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LONDON PRAISES
AMERICAN FORCES
NOW IN ENGLAND
LONDON,. May 13 — All morning newspapers feat !
ore the American invasion in London, as they term Satur
day’s parade of American troops. C ritical experts pruisv
the tine bearing of the American national aimy.
“The men,” one writer says, “have the cut of an infer -1
nal adequate lot of fighter's, whom I would rat net lead
than tackle.”
The Morning Telegraph says: “The American soldiers:
who took part in the parade last Saturday, are the equal;
in physique and morale to the finest troops raised by any.
country, at the time when the standard of the European
man power stood at the highest point.
ELLIS BARTLETT
DIES SUDDENLY;
HEART FAILURE
Ellis Bartlett, better known as
“Shorty”, well known around these
parts, died suddenly at the home of
Dr. Baughman early !a>t evening, pre
sumably of heart paralysis. Mr. Bait- j
lett came in from Mile '14 on the train
last night nd went to the Seward
hotel. He complained to manager M. A |
Horner that he had -fust recovered '
from an attack of the grippe but had
pains in his chest.
Bartlett went out on the street,
found Dr. Baughman, near the Bo^t
Office, and told him he was not feeling
well. Dr. Baughman told Bartlett to j
go to his home and he would make an
examination.
About (1:110 o'clock Bartlett went to
the home of Dr. Baughman and while
talking, turned red in the face, was
seized with a paralysis and expired
almost immediately. U. S. Commis
sioner Whittlesey was summoned and
the body was removed to the under
taking establishment.
Bartlett was about 55 years of age
and has been employed on the railroad
for some time. He came to this sec
tion ten or eleven years ago.
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SNOW AND FOG
DELAY STEAMER
ALASKA ON TRIP
Encountering a snow storm coming
down the inlet, preventing calls at
Kenai and Seldova, then running into
a fog off Seal rocks delaying the st
eamer four hours, the Alaska did ont
arrive in port until i) o’clock yesterday
morning. Fuel coal for the Dora was
unloaded at the Seward dock and the
Alaska went to the San Juan dock for
frozen fish, clearing for the south at
8 o’clock last night.
The Alaska had 103 passengers
aboard from Anchorage, eight for
Seward, seven for other Alaskaports
and the remainder^for the states. It
was rough weather on the inlet ami
nearly all passengers failed to show
up at dinner Saturday night.
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Walter t armer was a passenger on
the Alaska for Valdez to appear in a
case before the District court.
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LECTURER FOR
THE RED CROSS
IS COMING HERE
A week fiorn today the Red Cross
drive will start for the £100,000,001*
war fund. The quota for Seward has
been placed at £1000. Already stops
have be< n taken for the campaign,
whxh will last one week, May 20th
to May 27th.
Chairman (Jeorge Sexton received
a cablegram yesterday saying that
A. M. rowers, lecturer, will leave for |
the no>*h on the steamer Alamda from |
Seattle next Thursday and while the |
steamer is in Seward will talk about
Red Cro s War Fund.
The headquarters of the Red Cross, j
during the war fund drive will be at |
the Sexton hotel, where the chairman
can be found -it all times. Literatu
re and posters have been received con
cerning the drive.
ANYOX WITH A
TOW COMES UP
IN FAST TIME
Freighter Anyox, Capt. Olson, ar
i ivetl in port at 1 o’clock this morning
towing the barge Lawrence. Capt.
Olson made the trip from Seattle to
Seward in eight days- and ten hours.
The freighter and barge are loaded
with commission freight consisting of
structural steel, bridge material,
ties, etc. Part of the freight is for the
Anchorage division.
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KILLED IN A CTO ACCIDENT
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Word was received in Seward from
Anchorage on the Alaska of the death
of Ernest Podboy,.proprietor of the
(Jreen Express. Podboy and Miss
Mable Brown were auto riding early
Thursday morning. The auto turned
turtle on the C street road south of
the Anchorage terminal yards. Pod
boy received a fractured skull, dying
a few hours later. Miss Brown sus
tained a fractured hand and internal
injuries. Podboy was buried yester
day, the funeral being held under the
auspices of the Pioneers of Alaska
The body of L. C. Magill, U. S.
Commissioner at Kenai, who was shot
and killed recently, was aboard the
Alaska being shipped to Dayton,
Wash., for burijd.
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NEW YORK, May 13 — Assurance to stem the Ger
man tide grows among the Allies as the Teutons delay
the renewal of their offensive according to the summary
of the Associated Press this afternoon. Washington has
no advices of the official confirmation of the report of the
decision not to use the American army until completely
self sustaining. One school of strategists contend that
the Americans should be put at the front as fast as they
arrive as they are well trained and energetic and are
ready for continuous counter offensive with the hope of
ending the war this year. Others contend that the Amer
icans should not be used to a very great extent until fully
organized then they can strike a mighty blow with the
french and British, smashing the German lines and bring
ing a decision.
AMERICANS ARE WANTED IN FIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 13 — British Ambassador
Reading asserted today that the announcement, coming
by way of Ottawa, that the American army will not likely
be fully utilized on the western front until developed to
full strength, was directly opposite to the information he
received from the British War Cabinet. “V e know the
fighting worth of the Americans, and as long as they arc
willing to light with our forces, which they have indicated
thev desire, the British and French soldiers, as well as
officers, are only too anxious to have them," said Ambass
ador Reading.
ACTION IN THE SOMME VALLEY
LONDON, May 13 — Teuton artillery was active dur
ing the night in the Somme valley also in the Nieppe For
est in the Flanders region.
ARTILLERYING ALONG AVRE
PARIS, May 13 — There is active artillerying in Pic
ardy on both sides of the river Avre according to the offi
cial report issued this afternoon*
| EVANSON TO ENLIST
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Joe Evanson, of the Branch, who
left for Valdez yesterday on the Al
aska, will enlist at Fort Liscum, if he
can pass the examination required.
Mr. Evanson, if he is successful in get
ting into the service, will retain h.is
interest in the Branch with Alex Fra
ser. It* he does* not pass the required
examination, Evansofi will return to
Seward within a couple of weeks.
W. (*. Blazer, master mechanic at
the local shops, left for the states on
the Alaska yesterday.
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DINNER TOMORROW NIGHT
BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Reservations for the dinner tomor
row night to be given by the Chamber
of Commerce .indicate a large atten
| dance. Jhe celebration of the Fourth
of July and other important matters
will be discussed.
SPUDS FOR *KENNECOTT
* There were 200 sacks of spuds
aboard the Alaska yesterday for Ken
nccoy, having been ordered by the
mining co/npany at that place.
MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION
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WASHINGTON, May 13 — President Wilson has is*
sued a proclamation designating Thursday, May 30th, the
National Memorial Day, to be a day of public prayer and
| fasting. The people of this nation are to gather upon that
day at their places of worship and pray for victory for the
American armies which will bring peace, founded upon
mercy, justice and good will. i.
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LONDON, May 13 — All German prisoners captured
by the French during the past live days claim that Gener
al von Him vi:’nuig is d ;ad. At the same time they assert
that General Mackensen has beoQ brought into promin
ence as the great man who will bring the Germans victory.
Local, also French newspapers claim that tlie von Hin
denburg story is being circulated to explain the failure of
the German western offensive.
STEFANSSON STOPS HIS EXPLORATIONS
NEW YORK, May 13 — Arctic Explorer Stefansson
has sent the Explorer's club a telegram from Fort Yukon
stating that on account of illness lie is unaole to continue
his expedition into the Arctic regions.
HUNGARIANS LOSE HEAVILY
ROME, May 13 — The Italian headquarters report
that the Austro- Hungarians made an attack on Mont Cor
no, which the Italians rec<. beaten
off. The Hungarians lost hundreds of men.
TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAINS CUT
WASHINGTON, May 13 - Director General McAdoo
today ordered a curtailment in transcontinental passenger
trains from Chicago west to save 11,700,000 miles yearly
by eliminating competition and cutting down schedules.
OCCUPANTS ON ESCAPED BALLOON SAFE
SAN ANTONIO, May 13 — Two cadet observers in
the army balloon, which broke away from the army bal
loon field late Saturday night, reached the field early yes
terday morning, by automobile. The balloon landed thir
teen miles away, just one hour after its escape.
CLAIMS HE IS INNOCENT
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NEW YORK, May 13 — Gutson Borglum, sculptor,
who has been accused of inciting the present aircraft in
vestigation when a private graft was exposed, made a
general denial today. Borglum stated that he was being
framed against and denied that he was connected with an
aircraft Company as a silent member.
GERMANS HOLD ROYALTY IN CAPTIVITY
AMSTERDAM, May 13 — The Ukranian press bullet
in received in an Odessa dispatch says that the former
Dowager Empress of Russia, Marie Feodorvona; and
Grand Dukes Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Alexander
Michaelovitch, are held captives by the Germans and all
are living at Dulbar, in Crimea. •
The steam shovel is nearing Third j
avenue working up Lowell Creek.
\V. M. Foster and J. Stevens, com\
mission men at Anchorage, are pass
engers on the Alaska, taking Elmer
Pach to the states .for medical treat
ment.
SEATTLE, May 13 — The fish quo
tations at noon today were: halibut,
fourteen cents; sable, ten cents; ling
and red cod, three cents; salted sable,
*20 a barrel; salted herring, $20 a bar
rel.
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