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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post •*
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1318. TEN CENTS PH COPY
Volume XL Number 2.">S. _____—-—- . - . .
G LMANY PLANS TO
R [STORE MONARCHY
TO RUSSIAN PEOPLE!
LONDON, Fel). 25.—A telegram from Petrograd to
; he Morning Post says Germany plans to restore the Hus-1
sian monarchy. Former Russian Empress Alexandria,
as the guardian of her son the former Tsarevitch, is a fav
orite candidate of the Germans tor the throne, lhe foi -
mer Czar is understood to have said pointedly that he will
not accept the throne at the hands of the Germans.
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AMBASSADORS TO STAY AT PETROGRAD
PETROGRAD, Feb. 25—'The Ambassadors of the Al
lied nations have decided to remain here pending develop
ments. Some of the members of the staffs of the Allied
representatives have already left and others are to leavej
soon through Siberia.
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RUSSIAN DICTATOR IS APPOINTED.
LONDON. Feb. 25.—A dispatch from Berlin says that
General Brujevitch has been appointed Star Ensign with
Gen. Krylenko a Commander of the Russian armies. Bru
jevitch has been proclaimed dictator and he has ordered
the Russians to fight to the last. Brujevitch was a for
mer member 01 Krylenko s cnief o. stait.
GERMANS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
BERLIN, Feb. 25—An official war statement says
that the German forces have occupied Pernau, the Rus
sian seaport, ninety miles noitheast of Riga. ,
GERIG ON HIS
WAY NORTH TO
BEGIN LABORS
Engineer in Charge of Anchorage
Division Returning to interior
Ready lor Work to be Done
This Coming Season
WILL CONNECT TWO DIVISIONS
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Small Wharf Only to be Built 1 his
Season a* Anchorage—Will he
About the Size of the
Railroad Dock Here
“Work will be rushed in making the
connection between the Seward and
Anchorage Divisions; work alieady
under way north on the Anchorage
division will be finished and a wharf
at Anchorage, with a face about 500
feet, about the same of your wharf in
Seward, will be constructed; and a
channel large enough to permit steam
ers landing at the wharf will be
dredged. Work on the wharf and the
channel will not involve any larg*
amount of money, as has been stated,
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
is simply building a wharf as a start
er to probable tonnage later on.
The above statements w’ere made at
the Seward Hotel by William Gerig,
who arrived here on the Alaska. Mr.
Gerig has been appointed engineer
in-charge of the Anchorage Division
and has come north, accompanied by
his wife, ready to begin w*ork at An
chorage as soon as the w’eather pei
mits.
“Many persons believe that we are
going to spend millions of dollars on
a wharf and a channel at Anchorage.
As I said when on my way to Wash
ington, last November, this is an er
roneous idea. The wharf proposed
will be about the size of the Seward
dock. The channel to be dredged, can
best be illustrated by saying that,
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supposed the Seward dock was built |
back about one hundred feet—a chan
nel would have to be dredged in front
of the dock to enable ships to reach
it. That is what is proposed to be
done at Anchorage, no moie, no less.”
Mr. Gerig left Washington, 1). C.,
the latter part of January and In*
stated that everything is war, war,
and no legislation, or rather very lit
tle legislation, will be enacted by con
gress that does not pertain to the
war.
‘‘You people up here do not know
what war is,” said Mr. Gerig. “At
the best restaurants and the best ho
tels, while I was in Washington, only
brown sugar was served to guests. It
was impossible to secure white sugar,.
For many days in Washington, there
was only 24 hours of coal on hand. At
the White House, coal was being le
livered every day and then only in
quantities for that day’s needs. I
went several times to New \ork, from j
Washington, which generally takes
seven hours. My train was generally
12 hours late, being switched off re
peatedly to allow coal trains to pass.
The five day’s closing order, of what
you are familiar with, did much to
change the situation.”
Mr. Gerig will leave tomorrow w ith j
his wife for Anchorage.
TEN THOUSAND
DEAD-RESULT !
OF EARTHQUAKE
AMOY, China, Feb. 25. — Reports j
from Swatow state that nearly ten I
thousand are dead as the result of the j
earthquake which was reported late
Saturday night. The property dam
age is not estimated.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. — An
embargo against the shipment of any
.white beans from California was plac
ed in effect by army authorities.
MONTH iXTENSION
IS GIV N ALASKA
FOR INCOM; TAX
In a wire received this morning by the Gateway the
information is conveyed that a blanket extension has been
granted of one month to those filing income tax returns
from Alaska. This order was due to the non-arrival of
the necessary blanks at many of the cities in Alaska in
time for the Northerners to make returns in the time spec
ified. The returns must now be in the hands of the Col
lector of Internal Revenue Williams, of Tacoma, by April
1st instead of March 1st.
The income tax ruling also applies to reports on pay
ments of more than $800 during the year to be made by
employers and business enterprises, and covers incomes
both above and below $2000 and incorporation incomes.
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'• COMPENSATION OF ALASKA IS
UPHELD BY CIRCUIT COURT *
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SAN FRANCICO, Feb. 2^—The validity of the
* Workmen’s Compensation Act was upheld in a de
cision given today by the Circuit Court of Appeals.
' The case was that in which the Kennecott Copper *
’ Company was sued by J. F. Johnson for heavier
' damages than the $1,140 awarded him under the *
terms of the act.
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BARS ARE LET
DOWN TO BOATS
OF CANADIANS
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — Secre
tary of Commerce Wi’ iam C. Red
field today ordered all Customs Col
lectors to allow Canadian fishing ves
sels to enter and clear between Ameri
can ports and the fishing banks on
both coasts. Reciprocal privileges are
now being asked of Canada.
TICKETS NOW
ON SALE FOR
THE BIG SHOW
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Tickets went on sale today at the
Seward Drug Company’s store for the
big dramatic event to be given next
Saturday night at the Arctic Brother
hood hall for a benefit for the local
chapter of the Red Cross. The com
plete program was printed in yester
day’s paper and every number is a
worthy one and a large attendance is
indicated for the performance.
The sketches have been in rehearsal
for several weeks and with the use
of the stage on ceitain nights' this
week, everything will be in splendid
sh: ;*e for the show on Saturday night.
Thof- taking part nave devoted much
time to the various sketches and spec- j
ialties and they ail expect to be greet
ed by a full house
OUT FOR LEGISLATURE
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Advices >vere received in the last
mail that Elbert E. Ray, of Cordova,
has filed his declaration of candidacy
for the Territorial legislature on the
Democratic ticket.
VICTORIA HAS
LARGE NUMBER
COMING HOME
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SEATTLE, Feb. 25. — Steamer Vic
toria sailed yesterday morning at nine
o’clock for Seward, Valdez and Cor
dova, via the outside passage. The
Victoria took a large freight ship
ment for Alaskan ports, seven day’s
mail and the following passengers for
Seward: I. J. Strere, S. G. Norman,
Mrs. V. Mason, Charles A. Benson,
Mary Rock, Sam Abelson, Lee Camp
bell, Miss Helen Verksather, Miss P.
Wilson, M. W. Moek, Christen Ander
son, H. W. Kuhnhausen, P. J. Vest, A.
D. Grey, Louis Roy, J. Carlson,
Arthur Frame, Iver Hagen, A. Carl
son, J. L. Johnson, Art Mikel, J. H.
Foreman and J. H. Ritter.
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JOHN NOON IS
CANDIDATE TO
LEGISLATURE
John Noon has filed his candidacy
for the Territorial legislature on the
Democratic ticket subject to the pri
mary election on April «S0th. Mr.
Noon is a member of the firm of Bro
ssius & Noon, is well known in Sew
ard and along the coast.
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LEGISLATURE CONVENES
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AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 25. — Gov.
VV. P. Hobby announced today that th *
legislature would convene tomorrow
and one measure to be legislated will
be that of prohibiting intoxicating li
quor from being sold within ten miles
of any army comp in the state.
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ATLANTIC STEAMER
EOIND RS--40 ARE
REPORTED AS SAEE
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Feb. 25—Steamer Flori
zel, bound from St. Johns for New York with 146 aboard,
crew and passengers, crashed upon Cape Race rocks early
this morning and was pounded to pieces by the heavy seas.
It is believed that only forty have been rescued, one hun
dred and six having been lost.
The steamer Prospero rescued a number of those on
board, naval gunners on the Prospero shooting a line to
the Florizel but it broke after twenty two bad been pulled
to safety.
The Florizel was the Queen of the Newfoundland
boats and was owned by the New York, Newfoundland &
Halifax Steamship Co., known as the Red Cross Line.
Several steamers are still searching along the coast
but there are no hopes of finding any more survivors.
U. S. SOLDIERS !
HELP FRENCH IN !
GENERAL RAID
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY,
Feb. 25. — The American patrol in j
the Chemindesdames sector, in con-i
junction with a French patrol, last
night penetrated a few hundred yards
into the German lines and captured
two German officers, twenty men and
one machine gun. There was sharp
fighting and many Germans were
killed or wounded. No American
casualties occurred. A French officer j
commanded the American-French pa-1
trol in the attack.
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AMERICANS ARE
READY FOR THE
. GREAT ATTACKS
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — In the |
war review made this forenoon b) j
Secretary of War Baker, he says that
his Department finds no cause for I
surprise in the German offensive in
Russia.
Regarding the expected offensive of
the Germans on the western front the
Secretary says that the Allies and the
Americans are ready. Secretary Ba
ker says that the attack on the Ameri
can sectors in France by the Germans
has caused no surprise but the Gei
mans will undoubtedly be surprised at
the resistance of what they call the
small handful of untried, inexperienc
ed Americans.”
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ANCHORAGE MAN INTERNED
Passengers arriving Saturday from
Anchorage on the train brought the
information that Albert Strye, a Ger
man subject, proprietor of a photo
graphic studio there, had been arrest
ed and interned, charged with having
made a seditious statement No hear
ing or trial is given a German sub
ject charged with seditious utterances
according to recent instructions from
Washington, D. C,
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ALASKANS
URGE BILL
FOR NORTH
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — Dele
gate Charles A. Sulzer, J. J. Finne
gan, of Seward, and Henry Harriman
of Ketchikan, on last Saturday after
noon argued before the House com
mittee on Public Lands on a general
oil, coal and gas leasing bill which has
already been passed by the Senate.
The Alaskans urged the retention of
the Senate amendment extending the
provisions of the bill to Alaska.
SPOKANE HAS
A LIGHT LOAD
FORJEWARO
Steamer Spokane arrived in port at
noon today bringing one day’s mail
from Seattle, 25 tons of freight and
the following passengers: C. E. Hook
er, J. H. Nicholds and J. Chamber
lain, traveling men; H. Fleishman, file
clerk at Anchorage for the commis
sion; Barney Watson, agent at An
chorage for the Pacific Steamship Co.;
Henry Sindahl, James Rock, J. Roth
fus, Ben Ney and wife and J. Santes
mon.
The Spokane remained in port one
hour and sailed for the south at 1
o’clock taking the following passen
gers: Ben Delzelle, A. G. Dahlin, Jo
sephine Mason, Nellie Brady, L. O.
Kay, B .A. Jones, S. Kirstl and C.
Walancho.
Coming north the Spokane called at
several canneries but was held up yes
terday for 14 hours between Cordova
and Valdez in a snowstoim.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Feb. 25. — The follow
ing were the quotations on fish at
noon today: halibut 25 cents; sable
six cents; ling cod 4 cents; pickled
sable $12 a barrel and pickled herring
$11 a barrel.