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SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1918. TEN CENTS EER C0I>
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 11)— President Woodrow Wii
s con it nee probably aboard a
ivitde.ddi). it is expected that the President of the Unite*
s , ... lo , Ps ris, Brussels and Rome. It is
will receive recc tion
accorded few men in the public eye, not only for being the
President of die United States but as the champion o!
world Democracy.
march under triumphal arch.
PARIS. Nov.. IP— W hen peace is restored the crack
Allied regiments will march under an arch of Triumph
!♦ is und " Mood that President Wilson, and the kings c*
Kng' .ml. Italy . Belgium and Serbia, the Japanese Rov: |
Prince and the Greek Prince will be present at this grant j
occassion.
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Senator J. R. Heckman of Ketch*
kan has resigned a.- Superincendeir
of the Alaska Packers’ Assoeiatior
cannery at Loring and as the rec
ognized representative of that com
pany in Southeastern Alaska, after
being with the company for 2b yea :>
He will devote his whole attention to
his personal business at Ketchikan.
S uator Heckman came to Alaska
years ago for the Arctic I* ishing
Company, and remained witfc that
concern until it was absorbed by the
Alaska Packers’ Association, and then
he went with the latter company, and
has been with it ever since.
The Ketchikan Progressive-Miner
contains the following concerning Sen.
Heckman’s resignation:
•‘Senator J. R. Heckman, for Lb
years superintendent of the cannery
at Is)ring for the Alaska Packer-’
Association, sent in his resignation
to the company for the second tir.v
on September 1st., and has ju t been
accepted and will take eftect cn Jan*
nary 1, 1919.
“Senator Heckman > recoin in Al
aska is one of the most inuring of
histories of the pioneers, and is a
wonderful example of the opportunit
ies awaiting all who ttay by Alaska
“In 1SS6, many years before th*
‘Golden North’ had lured men from,
all rarts of the world with its prom
ises of untold wealth. Senator Heck
man saiVd for Cook Inlet in the civ.
ploy of the Arctic Fishing Company,
and fished a gill n t all that year.
The next season he worked un to the
position of machinist helper in th*'
cannery.
“Two years after coming to the
North in 1S8S, he returned to I.oring.
as machinist helper and in 1890 wa.
promoted 1o the position of foreman
of the cannery.
“Three years after he had been put
in charge of the cannery, the Aret e
Fishing Company was absorbed by the
Alaska Packer’s Association and Sen
ator Heckman was made superintend
ent which position he has held ev>*
since.
“As a mark of esteem and u.iprcci
ation for faithful services render*'
for 25 consecutive years, Senatoi
Heckman was presented with a hand
■ som; gift from the company.
“After his resignation takes offer
Senator Heckman will devote all hi
time and energy to his merchants
business here.”
MAKES WILL lfc!
LAST HOURS ON
THE jGPHlA
Among the effects of one man, a
victim of the Princess Sophia wreck.
as found a letter addressed to h.;
sweetheart giving a brief account oi
the conditions, and making his wilt
He was the only one on board, so fa:
as known, to have made full prepara
Hop* for death.
The letter was w rit ten by John
Maskell of Dawson to his sweetheart
Miss Dorothy Bargers “my wife wh
Aiis to be,” he says in his will, in
which he left her 300 pounds, togeth*
with 100 pounds each to his father
ami mother. Her address was give,
os 37 Smart street, Longsight, Man
chester, England.
The letter was dated October 2i.
] on board the S. S. Sophia. He say:
j in part:
“I an writing this while the boat is
in grave danger.** He describes very
briefly how the boat went on the reo«
♦luring a blinding snowstorm and that
! .he captain wandered to the starboard
of the buoy marking the reef.
After the distress call was sent on
he said, the first boat appeared in
about t* r e hours. This boat is known
to have been the Peterson from Koit
Seward. He remarked on the heavy
! sea and that the steamer could net
| approach the Sophia. Later he rei’
fered to other steamers appearing n
! th*‘ scene. When the tide was our.
I w'hich would have been around 11 a.
m.. he estimated the boat to he twu
| thirds out of water “high and dry. *
Later he says that no one was allow*
; ed to sleep, that an awful noise was
! heard on the side of the boat, and thu
boat w*as listing to port.
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Seattle, \ >\\, 1!>— Ten physicans
and ien nurses are planning to leave
ton'ght on the steamer Spokane t'<
aid Alaska’s fight against 'nlrenzn
The corps will make Junora their
headq mi ters. The party of doctor:
and nurses were gathered by 1’is! A-*
sistant Sergeon Kmil KrulisV of the
United States Public Health Service
an ! Ur. Trttlc, State Health Coni mi
sion, who acted i:|)on the r < i;st o!
(lev. Higgs, Jr., of Alaska.
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OTTAWA, Nov., 10— Canada ha;
by an order in council, the rat
es of pay and allowances for discharg
'd soldiers and sailors undrrtfoinp;
treatment in saniloria and h }>:tal
With a few variations, the pa\ v\ i\i l> •
the same as that which the n n re
ceived in active sendee. DejcndcnL
will receive the militia or n.i JVl, sc- |
paration allowance.
Men who. after their return to c’v
•lian life, ultimately break »io" n as i.
n nit of their war-time experiences.
ill te eligible to further treatment
Nearly 5,000 soldiers and sailors ar«
under the care of the Departn erf :o
Soldier’s Civil Re-establishnu >t. tb(
wovk of which partakes in som^ d -
"ree of that done by the Unite.1 Slate
War and Labor Departments and th«
Federal Vocational Board.
Allowances will be paid to depend
nts as follows: Wife only, $10 :
month; wife and child, $10; wife an<
.wo children, $2d; wife and thro*
•hilds *n, $31. For each additional child
35 is paid, but $45 is the maximum,
i n with dependents are also * xpe't
jd to assign to them at least $20 from
their pay.
While disabled nn n are beinj; train
:d for civilian cmplo’ r n* t’ v wP
>e allowed only $8 a month for *;»c**d
inc: money. Th" rest of the r .
them will he deposited to tlsci? c:- !<
in banks, to he retained until training
is completed.
GOVERNMENT WILL
TRY MOTOR SLEIGH
FOR ALASKA MAIL.
The Pittsburgh Leader contains t!i
follow ing special dispatch from ( love- J
land.
The Government’s first motor sleic
designed for mail delivery work i**
Alaska, has been completed here and
shipped to the West coast, where •*.
will get a test tour before enterin'
the regular work of delivering ma.
in the frozen North. The machine wa
invented by F. G. Horner, former Clc
velander, who for several years hr
been with the Motor Transport Ser
vice in Washington. It is 25 feet lon>4
three feet wide, and is expected t •
; cover at least 100 miles of ice and
! snow track a day with a burden of
! 500 pounds of mail. Present delivery
in the field the sleigh will enter »c
j made by dog teams.”
The Key reopened this forenoon wit!
! Claude Mathison on deck,
i The forestry department’s office in
'he railroad building is closed for n
f»w days as Mr. Henneman is nct:nr.
, .i night nurse '■o the i’k
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It is estimated that Father William
i Duncan, the pioneer Metlnkatla mis
sionary, left an estate worth $160,000.
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WASHINGTON, Nov., 1!> — The
Federal Reserve Rank Roa.d in a
statement today says to May 1st, the
war cost all belligerents one hundred
and seventy five billion dollars. It is
estimated that the total cost of the
war has been about $200,000,000,001).
All belligerents spent $!32,000,000,
000 t May 1st, for military and naval
purposes.
k is believed that the Teuton pub
lie debt is $15,1)00,000,000 and the Al
lies $100,000,000,000.
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WASHINGTON, 19— President
Wilson today formally named John V/
Davis, Solicitor General of the Unit'V
States, to he American Ambassador
to Knffland. Alexander C. Kinor, of At
’antic, has been nominated to ■'ucceof
Davis.
Mr. Davis, the new ambassador c
Knqjnnd, succeeds Walter Hines Paffe
who recently resigned on account of
illness. When Mr. Pape arrived it*
New York he was carried ashore on
stretcher, suffering from heart trouh
le.
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SAX FRANCISCO, Nov., 19— *
rop of rice estimated at 6.158,00t
bushels is now being harvested in Cal
fornia. This is 15 per cent of the
country’s total production. The 1911
crop was 5,600,000 bushels. The pric<
fixed for the growers is $4.16 to $4.81
per hundred pounds, or $1.60 to $1.9(
per bushel, according to the guality.
The California walnut crop this yea
is estimated at 16,500 tons, compared
with 15,000 tons in 1917. Prices ar;
2Sc per pound for the first grade,
compared with 15,000 tons in 1917
and fifteen and one half cents in 1916
The almond crop is estimated at
4875 tons, the largest ever produced
In 1917 the production was 8800 tons
Although the estimate production of
apples for the whole country is nearh
10 percent greater than last year, tlu
crop in this district shows a reductior
ranging from 4 per cent in Califor
nia to 20 per cent in Utah and 85 puv
cent in Idaho. Quality, however, it
better than usual and prices are from
15 to 25 per cent higher than last
year.
The damage to the California prune
crop by untimely’ rains during Sept
ember was more serious than indicat
ed by early reports. Estimates of ti
normal crop of 150,000,000 pounds are
now reduced to about 50,000,000 lbs.
AMERICA IS EXPECTED
The cannery tender Amenca, from
Kodiak, to take medical relief to that
district, had not arrived at 2 o’clock
this afternoon but was expected any
| hour. The America has possibly been
1 held up by snow storm or wind.
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WEATHER REPORT
The maximum temperature in Sev
ard, to 7 o’clock this morning was 40
above and the lowest 30, raining, calm
The following is the report from along
the railroad: Kern Cr^ek, 14, cloudy,
calm; Matanuska, 20, cloudy, calm;
; Chickaloon , 8, cloudy, calm; Anchor
ago, 20, cloudy, calm.
LONDON , Nov, 19— Rumors that the former Kais
er may return to Germany has created a stir here and in
other Allied nations. It is feared that the former Kaiser
may become the center of a counter revolutionary move
ment in Germany. Many statemen and also various news
papers have openly come out saying that the ex-Kaiser
ought to be made impotent so as to do no more mischief.
His presence in Holland is said to be most intolerable.
SEE NEW TRICK UPON THE ALLIES.
LONDON, Nov., 19— The daily Express, in its regu
lar issue this afternoon, contains an article seeing the pos
sibility of a German plot, to trick the Allies, in the creation
of a Federation of German states. The Express says that
if this federation of states is completed the strength and
resources will exceed the former German Empire, the Ex
press contends that the Kaiser is now suppoi ting present
Chancellor Ebert. The Express also says that the former
Kaiser has signed no formal abdication and issued no val
idity statement.
A large number of the leading Allied diplomats and
statesmen believe that something is brewing in the direct
ion of a plot to trap the Allies.
The Express concludes with the remarkable state
ment: “Why not let Foch clinch the matter of subduing
the Germans? The Allies have the upper hand now, have
the men, have the war material. Germany is daily asking
for further modification of the armistice. Let Foch go
Germany one better and declare the armistice null and
then wade in, after a 12 hour notice, and subdue the Ger
man nation by the gun or bayonet.”
HAS ANOTHER KICK ON ARMISTICE.
LONDON, Nov., 19— German foreign Secretary Solf,
in a wireless to the Allies, says Germany wants the terms
>f the armistice modified so she may have economic inter
course with the left bank of the Rhine. Solf suggests that
the Germanish boundaries be left untouched and protest*
against a further blockade.
ANOTHER HUN CAMOUFLAGE
BERLIN, Nov., 19— A German band paraded Undei
Den Linden playing the “Marseiliaise.” It is believed thai
the new government is to dictate a sane policy of govern
ing. Many in Germany are urging the convening of a con
stituent assembly soon. Women will be allowed to vote
The new Republic is not to be purely Socialistic and it h
understood that the Bourgeoisie will be allowed to partici
oate.
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HUN FLEET GOES;
TO SURRENDER
COPENHAGEN, Nov., 19— The 1
first section of the German fl«*it left;
the Kiel last Sunday for the North j
Sea to surrender to the Allies. j
SITES TO SURRENDER
LONDON, Nov., 19— The German
submarines, to be surrendered to the
Allies, have passed the Kaiser Wil
helm Canal enroute to England.
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The ffasboat Ruby returned to th"
Seward dock this forenoon and is un
lordinf th' i/main^er ot her frrght.
BOLSHEVIKI HAS
BEEN REPULSE!
ARCHANGEL, Nov., 19- Th
Americans and British have repuls*
the Bolsheviki attacks at Tulgas o
the Dvina river inflicting heavy loss*'
to the Bolsheviki. The Bolsheviki, a*
ter a bombardment, reached the Car
adian p:un emplacements;
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Five serious cases were taken to tt
Seward General hospital this forenoo
from one of the detention houses.
These cases require special attentio
The hospital was opened today und«
the direction of the Seua*;^Board <
Health. ^