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fc~ * Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
- SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH r>, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume SI, Number ...... ...IV.
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BERNE, March 5—The Russians at the Brest-Litovsk
peace conference are understod to have halted the Ger
man invasion of great Russia by agreeing to all the peace
terms offered by the German delegates. The Russians
w ant to make a permanent peace because every day’s de
lay means more German demands and added provisions,
l ie German peace terms now require that the Russians
retire from Turkey’s Asiatic provinces and also from the
territory near Kars Batoum Karahach which was taken.
By tiie Russians front the Turks in other wars.
The Germans are understood to have captured much
war material and over (10.000 prisoners during the short
campaign so far against the Russians.
peace delegates return to petrograd
LONDON. March 5—An official Russian announce
ment says that the peace agreement, with the Germans,
has been signed officially by Lenine and 1 rotsky, and also
that the Bolsheviki peace delegates, after affixing their
•signatures are now on their return to Petrograd where the
‘text of the agreement will he published.
The Council of Workmen’s, peasant’s and Cossacks
vdlljneotin Moscow on March 12th to consider ratification
of the treaty agreement.
AMBASSADORS FLEE FROM RUSSIA.
STOCKHOLM, March The British, French and
Italian Embassies, who fled from Petrograd last week,
have reached Helsingsfors and are now trying to reach
Tornea on the Swedish-Finnish border.
GERMANS MOVE N EARER TO PETROGRAD
LONDON. March o—A dispatch from Petrograd this
afternoon says that the Germans have captured Narva
which is one hundred miles southwest of Petrograd. The
Teutons are continuing their advance north which does
not look as if the peace negotiations, reported to have been
signed, are having any effect.
WORKERS ARE
OUSTED FROM
N. W. LOGGERS
SEATTLE Alii'th >. — The lug
gers and timber workers of the Paci
fic Northwest, toil^y meeting in c »»
ference. voted almost unaiiiriioui*!} to
oust all members of the Industrial
Workers of the World from their
ranks. It was predicted that the I.
W. W. element had the controlling
vote but very few of that orgamza
uon dared to make an\ speeches as
government men aiv understood to
have been sitting among those in the
conference.
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WEVTHLR ON R. R.
The following is the repoit oi the
weather conditions on the railroad re
ceived to 7 o’clock this morning:
\nchorage, 28 above, clear, soutl.
Falls Crecb, 24 above, clear, north;
one :nch of new snow’.
Giro wood, OC above, clear, calm; one
inch of new’ snow.
Matanuska, 4 above, clear, calm
four and one half inches of snow.
Talkeetna, 10 above, clear, calm;
one inch new’ snow*.
Deadhorse, 12 above, cloudy, calm;
six ’riches new* snow.
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TRAIN IN EARLY
Fifteen passengers are coming in
on the train from ihe north which is
due here this afternoon between 3 30
and 4 o'clock.
ORONANCEBASE
TO BE BUILT IN
FRANCE BY U.S.
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WASHINGTON, Match 5. — The
I War Department is to ouild twenty
live million ilollat *»,dnance base in
France to include twenty large store
houses, twelve she. buildings and an
( hundred smaller shot s. The maga
i zines and machine tool equipment will
| cost about ^,‘JOa000.
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MANY MATTERS TAKEN til*
B\ THE C. OF C. AT THE
LUNCHEON THIS NOON
At the noonday luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce today various
•natters were discussed of interest to |
Seward. A special committee was ap- <
pointed to take immediate steps for
the building of the road to Koosevelt,
. down Quartz creek and toward Kenai.
The funds arc practically available
for this woik and it is up to Seward
to push the demand for the work. The
committee appointed has as members
Messrs. Campbell, Kalderston and
Keating. Secretary James is now be
lieved to be on his way to Seward ac
cording to a letter read at the lunch
eon and he states that the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce is ready
to help Seward in any way possible.
Mr. James gave several interviews to
the ’Frisco papers regai*ding Sewft>'d
and the Kenai Peninsula.
Postmaster Root announces that he
has received a large supply of thrift
^ $t*mp3. 0
{RUSSIANS ARE
AGAINST THE
JAP INVASION
John F. Stevens Makes Report That
Russians destroying Bridges
Vlong the Trans-Siberian
Railroad to Border
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I K\M IS IS NOW AT YOI.OGOI>a|
WASHINGTON, March b. — Chair
man John F. Stevens, of the Ameiican ;
Railway Commission to Russia repoits !
that the Russ;am are destroying the;
trans-Siberian rail mad between Lake (
Bakai and th»- C hinese frontier. This
„>ay proven. Ambassador Francis
reaching Via Mvostok.
While without details the American
o‘h« in’s here believe that the Russians J
are destroying the bridges to prevent
the expected Japanese advance.
ASHINGTJN, March b. — Ain*
bas-ndor Francis report* by cable
hat he ha:* leached Yologoda. He
.ays that the Go.... a ns a.c advancing
upon I'etrot;rad r.nd Mf»s»ow and ccn*
eludes with the opinir.!i that Petr; •
gi ad '‘ ill be occupied uy the C.erjea.*.?
this week.
TODAY SEATTLE
IS ELECTING A
IVIAYJR FORCITY
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SEATTLE, March 5. — This city
is today choosing a mayor, Ole Han
son, real estate man and wealthy, am’!
James Bradford, former city prose- j
cuting attorney and well known law-1
yer, bviing tne candidates. Hiram Oill
was eliminated in the primaries, i
Councilmen and other city officers are •
also being elected. I
Last night both candidates for may- j
or held down town rallies and sup- j
porters held meetings in ail outlying j
districts.
There is no prediction as to who
will win tomorrow although around
several of the cigar stores bets are
being placed at live to one that Han
son will bo elected mayor.
A large vote was polled up to noon
today.
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ATHLETICS TO
BY THE ARCTICS
—
Athletics will undoubtedly bo a part
i f the Arctic Brotherhood amuscnu nt
program for the next few months.
Last night acting Arctic Chief Alex
McDonald appointed a special com
mittee of Martin Painter and Virgil
Rich to make a report at the next
meeting regarding the athletic fea
ture. All the apparatus is in the club
roorr\ and this can be set up and taken
down easily and quickly. The special
committee on the amusement to be
given on March 17th failed to report
last night but action ^ill undoubted
ly result this week.
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PIED ON TUSCANIA
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B. D. Redfield, guest at the Sexton,
has received advices that his nephew,
Joe Redfield, was one of the victims
on the Tuscania recently submanned
by a Hun diver. Joe Redfield enlisted
trom Glendale, Ore., in the engineer
| ing corps. He was the only son in
i the family.
| ROOSEVELT i FAVE5? THE
HOSPITAL—FEFLS BULLY j
NEW YORK. March 5. — Theodore
Roosevelt 'eft the ho«p.*1al this fore
noon after a month. He is now con
valescing from his recent operation
on both ears for abscess. Roose\elt
said that he felt “hu.iy ” Fhysiciuns
#fear that the left c?. is permanently
deaf as thejresult >f iho operation.
CITY IS
NOW OUT
OF DEBT
The city of Seward is out of debt.
Not only is the city on velvet at the
present time by about $1400 but at
least $1(500 mo*e will come in between 1
now and the time the present council
goes out which will be next month.
This was the statement and the fig
ures as presented to the city council
last night by Treasurer Roniig and
he knows.
The present city councilmcn went
into office with a deficit of about $«V
700. That was a bad start but the j
finance committee and the others i
watched matters carefully and every
dollar that has been paid into the cof
fers of the city was paid out just as
carefully.
treasurer Komig made an oral re
port jf the city's linances and then
asked that the delinquent tax rolls
should be brought down to date, that
is all delinquent taxes, whether for
the past year or the past five years
should be brought down to the present
ind appear in the fi 11 amount of de
li r.quent taxes assessed against any
piopeny. When the motion was put
before the council it was approved
unanimously. Another motion veas !
also put that the books be audited ;
and this likewise was carried unani-1
mously and an expert will be given |
this work to perform.
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10,000 MEN WANTED
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WASHINGTON, March 5. — ♦
* The aviation Sect on of the Unit- *
ed States Signal Corpc has issued *
* a call for ten thousand machir.- '
* ists, mechanics, t'bauffours and
* other .*l< lied workmen. The ten *
v thousand men are needed for set- *
* vice immediately. . •
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CHANGES OF MOVIE SHOW
CERTAIN FOR MANY WEEKS
It was announced today that per- i
haps for the next two weeks the pro
gram at the Seattle would be changed
every night. Mr. Benson brought north |
with him a large number of lilms for
quick release and together with the
regular films a change in programs is
necessary nightly. Last night there
was an exceptionally large house.
' Tonight the hill will change to “The
Sign )f the Poppy,” featuring - ,
trude Selby and Hobart Henley. To- !
morrow night W. S. Hart, the well ’
known gunman will he the stat fea
tured.
ROBERTS COMING BACK
H. p. Roberts, local manager of the j
San Juan company is coming north on
the steamer Northwestern which left
Seattle last Saturday afternoon at l
o’clock. Already a small force of m°n
are working at the dock making prep
arations for the season’s work.
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WANTED FOR FORGERY
John Morrison has been arrested
here by U. S. Deputy Marshal Isaac
Evans upon instructions from An
chorage. Morrison is charged with an
alleged forgery. An officer will prob
ably come south for the man.
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RADIO BOYS INVITED
TO THE MOVIE TONIGHT
The member? of the Naval Detach
ment at the United States Radio Sta
tion at Seward, are guests of the
management of the Seattle Theatre,
for tonight's performance. Mr. Teck
lenburg extended this invitation and
the same was promptly accepted. t
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OTTAWA, March 5. — The organi
zation of the “soldiers of the soil”
movement, inaugurated by the Cana-1
da food board, is now practically com
plete and work will be commenced at i
an early date to enlist 25,000 boy vol-1
unteers to assist in food production on j
farms this year.
ENEMY TAKES
: AMERICANS IN
A NIGHT RAID
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Germans Dash Upon American Sector
and Succeed in Taking Several
Prisoners—Volunteers Ate
Looking for ^Missing.
HURL GAS SHELLS ON THE LINE !
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AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE.
March f>. — Another Gciman raid
was mane on the American sector last
night. After sharp fighting the enemy (
retired leaving four prisoners. The
Americans lost several, killed, woun L
i
ed and missing.
Between ten and fifteen hundred j
gas shells have been thrown on the j
American positions every 1M hour.-J
during, tin* past three days. The e
have Eicon no serious gas casuaiti is
as the men are trained thoroughly in
tin use of gas masks.
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WITH THK AMERICAN’ ARMY,
March 5. — The ten Americans the
Germans claimed to have captured on
the Chomindcsdamos front wore prob
ably tin* larger part of a patrol of 3M
men whic h went out on a recent rai l.
American volunteers arc* search
ing No Man’s Land in a rainstorm
with machine guns for thoir missirg
comrade’s.
PRESIDENT HAS
BROKEN ANOTHER
PRECEDENT NOW
WASHINGTON, March — Presi
dent Wilson last night enjoyed a play
depicting the conversion of a disloyal
Getmun-American into a h’val Ci’uon
of the United States. When the lead
ing actor exhausted, answered an en
core and made a curtain speech and
the audience demanded more, he sug
gested that the President might talk.
President Wilson arose Horn his
-eat in a box, thanked the actors for
.heir admirable performance and said
that he had enjoyed the theme of the
play. The audience and the actors
burst forth in cheers.
This is the first time in the mem
ory of W. shin.’tcni tns tb^.t any m
dent nas done any such thing.
SUPREME COURT
RULES AGAINST
FEDERALCOURTS
WASHINGTON, Man'll 5. — The
Supreme Court of the United Stales
today upheld the decrees sustaining
the demurrers to the indictments *n
the Cincinatti election fraud cases.
The court in doing inis decided that
the Federal Courts have no jurisdic
tion over bribery at tho general elec
tions for .".election of Fedetal officers.
As a result of this decision ninety
nine persons cnargev! with fraud in
the 1916 election will not bo compell
ed to stand trial.
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OOLIGON RUNNING AGAIN
It is an ill wind, etc., but the south
wind of Sunday and yesterday pushed
back the ooligan and they are run
ning again. Rev. Patton was out this
morning and brought back 100 pounds
Others are out this afternoon after
the tribe of smelts. %
KNITTING IN THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, March 5. — “La
dies of the senate," led by Mrs. Thom
as R. Marshall, have set up a “knit
ting hook" over in the ;enate office
buiiding. There, while legislative
currents swirl about them, they calm
ly knit for the boys in France. Wrist
lets, sweaters and helmets come forth 1
in a steady stream, and Red Cross
bandages and ot^er hospital supplies.
JAPAN ADOPTS
OWN POLICY IN
SIBERIAN CASE
Japanese Government Is Watchful
and Waiting for Developments
In Siberia Before Taking
Hand in Affairs
R' 'SSI/*NS WiV. AM AGONISTIC
Cabinet of Japan Holding Frequent
Moefings to Discuss Interference
In Russian Affairs on the
Side oi the Ententes
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WILL INTERVENE
LONDON, March 5. — It is an- *
‘ nounccd this afternoon that the
* question of Japanese intervention "
4: in Siberia ha* been settled and
* the Allies including America have 4
* agreed upon immediate action to *
4 safeguard that power's »nteresls. *
fiie News says Siberia will be oc- *
* cupied at once.
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LONDON, March 5. — A Router’s
dispatch today says that the govtur.
ment of Japan is well informed on
.Siberian developments am. a policy
of watchful waiting has been adopted.
Japan is avoiding arousing the anta
gonism of the loyal Russians who, not
vvit* si mding their <iire. n.-e<i new nf
nssitance appear to be extremely s<u
st'Ve rrga'dinp o itside ini*rferenec.
Situation Absorbing
TOKi*., March 5. — The Russian
ntuatioi i> absorbing the «.tt«ntion of
’he press and the public. Frequent
meetings of the Japanese cabinet have
been held during the past five days
at which the entire question of assist
ing the Allies in Siberia have been
considered most carefully with the
full realization of the serious nature
of the responsibilities involved.
No Understanding With F. S.
WASHINGTON, March 5. — Dis
cussing the report.; of possible Japan
ese action in Siberia, Senator James
Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, asserted
today that there was no agreement
nor understanding between the Unit
ed States and Japan whatsoever.
“What Japan is doing or will do in
the present war is in pursuit of her
compact with England and not with
the United States,” said Senator Lew
is. “America gave Japan no privil
eges in the Phillipir.es or Mexico not
enjoyed by other nations.”
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ITINERANT TO
PAY FOR DOING
BUSINESS HERE
L* an ordinance proposed at last
night's council is carried, and it pass
ed, and it passed the first reading last
night, the traveling pedlar who comes
to Seward to take the cream and in
return leaves skim milk, will have to
pay for the privilege.
Mayor Cotter presented an ordi
nance requiring an itinerant merchant
to first secure a license before open
ing shop in Seward. For this license
the pedlar must pay the sum of $50
a day for each day he engages in
business. Any man convicted of vio
lating this can be fined $200, sixty
days in jail, or both. Councilmen
Crawford, Sexton, Lechner and the
mayor voted in favor of the ordinance
on the first reading, councilman Du
briel voted against it.
The idea of the ordinance is to pre
vent any pedlar coming to Seward,
opening shop for two or three days,
disposing of his wares and then leav
ing on the next steamer. The regu
lar merchant who pays rent, lights,
maintains his home in Seward and
als3 employs men or women, gives his
bit for all public causes and owns
property, is injured by the pedlar.
The latter pays a paltry sum to do
business and contributes nothing else
but gets the money and moves on to
the next town.