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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
RED CROSS TO
 GIVE BENEFIT
 DANCE TONIGHT

Tonight at 9 o'clock the E:'st dance will be given of he Red Cross bene' | to be given ,.t rhe Arctic Brotherhood hall. The ticGats have sold at I've ly clip and the indications are that the hall will be comfortable fi!led. Many have come in from up the i;nc to take in the dance. Tickets can be secured from members at fifty cents per or at the door tonight.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
U. s. War Review

WASHINGTON, April 1. - The weekly report of the War Department says that Germany has staked her for tune on the spring campaign and says that the Allies must bo prepared foY fresh attacks at new points, if the Teutons fail to achieve a victory in the present fighting: Germany is ID. parently determined to force deci- sion or prove to it's own satisfaction
 hat it cannot" is the conclusion of the report.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
ALAMEDA NOW ON WAY NORTH
 TO THIS CITY

SEATTLE, April L. Steamer Ala meda sailed at nine o'clock this morn ing for Southeastern and Southwest ern Alaskan ports. The steamer has full load of freight, eight and one half days mail and the following pas sengers for Seward: c. B. Anderson, J. c. Clarke, Steve Walsh, Al Walsh, Ralph Comstock ard Joseph Bnllon.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
SEASONED FORCES
 IN FRANCE GOING
 10 HELP EkTENTES

PARIS, April Lone hundred thousand American soI diers from various sectors occupied by the American forces today moving towards the front to join in the Allied defensive against the Teutons. The American troops those seasoned to trench warfare have been turn ed the Allies and they will soon be with the British and French helping to stop the German advance Great activities were put under way late last night and motor crans miles long, loaded with Americans were passing through the towns early this morning. On other roads in France mile after mile of marching Americans can be seen bound to the front.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
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ALLIED AIRMFN BOMB LUXEMBURG

. AMSTERDAM, April 1, - Ac- cording to official advices from 2 Berlin, Allied airmen attacked
 Luxembourg early this morning, dropped bombs ana ten are report . ed killed and many injured. The . Allied air squadron escaped the . German defense fleet. SssSSSS $"es
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
STEAMER DOPE

Steamer Admiral Farragut is due at any time. The steamer is probably anchored in the snow storm at Hoodoo Island, where she was yesterday dis charging freight The Northwestern IS cue tomorrow morning, today be- ing at Nellie Juan discharging can nery supplies.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01

Joseph I1elDClI I lSlIl, HN'oIli"ii' about 2S years of age, who has been employed as a barber at the shop of 8oE.trs and Rich, has mysteriousiy disappeared, either committed suicide, as a note he left indicates, or he is wandering over the hills somewhere near Seward.
 Late Saturday afternoon, Plan work box of the counter in the barber shop was opened in search of box of tobacco. The following note,. writ ten in pencil, was found on top of the razors and pinned to the side of the drawer so that it would be the first thing in the drawer to attract atten. tion:
 "March 50, l9lS-I, Joseph H. Plan, this being my last day on earth and being of sound mind, make here my last will to be executed as follows: %2O0 (two hundred dollars) at tEc Northern pool room left there by me for safe keeping, hope it is not i'm posing foo much by asking MT. Leo Margdies to turn this amount oTer to .ome ia'ief fund for Eastern Europe Good bye"
 m another sheet of common wrII- ing paper appears the following: "AnG stay for keeps with my best regards to you and the buuch, 1 remain yCul friend, J. H. Plan, Seward.
 Plan arrived from SelGoyia on the last trip Of the steamer )ora, March 13, an went to work in the O. K barber shop that day Plan caring the past couple of weeks had complained of stomach trouble but was always at his chair every day. He occupied one of the rooms in the shop for his sleep ing quarters.
 Last Wednesday noon Plan amour ced that he was going to take a lay off anC stated that he might take a trip into the woods: Plan discussed the feasibility of obtaining snow shoes also creepers and Wednesday night appear ed at the shop as usual to turr in. Thursday Plan Was seen about the city and Friday morning he went into the Branch Grill and had breakfast of doughnuts and coffee. Since that time the man has disappeared.
 Saturday afternoon, when making a search for some smoking tobacco, Rich said that there was box in Plans razor drawer. The drawer was opened and the note above mentioned was found.
 Chief of Police Guest was called in and an investigation started. Later the note was given to United States Commissioner Whittlesey and plo- gress is being made today in unravel- ing the mystery Of Plans disappear ance.
 Contrary to many rumors about the streets, Messrs. Bowers and Rich deny that Plan had been acting queerly late ly. Both declare that he was great reader apd talked very litt'e around
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01

Fred Laubner was one of the best known old timers in this section and the information that he had probably .uicided caused the greatest of aston .shment and grief to scores of Seward people when 1t became generally known after the Gateway had received he news in it's reguIar Associated Press dispatches.
 Perhaps the most aStoniShed man was T. ". Hawkins. Mir. Hawkins had a long talk with Fred Laubner at the Seward hotel the day he left from Se- attle and at that time Mir. Laubner ap- pcared in the best of health and dis cusSed the future in glowing terms, Today Nlr. Laubner was to have re- .eived SlO,OJ0 from a Butte SynCiC ate, .irst payment of $5OO,OO0 for pyope ty in the Willow Creek district north of Anchorage The first payment was to have been made on the 20th of last month but Mr. Laubner told llr. Flaw kins that further time was asked and this had been granted.
 Fred Laubner was one of the early pioneers of Seward and the greater number of the log cabins around the corner of Washington and Fifth ave nue were constructed by him. Mir. Laubner was formerly associated with Charles ChnStianSen in the transfer business but sold out a number of years ago and became interested in various property in Seward and at other places on the Peninsula.
 In company with his brother Joe, Nr. Lauoner invested in the Willow creek property and last fall negotia- ions were completed with q number of capitalists of Butte and the proper " changed hands, the first payment to have been made today as above mentioned.
 Joe Laubner. brother, is now in An, chorage. The dead man was single , and leaves hundreds of friends in this part of Alaska.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
SEWARD CHANGES TIME

Business in Seward today, as well as in all parts of the United States, is being transacted under the new daylight saving plan Many clocks were advanced an Tour yesterday and murh cOnfr,- sion resulted. Today, however the new order of things has been accomplished and nobody seems to mind the fact that one hour has been slipped from them. *&&& St&R* *EEk& $**
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
DEATH TOLL OF LONG
 RANGE GUN AT PARIS
 KEEPS SLOWLY GROWING

PARIS, April 1. - It was officially announced this forenoon that during Easter, eight were killed, including four women and 37 were wounded, in- cluding nine women and seven child ren form long range gun shells which fell upon this city.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
Joseph Plan Employed at the Barber Shop of Towers and Rich Missing and It Is Believed That He
 Has Taken His Life
WORKING ON THE MYSTERY
Several Reports Regarding Missing Man Being Run Down in Hopes to Get Results-GiNes Money
 To European War Fund
INFORMATION WANTED

Certain circumstances connect
 ed with the disappearance of Plan
 developed this afternoon and the MarshaPs office or United States
 ' Commissioner Whittlesey uge
 that any information of a definite character be given them.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01

Grant Carlson, one of the best known Seward young men, will leave on the Northwestern, according tc present plans. and enlist. This is Mir. Carlson's last day with the commis- sion.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
LONG RANGE GUN Is
 AGAIN BOMBING PARIS

PARIS, April 1. - The long range gun oombardment of Paris was re- sumed early this afternoon.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01

WASHINGTON, April 1-Major General Pershing today informed the War Department that all American soldiers who have received sufficient training, now bound for the front to help the British and French forces repeling the Germans The men are thoroughly equip ped to take their places beside the veterans of the Allies m the front.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
 STATES TROOPS MOVE TO FRONT
OLD
 TIMER DEAD; BELIEVED ID
 BE A SUICIDE

SEATTLE, April I - Fred Laub~ rer an Alaska mining man, aged 42, Nas found dead near Sedlo-WOolley tis morning. with a wound in his throat. A knife was clenched in the ii yat hand of the dead man and it is believed a case of suicide.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-04-01

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New-York tribune., 1918-10-11
Twenty first Assembly District

.st E. DIV. 18TH st. 4 diagonal line
from the corner Of Riverside Drive and ",
l37th ST. 10 the corner OF Broadway ana "
l36th st. W l36th ST. and Hudson RIver
ID L. D.-W. t37th st, Broadway and a
diagonal line from the corner OF Broadu,et
and w. 136til 81. to the corner OF Rivers,ds .
Drive and w 18TH ST.
Sd L. DIV. i3Sth St, Broadway W
18TH st. ana Hudson River. "
4th +. DIV. I39th st. Broadway w
l3sth 81. and hudson River "
9Th Il. DIV. 140th st. Broadway w
l39th st. ana Hudson River
6th +. DIV. i4lst st, BroadWav w
i40th st. and Hudson River "
7th L. DIV. l42d st. Broadway W
i+lst st. and Hudson River "
9Th l.. D.-W. l44tA St Broa0xa,. w
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and 4 diagonal ilne lrnm tMe curan- - ::
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Of Broadway and W. l44th ST.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-11
ELECTION NOTICE

ave and W. 1lSth st. TO tho corner OF sth
ave and w. 11sth st, sth ave. q diagonal
81. TO the corner OF Manhattan ave and W
liith st. Manhattan ave. W. l1oth at end
Mernngs!dc dr.
2:d E. D.~-A diagonal line from the corner
corner Of Sth ave. and W. ilsth st. o diago-
:sal line from tho corner OF Sth ave. and W
ilSth st. to the corner of 9Th ave. and w
illth st, and w 1llth st
e3d C. D.--A diagonal line from the corner
ot 'th ave. and w. NTH St 90 the corner OK
sth ave, and w. il2th st. diagonal line
from the corner OF Sth and w. liath at.
TO the corner of 9TH ave. and w. Hath at.
24th z. D.--A diagonal line from the
ner OF Sth ave. and w ll4th ~. TO the coz
,er OF 'th ave. and w. liSth St diaEona'
line from the corucr Of 9Th ave. and W.
iiS;h 81. 70 the corner OF tl2th st. and sth
ave, and sth ave.
2S,h L. D--w. tl4th St, 'th ave. and q
diagonal line from the corner Of tn ave, and
". llsth st. to the corner of s;h ave. and
ceth d D.-w 1l5th st. 7th ave. w.
eth L. D--A diagonal line from the cor
ner OF W, li6th i. and Manhattan ave 10
ave. a diaeonal line from the corner OF sth
ave. and w. ll3th st, to the corner OF Man
haitian ave. and W. 1l4th St. and Manhattan
ave.
2s'h E p-w 10th St; st. IN, ;th aye ne c0v w.
ner OF sth ave and w. llSth ST 70 the cor"
39tA L. DIV. fl7th St, 9TH ave, w
sath L. p.--w. liSth st. 9Th ave, w
Sis L. p.-->V iieth St, St Nicholas ave
w. irSth st. and diagonal line from the
corner of Sth ave and W. listh st. to the
corner Of Manhattan ave. and ". flsth St.
S@d L. p.-A diagonal line from the cor
ncT OF ". ilath st. and Manhattan ave. TO
ne corner Of w ilsth s. ana sth ave- sth
+Ve.. ". lt7th st. and Manhattan ave.
SD L. D.--W. ilsth St. Manhattan ave.
s4,h T. DIV ltsth St. Manhattan ave.
a5th T. D.~w fi7,h St Manhattan ave,
~ ii6th st. and Morningside Park East.
36,h L. DIV. 10th s.. Manhattan ave
and Mornngside ave.
S7th l.. D--N5. 9th St, MorniiGslde ave.
". il5th -. am Amsterdam ave;
SSth l.. DIV. l15th ST. Morningsidc ave.
NN. ll3th s. ana Amsterdam ave
". llSth t.. Mcrningside dr.. w, llcth st.
4oth E. D.-w. 18Th ST. diagonal tine
s,de Dr. 20 he corner OF W. 112th ST. and
broadway. Broadway. ". iieth St and hud-
Kiver.
W. I1llh st. sli broadway.
4ed h. O.--W. ilSth ST.. Amsterdam ave,
". li2,h ST, and broadway.
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81. ll3th 81 and Broadway.
44th L. D.--W 114th St. Broadway.
3-agonal line from the corner OF Broadway
md w. ll2th s.. 10 the corner Of RIVERSIDE
son River
45,h I. DIV 115,h 81. diagonal line
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Broadway, Broadway. W. ll4tn st. and Hud-
is;h 3. DIV. tl5,h St. q diagonal line
.ly 70 the corner Of w. 1loth st. and River
de dr. W 115th st. and Hudson River
New-York tribune., 1918-10-11
Nineteenth Assembly District

Isl e. De. 1l9th st., parl, ave. y ,1e,1,
st. and 5th ave.
ID .. De. l2Oth st. Park ave. e. llstb
ST. and Madison ave.
Sd E. De. l24tn 81, Madison ave -
lleth St, 9th ave. and line across Mount
Morris Park from the corner Of 5th ave en1
q. i2oth st. to the corner OF 5th ave, and %.
lAth 81. ~ "
9Th Il. D.-A diagonal line from the corner
OF " Esd 81. and Lenox ave TO tie corner or
W l22d st and Mt. Morris ave-. Mt Morris
ave. W. l2ith ST.. line across Mount Morris
Park from the corner OF ". l24th ST. ana 6,n
ave 70 the corner Of ". 10th St ana 5fi,
ave-, oth ave. diagonal line from the eorne~
W. 10th ST. and LeuoE ave. and iano.. 49,
'th +. DIV l.Oth st.. d diasonal lin.
from tAe cofAc. ot LeAox ave. ana w roth
New-York tribune., 1918-10-11
ELECTION NOTICE

63d r. De lolst st. Park ave. IL. uoth
st. and Madison ave.
S4th r.. De 1921 ST.. Madison ave. 10.
99th st. and 9th ave.
b5th II. De lo4tli St, Madison nvo.. E.
lo2d st. md 9th ave
b6th L. De 6lst st. Sd ave, E. 5oth ri,
and LeNineton ave
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-04
DEBT EXPLAINS
 THE OFFENSIVE

From the outset German finance has rested upon the promise that the costs of the war were to be borne by the enemy. Working upon this pro- mise, the German government nat urally avoided raising the level Of taxation. Down to the present day the government has continued to as- sume that there was no ground for bothering about the principal of the debt, now exceeding thirty billions of dollars, more than one-third of the entire private wealth of the empire. Taxes have been raised, but only in the measure necessary to sustain the credit of the loans at home. What is of equal significance, the whole pri- vate credit system of Germany rests upon the tacit assumption of peace with indemnities.
 Every financial institution in Ger many has it's portfolios stuffed with paper that will prove valueless if for eign states cannot be compelled to pay indemnities. All the ruined Ger man trading houses in bel1igerent and neutral countries are represented in Germany by stocks and discounted notes that form part of the volume of banking assets. The paper values of the ships we have seized are still kept alive by the German financial houses and serve as basis for note issues. From such considerations it is not difficult to forecast the kind of financial collapse Germany must un- dergo unless she can dictate her own peace terms.-The New Republic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-04
EVEN THE BRITISH MONARCHY
 DARE NOT TRY PROHIBITION
Shall the American Republic Force Blue Laws Upon Its Free Born People By National 'Dry'' Amendment
 Against the Will of Majority?

Ever since the entrance of Great Britain into the world war of the pro hibitionists of that country have been making desperate efforts to force the government to abolish the sale of al- coholic beverages. This policy has been urged on the grounds that de- priving the British workers of the beverages to which they are accus- toned would make them more efficient and thus aid in the successful prosecu- tion of the war. Prohibition has also been urged as a food conservation measure, and in view of the scarcity of grain, due to submarine sinking of freight vessels, this has proved a pop ular argument in some quarters.
 Despite the vigorous agitation of the Prohibitionists the British govern ment has steadily refused to comply with their demands, and now shows no sign of yielding to their clamor. The production of distilled spirits has been curtailed, owing to the necessity for using the distilleries in making alco- hol for intuition purposes, and there has been a moderate reduction in the quantity of beer usually brewed. But even under the sress of the greatest war in all her history, Great Britain had dared not to adopt prohibition.
 Eighty per cent of the workers o1 the United States use some form o1 alcoholic beverages. These men are not intemperate and drunkenness i. very rare among them. They drink because they derive pleasure iron their occasional glass of beer or wine pr high ball. They believe that wha they may drink is their own business and resent the suggestion that pro
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-04

facade all splotched where the bullets and grape-shot spattered against it. And in the little graveyard beside the church there are hundreds of new made graves, long rows of them, each with its small wooden cross and it's bit of flowers. The crosses stand in serried rows so closely that they make a very thicket, with scarcely room to walk between them. They were all new, of painted wood, alike except for the names and the ages-thirteen to eighty-four. But they all bore the same sinister. date, August 22, 1914.
 ffThe Germans began to pillage and burn the houses, six hundred and sev- enty-six of them; then they turned all the inhabitants in to the street, promiscuously marching them about. It went on for long hours; they were given no food or drink. During g. halt they forced them to lie beneath the machine guns, then they lined them against the church wall and per formed a mock execution. About six hundred men were massed in St. Mar tins Square, on the river bank, and their wives, mothers, daughters, were assembled by the soldiers to witness the scene.
 ''They lined up their victims, in three rows along the Sambre and tumbled one hundred and fifty of them head over heels into the river, showing back with their bayonets those who attempted to cling to the bank. Only four or five escaped by swimming. During this first execu- tion the machine guns were trained on the remaining lines. When the firing had ceased that night there were more than four hundred dead; their bodies lying there, women, too, and children. And the graves are there near by, in the cemetery and the ages given are from thirteen to eighty-four."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-04

hibitory laws should be enacted to pre- vent their drinking.
 A well organized band of fanatical zealots and professional agitators is trying to secure the adoption of an amedment to tho federal Constitu- tion imposing prohibition upon the entire country. Under the system by which amendments to the Constitu- tion are ratified by the state legisla- lures, is is possible that this radical change in the fundamental law of the land should be adopted by the vote of thirty-six with 46,000,000 popula- ton, against the vote of twelve states with 56,000, ,0OO In this way prohibit ton can be forced upon the country by state legislatures representing only a minority of the people.
 Will the workers of America tame ly submit to this outrageous attack on their rights and liberties? Will they sit idle and allow 20 per cent. minority to regulate their personal tastes and habits? Will they permit the adoption by unfair methods of a policy that if once fastened upon the country can not be repealed so long as thirteen states with less than B. 900, 1000 population favor it's continu- ance? Or will they take prompt and vigorous action to enlighten their state legislators as to their wishes in the matter, and insist on their oppos- ing this unjust legislation Buffalo (N. Y.) Enquirer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-04
TRIUMPH OF FRIGHTFUhNEss.

We are told by Brand Whitlock, whose story of German oppression in Belgium appears in Everybody's, that whenever conversation turned on at- rocities, some Belgian or Neutral would say, ''Yes, but have you seen Tamines?
 'sTamines," he continues, tis a Iit- tie mining town on the Sambre, down in what is known as the Borinage, the coaI-fields between Namur and Char Ieroi The little church stands on the village green overlooking the river, it's
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-04

FIrst Presbyterian |, church, State street and Myrtle avenue, Alexander Alison Jr, rector: Il, Holy Commit mon and reception of new members: 1 f:5O, patriotic musical service. Organ and choral numbers. Elmer s. Joyce at the organ. Subject of pastors ad- dress, Fighting With Backs to the Wall" Sunday school, 9:45 Mems class, led by pastor, 10. Beginners class, Il. Y. P. S. c. E., 6:30. We'd nesday, 7:45, Bible study and confer ence. Test our welcome.
 Peoples Presbyterian church, Lau- rel and Park avenues, Rev. H. A. Da- venport, minister. Divine worship at lO:3O a. m. Sermon theme, ''Holy Boldness." Sunday school 12--1 c. E., 6:SO. A, conservation service.
 First English Lutheran church, Lau- rel avenue and Grove street, H. c. Aroh, pastor. Sunday school, 9:S0 a. m. Preaching at 1G:3O a. m. No even ing service.
 A M E. Zion church, Rev. William H. Bley, ID. D., pastor. Subjects, 10:45, War With Sim; 7:45, "A Dis turfbed Soul''; 1915, Sunday school; 6:3O, V. c. E.
 Our Savior's Danish Evangelical Lutheran church, 34 Beach street, Rev. Chr. Stockholm, pastor. Sunday school, 9:3O. Service, 7:3O p. m. Tues day, 7th, Young Peoples meeting, 8. 
 German Evangelical Lutheran St. PauPs church, 66 Harriet street. Morn ing service at 10:30, Rev. Dr. Mekler, New Haven. Monthly church council meeting.
 UniversaEst Church of the Redeem CT, Fairfield avenue, above Broad street, Rev. William Wallace Rose, minister. Sermon at Il a. m., Do Universalists Believe Much of Amy thina?'' Kindergarten and primary at this hour. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Illustrated sermon at 7:SO, "Why America Fights" The ladies of the Eastern Star will attend.
 i First Evangelical church, Newfeld and DeForest avenues, H. W. Weight, minister The pastor will preach. Services at Ii and 7:3O. Morning sub ject, The City of God" Evening sermon subject, Divine Sonship. Sunday school at noon, William Her ring, Supt. Y. P. A. at '. Next Sun day, May 12, our school will celebrate Mothers Day with program in the evening.
 First German English Lutheran church, Grand and Catherine streets Rev. H. Wehmeyer pastor. Sunday school at a. m. German and Eng fish classes. German services at 10:3O a. m. and 7:30 D. m. German service Thursday Ascension Day) at p. m. English services every second and fourth Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Our agent for Thrift Stamps, etc, is L. H. Egg gert, 25 Morgan avenue.
 First Church of Christ, Scientist, ST Lafayette street. Services Sunday at Il o. m. and D. m. Wednesday eve ming testimonial meeting at o'clock Reading room, Bridgeport Ma tjonal Bank building.
 The Bridgeport Christian Union Inc. (City Mfssion), Rev. c. w. Simp- son, Supt Services every evening a o'clock and Sunday afternoon at 3 , Tomorrow afternoon William Morton will speak.