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Volume XI. Number 1- _SEWARD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16,1917_Ten Cents the Copy
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SOLDIERS ERATERNIZING WITH GERMANS; COMMANDERS RESIGN
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»By United State* Cable)
PETROGRAD, Wednesday,May 16—Disaster threat-:
ens Russia today. Anxiety has been telt over the late °l
the newest republic and has given away to actual alarm
since the resignation ot Minister ol Mar Guchkott and
the solemn warning ol Minister ol Justice Kerensky that
the organized government is in grave danger.
Russian troops on many fronts are fraternizing with
the Germans and organized military activity has come to
a standstill. I
The situatior became so desperate today as to call
forth the suggestion from a high official that a military
dictatorship may be necessary to prevent the dissolution
of the government and the army.
This followed the announcement that just before the 1
STUPENDOUS SUM
VOTED FOR WAR;
CALL MORE MEN
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. May t.V
—(Delayed.)—All appropriation rec
ords in congress were broken today
when the senate appropriation com
mittee reported the war army and
navy deficiency hill carrying a total
of $3,390,946,000.
Roosevelt Division to Be Accepted
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. May 15.
_(Delayed.)—The conferees on the
conscription bill reached a complete
agreement today and authorized the
acceptance of the Roosevelt division
for service.
More Engineer Regiments Authorized
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 15. j
—(Delayed.)—Secretary of War Rak
er this afternoon authorized the rais
ing of four more regiments of engi
neers. It is probable that these regi
ments will be used for the same pur- j
pose as those authorized last week for
service in France.
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U. S. R. R. SURVEYOR
GOES TO CORDOVA
L. Haker of the engineering force
on this division of the U. S. railroad
has been loaned to the treasury de-|
partment to make a detailed survey of
the federal building in Cordova.
Haker left on the Admiral Watson
for Cordova to take up the work.
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i BOATS AND TRAINS j
The transport Crook will sail from
Anchorage for Seward tomorrow.
The Alameda is due at noon tomor
row.
The Admiral Evans is duo Friday.
The Alaska will sail from Seattle;
today for Seward and way ports and
will sail outside passage from Cordo
va on the return trip.
The Admiral Farragut will sail fr^m
Seattle Saturday.
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Trails
Trails poor and drifted. Tempera
ture 42 at Mile 52, 42 at Gird wood, 46
at Indian Creek, 60 at Matanuska and!
48 at Talkeetna.
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THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum .44
Minimum .^.-...38
Current .-.*-41
Weather.Cloudy
Wind.North
Precipitation.11
WEATHER TOMORROW
Unsettled.
JOSEPH CHOATE,
DIPLOMAT AND
AUTHOR, DEAD
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NEW YORK, Tuesday, May 15.—
(Delayed.)—Joseph H. Choate died at
midnight following a prolonged period j
of ill health.
Joseph Hodges Choate was born at
Salem. Mass., 18.‘i2, and was a grad
uate of Harvard. He was a lawyer
by profession and was connected with
many famous cases. In 1899 he went
to London as United States Ambassa
dor to Great Britain and remained at:
that post until 1905. He was the am- j
bassador and first delegate of the j
United States to the international
peace conference at The Hague in
1907.
At various times Mr. Choate’was
president of many social, literary, le
gal and fraternal societies and organ
izations. He was one of America’s
greatest trial lawyers, a diplomat,
philosopher, historian and author, and
not least among his accomplishments
was his international reputation as an
after-dinner speaker and story teller.
A
TRANSPORTCROOK
MUST COME HERE
FOR FRESH WATER
On account of lack of facilities to
supply good drinking water at the
anchorage at the head of Cook inlet,
the U. S. A. T. Crook, now discharg
ing there with the aid of barges, will
come to Seward for water.
The transport is due to sail tomor
row evening and will be hern Friday.
She sails direct for Seattle and will
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probably take outside mail.
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CANNERY SHIP IS!
WRECKED; CREW
AT DUTCH HARBOR
SEATTLE. Wednesday, May 16.—
Advices have been received from thcj
coast guard service at Dutch Harbor
of the- wreck of the American ship
St. Francis at Unimak pass. The ship
had aboard a cannery outfit and crew.
The steamer Norwood answered her
call for help, rescuing all on board,
landing them at Dutch harbor.
C. Wilbur, contractor at Kern Creek,
arrived on the train Monday night on
a short business trip.
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resignation of the minister of war Gen. Brusiloff, com
mander in chief of the armies on the southwestern front,
and Gen. Gurko, commanding the Russian western front,
asked to be relieved of their commands. Their resigna
tions are to be considered after the successor to Minister
Guchkoff has been appointed.
Gen. Brusiloff with the Grand Duke Nicholas, who is
in command in the Caucusus, were the foremost military
men to sanction the action of the provisional government
when it called on the czar to abdicate.
All of the newspapers and organs supporting the pro-1
visional government published articles today regarding,
the fraternizing of Russian and German soldiers on the I
Russian front,pointing out that the kaiser’s troops with:
‘NON-COMS’ WILL ]
BE NAMED AT
DRILL TONIGHT
The military unit will meet for drill:
this evening a* 7:.*'>0 o’clock at the A.;
B. hall and the appointment of the
non-commissioned officers will be an
nounced by Capt. J. C. Luttrell. I he !
selections have already been made and |
there are ten in all who will receive
their promotions. A full attendance
is expected to be present tonight as
it is the first drill under the new com
pany formation and all officers will
take their proper places. The new
appointees have not been notified and
will not be until the meeting this
evening.
In regard to arms and equipment
for the company, it is very probable
that congress will make provision for
Alaska in this matter in the very near
future, as legislation is pending which
will make these things available.
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George and Tim Vogel, pioneer res
idents of Haines, have organized the
Haines Packing company and will
build and operate a one-line cannery
at Chilkat inlet this season.
SEWARD MOOSE
BUY HALL SITE
ON SIXTH STREET
The Loyal Order of Moose, by or
der of the local members, has purchas
ed lot 12 block 8 from Dougherty &
Stewart as a site for a lodge build
ing. Plans for the building have not
been considered and it is probable that
this will be taken up early next year.
The lot is next to the cable office on
Sixth avenue.
There are stumps and brush on the
property now and it is the plan of
tbe members to hold a cleanup meet
ing in the near future which will end
with a bonfire.
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HUGH’S LAUNCH
FOUND AND LOST
Joe Ibach, the Middleton island
fox rancher, whose launch went adrift
recently, marooning lbath, his wife
and several guests or Hinchirbrook
island, has received word that a hali
but schooner picked up the craft 6(
miles south of Middleton island, ant
after removing the supplies and per
sonal effects started to tow the craft
to Juneau, but a storm came up and
the launch broke away.
A Woman of Paris
(September, 1914)
By Edna Dean Proctor
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Retreating toward the Marne, his regiment
Would pass at morn a neighboring suburb through;
And thither walked his glad young wife, intent
To see her soldier, strong and brave and true;
And in her arms, or pattering with light fept
Beside her steps, she held her baby boy—
0 the proud moment when his eyes should greet
Their little Victor brimming o’er with joy!
Upon the curb she stood as past they filed,
When something barred the way and, unawares,
The march a moment stayed; then wife and child
Saw, in the line, the father’s friend, and their—
Christophe, the corporal, who quickly spied
The eager wife he knew as girl and bride,
And, spring from the ranks, he seized her arm:
“Courage, courage, Madame! V our husband fell
Yesterday, by my side, at Maux.” . . .
Ah, well ...
Ah, well . . . her eyelids closed, her heart stood still.
What joy henceforth can wile, what grief can harm!
Then swift above her head, with deathless will,
She raised her boy, presenting him, and cried
For all her anguish, “Vive la France!’’
A thrill . . . .
Ran through the throng, and with the line’s advance
Cheers filled the morning sky for her and France
As if no soldier in his place had died!
For France, secure, invincible, immortai,
While women such as she are at its portal.
which the Russians are friendly belong to the same army
that is fighting fiercely against the French and English.
Writing in the “Rosskia Volia and Reyff” the editor
says:
“We visit the Germans and drink German wine and
I coffee and we return their hospitality. We kiss them and
ithe Germans are too ready to allow it, for while we are
kissing them other Germans are sent to kill British and
French, the same British and French who hurried their
spring advance to give us time to reconstruct our affairs.
Although facing innumerable difficulties the provision
al government issued a proclamation Tuesday announcing
its determination, to stick to its task, establish a firm ad
ministration and fight the war to a conclusion, guaran
teeing peace and justice to all nations. The government
will make an effort to amalgamate the diverse interests
throughout the country, which by their conflict have made
an orderly and efficient government in Russia impossible.
In another proclamation the government expressed
confidence that unity will he established and the country
saved if various representatives of the new democracy
will take their proper place in the task of organizing a re
publican government.
On Tuesday the council ot soldier and working men s
deputies issued an appeal to the army in which they de
clared that German imperialism was seeking to destroy
revolutionary Russia and enslave the people. Strong ap
peals were included asking the soldiers on the fighting
front to defend Russia to the limit of their power, as a
•separate peace is impossible.
The council of delegates, which comprises mainly so
cialists and the extreme radical elements, is apparently
becoming increasingly willing to consider and participate
in the formation of a coalition government. It has ap
’minted a commission to negotiate with the provisional
government and is formulating a program of conditions
which will permit socialist entry upon and representation
n the ministry.
The council members have come to a partial realiza
lion of the country’s dire peril for this action, calling for
negotiations with the provisional government followed its
action urging the army at the front the necessity of ceas
ng to fraternize with the Germans, and an appeal to it to
resume the offensive against the kaiser’s host and thus
best serve the general peace of the world.
TURKEY DICKERING WITH RUSSIA
ROME, Tuesday, Mayl5.—(Delayed.)—The Idea
Nazionale prints the report today that Turkey has made
overtures to Russia for a separate peace, the basis of the
negotiations being the complete opening of the straits to
Russian war vessels and merchant ships.
REVERSES IN ASIA REPORTED.
PETROGRAI), Tuesday, May 15.—(Delayed.)—Rus
sian reverses on the Mesopotamian fronts are reported to
day by the war office.
HINDENBERG HURLS VAST
ARMY AGAINST ENEMIES
, LONDON, Wednesday, May 16—According to a Lon
don-Paris war office statement massed reserves, preced
ed by intense bombarding, were hurled by Von Hinden
Jjerg* last night and early today against the French and
British fronts, in an effort to recover some of the ground
lost by the Germans in the recent Arras and Champagne
offensive of the allies.
The united attack failed to make any progress, how
ever, except in certain advanced trenches.
DRIVE STILL UNDER WAY
LONDON, Tuesday, May 15—(Delayed)—The Brit
ish forces are now occupying all of Reoux and have ad
vanced as far north as Gavrelle.
HOLLWEGG REFUSES TO TALK PEACE
BERLIN, Tuesday, May 15.—(Delayed.)—Bethman
Hollwegg answered the peace interpellations in the reich
stag today by saying that it would not serve the best in
terests of the country to make a declaration, therefore he
.declined to do so._
NEW REGULATION
FOR FUR IN MAIL
SEATTLE, Wednesday, May 16.—
A new form covering the shipment
of furs out of Alaska by mail will be
provided for all postmasters in the
territory by the department of com
merce this summer, and it will be
come effective October 1.
ROAD MAP FOR
1916 PUBLISHED
The Gateway has received a copy
of the excellent map of Alaska issued
; by the road commission under Col.
i Richardson. These maps are for sale
; and may be secured by any one for
one dollar, by addressing the Alaska
Road Commission, Valdez.