-- THE ALASKA EVENING POST
', V1 V ; SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 7,1917. ' ' Ten Cents the Copy
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. PINSK SET ON FIR! IY
RUSSIAN GUNS, STRONG
POSITIONS CAPTUREO
<87 United Cable)
PETROGRAD, July 7.—Official reports today show a
continued advance by the Russian army in Galicia . The
Eleventh army corps took first line trenches along a con
siderable sector and second line trenches in several points.
The assaulting forces captured the great Teutonic
stronghold in the fortified forest of bianka with all the
enemy's organized positions, also Hill JSS and the Russian
advance guard has penetrated the village of Godov.
Violent fighting has been begun west of the Pinsk
marshes and the city of Pinsk is reported burning. The
Russian artillery is levelling all obstacles.
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MEN WILL BE DRAFTED 30,000
AT A TIME ON EACH NUMBER
(By l/niied Stutia Cable)
WASHINGTON, July 7.—It is unlikely that the draft
will begin to operate next Monday as the government de
sired because the organization is only complete in eight
states. It is probable that the drawing will begin in the
middle of next week under a method of proceedure guar
anteeing complete fairness.
In each district the blanks begin with No. 1 and the
drawing by numbers simplifies matters so that by drawing
a single number from the wheel at Washington, the man
in each district holding the card bearing that number will
be drafted. A single number drawn from those registered
• in July will mean the drafting of 30,000 men.
FAVOR SEIZURE OF DISTILLED LIQUOR
iBy United States Cable)
WASHINGTON, July 6.—The senate today adopted
the food bill amendment directing the President to take
distilled beverages in bond, compensating the owners. It
voted down the amendment giving the President power to
suspend the manufacture of beers and wines.
The food measure is due to come to a final vote on:
Thursday next and it is believed that both houses will
ratify the act restraining the distillation of liquor during
the war.
POTATO FAMINE IN GERMAN CITIES
(By United State* Cable)
LONDON, July 6— Hamburg and presumably most
other German cities are without potatoes until the new
crops are harvested.
MASONIC PARTY HAD
FINE TRIP ON F. S. R. K.
Returning last night after taking
the party of Masons to Mile 71 on
their way to Anchorage to constitute
the lodge there, R. J. Weir, engineer
in charge, arrived here at 2 o’clock this
morning.
“It was a fine trip and our guests
were more than pleased with the op
portunity to see the wonders of the
Kenai peninsula section of the line,”
said Weir .
The party included in addition to
Past Grand Master Malcolm, M. S.
Whittier, grand lecturer for Alaska;
Dr. J. M. Sloan, Leon Urbach, George
Mitchell and T. W. Hawkins. They
made the trip on two speeders, one
handled by Mr. Weir and one by
George Caldwell, superintendent of
construction.
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S. S. MARIPOSA ON HER
WAY NORTH AGAIN
SEATTLE, July 7. — The S. S.
Mariposa sailed for Alaskan ports this
morning with the following passengers
for Seward: Mrs. A. J. Melville, G.
Baldwin, Mrs. B. Painter, Robert
Guest, H. S. Lloyd and C. Forsell.
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A1 Blair and George Taylor recent
ly returned to Valdez from the Teik
hell district, with 13 brown bears, 147
lynxes, and numerous other fine skins,
for which they received a tidy sum.
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Of the $75,000 bond issue for the
construction of the New Juneau pub
lic schools, $19,000 worth have been
sold already.
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Frank Schow, formerly a well
known Nome character, died in San
Francisco recently. —
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The Sunday ball game promises- to
tit of the Red Cross Fund promises to
eclipse anything that has been staged
in Alaska in the line of athletics since
I)oc Baughman carded a poling boat
loaded with two tons of loose hay over
the White Pass in the days of the
Klondike rush.
Members of the local Red Cross
unit have suggested that the funds to
be raised by the “Commission Cham
pions” and the “Reward Giants” at
Sunday’s game, be used to complete
the local playground and ball park, as
it is much needed. Those who will take
part and who will reap the benefit in
enjoyment have already put forth
splendid efforts to aid the Red Cross.
Captain Kennedy, of the A. E.
Forces, has been ransacking the attic
of the railroad building for material
and has succeeded in digging up an
aggregation that would make the “Si
washed Camp” on the Arm green with
envy, and if they get off with a run-j
ning start Sunday it is the intention of
the management to take them over j
and allow them to feast on the Pets
of Mears on some future date.
On account of being Captain and
having first choice of the positions,
Kennedy will catch. After a long)
talk he persuaded K. J. Weir to deliver,
the slants for his aggregation. Weirj
used to pitch for the Southern Pacific
down on tlje Desert, and Geo. Colwell
will decorate the initial sack on ac
count of the fact that he was the first
man out of Mexico when trouble
broke out there. Tarwater, who was
in the original Sultan of Sulu cast in
the Island production of Ade’s master
piece, wiQ be stationed at second,
and shortstop position has been j
handed to Dowling on account of the
! short-coupled “Charlie Chaplin” effect
on his uper lip. After a great deal
of lengthy discussion the responsible
position of third-sacker was wished on I
one Griffith, who came north to escape!
the draft when Connie Mack broke up j
the PiUsburg machine and started to
rebuiM a newer, bigger, and better
team two years ago. Captain Ward,
one of the famous old Norfolk Nif
ties, which defeated the Cuban Giants
in the fall of the Centennial, will or
nament the right garden, in order to
be next to the bashful Jaccard, who
has to have a player on each side of
him to prevent his bolting off the field
every time he gets a hand from the
fair rooters for making an imposible
catch, and Harold Stites has been ap-1
pointed to hold down the far corner of
the field and collect flies and keep a
watchful eye on the rest of the team,
KENAI PENINSULA MINES
CASE IS SETTLED
The Kenai Peninsula Placer Mines, a
corporation, has been granted an in
junction against Joseph Wilson, Sr.,
and Joseph Wilson, Jr., by which the
latter are restrained from interfering
with thd company mining operations
on the old Wilson property at Moose
pass. The suit was heard before the
district court at Valdez on July 2 and
upon the showing made by the plain
tiff the injunction was granted.
The operations of the corporation
now working on the Wilson property
comprise the most extensive placer ac
tivity on the peninsula this season and
are a distinct benefit to Seward and
it is hoped by both the other Moose
pass mining men and local people that
the activity will encourage other op
erators in that vicinity to extend their
efforts.
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It is understood that the dispute
which gave rise to the suit is now en
tirely settled.
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I supers and water carriers* Of course,
.
I this is a probable line-up and may be
changed.
Captain Cotter admits that his line
up may be changed as new blood
show's but has jicked Sherman Haynes
and Claud Matthieson as the battery
and w’ith Starr, the Wells-Fargo de
mon, on first, A1 Taylor of Marathon
fame ,at second, and Bigford at third,
Alex McDonald at short, Harry Bal
derston who used to play cricket in
Merrie England and is even now’ on
the Allies’ Reserve, will assist at Cen
ter, and Fred Bunce at left field, with
Cotter at right. Harry Ellsworth has
been agreed on to act as umpire, and
the Gateway will furnish the official
scorekeeper.
! FIRST SIGNER
IS MINISTER
: Registration for Army Will Not
Begin in Earnest Until
Monday Morning. *
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Rev. Harry C. Munro, of the Com
I munity Christian church, who left on
I the Admiral Evans enroute to Fair
j banks via Broad Pass, is the first man
to register in Seward under the mili
tary conscription act, according to
Mayor McDonald.
Rev. Munro, who is of military age,
realized that he might not get home
before the final date for registration,
so arranged to register here at dnce.
After registering he boarded the
Evans to accompany Rev. Fisher, of
Seattle, who is making a round trip, as
far as the head of Cook Inlet. Munro
will make the trip overland and return
from Fairbanks via Skagway.
Mrs. Munro, who is an ordained
minister, will occupy the pulpit at
the Community Church during her
husband’s absence.
Mayor McDonald, who with Clerk
Poehlman and Health Officer Romig,
form the local registration board,
stated today that while the blanks
were here, registration would not be
gin until Monday morning owing to
the absence of the clerk. Poehlman
will return on the Alaska and will re
ceive registrations at his desk in the
Seward Drug store.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Evans was in
conference with R. J. Weir, the en
gineer in charge, this morning, making
arrangements for registration of men
at work out the line.
All men of military age who contem
plate a trip away from this district
should register before leaving.
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NATIVE KILLS ANOTHER,
HIS WIFE ENDS LIFE
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Deputy Marshal Harry Brown re
ported July 1 that Knik Nikolai had
murdered Talkeetna Stepan, a “bad
Indian,” up the Susitna river a few
days ago, and is now at large, pre
sumably in the vicinity of Knik. The
wife of Stepan, Negolia Stepan, com
mitted suicide the m<5rning after the
crime. Nikolai beat Stepan to death
with a club. A daughter, Iga, t\
child by Negolia’s first marriage, sur
vives.
Marshal Brown expects the murder
er to make his way to Knik, where he
was born. Nikolai comes from a war
ring family, his father having mur
cTered the storekeeper of an old trad
ing company at Knik several years
ago, for which he paid the death pen
alty.
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CLERKS AND S WANTS
OF TEUTON OFFICIALS
ORDERED FROM U. S.
(Dr United States Cable)
WASHINGTON, July 7. — All Germans formerly con
nected with the German embassy at Washington or with
German consulates in America are requested by the gov
ernment to leave the United States.
Those who are undesirable include for the most part
clerks and personal servants of the ambassador and con
; suls, who are not ssupected of being spies, but their loyalty
to the Kaiser makes it difficult for them to remain in the
United States without attempting to send military infor
mation to Germany.
This request is a part of the general movement to put
an end to the activities of German spies operating within
the United States, and is intended as a preventitive and
not a punishment.
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ASSISTANT TO SWISS CONSUL TO GO
i WASHINGTON, July 7.—Among the first Germans
who will leave the United States under the government’s
request that all former employees of the Teutonic govern
| ment go, will be Heinrich Schaafsen, formerly attached to
the German embassy, but left behind by Ambassador Bern
| storff and since attached to the Swiss legation. The gov
' eminent has reason to believe that a long train of clerks
and servants important to the German intelligence bureau
are here with the Turkish embassy or the Bulgarian min
ister.
SCHAUFHAUSEN SENT TO NORWAY
NEW YORK, July 7.—Heinrich Schaufhausen, for
mer attache of the German embassy, was sent out of this
country today on a Norwegian steamer. The sailing of
the boat was delayed owing to the arrest of Berg von
Linde under the espionage act, charged with passing three
packages of letters and money to the ship’s steward. The
letters and money were confiscated.
THIRTY-SEVEN KILLED IN AIR RAID,
FOUR GERMAN PLANES SHOT DOWN
(By United Siatea Cable)
LONDON, July 7.—Thirty-seven people were killed
and 140 injured in an air raid on London this morning.
The raid did not continue as long as usual as the Brit
ish air fleet was after the enemy before the airplanes
reached London. One of the invading aircraft was brought
down at the mouth of the Thames and three more were
brought down at sea while trying to return to Germany.
Most of the people in London had advance warning
of the raid and sought safety in basements.
GOOD MONEY FOR ORE
DIVER AT CORDOVA
According to persons who arrived
on the Admiral Evans, Walter Mc
Ray, well known deep sea diver of
Tacoma, is making better than $5,000
per month as his share of the copper
ore recovered from the waters of Cor
dova harbor.
McRay has an agreement with the
Kennecott Company that he is to re
ceive one half of the value of all
coper ore recovered For the past
several years hundreds of tons of the
ore have been lost overboard during
the loading of ships at that place and
no effort had been made to recover it.
Now that copper is commanding such
a high price, the company finds that
it pays to give McRay onc-half of the
value to secure the ore.
McRay is making progress in the
work and is recovering theore at a
rapid rate. His share amounts to the
sum stated above for an average
month.
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BOATS AND TRAINS i
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The Mariposa left Seattle for Sew
ard this morning.
The Alaska did not arrive in Cor
dova on schedule but is due there at
four o’clock this afternoon and will be
here early Monday morning.
The Admiral Evans is due south
bound Monday.
The train will go to Mile 71 tomor
row.
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THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
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Maximum .60 <
Minimum.48 i
Current ..56 i
Trace of rain.
WEATHER TOMORROW
Clear and south wind. j
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