DATE FOR CALLING ALASKA’S QUOTA TO T.JE COLORS IS SET
FOR THE LATTER PART OF NEXT JUNE -INDUCTION STOPPED
AhskVs quota of men for war service will be called ors about June 30th, 1918. They will not be sent to the, warning of the call to the colors also came word to the lo
t , the colors about June 80th rding\o an official or- United States for trtunirig but will report to the command- .*al draft board that all voluntary inductions have been
der received t Ve oon b Attornev J. L. Green, chair- ing officer, First Battalion, Fourteenth Infantry, now sta- absolutely stopped. There has been no extension of time,
. Li Lft board. The instructions came turned in Alaska.‘This is not an order for mobilization, as given out earlier this week Those who have already
•roln I rovost Marshal General of Washington, D. C., and but is advance information in order that all plans may be | left Alaska for the states with the intention of being vol
iho c-d)ie«rrain was as follows: “The Secretary of War I made accordingly, that it may prepare registrants and the untanly inducted, are allowed until April loth in oi dei to
has directed that-Alaska’s quota will be called to the col- public generally for the call when it comes.” With the prevent hardship.__
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Volume XI. Number ------
UKRXE. .March 22. — Neutral ad-!
vices rec'ivid here from various sour
ce- by the Swiss government direct
from many flouts on the great west
ern offensive line state that the l»’»t
i>h have met uid withstood the most j
stupendous attack tiermany has mad'
on the western front in three and one
half years over a fifty mile front. Ihe j
hosts of Democracy are now gripped
with the forces of Prussianism in
what may be the decisive struggle ot
the war. After a gigantic bom
baidmen; fi*om great masses of guns, I
the Germans passed the British out
posts and at some points attained a
battle lino. Xo where did the Ger
mans gain their objectives planned.
They hurled regiment after regiment
against the British. I* ield Marshal
Douglas Haig says the German losses
were exceptionally heavy. Despeiatc
lighting continues from the Sensee to
Oise and is especially severe in the
Gambrai sector.
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Croat Hattie Continues
I .OX POX, March 22. — The great
battle oa the western line continued
i:: t night and totlay. No serious at
tacks 'iccurved today as they did yes
terday. Heavy lighting is expected
(%nu the Hiitish are holding the enemy
at all points.
The Post this afternoon says that
Germany evidently aims at recaptur
ing the entire Hindenburg line which
was lost months ago.
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First Offensive Stage
BRITISH HKADQUARTFP.S, Mar.
22. — (By Associated Press). — The
lighting is continuing in the first
.vtage of the offensive which is now
practically passed. The enemy failed |
in the execution of the program as
attested by the capture of documents
showing that von Hindenbu’g planned!
to completely surprise the British in
the first hours of the assault and re
take ground lost to him when the!
British started their drive on his lines |
during the fighting in January.
Claim Line Is Captured
BERLIN, March 22. — The Ger
mans are attacking from southeast of
Anas as far as La fere. The Teuton j
forces have captured the first line,
from the British according to an offi
cial report issued this afternoon.
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Betake Positions
LONDON, March 22. — According
to official advices from the front, vig- ^
orous counter attacks by the British
have restored some of the positions
the British abandoned early yesterday
only temporarily. The Germane have
been driven back ana out of the posi- j
lions leaving many dead upon the bat
tlefield. Artillery and infantry took
part in the counter attacks. Gas
shells were freely used upon the Teu
tons.
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Kaiser Goes to Front
LONDON, March 22. — The Kaiser,
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as well as Field Marshals von Hinoen
bu rg and von LudendorlT have gone to
the western front to witness the at
tack. It is also rcpoi ted here, hut not
officially, that Bulgarians and Aus
trians in large numbers are with the
Germans on the western line of at
tack.
Fight for Peace
COPENHAGEN, March 22. — The
Berlin Taeglische Rundschau says to
day that the Imperial German forces
have now entered a decisive battle for
general peace and says that a sing’c
combat between England and Ger
many will decide the issue. The war
for this enu opened with a cannonade
which was heard in all southern parts
of Holland.
Huge Forces Fighting
LONDON, March 22. - Nineteen
enemy divisions are in the present
fight against the British lines on the
western front, says a special dispatch
this afternoon from the Reuter’s agen
cy correspondents at the scene of the
battle. The Agency says that the
t»cimans so far have paid a colossal
price for the small gains admitted to
have been secured.
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IImi Losses Are Heavy
AMSTERDAM, March 22. — Unof
ficial advices received here today says
that the Gorman attacks against the
British compose a thing too big to be
sketched or visualized easily. Thus
far the Germans have paid heavily
and it is known that five of nineteen i
divisions have been wiped out by the
terrific artillery fire of the British
guns.
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Something Is Doing
WASHINGTON. March 22. — Mili
tary obseners here doubt Germany's i
decisive heralding of the great offen
sive and they believe that the present
onslaught is only a forerunner for
some other movement, possibly an at
tack upon Saloniki.
Americans in Hattie
WITH THE AMERICANS AT THE
FRONT IN FRANCE, March 22. —
American artillerying has destroyed a
Gorman rirst and second line of posi
tions in part of the sector east of
Lunovillc, after an American raid late
yesterday afternoon. The Americans
heavily shelled the positions of the
enemy during the afternoon and dur
ing last night. An American patrol
visited the German lines soon after
daybreak this morning and found that
the positions had been wiped out and
many dead bodies were found.
Fighting in the South
ROME, March 22. — The war office
of the Italian government issued a
statement this afternoon that f.ghting
is becoming more active on the entire
southern front. Sveral sharp engage
ments resulted yesterday tnd various
battles were in progress today.
PUBLIC DANCE
TOMORROW FOR
SOLDIER BOYS
To give the sixty one men from An- ,
c horage, who are on their way to the ,
states to enlist, a proper show of ap- j
prei iation and God speed, the citizens
of Seward will give a public dance to- !
morrow night at the Arctic Brother
hood. The dance will be in the nature !
of a dual affair. It will be a good
bye to those going to the front and
also a welcome to the regular soldiers
who are now in Seward. The Anchor-;
age men and the enlisted men will,
therefore be the guests of the city to- j
morrow night, the affair being under
the auspices of the Seward Home j
Guards.
The ladies of Seward are asked to
be at the dance prepared to have a
good time and incidentally to see that
the guests, over bO in number, will al-1
so enjoy themselves ir. dancing.
The men arriving from Anchorage j
will not leave until Sunday going |
south on the Admiral Watson, their i
tiaosportation having been secured
through to San Francisco on the Pa
cific Steamship Company’s line.
MILITARY DRILL AND
ATHLETICS ON TONIGHT
The regular Friday nipht drill of j
the regular soldiers will be at the j
tonight at the A. B. Hall. Several of
the regular soldiers vill :k* at the
drill tonight.
Following the drill, which is gener
ally over by 9 o’clock, basket ball
txims will go on the floor and prac
tice for^thr big game which is being
arranged for next week. All players
and other athletes not members of the
military unit are requested to he on
the floor or in attendance tonight so i
that further plans toward the organi
ration of the A. B. Athletic club can
\ e made.
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Even the man who criticizes the
army may shoot off his mouth without
hittinr th* mark
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MEN SELECTED
AS CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTION
—
After prominent business men and
other citizens of Seward had care
fully weighed all issues regarding the
formation of a ticket for mayor and
four eourcilmen co be chosen at the
election on April 2nd, petitions were
circulated and these were filed with
city e.'e-k Poehlman during the day.
The following is the list of candidates
which has been selected for the city
officers: j
Mayor, Harry V. Hoben; Council
men—Erich Lucas, S. M. Graff, E. L.
Whittemore and J. L. Graef.
With the petitions of the above is
also the petition of L. L. James, Jr.,
advisor to the council.
The following citizens of Seward ,
all signed the petitions foi* mayor,
the four counci I men and Mr. James:
ti. S. t«- n, Gaston Hardy» C. G.
Orlander, Gus Lor gen, F. R. Ligford,
I>. C. Mathison, J. P. Stotko, A. K.
Evanson, 0. X. Poehlman, Maude Mc
Donald, J. 0. Patten, Thomas Kin"
Frank J. Cotter, J. M. Sloan, A. H.
McDonald, M. (\. Miller, Cal Bios ins,
W. P. Henry, A. H. Bryant, Mrs.
Frank Cotter, A. Eide, Wa>ne Biue.
Charles A. TecklonburK, Leon Ur
bach, C. E. Martin, Frank L. Bal-1
laine and S. 0. Morford.
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UPHOLDS CLAIMS OF
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
WASHINGTON, March 22. — j
Claims of American citizens to prop
erty confiscated by the Mexican Con
stitutionalist authorities in 1913 and
sold by them have been sustained by
the supreme court in a test case.
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AUSTRIANS VOTE
SIX BILLION KRONEN
AMSTERDAM. March 22. — The!
upper house of the Austrian reichs
rath, a Vienna dispatch says, has
adopted a provisional war credit of
6,000,000,000 kronen for the next four
month*
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ODD FELLOWS
TO GO AHEAD
ON BUILDING
The cornerstone of the new Odd
Fellows hall will be laid on Apiil 26th
according to plans announced last
night at the meeting of that order.
April 2Gth falls on the :>9th anniver
sary of the founding of the I. 0. 0. j
F., and not a better date could b.* had
3or starling the work on Seward’?
newest fraternal building. Following
the important cciemony construction
work will be rushed.
H. Peterson has prepared the blue
prints for the Odd Fellow’s building,
which will be erected on the property
cast of tiie Harriman Bank building.
The plans provide for a two story
building to cost in the neighborhood
of $7000. The lower floor, or street
floor will be fitted for stores or other
mercantile establishments. The upper
floor will contain a lodge room, 32 by
48 feet, a large ante room with lock
ers, large kitchen, which will be thor
oughly equipped and a large storage
loom. The kitchen and storage rooms
will be on the jjorth side of the build
ing, a rear entrance being provided. ■
The building will be 33 feet wide by
86 feet long.
Two years ago the Odd Feilow’s
started with a membership of five and
last night it was announced that the
membership is now ninety.
HI N DOMINATION IS
SPREADING RAPIDLY
LONDON, March 22. — Aroused to
the danger of German domination of
the world and urging prompt inter
vention by Japan in Siberia Lord Rob
ert Cecil, minister of blockade, said
m the course of an interview, that the
Teutons already had made dangerous
progress on the Baltic and Black seas,
with the conscious or unconscious aid
of the Bolsheviki. He said the allies
must adopt every means in their pow
er to frustrate the Berlin govern
ment1* »ch*me.
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EARTH DID QUAKE
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A series of earth shocks were fe»t
in Seward this morning early and ag
gravated by the heavy wind then pre
vailing were all the more pronounced.:
The first shock was felt at 2 o’clock.
Subsequent shocks occurred until live
o’etock when a decided one lasting for
perhaps twenty seconds, occurred. The
barometer shows a coni inuous earth
movement for three hours beginning
at 2 o’clock and ending wth pronoun
ced movement at live o’clock. George
Sexton claims that the earth move
ments predicts an early spring. Let j
’er come.
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SIZE or MAIL PACKAGES
CAN NOW BE INCREASED
Instiuctions have been received by
postmaster Root that hereafter the
limits of size on parcel post matter j
will be materially increased. The 1
liftiit has been increased to TO pounds
when delivered in the first, second or
third zones, and to 50 pounds when
delivered in any of the other zones.
As the entire territory of Alaska is in
the eighth zone, and as the zone sys
tem does not apply in the territory,
the 50 pound limit will be placed on
all parcel post mail either to or from
the territory.
Nth''RAGE MEN G JlNG
70 STATES TO ENLIST
DUE HERE TOMORROW
The men coming from Anchorage'
on their way to Fort McDowell, who (
left the inlet town on Wednesday
morning, will arrive in Seward on the
regular train tomorrow right. This j
forenoon part of the Anchorage con
tingent wore at Leonhardt’s road
house and the others at Mile 45. They
will all make Mile 40 late this after
noon or by noon tomorrow.
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PORTLAND, March 22.—Ex-Sena
tor Johnathan Bourne, jr., of Oregon,
has been married at Mobile, Ala., ac
cording to advices received here, to
Mrs. Carol B. Sperry, who was his
secretary while he was serving as
senator.
GERMAN RAIDER ON
PACIFIC CAPTURED
OY A U. S. WARSHIP
REOFIELO TO
MAKE A TRIP
TO NORTHLAND
WASHINGTON, March 22. — Wil- j
Liam C. Uedfield, Secretary of Com
merce will represent the United States
at the American-Canadian fisheries
conference in Seattle on April 24th to
discuss the removal of restrictions oi
the two countries regarding each
other’s fishing.
After the Seattle conference, Seere-.
lary Redfield is going to Alaska to
confer with the Alaskan fisheries com
mission.
Several days ago it was announced
in a dispatch from Ottawa that Cant
da and the United States were to al
low fish boats to sell their catches in
ports of the two countries and all re
strictions had been removed. It now
seems that this was probably only
meant to indicate that there was a
possibility of a change being made ip
the existing laws regarding Canadian
boats selling catches in American
ports and American fishing boats sell
ing their catches in Canadian ports.
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WINDY AT ANCHORAGE
•For four days Anchorage has been
in the grip of a severe wind storm
which at times has raged at a velo
city of 50 miles an hour. This mom
ng the storm abated somewhat. Last
night earth shocks were plainly felt
along the Inlet according to telegraph
ic advices received this forenoon.
A PACIFIC COAST PORT, March
22. — A United* States ciuiscr has
captured a German raider which has
been operating on the Pacific. The
cruiser lias the raider in tow and
American officers and a guard are in
complete control of the enAmy v ssel.
This is according to a wireless report
received late this afternoon.
The raider is reportoo to be a com
paratively small vessefi but cap tide of
sinking any merchantmen now op the
Pacific Ocean. It is al'egeci that the
laivler was outfitted lvom the west
coast of Mexico. The raider is man
ned by a German cre w /ii.m mi man
der d* \ n. It is unknown how the ves
sel obtained clearance paper*. An in
vesiiga'Jon lias already born staited
by the Department of Justice.
RUSSIA NOW
DOOMED SAYS
AMBASSADOR
MOSCOW, March 22. — "Russia
will eventually become a Germ a**
Province and the Russians will lose
their liberty if they submit to the
peace forced upon them by the Teu
tons." This is according to a state
ment 'f AmVissaioi Francis, Ameri
can representative in Russia, issued
by him. Ambassador Francis atso
pledged American help to the Russian
government to resist the Germans anci
said ne would not leave Russia until
compelled to do 90.