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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-16
us. S.BLUEJACKETS
FIGHT IN MEXICO
Navy Gunners of Armed Guard
Kill Mexican Soldiers at
Tampico.
YANkS SAIL AFTER BATTLE
Captain of Ship Refused Mexco's De-
mand for Surrender of the Men.
State Department and U. 8.
Ambassador Start Quiz.

New York, Dec. 16.-In brief bat
tie between. American navy gunners
and party Of Mexican custom guards
At Tampico on November % the Amer
leans Shot and killed the captain Of
the Mexicans and mortally wounded
another Mexican, it was learned upon
the arrival here OF the Ward line
steamer Monterey, upon which the
navy grnGsrs are stationed.
y. S. Commanders In Probe.
The Mexican authorities at Tampico
demanded the surrender of the Amer
lean gunners. The Montereys captain
refused
Two American gunboats we're in
the harbor and their commanders
conducted an inquiry.
Twenty-four hours later the Mon
terey sailed, carrying the American
gunners, and, according to the ships
passengers, the Mexican authorities
had agreed that the incident was one
which required diplomatic settlement.
The navy gunners on their arrival
refused to discuss the fight and went
Immediately to the New York navy
yard to make report.
The Monterey's passengers said
dozen Mexican soldiers had attacked
the chief gunner's mate, Berry, while
he was returning to the vessel after
going ashore at a. n.
Berry called on his crew for help at
ter the soldiers had inflicted scalp
wound which later required q stitches.
The crew went ashore unarmed, and,
according to the passengers, was fired
upon by the soldiers.
They hurried back to the Monterey,
seized their stacked arms and returned
the fire Of the Mexicans, all of whom
fed except the captain, named Her
nandez, who was killed, and a soldier
who was shot and died Of his wound.
State Department in Quiz.
Washington, Dec. 16.-The incident
resulting from the clash between. the
armed guard of the American steamer
Monterey and Mexican soldiers at
Tampico is being settled through dip
lomatic negotiations between the Mex
lean government and the American.
ambassador at Mexico City. the state
department announced.
Departments Statement.
1.-THE department Of state Is inves-.
tigating clash that occurred between
Mexican soldiers and a number OF
armed guards Of the American steam
er Monterey, which occurred at Tam
pico on November g. The Medcans
started the disturbance.
department Of state advices are to
the effect that the affair occurred early
in the morning, that the American in
charge of the guard had gore ashore
was attacked by the Mexican soldiers,
and that he was injured by the Mexi-
cans. One of the Mexican soldiers
was killed and another injured in the
disturbance.
Left to Diplomats.
'The Tampico authorities sought to
have the armed guard aboard the ship
surrendered to them. The whole sub
iect,r however, was left to diplomatic
settlement and is being taken up be-
tween the state department and the
Mexican government through the
American embassy at Mexico City"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-16
SMILING MATTRESSES TO STAY
All New York Walters to Be Gone in
so Days.

New York, Dee. 16.-The smiling girl
waitress has come to stay and the
waiter is doomed on Americas great
"White Way" and its byways.
Oscar, of the Waldorf-AstOria, whose
word is usually accepted as, final in
such matters, says so. In fact, he in
formed those gathered at a meeting Of
hotelmen that there would not be
waiter in q leading New York hotel in
60 days.
The expressed satisfaction Of pa
irons with the change in the estab-
lished order Of things is set forth as
one of the reasons for the women's in
vasions of the palaces of food, spend
thrifts and tips.
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PEACE MEET IN TWO STAGES
First Brief, Second Period May Last
Two Years.


London, Dec 16.-The second stage
of the peace negotiations probably will
last two years.
This forecast comes to the corre-
spondent from diplomatic source
well informed about the work ahead
of the negOtiatOrs. Indeed most diplo-
mats agree that everything points to
the peace negotiations having to be di-
vided into two stages. The first will
be brief. 1t will concern itself primar-
lily with the concluding of a pact by
which demObiliza ton and recOnstruc-
ton in all war zones can be promptly
undertaken.
The second stage, however, will nee
esarily take up long period of time,
since it will be devoted to the wider
issues of the European settlement and
the formation Of league of nations.
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MANY YANKEES ARE MANNED
10000 War Heroes to Be Cared for
by Government.

New York, Dec. 16.-GeneraI Per-
shings announcement that more than
$4,000 of the expeditionary forces had
given their lives in the nations cause
and that $4,000 others, exclusive of
prisoners, were missing, has created a
profound impression. But the human
touch of almost 10000 wounded, 49,
900 of whom already have been re-
turned in various stages of helpless
ness to their native shores, promises
to give the country it's first real ap-
probation of the sacrifices of it's sons
who followed the flag on foreign soil.
The war department has arranged
for medical recreatiOnal and educa-
tiOnal attention, whose aim is to re-
store these MANNED heroes, as fully as
possible, to physical comfort and finan-
cial independence.
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IRISH IN APPEAL TO WILSON
Chicago Convention Cables Resoiu-
tions in IreIand's Behalf.

Chicago, Dec 16.-At a mass con-
vention held under auspices of the
committee Of one hundred, acting for
all Irish societies in Chicago, resolu-
tions we're adopted and ordered cabled
to. President Wilson in Paris, urging
him to intercede in behalf Of Ireland at
the coming peace conference. Ad-
dresses were delivered by, Archbishop
George w. Mundelein, former Gov. Ed
ward F. Dunn, Mayor Thompson and
Congressman Gallagher, the latter au-
thor of the congressional resolution
now in the hands of the committee on
foreign relations, which calls on Great
Britain to grant self-determination to
Iro1on6
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German Transport Sinks.

Copenhagen, Dec. 16.-Sixteen hun
dred German soldiers were rescued
when the Geryi.s. transport Worms
was sunk between Sweden and Bern.
holm island, according to a Stockholm
dispatch. The cause of the sinking is
not given
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SEND 11,4OO MEN TO DEATH
Austrian Military Tribunal Announce
Number of Executions.

Amsterdam, Dec. 16.-The supreme
military tribunal at Vienna has an
nOunced that II, 400 persons were SEN
fenced to death by Austrian military
tribunals during the war and executed
according to a Berlin dispatch to the
Handelsblad.
The state council Of German Aus
tria, according to dispatch from
all foreign governments demanding a
plebiscite for the self-determination of
the populations of Bohemia. Moravia
and Silesia.
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ADVANCE YANKS AT POST
Spread Out Like Great Fan East of
Rhine CROSSINGS

SpFcdO OuC Like STCdI r d1 East OF
Rhine Crossings.
With the American Army of Occu-
patton, Dec. 16.-The detectives of
the American army of occupation were
reached Sunday at various points.
Spreading out like a great fan, the
advanced units of the Americans took
up their positions along the boundary
of 3O-kilometer semicircle pivoting
on CoblenZ.
The Thirty-second division is occu-
pying the bridgehead on the left, the
Second division comes next, while the
First division is on the right of the
Second division. Two French divisions
are occupying part of the bridgehead,
their position being on the extreme
right Of the Americans.
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AiRPLANE STAMPS ARE OUT
New Issue Rectangular. in, Shape and
Orange Color.

Washington, Dec. 16.-A new 6cent
postage stamp, intended primarily for
airplane mail service but valid for all
purposes for which stamps of the reg
ular issue are used, has just been an
nounced by the post office department.
1t is rectangular in shape and Of 6r-
ange color. The central design is
mail airplane in flight. Triangular or
namcnts appear in the two upper cor
ners. 1t will cover the single rate OF
postage on airplane letter mail.
The new 16-cent stamp for special
delivery and the 24-cent stamp for let
ters weighing in excess of three and
not more than four ounces for airplane
transmission, are now available.
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"RED FLAG" OFFICES RAIDED
Ebert Government Shows First Sions
of Real Stability.

London, Dec. 16.-The Ebert govern
ment, according to information reach
ing here, has raided the offices of the
newspaper, Die Rote Fahne (Red
Flag), Berlin's principal radical organ.
This action Is regared by diplomats !
here as the first signs Of real stability
on the part of the German government
and as indicating that Ebert has de-
cided upon sterner measures against
the Spartacus group.
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cent of the regular rate is charged.
A "Station-tO-statien" service is es-
tablished. Rates are based on this
service.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-16

'The Tampico authorities sought to
have the armed guard aboard the ship
surrendered to them. The whole sub
iect,r however, was left to diplomatic
settlement and Is being taken up be-
tween the state department and the
Mexican government through the
American embassy at Mexico City"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-06

Read the Gateway.
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SATURN HAS A REGULAR PAPER
 FOR TIE GRE W

The U.S.S. Saturn boasts of having q live newspaper on board which is SSued to the officers and crew of the vessel semi-weekly. The name of the publication which is considered very odd being run by a peculiar editor, Is The Shaft Alley Gazette" and con sidered one of the oldest and most un- reformed newspapers in eXiStance. The paper was founded in l749 and has been on the go ever since.
 The editor Baby L.T. Griffiths, of course, like many other so called lewspapermen, has his ups and downs mostly his downs, and together with ,is enemies and friends has enough to ieep the paper chuck full of news.
 "The Shaft Alley Gazette" has a arge payroll and is run at an enor- nous expense, and although the staff composed of the best newspaper nen in the country, the paper still up holds it's dignity Any of the people of Seward who desire to have a glim- ypSe of the sheet will gladly be accom- ,daled by leaving their name at the Gateway office
 The Shaft Alley Gazette's staff is as follows:
 Managing Editor and Janitor-L.T. GriffithS.
 CartooniSt and Printers Devil - George GullufSen
 Sporting Editor and office boy Mir. Wm J. Nash.
 Advice to Lovelorn- Dr. Baldwin.
 Death news Scotty Marshall.
 Circulation Manager Earl GehrcS.
 Society and police detail Pedro Andrade.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-06

each six hundred feet wide by fifteen hundred feet long. located on the western shore of Resurrection Bay, and about six hundred tcct west oi Seward Dock of the Town oG Seward Alaska, aS the same appear cf record in Books One, Four and Five Of loca- tjonS in the Recorders office foI Icnaj recording precinct Alaska,
 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN: that l will on Tuesday the Third day of September, 1918, at the hour Of lI o'clock in the forenoon of that day at the office of the United States Ma. Shal at Seward, Alaska, sell all the right, title and interest of the defend ants F. W. lSham, Trustee. and Sew rd Alaska Gold Mining Company, & corporation in and % the above deS- Cribed real property, at public auction to the highest and best bidder fol cash, to satisfy said execution and cost.
 Dated at Seward Alaska this 9th day of August, 1918.
 r. R. Brenneman, U. $. Marshal
 By Isaac Evans Deputy.
 First Pub Aug 5th,19lS.
 Last Pub. Sept. 2nd, 1918.
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FRANCHISE FOR TELEPHONE HAS
 FIRST READING

The ordinance granting to S.M. Grail, hCrS~Or asSlgneeS, franchise for the establishment and mainten~ ance ot a telephone system for 20 years, came up at the regular meeting of the City Council last night, was placed on it's first reading and then re tcrred to the street committee for amendments and other suggestions.
 Councilman Lucas raised the point that before a franchise can be granted 1t must first be published and then submitted to vote of the people at a special or regular election and that according to the Territorial laws a franchise could only be given for 20 years.
 Various points was raised regarG- ing the ordinance and then the matter was disposed of as stated above.
 At the council meeting last night Mayor Hoben and Councilman Graef, Cotter, Lucas, Whittemore and Craw- ford were present. Various bills were ordered drawn for their payment. A hospital and medical attendance bill for Mrs. C. Vital was read also and ordered paid, the city health officer, Dr. J.M. Romig, being instructed to secure transportation and if possible send Mrs Vital to her son in the state ot Washington.
 The bill of CIR. Murphy for $15O for rent of pile driver was ordered referred to the special glacier street committee to be fully reported upon. :. LurdbIad protested against de- jmlueucy notice but this matter was cferTcd to the equalization board. The bond of City Treasurer ROmfg, from the American Surety Compary vas presented. ordered approved by the finance committee and then filed with the city records Tie city clerk vas instructed to notify Dr. Daggett that the property at the corner O. Broadway and Washington must be fafeguardeG and unless he took i'm mediate action the city would place a fence about the property and the bill would be sent Co the doctor for pay ment.
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Julian II. Reed is now employed in the office of I'M. Harr at the Com mission building.
 Lowell Creek k now down to its customary flow and a large force of men are at work along the stream preparing for the construction of the wiugdamS.
 The Moose will hold their regular meeting in the little AB. Hall at $ o'clock.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-06
DRAFT CALLS

The following is. the list of persons called to fill vacancy caused by per sons rejected at training camp under call No. 193, with date to appear and before what board to appear:
 Phillip Wostoff, Serial No. 373, Or der No. :, Call No. 193, to appear Septerber, 10th before Local Board No. 13.
 William Hannigan, Serial No. 72
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MASON'S NOTICE

Regular communication, Seward Lodge, No. 2l9, F& AM, WedneS- day Aug, Eth, s PM. Work M.M Degree. Visiting brothers welcome
 Leon UrbaCh,
 Master.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-06

Order No. 46, Call No. 193 to appear before Local Board No. 12, City of Mccarthy, Alaska, August 20, 1918 at Mccarthy
 Arthur Charles Brandt, Scria! No. l5, Order No. %, Call No. l93 to ap- pear before Local Board for County of Decalb, indiana, at Aubon Indiana on August 20, 1918 or a date to De named by above named board.
 The three above named are drawn to fill vacancy caused by rejection or persons inducted into military service and rejected at training camp.
 J. Lindley Green, Member of anG Clerk of Local Board No. l3, City of Seward, Seward, Alaska.
 The following is list of persons called to be inducted to fill the call for six volunteers under call. No. 8S0:
 Francisco IafianCesco, Serial No. 90 Order No. 77, Call No. 8S0 to appear before Local Board No. l3, August l2 to be indnctcd into military service.
 Albert Otto Gotelobe Kind, Serial No. IF, Order No. 20, Call No $50, to appear August l2, 1918 before Local Board No. 13, to be inducted into mil itary service.
 William Chichinoff AroGnak, Serial No. 275, Order No. 4, Call No SSO. to appear August 2, 1918 before lh . Local Board No. l@ to be indpctcd in to military service.
 Fred Smith, K ak, Serial No. PAS, Order No. 25S, Call No. $50, to appear August 2Oth 1918 before Local BoartI No. l3, to be inducted into military service.
 This is to fill vacancy in call for six volunteers.
 J. Lindley Green. Clerk of and Member of Local Board No. 1%, City of Seward.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-06
" LIBERTY THEATRE

Monday X Tuesday Aug. 9th, X 9th,
 SHOW TONIGHT $500 PM.
 Extra Special Good Program Light will be connected and turned on from the U.S.S. saturn, at the Seward Dock to the Liberty Theatre.
 Through the kindness of Captain Luckel, we will have lights.
 Our Little FavOrte Marguerite Clark, m splendid Five part drama.
 SILKS X SATlNS"
 Also a two rCe' Keystone Comedy
 CACTUS NELL USUAL PRICES STARTS s PM. Music By Mrs All. McNecr
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TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON THE
 PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING

The shingles for the new roof of the Seward Public School building have arrived. It was stated at the city council meeting last night that work would be started immediately and the building placed in proper condition. USE FRESH MILK As drink it has no equal-- Sold everywhere. Seward Dairy. S6
 SCREEN DOORS - for sale at }roSius & Noon. If
 --------.s S----.
 The Moon cafe is. open Nights. Washington street. APO
 -~<8-
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Read the Gateway.

Economy seIf-sealing fruits jars at Brown & Hawkins. If.
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NOTICE DE SALE
,rre F.. Nichols and

George F.. Nichols and J. r. StOkO. u
 ....\ S.... r. w. ISham, Trustee and Seward Alaska Gold Mining Company, Corporation.
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Defendants.

In and by virtue of a Writ of EN-
 ecution issued out of che United Sta
 tes District Court of the Third Div ision of the Territory of Alaska at Valdez in the above entitled cause and dated the 18th day of July, A. D. 1918. l have levied upon all the right title and interest of the defendants in and to the following real property. to wit: Six mining claims. the same being those certain quartz mining claims known as Utica, Fraction, Sun rse, Texas, Stewart and Ora. being six full mining claims and contiguous,
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-06

"CLEOPATRA"WILL BE SHOWN WED. & THURS. Aug 7th. X Sth..
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

ter and the state council of defense
upon the interest shown by the ma
tional leaders in Colorado's Ameri-
canization of aliens, Prof. Norlin mod
estly characterized it as "encourag-
ing"
Colorado citizens, however, may re-
gard it as highly complimentary. The
state councils committee has carried
on its work thoughtfully. 1t is a
friend to the foreign-born residents
Of the state, helping them to learn
and to appreciate the freedom, the
responsibilities and the privileges
which the republic offers them. Thus
their dormant loyalty is aroused and
their effective help in winning the war
is increased. Prof. Norlin reported
that five chapters Of "America First"
societies among residents Of foreign
birth or extraction have now been
formed in Pueblo alone and that 9TH
ers have been formed in Las Animas
county, in Denver and in Leadville.
The societies have been organized
among Jugo-Slavs, Croatians, Slovenes
and Italians. Three men are now
devoting their entire time to the for
nation and success of these societies
under the committees direction. Gu
rator Henderson Of the University Of
Colorado museum is one Of these, hav-
ing been released for the work by the
regents.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

man or set of men can afford to des-
pise.
eve proudly claim to be the cham
pions of democracy. If we really are,
in deed and>in truth, let us see to it
that we do not discredit our own.
say plainly that every American who
takes part in the action of mob or
gives any sort of countenance is no
true son of this great democracy, but
it's betrayer, and does more to dis
credit her by that single disloyalty to
her standards of law and right than
the words of her statesmen or the
sacrifices of her heroic boys in the
trenches can do to make suffering
people believe her to be their savior.
"How shall we commend democracy
to the acceptance of other peoples,
if we disgrace our own by proving
that it is, after all, no protection to
the weak?
Every mob contributes to German
lies about the United States, what her
most gifted liars cannot improve upon
by the way of calumny. They can at
least say that such things cannot hap
pen in Germany except in times OF
revolution, when law is swept away.
81 can never accept any man as a
champion of liberty, either for our
selves or for the world, who does not
reverence and obey the laws Of our
the standards of the enemies Of his
own beloved land, whose laws we our
selves have made. He has adopted
country, whom he affects to despise."
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
LOGGING CAMP DELEGATES
Lumber Jacks to Hold Conference to
Settle All Disputes.

Fifteen hundred delegates from the
organized workers in the logging
camps and sawmills of Western Ore
gon and Washington met in Portland
this week for the purpose of cooper
ating with the employers to put into
effect the plans promulgated July 10
in Portland by employing companies,
whereby all question of wages and
working conditions shall be adjusted
in conference.
Colonel Brice P. Disque, command
ing the aircraft production division of
the United States army, will be final
arbiter of any dispute.
A similar delegate meeting of the
"Loyal League of Loggers and Lum-
bermen" will be held at Spokane next
Wednesday, when Colonel Disque will
take up with the workers in the pine
producing districts east of the noun
tains the same subject that is engag-
ing the attention Of the Portland
meeting.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
WILSON ASSAHS
MOB VIOLENCE
PARTICIPANTS UNWORTHY
OF CITIZENSHIP.
Lynch Law Must Not Be Resorted to
if This Nation Is to Maintain
Right to Fight Against Law
less Passion of Huns.

For the second time since this coun-
try entered the war President Wilson
has publicly denounced alleged
Americans" who resort to mob law
and lynching courts to prove their
"loyalty"
The Presidents first utterances on
this subject was at last years conven-
tion of the American Federation of
Labor.
81 want to say to every man who
does join such, a mob" he declared,
"that / do not recognize him as worthy
of the free institutions of the United
States"
In a proclamation on this subject,
the President again uses the English
language in his plain and forceful
manner in denouncing this "disgraee-
full evil" and calls upon peace officers
of states, "and, above all, the men and
women of every community in the
United States, all who revere America
and wish to keep her name without
stain or reproach, to actively and
watchfully assist in checking mob
law.
"We are at this very moment fight
ing lawness passion" he says.
Germany has outlawed herself
among the nations because she has
disregarded the sacred obligation of
law and has made lynchers of her
armies. Lynchers emulate her dis
graceful example. I, for my part, am
anxious to see every community in
America rise above that level, with
pride and a fixed resolution which no