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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-13
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-13

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-13

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-13

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ter in Baltimore brouden nod 327
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-13

gI6Onncnten bic Ocu n9entidcn
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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
BASEBALL SEASON OPENED WITH BIG
 BENEFIT DANCE

The benefit dance last night repre- sented the formal opening of the 1917 baseball season in Seward. The com mittee in charge of the affair is well pleased with the attendance, and ex- poets to clear about eighty-five dol lars above the expenses of the dance. The baseball club contemplates giv- ing a series of dances, and probably a vaudeville show, in order to secure funds to further its plans for public playgrounds.
 A regular baseball meeting will probably be called this week at whi>h time definite plans will be considered in regard to the playgrounds. The Seward Woman's club is interested IF the matter and their assistance can De relied upon. It is also hoped that th@ city will take a prominent part in the securing and clearing of the grounds
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
JOHN TROY SAYS HE IS NOT OUT
 FOR GOVERNOR
lRr u-itsd States Gable,

JUNEAU, Tuesday, April lO.-The Juneau Empire states at the head of it's editorial column in yesterdays issue an announcement by John Troy, in which he says that he has never been, and is not now a candidate for any appointive CT elective office in the territory, and would not accept the governorship unless it was handed to him on a silver platter, which he con- siders improbable. Troy says his sole ambition is to make his newspaper a great success
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
PASSES
 EIGHT HOUR LAW
 SALARIED HELP
(By United States Cable)

JUNEAU, Tuesday, April lO.- The senate today passed the eight hour law pertaining to all sal aried employees, and also the bill which grants a bounty for all preda- tory wild animals.
 A bill was introduced by Senator Sutherland which provides for the punishing of owners of trespassing animals.
 Numerous other bills were referred back to committees for changes and others were placed on the daily file.
 The house passed the memorial which prayS for the establishing of a quarantine station in Alaska.
 The bill providing for shelter cabins on frequently travelled roads and trallS passed the thlrd reading, anu the Snow joint memorial providing that the owners of unpatented min ing claims be exempt from annual aS- sessment work, if enlisted in the gov ernment's military forces, as we'll as the general eight-hour bill, passed the second reading.
 A bill recommending the establish ment of national guard was urged for passage.
 A bill was introduced today regulat- ing the operations of insurance com panies in the territory.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
 MRS. GILMORE

The funeral services over the re- mains of Mrs. Dolly Gilmore, who died Friday, were conducted this morning by the Rev. J. J. Patten, and the body will be shipped on the Alaska to Nenaimo, B. C., for burial. The Bank of Seward was yesterday appointed administrator of the estate which is estimated to be valued at $S,5C0
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
ADMIRAL LINER
 ANNIVERSARIES
 FOR ANCHORAGE

The Admiral Farragut arrived this morning with the following pasSen- gers for this port: A. c. Hartle, Mrs. A. Hegbom, Ole Morberg, Mir. and Mrs. NJ. J. Mcconnell, James Fish, Leon C. Booker, Mir. and Mrs. J. l.. Raymond, and fourteen third cabin.
 Outgoing passengers to the west were: Thomas King, NJ. D. Snod- grass, c. Fl. Schultz, E. NJ. Hettel, ani four steerage.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
CORDOVA JURY CLEARS KANITz
 IN ARSON CASE

The jury returned verdict of not guilty in the case of the United States vs. Otto and Caroline Kanitz, who were tried last week in Cordova on charge of arson in connection with the burning of Valdez, on the morning of January 2
 The trial lasted five days, starting Tuesday and ending late Saturday night, the jury requiring but ten minutes to reach the verdict of ac- quittal
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
ADMIRAL WATSON SAILS NORTH
 16 FOR SEWARD
fRr United stAtes CabieI

SEATTLE, Tuesday, April lU.- The Admiral Watson sailed for Sew ard: Norden Schild, L. Knudsen, H. Ayes and wife, c. Classey, Miss E. Christofson, R. Stone, Mrs. Hawkins, George Carpenter and seven steer, age. George Nelson booked at Katalla with crew of twenty-five men to work on the government railroad at Matanuska.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED
 IN GUATEMALA
lRy limited State, Cahlsi

GUATEMALA CITY, Tuesday April 10.-Martial law has been de- clared in Guatemala.
 This action was taken on the re- ceipt of information stating that several disturbances have ben noted along the Mexican-Salvadorean iron tiers.
 It has been reported that the trouble has been created with Ger man assistance.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
BOATS AND TRAINS

The Admiral Farragut left thiS morning at 11:3O for Anchorage.
 The Alaska is due from the west tomorrow.
 The Northwestern sailed from Sc attle yesterday for Seward and way ports.
 The train will leave Thursday for Mile 40 at 9 o'clock.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
CALL FOR FIVE
 BILLION DOLLAR
 BOND ISSUE UP
(By United States Cable)

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, April TO-. Secretary McAdoo and Representa- tive Rainey, of Illinois, the ranking democratic member of the ways and means committee, decided today to in- troduce a bill in the house Thursday calling for five billion dollar bond issue.
 It is expected that congress will be asked for total of six billion dollars.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
20 LIVES LOST
 WHEN AMERICAN
 SHIP WAS SUNK
lBy United States CabIel

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, April 10. Ambassador Sharp notified the state department in a message from Paris, that twenty-eight lives were lost in the torpedoing of the American steamship Aztec.
 Included among the lost is Boat swains Mate Soppolucci of the United States naval guard
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
ROOSEVELT URGES PRINCIPLE OF
 UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, April 10. Departing from conference with President Wilson this morning, Theodore Roosevelt said !,
 q am heart and soul for the principle of universal three million men, I am for both universal obligatory training and service. oo,,4 Brighten me by any name
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
SEIZE AUSTRIAN
 SHIPS; 12 IN ALL
(By United States Cablel

NEW YORK, Tuesday, April 1O.- All of the Austrian ships in American ports were seized yesterday, there be- ing one dozen in all.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
BRAZIL DECLARES WAR
KAISER STATES VIEWS ON THE
 ELECTORAL LAW
1Rx IInit.d States Cnblel

AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, April TO-. Emperor William in his order to Bethmann Hollweg directing reforms in the Prussian electoral laws, de- clared:
 "In view of the gigantic deeds of the entire people there is no more room in Prussia for election by classes. The reform of the diet and the liberation of our entire inner political life are especially dear to my heart"
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
AETNA MUN|TION PLANT
 BLOWN UP..75 EMPLOYES
 KILLED AND ZOO INJURED
lBr united ststes Cahlel

CHESTER Pa., Tuesday, AprII TO- - An explosion blew up the Aetna munton plant at Eddysone this morn ing killing between fifty and one hundred of the em- ployees mostly girls and injuring about two hundred others The plant is owned by the Russian government and was engaged in the manufacture of war supplies and munitions.
 Evidence shows the cause of the disaster to have been incendarsm.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
ARMED LINER NEW YORK HITS MINE
rRr United States Csblel

liner New York struck mine off Liverpool last night but reached Liverpool safely this morning with no loss o life. ,o Jo,,,oco
 Cablegram agents in New York say that the damage 10 the New York slight and that all aboard are Sie The New York sailed from this port for Liverpool on March g, and was armed.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
40 SUBMARINE CHASERS TO BE
 BUILT ON THE PACIFIC COAST
CBy United State. Cablel

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, AprII V.-SecTetaTy Daniels has announced that the Puget Sound navy yard will build twenty-five and the Mare Island navy yard tif- teen submarine chaserS
 general munitions board of twenty members has been created with Frank A. Scott, Cleveland manu- facturer as chairman
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
ALLIES PENETRATE GERMAN LINES

LONDON, Tuesday, April TO- - Following heavy bombardment on Teuon positions the British forces yes terdav penetrated the German lines on wide troht rom Arras to Lens, the war office announces.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
BRITISH ADVANCE THREE MILES

LONDON, Tuesday, April TO- - The Bntlsh IG!ceS l2 advanced two to three miles on l2-me frohJ m nl S Coipn southeast of Arras to Givenichy Encohele, and took 5000 German prisoners including ll9 ohcerS' and still more to be counted.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
RUSSIAN FORCE MAKES LANDING

PETROGRAD, Tuesday, April 10. - Russian forces made andng yesterday on Turkish territory on the Black sea coast 1lO miles west of Trebizond.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10

Trails poor at Kern creek but fair at Mile 52. Temperatures S4 at Kern creek and P at Mile 52.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
TAKE 5000 GERMAN PRISONERS,
 INCLUDING 119 OFFICERS---M MAKE
 ADVANCE ON WESTERN FRONT
,By United States Cable,

LONDON, Tuesday, April TO- - The Hague reports that over 5000 Germans have been captured on the west ern front within the last two weeks.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
Decision Follows
 Sinking of Parana;
 Seize Enemy Ships
lRy United states Cablel

RIO DE JANEIRO, Tuesday, April 10. - Brazil de- clared war on Germany at meeting Of the governing board today. m
 The text of the governments declaration will be given out for publication late today.
 This action followed the sinking of the steamship Parana. .
 Passports have been issued for the German ministers and consus throughout Brazil and they will depart ml- mediately for Spain.
 It is the plan of the government to seize 46 German
 RraziI has recognized the new government of Russia. LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS WITH U. $.
 WASHINGTON Tuesday, April 10. = Notwlth- standing some conflicting reports, the administration eX + +bot oraat majority of the Latin American repub- lies will in time line up with the United States against Germany.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10

ATLANTA, Tuesday, April 10. - launch manned by German crew and carrying five hundred gallons of gasoline was captured off the of Georgia today.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-04-10
ATTEMPT MADE TO DESTROY VAST
 QUANTITY OF WHEAT IN STORAGE

MINNEAPOLIS, Tuesday, April 10.-Three incend ary fires which have occurred here within twelve hours thought by the police to have been attempts to destroy the vast quantity of wheat which stored in this district
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
A NECESSARY INVESTIGATION.

Testifying before the senate Investigating
committee General Crozier, chief OF ordnance,
stated that it takes Germany seven years to IS
sue ordnance of a new design to its troops. Now
we are trying to do in haste what we ought to
have begun to do the moment war broke out.
Our failure to do this led to the condition OF
things which has led to this investigation. But
congress could not see at that time the neces-
sity for preparation, and the president encour-
aged it's ~inaction by his message in December,
1914, in which he said that the country should
be ASHAMED of thought of hostility or fearful
preparation" Thus counseled by the chief
executive, congress drifted along doing moth
ing of Importance, with result that the war
found us so unprepared that we have no ma
chine guns yet and shall not have until next
spring, and our allies have to supply our forces
in France with all the ordnance they have.
In fine, our. government could not or would
not see what hosts of citizens saw, that we must
certainly be drawn into the war. 1t was really
not until after his reelection that the presl-
dent admitted the possibility of such a thing.
Since then he has done and is now doing all he
can; and congress has done magnificent work.
But those wasted months and, the foolish at
tempts of our war and navy departments to
keep from the people knowledge of what was
being done and left mdone have rendered this
investigation necessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

approximately complete statistics
Of freight movement during the first
six months after the United States
entered the war, that is, April TO
September inclusive, which have
been compiled by the bureau of rail-
way economics for the railroads war
board, disclose that in that period
the railways not only handled far
more traffic than in any earlier six
months of their history, but also as
much as in any entire year prior to
1917 says the Railway Age Gazette.
1T will be recalled that the years
1896 and 1907 marked the climax of
a long period of rapid increase of
railroad business which resulted in
the longest and most acute conges-
ton of traffic and shortage of cars
ever known until recent months. 1t
is therefore not without significance
that in the first six months of 1917.
after the country entered the war,
the railways handled as much freight
as they did in the entire year 1906.
I'm 1915 the railways handled only
80 per cent. more freight than in
1906 while in 1917 they are hand
ling approximately 100 per cent.
more than they did in 1906. These
facts illustrate not only the enor-
nous increase which has occurred in
railway freight business during the
past eleven years, but also how
swiftly the bulk of the increase has
come within the last two years.
THE total number of tons OF
freight handled one mile in the six
months April to Septedber by class
! roads, handling about 95 per cent
of the freight traffic of roads of tina:
class, was 204,7 0 1861, S65. This is
an increase of IA per cent. over the
freight business handled by the same
roads in the same months of 1915.
The increase in the average tons
hauled per a was from 24.8 tons to
n tons, or 8 per e and the in,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

wko helped place the gun in pla IND
We are quite proud of this lact
are pleased to give him TINS i0'
milton. wa,
After a long illness which "a" a.
borne with great fortitude, Chloe H 81,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. r.. n. sam.
OF this city, passed away at the No.
ily home In this city on FRIDAY,
cember IA, aged t~wenty-three .,
The girls basket ball team rs.
| Memphis high school closed d Low.
cessful season again this year, No.
ing nine games as last year anu in,inr
ing victorious In all, though last
some by narrower margins than sors
year. Memphis high school Is n,bo
tunate in having plenty OF girls The
are willing to give their time 70 :
game without any immediate nol in
of getting to represent the scno
a contest. NJ.
Fred Fincher came in from an.
Moines last Thursday, where NJ rt.
listed in the quartermasters will
ment of the national army. t,s,,ed
remain here until a call is
him to report for duty. uyill
Christmas night, the ladies r,y.
meet with the gospel team IA aprch
er service at the First M. y. Gnu n.
| Every oma in the town VINO ~ 4
~terested in the great wal Waaant
now raging, is Invited to DO
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
WIND OF H NIGH.

VbSS Mt
Wind of the night of winter-blown from a stariess uacA'
Whispering there in the Darkness, where the SHADOWS WINS
per back,
why must YOU haunt my easement, under the rain-wet
caves,
With voices of ghosts forgotten in the rustic of withered
leaves?
Wind Of the night of winter-caling to me as you creep,
Whispering there in the shadows where the dark OF the
night is deep;
CRYING of days forgotten-sighing for dreams long sped,
Why must you blow gray ghosts again from graves OF the
vanished dead?
And there is a Voice in the shadows Voice from a van
ished day
A song from the heart of Springtime blown from the fields
of May;
Clear as a woodland ripple from the roll OF a silver
stream, -
Till the Night is sweet with the music and the Dark with
an old, old dream.
Wind of the night of winter-here I have come for rest
For peace in the gloom of my lonesome room as a worn
bird seeks its nest;
Why must you haunt my easement, under the rain-wet
caves,
With voices of ghosts forgotten in the rustic of withered
leaves?
-Grantland Rice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
UNPRECEDENTED RAILWAY RECORD

crease in the average tons hauled per
train was fror, 626 tons to 675 tons
or rs per cent.
1T is interesting, as indicating the
increase in the efficiency of railroad
operation which has occurred since
1906, to note that in that year the
average freight trainload was only
S44 tons as compared with the record
of CTS tons per train made in the
/ months April to September. II the
railroads had moved the traffic OF
these six months of 1917 in the same
average trainload as they handed
the freight of 1906, they would have
had TO render in these six months
about sc per cent. more freight train
service than they actually did rem
der. They ran freight trains 100000
600 miles in that six months. On the
basis of the trainload Of 1906 they
would have had to III them about
GAS, 900, 900 miles.
"The. economy effected by this in
crease of the average trainload and
the resulting saving of freight train
service is the only thing which has
enabled the railway system of the
! country to remain solvent in the
face of almost stationary freight and
passenger rates and enormously In
~creasing expenses of all kinds. or
course, economies have been effected
by other items than increases of the
t%rainload, but it Is by this means
that the really big saving has been
made.
"The labor brotherhoods are OPP
posed to the big trains. The govern
ment apparently is going to take
! control of the operation of the rail
roads. In view of the attitude of the
brotherhoods it will be highly inter-
esting to see what policy the govern
ment railroad controller, II n is
appointed, will adopt with reference
to increases in trainloads."