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BRATION MARKING CHOICE AS TERMINAL OF R. R.
SEWARD WILL
SHOWITS JOY
FORMAL CELEBRATION OF R. R.
VICTORY COMES TO
NIGHT.
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JUDGE BROWN TO SPEAK
SECOND DAY OF CELEBRATION
WILL BE GREAT
EST.
In a dignified but none the less joy
ous spirit the people of Seward will
bring to a conclusion tonight the
formal celebrations in observance of
the great triumph w'hich she has
achieved through President Wilson
and Secretary Lane. Last night a
great dance took place as a part of the
celebrations but the piece de resist
ance was kept for tonight when
speeches will be heard from promin
ent people who as the spokesmen of
Seward and this part of Alaska will
show' our appreciation of the great
fact, the news of which came over the
cables last Saturday.
At a caucus of the city council last
evening a committee was appointed
to arrange for an address by Hon.
Fret! Brown, judge of the District
Court. He had been waited upon in
the afternoon.
The downstairs of the Railroad
building wili be made to accommodate
^ the speaking which is scheduled for
8:30 oclock this evening, and immedi
ately afterwards in the hall up stairs
will be held a dance, all of which will
be free to everyone.
Judge Brown’s address will be of
special interest as he will touch upon
subjects dealing with the future of
this community and Alaska in gener
al. Anything Judge Brown may say
will have great weight with Alaskans
feeling as they do that he is a man
among men and of the kindliest spirit.
There will also be other speakers.
MOOSE LODGE INSTALS
ITS NEW OFFICERS.
Great Gathering of Members Crowdi
the Hall of the
Order.
The Moose Hall was crowded Fri
day night when Lodge 1425 held its
regular installation of officers. The
new officers were elected some time
ago and their names were published at
that time but they may be mentioned
again. The officers installed were
Dictator, Joe Conroy; Vice-Dictator;
Chas. Martin; Prelate, A. P. Brown,
Sergeant-at-arms, Ed Crawford; the
outer and inner guards, Messrs Peters
and Wolff; Trustees Gus Borgen and
Powers.
The lodge is now growing to such
proportions and has so great a future
before it in Seward that the members
are speaking of building a large hall.
C. A. Calame an oldtimer of the
Kotzebue Sound country has come to
Seward after an absence from Alaska
of three years.
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER FOR
APRIL 3RD. 1915.
TO The Hon. City Council.
Seward. Alaska.
Gentlemen >
I beg to make the annual report of the Ctty
Treasury.
RECEIPTS:
Balance from previous year, Dated
April 11. 1915 .9 2819.T5
Received from the Clerk of the Court
to date . 10394.41
Real Taxes Collected . 3304.20
Personal Taxea Collected . 1531.28
Delinquent Taxea Collected . 1235.39
From the City Magistrate . 927.00
Miscellaneous (Dog Tax. Sewer Tax.
Ete.) . 959.81
Total .920871.85
DISBURSMENTS:
Vouchers cancelled, paid .820539.49
Balance in Bank .. 288.71
Money in Caah Box . 13.35
Balance in Treasury April 3. 1915.9 302.33
Real Taxea Uncollected -M. E. Glbeon.8 2.91
Real Taxea Uncollected—K. McDonald. 8.12
Real Taxea Uncollected -Alaaka N. Ry.
Co. 799.39
Real Tax Uncollected .9805.42
Personal Tax Uncollected, Alaaka N.
Ry. Co. 8130.00
Total personal Tax Uncollected.8130.00
Total Taxea uncollected for the year.
1914 A 1915 .• W35.42
1 am very respectfully.
J. H. ROMIG.
City Treasurer. Seward, Alaaka.
Over 100 patterns of Wall Paper to
pick from at Brown & Hawkins.
••Quality First."
❖ EDITOR KANSAS CITY ♦
❖ STAR PASSES AWAY. ❖
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KANSAS CITY, April 13.—William
Nelson, editor of the Kansas City
Star, died last night. He was one of
the most prominent newspapermen in
the United States. He started the
Star in November 1880. He was
seventy-four years of age.
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❖ NO MORE TIPS IN ♦
❖ WISCONSIN STATE. ❖
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MADISON, April 13.—The anti
tipping bill has passed both houses of
the state legislature and will be sign
ed by the governor. It provides pen
alties for giving or receiving tips and
includes all sorts of workers.
SWEEPSTAKES RACE
STARTS TOMORROW.
Six Entries and More Expected Before
the Big Event Comes
Off.
NOME, April 13.—There are six
entries for the All-Alaska Sweep
stakes which will start on Wednesday
and more entries are expected.
Amongst those who are sure to race
are: Scotty Allen, Leonard Seppala,
Paul Kjegstad and Fred Ayer.
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❖ ITALY GIVES ORDERS *
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ROME, April 13.—The Italian gov
ernment has sent out orders for more
war supplies. This is only one of the
many indications that the country is
preparing for war although some
people beleve that such preparations
are only meant to warn Austria.
The Alameda passed by a schooner
loaded down with lumber on the way
up. No one knows the destination of
the schooner but it is believed to be
Seward.
WILL EXTEND
CORDOVA ROAD
OWNERS INTEND TO DO SO
IN A FEW
YEARS.
NEW YORK, April 13.—The New
York Times carries a story this morn
ing to the effect that the Copper Riv
er and Northwestern railroad will ex
tend Into the agricultural districts in
a few years. It also has an interview
with George W. Perkins in which he
congratulates President Wilson for
the choice made for the route of the
great trunk line. Mr. Perkins also
states that the Copper River railroad
will be extended and developed and
the assihnption seems to be that there
is no longer any hoDe existing that
the government will purchase that
road.
Miss Leona Bradshaw returned on
the Alameda this morning and is re
covering from the effects of her ill
ness. She was accompanied by her
father on the journey home.
Mrs. W. T. Lucas left on the Ala
meda to visit her father at Belling
ham, Washington.
BISHOP ROWE’S SON
DIES OF HIS BURNS.
Popular Episcopal Prelate Meets
With a Very Severe
Trial.
SEATTLE, April 12.—Cyril Rowe,
thrity-one years of age, is dead as
the results of bums received several
weeks ago. He was the son of Bishop
P. T. Rowe, the popular head of the
Episcopal church in Alaska.
Two lots in Block 16 $3,200 each.
Lot 1—2 block 10 $15,000. Terms.
Four lots on Corner in Block 15 $15,
500.00. Three lots in block 15 $3,000
each. Cash and terms. Hotel in Busi
section $6,000. Terms. Alaska Land
& Development Co. Inc. G. B. Poin
dexter, manager.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty is done by the Gateway just as
well as outside.
ALL LOOKING
FOR JOBS HERE
ENGINEERING COMMISSION
BESIEGED IN
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, April 13.—Since the an
nouncement of Secretary Lane that
Seward has been chosen as the term
inal for the Alaska government rail
road the offices of the engineering
commission here have been bosieged
by all kinds of people looking for jobs.
The applications are for all kinds of
jobs, pick and shovel to stenography
and engineering appointments. Sev
eral are also inquiring for all the in
formation available to the commis-1
sion regarding the plans to be follow-1
ed and various other matters. Never
has such interest been shown in Ala
ska since the big placer camp rushes. |
ALASKA DAY AT THE
PANAMA EXPOSITION.
Sweep Stake Race Over Course off j
Vanderbilt and Grand Prix
Automobile Races.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 30.—Al
aska is to have an official day at the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi
tion. Although the exact date has not
as yet been definitely fixed the plan
now under consideration by the ex
position management is to have the
territory officially recognized and
represented in the latter part of July
or the first part of August. Whatever
the date may be Alaskans are assured
that everything pertaining to Alaska,
its mining and fishing, its canneries
and its agricultural and live stock in
dustries will be given the broadest ex
ploitation possible.
It is planned to invite Gov. J. F. A.
Strong and his staff, the Mayors of
Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Wrang
el, Fairbanks, Nome and other cities
to be present in their official cepacity.
Addresses will be in order and the
day’s festivities and entertainment
will conclude with a banquet to Alas
kans and their ladies.
As at present outlined the dominant
feature of the tentative program will
be a reproduction over the exposition
automobile race course of the Ala-%
skan sweepstake dog race, the big
annual event of the North, and prizes
sufficiently large will be offered to
make the' race attractive to owners
of dog teams which in the past have
won the Alaskan classic. Of course
the race will not be run over a frozen
trail and wheels will probably be
placed on the runners of the sleds
used—and the distance will be 478
miles as in the case in the big event
run from Nome to Kotzebue Sound
each year. But every effort will be
made to have representative teams,
including those of Mrs. C. h. Darling,
twice winner of the big event, and of
John Johnson, also twice winner anti
heralded as the champion dog drivers
of the world, participate in the race
over the exposition course. %
Special rates from Alaska to the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi
tion for the Alaska Day festivities
are under consideration by officials of
the various steamship companies, and
it is believed that these rates, to
gether with the big features to be of
fered for the day will prove a drawing
card to residents of Alaska, vhi'e
thousands of friends of the great ter
ritory will assemble to pay tribute to
Alaska.
DANCE LAST NIGHT
HAD A BIG CROWD.
The dance held last night was most
pleasant. The hall was slightly over
crowded and the conditions showed
that soon Seward will have to secure
larger quarters for such gatherings.
Coming events cast their shadows be
fore and if the strangers could by any
stretch of the imagination be compar
ed to shadows the number of them
present last night gave the first real
)iint of the coming stampede. The
fact that the big dance in celebration
of the choosing of Seward as the
terminal will be held tonight kept
many at home. If they had come
what would be the result ?
Long distance telephone booth at
Tho Branch.
NORTHWESTERN
BRINGS OUTFIT
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HAS R. R. SUPPLIES BUT NOT
MANY PAS
SENGERS
SEATTLE, April 13.—The North
western left last night with a large
shipment of supplies for the govern
ment railroad, bho has two hundred
and twenty people aboard for all
places. In addition to seventeen
steerage passengers she has the fol
lowing for Seward:
Otto Zechlin, Dr. T. Barnes, Morris
Soder, Miss Hickman, Miss M. Griffin,
W. Elliott, P. Namur, E. Tholstand,
Mrs. Josephine Holland, J. Ward, J.
Hume, R. Bryan, P. McCue, J. Cough
lin, Charles Herron, Ned Williams,
Miss Grace Gaines, Mrs. H. Harmon,
Edwin Anderson and wife, J. Leon
hardt and wife, J. Selva and wife.
JUDGE LINDSAY IS
NOW EXONERATED.
Goevrnor Vetoes the Bill Abolishing
the Juvenile
Court.
DENVER, April 13.—The grand
jury has exonerated Judge Linsday of
the charges of misconduct brought
against him by his enemies and to
add to the judge's victory the gover
nor has vetoed the bill passed to abol
ish the juvenile court over which
Lindsay presides. This ends the long
fight against the judge.
JUDGE LEAVES ON WATSON
Judge Brown will leave on the Wat
son for Valdez. He has been engaged
since his arrival on the work of in
vestigating conditions w’ith relation
to the “beach combers” as they have
come to be emphoniously called here.
RUSSIANSWIN
IN MOUNTAINS
NOW MOVING DOWN INTO
PLAINS OF HUNG
ARY.
PETROGRAD, April 13.—£fter
eight days of the most fierce kind of
fighting the Russians have won the
battle of the Beskid mountains in the
Carpathian range and are now’ mov
ing down the opposite slopes towards
the Hungarian plains. If their ad
vance is not checked a retreat of the
Austrians in Bukow’ina and the
Austro-German army, in the north
Carpathians as well as east of Uzok
pass and in eastern Galicia will be
necessary. This victory is regarded
as one of the greatest of the war and
may have far reaching consequences.
There is apparently very little doing
in other parts of the eastern front ex
cept that the Germans have renew’ed
their, vicious attacks at Ossowetz in
order to draw’ Russian forces from the
Carpathian field. The attacks at the
northern city are being delivered in
force.
WESTlUPAIGN
IS STILL QUIET
NO IMPORTANT CHANGES AND
NOTHING FROM DAR
danelles.
LONDON, April 13.—'The campaign
in the western theater is very quiet
as it has been for some time. The
only real fighting is taking place
around St Mihiel where the French
are making strenuous efforts to pierce
the German line and its communica
tions. Some activity is noted in
Flanders but the fightng there is light
and so far without any results worth
noting. Not a word of news has ar
rived today from the Dardanelles and
it is assumed that the fleet is waiting
the arrival of the land forces.
MANY MAY COME
ON THE EVANS
MANY INQUIRIES TO S. S. LINES
BUT LESS THAN
LOOKED FOR.
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SEATTLE, April 13.—Many in
quiries are now being made to both
steamship lines for information about
the journey to Seward but the reserv
ations made so far are fewer than ex
pected. The steamship people seem to
believe that very few poor people will
come until work is started on the rail
road and that business people have
their affairs to settle before going
North. The Evans will leave Thurs
day and it is expected that she will
have a large number of passengers
for Seward and Knik, and especially
for the latter place as she will be the
first steamor for that point. The talk
about Seward and the country be
tween that city and the Matanuska
coal fields is still the chief topic of
conversation here and whether the
rush starts fully now or not there is
sure to be a tremendous influx that
will continue stead’ly as the time goes
on.
HUERTA ARRIVES IN
CITY OF NEW YORK.
Says He Will Not Go To Mexico at
All and Is Only Here
On Business.
NEW YORK, April 13.—Victoriano
Huerta arrived last night in this city
from Spain and has been admitted as
a transient alien on oath that he will
do nothing that might be regarded
as a breach of the neutrality laws of
the United States. He declares em
phatically that he will neither go to
Mexico or Cuba and that he is here
solely to transact some business of a
private nature.
NEWS NOTES
Mrs. E. 0. Sawyer received word
this morning that three of her first
cousins have been killed whlie fighting
in the British army in Flanders. The
three young men were Englishmen.
T. R. Brown, an operator of Unga,
arrived on the Alameda on the way
home.
In the latest number of Saturday
Evening Post, Mrs. van Campen has
a writeup about these parts of Alaska.
The article is accompanied by photo
graphs of herself.
Mrs. C. G. Haggit returned to Se
ward on the Alameda.
Captain Austin E. Lathrop of Cor
dova arrived this morning on the Ala
meda. He came direct from Seattle
and passed by his hpme town at night
so that he is unable to give any ac
count as to the feelings in the city,
of which he is one of the chief men,
about the railroad decision. He will
go to Cordova from Seward and re
turn.
Rene Haas and Fox Ramsey of
Nome are now fighting against Ger
many. Rene was formerly French
consul at Nome and is fighting in the
ranks of his own France. Ramsey is
in the intelligence or some such de
partment of the British army. He
once won the All-Alaska sweepstakes
race.
George Modini, a former business
man of Nome, has arrived and will
stay. James Drummond is another
oldtimer of various camps who has
come to settle.
M. L. V. Smith, “Sport," and Arthur
Jett, two well known Alaskan arrived
this morning to take up their summer
work. They spent the winter outside
and are glad to get back.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Bergman and
Miss Bergman are amongst the late
arrivals in Seward
Miss Gertrude McLeod has come to
give piano lesons. She is accompan
ied by her mother.
Frank Brustkem has arrived to
take charge of the plumbing and tin
shop of Brown and Hawkins.
Frank P. Skeen arrived this morn
ing on the Alameda after quite a so
journ outside.
George W. Palmer, the big mer
chant of the Cook Inlet country, has
returned on the Alameda.
The Watson is due tomorrow morn
ing.
The Santa Ana will leave tomorrow.
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❖ NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. *
❖ COMMITS SUICIDE. *
SALT LAKE, April 13.—Nellie
! Spratling, nine years of age, poisoned
herself last evening because her moth
er spanked her. The girl was of a
wayward disposition and was con
stantly in trouble. The evidence goes
to show that she went about com
mitting suicide with the greatest deli
beration.
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❖ PRINZ WILHELM WANTS *
❖ TIME TO MAKE REPAIRS. *
NEWPORT NEWS, April 13.—The
German cruiser Prinz Wilhelm has
asked the authorities for time to make
repairs. Her captain states that he
is fully resolved to take his chances in
a dash for the open when he is ready
unless he is forced to intern.
LUNATIC ASYLUM
BURNS IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April 13.—Two hundred
patients w'ere endangered today when
a lunatic asylum wfas burned. Every
person in the building was saved by
the splendid work of the staff and
firemen.
BERLIN DENIES ALL
RUMORS OF PEACE.
LONDON, April 13.—Berlin has
sent out a denial of the statements
that Germany desires peace or has
been making any efforts to bring it
about. The German government de
clares that such rumors are set afloat
by its enemies merely for the purpose
of influencing neutral powers.
❖ THREE HUNDRED JAPS
KILLED IN MINE. ❖
TOKIO, April 13.—Three hundred
men were killed yesterday in a mine
disaster at Shimonoseki. The accid
ent was due in the first place to an
explosion which brought about a slide.
The Pioneers will meet tonight, all
members are requested to attend, mat
ters of importance will be discussed.
HERRON DREDGE'!
ONLATOUCHE
BIG MACHINE CQMING TO
OPERATE RICH
PLACERS.
SEATTLE, April, 13.—The dredge
for the Charles E. Herron property
around Sunrise has left on the freight
er Latouche and will be freighted to
the ground immediately. Mr. Herron
himself left last night on the North
western and another passenger is Dr.
T. Barnes of New York who is with
Herron.
Mr. Herron before leaving Seattle
gave out an interview «n which he
stated that the building of the govern
ment R. R. will, amongst other things,
open one of the greatest mining
countries on the American continent.
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MAYOR ROBERTS APPEALS.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 13.—Mayor
Roberts and eighteen other men con
victed of election frauds in Terre
Haute have appealed from the sen
tences inflicted by the court. The
bonds were fixed at sixty thousand
dollars.
BELIEVE JUNEAU MAN
IS LOST OVERBOARD.
JUNEAU, April 13.—Robert Mc
Gregor, the carpenter of the Gypsum
mine, is reported 1o have teen lost
overboard the Santa '^ita. The par
ticulars of the occurrence have not
been ascertained.
STARTS NEW BUSNESS.
A. C. Taylor arrived this morning
on the Alameda to start in the trans
fer business under the name of the
City Express. He drove over the trail
last fall from Fairbanks and has
brought a horse and wagon here. He
started business today.
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SPEECHES BEGIN 8:30
The speechmaking this evening be
gins at 8:30 o’clock.
Hot waffles at the Commerce Cafe.
IOPEN SUNDAY
! LAW BEATEN
JUNEAU HOUSE PASSES OVER
GOVERNOR BUT SENATE
KILLS.
JUNEAU, April 12.—The house to
day passed over the governor's veto
by a vote of thirteen to three the bill
repealing the Sunday closing law, but
the saloons were excepted in the new
bill. The senate upheld the governor
and so the measure is killed. The
senate’s vote against was live to three.
Nate Coombs of Nome who fathered
the bills says that he intend.: to ask
the attorney general to instruct the
federal officials to enforce the Sunday
laws all over Alaska, not. alone in the
Second division but all over the other
divisions as well. He says this be
cause of the defeat of his bill by the
representatives of the other divisions
JUDGE BROWN MEETS
THE BEACHCOMBERS.
The United States commissioner’s
court was crowded this afternoon
when Judge Brown met the men who
squatted on the Alaska Northern
company’s property on idle beach and
who had been ordered off by the
company. He came in answer to a
petition from the squatters who want
ed to know “where they stood’’ in the
matter. The judge aske l the men for
statements and Messrs Melosh and
C. S. Patten spoke for them. They
did not claim the ground on which
they squatted and the .udge pointed
out that, conceding that the govern
ment has purchased the Alaska North
ern holdings entire, the government
was now owner of ground on which
the people had squatted. He said the
engineering commission will probably
have control in the matter and would
decide when the squatters had to
move. He believed, however, that the
government would not arbitrarily
thrust people off without giving them
a little time to prepare for the move
Judge Brown was particularly care
ful to say that he was rendering no
legal decision and that he was only
trying to put the people right at their
own request.
❖ EIGHTY-FOUR PEOPLE *
❖ CAME ON ALAMEDA. *
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Eighty-four people arrived on the
Alameda this morning at 2 o'clock.
Nineteen of the passengers intend to
transfer here for point:} further west.
Ten were from way points and the re
mainder came from Seattle. The Ala
meda left again at seven o’clock. The
following is the list of passengers:
R. W. Dawson, Mrs. S. G. Haggith,
R. T. Philips, G. H. Saindon, E. L.
Saindon, P. Steel, M. A. A. Martin,
W. A. Simpson, G. H. Clark, Carl
Wells and wife, F. P. Skeen and wife,
P. A. Cunningham, P. Allen Cunning
ham, S. Suemola, T. J. Bradshaw’,
Leona Bradshawr, J. A. Stew’art, G. H.
Schutz and wife, A. D Jett, M. L. V.
Smith, G. F. White and wife, J. Bell,
Bertha E. Bell, W. Ei-vin, E. Brelin,
F. Carlquist, M. Stander, L. C. Wilkes,
T. B. Judson, C. G. Theilithe, H. F.
Schultz and 18 stec;*age. Seward
transfer: A. Murphy, E. ^estbcrg,
H. H. Brown, J. P. Donovan and wife,
A. H. Gerhardi, R. Brown, G. Carlson,
G. Englehart, T. Pier:e and wife, J.
R. Nichols, Mrs. J. Gardiner, Geo. W.
Palmer, J. Palmer, Anne Palmer, F.
A. Johnson, A. F. Sprague, Jennie
McCabe and 2 steerage. Seward local :
Sam Nyberg, J. F. Chamberlain, E.
H. Friend, C. J. Cox, J. R. Hain, W. A.
Young, H. Wright J. Scully, T. J.
Mortell and C. W. Felch.
FOR SALE.
Either one of my horses, Roan or
Bay weighing both about eleven
hundred with or without light express
wagon.— City Express. Valdez. 7t.
WASHINGTON, D C., April 12.—
In anticipation of a premature rush
to Alaska, following the official an
nouncement of the reaction of the
route of the government railroad, the
Interior department has undertaken
the preparation of data concerning
the region which the line will
traverse.
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