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- THE ALASKA EVENING POST __
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2(1. 1917 TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI. Number L’85. ___— . - . .. ■ —
TITIANA
com :s TO
AM RICA
Second Daughter of Nicholas Makes
Her Getaway front Siberia by a
Fictitious Marriage and
Is Coming to the U. S.
TO WORK FOU RUSSIAN RELIEF
Young Girl to l rge l nited States
Not To Desert Her Country In
The Present Hour of General
Uprising of the People
NEW YORK. Nov. 2G.—Mir.*, Tilia- j
na Xicolaeviuk Romanoff. second
daughter of the former Czar of Rus
sia, has escaped from lobolsk, Sibe
ria, the present home of the former
Emporor, and is now enroute to the
United States. I his author,a* *\e «*•
received here today .
Miss Titiana escaped from her Si
berian exile through a fictitious ntat
liage to the son oi tt Former cham
berlain to the Czar. She completely
fooled all authorities of the »vu:sn.n
government and reached Jap^n.
said, and confirmed here, thai. the .cin
is now on the Pacific Ocean aboai J a
steamer bound from San Francisco, j
Her misison to the L nited States ;
will bo to engage in Russian civilian
relief work and to also urge the Unit
ed States government and the people
of America not to desert Russia in
the present hour when the people,
crazed by freedom, do not knot* what
they want. Miss Titiana, who « only
twenty years of age, is expected t*>
reach New York city sometime in De
cember direct from the Pac.fi** Coast.
FUND FOR MEN
AT THE FRONT
NOW GROWING
Fourteen dollars was subscribe*! to
noon today by the liberal ones for the
$1 gifts for the boys in the trenches
and the sailors of the various war
crafts of the United States Navy, for
Christmas. This is the final week for
the gift fund for the soldiers and
sailors in Seward as the contribu
tion to be raised here, $100, mu^t bo
wired to Seattle next Saturday so
that the gifts can be made up there
and shipped by December 10th. To
day’s list contains two subscribers
who will remember two of the sailors
or soldiers and besides the local con
tributors, two men of La Touche sent
in their money for the Christmas
gifts. The fund is still shy but the
last drive now being on. it is consid
ered that witn a mwe muir
sion Seward will come to the front
as the citizens have always done.
The following are the contributions
from noon Saturday to noon t<*layi
Dr. J. M. Sloan . * 2.00
D. C. Mathison-••—.
Robert Romig . **
Allen McIntosh .
Jane McNally.... 1 ^
George Sexton .
Pgte Peterson . 1*00
Joe R. Wilson, LaTouche . 1*00
Emil Mende, laTouche . 1-00
Miss Francis Root . 1-00
Mrs. Isaac Evans . 1.00
William Kennedy . 1.00
Previously acknowledged . 16.00
Grand Total . *30.00
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CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
.Mrs. Harry Ellsworth celebrated
her —Nth birthday yesterday by giv
ing a dinner party. The guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
A! Davis and Miss Noll Shea.
MILITARY BALL
TONIGHT TO BE
DRESS AFFAIR
—
Officers and Crew of U. S. S. Saturn
Will Appear in Dress Uniforms
Presenting Military Scene
Hare to the Citizens
ILL SEWARD PEOPLE INVITED
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A. R. Hall Will Be Opened At Hour of
Nine and Dancing Will Start at
Nine-thirty O'clock—Many
Special Features Tonight
The Military Grand Ball, a formal*
affair, given by the officers and cr* w
of the United States Ship Saturn will
open promptly this evening at nine
o’clock. Dancing will commence at
nine thirty o’clock.
Every one in Seward is co *d’.aUy
invited to attend and it is hope*! that
no one will be absent. The boys want
all to go knowing that they will have
a wonderful time.
At an earlier date it was announ
cod in the Gateway that someinmg
special in the way of music wouH ’>»*
had. The Saturn officers had planned |
to have a mixed orchestra c< n.posod
of the best talent of Seward. and of
the Navy, hut now the exigencies of
the service has prevented th-* Navy
men being present. Their absence
will not be appreciably felt owing to
the presence of Seward's best, whi*'h
is, by the way, about the best in Alas
ka.
Program of Variety
In making up the program of *h.
dance the committee had in mind the
value of variety. Every effort has
been made to carry out that idea, be
sides a large number of regular dan
i ees and extras the floor committee is
expected to announce a number oi
special extras not on the program.
The dance will last as long as every
one wants it to. even up to the wee
sma hours. This is a holiday week
and no one regrets a long dance when
the music lends wings to the feet and
the joyous hours slip by without no
tice. The committee says to watch for
I the moonlight dances especially.
To Be Dress Affair
It is a well established custom of
the Sendee that Naval Officers wear
uniform evening dress at all danies
given by the crew and everyone in
Seward who sports a full dress suit is
invited to “break it out" and wear it
at the ball. Whether one goes in full
dress or whether in business clothes,
the committee says “you will nevei
have occasion to regret it for the only
purpose of the evening is o accord I
each and everyone present the best of
good times so that the name Saturn
will be long remembered and one to
be cojured in the annals of Seward’s
famAiio dnnres.
IS DISCHARGED
FROM SERVICE
RETURNS NORTH
Working hard in the war service,
being orderly, nurse, head night
I nurse and finally surgeon's assistant,
then discharged from the service on
I account of physical disability, such
was the fate of P. R. Korth, of An
. chorage, who returned north on the
| Alaska Saturday mgne.
Mr. Korth went to the outside last
June and enlisted in the hospital
corps at Fort Lawton. Shortly after
; Nvard he was transferred to Camp
Kearney and worked through various
positions. He was ready to go to
France this month, but orders can**
that owing to “physical disabilhy he
would bo honor* c!y discharged.
Mr. Korth looked quite nobby in his
regulation uniform. He returned over
; the trail this morning to Anchorage
when hi a father operates a tin shop.
VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 26.—Wire-,
less advices announce the arrival of
the salvage steamer Salvor at the
wreck of the Mariposa, but on account
of a southeast gale, has been unable
to land the crew to begin work on the
steamer. Unless the wind veers there
seems to be no hope, according to tin*
report received, of saving the Mari
posa which has $.“>25,000 worth of
copper and gold ore aboard.
Additional information regarding
the wreck of the Mariposa was re
ceived here from the officers of the j
Alaska. The Mariposa at the time of
the wreck, was proceeding south fromj
Shakan, where salmon had been load
ed. When Capt. O’Brien received in
structions at Juneau to call ;U Sha
kan, he protested as that port was *n
a bad region. He was just out oi
t 1 1 t _ _. i 1. . J a at . ,
onaKail UUC UUUI Ull vm
sage when he struck on Strait Island.
It was a nasty, rainy morning and th»
blinker light on the point where the
steamer was wrecked, was out. The
mail, express, hand baggage and pas
sengers wen? transferred to the is
land and later taken aboard five boats
which arrived on the scene and took
the victims to Wrangell.
When daylight came a survey of
the steamer was made and showed no
water in the engine room, but the f*»t
waid hole was full. When the title,
receded that night the bulkheads
were unable to stand the strain and
tore away,' letting the ore and salmon
cargo ab(ferd slide to the stern car
rying everything away and practi
cally ruining the interior of the boat.
The officers believe that all of the
baggage was secured from the Iv .d
but water soaked.
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ALASKA IN AND OUT
Steamer Alaska arrived Saturday |
night at 11 o’clock from the sou’ll,j
remained in port all night cischarg
ing freight, then went to the San Juan
dock at eight o’clock Sunday morning
and loaded fish, finally sailing for the:
south shortly after noon. The Alas
ka was delayed m making fcewaia on
schedule time Saturday night owing
to being caught in a snow st^rm.
The Alaska brought the following
pasesngers for Seward: Luc> Miller:
Mrs. H. Mj Omyett, F. Pcllican, J.
H. Thwaites and wife, P. It. Korth.
J. W. Frame, Mrs. V. Fleet, Gus Gil*
lis, J. E. Wilson, Mike Pievich, J. C*
Berry, N. Harrison and three steer
age.
Those booked out of Seward were
as follows for Seattle—0. J. Klawit
ter, wife and daughter,* Charles A.^
Fletcher, jr., Ivan Vokerich, Arthur
Mack, T. McKean and wife, W. J.j
Riegel and wife, William Gerig, J.. H. j
Fleischman, W. A. English, T. Nei
son and wife, Jerry Ford, Rich Con
way, E. J. Emmett, N. Elich, A. Kel-«
ley, F. A. Taylor, wife and children
and Mrs. W. H. Dayken. For Juneau
, R. S. Giddings and John Hixson, j
For Cordova, J. C. Dougherty, C. J. j
Strahcona and J. F. Toman. There ■
were 54 steerage the majority being
for Seattle.
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NEW STEAMER COMING
According to officers of the steam
er Alaska, the freighter Anyox, re
cently built at Seattle, is on the way j
north or is about ready to sail from j
Seattle, with a cargo of government j
railroad supplies which will he land- j
ed at Seward.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Claries,
A. Piez, of Chicngo, has ben promot-,
ed from vice-president of th'* Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
to have compete command of the,
government’ shipbuilding program. :
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GIG UU HE
WILL DIG DEEP !
INLET CHANNELj
Government Harbor Builder Sanguine!
of Constructing Dock for the
Government at Anchorage
To Handle the Coal
SEWARD WILL BE CHIEF PORT
Expert Engineer Makes a Statement
C oncerning Improvements on
Cook Inlet—Anchorage to
Be the Coal Center
‘‘I constructed harbors for the Unit-1
ed States government at the Atlantic
and Pacific coast terminals of the Pa
nama canal and I am sanguine of ma
king a harbor by dredging on Cook
Inlet at Anchorage. By this I do not
mean that there will be a great big
harbor, but a channel will be dredged
to permit steamers to land at a large
dock and discharge and receive
freight. The harbor will be open dur
ing those months of the year the In
let weather permits, which might b»
seven to eight months or possibly th»
entire year.”*
The above was the statement mad» j
at the Seward hotel last Saturday
night by William Gerig, government I
harbor builder who came out from!
Anchorage on his way to the states i
last week. Mr. Gerig left on the Alas |
ka and will return in the spring pre I
pared with men and machinery ti ,
start work at Anchorage.
“People told me when I went to tin
Panama canal zone of the impractica
bilitv of building harbors on the Pa
cific and the Aatlantic. Put 1 die
build them and they will be there foi
the present generation and a lon^
time afterward/’ said Mr. Gerig.
“At Anchorage I propose to biiiM :
large dock parallel with the bank
one half mile above Sheep C.ook or
deep water. The dock will be 'on
structed on a sort of shelf with tw*
approaches, similar to the dock in
Seward, but which has only one ap
proach. The dock will bn rock filled
on a triangular piece of ground, sol'd
construction and with sheer dams will
be so secure that the ice and tide:
will be unable to destroy it. There
will be 60 feet of water on the faee ol
the dock, the current being perhaps
only about two knots an hour, which
will enable barges or steame rs to un
load and receive their cargoes. The
dock will be for the government and
will be constructed with the main i Ion
of handling the coal from that seclior
of the country.
“To my mind there shoid l be no
strife between Seward and Anchor
age over the harbor improve) ic-nts at
the latter place. With the comple
tion of the railroad, Seward will be on
the main line and Anchorage wi l he
the shipping point for the government
for coal. It is doubtful if steamers
will then go to Anchorage, but they
will discharge both their freight and
passengers at Seward.”
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LIBERTY BONDS HAVE
, ARRIVED IN SEWARD;
Subscribers to the second issue of
the Liberty Loan can now secure their
bonds. In the mail on Saturday the
Dank of Seward received their va
rious denominations of bonds and
thoy will be ready for delivery upon
the proper payment.
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WILSON IN OREGON
SALEM. Ore., Nov. 26.—Secretary
of Labor Wilson, with members of!
the Federal Mediation Committee in
vestigating labor conditions, auved
vestigating labor conditions, arrived
here today to confer with Gov. Withy ■
combe. Secretary W'ilson and the
commision will go to Portland to
study conditions in the lumber m Its
try there.
STONE DECLARES
WAR IECLARATION
SHOULD B: MADE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Senator William J. Stone,
of Missouri, Chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations
Committee, urged here today that war should be declared
immediately against Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
“This seems exceedingly advisable,” said the Senator
■‘to simplify the present situation which is now anomalous.
We are in fact now warring with the Allies of Germany
and a declaration of war should be made.
“Congress should declare war almost the first busi
ness of the session next month, if the President of the
united States wishes it. We, here in Washington, are in
possession of reports which, show almost conclusively that
Austrians are now on the western front and fighting the
Americans in France in the trenches. Whether this is a
move of the Kaiser to fore 1 the United States into declar
ing war upon the others of the Teuton Potvers is not
known but Austrians are opposing our forces in France
at the present time.
Senator Stone arrived here Saturday night to begin
preliminary work pending the regular session of congress,
it is also noticeable that many congressmen and senators
ire returning to Washington, notwithstanding the Thanks
giving holiday, and are already discussing legislation to
come before congress. All are realizing that the United
States is a>; war and the business of the country demands
.•areful war measures. Many lawmakers have stated here
that “the people at home” are now urging war prepara
tions to the limit and that the United States, now that it is
n the war, must win. *
WILL OPERATE
SPECIAL TRAIN
ON WEDNESDAY
A special train will be operated on
the railroad next Wednesday instead
of Thursday. The change in the sche
dule is done for two reasons, one, to
allow those along the line to rpend
Thanksgiving in Seward, but the
principal one is for scores on the rail
road who desire to come to Seward
to attend the Red Cross bail on Wed
nesday night.
The regular train will leave Sew
ard at 7 o’clock Wednesday morning,
taking the mail which is usually dis
patched on Thursday mornings. This
train will connect at Mile 52 with the
train from Kern Creek and will re
turn to Seward not later than six
o’clock.
Many of the men of the railroad
and others signified their intentions
of attending the Red Cross ball Wed
nesday night if proper transportation
could be afforded. A consultation re
sulted and the above extra train ser
vice was the outcome, the post offi
cials readily agreeing to prepare the
mail a day ahead of time.
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LONDON, Nov. 26. -- Moscow is
now under the complete control of the
Bolsheviki military committee accord
ing to a Petrograd dispatch received
here. It is reported that M. MoralofF,
a private soldier has been apointed
commander of the Moscow military
districts. Sightseers are reported
crowding Moscow, the shop* are open
but little business is being transacted.
The people are mainly discussing
politiesand may fights have been re
ported.
BRITISH GAIN
SOLID GROUND
I NEAR CAMBRAI
LONDON, Nov. 26. — The British
forces have captured the high ground
in the Bourlon woods and now dom
inate the region around Cambrai, the
; German stronghold. This is the offi
cial information received from Gener
al Douglas Haig by the war depart
ment this afternoon.
The German traffic is reported hea
vy from Cambrai probably the civil
population being removed.
It is announced that the British in
tend to besiege Cambrai within the
next six days.
General byng iias uroKen me nin
denburg line and taken a score of vil
lages which surrendered without any
shots being fired.
The domination of the position wc3t
of Cambrai overruns a territory equal
to the area of that gained in the first
month of the drive on the Ypre3 Sa
lient. Nearly ten thousand Germans
are reported to have been taken pri
soners.
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ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Nov.
26.—Solid ranks of Franco-Bi it.sh in
' fan try and supply trains have been
seen by a war correspondent within
| sound of the batle now raging along
j the Piaye. The Franco-Bi it;sh forces
| have been on the mar:h for eight
days and are going to the asisstanco
of the Italians on the Northern line.
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FIRST AID IS NOT TO
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
Out of courtesy to the officers and
crew of the U. S. S. Saturn, there will
be no meeting tonight of the h irst
Aid Class.