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Volume \1 Number MO SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1917_ Ten Cents the Copy
CHICAGO WILL SEE
OPENING GAME OF
WORLD'S SERIES
CINCINNATI, 0.. Oct. 2.—The national baseball
commission has officially announced that Chailes Comi>
key. owner of the Chicago Americans, had won, by the
toss of a coin, the privilege of saying where the first game
of the next world’s series should be played.
Shortly after it was announced the series will open
on the grounds of the Chicago Americans on Octobei *>,
while the second game will be played there on Sunday,1
< )ctol>er 7. On October 8 the two clubs will travel to New
York, where the third and fourth games of the series will
be played on October i> and 10. The fifth game, if five
games are necessary, will bo played at Chicago, Octobei
12. Then, in case another game is found to be required, |
a two-day wait will take place. Saturday, October 18, and
Sunday, October 14. being open, and the sixth game be
beng played at New York on October 15.
The commission selected Umpires 0 Loughlin and
Evans, of the American League, and Umpires Klein and.
Iiigler, of the National League, to officiate.
That the soldiers who are now doing battle for the
country, as well as those who are preparing to tight for
liberty, were remembered was indicated by an announce
ment that a 1,000-word story will be cabled to France
after each game for the benefit of the soldiers there, while
an exhibition game liefore the soldiers at either Rockford,
Ilk: Fort Sheridan or Mineola will be played after the
series is over. In addition to this a special invitation to
attend all of the games will he sent to President Wilson
and Gen. Barry, Gen. Carter. Gen. Bell and Gen. McCain,
while at the opening game in Chicago, 1,500 seats have
been set aside, reserved for the soldiers at Fort Sheridan.
The commission also decided to give 1 per cent, of the
total, of the commission’s revenue of the games to the
bat-and-ball fund of the soldiers in France.
The admissions are as follows: At Chicago—Individ
ual box seats, $5; grandstand, reserved, $1.50; pavilion,
$1; bleachers, 50 cents. At New York—Boxes (four seats;
to the box), $25; upper grandstand, $3; lower grandstand
(open), $2; pavilion, $1.
Previous to the taking up of the world’s series mat
ter, the annual draft meeting of the national commission <
was held, and at its completion it was found that the Na
tional League had drafted twenty-two players and the!
American League twelve from the minors. Cincinnati led,
all other clubs in getting players through draft, seven men;
coming here. The Philadelphia Nationals obtained six
men and the Washington Americans obtained three.
Cleveland, Detroit, New York Americans, Brooklyn,;
Boston Nationals, Chicago Nationals and New York Na
tionals each obtained two, while the Boston Americans,!
Philadelphia Americans, St. Louis Americans, and St.
Louis Nationals each obtained one. The Boston Nation
als originally drafted six men, but later canceled their
claims on Lane, of Oakland; Conway, of Worcester; Mur
ray, of Worcester, and Munroe, of Joplin.
SAYS SHE WROTE MUSIC FOR “TIPPERARY”
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—Authorship of the music of
the now famous war song “Tipperary” was brought into1
question today, when Miss Alice Smyth Burton Jay be
gan suit here against Chapell & Co., publishers of the
song, for $100,000 damages. Miss Jay alleges that the
original music was written at Green River, Washington,
in 1908, as a song to boost the apple industry in that State,!
and that the words of the chorus began: “I’m on My Way!
to Yakima.” It was first played at the Alaska-Yukon fair,
she alleges, and later she was surprised to hear it played
in Honolulu as “Tipperary.” The court will appoint a prom
inent musician to act as referee in the case.
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Have you sent in your “two-bits” for a Sammie in
France? If not, do so now. $1.00 keeps him in tobacco
for a month. He will appreciate it.
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MARSHAL DIES
FROM WOUNDS
Night Marshal Charles H. Wiley,
who was shot Tuesday afternoon by
Guy T. Dority, the man who ran
amuck at the Hotel Overland, died
this morning at five o’clock in the
Seward hospital.
Wiley had been conscious almost up
to the time of his death and it was
at first thought that his life could be
saved but a turn for the worse yestor-1
day afternoon proved there was little
chance and from about eight o’clock
last evening he gradually got weaker
and death followed this morning.
Charles H. Wiley was 4(> years of
age, his place of birth not being learn
ed at this time but his mother and a
widowed sister live at Los Bonus, Cal
ifornia. Previous to coming to Sew
ard he was employed with the Grand
Trunk system at Fort George, from
which place he went to Los Bonus ami
established a home for his mother and
sister.
Wiley came to Seward at the be
ginning of construction of the govern
ment railroad for whom he worked
up to the time he was engaged by the
city as night marshal in April of this
year.
“Charley.” as he was familiarly
known, was a man who used good
judgment in his work, inasmuch as he
was neither rough nor overbearing, but
instead always gave his man a chance,
but if the chance or warning went un
heeded he did his duty as was re
quired of him.
He was of powerful build, a man
whose place will be hard to fill and his
untimely death and the manner in
which it came is a shock to the com
munity. Always he was of the be
lief that it was his duty to protect
others and in its fulfilment he knew
no fear and for danger he cared less
when he thought it was for the wel
fare of others. He went to his death,
“doing his duty,” which he thought
was right ami just.
The body has been prepared for
burial but will be held until word is
received from his relatives?; when in
all probability it will be shipped to
Los Banos for interment.
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VERDICT OF THE
CORONER’S JURY
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The coroner’s jury sitting in the
matter over the body of Guy T. Dor
ity, in the United States Commission
er’s court at Seward, before Wm. H.
Whittlesey, commissioner and ex
officio coroner, found as follows:
We, the jury, duly empaneled and
sworn in the above entitled matter,
in accordance with the evidence of
fered and from our inspection of the
body, do find as follows:
That the name of the deceased per
son is Guy T. Dority.
That he came to his death on the
2nd day of October, 1917, between the
huors of four and six o’clock in the
afternoon, in Room 20 of the Over
land Hotel, at Seward, Alaska, by
means of a revolver shot wound in
flicted by Charles H. Wiley while in
the performance of his duty as an
officer of the peace of the Town of
Seward, Alaska, and in self-defense.
H. OLIVER, Foreman.
DERICK LANE,
H. E. ELLSWORTH,
J. 0. PATTON,
ROBT. SEIFERT,
ROBERT L.AVEVER.
U-BOAT CRIMES
TOLD BY FROST
The following story of the sinking
of the ^Lusitania as given by U. S.
Consul Frost is one of the jnost vivid
accounts of submarine ruthlessness
ever told. This is but one instance
and you can form your own opinions.
Tens of thousands of men, women and
children have suffered death in a like
revolting manner. There is the La
conia, the California, Hesperioh, Mon
tala, Arabic and many more, but here
is the Lusitania story:
You remember that the Lusitania I
was over an eighth of a mile long,'
was worth $! 2,000,000, and carried
2000 souls. May 7, 1015, found the
wonderful South Irish littoral smiling
in the sunshine, with the sea like a
mirror. A goodly company of Amer-j
ica’s great men and finest women were!
looking with pleasure from the deck
of the devoted vessel at the enchant
ed emerald green of Old Kinsale.
When, suddenly, at 8 minutes past 2
o’clock, a swift topedo came leaping
through the surface from landward,
and with its exploding detonation that
splendid scene was converted into the
most appalling catastrophe the hu
man race has ever experienced.
Confident in her floating capacity.)
the ship’s officers forbade the man
ning of the lifeboats; and when the
huge vessel foundered, 18 minutes
later, 1200 persons were thrust head
long into eternity. Eight hundred
men, 300 women and 100 children per
ished by this abysmal crime and 33 of
the children were infants in arms!
Out of 100 Americans only 66 lived
to tread God’s earth again, and our
death roll included Elbert Hubbard,
Charles Frohman, Charles Klein, Her
bert Stone, Lindon Bates, Captain
James B. Miller, and (perhaps great
est of all), I)r. J. S. Person, the ere
ator of modern Spain, as fine a type
of the constructive idealism as oui
American business world has ever pro
duced.
To the credit of our race be it said
there was never a trace of panic in
that awful event. But there was
confusion of the most heart-rending
kind—husbands beholding their wives
crushed and flung hurtling like debris.
white-haired women dying in pathetic,
silent self-control, and children drown
ing in speechless terror while looking
into the eyes of their powerless moth
ers. A survivor told me of standing
high on the vessel’s stern, as the bow
was disappearing, and gazing down (‘>0
feet or more upon the impotent human
creatures whfling madly like flies be
neath the surface and upon it. And
at the instant when the ocean closet1
at last upon the ship a curious, mi
nor-keyed sound of terror sprang
along the waters, as if the sea itself,
they said, were moaning in agony!
Elbert Hubbard clung to a cylin
drical steel drum broken out from a
life raft; and as often as he was able
to climb on to it, it rolled and top
pled him off on the far side, until our
veteran philosopher presently gave
way to shock and exposure. The icy
fingers of that sea, indeed, were able
to search with paralyzing sureness in
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to the heart’s chambers of even the
strongest men. One lifeboat, row’ing
about, observed a mysterious flash on
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YESTERDAY’S WEATHER
Maximum . 57
Minimum . 38
Current. 47
Clear—North winds.
Tomorrow*—Fair, with fresh winds
tonight and tomorrow.
GOV INMENT WILL
" SEND Fl\ i HUNDRED
TONS OF SUPPLIES
The Seward Chamber of Commerce is in receipt to
day of a telegram via Cordova radio which says: “What
transportation is available for five hundred tons cargo
from dock to station site upon arrival ship late in Octo
ber. Signed, Luckel.”
This big shipment evidently refers to the supplies and
coal for the new radio station at this place, the steel tow
towers, concerto work, houses, etc., which are just about
completed. This is good news, indeed, and the govern
ment means to rush the work to an early completion and
supply the station for the winter.
NEW PLAN OF COAL TO CONSUMER
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—A decrease in the cost of coal to
the consumer is expected to occur here and elsewhere on
the Pacific Coast early in October. Dr. Harry A. Garfield,
head of the fuel commission, announced today that his
commission is working out a plan by which the consumer
instead of the middleman will get the benefit of the mini
mum mine mouth price of coal already established.
It is said that thus far there has lieen no reduction n
in the cost of coal to the consumers on account of the ac
tion of the government in forcing a reduction in the cost
of coal at the mine mouth. The middlemen have been able
to purchase their supply cheaper, but they have sold it at
the same old price. It is to remdy this condition that Dr.
Garfield says his commission is making its plans.
CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS
The Seward Chapter of the Red Cross wishes to mo
bilize all the knitters in the community, as well as those
who desire to spend as much of their time as possible in
the making of surgical supplies and hospital garments,
ai the Red Cross workroom, which, beginning today, is
open from 2 to 5 p. m. If these hours are not suitable
to you, the rooms will be opened at any time to suit your
convenience upon notification of any member of the com
mittee. One group of girls who are working in the day
time, have volunteered their services on Monday and I- ri
day evenings. Other groups of ladies or girls are asked to
lend their aid and organize for the same purpose at a suit
aide time, thereby making it possible to keep the rooms
open at all times and much good work can be accomp
lished.
Adequate facilities for the. work have been provided
and by the co-operation of the Seward merchants the raw
material necessary to start the work has been procured
at cost. All work turned out from the workrooms or from
home-workers will be shipped as fast as finished to the
Red Cross Supply Bureau in Seattle.
There is work for every pair of hands in Seward and
you are asked to do*your share. A cabled appeal for im
mediate shipment of supplies has caused the Red Cross to
lay plans for a big allotment to be completed by Novem
ber first, which means that many busy needles must ply
industriously in the meantime if the men in the trenches
are to be kept warm this winter, and surely Seward ladies
are not going to fail in doing their “bit” for their coun
try.
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Every woman and girl who can possibly arrange to
do so should report at once. If you cannot knit, to learn
how is a very valuable accomplishment and every stitch
you take is needed. Then there are hospital garments to
make, surgical supplies, in fact, plenty for willing hands
to do.
Don’t put it off until tomorrow, but start now, to
day. Our country calls you, our noble soldier boys need
you and will bless you. Work as you never worked before.
You may not have to stand in the trenches yourself but
somebody else is doing so that you may remain comfort
ably in your home.
Start today.
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