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THE ALASKA EVENING POST
Volume XI. Number 2tt.__SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6,1917_Ten Cento the Copy
RUSSIANS ARE ADVANCING ALONG THE DVINA
RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS
TAKE A SLAM AT
AMERICAN LI ERTY
(By .Wociatrd Drew Dispatch)
PETROGRAD. Oct. 4. (Delayed). — Last night one
hundred and fifty thousand Socialists paraded the streets
i f Petrograd and cried “Down with American Liberty.”
This extraordinary outbreak followed a meeting of
3,000 Extreme Socialists, who protested against the im
prisonment of Alexander Beckman, American Socialist,;
sentenced at Atalanta. The information received here
was to the effect that Berkman was not only imprisoned;
hut that he was in prison awaiting the execution ot the;
death sentence. Anarchist agitators, said to have recent- j
lv arrived here from the United States, scoffed at Ameri-i
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can liberty, and so great was the hue and cry that a dem-i
onstration was planned against the American embassy.
This was not carried out, but the provisional government;
stationed heavy guards about the embassy. j
BATTERIES ARE ANNOUNCED
FOR THE OPENING OF THE j
BIG GAMES OF WORLD SERIES;
(By Anociiud Prr*« DUpatrh)
CHICAGO, Oct. 4, (Delayed).—Everything is in read
iness for the first game of the world’s series between the
White Sox and the New York Giants. It was announced
today that the following will probably be the batteries for
the first game:
White Sox—Cicotte and Schalk.
Giants—Tesreau and Rariden.
FAST FRIENDS
PAY TRIBUTE
TO WL DEAD
impressive Services Held Over the
Remains of Jess Grimes Who Lost
Life on the Government
Railroad
SERMON SUBJECT WELL CHOSEN
Rev. Patton Makes a Pertinent Ap
peal—Special Choir is at Ser
vices — Thanks Expressed
for Sympathy
Impressing upon his hearers that in
the “midst of life we are in death/
Kev. J. J. Patton, of the Methodist
church, for twenty minutes yesterday
afternoon delivered a splendid eulogy,*
gave a warning to all, when he spoke
the final words denoting the passing I
of Jess J. Grimes, who lost his life
a week ago tonight.
The services were held at the Pio
neer Hall and friends and daily as
sociates of the dead man paid their
last respects. Two selections were giv
en by the special choir, “Abide With
Me” and “Lead Kindly Light.” Dur
ing the rendition of the latter, all
those in the assemblage passed around
the casket and viewed the remains
for the last time, after which the
casket was sealed. Last night, about
thirty of the railroad boys, who came
to Seward yesterday on a special
train, bore the body to the Watson,
on its way to the States for inter
ment.
Rev. Patton took for his subject
two passages from the Bible, one
from Hebrew, i):27, and the other
from Matthews 25, 1 to the 13th
verses. He recalled the recent prop
erty and physical losses in the city,
and stated that the mind of the com
munity was in as solemn a state as
never before.
“Men should be prepared to leave
this world at all times,” said Kev.
Patton. “Much court work, personal
and embarrassment to loved ones
would be saved if preparation for be
ing called at any time by the Master
has been made. Death is seldom ex
pected. It comes in the night, or it
comes in the day, when at pleasure or
when at work, in the present case, we
would all gladly step out and say:
‘Old boy, we gladly share in your dis
aster.’ But we can’t. This is impos
sible, hence the grief of associates is
almost unbounded. This death is not
like many to occur about the routine
business, thus the great interest of
the public in the funeral. Here is loss
and a pity. It is a lesson of how we
should take life seriously and not trif
ling”
The special musical program was
given by the following: Mrs. McNeer,
soprano; H. H. Hildreth, bass; Mrs.
J. J. Patton, alto, and J. J. Patton,
tenor. Miss Francis Root was pian
ist.
The railroad boys of the Alaska
Engineering Commission desire to
thank all who assisted in the last ser
vices over Mr. Grimes and express
their keen affection.
From “one in grief” the public and
railroad men are especially thanked
for all little kindly acts from the time
of the accident until the body was
placed aboard the steamer.
GERMANS FORCED
TO RETREAT RUT
PERFECT A RALLY
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PETROGRAD, Oct. 4, (Delayed).—The official war
statement this afternoon says that the Russians have
made a decisive advance in the district around Jacobstadt,
and have also strengthened their positions on both sides
of the river Dvina in three widely separated sections. The
advance at Jacobstadt was a surprise upon the Germans,
who retreated in disorder, but rallied at a new position.
8. & B. BOYS •
ON RAILROAD
SuT,T JERi
Big Brown Bear Skin Is Given to
I’pper Resurrection But Ksti
roud Commission hy Build
ing Bunch
Anent the banquet given to Capt.
T. M. Ward, of the Alaska Railroad
Commission, it develops that the big
brown bear skin in McDonald's drug
store has changed ownership.
The other afternoon Capt. Ward re
ceived a call to “drop down to the!
drugstore."
He dropped, all right, and was,
amazed when informed that a note
was addressed to him and this note
was pinned to the bear skin.
The note was sufficient for it told
of the high esteem in which he was
CITY COUNCIL
WILL MEET ON
MONDAY NIGHT
The City Council will meet Monday!
night and perhaps the most import-]
ant business to come up will be the ]
election of a Chief of the Seward
Fire Department to succeed Charles
H. Wiley, deceased. Mike Johnson!
has been serving as night patrolman.
Today no candidate had shown up for
the position, although several are ox-1
pected to present their names to tin*
Council before Monday night.
held by the boys of his department |
and incidentally that the bear skin
was his. All of the hundred or so!
men of the Seward division contrib
uted to the fund which purchased the
skin and many of the former members
of the bridge and building department j
also added their sums.
WATSON HAS
FAST RECORD
FROM KODIAK
Brought Twelve Passengers for Sew
ard and Took South Good Num
ber—Good Weather on the
Hound Trip
Making a fast round trip from Sew
ard to Kodiak, exceptional weather be
ing experienced, the Admiral Watson
reached here at 7 o’clock last night
one hour ahead of her reported ar
rival. The Watson brought twelve
passengers for Seward and had sixty
six aboard for Seattle or way ports.
The Seward arrivals were V. Blaji
ma, E. S. Holden, L. L. James, J. R.
Mehrin, wife and three children; L.
S. Ray, H. Roden, T. W. Talbot and
J. Vincent.
The Watson took the following pas
sengers from Seward for Seattle: Lew
Harrington, J. H. Frazier and wife,
Guy McConnell, H. Lutz, F. 1). An
drun, J. A. Rasmussen, 0. Sollie, M.
K. Warner, Mrs. C. W. Major, Mike
i Odick, Tom Kreker and Baney Ha
gen. For Latouche—F. J. Nickerson.
J. R. Wilson and H. Oliver . For Ket
chikan, Duncan Donnelley. For Val
dez—Thomas Dryden and D. A. Mc
Donald. There were ten steerage
from Seward.
DAMAGE LIGHT
BY STORM IN
HOPESECTiONj
Many Bridges M ere Washed Out On
Upper Resurrection But Keti
inated Damage Said to
Be Small
CI.EAMT VERY SATISFACTORY
“There is nothing to the reports that
one hundred thousand dollars' worth
of damage was done to our section by
the recent freshet and Hood/’ said J.
R. Herzer, mining man of Hope, who
is at The Sexton. “There was some
damage, it is true, principally in
bridges being washed away on the
upper workings of Resurrection creek!
but that was all, and the damage done
was much smaller than reported.
“Work has practically shut down
for the season, and while I do not
care to state the exact amount taken
from the placer mines, all operators
and miners were satisfied with this
season's output."
Mr. Herzer said that Regan & Chase
had uncovered splendid quartz crop
ping on their property.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4, (Delayed)
—Bodies of the “Home Guards" have
been organized in Vera Cruz and
other states to oppose bandit raids.
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GOTHA MACHINE IS
BROUGHT DOWN IN
ONE OF THE RAIDS
(By Auftociatrd Pre§« Dispatch)
LONDON, Oct. 4, (Delayed).—For the fifth consecu
tive night, German planes raided this section and a wide
area along the Channel coast. The British air squadron
seems unable to frustrate raids along the coast but have
so fa- prevented many of the enemy planes from reach
ing the inner defenses of London. Last night one ma
chine penetrated the inner defuse but such a terrific at
tack followed that not a bomb was dropped. The lone
penetrator arose above the defense squadron and escap
ed without being damaged. The Admiralty announced
today that seven were killed along the coast and three
were injured. The property damage was nominal.
Regarding the raids last night and the night pre
vious, the Admiralty, in the official statement says nine
persons were killed and forty-two injured.
The Admiralty announced positively that during the
raid Tuesday night a new Gotha machine, one of the lat
est models, was brought down, but it landed in a soft field
and was not damaged to any great extent. The Gotha
was the only machine which penetrated the inner defenses,
and was living low when winged by anti-aircraft guns.
Eleven British machines which gave chase to the
onemv fleet, returned safely two hours after the raid, al
though a battle was fought at an altitude of 11,000 feet
off the east coast of England.
The Gotha machines are the latest in aerial warfare
and while manufactured by the British, the secrets were
mysteriously secured by Germany and the Imperial gov
ernment perfected a more reliable machine and made an
attack upon the British. The British, as far as is known,
have sent none of its Gothas on any raids, perhaps not
having them constructed in a perfective way as yet.
FRENCH AVIATORS
DROP FIR! BOMBS
ON G THAN TROOPS
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PARIS, Oct. 4, (Delayed).—In retaliation for raids
on both France and Great Britain by German airplanes,
the German cities on Frankfort-on-Main were bombarded
last night and considerable damage has been reported by
the French machines which returned safely. Three cit
ies were bombarded and it is reported that incendiary
bombs started several fires but to what extent damage
resulted could not be ascertained by the aviators.
SPANISH-AMERICAN ,
WAR VETERANS HELD
MEETING LAST NIGHT
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The Spanish-American War Veter
ans held a meeting last night in the
Council chamber and eight of the ten
local members were present. Nothing
except routine matters transpired at
the session.
The National Tribune, of Washing
ton, D. C., under the caption, “Alas
ka Camp's Record," has the following
interesting account.
“A really glittering record of pa
triotism has been made by James K.
Thompson Camp, 20, U. S. W. V., lo
cated at faraway Seward, Alaska.
\
From a membership of thirty com
rades, the camp has supplied six com
missioned officers for the new army
in the war with Germany. Several of
the new officers are veterans of the
Signal Corps, U. S. Army. They are:
C. B. Hill, to be Captain; Jack Lynch,
to be First Lieutenant; Lee Murphy,
First Lieutenant; Supt. McFarland, J.
C. Luttrell and Edgar Hawley, all to
be officers.
“The newly elected officers of the
Thompson Camp are: Comrades J. B.
Stites, Commander; R. R. Byram, Se
nior-Vice-Commander; J. W. Reed,
Junior Vice-Commander. The forego
ing information came from Comrade
D. Skiatitis, Quartermaster.”