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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
VANDERBILT IS NOW IN CHARGE
 AT CAMP LEWIS

CAMP LEWIS, Wash, Aug. 20.- Brigaoier General Cornelius Rander- bilt today assumed command of the Camp. He arrived last night with his 20 year old son, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., who will be private with the others in camp.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

An examination of applicants for Third Grade certificates will be held in the School building at Seward, Al aska, as soon as arrangements for the same can be completed This exam ination has been ordered by the Com missioner of Education, Lester D. Henderson. All those desiring to take examination are requested to re- port to Curtis R. Morford as soon as possible that date may be set for the examination.
 Curtis R. Morford
 Examiner.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
INSPECTION OF
 FLUES 10 SOON
 BE UNDERTAKEN

Chief Guest announced last night at the city council meeting that flue in- spection would be started in Seward the first of next month. The chief is going to make house to house in- spection and make his recommendat- ions.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
AUSTRIANS ARE PLANNING FIGHT
 UPON ITALIANS

WASHINGTON, Aug, 20.-- A Rome dispatch says that the Italian newspaper critics expect the Aust rians to resume are offensive in AL baia and also on the Italian frontier at any time.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
WILSON BACK
 HOME FROM HIS VACATION

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O.-Presi- dent Wilson returned this forenoon from a vacation trip to Manchester, Mass, The President is much i'm proved and back to his executive grind again.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20

NEW YORK; Aug. 20 Summary by the Associat ed Germans holding the vital sector between the Asne and the Disc rivers have been hurled back over
 ten mile front The French attacks continuation of assaults made northwest of SOissons beginning last Sunday The hurng back of the Germans on this import ant sector endangerS the whole German positions at Sos sons and the Aisne and is expected that the Germans will retire to Chesmin DeS Danes.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
BRAZIL LIMITS BANKS
 IN GERMAN CONTROL.

RIO JANEIRO, Aug, 20 - By an order of the Brazilian government the operations of German banks through out the country have been restricted solely to liquidation of their business,
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20

tween the SOmme and the Aisne during the last two days have been keeping the enemy on the alert and preventing the Germans from preparing for counter offensive These attacks has obliged General Ludendorf to maintain ] 40 Teuton divisions on the first line.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
CLAY PIPES COME BACK.

sad!d HeIO -O5 "SnV 'NO0NOT are coming back into favor. The short age of-briar pipes and their high cost place them beyond the reach of the public.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
SUB SENDS
 BARK DOWN

WASHINGTON, Aug, 20 - A cer- man submarine has sunk the Norweg- ian bark Nodhay, 100 miles off the coast of Virginia. The crew escaped in HfcboatS and has been picked up.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20

ANCHORAGE, Aug, 2O.-A term of the U. s. District Court opened here this forenoon with Judge Charles E. Bunnell presiding.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
ANOTHER VILLAGE IS OCCUPIED.

PARIS, Aug 20 The French last night occupied the village of Vassena whichs northwest of Morsan between the Aisne and the Ose This is an official war statement
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
BRITISH REFUSE ATTACKS.

LONDON Aug. 20 The British have repulsed four terrific German attacks at Achily, six miles north of Rove The British have advanced their lines near Veux BerQuin and Outtersteen in the Lys salient.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20

Ketchikan, Aug. 20-- The following gre the fish quotations here: halibur, first grade, ten cents; second grade, eight cents; sable, four cents and red rock, two cents.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
FISH QUOTATIONS

Seattle, Aug. 2O--- At noon the fo;- lowing fish quotations prevailed. Hal ibut, fifteen cents; sable, Six cents; ling and red cod, four and one half cents.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-20
FRENCH ADVANCE FOR TWO MILES.

PARIS, Aug 20 Official )-The French Tenth Army has attacked on a ten mile front between the Disc and Asne and reached depth of two miles into the Ger man front lines
 14O DIVISIONS IN FIRST LINE.
 PARIS, Aug. 2O-( Official )-The Allied attacks be-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
He Makes An informal Call at
the French Ministry
of War.
TALKED WITH PREMIER
CLEMENCEAU FOR HOUR
American President Will Utilize
His Time to Best Advantage
Without Regard to Prece-
dents.

Paris, Dec. 16.-President Wilson
began breaking traditions toda,
when, in addition to paying a forna:
visit to the cit. hall for the ar-
pointed ceremonies there, he made q
call at the ministry of war for talk
with Premier Clemenceau, who elsc
IS minister of war. He decided 1ls'>
to accept the dinner invitation Of for
eign ambassadors, his first acceptance
being to the invitation extended by
the Earl of Derby, the British am
:oassador TO France.
The visit of the head of foreign
nation to the ministry and his ac-
ceptarce OF the hospitality Of q Cor
eign ambassador are not strictly IN &C
cordance with custom, but President
Wilson felt that the opportunities
thus afforded of getting on to per
sonal contact justified him in disre-
earding the traditions.
The visit which Premier Clemen-
ceau paid President Wilson yesterda:'
was not only the occasion Of an
agreeable personal meeting but 1t re-
suited in a fairly full understanding
as to the plans for the presidents visit
throughout the next fortnight. The
meeting was described as extremely
cordial, both the president and tbs
French premier later voicing their
highly favorable impressions of each
other AS the call lasted full houi
it permitted a conference over the
plans Of the meeting Of the interal-
lied conference and the peace con-
gress and of at least the preliminary
discussion of some of the great inter
national problems about to be taken
up.
Concerning the plans. it now is ap-
parent that the presidents visit to
italy will be postponed until the mid
Gle or the latter part Of January as
his time meanwhile will be fully oc-
cupied in meeting the political lead
ers coming from various points, in at
tending the opening sessions of the
interallied conference and the peace
congress, in visits to the American
front and the French and Belgian
devastated regions and probably a
Visit to Brussels and King Albert o.
Belgium.
The president will be back in Paris
in the early days of January when the
Drelininaries are likely to be so far
advanced as to permit Of the opening
Of the peace congress about January
s. The exact time, however, is Of
course object to the pleasure of the
interallied conference when it assem-
bles to complete the details Of the
program.
1t is evident, however, that the
presidents time will be so greatly oc-
cupied that the visit to Italy, which
was at first expected to be made dur
ing the latter part of December, can
not take place before the middle Of
January or later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Big Stock Sale
Government Will Sell Mules an;
Horses at Auction.

Columbia, Dec. 16.-The govern
ment has a large number Of horse;
and mules on hand at Animal En-
barkation' Depot No. 302 North Char
lesion, S. c., which will be sold {:
auction in the near future. Dealers /:
horses and mules throughout tn,
State will be attracted to Charlesto'
for this sale, which will be one of ths
largest of its kind ever held in Sout:
Carolina. The end of the war left the
in possession Of this stoci,
and since the government must dis
pose of it. it will be to the advantage
Of live stock dealers to attend tn,
sale and make their purchases. TIL
camp is located at North Charleston.
about II miles north of the city, an;
can be reached either by automobile
or railroad The trolley line runs i;
two miles of the camp. Governmer.
truck transportation from the end @
the trolley line will be furnished t..
parties notifying the Quartermaste,
Animal Embarkation Depot, No. 302.
The date of the sale has not yet beeI:
announced, but will be made publ!
in the near future.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
War Stamp Sales
Sumter County is Not On The
Honor Roll of Counties.

Charleston. Dec. 1.-THE nine mil
ion dollars mark has been reached in
the total sales Of war savings stamps
in South Carolina, according to sales
reports received at the Office Of the
South Carolina war savings commit
tee The reports show that the men.
women, and children of this State
have purchased, up to December l.
war savings and thrift stamps to the
values of s9,04S,133, which amounts
to s5.52 per capita. IN order to close
the year with the largest possible sales
report, the committee appeals urgent
ly to those who have not reneeded
w. S. S. pledges to buy the stamps
due at once.
Beaufort still leads in total sales,
and the leading records have been
made by the following counties, show
ing the per capita sales: Beaufort,
1915; Calhoun, 1919; Charleston
5000; York, sS.67; Florence, sS.62;
Anderson, $s.53; Horny. s8.41; Spar
tanburg. sS.29; G1-cenvillc. sS.2I;
Orangeburg, s6.7S, and Bamberg,
S6.1S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Casualties Of Thirtieth Divisio.
Totalled More Than Seven
Thousand.
MORE THAN 1,1C0 WERE
KILLED IN ACTION
National Guard Of North an
South Carolina and Tennessee.
Were in Thickest of Fightins
on the Hindenburg Line.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Geners
pershing cabled the war departmer
,oday that practically complete re
ports of deaths in action among tn
.xpeditionary forces should reach the
department by December 20, and .
everely wounded by December II.
. Total casualties to November 23 i.
he Thirtieth Division (North Care
ina, South Carolina and Tennesss
National Guard) were given at 1852:
The casualties were classified rs To-
lows: Killed in action 1853; lied O
wounds. 23S; died of disease, 16; die
Of other causes, 5; severely wou,tde''
1,1S1: wounded, degree undetern1i,
I'd, sos; Slightly wounded, 1878; mis-
ng or captured, 1913.
General Pershing reported that tn
number of duplicated casualties dis
covered in the central records offlc:
since November 27 wound not operat
70 reduce the total for the entire eX.
peditionary forces, given in his sui.i
mary of that date, as additional cas-,
ualties reported more than offset til
duplicates.
The report today from the Ameri
ean commander was in reply to spec;-
dc questions cabled by the war depar,
ment. In asking regarding the cas-
ualties in the Thirtieth Division. til
department said there had beel
much apprehension here about th.
losses of this unit, which helped TIL,
British army break the famous Hif.
denburg line.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
The Y. M. C.. A.
New Year Celebration at the
Gym.

The local Y NJ. c. A. is arranging
or G New Year programme In the
gymnasium on New Years night. AL
.eady there is a good programme ar
.anged, consisting OF tumbling, wrestl-
ng, drills, volleyball game and !nu-
&c. The wrestlers are enlisted men
rom Camp Jackson and they will put
lp illustration of wrestling. This
art of the programme will be Of
auch interest and will doubtless be
he most popular stunt. The High
;chool Orchestra under Miss Truitg
sill furnish the music for the occa-
ION There will be volleyball
;amc played by the business men. with
essrs. C. E. Hurst and w. A. Bryan
captain of the game. These swo
.aptains will pick their team, and
,romise to put up good fight.
William Winn. the star tumbler,"
With the squad of acrobats will DEM
,nstrate pyramid building and tubl-
alg, and the boys will put on demon
ration Of calisthenic drill.
Everyone is cordially invited 20
his open house night, for it prom
:ses to be interesting and enjoyable.
Secretary Todd is working hard now
On the programme and hopes to have
everything in readiness by New Years
lay. Don't forget the time and date,
Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium, January 1st,
1919.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Is Kaiser Safe?
German Socialist Says His Sur
render Cannot Be Forced.

London, Dec. 17.-Herbert Ebers
Socialist premier of Germany. decla'
ed in an Interview yesterday that b
did not know Of any legal method b.
which the forme1 emperor's ;5urrend
er could be forced But it's not &
question which closely concerns US.
he said I'VE have separated our
selves from him and now desire on
that the guilt for tI:o outbreak of thc
war should be finally fixed, in orde;
that he may be exposed once for all.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Trains Coming Back
Through Sleeping Car Lines t.
Return.

Washington. Dec. 16.-Directo
General McAdoo today announced tn
restoration on January 1 Of Is of tn
through sleeping car lines in th'
East and South discontinued a yea
ago as a war measure. The addition
al service will include trains from New
York to Florida and other parts of tn
South.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Socialists in Control
First Election in Germany Re
suits in Victery for Ma
iOritv Socialists.

Berlin, Monday. Dec. 1.-THE elec
tions to the national assembly in the
former Duchy Of Anhalt, which wa
the first German federal State to vote
for the constituent body, resulted to.
day in a marked victory for the ma
;ority Socialists. The Anhalt assem-
bly, consists of twenty-five majorit,
Socialists. twelve German Democrat
and two conservatives.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Hun Anarchists Meet
Congress of Soldiers and Work
mems Delegates Assemblies :
in Berlin.

Berlin. Monday. Dec. 16.-The Cen
tral congress Of delegates from the
Soldiers and Workmon's Councils in
many parts of Germany was opened
today. There were three women
among the four hundred and fifty del
egates. During the organization 1t
became apparent that independent
socialists Of the Spartacus group were
out numbered.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Washington. Dec. l,.-Anons the
war department construction projects
ordered abandoned today arc the mil
itary cantonments at North Camp
Jackson. S. c.. and field artillery can
tonment at Camp Bragg. y. c. That
at Jackson does not include tho ahan-
donment of the lease on forty thou
sand acres Of land there
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Stockholm. Monday. Dec. 1S.-An
English squadron has bombarded the
Bolshevik positions along the south
ern coast Of the Gulf Of Finland. ac-
cording to an official statement fro'l
the Esthonian army headquarters. The
Polshevists forces have been repuiSed,
according TO the report.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
BIG CRIMINALS
MAY ESCAPE
Punishment Of Former Kaiser
and Fellow Criminals a Diff
fcult Problem.
NOT QUESTION FOR JURISTs
SAYS LORD CREWE
It May Be Necessary to Resort
to Military Measures to Bring
William Hohenzollern to JUS
tice.
.on6on Dec 17-Responsibility fo:

London, Dee. l7.-Responsibility 70:
Furnishing the former German en-
pe.or and other high German officials
for crimes committed during the
war must rest with the governments
and not with jurists, according to the
Marquis of Crewe, former secretary
oi Sta-e for the colonies, in a letter
to the Westminster Gazette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21
Recruits for Navy
Two Hundred Thousand Neede5
to Man Ships.

Washington. Dec 1.-Two hundred
thousand men must be recruited TO,
the navy TO take the places of the
men demobilized. Capt. Laning, chief
Of the bureau of navigation made this
estimate today. when asking the
house naval affairs committee for ar
for s12,000,000 for
and recruiting eXpens
es for 1920.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Washington. Dec. 17.-Gen. Per-
Ming, has notified the war department
that he had designated for early con-
voy home number Of additional
units. including $500 officers and
men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Lisbon. Dec. 17.--Admiral Canto 7.
Castro has been elected president Of
Portugal in succession to DR.. Sidonio
9aos. who was assasinated late Sat-
urday night. .sszs-.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Amsterdam. Dec. IA revolution
has broken out in Bulgaria, accord
ing to information received by the
Berlin Lokal Anzieger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

New York. Dec. 1.-The troop ship
Maui from Brest, with Ga officers.
twenty-one hundred and sixty men
arrived today
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-21

Show me your Red Cross member
shin button and I'll tell you what kind
OF an American you arc.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-10
SPIRIT OF THE SAMURA|
 STILL PREVAILS IN JAPAN

TOKYO. July 1O.-EXpiating their negligence in q manner which shows that the old Samurai spirit still reigns in Japan, two railroad gate tenders at grade crossing near Tokio com mitted suicide when they learned that through their carolessness a Japanese traveller had been run over and killed by train. The victim of the acci. dent was a Japanese banker who was crossing the tracks in jinrikisha when a freight train bore down and crushed him.
 The two watchmen were asleep When they realized what had hap pened they notified the authorities and then threw themselves on the track before the next train. Several lead ing officials attended the funeral of the gatemen. and the obsequies were marked with much ceremony.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-10
PUBLIC NOTICE

Sealed proposals will be received until elevn o'clock a. m. July l2. 1918, at the office of the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners for the Third Division of Alaska in Valdez, Alaska. at which time and place they will be publicly opened for the grad ing. clearing. and the construction of three Culverts on the Eyak lake road. .
 Said proposals must be signed by the bidder and accompanied by cash or certified check payable to the chairman of the Divisional Commission for five per cent of the amount bid, which amount shall be forfeited to the Divisional Commission in case that the bidder shall fail to enter into con tract according to the specifications of said commission for such work, in contract for the above work. The successful bidder will be required to tHtNt't int Sflifl al lDl III ol 'ohtioNh of said commission for such work within a period of ten days from the acceptance of his bid by the said com mission The successful bidder will also be required to execute bond commission for twenty (29) per cent of the contract price, said bond to be acceptable 10 the commission
 The above work must be performed according to the standard specitiCa- tiOns and conditions on file at the of flee of the Divisional Road Commits sion at Valdez. Alaska. and at the Alaskan hotel, Cordova. where a copy of same with form of contract may be , seen and proposals obtained and pro. 1 file examined.
 Proposals must be signed by the bidder, inclosed in plain sealed en- velope and addressed to the Terri toriaI Board of Road Commissioners for the Third Division. Valdez. Alaska. and be plainly marked "Eyak Lake Road Proposal"
 The right is hereby reserved to re ject any and all bids.
 ! Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 26th day of June. 1918.
 Divisional Commission of the Terri
 torial Board of Road Commission
 CTS for the Third Division. Terri.
 tory of Alaska.
 By JAMES F.. WILSON, 3-11 Chairman of the Board.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-10
ONCE WEALTHY RUSSIANS ARE
 N0N INDECENT

NOLOGDA. Russia, May h tbE mail. If the entente allies will not intervene let the Germans come. IS the attitude of the formerly wealthy and middle classes of the people ol Russia. Most of them here would frankly welcome foreign interven- tion.
 This feeling has been the greatest obstacle in any attempt 10 bring the Russian internal political revolution out Of the whirlpool of disorder, ac- cording to information in the foreign embassies here.
 Now that the peasants and work men are having their innings, the property classes are beginning to feel tie pinch of denial and even of star vation experienced by the poorer classes in Russia for centuries. This is illustrated by the experience of the bourgeois" family in whose home the Associated Press correspondent lives as paying guest"
 This family. once one of the wealth fest in the Nologda government, owned thousands of acres of timber land, several lumber mills, q dozen ships. two glass factories and more than 2,000 acres of arabic land.
 This Is what has happened to these holdings in the past two months:
 The lumber land has been declared government monopoly and confis- cated; likewise the shipping. The glass factories and lumber mills have been taken over and operated by the the land.
 A few days ago the city govern ment Soviet imposed a special tax on the capitalistic class. The family was assessed 50O00 rubles
 Prices for fOodstufs. when obtain able. are enormous. even when figured at the present rate of international exchange-whi these Russians do not get. because their money Is old money, invested or made when the exchange was two rubles to the dol lar. Compared with old standards, prices in Russia, where living was cheap. the prices now are almost un. believable.
 White flour can not be bought ex- cept by stealth and in the tiniest quantities. The black flour which all use now makes the blackest of bread. The poorest peasants formerly ate something similar. The cost of this flour formerly was the equivalept of about 25 cents per pood (36 pounds)
 At present in VologGa each person is allowed five pounds of this flour month-enough to permit about three thin slices of bread per day. But more is procurable through irregular channels. The correspondence host bought a pood yesterday for l50 ru- bles-just three hundred times the old price.
 There is nothing else quite as bad as this, but with meat. butter and all other foodstuffs the prices are from ten to fifty times the old amount. Everything is by card that Is. pur- chases are limited and city (Soviet controlled; but it is quite possible, if one has enough money to secure larger quantities by stealth
 But the Soviet has quite an effec- tive way of controlling this under handed trading-the "obusk" Obusk is Russian for search. A dozen or so armed soldiers and Red Guards swoOp down now and then on the house the correspondent occupies and conhs. cate the surplus supplies
 When to these difficulties are added confiscation of bank accounts of the wealthy families their plight can be imagined
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-10

Madam Velva will give scientific card readings for a short time only, from p. m. until 10 p. m. over Hegg's store.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-10
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY

1 hereby offer for sale 7,292 shares of the Cordova Mill < Lumber Com. pany stock at 75 cents per share
 CHARLES J. GOODALL.