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VoL X. No. 291 __________
GERARD CARRIES THREAT FROM
U. S. THAT: RELATIONS MAY END
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ROUMANIANS BROKEN
LONDON. Nov. 27—It is admitted this evening that
the resistance of Koumania is broken at the Alt and
though little is said about it there is only too much reason
to believe that another national tragedy, such as those of j
Serbia and Belgium, is being enacted. The failure ol
Russia to dispatch sufficient reinforcements to Roumania
is regarded, however, unwillingly, as an unfavorable in
dication. Ualkenhayn is now driving rapidly eastward
and fears are entertained for the safety of Bucharest it
self. This evening's reports fro mthe Somme are that all
is quiet.
GERARI) CARRIES FINAL WORD
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — Gerard, the United:
States ambassador to eBrlin, will return to the German
capital next week and will carry to the German govern
ment the final word of the American government on the
submarine issue. He will emphasize the fact that no more
notes will be sent and that the relations between the two
governments will be severed if the submarine agreement
is again violated. Gerard is now almost constantly in
conference with Wilson and Lansing.
REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT
LONDON. Nov. 27.—'The British government has de
finitely refused a safe conduct to Count von Tarn, the new
Austrian ambassador to the United States. This means
that the new ambassador may be arrested and must take
his chances for safety on his own shoulders.
U. 33 REPORTED HERE
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.—A rumor gained currency to
dav that the German submarine U-53, which sank the
British vessels off this coast some time ago, is now loiter
ing amongst the islands off the New Hampshire coast.
GERMAN SHIPS RAID ENGLAND
BERLIN. Nov. 2"1.—German naval vessels have raid
ed Ramsgate, England, and sank a patrol boat.
VIENNA PRESS FAVORS PEACE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2ti.—From authoritative diplo
matic sources it is reported that the press of Vienna is
still championing President Wilson’s invitation to hold a
peace council.
TOLOVANA COOD
Of all mining camps in Alaska, the
Tolovana district has made the most
remarkable showing during the past
year. And reports received from that
district indicate that it will make
quite us remarkable progress during
the coming year. In a prospective
stage a year ago, with a total pro
duction for the year 1915 only about
$60,000, to a producing district with
an output of more than $600,000, is
the record of the Tolovana district.
Although there are several creeks
there that have shown up good the
principal yield has been from Liven
good creek.
A representative of the News-Min
er, covering the Tolovana district,
found it the most alive camp in all
Alaska. At this time, between sum
mer and winter, it is a bee-hive of
activity, cabins going up for the win
ter; wood and supplies being freight
ed. ami working shafts being sunk.
These are the occupations that are
keeping the people busy there now.
Although they have had comparative
ly little money the people of the Tol
* ovana district have built a number of
good roads, and under trying circum
stances.—Ex.
MRS. HARRIMAN IS
ROBBED OF JEWELS
NEW YORK. Nov. 18.— Mrs E. H.
Harriman reported to the police to
day that $65,000 worth of jewels have
been stolen from herhome.
A PALACE AT LN(JA
Purser Long of the Dora and Mrs.
Long will eat their Thanksgiving din
ner Thursday in a veritable palace on
Pnga island. Mr. Long brought pho
tographs of this building on the last
Dora and has surprised many old
timers. He says it was built by a
New Yorker, with a tot of money and,
maybe, a lot of eccentricity also. It
is of three stories, has seven bath
rooms. solid silver dining service,
Oriental rugs and all the appoint
ments popularly associated with
Fifth avenue—that is. Fifth avenue,
Xew York. A caretaker looks after
the place constantly.
XENANA ALSO
From Xenana today there arrived
in Fairbanks a stage driver, driving
one of George Palmer’s rigs. Among
other things he reports that he had
orders from people of Xenana forj
about bOO gallons of liquor. He could
get big money for hauling the liquor,
but refused to haul it. Xenana is a
prohibition town, no licensed saloons
are allowed there, but the driver says
that five or six drunks can be seen on ,
the streets any day.
It is no trouble to get a drink there
he re|»orts, and every day booze is
arriving from all directions.—hair
banks Xews-Miner.
The Snodgrass family has taken the
lower part of the Patton house for a
i residence.
BOYCOfTlMi EtidS
NEW YOKE, Nov. 27. — Commis
sioner Hartigan of the Rurcuu oi
Weights has started the slogan oi
•■Huy no Eggs” in the ellort to boy
cott eggs and so compel a reduction
in price. The normal price now is
thirty-live cents a dozen.
FINE THAMvM.lv IMi DAM E
The dance to be given tomorrow
evening by St. Peter’s t.uiid will be a
really line observation ot the great
occasion. Admission \\ iil be fifty
cents for each person so that young
men will be really doing some lavor
when they inivte lae.ies. Nothing
captures the fair sex so quickly as a
tittle hard coin mixed with the soft
and tender sentiment. There is sure
to be a big attendance and a royal
time.
ESKIMOS RACIALLY KIN
TO TARTARS, HIS THEORY
SEATTLE.—After making a care
ful study of the Eskimo people of the
Far North, Dr. Judson Daland, pro
fessor at the University of Pennsyl- j
vania, who returned recently from1
Alaska,is of the opinion that the
northern tribes of Alaska are do
scended from the Tartary races.
The people of both countries are
alike in many characteristics,” he
said.
Dr. Daland expressed the opinion
that two traveling doctors should
be furnished by the government to
give treatment to the natives of A1
aska and that the natives should be
made to pay for the medicine which
they use.
‘ The reindeer has done wonders to
wards elevating the native of Alaska i
to a higher stage of civilization,” he
said. Dr. Daland thinks Alaska has
a wonderful future, as a mineral
country first, as a fishing country
second, and as an agricultural coun
try a bad third.—Ex.
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HELP FOR KOI MAMA.
The Times on Friday October 13,
published an interview accorded by
King Ferdinand of Roumania to its
special correspondent with the Roum
anian Army, Mr. Stanley Washburn.
Roumania, said King Ferdinand,
had not been moved by mere expedie-j
ncy. Her determination to enter the
war was based on the biggest princip
le of nationality. Against Germany'
there was at the beginning of the war
no hostility, but as the war developed
the enemy theory of Fright fulness
had a deep effect on Roumanian opin
ion.
Speaking of Roumanian choice of
her time for entering the struggle,
King Ferdinand pointed out that she
is a small Power with a small Army
but with a western frontier greater
than the English and French fronts
combined. She had waited for the
time when she could act with reason
able assurance of protecting herself
and of having the support of her
great Allies, upon whom she depend
ed for the preservation of her nation
al life.
The Roumanians, said his Majesty,
will not falter in their allegiance to
the cause, nor can the enemy wean
them from their faith in England the
just, in France their Latin brother,
and in Russia their immense neigh
bor. Yet Roumanians pray that in
spite of their own deep problems the
Allies will not allow the affairs of
Roumania, who has staked her all in
this conflict, to pass into the back of
their minds ami suffer that she meet
the fate either of Belgium or of Ser
bia.—London Daily Mail.— ^ ^
WILL WAIT I'OK
ALL OF K KTl'HNS
JUNEAU, Nov. 24.—The law pro
vales that the territorial canvassing
board consisting of Governor J. E. A.
Strong, secretary of the territory,
Charley Davidson and the collector oi
customs, J. F. Pugh, shall meet with-1
in sixty days after the date of elec
tion and canvass the returns and give
a certilicate of election to territorial
ollieials elected.
It is authoriatively stated that tin
board will be in no hurry to canvass
the returns; that the law gives the
members the right to meet any time |
after the sixty days and that they .
will wait for returns from all ol the
remote precincts in Alaska before
making the official count.
Should YVickersham be defeated his
term of office will expire March 4th
next. Sulzer would not take his seat
before December, 1‘J17, unless a spec
ial sessions of Congress is held mean
time. •
REPUBLICANS HAD MILLIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Cornel
ius liliss, the Republican treasurer,
shows a surplus from the campaign
fund of $2,856. The total contribu
tions amounted to nearly two and a
half millions.
northwestern coming
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—The North
western left on Sunday. John Krut
tsell nitt and one steerage are aboard
for Seward.
THOMAS BRI CE PASSES
AWAY IN SEATTLE
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 13.—According
to a letter received by Or. W. Ci. Cas
sels from Or. A. F. Edwards, of Se
attle, Thomas Bruce died in Seattle
on October 13 Tom Bruce, as he w as
familiarly called, was an oldtimer in
the Dawson country, having been con
nected in the early days with the
Merchants’ Cafe and later with the
Green Tree Inn of Dawson. Later he
went out to Seattle and was the pro
moter of the Arctic club there. I he
building cost in the neighborhood of
$1,500,000 and was the finest club
building.in the northwest at the time
of its erection.
He served as the general manager
of the club for a number of years.
Later he was the manger of the
Savoy Hotel drill. It is not generally
known that he was a line Sliake
speareian scholar. He was a quiet
and unassuming man. He was one ot
the best known and liked men in the
north. The announcement of his
death comes as a severe blow to the
oldtimers of the country.
According to the doctor’s letter,
Mr. Bruce was ill for only a short
time. His death was the result or a
severe attack of pulmonary hemorr
hages. He was apparently well up to
the time of the first attack, which
took place on Saturday morning, not
quite a week before his death. He
wished to be taken to a hospital, but
the doctor was afraid to move him
for some time. In the middle of th&
week, however, he had improved to
such an extent that the doctor felt
bhat he cou»d safely be move tie
was moved on Thursday and died on
Friday morning. The funeral was
held on October 17.
WICK KR SHAM WOULD
NOT RUN AGAIN
The Juneau Dispatch of November
21 quotes Delegate Wickersham as
saying that if defeated he will not be
a candidate again. The statement
was made, by the way, in the course
of an interview in which Mr. Wicker
sham expressed himself in favor of
dividing the Territory into two con
gressional districts, each of which
would have a delegate at Washington.
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RUMORED IN EL PASO THAT VILLA
HAS CAPTURED CHIHUAHUA CITY
SEATTLE CONSTRUCTION CO.
GETS BIG CONTRACT
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—The Seattle
Construction and Drydock Company
presented bids for construction of
four million nine hundred and seventy
live thousand dollars and has been
awarded the contract for the building
of a thirty-five knot light cruiser of
7,100 tons and a length of >.»0 feet.
ALL-ALASKA REVIEW EOR
NOVEMBER NOW REAM
The All-Alaska Review for Novem
ber is now ready. It may be. procur
ed at the Seward News Company,
Seward Drug Company, the Hette!
store, Mrs. Burley’s or the office. At
Juneau it can he secured at the Po.-t
office store, in Seattle at the Fry and
so on along the coast. In the last
mail came word from the Congres
sional Library at Washington, I). <*..
that the Library is now binding ali
the back issues of the Review in hook
form. The present issue contains '
about a score of views whose value L
much more than a hundred dollars
Owing, perhaps, to these views the
sale of the November issue is very
great locally and anyone who wishes
to remember the outside for Christ
mas could not do better than hurry
up before all are gone.
LOSS or BRITISH AT
SOMME IS 3,l.’»2 DAILY
LONDON, Nov. L—The British
%
casualties reported in October in all
war areas were: Officers, 4,321; men
102,702.
The total British casualties for
four months in the Somme offensive
were 414,202.
The daily average loss for October
was 2,472.—British Ex.
UNION IRON WORKERS MAY
BUILD TEN SUBMARINES
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.—The
Union Iron Works will probably soon
begin the construction of ten sub
marines for the United States govern
ment at a cost of seven millions. The
Pacific coast cities are now experienc
ing an extraordinary activity in the
shipbuilding line.
' WILSON’S MAJORITY
While Wilson’s majority in the
electoral college is the smallest ma
jority received by a President since
1870, his plurality of the popular vote
is handsome, and would have been a
decisive majority over all but for the
circumstance that Southern voters in
the States where there was no opposi
tion did not take the trouble to go to
the polls. However, the President’s
greatest majority was in the acres
he carried. Almost 80 per cent of the
area of the country gave him ma
jorities.
ROADHOUSE ON TRAIL BURNED
Valdez Prospector, Nov. 24. — Ad
vices received here today state that
the roadhouse at Birch Lake, twelve
miles this side of Richardson, was
wholly destroyed by fire on Wednes
day. This stopping place on the gov
ernment road, which was owned by
Harry Simmons and James Chisholm,
is said to have been one of the most
beautifully located and picturesque by
travelers. The site is an extremely
fertile one ,and the proprietors al
ways had one of the finest gardens in
the country. The owners lost every
thing in the flames, and made their
way to Richardson, arriving yester
day. The fire originated from an
overheated kitchen stove.
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RUMORED CITY CAPTURED
EL PASO, Nov. 27. — The result of the battle of
Chihuahua City is unknown here this evening but per
sistent rumors are that Villa has captured the city and
that Trevino is retiring to the northward. This rumor
entirely lacks confirmation but the population of Juarez
has been restless and several of its families have crossed
the border in the fear that Villa will next march on that
town and that the Juarez garrison cannot be depended
upon. El Paso is now waiting with suppressed excite
ment for definite news of the battle's result._
GAINS ON
KENAI PENINSULA
By special wireless from the Dora j
today the Gateway has received a
message which shows that instead oi
having his lead reduced on kenai pen
insula Sulzer has gained eight votes
in the totals of Kenai and Ninilchik.
the two procincts whose returns to
day’s message to the Gateway has j
conveyed. The following is the mes
sage from the Dora to the Gateway:
“S. S. DORA, Nov. 27.—The
election returns for Kenai give Wick
ershntn 21 votes and Sulzer 7. The
returns from Ninilchik give Wicker
•ham 5 and Sulzer 27."
These returns probably assure the
election ot* Sulzer as delegate to con
gress from Alaska. The two pre
cincts here reported were counted un
for a plurality for Wickersham which
would have helped to cut clown tin*
lead of Sulzer dangerously, but Sulzer
instead has increased his lead. The
great question now is whether Mar
shall has been heard from or not and
apparently it has not. The other
precincts can hardly overcome the
Sulzer lead.
PHILATHEA SOCIAL
ENJOYED BY MAM
The Basket Social given by the j
Philathea society la.>t evening in Van ’
Gilder hall was a most pleasant!
event. Several other atl’air.A were go-j
ing on at the same time, such as the i
A. 15. social, but the fine ball had a
big crowd when the baskets went up
for auction. The bidding was very
spirited, a fact which is borne out by j
the statemnnt that small boys bid oru
up to $2.50. Owing to the other
events mentioned the program at the j
Basket Social could not be rendered
in full but Miss van Gilder, Mr. Otto
Moses and the Masters Patton con
tributed pleasing items. A very mer
ry time came after the auction.
NUMBER OF R. R. EMPLOYEES
(Alaska Railroad Record)
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 17.—The
number of employees of the , Ship
Creek Division as shown by the pay
rolls on Saturday, October 28, was as
follows:
Commissioner’s office, Anchor
age . 24
Shops and yards, Anchorage-*‘>07
Store and dock department, An
chorag . 432
Accounting department, Anchor
age . 20
Disbursing office, Anchorage .... 7
Hospital department, Anchorage. 16
Townsite department, Anchorage. .33
Telegraph and Telephone depart
ment . Ho
Turnagain Arm District . 536
Matanuska District . 242
Talkeetna District . HI
Track, bridges and ballast crews
—Main line . 426
2269
Stationmen and laborers—all dis
tricts . 842
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Grand total all employees An
chorage Division .3111
GUILD GIVES ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING BALL
The Annual Ball of the Ladies’
Episcopal Guild will be given at A.
B. Hall on Thanksgiving Eve., Wed
I nesday, November 29. l-28-2t
RKV. S. HALL YOFNG HAS
1M RUSHFD FINK WORK
Rev. S. Hall Young, a well known
clergyman of Fairbanks and other
Alaska places and. author of a work
dealing with the travels ol Muir, has
just issued a most interesting book
whose scer.es are laid on tin- Dawson
trail in the first rush. The book is
part fiction, just enough fiction to
make tile work cohesive, but all the
scenes are taken from life and from
a vivid account of the Great Stam
pede. The name of the work is “The
klondyke Clan“ and it is issued by
the Revell Publishing Company. It
is beautifully bound and illustrated
and written in a manner that ought
to make it a work of historical value
for the years to come when the klon
dyke rush becomes a legend. The
story is interesting and the incidents
are dramatic and gripping. The Daily
Gateway and All-Alaska Review each
gratefully acknowledged receipt of a
copy of the fine work.
SON OF CAPTAIN JOHN
IRVING IS KILLED
Major W. A. Irving, who was in
Dawson for a time, was killed in ac
tion on the western front recently.
He is a son of Captain John Irving,
well known old time Atlin, Lake Ben
nett and British Columbia navigator.
The Victoria Colonist says:
“Notification that Major William
Alexander Irving was killed in ac
tion in Belgium on October 11 was
rceived here yesterday through a pri
vate cablegram to his father, Capt.
John Irving of “Dumballoch,” who is
one of the city’s best known pioneer
residents. To him and Mr. Irving the
symapthy of all will be extended.
The late Major Irving had here ami in
other sections of the province a host
of close friends who will learn of his
death in the field with a sense of pro
found grief.—Dawson News.
MORE CANADIAN GOLD
'NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—The Mor
gan Company today deposited seven
and a half million dollars in Canadian #
gold in the United States assay
office. 1
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