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Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post _
SEWARD. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1918. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI. Number 284. _’_ -_
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JAPAN AND
U. $. MAK:
N 0 DEAL
WASHINGTON. March J". - Ne
gotiations tor the transfer of one hun
dred and fifty thousand tons oi Japan
ese shipping to the united States has
been completed according tv> announce
moiH made this afternoon.
I'm* tK great amount of bottoms
Am. ica is partially to lift the steel
export embargo in return ^o that In
pan mav replace ships with now ones.
It is understood that America is to
give to Japan two t< ns of steel place
t or even ton of deadweight ship capa
cdy Japan gives the United States.
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JAPANESE ARE
GATHERING AT
MEXICAN PORTS
MANZANILLO. Mexico. M.tmh 27.
— Many Japanese from all parts of
Mexico arc concentrating here and at
other Pacific coast ports, awaiting
steamers to take them to San Fran
cisco. Although they are reticent
about their reasons for leaving Mexi
co it has been learned that they a-e
answering a call to the colors from
their .government. Reservists al.'O aie
neing called from other countries or
North, South, and Central America,
they say.
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\ VIATOR KILLED
FORT WORTH. March 27. — H.
Hooten, of Montreal, an aviation ca
det was killed here this afternoon
when his plane crashed to the earth.
Hooten's death makes th° forty-fourth
fatal accident in the combined British
and French aviation camps since their
e* ablishment here lu>t fall.
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VAC ATION NEXT WEEK
There will be no school next week,
it h“ing the regular Easter vacation.
In several of the grades, on Friday,
special ,) "grams will be given.
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IMPROVIN'; NORTHERN.
It vR IS MOVED FROM
LOWER TO UPPER END
Since l.e© Margules returned he has
been devising schemes to make the
Northern more popular. Carpenters
have made the latest innovation and
the soft drink bar, which was situat
ed at the rear end of the large pool
and billiard room, has been moved to
ward the front. The private office
and card rooms have been moved to
the rear. The change makes a de
cided improvement.
t.OING FlMM AN MURAGE
According to telcgrannic advices re
ceived from Anchorage, forty one
more recruits for Fort McDowell, will
leave that town on the lurt steamer
to join the war service.
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MONEY FOR REl> CROSS
A little box was recently nailed up
in Adam’s roadhouie at Mile 20 fo'
which funds fer the Red Cross coule
be deposited. The mail last nigh*
brought in the sum of $13.05 to the
local chapter, this amount having been
donated for the g»*eat organization.
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?tearr»rs Nortl we-tem ar. I Armir
al raiT*|ru? •» »vide<* they have not
't >np“d at canneries should reach Ju
neau during the day from Seattle en
rol te to Sewnra.
A STREET IN PARIS AFTER THE VISIT OF GERMAN GOTHAS
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Oi. < •! the streets i n I'mis showing the daniuge caused by a 200-pound torpedo dropped from a raiding Gotha
.in the night of January 30. Greut holes mauy feet deep were made by the torpedoes, and the buildings in (lie back
ground were badly Injured.
• MEiN V ANTE!)
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The Unite * stales Marshal's *
< Mice in Sew2. : wants John Esk
Miari and John ( )ll e#'g. These men
i»re in the selective draft and
1 heir quest ionium es are not prop
* , ly tilled o.u.
CANDIDATES AT
CITY LLECTION
NOW NAMED
All nominations, by petitions, for
i ity office^, as well as for the Seward
School Hoard, closed last night at 5
o'clock. There are only two contests,
if such they may l>e called, two candi
dates for city treasurer and two for
the position of clerk of the school
hoard. The election will he held next
Tuesday, the polling place being at the
city hall. The polls will be opened
from V o’clock in the morning and
close at ? o’clock in the evening. The
following is the complete list of can
didates:
For Mayor—H. V. Hoben.
For Councilmen—vote for 1—J. E.
! Graef, S. M. CraiT, Erich Lucas and
I E. L. Whittemore.
i For City Clerk—Otto H. Poehlman.
For City Treasurer-Julian H.
Reed and J. H. Romig.
For City Attorney—L. L. James, jr.
School Board Ticket.
For clerk of school board—Gere
vieve K. Ballaine and George Phelps.
For Chairman of school board—J.
M. Sloan.
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MILITARY IS
NOW GUARDING
0. S. PROPERTY
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Militaix guard was established
along the right-of-way of the govern
! ment railroad last night by regular
soldiers now slationcd in Seward.
Hereafter none but railroad em
ployees will be allowed on any part
of the right-of-way after six o’clock
at night.
Beginning next Monday, April 1st.
• a rigid guard will be established at
I the Seward dock both day and nignt.
i No one will be allowed on the dock un
les they have proper permits.
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Tho helping hand isn't always the
one that helps
DRAFT MEN
ARE BEING
LLASSIflED
Ti e local draft board is busily at
work now on classifications, according
to the returns made of questionnaires.
1 he following registrants have been
classified and their classification card*
have v*cn placed in the mails:
Chrysos Manuelides; Arvid Gcorgt
Anderson; Alfred Francis Johnson;
i John Hinkley Dowling; Albert Baum -
bo ger; N'eis Edward Matson; Eugene
Samuel Jaccard; Conrad Johnson;
Grant Livingston Carlson; Howard L
Long; Martin Severn Anderson; John
Joseph Campbell; Otto John Keating;
Andrew KashevasoiT, Carl John Lund*
Leig; Art Mikelson; John McFaden;
; John Marcus Jacobsen; William Ellis;
Leslie Burton Denny; Harlin Andrew
(Easterlin; Charles Lech nor; Alex
Charles Anderson; Harry \:fon.«*o
Meagher; Bernidino Carnval; George
; Siergro Caloyerto; Louis Kcntera;
John Thomas Jenkins Frost; Otis Ed
; mund Harrington; Frank Ray Big
< ford; Jessie James GHmes; Henry IJd
i vard Lien; Harry KafTord; Ingwald
Johan Jacobson; John Morrison; Wil
liam Erich Lucas; Antonio George
Frangos; Russell Calvert; Peter La
lios; James Francis Crough and Har
• c!d Emlon Allen.
BORING FOR WATER, MAN
FINDS GOLD—CLAIMS
STAKED BY STAMPEDFRS
MILES CITY, Mont., March ?7. —
Over three hundred claims have been
staked out since last Sunday at Sta
cey, near here. Great excitement
prevails as the result of a discovery
of what is said to be rich gold bear
I ing quartz. This quartz was struck
bv a rancher boring a well for water.
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TO TRANSFER THE CZAR
LONDON, March 27. — The Bolshe
viki is to transfer the former Czar
from Tobolsk to the Ural region in
view of possibilities of complications
in the far east. This is ihe information
received here from Moscow.
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The regular Wednesday night Hr*1 *
for recruits to the Seward Home
Guards will be held tonight at the A.
B. Hall. Following the drill basket
ball teams will go on the floor for
practice.
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Lieut. Long, wife and children, have
taken the Thoday residence on Second
Avenue. The Thodays have taken
apartmtets at the Overbad hoM.
BASKET BALL GAME
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There will lx* a basket ball
game tomorrow night at. tlx* A. B. 4
Hall tx'tween the married anr. the 4
* single men. The teams arc from ■
•• the Arctic Brotherhood Athletic ‘
* club and there is going to bo a tip 4
top game For this spoiling event *
* the sum of 2*bits will be churgcri.
; The game will lx* called at 8:30 4
41 o’clock.
HAIG SAY; HE
WILL FIGHT TO
THE VERY LAST
WASHINGTON, March 27. — Field
Marshal Douglas Haig has cabled his
thanks for President Wilson’s congrat
ulatory note, sent yesterday, and sain
that the Allies were determined to
light on until the freedom of man
kind was safe for all time to come.
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BLOOD/ BATTLE
ON BLACK SEA
OUSTSGERMANS
LONDON, March 27. — It is re
ported that the Soviets and the Ukrn
!-nans have recaptured Odessa after a
bloody battle in which the naval »’cr
ces participated.
MOOSE WILL
GIVE SMOKER
TO THE MEN
Joe Kvanson was taken into the
Moose herd last night and adequately
equipped with antlers. There was a
large attendance of members and the
candidate was thoroughly instructed
into all of the mysteries of Moosedom.
At the meeting of the lodge last
night it was decided to give something
different at the next session, Tuesday
night, April 2nd. On that night all
officers will be installed for the next
term. Following the installation, a
public smoker for men only will be
given. At this smoker there will be
speeches on the present war and a
general good program besides.
GERMANS MASSING
EOR ATTACK ON A
N IV BRITISH LINE
BULLETIN—London, ..March . 27—(Official)—The
British late this afternoon delivered a counter attack be
tween the angle of Ancre and the Somme and recaptured
Norlan Court and Chipilly.The Germans are in possess
ion of the town of Albert. The British hold the railway
embankment on the western outskirts of Albert. The
Germans are massing near Albert and a new attack is ex
pected.
BULLETIN—Berlin, March 27— (Official) — The
; British began a retreat this afternoon on a wide front on
both sides of the Somme. Stubborn resistance of a hostile
rear guard has been overcome. The Teutons are in sharp
: pursuit.
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BULLETIN—Washington, Mar. 27—An official buile
in issued by the War Department this afternoon at 4
/clock stated that from advices received from Paris, it is
relieved that a turning point in the present battle on the
.Vestern front is near. A counter attack on the French
rout is expected.
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SUMMARY OF THE FIGHTING ON FRONT.
NEW YORK, March 27. —By the Associated Press—
Having regained nearly all of the devastated Somme reg
.on, the Germans are being checked by a defense which
grows stronger each hour. The British line from Scarpe,
southwest through Albert to the Somme has held for 24
hours. The Germans have been repulsed in all local at
tacks" south of the Somme. The Germans are unable to
push west of Roye and Noyon.
Field Marshal Haig has reported to the British War
Office that the Americans are aiding the Allies south of
the Somme. It is believed that the Americans form part
of the Franco-American reserves.
It is estimated' and this estimate is from Berlin as
well as London and Paris reports, that the Germans have
lost four hundred thousand men in the fighting and have
not yet given up the attempt to break through the British
defensive. If it is true that the Germans had over 800,
000 men in the offensive line, as the Associated Press was
informed yesterday, then the Teuton forces have lost near
ly fifty per cent. This is terrific and shows what the
kaiser will do to win. Man power counts absolutely as
nothing with him.
Advices late this afternoon indicate that the Teutons
are massing for a drive to the rear of Roye and Noyon in
an effort to break through as a preliminary to rolling up
a process on either side. The Germans have a blunt wedge
m the British lines with the apex at Albert and the outer
points at Monchy and on the Oise river, south of Lafere.
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! GERMANS MAKE FURIOUS ONSLAUGHT...
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, March 27—The Ger
mans last night continued to make furious onslaughts
southwestward from Ham. Heavy fighting occurred at
Albert. Large enemy forces are being used today at this
position which is the gateway to Amiens. fThe conflict
around Roye and Noyon appears important from the in
dications that the Germans are attempting to split the
! Allied front there.
I It is reported by prisoners taken by the British that
the kaiser has lost fifty percent of his men in the advance
formations.
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