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SEWARD, ALASKA, TL‘L‘DAY, DECEMBER 11, 191? TEN CENTS PER COPY
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ARTILLERY ACTIV [
ALONG THE FRONT
BIG BLOW PLANN D
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—It is beleived here that j
heavy German reinforcements have arri\ed in 1* lance and
it is believed that a blow will shortly he stiuck but \\ht.t<.
it will fall is unknown. The infantry along the western
front has been inactive for three days but the artillery j
has lieen busv.
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LONDON. Dec. 11.—Unusually active artilleryingi
and aeriai opertions especially in the h pres and Arras i
fronts are reported today i i the official dispatches. Gen
eral Byng reports only artillery action on the Cambria
front with no decisive movements on either side.
British. French and American aviators report a large
concentration movement of German soldiers at various
sections ot' the western front.
APPALLING WAS
THE DISASTER
IN NOVASCOTIA
The disaster at Halifax was appal
ling and this information comes di
rect from one of the sufferers. Last
night H. V. Hobon received a wife
direct from his brother. C. R. Hobon,
who said: “All have fortunately es
caped (meaning his family) but store
and house wrecked. Disaster appal
ling.”
MACHINE GUNS
TO CUT DOWN
RUSS REBELS
LONDON, Dec. 11. — The situa
tion at Moscow is reported grave. The
Bolsheviki is reported to have placed
machine guns in the streets fearing
an uprising of the garrison there.
Insubordination is reported among the
soldiers and orders are being disobey
ed. The Bolsheviki commander is a
private soldier formerly with Keren
sky’s forces, named Muianoff. Russian
troops are being dispatched from the
western front, where an armistice1
has been arranged. for service
against the Cossacks. Street fighting
is reported this afternoon in Moscow.
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RED CROSS IS
SPENDING BIG
SUMSABROAD
WASHINGTON, Dec. It. — The
sum of $40,000,000 Red Cross war
fund has been spent for the purchase
of materials and for relief work in
France, Belgium, England. Russia.
Rumania, Serbia, and for the Armen
ians and Syrians, according to the!
semi-annual report issued today The
report says there are now 5,000,000
members of the American Red Cross
including every State and Territory
in the Union.
PIGEON CAUGHT i
WITH MESSAGE
FOR HUN SPY
HALIFAX. Dec. 11. — A carrier
pigeon, with a message written in
German under its wing, was captured
this morning when it entered the win
dow of a house which was near the
burned area. The * pigeon bore a
number of “Xcw York, Nov. 20.” The
pigeon was probably wounded in the
explosion la.-t Thursday. The house
where the pigeon entered had long
been under investigation and it is be
lieved that German spies lived there
but are now among those arrested
and interned in a stockade. The mes-,
sage is being translated.
CH \RLES W. BAILEY
WHO HELPED BUILD THE
GREAT NORTHERN, DEAD
DETROIT, Dec. 11. — Charles W.
Bailey, who helped James J. Hill
build the great Northern railway and
other Northwestern railways is dead.
He was a prominent figure among
engineers and contractor.'.
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FIRST WOMAN IN
GREAT BRITAIN TO
GET AVIATION PERMIT
LONDON, Dec. 11. — Mrs. Mau
rice Hewlett, wife of the novelist, was
the first woman to gain an air pilot’s
license in England, and she has now
become the first woman head of an
airplane factory. It has just been
completed, a huge group of low frame
buildings covering what was a year
ago a wheat field. It is two miles
from the nearest town.
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l\ S. SPRCCE REGIMENT
GOING TO WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The
government is preparing to send a
spruce regiment of about 8,000 men
to get out aircraft lumber in the
Grays Harbor, Willapa Harbor, Col
umbia river and Coos Bay districts.
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COMPLIMENTS MR. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — Lord
XorthclifTe in an interview in London,
referred to Lloyd-George as the “live
wire at the helm,” but declared that
unfortunately a good many officers of
his ship of state are “shirt fronts”
and “rubber stamps.”
Amendment for a Dry Nation Will Be
Discussed Next Week As
Agreement Is Reached
In House Leaders
SENATE HAS ACTED ON BILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The
House of Representatives agreed this
afternoon to consider the constitu
tional amendment for national pro
hibition next Monday.
The Senate has already passed the
prohibition amendment.
The matter was called up in the
House today when the Judiciary com-!
mittee reported favorably upon the)
amendment.
SOCIALIST PAPER
SUPPORTING WAR
GIRARD, Kansas, Dec. 11. —
The “Appeal to Reason," the pio
f neer Socialist paper in the Unit
5 ed States, announced today that
the name would be immediately
f changed to the “New Appeal to
* Support War." The editorial
making this announcement says
* that all people must be Americans
* now or be slaves of the Kaiser
* later. The paper calls upon all
* Socialists to rally to the flag of
* the United States and fight.
810 CATERER
OF SEATTLE
PASSES AWAY
SEATTLE, Doc. 11. — Chauncey
Wright, one of the best known cater
ers in the Northwest and the owner
of four restaurants in this city, died
suddenly last night of neuritis. Mr.
Wright was 45 years of age. With
his father he conducted a roadhouse
at Dawson during the stampede to
the Klondike.
OHIO CITIZENS j
ARE SUFFERING
LACK OF FUEL
COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 11. — With
the weather below zero and the Ohio
coal shortage most acute, Governor!
Cox telegraphed Fuel Administrator
Garfield at Washington, D. C. today,
that the people of the state will lose
confidence in the government unless
they get immediate relief. This is
proving the coldest December in the
Ohio valley for the past forty years.
It was 13 below at Cincinatti this'
morning. Over one-half the people in
the valley are without coal and with
but little wood.
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CHARLEY WHITE DE VI)
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. — Charley
White, famous boxing referee is dead
from a complication of diseases. He
was 55 years old. White really fought
his way through life. As a boy, he had!
to maintain his rights against his
companions on Cherry Street, where
he lived all of his fifty-five years with
the aid of his fists.
HOOVER MAKES
CHARGES AND
PROBESTARTS
Federal Com mission Investigating
Charges That Dishonest Dealers
Are Responsible for Present
High Prices of Food
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THREE KICKS FROM ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The
Federal Trade Commission today be
gan an investigation of Food Admin
istrator Hoover’s charges that dis
honest wholesale and retail merchants!
and food brokers were criminally res
ponsible for the rising prices of food
and also for the shortage.
Victor Murdock has charge of the
inquiry which will be most thorough
and searching.
Food Administrator Hoover an
nounced today that three complaints
had been received from Alaska re-1
garding excessive prices of food
staples.
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GREAT VALUE |
PLACED UPON
YEAR’S CROPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The
Department of Agriculture today in
an oflicial statement reported the va
lue of the nation’s 1917 crops as
twenty-one billion dollars. This is the
greatest value in the history of the
United States. The Department an
nounces that the crops showed over
three billion bushels of com along.
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ITALIANS REPULSE GERMANS
—
ROME, Dec. 11. — The Italians
have repulsed in sanguinary fighting
the powerful Teuton attempts to re
take Agenzb and Zulani, positions on J
the lower Piave. This is the only of
ficial announcement made today by;
the war Department.
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VILLI ST AS ARE ACTIVE
EAGLE PASg, Tex., Dec. 11. — It j
is reported here today that the Villis-i
tas captured the Mexican city of
Monclova, 150 miles from here dur
ing the night. All wires have been
cut and further information is impos
sible.
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MANY ALIEN ENEMIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — Bureau
of Census estimates that there are
4,662,000 enemy aliens in the United
States.
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SWEDISH MINISTER
DEPARTS WITHOUT
ANY FAREWELLS
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 11. — Ba
ron Iowen, Swedish minister, depart-1
ed from here without any of the usual 1
official farewells.
ENTER JERUSALEM
LONDON, Dec. 11. — The British
forces planned the official entry into
Jerusalem this afternoon according to
a report received here at noon.
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TO RELIEVE CATTLEMEN
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — Fore-;
seeing cattle starvation and danger
to the national defense unless the
proper precautions are taken, the pri
ority committee has issued a sweep
ing order for the relief of the cattle
men in the drought stricken areas of
Texas and New Mexico.
QUICK JUSTICE IS
METES OUT TO MEN
A RECENT RIOT
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 11.—Thirteen negro soldiers
were hanged this morning at sunrise at Fort Sam Houston
for complicity in the Houston riots of last August. Others
have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Last August, one company of negro soldiers, station
ed near Houston, Texas, guarding cantonment buildings,
took it into their heads to stir up things in the city. Dur
ing the afternoon before the night upon which the riots
occurred, two negro soldiers had bee: arr stt.l by the
Houston police for being disorderly. The void was car
ried to the negro camp that the police had arrested them
without any charge. At 9 o’clock that night 100 negroes
armed and under command of a negro officer started for
Houston. The police were warned and on the outskirts
of the city the first clash resulted and two bystanders
were killed. Apparently incensed at the attitude of the
police, the officers of the negro soldiers lost control of the
nen and for several hours rioting resulted. When the
troops had been recalled, fourteen dead were found, four
policemen, two soldiers and eight civilians, including a 13
year old girl, struck by a stray bullet.
The negro soldiers were herded into a box car and
brought here then transferred to Fort Sam Houston and
placed in the guard house. A court martial was ordered
and the findings were sent to Washington ten days ago.
Yesterday the findings were approved by the War depart
meat and the executions took place this morning. Prac
tically all of the company were convicted, the majority
being sentenced to life imprisonment.
FIRST GOVERNOR
OF ALASKA DIES
PENNSYLVANIA
GREENVILLE, Pa., Dec. 11. —
James Sheakley, first governor of the
Territory of Alaska, died at his home
here this forenoon at the age of 00
years. Mi. Sheakley was appointed!
governor by President Grover Cleve
land in 180.*) after serving several
years as an Alaska commissioner.
Mr. Sheakley was a former Pennsyl
vania congressman.
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PLANT ROOF BLOWN OFF
DETROIT, Mich., Doc. 11. — A;
series of explosions blew off the roof
of the Armstrong wanufacturing com
pany and endangered 100 workmen.
The explosions* were caused by thirty
tons of sodium of nitrate catching
fire.
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ALBERT JOHNSON TO
GIVE WAR LECTURES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — On the
invitation of the membership commit
tee of the. National Red Cross, Re-j
presentative Albert Johnson will de-j
liver a series of addresses on the war,
as he found it in Europe, in aid of
the Christmas Red Cross membership
campaign. Johnson will start on his!
trip within a few days delivering
speeches on the way Westward, ar
riving in Tacoma in time to spend
Christmas with his mother.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Dec. 11. — Halibut was
quoted at noon today at seventeen
and one-half cents.
SUPREME COURT
UPHOLDS ALASKA
COURT DECISION
WASHINGTON,. Dec. 11. — The
Supreme Court of the United States
today refused a review in the pro
ceedings brought by F. G. Noyes, re
ceiver of the Washington-Alaska bank
at Fairbanks, to recover from the
bunk ofl'cials money alleged lost
tlirough their management.
The Supreme court sustained the
Alaska court's decree and also furth
er held that territorial District Courts
were the same as District Courts in
the United States, as all territories
were part of the United States. One
of the contentions made in the rea
sons for a review of the case was that
the Alaska District Courts were with
out proper jurisdiction on certain
matters.
DEPARTMENT OF
WAR WILL NOW
BE LOOKED OVER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — The
Military affairs committee of the
Senate today decided to conduct a
general inquiry into the War Depart
ment’s operations in aiming and
equipping the American forces. Sec
retary of War Newton D. Baker and
other heads will be called upon to ex
plain many of the features of aiming.