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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2!)’, 1917. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Yolunv XI. Nuiuhor 211. ^ _ ■ ■■ __ ' .. _L__ “J'TT
WAR CONTINUES
REGARDLESS OF
RUSSIA'S MOVE
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PARIS, Dec. 29.—Foreign Minister Pinchon, in aj
speech this forenoon in the Chamber ot Deputies, replied
to the German peace terms as outlined lrom Russian
sources and he said that !■ ranee would not accept anv
peace based upon the conditions before the war.
“The war will continue.” said the Foreign Minister*'
“regardless ol what Russia does in the matter of a peace
settlement. Germany is now endeavoring to involve
France in negotiations with the Colsheviki.”
France's refusal to treat with Germany through Rus
sia is the second Allied nation to turn down the reported
peace proposal. Prime Minister Lloyd George, of Eng
land. rejecting the proposals in a speech made yesterday.
U. S. CORPS IN
WAR WILL GET
GOOD MENTION
LONDON. Dec. lit*,
shal Douglas Haig Las sub in it led a
list of persons serving on the Western
front deserving of special mention.
This list published today contains the
name* of many Americans attached
to the American Army Nursing Corps.
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CALL FOR WOMEN
TO HELD WORK
FOR GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21). When
the call came for thousands oi extra
clerks for government fluty, the Nav
al Reserve hit upon the plan of en
rolling women a> well as men as yeo
men. The result has been the employ
ment through this means of over
eight hundred women clerks, mainly
stenographers and typists.
WKATHEK ON R.
Th • following is th* ..eather repot!
along the railroad received to seven
o clock this morning.
Anchoi age, nt issing.
Girdwood, Id below dear, vain..
Matanuska. 24 >< < ,v. char. iryh
S W.
King, 10 above, caa* N. W.
YaUcetna, 4 abo * Gear, east.
L'eofl Horse, 5 below, clear, X. T\
SUBMARINES IN
NORTH SEA PUT
5 BOATS DOWN
LONDON, Dec. 2!>. — Thirty Nor
wegian uilors are believed to have
been killed when five Norwegian
steamers were sunk early today by
submarines. This is the official state
nur.t received today fiom the Norwe
gian Foreign office. The steamers
sunk were all loaded with foodstuffs
from < Ireat Britain.
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KEt.VLAR ARMY DIVISION
BROUGHT TO WAR BASIS
V I MEADE ENCAMPMENT
CH \KLOTTE, Dec. 29. — Over 1.
» t>0 bringing the units of the re- »
gula army division at Camp Green
to its war strength, have arrived from
tiie National Aimy cantonment at
Camp Mead , Maryland.
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KI SH FROM ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 20. — Possibly j
over 100 will leave here on Monday’s!
train to connect on New Year's day
with the train into Seward from Kern
Creek. All those leaving are men
who have been dropped from the An
chorage Division or are going outside,
to join the war service.
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RUSSIAN BANKS
ARE SEIZED BY
THE BOLSHEVIK!
PETROGRAD, Dec. 29.—Soldiers, acting under or
ders of Bolsheviki Finance Minister Menshinsky, this fore
noon seized all Perogratl private banks including a branch
of the National Citv of New York Citv. R. R. Stevens,
American Manager of the branch of the National was ar
rested but detained onlv a few hours and released. Many
of the directors of the private banks have been arrested.
Finance Minister Menshinsky in a statement says that the
banks were raided because they have persistently made
incorrect reports of their condition and attempted to hold
out large funds. The banks will be opened possibly the
first of next week with Bolsheviki financiers in charge
and the business will be conducted according to the Bol
sheviki ideas.
8. SOLDIERS IN
FRANCE KILLED IN
RAID DY GERMANS
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Dec.
UP .—During a recent moonlight night, according to the of
ficial staV-mout issued today, German aviators dropped
bombs near a certain town where Americans were spend
ing their oi l duty period. Two American privates were
killed and in a woods where other Americans were en
camped boi lbs dropped injured several other Americans.
One Gorman shell was also dropped in this raid near a
party of American engineers working in the French
trenches.
0 Christmas eve an American corporal and a private
were killed by bombs dropped from an enemy machine.
SAN I* KAN CISCO, Dec/ 29. — Fif-;
l*'cn thousand * m<'!i who are on a
strike, held conferences today in ef
forts to secure an increase in wages.
The na n are employed in industries
other than shipbuilding but in many
ptmus which are tn«ruiged on work for
the government.
ON THE TRAIN
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.Main From Interior Points Due In
Seward on Train From Northern
Fnd of Division—Men From
Nenana Hitting Trail
G1RDW00D, Dec. 2D. — (Special
to the Gateway). — Thirty passen
gers from Anchorage were aboard the
train here this morion t bound for
Seward and the oui> c those
or. the train are.,!. J. . ».*•>:% • '«. and
his wife, connec’ed witn m . v . ka
Steamship company; A. 11. Schaefer,
storekeeper; .Miss Mary Jones, price
clerk; Corey Sutton, -the Matanuska
farmer.
Several passengers on the train are
from the Nenana district having come
in over the trail. They ieft Nenana
on the 13th with the thermometer j
registering ->4 below zero. They came
out over the Ilroad Pass route arriv
ing at Anchorage last Wednesday.
The temperature along the trail aver
aged 30 below and little snow wasj
experienced which made fast time,
possible. Among those from the Ne-j
nuna district are Norman E. Long-,
fellow, resident engineer; it. W. Kor-j
bos, transportation foreman; Charles!
H. Herron, master mechanic Nenanaa
Lumber company and George C. Nel
son, prominent mine operator.
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NIAGARA FALLS
JUICE SUPPLY
COMESTO U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. — To in
sure an adequate supply of electric
power for various establishments now
working on war contracts, the United
States government today requisition
ed the power produced and imported
by the Niagara Falls company. This
company will here fter cut olT the
supply going to Canada ♦and connect
it with American establishments un
til all present contracts are complet
ed.
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LNEMIES MJST
KEEP OFF ALL
WATERFRONTS
l'. S. Deputy Marshal Isaac Evans
L:i received full instructions concern
ing alien enemies. There is one clause
n the new regulations which prohibit
t nemies from going near docks. The
following is the complete regulation
concerning alien enemies, applying to
subjects of Germany and Austria
Hungary:
An alien enemy shall not approach
or be found within 100 yards of any
canal; nor within 100 yards of any
wharf, pier, dry dock used directly by
or by means of lighters or by any ves
sol or vessels of over 500 tons gross
engaged in foreign or domestic trade
other than fishing; nor within 100
yards of any warehouse, shed, oleva
tor, railroad terminal, or other ter
minal, or any storage or
transfer facility adjacent to or oper
ated with any such wharf, pier or
dock; and wherever the distance be
tween any two or such wharves, piers,
or docks measured along the shore
line connecting them, is less than 880
yards, an alien enemy shall not ap
proach or be found within 100 yards
of such shore line.
An alien enemy shall not, except on
public ferries, be found on any ocean,
bay, river, or other waters within U
miles of the shore line of the United
States or its territorial possessions;
said shore line for the purpose of this
proclamation being hereby defined as
the line of seacoast and the shores of
nil the waters of the United States
and its territorial 1 possessions con
nected with the high seas and navig
able by ocean-going vessels; nor on
any of the Great Lakes, their con
necting waters or harbors, within the
boundaries of the United States.
No alien enemy shall depart from
the Territory of Alaska for any place
without permission from the Attorney
General of the United States, made
after due application through the
United States Marshal or his deputy.
All alien enemies are hereby re
quired to register at such times and
places and in such manner as may be
hereafter fixed by the Attorney Gen
eral of the United States.
The regulations regarding enemies
going within one hundred yards of a
dock does not apply to Austro-Hun
garians. They cannot, however, leave
Port without permission from the At
! torney General.
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FOR THE STARVING
PERNE, Dec. 29. — On behalf of
the American Red Cross, the Ameri
can legation has remitted to the Po
lish Relief Committee, the sum of
$100,000 "for the relief of starving
• Polish children.
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GUATEMALA CITY
BEING DESTROYED
IN EARTH SHOCKS
WASHINGTON, Dec. *29.—A great part of the City of
Guatemala has been destroyed by an earthquake and
shocks are continuing. The property damage, unesti
mated is said to be large and thousands of people are
homeless. This is the substance of a brief dispatch re
ceived by the State Department late this afternoon. Sub
sequent reports from the American representatives at
Guatemala City claim that Americans and other foreign
ers are safe as the part of the city in which they are lo
cated is not damaged. The consular reports that the
shocks lasted 18 hours and are continuing to increase in
violence.
TRAIN SERVICE
IS EEiNS CUT
BY RAILROADS
UHK'.UiO, 21*. Many of tin*
railroad:* ocnteiing hero It-ive ordered
an immediate curtailment in luxurious
passenger train service as the result
of lln* government commandeering
the railroads. The Chicago, Milwau
kee & Paul system will eliminate
the observation and buffet smoking
cars from the tiains effective on tho
tir.'t. This elimination will result in
less hauling and thereby a saving of
fuel.
FLOl P .MIXED WITH
PINK liAlilt- BEIN'(J
USED IN I INI.A > D
NEW YORK. Dec. 2!>. — Speedy
.math from hunger threatens the great
iv part c 1 the population of Finland
unless they can ob4i.in flour from the
United States, asserts Dr. Kaarlo lg-j
natius, Commissioner of the Finnish1
government for negotiating the re
lease of foodstuffs by the United
States government, in a statement to
the Associated Press. The threat to
Finland is not privation or even cbt-on
ic starvation, he declares. Concerning
Finland’s need and its causes, Dr. Ig
natius says:
“In regard to food supply, Finland
’ is worse off than any of the European
states whose sufferings have been
brought before*the American people.
For months past, our people have been
«ating bread made out of Hour mixed
i with pine-bark and lichens; but even
i with this expedient we cannot hold
lout, as the flour reserve virtually is
exhausted, and even our hardy popu- i
I lation cannot eat unmixed bark.”
SEWARD BOY
NAMED FOR A
CADETSHIP
WASHINGTON', Dec. 2D. - Dele
gate from Alaska. Charles A. Sulzer,
today nominated Peter Sater, of Nona*
and Donald Leehy, of Seward for ap
pointment as cadets to West Point.
D. X. Suthphen. of Ketchikan, and
Millard C. Murnane, formerly of Nome
but now of Seattle, have been nomin
ated as alternates to West Point.
The present whereabouts of Donald
I.cehy is unknown at present but the
young man was employed here about
a year ago. according to several Sew
ard citizens.
MEDALS TO BE GIVEN
NEW YORK. Dec. 29. — Herbert
Hoover, Food Administrator; Presi
dent Davidson of the American Red
Cross and Dr. William J. Mayo, of
the Mayo Brothers Medical institute,
will he presented with me da is kn /\'n
a^ the New Liberty Medal of :he Na
tional Society of Serial Service.
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FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
OFFERED FOR JOE BUSH
CHICAGO. Dec. 29. — Charles Co
rn iskey, owner of the Chicago White
Sox was today offered $50,000 for .Toe
Bush pitcher, by the Boston Ameri
cans. This is according to the an
nouncement made by the president ot
the B. A. himself.
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Roast chicken, roast turkey, cran
berries, plum puddings, mince pies
and everything for the New Year’s
dinner at the Delicatessen. D80
mm IS FALLING
IN AMERICAN WAR
ZONE IN FRANCE
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Dee.
! 29.—Snow has been falling continuously for three days
throughout the American zone and interfering with the
training of the men. Roads are covered with snow and
huge drifts making the transportation of supplies diffi
cult. -Troops newly landed in France reached here today,
one division composed of former National Guardsmen,
! marching three days through the storm before reaching
their billets. None of the men arriving here during the
present storm are any the worse for their experience.
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