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SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1918. TEN CENT8 PER
VOLI ME XU. NUMBER M . . ________ _;__ ; ■ ■ ——- • 11 ■
BASEL. Oct., 2b— Vienna news
papers are rftjwrtod to have printed
yesterday ami today various articles
on the demobolization of the Austrian
and Hungarian armies.
ZURICH. Oct.. 2b— Vienna news
papers state that Prince Frederick
Lobkowitz and Haron Nadherny, re
presentatives of the strongest anti
Oerman tendencies, have lett \ ienna
for Switzerland charged with a mis
sion about which no details have be»*n
made public.
LONDON. Oct.. 2*>— A dispatch
from Copenhagen says V ierma news
papers published arv official state
ment today that the demobolizatior
t
of the Austro-Hungarian armies is h*- j
in* prepared.
PARIS, Oct.. 2‘>— A Zurich dispat
ch received here early this oven inn’t
says that Austria-Hungary will soon
capitulate* and the Dual Monarchv j
will throw itse’f on the* Allies’ mercy. |
The Czechs are masters of the sit
uation in all parts of the country
where they predominate.
The Slovaks are to change fho name j
of Pressbury to Wilsonville.
It is reporte<l here from various i
sources that the Monarchy of Hun- j
gary wants peace at any price an<l i
this is growing among all classes o j
people.
No notice of Berlin’s tinal »1 *c.is
I ions have been taken in Austria.
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BULLETIN- VANCOUVER, B. C„,
()( T„ 26— 2 I*. M. — Private advices
state that the Princess Sophia has
foundered w*th ai! hands aboard, in
cluding passengers. The 1 anadian Pa
cific Railway Company is unable to
confirm the report. The Princess So
phia grounded in Lynn C anal last
Thursday. Three hundred passengers
and a crew of 82 were aboard.
242 ARK LOST.
VICTORIA. B. C. Oct„ 26— The
Canadian Wireless Service late this*
afternoon received the following mes
sage from Juneau:—
“PRINCES SOPHIA driven across
reef last night. No survivors.
Seventy five of crew. 268 passengers
are lost. Everything possible was
done. Terrible weather prevailed.**
IS APPALLING DISASTER.
The foundering of the Princess So
phia in Lynn Canal is one of the
greatest disaster* to occur in Alas
kan waters. The wreck of the Island
er. Canadian Pacific Steamship com
pany's ship also, several years ago at
the entrance to Gastineau Channel,
caused the loss of only 188 lives. The
sinking of the California three years
ago resulted in only 32 lives being
lost. Sixty nine lives wore lost when
the boilers of the Clara Nevada blew
up.
The Princess Sophia was the cra-’k
liner of the C. P. R. Fleet being oper
ated to Southeastern Alaska ports.
The steamer left Skagway last Wed
nesday evening and the accident oc
curred Thursday morning early. Re
port* received by the Gateway last ev
ents*. from Vancouver, stated the:
the Sophia wa.- resting easily on the
reef and that the members of the crew
and all passengers were aboard the
ship waiting for the Princess Alice
which was due to reach the scene Sun
day morning. American boats were
standing by but it is presumed that
the storm sprang up suddenly, the
waves being lashed into fury and the
Sophia slid off the reef, into deep
water and no aid could be given the 1
unfortunates aboard.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 26— Ella
klagg Young, died this afternoon o*
Spanish Influenza. Deceased was for
years a prominent educator of Chica
go and was Chairman of the National
Women’s Liberty Loan committee.
LOS ANGELES, Oct.. 26— Jim Jef •
fries, ex-prize fighter, is ill with the
influenza and his condition is serious.
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; WASHINGTON, Oct., 26— Few
new cases of the influenza have beer
reported in the various states and the
epidemic is now virtually believed to
have been mastered.
WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow’ is stormy, possibly
snow.
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DAWSON, Oct., 2ti— Migrating
caribou, near Eagle, blocked the river
yesterday. Thousands swarmed the
shores of the water. The government
steamboat Davis ploughed lor three
hours through the animals swimming,
and the crew lassoood several for
meat.
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LOS ANEGLES, Cal. Oct., 2G—
How Geoges !,e Mesnager, G., \ear>
old. native of France and citi-pri of
v aiii 'inia, lan away from Los A ige!
"A home to fight tho Hun, ha . jus;
been made public through hi. wife
a ho has just learned how ho ha beer
wounded and of his gaining the ( roG
de Guerre and the Dedalle M:'itairo.
A veteran of the Franco- Pi .* siat
war of 1870, Fe Mesnager, despite i
his ago, was anxious to return 1 Frar
•co to fight tin* Germans again wher
the great world war began, b ii hi
family pleaded that he was too Id. IF
thought differently about it, hew o\\
Hint sent his family for week’s ' utir.i
at the seaside. V/hen th<*y r
home, they found In* had mailed !•>
France from New \ ork.
It was not through him t’ \* V
wife learned ho had b°«-n wo* »<•»•(•{
but through other souv' 4v\ for 4 ' cot
eran, who is describe a ' ' '
man of iron, has similar m iv; ’
ities. It was »n a booh on th *
Mrs l^e Mesnager read, just ho u •
of a hero her husband was.
441* is chn •note'i lie o’* mv 1 b; n
that he shoyhl say nothing o:‘ be:n:
wounded,” she aid.” He neve? w ;te
anything about himself. It i ay
about the bravery of others. The only
information of personal nature 1 h»*d
from him was that his weight cn : d* -
creased, but he always insisted he \v;;
vvell.
“Ho did write from a hospital, but
he .stated ho veas there on busine-*
He plight be wounded a dozen times
bnt he never would toll us about it.
SHYSTER INSURANCE
AGENTS ARE IN BAD.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2b— The war
department has asked the public to
report all persons seeking foes for the
collection of insurance or allotments
of dead soldiers. f
The government makes such settle
ments without outside intervention.
Seward, as well as other parts of
[ Alaska, will turn the clock back one
hour between tonight and tomorrow
morning.
The official hour for changing the
time, according to the daylight sav
ing act, passed by the Senate and
House of Representatives, is at 2 o’
clock ante meridian, on the last Sun- j
day in October.
To be specific , at two o’clock to- :
morrow morning, the hands of the I
clock should be turned back, but what
is the use of remaining up until that
hour? Turn the hands of the clock
back tonight when you retire- every
body and then there will be no mix
up.'
Tomorrow morning, you will nat
urally sleep one hour longer, gaining
that hour you lost on the last Sunday
last March when the hands of the
clock were poked ahead.
Don't forget to turn the bunds of
the clock or watch back tonight, when |
you j et ire, then no one will be con
fused tomorrow, and churches, Sun
day schools, the movie theatre, etc.,
will all he under the same regulations.
TRAINS TO STOP.
WASHINGTON, Oct., 2— At 2 o’
clock tomorrow morning the clocks of
the Nation will be turned back one
hour. All trains are to remain motion
less for one hour beginning at two
o’clock tomorrow' morning. Naval ob
servatory clocks here will be stopped
foi iw hour to allow the sun to catch
up.
RED C ROSS NOTES
More used garments for men, w’O
men and children are needed by the
local Red Cross to ship to destitute
nations. Take the articles you may
have to the Red Cross work rooms in
the Railroad building next Tuesday
afternoon. Several boxes ait* to be
sent out on the first steamer.
Will those w'ho have children’s gar
ments to make at home, please leturn
them to the Red Cross work room
next Tuesday, whether garments are
finished or unfinished.
Garments for refugee women are
now cut and ready to be taken home
to make. All who possibly can aro ask
ed to help out with these garments.
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TRAIN IN TONIGHT.
The train left Anchorage at 7 o’
clock this morning with 7 passeng
ers abojird from there. The Seward
train ttiade connections at Bird Point
and is expected to arrive here this ev
ening about 6 o'clock.
i LONDON, Oct., 2G— A dispatch re
I
, ccived by the evening Mail says that
jtho Turkish minister to Switrsrlsnd,
has handed to the British and French
ministers a pence offer which virtu
ally amounts to unconditional surren
, dor*
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 26— It is of
ficially announced today that the 16
inch gun, reported now in use on the
American front by Bluejackets, is the
most powerful weapon on the battle
front. The government refuses to
| .state how' many guns are in use, how
many are being assembled or on w'hat
front they are being used. The new
gun is 66 feet long, weighs 100 tons
with the carriage and the projectile
is filled with the highest explosives
knowm this projectile weighing one
ton.
NKW YORK, Oct., 26— Dr. J.H
Oberhard, U. S. regular army, in a
lecture here lust night, stated thai
the Americans are now using a gus at
the front that is the most powerful
known. The Doctor has just returned
'*n a furlough and states that he has
>VH»n hundreds of dead Germans, on
one front alone, \vh # died with th'.ii
r»- v ks on, Y;:*inis the An,, ric.r
r ( west ga;.
AMERICANS MAKING GAINS.
WITH THE /MiMU ANS, 0 t.. LG
! - Cains .Hi!? ov r»e /• n.ericai % w.*.
mainteained today despite violent en
WILL WATCH THE
SWISS HUMS
WASHINGTON, Oct2&— Regulat
ions intended to prevent German own
lm! firms with factories in Switzer
land from exporting their product un
der the guise of Swiss goods after
the war, have been adopted by Swiss
chambers of commerce in connection
with the establishment of a new nat
ional trade mark for all Swiss ex
ports.
The regulations provide that use of
the trade mark be confirmed to firms
two-thirds of whose capital is Swiss
and to goods that actually arc made
in Switzerland exclusively by the
Swiss. It is know'n that many firms
operating acquired from their
orignal owners by German manufact
urers, in order that an apparently
neutral outlet might be secured for
German-made goods in the post-war
period. The President of the Geneva
Chamber of Commerce is quoted in
advises received here as stating that
control of these will not be easy, but
that the Chamber is alive to the pro
bability of improper use of the trade
mark and Swiss manufacturers an'
being asked to bring cases of th\s
kind to official notice.
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MEMORIAL TO AMERICA
WILL BE ERECTED AT
GARONNE RIVER MOUTH
BORDEAUX, Oct., 26— The munici
pal council has voted 100,000 franc*
towards a fund to erect a memorial to
the United States at the mouth of the
Garonne river.
PAPER RELIEF IN ITALY.
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WASHINGTON, Oct., 26— Pro
spective conditions in the textile in
dustry in Italy are such that manu
facturers and newspapers are urging
the government to take steps — such
as importing large quantities of raw
cotton, centralizing all demands in a
purchase bureau and developing cot
ton growing in African colonies —
which may be expected to afford some
relief to the spinners after the war.
A soft answer may turn away
wrath, but it isn’t always best to cal!
a man soft.
emy opposition. German artillo
be:ng used againrt the Araericar
the fiont and rear areas on the
treme left but the Americans
strengthened their hold on the
gTOur.d in the southern part of
Bourdonno Woods.
RAW HUNS BEING USED.
LONDON, Oct., 26— The Gem
appear desperate for men and it i:
i ficially known that raw' troops 1
the eastern front an* being1 use<
the Western front.
OPERATIONS IN BELGIUM.
LONDON, Oct., 20— Operation
Belgium continue to develop** lav
ably according to today’s official
port.
The French have captured Zuite,
spite desperate resistance.
The British have captured the
lages of Ingoyheim and Ooteghem
vancing towards the Schelt river.
BATTLING FLARES UP.
PARIS, Oct.. 26— The battle on
western front has flared up and hi'
fighting between Valenciennes
the Meuse is reported. The Gem
are resisting the Allies but the L
continue to progress in the tasl
driving the enemy back \>n the Mr
line.
The last four days, adding Gen
war material, the Allies have cHp
ed about 15000 prisoners and
guns.
VERDUN FRONT FIGHTING
WASHINGTON. Oct.. 25— Co
m and or Pershing reports heavy fij
ing on the Verdun front. The Am
cans have repulsed strong Gen
counter attacks east of the Meuse
fact everywhere except in the Be
woods where four successful atti
by the enemy forced a partial wn
drawal by the Americans.
The Americans west of the Mi
have advanced notwithstanding <
termined resistance.
FISH QUOTATIONS.
SEATTLE, Oct., 25— Fish price
noon were as follows: halibut sixi
and one quarter cents; sable, five <
ling and red cod, three cents.
TOO LONG FOR THE SERVICE
LONGEST REMAINS TEACH
WIGGINS, Miss., Oct., 26— “L<
est” is no misnomer in the cnsi
Professor H. P. Longest, principa
the Magnolia Consolidated school 1
this place. The army has refuse
accept I/ongest as a soldier beci
he is too tall. Examining officer.
Camp Shelby, where Professor I a
est arrived recently, found him t<
six feet eight inches tall, the ta
man yet received at the camp.
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MUNICIPAL RESTAURANTS
ARE PROMISED IN PARE
TO CUT COST OF LIVIN'
PARIS, Oct., 26— As a mean
combatting the high cost of livi
municipal restaurants are prom
for Paris, according to the Petit
isien. The meal will be served to
i
cents and will consist of soup, r
vegetables and bread. Thore wi!
no sugar nor buttor.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct., £
A banking and investment comi
has been formed in Argentina by
Swift Packing Company into
which will introduce American :
hods of financing cattlemen.