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Vol N , SEWARI). THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1916.___.._Ten Ceot. theCopy
LINCOLN TAKEN
ONCE AGAIN
MAN WHO WAS ONCE BRITISH
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
CHARGED AS V SPY.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Ignatius j
Lincoln, who w as arrested some time j
ago as a German spy and who later j
escaped, has been rearrested. He
was caught by detectives yesterday in
the streets of New York after it had
been thought that he had made his
escape to some other country.
Lincoln was formerly a member of
the British House of Commons but is j
charged now by the British govern- j
ment with being a spy in the service
of Germany. The British authorities j
are trying to bring about his extradi- j
tion but the general belief is that as
the offense is of a political nature he j
will not be sent back. According to j
the information given to the public I
the evidence against him is so strong j
that his return to England would al-1
most certainly result in his execution, j
FAMOUS SINGER FOR
SUPREME COURT MEMBERS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. — Chief
Justice White of the United States
supreme court will be the guest ot
honor and Madame Schumann-Heink
will be a guest and also will sing at
a dinner tendered members of the
court and their wives by President
and Mrs. Wilson in the White House
tonight. The Chief Justice, who is
now 71 and still one of the most
active men on the bench, will sit at
Mrs. Wilson’s right at the function,
while Mrs. White will be at the
President’s right.- At the President’s
left will be Mrs. McKenna, while
Justice McKenna will sit at t^e left
of Mrs. Wilson. The other justice*
and their wives will be seated in order
as follows: Justice Holmes and Mrs.
Holmes, Justice Day, Justice Hughes
and Mrs. Huges, Justice Van Devant
er and Mrs. Van Devanter, Justice
Pitney and Mrs. Pitney and Justice
McReynolda.
There will be a distinguished rep
resentatives of the American concert
stage at the dinner. Mme. Schumann
-Heink, premier singer, has been in
vited and following the dinner will
sing for the guests. There will be a
number of other prominent guests at
the function, including several well
know n members of the bar.
Explosion Hoists
Men To Surface
Compressed Air Chamber Explodes
And Two Lives Are
Lott.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Two men
were killed today when a compressed
air chamber exploded in a part of
the subway system which i* under
construction. The extraordinary fact
about the occurrence is that the ex
plosion hurled three men through
mud and water to the surface. Two
of them were killed outright but the
other is still alive.
ALASKA MINING STOCK
INVOLVED IN LAW SUIT
The supreme Court of the United
States recently handed down a de
cision in which two hundred thousand
shares of the Lost River Tin Mining
company, of Alaska, was involved.
The case was that of the estate of
Leslie L. Crim, against W. K. Miner,
involving the confirmation of a con
tract with an executor of the will
which w as later declared void for lack
of testamentary capacity and because
of alleged undue influence practised
on the deceased. The stock has a
value of several thousand dollars and
0
had been disposed of by a miner for a
fraction of its actual value.
CLEARING RAILROAD
OUT AT MILE 10
A gang of men has been put to
work out around Mile Ten to clear
the track of snow\ The next train
will leave on Mondaj.
IMMENSE SHIP
BUILDING BOOM
WAR PROMISES TO MAKE UNIT
ED STATES FIRST AS
CONSTRICTOR.
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WASHINGTON*, Feb. 20.—Facta!
and figures issued today by the de- j
partment of commerce show that the j
United States is now making a new'
record for ship building. At the ]
present time two hundred and thirty j
vessels are being constructed in
American shipyards and this is the I
largest number by far in the history |
of the country. The chief value at-:
tached to this fact by the department!
is that the boom promises to become j
permanent and to place the United]
States easily ahead in that industry
alter the war.
BEST TORPEDO IN THE
WORLD IS IN THE U. S.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The naval
constructing board made the an
nouncement today that the United
States now has the most effective tor
#
p?do in the world. For several
months it has been known that the
government has been experimenting
with a new torpedo but the result
of every test has been closely guard
ed. Not even yet will any definite
announcement be made as to the
character of this new torpedo.
JOBS VACANT
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 31.—The U. S.
Civil Service Commission announces
that examinations will be held on
April 1, 1916, to fill positions as AS
SISTANT MARINE ENGINEER and
MATE on Lighthouse Tenders in the
16th Lighthouse District—Alaska.
Licenses will be required and the
age limit will be from 21 to 45 years.
Application blank, form 1800, may be
secured from either the Local Secre
tary-, Board of Civil Service Examin
ers, Ketchikan, Alaska, or 303 post
office building, Seattle, Washington.
The application blank should be prop
erly executed and forwarded to Local
Secretary, Board of Civil Service Ex
aminers, Ketchikan, Alaska.
% The examinations consist only of
filing application, form 1800, together
with the required license.
EXAMINATION TO
BE HELD IN APRIL
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 31.—The U. S.
Civil Service Commission announce®
that an examination will be held on
April 1, 1916, to fill positions as AS
SISTANT LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER,
$600 per annum.
Applicants will be required to fur
nish satisfactory- evidence of their
ability as boatmen accustomed
handling both rowboats and small
sailboats in all weather, and have
some knowledge of gas engines.
Application blanks, form 1025, may
he secured from either the Local Sec
retary. Board of Civil Service Ex
aminers, Ketchikan, Alaska, or 303
post office building, Seattle, Wash.
The application blank should be prop
erly executed and forwarded to the
local secretary. Board of Civil Ser
vice Examiners, Ketchikan, Alaska.
The examination consists only of
filing application, form 1025.
OFF FOR ANCHORAGE
Quite a number of traveling men
left this morning for Anchorage.
Owners of teams going were A1
Chamberlain, Harry Ellsworth and
Sport Smith. Amongst the members
of the traveling fraternity were
Messrs. Chadwick of the United
States Rubber company, Aiken of
Schillings Best, Oak Olson of the
Schwabaehers ami the Imperial Candy
Company.
SPENCE CAME TO LOOK
' I P THE HOLSTROM CASE
It is stated on the best of authority
that when District Attorney Spence
came to Seward some days ago he did
so for the purpose of looking into the
Holstrom case as well as others. Hol
strom is arrested for shooting a man
last fall at Seldovia. 4
CARNEGIE IN SOUTH SEEKING HEALTH,
MISSES THE MEETING OF HIS “BOYS.”
AMtHKAH fAtb'J ***** J
MB CARNEGIE AND HIS HOUSEBOAT
(Meeting In New York In the residence of Charles M. Schwab, Andrew Carnegie's
•boys” deplored the absence of the man who gave them " ‘the greasy rag^ of
Industry’ to wipe millions from the ‘Aladdin's lamp of opportunity.' ” Mr. Car
negie Is seeking health in Florida aboard his houseboat, the Everglades It
wus the first time since he organised the Carnegie Veterans’ association In 1802
that the permanent president of the organization had been absent, and It was
the first year in fourteen that he had not been the host, the toastmaster, the
chief sneaker and at leust half of the whole “get together”}_
ALL BENCHES
AT COLD BAY
t
DEPCTY MARSHAL AT KODIAK
TELLS OF CREEK WHERE
STRIKE WAS MADE.
In a letter received from Deputy
Marshal Carl Armstrong, of Kodiak,
the information is given that the
strike near Cold Bay is almost all in
the benches. Gold has been found in
only one creek claim. Mr. Armstrong
is not able to make up his mind thor
oughly about the value of the find and
he is now waiting for further inform
ation from people who have gone
there and who are expected back
pretty soon. He says the country in
the neighborhood of the strike is
covered with about fifteen feet of
volcanic ash. The creek is abort and
runs into Kaflia Bay.
British Bring Suit
To Recover Liner
Remarkable International Step Taken
For Prize of Germans.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Secre
tary of State Lansing has made a
statement to the effect that he is
glad that the British government has
brought a libel suit to recover the
liner Appam which was captured by
a German raider and which is now
lying at an American port until the
close of the war. The statement has
brought out positively the fact that
Great Britain has really started such
a suit and an immense amount of in
terest has been created. Lansing be
lieves the suit will decide the ques
tion finally in the best possible way.
EVERYTHING QUIET
AT ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 24.—'The
strike situation here may be said not
to exist. Everything is quiet and
there is apparently nothing unusual
in the air.
ARRESTED HERE ON
BOGUS CHECK CHARGE
W. Coutts was taken into custody
yesterday by Deputy Marshal Ike
Evans on the charge of cashing
checks for which there were no funds.
The checks were on the Bank of Sew
ard. One for $30 is said to have been
cashed by George Mitchell of the
Seward Grill and one for $20 is said
to have been cashed by Ed. Anderson
of the Terminal Bar.
INVESTIGATE
GRAFT CHARGES
GROSS INEFFICIENCY AND DIS
HONESTY REPORTED
IN U. S. ARMY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—*The war
department has ordered an investiga
tion into the charges of gross inef
feciency and graff in tho aviation
service of the United States army.
The charges are of the most serious
kind and are said to be upheld by evi
dence that cannot be overcome.
ARMENIAN MASSACRES
REPORT RENEWED
TIFLIS, Fob. 20.—It is reported
that the Turks have renewed the mas
| sacres of the Armenian Christians
but the report has not yet been of
ficially confirmed.
BIG FI ND SENT
FOR JEW RELIEF
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Two and a
half million dollars have been sent
from this country for the relief of
the Jews in the war zones. Most of
the money was contributed by the
American Jews.
POT POURRI PARAGRAPHS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—No more fine
food for civilian rookies at training
camps in the middle west this sum
mer, according to Col. D. A. Freder
ick, in charge of the central depart
ment today. The citizen soldiers will
have to prepare their own meals.
LONDON—-Among latest treasures
added to Princess Mary's collection of
war souvenirs is an Austrian officer’s
“beauty case” with mirror, rouge,
brilliantine and manicure powder.
HARRISBURG, Pa.—One of every
ten Pennsylvania farmers has an
automobile. The total, 22,608, is more
than 14 per cent of the total number
licensed in the state last year.
LONDON.—A Sussex magistrate
makes a practice of allowing all game
poachers brought before him, four
days to decide whether they would
like to become “snipers” at the front
or go to jail.
CHICAGO.—W. A. Holbert, pull
man porter on a train running out of
here, edits the Pullman Porters’ Re
view between runs. He has a staff
composed of pullrnan porters who do
much of their writing while speeding
I around the country.
BRITISH STOP j
U. S. STEAMER
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FORTY GERMANS TAKEN FROM
VESSEL OFF THE CHI
NESE COAST.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 20.—The Ameri
i can steamer China has been stopped
by a British steamer off the Chinese
| coast and forty Germans who were
aboard were seized. The Britisher is
said to have been armed but this is
not known positively. The American
consul here is investigating the mat
ter and will report in a few days to |
the American ambassador at Pekin. !
CANNON THAT WILL
SHOOT 24 MILES
MIDLAND, Penn., Feb. 20.—‘The
largest cannon in the world is now
being built here for the United States
government. It will send a projectile
twenty-four miles and it is claimed
for it that it will excel in every par
ticular the great German guns that
bombarded Dunkirk from a distance
of nearly twenty miles.
.... ...
DANIELS ASKS FOR
EMERGENCY MONEY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Secre
tary Daniels of the war department
has asked for an emergency appropri
ation of two and three quarter mil
| lions.
INSPECTOR GENERAL
MASONS MAY COME
Ernest B. Hussey, inspector gener
aVof Scottish Rite Masonry in Wash-!
ington and Alaska, is now in Cor
dova. The members of the Seward
Masonic Club hope sincerely that the
• inspector general will visit Seward
before returning to the States.
WHAT BRINGS CONSUL
BACK. ILLNESS OR WAR?
OLNEV ARNOLD
(State department officials declined to aay
whether Olney Arnold. American consul |
general at Cairo. Egypt, was being re
called on account of alleged unneutral
utterances. All that officials would ad- I
mit was that Consul General Arnold had
asked for a leave of absence on account
of Illness and that It was granted. He
also asked for the privilege of using aft
American warship, and this request was
granted. Mr. Arnold Is a Democrat and
has been prominent In the politics of his
•tate. Rhode Island. Ho ran for gover
nor In 1908 and 1909 1
WAR ODDITIES
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NORWICH, Eng.—Norwich’s wom
en postmen include one with a dis
tinguished university career who
holds the degree of “B. A.”
LONDON.—The youngest Major in
the British army is Major Gregson,
Monmouth regiment, who was pro
moted to that rank at 22.
ADMIRAL LINE BUYS
STEAMER FOR NORTH RUN
SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—The Pacific
Alaska Navigation Co., known as the
Admiral Line, announced today the
purchase at San Francisco of the
steamship Aroline. This new addi
tion to the fleet will be used on the
Alaska route especially between Seat
tle and Anchorage.
J. C. Tolman will probably return
to Seward next month. His son, Crit,
says ho has had a fine vacation out
aide.
EXPORTS TAKE
A BIG JUMP
WAR ORDERS RAISE FIGURE
OVER SEVENTY MILLIONS
IN A MONTH.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The exports
for the month of January total one
hundred and seventy-five million dol
lars from this port, according to the
report made this morning by the de
partment of commerce. The total ex*
ports for January last year amounted
only to one hundred and four millions.
The increase is due chiefly to the war
supplies sent to the allied nations.
MAY HARNESS MISSOURI
R. FOR LIGHT AND POWER
PIERRE, S. I)., Feb. 16.—Harness
ing the Missouri river at Big Bend, a
point forty miles south eas* o:‘ here
to furnish electric power within 260
miles is proposed by politicians here
today. Aberdeen, Watertown, Huron,
Sioux Falls, Pierre, Mitchell, Sioux
City, la., and Deadwood are all with
in the radius of proposed action. A
channel that would form a s^ort cut
for the big bend of the river would
also create a rapid water flow, con
ductive to producing electricity, ex- j
perts say. However, the Missouri is \
classified as navigable here and the
government may object to the plan.
MAPLE SUGAR SUPPLY
IS SHORT THIS YEAR
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Vermont ap
apparently has exhausted its maple
sugar crop, and the nation’s sweet
tooth will lack this saccharine con-!
fection this year, Chicago dealers i
said today. • The crop was less than
half normal last year, and this spring, j
unless the weather developes unex
pectedly warm in March, will be
worse. Real maple sugar is being
sold for as much as 25 cents a pound
and syrup for as much as 35 cents a
quart. -
U. S. CAN SUPPLY WAR
HORSES FOR FIVE YEARS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—The most tran
quil war order market is located here.
It is the horse ring at the Union
Stock Yards. There is practically no
competition. Gennan agents have
given up attempts to boost the prices
of horses because of the British
blockade.
At present France and Italy are the
only ones doing any buying. French
agents purchase an average of about
400 horses a day. It is estimated
that more than 2,000 horses are pur
i chased daily throughout the country
by agents of the allies.
Horses bought here are shipped to
Crestline, 111., 25 miles from here,
where they are quartered until there
are enough to make a trainload.
Then they are shipped to Portland,
Me., or Jersey City, N. J., from
whence they are shipped abroad.
According to dealers, there are
enough horses in the United States
to supply the warring nations for the
next five years without causing a
scarcity. They say there are 7,000,
000 horses in this country'.
The standard price for cavalry
horses is $125 and for heavy artillery
horses $160. Every horse sold out of
the horse ring is branded with a
serial mark as a means of identifi
cation.
WHO WILL RUN FOR
THE CITY OFFICES?
Several rumors are afloat about
people who intend to run for some of
the municipal offices if the new elec
j tion regulations are adopted by the
voters at the election next Tuesday,
but most of those rumors are appar
ently false. Anyhow, some question
ing has failed to secure a confirma
tion of some of them. Judge Lindley
Green is the only one who has come
; out openly with a declaration of his
candidacy.
The Seward Gateway, published
daily and weekly, is the only estab
lished publication of this kind in the
' district included in government plans.
DURAZZO IS
SURROUNDED
Capital of Albania Hemmed in by the
Teutonic Force#.
HOME, Feb. 20.—Durazzo, the
capital of Albania, may now be said
to be surrounded as the Teutonic
forces and their Bulgarian allies have
secured positions on three sides of the
city. The only opening left the gar
lison is by the sea. fho place will
probably fall within a few days.
MAILS GO BY AIK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—An aer
ial mail service to isolated points in
Alaska and in Massachusetts is con
templated by the Post Oflice Depart
ment. This information was given
oat today at the same time the de
partment asked bids for an air service
’for eight different routes. Seven of
the routes are in Alaska and one is in
Massachusetts. «
All routes call for a service begin
ning October 1916. The Alaska route
forms the connecting link from Sew
ard, to Nome, thence to Fairbanks
and return to Valdez. Practically
every route calls for a service to be
maintained the entire year.
The post oflice officials announced
to day that from inquiries, they ex
pected many bidders.—Juneau Em
pire.
OOLAKANS RUNNING
RUT NOT ELSEWHERE
Charley Christensen announced the
fact this morning that the Oolakans
have started running and thus he
gains the honor of being the first har
binger of spring. The little fish come
with the first soft weather and lived
up to their reputation thi* time. It
is a remarkable fact that they first
began to run in 1914 on Christmas
j Day which was unusually early. The
Oolakans give the very best indica
tion of the nature of the climate n
their habitat and the fact that they
do not run at Anchorage until July
shows the relative nature of the
weather conditions there and here.
Another remarkable fact about the
fish is that they do not appear at all
to the westward. But the chief fact
of all is that the residents of Porcu
i pine City and other places are reap
ing a harvest which will carry them
over to the time the emergency fund
comes handy.
Small Incomes
May Be Taxed
v
Democratic Leaders Oppose Idea But
Result is Doubtful.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
Democratic leaders of the House have
come out in opposition to the taxing
of small incomes. The proposal has
been made to place an income tax on
incomes of two thousand dollars an
nually and upward but the Democratic
leaders believe that the tax of large
incomes should be raised instead.
They favor a tax of eight per cent
on incomes of twenty thousand dol
lars and over that. By that tax they
expect to raise an additional hundred
million dollars. The matter will
probably be decided in a few days.
KING ALFONSO ESTABLISHES
CASUALTY LIST BUREAU
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
MADRID, Feb. 5.—King Alfonso
has established a bureau of which he
is personally the head, to obtain in
formation concerning the fates of
soldier husbands, brothers and sweet
hearts whose names appear in casu
alty lists.. Inquiries from any belli
gerent country may be made and the
embassies and legations of the Span
ish government are ordered to obtain
the information.
E. R. Montgomery has come to take
a position in the cable office. The city
is apparently lucky in this respect.
Messrs. Murphy and Stein of the office
are two of the new arrivals who are
showing that the city is getting some
new and good blood all the time.