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GETTING
OUT OF
RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, Aug. -H.— Ninetj
five Americans, including the Allied
consular officew, with the exception
of American Consul (ienerel Poole,
have left Moscow for Petrograd on a
special train. The American interests
were previously turned over to tin
Swedish consulate.
The party includes the personnel
of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.
and a number of private citizen*.
With the American party are also the
Italian Military mission of 71 persons
’Consul General Poole decide*! to re
main to give moral support to the
British and French consular officers
who are held by the Bolsheviki.
FARRAGUT HERE
DELAYED BY FOG
Delayed from 4 o’clock yesterday
until 8 o’clock this morning off Seai
Rocks, where she anchored in a dense
fog, the Steamer Admiral Farragut
reached here shortly before 11 o’clock
tind left out early this afternoon. The
steamer has a large cargo aboard ot
fish also chrome ore. One hundred anil
twenty of the passengers aboard
reaching here are tor Seattle, 36 hav
ing come out of Anchorage and the re
-mainder from Kodiak and canneries.
The Admiral F'arragut brought ten
passenger for here, L. L. James,
jr Sister Alovsius, Sister Germanme
Anton Eide, N\ Green. C. W. Felch.
John Beck and three steerage.
The following passengers left Sew
ard on the Admiral Farragut for
Seattle: Mrs. D. M. Burley. E. L. Ormi
J. F. Anderson. Oscar Lundgren. W.
Roseberg, Robert l^ee. John Amer
field. F'.4 A. Gepner. W. A. Doake,
Fred Butts and five steerage; for
Cordova— H. L. Alaney, G. R. Mer
man. G. R. O’Leary, E. H. Stall and
one steerage; for \aldoz John
Evanson FredNelson and one steerage
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WATSON TONIGHT
Steamer Admiral Watson is due in
Seward toaight about midnight accord
ing to word received by Agent Wayne
Blue. Now the Watson may arrive a
head of time and may be behind
time, fogs might interfere, etc., but
after a steamer's lights are seen down
the bay it generally takes about 20 to
:;p minutes to reach the dock. Perhaps
the best way to wait for a steamer,
owing to fogs and general delay at
vu »neries, is to wait for the whistle
to announce the arrival. It the Admit -
al Watson arrives about midnight, or
later, she will leave out within three
or four hours and return here from
Anchorage about next Tuesday.
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ALAMEDA LEAVES SOUTH
NEXT WEDNESDAY FORENOON
Steamer Alameda will leave Sea
ttle for Seward next Wednesday
morning according to cable advices
received here this afternon.
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Gustave Seiffert came in last night
from Turnagain Arm section and ii
making his headquarters at the Over
land.
WASHINGTON. Aug.. Ticsi
dent Wilson signed tlu* new man pow
er hill and immediately isued a pro
clamation setting Thursday, Septeni
bre 12th for the registration of all
men between the ages of IS and 4.».
At least 1:1,000,000 are expected to
be registered.
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TOMORROW
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There is going to ho a baseball
game tomorrow aiternoon at 1 ociock
oetween tne local nine and taat ot Lite
c. S. d. datum that is ging to be the
oest game ever pjayeil in deward.
ine ooys ot tne datum relieve that
they have the big league material,
massed togetner, taat can deteat the
local giants. Quietly it has been slipp
ed around that there are several loose
cart wheels ready to be wagered that
the rubber game tomorrow is go ng
in favor of the Saturn. Local sports
also are ready to “cover and the tigh
-test game seen in Seward is going to
be the result according to the dope
s’leet.
Manager Hagstrom is going out or
♦he diamond tonight with the local
players and ginger up. The Saturn
boys were out last night and will per
haps be on the diamond tomorrow
forenoon also limbering up. the locniS
will have a strong lineup around the
bases and in the field and no ty\oiu
es will be played. 'Hie Saturn boys
are also going to place their best play
ers in the game. Weather will be the
only bar to prevent the game tomor
row.
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SALMON PACK
AT BRiSTOL
BAY IS LARGE
The pack around Bristol Bay this
! season was a large one according to
ten men who arrived in Seward lati
yesterday afternoon aboard the Xoitl
westei n Fisheries Company s tendei
Kiska. At Nushagak and Xaknek, al
though the boats wei* hung up in
the ice for weeks and the ice delayed
other operations, when the run did
start the canneries and the men wen
ready. Several canneries used all oi
their tins and with a surplus oi sal
; mon on hand salted them and shipped
out hundreds of barrels.
Among those :driving on the Kiska
yesterday were Supt. I* • A. G«pn* .
and E. L. Ormi. Mr. Gepner is from
Nushagak and Mr. Ormi from Xaknek
Tfce party of ten came over the 111
imnia trail to Illimania Bay when
the cannery tender picked them uj
and brought them to Seward. The
party registered at the Hotel Sextoi
and left on the Admiral Farragut for
the states today.
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CLASSIFIEDS PAY.
AMERICANS IN PRESENT OFFENSIVE.
WASHINGTON, Aug., 31— General March announ
ces that the American troops brigaded with the British
and French and being rapidly withdrawn from Pershing’s
first field army but he throws no light on the part the Am
ericans are taking in the offensive of the past three days.
The total number of men embarked for France ex
ceeds 1,500,000.
Reports show that 1003 DeHaviland planes have been
completed and ready to turn over to the government and
565 have already been shipped overseas.
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GOOD DRILL
HELD BY
GUARDS
Thei*» a regular outdoor dr11
last night of the Seward Home Guards
and tin* executions were Avell maneu
vered. Drill was culled promptly at
rAo o’clock in the A. B. Hall and Cor
half an hour men in one line, with
the officers, were given squad moyo
| meats including the movements ot til
es by twos and single files. At 8:.‘U) o’
clock, after a brief “at ease’’ in the
hall, the 112 men were marched to the
streets and executed movements go
ing up Fifth avenue, along Adams,
down Third avenue and along Wash
ington to the hull. Never had it been
noticed before that there were so
many rocks on Seward s through fa i os
and every rock was in place last night
doing its’s bit to shoe leather.
In the hall a recruit squad was giv
en the individual tactics. This squad
included John \ullen, H. L. Dout,
Frank Towle. Charles A. Benson, K.
E. Rudolph and Billie Anderson.
The next special drill of the Home
Guards will be held on Tuesday night
at 7 o’clock. Capt. Ryan announced
last night that the new muster rod
will be signed and also the guns wiii
be given out and the manual ot runs
will be the instructions for the night.
The First Sergeant forgot to make
a roll call last night and that is the
reason the military editor is unable to
publish the full list of members in at
tendance at the drill last night.
CANNERIES ON
COOK INLET ARB
MAKING RECORDS
Cook Inlet Canneries are exceeding
packs of fish of former years accord
ifc to Capt. Rob McGillvary of the
Admiral Farragut. The pack at Kod
iak is about 20000 cases over last
year’s pack. At Seldovia and Kenai
the canneries are over their records
and still packing. Sutter expects to
send his cannerymen out on the Ad
miral Watson but will remain at his
cannery all winter with a small force
and pack salt fish.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is fair with fresh winds
which will subside.
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TRAIN OUT TOMORROW.
One train will go through to Kern
i creek tomorrow morning and another
will leave at p o’clock for Mile 64.
LATE CABLEGRAMS
PARIS — The Spanish ship Alex
amliie has been torpedoed and sunk
l»y a German submarine.
WASHINGTON — The U. S. cargo
ship Joseph Cudahy has been sunk
<uu miles from the English coast.
Sixty two of the crew are missing in
cluding most of the naval aimed
guard.
VLADIVOSTOK — The Allies in
conjunction with tne v^zech Slovaks
have driven the Bolsheviki to ires on
the Ussuri front back 15 miles and
captured prisoners and much booty.
WASHINGTON — Labor all over
the United States is planning a big
c< lobratiou on Labor Day, next Mon
day.
ENGLISH WOMEN MAKE •
KNOWN THEIR DEMANDS
ANNOUNCE CONCESSIONS
LONDON, Aug. ul— To the quest
ion “what will women want next/
the National Union of Women’s Suf
frage Societies have given a reply in
their manifests of reconstruction.
Among the concessions asked for are.
Women members ot Parliament.
Women nationality to be retained
on marriage with aliens.
Women magistrates and jurymen.
Women solicitors and barristers.
Higher posts for women in govern
ment offices.
Women to be police constables.
Women teachers paid same money
as men.
State maintenance for widowed
mothers with dependent children.
Equal guardianship rights for fath
ers and mothers.
Equal moral standard.
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ISLAND IS SINKING.
KOBE, JAPAN, Aug., 31— The isle
of Awaji, the favored spot of Japan
ese poets, is slowly sinking into the
ocean Houses are being hastily re
moved to the higest point ol the island
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, Aug., 31—
A new foreign trade bureau establish
ed by the city of Yokohama is intend
ed to furnish information about Jap
anese goods, and thereby increase Jap
-an's export trade.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
i TO BE GIVEN TOMORROW P.M.
At the Liberty theatre tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock, John Randall
Dunn, C. S. members of the Board ol
Lectureship of the First church ol
Christ, Scientists, of Boston, will give
a lecture at which all citizens art
invited toattend. The lectui'e is given
under the auspices of the Christiai
Science Society of Valdez. Mr. Dunn
arrived in Seward this morning from
Anchorafge and intend to go on
on th rough to Juneau but was pre
vailed upon to remain here, give his
lecture and then continue to Juneau
on the steamer Alaska. Mrs. Dunn is
accompanying her husband on his
locture trip. ,
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LONDON, Aug., 31— It is reported that the British
have captured Mount Kemmel, the famous stronghold of
the Germans southwest of Ypres also Mount St. Quentin.
one mile and a half north of Peronne.
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FORHE HERMANS TO RETIRE
LONDON, Aug. 31— (Official)— The British attack
ed and foi-ced the Germans to retire their positions east of
Clery, on the Somme, early this forenoon. The British
have entered Drano Utre on the north side of the Lys Sal*
ient. The British this afternoon occupied I^acouture, north
■west of Bethune, the German strong point. St. Seivins
farm, southeast of Arras was captured during the night.
HUNS USING ARTILLERY.
PARIS, Aug., 31— (Official)—The artillery of the
Germans is extremely active today and the Allies aie re
taliating with artillery fire north ot Noyon and between
the Ailette and Aisne rivers.
GERMANS RESISTING AMERICANS.
WITH THE AMERICANS, Aug., 31— Between the
Ailette and the Aisne rivers and far to the southeast along
the Vesel battlefield is one vast panorama of fire, Ger
mans resisting desperately the terrific assaults of the
Americans. The Americans are executing movements
which are baffling the Germans and bewildering them.
The German attacks are losing their punch and gradually
the Teuton forces are retreating.
WEDGE FORMED AGAINST GERMANS.
WITH THE BRITISH, Aug. 31— The successes of
the British in the Lys salient has caused the Germans to
start a retreat from the neighborhood of Kemmel to op
posite Bethune. The withdrawal is rapid and several Wed
ges are being thrust against the retreating Germans to
cut them up into unflanked divisions. Haig and his forces
are attacking near Marrienes Wood between Baupaumc
and the Somme.
FINE SCOPE OF COUNTRY SECURED.
PARIS, Aug., 31— The positions the Americans won
yesterday northwest of Soissons give a fine view along the
Chemindesdames and the lookouts can see the Laon cath
edral towers.
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ATTEMPTS TO KILL LENINE.
LONDON, Aug., 31— Criminal attempts have been
made on the life of Premier Lenine at Moscow. It is report
-ed Lenine was injured by Russians attackers who have
not been arrested.. *. ' ..