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r-- x, N .s . SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1917 TEN CENTS PER COPY
PROPOSAL
OF PEACE
COMES TO [
Allied Ambassadors in Petrograd Are
Handed Peace Proposals Which
Have Been Drawn I p By
the New Government
SWITZKKI.AND H \S \ RKPORT
Kaiser Is l'nder>tood to Object to
Peace With Russia and Will
Continue Warfare With a
Strong Force on Fronts
LONDON. Nov. 22.— According to
wireless advices received here today;
from Petrograd. the Russian govern-j
ment has ordered General Bunthomin.
con»ma»der-in-chiet ol the Russ.a 1
armies, to open negotiations with the
commanders of the armies m ine
enemy.
Peace proposals are also understood
to have been given to the Ambassa
dors of the Allies, in PetrogTvJ.
These proposals were said to have
been ordered by the Bolsheviki.
It is reported that Premier Keren-,
sky’s wife has been arrested. She;
tore down BoKheviki posters which
referred to her husband in most un
complimentary terms.
Peace Humor Confirmed
BERNE, Nov. 22. — An official
statement has been received by the
government of Switzerland stating
the Bolsheviki government of Russia
has handed proposals for peace to the'
Ententes and has also forwarded a>
request to Berlin that an armistice of
one month he arranged between the
Russians and their enemies.
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Knows Nothing
RERUN. Nov. 22.—No communi
cation regarding an armistice nor in-,
dilations that Russia has signified
intentions to make peace ha^ been re-j
ceived here.
It is understood that the Kaiser will
object to an armistice and as soon as
the western front struggle has been
decided one way or the other, will
continue the fighting on the Russians
everywhere.
Washington Has No Word
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—No m\
vices were received by the State De
partment today from Ambassador j
Francis at Petrograd, regarding an
armistice or the desire of the Rus-1
sians to sue for peace.
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POPE MAY GO
TO SPAIN ON
A LONG VISIT
Head of Catholic Church May Take
l‘p His Residence in a Neutral
Country During the Remainder
Of the Present Conflict
ROME, Nov. 22.—It is reported un
officially by the government today
that Pope Benedict may visit Spain
as the guest of King Alfonso. It is
said that the visit will remove many
of the difficulties of the attitude to bo
taken by the Pope regarding the Eu
ropean war. There has been much
comment about the Pope residing in a
belligerent country and if he moves
to a neutral nation, the Kaiser is un
derstood to have said that he will pay
more attention to the suggestions and
demands of the head of the Catholic
church.
PLACE GUARDS
OF TROOPS ON
EASTERN PIERS
Germans Will Be Barred From All
Wharves and Docks By llu* I’se
of Federal Soldiers in the
Important Eastern Cities
DEPARTMENT OF JFSTICE AITS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—IViiato
guards and National Guards won', on
duty today at all important docks and
piers to bar Germans from the water
fronts.
The Department of Justice t><u* d
oitlers to the War Department to
place troops on guard at pie.s at l>o.
ton. New York. Baltimore NoitVk
and Philadelphia.
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NEW YORK. Nov. 22.—Five «om
panies of National Guards, now in the
regular army service, began duty at1
the various wharves here this fore
noon following orders from the War
Department at Washington.
BOSTON, Nov. 22.—Federal troops
this afternoon took charge ot all the
wharves around the harbor.
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TEN THOUSAND
TONS OF SUGAR
SEIZED BY U. S.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Federal
Administrator George Rolph this af
ternoon seized ten thousand tons of
sugar which the Imperial Russian
government purchased before the rev
olution. The sugar was fount! stored
in a warehouse.
It is announced that the sugar,
seized will be placed on the mark t
immediately and will be distributed
to retailers by the American Refine, s
Sugar Committee.
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GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
SEIZE POSTAL SAYINGS
Postmaster W. E. Root has received
the following circular from the gov
ernment regarding postal saving* de
posits: Some misapprehension seems
to exist re.’a.-ve to the status under;
the trading-with-the-enemy act er
subjects of Germany or allies resident
in this country. Such persons are no;
included within the term “enemy or
ally of enemy” as employed in the]
act. Deposits in the postal saving* |
hanks of the United States belonging
to such persons are not liable to seiz
ure by the government, and will not,
therefore, be taken into the possession
of the alien property custodian or he
interfered with in any way whatever.
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WOULD CUT THE CHURCH
OUT OF MARRIAGE
CINCINNATI. Nov. 22.—Need for
| state in the marriage ceremony was
i absolute separation of church and
strongly urged by the Rev. R. T.
Henshaw of Rye, X. Y., in a paper
applauded by many members of the
Episcopal church congress in session
here.
“It is the office of the church to
bless the marriage; that of the state
to legalize it. Rut only the man an I
woman make the marriage and ‘.he
only sacrament is theirs,” declared
the speaker.
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20.000 GET WAGE RAISE
CONXELLSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 22.—
The H. C. Frick Coke company an
nounced that their 20,000 employes
would be granted a wage increase
langing from 10 to 20 per cent., ef
fective immediately.
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Second Party to Look for Missing
Men-of Seward Start on Search
Vlong the Coast to Se'dovia
and Barren Islands
VBBESTS CAN BE MADE BY MEN
Thorough Investigation to he Made
By Searchers for Sweasy and
Weaver—Dora Brings Back
No Information
Armed with the authority of led-j
oral officers, Captain Iverson, and ids
crew of men, and Capt. Sheihc' go',
away today on the second search for
the two missing Seward men, Beni
Sweasy and Bill Weaver. Capt. John \
Newlands, of the steamer Dora, bro»
no information regarding the missing!
men anil L*. S. Deputy f»Iarshin Isaac
Evans decided at once to send thi sec
ond party of searchers.
The gasboat Altana will oe supplied 1
with provisions and fuel to iast for a j
ten day or two weeks trip and the ;
men are given authority to make a
thorough investigation, make arrests, j
if this should be required, and a1 so1
empowered*to summon witnesses.
The searchers will go direct la Aia
lik Bay and explore the beach andj
surrounding country in hopes of lkn.
ing some clues. If none are scoured j
there, the coast line will be visited asj
far as Seldovia, then the party w.’l;
go to Barren islands. Efforts will bo
made to lind some tangible evidence,
and if any clothinur. supplies, o'< .
known to have belonged to the men
are found, those having such will be
questioned closely and if necessary
arrests will be made.
STEAMER DORA
REACHED PORT I
THIS FORENOON
Making a last run to the westward
and experiencing the best of weather,
but encountering storms practically
all the way on the return, the steam
er Dora, Capt. John Newlands, reach
ed port this forenoon. The Dora
brought 18 passengers but had only
seven and a half tons of freight,
mostly fish for the outside.
The arrivals on the Dora were:
From Unga — Tom McKean and
wife and Charles A. Fletcher, Jr.
From Uyak—X. J. Reigel and wife.
From Seldovia—A1 I. Smith and
wife, Hewey Boulton, Miss Lottie
Krauss and Charles Bunco.
From Kodiak—E. Petellin and John
Midrovich.
From King Cove—Paul Schnider.
From Nuka Bay—Otis Harrington,
F. P. Skeen, John Rice, I). B. Red
field and Harry Johnson.
Purser A. H. Garland completed
his first trip on the Dora and says
that in time he expects to become ac
customed to the movements of the
little craft, especially when a gale is
struck.
Agent McDonald announced this af
ternoon that the Dora would sail for
the westward next Saturday after
noon at 5 o’clock.
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SEATTLE FISH PRICES
SEATTLE, Nov. 22. — Following
were the fish prices prevailing here
at noon today: halibut, 24 cents; sable
6 cents; red rock 4 cents and ling cod,
4 cen^s.
ESCAPED MAD
MAN MURDERS
THEN IS SHOT
Maniac From Oregon State Asylum
Resists Capture in Portland
and Shoots and Kills a
Deputy Sheri ft*
POLICE OFFICER GETS LUNATIC
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22.—Louis
Ehvin Hayes, an escaped maniac from
the Oregon State Insane Asylum, last
night shot and killed Robert Phillips,
a Deputy Sheriff of Multnomah coun
ty, and was himself shot and killed
later hv a Portland police otlicer. The
maniac was killed in the basement of
a house where he had sought refuge.
Have’s sister, Mrs. T. Fpreadbor
ough, early last evening found her
demented brother sitting on Lie steps j
of her front porch. She telephoned
the she ill’s office and the Police head
quarter. Phillips was the first mar.
to reach the scene and Hayes, with
out questioning the oflicer tore one
shot at him, striking him directly
through fit heart. Hayes then ran
into the basement and kept shuAng
\v !•, •* cry one appeared at the d»oi ot i
window. T olice reserves reached the
house and surrounded it. Hayes was
calii-d up n to surrender but div ari d
that he would not, Shortly afterward
one officer secured a place ol vantage
and his one and only shot killed Jr1
lunatic.
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ALASKA FISH TO BE
USED TO STOCK THE
FRASER RIVER WATER:
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. — Thcj
United States government has plan-!
ned to. send ten million sockeye*>sal-j
mon from the hatchery at Afognak,
Alaska, to stock the Fraser river of.
British Columbia. This was decided j
upon by an act of the United States
and Canada.
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STEAMER FOUNDERS IN
STORM ON PACIFIC
HONOLULU, Nov. 22.—'The Nor
wegian steamer Thor, hound trom
San Francisco to the Orient, founder
ed in a storm according to Capt. 0.
Henson who arrived here this after
noon with 15 members of his crew in
one life boat. The remainder of the
crew is in another life boat and ex
pected here tonight. The Thor car
ried no passengers but was loaded
with freight.
EPIDEMIC OF HUNGER
TYPHUS IN GERMANY
AMSTERDAM. Nov. 22. — It is
learned that the schools of Cologne
are closed owing to the i nee rase in »
what is called “hunger typhus.” a
type of dysentery caused by the bad
quality of food, especially the bread
produced in recent months. There are
tens of thousands of cases through
out Germany.
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GERMAN ESPIONAGE
PENETRATES DEEPLY
PARIS. Nov. 22.—By order of the
military governor of Paris, a formal
charge today was preferred against
Jean Leymarie, under the law pro
viding against commerce with the
enemy and complicity with others
charged with the same offense. M.
Leymarie was chief assistant ot the
ministry of the interior under M.
Malvy, and later acting head of the
state secret service.
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THREE YEARS OF WAR
FORESEEN BY SENATOR
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.—Sen
ator Cummins of Iowa in a speech
here, entirely discouraged the hope of
an early peace and declared iiio be
lief that the end of the titanic con
flict of nations cannot be attained in
less than three years’ fighting.
TANKS ARE USED
IN SMASH UPON
HINDENBURG EINE
GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
The campaign for dollar contri
butions to be used by the local
chapter of the Red Cross in pur
chasing 100 gifts for soldiers or
sailors at the front, this propor
tion being made by the National
Red Cross, is progressing slowly
but getting there. Ten dollars
was the total amount shown in
last night’s Gateway and Mrs.
I). J. McKenzie and .John Dubre
uil made one dollar contributions
to noon today. Who will be the
next ?
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Naturalized American of German
Extraction Makes Disloyal
Remarks and Is Treated to
Coat of Tar and Feathers
OSAKIS, Minn., N’ov. 22. — E. H.
Stratemenmer, a naturalized Ameri
can of German extraction, was tar
red and feathered last night because
of disloyal remarks.
A number of men seized Atrato
mcnmer, who was addressing a street
gathering, threw him into an auto,
and carried him to a lonely spot whe;o
die tar and feathers was applied. The
man had made disloyal speeches be
fore and the party last night was
waiting for his utterances. When he
declared America was composed of
fat-heads, called President Wilson
foul names and called on Germans to
help the fatherland, the party took n
hand satisfactorily.
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MOVIE PICTURE
COMPANY BACK
ON WAY SOUTH
Smith’s Film Artists Return Here
Having Completed Real Picture
Of Alaska With the Proper
Settings of the North
The lour members of the Smith
Moving Picture company returned on
the Dora this forenoon having com
pleted their work with the exception
of possibly three or four scenes
which will be taken en route south.
The company left here about nine
weeks ago, went to Anchorage and
then to Tustumena Lake where a
great many scenes were taken and the
film is now ready to be developed and
shown.
This company is the first to make
an effort to secure real Alaska set
tings and the trip north has occupied
about four months. During that time
many cities along the coast have been
visited and various scenes laid in
them.
The members of the company will
leave on the Steamer Alaska next
Saturday for the studio in Los Ange
les. The* members of the company are
| Al. I. Smith and his wife, Miss Lot
; tie Kraus and Henry Boulton.
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Simeon Cherinoff, a native of Tatit
lew, during a fit fell overboard in
Cook Inlet recently, from his boat
LONDON, Nov. 22.—Triumphant in
their smash against the Hindenburg
line. Field Marshal Douglas Haig and
his forces are today pushing hard
against the Hermans on the Cambrai
road and against the main links in
the Herman support system.
At noon today the British forces
were only three miles away from a
large number of objective positions
and although now being resisted stub
bornly are gaining yard by yard.
In the past .*>(» hours the British
have gained as much ground as in the
first four months of the Battle of the
Korn me.
Tanks are continually tearing holes
iu the German wire entanglements
and the infantry and artillery are
participating in the great drive fol
lowing closely behind the tanks.
The victory is today heing celebrat
ed throughout England.
HAND TO HAND FIGHTING
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE,
Nov. 22.—The British are in hand to
hand fighting at Blcsmauieres this
afternoon. The British, preceded by
tanks, stormed the town. The Her
mans fired on the tanks with heavy
guns at short range. T* c British In
fantry charged the guns and killed
the crews before the te.rks \vo?e in
jured to any great extent.
The British cuvai y lias criptu ed a
German battery at liumiliy, sabering
the crews and ills') captured three
other big guns it other i daces in a
similar manner.
MASS ATTACK
BEING MADE
ON ITALIANS
Fresh Reserves on Italian Front In
Greatest Attack During the
Present Campaign—Fighting
Along the Piave River
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Nov.
22._The greatest mass attack the
enemy has ever made in the present
campaign is in progress along the
upper Piave river today. At the
place where this attack is being made
the river bends into the Belluno Alps.
The enemy is using fresh reserves in
the mass movement. The Italians
have successfully withstood the at
tack.
Marconi At Front
ROME, Nov. 22. — It is officially
stated that wireless inventor Marconi
is now on the staff of General Diaz
in command of the Italian forces, an l
is at the front. Unofficially it is re
ported that a new invention is b»;ing
tried out but all particulars arc witn
held until its success is demonstrated.
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BANK ROBBERS GET
LIBERTY BOND LOOT
FRANCISVILLE, Indiana, Nov. 22.
_Robbers blew the safe of the State
bank here early this morning but so
far as can be learned secured only
$5000 worth of Liberty Loan Bonds.
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FIRE DESTROYS FLOUR
San FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. — A
spectacular waterfront fire this fore
noon destroyed the Albers Brothers
Flour Warehouse, which was full of
flour at the time. The fire started on
the roof and it was impossible to get
to it. The loss is estimated between
$60,000 and $100,000.