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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-10-28
IN ALASKA 10 BE PLACED
 HALF MAST

JUNEAU, Oct, 2S- Late Saturday afternoon Governor Riggs issued tho following prociamation:-
 Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty God to visit the territory with cH!. amity which has reached in and toucn. ed the hearts of each and every ci:- izen through personal bereavement: either of beloved family of cheliShCC friends and
 "WhereaS. the wind swept waters ot Alaska have closed over the gallant steamship Sophia, leaving no known survivors of passengers or crew
 "Whcreas death has brought un~ told sorrow to all Alaska, unable ye! to realize the far reaching effects of this disaster,
 Thereof, l, Thomas Riggs, Jr, Governor of Alaska, do request that as a mark of respect to our belovcn dead and to the crushed and broken families, all flags in the Territory shall be placed at half mast fer per. iod of three days; that all churchs shall conduct memorial services and that each person, believing in God. a just and merciful God, knowing how little helpless are we, all shall ask for guidance and strength to be of such services as can be given"
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GRAVE TROUBLES
 IN BUDAPEST

PARIS, Oct, 2S- Grave troubles have broken out in Budapest as the result of the appointment of Count Andrassy to be Austrian Foreign Minister. Andrassy is said to be man with Germanophine tendencies. A committee of workmen and soldiers has been formed to represent the F. tremist party in the impending event ..
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KAISER WANTS TO STICl

LONDON, Oct, 2S-- 1t iS n here that the Kaiser does not to abdicate but is willing for [ ple's good to ordain that his nj reframed. The Kaiser is repo have said that he would not "a his sorely tried people, but if ,ary was ready to become "son like hereditary President ( many, represented like the k England, Belgium and France.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-10-28
TIME CHANGES FASH

Seward switched back an ! time yesterday just as easily hands of the clock were pushed an hour last March. Many C their watches or clocks befor ing Saturday night. There was fusion at all yesterday.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct, 2S- |! replying to President Wilson note, accepts all views as ex by the PreSidcst is his note Der 18th.
 Austria says that the nation ing and ready, without waitii suit of other negotiations, to tate peace and an immediate tee on all of the AustN-Hu! fronts
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FISH QUOTATIONS

SEATTLE, Oct, 2s-- Fish prices today noon were as follows: halibut' nineteen and one half cents; kippered salmon, $40; herring, S2.10, sable, $1.25.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-10-28
DUFFY IN HONOLULU

All Seward people will reI Duffy, the Messenger" Duf Seward several months ago states. In the last mail he booklet gving information abe waii, and across the face of | page wrote the following: IA trip here. Seward looks good. coming back some day"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-10-28
U. OF w. FRATERNITY
 HOUSES NAMED AFTER
 STUDENTS LOST IN WAR.

SEATTLE, Oct. 2S- Names of Uni ovorsitv fraternity men who have died in the war have been given four rni- versitv of Washington fraternity houses which have been converted hv the university into women's dormi- terisa.
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AUSTRIA ] OUT FOR
 PEACE

BULLETIN BASEL, Oe Austria Hungary has asked ih Wilson to begin Overtures on feet of an armistice and peace
 ing to official reports receive by the Swiss government tonit
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HUNS START A
 NEW RETREAT

BULLETIN-LONDON, Oct. 2S-- It is officially announced tonight thai the British Tenth army has resumed the attack against the Austro Hun. garian positions on the Italian front and progress is most satisfactory.
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WASHINGTON HAS REPl

WASHINGTON, Oct, 2S- many's reply has been recciv, communication is merely an a ledgemcnt of Wilson's Statem, is believed to indicate the anxi sire in Berlin to hasten definite upon which the Allies will pen, tilities to cases.
 It is expected here that the dent will not answer the Germ ply.
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CHICAGO, Oct, 28-- It is official ly announced that the airplane mail service between New York and San Francisco will be started soon.
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HUNS NEW RETREAT.

BULLETIN PARIS, Oct, 2S- The Germans have begun new re. treat between the Disc and Aisnc riV. CTS.
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ONLY DAUGHTER OF
 LATE BUFFALO BILL
 DIES OF INFLUENZA.

CODY, Wyo., Oct, 2S- Mrs. ''mo Carlow, only daughter of the late Col. William Cody ("Buffalo Bill), died here, a victim of influenza.
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TANKS FORWARDING.

WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct, 2S - The American long range guns a"' this afternoon bombarding LonGryo".
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LONDON, Oct, 2S-- 1t is unoffic- iallv reported here tonight that Gen- eral l.udondorff has resigned becauSa the military power of Germany ha,
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K RESIGN s
csl. .-,.-v' ,- -e@>--.

been put under civil government
 A Zurich dispatch tonight reports that Hindenburg has also rcSign"t command of the armies.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
O'lE MILE OF BATTLE FRONT
dreds Of Tons-Mllicns of Sand
Bags Are Required.

Few who read Of "mile Of front"
have any idea of the enormous labor
and material that go to its making,
writes trench correspondent. For
a mile Of front among the swamps Of
Flanders, for example, with its first
and second lines of trenches, its COM
munications and breastworks, the
necessary barbed wire is 900 miles in
length-long enough to reach from
London to Perth and back-and
weighs 10 tons.
The sandbags required for its pro-
lection number 6,250,000. So many
are they that placed end to end they
would stretch across Europe from
North Cape in Norway to Cape Mat
apan, the southernmost point in
Greece; and their weight is more
than a thousand tons.
To fill these millions of sandbags
and place them in position would
keep 500 industrious men at work
for twelve months; for the average
man cannot fill and place more than
rs sandbags in one night.
In addition to these thousands of
miles Of wire and sandbags, 10000
six-foot standards are required; 49,
900 small pickets, $4,000 running
feet of corrugated iron, more than
100000 feet Of timber and vast
quantities of riveting material of
various kinds.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
URGE FRENCH METRIC SYSTEM
Scale of Measurement Favored In
Preference to the English Stand
ard Which Now Is in Use.

Recently we have been strongly
urged to adopt the French system of
measurement in this country, as OPP
posed to the English scale now in.
use, comments a writer. The war
has made us familiar with such
terms as millimeter, centimeter, kilo-
meter and so on. It is urged that
the metric system Of the French is
much superior to the English. The
English themselves are awake to this
fact, and there has been a similar
movement in England that has
gained more strength than it's coun-
terpart in America.
An English engineering journal,
in supporting the plan, states that
since 1910 "a countries have given
up their standards of measurement
to adopt the French system, and that
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
TRENCH-DIG WITH PLOWS
Machinery Used by Both British and
German Armies instead of the
Spade of the Soldier.

Whenever and wherever it has
been possible to do so, gigantic
trcnch-digging machines have been
used for entertainments instead of
the spade of the soldier, writes a cor
respondent. Many hundreds Of
'trench-plows," as they are called,
were used by the Germans in the
carly days Of the war, and that gave
rise to the common belief that the
Germans were the first to use them.
But SO long ago as the Boer war Brit
ish army authorities experimental
with plows and found them so sue
cessful that they became part of the
equipment OF the army.
The smaller plows cut trench 20
inches wide and 20 inches deep, turn
ing the earth over so as to form a
parapet. The larger ones will cut
trenches from three to four feet
deep, doing the work Of SO soldiers,
and in half the time. These plows
have proved extremely useful in
digging trenches in front of towns
and other prepared positions in the
path of the enemy.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
Had The Grip Three Weeks

With January comes lagrinno
Lingering colds seem to settle II
the system, causing one to ache
all over, feel feveris1 and chilIv
tired, heavy and dropping. Mrs
Lizzie Tyles, Henderson, XIV
writes: MY daughter had Ia.
grippe for three weeks. 7 oavo
her Foley's Honey and Tar and
now she is all right" Sold hv
Red Cross Drug Co.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04

not single nation has adopted the
English method in all that period.
1t also is pointed out that no fresh
system Of measurement has been
brought forward. The French plan
is so exact and easy Of manipulation
that it leaves little chance of i'm
provement.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04

Died: Cathleen, age one year
and eleven months, daughter of
Roy and Callie Boyce of near
Grays, Tuesday, January l, 1918,
at $40 p. m. The remains were
laid to rest in Bolden family GENE
terry near Revel Wednesday after
noon.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
HIS IDEA.

First Regnlar-That young col
lege student is some pulled up over
joinin' the army
Second Regu1ar-Aw, he thinks
the army joined him.-Puck.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
QUICK, WATSON.

Vacationist much winded)-I-
I just saw a bear!
Innkeeper-Fetch my gun, Jake
Vacationist-He was green, with
yellow stripes.
Innkeeper-Never mind the gun
Jake. Fetch bromide.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
-------------4- -A----.-1
EXPENSIVE INDIGESTION.

He proposing in taxi)-say
yes, darling.
She-Give me time to think.
He-Yes; but good heavens, not
in here.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1918-01-04
THE BEST WAY.

Don't try to court that girl. She
has a heart of marble"
"Then the best thing to do is to
leave it in statu quo"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
SALE BEGINS at HOO
4 Head Of Horses

l Sorrel Mare Z yrs. old, VT. 140O
l Sorrel Gelding, Z yrs. old, W.T.. 1400
l Bay Mare coming 2 yrs. old VT 1000
l Sorrel Mare coming 2 yrs. old W.T..
1000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
Raise Horses of Better Quality.

A large number of undesirable,
mediocre horses are being turned onto
the market at present in all parts Of
the country in order to save feed, &C
cording to reports to the United
States Department OF Agriculture!
AS a consequence the market is glut-
ted with commonplace animals of
this description to the extent that
the prices paid are unusually low.
The department urges farmers to
raise horses of better breeding and
quality. The supply Of desirable
quality heavy draft horses or ami
mails suitable for artillery or caval-
ry purposes is below the demand
while the prices of such animals are
correspondingly high. In view Of
both the domestic and foreign demand
during and after the war for quality
horses, farmers should begin now to
stock up their barns with horseflesh
of the desirable type. Under exist
ing conditions feeding stuffs for work
animals are extremely high in price.
On this account it is imperative that
the farmer should winter only work
stock of the useful, most efficient,
and valuable type One heavy draft
horse will perform the work of prac-
tically two understood, inferior plugs,
while such an animal can be fed at
about the same cost for maintenance
as for one of the plugs. When the
farmer desires to sell heavy horse
of quality and breeding he can al
ways locate ready market, where
as inferior animals ordinarily can be
disposed of only at sacrifice.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20

1t is strange that newspaper man
should be compelled to solicit adver-
Using or offer argument for it's use,
remarks a man who knows what he
is talking about. Funny, isn't it, that
the man who thinks he is business
man, will get up in the morning from
an advertised mattress, shave with
an advertised razor, take off adver-
tised pajamas and put on advertised
underwear, advertised hose and shirt,
tie, advertised suit, sit himself at the
table and eat advertised breakfast
food, drink advertised coffee or sub
stitute, put on an advertised hat,
light an advertised cigar, go to his
place of business where he turns
down the advertising solicitor or
salesman for his home newspaper on
the grounds that advertising does
no: pay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
those il charge of the campaign that
at least $250,O0O,000 may be raised.

those il charge of the campaign that
at least $250,O00,00O may be raised.
The money will be needed to see the
American soldiers and sailors at home
and overseas through to the end Of
their service experience. These young
men played most decisive part in
winning victory for the Allies and il
warding off from American institu-
lions the great danger that threat
ened them. Civilian can best show
their gratitude and appreciation now
by providing the wherewithal to pro-
tect the service men from perils that
beset them now even more than when
their hearts and minds were conferred
on the one great thought of actually
fighting for their country.
Seven great agencies are charged
with the duty Of standing by in
wholesome welfare service. They are
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, the Young Women's Christian
Association, the National Catholic
War Council knights of Columbus,
as field agents,) the Jewish Welfare
Board, War Camp Community Ser
vice, American Library Association
and Salvation Army.
Thousands of young men will come
back from the front with bodies and
health more or less shattered That
could not be avoided because it is
part of the price of even just war.
The wounds and ills of these me1 will
be badges Of honor that will give
them distinction among their fell
lows throughout life. The motive of
the war work is that all the service
men may return with souls unsullied
with bodies clean and with minds bet
ter addressed to the finer things Of
everyday living. Minneapolis Trib-
une.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
THREE MEN AND THE VISION
THEY SAW

In a certain city dwell three men.
And by accident of birth one Of them
is Catholic and one is Protes-
ant and one is Jew.
For thirty years they have engaged
in business side by side, and the Cath
Ollie has not dealt with the Protest
ant; and the Catholic and the Pro-
testant have had no dealings with
the Jew.
"What is he to me?a each man has
said. "He is not of my faith: I
will avoid him."
So for thirty years they have
dwelt together strangers in a friend
ly world.
Then came the shadow of fear
ful war. And out of those three
boys went forth alone. Three faith
ers waited heart-worn for the let
ters from over there.
"There are Soldiers of Friendli1ess
over here" the boys wrote home.
"They bring us chocolate, and motion
pictures, and baseball, and good lee
turers; and the memory of mother
and of God!"
"Help those friendly agencies when
the chance" each boy wrote home.
So it happened that the three faith
ers found themselves working should
er to shoulder in great campaign
for funds.
Not as a Catholic and a Protest
ant and Jew-but as good citizens
united in a common cause.
And as they worked they came to
| know each other, and they were ash
AIMED that for so many years they
had been strangers side by side.
"Surely this is one of the compen-
sations of war;" they said. "that in
our deeper love for our boys we have
learned a new respect for one anoth-
err"
So new spirit was born into that
city. AS though in it's heart it had
discovered something of the great
err religion, whose God is Father;
and whose faith and creed are love.
Bruce Barton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20

She adviced him to try for it. The
examinations were only few weeks
off. There followed nights of hard
study, brother and sister sitting up
late, sister quizAing him. Without
telling his parents Of his project, he
went direct from Kirksville to Tren-
ton, and appeared before the exami1-
ing board. When the final marks
were added up, it was found that
Pershing was only one mark ahead of
the next man, fellow named Hig-
ginbotham. Pershiag got the ap-
pointment.
He hurried direct to Laclede, to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
HOW PERSHING GOT INTO WEST
POINT

It was at Kirksville normal school
in the spring of '82 that Pershing
eehanced to see in a newspaper the an
nouncement that competitive exam
nation was to be held at Trenton,
about fifty miles away, for the ap-
pointment to the United States mil
itary academy. Pershing showed the
newspaper to his sister and asked
her advice. He had no military am
bition; he wanted an education; was
this an opportunity?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
PRACTICAL THANKFULNESS

There is way for the spirit of
thanksgiving now infused into every
part of American citizenship to ex-
press itself practically. That way
is to subscribe to the limit of ability
to the war work fund. The mark
for this fund has been set arbitrarily
at $170,5O0,OOO, but it is the hope of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20

vey's War Weekly now? Would it be
possible, think you, to convert it in
to a peace weekly? But perhaps that
is what it has been all the time. At
any rate, the war is over and some
body is to blame for it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
Household Goods

l Wash Sink, Roll of Linoleum,
Quick Meal Cook Stove, Rocking chair
6 Kitchen Chairs, Dining Room
Chairs, Ten gallon barrel Churn,
Washing Machine and Wringer, near
ly new.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20

take the good news home. It was a
proud and happy n.other to whom
he told his tale of accomplishment.
Worlds Work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20

What will happen to Colonel Har-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-11-20
40 Head of Hogs
% Shoats, weight 140 lbs. each.
3 Sows with IA pigs.
Machinery

1 SIT. Mccormick Binder, l o.
double disc Monitor Drill with grass
seed attachment, 1 Minnesota Mower,
SIT. cut nearly new, l Mccormick
Mower eft. cut 1 loft. Mccormick
Hay rake, J. l. Case Gang Plow,
nearly new, Potato Plow, McCor-
mick Corn Binder, Buck Rake,
Wooden Harrow, 2 John Deere Sim
GLE Row Cultivators, l double Dutch
man row Cultivator, 2 Hay Racks,
l Superior Tanning Mill, / Buckeye
Wagon, with triple box, Corn Shell
Ter, l Spring Wagon, Wheel Barrow
1 Grind Stone, l Slop Cart, Hog
Troughs etc., 8 sets heavy Work Har-
ness, About s. tons of hay in stack,
l Chicken House, by 10 it., Cat
tie Feeding Rack, rs #. long, 40
Grain Sacks, About Is bushels of
White Dent Seed Corn picked before
frost, Many other articles too num-
erus to mention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
AUTOMOBILES FOB SALE. e.
COntinue6.

STUDEBAKER-7-pass hrst-class conditi
looks like new; $3.50 cash: to be seen Saturt
after ) pm. and all day Sunday. 20 u
NV,
vELlE touring car-Owner ordered abroad
cylinder, 5-pasxenger, with factory made
ter top and summer top extra; will guarar
condition: fve tires; new storage battery; 81
Address Rox S16-S. Star Office, 4
Evening journal., 1918-09-27
OCTOBER BUsINEss DIGEST.

The October business digest Of the
National Bank Of Delaware at Whining
ton, says:
Bank Clearings at the principal
cities for August totaled % billion dol
lars compared with nearly 30 billion
dollars in July and with 25 billion dol
lars in August OF last year, making an
increase over a year ago Of II per cent.
Clearings exclusive Of New York City
for the month were l3 billion dollars
compared with something over 10 bill
lion dollars a year ago, the increase be
ing near q per cent. Through these
eOnrmOus clearings money paid for
government securities is rapidly find
ing It's way back into It's former chan
nels and Will be again available in TAX
ing up the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Business Failures during August
numbered 73i, the smallest number OF
failures recorded during any month
since the financial panic " 1907, COM
pared with 77s failures in July and 1918
in August Of last year. Total liabilities
Of the failed concerns were nearly nine
million dollars compared with II mil
lion dollars in July and i6 million dol
lars in August Of last year.
Evening journal., 1918-09-27
DEATHS.

Alice Brainard.
Cornelius Lynch.
Eber \. Talley.
Annie l.. Taylor.
Fred q. Brittingham
DIR. John l.. Fisher.
Ellis 5. Banks.
Sarah II. Klmble.
KIMBLE-In Appleton, Nd, on september
20, 1915 Sarah Teresa.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services, at her late resi-
dence, Appleton, Nd. on saturday atter-
noon, September 2s, at o'clock. lnterment
at Head Of Christiana cemetery. Carriages
will meet 1130 train, p, B. & W., at New
BANKs-In Newport Del. on September
20, 1918 Ellis S. Banks. aged 43 years.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 at
tend the funeral services, at his late resi-
dence. Newport, DEL on Saturday after
noon, at 2.30 o'clock. Interment at Silver
brook cemetery.
FISHER-In boston. Mass. on September
"a, 1918, DR.. John Lee. only son OF John
B. and Mary b. Fisher, aged 30 years.
Funeral services viii be held at the resi-
dence Of his parents, No. 20Ol Jefferson
street on Saturday afternoon, September
2S at o'clock. Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine cemetery.
BRITTINGHAM-ln this city, on Septem-
ber "a, 1918. Fred o. Brittingham, In his
Relatives. and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services. at Chambers s
Funeral Parlors, No 2i4 West Ninth street,
on Saturday afternoon, September y,
1918. at 2 o'clock Interment at Riverview
cemetery.
TAYLOR-In this city. on September %.
1918, Annie L., beloved daughter OF
Catharine G. and the late Walter f. Tay-
lor, aged p years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral from the residence OF her
mother, n. T.. Cor Fifth and Church
streets, on Monday morning. september 49,
at o'clock Requiem mass at st. Mary
church. Interment at Silverbrook ceme-
terry.
TALLEY-In Brandywine hundred, Sep
tember 25 1918 Eber y. Talley, aged 90
years.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
Brnndywine hundred, near Perry's Tavern,
on Sunday afternoon, at o'clock. Inter.
ment at Sloan cemetery. Autos viii meet
friends at Concord pike and Boulevard, at
/ o'clock. Automobile funeral.
LYNCH-COrnelius Lynch, In West Grove,
Pa. on September %, 1918, aged q
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral services, without Iurther
notice, on Saturday morning, September
2s Solemn requiem mass at St Mary 5
Catholic church West Grove, Pa, at 10
o'clock Interment at st. Mary's cemetery.
BRAINARD-In this city, on September
"a, 1918, Alice. widow OF John +. Brain
ard A..
Blessed Virgin Sodality and the Sacred
Henrt League, OF St. Patricks Church, are
Invited to attend the funeral, from the resi-
dence Of her daughter, Mrs james nag
gerty No. S03 e. Seventeenth street. on
Saturday morning, at o'clock. Solemn
requiem mass at st. Patrick's Church. In
terment at Cathedral cemetery.