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Volume XL Number 25L SEWARD. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1917._Ten Ceuta (he Copy
GERMAN DREADNOUGHT HITS MINE AND GOES DOWN
DISASTER REPORTED
IN THE RALTIC SEA; |
BODIES GO ASHORE
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(By A**ocl«tecl Prr*» I»i»p«tch>
PETROGRAP. Oct. 17.—An official statement todayj
claims that a German dreadnought hit a floating mine in;
the Russian mine field off the Island of Oesel yesterday |
and is believed to have gone down. The dreadnought
struck the mine, which exploded with terrific force and
tore a large hole in the hull. Ihe dreadnought was seen
to lower boats but at the same time steam at full speed
towards the coast. The damaged craft was then lost sight
of but wreckage and scores of small boats were sighted
later and it is believed that the big warship foundeied be
fore able to reach a beach. Many bodies were seen float
ing in Soela Sound and others have been found on Dago'
Island.
FIGHTING FOR POSSESSION OF OESEL
PETROGRAD. Oct. 17—The war office this after
noon lost touch with the Russian land forces opeiating^
on the Island of Oesel and has only secured meager inf or- i
mation from the naval forces operating off the coast. The
battle on land and sea for the possession of the island was
progressing, with no decision, at the last reports.
ZEPPELIN FLEET IS REPORTED
The war office reports that wireless advices have been
received saying that a fleet of Zeppelins were reported
iast night over Moon Sound, northeast of the Island of
Oesel. No report is made of any raid being committed
and the presence of the fleet is mysterious unless it was
planned to make a raid over the Gulf of Riga and then in
land. dropping bombs on the Russian forces thirty-five
miles from Riga.
LONDON GETS
READY TO RUN
FROM RAIDERS
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iBy AtawiaN Prrw Dispatch)
LONDON, Oct. IT.—'This city’s
bomb proof shelters are now being
card indexed and given to the popu
lace in anticipation of German raids.
Sufficient tunnels and arches, crypts
and basements, also substantial build
ings have already been inventoried to
acommodate one million people.
It is stated that the authorities will
probably close the publi? schools dur
ing the last week of October. This
is to be done in anticipation of a re
currence of raids by German fleets.
The moon is bright at that time and
the days are clear.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS
NAMED HAWKINS WHO IS
SUCCESSOR TO NELSON
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.—Sam
M. Hawkins has been appointed As
sociated Press Correspondent at Seat
tle, succeeding the late Jabez Nelson
who died suddenly a week ago today,
Mr. Hawkins was formerly located at
Portland. He will send the news tc
the Associated Press clients in Alaska
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INDIANS MAY FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—A regi
ment of American Indians from Ok
lahoma may be one of the Americai
fighting units to go to France.
UNCLE SAM
MAY BE AT
CONFERENCE
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(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Oct. IT.—Although
. official announcement is withheld, it
, is practically certain that the United
States will participate in the coming
conference of nations fighting Ger
many. This conference will probably
be held in Paris. Secretary of State
Lansing announced this afternoon
1 that the United States is now consid
ering the plan participating.
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NATIONAL PARTY IS
NAME OF NEW ORDER
NOW BEING FORMED
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—The National
Party is the name of a new political
party formed by Progressives, Prohi
bitionists, Single Taxers, Social Dem
; ocrats and Independents in a confer
i ence held here.
It has not yet been decided wheth
j er the party will attempt to partici
i pate in the Congressional election next
year or the next Presidential election.
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WILL BOMB GERMANY
(By 4ssociatrd Press dispatch)
LONDON, Oct. 17.—In assuring a
| London crowd that England will soon
! launch reprisals for German air raids,
Lloyd George said that England is to
t bomb Germany with compound inter
est.
CITIZEN’S SPECIAL COMMITTEE
WILL MEET WITH COUNCILMEN TO
DISCUSS PREVENTION OF FLOOD
lf»e special Citizen’s Committee named to recommend
a plan for the prevention of further Hoods occasioned by
high water in the Glacier stream, met yesterday atternoon
and fully formulated its plans. These plans will be pre
sented to the city councilmen at a special meeting to be
held at eight o’clock tonight. The special committee con
sists of T. W. Hawkins, William Sauers, Sam Graff, H. V.
Hohen, J. J. Finnegan, F. L. Ballaine and Frank Cotter.
Tonight’s meeting is for the purpose of adopting or chang
ing the report of the committee, devising ways and means,
and in fact, making full data to be presented to Chairman
Edes, of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, when he
arrives in Seward about October 28th, in an effort to se
cure aid from the Commission. j
SOCIALISTS PLAN A
BLOCK ON WAR GAME
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HOLIDAY TOMORROW
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Tomorrow, Alaska Day, is a le- *
* gal holiday, designated so by the
* last Territorial legislature. The *
two Seward banks will close, no
* business will be transacted at the *
* office of the U. S. Commissioner
* and the post office will be closed. *
* Exercises will be held in the aft
* ernoon at the school at 2:30
* o’clock.
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REGIM NTS
WIPED OFF
TH! EARTH
(By Associated Pros* Dispatch)
LONDON, Oct. 17.—British airmen'
in a recent attack upon the Belgium j
town of Roulers destroyed two arse-1
nals of the Germans and four newly J
arrived German regiments who were!
in their quarters. It is reported that j
the arsenals were set afire by the I
bombs. The death toll caused by the
destruction of the military quarters
is said to have been enormous.
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KILLING OF POLICEMAN
IN PHILADELPHIA LAID
TO A POLITICAL PLOT
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 17.—Evi
dence tending to show that the killing
of a policeman in the republican fac
tional contest for Select Council in
the Fifth ward was the result of a
plot to kill James A. Carey, whose
nomination was contested by Isaac
Deutsch, was revealed at the hearing
of two alleged Jersey City bandmen
imported here.
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DYING COSTS HIGHEST
BOSTON, Oct. 17.—The high cost
of living here has been put in the
shade by the high cost of dying. Of
ficials of the Holy Cross cemetery have
notified Boston undertakers the cost
of labor has forced them to raise the
price of digging a grave from $5 to
$6 for adults and from $3 to $4 for
children.
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 17.—A German
Socialist newspaper received hoe j
from Berlin says the Socialists have
decided to vote against the new war
credit of ten billion marks unless Im-j
perial Chanceller Michaelis resigns.
The credit is to be submitted to the
Reichstag in December.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Hamburg Fremdenblatt says that
there is an indication discernible that
certain forces are working in Michae-j
lis' favor with the thought of a mili
tary dictatorship and at least with the
idea of the Chancellor holding office
in defiance of the majority of the
Reichstag. Michaelis has the solid
support of the militarists.
When the Reichstag adjourned on
October 13th, leaving behind a latent
crisis, observers believed that the sit
uation would sooner or later lead to
the forced retirement of Michaelis.
Arrivals here state Michaelis cannot
last another month as the Chancellor's
blunders and his failure to make head
way against the Reichstag’s majority,
have only left him the support of the
conservatives and pan-Germanists.
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MUNITION
MAKERS IN
A SAD FIX
HW Associated l’rens Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, I). C., Oct. 17.—
The United States Internal Revenue
agents reported today that the eva
sion of the special tax of 12V& by the
munition makers now totalled approx
imately seventeen million five hundred
thousand dollars. So far the govern
ment has only recovered about ten
million dollars of the total sum.
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PROGRESS ON BRIDGE
Good progress is being made at
Mile 17 on the north approach to the
Snow river bridge, according to a re
port received at the engineering office
I here.
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YESTERDAY’S WEATHER
Maximum . 52
Minimum . 36
Current . 39
Cloudy. North winds,
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MEN LOST WAY IN
SNOWSTORM-DOGS
SECURE RESCUERS
(Ry Associated Press Disnatch)
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Oct. 17.—Charles W. Wil
liams, pioneer and prospector of Stewart, Alaska, and
Roy E. Arementroot, of Calgary, were frozen to death in
a snowstorm two days ago. The two men were hunting
goats near Stewart, lost their way and succumbed to the
intense cold which prevailed for eighteen hours. They
had been out eighteen days on a prospecting trip. This
was the information received here by an Indian runner,
who reached Prince Rupert this afternoon.
Williams’ dogs attracted the attention of Indians. The
dogs led the rescuers to the scene and the bodies were
taken to Stewart.
Williams has trapped and prospected in all parts of
Alaska during the past twenty years and was well known
in many of the regions, especially along the southeastern
and southwestern coast of Alaska.
PRAISE GIVEN
WOMEN BY GEN.
J. J. PERSHING
American Commander in France Says
Women are Fighting the War
and Will He Hon Hy
Them
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II.AC PRESENTED AMERICANS
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(Hy Asuocinted Prt*»« Dispatch)
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE, Oct. 17.—“The war is be
ing fought by women,” asserted Ma
jor General John J. Pershing today in
accepting a silken American flag pre
sented to him by the mayor of the
town where#the American field head
quarters are located.
“Women are the ones to whom hon
or will be due when the war is over,”
continued Gen. Pershing. “They will
well deserve the honor for the aid in
establishing a democracy.”
In his presentation speech, the
mayor of the town referred to the
sacrifices of the American and French
women in sending their sons to the
war and working energetically at
home.
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SWEDEN PREPARING
TO SEND VESSELS TO
TAKE SWEDES HOME
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 17.—1The for
eign office is preparing to send ships
to America to bring back .Swedes
who do not desire to serve in the
American military forces, according
to the newspaper Tiende.
The Swedish Government, it was
declared, has already asked Washing
ton for information as to conscription
of aliens.
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FINE EXACTED BY
GERMANS ON BELGIUMS
HAVRE, Oct. 17.—The Germans
have fined the inhabitants of Zeele
in Flanders 80,000 marks on the
charge of giving food and cigarettes
to passing British prisoners.
They have ordered that all houses
| be closed at six o'clock every evening.
No one save Germans is allowed to
remain on the street after that hour.
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SWORD WAS
DRAWN WHEN
IT WAS TIME
General Joflfre Visits American Camp
In France and Declares United
States Has Proved Realiza
tion of Hopes
AMERICA DOING GREAT THINGS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE, Oct. 17.—General Joffre
visited the American contingent today
Maj. Gen. J. J. Pershing accompanied
the French military officer around the
camp.
Gen. Joffre, speaking in French, said
that “America drew her sword none
too soon. None in France doubted she
would do great things and she is do
ing them."
Gen. Joffre referred to America’s
great power in men, resourcefulness,
material and wealth.
“In every way you Americans have
realized our hopes," said the General
in conclusion.
SNOW STORM
HITS DAWSON
MANYJ.EAVING
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
DAWSON, Oct. 17.—The first snow
fall in this part of the Yukon terri
tory occurred last night and it is still
snowing this afternoon.
Last Boat Leaves
The last steamer from Dawson
bound to Whitehorse sailed late last
night. One hundred and fifty pas
sengers were aboard en route to the
Outside.
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MEHAFFEY PROMOTED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Captain
J. C. Mehaffey, chief engineer and
1 disbursing agent for the Alaska Road
Commission, has been promoted to a
majorship.
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