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CITY OF H. .S FALLEN
BOSTON BRAVES WIN SECOND
GAME OF WORED SERIES
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10.—Boston
won the second game of the cham
pionship series from Philadelphia by
a score of 1 to 0. James pitching for
Boston and Plank for Philadelphia.
James held the Athletics to two hits,
and they were helpless before his
spet*d and fast breaking spit ball.
Both teams fielded brilliantly, especi
ally Maranville and Barry at short.
Each team made one error. Boston
got seven hits off plank.
Both teams were blanket! through- 1
out eight innings, sharp fielding head
ing off several threatened runs.
Though Boston hit Plank freely, the |
veteran left hander kept the hits
scattered. Boston got the winning
run in the ninth inning on a double J
by Deal substituting for Smith at
third, followed by Deal’s steal of
third and Mann’s single.
Both teams go to Boston tonight
and the next two games will be play
ed in that city Monday and Tuesday.
The weather this afternoon was
fine. The attendence was 32,500, the ‘
capacity of the field.
Batteries, James & Gowdy; Plank
& Schang.
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BANK OF SEWARD RECEIVES
SHIPMENT FROM FREE GOLD
The Bank of Seward received a
shipment of four hundred ounces from
the Alaska Free Gold mine yester
day. The Alaska Free Gold is one of
the most successful mines in Alaska.
NELCHIN A DESERTED
BY ITS STAMPEDERS
Bones Of Man Found On
Goose Creek Near Su
sitna River
GATEWAY PUBLISHING CO.,
PURCHASES THE TRIBUNE
Plant Will Be Shipped To Knik Where
Knik News Will Be
Published
The Seward Gateway company has
purchased the Seward Tribune and
the plant of the latter newspaper will
be shipped to Knik on the Alameda
to be used for the establishment of
a newspaper in that city. The. new
paper will be called the Knik News
and the first issue will appear on
October 17.
The growing importance of Knik
and the splendid future before it
more than warrants the publication
of a newspaper there.
KNIK, Oct. 7.—A. J. Broun, who
packed mail and freight from Copper
Center to the Nelchina Camp last
winter arrived in Knik today—one of
the last to leave the camp. He re
ports the camp practically deserted,
except a few' men on Albert Creek.
He states that the Bergland party
located some low grade pay, about
2 to 3 cents to the pan on Gold Creek,
at the head of the Oshitna river. Also
that a number of men stampeded to
Goose Creek a tributary of the Susi
tna River. A prospector returned
to the Nelchina reporting that he
found the bones of a prospector lying
close to his camp at the mouth of that
creek- Commissioner Shaw he reports
investigated the matter and took with
him a Diary found upon the body.
When he left for Valdez a couple of
weeks ago. The prospector brought
with him about 50 cents in gold
which he panned on Goose creek, and
several of the Nelchina boys followed
him back to Goose creek to see if they
could locate pay. All prospecting has
quit on Joko Creeks and the Tyone.
Four men will however, stay in this
winter to work on a hole put down
180 ft. last year without finding bed
rock on Crooked Creek.
Fourth Avenue, Sewanl.
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CAPT. M MULLEN
TELLS UP WAR
FATHER OF OCR OWN CAPTAIN
WAS IN Tl’RKEY AT
THE TIME
Captain McMullen of the Cardiff
stem »ship Snowdon, father of Captain
McMullen of our own Dirigo, was in ;
Turkish waters at the beginning of
the war and in the Welsh newspaper
The Evening Express of September j
7 tells some absorbingly interesting
facts relating to the great struggle.;
Cuptain McMullen Sr., says that'
in the early days of the war there was
great excitement among the Turks
and when the German warships ar
rived in the Dardanelles they were
received by great crowds who in
dulged in demonstrations in favor of
ciermany. The Snowdon and other
vessels had to be led out of the Dar
danelles by a Turkish tug that guided
them through the mines that had been
laid by the Turkish government.
When the Goeben and Breslau arriv
ed they showed that they had been
severely damaged in a conflict with
the British ship Gloucester and a Ger
man steamer named the Cordoba went
out to them with cement to repair the
holes in the hull of one of the war
ships and also to put stores aboard.
The German ambassador lived on the
Cordoba and was supposed to be con
stantly in touch with his government.
In the issue of the Evening Express
containing the story of Captain Mc
Mullen there is a short paragraph
which very vividly tells the effect of
the war on British trade. The im
ports for Cardiff for August de
creased by nearly 14,000 pounds sterl
ing and the exports by nearly 20,000
pounds sterling.
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS IN
WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT
All Mines Clean up Well and New
Ones Are Coming In View
All The Time
i KNIK, Oct. 6.—When W'm. Martin
closes his mill sometime this month
the most successful season the Willow
Creek District has ever seen will end.
The Crews from both The Gold Bul
lion Mine and the Independence Pro
perty have reached town. Mr. Martin
is using gasoline engines to work
his hill and if the present weather
conditions continue he believes he
can operate until the 1st of Novem
ber. It is understood that his mine
has produced better than One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars this season,
while the Gold Bullion property has
taken out better than One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand. The Indepen
dence were slow in getting started
with their small mill but took out
between Fifteen and Twenty thous
and. Their property showed up well
late in the season and it is expected
that their mill will be added to next
year.
STRIKE ON
INDEPENDENCE
MEMBERS OF GOLD BULLION
COMPANY BRING FINE
NEWS
That a very rich body of ore was
struck on the Independence mine just
recently is the news brought in yes
terday by Ronald Harris and A. T.
Budd of the Gold Bullion Mining com
pany. Mr. Harris and Mr. Budd came
from Knik on their way to the out
side after a most successful season.
Reports coming from their mine from
time to time show that the property is
not only a splendid one in itself but
that its success will have the effect
of creating strong confidence in min
ing ventures in this district.
WILL SHOW ON MONDAY
As the Casino cannot have a mov
ing picture show on Sunday it will
hold it next Monday and so cheat the
devil.
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j . ORDERS MOVING PICTURES *
*. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS
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* The Casino Moving picture show *
* has been ordered closed on Sun- *
* days by the District attorney who *
I * acted on the petition of the Rev. 4
| * Mr. Cook.
* In this matter there is noth- *
* ing said against Mr. Cook. *
* Clergymen look at such ques- *
* tions in a different light from *
j * laymen, but it is about time to *
* draw attention to the positively *
; * disgusting mollycoddleism that 4
* is being manifested in the 41
* government of Alaska.
* A movong picture show is *
* either immoral or it is not. If 4
* it is it should not be allowed on 41
* Monday and if it is not there is *
* no reason for its suppression on 4
* Sunday.
* It is hard to speak calmly or 4
4 cooly of the nauseating pseudo- 4
4 piety that says miners in Alaska *'
* or anyone else cannot innocently 4
4 enjoy themselves at a show on 4
4 Sundays. They cannot look at 4
4 pictures in a show house of the 4
4 most respectable description. 4
4 Why in the name of the God that 4
4 such lawmakers pretend to serve 4
4 are we not compelled to turn the 4
4 pictures in our room with their 4
4 faces to the wall and so logically 4
4 follow up their rules to prevent 4
4 us, savages, from violating the 4
4 Sabbath? What is the difference 4
4 from seeing pictures thrown on a 4
4 canvas to pictures nailed to the 4
4 mantel piece? 4
4 People outside are permitted to 4
4 see shows on a Sunday. Is it be- 4
4 cause they have votes or is it be- 4
4 cause we are of Inferior char- 4
4 acter? Of course there is no 4
blame attached to the officers of 4
| 4 the law who fulfil their duty. 4
I 4 There would be blamed if they 4
j 4 did not. *
4 But for the mollycoddle meddlers 4
4 who stick their noses into the sav- 4
4 ing of the souls of Alaskans there 4
4 can be nothing but a feeling of 4
4 unutterable disgust. 4
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SEIFFERT IS STILL AT
WORK ON HIS GROUND
Jack Edmiston who has just arrived
from Hope says that all the miners
have shut down for the winter with
the exception of Gus Seiflfert who will
continue until he runs out the pit in
which he is now operating.
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS PREDICT
ATTACK DIRECT ON ENGLAND
SEWARD FIRM
BUYS FINLEY’S
BROWN AND HAWKINS WILL
HAVE A BIG STORE AT
KNIK
The firm of Brown and Hawkins
has bought out J. H. Finley and Co.
of Knik and will soon have a great
store on the site of the company
whose place has been taken over.
In a letter to Mr. Hawkins from
Mr. Brown yesterday the latter
states that Knik looks exceedingly
well in every way and particularly in
a commercial sense. Messrs. Brown
and Hawkins will add on considerably
to the building and put in fine plate
glass windows. They will establish
a fine store in every way and will
carry all kinds of stock.
MURRAY DREDGE IN
STORAGE AT SEATTLE
KNIK, Oct. 4.—Jim Murray who
has had in charge the work of pro
specting and preparing for the dredge
on Cache creek is in Knik awaiting
a steamer for the outside. He reports
that their Dredge was late in leaving
the eastern factories and is now in
storage in Seattle and will be freight
ed to MacDougall next summer and
taken in to the ground over the snow
next year. They will be delayed one
full season in their operations. Mr.
Murray believes they have good
ground on Cache creek and was badly
disappointed when their machinery
did not arrive in time to reach the
ground this winter.
J. F. NEWSOME ARRIVES
J. F. Newsome, the prominent min
ing mar., was a passenger yesterday
on the Evans from Knik.
Fisheman Reluming to Seward After Their Day's Catch.
BREAKS TOMB
IN FAIRBANKS
HEADSTONE OF C. J. STEWART
ATTACKED BY MIS
\
CREANT
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 10.—Tie head
stone on the grave of C. J. Stewart,
a merchant who recently died here,
was broken yesterday by some mis
creant unknown. The cause of the
outrage is a mystery.
A big petition has been sent to the
Alaska Road Commission asking for
the building of a bridge at Fairbanks.
The city has gone to such a tremen
dous expense from time to time build
ing the bridge that the people feel
the government ought to take a hand
in the matter.
Harry Bently, a boy of seventeen,
was shot in the leg in a gun store
some time ago and is severely "in
jured but there is a hope that the
limb may be saved.
J. H. Groves plans on taking a
large auto truck load of people across
BROAD PASS QUARTZ IS
NOW SHOWN 10 BE RICH
the trail. He will probably leave to- f
morrow if he can secure twenty pas
sengers. He has fourteen promised
and if the trip is successful he may1
continue the service during the winter.
Sheldon left with two autos and six
passengers for the coast yesterday.
No snow has fallen here yet and
the weather is delightful.
CABLE NOT BROKEN
BUT WAS IMPROVED
The cause of the interruption of the
cable service was not that it had met
with an accident but that it was being
prepared against an accident. At one
place it had become so weak that the
Burnside went to fix it and found it
necessary to bum it out altogether to
have it safe from breaking.
Just received fresh applecider at
| Brown & Hawkins.—“Quality First”
KNIK, Oct. 4.—The figures on an
assay just run on ore from the Golden
Zone claim belonging to the Wells
Bros, and located in the Broad Pass
have just become known. The samples
were taken by the Pankey Bros,
across a 109 ft. zone. The lowest
showing was $1.60 in gold and about
2 oz. in silver. There is little doubt
that there will be a rush into that
section early in the spring. Freight
is now' being contracted for at 30
cents a pound from Knik. ,
Knik is going to have a large win
ter population this year. Probably
fifty new’ cabins and houses have
been built in the last 60 days. Every
house is filled and the road houses
and hotels have been doing a heavy
business.
The last freight has been delivered
to Susitna Station. Having had
trouble in the past the shippers this
year had their goods come in early.
The river is now showing some ice
and navigation is practically closed.
SHUSHANNA IS
HALF WORKED
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GREATER PART OF ALL PAY
STREAK NEARLY CLEANED
UP
That the greater part of the Shush
anna country which is known to carry
pay has been worked out is the state
ment of A. W. Balzimer who is the
hist man to arrive in Seward fron
that camp. Some men, according to
Mr. Balzimer, have made a little
money but the royalty asked was
ridiculously high for the quality of
the ground. In one pla^e where llarn
shaw was paying fifty per cent nis
ground went only 65 cents to the fo A.
Fred Best who had No. 3 on the same
creek had two dollars to the f • and
took out $17,000. Bob Wile> who had
the fraction between 3 and 1 took
out $23,000. Hamshaw took out $115,
000 on 4 and 5 and on l Little
Eldorado which last mimed produced
about half the total of his cleanup.
Bryce brothers took out $5,000 on
7 above on Bonanza. Other laymen on
7 took out $1,500. Jim Hagen on 8
took out only $600.
On a fraction between 8 and 9
Dud McKinney and Lem Gates took
out $6,000 and out of 11 they took
$5,000.
On 2 on Little Eldorado Carl
Whitam took out $16,000.
Johansen and Wagner took out
$5,000 on 3 above.
Johansen and company took out
between $12,000 and $14,000 on 2
Bonanza.
Charles Stone and his partner who
had the richest pay took $21,000 and
each made $5,300 clear money.
Big Eldorado produced $5,000. Mike
O’Malley got $2,000 of it and another
party got an equal amount.
Morgan and company produced
about $1,500 on Gold Run.
Williams on 3 Bonanza took out
$2,000 and quit $6,000 in the hole.
The paystreak on Hamshawr’s ground
was only six feet in w’idth.
M’EVERY GETS
THREE YEARS
HAD RECENTLY BEEN LET OUT
OF ST. QUENTIN ON
PAROLE
John McEvery who plead guilty to
the charge of stabbing another man
at Dillingham was sentenced this
morning by Judge Brown to three
years in the penitentiary at McNeill’s
Island. McEvery had formerly served
time at St Quentin for assault with
attempt to kill a detective who was at
tempting to arrest him. When he com
mitted the act for which he was sen
tenced this morning he was on parole
from the penitentiary for his former
crime.
Henry Robles was also sentenced
this morning. He received a sentence
of one year and one day for the stab
bing of a Filipino at Larsen’s Bay
cannery last July. Both men pleaded
guilty.
RUSSIANS CALLED THIS
BAY SUNDAY BAY
The Russians called this bay Sun
day bay, according to Delegate Wick
ersham. At least they called it by
the Russian word which means Sun
day, but it also means Resurrection
so that the present name can hardly
be called a misnomer.
See us before sending outside fxr
your job printing.
ANTWERP FALLS
i ANTWERP, Oct. 10.—The entire
! fortress of Antwerp including all the
forts are in the possession of the Ger
mans. The war flag was removed
' from the cathedral and the white
: flag was hoisted in its stead on Friday
morning so that the last stronghold
of Belgium is gone and the enemy is
in possession. At 2:30 in the after
noon the commander of the Belgian
garrison surrendered formally.
The Belgian troops fought val
iantly to the very end but were forced
after frightful slaughter to give up
their city. The Zeppelin airships of
the Germans directed the enemy’s
heavy artillery which caused appall
ing losses. The Belgians attempted
at awful loss of life to blow up the
German artillery but the attempt was
fruitless.
USE ANTWERP AS NAVAL BASE
The Germans have decided to use
Antwerp as a naval base without
violating the neutrality of Holland as
they will take a passage through
Dutch teritory only on the river
Scheldt which tlows irom Antwerp
through Holland to the sex It is
j hoped here this will not be done.
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WILL RELEASE GERMAN ARMY
LONDON, Oct. 10.—London be
lieves that the most serious result of
the fall of Antwerp will be that five
German army corps will now be re
leased to re-inforce the army of Von
KlucK on the left wing of the allies.
The losses in Antwerp to the Bel
gians are known to have been fright
ful before they surrendered. The
queen of Belgium is now believed to
be on the way to England. The cath
edral was not damaged.
TO DEVASTATE FRANCE
It is now the general belief in Lon
don that Northern France is destined
to suffer the same awful devastation
which has been the fate of Belgium.
The French general staff announces
that the only hopes to defeat the Ger
mans is in the sending of reinforce
ments as fast as they can be shipped
and to keep sending them without
cessation. The outlook never looked
so bad and when it is remembered
that about a quarter of a million of
men can now be dispatched to aid the
German right in France the feeling
becomes once more pessimistic.
GREAT BATTLE CONTINUES .
PARIS, Oct. 10.—It is officially
announced that the great battle is
proceeding in France violently all
along the line. The conditions are
satisfactory to the allies and they
have succeeded in maintaining their
positions in spite of the fiercest at
tacks of the enemy.
GERMANS .RECRUITING .TURKS
ATHENS, Oct. 10.—Colonel Geick
of the German army has arrived at
Damascus in Syria to take over the
general direction of the general staff
of the Syria troops of the Turkish. He
is also directing the recruiting of the
Bedouins and it is now believed to be
absolutely certain that within a short
time the dark skinned hordes will
take the field as the allies of Germany
in the great war. It is feared that all
the countries which have not yet been
involved will soon be in the throes of
the bloody conflict.
LARGE CROWD GOES
OUT ON THE EVANS
In addition to the names published
yesterday of passengers going out
on the Admiral Evans the following
went out on that vessel from Seward;
Chris Lausten, J. B. McAllister, Frank
Skeen, R. Kerr, John Pedrin, W.
Shiach, Chas. Fitch, John Stevenson
and G. 0. Chase.