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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
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Volume XI, Number 2Si. ___ __——-—--—; ——— —-. . ..... . -
II. S. MEN
OV \ TOP
INTO HUN
TRENCHES
\v\1M THF A.MKU1CANS IN
FUAXCF Ma ch °»0. — Two otttcer*
and fou privates* of th • Aim 11 ni*
tom* in this sector, went over the top
in b (Kid daylight today, a feat sel
«|.>m a complishefl. cnteird the Ger
ma.n trenches remained there tor ♦on
hour.** collecting m*'o»mation and then
return* d safely.
Xh* Germans nid not notice the
Americans in their ttenches until they
left. Then a haii of German lead fell
about the Americans but th**y retu n
ed uninjured.
MANY ABOARD
STEAMERS ON
WAY TO SEWARD
It is hardly probable rhat :%ny steam
er will be in Sevan! before inte to
morrow night or early Monday. Th«*
Northwestern was expected to arrive
at Cordova early this afternoon and
the Admiral Farragut is expected to
arrive at the same port late tonipht
Passengers lor Seward on the
Northwestern, leaving Seattle, are as
follows: Teny Oilut. B. O’Brien. Mr*.
JV. Davis, J. H. Wheeler. N. Ba’.ahciov
li Gilmore, Mr*. Hindi Weiss, Mar
> !ohncon J: Stanton, F. Engelthorn
jjas McConnoughy, Mrs. Charles
{Harris, Swan Adrian, J. Lasker, Mike
>V*tinich. P. B. Welch, C. Morris,
•^ans Christensen, Robert Whittlii g,
Whittling. A. A. Anderson. W. Ger
dnard, Charles Herman, C. belch, (»u*t
Backstrom, Steve Burht and William
Bezant.
Passengers on rhe Admiral Fami
gut arc: C .H. Madden, Henry Janle
var. W. McDowell, J. C. Larsen, C. H.
Williams, L. C. Hanson. Captain n
Johnson and James Sarsficld.
One of the steamers will have eight
day’s mail, possibly the Northwestern,
which sailed from Seattle at 0 o’clock
la*t Sunday morning, the Farragut
not sailing until 10 o’clock.
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TICKETS GOING .
FAST FOR DANCE
OF RED CROSS
Tickets are selling rapidly for the
Red Cross dance to be given at the
Arctic Brotherhood hall next Monday
evening. The ladies in charge ot t.iis
rffair, the first >ocial event following
Easter, promise a most enjoyable time
to all. The price of tickets has been
placed within the reach of all, fifty
rents each for both men and women.
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COMPLETE CODE OF
MR LAW NOW BEING
formed by teutons
AMSTERDAM, March 26. — At
Budapest a “Central European Con
. . terence on Air Law” has been sitting
^“•for several weeks. Delegates are
ft.present from Germany, Austria, Hun
&!xary, Turkey and Bulgaria. A com
plete code of air law for the Central
i‘ Powers is to be drawn up. to be con
jj; firmed into law later by the respectve
’ T^ovemmi pts.
VOLUNTEERS ENROLLING TO BUILD AMERICAN SHIPS
—
This is hut n small hatch of the men who are dully enrolling to build ships to beat the kaiser. All the men
volunteering for this work are enrolled In the United States shipyard volunteers of the public service reserve. To
each one ot them will he given a certificate signed by Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States shipping
bnnrit. totestify to tho ^ ^ ^
CLOCKS TO GO AHEAD
ONE HOI K TOMORROW
*
‘ WASHINGTON, March ’10. —
* President W ilson announced today
* that the newspapers of the court- * ,
* try must caution the people to + 1
move* their clocks ahead one hour
4 tomorrow morning, to be exact at
* 2 o’clock. This is in conformity
* with the daylight saving measure *
centiy passed by Congress.
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WANTS TROOPS
OF THE U. S.
IN BIG FIGHT
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I
j I\1US, March ”0. — The govein
ment i-sued a second statement today
regai* ling the offer made yesterday
to General Koch by Major Genera!
Pershing, commanding the American •
forces in France^ in which the Algeri
an General asked permission for Hie
United States foi-ces to be permittee!
to be in the next battle on the western
fmnt. General Pershing told G.-n.
r0ch that at this moment there is no
other question but fighting.
“The Lnited States infantry, aii.il- j
■ ery and aviation foices, all we have, |
are yours to dispose of,” said Persh-1
ing. “All those now in Fiance and j
others coming, are yours to use in the i
great fight Use those necessary and J
j the American people will he proud to
have bi*’n engaged in the groa'est i
.battle in history.” concluded Perm*]
! in?r.
ARE TO CUT |
I WHEAT FROM
! HOTEL MENUS
_
WASHINGTON. March 'TO. — Fed
eral Food Administrator Herbert
jHoover today asked seven hundred
i hotel men assembled here to abolish
wheat and wheat products fv*.n the
menus of all first class hot Is. T.he
t hotel p en responded with an o t hurst
of chce»*ng, arose to then feet and
raised their right hands, pledged then?
selves to the command. H >nver says
'that the order will effect a sa\ing <»f
I one hundred per cent in w ’leal to be
$cnt te APIat.
WILSON ASKS GOV.
STEPH NS TO SAL: i
NECK OF MURDERER
SACRAMENTO, March 30—President Wilson has
telegraphed to Governor Stephens asking executive clem
ncey tor Thomas J. Mooney, under death sentence. Moon
ey was convicted of murder in connection with the Pre
paredness Day parade bombing outrage in July 1916 in
which ten persons were killed. Executive clemency is
Mooney’s last hope.
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DECLINE TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 30—At the White House to
day none of the oriic.als would make any comment.
The Mooney case spread to Petrograd where a dem
onstration was held against the hanging.
President Wilson’s Labor Commission recently rec
ommended a new trial.
IS UP TO THE PRESIDENT.
SAN FRANCICO, March 30—District Attorney Fick
ert, who convicted Mooney of the bomb outrage today
said: “If President Wilson wants to turn loose a mur
derer, like Mooney, the responsibility is his, not mine.”
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FIREMEN’S SMOKER
There will be a special meeting
and smoker of the Seward Fire *
* Department members tomorrow *
* afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Fire *
* Hall.
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BERLIN MAKES
REPORT ABOUT
WAR CAPTURES
BERLIN, March 30. — Since the
beginning of the present offensive on
the western front, the *Gci*mans have
taperi 70,000 prisoners and 1100 • uns.
This is the official statement issued by
re Imperial German government to
day.
HEAVY FALL OF
SNOW REPORTED
ALONG RAILROAD
A heavy fad of snow is reported at
many places along the railroad ac
cording to the weather report receiv
ed this morning at 7 o’clock. The snow
has been general over a wide section
as the following report indicates:
Anchorage, 20 above, pt. cloudy,
calm .
Mile 83, 23 above, pt. cloudy, calm;
sjx inches new snow.
Gird wood, 3C above, clear, N. W.;
one and one-half inches new snow.
Matanuska, 22 above, cioudy, calm;
one inch new snow.
King, 20 above, clear .calm; seven
inches new snow.
Talkeetna, 12 above, clear. S. E.;
thirteen inches pew snow.
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FRENCH STOPPING
ATTACKS-GERMANS
FORCE THEIR APEX
NEW YORK, March 30—The Allies are today pre
paring for a counter attack against the Germans, accord
ing to the official advices received here this afternoon in
the Associated Press and which is a paramount in the sum
mary given of today’s developments.
The Germans appear to have lost their pep and indi
cations are that their strength is waning. Fighting tie
tween the Scarpe and the Oise has diminished greatly ex
cept at Albert and around Montdidier.
The Germans have been successfully repulsed in at
tempts to widen salients by pressing back the northern
and southern wings.
The Germans however have driven forward their
>pex towards Amiens and are now astride the Somme
twelve miles east of Amiens. Between the Somme and
Avra the British are retiring slowly to a line prepared.
At Ha'.1 el, Marcel Cave and Neuville, south of Albert, the
British hold to the Ancre line. The French have complete
lv checked the Germans. West of Montdidier the French
4/
j.re counter attacking between Montdidier and Lassigny
G NERAL FOCH IN
COMMAND OF TH ■
FORCES OF ALLI3
WASHINGTON, March 30—The first official refer
ence that General Foch of the French forces, is now in
supreme command of the Allies on the Western from
is contained in a cablegram President Wilson has sent to
l.he French General congratulating him on his new au
thority. President Wilson said that there “was much
unity in the command and it is a hopeful augury for ulti
mate success.”’
BASKET BALL GAME
IS ON THIS EVENING *
* _ *
At 0 o’clock tonight the post- *
l * poned basket ball game between *
| * the married and the single men *
* will be played at the A. B. Hall. *
* The line-up will be the same as *
* planned for the game last Thur*- T
* day night. An admittance of 25 *
"• cents will be charged tonight.
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ARMY OFFICERS
INSTRUCT THE
MILITARY UNIT
Lieut. Long, Corporal Anderson end
| Private Taylor assisted in the
drilling of the members of the Seward
Military Unit at the A. B. Hall last
night and the Home Guards were cer
tainly given plenty of exercise. While
the attendance was not as large as
was expected sufficient members were
in line to peimit of foot work and then
j bayonet exercises were also r; .7en.
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CLAIM WOMAN
FROM RUPERT
IS MURDERED
PRINCE RUPERT, R. C.. March 30.
—Mrs. H. Levin, former rrsidi nt h< r»\
has been murdered at McCarthy, a
(own north of Cordova, Alaska. This
is the information received by the
Prince Rupert police.
Aside from the above information
no press dispatches have been receiv
ed in Seward regarding any murder at
McCarthy. Two weeks ago a woman
of the underworld was mysteriously
murdered there and this may have
been the case the Prince Rupert police
have information about.
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The children’s Easter program at
the Methodist church will be given at
11 o’clock tomorrow morning instead
of at the usual Sunday school ho»i .
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Some follows depend «o much on
pu’.l that they can’t even pull them
selves together.
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