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Vol. 10. No. 227 _SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY. AUGUST U, 1916._._Ten Cents the Copy
ALLIES AGAIN ATLACK ON THE 1
GREEK-BULGARIAN BORDER
REPORT BREMEN OFF CAPES
NORFOLK, August 11.—It is reported that the Ger
man submarine Bremen is oil the capes and will pass into
Hampton Roads today or tomorrow. The report seems to
be accepted generally as authentic but it is impossible to
discover its origin. It is certain that nothing official lias
been given out about it.
ITALIANS FOLLOWING UP
LONDON, August 11. — The news from the Isonzo
front this morning indicates that the Duke d Aosta is fol
lowing up his notable success gained against the Austrians i
by the capture of Goritz. The Austrians are failing back
in good order, it is conceded, and will probablj take up
soon another position of defense. Some uneasiness is ex
pressed that the Italians might advance too iar in an east-,
erlv direction and expose their left riank to the Austiian,
armv in the north where Austrians made so determined
an advance some time ago, only to be driven back, how
t ver.
BRITISH rONTINl E GAINS
LONDON, August 11.—The British troops continued
their gains northwest of Pozieres last night, General Haig
reports. The advances are slight but nevertheless ad
vances, is the way the commander in cniet phrases it. At
certain places the advances were more pronounced than at
. others. It is apparent that the offensive is to be maintain
ed determinedly no matter for how long a period it will
be found necessary. The offensive movement on that
front has now been maintained exacth six weeks.
FRENCH ATTACK AT VERDUN
PARIS, August 11.—The French broke the long lull
at Verdun last night whrti they attacked the Germans at
the northwest and cleaned up a German trench east of
Hill 304. It is also officially anounced that north of the
Somme our batteries shelled the enemy all night last
night. We made no infantry attacks in the Somme re
gion but our infantry was engaged in several assaults at
points west of the Meuse near Hill o04.
AUSTRIAN LOSSES BIG
ROME, August 11.—It is reported that the Austrians
lost more than fifty thousand men killed and wounded in
the two days’ lighting before the fall of Goritz. Ifi addi
tion to those losses, the dispatches say, many were taken
prisoners. Rome is still celebrating tiie fall of the city
which is regarded as the greatest triumph of the war.
Several clashes have been reported between our advance
and the enemy’s rear as our troops are pursuing him east
ward.
RUSSIANS BRIDGE RIVER
PETROGRAD, August, 11. — The Russians are now
throwing bridges across the river Biztritza about three
miles east of Stanislau with the evident intention of at
tacking that city. The enemy is feverishly fortifying
himself in his new positions but our attack is expected to
come so quickly that a further advance is almost certain.
FIGHTING IN BALKANS
LONDON, August 11.—Indications that the long ex
pected offensive by the allies in the Balkans may have been
begun are contained in dispatches arriving from that re
gion today. The French have delivered a sudden blow on
the Bulgarians on the Doiran front and have captured
the Doiran station 38 miles north of Salonika. This place
was evacuated by the allies when they retreated from
Serbia.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS BREMEN
BERLIN, August 11.—The densest cloak of mystery
now surrounds the submarine Bremen and even official
circles profess ignorance as to whether she has put to sea
at all or not, or as to the date of her doing so if she actu
ally has sailed. The story emanating from Berne has been
discovered to be a canard. This storv related that she had
been lost by an accident to her own machinery. The Tage
blat denies that such a story ever appeared in its columns.
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Old Fairbanks Man
Meets Awful Death
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SEATTLE, August 11.—Hy a fan;
of 175 feet to the rocky base of a cliff
in the Olympics, Walter B. Shelter, i
aged 80, was instantly killed last
Wednesday. For the past seven
years he has been manager of the j
Hammond Warehouse t’ompany of i
Seattle but In* formerly lived in Fair
banks whog? for a number of years he
was in charge of the registry de
partment of the post office. He was'
accompanied by some others who with1
him were taking a vacation in the
mountains when the accident occurr
ed.
BILLINGSLEYS FREED
FROM MURDER CHARGE:
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SEATTLE, Auusgt 11. — Police
Judge Gordon yesterday dismissed the I
charges of murder against Logan and
Fred Billingsley when they came up
for a hearing in connection with the
fatal shooting of Police Sergeant
Wocdin anti Patrol Driver Wiley. The
two officers were shot by a Japanese
who was in the employment of the
Billingsleys but the court came to the
conclusion that the prisoners had
nothing to do with the murder by
their employee. The Billingsleys
will, however, probably be tried on
other charges ami the feeling against
them is strong.
DENMARK TAKES UP THE
SALE OF WEST INDIES
COPENHAGEN, August 11. — The
lower house of the Danish parliament
yesterday took up the first reading of
the bill for the sale of the Danish
West Indies to the United States.
Not much opposition is looked for as
the feeling of the country in relation
to the proposed sale bail been pretty
woll fathomed.
LONGSHOREMEN MAY
WORK AS INDIVIDUALS
SEATTLE, August 11.—Captain 7.
S. Gibson, president of the union of
waterfront employees, has announced
that his organization has decided to
continue the demands and there is no
prospect of an early termination of
the open shop agitation. Waterfront
men can return to work only as in
dividuals.
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
ON SEPTEMBER IS
The School Board at a meeting last
evening decided that the schools will
not be opened until September IS. one
week later than usual, because of
health considerations. The Board
prepared last night its budget for the
coming year.
THIRD REDUCTIONS ON
ASSESSMENTS IN CITY
, The city assessment has been re
duced by a third in all parts of it
without exception. It is said that
some objection has been raised to the
fact that the assessment on Broad
way is too little but Broadway prop
erty, it has been pointed out, has been
dealt with just like the rest.
MURDER VERDICT AT RUDY
FAIRBANKS, August 11.—In the Ruby court before
Judge Bunnell Charles Grover has been found guilty of
murder in the second degree. The murder was committed
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UNCLE SAM’S HEADQUARTERS
AT COLUMBUS IS MUD SHACK
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
COLUMBUS, N. M., August 2.—
Possibly the most insignificant struct
ure in Columbus camp today is used
as U. S. base headquarters and the of
fice of Major C. S. Farnsworth, com
mandant of the base. It is a Y-shaped
building of mud, or adobe, with a can
vas roof. The flag floating over it is
the only thing tq, distinguish it as
headquarters.
The ceilings are low and the lev:
windows badly chinked with mud.
When the wind blows the major turns
up his collar and puts on his goggles.
On the earth pine boards have been
laid for floors. Adobe unadorned,
forms the walls of the office. A sheet
iron stove is set in a box of sand.
The walls are covered with detail
maps of Mexico and Chihuahua, show
ing the truck routes and water ho’es.
In the outer office alert orderlies
wait for orders to rush messages to
the wireless station or telegraph
office.
BACHELORS ARE
SURE CRIMINALS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CLEVELAND, August 9-Afl.'T
an investigation of 400 criminal cases
James Lind, Cleveland chief of police
prosecutor, has found out that nine
tenths of all crooks are unmarried.
Two thirds of the men jailed were be
tween the ages of 21 and i»0, according
to his figures, available here today.
“It seems that conditions in unmar
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ried life tend to make men criminals
or that persons with criminal instinct
arc inclined not to marry.” conclude
Lind after his investigation.
“In 400 cases which passed through
my office there was no definite eco
nomic condition that would result ii
crime.
“Only about half of the married
prisoners had children and many o!
the married ones were separated from
their families.
“As a rule women who take uj
crime are also single or at least sep
arated from their husbands or fami
lies.
This is hard to prove because worn
' en prisoners are not inclined to tell
the truth. When a woman lands in
jail she generally claims to be mar
ried and says if her husband hears of
her predicament he will forsake her
forever. She also claims to be the
mother of several small children, de
pendent on her care—all of which
nine times out of ten, is untrue.
“If a married man gets into trouble
he generally commits a real crime, not
a misdemeanor. If a married mar
with children finds his ways behind
the bars, it is usually money troubles
which have placed him there.
“But if any particular class of the
human family is a menace to the rest,
unmarried men are the guilty ones.
“The way t$> lessen crime is to ad
vocate early marriages. What a mar
needs to keep him out of trouble is
a good home environment.
“If mothers realized this they would
cease opposing early marriages.”
Harry Leyton has returned frorr
Woodrow Park where he has complet
ed the building of a brick chimney ir
! the Ballaine-Sauers bungalow.
GERMAN ARMY REFORMING
BERLIN, August 11.—The war office announces thal
the German troops on the eastern front are being re
grouped to conform to the new positions taken up by the
Russians. No change of positions on any of the frents
have been announced.
| CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE
BILL MAY DEAL 1916
CAMPAIGN BODY BLOW
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(Special to Gateway by United Press)
WASHINGTON, August 1.—A cor
rupt practices bill introduced by
Senator Owen of Oklahoma placing
rigid restrictions on money spending
by candidates for office has run the
I House gaunlet successfully, and with
! the administration's solid support, is
waiting today to be pushed in the
Senate so as to be effective for this
| year’s Presidential and congressional
i election.
“You can’t buy a cigar for an old
time constituent under that bill,” as
serted an indignant House member as
the measure was about to pass there.
Its friends declare it makes slush
funds, jack-pots, and expenditures out
of the reach of the ordinary man, im
possible.
Under penalty of a fine up to $10,
000, imprisonment of not less than a
year, and—in the case of a candidate
for office illegally elected under its
provisions—disqualification for his of
fice, the bill:
Forbids candidates to promise of
fices in return for support; expendi
tui'Od otlior than ooots of mootingrc,
literature, and other specified items;
corporations or their officers to con
tribute to a campaign fund; importing
money into a cngressional district to
affect the congflbssional election, news
papers to run “puffs” without label
ling them “paid ads;’’ withdrawal of
ads or patronage from a newspaper
because of a political stand.
A president may not have more
than $50,000 spent to obtain his
nomination; a vice-president is limited
to $25,000. A senator may spend $5,
000 for nomination or election; a con
gressman, $2,500.
In addition, the national comittees
may spend $400,000 for their presi
dential tickets; and the national con
gressional committees the same
amount. National odicers are crimin
ally liable if more is spent.
No money over $50 may be spent
by any individual lor a candidate, acr
ing for himself alone.
When individuals organize into
c i’bs, they must iagister with the
clerk of the House of Representatives,
keep a public account of all funds re
ceived and paid out and twice before
and once after election file these ex
pense accounts at Washington.
The total any man may spend,
whether as an individual or as a Nur>
member, or both, is $5,000.
The fine and imprisonment clauses
are not discretionary with the court.
Anyone found guilty must be impris
oned one year. Convicted candidates
too must lose the places to which they
were illegally elected.
► Witnesses who testify for the stare
are granted full immunity, except for
perjury committed on the stand.
Each and every person who handles,
Receives, or pays out money illegally
under this act, is individually crimin
ally responsible.
ALASKA DUE TODAY
AT EIGHT P. M.
The steamship Alaska is due to ar
rive this evening at eight o’clock
She has seven or eight days’ mail foi
Seward.
George Topliff who has been Here
for three or four weeks is returning
to Valdez where his people live.
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BALL TEAM NOT HERE,
CANNOT PLAY TODAY
At 1:30 this afternoon the car carrying the Anchor
age ball team had not arrived at 34 and no word had been
heard from it, so it is safe to say that no game will be play
ed this afternoon. It is reported that washouts have oc
curred at Miles 40 and 17 and that a blast Has covered the
track at 18. The journey from 34 takes about two and a
half hours under the most favorable circumstances.
Seward Team:—
The following may now be taken as
officially the team to represent Sew
ard at least in the opening game. By
a slip it was stated yesterday that Lee
would be pitcher and Williams catcher
but the reverse, of course, is the fact.
The team:
Williams, p.
Lee, c.
Reed, lb.
Tom Finnegan, 2b.
Campbell (captain), .°,b.
Matt Ryan, If.
Adams, cf.
Taylor, ss.
Nickerson, Manthey or Foohlmann,
rf.
The Anchorage team left last even
ing and were picked up this morning
at Mile 54 by the buzz car. Before
noon this morning and when this is
written at 11 a. m. everything looked
bright for pulling off the first game
this afternoon. As an effort will be
made to get the paper out earlier than
usual it may not be possible to be able
to state therein whether the game is
sure to come off today or not, as, of
course, the desires of the visitors must
be consulted. The ground had a faw
little wet spots this morning just
nfter the rain but got dry quickly and
ought to be in first class condition this
afternoon.
Submit Demands Tomorrow
NEW YORK, August 11.—The Federal Board of
Mediation and Concilliation and the representatives of the
trainmen brotherhoods have agreed to. delay submitting
the question of the final settlement of the demands made
by the men until Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Hope
for a settlement is not very strong but most public men are
of the opinion that the result of such a strike would be
so disastrous that the government must intervene if no
other way is discovered to avert it.
flood Killed Seventy five
CHARLESTON, West Va., August 11. — The death
list from Wednesday’s flood will be at least seventy-five,
according to the reports coming from the rescue parties
today. Twenty-five more bodies have been recovered.
Ask fmbargo On Wheat
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WASHINGTON, August 11—Declaring that unless
congress acts the price of bread will advance beyond the
reach of the average consumer, the National Association
of Master Bakers has petitioned congress to impose an
embargo on wheat to prevent it from being shipped out of
the country.
BERLIN CALLS ATTACK WEAK
BERLIN, August 11. — It is officially reported that
weak attacks by small detachments of the enemy have
been made south of Doiran near the Greek-Serbian fron
tier but the war office calls them sham attacks to give the
world the impression that the allied army in that region
is strong enough to take the offensive.
ATTORNEY FOR THE
COMMISSION COMWi
.’Judge Cotton, chief count'd for the
Engineering Commissi >n. will arrive
on the Alaska this evening. It ik
*:at"d at headquarters that ho is com
ing onji pleasure trip. Indeed, there
seemed to be an indignant repudiation
of the idea that he could be coming
for anything else.
The joint meeting of the Men’s and
* Women’s Civic Fair Committee will
not be held this evening as had been
announced.
MEETING OP THE FAIR
COMMITTEE ON MONDAY
The meeting of the Women’s Civic
Fair Committee is called for at the
home of Mrs. Frank Ballaine on Mon
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
BALL TEAM AT 36
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At 2 o’clock this afternoon the car
.containing the Anchorage ball team
had got to Mile 36 and some prepara
tions were being made to remove an
obstruction.