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‘ THE ALASKA EVENING POST _____
Volume XI. Number 2:17. SEXVAKD. ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1,1917_Ten Cento the Copy
J. J. GRIMES M TS
DEATH IN A SLIDE
AT GRAVEL PIT
While working for the Alaska Northern at Mile o1/2,
known as the gravel pit. where the steam shovel has been
working, three men were caught in a slide at 9:30 Satur
day evening and two of them buried beneath.
One man. -Jess J. Grimes, was smothered to death be
fore help could reach him. while the other two, a man by
the name of McPherson, and the other, whose name we
bruised and in the Seward hospital but reports today are
The slide was not large but came so suddenly and un
to the effect that he w ill again be at work in a few da\s.
are unable to learn, escaped. McPherson is slightly
expectedly that tirimes anti Mel herson weie caught,
Grimes being literally covered with the gravel, while Mc
Pherson was able to crawl out with the help of otheis.
The third man being further away from the falling
gravel, ran, and thereby escaj>ed unhurt.
Medical aid was summoned and a train rushed to the
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scene of the accident within a tew minutes, uui n
found that Grimes was dead upon being taken out from
under the dirt and McPherson was rushed into Seward
and taken to the hospital where it was found that, other
than a few minor bruises, he was unhurt.
This is the first time in the history of the building
of the road where a man has lost his life and when it is
considered that over a thousand men are employed on
the road, many in dangerous positions, it is considered
remarkable, to say the least.
Jess Grimes was well known along the line and a
young man liked by all. He was always cheerful and full
of life and was held in high esteem by his co-workers.
Nearly everyone to a man, who knew him or was associ
ated with him, turned out to pay their last respects to the
one thev all loved so well in life.
His relatives all live in the States and word has been
sent to them and in the meantime the body will be taken
care of here until they are heard from.
STARTLING EXPOSURE IN EMPRESS’ APPEAL
GENEVA, Oct. 1.—A dispatch from Innsbruck says
that the Austrian empress has written a long personal
memorandum to the German Emperor dealing with the
coming fourth winter campaign. The empress exposes
many facts which have l>een hidden so far by \ ienna
statesmen and diplomats and the memorandum is report
ed to be a striking document.
AMEmCANSARE
HURRYING HUM I
700 IN R UIN
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
sive training under French supervisory instruction. Hith
off of relations between the United States and GermanyJ
470 Americans have departed from Germany for home or
neutral countries. The census recently compiled by the
American Association of Commerce and Trade, of Berlin,
indicated that there were approximately 1200 Americans
in Germany on March 1. The present number will,
therefore, not greatly exceed 700, half of whom are living
in Berlin.
Americans continue to be unmolested and are subject
ed to the same police rules and travel restrictions as neu
trals. Requests for permits to cross the frontiers are
granted in the order filed. The routine, however, fre
quently necessitates a wait of three or four weeks.
ADMIRAL WATSON DUE TOMORROW
TheAdmiral Watson is due in Seward sometime to
morrow.
The S. S. Alameda left Seattle September 25th, ran
into a gale, and after battling against it some time, re
turned to Seattle for slight repairs, leaving that city
again on Thursday, September 27, and will arrive here Oc
tober 4th.
CREEKS WILL
BE WORKED
THIS WINTER
—
Discoveries of Placer Near Selkirk
Scenes of Great Activity
Before Spring
JUNEAU MEN ARE
INTERESTED IN FINDS
Gravel on Surface Yielded Two-Cent
Pans—Preparing to Ship Much
Reindeer Meat
DAWSON, Oct. 1.—It is expected
that much work will be done this win
ter on Kitchener, Seymour and tribu
tary placer creeks near Selkirk. Stak
ing is going on continuously. The
Seymour is already staked for eight
miles anti men are at work on some
of the claims.
A placer strike was made twenty
miles west of Selkirk several months
ago. Captain Back, a veteran Yukon
er, working quietly, got some Juneau
men interested. Several claims were
staked and now one hundred and fifty
are staked on the two creeks. There
is quite a movement in the direction
of the discovery since two-cent pans i
have boon found in the surface gravel
on Seymour creek.
To Ship Much Meat
Reindeer herders are arranging to
rhip outside a large number of rein
deer carcasses for meat. The short
age of meat in the Allied countries
which is expected to afTect the United
States also, is the reason for sending
YANKEES WILL
CRACK THRU
HJJN LINE
Member of Expedition to France Re
turns Optimistic of American's
Ability
•
SAYS THEY WILL GO
RIGHT THRU HUN LINKS
P
He Is One of Seven Officers Brought
Back to Act As Instructors In
the Training Cany>s
AX ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 1.—
‘|\Ve will go right through the Ger
man line,” said a lieutenant-colonel
who returned today from the Ameri
can training camp in France and land
ed at this port. The officer says the
morale of the American troops is
splendid and that the men are anxious
for their share of the work in the
trenches.
Six other omcers accompanied mm
and all will take commands in the new
national army to give the beginners
the benefit of their experience over
seas and to teach them the new meth
ods.
the big amount.
Uain Helps Nome
Excessive rainfall during the past
summer at Nome has increased pro
duction of gold. Experts of the gov
ernment are tracing platinum depos
its in the new field in the Dime coun-!
try with the idea of utilizing the
metal for war uses.
RUSSIANS TO DECIDE
FOR OR AGAINST
CONTINU D UNION!
—
(By A«*ocial#d Pre»* DUpatfh)
PETROGRAD, Oct. 1— A decision for or against the
continued union of church and state under the new provi
sional government will be decided during the coming
months.
An Oecumenical Congress of the Russo-Greek Ortho
dox church will meet in the fall or the early winter and
at probably the same time there will take place a gath
ering of the lay constituent assembly, which with or with
out the consent of the Oecumenical Congress may reach
its own conclusions as to whether state and church shall
separate.
In preparation for the Oecumenical Congress, Pro
curor of the Holy Synod Lvoff has convoked a “Pre-Con
gress Council,” with the function of preparing reform
projects to be laid before the congress. In the council
will sit representatives of the Holy Synod, seven bishops,
and delegates from the “Congress of Clergy and Laymen,
which, to the number of more than 1,000, already has set
at Moscow; together with prominent monks, dignitaries
of the church of Georgia and representatives of the Or
thodox sectarians.
Meanwhile the provisional reform of the Orthodox
church is proceeding. The principle of election of church
dignitaries thus far elected by vote of clergy and laymen
is Benjamin, Bishop of Gdovsk, who is titular bishop of
Petrograd and metropolitan of Petrograd. As candidate
of the mass of the clergy and of the prohibitionist work
ingmen, Benjamin defeated the radical church reformer
Andrew, bishop of Ufa.
Another reform is the choice of young clerics for high
positions. Bishop Benjamin is only 45; and Bishop Pa
chomius of Tchernigoff, also elected by popular vote since
the revolution, is only 44.
The agitation for the reform of monastic life con
tinues. At the Monks’ congress at Moscow, reformers
suggested the transformation of all monasteries into labor
communities. They complained that in some monasteries
a third of the revenue goes for the personal use of the j
Father Superior.
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WAR VIC ROY TO STEAM
OUT UNDER TH! FLAG
OF UNITED STATES
(Rr Associated Press Dispatch)
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 1.—When the new steel steam
er War Viceroy leaves Portland next week on her official
trip she will be under the United States flag and in com
mand of an American captain. A test of her machinery
will be made on a run from Portland to Puget Sound. She
will carry a small amount of cargo in the No. 5 hatch.
The steamer was built jointly by the Northwest
Steel Co. and the Willamette Iron and Steel works. The
contract.for her construction was awardedby a Norwe
gian firm. After the building of the vessel was pretty
well along she was purchased by the Cunard line and when
launched she carried the British colors.
Recently the United States shipping board comman
deered the contracts held by the several steel shipbuild
ing companies at Portland and the War Viceroy, almost
completed, was included among them. Consequently she
is the property of the United States shipping board, which
has issued instructions to the Willamette Iron and Steel
works not to permit any outsider on her.
In the neighborhood of 200 Cunard lines building in
the United States, some of them about ready to leave the
ways, will be given American registry, it is said, having
been requisitioned for other nationalities. Under this pro
cedure many Norwegians have changed ownership, add
ing greatly to the numerical strength of the United
States merchant marine.
The War Viceroy makes the second large commer
cial carrier which has been turned out in completed form
by the joint efforts of the Northwest Stdeet company and
the Willamette Iron & Steel works. The first was the
War Baron, which went into active service early in the
summer. Each is of 8300 tons capacity. Many more steel
steamers of similar size are being built at Portland. Paint
ed a dull gray color the War Viceroy presents a warlike
appearance.
HOLD NATIONAL GUARD UNITS TOGETHER
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Renewed assurances that
national guard units will be broken up as little as possible
in the army reorganization, was given today by the war
department. It was explained, however, that in many
cases it will be necessary to change the status or unity of
organizations and that the decision rests with the de
partment commanders.
FRENCH NOW TRAINING ~
AM 1ICAN GUNNERS
TO USE HOWITZERS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN FRANCE, Oct.
1.—A large contingent of American artillery has joined
the expeditionary army and is well along with its inten
sive training under French supervisory interaction. Hith
erto the arrival of the artillery contingent has been care
fully guarded and permission to mention the fact has just
been given. The American artillerymen are using the
latest models of the famous French seventy-fives and also
six-in howitzers.
SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN TO BE VOTED ON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—The Susan B. Anthony res
olution for nation-wide woman suffrage by constitutional
amendment has been favorably reported by the senate
suffrage committee and will take place on the calendar for
a vote at the session beginning in December.
Whether the suffrage resolution can command the
necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate and later in the
House is*a question. President Wilson so far has refused
to put the influence of the administration behind it, al
though urged to adopt it as a war measure.
Without debate or action the Senate passed Senator
Shafroth’s bill authorizing the Hawaiian legislature to
give women who have property and other qualifications
of men the right to vote in territorial elections. It also
authorizes the legislature to submit to the territory the
question of giving women unrestricted suffrage there.