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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1918-01-02
IN ON TRAIN HAVE
 A CELEBRATION

The bunch on last nights train had a jolIifcation all of their own. Pa trjotic songs were given and alleg- lance to old Glory was given. One man remained in his seat when those in the ear stood as the battle hymn of the nation was being sung and the flag salutcd The sitter stool when a word was whispered in his ear.
 Bob Small found an old sock and auctioned it off and then passed it around with the result that a goodly sum was raised and this amount will be sent back to the Red Gloss Chapter at Anchorage.
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ONE IS DEAD AND ANOTHER
 DYING BOOZE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2. - Mrs. Muudc Hudson Smith former social 'ayorite of Portland, Oregon, was found dead this forenoon in a bath room at a local hotel. Rod F. Smith, a wealthy insurance man, her husband was found in am adjoining room in a puccarious condition The couple
 anne here from dry state four days go and for three days drank heavily. Yesterday they both seemed bent on .1r one mission Co get drunk, more drunk and finally para.yzed. Friends .ouIa do nothing with them and the death and near death is the result.
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TOASTS MADE IN NEW YORK;
 LITTLE WINE

NEW YORK, Jan. 2. - The metro polls welcomed the New Year Mon day night after the fashion of former years that made the event of inter national interest. The war placed the stamp of moderation upon the various affairs. The hotel and restaurant cards offered nothing that did not bear the food administrations stamp and high price wines were barred. A, places closed at 1 o'clock yesterday morning and at midnight the usual toasts were drank in anything but generous portions.
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INDOOR PICNIC TONIGHT

The children and young people of the Methodist Sunday School are to have midwinter indoor picnic in the basement of the church tonight.
 There will be games, moving pie lures and a general good time. Mem bers of the school and their friends are invited. Children are expected to bring their own lunches as at an out door picnic.
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FAST MOVEMENT OF SOLDIERS IS
 URGED ID FRANCE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 - The American delegates who recently returned from the nter-Aed conference at Paris today recommended to the government constant and speedy dispatch of American troops to the western front The delegates also recommended the speeding up of merchant shpbuidng program and closer cooperation with the Allies is urged.
 is understood here that the Allies plan to coordin-
 ate their shipping resources to devote the greatest amount of tonnage possible for the transportation of American troops across the Atlantic
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FIVE MORE
 MUST HANG

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 2. - Five negro soldiers, tried in connec- ton with the Houston riots were to- day sentenced, after court martial proceedings, to be hanged Previously l3 were hanged for participation in the riots and 41 were sentenced to life imprisonment. There are others yet to recent sentences.
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FIRST DELIVERIES OF %
 NEW LIBEETY MOTORS

WASHINGTON. Jau % - Er. first deliveries of machine made Lib. yy airplune motors will begin in the near future. The first deliveries will be small, but the production will speed up to a point where the United States will be enabled to meet its own re- qurements but also to deliver thou sands to the allied governments.
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GIVEN VOTE OF THANKS

Residents in one part of Seward have given a vote of thanks to Harry Hoben for so thoughtfully leaving a load of ice at the corner of Broadway and Adams. Many a pick hit the ice during the past 48 hours and the par ticles were packed away,
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ONE THOUSAND
 DEAD IN QUAKE

GUATEMALA CITY, Jar 9. -Onr thousand are dead as resul, of the earthquake nejc iast week. An es- timate this forenoon placed tue num- Der of homeless a, over lC1,AU9. Slight quakes continue further terrorizing the people.
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CUTTER BEAR CONVERTED TO
 TRAINING SHIP

SEATTLE. Jan. 2. - The revenue Cutter Bear will probably not 20 north this year as the craft is being converted into a training ship for mer- chant marine officers at San Francis co. The Bear has been in the patrol service for the past 32 years.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. - The gov enment is getting ready to advance $2,OOO,OO0 to the Bethlehem Steel com pany on munition contracts, because of the difficulties of the concern to get money from private sources. The government wants quick delivery of contracts
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TO STOP SMUGGLING

BASEL, Jan. ?. Though the Swiss border authorities have increaSinly surveillance of all frontiers so as to put a stop to the petty smuggling that has been going on, principally in- to Germany, it has been impossible to eradicate it entirely.
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Major Mears is expected to reach Seward Saturday night and will be a passenger to the states on the steam er Alaska. He goes to Washington, D. C., to confer with Secretary Lane and other government oIfcia;s con- corning tha formation of d regli ent of Enginasss Iol the regular army.
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MANY ARE GOING TO
 OUTSIDE TO ENLIST

Fifteen of those arriving from the interior on the train last night are bound for the states to enlist. The majority expect to make application to the Engineering Corps which is to be formed by Major Frederick Mears, Of the Alaskan Engineering Commis- sion.
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MUNITION PLANT AFIKE

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 2. - Fire of a mysterious origin damaged the Harribmg Pipe Plant to the extent of several hundred thousands of dol lars. Hundreds of shells, manUfac- tured for the government, were des- trOyed.
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TRAINS CANCELLED

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ?. - The Pennsylvania Limited, the crack train SO we'll known, and 1O4 other trains including the Congressional limited, have been cancelled to clear the lines for the freight trains to relieve the congestion.
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MEARS COMING
 NEXT SATURDAY

ANCHORAGE, Jan. 9 - Major Fredericl Mcars of the Alaskan En- gineernc Commission, will le vG here Friday ror the outside TmoTow night a %aquet will oe given hum by the citiz.Gs Of the taH;
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. - AnlJas- sador Spring-Rice conferred wt,h Se- crctary of State Lansing today and the latter announced to the neWspa- per men that the British representa- tive was returning to England on a Geayc of absence"
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LOCK SPRINGS, Ja". 2 An unidentified negro, charged with mo- testing white woman, was taken from the jail here and hanged to a railroad bridge by a mob of p citi- zens, who overpowered the local jail guard.
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GEN. KALEDTNES MARCHING ON MOSCOW

LONDON, Jan. 2 "A report has been received here in military circles that General Kaedines is now march ing on Moscow, which is now being controlled by the Bolshevid Gen. Kaledines is reported at the head of big army composed of all men of military age on the Cos sack reservation
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ARTILLERY DUELS GREET NEW YEAR
 ON WESTERN LINE.

GENEVA Jan. ,. - The Italians have won the hrSt victory of the new year and have driven the Austans from the idoe on the western bank of the Pave river which the Aust.ans held since last November Strong artillery ducs are in progress today.
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FERENCE FORCES HELPING THE ITALIANS

ROME, j9n. ?. - In the Monte Tombare regl0n on the Northern front the French have captured many posi- tions between Ostersa, Dmon, Ferena and MaranEdne This is the official statement The French have also cap tued about 2t0O men and sixty machine guns from the Teuton forces now opposing the Italians.
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The countess is k2own to the musi- cal world of Europe and America. During the eighties she made an OK tensive world tour under the name of Madame Verina Costar of Patt.
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GERMANS MAKE RAIDS ON FRONTS

PARIS, Jan. 2 - The German forces made several aids in Belgium on the Arras front but have been re- pulsed according to official reports
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ITALIANS CONTINUE THEIR OFFENSIVE

ROME Jan 2. - The TeutOn forces attempted a cossine of the Pave river this afternoon at ntesadWa but have been repuIsed says an official statement.
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RELATIVE OF
 KAISER DEAD

SEATTLE, Jan. 2. Countess Anna Pauline Fredericks Von Gorst, cousin of the Kaiser, died in this city at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Mountain
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lRTnLERY DUELS WELCOME NEW YEAR

LONDON. Jan. 2- Artillery dues in the Ypres and Cabrai sections of the western front welcomed the New Year and continued until early this morning.
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ALAMEDA NOW
 NEARING PORT

CORDOVA, Jan. 2. - Steamer Ala. meda from the south will arrive here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. A snow storm is reported on the gulf.
 With her usual unloading and time at the various ports between Cordova and Seward, barring a snow Stun, The Alamcaa should reach ha c 'a.c tomorrow mgnt.
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FARM LABOR VITAL
PROBLEM OF WAR
Only Federal Action Will Save
U. S. From Crop Shortage,
Says Trade Report.
SCHOOLGIRLS AID SECUTED

Unless the government acts immedi-
lately to meet the scarcity of farm labor
the United States viii suffer a crop
shortage this year. with resulting in
creases in food prices, the New York
Board Of Trade and Transportation
warns in a statement just issued.
The board says it has compiled re-
ports from agricultural commissioners
lin eastern and western states which
are unanimous in referring 10 the ques-
ton of farm labor as one of the most
vital problems Of the war.
Referring to the statement ST Provost
Marshal General Crowder that only a
small percentage of farm laborerS were
taken in the first draft. the New ork
organization points out that we must
bear in mind that other Industries have
been drawing from the farms for the
last ten wears. and particularly in the
last three or four years. until the sup
PLY of farm labor has been reduced to
a minimum.
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our mushroom Army. as he served sew
eral months in the oath Infantry.
Last Years College Graduates.

The lieutenants are all from last
years crop of college graduates and
in time of peace would now be enter
ing professions instead of facing the
dangers and hardships of the trenches
far from home. Two have their homes
in Kansas City. one of them being a
graduate of Swarthmore and the other
of the University of Michigan. One is
from Medford, Mass, and is a Harvard
graduate. The fifth is from Evanston
and is a graduate of Lombard
You have picked bad spot and you
had better move back in the trenches -
said the lieutenant as We came upon
a soldier standing knee deep in water
with the fragment of "A mirror fixed on
a shell-broken gabion and coolly shaw
ing himself.
Some weeks ago when | visited the
trenches the men were working in the
mud while wearing leaky tissue shoes
and wooden puttees. Now all have
rubber boots and also sleeveless Ieath-
er jenkins. When they are relieved
after n week or ten-day stretch they
leave their boots, like their picks and
Shovels. for the next outfit to use. The
ocean tonnage is rapidly pouring sup
plies into France. Equipping the Army
with boots has undoubtedly saved many
lives in the trenches. There is album
dant water to walk in. but none fit to
wash in,
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Paris Salon TO Resume.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
PARIS. February 2S-The Paris sa
lon will be held this summer after an
interruption of three years 1t will in
ausurate an innovation, all the French
art societies joining IN the exhibition
for the first time in many years The
Grand Pala.s of the Champs Elysees
belng sulled occupied as a military
hospital the Petit Palais on the emo
SITE side Of the Avenue Alexandra win
De uujZcd. The collections now hung
there VIII be temporarily stored The
e&hibition viii be necessarily restrict
ed as compared with those of recent
years because of the considerahJ,- re-
duced space available in the PERI
Iaials, II Will probably be opened
early in May.
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Officers are busy every minute of the
day, spending a large part of the time
in encouraging the men. This lieutenant,
a St Adams. Vt, boy. left Dartmouth
last May to enter a training camp. one
night while leaning on the dark sight OF
a mooalit trench he told me that he
wished the war was over, but that he
intended to stick through and expected
to be buried in France.
He has the stuff in him of which
heroes are made One day a trench
was blown in and he carried a soldier
over the top in full view of the enemy.
On another occasion a patrol was miss
ing just as day was beginning to
break and he started to look for it in
mo mans land" He went as far as
the German wire before he started
back. sure that all his men were safe.
The officers of the company are typi-
cal of the young blood which is going
to lead raids and dashes over the top.
The captain is classed as a veteran in
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ROCKFISH LARGE AND FINE.
Dealers Say Catches Are Great Aid
in Market Supplies.

AS usual each spring the nets in the
Potomac are making good catches of
rock, in addition to other fish, and the
market here Is well supplied with
them. The rock being caught this
spring, the dealers say. are unusually
large and fine. and are aiding very ma
terially in meeting the heavy demand
for fresh fish
Increasing supplies of herring from
bay nets are also being received by the
dealers here and some few Potomac
herring have been on the market in
the past few days. Herring are now
selling at . cents a pound, the lowest
price they have sold al this year The
oyster supply at the wharf is not heavy
and the demand is good. oysters are
selling at from so cents to 81 a bushel
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return to their homes after long stays
at the front An Englishman with a
family went to France to fight. He re
manned Cor nearly two years. He finally
returned home amid the eNultant
shouts of his children. One puzzled lit
tie shaver. however, looked up at the
man in uniform and asked
Are You the same daddy that was
here before"
Here's 4 ditty that is popular in GER
tain American camp in England:
Can the kaiser,
Tin the Teut
Pickle the Prussan;
Brine the brute,
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WILL HOLD FUNERAL TUESDAY
Body of Col. E. a. Stevens Taken
to Bernardsville. N. J.

The body Of Col. Edwin A Stevens. one
Of the country's foremost engineers and
well known in shipbuilding circles. wine
died Friday at Providence Hospital, Wa
taken yesterday to his country home at
Bernardsville, y. J. Funeral services will
be held Tuesday
Mr. Stevens home was in Hoboken
y. J. He had held many important Offices
in New Jersey. He was appointed little
more than 2 year ago a member of the
| state highway commission. He gave Ut
the duties Of this office when he was called
10 Washington.
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Right of Peoples of Austria
TO SelfGOUerx1n1ent Admitted
Premier uon Seydler ESpouses National Self
Defermination---WMS Settle South
SLaU Question

the preservation and development of
the entire state The government at
the same time adopted the principle
of the right of national self-determina-
ton, the premier said. according to
which no nationality must Cypress any
other nationality, and that every ma
tionality is entitled to live its own
life within it's own territory.
The premier announced that bill
in this sense would he introduced eS-
pccially dealing with the south Slav
question. the settlement of which
would correspond with the south SlaV' S
dynastic and imperial royalty. The
premier further said that measures
had been taken to counteract enemy
propaganda in Austria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

BY the Associated Press
AMSTERDAM. March ".--The lower
house of the reichsrath adopted n four
month provisional budget after a
speech by DR. Won Seydler. the Austrian
premier. in which he declared that
the government adhered to the princi-
pie of the right of the peoples of
Austria to self government within
their own territories, but not beyond
the frontiers of the country, according
to "a Vienna dispatch.
The government. the premier said.
also adhered to the right of self-de-
termination, as far as compatible with
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BUSIEST MAN IN FRANCE. 4,
Army Investigator Examines Case .
Day for Court-Martial. +
II the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 2o.--Capt- Bouchar-
don. the officer charged by the third
court martial of Paris with the invee-
tigation of cases coming within tho
Jurisdiction of that court. including
the Cailiaux case, is said to be the
busiest man in France. He has Just
disposed of the Bolo case with it's
1890 documents. and has examined an
average Of a case a day, Sundays eX-
Cepteu. for three years. They were
mostly small Affairs of desertion, in
subordiuation. SNinGiing and Sec
ondary espionage.
With 1917 opened the series of big
cases. be 5i1ning with that of Bolo
P3sha. followed by the affair of the
Bonnet Rouge. invclving ght persons.
the raiitaux affair and the l-oustalot-
Comby and the Routier cases
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PARIS WAS READY FOR RAID.
Relief Posts Established and Popu-
lation Told What to Do.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 20.-Paris was
ready for the German bombing expedi-
ton which took place January 81.
Fifty nev relief posts had been estab-
hshed in Paris and the suburbs, where
first aid" could be given to the wound
ed or to the "gassed." These prepara-
tions along with daily warnings in the
newspapers and hints to what to do
in case of alarm had given sort of
official support to rumors that had
been in the air for months.
Parisians We're warned TO keep their
windows open. their. blinds shut and
their lights out Full explanations as
to the best model of gas mask had
been given them and the sale of masks
had increased.
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WEATHER..

District of Columbia and Virginia,
rain today. followed by clearing, cold
er at night; tomorrow. fair. much
colder: strong southwest to northwest
winds.
Maryland. rain today. followed by clear
ing in east portion, colder at night; to-
morrow fair. much colder; strong south
west to northwest winds.
West Virginia. rain in east. clearing
in west portion today. much colder,
with strong west TO northwest winds:
tomorrow. fair.
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Oil and Iron Found in Java.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. Netherlands, February
2o.-Advices from Sourabaya. on the is
land of Java. state that powerful old gush-
ers have been tapped at a depth of 900
Yards in the Tremboel fields Another
message says that an iron vein four feet
thick has been located near Maliii. and the
chief OF The geological survey estimates
the quantity Of ore available at ten million
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MOST AMERICAN TROOPS
LOVE THOSE ARMY BEANS
Some Are Strong for $33 Per
Month, But Regular Meals Hold
Attraction for Many.
BY JTNIUS II. WOOD.
CabIesram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March ASK any American
why he is in the Army and nine times
out of ten he will not give a heroic
reason and say that he loves danger
and wants to kill Germans. but will
answer laconically: For $33 a month
and beans" The beans is the most i'm
portant in his mind, for few of the men
bother their heads much about the S33
For six days the soldiers in our
trench did not have beans and they
grumhled more about that than about
all the shells the enemy threw among
them in the days and the snipers bull
let's that sang around their ears at
night. Twice a day carrying party
came up from the kitchens in the rear
six soldiers bearing three marmlte
cans and a corporal bringing a sack
full of wholesome white bread one
can was always full of Stun, an
other of coffee and the third of hot
water. with which to wash the mess
kits. "Slum," which is the Army name
for a stew of meat, potatoes and car
rotS, is palatable and nouriShlng, but
twelve successive meals of it seemed
monotonouS. and the demands for
beans became more inSiStent at ed ch
meal