business men also a
number of shipping men are on their
way to Japan to develop harmonious
trade and economical relations with
the Orient.
When the two banks in Seward
closed for business at 1 o’clock this af
ternoon the sum of $.’17,2’>0 had been
subscribed to the Fourth Liberty Loan
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bond issue.
BLACK MAN
AFBAIO OF
THE DARK
WITH THE AMERICAN TKOOl'S
IN FlwANSK, Oct . 1!)— (Correspon
dence of the Associated Pros?*;—
American negro troopers are reg rd
od by theb* officers as exceptionally
good at patrol work, as raid* anc
scouts. They seem to have some ••utili
ty lacking in the white man whh h en
ables them to slink and craw! aero*.
No Man’s Land in a way that defies
detection.
Hut tin* negroes never lose th« :»
latent superstition and fear of thr
dark. Without white officers t » sup
port them morally their value »s .-aid
to deteriorate quickly. They ’ set
things” with ease.
The n**gro trooper’s timidity at night
is best illustrated hv the experience
of a captain, who found on * of his
men at work after dark The negro
was talking violently to himself:—
“Xiggah, pick up that wheel bar
row and push it over there! ’ *‘Xow
put that barrow down!” “Tip if over
and empty it.” “Now wheel it back
and fill it up again!” /
To all of which the negro answer
'd “Yes, sah!” and suited thr action
to the word. He explained to the as
tonished captain that he felt lo>'-- lone
ly and seared in the dark if he pretend
-o*l a white officer was there to give
him orders.
l.et the average negro soldier halt
and he forced to lie down for a time.
I and he goes to sleep almost imiredia
I tely, unless he is forced t«* keep
awake. The leaders of at least one re
giment have had to adopt a plan
whereby all the members of a patrol,
when they lie down, join hands, with
the white officer at one end. H * keeps
the squad awake then by pressing th*»
hand of the man next to him. who i*e
pents the pressure to his right or loft
and receives an answering mvssr.ro
as evidence that his companions are
awaked.
Nevertheless, the negroes are always
ready for a fight. One regiment had
begged its way into a portion of the
line where action was assured in the
last German offensive, and that act
ion suddenly began. Five of the offic
ers of that regiment alone wov» in
hospital but heard a few hours in ad
vance of what was coming.
The colonel left the hospital on
, crutches, two other officers wen car
1 **ied to the trenches on litters aed two
more hobbled in- so as to b* with
their men and be assured they gave a
good account of themselves Th*y did#
In the main the negro troons ; re
deeply atached to their white officers
and will go through fire anti flood fo*
• them— or with them. In the man also
I the officers are attached to the men,
take pride in them and father then:.
The negroes are punctilious in such
details as saluting and deference to
officers and superiors though lax in
other matters of discipline whoeh they
do not understand.
WASHINGTON Oct , 19— ien, ral
March announced today that nv» v two
million American*? ar. now ove i*'*as.
Ge; eral March stated that the Hin*
denburg is now bchhid the Alli***? and
Oommandor-in-Chief Koch is contin
uing his advance without giving the
Germans the sKghest opportunely lot
r»*st.
The retirement firm the Belgium
coast district is increasing in bre;.dth
uid speed. During tin* past fo n days
the Germans liav • evacuated ove»
800 square miles.
The German retirement. starGtg
’ast week on the 65 mile sector be
tween the Oise and Argonne has
spread during the week until it af
fects all but 15 miles of a 250 min
front from the coast to the Meuse.
The British-American attacks op
posite Douai have; carried the Allied
line to tlie hastily constructed German
defensive system which follows tin
Sonsee canal and marshes. No at
tempt to cross this barrier has* yd
i boon reported.
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HI’NS OFF TO HOLLAND.
BULLITEN— WASHINGTON. Oct
19— It is officially announced that
the Germans have evacuated the en
tire Belgian coast to Holland's bor
der
HUNS TAKE CAPTIVES.
WITH THE BRITISH, Oct., 19
During the fifteen days before the oc
cupation of Lille, the Germans too/
15,000 inhabitants into captivity and
have pressed them into military ser
vice on the great retreat.
EVACUATING BRUSSELS.
AMSTERDAM, Oct., 19— Belgian
Deputy Heinrich says that the Ger
mans are evacuating Brussels.
APPROACHES DUTCH FRONTIER
AMSTERDAM,Oct., 19— The Brit
ish are approaching Sluis on the Dut
ch frontier ten miles northeast o!
Bruges. The Germans are still retir
ing towards Ghent.
YANKS TANKS IN BATTLE,
WITH THE Allies, Oct,, 19— Am
erican tanks led the assualt against
the Germans east of the Selle river
yesterday and faced the German mar
ines who gave up after a hard fight.
The Allies are today under artillery
fire, have placed bridges across the
Selle river.
YANKS DROP BOMBS
WITH THE AMERICANS IN VER
DUN, Oct., 19— The Yahks dropped
four tons of bombs on German posit
ions today and defeated an attack ol
24 enemy planes.
BELGIAN COAST OCCUPIED
LONDON, Oct., 19— The Allies
have captured the entire Belgian
; Coast. The Allied line extends from
ihe Dutc h (’oast to east of lhuges, to
south of Courttai.
YANKS REPULSE HI NS.
WITH THE AMERICAN'S NORTH
-WEST OF VERDUN, Oct., li>— The
Germans counter attacked the Ameri
can positions at I.agrande and Mont
agu and the attack was repulsed with
heavy losses to the Teutons.
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IMPROVING POSITIONS
WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct.,
— The Americans continue to improv?
editions near Rantheville and th»*
•v arby wood. It is indicated that the
Germans are planning withdrawal to
new lines a few miles to the real.
FELLOWSHIP BETWEEN THE
FRENC H AND BRITISH IS
OF THE <;<H>I> OLD SORT,
BEHIND THE FRENCH LINES.
Oct., 11)— Two striking instances o'
the cohesion and fellowship existing
between the French and British force*
occured recently.
At a certain {joint of the fiont line,
a Canadian regiment, thirty percent
of whom spoke French, were attack
ing side by side with French Hoops,
The Canadians were hard pressed by
the Germans in front, who were oc
cupying a wood and holding it with
strong machine gun defenses. They
appealed to the French regiment on
their right for assistance ami the
French troops immediately advanced,
completely turning the position and
enabling the Canadians to advance in
their turn.
Shortly afterwards the French were
similarly held up and appealed to the
Canadians, who immediately attack
ed and saved the situation.
'l'hroughout there was complete ha**
i mony of command, and even machine
guns were more than once interchang
ed between the two units.
When a halt for the night was made,
| the two regiments messed and hivou
| acked together.
HORSES ARE WORTH A
j REGULAR FORTUNE IN VIENNA,
Zurich, Oct., 19— Iloilo- stealing in
Vienna has increased to such an ex
! tent that several firms have been fot
ced to give up business, A good wa*:
< on team is now w'orth from $5,000 V
| $5,200. Some firms have lost as many
as a dozen horses, as well as wagons.
1 And thefts continue daily in the
j streets. The stolen horses are usually
• sold to slaughter houses.
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NEW TRAIL IT TO PEAK.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. On ,
10— The building of a new trail to
! Pike’s Peak is under way the super
■ vision of the United States forest se: •
vice. The completed parts of the trad
reaches nearly to the timber line. It
’ follows an easy grade, but gives trav
; elers a view of the chief scenic feat*
j ures of the region including the “bot
j temless pit” and the great chater
standing east of the peak,