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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS_ PUBLISHED DAILI EXCLI 1 SUNDAY_____ —
VoL IpTno SI ~__ SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, 1916. ___Ten Cent, the Copy
REPORTS FAVORABLY ON R. R. APPROPRIATION
UPPER ROUSE BODY HAS EVEN
EESS EROUBEE THAN LOWER
W ashington, Jan. 28—The Ur
jsenev Deficiency hill, contain
in«r the two million dollars ap
O 1
propriation lor the Alaska rail
road, was favorably reported by
the Senate committee on ap
propriations this afternoon.
ITALIANS RETREAT
FROM ALBANIA COAST
ITALIAN'S QUIT DURAZZO
ROME. Jan. 28.—The Italian army which occupied
Durazzo, Albania, has evacuated the place as the advance
of the Austrians and Bulgarians threatened our forces
with disaster owing to our disadvantageous position. All
parts of Albania have now been evacuated by the allies
except Avlona on which the Austrians and Bulgarians
are closing in. The coast of Albania in that region is only
some forty miles distant from Italy and this government
expects to be able to reinforce the Avlona garrison with
comparative ease. The enemy is closing in from the
north and east, the Bulgarians from the east and the
Austrians from the north. It is admitted here that the
troops of the Central powers will probably occupy every
inch of Balkan territory as far as the Greek border within
ten days as our forces at Avlona can hardly cope with the
forces sent against them. The Austrians are expected
hourly to occupy evacuated Durazzo.
BRITISH LOSSES 640,000
LONDON. Jan. 28.—Premier Asquith announced in
the house of commons this afternoon that the losses of
the British since the war began up to date have been six
hundred and forty thousand killed, wounded and missing.
This means a loss of more than a thousand men a day
within the past two or three months since the figures were
last published. Preparations are now being made for
the enforcement of the new conscription law in spite of
threats from labor unions, which threats, however, are
getting weaker as the country comes to a realization of
the fact that the government is determined.
JUST TO HOLD TEUTONS
ATHENS, Jan. 28.—The manner in which the
Entente allies are fortifying Saloniki and the work being
done by the opposing side to fortify their positions on the
Macedonian-Greek frontier has led authorities here to
conclude that neither side intends to take the offensive.
It is assumed that the French and British will be content
to hold a strong force of the enemy occupied watching
them. . _ ai • ■
WALSH ATTACKS BRITISH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Senator Walsh of Mon
tana sprung a surprise on the senate this afternoon when
he declared that he can prove that the British wvships
have received orders to seize and read Amrican mails so
that American trade secrets can be secured and Ameri
can trade undermined by taking advantage of the in
formation thus gained.
Walsh said the actions of the British could only be
described as the “wanton seizure of American property
on the high seas” and he urged the cessation of all trade
with the allied nations until the British blockade is
amended to conform with international law. He says he
has secured his information from documents that were
placed in the American mails by mistake.
LONDON, Jan. 28.J—Copenhagen advices are that
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is suffering from
severe chills and is growing weaker and more depressed.
Valdez Prospector
Defends the Judge
Resents Attack Made on Him by
Seward Councilman.
The Valedz Prospector of January
22 contains a story of the attack on the
character of Judge Brown by Council
man Borgen of Seward and states
that the judge did not have any stock
tn the wharf when he rendered the
decision. It also says that Judge
Brown only put money in the wharf
to aid the city and not for his own
' profit. The Prospector dwells on the
| fact, as stated in the Gateway, that
Mayor Myers was not present at the
meeting when the attack was made
or he would have had the decency and
intelligence to repudiate the attack
in behalf of the city. It is said that
the friends of the attacker are now
trying to get him out of the fix.
The Prospector concludes a half
column account of the matter by tell
ing that the judge is outside and by
suggesting that the Seward council
man has left himself open to serious
! consequences. The concluding words
of the Valdez paper are:
“Judge Brown is at present on his
vacation to the states and it is not
known if he would take any action
against his defamer if he were here
but his many V'aldez friends resent
the imputation that in rendering his
decision in the case that he was in
fluenced in any way. Aside from his
judicial duties Judge Brown has
shown that he is always ready to sac
rifice his personal interests for the
benefit of the community.”
BELIEVE LINER
AND CREW LOST
' •
THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE
ABOARD VESSEL MISSING
OFF AFRICA.
LONDON, Jan. 28.—The African
liner Appam, with three hundred
people aboard, is reported missing
and is believed to have been lost off
the coast of Morrocco. She was
bound from Senegal to ^Liverpool and
has been on the way for so long that
reports that she was missing were
received some time ago. They were
kept quiet in the hope that better
news would come. It is not thought
that the vessel was sunk by an
enemy.
BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT
CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—The police
have captured five men and three
women in a rooming house here and
the men have been identified by Jake
Stahl as the youthful bandits who
robbed his bank yesterday. The pris
oners put up a desperate fight before
being overcome. Eight thousand dol
lars of the stolen funds have been re
covered.
ALAMEDA DUE 8 P. M.
The Alameda left Valdez at 4
o’clock this morning and is due in
Seward at 8 p. m. today.
TRAIN TOMORROW
The train will leave for the interior
tomorrow at 1 p. m.
AUSTRIANS HOLD RUSSIANS
VIENNA, Jan. 28.—The recent Russian offensive has
been stopped, according to the advices from the Galician
front. Some attacks were delivered by the enemy in the
past few days but they were easily repulsed. The Rus
sians apparently are again short of ammunition after
their concentrated effort near Czernowitz.
SOME FIGHTING IN WEST
PARIS, Jan. 28. — Severe engagements of local im
portance are reported from the western front this morn
ing but no decisive result has been mentioned in the official
communiques. The enemy made a determined attempt in
Artois and took a few of our advanced trenches but our
troops are now fighting for their recovery.
STOPFORD DISGRACED
. LONDON, Jan. 28.—General Stopford, who com
manded a corps in the fighting on Gallipoli, has made an
gained at one time but his explanation has only resulted
gained at one tune but his expalanation has only resulted
in bitter editorial attacks on himself. One paper even
goes so far as to blame him for the whole fiasco.
NO TURKS NEAR CANAL
LONDON, Jan. 28.—It is announced here that Brit
ish aviators have reported after careful reconnoitering
that no hostile forces have appeared within scores ot
miles of the Suez canal. All the available troops of
Turkey are supposed to be engaged against the Russians
and British to the south and southeast. The most alarm
ing news received here is that the Arabs have thrown in
their lot entirely with Turkey against us. The Arab and
Turk attack at Aden is supposed to be a bold stroke to in
fluence the Abyssinians and other races just across in
Africa to take the Ottoman and Mohammedan side. The
trouble in India is reported to have been ended completely
by the punishment of some of the ringleaders. The latest
information from General Townsend is that he is holding
his own at Kut-El-Amara.
WILSON OUT FOR
PREPAREDNESS
STARTS GREAT CAMPAIGN TO
ROUSE COUNTRY TO THE
i
SENSE OF NEEDS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—President
Wilson last night opened his speaking
campaign for preparedness in a strik
ing speech in this city to a large
audience. He admitted that he had
changed his mind on the questions
both of preparedness and the tariff
board. In this respect the president
said: “A year ago I said the question
of preparedness was not a pressing
subject. I should be in a bad way,
though, if I had learned nothing in
fourteen months. One year ago I was
not in favor of the tariff board but
I have since learned that it is neces
sary.” A striking feature of his plea
for preparedness was The assertion
that he could not predict what might
come to the United States in the com
ing years, even in those years close
at hand, but he hoped and expected
that the outlook for this nation would
be as bright tomorrow as it is today.
He spoke with exceeding earnestness
in defense of his Mexican policy and
reminded his audience that the United
States would have lost the friendship
of all the other American Republics if
Mexico had been invaded. On the
other hand, he declared, this country
has the sympathy of all American
peoples and governments and that is
something greater than the conquest
of any one nation.
WORST STORM Of ATT
TIME IN CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Cut Off From
Los Angeles Except By
Wireless
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28.—The worst rain and wind
storms of ail history visited California yesteruay and last
niglit. The streets of this city are llooued, orange trees
have been washed out, bridges in all sections have been
swept away and no railroad or interurban communication
of any kind has been left. The only means of communica
tion between this city and San Francisco touay is wire
less. A million dollar sewer in this city has been terribly
damaged. All the streets in the lower part of San Diego
are two feet under water and in Pomona the streets have
been undermined and swept away. The residents of those
and many other towns have been compelled to escape
from their homes in boats and the worK of rescuing peo
ple from houses in Venice by boats is still proceeding.
SAN FRANCISCO VISITED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—Snow fell here today
and the fiercest wind storm, perhaps, on record is raging.
The wind blew at times ninety-five miles an hour and the
damage inflicted on property will run into the millions.
SHIP WRECKED, CREW DROWN
The Oakland garbage steamer Aberdeen was wreck
ed last night while on her way to the dumping grounds
during the storm and her crew of eight men were drown
ed. The vessel itself was broken to splinters. She was
wrecked near the Cliff House.
BRANDEIS GIVEN THE SEAT
ON U. S. SUPREME BENCH
MANY FROZEN TO
DEATH IN MONTANA
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 28.—A num
ber of persons have been frozen to
death in this district owing to the
lack of coal due to the blockades of
railroads. The temperature has been
from fifty to sixty-two below zero for
several days.
JOE LOWRY WANTED TO
GET BROTHER’S ESTATE
DAVENPORT, Wash., Jan. 28.—
Appeals are being sent to the post
masters of Alaska and the Yukon to
try to locate Joe Lowry who has be
come heir to the estate left by his
brother Andrew who was recently
killed by an explosion. Joe Lowry
went north in ninety six and was last
heard of in the Caribou country in
nineteen ten.
COMES FROM AFRICA
TO MAYO BROTHERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—J. A.
Barkley, manager of the Capetown,
South Africa, street railway, has ar
rived here enroute to the east to have
an operation performed by the Mayo
Brothers. He is performing the jour
ney of fifteen thousand miles because
of the reputation which the famous
brothers have secured throughout the
English speaking world.
CALIFORNIA IS AGAIN
DELUGED BY RAINS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—Cen
tral and Southern California is again
being deluged by rains. In northern
California several inches of snow fell
l yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Louis Brandeis, the fam
ous New York lawyer, was appointed by President Wilson
this morning as an associate justice of the United States
supreme court in the place of the late Justice Lamar.
Brandeis is a New York man and has been prominent in
Jewish and labor circles. He took part some time ago in
some famous political cases. His appointment was a sur
prise to the senate.
FIRE ISLAND
STORY IS ROT
NO MEN OR SIGN OF MEN FOUND
THERE BY THE
SEARCHERS
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 28. —Wicks,
Jacobson, Kerwin and Balcimer have
made Fire Island and have returned
in safety. They found no one on the
island nor did they find any sign that
anyone had recently been on it. All
the parties who set out to rescue the
supposed marooned people are return
ing.
So ends another of those Alaska
horrors. Captain Cramer and his gal
lant crew were marooned on the island
first and the ship Traveler had gone
to the bottom until the Dora reported
them snug at Seldovia. Then it was
the Onward crew that got marooned.
Shots calling for help were heard
from the island and then the shots
ceased and finally a boat was seen
leaving the blooming place. Now the
“rescuers” get there and report not
a sign of people having been there.
As it has not been snowing recently
ami as the “lost” party could not have
existed without fires the signs of
, those fires would have been left. It
looks as if that whole thing ends in
nothing. The report that a samll boat
had left Seldovia with seven men still
suggests that an accident might
have occurred, but those “tragedies”
with happy endings in ’Alaska get
pretty tiresome as the years roll by.
BRINGING INSANE MAN
Deputy Marshal James Wardell is
on the way from Anchorage with an
insane man whose name is unknown
here. The patient is on the way to
the asylum at Morningside.
P. A. N. CO. GETS OUT
A BEAUTIFUL FOLDER
The Pacific Alaska Navigation
Company is getting out a beautiful
folder which will contain scenes and
descriptions of this city and district.
It is said to be one of the most beauti
ful of its kind.
The Nome Nugget reports that a
Russian miner named Kadoff had the
misfortune to have one eye put out
while working on the Mint claim on
Center creek. The man was struck
with a small piece of flying rock
which punctured the eyeball permit
ting a portion of the fluid to escape