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_v. N — SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24,1917. ~_ Ten Cento the Cop?
N GRO SOLDIERS
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(Bjr Associated l*rcss Dispatch)
HOUSTON. Texas, Aug. 24.—In a wild outbreak by
150 members of the Twenty-fourth l nited States Infan
try, (colored), last night, fifteen were killed and eighteen
wounded, many seriously.
Among the dead are fifteen white men, including
Captain J. W. Mattes, of the field artillery. Only two of
the negro rioters were killed.
The eighteen wounded included one young white girl
and three negro soldiers.
Martial law has been declared by the governor and
the negroes are in camp under a heavy guard.
The colored regulars were on guard at Camp Logan,
v hich is being prepared as a rendezvous for National
Guard troops. Trouble began after the negroes had com
plained of treatment accorded them during the day while
in Houston, by members of the police force.
Taking their rifles and plenty of ammunition the ne
groes formed in line of battle at the camp and marched
on the town, firing at lights in houses along the road.
Captain J. W. Mattes, of the Second Field Artillery
regiment, lost his life in an attempt to stop the march
ers, he being shot down while ordering the men to halt.
Four city policemen are also among the dead, they
having endeavored to stand off the trained troopers with
revolvers.
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TROOPS ORDERED OUT OF TEXAS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. — Negro troops, who en
gaged in rioting at Fort Houston, will be withdrawn from
Texas immediately, according to Secretary Baker of the
War Department. He did not state, however, whether or
not the negroes will be kept in the southern States.
Senator Sheppard said today that he would ask that
no negro troops, except those ot Texas origin, be sent
into Texas for training.
U. S. AVIATOR
SEES BATTLE
FROM ABOVE
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Describes Sight as Birdseye View of,
Hell to Tune of Roaring
Guns
PARIS. Aug. !), (By Mail). — “A
birdseye view of hell.”
This is how the Flanders battlefield
looked to an American aviator who
flew over it at the height of the great
Allied offensive.
“I flew at an altitude of about two
hundred feet,” he wrote, from '‘some
where at the front. Lhe land was
pock-marked by yawning craters and
holes, filled with water and wounded
men struggling in the mud. Tanks
wallowed through the swamp like pre
historic monsters.
“The old enemy first and second
lines could be traced with difficulty.
German wire entanglements were
buried. Down below l could see tiny
figures of men—French and British
infantry—frantically ‘digging in’ ev
erywhere, far in advance of their ob
jectives.
“Stretcher-bearers could be picked
out, crawling back with bandaged
wounded. A German albatross (bi
plane) could be seen half-buried in
muck. Further back, scurrying from
shell hole to shell hole, the gray of
German infantry could be discerned.
The enemy fought desperately but in
effectively, yielding steadily.
“Hundreds of spans bridged the
stagnant trickle called the \ser Ca
nal and over these bridges scurried
men and supplies.
“I could see artillery hurrying to
advanced positions. Pack mules, car
rying machine guns; more infantry,
vans of munitions, struggled forward.
“Over all this dark scene of car
nage towered black skies, pouring an
incessant torrent of rain. The roar
of guns was indescribable.
“Titanic eLxplosions punctuated the
AMMUNITION
FAILED, TANK
CiLttUftUlOUilK
C a. tain and The Men From Ameri
can Bout Lost When Cruiser
Bags Sub
(By Asaociatfd Pre»» Dispatch)
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Advices
received from Germany Indicate that
the captain and gunners taken aboard
a German submarine from the oil
tanker Capmana are alive. The sub
marine had been reported sunk but
reached a German port where the men
are held as prisoners of war.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—As a re
sult of the destruction of the Cam
pana. an American tanker, after her
supply of shells were exhausted, the
amount of ammunition furnished mer
chant ships will be doubled.
The submarine captain took the cap
tain and five gunners prisoners and »t
is reported that a French cruiser
afterward sunk the submarine, pris
oners and all.
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HUNT KILL EWES, LAMBS
OK SELL MOOSE MEAT
Game regulations from D. F. Hous
ton. secretary of agriculture, for the
coming season include in addition to
the rule against the sale of Moose
meat on Kenai peninsula, the follow
ing in regard to ewes and lambs of
mountain sheep:
“The killing of female mountain
sheep or lambs on the Kenai Penin
sula and in that part of Alaska north
of latitude 60 degrees and west of
longtitude 141 degrees is hereby pro
hibited until August 1, 1919.”
continuous fury of sound. The storm
increased in fury with the intensity
of the combat below.”
SECRETARY OF
MISSION BOARD
MAKING TOOR
Head of Episcopalian Work On Way
to Westward—Bishop Rowe
Coming
John W. Wood, secretary of the
board of missions for the Episcopa
lian church, with headquarters at New
York, accompanied by Archdeacon
Hudson Stuck, arrived from Nome on
the S. S. Victoria and will go west
ward with Bishop Rowe on the Alaska.
On their arrival here they were met
by Rev. George J. Zinn, in charge of
work here, who will also accompany
them west. Secretary Wood has just
completed a tour of interior Alaska.
ON HIS WAY TO
ARMYSCHOOL
Appointee to Officers’ School from
Farthest North, Hound
Southward
R. S. Pollister and Mrs. Pollister,
of Nome, were in Seward to day en
route to San Francisco, where he is
ordered to report for admission to the
Second Officers’ military training
camp.
Pollister has the distinction of be
ing called from the greatest distance
to attend the school for officers for
the National army. He can not reach
San Francisco in time for the opening
of the term, owing to the extra few
thousand miles he will have to cover,
but has made arrangements by wire
so that the place will be held open.
At Nome, Pollister has been in the
lighterage business and says that the
long hours, so-called, at the school,
appeal to him as rather short as com
pared to those in his regular voca
tion.
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ADMIRAL EVANS IN
FROM THE SOUTH
The Admiral Evans arrived from
Seattle and way ports yesterday with
the following passengers for Seward:
J. Kruttschnitt, Mother M. Philome
na, Sister M. Justina, Sister M. Ste
phanie, Sister M. Germaine, Bernice
Blalack, E. E. Ritchie, Ruth Young,
F. M. Anderson, Otto HermsdorlT, R.
M. Church, C. M. Brosius, J. L. Reed
and live third-cabin passengers.
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NAMES OF COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS ARE RECEIVED
Names of men receiving commis
sions in the First National army fol- j
lowing the First Officers’ school at the j
Presidio, are on file at The Gateway ,
office for any who care to see them.
The list is too long to publish.
HAMILTONON
LONG JOURNEY
Well Known Old-Time Mining Man
Dies at Home in
Wisconsin
Word was received today by George
Phelps of the death, on August 2nd,
of James W. Hamilton, well-known
old-timer in this section, who has re
sided since March at Madison, Wis
consin.
Hamilton was interested in mining
ventures and at one time was con
nected with the Frost coal mining
company at Matanuska.
At one time Hamilton was right
hand man for Marcus Daly and there
is a town in Montana named for him.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. William Ryan of Madison, Wis.,
and Mrs. Louis Bock of Venice, Cal.;
two sons, James W. Hamilton and
Frank Hamilton of Madison, Wis.,
and three sisters, Miss Elizabeth Ham
ilton of Chicago, Mrs. Margaret Jon
dro of Dowes, Iowa, and Mrs. Mat
thew W. Conlin of Madison, Wis.
FRENCH CAPTURE HILL 304
IN THIRD VERDUN DRIVE
PROF. MARTIN
TO EXAMINE
COAL AGAIN
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First Man to Expert Matanuska Field
On His Way to Make
Supplemental Report
Prof. G. C. Martin, of the U. S.
Geological Survey, was in Seward last
night on his way to the Matanuska
coal fields to make a supplementary
report on conditions there.
Prof. Martin made the original sur
vey of the coal fields and is one of
the great authorities on Alaskan coal.
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JURORS FOR
SEWARD TERM
Men Called for Seward Term from
Town and Also from
Roosevelt
An additional venire for the petit
jury was drawn in the district court
yesterday, including the following:
Thomas Hambright, J. L. Graef,
Thomas Gamble, S. A. Johnson, W.
Flynn, F. J. Cotter, W. W. Aider
man, Alfred Uosness, I). C. Brownell,
Jr., John Rosness, Andrew Novak, 1).,
C. Mathison, Reginald Kerr, Edward
A. Thede, Charles K ref ting and E. E.
Chamberlain, all of Seward; and Rob
ert Boyd, Bob Gehling, John King,
Al. Smith, all of Roosevelt.
These men will be required to re
port on Tuesday, August 28th.
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TAKES SEWER
ROUTE OUT
Alaskan Doing Time for Double
Murder Tires of Climate at
r Ft. Leavenworth
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Aug. 24.
—Joseph Campbell, of Alaska, serv
! ing a term here for the murder of
two brothers in Alaska to get pos
sion of a gold mine, escaped from the
federal penitentiary yesterday byi
crawling through a sewer for a dis-;
tance of 200 yards. He was accom
panied by another convict.
Campbell was convicted for slaying
the Nelson brothers on the Koyokuk
river and had recently petitioned for
a new’ trial on the ground of addition-1
al testimony. This petition wfas
signed by many men in northern Al
aska.
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UMATILLA TO BE LAST
BOAT OUT OF NOME
Word has been reecived from Nome
that the S. 8. Umatilla will be the
last boat leaving that port this year.
The Victoria, w’hich usually makes six
trips, is making only five this season.
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Yesterday. <■
u Maximum .65 u
II Minimum .48
Current.54 j|
Partly cloudy. South wind.
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WEATHER TOMORROW
Stormy.
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(By Aaaociatcd Praia Diapatch,
PARIS, Aug. 24, (Official).—French forces attacked
this morning on the left bank of the Meuse between Avo
court Wood and Dead Man’s Hill, capturing Hill 304, Kam
ard Wood and Bethincourt wood.
With the capture of Hill 304 the Tri-color of France
now waves over all the ground lost during the great Ger
man drive in the early months of 1916.
Resistance by the Teutons was not up to its usual
pitch this morning and the attacking forces reached be
yond the objectives of the planned attack, advancing to
the average depth of a mile and a quarter along the full
line of attack.
Attack by the French east of the road between Esness
and Bethincourt enabled the French commanders to en
large their positions north of Dead Man’s Hill.
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JOY REIGNS IN PARIS
PARIS, Aug. 24, (Associated Press Correspondence).
—Joyous crowds paraded the streets today in honor of
the third victorious drive this week at Verdun. Today’s
official cominque contained the words “Nort de Le Mort
Homme,” (north of Dead Man’s Hill), which shows the
French to be in complete possession of the whole butte in
the struggle for which thousands of men in both armies
have died.
ITALIANS BREAK INTO ARTILLERY
ROME, Aug. 24, (Official).—Italian troops stormed
new German positions on the Isonzo front yesterday and
broke up violent counter attacks by German troops lush
ed to the Italian front to re-inforce the now badly demor
alized Austrian forces.
In this morning’s advance General Cadorna’s Alpine
troops broke clear through the infantry lines and pene
trated important zones of artillery defense, capturing
sixty Austrian guns. In places these guns had been
hauled up cliffs to fortified positions, which represented
months of work.
Including yesterday’s batch, 20,000 Austrian prison
ers have been captured and sent to the rear.
PORTUGUESE ARMY IN ACTION
LONDON, Aug. 24, (Official).—Heavy fighting con
tinued throughout the night south of Lens. British
forces now hold the German trenches immediately north
west of the bitterly-disputed defense at Green Grassier.
Portuguese troops now holding a part of the line at
Lebasse, repulsed German raiders at two points during
the night.
GERMANS NEARING RIGA
BERLIN, Aug. 24, (Official). — German troops are
advancing on the city of Riga and have reached the AA
and at some places the Riga coast.
RED CROSS CHAPTER FOR SEWARO
(By Associated I'ress Dispatch)
Attorney Robert Scott, of Los Angeles, organizer for
the American Red Cross, was in conference with mem
bers of the temporary unit here last evening and stated
that a chapter will be organized here at an early date.
Important announcements concerning Red Cross work
, will be made in the near future. Work to be done under
the war service branch of the organization is stupen
dous, a recent order having come from Europe for 150,000
knitted sets, each set including sweater, muffler, wrist
lets and socks, to protect men in trench fighting in win
ter.
I. W. W. SHUT DOWnIuTTE MINES
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—The Government’s ship
building program calls for the building of a total of 1270
ships, with a total of 8,000,000 tonnage, according to the
estimates of the shipping board, as a basis for the request
of a new billion-dollar appropriation.
EIGHT MILLION TONS oTu. S. SHIPS
BUTTE, Aug. 24.—The Anaconda Copper company’s
mines here and the smelter at Anaconda have been closed
on account of labor troubles at Anaconda where thou
sands of men failed to report for work.