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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post _
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1&18. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI, Number 261. -•
SULZER FILES CANDIDACY FOR DELEGATE OF ALASKA
DELEGATE
SULZttt 13
CANDIDATE
Janie* Wickersham Also Files tor
Delegate Upon the Republican
Ticket—Socialist Declares
His Candidacy Also
SI LZER MAKES HIS APPEAL
Present Delegate Issues a t aril -o
the Voters ot Alaska Presenting
His \Nork As Already Done
1-or Alaska’s (»i*od
Jl’NEAU. Feb. 28. — Charles A.
Kulzer, as Democrat^ James VNukt.
sham, as Republican, and Francis Con
naliy as Socialist, today filed their
declarations for candidacy as Dele
gate from Alaska subject to the pri
maries of April 30th.
Accompanying the tiling ot Dole
gate Sulzer, he made a statement,»
which is a card to the people of the
Territory of Alaska as folowst
“la deciding to enter the primaries
as candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for Delegate, l feel impelled
to make a brief statement to the peo
ple of the territory as now it is near
ly a year since 1 was seated in the
House as Alaska’s representative.
During most of the time the United
States has been engaged in a world
war Every resource ot the nation,
money matters, and man power is be
ing devoted to the single purpose of
winning the war. Every member of
Congress in considering legislation
has placed the war needs above all
needs and requirements .subordinated
to the wants of military establish
ment.
Alaska has responded nobly to the
nation’s call. She has given her share
of property and unstintingly.
When the Democratic party went
before the people in Alaska in Novem
ber. 1916, it stood for a certain con
structive program which embodied as
its principal the elements ot a wider
measure of home rule for the terri
tory, a sane and a rational policy for
development of the natural resources
and every possible aid of the pioneers
of the couniiy.
I have introduced among others the
following bills in Congress which I
am pressing for passage as the op
portunity ado i ds: granting Alaska
full Territorial form of government
with home rule the dominating prin
ciple; regulating the fisheries in Alas
ka along the lines that will be fair
to all and to protect the salmon sup
ply from depletion; making changes
in the homestead laws by abolishing
the eighty rod strip; authorizing free
surveys of homesteads in isolated sec
tions; changing the game laws so as
to give the people a better opportun
ity to use the game of the country
without slaughter; extending the Fed
eral Farm Loan Act to Alaska; pro
viding for the care of Alaska’s insane
in an asylum within the Territory.
At all times I have endeavored to
keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the people of the
Territory and in spite of the war,
some measure of progress has been
achieved. I assisted in passing the
law which helped the prospector by
suspending the assessment work on
claims during the years of 1917 and
1918; extension of the wireless and
cable and accomplished prospects for
further extension of the right recog
nition forced for Alaska in the mat
ter of appointments; the second series
of training camps for officers; con
tracts which prevented the fanners
of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables where can
celled. Suggestions and requests that
I again go before the people of Alas
ka have come to me from Alaskans
al over the Territory. In reiterat
ing my desire to serve the best in
GERMAN NAVAL GUN, CAPTURED AND HAULED IN BY A BRITISH TANK
f jjritish* ornct^L^?rtOT^V
mil* 0f the massive British tanks. liter Inning smashed the Ilindonhurg line in the great Cambrni battle finished
up the day by bringing back one of tin* prizes of the victory, a .3.0 German naval gun. The tank lumbering through
the muck easily hauled the big naval gun along in its wake.
tcrests of Alaska, l am now submitt
ing my name as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Delegate
to Congress.”
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Grigsby Holds Over
JUNEAU, Feb. 28. — There are no j
candidates for Territorial Attorney j
General as George B. Grigsby is a
hold over and therefore no election.
LUMBERMEN OF
NORTHWEST TO
SPEED UP WORK
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 26. — The
lumbermen of the Northwest will
adopt fche eight-hour day beginning
tomorrow. Colonel Brice Disque, head
of the government’s spruce production
campaign, explained today that the
decision for a basic eight hour day
was voluntary on the part of the
operators and it was not demanded by
the government. He says he believes
that the government will possibly
neveT Like over the spruce and fir in
dustry as the government can depend
upon the lumbermen for the maxi
mum production of aeroplane timber.
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HORSEMEN TO
RE SENT OVER
FOR PERSHING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The war
■ mendation of Ben. Pershing that tif*
| teen cavalry regiments be formed for
(the national army. This was disclos
ed in the announcement of the ap
pointment of commanders for se\» n
of these regiments.
The commander**, icg»ment and lo
; cations announced are:
, Col. Sterling I*. Adams, Three Hun
j dred and First, Camp Fremont, Cali
! fornia; Col. George B. Pritchard,
j Three Hundred and Second, Camp
Fremont; Col. Samuel McP. Ruther
ford, Three Hundred and Third, Leon
Springs, Texas; Col. L. C. Andrews,
Three Hundred and Fourth, Leon
Springs; Col. Elbert E. Saxton, Three
Hundred and Fifth, Leon Springs^
Col. George O. Cress, Three Hundred
and Sixth, Fort Clark, Tex.; and Col.
E. L. Phillips, Three Hundred and
Seventh, Del Rio, Texas.
A division of regular cavalry is be
| ing formed at El Paso, Texas.
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Read The Gatawny.
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4 SOLDIERS FOUND
SLEEPING ON DUTY
SENTENCED TO DIE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Four American soldiers
caught sleeping on patrol duty in the first line of trenches
on the French front in the American sector, have been sen
tenced to death. Major General John J. Pershing, altho
he has the authority to carry out the sentence imposed af
ter a courtmartial, has referred the case to the War De
partment for review. The names of the four Americans
will not be made public at the present time.
NEW THEATRE !
WILL OPEN ON j
SUNDAY 1
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After tonight the Empress theatre
in Seward will be a thing of the past
until Capt. Lathrop decides to build
the new Empress. Tonight the last
regular picture show under the La
throp management will be given at;
the A. B. Hall and unless everything
fails, the “Seattle” will be opened :
next Sunday night. Capt. Lathrop
has leased his film service to Benson
& Co., and the new house will here
after run that service. Mr. Thomp
son, who has managed the Empress ;
here for some time, will be the ma- j
chine operator and Mr. Rudolph, |
formerly of Valdez, will be the pian
ist. The extra seats are expected on
the Victoria for the “Seattle.”
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VICTORIA NOT REPORTED
At 3 o’clock this afternoon, as far
as the local cable office had been in- I
formed, the Victoria had not arrived i
at Cordova from Seattle.
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DAWSON PIONEER DEAD
•DAWSON, Feb. 28. — Returning
from a trip around the world and ar
riving here late yesterday afternoon
over the trail, Samuel Packer, Pion
eer of the Yukon, died suddenly last
night.
j VOLCANO NEARS ERUPTION
HONOLULU, Feb. 28. — The lava
in Kileau is moving and indications
are that an eruption will soon occur.
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AUSTRIA AND
GERMANY ARE
NEAR A BHEAK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — An of
ficial French dispatch says that the
Emperor of Austria has just returned
from a visit to the Kaiser at the head
quarters at the front and the meet
ing was lacking in cordiality. It ,
seems that there is little doubt of a
serious conflict between the courts of
Vienna and Berlin which Germany is
determined to win by violent mea
sures if necessary. It is believed that
a break has occurred over Austria’s
refusal to send troops to the Ukraine
in Russia.
WOMAN CLERK
IN BANK HAS |
TURNED TRICK
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 28. — Women j
bank clerks virtually have replaced
men in Germany from the early days <
of the war, but the first case of an
embezzling woman bank clerk has just
occurred in Berlin. The accused girl,
Rosa Neumann, was convicted of steal
ing $6,000 in Russian securities from j
the Dresdner Bank and was senten
ced to eight months imprisonment.
She stated during the trial that she
had spent all of the proceeds on food
and theatre tickets.
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JUDGE BUNNELL IN
! D CISION AGAINST
! ALASKA LABOR LAW
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 28—Judge Charles E. Bunnell, in
the United States District court, today decided that the
Alaska eight hour law is decidedly unconstitutional.
Judge Bunnell declared that the eight hour law violates
the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of he Uni
ted States inasmuch as it “abridges the privileges or im
munities of citizens of the United States’’ and also violates
the organic law of Alaska. The findings have already
been sent to the Attorney General of the United States at
Washington, D. C.
ATTORNEY
GREEN 1$
CAN IDATE
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J. Lindley Given, at present city at
torney, and one of the best known
men in this section, has filed for the
legislature from this division. Mr.
Green declared his candidacy before
United States Commissioner Whittle
sey and his hat has been thiown right
into the ring, his campaign for the
nomination at the primaries on April
30th to be started immediately. Mr.
Green filed on the Republican ticket.
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HE GOT HIS
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COPENHAGEN, Feb. 28. — * j
* An 18-year old German workman * !
* has been sentenced to six week’s * |
* imprisonment in Berlin for call- *
* ing out to a passing detachment *
* of soldiers, “Throw away your * j
* rifles and make an end of it.”
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METEOR SEEN
AT DAWSON IN
FIERY_ FLIGHT
DAWSON, Feb. 28. — A meteor!
visible over a stretch of country five .
hundred miles wfde, both Fairbanks
and Carmack reported it, was seen |
here Tuesday night for twenty sec-1
onds. The meteor disappeared in the |
northern horizon with an apparent
explosion scattering sparks in all di
rections. These sparks were plainly
seen here.
HOSPITAfsHIP
TORPEDOED OFF
ENGLISH COAST
LONDON, Feb. 28. — The British
hospital ship Glenart Castle was sunk
last night in the Bristol Channel, The
official statement saya there were no
patients on board. An American tor
pedo boat has landed some of the
survivor*,
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MANY LEAVING
PETROGRAD FOR
INLAND POINTS
LONDON, Fob. 28. — A dispatch
from Petrograd says the northern
advance of the Germans is understood
to have been stopped by orders from
Berlin.
Enrollment in the new army is re
ported proceeding satisfactorily, the
Cossacks having l^t last night in the
direction of Pskov. Mixed detachments
are marching to the front.
At Petrograd all women, children
and invalids are being permitted to
leave the city and are going toward
Moscow or other inland places.
Report lrom berun
BERLIN, Feb. 28. — The German’s
military operations on the northern
front in Russia is taking a normal
course says the official statement to
day.
Another Esthonian regiment 1ul>
placed itself under German command.
The Germans have have captured
50,000 rifles and 2,000 machine guns
at Minsk.
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5 AMERICANS
GASSED-MANY
AREJ’OISONED
PARIS, Feb. 28. — The Germans
fired gas shells into the American
sector on the French front Tuesday
and last night. Two gas attacks last
night resulted in the death of five
American soldiers and the poisoning
of sixty others.
MANYMOURN
THOSE LOSING
LIVES AT SEA
WATERFORD, Ireland, Feb. 28. —
All Waterford is in mourning as the
result of the biggest catastrophe that
has befallen this Irish east-coast city
in thirty years through the loss of
| seventy of its men at sea. The vic
tims were in two steamers which left
an English port but were never heard
from again. They left 400 women and
children so destitute here that relief
funds have been started in all parts
of the county.