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\ ulmnc XI. Number 273 _____.__ ■ — , . -. .
JUNKERS
GETTING
CONTROL
Loyal Forces at Petrograd Reported
To Ha\e Regained Possession of
Telegraph and Telephone
Stations this Afternoon
LOV VLISTS 1*SK AR.MORKD PARS
Two Hundred Thousand Loyal Troops
Are Reported to be With Premier
Kerensky and Will Kstahlish
(internment at Moscow.
PETROGRAD. Now 12.—The Junk
ers. loyal to the provisional Govern
ment. this afternoon regained posses
stations in this city. 1 his ^followed
street lighting which has been engag
The Maximalists were driven nun
the stations anti strong forces et
Junket's are in control.
The* exact location of Kcre.isky and
his loyal army is unknown late this
afternoon, but he anti his men are
reported approaching the city.
Fighting Progre»e>
PETROGRAD. Nov. 12.—Fighting
is reported progressing in the Grand
Xosrkaia between llosheviki’s infan
trymen and the Junker forces. The
latter are using armored care and are
reported mowing the Maximalists
down in large numbers.
Kerensky Heard From
LONDON. Nov. 12. — An official
dispatch was received here tonight
from the Junkers at Petrograd stat
ing that it is estimated tha 200,000
loyal troops, with Premier Kerensky
intend to establish the Provisional
Government at Moscow.
Disorders are occuring in Petrograd
but from unofficial dispatches it ap
pears that the supporters of the gov
ernment are gradually winning con
trol over the Socialist rebels.
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TROOP TRAINS
IN COLLISION
IN COLORADO
CANON CITY, COL., Nov. 12.
Over 600 soldiers aboard a train run
ning in sections bound eastward,
crashed into another section this af
ternoon on a curve. The accident oc-;
curred on the Denver & Rio Grande i
one mile east of Cotopaxi stations
near Royal George.
Scores are reported to have been in
jured and three are known to have
been killed.
The dead are Sergeant Chester
Preston, band leader; Guy Alexander,
musician, and Fred Whitehouse, a
private.
Ambulances and doctors have been
sent from here to assist the ambu
lance corps aboard the trains.
SPOKANE IS Dl E~NEXT
Steamer Spokane is the next boat
due in Seward. The Spokane sailed
from Seattle last Wednesday and is
due here late Wednesday night. There
will be six and one-half day’s mail
aboard.
ITALIANS ARE
RESISTING THE
GERMAN FORCES
Austrians Are Trying to Outflank
Italians on River Line But
No Progress is Reported
To Have Been Made
GERM VNS RISHINO DOWN PI AY E
ROME, Nov. 12.—The Italians have
resisted the enemy everywhere on the
Northern front along which the Aus
trians are endeavoring to outtlank the
Italian river line. The otlicial dis
patch of the War Department this af
ternoon says that there is brisk light
ing along the Piave river.
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10.000 Are Cut Ofl
BERLIN7. Nov. 12.—The Teutonic
forces are reported to have cut off t<,n
thousand Italians in the upper Piuvo
valley. This is an official report. It
is reported that Italians surrendered
this afternoon at this place.
The Teutons are today advancin'*:
from Belluro down the Riave river
and are now before Keltic preparing
for a strong assault.
martial' LAW
!S ASKED IN
TEXRS STRIKE
HOUSTON, TEX.,Nov. 12.—Seven
ty seven strikebreakers, replacing
workers on a strike in the oil fields,
were attacked and beaten in the
Goose Greek fields here early today.
The- operators have asked that mar
tial law be declared.
This is the first disorder to be re
ported from the oil fields while a
strike was declared on Oct. ‘10th.
RASPBERRY CLUB IS
FORMED IN THIS C ITY
In an executive session yesterday
afternoon ton of the men of the
younger society set of the city met
and organized what is to be known as
the “Raspberry Club.”
While the movements of the mem
bers of this club seem to be rather
mysterious, and at the same time very
secret, it leaked out that their chosen
emblem will be the “bear.”
It is rumored that they are plan
ning a very active season, and at their
next meeting hope to draw up a set
of rules ami by-laws, but it is not
known yet whether the young ladies
04) jo <so.insHO(d oq) po.woip? eq (|{av
club rooms or not. for some ot the
members have declared themselves in
favor of the “stag party” exclusively.
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COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
There will be a special meeting of
the city council tonight at eight
o'clock, to receive the report of the
members of the Fire Department.
This report was decided upon yester
day afternoon at a meeting at the tire
hall.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LUNCHEON IS TOMORROW
Tomorrow at noon the regular
weekly get-together luncheon of the
business men of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held at the Seward
Grill. There will be doings tomorrow,
it is said.
WARNING ISSUED
TOJHE CITIZENS;
who have been havng carpentry work
or improvements done upon their
buildings. All wiring should be in
jected so that when the light current
is turned on there will be no danger
from short circuits, unprotected wire,
etc., which may cau5e trouble.
The electric light and power current!
will probably be turned on in Seward
within the next 48 hours. Manager!
Graft today stated that a warning!
should be given citizens. This warn- \
ing is for those who have been main
taining ther own plants and those
MARIPOSA IS
FORCED BACK
TO THIS PORT
Ice Running in Cook Inlet Prevents
Steamer from Being Able to
Discharge Cargo—Freight
Handled at Seward
ICE FOOT THICK IN THE INLET
Barge Matanuska Has Hard Time In
Taking Off Passengers and Is
Finally Forced to Abandon
Operations and Return
Steamer Mariposa, after remaining
in the inlet off Anchorage for fifteen
hours, was forced to return to Seward
and discharge every pound tff her ‘.00
tons of freight. Passengers, mail and
express were landed on a barge early
Saturday morning, but the ice did not
clear sufficiently after that to permit
of barges getting alongside the Mari-;
posa with any degree of certainty re
garding receiving freight.
The Mariposa went through icc one
foot thick up the inlet to Anchorage J
and reached the later place at live;
o’clock Saturday morning. The barge'
Matanuska, during a clearing in the
ice, took the passengers, mail and ex
press off. Six hours later the Mata
nuska tried to make the Mariposa.
The icc was running strong and the;
big barge got near enough to the
Mariposa to throw a heaving line
aboard and a six inch hawser was
drawn to the Mariposa. The hawser'
was made fast but the ice was toe i
strong and snap went the big line j
The Matanuska started drifting down!
the inlet and another barge went af
ter it, placed lines aboard and towed
it back. During the afternoon other
attempts were made to reach the
Mariposa, hut all were hopeless en
deavors and at 8 o’clock Saturday,
("apt. O’Brien pulled up anchor and
started for Seward arriving here last
night about f> o’clock. Three hundred
tons of freight, most of which was for
the commission was discharged here
and the Mariposa sailed for Seattle at
ten o’clock this forenoon.
The Mariposa had 54 first class pas
sengers and 50 steerage from Anchor
age. The following were booked to
Seward: Mrs. M. Thompson. George
Thavor, Mrs. D. Curlew, Esther
McConnell. J. C Gaffney, Hamcs H.
Wood and three steerage.
The following passengers from
Seward booked passage for the south
on the Mariposa: Mrs 0. Boole, B. W.
Stalbird, Miss E. Astin, Tom Kallus,
Max Poehimann, Maude Dewey, R.
Osborne and wife, F. Freyhold. O. F.
Burgan, William West, E. R. Breek,
C. E. Beecher, P. Stockass, Nellie
Heath, Joe Heath, K W. Smith, E.
Swanson, A T. Howe and wife, W. B.
McKay and family, Fred Haney, J.
W Nordstrom. M G. Robbins, John
Starr and seven steerage for Seattle;
E. C. Jack, Miss E. Quinn and J. J.
Chisholme for Cordova; Oak Olson
for Juneau.
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AMERICAN CARS
WILL BE USED
FORTRANSPORT
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—'The New
York American says the United
States has placed orders for 4800 ad
ditional narrow guage cars for use
on military railroads in France.
America*) Car & Foundry Co. receiv
ed an order for 1800 cars. Orders tor
1000 each were given to Pressed Steel
Car, Standard Steel Car and the Ral
ston Steel Car companies.
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GASH CUT ON HEAD
Carl Vaughan sustained a five-inch
gash on his head yesterday when he
met with a slight accident while at
work on his locomotive. The gash
was patched up and he will be on
duty again within a few days.
FORMER QUEEN
OF HAWAII IS
CALLED BEYOND
Many Former Subjects Are At The
Bedside When Death Angel Is
Sent to Take Spirit of
Queen Li I Away
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WAS UNSEATED BY REVOLUTION
HONOLULU, Nov. 12. — Former
Queen Lilioukolani died last night af
ter a short illncsv. At the bedside
were many of her former subjects.
Great sorrow is expressed today
among all of the natives at the death
of their former ruler.
With the death of Queen Liliouka
lani has passed the bust vestige of
royalty in the Hawaiian Islands. The
eighth and last monarch to hold sway
over the entire group of insular group
she reigned for only two years and
that brief flicker of sovereignity was
extinguished more than twenty years
ago in a revolution which led to the
annexation *>f the islands to the Unit
ed States. But notwithstanding her
effacement from public affairs, Queen
Liliuokalani never abandoned her roy
al pose nor lost the affection of her
former subjects, and continued to her
death a most interesting personality.
She was born September 2, 1838 ini
Honolulu. Her name was Lydia Ka
makachu. In her memoirs, “Hawaii’s
History by Hawaii’s Queen,” she
traced her ancestry back to the foun
dation of the Kamahameha dynasty
and claimed relationship to the royal
family of the five sovereigns by that
name.
Liliuokalani ascended the throne ot
Hawaii January 29, 1891, immediate
ly following the receipt of news from i
San Francisco that her brother. King
Kalakaua, had died there in the Pal-]
cece hotel nine days previously. Ka
lakaua, in November of the prec e« d
ing year had taken a trip to Califor
nia as the guc$t ot Rear Admiral
Brown on the United States cruiser
Charleston, in order to recruit his
failing health, but he failed rapidly.
There was at that time no trans
pacific cable, so the news of the king s
death reached Honolulu by the ship
that bore his body. Preparations had
been made to receive the returning
monarch in eaborate style, but as the
Charleston approached the harbor,
she displayed the royal mourning sig
nal and Liliuokalani knew before the
vessel had docked that she was the
new ruler of the Hawaiian Islands.
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AUSTRIANS AND
GERMANS RAVE
SHARP DISPUTE
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—An Am
sterdam cable to the New \ork limes
says a dispute has arisen between
Germany and Austria over the dump
ing by Germany ol 100,000 German
recruits on Austrian territory tor
training. Austria protested against
being obliged to supply rations tor
these men. The German government
insisted that the troops be furnshed
with provisions available in the dis
tricts to which they had been sent.
As she could not get Vienna to agree
to her point of view Germany has ap
plied pressure by stopping all Aus
trian mails passing through Germany
to Holland.
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S W A K MED O V ER SEW A R l >
The passengers on the Crook fairly
swarmed over Seward this mornfhg
and spent considerable money. 1 he
Russians purchased all kinds of fruits,
pastry and other good things to cat.
Others were after late reading mat
ter and postcards.
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HOSPITAL WORKERS MEET
oqj jo Sui;aeiu Xjqoo.w .n?jn3aj oqj,
Hospital workers will be tomorrow af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The season
will be held at the Seward General
Hospital.
PRESIDENT WILSON
MAKES ELOQUENT
APPEAL TO LABOR
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LARGE FACTORY
OESTROYED-FIRE
B $ CTED
NEW YORK, Xov. 12.—1The fac
tory of the Washburn Wire company
burned yesterday and the loss is es
timate 1 at .>2.000,000. The factory
has been handling war orders for some
months. The lire broke out in three
separate places simultaneously. Sec
ret service agents are at work and
Rio-German plotters are suspected.
Several arrests are expected to bo
made before the end of the day.
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A NEW CABINET;
STOCKHOLM, Xov. 12.—The new
Cabinet will include six Liberals, four
Socialists and a nonpartisan Foreign
Minister. The portfolios will be dis
tributed as follows: Premier, Prof.
Eden; foreign Affairs, Dr. Hellner;
Justice, M. Loevgren; War, M. Nil
sson; Marine, M. Palmstierna; Inter
ior, P. A. V. Schotte; f inance, Hjay
mar Granting; Education, M. Ryren;
Agriculture, M. Peterson; Ministers
without Portfolio, .1 Pctrea and M.
Unden.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Swedish
officials here characterize the Swed
ish Cabinet as the most democratic in
the history of the country. The Con
servatives are not represented, and
the Ministry as a whole is strongly
Socialistic.
MUCH EXCITEMENT ON
DOCK WHEN BOAT SAILS
There was plenty of excitement at
j the Seward dock at noon today when
| the Crook sailed. Over halt of those
! aboard returned to the ship with a
! “bottle on their hips.” Officers of
the Crook were at the gang plank to
search the men for liquor and destroy
• it. The first half dozen men up the
gangplank' lost their caches and then
the word spread out of the search.
The remainder of the passengers toss
ed their goods over the side of the
steamer to friends aboard and trouble
started. The officers were unable to
catch all of the bottles and there are
j many cases in the aggregate now
j aboard the transport.
FREIGHTER IS DUE
The freighter Skagway is due in
port anytime from Anchorage. Ac
cording to word received in Seward
by the Mariposa, the freighter was
going to anchor for a time in the In
j let in hopes that there would be a
1 clearing in the ice which would enable
; the discharge of freight.
The Skagway has a large coal ship
i rnent on board lor Seward and coal is
| now needed badly here.
FRANCE IS SEARCHED
FOR ROYALIST PLOT
PARIS, Nov. 12. — Carrying on
! search for evidence of the supposed
I Royalist plot, police today raided of
! fices in Lyons. Bordeaux and other
: provincial cities, of L’Action F ran
caise, the Royalist organ whose editor
•Leon Daudot/is under investigation.
Offices of affiliated newspapers also
were searched and documents seized.
PRESIDENT WILSON
BUFFALO, Nov. 12. — President
' Woodrow Wilson made a personal and
eloquent appeal here this afternoo
for the full support of organized i
bor for the United States govern
ment in the conduct of the present
war.
President Wilson spoke before tie
annual convention of the America.
Federation of Labor and the immense
hall was crowded to capacity an-:
thousands were denied admittance a
the general public was allowed t«,
hear the address.
The President declared that th
war could not be won unless all fac
tions unite in the common cause of
the country and sink their various dit
fercnces.
President Wilson paid a strong tn
bute to Samuel Gompers, President
of the American Federation of La
bor. and virtually called upon evei
number of the great federation t
give him their united support.
The President took the opportun
ity to denounce in strong terms the
pacifists and other critics and appeal
ed for unitd co-operation. He said
that the present time was more criti
cal than ihe world had yet known.
Samuel Gompers introduced tl.
president, referring to the Chief Fx<
cutive as “this spokesman tor im
dom; the man of Destiny and the
leader of thought and action among,
the nations of the world.”
The cheering that followed, when
the President of the United Stat«
stepped to the front of the rosrun .
was deafening and lased several min
utes during which time flags were
waved and the National Emblem was
sung with everyone in the vast assem
blage on their feet.
President Wilson declared flat.y
that Germany started the war and
said that he was willing to await his
tory’s verdict on that statement. He
said hat he war was the last decisive
issue between the old principles ot
power and the new principles of free
dom.
“I believe that freedom, the real
| spirit of freedom,” said the President,
“can get into the hearts of the Ger
mans and find a welcome there. But
the spirit of freedom does not suit
the Pan-Germans plans. Power can
not be used with concentrated fom
against free people if it is used by ;
• free peoples.
President Wilson re ferret! to th<
i German’s map of Europe and sai<
that if she can keep that map. hei
j power can disturb the entire work
; at any time. He said that German.'
j controlled Austria, Turkey, the Bal
i kans, Asia Minor and scattering poo
! pie elsewhere.
“We must win this war and to wii
it, all must be united in the one bi:
; cause. Pro-Germanism must be
stamped out now. The Pro-German
of America are doing more to hinde
! the United States now than any othe
element. This element must be pu
down and out and that right quickly,
j were the concluding remarks of th
! President.
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M’CLURE PAYS VISIT
H. A. McClure, assistant superii
: tendent of construction on the Go'
ernment railroad, was around the cit
this morning shaking hands with h
! old friends. Mr. McClure was
charge of construction on this end b
1 fore going to Anchorage. He is no
on his way outside for the winter, bi
expects to return in the Spring.
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TRAIN OUT FOR KERN
The special train for Kern Cre<
left at seven o'clock this morning wi
a large number of passengers, mi
for Flat City, the Iditarod, and so
eral car loads of freight.