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SECRETARY WILSON APPOINTS MEN
TO SETTLE RAILROAD WAGES
VERDUN FIGHT STILL ON
PARIS, March 4—The German losses to date in the
battle of Verdun are from a hundred and twenty to a
hundred and fifty thousand. It is admitted that great
gains have ben made again by the enemy but the greatest
alarm is now felt that the Teutons are preparing to crush
France with one terrific blow. Just now a cessation in the
German attacks has taken place but this is believed to be
only a temporary rest before the offensive is renewed
with all the power of the German empire in the west.
The Kaiser has left Verdun for the time and has returned
to Germany.
GERMANS RENEW ATTACKS
LONDON, March 4.—The Germans have renewed
their terrific attacks on the French lines around Verdun
and the struggle is raging with frightful intensity as this
dispatch is sent. The rush of the German hordes was
preceded by a vertiable tornado of shell fire and it is now
clear that the enemy has been gathering great quantities
of artillery ammunition and artillery for the supreme ef
fort. The fighting at Fort Daumont is the heaviest At
that point the Germans have apparently exerted their
greatest strength as the fall of the place would probably
mean the owning of the way to the city itself. The Ger
mans have admittedly continued to gain but at an awful
cost. The news today states that the French have cap
tured several hundred yards of trenches.
GERMANS START NEW SUB. WAR
LONDON, March 4—The Germans have started a
new submarine war around the British islands. Two
ships were sunk yesterday off the coast of Kent and sev
eral submarines are said to be in all the waters around
Great Britain. A large meeting was held here two days
ago to start a National Savings Campaign for the pur
pose of conserving the financial resources of the people
for the carrying on of the war.
TO BOMBARD ENGLAND
BERLIN, March 4.—The Director of Krupp Works
predicts that the artillery which is now being made in
Germany will be able to bombard England from the shores
of the continent. Some of the guns will be able to send
about thirty miles.
ENGLAND RAIDED
LONDON, March 4.—A German seaplane raided the
southeast coast yesterday and wrecked several houses but
the damage was of no material kind. A Russian steamer
has been torpedoed in the North Sea and twenty of the
crew were drowned.
WANT TO AID FRENCH
LONDON, March 4.—The London papers are now
criticizing the British war office and generals severely be
cause of the failure to rush big forces to the aid of the
French who are struggling for life and death around Ver
dun.
MINES BREAK LOOSE
STOCKHOLM, March 4.—It is believed that hun
dreds of mines have broken loose in the Baltic and the
greatest danger to shipping is threatened.
LINERS QUIT RUNNING
NEW YORK, March 4.—The White Star Line an
nounces that none of its ships will sail for Europe until
the middle of April. The reason is supposed to be the
danger from the new submarine campaign started by the
Germans.
ULTIMATUM TO PORTUGAL
LONDON, March 4.—Germany has sent an ultimat
um to Portugal demanding the return of the German
ships taken there within forty-eight hours. War is ex
pected at the end of that time.
ALASKA SAILS
SEATTLE, March 4.—The steamship Alaska sailed
last Wednesday.
R. R. WAGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, March 4.—Secretary of Labor Wil
son has appointed James Moffit, Howell Davis and B.
Squires as the commission to settle the wage question on
the Alaska railroad. The three men will sail for Alaska
March 19 to investigate conditions.
GORE’S RESOLUTION TABLED
WASHINGTON, March 4.—Following Wilson’s urg
ing a record vote was taken on the Gore resolution to keep
Americans from traveling on belligerent ships. In the
senate the resolution was tabled by five to one and it is
expected to be killed in the house.
ROOSEVELT BOOMING
WASHINGTON, March 4.—The belief grows that
either Roosevelt or Hughes will lie the candidate of the
Republicans for the presidency. Roosevelt’s stock is
booming in New York.
WATSON AT CORDOVA
The Admiral Watson was due at Cordova this after
noon.
FRENCH LINES PENETRATED
BERLIN, March 4.—The French lines have been
penetrated four miles east of Verdun and this is believed.
to be the beginning of the end of the French resistance.;
Lovamont village has been captured and our forces are
pressing forward on the next position.
TO HOLD METALS
LONDON, March 4.—The government has forbidden
speculation on metals needed for war. Balfour, Kitchen
er and Asquith urge the people to save and skimp and
sacrifice to the utmost their comforts that the nation
might be able to secure the funds necessary for the carry
ing on of the war.
FROST INDICTED FOR BRIBERY
CHICAGO, March 4.—A. C. Frost, Hie defendant in
the Alaska coal cases, has been indicted for bribing the
jurymen engaged in the case who acquitted him. Three
of the jurymen have also been indicted. Fink of Nome
was the leading counsel for Frost.
CARMEN SYLVA DEAD
BUCHAREST,, March 4.—The dowager queen of
Roumania who was known as a poetess by the name of
Carmen Sylva, is dead.
TO RAISE ARMY
WASHINGTON, March 4—The House committee
has recommended the bill raising the regular army to a
hundred and seventy thousand and the militia to half a
million. The bill will be reported in the beginning of the
week.
MYSTERY OF LOST
LETTERS IS SOLVED
Ruby Record Citizen: A mystery
was cleared up last week whereby the
good faith of an accommodating man
was established and several financial
transactions were straightened out.
Coming out of the Koyukuk last
September, Joe Oates, of Tatiana,
brought five letters to be delivered in
Ruby orposted here. All the letters
contained money and none of them
reaped the parties Tor whom they
were intended. Recently Mr. Oates
was requested to explain what he had
done with the letters Last week he
sent word to the poatofiicc where and
how he had mailed th ) letters; and on
that hunch Clerk E. M. Reynolds
shoveled the snow away and opened
up the Kinzer building, where the
office used to be. There in the old
letter box lay all the letters and all
the money.
Oates had passed through town in
the night and didn't know the office
had been moved.
LOWER RIVER NATIVE
ACCUSED OF MURDER
RUBY, Feb. 1.—Monday, January
17, the native known as Tw’enty-five
mile Nicolai was given a preliminary
hearing at Nulato on the charge of
having murdered his wife. The hear
ing was before Dr. Frank W. Lamb,
United States commissioner, and
Nicolai was held for uppearance be
fore the grand jury.
Mrs. Nicolai was found dead in the
vicinity of Kaltag September 29 last
year. Her body was found in a lean
ing posture over a bunch of willows.
A coroner’s jury at that time was
divided in opinion as to whether she
had been murdered or had died of
heart failure. Nicolai had been
known to beat her, and the fact sub
jected him to suspicion.
Deputy Marshal Long is at present
down the river, and it is thought he
may bring the accused up with him.
WOMEN MEET MONDAY
The regular meeting of the Seward
Women’s Club wiil be held Monday.
MAY NOMINATE
DELEGATES NOW
IF REPUBLICAN meeting to
night LARGE ENOUGH WORK
MAY BE PUT THROUGH.
The delegates to the Republican
convention which will be held here
may be nominated at the meeting ol
the Republican Club which takes place
this evening at Pioneer Hall at 8
o’clock. This was stated by Commit
teeman J. J. Finnegan this morning.
He believes that if the crowd is large
enough at the meeting there is no
reason why the delegates should not
be nominated. Eight will represent
Seward and as the convention is to be
held in the home town the selection of
a man will not mean that he will be
inconvenienced in the least. The con
vention will be held on the 10th. oi
next month. At the meeting tonight
all Republicans arc welcome and the
books will be open for the signing oi
the roll by new members of the club.
While speaking of a political meet
ing at all it may be recalled to mind
that on one year from today the in
stallation of a president of the United
States may occur. Maybe the local
Republicans had this in view when
the meeting was called and feel that
the meeting might be a happy augury
of the fulfillment of their desires.
Democrats, please take notice.
ADDISON L. CLARK WHO SENT
CHECKS TO SEWARD FOR
DEPOSIT ARRESTED IN N. Y.
Last September a party by the
I name of Addison L. Clark, of Giboa,
New York, sent to the Bank of Sew
ard a sight draft drawn on some re
mote town in India for several thous
and dollars and asked to open an ac
count with the same. The bank wrote
back to Mr. Clark that they would
handle the item as a collection only,
and in the meantime made inquiries
regarding Mr. Clark. In Octbore Mr.
Clark sent another letter to the bank
enclosing what purported to be a
certificate of deposit on the I* irst
National Bank of Rockwell, Texas,
for $8,500. On consulting the bank
directories no such bank could be
found. In the meantime unfavorable
reports regarding the inquiries sent
out by the bank had been received.
In the last monthly bulletin issued
by the American Banker’s Association
appears the following:
“Addison L. Clark was recently ar
rested in Giboa, New York, by a
deputy United States Marshal, he
having been indicted in the Federal
Court in New' Haven, Conn., for send
ing “no fund” checks through the
mails. Clark has been released under
$1,500 bail to appear for trail at
New' Haven. This man ha^ been con
ducting a fraudulent stock bond and
check scheme for several years past,
and has been reported to this de
partment by many of our members.
Post Office Inspector R. P. Allen at
Utica, N. Y., is handling the case
against Clark.”
ELKS MEET TOMORROW
The Elks will meet tomorrow after
noon at 2 o’clock in the small A. B.
hall.
F. G. ENNIS, Secy.
SMALL FIRE ALARM
While at breakfast this morning
Ed. Anderson, of Anderson & Murphy
discovered the roof of his house was
afire. Prompt action with water
buckets stopped the blaze.
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY
COMES THE CITY ELECTION
The city elections will take place
just one month from today, April 4.
It was suggested today by a promin
ent citizen that the Gateway might
suggest the calling of a mass meet
ing to nominate candidates.
CABLE FIXED
ONCE AGAIN
BURNSIDE HEARD FROM LAST
NIGHT AND SERVICE
OPENED 1 P. M.
Just before 1 o’clock this afternoon
the joyful ar nouncement came that
tl^ cable had been fixed and placed
in commission. The local cable office
neard from the cable ship Burnside
last evening and was informed that
the ship had picked up the Seward
end of the break and that it would be
advisable to keep on watch from 8
o’clock this morning to 8 this evening.
It is possible that press messages
may be late in coming owing to the
probable accumulation of commercial
messages since the cable went out of
commission. This is written at 1
o’clock p. m. and no outside cables
had been received at that time.
FIRST CONTRACT
FOR R. R. TIES
J. D. Johnston of Mile Six is in
town arranging for a contract to cut
*>,000 ties for the Commission. He
states the matter will probably be
closed today.
Masons Buy a Lot
Will Erect Building
New Lot is at Corner of Sixth and
Adams.
The Masons of Seward held a meet
ing in the new A. B. hall last evening,
l'he principal business transacted was
the purchase of a building lot 33 x
100 feet at the corner of Sixth and
Adams The lot faces on Adams. It
was purchased from Dougherty &
otewart. Inasmuch as the Seward
Masonic lodge is not yet organized it
was decided to have the deed drawn
in the name of Dr. J. H. Romig, who
will hold the property as a trustee
until the lodge is instituted.
In response to the inquiry of a
Gateway reporter as to what kind of
a building would be erected, a well
known Mason said: “The kind of a
building to be erected will not be de
cided upon until after the institution
of the lodge. However, there is
reason to believe that at no distant
date Seward will have a Masonic
home that will be a credit to the or
ganization. 'The progressiveness of
the Seward members of the Masonic
fraternity is indicated by the pur
chase of a building site in advance of
the institution of a lodge.”
The time of organization will not
be quite as soon as the brothers had
hoped. However, everything possible
is being done to meet the necessary
requirements in order that a dispen
sation to institute may be granted as
early as possible.
The committee on organization re
ported a number of new names of
brothers who desire to become charter
members and have sent for their
remits.
Several important committees were
appointed which will report at the
next meeting, notice of which will be
given through the press.
START OUT TO CUT
TIMBERS FOR MINING
Work Begins on Property on Willow
Creek Bought by Dr.
Schaleben
Harry Yago, a local Japanese, left
this morning to begin work on a con
tract which he has secured for getting
timbers for the operation of the mine
recently taken over on Willow creek
by Dr. Schalaben and his r..«*cciates.
In addition to the mine timbers he
will also get out a hundred cords of
wood. Three or four other men will
be employed on the work.
DEMOCRATS TO
MEET MARCH 15
ON JACKSON DAY CLUB WILL
ELECT OFFICERS AND
NOMINATE DELEGATES.
The Seward Democratic Club ha*
called a meeting March 15 for the
election of oincers and for the nomin
ation of delegates to attend the terri
torial convention at Juneau. March
15 is Jackson Day and specially
chosen by the local men for the meet
ing. Seward will have eight dele
gates to the convention. “The Alaska
League of Democratic Clubs” is the
name given by the National Demo
cratic League of Clubs, a circular
from which, carrying the name of the
Alaskan organizations, has been re
ceived by Secretary George Phelps of
the Seward Club.
Elks Will Probably
W in Bow ling Series
Tonight Final Game Will be Played
of Interesting Series.
The last game of the bowling series
will be played this evening. The
following are the scores of the teams
to date:
3 2 > 3
7? 2
W C3 o
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; : ; 3
Feb. 28 .1992 .
Feb. 29 . 2044 2124 ....
March 1 ....2159 .... 2085 ....
March 2 ....2171 2042 .
March 3 . .... 1904 2132
Totals .6322 4086 6113 4050
The Moose must bowl 2,237 to beat
the Elk’s score. The Pioneers must
bowl 2,267 to win over the Elks. Jt
looks like the Elks must win. Xo
team has yet bowled over 2,200.
GOOD LOOKING ORE
AT TUSTUMENA LAKE
Lots of Low Grade Property in That
District is Being Opened Up.
Ray Curtis has some good looking
quartz near Tustumena lake and has
driven a tunnel in for 115 feet. The
last assay received on the rock was
$4. Charles Coach who brings this
information also says that lots of low
grade property is being opened up
there and that several people are pre
paring to start black-fox ranches.
Mr. Coach himself brought in ono
black, one silver and one cross fox.
The black is a splendid specimen and
has been shipped to New York. Its
value is considerably over a thousand
dollars. This is the first trip of Mr.
Coach to Seward in five years, during
which time he has been in the Kenai
district
SEWARD AND ANCHORAGE
R. R. BOWLERS TO MEET
Exciting contest being prepared for
the Northern Alley Next
Week.
A bowling contest is now on the
tapis for next week between teams
representing the Railroad Commiss
sion force at Anchorage and the
Commission force here. The games
will prabably take place on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday and the
local boys are now looking out for the
best men. Estes is almost sure to get
a place but at present hardly any
names are sure, except that Steve
Shuman has been selected by acclama
tion to watch the line because of hia
perfect knowledge of the duties re
quired.
Joe Hoffman, one of the staff of the
Government Engineering Commis
sion, arrived last evening from the
front