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. VI v ,i .. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
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GERMANY i
DEMANDS
UPON THE
RUSSIANS
Peace Delegate* of Herm ti s Serves*
Demands i poll the Russians * or
C omplete Surrender of VII
Provinces on Baltic
H1VKN ONK VVKKK TO COMPLY
In less Russia Decides to Agree to
Demands tin Hermans Wii. at
Once Resume Operations
and l ake Possession
PKTROHRAD. Jan. 24. — Russia
must surrender the Province of f our
land and all other Baltic provinces or
the Hermans will resume military
operations and occupy Revel. Ibis
surrender must be accomplished with
in the next week.
The above announcement was hand
ed to the Bolshoviki officials this fore
noon and came like a bombshell. I he
statement and demand came Ironi the
Herman delegates to the Brest-Lit
ovsk peace conference.
The Herman delegates also stated
that the peace conference would take
an adjournment until next luesday,
Januarv 2ffth.. on which Russia was to
make known its answer, light or sur
render the Baltic Provinces.
The Province of t'ourland is the
large peninsula projecting northward
between the Baltic Sea and the Hull
of Riga. The surrender of the Bal
tic Provinces would necessarily cut
Russia off trom all water connections
in the north. Revel is the fortress on
the southern side of the Hulf of Kin* t
land, opposite Helsingtors.
LONDON. Jan. 21. — I he Bolshe
\iki Telegraph Agency this afternoon
issued a long statement regarding the;
Brest-I.itov.sk negotiations and em« j
phasize* the determination of (ier-1
many not to evacuate occupied terri-!
lories and also the demand that Bus
*ia immediately surrender the Baltic'
pro inces.
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U. S. SOLDIERS i
IN FRANCE TO j
HAVE_A PAPER
PARIS. Jan. 24. — The Stars and
Stripes, a weekly new.>:nper for the
American troops in Ur;o<*e will be is
sued st*>n. The nc.\- will be
punished by the American soldiers
ami contain brief news of the world
and general camp and war in<*o» ma
tron.
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NO TRUTH IN RUMOR PAC IFIC
COAST BOVS NOT OUTFITTED,
To set at rest the pernicious rum
ors that our hoys from the Pacific;
coast in both the Sunset and Rainbow
divisions were sailing from this coun-j
try without the proper equipment and j
were not being supplied with any knit
ted garments at all the following tele-.
gram from American Red Cross head
quarters at Washington was received:
“Forty- second, or Rainbow division
and Forty-first, or Sunset division,
composed of men from Noithwest left
some time ago. Rainbow division was
outfitted by Red Cioss with twenty
five thousand sweaters, ten thousand
helmets, twenty-four thousand muff-1
lers, s’xtee^n thousand wristlets, thir
ty-five thousand pairs socks, twenty- i
seven thousand comfort kits, and Sun
set division v*ith twenty-four thou
sand sweaters, fifty-eight hundred]
helmets, fifteen thousand mufflers, >
forty-seven hundred wristlets, four
teen thousand pair socks. These fig
ures are even thousands, omitting hun
dreds, and are less in every case than
fttact number provided.”
• BELGIAN VILLAGERS DRIVEN FROM HOME BY BOMBARDMENT
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Belgian villager* leaving their homes in a small hamlet m ar the front because the enemy has opened a bombard
■i,' and ii they stay their lives are In danger. They may on their return lii.il nothing but a pile of debris. When
,. of ihe hamlet evacuate llm.v carry with them as Ii of their valuable belongings as possible.
SAYS WAR
OFFICE IS
AD MESS
President Wilson, in a Speeech. Has
Made Accusation Against the
Senator from Oregon amt
the Latter Replies
INEFFICIENCY NOW EXISTIMI
Senator Chamberlain Places lilame
for Deaths ol Many Soldiers
To War Department—Replies
Without Personalities
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.
recent speech in Now \ovk city, I re:
jdent Wilson charged that Seuat* »
George E. Chamberlain was advocat
ing a government war reorganization.
President Wil.«• further charged -hat
the Se nator ’-uni Oregon had drd,»’
ed that i’.t f. »iency existed ;r, ;M
branches of h government and had
made a most astonishing ar.d unjusti
fiable • -tort ica of the truth.
In the United States Senate this*
forenoon Senator Chamberlain rephe i
to the President’s statement. 1 .•»
Senatoi read a verbatim copy of the
speed, aiui declared that he adhered
to it but said that the President had
attacked his integ.* J an! veracity
hereto! ere unchallenged. Senator
cTbamtcrlain said he rcp'ied to the
speech without any pti:ornl feelings
whatst ever.
Senator Chamberlain siai* l that he
stood firmly by the c!*» g*i he had
made that the AmericJ.n nvbEny fs
tablishment was enmeshed ?:» enefli
ciency and declared: “President W il
son does not know the truth of what
is going on. 1 will show him deaths
by the handle is, yes, by the thou
sands, of men ur the military camps
and cantonments due to the War De
partment. All epidemics, which caus
ed these ueaths, could have been pre
vented hau the War Department been
more effective.”
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MATHISON WILL BE THE
4-M1NTTE SPEAKER AT
THE EMPRESS TONIGHT
D. C. Mathison will be at the Em
press theatre tonight and make the
4-minute address. Mr. Mathison will
choose his own subject according to
announcement made by the local
branch of the Territorial Council lor
the Defense.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 24. — At noon
today the following were the fish quo
tations: halibut fifteen and one quar
ter cents; sable four cents and red;
rock two.
SEATTLE, Jan. 24. — Herring sold
at $22 a barrel on the open market
today.
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TUESDAY WILL HEREAFTER BE MEATLESS ♦
.1 DAY ANI) FRIDAYS WILL BE WHEATLESS *
In order that all cities in the territory will be *
♦observing the same days on food conservation, Sew- ♦
ji‘d will hereafter have meatless days on Tuesdays *
,.nd Fridays will be wheatless. For some time past *
W ednesday has been observed as the meatless day *
* but Territorial Food Administrator Gunnison ask- ♦
* ed the local administration to set Tuesday the same *
* as elsewhere. Tomorrow will be the second wheat- v
* loss Friday Seward has ‘recognized.
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COL ALiPIQ GAMA
Col. Alipio Gama is the head of the
Brazilian war commission which has
come to the United States to confer
with us on the best method of employ
ing the armed forces of Brazil in the
war against the Teutons.
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WOMEN TO BE
RESTRICTED j
AS ENEMIES
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German Women to Be Included in an
Alien Enemy Restriction Bill
As Hun’s Best Spies Are
Among Female Sex
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. — Legis-'
lation is being drafted to extend tho |
alien enemy restriction to all German j
women as well as the German men in
the United States and territories.
Congressional leaders have given as
surance that the measure will he en
acted shortly.
The fact that many of the best of
the spies of Germany are women, has!
caused them to be included in the re-j
striction measure. The Legislators |
declare that they overlooked the pet-j
ticoated spies when the measure was,
drawn up.
The registration will not affect
Alaska at present as a certain date
for registration will be set for terri
tories and islands.
MAY MM!
ALL CLOCKS
UP AN HOUR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. — Presi
dent Wilson has given his approval to
the daylight saving bill which has
been passed by the Senate and is now
before the House Committee.
The bill provides for advancing all
clocks one hour during the* summci
months and it is claimed that this step
will save millions of tons of coal year
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ALIEN ENEMY
IS ARRESTED
IN TACOMA
TACOMA, Jan. 24. — Adolph Judd
was arrested here this afternoon while
working on the docks. He is charged
with being an alien enemy.
Judd admitted this afternoon to the
Federal agents that he was a graduate
of a German University.
The Federal authorities claim that
Judd is an expert chemist and pass
ports in four different languages were
found in his effects at his lodging
house.
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FINDS A $1,000 PEARL
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 24. — Af
ter all, it does pay to be patriotic and
especially on Mr. Hoover’s meatless
day. K. Mulford has stood by Hoover
every meatless and wheatless day.
Owing to the fact that he is patriotic
he ordered oysters on meatless day.
A few moments later he almost broke
one of his teeth on a real pearl that
jewelers say is worth at least $1,000.
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One reason why we wouldn’t care to
wear a wrist watch is because we like
to wash both arms up to the elbows.
; ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 24.—The enemy
1 has evacuated the Italian territory behind Monte Tomba
from the Piave river to the westward. The line of de
fense has been moved back by the Germans and Austrians
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1 to Monte Spinoncia.
Italian patrols making reconnaissances during the
past 4£ hours found that the Teuton patrols and sentinels
had all been withdrawn. Later it was discovered that the
enemy forces had abandoned the entire region. This re
tirement is believed to have been in the face of the bril
liant French victory at Monte Tomba and the move is
most important. It is believed here that the retirement
shows that the enemy has abandoned all effort to force
their passage to the Venetian Plains by way of Monte
Tomba. Cold weather has prevented airplane scouting
for the past four days.
ALASKA SAILS
FOR THE NORTH
WITH BIG LIST
"
SEATTLE, Jan. 24. — Steamer
Alaska of the Alaska Steamship com-1
pany, sailed for Alaskan ports at 9
! o’clock this morning carrying one of
'the largest lists of passengers ever'
taken north at this time of the year.
Many are bound for Southeastern
Alaskan cities, the interior and west
ward ports.
For Seward, the following are on
board—1). (I. Allen, H. Marcus, Mrs.
Anna Bond, H. Easley, E. Jaccard,;
Miss Meredith Hamilton, Mrs. W. E.
l^e, H. E. Gardner, George McDon
ald and A. Barnes.
The Alaska has seven days mail
aboard for Southwestern Alaskan
cities.
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TWO STEAMERS
ARE NOW DUE !
IN THIS PORT
—
Steamer Northwestern will roach
port tomorrow morning at 4 o’clock
and will sail south early in the fore
noon. This is according to advices
reived here this forenoon. The North-1
western has a fair list of passengers
for Seward and four and one-half
day’s mail. The bookings on the
Northwestern for the south are many,
mostly interior people.
Steamer Admiral Evans is due in
Seward anytime from the westward,
although the actual time of arrival
has not been reported. The Evans will.
sail for the south within four hours
after arrival according to present {
plans. Many from the interior and
several locals have secured reserva
tions for the states and way ports.
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BARS IRISH FROM U. S. ARMY
LONDON, Jan. 24. — A number of;
young men in middle and western Ire- j
land, according to a Dublin dispatch,,
have applied for passports to enable
them to go to the United States to
join Irish regiments in the American;
Army. The government authorities
up to this time, it is added, have re
; fused to grant such permits.
Furthermore if the time ever comes
when we have to hire somebody to
i sing us to sleep it isn't going to be a
basso.
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FINNEGAN HAS
REACHED EAST;
BOOSTSALASKA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. — J. J.
Finnegan, of Seward, is now here as
sisting in securing proper legislation
for Aluska and with particular atten
tion to Konai peninsula.
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CITIZENS CAN
REGISTER FOR
NEXTJLECTION
Registration Books Are Now Open At
Seward Drug Co.—Councilmen
and Other Officers Will Be
Fleeted First of April
Seward citizens can now register
for the spring election to be held for
city officials on the first Tuesday in
April. The registration book is open
ed at the Seward Drug Co., where
City Clerk Poehlman can be found.
Registration will close on March
30th but the book is opened early in
order to save the rush at the last
days.
To register for the city election one
must have been in the territory for
one year and in Seward for six
months prior to the election date.
At the next election three council
men will be chosen, mayor, treasurer,
city clerk and city attorney. The re
tiring councilmen are Messrs. Sexton,
Sauers and Dubreil. So far little has
been started in the way of politics
and no announcements have been made
from prospective candidates.
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FIRE IN ZERO WEATHER
WINNEPEG, Jan. 24. — The En
derson Office and Store Building, in
the heart of the retail district burned
this morning and the loss is estimated
at nearly one million dollars. The
firemen worked with the thermometer
at 20 degrees below zero. Three fire
men were injured in a collapse of
floors.
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SKELETON OF BANKER
FOUND IN AN OLD ATTIC
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Jan. 24. —
The skeleton of William McGraw,
banker and business man of Hoxie,
Ark., who disappeared from here last
spring, has been found by electricprs
working in the attic of a building
formerly used a6 a club house.
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