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SEWARD; ALASKA. I lilKAA AUGUST 28, 1918. CB"TS ™ Wr*
VOLUME XII. NU HiFR . . .•_______— —■
TO ELECT
LEADER OF
THE FLOOR
WASHINGTON. Aug 2X— The He
publican senators will tomorrow elect
a floor leader to succeed Jacob H.
Gal linger, who died last week. It *.s
predicted that Senator henry f. la u*
ge. of Massachusetts will be chosen
floor leader.
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SENORITY IN
THE ARMY IS
NOW AIL OFF
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.;.— By
War Department orders the rule of
seniority is to be immediately aband
oned and a new policy of selection ap
pointment and commissioning of army
officers is to be in vogue. Army off
icers in the future will, for the most
part, come from the ranks after the
training school.
REFUGEES FROM
WAR COUNTRIES
WELCOME HERE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2:i— Presi
dent Wilson today sent *-o Congress a
resolution authorizing the admission
to America of refugees trom the war
countries. No explanation was given
but it is believed part ot the scheme
that "here refugee* are able to work
it is better that they come to the
United States than for vhe Unied Sat
es to be required to send them food at
the large concentration refugee
camps.
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MUCH MAIL ON ALAMEDA.
Eleven days mail were received on
the Alameda yesterday the express
company at Seattle using the good
judgement and holding back the ship
ment for the steamer coming north
via the outside passage. The Alameda
probably had all of the states mail
and little if any will arrive on the
Admiral Karra gut or Northwestern*
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• LONDON. Aug.23.—A Harbin dis
patch, received late this afternoon,
>ys that the enemy outnumbered the
Allies on the Ussuri river front, north
of Vladivostok, and forced the Allies
to withdraw. Bolsheviki monitors
are harassing the Allies according
lhis report, on Lake Hangka. Com
mands are given to the Bolsheviki in
German.
British, French, Cossack C ?.och
Slovak and Japanese are on the Allied
I line.
RED GUARDS EXECUTE
i AMSTERDAM. Aug. 23.-The Rus
' ian Red Guards, after capturing S:m
j irsk on the Volga, hanged 3,00 Czech
! Slovaks in the market place as . re
l prisl for alleged atrocities committed
j during the time te Czeches occupied
! the town.
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AN ALLIED COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—An In
i ternational Allied Council is to he es
tablished at Vladivostok and Arch
angel to co-ordinate the Allies efforts
in Russia. American Ambassador
Francis is to be head of the Arch
angel council.
SECOND TRANSPORT IS
SAFE AT VL \DIVOSTOK.
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VLADIVOSTOK. Aug. 23— The sec
ond transport with American troops
reached this port today. The third
vessel, which was due .last Monday
has not yet reported.
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STEAMER DOPE
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Steamer Admiral Farragut left Val
-dez at 8 o’clock last night and is
due in Seward at any hour.
Steamer Alameda is expected tc
1 return from Anchorage tomorrow
j afternoon.
Sterner Northwestern is supposed
' to arrive at Cordova this afternoon.
Perhaps until further notice, the
! arrivals ami departures of steamers
} from various port will he discontinued
upon the government instructions,
hut this is not definite.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
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SEATTLE. Aug. 2.T—P ices on fish
at noon today were as follows: hali
but, fifteen cents; ling cod and rod
cod four and one half cents
\ MINUTE MEN TO MEET.
Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock the t
minute men will hold a special meet
ing in the office of attorney L.Y, Pay.
The man who jumps at conclusions
is apt to meet with a surprise when
he lands.
WILL KILL
OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2::.— Dis
patches from Swiss sources says that
attempts on the lives ot Austrian off
Icers are increasing, the wouhihe as
sassins being from the rank and lile J
of men at the front. Several com
madants have ordered all officers at
the rear to keep their revolvers with
them always, ready for instance use.
O.S. SPENDING i
2,000,000 AN
HOUR FOR WAR!
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—A com
parison ot reports shows that Amer
ican* war expenses are about 50 per
cent higher than Great Britain’s, ow
ing to the shorter time that Arne* ica
has been in the war. The individual
burden of taxation in this country is
about half as much as in England.
The monthly cost oi the war to the
United States is about $1,500,000,000.
The cost to Great Britain is about a
billion dollars. The United States is
now spending $2,000,000 hourly.
The nation’s debt is now a little un
der $12,500,000,000. Great Britain's
debt is $:Mi,r»7i>,000,000.
BRITISH WAR COSTS
LONDON, Aug. 23.—The war is
costing the people oi Great Britain
.$34,920,000 p r day, or $1,455,000 ev
ery hour or nearly $25,000 a minute,
according to a statement prepared by
j the imperial authorities. Britain’s na
tional debt has increased during the'
war from $3,225,000,000 to $39,900,
000,000.
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FLOURLESS LOAF
EXPERIMENT IS
BEING CONDUCTED
j AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2.°. —Experi
ments to perfect u flowerless loaf to
take the place of bread have been re
cently conducted in Germany accord
ing to word received in Amsterdam.
Advices From Berlin say that the
Workman’s Food Control Commission
has successfully carried on the experi
ments with the result that bread with
out flour was made. The experiments
are aid to have been satisfactory.
The formula for the new bread sub
stitute is not given.
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OFF ON HUNTING TRIP.
What looked like a Mexican revol
utionary band went up Broadway this
foixmoon, over the bridge and on the
way to the hills. The band consisted
of Leo Margules, Frank Cotter and
A.F. Davis, with four horses. The trio
is going up the Resurrection river
looking for the reputed banana bolt.
FISH FLEET
DESTROYED
MONTREAL, Aup., 23—Virtually
the entire Meet of the Maritime Kish
Corporation has been destroyed by
i aider Triumph which has operated
oil’ the coast of Newfoundland.
BRITISH CRAFT SUNK
ATLANTIC PORT, Aug., 23—The
British steamer Diomed was submar
ined off the coast early this morning
o\or 100 of the crew have been ivscu
i d.
SUL CAPTAIN CHUCKLES
PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 23.—The
commander of the Germun submarine
which' captured the Canadian Jish
boat Triumph and then turned her in
to a raider boasted that the American
♦•ruiaer Sun Diego was torpedoed and
did not strike a mine. i
According to the Triumph’h surviv
ors, Boston. New York and Portland
papers were taker from the Triumph
They said that the commander was
amused in reading how a submaruie
was* rammed and sunk by stemers ar
living at American polls.
PATRIOTIC PLAY
WEEK PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Plans
for a “PaUvotic Play Week”, to be ob
<ei-vcd in September or Octooer
throughout the country have been an
nounced by ihe Children's liureau of I
the Department of Labor. The ciiief
purpose will be to implant in the mind
of children an association of th*i idea
of pat’.ctism with pjhysical fitness
and the celebrations in many places
will be conducted in connection with
•runty fairs and carnivals. ,
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DON'T DO IT NOW.
No information will he given out to
the public regarding the movements
of steamers by the Radio station so it
will do one no good to call up and ask
Capt. Martin has received his instruct
-ions from the government to give out
no further information until the order
is countermanded.
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l.W.W. IN CONSPIRACY
CASE ARE FOUND GUILTY.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.‘I— A verdict of
guilty has been returned against all
the defendants in the I.W.W. conspir
acy case which has been on trial here
for the past three months. The jury
was out two hours.
The men were accused of conspira
cy against the United States govern
ment and were supposed to have re
ceived funds from Germany with
which to obstruct the industries of
America, especially those related to
war preparations.
The HAGUE, Aug. 23— Germany
has approved the suggestion of Aus
tria that an Austrian archduke be
made king of Poland. It is probable
that Archduke Karl Stephen will be
named, according to the Berlin Lokal
Anreigoc.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23— < 6 r.St.
summary )— A battle which seems to
be one of the greatest of the war is.
developing along the northern Picaidy
front It is reported tonight that dis
aster ie threatening the whole Ger
man army on his front
The Germans are throwing masses
into the struggle to check the tide of
| the battle which is reported setting
J against them.
The British ar© advancing from the
northern end of the Picardy front at
Boiry,BecquereUe ami Boyeilen. The
British have captured Jdoaulto, near
Albert and Happy Valley , north of
Bray. The BntisA have also captured
Chuignoiles and Herleviile, south of
the nomine.
American marines are with the Bri
tish in these attacks.
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BATTLE ON WIDE FRONT.
LONDON, Aug. W— 9 F.AL— The
oatue is raging uiong one of the wid
est iroots, extends uity miles nortn
xrom Poissons, in© Allies are winning
me British have gained over two
dines in ten hours and rolling up*
many prisoners.
HURRAH— HUKRIP.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, Aug.
23— The offensive is so vigorous to
night that it is difficult to keep up,
with the developments. 1
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HUN LINE BAITER El).
NEW YORK, Aug. 23— The batter
ed German line is wavering on the\
northern and southern ends of the Pi*
! eardy battlefront according to the As
sociated Press summary this forenoon,
rhe Germans are retreating precipi
tatley along the Oise. The Allied pres
sure is strong along the whole front.
The British and Germans are bat
tling along a twenty mile front fronv
Lihons, six miles south of the Somme,
to the Coieul river, south of Arras.
Noyon, the German pivot, still holds
out*
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HUNS DRIVEN OVER RIVER.
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WITH THE FRENCH, Aug. 23
General Mangin’s French army has
driven the Germans ac'ross the Ailet
te valley along a seven mile front
and over the river. The Germans have
also been driven back between the Oi
se and Ailette. Five thousand Ger
mans have been taken on the OLse
Aisne- front. Gen. Mangih took 5000
Germans last -Wednesday.
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BRITISH TAKE VILLAGES.
WITH THE BRITISH. Aug. 23—
Th§ British are reported to hare cap
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tured Chiegnolles and Hereville, south
of the'Somme river. Over 1000 Teu
tons have been captured. The bend it\,
the line has also been eliminated and
the British appear to be slowly ad
vancing at many parts of the new line.
on: hem,.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23— Kaiser
Wilhelm today sent a telegram to the
burgomaster of Frankfort deploring
the bombing of the Rheims cities by
the allied aviators. According to the
Cologne Gazette he said, “Our eno
mies are violating all international
law. , .
SPAIN GETTING TIRED
OF SEEING SHIPS SUNK.
PARIS, Aug. 23— A Havas dispat
ch from Madrid again insists that
Spain has notified Germany that for
every Spanish vessel sunk, a German
interned ship will be seized by the
Spanish government.
It is thought here that such a note
from the Spanish government is liable
to lead to a break with the Germans.
BOMB
LONDON, Aug. 23.—British air
men bombarded five importune Ger
man towns ami fiv German air
domes yesterday morning according
to an official announcement today.
bacThome
NEW YORK, Aug. 2o— Food Ad
ministrator Hoover arrived Lome to
day from a trip to England and Fran
ce.
MILITARY UNIT
DRILLS TONIGHT
At 7:45 o’clock tonight, the com
mand “fall in” will be given at the A.
B. Hall and for the next hour there
will be drilling by the Sew’ard Home
Guards. It is expected that there will
be many recruits in the awkward
squads tonight and the editor of the
Gateway hereby challenges anyone as
to awkwardness.
Sew’ard men must understand that
the new' man pow'er bill, now before
congress, has but one principle, work
and drill or fight According to the
telegraphic dispatches today, Sam
Gompere has changed his view's and
stated that the American Federation
of Labor approves of this part of the
mewufCt
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