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experience and facilities as bankers.
WYethar your account is larire or small, your
attain will receive all the time and attention nee
mmxf to make your account here helpful and pro
iftakle to ym«.
Safe Deposit Boxes
War Saving Stamps.
FORESTRY OFFICE!
IS MOVING
Tin* office of the Forestry super
visor. T. M. Hunt is belli# moved
from Sewaitl to Cordovu as the work
in this section has been practically
completed. Forestry Clerk Bob Set
tles will take all office equipment and
supplies to Cordova on the Admiral
Watson an<l after arrant ink every
thing there, will leave for the states
on a brief vacation.
Forest ranirer C. Ilenneman \\ ill oc
cupy the former offices of the fores
try supervisor in the Kail road Build
ing and answer on questions reiraid
inir that department.
T. M. Hunt and Mr. Settles haw
both been members of the Sewa'd
Military Unit, Mr. Settles being a
corporal. Mr. Settles has always been
prominent in social and other affai s
in Seward and be will be missed. M»\
Hcnneman has hi on hero for a coup’e
of months and is also a member of the
Seward Military Unit.
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HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN' EX
PEDITIONARY FORCES. Nov., 7
General Pershing’s order forbidding
t ie use of all alcoholic beverages ex
cept light v nos and beers by soldiers
and instituting various forms of atV
•etiev and wholesome amusements to
prevent immorality has brought him
much gratifying and favorite com
ment from Vmerican and Allied sour
ces which have been striving for the
bottrrinc t » ' the men in the field.
I is adm :ti 01 of “prompt discip’i
nar\ acti >n’ is having a salutary ef
fect.
Effort.- ar ‘ being made to keep ev
ery American soldier, when he is not
r.ctuaMy under fire or in the trench* ».
occupied with instruction on various
useful subjects. work, drill, baseball,
football, wrestling, boxing foot rac*
; ig and "t! o- forms of snort, athlet
ic games, theatrical entertainments
and clean motion picture shows.
The determination of the American
commander to secure a rigid enforc*
lent of his anti-drunkenness and an
ti- immorality regulations was indi
<atod in a letter written by General
Pershing appointing representatives
♦o a British- American conference on
the subject, in which he said:
“Tho gravest " - oonsibility rests
n tho. e to whom the parents of our
oldiers have entru<*ed their sons to
‘he battle and we fail if we neglect
aov effort to safeguard them in every
wav. W e have the common ground of
bumnnitv; we have the well consider
ed conclusions of the best scientific
minds on our side, and from that, n
bis war of nations in arms the soldier
s men a citizen on war sendee, we
mw all tb“ elements whim’ll will for
ce cooperation between military and
civilian authorities.”
‘Leniency bv courts martial in deal
ing with cases arising from non-nbser
auce of the order. (emeral Pershing
stated, would not be tolerated “and to
insure this” he said, “the records of
all sentences will be carefully exam
ined and compared and lax courts n*v'
officers held strictly accountable ”
WIPED OUT BY
BOMBS OE HUNS
HAVRK, Now, 7- - The heudquart
. rs of the Kricnd s Ambulance Unit.
n organization of MOO workers frwi
all sections of America sent to the
• \ front by the American Socie
ty of Kricnds, has been almost com
• 'etely wiped out by bombs dropped
from German airplanes.
MEN'S WOMEN'S
AND CHILDREN'S
, RUBBERS
—AT—
URBACHS
CAPT. HENRY A. WILEY
A new photograph of Capt/Henry A
Wiley, commander of one of the big
gest of Uncie Sam's dreadnaughts.
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Two of the* staff won* killed and i
injured The others were safe.
Tlie story of tin* disaster is told in
a report of Major John Van Scliaic!;.
|)oputv Commissioner in llelgium •
th<» American IJcd Cross of which tin
Friends’ Ambulance is a unit, who
says:
•*A worker whom we had placed
with the Unit was sleeping in the
room with one of those who was kiP -
ed. He was not injured. He described
his experience as follows:
“I was awake when the bomb fell
I don’t remember much noise, only
the motion. The whole room seerm*! to
lurch back toward where the bomb
fell, and then went down We fell far*
and seemed to be falling through mi
eternity. My life was saved by mv
bed shooting across the room. The cu
pola of the adjoining building f« ’’
where my bed stood.
“The adjutant of the Unit was bu
ied under the debris for three hour
A large oak chest held a beam off hi
neck. They had to tunnel through tie
debris to get him out. He was consc
ious part of the time, and directed tl*.
rcscurcrs in their work. He was bru
ised but not seriously huit.”
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following uncalled for lette r
are at the post office:—
Carlson Victor
Col man Kay
(11 ay i /Ognn
GilMian Tom
Hall F. G.
Hale E. E
(ofiancisco Giovanni
Kelt) Patrick
ixolestie John
Loyoebl Dyihy
I .arson Fred
1 .agelt<>n Tho
Madsen Adolf
Olsson Nils
Sandberg Chas.
The Strand
When calling for these letters pious*
say, Advertised, One cent Due.
William Root P. M.
MONUMENT OF SNAKES IS
TO HAVE PLACE OF HONOR
PITTSBURGH, Nov., 7— A mono
ment of snakes, probably the most un
u]ue ever raised, is being made at tie
Carnegie Museum here, and who)
complete the memorial will occupy ;
glass ease in tlv Gallery of Serpen* •
a tribute to the memory of Augusti
Link, who several yeays ago gave lip
his life in the pursuit of science.
.lust before his death Mr. Link va
lecturing on the tonic of serpents bo
fore a class of Carnegie Institute of
Technology students. He held in his
hand a rattle-snake. At the close oi’
the lecture Mr. Link replaced the
snake in a glass case and a few mo
ments later a student called his at* I
tent’on to a sjw>t of blood on the end
of one of his fingers. Early the next
mormw* Mr. Link died.
Carnegie Museum, by which he war
emnloved, has brought from the Isle
of Pines a tree in the branches of*
which a boa constrictor will be twir*
ed u\'th iguanas, common lizards of
tropical America, as companions.
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MAROONED SAILORS ARE
RESCUED IN SOUTH SK V
HONOLULU, T. H., The crew of a
schooner straYuled on Christmas is-.
land in the South Seas when she
struck a reef there August 1, has'
been rescued by a relief ship, accord
ing to word received here, and the v';
-sol has been towed to a Pacific po t
for repairs.
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' Late this afternoon the management
of the Liberty theatre decided to !
change tin* regular movie program ■
and incidently, giving a complete new.
bill and also running about |
2000 feet of Alaska railroad picture*
i taken along the government line Iron
Mil e f>2 to mile 114. The railroad pic
* tures together with the new hill wdl
t make a splendid attraction.
UMNO CONDITIONS IN
SOI Til SEAS NOT EASY.
I’AI’KETK, TAHITI. Nov., 7—l.iv
ing conditions in tin* South Seas an*
quite Hu* opposite to the popular id*;,
, conveyed in books of romance and ad
venture. Instead of being able to lo l
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under the shade of palms and having :
the fruits there -of drop into one*.*1
| mouth, the daily needs only are ob
tained through tin* medium of ha**d
toil. Living , if one desires to live a« -
•ording to the standards of the white
ran, is as expensive n> in any oth* »•!
' ;.irt of tin* world.
Accordin’.:- 1 those who have live I ;
( lie re for . onie time, “it is the la. t j
> place in t’ • world for a man without 1
j capital to come ** Consular officer* j
have a regular form warning all in
quirers against attempting to settle
here unless provided with ample funds
as there are but few opportunities foi
1 obtaining employment.
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I RAIN FERRY OPERATES
VCROSS THE t HANNEL
' LONDON, Nov., 7— A train ferry ;
I from England to Fiance has been »», ,
' * porn t ion for some t im• *. Coaches an *
j wagons fo»‘ use on tin' French rail*
j v. ays l ave been going over regain i\ ,
• 'or months hut recently the first pa** 1
* mger train was ferried across.
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WINTER
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All of llu* best grades in two piece
and union suits.
ALL WOOL SHIRTS
The newest snappy patterns in winter
weights and colors. .Military and m-?:*
ligee collars.
WOOL SO( KS < ASHMERE S<)( Ks
SILK SOCKS ALL WOOL PATRit it
HOSIERY.
SWEATERS MACKINAW COATS
MACKINAW PANTS
KNIT ( APS
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GET YOLK SHOES half .soled with
Monarch Oak. It has no equal, $l.7»
a pair. Lloyd’s, Opposite Liberty The
a Ire.
OVERLAND
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JOSli: KNOSCHKA. Prop.
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OPEN DAY AND MOUT
t KK I AIN—1 KKD keeps out flu*
rain. Itrosius & noon. t:'.
Evinrude engines at .J. I.. Oia'fV 0
..The Moon cafe is open Nights.
Washington street. Boxes for I.adies.
CERTAIN”—TEED Roofing at
Itrosius iSL Noon. O'.
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2nd Floor Van Gilder Bldg. SEWARD. ALASKA
HOTEL SEWARD
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BATHROBES and DRESSING SUPPERS
EVERYTHING FOR THE TRAVELER
irown & Hawkins
Quality First”