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NEARLY TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE LEAVE SEATTLE
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FOR SEWARD AND KNIK ANCHORAGE ON EVANS
RUSH BEGINS
ON THE: EVANS
OVER HUNDRED FOR KNIK AND
EIGHTY-FIVE FOR
SEWARD.
SEATTLE. April 16.—The railroad
rush may be said to have commenced
last night when the Admiral Evans
pulled out for Alaska and when near- i
ly two hundred people went with her
to the places near where the construe- j
tion work on the government railroad :
will start. The number of passengers
for Knik anchorage was one hundred ,
and five. These were made up of six-1
ty-one first class and forty-four steer
age. Included were some of the men
connected with the work on the rail
road. The number aboard the steam- j
er for Seward is eighty-five including
twenty-eight first class and fifty
seven steerage.
In addition to the Knik and Seward
passengers she has two hundred for
southeastern Alaska.
The follow ing are the first classj
passengers for Seward:
A. Barton, J. Coombs, Dr. J. Sloan,j
J. Sheenan, J Black, E. Courdray,
Otto Anderson, Eugene Ryan, Bessie j
Donnelly, Colbert Birke, 0. Krogh, T.
Brien, J. Young and wife, J. Steven
son, Richard Dawson, Dan Wood, Carl
Osterland, O. Todd, Chas Kitzmiller,
J. McNaughton and wife, F. Nyman,
C. Supp and wife, f. Wallace, A.
Lawerence, G. M. Ikomi. Mrs. T. Holy
and fifty-seven steerage.
MEXICANS DIGGING
IN LIKE EUROPEANS.
Villa and Carranza Adopting the
Methods Orginated in the
Japanese M ar.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—'That
the battle which was fought a few
days ago between the forces of Car
ranza and Villa ended indecisively is
the information received indirectly
from neutral sources yesterday. The
Mexicans have now adopted the dig
ging in process followed by the Euro
pean belligerents and each side finds
it more difficult that in former times
to gain a decision over the other.
FIGHTING IN CAUCASIA
IS GETTING QUIETER.
PETROGRAD, April 16.—Minor
engagements only have taken place
recently in the border between Cau
casia and Armenia and on the coast
of the Black sea in those regions. The
Turks are being held back and in
some quarters the Russians have ad
vanced. Both sides have taken troops
away from that quarter for use
around Constantinople and Galicia so
that the armies there are nearly as
numerous as they were at th© begin
ning of the war.
FOURTH AVENUE ALL
SIGN FOR SIDEWALKS.
The petition which has been circu
lated by Ed. Whittemore for the grad
ing of Fourth avenue and for the lay
ing down of concerete sidewalks has
been signed by everyone to w'hom it
was presented. The w’ork on that
street and Third will begin as soon as
the arrangements have been made.
MOOSE LODGE TO
HAVE A BALL TEAM.
The local lodge of Moose has form
ed a baseball team which will chal
lenge the winner of next Sunday’s
game, holding the right to call on any
Moose who might be a player on the
losing side. The tentative lineup for
the proposed game is Conroy, Manth
ey, Nuzum, Koontz, Sheldon, Kosmos,
Fred Johnston, Wilsey and Richards.
ASSAYER ARRIVES.
Merril A. Martin, assayer for the
Harriman Bank of Alaska, arrived on
the Alameda. Mr. Martin has been
assayer for years in the Colorado
fields and is a highly expert member
of the craft. He has taken the Het
tel cottage to have it ready for Mrs.
Martin and their son who will come
in •©on.
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❖ BRITISH AND DUTCH ♦
❖ STEAMERS SUBMARINED. ❖
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LONDON, April 16.—The Dutch
steamer Katwijk, bound from Boston
to Liverpool, has been torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine in the
North sea. The vessel was at anchor
when attacked and the Dutch govern
ment will demand reparation. All
Holland has been wrought up by the
occurrence to a dangerous pitch again
st the Germans. The British steam
er Ptarmigan was sunk yesterday off
the English coast by a German sub
marine and eleven of her crew were
drowned. The crews of German sub
marines captured are now being treat
ed differently from other prisoners of
war and are confined as if they were
criminals, while the submarine officers
are not recognized as officers in the
treatment meted out to them.
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* ten THOUSAND MEN <•
❖ GET WAGE INCREASE. ♦
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CALUMET, Mich., April 16.—Ten 1
thousand men have been given a ten !
per cent increase in wages at the
Calumet Hecla mines The increase
was given voluntarily.
OPERATE ON MRS. ROOSEVELT.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Mrs.
Roosevelt underwent an operation
here yesterday and is progressing
very favorably as the operation has
been quite successful.
FILES SUIT FOR
SEWARD PROPERTY.
J. S. Haynes (Joes After Doctor
Boyle for
Deed.
VALDEZ, April 15.—John Sherman
Haynes through his attorneys, Wm.
D. Coppernoll ami H. N. Nuzum, have
this clay brought suit in the District
Court against Dr. Frank M. Boyle,
asking the specific performance of a
contract to deliver deed to the south
half of lot 25 and the north half of
lot 22 in Block 9, Townsite of Seward.
MEARS COMES
ONMARIPOSA
LEAVES SEATTLE SUNDAY WITH
PARTY AND LARGE
SUPPLIES.
SEATTLE, April 16.—Lieutenant
Mears of the Alaska railroad engine
ering commission will leave for Alas
ka on the Mariposa next Sunday to
begin the preliminary work for the
construction of the government rail
road. He will be accompanied by a
party of five, presumably assistant
engineers. Aboard also will be a
force of mechanics, etc and a large
quantity of supplies. He had hoped
to be able to get away on the Evans
but he found it impossible to tran
sact all the business necessary.
MORE NEW BUSINESSES.
Two more business houses are now
on the list for Seward. J. N. Linseer
and company are putting up a bakery
on the lots of Mrs. Harvey on Third
avenue. Peter Steil is engaging in
the wholesale produce business in a
building behind the Louvre.
PETERSBURG, April 8.—Louis
Vick, a native from Farragut Bay, re
ports that herring are in spawn. This
means that the salmon run will fol
low. Fishermen are busy preparing
for the summers’ harvest of fish.
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Rep. Moran of Nome w’ent out yes
terday and raised among his friends
in Juneau and other places $150 which
was wired to Nome for the 408 mile
sweepstakes races from Nome to
Candle, which began yesterday. There
was some talk that lack of funds
might cause the great annual Nome
event to be abandoned this year, but
enough has been raised to continue it
—(Juneau Dispatch.)
Mrs. C. W. Hammond, government
school teacher at Sanak, on the Aleu
tian islands, was appointed a notary
public by Governor Strong.
BERLIN SAYS
RUSSIA FAILS
DECLARES THE ATTEMPT TO
FORCE CARPATHIANS NOT
SUCCESSFUL.
BERLIN, April 16.—The official
announcement is made this morning
that the attempt of Russia to force
the passage of the Carpathian mount
ains into Hungary has failed and that
the chief hope of the allies must be
abandoned. This news came simult
aneously with the announcement from
London that the Austrians had been
strongly reinforced and that the cam
paign will last longer than the Brit
ish had been led to believe. The two
stories taken together seem to con
firm the announcement of the failure
of Russia in its supreme effort to
force Austria to its knees. The de
tails of the fighting for the past two
days have not yet been given out but
it is suggested that the stopping of
the Russian advance will be followed
by an advanve by the Austro-German
armies for the purpose of hurling back
the invaders. The final result of the
war was believed to hinge on the
success of Russia in this invading ef
fort so that its failure is regarded
here as a fact >t the most momentous
and joyful significance.
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VIENNA, April 16.—It is officially
announced this morning that the Rus
sians have been unsuccessful in their
attempts to invade Hungary' through
the Carpathians. The enemy is still
attacking, however, but without any
great success. The main effort to
break through the mountain barrier
is being made from eastern Galicia
by the way of the Uszok and Stryi
passes. Owing to the circumstance
that the enemy is compelled to attack
our strongly fortified positions in the
mountains his losses arc appallingly
high but the attack* have, neverthe
ess, been fiercely pressed in sipte of
what appears now to be a hopeless
outlook. In the meantime we are at
tacking on the Russian extreme left
on the Russian-Bukowina border and
elsewhere.
PANAMA CANAL SPENDS
MORE THAN IT MAKES.
Owing to Slides the Expenditures
Are Quite a Lot Beyond
the Receipts.
PANAMA, April 16.—The Panama
canal expenses exceeded the revenues
by about a quarter of a million dol
lars from the first of July, 1914 to the
fourteenth of March, 1915. The re
ceipts for that period were two mil
lion three hundred and thrity-four
thousand and the expenditures were
two million five hundred and ninety*
five thousand.
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The Seward camp of the Arctic
Brotherhood is now making arrange
ments to put up a fine building on the
lots acquired for the purpose. The
plans are being gone over as to the
kind of building it will be and work
will be started as soon as possible.
HEARING IN McADOO
CASE IS POSTPONED.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—1The
hearing of the injunction proceedings
against Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo and Comptroller Williams has
been postponed until May 12. The
injunction is being brought by the
Riggs bank which charges that Mc
Adoo and Williams are trying to take
govemmet funds from it for revenge.
NEW REAL ESTATE FIRM.
W. P. Henry of Valdez and Y. C.
A. Rodgers of Los Angeles, California,
have entered the real estate business
in Seward under the firm name of
Henry and Rodgers.
Kenneth Jackson, a former pioneer
attorney of Nome, who later made a
fortune out of a mine in Nevada,
plans on visiting the Broad Pass
country this season, within a view to
investment. At Nome Jackson was
a law partner of U. S. Senator Key
Pitman. •
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❖ LARGE NUMBERS OF ♦
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.—
From the enquiries made at the steam
ship offices here the official of those
companies declare that the tourist
travel to Alaska this year will be un
usually large. Because of the Euro
pean war most of the people who
would have chosen Europe for their
tours have decided to take in the fair
and the advertising given to Alaska
by the government railroad is prob
ably the reason why so many tourists
are preparing to go north. It is
thought possible that a tourist steam
boat sendee will be established be
tween this city and Alaska for the
summer.
SCHOONERS ACQUIRED
TO DRAG THIS COAST.
SEATTLE, April 16.—The schoon
ers King and Wing and the Equator
have been secured by the government
for work in the wire drag survey of
the Alaska coast. Yin King and
Wing is the schooner which saved the
remnants of the StefTanson expedition
from Wrangell Island.
KUERTA ISSUES
HIS STATEMENT
ATTACKS SEVERELY THE
POLICY OF THE U. S. TO
WARDS MEXICO.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Victoriano
Huerta, the former president of Mex
ico, issued a statement today severe
ly attacking the policy of the United
States towards his native country.
He believes that the United States
should show the same respect for the
National feeling of Mexico as it would
be forced to do for a nation which had
the power to oppose successfully for
eign interference. He also speaks
strongly against the idea of invasion
of that republic by an American army
and he expresses the certain belief
that such an invasion could not suc
ceed without the loss of sixteen mil
lion Mexicans who would never give
in while life lasted. He repudiates en
tirely the suggestion that he is re
sponsible for the murder of Madero
but he admits that he knows with
whom the responsibility rests al
though the time is not ripe, he says,
to make his knowledge public. He
reiterates the intention of not in any
way violating the neutrality of the
United States.
GERMANS AGAIN
RAID ENGLAND
ZEPPELINS DROP BOMBS ON
SEVERAL TOWNS
NEAR COAST.
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LONDON, April 16.—German Zep
elins again raided England yesterday
and dropped bombs on several towns,
making the second raid of this kind
on two consecutive days. Many bombs
were dropped on the towns of Lowe-'
stoft, Malden and Southwold but the
damage inflicted is declared to have
been small. The swift following of
this raid after the other one has
created the belief that the Germans
are now nearly fully prepared for the
general attack by Zeppelins which
they have been threatening for so
long. It is known that in the interior
of Germany Zeppelins are being built
as fast as they can possibly be finish
ed one after the other. The present
raids are supposed to be nothing more
than in the nature of trials in prepar
ation for the long expected raid on
London itself. The great airships
evidently shoot across the North Sea
at night and are able to throw their
bombs and return under the cloak of
darkness.
Any lot in block 1, 2 and 3, Laub
ner’s addition to Seward for $250.—
$25 down and $10 per month.—For
thirty days only.—Alaska Land &
Development Co.
RUSSIA SAYS
ATTACKS FAIL
DECLARE HALT IS CALLED TO
ENEMY ON BOTH
WINGS.
PETROGRAD, April 16.—To divert'
some of the Russian forces from the
Carpathian front the Austrians have
attempted an advance in Bukowina j
with Czernowitz as a base but this ef- j
fort has failed. In the north the tier-j
mans have also attacked near the
East Prussian border for a similar
purpose, no doubt, but this olfensive;
is another failure. No advances in the
Carpathians were recorded this morn
ing but our armies are still hammer
ing away on the road to Hungary
proper. The enemy has been forced
to bring large reinforcements to that
quarter and by so doing have weak- j
ened their linos in other parts of the
great lines. It is believed here con
fidently that the capture of the Beskid
summits has given us the key to the
road to Buda Pest but there is still a
difficult task before us, which, how
ever, we will accomplish. The weath
er is becoming much better. The
snow is disappearing from the mount
ains and our advance will in conse
quence lose much if its disadvantages.
BRITAIN APOLOGIZES
TO CHILEAN GOVT.
Adimts That Dresden Was Sunk While
She Was in Chilean
Waters.
LONDON, April 16.—‘The British
government has apologized to the gov
ernment of Chile for the sinking of
the German cruiser Dresden in Chil
ean waters. It is now admitted that
the Dresden was at anchor in a Chil
ean bay when the guns of the British
ships opened fire on her Many of
the best kind of Englishmen have
condemned the action of the British
captains in this matter.
HUNDREDS OF MEN
FOR WINTER WORK.
Twenty-five or Thirty Miles of Rock
Work Between Ship and
Kern Creeks.
That there are about twenty-five or
thirty miles of rock work to be done
between Ship creek and Kern creek is
the statement of Herbert Tozier.
The number of men that could be
worked to advantage during the wint
er would be hundreds. This fact is
mentioned to show' the significance of
the statement of Chairman Edes that
rock wrork will be carried on all
winter.
KANSAS CITY MOURNS
ITS GREAT EDITOR.
Flags at Half Mast and Schools and
Business Houses Close In
• His Memory.
KANSAS CITY, April 16.—Flags
are flying at half mast all over this
city, the school houses are dosed and
many of the business houses have shut
their doors as a mark of respect to
the memory of Editor Nelson of the
Star who has just passed away. The
signs of the popular feeling towards
Nelson are probably unprecedented
with respect to the deaths of private
citizens.
ALL ON ThTrD AVE.
SIGN PETITION.
Every property holder on Third
Avenue signed the petition carried
around by F. W. Small for the im
provement of that street by the build
ing of sidewalks, etc. The petition
will come up for action by the city
council next Monday.
The Governor’s office is in receipt
of the last quarterly report of the
Morningside Sanitarium, Portland, in
which it is stated that seven insane
patients were received from Alaska
during the past three months, three
of which were discharged and two
died.
There are now 179 Alaska patients
at the sanitarium, 156 being males
and 23 females.
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LONDON, April 16.—It has been
now learned that two Zeppelins took
part in the raid on the coast of Eng
land last night. Ten towns were visit
ed by the raiders and bombs were
dropped on or near all of them. The
airships could not be sighted owing
to the darkness and the only indica
tion of their position came when a
bomb shot from the upper darkness
and exploded with terrific force in the’
stillness. The repeated raids by the
Zeppelins have caused uneasiness
here as the result from the dropping
of bombs on the crowded streets of
London might be truly awful. Great- *
er precautions are now being taken
with lignts.
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❖ THE DARDANELLES. *
LONDON, April 16.—No informa
tion came from the operations in the
Dardanelles, this morning except that
matters are comparatively quiet in i
that area. The damages to the cruis
ers that ran up the channel two days
ago are not severe and the ships will j
soon be in active service again. The j
bombardment of the forts was con- j
tinued yesterday and several shells
reached their mark but it was impos
sible to ascertain the real extent of
the injuries inflicted.
MINNESOTA IS IN
DANGEROUS POSITION.
Is Stuck On a Reef Hut There Is a
Hope That She Might Be
Floated in Fortnight.
TOKIO, April 16.—The big liner
Minnesota which hit a reef in the
Japanese sea some days ago is in a
very serious position and may become
a total loss. There is a hope, how
ever, that by strenuous exertions and
a run of good luck she will be floated
within a fortnight.
All the passengers and crew have
reached land safely and no one re
ceived even the slightest injury.
GREATcIAGO
STRIKE STARTS
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ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
BUILDERS WALK
OUT.
CHICAGO, April 16.—One hundred
thousand men of the building trades
unions walked out today when they
learned that the striking carpenters
had been refused the increase in
wages asked for. The strike promises
to put a stop to all building opera
tions in this city and the outlook is
most serious. The walk out of the
builders followed a strike called by
the carpenters. Fifteen thousand
carpenters struck yesterday when the
advance from sixty-five to seventy
cents was refused by the contractors.
At the time the request for the in
crease was made it was known that
the other trades connected vith build
ing had promised their supi)>’v to the
carpenters but the employers remain
ed steadfast in their refusal.
NEW PROCESS WORKING.
The new Elmer oil process for con
centrating ores is now working in the
Beatson mine at Latouche and is
said to be very successful. Oil is used
instead of water and causes the sul
phides to float while the heavy con
centrates go to the bottom.
The Sundry civil deficiency appro
priation bill that was passed during
the closing days of the last Congress
carried an appropriation of $25,000
for medical aid and health protection
to the Alaska Indians.
The Senate passed a bill with this
item at $75,000—an amendment offer
ed by Senator Wesley L. Jones, of
Washington. The House had made no
allowance for the purpose at all. In
conference $25,000 was permitted to
stand.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty is done by the Gateway just as
well as outside.
FRANCE CLAIMS
SEVERAL GAINS
IN VARIOUS QUARTERS SOLD
IERS OF REPUBLIC
ADVANCE.
PARIS, April H>.—The official com
munique this morning declares that
the French have gained considerable
successes over the Germans in the re
gion of the Argonne. Near St. Mihiel
and in Alsace large gains havc* al»o
been made while nearly a mile of
trenches have been captured near Mul
hausen. While these successes are re
garded as the best kind of news there
is full knowledge of the fact that the
enemy has at least three lines of de
fense works behind his present posi
tions and that the invaders can only
be driven out at a tremendous cost
in lives. The great hope of the allies
in the west now seems to rest on the
success of the Russians in the east and
particularly in the Carpathians where
they are believed to be still advancing
on Hungary. The completion of the
Hungarian invasion would most likely
compel Austria to sue for peace and
without the aid of Austria, Germany
must soon fall. Our troops are now
maintaining a determined offensive
along the whole western line or most
of it and spirited battles are pro
ceeding constantly.
SUBMARINE MAY BE
RAISED TONIGHT.
Two Lines Fast to Sunken Vessel and
All Is Ready to Start
Hoisting.
HONOLULU, April 16.—Two lines
have been made fast to the sunken
submarine F-4 and the work of rais
ing her will be started tonight. By
splendid work the divers have suc
ceeded in getting a firm hold with the
cables. There has been a theory ad
vanced that an explosion occurred in
the vessel after becoming submerged
but the truth cannot be known until
she i3 brought to the surface.
NELSON ALDRIC H PASSES
AWAY IN NEW YORK.
Famous United States Senator Dies
At the Age of Seventy
Four.
NEW YORK, April 16.—Nelson
Aldrich died here today at the age of
seventy-four. He was one of the most
famous public men of his time in this
country. He was senator for Rhode
Island in the United States senate
from 1881 to 1911.
UMBRELLAS NOW THE
STYLE ON THE TRAIL.
Pioneer Period Passes Peacefully
Away and Parasols Re
place Packs.
The old days are gone forever from
Alaska. It has often been prophesied
that the people coming on the rail
road stampede would be gentlefolks
of the sweetest culture, altogether
more delicately nurtured that the
Swiftwater Bills and Onehorse Ikes of
those beastly vulgar pioneer days.
Yesterday as A. Ericson, the game
warden, came in over the trail he met
many “mushers," bless the mark, hit
ting out for the wilderness. And do
you know what they carried over their
heads? Umbrellas! This fact is on a
par with the incident in Mark I wain s
“Court of King Arthur" when the
king was about to be hanged and a
lot of knights appeared suddenly rac
ing on bycicles to the rescue. But
King Arthur must have blessed those
bycicles and umbrellas aint so bad
after all.
SMALL BLAZE OCCURS
IN THE OVERLAND.
'The clothes hanging in the drying
room in the basement of the Over
land hotel took fire from some un
known cause this afternoon about
three o’clock and quite an excite
ment was caused. The fireboys did
good work, however, and the blaze
was confined to a small space.
WANTED.
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