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WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
The United Spanish American War
veterans will observe Memorial Day,
Tuesday evening, May ol'th at eight
o'clock at the Pioneer hall.
Judge J. C. Murphy will be the
speaker of the evening. Judge Green,
Dr. Sloan and others will also address
the meeting. The G. A. li. and school
children are cordially invited to par
ticipate by singing and recitations,
etc. Rev. Cook will open and close
the meeting.
Everybody heartily invited to at
tend.
Committee United Spanish American
War Veterans.
HOW GUNS IN SEA
BATTLE SOUND
VIVID STORY OF ONE SMALL
N VVAL BATTLE OF
THE WAR.
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
(United Press StufF Correspondent)
FLUSHING, Holland, April 2b.—
(By Mail)—From the deck of the
Dutch boat Wiiheinuna on the North
Sea. I heard the attack ot‘ British
naval forces on the German submar
ine and air base of Zecbrugge yes
terday.
From various fronts I have heard,
at close range, the riars of many
guns cf all size.-; at the second bat
tle of Ypres a ycat ago, .t seemed that
the clnmvr of the ca.tr.on was the
greatest mdse .bat human beings
could ever produce. But the tumult
of the British .'.aval guns which 1
heard yesterday shook air, water and
earth.
Wc were approachi. g the Dutch
coast when the uproar began. The
firing was perhaps 20 miles distant,
once or twice when the wind came
right, we could hear the shriek of
shells. It is difficult to put into words
how intense the concussions really
were, but it seemed to the passengers
—and sailors who had been near
enough to noisy sea engagements [
told us our belief was correct—that
the smoke from the stacks of our
boat staggered, hesitated and then
vibrated curiously with the air waves
which the great guns had sent out.
Meanwhile, though we could see
none of the fighting from our low*
deck, there was a group of North Sea
pilots i*i the port of Flushing, which
we were approaching, who, standing
on a high building in that town, saw
a flock of British ahips near Zee
brugge. The buildings in Flushing
were being shaken by vibrations and
the windows were broken. These men
saw three gunboats put out from
Zeebrugge, flankirg the British boats.
Within a few* minutes they saw a
high puff of black smoke where the
German boats left and they had turn
ed back to Zeebrugge.
When we arrived at Flushing in the
late afternoon wc saw, along the high
shores, crowds of Flushing!.es, many
with telescopes, looking the 20 or
more miles across the mouth of the
Scheldt toward the engagement, but
a haze had settled dov.-n, moreover the
sound of firing had cc&scd. The en
gagement was over for the day.
At 4 o'clock this morning an earth
quake seemed to shake Flushing.
The great guns were again going.
San Franciscans, on the morning of
the quake, couldn’t have awakened
more suddenly than the residents of
Flushing. Picture a terrific thunder
storm with your self up in the clouds
in the very heart of the thunder and
you have an idea of the impression of
the sound of the guns. It was not
the sound alone that produced the ef
fect; it was the concussion of the air
which not only shook one’s ear drums,
but also reached into one’s vitals and
seemed to shake them. By six o’clock
in the morning the day’s work of the
British gunners seemed to be over.
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<* DOMINION LINE ❖
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The Canadian line is down today
and it is quite possible that telegraph
news may not arrive in time for go
ing to press today. The news that
the Dominion had also thrown us
down was received at 11 o’clock this
morning. Attempts are being made
to secure news from several places
! and the Gateway may yet get some
thing before going to press.
WHAT PAPER SAYS
NEW KILL WOl'LD DO
WASHINGTON, May 13. — A bill
has been introduced in the senate
which provides that the Alaskau En
gineering Commission shall have the
same powers with respect to policing
of the railway lines and the towns
established along the routes as that
held by the Panama Canal Commis
sion with respect to the canal zone.
The bill, is passed, would give the
Commission police authority over An
chorage, the first town established by
the government on the railway route,
but would not change the status of
Seward or Fairbanks, which are pri
vate s.tes, established before the rail
way was projected.
Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada,
chairman of the senate committee on
territories, is the author of the bill.—
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ACTIVITIES AT THE NEW
CAMP ON TOLSTOI RIVER
Iditarod Pioneer, April 22. — The
exodus to the Tolstoi region has con
tinued during the past week, and
many outfits have been transported
over the rough trails by dog teams
and horses. The fall in the temper
ature has helped matters consider
ably, for while there is practically no
snow, loads can be dragged over the
frozen ground with some degree of
success. There is at present no at
tempt to transport extensive supplies,
the main object being to have on the
ground sufficient to last until the
opening of navigation.
Should the present weather con
tinue there is no doubt that numerous
shafts will be bedrocked before the
break-up occurs, and should the re
sults be as are confidently anticipat
ed, nothing can prevent a stampede of
great proportions when the steam
boats begin to operate. The various
creeks are all staked now, and there
is very little reason for a continuation
of the rush to the new' discoveries.
Nevertheless many from distant parts
have arrived on the scene, according
to recent arrivals.
Because of the fact that practically
all of the men who staked ground in
the new' district were compelled to
return to Iditarod, Ophir, Cripple and
elsewhere for supplies with which to
prosecute work, there has been little
to report in the way of new’ develop
ments. All evinced a desire to rush
supplies to the scene prior to the
break-up. Therefore there has been
little new work as yet. From now’ on
it may be expected that work will
progress in all parts of the district.
Rumors have been rife, as is usually
the case in such instances, and lurid
tales of new pay, pay on new creeks, j
etc., have been poured into the ears of
willing listeners. Sifted down, how
ever, these seem to have been largely
the result of imaginative minds work
ing over time.
It is frequently remarked by old
timers that as yet there is no excuse
for excitement. So far the district
has shown up well, but not sufficient
w'ork has been done to say authori
tatively that a pay streak will be lined
up. The indications are excellent; in
fact it is universally agreed that no
mining district discovered in recent
years, not even the famous Fairbanks
district, has shown up so well for the
amount of work done. But it might
be well to warn the public, and especi
ally those expecting to come from the
Outside, that the future of the new
camp is by no means assured. Ex
tensive plans should not be entered
into until w’ork now’ being undertaken
has progressed sufficiently to give an
idea of the extent of the pay.
!£25 Bet on Big
Game Tomorrow
The Iluasch nine has become so
sure of beating the Campbell bunc*
that Captain Heine has placed a
twenty-live dollar bet on the gam*
tomorrow and Captain Campbell has
covered it. So far the Haaschs have
two wins to one for the Campbells but
the latter are sure another Campbell
win is coming tomorrow’ afternoon.
Manthey and Finnegan will be the
Haasch batteries ami Nickerson and
Poehlmann will perform a like service
for the Campbell nine. Up to the
present the lumber piles have inter
fered w ith the pleasure of the games
bqt; it is hoped that an improvement
in this respect may be found possible
from this time forward.
NEWS NOTES
Sam SoupcolT has now reached quite
a distance beyond Anchorage on his
way to Broad Pass, according to let
ters received by Mrs. Soupeoff. Sam
is one of those fellows that got miss
ed out of town just as soon as they
leave.
M. Musgrave, who was stricken
with apopelxy, is slightly better, Dr.
Romig says.
The store next to the Gateway office
which was formerly occupied by the
Chovin store is being fixed up to re
ceive the Courry stock.
Judge J. C. Murphy who will make
an address on Memorial Day under
the auspices of the War Veterans is
a member of the Sons of Veterans.
He came here in the Karra gut and
will make his home in Seward.
G. W. Smalley is in town today
from his homestead.
J. C. Tolman and Crit have left for
a trip of about ten days during which
they will do some work on a ledge.
Two well known citizens of Seward
have recently received titles. They
are Judge Booker and Judge Ennis.
Word has been received recently
from Twin Kalis, Idaho, that there is
nothing to the charges for which
James McCoy was arrested here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Labaree are
guests of Mrs. Sherman Haynes.
The committee says a person is not
expected to keep away from the dance
tonight if he or she has no shirt
waist. Your own waist will do.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Towle and
daughter have left Seward for Lake
Kenai.
The car brought out quite a bunch j
of people this morning. Mrs. Votaw
has left for Lake Kenai.
Mrs. J. J. Ryan, wife of a popular
official of the Engineering Commis
sion, is expected to arrive here soon
and make her home in S'ward.
Arthur Gray has taken out the lum
ber to build a house outside the city.
HOW SEAMAN’S LAW
WORKS IN ALASKA
One of the clauses of the La Follet
te seaman’s bill, which was fought
hardest by the steamship companies,
is making itself felt on the Alaska
coast in connection with the Dolphin
and Alaska, of the Alaska Steamship
Company’s fleet. According to a
cablegram received last night from
Juneau, seamen deserted both vessels
at Skagway and left the ships short
handed. As a result the master of
the Dolphin was trying yesterday to
get men in Juneau to fill up his crew
for the trip south to Seattle.
Just how many men left the steam
ships was not reported, but evidently
enough of them were attracted by the
higher wages paid in the interior to
make the Dolphin shorthanded.
Under the terms of the old law no
seaman could leave a ship until her
voyage had been completed without
forfeiting his wages. According to J.
C. Harris, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, the La Follette law per
mits a man to leave a vessel whenever
! he wants to, and the master is com
i petled under the law to grant him at
/least one-half of his wages.—Ex.
iSEWARD CITY TO
BE BEAUTY SPOT
FLOWERS TO FLOURISH AND
CIVIC FAIR WILL BK RIOT
OF LOVELINESS.
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The great Civic Fair of Seward
will be held in the lost week of j
August, will last three days and will
be the culmination of the beautifying j
campaign of the ladies of the city tor |
! this year and the incentive to keep up j
the good work in the years to come.
The delegates appointed from the
fraternal orders and public bodies will |
meet with the ladies next week when
important details will be entered into.!
In the meantime the members of the
Women’s Club have seen to it that
{lowers and vegetables are being nur
tured in readiness. Never before in
the history of the city have so many
garden spots been cultivates! and
never before was the sale lor
flower and vegetable seeds so exten
sive. At the corner garden plot near
the Schaleben residence twenty beds
have been laid out and each of twenty
children has received a plot in which
to do his or her own gardening. Some
of the children have chosen to use j
their skill on vegetables, some on |
flowers and some on both. Judge j
Hildreth and Mrs. Green have been
assiduous in their attentions to this j
plot and to them much credit is due.
plots are given to children who could
not garden at home. The ladies are
most desirous of having the play-1
grounds neur the city hall cleared of j
stumps before school vacation begins
so that the children might have the i
full benefit. Window boxes are being
used now at the schools for the grow-1
ing of flowers that will be transplant- j
ed in the playground. The fair will j
probably be held in A. B. Hall and is j
certain to be a most delightful and in- j
structive one.
The following are the prizes to be j
awarded at the Civic Fair:
Yard showing greatest improve- j
ment: 1st $10; 2nd $5.
General vegetable display: 1st $5;
2nd —.
Best potato $t, best rhubarb $1,|
best cauliflower $1, best peas $1, best j
beets $1, best turnips $1.
General flower display; 1st $5; 2nd'
$3; 3rd $2.
Best display house plants; 1st $3; j
2nd $2.
Best display of pansies, poppies,
sweet peas, asters, nasturtium, each
$1.
Miscellaneous Exhibits
Handwork: Best general needle
work $3. Best embroidery, lace,
crochet, tatting, plain sewing, each
$i.
Painting $1; China $1.
Flour contest: best pie, cake,
bread, each 1 sack flour.
Best exhibit jellies and preserves
from native fruits; 1st $2; 2nd $1.
For School Children
Original exhibits; 1st $2; 2nd and
3rd $1.
Pressed wild flowers $1.
Best paper doll house (Class A—
children under 11); $1.
Flower exhibit (Class A—children
under 11), 1st $2; 2nd $1.
Flower exhibit (Class B—children
over 11); 1st $2; 2nd $1.
Vegetable exhibit (Class A); 1st
$2; 2nd $1.; Class B. 1st $2; 2nd $1.
Best exhibit wild flowers, $1.
Best window box, $1.
Needlework: best dressed doll,
Class A, $1.
Plain sewing, 6 to 9 years, $1.
Plain sewing, 10 to 13 years, $1.
Plain sewing 14 to 18 years, $1.
Crochet, 6 to 9 years, $1.
Crochet, 10 to 13 years $1.
Embroidery, 6 to 9 years, $1.
Embroidery, 10 to 13 years, $1.
Embroidery, 14 to 18 years, $1.
Manual Training, Class A $1.
Manual Training, Class B $1.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
AID AT MEMORIAL DAY
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The children of the public schools
will aid in the observance of Memor
ial Day, next Tuesday. Mrs. Forgy,
the popular principal, informed G. B.
Poindexter today to this effect when
he requested the aid of the pupils.
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Surveying Mile 6
Recreation Ground
Part of Homestead to be Set Aside in
Small Lots.
Surveying of the lots to be used
for recreation grounds ut the John
ston homestead at Mile Six began to
day. The intention is to divide up
forty acres or so of the homestead
into acre and fraction of acre lots so
that the people of the city may pur
chase at a nominal price places for
country homes and places for delight
ful recreation. It is expected that
quite a colony of cottages will spring
up there as the neighborhood has all
the attractions that could possibly be
desired for pleasure seekers.
NOTES FROM NOME
AND SURROUNDINGS
NOME, May 16.—Spring weather is
just approaching, bringing to au end
the coldest winter in the history of
Nome. Not a drop of water is flow
ing in the creek. Bering straits is a
mass of solid ice, and the sea in front
of Nome is likewise frozen.
The new camp north of Nome, call
ed Dime creek, is showing up fairly
well, and there is a small movement
of prospectors to that country.
Walter Johnson, representing the
Union Construction Company has
taken over the Crim-Randt-O’Brien
tin property at Lost river, and plans
extensive development this season.
The purchase price is $.'>00,000, a
substantial cash payment being made.
A report from Fortuna Ledge dis
trict, formerly known as the Marshall
City district, states that Jensen and
Madsen, prospectors, have discovered
good pay in the benches, insuring
mining operations in that camp for
years to come. The postoflice depart
ment objected to the name of Marshall
City and Fortuna Ledge was substi
tuted.
Rich ground has been located on
Willow creek, a tributary ol the Kus
kokwim river, according to reports
reaching here lately. Tom Aitken is
among the claim owners. Many
Iditarod operators are going there.
George Grigsby, prominently men
tioned as a candidate for delegate to
congress on the democratic ticket,
says he will not run for delegate, but
will accept the nomination for attor
ney-general of the territory if tender
ed him.
William Eddy, recently named a
district committeeman by the republi
can convention sitting at Seward, has
been appointed city patrolman. Eddy
is an old-timer in Nome, and was the
first city marshal the town ever had,
acting in this capacity under the con
sent government in 1899.
Things political are quiet, but they
will boom upon the arrival of the
steamers bringing the delegates that
attended the Seward convention.—Ex.
ALASKA RAILWAY STRIKE
NEARLY ENDED PROJECT
Agitators and leaders among the
striking workers at Anchorage who
called a strike w'hile mediation was in
progress, nearly put a stop to all work
on the Alaska government railroad,
according to members of the federal
commission, who were appointed to
settle the labor difficulty, and arrived
in Seattle yesterday morning from
Anchorage. The action in calling a
strike while a federal investigation
w'as in progress, is declared by Chair
man John A. Moffitt, of the federal
commission, to be unparalelled in the
history of American labor and was re
garded as the last straw by the
authorities at Washington, who
promptly wired the engineering com
mission officials to stop all work on
the Alaska railroad. These direct
orders came from the secretary of
labor and from the secretary of the
interior, according to Chairman Mof
fit, and would have been carried out
with no further parley had not Chair
man Moffitt notified the Washington
officials that he had the situation in
hand.
Behind the strike on the road, says
Mr. Moffitt, was the old cry for “di
rect action.” He declared leaders of
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The committee in charge of the
shirt waist dance which will take
place this evening is lookirg forward
to one of the most pleasant hops for
months. The dance is expected to be
even better than the hard times dance
of last Saturday which was very suc
cessful. A good crowd is expected.
GOT ANY EXTRA TRAMPS OUT
YOUR WAY?—HERE’S
A PLACE FOR THEM
(Special to Gatoway t>y United Press)
BELLEVUE, 0., May ID.—If you
have tramps or vagabonds you don’t
want just put them on the train for
Bellevue. They’ll be cheerfully re
ceived. The new official system here
makes the advent of a few “boes” a
joyous occasion.
The bum is a municipal asset to
Bellevue. Here are a few of the
things they have done for this town
of 6,000 souls:
Polished the streets; carried off the
rubbish from every back yard; put
the baseball diamond in line condition
and started a sewer system for the
city. After the sewer is completed
they’ll be put to work paving new
streets.
The nice thing about it all, the
boes do these things willingly, cheer
fully—after they’ve seen the stone
pile. They are given their choice of
the two.
Take the case of Banjo Charlie, who
I recently swung off a side door pullman.
I While looking for the “welcome”
chalk mark on a gate post or back
door, he was greeted by Chief of
Police Charles Buckland, who said
cheerily:
“Come right up to the city hall and
reg^iatei. CJltul lu aco yUU.
Banjo Charlie followed the line of
least resistance.
“Want you to meet our mayor,”
said Buckland.
“Good morning judge,” said Charlie
suspiciously.
“Good morning,” responded Mayor
H. C. Aurand, pleasantly. “Five and
costs.”
Then the new' arrival got his first
line of Bellevue’s hospitality. He was
wafted into the combination jail, din
ing hall and kitchen.
“Here’s the makin’s” said Chief
Buckland, thrusting into Charlie’s
pawr some eggs, bacon and a skillet.
A small stove was in the corner.
“Do I gotta get my owm break
fast?” queried Charlie, peeved.
“You certainly do,” said Buckland.
“You’ll be doing lots of things for
yourself before you leave.”
After breakfast Charlie was led to
the stone pile, a ball and chain affixed
to his leg, and a heavy sledge placed
in his hands.
“Would you mind sweeping a little
mud off our streets this morning?”
Charlie was asked, casually.
“I’d dearly love to,” was the prompt
response.
All tramps are given eleven days as
soon as apprehended. They are re
quired to do their own cooking. Vags
are allowed to sell junk gleaned from
the rubbish carted aw’ay, and keep the
money.
Send your vags to Bellevue!
WILL TEST GROUP CLAIMS
ON THE LEWIS RIVER
Thos. L. Young, of Seattle, is in
j Anchorage getting his outfit ready
i for a summer’s prospecting on Lewis
river. Mr. Young represents the
Luvria Dredge company, who have a
lease on four miles of claims on Le\*is
river, and is taking in a gasoline drill
to give this ground a thorough test.
The ground was leased from Bren
nan and Barnard and if the test
proves favorable the Luvria will im
mediately install a dredge to work the
ground. Ben Barnard, one of the
leasors and well known among the
mining men, has wired Mr. Young
that he will be in Anchorage June 10.
—Cook Inlet Pioneer.
the movement had never worked an
hour for the engineering commission,
but instead had organized a union and
secured jobs from it. — Post-Intelli
gencer.
R.R. WILL BE OPEN
TO 71 _IN JULY
That the Alaska railroad will be
open to Mile 71 in July for the light
traffic is the statement made this
morning by R. J. Weir, engineer in
charge, who returned last evening
after an absence of nearly three days
looking over the conditions. He went
right out to Mile 71 but had to use
snow shoes from Mile 45 to 52. Mr.
Weir is not yet prepared to &ay how
much work will be done immediately
along the line but preparations ur*
going along all the time for it. The
commission officials have known for
some time that Andrew Christensen
was coming to sell the lots on the
government tract but the official
statement was not made to the public
until the cable message came to the
Gateway yesterday.
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The May edition of the All-Alaska
Review will go to press on Tuesday
next and will be ready for sale about
the following day. For the June num
ber a lot of fine cuts are expected but
in the May number will be devoted a
page or so of illustrations showing
Seward and impressing on the public
mind the fact that this town is the
terminal of the government railroad.
Some of those pictures may not be
new to the people here but they will
serve their purpose with the hun
dreds, even thousands, of people who
see the Review in other places. The
support given the Review by the Sew
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efforts to keep this city before the
public.
WHY HE WILL NOT FIGHT
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
LONDON, May 10.—Edmund Em
son, 23, conscientious objector to army
service at Jordans, Buckinghamshire,
William Penn’s burial place, told the
local tribunal: “I am quite prepared
to be shot rather than undertake any
form of military service. If England
were occupied by savages I would
lay my head dow’n on a block and say:
Here is my head; cut it off.” Exemp
tion refused.
LONDON, May 18. — A bedding
ring famine is causing jewelers to cut
down the size of the plain bands to
half their normal thickness.
COMMITTEE TO ASK
LUMBER REMOVED
A committee will wait on officials
of the Engineering Commission this
afternoon at 4 o’clock to tell them
how glad the people generally would
be if the lumber could be moved from
the baseball ground.
CONVENTION PROBABLY
CONCLUDED TODAY
It is quite possible that the Gate
way cannot receive word of the re
sults of the Democratic convention at
Juneau today. At 2:15 p. m. no
cables of any kind had been received
but it is almost a certainty that
Charles Sulzer has received the nomi
nation for delegate. It is believed by
local Democrats that the work of the
convention will be concluded today.
R. R. TO RESURRECTION
BRIDGE IS TORN UP
For the three miles between the city
and Resurrection bridge the railroad
has now been thoroughly altered. An
immense cut has been taken out just
north of the trestle at the head of the
bay and the grade at this side of Res
urrection has been raised several feet.
ELECTRIC COMPANY’S
BUILDING SOON UP
The fine new building of the Sevr
ard Electric Company will probably
be completed, so far as the main work
is concerned, next week. It is now
seen to be a building that will be a
great credit to the city.