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I ♦ Ij HE WHO WASTES . WILL WIN TH»? | j ntl ST OF BREAD PRC * VK — DON'T WASTE { J LONGS THE WAR. J IT j * I _ _ Daily Edition, and The Alaska Weekly Post SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER. 2:5. 1'JIS’ TEN CENTS PER COP VOLUME XII. NUMBER. M. .. ____......A . —■' —— ---“ - COPKN’HAGKN. Oct.. 23— Impel tal German Chancellor Maximillian to day. in an address before the Reich stag ut Berlin, told the members that peace conservations between Berlin and Washington had reached the cru cial point and he urged tliat the de bate on the subject he restricted. Chancellor Maximillian said tha*. President Wilson’s first ansuei brought tin question of peace of just ice or peace ot violence to the highest point, -’l’he next answer probably will .late no«' peace agitation will end it tu«- enemies aie anxious tor war. said tin* Chancellor. ‘‘Germany mu.-t pre t.ai-* tor defense witn all strength o' her jM'upii1 wno will have been driven to the last extremity.’’ The Chancellor said mat the essen ce of Wilson’s program for a leag n* of nations cannot achieved until a»i peoples have a rigiit to self determin ation. “This utilization of community law. “continued the Chancellor," means the abandonment, in part , of the unqualified independence which has been the indication of sovereign ty by us and others, if we are to com prehend that significance of this war. If victory i.. the idea of justice, if we submit with good laith to this idea, we shall fiint a cui** for our present wounds and a reservoir ot future strength." The Chancellor stated that he anti hi> colleagues aimed ut the establish ment **t uiunority of the German poo pie. Chancellor Maximillian also told the members of the Reichstag of a bill making the Reichstag responsi b.e for peace or war and this becomes ellectiv • when the proposed league oi nations is formed. NOTHING TO PEAC E NOTE. \\ ASHING I ON, Oct.. 23—Suw charge d*aifairs Oederlin gave Secre tary of States Lansing Germany’s re ply to President Wilson's peace note. Today Secretary Lansing said u i* otticially that he believed that there wa.- nocning in the latent communicat ion to alter the President’s decision umi propose of no armistice tor tit* until the Germans evacuate all occupied territory. President Wilson has been confer* inf, with S«*cr‘tary o! the Nu’»y Dun i p, s,vr tary of State Landing, Sec retary of War Baker and Genera* i Mai\h regarding the Germany not**. Jl'ST A VAGPE TALK. — LONDON. <>t.. 23— The Standard this afternoon says that the speech of Chancellor Maximillian is “nothing nr.t a vague talk, nothing more and ; nothing le^s. The speech is a play on words, the sentences of which are ! meaningless.” -* A E. Muir and wife are at the Hot- | ol Seward front Mile 71 having com * j in on the freight train last night. NORTHWESTERN IN AND OUT. , • Steamer Northwestern arrived ir. th« bay at "> o’clock yesterday after* iioon went directly to the San Juan dock and discharged 22 toil'* ot box snooks tnen went to the Seward dock ami unloaded 74 tons of g< nor:.! freight. The Northwestern saileu south bound early this morning going to taTouchr , Ellamar, Vahlez Foci Liscum and Conlova. The steamer hm’ 28 passengers aboard for port* east o: Sowar*; and the following for here: J. F. Lavarne. Mrs. B. J. U\w, J. Patton. Capt. S. F. Whitlam. Alex Force, M. Rockawer. R Isaacson. D. F.mmel. P. lairs and Bishop Crimont The trip north was made in good •ip*.** but tin* weather was anythin:* but pleasant. Those leaving on the Northwester* were the following:— tor Seattle— Solomon Stalinsky wife ami children. (\ Carlson. Oscar Oleson, W illirn !.andon. Mrs. J. T. Lyons, George Me Adams and wife, William Finn. Mr. E. Gullofsen. l)r. 0. J. Keating. L. L. Jan .\ *!*.. Mrs. L L. James, E. I • Bellow. M. L. Page. Mrs. Frank Luck ,4, R. W Dawson. Frank Murphy, C M. Lundmarker, bred Swer, L. A. Bn* ding. A. Lundwuist, John Nelson I Charles Shogland, Carl Carlson, B. A ! U*e. Charles Fryd. E. W. Wilburn. K. ! F.. Carlson. E. S. Jaccard, William 1 Maker, J. W. Arden, and Dick Win deb*; for LaTouche— T. M. Hunt Fred Dahlquist. J. McConnell: f>* Cordova— John Carlson, Mrs. Jol'i Brown, George W. Evans, E. 0. Me Cormick J. McFadden, L. A. O. Gat a nev and 15 for Fort Liscum. * _ V NORTHWESTERN IS GOINE TO KETCHIKAN AND JUNEAU The steamer Northwestern on th nuesent trip south will call at June..u and Ketchikan. Postmaster Root \v;i probably send mail for those tw< points out on the Alameda tomorrow whero it will be transferred to th Northwestern at Cordova. There ha been no steamer for Ketchikan am Juneau for five weeks from the west ward — * -- -cv The Methodist Kaddies Aid Societ' will meet tomorrow (Thursday! at o’clock with Mrs. Estes. Bert Penny is in the Mea>*s Regi mental bind »n Trance ami workinj hard as three concerts are give: weeklv and tours also made. This i. according to a letter received by Mi Thodav Harry Mitchell, training in England expects to be soon ordered across th« channel into France. In writing t' Leon Urbach, Young Mitchell say that he will be glad when he is in th thick of the fighting. The first “beautiful” fc’l early Iasi evening but soon disappeared. --❖ "Make a commercial value of your so* nery; your lakes arc prettier than those of Italy; your mountains sur pass those of the Alps and there \ more iee in one glacier on Kenai Pen insula than there is in Switzerland. "Attract the torurist, for they likr some.hing new, they spend their mon »*y and they are good advertisers. "Be original, don’t copy. The Alas kan engineering Commission makes .• mistake if they build railroad stat ions like in the states. Build them 1 with Alaska characteristics. •‘You are surrounded with spl- ndu resources, attract others here so they I can realize the worth of these re our ces ‘‘When the war is over, many wil' •ome to your land and many v: I re main, for the Alaskan at ttm Coat oi in the camps is going to tell his hunks i what Alaska is like. Be ready foi then) as you have great possibilities here." The above are only a few o- the good ideas advanced by R. 0. M« Cov mick, chairman of the Special 1* odora (Commission now making a t-u r <’ Alaska, at an Alaska dinner serve* at the Seward Grill last night !v th* business men of this city. Mr. McCor mick spoke for half an hour, b< Ing ir, treduced by Frank Cotter, and he talk was most interesting and brought out many new possibilities tor a*van cement. Besides Mr. McCormick and the other members of the Commission, George McFadden, L. A. O. Gabane; and George Evans, others present a the dinner were Mayor H. V. Hob* n. T. M. Hawkins, Judge W. H. Whittle vTy, Wayne Blue, H. 0. Kobe’ s, Fu. Komig, Hugh Doughort". John Noon Frank Cott u\ H. S. Balder:! n an*'; K’r-r A. Friend. The menu served was dist W VI ask an, the vrgetagles being from gardens of Seward. The menu was a follov s: cabbage salad, Cordova mil •*n| t-larns on toast, fried red si uppers, fried habbut, fried black cod. boiled potatoes, turnips, coffee^ roasted m Seward and blue berry pie, made by Mrs. Komig. j. 0. Patton returned on the N >rtl wedevn last nipht from Seattle where | he has been for the past several mon ths Mr. Patton says thinps are pood below hut they are better in Alaska I'd ward Wild closed the Sov a?**! Grill today until further notice Ms. Wild will remain in Seward end pro bably reopen the Grill very shortly. Grant Carlson, now in France with the Mears repiment, says he is busy day and nieht and anxious to leave for the front. Johnnie Nelson formerly connect* ! >rl with Borpcn’s procery. is in the' 1 tank sendee according to a letter re* jenj-.-fd in the mail on the Northwest ^ cvn. Min. R. J Lane, wife of the well known radio man. returned heme on ‘h« Northwestern. I Capt. S. T. Whit lam, formerly masr i I of the pas schoner Bender Brother^ ; i arrived on the Northwestern la?t nipht with a mate and four men. Capt. Whitlam will take the pa? schooner Ruby to Dutch Harbor. Bishop Crmont came north on th. steamer Northwestern for Seward. 4 | The mom hi rs of the Seward Mi1! tary Unit were told last night that Germany was not whipped yet anti that unless there was a revolution in Germany il would he months before the Huns had been shown that others nations were superior in fighting Al* . 0 the m< moors of tho guards we t told that the hoys “over there” were only worrying whether the folks “hack home” would ‘‘stick”. Tho boy.> | would therefore know that “back home folks” were sticking when the\ would receive the announcement tha*. America went over the top in the I*on. i -th Liberty Loan bond campaign The members of the guards v< re a: 1 so told that Germans after the war. j should be ostracized, shut off from al intercourse with other nations, anti kept surrounded to see that they die i remain hv themselves. E. 0. McCormick, vice president 01 the Southern Pacific Railway, and chairman of the Special Federal Com mission touring Alaska, was the speak -er setting forth new war facts. Mr. McCormick spoke for three quarters of an hour t<> the members of the Home Guards, relating incidents of his trip acroi-s the Atlantic, through the war zone and out on the front line-; in France Mr. McCormick was a m *mhiT of the International l.aboi commission, being a delegate from the United State.;, which appeared dc fore \arous labor organizations 01 Groat Rritain and France. Mr. McCormick is a fluent talkc' and his side1* light discussion with tht Guard members last night was most interesting. One striking point brought out by Mr. McCormick was the fact that the Germans have com mitted, :*uch atrocities during the present war that the children of to day, the children of tomorrow should be taught to loath the German race loath anything of German make. “Not until you have been over there will you realize why this must be done,’ said MV. McCormick. ‘‘1 know for 1 have been there and everybody else who returns will have the same thing to say ” _A____ NEW OFFICERS FOR THE UNIT At the drill Inst night nf the Seward 1 Military Unit, Capt. R, C. Colhuri announced the appointment of tec following officers: First Sergeant, L. V. Kay. Sergeant-:— C. K. Brooks, K S# Jaccard and J.D. Sullivan. Corporals:—Leon Urbach, R. J# 1 Settles, F M. Harr and Elmer A. Friend. i The next drill of the unit will be | Friday night at the A. B. Hall at 7:4.r, i o’clock _<• Mrs. T M# Harr was recovering from a slight attack of Spanish Influ enza when the Northwestern left Seattle according to a letter received here. WITH THK AMERICANS NORTH WEST OF VERDUN, Oct., 2:1— Un less too Germans arc .saved by plea.' of peace, they will be subjected t: a steady hammering on the greater part jf the western front throughout tlv* winter. It is believed that the Ger mans will not be given any brenthinr During previous winters the Cor -mans rested, replenished their sup plies and got ready for a spring of fensive. This winter it is understood that the Allies will keep upon winter operations upon at least seventy liv* percent of the fronts. YANKS SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS WITH THK AMERICANS, Oct.. 2:. —Despite stubborn resistance, the Americans have denned up the Hoi de-forest front west of Hrieulles. Tld ; fight started one week ago and ha.; been ono of the most stubborn sine, the beginning of the Meuse-Argon’ offensive. The Americans at times ret'red un !er terrific pressure and later rush mi forward with all of their might reach ing their objectives. NEW ATTACK OF BRITISH, LONDON, Oct., 2*°»— The British have b«‘£un a new attack into the cen | ter of Valenciennes against strong en emy machine ^un fir© from the east bank of the Scheldt canal flowinjr through the city. The enemy is stiffly resisting the attack but this afternoon it is offlein! iy reported that the British have ad vance.1 one mile. ALLIES NEW MOVE WITH THE ALLIES, Oct., 2.°»— Be tween Loc.tteau and Solesmes the A1 tied force.* have captured Bruay miles north of Valenciennes and have reached the west bank of the Scheldt. BUiEULLEvS EVACUATED. WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct., 2°. j — The Germans have evacuated the town o' Brieulles on the western hank of the Meuse. This is the latest point where the Americans have dented tne German oefonses despite the fact teat the German resistance has been very ftror.R.. It is officially reported that the Ger -man* nave .*■ et luieulles afire^ PROGRESSING NEAR GHENT. BRITISH FRONT, Oct., 23- Strong forces attacked this mominp on thro allied fronts and this afternoon it is reported that ;harp advancement k'.s hern made towards Ghent. PAUSE IN MOVEMENTS. AT THE FRONT, Oct., 23— So ra pid has been the advance that a short pause has taken place in order to perfect alignments North Qf VcJ encif vines sharp fighting is on. This fighting is for the purpose of strengh lening the front and consolidating positions between Touniau and Valeo ciennos. ALUMS GROSS LVS. WITH THK ALLIES IN RKLGKJM, Oci., 2‘1— The Mivmh have crossed the l vs at many jxiints ' n firmly e* ‘abiished themselves on the east bank. CZECHS W ITH THE FRENCH. PARIS. Oct., 2.'!— One division of Czechs are now fighting with the French on one of the fronts according to an official statement issued by the War Department today. • _ i STR MjKTIC MOVE SOON. WASHINGTON, Oct.. 23— The sec ond American army will soon take a place in the front lines according to information received here. Il is indi cated here that a new storm is about to break against the German forces but just where this attack will be made, is not known here by the war Department. RUMANIANS ARE FICHTINC HOME, Oct , 2:'.— Fifty Thousand Rumanians, forced into the fighting: against the Ententes by the Austrian** have been captured and are now fipl l -inff with the Italian forces on the Al banian frontier. The Rumanians we**e under command of Austrian officers at the time they were liberat 'd by the Italian forces. AWARDS SERVICE MEDALS » WASHINGTON, Oct., 23— Pres - dent Wilson has awarded distinguish* ♦? I service medals to Foch, Joffve, Haijr and also Commander Pershing — -n RIG MAIL FOR SEWARD ON THE NORTHWESTERN. One hi.ndred and four sacks of mail, : the accumulation of 24 days arrived on the steamer Northwestern la -t niprht from Seattle. _A_ INDUCTED MEN LEAVE ON* THE STEAMER NORTHWESTERN. Fifteen men inducted by the local draft board left on the steamer Nor thwestern last night for Fort Liseun*. Those in the party were l>n Kraft. Arthur Hockenaker, Peter Walkoff, Nick Walkoff, Julian Anderson, Nick Karluck, Jack Devoe, A. B. Woocht. Alexis Askalkoff, Fred Kosenko! f. • Joseph Consul, S. Hanson, William Shull, Sam Parker and Hugh Millett. -* READ THE GATEWAY.