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KENAI TO HAVE
DEVELOPMENT
RIGGS MAKES STATEMENT
ABOl’T WORK ON
RAILROAD.
UHL OPEN THIS ROAD
COMMISSION EVIDENTLY WANTS
THE SEWARD ROAD
FOR COAL.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—That
there will be a tremendous amount of
development work accomplished this
year between Ship creek and Seward
is the statement made today by
Thomas Riggs, jr., a member of the
Alaska government railroad commis
sion. Mr. Riggs states that the rail
road construction work will not be
by any means all of the activities onj
Kenai peninsula this year as he ex- j
pecta to see very many mineral
claims developed when the railroad is
in operation. This is taken as a sug- j
gestion that the Alaska Northern rail
road will be prepared for operation
at once. Riggs declares, though, that j
the very first work this summer will
be the building of some new road from
Ship creek and the connecting up of
the Alaska Northern in order to take
care of the Matanuska coal. He en
tered into no further details of the in- j
tentions in that quarter but, he says,
a survey is under contemplation from j
Mile Thirty-eight on the Copper River
road in order to get into the Bering
River fields which may be developed
later on. Surveys are also under con- j
templation, it is understood, with a
view some time of building towards
Nome.
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$3,000,000 EQUIPMENT. |
CHICAGO. Apnl 20.—The North
western railroad has ordered equip
ment to the value of three million i
dollars. A large business is expected
this year. Other large orders are be-;
ing placed by other roads and the be
lief seems to be general that the stag
nation period is approaching its end.
PETITIONS TO FIX
STREETS TAKEN I P.
City May Have Engineer to Grade
Streets and Make New
Sidewalks.
The petitions from the residents of
Second, Thin! and Fourth avenues for
the grading and other improvements j
to those thoroughfares were read last
night at the city council meeting and
the matter was referred to the streets j
committee. The residents of Second
avenue want grading and wood side
walks, the residents of Third avenue
want the streets graded also, and con
crete sidewalks in addition to grad
ing is asked by Fourth avenue. Coun
cilman Chamberlin jnoved that Third
and Fifth avenues be declared busi
ness streets from Railroad avenue up
to Adams street and on that part of
those streets the sidewalks will be ten
feet in width. It was also decided to
let the street committee look into the
matter of securing a city engineer for
the work.
SEWARD TENNIS CLUB
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS.
The Seward Tennis Club held their
annual election last night and the
following persons were elected; Isaac
Evans, President, Miss Sylvia Sexton,
Vice-President, Miss Margeret Romig,
Secy. & Treasurer. C. T. Cook, P. J.
Hickey, W. H. Whittlesey, Trustees
Several new members were elected,
and plans made for an active season
this summer. Tournaments between
Seward, Valdez and Cordova are un
der way.
MUST SPANK PUPILS
BEFORE WITNESSES. |
TACOMA. April 20.—The super-j
intendant of the schools of this City j
has made an order that teachers must j
obtain permission from the principals
before whipping pupils in future. The
whipping, he declares, must be done
before witnesses.
2nd. Ave. lot, 45 by 100, house, 3
rooms, fine view, $2,000.00 Terms. B.
R. Labsrts k Co.
AUSTRIA’S TIME
DECLARED OVER
PARIS BELIEVES LIMIT GIVEN
BY ITALY COMES TO
DAY.
PARIS, April 20.—It is reported
here but not officially that the time
given by Italy to meet the Italirn de
mands ends today and that the failure
of the Austrian government to re
linquish the territories asked by Italy
will result in an immediate declara
tion of war. The report has come
direct from Rome where, it is said,
preparations of a significantly active
kind are now afoot.
Advices coming indirectly from
Vienna are not calculated to create
the belief that Austria will accede to
the Italian demands so that the peo
ple of this mountry are expecting an
immediate beginning of hostilities be
tween those two countries.
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❖ TURKISH WARSHIPS *
❖ SUNK AT BOSPHORUS. ❖
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PARIS, April 20.—'Two Turkish
destroyers were sunk by mines this
week while attemtping to reach Con
stantinople at the east end of the
Bosphorus. The destroyers had been
out for a cruise in the Black sea and
were returning at the time they met
their end. The details are not known
and there is no way of learning
whether the mines were Russian or
Turkish.
PIONEERS TO MEET.
The Pioneers will hold their meet
ing tonight. All members are request
ed to attend. Matters of importance
will be brought before the meeting
THINK PEACE
IS IN SIGHT
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ROME PERSISTS IN REPORT
ING ENDING OF
WAR.
GREV VISIT IS TOPIC
NOTHING SAID AS TO TERMS
OR ANYTHING
ELSE.
ROME, April 20.—Persistent rum
ors are afloat in this city to the effect
that a general peace is in sight in
Europe. Some of the newspapers
have actually gone the length of de
claring that pourparlers have been en
tered into by some of the representa
tives of the belligerent powers with a
view to arranging for the conclusion
of hostilities. The reported visit of
Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign
minister, to this city seems to confirm
the opinion that the powers are be
coming tired of the struggle and fear
ful of the horrible consequences which
are now becoming apparent If
Grey has arrived in this city the gen
eral public is not aware of the fact
but it is more than likely that if he
has come he came incognito in spite of
the publshed London rumor that he
had left that city for Italy. The rum
ors afloat hold no suggestion as to the
terms upon w’hich peace would be like
ly but those rumors continue w'ith a
persistence which cannot be ignored.
It is the general opinion here now
that the allied fleets have failed to
pierce their way to Constantinople
while the Russians have been checked
in the Carpathians. On the other
hand Germany has failed to reach
Paris and Warsaw' and the outlook
promises nothing more than a dead
lock w’ith a holocaust w’hich wrould be
sure to be followed by epidemics dur
ing the summer that would cast in the
shade the mere loss of life by fight
ing. The government officials have
rather strengthened the belief that
peace proposals are being now con
sidered by tfieir refusal to answer
questions relating to the matter. Re
ports also have it that Italy will be
the chief arbiter and that Rome will
be the scence of the peace conference
should it come.
TD QUIT THE
DARDANELLES
LONDON ANNOUNCES NO AC
TION BE TAKEN THIS
MONTH.
LONDON, April 20.—It was an-,
nounced this morning that no further i
action will be taken by the allied1
fleets in the Dardanelles this month. J
Addt*l to the announcement is the
statement that action will be delayed '
for reasons which have nothing what
ever to do with the ability or lack of
ability to force the passage of the I
channel to Constantinople. It has j
been suggested rather than reported
that the ships available at the pres
ent time for the work are not suffici
ent owing to the necessity for guard
ing the British islands from possible
attacks by the German fleet. It is ab
so thought that the land forces re
quired in northern France and Fland
ers will be so large that the dispatch
of an adequate land force for an at
tack on Turkey would not be advis
able.
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❖ CHARGE OF BURNING *
❖ LINER IS DROPPED. ❖
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PARIS, April 20.—The charge
against the German named Swoboda
for attempting to burn the liner Tour
raine on the ocean has been dropped.
The liner took fire in the Atlantic and
Swoboda who was aboard was arrest
ed on suspicion of having tried to
destroy the ship. There was supposed
to be some strong evidence against
him but he is apparently innocent.
❖STAKING OF GOVT. ♦
❖ LOTS COMES UP. *
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At the city council meeting last night
the staking of the government term
inal property Sunday cropped into the
discussion in connection with the pre
paration to be made for the coming of
strangers. Dr. Romig had suggested
that a hospital tent be provided and
it was suggested that the government
property might be used. The mayor
stated that Judge Brown has said it
was possible the government property
could be used by newcomers for tem
porary homes. “All that is staked
now” said Borgen. “Deputy Marshal
Evans says that staking is no good”
answered the mayor. It seemed to
be the opinion of the council that it
had nothing to do with government
property, anyhow, and could make no
arrangements about a site there for
anything.
ROOSEVELT ON STAND.
SYRACUSE, April 20.—It was
learned this afternoon that Roosevelt
himself will be the next witness in
the case brought by Barnes. The
former president will probably give
testimony before evening.
FOUND HIS MONEY
IN HIS OWN GLOVE.
W. J. South who has been advertis
ing for money believed to be lost has
found the missing treasure in one of
his own gloves. The advertisement
may be remembered as having ap
peared in the Gateway some days ago.
The lost purse contained $220 in cash
as well as checks, etc. The banks out
side were notified and the federal and
municipal authorities here were all
busy in the search. Just as all hope
of recovering the money had passed
Mr. South went to put on his gloves
yesterday, for the first time for sever
al days. Inside one of the gloves
something lumpy barred the entrance
of the digits. lx>!—It was the lost
money. This all happened in Lucky
Baldwin’s caravansery. Mr. South
now remembers distinctly getting up
one night and placing the money in
his glove for safe keeping. He hid it
so ingeniously that he forgot the place
himself.
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WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 27.—Nath
aniel Francis Hagel, K. C., a well
known criminal lawyer of Winnipeg,
died today aged 69. Mr. Hagel had
been ill since the trial and conviction
of his only son, Percy Hagel, in con
nection with the Krafchenke jail de
livery. He leaves a widow, one son
and two daughters. He formerly liv
ed at Dawson.
WAR IN WEST
DRAGS ALONG
TRAWLER SUNK AND GER
MANS ACCUSED OF
MURDER.
ALLIES CLAIM WINS
BRISK LIGHTING IN WESTERN
LINE BUT WITHOUT
CHANGE.
LONDON, April 20.—The war in
the west shows very little change but
the Britisli have won an important
position near Ypres and tl e French
have been similarly su espial in the
! department of the Vosges. Brisk
: lighting has been proceeding for the
past twenty-four hours along nearly
; the whole western line but the
i changes wrought in the relative posi
tions are almost negligib’e with the
exception of the successes named.
Heavy artillery duels have been tak
ing place along the Meuse and on the
Lorraine border but both sides are
stationary and no infantry attacks
have followed the bombardment by
I either side. One of the most regret
table occurrences of the whole war
took place yesterday in the North Sea
where the Germans sunk a British
trawler and the whole crew was
drowned, while another trawler which
tried to rescue the drowning men is
said to have been fired upon by the
Germans and also sunk with all hands
in spite of the fact that jhe was en
gaged on an errand of mercy. The
weather in the western theatre is
now bright anti warm with occasional
spring showers and the people ol this
country hourly expect to hear that the
great advance by the allies in north
ern France and Flanders will be com
menced or attempted.
UNIONS TO ARBITRATE
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
Contractors Have Not Yet. Decided
But Will Reply On Thurs
day.
CHICAGO, April 20.—The great
strike in the building trades in this
city is now apparently in a fair way
of being settled amicably. The
unions have accepted the proposal to
submit the trouble to the arbitration
of the state board of arbitration. The
contractors have not yet replied to the
proposal but will do so next Thursday.
The building business is at a stand
still since the strike was called but
the peace has been maintained.
hang¥g1¥t
OUT IN ALASKA
JUNEAU SOI.ONS ONCE MORE
CREATE NEW
WORK.
LIQUOR QUESTION UP
WILL RECONSIDER BILL DEAL
ING WITH DRINK SHIP
# MENTS.
JUNEAU, April 20.—The territor
ial senate now stands committed to
the abolition of capital punishment
in the territory of Alaska. A fight
was led by Tanner, backed by Gaustad
and Hubbard, to reconsider the bill
but this fight failed and so the senate
stands on its former belief that hang
ing should not be inflicted on mur
derers.
Declaring that the house bill pro
viding that all liquor shipped to peo
ple in Alaska must be shipped direct
to the consignees only and not to any
fictitious persons would kill the whole
sale liquor trade in Alaska the meas
ure has been recommitted to confer
ence for further amendment. The
purpose of Representative Shoup in
drawing the bill was to prevent boot
leggers from securing liquor in the
names of other people, or labelled as
soda water or merchandise.
CARRANZA IS
SURELHICTOR
story of battle confirmed
and VILLA LOST SIX
THOUSAND.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Consul
ar dispatches received here last even
ing connrm the story that Carranza
defeated Villa at the battle of Celaya
and inflicted losses of the most severe
kind on his former chief aid. The dis
patches say that the Villa army suf
fered the loss of six thousand men in
killed, wounded and taken prisoners.
The fight is described as one of the
bloodiest in the history of Latin
American revolutions. It lasted six
days and heavy artillery of large
calibre was used by both sides.
The United States consular repre
sentatives in Mexico do not, however,
say what the result has been as to the
disposition of the Villa army but it
is assumed here that it has merely
retreated in good order.
EXAMINE WILHELM.
NEWPORT NEWS, April 20.—The
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Wil
helm has been drydocked here for the
purpose of having a survey made to
ascertain the nature of her wants and
the time that ought to be given to
make repairs. On the result of the in
vestigation will depend the amount of
time permitted to the cruiser by the
United States.
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* CITY GRAFTERS *
* ENTER PRISON. ❖
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LEAVENWORTH, April 20.—
Former Mayor Roberts and fourteen
other convicted grafters of Terre
Haute entered the prison here today
to serve the sentences inflicted on
them for fraud in relation to the elec
tion in that city some time ago.
Roberts entered the gate quietly. He
has to serve six years.
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* SUBMARINE TOWED *
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HONOLULU, April 20.—The sunk
en submarine F-4 has been towed to
shallow water for the purpose of
facilitating the work of investigating
the cause of the disaster. It is much
more easy to work on the raising of
the vessel in her present position than
in the deeper water.
FOUND.
My purse with contents. Had only
mislaid it myself.—W. J. Smith, The
Fairbanks.
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO MEET.
An important meeting of the Com
mercial Club will take place this
evening and all members are request
ed to attend.
BARNES ATTORNEYS
OPEN THE CASE.
SYRACUSE, April 20.—'The at
torneys for Barnes opened the case for
their client today after the selection
of the jury and the speeches are con
tinuing this afternoon. The leading
counsel for the plaintiff declared in
his address that he will prove Roose
velt made malicious statements in his
campaign against .Barnes. Nothing
further of much interest has been en
tered into up to the present.
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❖ TO BUILD GEODETIC *
❖ SURVEY VESSEL. ❖
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- WASHINGTON, April 20.—The de
partment of commerce today author
ized the drawing up of plans for the
construction of a vessel to be used by
the geodetic survey party in Alaska.
It will be built on the Pacific coast.
NORTHWESTERN IP. M. ✓
Agent Guptill has received word
that the Northwestern is due to ar
rive in Seward at 7 p. m. today.
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In the story of the baseball game
yesterday it was stated that through
the work of Campbell the home team
got a run. This should, of course,
read that the federal side got the run
as anyone could see by only paying
atention to the context.
GERMANS FIRE
THE RED CROSS
ORGANIZATION REFUSES TO
A001^ METHODS SUG
GESTED.
BRUSSELS, April 20.—The Ger
man government of Belgium has
' ordered the dissolution of the Red
I Cross organization that was working
I on the relief of Belgian distress. The
I dissolving of the society is due to the
refusal of the leaders of it to adopt
! the plans suggested by the German
I authorities for carrying out the relief
J operations. It is now proposed by the
| German governor to establish a sub-<
stitute body which will be directly
under his own control. The organiza
tion which has been dissolved had a
membership which included people of
various nationalities, amongst them
Americans. The exact nature of the
difference of opinion between the Red
Cross and the German governor is not
made clear.
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❖ POLITICAL JURY *
❖ IN ROOSEVELT CASE. *
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SYRACUSE, April 20.—*The jury
has been selected to try the libel suit
brought by William Barnes, jr., again
st Theodore Roosevelt whom the com
plaint charges with libel alleged to
have been committed during the re
cent gubernatorial election. The jury
is a political one and this is probably
due to the belief that the questions
to be solved have a political bearing.
Of the twelve jurymen seven are
representatives. There are three pro
gressives and two democrats in the
body. The evidence will probably not
begin before tomorrow but in the
meantime a large amount of interest
is being taken in the proceedings.
THAWSTOPPING
EASTERN FIGHT
RUSSIA ADMITS, HOWEVER,
THAT AUSTRIANS ARE
ATTACKING.
ADVANCE IS CHECKED
INVASION OK HUNGARY AP
PARENTLY NOT MATER
IALIZING.
I'ETROGRAD, April 20.—The
Austrians are now delivering per
sistent attacks on the southern slopes
of the Beskid mountains to which the
Russians had progressed in the at
tempt to invade Hungary. Our
troops are still attacking in the Uszok
pass district but so far as the official
intelligence goes no change has taken
place. There is an inclination to ad
mit that the story from Berlin to the
effect that the attempt to invade
Hungary has been checked has good
foundation although there is hardly
thought of any danger to the Russian
army in its present position. It is
officially admitted that the fighting in
the Carpathians is slackening and this
is not regarded as favorable here but
it is quite likely that the coming of
the spring thaw has brought about
the decrease of activities and not the
reinforcements recently brought up
by the Austrians and Germans. In
the rest of the eastern front the
spring thaw has without doubt halted
the fighting. The roads have been
converted into veritable quagmires
and the moving of heavy artillery and
supplies has come to be a matter of
exceeding difficulty.. While the Rus
sians cannot hope to make much ad
vance towards German territory un
der the circumstances it is certain
that our positions are safe from Ger
man offensive movements. Fighting
of a spasmodic nature breaks out
from time to time along the line but
it is only like the shooting of little
flames from a smoldering pile.
Fine new fixtures are coming in for
the Harriman National Bank.
The Evans is due in Cordova on
Wednesday morning.
CITY COUNCIL
GETS TO WORK
PREPARING FOR THE BIG
RUSH NOW START
ING.
CITV TO BE KEPI CLEAN
STREETS WILL BE GRADED
AND MADE
READY.
The new city council got down to
work in fine shape last night and, al
though the harness is still new and
stiff, the newly fledged aldermen
worked like a good, willing and intel
ligent team. Various matters of the
greatest importance came up and the
city fathers evidently realized the
fact that they have come into office
at a most important period in the
city’s history when much work must
be done and done carefully. T he first
act was to have placed on the records
the expression of the appreciation of
the new city council for the work of
Mayor Boe and the last municipal
governing body.
The applications for positions under
the council were then read out by the
clerk and showed a formidable array
of men who are willing to serve the
city as marshal. The applicants for
that position are: Bob Guest. Bert
Milliken, Charles Johnson, E. B.
Allenbaugh, Gus Manthey, \N. W.
Alderman, J. C. Tolman and C. S.
Patten.
The applicants for clerkship and
magistracy were Frank Cotter, \V. T
Lucas and Carl Almy.
Judge Lindley Green is the only ap
plicant for the office of city attorney,
another applicant having withdrawn.
The applications were laid over for
one week and other applications may
be received in the meantime. A re
port was read from Dr. Romig, city
health officer, in which he recommend
ed that preparations be made to keep
the city clean during the rush when
a great influx of people might create
the danger of infectious diseases. He
suggested public toilets and water
and also that a garbage wagon be us
ed to gather the refuse which the tent
dwellers and others will be required to
place in cans.
The council discussed the question
at length. Councilman Youngs sug
gested that men be put to work at
once to clean the streets. He stated
that he had seen the Bank of Seward
and that the bank will cash all wage
warrants without discount. Council
man Borgen said there is no money
in the treasury but Councilman Dag
gett suggested that the finance com
mittee and the street committee get
together to devise plans by which the
cleaning of the city could be effected
without causing a financial hitch.
During the discussion it was either
suggested or decided that an eight
hour day for city work be established,
that fifty cents an hour be the wages,
that the cleaning work, etc. be let out
in small contracts and that the city
be divided into improvement districts.
After other work of a more or less
important nature the council adjourn
ed to meet again next Monday at a
special meeting.
APPLYING FOR PAPERS.
About.a dozen men have applied at
Commissioner Conroy’s office within
the past month for their first citizen
ship papers. Such papers cannot be
secured here until the arrival of the
clerk of court who is expected to ar
rive this evening on the Northwestern.
HARRIMAN NATIONAL
BANK OPENS TOMORROW.
New Institution Ready to Begin
Its Business In Se
Ward.
The Harriman National Bank of
Alaska at Seward will open for busi
ness tomarrow, April 21. This date
was set for some time but Gaston
Hardy, who was sent here in full
charge"*of the bank, wished to wait
before publishing the fact until he
was absolutely sure that everything
would be in readiness. The offices of
the bank have been fitted up finely.
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.