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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
CAPT. HUNTER CELEBRATES

Captain J. c. Hunter, the veteran navigator of Alaskan waters and com mander of the steamer Northwestern, recently celebrated his 18th birthday anniversary. Captain Hunter is a native of Sweden and started follow ing the sea when young man. He has been in command of boats operat- ing to Alaska for the last thirty-five years and is the oldest navigator in the north, both in years and point of service. He has hundreds of friends in every port of Alaska.
 The officers of the Northwestern on the occasion, gave Captain Hunter a beautiful leopard skin auto robe for his machine which he purchased re- gently in Seattle.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
ALASKA FISH DEVELOPMENT
 IS DISCUSSED

KETCHIKAN, May 8 - The Am erican and Canadian fisheries confer ence met here yestreday and today went to Yes Bay. The members of the commissions leave for Seattle to- night.
 Gov. Riggs, who came here from Juneau, invited Secretary Redfield to visit other sections of Alaska but the Secretary of Commerce declin- ed saying that possibly he would make another trip north this summer.
 Conservation of halibut and the de- velopment of the Alaska fisheries were discussed at the conference here It was determined that there are about 125 varitieS of food fish in Alaskan waters.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
ESCAPE FROM
 A HUN PRISON
 MOST EASILY

PARIS, May - Correspondence of The Associated Press) In escaping from German military prison, Lieut. enant Roland c. Garros and Lieuten- ant Antoine Marchal, the two telebrat- ed French aviators, repeated the ex- ploit of the fomous German Captain Koepenick". After having been twice caught and punished for attempting to take French leave", GaTos and Marchal recalled how gullible the people and soldiers proved themselves in the case of the shoemaker Voigt who, under the name of Captain Koe- penick" and in an officers uniform laid everything under contribution and was saluted and honored as only a German military officer could be.
 So they made French blue horizon uniforms resembling as closely as possible those of German officers. When they were finished all they had to do was to simply walk out of thei' prison, out of the camp and out of the town, salute on every hand by sent inels, soldiers off duty and civilians.
 Once 'lear of the town they doffed the uniforms and maic lHcir way to the fron"ei of HollluG by rail quite comfortably. l. .r i"catest difficulty was in crossing the line. It took them three days during which they crept on hands and knees backward and for wards alternately, lodging sentinels.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
1 LIBERTY KNIGHTS BREAK LAWS THEN
 TILL AUTHORITIES

SAN JOSE, Cal, May 8 An organization known as the Knights of Liberty" hanged H. Steinmotz, Oakland tailor last night for proGermansm of most pronounced nature Steinmoz taken from his lodg ngs tree and strung up without any noise being made The protested feeby and when the slipped around his neck became unconscious and stranged to death while in that condition Later the Knights" took his body away in automobile.
 Later in the evening the Knights" tarred and feath cred George Koetzer another alleged pro-Geman. After the deed had been done they tied Koetzer to the mouth of in the city park then notified the newspapers and the police by telephone Koetzer given fair trial be- fore the Knights and it proven that he had made sedtous statements
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
KAISER BILL NOW
 UNEASY OVER THE
 KICK OF RUSSIANS

NEW YORK; May 8 - The Associated Press learns today from official sources that the Teutons meeting with extreme difficulties in expressing the people of pied Russian territory Grave uneasness prevails in Ger many result large forces must be thrown into Rus sa to force the people of that misguided nation into the Hun yoke.
 The Germans have overthrown the Ukranian govern men and it is reported that the Ukranan peasants have destroyed the crops rather than let the Germans get them
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS

J. w. Keller, engineer at Girdwood, came in on yesterdays train and is registered at the Hotel Seward. Mr. Keller will return to his station on Sundays train.
 The weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow is stormy, perhaps plenty of rain.
 w. d. James, from Drier Bay, is re- gistercd at the Hotel Seward. 
 With all reservations taken, the Al ameda was supposed to have sailed from Anchorage this afternoon for Seward, coming via Kodiak.
 J. NJ. Leonhardt and wife have clos ed the roadhouse, at Mile54 for the sea son and are registered at the Hotel Seward. Mrs. Leonhardt will become SItWdluGSS Ol Sclilp Noio CHM NAi c Leonhardt will go back to the old pos ition of time-keeper.
 Miss Ethel Leslie is now the assist ant to George Smith at the Seward Bakery.
 Wallace Daykin is at the Hotel Seward from Mile 23. MT. Daykin is here to answer questionnaires and then off to the states to enlist.
 Steamer Alameda is not expected here southbound until late Saturday night and possibly not until about Sunday noon.
 Robert J. Weir returned yesterday from an inspection trip to the north end of the division. Hundreds of men will be put to work as soon os the snow has, melted and the ground soft ened.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
GERMANS WARNED FOR THE WORST

LONDON, May 8 With the Hull in the fighting since the Germans have been defeated at Ypres all the German talk the Kaisers battle has vanished It is un- derstood that the German experts have instructed the newspapers to the people that for the time being the move to the English channel has been stopped and that the British fought most stubborny in the Ypres sec tor After a says the instructions Ypres is not of much importance and the German command may decide
 not to take Ypres"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
THREE MEATLESS DAYS
 ORDERED FOR FRENCH

PARIS, May 8 Three meatless days a week order is explained as being necessary owing to the gradual dwind- ling of the frozen meat reserves; the necessity of feeding a part of the Am erican Army occasionally from the reserve stock, and the supplying of other Allied forces. The government will begin to draw more on the French cattle stocks.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
MORE SOLDIERS COMING

The detachment of the 14th infantry now in Seward is to be increased by eight at least according to information received byLieut. Long. The eight men will probably arrive on the next steamer from Fort Liscum. Privates Hone& and Beran arrived on the AL ameda to join the detachment. These two take the place of soldiers who were transferred.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
CLAIMS MONEY FOR AIRCRAFT
 IS SQUANDERED

WASHINTON,May - Senator Porter J. McCumber, of North Dakota, told the Senate today that America must send five million men to the bat tlefield within a year. He said that Americans efforts were almost neg ligible up to the present and that the Shipping Board has wasted in six months S64O,O00,O00 and money for aircraft was worse than squandered.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
LIBERTY LOAN NOW NEARING
 A BIG TOTAL

WASHINGTON, May - Last night the subscriptions to the third Liberty loan bonds had reached two billion, eight hundred thirty eight million, three hundred seventeen thou sand, three hundred dollars. The Chicago district is the fourth to over subscribe and it is believed that every state west of the Mississippi will sub scribe it's quota.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
SUPPLYING SHOES

NEW YORK, May 8 - The German government is now supplying the people with shoes. The German Fed eral Council has issued an order creat- ing an imperial board for'the distrib- ution of shoes, says German news papers.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
FRENCH MAKE A CAPTURE

PARIS May - The official statement says that the French made attack last night between Hailes and CaSte southeast of Amens and captured Hill 82 and the woods on the Avre river nearby
 The ground the French gained is probably more val uabe than any other equal along the Somme Hill 82 within three miles of the PariS-Amiens railroad
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
ANOTHER KING IS GOING ID
 HIT THE BUMPS

WASHINGTON, May 8 - Advices received by the State Department to- day says that the Teutons have de- cided to dethrone King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. A ruler will be installed by the Teutons who will be man of their own choice.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
FISH QUOTATIONS

SEATTLE, May - At noon today halibut was quoted at fourteen and one half cents; sable, seven and one half cents; red cod, four cents, and ling cod three and one half cents.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
WAR DEPARTMENT WILL
 GIVE ADDRESSES OF MEN
 WOIINDED ON THE FRONT

WASHINGTON, May - The War Department will give the addresses of the American soldiers named in the casualties lists. This decision was made today by President Wilson to whom the public appealed when the addresses were discontinued.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
DOESN'T WANT JOB

M. J. Conroy, formerly of this city and who passed through to Anchorage on the Alameda, is understood to have dec ined to accept the appointment as United States Commissioner at Mccarthy.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03

WASHINGTON, May 8 - Presid- ent Wilson has purchased twelve thoroughbred Shropshire sheep and these will graze upon the White House Lawns this summer.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03

NEW YORK, May 3 - Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today called on the people of all cities and towns to raise subscriptions to equal those of the rural districts. The Secretary said that the rural districts had all overSubscribed.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
BACH ON FARRAGUT

Genial Garry Bach, we'll known pur- ser of the Admiral line, has been in two accidents recently. Purser Bach was on the Admiral Evans when that vessel struck a reef in Hawk In- let and he was also purser on the Ad- miral Farragut when that craft hit an iceberg.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 - It is officially announced by Chairman Weeks that the Twelfth Reserve Dis trict is now over it's quota. Honor flags have been given to 1182 cities.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
EXPERT AVIATORS KILLED

DAYTON, May 3 - Major Oscar Brinkley and Colonel Damn, expert aviators, were killed here this after noon when their machines dropped 400 feet.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
GERMANS DRAWING UPON BOYS

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, May = The Ger mans are drawing heavily upon all field depots to replace casualties of the Thirteen Reserve division It is known that 2O5O boys of the 1920 class with only eight weeks training who not to be put into the fighting unless absolutely necessary have been received the front.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
PRINCE IS PROMOTED

LONDON, May 8 - Captain, the Prince of Wales has been appointed Cadet Colonel-in-C Chief of the Cadet Corps in the United Kingdom and Ireland,
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03

The ladies of the Seward Chapter of the Red Cross will meet tonight in the work room inthe railroad building and knit and sew.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
NEW YORK, May 8 - The

NEW YORK, May 8 The batletields on the west ern front continue quiet today The Germans have given no sign of when or where the next blow will be dealt EX pers believed according to all adces received by the As ocated Press that the German offensive is not ended and that the Teuons are expected make another attempt to reach the English channel ports
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03
ND SIGN IS GIVEN
 WHEN OR WHERE A
 HUN BLOW COMING
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, May

tremendous crescendo of gunre has broken out a" long the front late this afternoon The principal increase seems to be in the LyS sector.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-05-03

Read the Gateway.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07

the government. / have strong
feeling that if a sum of money can
be placed in the hands of the farm
loan banks for purposes akin to that,
that it would be beneficial indeed"
Representative Young, who was
handling the bill in the committee
asked Mr.. Hoover if he did not think
it would be desirable to have fund
placed in their hands to furnish feed
for any locality where yearlings are
being sold heavily in order to con-
serve the cattle supply.
Mr.. Hoover replied that there
should be sufficient latitude in loans
to cover that feature.
Later on in speaking Of the food
shortage Mr.. Hoover said that the
cause Of it was the subnormal crop
on an acreage as large as that of last
year that we would have no food prob
lem, but that it was desirable to see
that every available foot Of ground
was put under cultivation to help
take care Of the European situation.
AS result Of the hearing and Of
support pledged him by members of
the Farm Loan Board, and the uni
versal demand from the agricultural
sections of the country, Representa-
tive Baer has redrafted his bill. It
now calls for an appropriation of $780,
100000 to constitute loan fund to
be handled by the Federal Reserve
banking system. The farmers rep
resentative is hopeful for the pas
sage Of this bill. He has filed with
the committee petitions with 10000
signatures from northwestern farm
ers asking that Congress act quick
ly in granting this aid.
So urgent is the need felt for some
relief measure that Representative
Norton of North Dakota tried to
amend the deficiency appropriation
bill by adding $4O00,000 as a revolv-
ing fund for the buying and selling
of seeds through the. Secretary of
Agriculture.
This was defeated, but it brought
out an interesting debate in which
Representative Moore Of Pennsylvan-
ia said that the Baer bill which had
been widely commented on by the
country press was bold and radical
departure from the existing order.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07

industrial undertakings Of half d
dozen other countries, so that when
German competition came it would
not be resisted too far, because there
was always the possibility Of getting
German armies into the heart Of the
country sooner than any other armies
could be got there"
Townley Says Foes are Desperate.
The idea Of the Nonpartisan league
pamphlet is practically repeated by
President Wilson and it is on this
flimsy evidence that the officerss Of
the league are arrested.
The reason behind these arrests
is characterized by Mr.. Townley as
follows:
my arrest on a warrant sworn out
by a county attorney, is based on the
publication of a pamphlet issued last
June which sets forth principles ex-
actly in line with the domestic poll
cies and international war aims ex-
pressed by President Wilson in his
recent messages to Congress.
"There is hardly declaration in
this pamphlet that has not been pub
lically indorsed by President Wilson
with the overwhelming approval of
the American people.
"This pamphlet, entitled the "Na-
tional Nonpartisan League, origin,
purpose and method Of operation,
with war program and statement of
principles" has been issued by the
hundreds of thousands. Copies have
been in the hands Of the Federal of
ficials for nine months. The Post
office department has never ques-
toned our right to circulate it.
Arrest Part of Conspiracy.
"These facts speak for themselves.
My arrest is simply for the purpose
of supplying hostile newspapers with
sensational headlines in their efforts
to discredit the league. It is part of
the deliberate plot-to break up the
Nonpartisan league even if it is nec-
essary to override every constitution
al right in this process. AS the pri-
maries approach and the Nonparti-
san league continues to gain ground
rapidly our political opponents seem
to be getting more and more desper-
ate.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
PROOF OR RETRACTION
SHOULD Be FORTHCOMING,
The Antler American Should Prove
Its Allegations, Otherwise 1t Stands
Convicted of Publishing a Deliber-
ate and Malicious FalsehOOd.

Editor Courant:
My attention has been called to the
following paragraph in the editorial
columns of the Aptler American un-
der date Of February Ia:
"What explanation will Town
ley have to offer for selling that
$4,000 worth of farmers notes
to the bank of Killdeer for $4,000?
Must be that friend Townley is
afraid the bottom is about to
drop out Of his store scheme,
and he wants someone else to
have the notes. He would rath-
er sacrifice few thousand just j..
to get the notes into third par
tvs hands where they could be
collected, than to keep them him.
self and take chances on not
getting anything for them."
No explanation is necessary, for
the very patent reason that no such
transaction has ever taken place. This
can very easily be verified by writing
the Killdeer banks. am authorized to
state from Mr.. Townley that no such
farmers store notes have been sold
to any bank in Killdeer or any bank
in the entire state.
It would seem that the newspapers
opposing the Nonpartisan League,
particularly those in North Dakota,
should have discovered ere this that
lying about the organization only has
the effect Of further discrediting them
in the eyes of the reading public.
Here in Minnesota the opposition
newspapers are still laundering along
with those stone-age methods, believ-
ing apparently that the American
public is just as gullible as the late
P. T. Barnum's indictment would in
dicate. North Dakota publishers
have had. three years Of experience
with the Nonpartisan League and
should have learned the lesson that
only by hewing closely to the line Of
truth and veracity can they hope to
re-establish themselves in the con-
fidence Of their readers.
The editor Of the Antler American
should be made to retract or produce
the evidence. He has distinctly laid
himself open to criminal libel unless
he can prove what he states as an un-
qualified fact. BY writing to the three
Killdeer banks, the First State Bank,
The Northwestern State hank and the
First National Bank, he can easily as
certain whether or not any other
transaction has transpired as he ~
fers to.
Q. I. Riiho6.
st Pal, 1in, March !, 1911.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
CONGRESSMAN JOHNSONrS
ANTI-PROFITEERING BILL,
Proposed Measure to Tax Recently In
creased Rentals by Greedy. Land
lords in the District of Columbia
100 Per Cent.

Profiteering by the landlords of the
city Of Washington is getting toe
strong for Congressman Ben johnson
of Kentucky. So he has introduced
a bill putting a tax Of 100 per cent on
all increases in rent in the District Of
Columbia, during the past few months
The bill has been referred to the
Committee on the District of Colum-
bia of which johnson is chairman.
It is good to know that landlord
profiteers are to receive some atten-
ton. But it is very doubtful if the
johnson bill offers to right way to
20 about it. It's terms are drastic and
if passed will make the profiteers
squirm. But what good will that do
if there are not enough houses in the
District to supply demand? The land
lords who are getting increased rents
are those who have put their land to
some use. They are not the ones re-
sponsible for the house shortage. The
shortage exists because too many
owners of land in the city are putting
no houses upon it. And the tendency
of the johnson Bill will NOT be to en-
courage them, but rather the reverse.
It may stop increased rent charges by
owners Of houses already built. But
it will not encourage building Of new
houses. And new houses is what
Washington needs.
But the bill can be amended to
remedy that defect. It can be made
to distinguish between house rent
and the rental value Of bare land,
aside for rental from improvements
And it can levy a 100 per cent tax on
this rental value. It would fall on
vacant land as well as on improved
land. The owner Of q vacant $4,000
lot would pay the same as the owner
Of similar lot with q $4,000 house
upon it. It would not pay to keep
the lot vacant; the owner would eth
Or build upon it or dispose Of it to
someone who would, the house short
age would end and rents in Washing
ton would get down to where they
ought to be. .
Perhaps Mr.. johnson would be glad
to have his bill strengthened that
way.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07

He1e's A Way to Help.
Report to the nearest food
administration office the name
and address Of any person dis
couraging the production or
saving Of food"
U. s. Food Administration.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
Keep 1t Coming.

eve must not only feed
our soldiers at the front but
the millions Of women and
children behind our lines"
Gen. John J. Pershing.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-03
JORDAN SALES WERE INCREASED FUR
 PAST YEAR

The financial report of the Jordan Motor Car company of Cleveland for the quarter ending January lst. shows an increase of 30 per cent in the sales of Jordan cars over the corresponding period one year ago.
 The statement follows:
 Profit and Loss Report Last quarter of year ending 19l7 Net car sales.... s571,2329S Net part salcs.... 1959357 Total sales ..... S59OS2655 Cost of cars .....S500. .74663 Cost of parts sales 14,446.5l Cost advertising. 17,3j0.00 Cost of running
 expense ........ 13.720.4o Cost of sundry eN-
 penscs ........ 2,o1gl2
 $54S2S2G6 Less cash discount
 on purchases Q. 7,75S.65 Total cost of doing business .S54O.524. .00 Net profit ................ 50,3O2. 8
Arizona republican., 1918-02-03

will go to the bottom in water since water is nearly incompressible."
 But he was hardly delivered of this mental conception when along came an engineer said to be of note who opined that he was all wrong. This engineer holds that at depth of 3s.7 miles, for science must be accurate. even to tenths of a mile in such instances. ths water would be as dense as cast iron, and therefore iron would float there. To this the Scientific American coun- ters. exposing the 'fallacy'' of such an argument by publishing letter front "an authority connected with the Geo. graphical laboratory, Washington, D. C." containing calculations of the spe- cific gravity of water as far as thirty six miles, This authority" proves that if there is water at any depth, 1t is frozen solid in the form of dense ice. frozen by the pressure of water above. since, it is asserted, the freezing point of water is determined by pressure.
 All of which, to the unprejudiced ob- server from the sidelines, looks quite d bit like a tempest in a teapot. For what unless it be to the hypercritical supertechnical mind, is the difference whether water may be compressed into a substance as solid as iron. or whether by pressure it is frozen into ice2 The practical result is the same. An iron ship can hardly sink through solid ice any more than it can through solid ice as dense as cast iron.