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V ol „ No 178 ’ SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. TUESDAY. MAY 11, 1915. ___. _l<n C.nlx Ih. ( opy
PRESIDENT DECLARES IN GREAT SPEECH THAT
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U. S. SHOULD STAND FOR HUMANITY ALONE
CHIEF OF THE NATION LATER
SAYS POLICE UNDECIDED
PHILADELPHIA, May 11.—Once
again President Woodrow Wilson has
come out in favor of maintaining
peace. In a great speech here last
night, in which the whole counrty was
interested, he made a stirring plea
to the people of the United States to
refrain from enteiing into hostilities
with Germany. His whole address
was taken up urging peace and show
ing that his own opinion is that
America should try in a peaceful man
ner to convince Germany of the in
justice committed when the Lus,tania
was sunk and hundreds of innocent
people lost their lives. America, he
declared, must be an example to the
NINETY-TWO
ARE BURIED
DRAMATIC FUNERAL OF LUSI
TANIA VICTIMS TAKES
PLACE AT QUEENSTOWN.
QUEENSTOWN, May 11.—The
funeral of ninety-two victims of the
Lusitania took place here yesterday
under the most dramatic circum
stances. The business houses of the
town closed and the whole population
turned out to show their sympathy
with the innocent dead without in
any way committing themselves to
any opinion on the geueral question.
KINSALE, May 11.—The coroner’s
jury which held the inquest on the
bodies of the Lusitania victims landed
here have reached the verdict that the
act of sinking the ship was wilful
murder. Most of the bodies brought
ashore at this place will be buried
here but word has been received from
the relatives of other victims to hold j
the bodies for the time being.
SYRACUSE, May 10.—A force of
detectives is now guarding Theodore
Roosevelt who fears that some at
tempt will be made to injure him be
cause of his outspoken remarks on the
sinking of the Lusitania. Whether
there is any concrete fact on which
to found the belief that he is in dang
er cannot be told but it is certain
that feeling against him on the part
of the Germans and their friends is
running very high.
LONDON, May 10.—One of the res
cued Lusitania passengers gives out
a statement today to the effect that
three torpedoes hit the ship altogeth
er. He also states that the members
of the crew of the submarine watched
the sinking of the liner gleefully from
the back of their vessel.
VICTORiAir
QUIET AGAIN
———
LOOTING ACCOMPANIED THE
RIOTING AGAINST GER
MAN RESIDENTS.
VICTORIA, B. C., May 11.—Quiet
has been once more restored here
and the riotous mobs have dispersed.
It has been found that some people
took advantage of the rioting to loot
stores and buildings and many valu
ables were stolen as well as all sorts
of merchandise. Morris Lentz, an
American citizen whose store was
wrecked, has entered a claim against
the Canadian government for fifteen
thousand dollars. The claim has been
laid before the American coniul here.
whole world in humanitarian princi
ples. That was the real keynote of
the speech which concluded with the
assertion that whatever steps are tak
en by this government they must have
the good of humanity for its object.
WASHINGTON, May 11.—On his
arrival here today from Phildelphia
President Wilson declared that his
speech last night should not be taken
as declaration of a definite policy.
The cabinet will meet this afternoon
to discuss the Lusitania sinking and
the steps to be taken with respect to
the loss of American lives. The
speech was delivered specially for
newly naturalized citizens.
RUSSIA ADMITS
THE REVERSES
BERLIN CLAIMS GERMAN OF
FENSIVE IN WEST GALI
CIA PROCEEDING.
WASHINGTON. May II.—The
Russian miltary attaches in the lega
tion here admit that reverses have
been sustained by the Russian army
in West Galicia. They declare, how
ever, that the results are not import
ant and will not affect tue course of
the campaign in future.
BERLIN, May 11.—The German of
fensive movement in West Galicia
continues successfully. The Russians
are still falling back before our troops
and those of Austria and their no-*
tion is stated to be getting more un
favorable for them all the time. A
general Russian retirement from the
Carpathians on the part of the enemy
may be expected.
RULES THAT CLUBS MUST
PAY LIQUOR LICENSES.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11.—The
federal court ruled here today that
clubs in Alaska must pay liquor
licenses. The decision was given as
a result of the trial of the question in
the Log Cabin club at Nome.
BERING RIVER CASE
ORDERED DISMISSED.
WASHINGTON, May 11.—The at
torney general has ordered the dis
missal of the Bering river coal cases
against ChristolTer and Simmons who
were charged with fraud. These were
the last cases connected with that
country.
The universal eight hour law for
labor in Alaska was defeated in the
house of representatives recently by
the following representatives: Char
les Day, Driscoll, Tansy, Britt, Getch
ell, Heckman, Heid, Holland and
Shoup. Those voting for the meas
ure were: Burns, Daly, Moran, Snow'
and Speaker Collins.
The bill was drafted in order to
give labor other than miners some of
the benefits of a short day, but was
defeated.
VALDEZ.—The two census takers
appointed by U. S. Commissioner Geo.
Love have completed the work of as
certaining the wdshes of the people of
the precinct in the matter of granting
licenses to saloon keepers. A total of
720 votes were registered of W'hich
5G4 voted for the granting of licen
ses; 111) were opposed to them and
■ 37 refused to commit themselves.
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Visiting cards, invitations, anything
| pretty i done by the Gateway just as
1 well as outside.
FRANK AGAIN
IS SENTENCED
MAN CONVICTED OF GIRL’S
MI RDER WILL GO TO GAL
LOWS ON JINE 22.
ATLANTA, May 10.—Leo Frank
was re-sentenced today to be hanged
on June 22 for the murder of the
young factory girl Mary Phagan. All
hope now seems to have fled of sav
ing his life. The only apparent way
in which this could be done would be
for the governor or the president to
pardon him. His case was carefully
considered by ;he supreme court of
tlie United Stale4* but that body dc» id
ed against the man. The chief reas
( ii lor such a close study of the case
was that public opinion seemed to be
so strong against the condemned mar.
Considerations of race also entered in
to the subject because Frank is a Jew.
As he received sentence today he pre
sented the appearance of a man who
has at last given up all hope.
CITY COUNCIL SPENDS
HOI KS IN ELOQUENCE.
Warning* Given Have Caus?d a 1
Temporary Engineer Only
to be Appointed.
The city council met last night at
S o’clock and was still in session at
10 o’clock. Lots of the time was oc
cupied by exceedingly humorous re
marks and some of it was taken up
asking the city attorney were the
council “was at.’’ Several ordinances
were passed or introduced or some
thing and Seward will soon have as
many law’s as the United States it
self. Washington street was desig
nated as a business street. The new'
city attorney, Wm. D. Coppernoll, an
nounced that itinerant pedlers can
not be compelled to pay licenses.
Then the council re-elected Mr. Cop
pernoll by ballot. He wras elected be
fore but only by roll call w’hich was
illegal. D. S. Whitfield was appointed
to a temporary position as city en
gineer and will make estimates on the
street improvements at once. A new’
Rules and Regulations ordinance was
passed and ordered posted in three
conspicuous places instead of having
it printed. Another ordinance was in
troduced to make the city clerk the
purchasing agent. Chamberlin object
ed to letting the clerk purchase more
than fifty dollars worth. The ordin
ance said a hunderd dollars but
Chamberlin had the backing of others
and his idea prevailed. The council
decided to sell the old school build
ing to raise the w’ind some way or
another. After a long and funny dis
cussion about missing wheelbarrows
and chairs some other business was
taken up about ten o’clock and the
meeting adjourned later somtime.
ANCHORAGE IS NAME
OF NEW POST OFFICE.
Postmaster B. Chase of the place
which we have been accustomed to
call Ship creek states that the name
of the post office will be Anchorage
which is the name given to it by the
Post Office department itself. All let
ters should be addressed Anchorage
and not Ship creek or Woodrow creek.
Mr. Chase, as is well known, is the
chief clerk of the engineering com
mission and is at present in Seward.
He consented to have his name used
only in relation to the name of the
post office, and then only fpr the
convenience of the public.
SEWARD THANKS
CAPTAIN HEALY
COMMERCIAL CLUB AND MAYOR
SHOW APPRECIATION
OF KINDNESS.
The commercial club and mayor, in
behalf of all the citizens, have for
warded thanks to Captain Dick Mealy
of the Corwin for putting back to
port today to render assistance when
the forest fire was endangering the
city. When he had travelled out a
few miles the captain enquired and
was notified that the fires were com
ing dangerously close to the city and
threatened the town so seriously that j
women and children might need ships 1
to get out of reach of the flames.'
Captain Mealy immediately turned
back and the following communication i
was sent him by the mayor when the |
fire had been subdued:
The citizens of Seward through |
their mayor extend thanks to Capt.1
Dick Mealy for his prompt reponse |
and ofTer of help with his ship and
crew in time of danger.
Signed. C. A. Myers,
Mayor.
The chamber of commerce took
similar action through its vice-presi
dent the president being absent. The
following expression of appreciation
was sent to Captain Healy:
May 10th, 1915
Captain Richard Healy,
S. S. Corwin,
My Dear Captain:
On behalf of the citizens of Seward
I desire to ofTer to you our sincere
thanks for the courtesy of returning
your ship to dock and standing by to
render assistance if the same should
be needed.
The danger having passed we wish
to thank you, passengers and crew of
the good ship “Corwin” and wish you
a pleasant voyage for the remainder
of your trip.
Sincerely,
James Hayden,
Seward Commercial Club.
Vice-President.
ENGLISH DRINK
BILL PASSED
HOUSE OF COMMONS GIVES
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
OF SALOONS.
LONDON, May 11.—The house of
commons last night passed the bill
giving the government direct control
of the liquor traffic in the district*
where munitions of war are being
manufactured. The opposition of the
nationalists did not continue afte they
had made it clear that certain objec
tionable clauses were eliminated. The
prime minister and his supporters
agreed and the matter went through
smoothly. Some opposition is looked
for in the house of lords when the
bill goes up but a clear majority ex
ists there also, it is believed.
Johnny McCarthy, formerly a resi
dent of Valdez, was killed on the
Grand Trunk Pacific dock recently
when hit by a linethrown from the
Admiral Evans. McCarthy was
knocked overboard according to the
report and was rescued, but suffered
injuries which resulted in his death.
The expenses of the municipality
of Seward have been increased $5,000
a year in salaries alone, says the
Seward Gateway. Where did all that
money come from?—(Valdez Miner.)
WANTED.
Smart boy at the Gateway office.
GREAT EOREST EIRE THIS
MORNING THREATENED CITY
ALLIES ENTER
LIKE GREEKS
THREE THOUSAND TROOPS HID
DEN IN OLD SHIP REACH
DARDANELLES.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.—
Three thousand allied troops have
succeeded in landing on the shore of
the Dardanelles by hiding in an ap
parently wrecked collier which was
drifted ashore in a manner that made
it appear to be disabled and unoc
cupied. The Turkish troops saw the
old ship drifting gradually towards
the land but she had all the appear
ance of having been abandoned. She
reached a favorable place quite closa
to land before any of the hidden
troops made an appearance and then
they jumped suddenly out and gained
a footing which they have still main
tained.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.
LONON, May 11.—A British steam
er was sunk yesterday in the channel
by a German submarine. The hostile
submarines have been just as busy
as ever since the sinking of the Lusi
tania.
ALL CURIOUS TO KNOW
WHAT ALASKA CAN BE.
SEATTLE, May 10.—Asa Baldwin,
a member of the party that climbed
Mount St. Elias, has arrived here
after a winter’s lecturing tour and de
clares that while in the east he had
to answer hundreds of thousands of
questions about Alaska so great has
the interest become in everything re
lating to the territory.
PRINCE RUPERT WANTS
TO GET SEWARD TRADE.
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A meeting of the Board of Trade
executive has been called to consider
the best means of going after the
trade that will develope as a result of
the choosing of Seward as the termin
us of the Alaska Government Railway.
It is believed that everybody in Prince
Rupert will recognize the opportunity
for this port, with her splendid rail
connection to capture her share of the
trade that will ensue once construc
tion on the Alaskan railway is well
under way.—(Prince Rupert Empire.)
FAIRBANKS, May 1.—Clerk of the
Court Clark has named Sid Stewart,
of this city, as deputy clerk of the
court of this division. This is the
first appointment by the new clerk
named by Judge Bunnell. Stewart
succeeds Charles Lcckie, who is a
Republican.
NOTICE.
The co-partnership heretofore exist
ing under the name and style of Bur
ley & Hickey, in the Town of Seward,
Territory of Alaska, is hereby dis
solved by mutual consent. All per
sons who are indebted to the under
signed are respectfully requested to
come forward and make payment im
mediately. All outstanding indebted
ness of the firm will be paid by D. M.
Burley. All debts due and owing to
the finn are to be paid to the said D.
M. Burley who will continue in busi
ness at the old stand known as “The
Palace of Sweets.”
Oated Seward, Alaska, May 10th, 1915
Alice M. Hickey,
D. M. Burley.
Seward looked perilously near de
struction this morning when the whole
j country directly north of the city
broke into flames with *». strong north
wind driving the conflagration to the
very edge of the closely built portions
of the town. The blaze was going on
yesterday and early this morning fire
bell was rung calling the people out.
At that time the flames were raging
at both sides of the road between the
sawmill and the Rudolph homestead.
In spite of the efforts of the fire
department and volunteers the wind
drove the blazes cityward and at
breakfast time the town was really
threatened. It came across the
Laubner addition, the railroad Term
inal ground and into the Ballaine ad
dition until it passed the Ballaine
residence and travelled behind “Mil
lionaire Row” going south parallel to
the buildings. In the meantime to
the east the wind drove the flames to
wards the railroad tracks which it
soon reached, setting fire to the
machine shops and the locomotive ami
railroad cars. To the north of the
city the tent of Postmaster Hickey
was destroyed as well, it is said, as a
few others. One huose was reported
burned near the sawmill but this had
not been made sure when this was
written. All the private hose lines
were brought into requisition in the
town while almost every man turned
out to fight the flames in some way or
another. Owing to the fact that sev
eral men were lounging in the saloons
instead of lending a hand at fire fight
ing Marshal Evans ordered the
saloons closed and the order was will
ingly obeyed by the proprietors them
selves.
So sure were the people that the
city was about to take fire that a
wireless message was sent after the
steamship Corwin, which had then
travelled about five miles on her way
to Nome, asking the captain to come
back and ask the passengers aboard
to give a hand in fighting the flames.
Without hesitation Captain Dick
Mealy, with the full consent of the
more than hundred people aboard,
turned around and the Nome people
were soon on the spot ready to give
1 every assistance in their power.
J About noon the wind semed to veer
1 slightly and grow less strong and this
; fact with the work of hundreds of
! people soon had removed the danger.
The tire ran rapidly before the gale,
! carrying a cloud of sparks and burn
' ing cinders, and within half an hour
had crossed the terminal tract and
1 that portion of the townsite and west
| of the carshops. The two large mot
; or cars were saved by being run down
the track before the shops burned
Other railroad losses were seven box
1 cars, the small locomotive and a
number of dump cars.
Six dwellings in the same vicinity
were burned—the two belonging to
Dr. Komig and Deputy Marshal
Evans and rented by recent arrivals,
who succeeded in removing all their
furniture and personal elTects; the
new cabin belonging to A. Jacobson
and occupied by a renter; the cottages
of J. C. Crocker, Murphy and Oliver
Reese.
A hose attached to the hydrant near
warehouse C was the means of saving
that structure and several residences
and tents in its vicinity. Three blazes
caused by the burning cinders that
were carried entirely over the busi
ness section broke out among debris
near the warehouse of Brown &
Hawkins, but were discovered and dis
tinguished by persons passing.
At noon the danger had been
averted.
After the subsidence of the fire it
was found that the house belonging
to Arthur Melash and Al. Wolif, be
yond the sawmill, was burned. The
Burr house was also destroyed, ac
cording to Chief Mel Horner, and Al.
Chamberlin lost the lumber which he
had out near the sawmill for building
purposes.__* •
ALLIES BEGIN THEIR
FORWARD MOVEMENT
LONDON, May 11.—The announce
ment was made today that the great
spring offensive movement of the
Allied armies in the west began last
Sunday and is still preceding. This
is the general movement foretold by
Kitchener and others for the purpose
of driving the invading Germans out
of France and Belgium. Prime Minist
er Asquith in a speech last night in
the house of commons declared that
the whole neutral world condemned
the action of the Germans in sinking
ALAMEDA IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, May 10.—The Alameda
arrived today.
CUTTER BEAR TO SAIL.
SEATTLE, May 10.—The U. S.
revenue cutter Bear will sail tomor
row for Point Barrow.
DANCE AT CASINO.
A dance will be given tomorrow,
Wednseday, night at the Casino by
Mr. Rich. Music by Mrs. McNear.
9 p. m. 11—5-11.
A large plant has been sent into the
Tolovana district by Fairbanks min
ing operators, who believe that the
camp justifies the expenditure of con
siderable money to determine its
value. H. J. Patterson, William Ahl
mark and George Hainzinger are the
i owners of the plant.
the Lusitaina. The attention of the
house was given up almost entirely
yesterday to discussions relating to
that event and many bitter speeches
were made. Some of the members
went the length of suggesting that
every member of a German submarine
caught in future should be shot or
hanged. The only result of the allied
offensive published so far is that
slight gains have been made in Cham
pagne and the Argonne. The fighting
continues stubbornly.
DOES NOT WANT
U. UO FIGHT
BRITISH PRESS SAYS AMERICAN
AMBASSADOR SHOULD
BE RECALLED.
LONDON, May 11.—The press of
London and also the provincial press
all over Great Britain declares almost
unanimously that Britain does no#
wish the United States to enter the
war against Germany because of the
loss of American lives on the Lusi
tania. Most of the papers, however,
declare that America should show
its feeling by recalling all American
citizens from Germany and also the
I American ambassador to Berlin,