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* Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post_
VOLUME XU Number 1-. SEWARD. ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1918. _ TEN CENTS PER COPY
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Thousands of dollars worth of damage has been done
already by fire which has raged for the past three days
along Turnagain Arm. All lies and him’ er cut iast winter
have l>een destroyed, all commission station houses have
been burned and three miles of telegraph and telephone
wire has been made useless.
Fire started Monday at Mile SI and destroyed the
commission bunk and mess houses at that place. The
flames were thought to have been put under control again
when a Turnagain arm wind swept down and the flames
were carried on to Mile 83 destroying everything in the
path. Equipment and commission supplies were rushed to
safety hut the commission hmw s \vt nt up and the several
hundred men lost their personal possessions.
This morning fire is reported to have started around
Mile 85 and men have been rushed there to fight the
flames. The fire is going along the hillside destroying
evervthing in a wide section..
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TO MAKE OUT
Personal tax cin tila ? are no^
jit the assess »r*s otl ie ? ami i*i .* > * ‘ i
are ivceived in the mad citizens, s dv
jeet to the iux should call to llheni a.*
the date for making voluntary <iechira
tions expires next Thursday, July doth
After that date the asH sir v mak>
his own valuations and dcteimin the
tax.
SARATOGA oSPUIXGS. X. V.
Julyl> u- aft
state Republican convention opened
with Theodoie Roosevelt being t.
principal speaker. The convention v
to have been culled this morning but j
was postponed until the arrival of
Roosevelt from Oyster Ra».
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TRAINED NURSES NEEDED
for GENERATION 'll) COME
However long the war emluics, ther
are certain war needs that will be with
us for a generation, and the great »st
of these is the demand lor skilled
women trained in nursing.
The American Red Cross, engaged
in enrolling nurses as reserve lor tne j
Army and Navy Nurse I p ; • '
for the civilian needs ol the fair.: its
of our soldiers and sailors, reognizes
what that need will be. ! >om:incls
from foreign countries for American
nurses to establish training sehoo
come steadily. The Chilfl cn’> H i ea i
of the American R(M‘ Cress in Erai r
has answered a French need by offer
ing training in infant welfare nui dng
to French women.
American nurses will play a large
part in the reconstruction programs
not only in the United States, but in
all the Allied countries.
WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is fair with fresh winds.
•* *Yo» \ is . o; . ving most favo ab
\, i nd» i* \\ stricted conditions owing
to liit .*bort; g - of labor, on the Seward
vi i n; oi ihe ail oad." said Itobert
J. \V» i this morning. Mr. Weir re
v.' d rom an inspection trip last
“I'ailgbtirig of the roadbed is nov
n i.iogrt *o boiwen Miles 71 and 7f»
1 r. »v Mile 7“ to Mile 79U the grade
*s r. auy *• » the laying of steel. All
. i ition work is completed in this sec
tion.. 'iood progress is being made on
thi now bridge at Mile 20.’’
LON HON. July 18 — Major General
Joi n .J. IV dung. commanding the
Ar. lie* i Expeditionary forces in Eu
ope, > \s been awarded the GrandCross
ic Gath. . an
other A t iean offic u\ has been given
;ii* Grand i . n s. of the Older of Mich
ael and St. George.
King George has also awarded the
Knights of the Grand Cross of the Dis
tinguish d order of St. Michael and
George to General March, now Chief
< r* the G« ne:al Si; if in the United Sta
tes. formerly oti the fighting front.
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AMSTERDAM. July 18 — The low
i House of the Hungarian Diet today
refused the government measure giv
ing the women of that nation suffrage.
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NOT HELT AMERICA
WASHINGTON, July ; — Great
| I'ritian’s lai ge acreage of wheat will
: not relieve the Hour shortage in the
j United States to any appreciable de
gree.
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WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARNE, July
18-The American storm troops, in large numbers, have
aunched a powerful offensive in co-operation with tl :•
1 "ranch. The offensive was started this morning north of
Chtueas Thierry and has passed beyond nearly all object
:vo? late this afternoon including the Paris-Soissons roa
The enemy was completely surprised. The Yankees ad
vanced behind a terrific barrage to their first objectives
in less than half an hour. While this movement was being
dug into the ranks of the Germans, more Americans pass
ed over taking the second objectives. Numerous tanks par
ticipatecL Many guns and war materials have been captur
ed. Soissoss is sow in easy range ofthe American guns. In
Torcy and Givry and the Givry woods over eighteen guns
were taken.
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LONDON, July 18 — A crew of "5;
Am ' ican. of the former Great Lakes
tranv r G urge Elliott, have reache 1
hero aboard a British warship. The
George Ellio ttfuondeedr zxz.xzxz xzx i
it irg-» Elliott foundered at sea three
days ago. The members of the crew
o a to their life heats and were later
nicked up by the warship.
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WASHINGTON, July 18 — Under
• icV\ restrictions, copper importations
iecnscs will be issued for ores con- j
..lining less than f>0 per cent copper |
only for Cuba, Canada and Mexico
shipments. The government has do- j
•idc*d that only a small part of the cop- j
mm mined in this country shall be all-,
. wed to go abroad.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, July 18 — Fish prices'
:»t noon today were as follows: halibut
fourteen and three eights cents; sable,
even cents.; ling and red cod, eight
lid seven eights cents.
KETCHIKAN, July 18 — At noon
today halibut, for first grade, was quot
ed at eleven and one quarter cents;
second grade, ten cents; sable, four,
cents; red rock, two cents. %
RELIEVE TIDE TURNED
WASHINGTON, July 18 — War
• i Tills aiv enthused over the news
oi the i rcnch and American offensive.
This is believed proof that the day's
purely defensive operations have ended
Pho Americans are now engaged on
the right flank of the forward move
ment.
It is behoved here that the German
offensives have now become a thing of
the pass and that the Allies after wait
g for weeks are to take the field
force the fighting upon the Germans
and crush everything possible.
NASH 1$ NAMED
TO ASSIST RYAN
WASHINGTON, July 18 — .C W.
Nash, of Kenosha, Wis., has been nam
ed assistant to aircraft director Gen
eral John Ryan. It was announced to
day that Mr. Ryan intends to leave
soon for a trip to the Pacific Coast.
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DANCE_TONiGHT;
There will bo a dance tonight at the
Arctic Brotherhood hall free to all en
listed men now in Seward, aimy and
navy, also to the general public. The
dance was airanged hurriedly this
afternoon and is on short notice but
that is where everybody shines, hustl
ing at the last minute.
Read the Gateway.
BULLETIN-PARIS, July 18- !) o’clock P.M.- The
Trench today gained from two to four miles everw here
on their 25 mile front. Assisted by the Americans, the Fren
ch have taken thousands of prisonei s and >v< r fit
guns besides scores of machine guns.
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LONDON, July 18— Advices of an official nature late
this afternoon state that the French attack between ( ba
teau Thierry and Soissons is on a considerable scale and is
making good progress. 1 his action means a strategic move
by Commander in Chief Foch to counter the German blew
further south along the Marne river. The sector of attack
includes part of the American front. The success of this
move will endanger the German salient created south of
the Aisne and probably result in the capture of a large
part of the Teutons forces, machine guns and war material
Ao further enemy attacks nave been maue east c»i
Rheims. The French on that front have regained ground
at various points, recapturing Mont Vodisin, south of the
Via me, also the heights overlooking the river. Slight Ger
man progress has keen made by the Germans north of
Stagnan and southwest of Dormans.
Military experts here believe that the German offen
sive has been frustrated and that tiie German flanks a •••
now expossed to the Allies as never before. There is a possi
hility that the Allies may so perfect their counter attack :i<
to drag into a net a great force of the Germans and then
annihilate them or capture them.
FRENCH ATTACK ON 25 MILE FRONT.
PARIS, ulyl8— ( Official )— The French attacked
this morning on a 25 mile front between the Ainse and Bell
-eaul making first advances over a mile.
The situation on the Marne and in the Champagne
fronts is unchanged late this afteroon. The violent attacks
f the Germans have stopped.
BRITISH ALSO ADVANCE LINES.
LONDON, July 18— ( Official )—The British line
has been advanced on a front over.a mile southeast of Vill*
ers Brettoneau*. East of Hebuterne the British line has
also improved.
' CLAIRIZET IS RECAPTURED.
LONDON, July 18— Late this afternoon an official
report says that on the north side of the Marne Clairzet
been recaptured from the Germans who have retreated in
disorder leaving all wounded on the field, large quantities
of war materials including many machine guns. Clairzet
is two miles northeast of Bligny.
ROOSEVELT’S SON MAY BE*ALIVE.
OYSTER BAY, July 18— Col. Roosevelt received a
special cablegram from Commander Pershing during the
night “hoping that his son Quentin may have landed safe
ly.” The cablegram indicates that Young Roosevelt, in his
fight with a German machine, was forced down inside the
BATHER KILLED BY GUNFIRE
SHOT FROM AN AIRPLANE.
LONDON July — While bathing in prohibited wat
ers in East Kent a young officer was killed last week by
gunfire from an airplane. Targets had been set up for air
plane practice and the airman giving evidence at the in
ouest said he took the officer’s head for a target when fly
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ing over the water.