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Yol. V. No 149 SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 191.>.___^_ i<n ( *nts tin (
LANE AI CAPITAL
BUT STILL SILENT
WASHINGTON. April 7.—Secre
tary Lane of the Interior department
stated today that definite news re
garding the government railroad in
Alaska will probably be announced
this week. He also stated that he ex
pects to visit Alaska in July and his
latter statement confirms the story
told before the secretary camt back
fron^San Francisco. He gave out the
interview at the special request of the
news services which were anxious to
have the final word spoken.
The Associated Press states that
the work of construction will be car
ried on by the commission instead of
PEOPLE WILL
NOW DECIDE
LEGISLATURE WILL PIT UP
STATEHOOD QUESTION
TO ALL.
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JUNEAU, April 6.—Senator Tom
McGann saved the day today for the
statehood bunch when he lined up
with Sutherland, Gaustad and Hub
bard to tight the motion to postpone
the consideration of the subject and
submit it to the people of the ter
ritory for a vote. The fight occurs on
the question as to whether Alaska
should have greater territorial powers
or full statehood. It is occupying a
lot of time.
MARYLAND GOES TO
RAISE SUBMARINE.
Ship Known in Seward Selected to
Bring Up the Lost Ship
at Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.—The
cruiser Maryland sailed today for
Honolulu with all the necessary equip
ment for raising the submarine F-4
which sank in Honolulu harbor some
days ago. The attempts to raise the
vessel have all failed but the bringing
into use of new implements is expect
ed to have better results.
MORE ABOUT THE
CORDOVA ELECTION.
The following dispatch was received
by the Gateway this afternoon telling
about the Cordova election from a dif
ferent source than that of the other
telegram:
CORDOVA. April 7.—The election
yesterday was the most exciting ever
held here. Three hundred and twenty
votes were cast. Six of the People’s
ticket were elected, most of them with
a majority of nine to twelve. Hazelet
was defeated by Charles Ross by two
votes.
TELEPHONE TEST
IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
On Wednesday evening Lieutenant
C. H. Mason and Master Signal Elec
trician J. C. Fitch, of the signal corps,
made another attempt to talk with
Valdez ever telephones attached to
the telegraph lines. The test was a
success in part, but not wholly, as
they were able to catch murmurs over
the wire, and could distinguish some
words, but it was impossible to hold
a conversation.—(Fairbanks Times.)
OLD COUNCIL WILL
MEET ON MONDAY.
City Magistrate Says New Council
Will Take Its Seats that
Evening.
The city council will meet next
Monday and canvass the votes, and at
that meeting, according to City Mag
istrate Almy, the old members will
adjourn sine die, leaving the places
open for the newly elected men.
Chamberlin and Crawford are the only
members of the old council that are
members of the new council. The
outgoing members are Mayor Boe an^
Councilmen Graef, Hewitt, Patten anc
Noon.
James R. Hayden is now' associatee
with the Lane-Whitehead Realtj
company and has his office with them
He will pay particular attention t<
the mining end of the firm’s work.
by an engineering corps of the army.
The statement some time ago that the
engineering commission would not di
rect the construction work is found to
have no foundation. It is known that
, dredges and barges will be shipped
from Panama and this has led to the
belief that work will take place at
i Ship creek without question. But that
is all that could be stated with abso
lute certainty at present although all
the facts hitherto forwarded as to the
selection of route and terminal are
correct. Nothing is waited now' but
the final official word of President
Wilson or Secretary Lane.
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❖ STORY OF SINKING *
<• OF AFRICA DOUBTED. ♦
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None of the newspapers have print
ed the story that the British battle
ship Africa was sunk in the Dardanel
les. There has been no official men
tion of the matter and the story is
doubted. It came from Turkish
sources and was published in the pap
ers of the United States.
A NEW PLACER
FIND IN CHISANA.
SKAGWAYV—A report has reached
here that pay has been located on Wil
son creek in the Chisana district. The
extent of th*» pay stream is as yet un
known, but it is stated to be suificient
to have started other claim ow ners on
the creek to begin active operations.
Miners who have been in the Cnis
ana, express no surprise over the find
ing of a paystreaitf on W'Lon creek,
and are inclined to place trust in the
report. If the news of the find is
confirmed, it is probable a number of
men who have been spending the
winter in the Southeastern and South
western Alaska towns, will at once
leave for the scene of the strike.
ROOT ELECTED.
ALBANY, April 7.—Elihu Root,
former United States senator, has
been elected president of the national
convention.
CORDOVA HAS
BITTER FIGHT
NEIGHBORING CITY ELECTS SIX
ON THE PEOPLES
TICKET.
CORDOVA, April 7.—After the bit
terest fight in the history of Cordova
I six candidates were elected from the j
People’s ticket here yesterday. One
man of the Citizen's ticket just got
in by two votes. Several thousands
of dollars changed hands.
The six successful candidates of the
i People’s ticket are: H. A. Slater, E.
1 J. Davis, Bartley Howard, V. A.
| Schmidtz, Thomas C. Price and W. L.
j Smith. Charles Ross is the man elect
i ed from the other ticket. D. R. Mos
ser was elected school director.
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CARRANZA REFUSES
AMERICAN REQUEST.
_
Reported Tthat He Will Not Declare
Mexico City a Neutral
Zone.
WASHINGTON, April 7.—It is
stated here that Carranza has refused
the request of the United States to
declare Mexico City a neutral zone.
This statement is not made officially
but it comes from a source which ap
parently shows it to be well founded.
Villa and Zapata were both favorably
disposed to the idea
VOTED FOR WICK.
In the election for councilmen yes
terday one man voted for Wickersham,
another voted for Jim Robertson and
a thin! voted for Mr. Paten, whoever
that statesman might be. Just those
three votes and one cast for a lady in
1 the school election are the only freak
r ballots recorded.
► H. P. King, elected to the council in
Valdez, was formerly mayor of Nome.
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❖ BUSINESS DEAD IN *
❖ * CITY OF MEXICO. *>
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VERA CRUZ, April 7.—Arrivals
from the capital state that business
is in the worst condition in Mexico
City. Many formerly wealthy mer
chants have even closed up their busi-1
ness altogether. The worst feature
of the matter is that the residents
have acquired a carelessness which
threatens to have a permanent effect
on the industrial life not only of
Mexico City itself but on the whole'
country.
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❖ AMERICAN TRADE ♦
♦ IS STILL RISING. *
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WASHINGTON, April 7.—The
trade balance in favor of the United
States for the week ending April «>
was twenty-one and a half millions.
This was a gain of six millions over
the previous week and is believed to
be most promising of a g'eat change
for the better.
PLEA FOR RAILROAD
PRESIDENT WILSON.
JUNEAU.—Straight from the
shoulder is the verbiage of a joint
memorial to President Wilson, with
the legislature’s fervent prayer that
railroad construction be started this
summer, as introduced in the Senate
by Senator Hubbard, on behalf of the
committee from both houses. Final
action on it was deferred to investi
gate the feasibility of inserting a
clause which would give employment
only to the residents of Alaska, and
“citizens of the United States.”
KILLS FOR TRAIL
TO INTERIOR ALASKA.
Representative Thos. Holland, of
Chitina, has introduced a bill in the
House providing for the “construction
of road, trails and bridges in the
Third division, and making appropria
tions therefor out of the monies de
rived from the Chugach National re
serve fund, which provides >•
“For the construction and repair of
a road and trail from the town of Mc
Carthy, Alaska, to the junction of the
Nizina trail with the Shushanna trail,
and from the junction of the Nizina
and Shushanna trails to the town of
Chisana, Alaska, a distance of ninety
miles, more or less, running in a
northerly direction from McCarthy,
the sum of $15,000.”
“For the construction and repair of
a road and trail from Strelna, Alaska
along the so-called Hubbard & Elliott
trail, in a northerly direction not to
exceed thirty miles, to a point on the
easterly slope of-the Kotsina river, at
and near what is known and called
the Kotsina Camp on the southerly
slope or base of Iron Mountain, the
sum of $15,000.”
“The expenditure of said monies,
and construction and repair of said
roads, trails and bridges, as the case
may be, shall be vested in and shall
be under the supervision of the gov
ernor of Alaska, and he shall have full
supervision and control of the loca
tion, construction and repair thereof.”
TO COME FROM THE
IDITAROD TO SEWARD.
A.B. Rome who arrived on the
Santa Ana on the way out from the
Iditarod says that quite a number
of people in the interior placer camp
will come to Seward when the official
announcement of the choice of the
railroad terminal is made. He knows
two or three interior merchants who
will come but he says that Iditarod
will be a good producer for several
years to come. So large a number of
people are going inside this year, Mr.
Rome says that it indicates a severe
dullness outside.
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❖ MRS. BALLAINE GETS <•
❖ ONE SEVENTY-FOUR. ❖
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The number of votes cast for Mrs.
Frank Ballaine was one hundred and
seventy-four. A vote was cast for one
other lady. ‘
BASEBALL MEETING
A meeting of the baseball club will
take place this evening at 8 o’clock at
the Fire Hall.
MARIPOSA TONIGHT.
The Mariposa sailed from Cordova
at 3:30 o'clock this morning.
- Mrs. Phillip Hickey has been indis
posed for a few days.
333 VOTERS
GOTO POLLS
NO EXCITEMENT BUT RECORD
NUMBER CAST
BALLOTS.
Three hundred and thirty-three
voters went to the polls yesterday out
of a total registration of three hund
red and fifty-one.
This shows the interest in the elec
tion in spite of the absence of any real
fighting. C. A. Myers has the distinc
tion of heading the poll. Even before
election people had come to the belief
that his place would be ,*‘dVay up” in
the list of the successful candidates
but his running away from everyone
else by so large a majority is unusual
in territorial politics. He polled 27.3
votes, just sixty less that the total
number cast for all candidates.
The result of the voting is that
Myers, Borgen, Crawford, Chamber
lin, Daggett, Chovin and Youngs were
elected in the order named. Youngs
just by six votes edged the present
mayor out of seventh place. His elec
tion is regarded as remarkable as the
light waged silently and quietly, and
which affected the voting consider
ably, was meant to be {o Young's in
jury. • , . I i
Another remarkable fact is that the
men who are highest in the voting are
all recent arrivals. That is three out
of them are; They have been in Se
ward about a year or less and that
is a fact which ought to be rember
ed when we take Alaska politics into
account at all. Mrs. Ballaine as a
candidate for the school board has
been forgotten as her election was de
cided upon by the people beforehand.
She was, needless to sry, chosen and
the result of the council election was
as follows:
C. A. Myers, 273; Gus Borgen, 226;
Chas. Crawford, 220; E. E. Chamber
lin, 213; C. T. Daggett, 205; J. E.
Chovin, 200; F. E. Youngs, 174; G. G.
Boe, 168; L. V. Ray, 135; H E. Revell,
112; E. E. Rudolph, 58; E. O. Sawyer,
40. One ballot was spoiled.
MARIPOSA 2 A .M.
Agent Guptill has received word
that the Mariposa will arrive here at
2 o’clock tomorrow morning.
VALDEZ QUIET
ELECTION DAY
MIXED TICKET ELECTED
AND WHITE LOSES
BARELY.
VALDEZ, April 7.—The municipal
election here yesterday was very
quiet. A mixed ticket was elected to
the council. The successful candidates
are: Wood, Finical, Thomas, H, P,
King, Heckey, Boyle and Von Gunth
er. A1 White who ran on an inde
pendent ticket was defeated by a very
narrow margin. Ganty was elected
school clerk and Cockerill was elected
director. •
JUNEAU STAYS
WITHCOUNCIL
ALL MEMBERS OF OLD BODY
RE-ELECTED IN
CAPITAL.
JUNEAU, April 7.—All the mem
bers of the old city council were re
elected here yesterday by an average
plurality of two hundred over the
Valentine ticket. Mayor Reck led his
own ticket with 636 and Valentine led
his ticket with only 450. Valentine al
though formerly mayor, was 109 votes
behind the lowest man on the opposi
j tion ticket of the old council. The
socialist vote was fifty. Tripp was
defeated for the school board and
Grover Cleveland Will is another de
feated candidate.
The men elected to the council are
John Reck, John E. Willis, George F.
Miller, William Mendes, C. W. Fries,
Willifun Britt and F. Wolland.
CHICAGO IS
REPUBLICAN
BIG WINDY CITY ELECTS
WILLIAM HALE
THOMPSON.
CHICAGO, April 7.—William Hale
Thompson was elected mayor pf this
city yesterday. He is a republican
and the first member of that party to
be elected to the mayoral chair for
many years. The election is the first
in which womenr took part and their1
votes are credited with the defeat of
the democrats. Thompson had a largo
majority.
EIT EL AGAIN SEEMS TO
BE ABOUT TO LEAVE.
Gets Up Steam and Leaves W harf
but May Not Yet be
Ready For Flight.
NEWPORT NEWS, April 7.—The
German converted cruiser Prince Eitel
Fredrich hoisted her signal flags to
day, got up steam and pulled out from
the pier at which she had been lying.
This creates the belief that she will
likely leave today. Her time limit is
supposed to be up and she will either
have to leave or intern.
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❖ NORWAY DEMANDS ♦
❖ MONEY FOR SHIPS. ❖
CHRISTIANIA, April 7.—The Nor
wegian government has decided to de
mand seventy thousand dollars from
Germany for the sinking of the Nor
wegian steamer Belridge in the Eng
lish channel on February 19. The ship
was sunk by a German submarine in
the belief that she was carrying sup-,
plies to England.
MYERS IS CANDIDATE
FOR SEWARD’S MAYOR.
Is a Member of the Labor Party but
Formerly Voted Re
publican.
C. A. Meyers, manager of the Car
stens company’s business here who
headed the polls yesterday, is a candi
date for the mayoralty. He stated
this today in a interview to the Gate
way.
In politics he formerly voted the
republican ticket but of late years he
has voted the labor ticket in municipal
and other local elections. He is not
a socialist, he says, but w'as a mem
ber of the central council of the labor
unions in Seattle.
SKAGWAY.—Passengers arriving
in Skagway on the Princess Maquin
na yesterday brought w-ord of the
death at the battle front in France
<m March 22, of W. L. Brease, who
about eight or ten years ago spent
$200,000 in trying to develope the
placer properties on Bullion creek, in
the Kluane mining district, Southern
Yukon.
COMING ON ALAMEDA.
SEATTLE, April 7.—The Alameda
left last night w'ith the following
first class passengers for the places
given:
For Seward: A. D. Jett, Mrs. L. V.
Smith, Mrs. C. G. Haggett, R. L. Phil
lipps, G. H. Saindon, Charles Clark,
Mrs. Sophia Sumada, J. J. A. Stewart,
T. J. Bradshaw, Miss Leona Brad
shaw', R. W. Dawson, E. L. Saindon,
Ed. Saindon, George White and wife,
P. A. Cunningham, P. Allen Cunning
ham, J. Bell and wife, C. H. Schlitz
and wife, W. Ervin, U. P. Skeer and
wife, W. A. Simpson and fifteen steer
age* . T
For Unga: Mrs. John Gardiner, J.
P. Donovan, Mrs. J. P. Donovan, A.
C. Garhardi, F. R. Brown, Geo. Carl
son, Geo. Englehardt, J. R- Nichols.
For Kodiak; Murphy E. Wesburg.
For Seldovia: G. W. Palmer, Anne
and John Palmer..
MYERS IS NEWCOMER.
C. A. Myers who received the fine:
compliment yesterday of being placed :
at the head of the poll came to Seward j
a year ago last October. He |
came from Seattle where he was en
gaged with the Carstens company of
which he is manager here now. He
seems to be the most surprised man in
Seward at his own popularity.
WANTED.
Smart boy at the Gateway oMee.
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❖ STILL QUIET ABOUT <*
❖ THE DARDANELLES. *
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LONDON, April 7.-—No informa- j
tion was given oui this morning about
the operations in the Dardanelles.
That the warships are bombarding the
forts is believed generally but the ab-,
sencc of dispatches from that quarter
are taken to indicate that nothing de
cisive has occurred.
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❖ PEARY GIVES AN *
❖ ALASKAN DINNER. ❖ |
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WASHINGTON, April 7.—To cele
barte the sixth anniversary of his
discovery of the North Pole, Peary
yesterday gave a dinner to Secretary I
Rod field of the department of com-'
merce and some other friends. The j
dinner was an “Alaskan dinner” and
the dishes were selected to carry out
the idea. In his speech Redfield dwelt
on Alaskan subjects. He declared
that the government is now awake to
the needs of the northern territory
and particularly to the needs of a bet
ter coast survey.
BLOCKADE WILL PUT
QUARTER MILLION OCT.
In Six Weeks Many Mills May Have
To Close If Britain Does
Not Listen.
WASHINGTON, April 7.—A com
mittee of men representing four hund
red mills has requested the state de
partment to seek some means by
which the blockade of the German
coasts by the British can be relaxed.
The committee declares that if Ger
man dye stuffs do not reach the States
in six w'eeks two hundred and sixty
thousand Americans will be put out of
work.
CONGRESSMAN COMING.
SEATTLE, April 7.—Congressman
G. A. Johnson of New London Con
necticut^, is a passenger on the Ala
meda for Unga for a big hunting trip.
The vessel left this port last night.
SEATTLE, March 22.—‘Two gov
ernment agents have arrived here for
the purpose of i*eopening the famous
Humboldt gold robbery case. It is
said that a woman, who was the con
sort of one of the robbers, has made a
confession in New York, giving full
details of the affair.
RAID FOR FOOD
IN VANCOUVER
FIFTEEN HUNDRED HUNGRY
MEN ATTACK
MARKET.
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 7.—
Fifteen hundred men raided the mark
et of this city today and had to be dis
persed by the police. They first wait
ed on the city council and asked for
help but were refused. In their raid
they took food from several stores
and were eating it at the ,time the
mounted police came along to dis
perse them. The scene was the most
extraordinary in the history of tnis
city. More trouble is anticipated un
less a change in the conditions of the
workers is brought about.
MEAGER NEWS
OF STEFFANSSON.
Dawson News: A letter received
here by the R. N. W. M. P. from In
spector Philips of the force, dated at
McPherson, February 13, says in re
gard to Stefansson, the explorer,
that if he made Bank’s Land or
Prince Patrick island he in all prob
ability was picked up there for the
winter by the crew of the Schooner
Mary Sachs, which left last summer
for Bank’s Land in search of the ex
plorer.
It is possible, says the writer, that
he may have found land in the Beau
fort sea, and in either event it would
be impossible to hear from him be
fore the opening of the Arctic.
However, says the inspector, .if
Stefansson drifted eastward the
chances are he will not be heard from
again.
No other word was received by the
police patrol from McPherson or H€r
schel regarding Stefansson.
Felix Brown and Mrs. Brown will
leave for Seattle on the Mariposa.
FIGHTING YET
- EAST AND WEST
RUSSIANS CLAIM SUCCESSES
AND FRENCH
ALSO.
KITCHENER GIVES VIEWS
SAYS LACK OF AMMUNI
TION DELAYS
WORK.
PARIS, April 7.—The »ench have
increased the offensive between the
rivers Meuse and Moselle and are
striking at the German wedge that
has been driven in at St. Mihiel. The
French have been successf ul in an en
gagement to the northwest of Verdun
but it is admitted that the allies are
not yet waging the offensive that has
been expected and the people had
looked for in spring.
Lord Kitchener says that the reason
for the delay in starting the great
movement is a lack of ammuntion.
He has made statements of this
nature before but the lack still is
evident.
RUSSIAN REPORT.
PETRFOGRAD, April 7.—The
Austrians have made an attempt to
outflank the Russians in the neighbor
hood of Czernowitz but tie plan has
failed. The enemy apparently had a
scheme by which they thought they
could envelope our troops but the plan
was discovered and the Austrians
have been beaten back. rl he Russians
have again taken the offensive in dif
feent quarters und expect to drive the
Germans once more out of northern
Poland. Our advance in the Carpath
ians is unchecked but we are meeting
with a stubborn resistance from the
Austrians who are reinforced by Ger
mans.
ITALY AGAIN.
PARIS, April 7.—Italy and Servia
are now engaged in making a treaty
which means that Italy w 11 enter the
war. Her participation in the con
flict is now almost absolutely sure and
the final decision will probably be
made in a few days. No further news
has been published relating to the Bui
garian raid and the people are in the
dark as to what developments have
taken place in that respect.
FRANCE BUYS AMMUNITION.
PITTSBURG, April 7.—The French
government has ordered forty-five
thousand tons of steel and ammuni
tion from firms in this city. Several
other orders have come 1 rom other
belligerent nations and are increasing
constantly.
FRENCH FAIL.
BERLIN, April 7.—The French
have failed in the attmept to remain
ground lost by them a few days ago
south of Dixmude in Belgium. They
Advanced determinedly but were
driven back with severe losses.
NO CHANGE IN POLAND.
LONDON, April 7.—From the re
ports *today it is evident that the
Russians are holding their ground
near the East Prussian borders. The
Germans still hold Ossowetz which
they took some time ago but the Rus
sians are hopeful of* recovering the
place. On the whole no change of im
portance has occurred in Poland and
matters remain about as they were.
. 60,000 CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD, April 7.—Sixty
thousand Austrians and Germans have
been captured by the Russians in the
fighting in the Carpathians during the
past week. The advance%<iontinues in
that quarter and the invasion of
Hungary proper may be* regarded as
having already begun.
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REVELL SAYS THANKS.
Colonel Revell has asked the Gate
way to express his thanks to those
who voted for him. He also wishes to
say that those who could not see their
way clear to vote for him are still his
friends just the same.