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4 Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post .
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19,191-1. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Volume XI. Number -51. _— - - -
The Revised List of Numbers of Registrants for the Selective
Draft of this Division If ill Re Printed in the Gateway Tomorrow
RAI ’ll HORR SHOT
IN SEATTLE Y AN
UNKNOWN ASSAILANT
SFATTLE, Feb. 19. — An unidentified man hid in
the office of Ralph Horr, candidate for mayor at todays
• primaries, and shot Horr in the left breast when the can
didate entered his office at the close or his final speech
making campaign last night. ..
“You won’t heed our warnings,” cried the assailant,
;><; Horr entered his office.
A shot rang out imediately and Horr fell to the tlooi
shot in the breast.
The assailant and his companion fled from the office
and building following the shot.
Horr finally recovered, went to his phone and te e
• phoned the police and the newspapers that he had been
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Police and reporters hurried to the office and before
Horr became unconscious from loss of blood he mac e a
statement that the shooting was the culmination of
threats received from anonymous letter writers and also
over the telephone that if he did not stop attacking the
anti-patriot and the underworld characters he-would meet
' Horr was rushed to the hospital where he is under
care of doctors today.
Mr Horr is a University of Washington man, an
attorney and exceedingly popular in this city and the
state at large. ____
ATTEND MASS I
MEETING AND
TAKE A HAND
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If Seward is to endorse any resolu
tions regarding the eight hour law ;
one way or the other, representative
citizens should attend the mass meet-(
ing tonight at 7 o'clock at the Vivt
hall and be among those and vote on
all propositions. Citizens should re
member that the United States gov
ernment is now at war, and the mat
ter of changes in the eight hour lav
are in the hands of the National Coun-1
cil of the Defense and the Governor
of the territory. Seward citizens have
y one of the troubles of other commun
ities and the majority, are no doubt,
perfectly willing to permit the Gov
ernor, now conducting a hojii ing (,n
the eight hour law at Juneau, to come
to his own decision from evidence sub
mitted without the additional burden
of wading through unnecessary resin
tions fo** or against.
There will he a mass meeting to
night at the Fire Hall to discuss the
8 hour law. Several prominent sp'mk
ers will address the audience. The
meeting is called fV the express pur
pose of endorsing the a« tion ol tne A.
F. U., and Pioneers, of Anchorage,
protesting against further abrogation
of the eight hour law.
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SOI HIXH GHS SPIN YAKNS
For the good of the order last night
at the Arctic Brotherhood meeting
many sourdough members related va
rious experiences of the early days.
There was a large turnout of mem
bers at the lodge meeting.
NORTHERN IS
OPENED-FINE
ESTABLISHMENT
\Vith Johnny Wise as acting mana
ger and with Tim Currie behind the
counter of the cigar stand and gen
eral lookout over the tables, the
Northern, billiard and pool loom, with
<ard table rooms on the side, opened
this noon after being closed for rc
pairs since the first of the year. Ihe
new place is decidedly changed in ap
pearance and is now' one of the best
and porhrps the largest establishment
of its kind in Alaska. There are nine
billiard or pool tables, plenty of room
around each for the players and every
thing is fitted up for convenience of
the players. The soft drink bar, the
same old fixtures foi merly used in the
old days, will not be opened until the
return of Manager Margules which
will be about the first of the month
The library and reading room of the
Northern will be on the .-econd floor
in the rooms formerly occupied by the
old Commercial club. In these rooms
will be reading tables and special
writing desks.
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KKI PPS GET CONTROL
OF GERMAN PUBLICITY
LONDON, Feb. 19. — The krupp*
have acquired control of the VVolfl
Bureau, the semiofficial German news
agency, an Exchange Telegraph dis
• patch from Zurich says. They a1 sc
are reported to have organized a sub
sidiary advertising agency with the
purpose of obtaining control of al
large advertising contracts, which v.ril
be allotted, the dispatch says, “in ac
cordance with German interests.”
NATIONS CAN !
DRAFT THOSE
NOW ELIGIBLE
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11). — The
army draft convention between Eng
land and the United States was signed
; today. The convention permits the
United States to draft British resid
ing in America between the ages
twenty and forty-five years of age
England may draft Ameiicanr in
Great Britain between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty-one. A sep
arate convention along the same lines
are being negotiated with Canada.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — It was
announced by the State Depaitmcnt
' this afternoon that Canada and the
! United States had signed u draft con
vent ion with the same conditions as
1 included in the convention with Great ;
Britain.
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EXPLOSION ON !
CRUISER, EIGHT
MEN INJURED
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WASHINGTON, Keb. 10. — A cart- i
ridge case aboard the cruiser Montana
exploded today during target piactice ;
and eight men were injured. No de
tails were given in the wireless state-1
meat to the Navy Department.
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FORMER CZAR
OF ROSSIA MAY
LEAVEJJOUNTRY
PETROGRAD, Feb. 19. — Several
grand Dukes and Duchesses of the
forme- regime have requested the Bol
sheviki to change immediately the ^on
ditions surrounding the former Czar
and his family. It is understood that
a ftemand has been made to permit the
former Czar and his family to go to
England or France. The Imperial
family, it is said, will renounce all
rights and pretensions to the throne.
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DORA SAILS WESTWARD
Steamer Dora sailed for the west
ward shortly after 2 o’clock this after
r.oon with the following nasesngern:
For I nga—A. E. Ooghe, T Larson,
O. L. Mackintosh, S. T. Vaughn and
Harry Tucker. For Seldoia —0. B.
Garton and C. H. Packaid.
MORE KCJLTVTK
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SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 1!>. — <
A letter from an American nurse, '
who has recently returned to Par- "
is. says that the Austrians are
inoculating the captured Serbians
with tuberculosis germs before re
leasing them.
SEATTLE THIEF
BREAKS DOORS;
GETS BIG SWAG
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—A thief broke
through the doors of the residence of
Samuel Sizer, on Yesler Way iast
night, and stole bonds valued at $17,
835. Jewelly worth over $(>00 was al
so taken. Mr. Sizer is a well known
insurance man.
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UNITED STATES
SHOULD OWN R.R.:
OF THEJjOUNTRY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Senator
Hiram W. Johnson, of California,
spoke today opposing the Senate’s
draft of the Administration’s railroad
bill and strongly advocated permanent
ownership of the railroads instead of
government control for the period ot
the war.
Senator Johnson approved President j
Wilson’s recent stand against secrecy j
in diplomacy.
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INVESTIGATION
IS STARTED IN
SHIPYARDS CASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. — Secret
service men have staited an investi
gation in*o the enormous expenditures
<.f building the government shipyard*
at Hog Island, Pa.
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GARIBALDI AN LEGION
AUTHORIZED IN ITALY
ROME. Feb. 19. — The Tribune an
I
nounces that the government hasi
authorized the creation of the Gari
baldian legion under the command oi,
Peppino Garibaldi, who is in Rome
conferring on the details of the unit
with the organizing committee.
WARD COMES OUT FOR THE SENATE
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 19. — J. Wilbur Ward,
manager of the Anchorage Daily Times, today an
nounced his candidacy as Senator at the Republi
can primaries. The Times yesterday endorsed the
candidacy of Henry Slater, of Cordova, as a repre
sentative from the Third Division.
Mr. Ward is the hired man of Charlie Herron.
Mr. Ward’s qualifications for a senator are nile.
If this is the best political timber the Republicans
can hew, that party is to be pitied.
HUNS EXPECT TO
MARCH THROUGH
GAPS OF ALLIES
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE AND
FLANDERS, Feb. 19. — The great German offensive is
now expected at any hour. It is believed that the main
thrust against the British front will be in the sector be
tween Arras and St. Quentin. The Germans are to employ
new tanks and a new and mysterious gas. Other attacks
will be delivered further south.
This information is secured from German prisoners
and from other sources. The Germans are said to be
planning a seies of surprise attacks and the German pris
oners have told the British soldiers that only a few of the
allied troops will suiwive the tanks and gas bombardment.
The Germans expect to walk through the allied gaps.
I VINSKY CAPTURED
BY HUNS -ANOTHER
TOWN ALSO FALLS
BERLIN, Feb. 19. — The Germans this forenoon en
tered Dvinsk, south of Riga. This is the official war
statement. The Russians unsuccessfully attempted to
blow up the bridge across the Dvinsk river.
ANOTHER RUSSIAN TOWN CAPTURED
VIENNA, Feb. 19. — The Germans under General
von Linsinger have occupied the Russian town of Lutsk.
There was little fighting, according to an unofficial state
ment.
REVOLV 1 BULLET
ENDS LIFE OF A
RUSSIAN GENERAL
PETROGRAD, Feb. 19. — General Kalendines, lead
er of the Don Cossacks, has committed suicide at Novo
Tcherkask. The Novo government decided to resign in
favor of the local Workmen’s and Soldier’s council and
this proved too much for the General and he ended his life
by a bullet from his pistol. General Nazaroff, who then
succeeded Kaledines immediately ordered the mobiliza
tion of the Cossacks to fight the Bolsheviki. He with his
troops is now approaching Novo Tcherkask.
WEATHER FORECAST
The weather forecast for tonight
and tomorrow is unsettled, increasing
winds and warmer.
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OFF FOR KENAI
F. Obriket, jr., and V. Obriket, far
buyers, left for Kenai this morning tc
pick up what skins they can find
CHAMBERLAIN ILL
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. — Seni
or Chamberlain, of Oregon, ;* conrn
ed to his apartments again today,
with a reoccurrence of appendicitis.
WASHINGTON, Feb. j9. — Sen.
Chamberlain was operated upon late
this afternoon for appendicitis suc
cessfully.