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FOOD WILL WIN THE
I HE WHO WASTES A jj WAR — DON’T WASTE
I CRUST OF BREAD PRO- || ‘ I IT
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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post
~ SEWARD,TlASKA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20^ 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI, Number 2'iS. _ ... _ __
PETROGRAB
WAITS FOR
HONS TO
ENTER CITY
RON PON, March 20. - The Ger
man occupation oi 1 etrograii i.> or.\
a mailer oi hours according to the
Pi-patches received from there this
uftcirtoi'ii. These reports state th it
the Russians in the city tire assuming
a waiting attitude ami are not *i>
plaving the slightest sign ot’ organ
izui rosi>ianoe. The Germans have j
reached Pno station south ot hr ci.\.
The Russians are now anxiot* m
guiding what appears to be an en
veloping movement of the Austru
Gcmens again.-t M«mo v. There is a»
leady talk of moving the canita* to
Saratofl*. Nizhni or \ >v “gored .
Diplomats Going to Seoul
TOKIO. March 20.—American Am
hassador Francis and the French and
English diplomats \ om 1‘ rogrid ire
expecteci to arrive at Seoul toda\ from
Russia. They are reported on route te
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Japan.
Relations Are Fnehanyed
MOSCOW, March 20. — Foreign
Mmister Tchitcherin told the A.^o
ciated Press today that Russia’s re
lations with the Ententes was uno
thanged owing to the recent develop
ments and said friendly relations are
being established with the Americans!
especially.
TREATIES FOR
PEACE NOT TO |
BE RECOGNIZED
BERNE, March 20. - The Supreme
war council has decided not to recog
nize the German made p ace Ucutics
for< ed oa Russia arul Rumania. 1m
council, according to secret advices
iiom Paris, has denounced the Ger
man policy of plundering a;ai has said
that the Allies fighting mean to con
tinue fighting to the end that this ag
gression may be put down. The peo
ple may place ali trust in the Allied
armies.
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ALASKAN WANTS TO
DRIVE DOG TEAM TO
PORTLAND FROM NORTH
That Portlanders may become fa
miliar with the trade possibilities of
Alaska, J. J. O’Leary. of Gold Run. in
that territory, agrees in a letter re
ceived from him by the Chamber of
Commerce this morning to make a run
down here by dog team with letters
from judges and other officials ot
Alaska, telling all about the great
northland, says the Portland Daily
Telegram. Mr. O’Leary asks the
Chamber to bear the expense of his
expedition. If his plan should be ac
cepted the Alaskan is to cover a good
part of the distance by dog team and
the bulance of the way by steamer
ami train. He states that a native will
accompany him. The writer says that
a steamer line from Portland to Alas
ka would prove a most welcome ar
rangement to the northerners. On the
way to Portland he says he also will
stop enroute and stake out mining
claims in Alaska. The mining indus
try up that way. he states, is in a
flourishing condition.
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The old-fashioned serious man who
couldn’t be led into temptation row
has a son who beats the leader to it.
EMMA FROHMAN
Miss Emma Frohman, sister of Dm
ie! Frohman, the famous theatrical
manager who went down with the Lu
sitania, is sponsoring the work of
making woolen undergarments for sol
diers. Through her efforts, a special
undergarment has been designed here
after a French model, and is being
turned out in quantity at the work
rooms of the Vacation War Relief in
New York city.
HOMESTEADERS j
NORTH OF CITY
TO GET PATENTS
Through the work of Delegate
Charles A. Sulzer, four of the home-j
stoatk rs north of Seward, may now j
secure their patents. In the »ast mail,
from Delegate Sulzer, the Gateway I
1 ocoive 1 a copy of the following exe j
cutive order, modification of Alaskan j
withd awal, No. 1, which was signed!
by President Woodrow Wilson:
“Upon the recommendation of the |
Secretary of the Interior, Alaskan
withdrawal No. 1 of December tilth,
nineteen hundred and eleven as amend
cd by Executive Order, dated August
iwenty-fourth, nineteen hundred an i j
twelve, is hereoy modified so as to per
mit the following homestead entries
to be patented if all else be lound re
gular. «
“Seward Case and Meridian.
“Juneau serial 02766 of tieorge J.
Laughlin. for S*2 SWK Sec. 1, NWtt
and Nta SWV4 Sec. 12. T. 1 N., R. 1
W.;
“Juneau serial U177Tof Allred k.
Johnston for lots 2, 3, 4 and NV&
! N\V% Sec. 34, T. 1 N , R. 1 W.;
“Juneau serial 02756 of John Nash
for lot l. Sec. l, T. l S., ft. 1 W.t SW
<4, S»i MV *4 and SEVa NW$4, Sec.
36 T. 1 N., U. 1 W.;
“Juneau serial 02889 of Joseph S.
dofi'man for lets 4, 5, and E'a NE$4
Sec. 1. T. 1 S., R. 1 W., and SEV*
I SEV4 Sec. 36, T. 1 N.. R. 1 W3
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STEAMER DOPE
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The Admiial Watson ariivcd in Val
dez at 11 o’clock this forenoon. It is
reasonable to suppose that the steam
er will arrive here early in the morn
ing with 2 day’s mail, soldiers and a
small list of passengers. The Alaska
ailed from Juneau yesterday after
noon at 5 o’clock and, without calis at
canneries, should reach Cordova at 5
, o’clock tomorrow morning.
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MILWAUKEE, March 20. — More
| than forty students of the German
; English academy in Milwaukee have
»signed an agreement among them
| selves to forswear the use of the pres
i ent name of the institution for the
■ period of the war and to call their
school hereafter the Milwaukee aca
demy.
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MORE TIME GIVEN
ALASKANS TO JOIN
THE ARMED FORCES
Hie local draft board received the
following telegram this afternoon re
garding voluntary induction of Alas
kans into the war service: “Ail volun
tary induction calls have been stopped
within the states. In order to provide
for Alaskan rc/istrants enroute to ibo
states, voluntary induction of Alaskan
registrants is permitted until April
15th, but on and after that date they
may not be inducted. This information
is riven in order to pi event any more
Alaskan registrant? coming to the
states for voluntary induction.” This
order is from the Provost Marshal
General and is taken to mean that
Alaskans can be inducted here up to
April 15th.
PATRIOTISM IS
GIVEN A KNOCK
BY WISCONSIN
Wisconsin People Seemingly Have
knocked the “Pat” Out ol
Patriotism as the Result of
^ eslonlay's Primaries
PRO-f.ERM.AN MAN NEAR LEAD
.MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 20. —
The people of this state who had |
hoped for a clarion blast 01 patriotism !
from yesterday’s state primaries lor 1
the United States Senate were plung
ed in doom today especially as con
cerns the Republican nomination. Re
presentative Irvine 1 enroot, Known as
the Loyalist candidate, at noon today
had (10,513 votes. James Thompson,
known as the I.aFollette candidate,
a ad 60,109 and Victor Ucrgor, Social
ist candidate had 33,000.
The Li valists took for the slogan
ef their campaign “Americanism” and
patriotism has been uppermost. The
I.aFollette crowd is considered to he
he pro-Germans and hundreds of sec
ret service men suddenly swarmed
>ver the state last night and many ar
rests are expected to be made for va
rious causes.
SAW-TOOTHED
BAYONET WAS
USED BY HUNS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. — A
saw-toothed bayonet taken from a Ger
man soldier who wore the Red Cross
insignia upon his arm was one of the
several mementoes exhibited hy Lieut.
J. L. Carter, of the Canadian Exped
itionary forces when he told of Ger
man atrocities committed in France
j at a big war rally recently held there.
Lieut. Carter spent two years and
seven months in the front line trench
es at Ypres and the Somme.
“You should believe all you hear
about terrible and unbelievable Ger
man atrocities," said the Canadian
army ofiicer, “I have seen so many
samples of hideous atrocities by the
Huns that I know that the worst
•maginab'e stoiies about them can be
true."
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QUESTIONNAIRES ARE
AT POST OFFICE FOR
MANY OF DRAFT MEN
1 There are many questionnaires at
1 (he Post office waiting to be called for
by those of the selective draft. The
local ooard is mailing the question
naires out as rapidly as possible send
ing all to the address given at the
time of the registration. Men of the
selective draft must watch for the
qjestionnaires as the government will
tolerate no delay in their return, prop
erly filled out.
ANCHtRAGE HAS
HOLIDAY WHILE
VOLUNTEERS GO
Sixty-One Volunteers for Service in
France Given Great Send-OfT
This Morning When 'll»o Go
to Station to Entrain
CITIZENS IORM A BIG IVAUAlHi ’
A.VCH 'RAGE, March 20. - (Spc-1
rial to the Gateway.) — Sixty one
volunteers who enlisted with the ex
emption board here left this morning
tor Fort McDowell, Cal. These re
cruits bring Anchorage’s quota in the
military service to 103.
This morning a parade with hun
dreds in line consisting of the regular
soldiers stationed here, Home Gua: Is,
Alaska Pioneers, members of frater
nal organizations and school children,
escorted the squads of the voiunleec.rs
from the office of the exemption bo*m.
to the railroad station where the re-1
cruits entrained for Seward.
No business houses in Anchorage
opened today until after the* depart
ure of the volunteers.
ATHLETES IN CITY
WILL MEET TONIGHT
Tonight, following the regular
military drill at the Arctic Broth
erhood, the A. B. Athletic Club
will begin to be a reality. All
athletes in the city and all those
who desire to join the association
for general sports arc requested
to he present. Basket ball play
ers are urgently asked to be at
the hall by 9 o’clock in order that
teams can be nicked and games
arranged.
ALLEGED SPY
ON STEAMEfl
GAVE SIGNALS
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ATI ANTIC PORT, March 20. — In
connection with the case of Edward
Otis, 23 years old, Russian, and for
merly quartermaster on a United
States transport, who is charged with
j a violaUon of the espionage act, and
: held under $25,000 bail, details have
i come out of a perilous overseas voy
age of the American transport in
| question.
j It has been learned that the trans
11oil was riddled with Hun shrapnel.
| It bears evidence of an actual dash
, with a German submarine.
Otis is alleged to have tamperer
with the machanism which contr>,’ d
the transports course. It is aLo
charged than he ran up the American
F*ag upside down, and reported a
false reading of the ship’s log.
DONA LU7 MENDEZ
Dona Luz Mendez, daughter of the
minister to Washington from Guate
mala, is to marry in April Paul de
Godoy, secretary of the Brazilian em
bassy. She is a typical South Ameri
can beauty, who has been popular in
Washington society since her debut.
BELGIANS ARE
GIVEN GREATER
LINE TO GUARD
ON THE BRITISH FRONT, .March
20. — The Bol 'ians have taken over
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an important coast sector of tne west
ern front which the French have held
for a considerable time. Movements
have now begun which are affecting j
a great improvement in the organi
sation which has existed so far this
winter. Officers of the Belgians claim
that they ha\e had hard times re
strainin'* their foices from action un
til the* nroper time comes.
“Come and Set” Say Huns
LONDON. March 20. — According
to neutral correspondents on the west
ern front the German Army heads
i ave invited all of thorn to be piv ent
when tlu* Gentian offensive is launch
ed against the Allies. The correspon
dents are understood to have left ror
the western front.
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PKILnlilNG WILL GIST
SUPPLIF.4 IN SPAIN
WASHINGTON, March 20. — Gen
eral Pershing will get 200,000 blank
ets, vast numbers of mules and other
equipment for his army from Spain
under the new arrangement just com
pleted between the Madrid and Wash
ington governments the United States
agreeing to supply Spain with petrol
eum and cotton. The American re
presentatives also were able to help
France in establishing credit in Spain
lor war supplies.
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POTATOES CAN NOW BE
SOLO BY MERCHANTS AS
WHEAT FLOUR SUBSTITUTE
Local food administrator Whittlesey
received a cablegram this forenoon
from Territorial Administrator Gunni
son, stating that potatoes, as such un
til further notice, may be sold as
wheal flour .substitute providing they
constitute one half of the amount of
required substitutes and at the ratio
of four pounds of potatoes to one
pound of substitute.
If anything—if all women are born
free and equal, how Is it that one girl
marries a perfect dear and her sister
gets a perfect simp?
SECRETARY
OF WAR ON
TRIPALONG
THE FRONT
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WITH THE AMERICANS
FRANCE, March S A G
shell burst within 40 foot of Sec:
tary of War Baker's automobile th.
morning while the secretary was
tuinir.g l'?om the front trenches. The
tar ami tlu omi(ants were not -
aged I > the flying deb* is cans* d by
,he bursting of tin* shell.
Secretary B iker spent an bom* and
a half in the front trenches under
jr.’sk enemy lire. He also visited l a
advanced listening posts,
dong on his hands and knees at sev
eral places where the route was ex
posed to lire. The Secretary a' o
calked with the olheers and the men
jll nbng the line.
Launch <»as Attacks
WITH THE AMERICANS, March
20. — The ♦Amei ican artillery men
| nave launched several gas atcnci $
against the Germans in the Toai ec
or during the past 24 houis. It is
evident that the attacks succeeded as
*ho enemy has been silenced.
Veroplancs Over I ines
WITH THE AMERICANS, Match
20. — A German aeroplane fc * c>
uver the American lines at Toul this
afternoon and dropped rubber ba’is
eighteen inches in diameter filled vith
liquified mustard gas.
To Reward Heroes
WITH THE AMERICAN?, Ma
20. — Major General Pershing h: s ap
pruved the awarding of the first new
American military crosses for ‘Xta
ordinary heroism to Lieut. John Gm ’ .
Sergeant William Norton and So
Patrick Walsh. Lieut. Green, wnile
wounded in a dugout, was summon* i
to surrender. He lefused. ret ivned
.he fire ot the enemy and wounded one.
His shots attracted other Americans
ind they pursued the hostile party.
PRESIDENT IS
AGAIN WINNER
IN HIS PLANS
WASHINGTON, March 20. — Th?
Senate judiciary committee, by a v»te
of 11 to 7. this afternoon ordered a
favorable report on the Overman bill
which the Administration a tvanced a*
a substitute for the Senate military
committee's war cabinet and munition
director measures.' The bill retains
substantially the legislation aske! for
by President Wilson giving hirn broad
powers to re-organize and co-ordinate
government departments and agen
cies prosecuting the war.
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ALASKAN RAILROAD
ASKS HIGHER RATES
WASHINGTON, March 20. — The
Pacific & Arctic Railway and Naviga
i tion company today asked the inter
| state commerce commission for per
mission to make increases ranging
| from 50 cents to $8.25 per ton in class
rates on mining machinery, fuel oil
and ore, and increases ranging from
$1 to $4.30 per thousand feet on lum
| her between Seattle, Tacoma, Prince
Rupert, Vancouver, Victoria and San
FrancLco and points in Alaska, Brit
ish Columbia and Yukon territory.