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- THE ALASKA EVENING POST
SEWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY^ NOVEMBER 30^ 1917. TEN CENTS PER COPY
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CHANCELLOR Gil 3
WAR REVI [W AND
MAKES A FORECAST
BERLIN. Nov. 30.—The new Geman Chancellor,
Count von Herding. appeared before the Reichstag today
and reviewed the war trom its start and made his foie
east. The Chancellor’ speech was a lengthy one and the
following are several of the principal points that he made.
The submarine warfare will reach the goal intended
ior it. The ships sunk will exceed those the Allies are
now constructing;
Germany is ready to negotiate peace when Russia
sends representatives to Berlin.
The British are far from reaching the Flemish coast
to destroy the submarine bases;
Political ref.. promised but the fundamental
principles of the Imperial constititution shall be urged.
The Chancellor stated that the Teuton advance in Ita
ly held the world in suspense and Italy has already lost a
considerable part of her forces and over half ot her war
material.
“Germany must have the watch word of wait, endure,
hold out. and the German people will triumph in the end.”
Nothing was said in the speech regarding peace with
the other n * io at war, with the vtception of Russia and
the Socialists, while pleased in the main with the Chancel
lor’s clever handling of information and his predictions,
declare that he probably is only a figurehead like Michael
is onlv von Hertling has more force and speaks from his
own mind instead of the Kaiser’s.
THREE AMERICANS
AIRMEN LOST ON
FRENCH COAST
FRENCH PORT, Nov. ;*0. — A
French patrol boat last night picked
up three naval American airmen suf
fering from cold, exhaustion and hun
ger, havii u been lost at sea for near
ly f xty h * irs. The three airmen were
in a huge triplane-hydroaeropiane
which left the French Rase in searen
for enemy submarines reported oper
ating o ifthe French coast.
JOHN DAVIS OF
SEATTLE DIES
IN CALIFORNIA
SEATTLE, Nov. 30.—John Davis,
one of the best known realty opera
tors in the northwest, died last night
at Pasadena, where he went for his
health three weeks ago. Mr. Davis
was 54 years of age.
John Davis was in the realty busi
ness in Seattle for over IT years
Wealthy and believed to be a con
firmed bachelor, he astonished his
many friends four years ago by mar
rying a beautiful daughter of Seattle,
whose death seven months after the
wedding was never satisfactorily
cleared up. Two years ago Mr. Da
vis married the daughter of Dr. A.
C. Smith, wealthy, who died recently
in New York. Besides his widow
there is a nine months baby son sur
viving.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 30.—
The federal food administration an
nounces that it has received the co
operation of packing houses in the
meat industry generally for the ob
servation of meatless Fridays.
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TO IMPEACH GILL
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- ..SEATTLE, Nov. 30.—Fourteen *
* civic organizations have called a *
* mass meeting for tonight to dis- *
* cuss the impeachment of Mayor *
' Gill for not cleaning up the city. *
* Everything has been arranged
for an overflow meeting which *
* will undoubtedly be held at the *
* Armory. The chief mass meet- *
* ing will be held at the Arena, *
i * Fifth and University.
TEUTON FORCES
FIGHT AGAINST
THEIR OWN MEN
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Nov.
30.—Official details received describe
sanguinary fighting between two
Teuton regiments behind Asiago dur
ing one of the main attacks against
the Italians two days gao. The Hun
garian and Czechs fought furiously
all night against the Galician Poles,
j both wearing different uniforms and
speaking different dialects. Heavy
losses resulted on both sides until
word was sent that Teutons were
fighting Teutons and not Italians.
On The Italian Front
ROME, Nov. 30.—There have be§p
no gains made on the Italian front
during the past two days by either
side according to officials reports re
j ceived here. The Franco-British for
• ces, infantry and artillery, are re
ported to have joined the Italian for
ces on the Northern front today.
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SEATTLE. Nov. 30.—The Alaska
Fisheries Commission has closed its
hearing here. Before adjourning the
commission ordered fishing in Bering
river and for a certain distance from
its mouth closed, for the purpose of
\ allowing red salmon to ascend the
river and spawn.
FATHER OF
0. S. NAVY
IS DEAD
CONCORD, N. Y., Nov. 30.—Wil
: liam Eaton Chandler Secretary of the
Navy in Arthur’s cabinet, and largely
responsible for the beginning of the
present navy, died at his home here
I this afternoon.
In a lifetime of endless political
activity and almost continuous con
troversy, the one title freely accorded
by men of all parties to William Ea
ton Chandler was that of “Father of
the United States Navy.” As Secre
I tary of the navy under President Ar
thur, Mr. Chandler, on June 11, 18SU»,
approved the plan for the reorgani
! zation of the navy which resulted in
I the development of the present fight -
| ing fleet.
1 Bom at Concord, n.t Dec. <:N
i 1835, Mr. Chandler was educated at
| academies in New Hampshire and
| Vermont and was graduated from the
Harvard Law School at the age of ID.
One of his classmates at the law
school was Joseph H. Choate. He
I entered politics ut once, served three
terms in the New Hampshire House
f of Representatives and was elected
Speaker of the House when but 27
years old. His first entrance into na
tional political affairs was as one of
the founders of the Republican party
i and a supporter of Abraham Lincoln.
While Secretary of the Navy, Mr.
Chandler organized the expedition
which, under the command of Captain
Winfield S. Schley, went to the relief
of the Greely Arctic exploration
party.
Fourteen years of service in the
i United States Senate ended when Mr.
Chandler was defeated for renomina
tion in liHll by Henry E. Burnham.
His radical views on railroad legisla
tion, which brought him in opposition
to Republican party leaders, were re
sponsible for this defeat. During the
remainder of his life, Mr. Chandler
made many attacks on what he con
sidered the undue influence exerted
by railroads in New England politics.
His last federal position was that of
President of the Spanish War Claims
Commission, to whb ’ ** was named
by President McK! y i-i '01 *and
reappointed by Presu. • ‘eve;:.
Mr. Chandler's legal taiei.. .v >is
played when, as chief counsel, he car
ried through many stages in state
and federal courts the suits in which
it was sought to break the will of
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of
the Christian Science Church.
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GERMANS WILL
TALK ARMISTICE
WITH RUSSIANS
PETROGRAD, Nov. 30.—The Ger
mans are understood to have set Sun
day, December 2nd, for a conference
for negotiations for an armistice with
the Russian fifth army, operating in
! the north. The Army has announced
that it intends to also choose parlia
mentarians who will be sent to Ber
lin.
LONDON, Nov. 30. — A Copenha
gen dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph says that the Swedish legation
at Petrograd has agreed to act as
mediator between Russia and Ger
many.
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AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30. — The
Austrian government has accepted
j the Russian proposal to enter nego
tiations for an armistice and a gen
• eral peace treaty is also proposed.
FOUR MEN ARE
OUT SEARCHING
FOR BARRACOUTA
Somewhere down the bay or on the
outside four men are today searching
for the barge Barracouta and the 3
men aboard. In the teeth of the
storm last Wednesday afternoon,
Captain H. V. Hopkins, in the staunch
launch, Jennie C., set out on his res
cue work accompanied by F. Gillis,
Billy Christiansen and Pete Dovolos
ky. The four men are seasoned to all
kinds of climatic conditions and have
fears for nothing. If the Barracouta
is wrecked, or still adrift, the search
ers will find her and bring back the
three men and possibly the craft
which tore from her anchorage earl
ier in the week. Shennan Haynes,
owner of the Jennie C., stated today
that he expected the launch back late
this afternoon as he and others do not
believe that the Barracouta drifted
out into the sea. There are supplies
aboard the launch for a week or ten
days and if the barge did get to the
outside, the searching party can con
tinue its work for some time.
The freighter Ketchikin was sup
posed to be oil Seal Rocks this fore
noon and information was -received
here from Valdez that the Captain
was to keep a lookout for the missing
barge.
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* gifts for soldiers
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* Listen, everybody!
* Seward must raise $100 for
* presents for soldiers and sailors
* of the United States War service *
* by tomorrow night before the U.
* S. Cable office closes. This was
* the amount the National Red
* Cross apportioned to this city. *
* Are we going to do it? The *
* money raised will purchase 100*
* gifts which are being made up in *
* Seattle for quick dispatch as the
* time was too short to make the
* gifts here. At noon today there
* were only $39 in the fund. A *
* trifle shy of the amount needed
* and it is up to the people to hus
* tie in the rollers or cartwheels.
* Hand your dollar into the Gate
* way office or to any member of
* the local chapter of the Red *
* Cross. The following new con
* tributors were on the list at noon
| * today “Chappo” $2, Dr. John A.
* Baughman $1, F. W. Guest $1. *
* and William Whittlesey $1.
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NEW POSTMASTER IN
OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE
i According to those arriving in
, Seward from Anchorage, E. M. Mc
Phee, for the last three years employ
ed by the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, has received his commission
as postmaster succeeding F rederick
B. Wood, who resigned. Mr. McPhee
will take charge of the office as soon
as his bonds are approved. The new
P. M. was a fonner reisdent of Knik.
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j EVANS DUE TOMORROW;
IS IN CORDOVA TODAY
Steamer Admiral Evans is due in
! port sometime tomorrow, possibly
about noon. The steamer reached
Cordova at 10 o’clock this forenoon
probably having called at Katalla en
route from Juneau, which accounted
for her d?lay at reaching the Copper
River Valley town.
The Evans left Cordova this after
noon at 2:30 o’clock for Seward and
should reach here within 24 hours.
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TRAIN OUT FOR KERN
A special train will be operated on
| the railroad tomorrow for Kern
Creek. This train will leave in the
morning at 7 o’clock. Connections
: will be made with the train from the
I northern section of the division.
HINDtNBDRO Lit
SMASH CONTINUES
BRITISH ADVANCES
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Nov. 30
—American engineers of the first American troops engag
ed in military operations on the British front took a prom
inent part and are still employed in breaking the Hinden
burg line. The Americans pushed the vital railways be
hind the advancing line of Britons and locomotives and
cars loaded with supplies and guns were iess than a quar
ter of a mile behind the first advance line. The Ameri
cans worked with such rapidity and fearlessness that the
British were encouraged and kept pushing against the
Germans to keep the Yankee forces busy and brave in
their great work. [The British officers and men have on
ly the highest praise for the speed and ability of the Amer
icans who have set an example to Entente Engineers and
railroad builders.
Two American laborers were wounded during the
three day’s drive, hit by parts of shells breaking behind
: the British lines.
The American forces worked in twenty four hour shifts
| ;aying tracks faster than ever laid before in this region.
Jnce German shells destroyed three miles of track the
Americans had just laid. Scarcely had this bombardment
ceased before the rails crept forward again.
BRITISH ADVANCE UPON THE GERMANS
LONDON, Nov. 30.—The Germans attacked the new
British lines around Connelieu, which is in the south area
ncluded in the past week’s operations. The British of
fensive was however too strong and the Germans gained
i '.othing. Yesterday and today the British continue to ad
vance a little nearer Cambria but extremely strong resist
mce is being encountered from the German forces.
ALL NATIONAL GUARDS OF AMERICA
REPRESENTED ON FIGHTING FRONT
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE,
Nov. 30.—National Guardsmen from every state of the
United States have arrived in France. All who sailed
from the American shores arrived safely. Some are now
training within the sound of the guns. Disclosure of the
denity of the units is not permitted to be made from here.
A substantial vanguard of the great American air
men who w'll eventually operate on the battlefront, have
also arrived here and are now near the front. Many have
been hers for weeks co-operating with the French forces
and also maneuvering with the American forces in train
ing here rehearsing attacks.
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* FIRE BOYS TO MEET *
TONIGHT AND ELECT *
* DEPARTMENT CHIEF *
* — *
* AH of the members of the old *
* Seward Fire Department are re- *
* quested to meet tonight at the *
* Fire Hall at 8 o'clock. The elec- *
* tion of a chief of the Fire De
* partment will be the principal *
* business. The chief electedwill be
* asked to be confirmed by the City
* Council at the meeting Monday * j
, * night.
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VICTORIA IS COMING
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SEATTLE, Nov. ?.0.—Steamer Vic
! toria, Capt. Charles Davis, sailed for
Seward and way ports, via the out
side passage, at five o'clock last Wed
nesday afternoon. Frahk M. Barr is
one of the passengers bound for Sew
ard. The Victoria has eight days mail
1 aboard and a fair cargo.
LENINE LOSES
CABINET-NEW
ONE ORGANIZED
LONDON, Nov. 30.—A dispatch
from Petrograd to the Daily to
day says that the Lenine government
has fallen. The same advices state
that the Lenine cabinet has been suc
ceeded by a coalition cabinet ox ad
vanced Socialists in which the Bol
sheviki is represented.
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TRAIL FROM INTERIOR
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
Arrivals from the interior, who are
now in Seward report that the trail
1 is in splendid shape. There is a heavy
travel out the great majority coming
to the coast on their way south for
the Christmas holidays.