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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS ____ LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
Vol ». SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1915._T<n Cent, the Copy
LATEST IS THAT MARIPOSA MAY BE TOTAL LOSS
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NORTHWESTERN WENT ASHORE NEAR KETCHIKAN
MARIPOSA IIS SERIOUS STATE, BUT
NORTHWESTERN IS HURT LITTLE
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SEATTLE, Oct. 1>.—(Saturday)—The latest news
from the steamship Mariposa today is that she may be
a total loss. Her engine room is full of water and she is
badly listed. As well as can be found out she first struck
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and was run ashore for safety. All the passengers and
crew are safe as stated in the cables sent yesterday.
There is some difficulty being experienced in securing the
full details owing, no doubt, to the isolated position of the
place where she is aground. There is a hope that she may
be saved because of the calmness of the sea in the place.
More will be sent this afternoon about it.
Word was received last night that the steamship
Northwestern has also gone ashore but she is floated
again and is safe. She struck on Wednesday night seven
miles south of Ketchikan and was nine hours stuck but
she floated at high tide. Her starboard plates were
sprung but the injury is not serious.
REPORTS HEAVY FIGHTING
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Amsterdam today reports the
heaviest sort of fighting once more along the whole five
hundred miles of the Anglo-French front but no official
advices to that effect have come direct here so far as the
public knows. Some anxiety is expressed here as to the
probable result of the Bulgarian entry on the Dardanelles
campaign. It is admitted that the opposition of the Bul
gars renders far more difficult the taking of Constantin
ople but the real anxiety comes from contemplation of the
fact that an attempt to retire to the ships on the part of
the allies would only invite disaster.
CANADA'S LOAN SAFE
TORONTO, Oct. 8.—The minister of finance for the
Dominion announced today that the Canadian war loan
of fifty million is probably succeeding and will probably
be floated to the full. At the present time it is being sub
scribed to at the rate of a million a day.
Bl'LGAR MINISTER RESIGNS
LONDON, Oct. b.—The general counsel of the Bul
garian government, Feihtvich, resigned office last night
as a protest against the alliance of his country with its
eternal enemies, the Teutons, particularly the Austrians.
It is believed that several other resignations will follow
and that Bulgaria may have internal troubles of a danger
ous nature.
Feihtvich is one of the most famous statesmen in
Europe.
BLIND PIG RAID
IN ANCHORAGE
TWENTY-THREE MEN ARRESTED
AND PLACED INDEK
$750 BONDS.
Something like twenty-three people
were arrested this week in Anchorage
on the charge of selling liquoi with
out licenses and some of them are
now languishing in durance vile be
cause of the inability to secure the
trifling $750 which was asked as
bonds to come up for trial when call
ed. The raid, by all accounts, was
quite a respectable one and apparent
ly had some connection with the rec
ent session of the grand jury. Dis
trict Attorney Spence paid a pleasant
visit to the new railroad town a week
or two ago and it is well known, as
stated in this paper before, that he
guessed of the existence of the sight
less hogs. Being a southern gentle
man he spoke of them as blind tigers,
which is a far more desirable zoologi
cal term. Some people coming over
on the Farragut yesterday say that
some of the alleged dispensers of
illicit mental pain killer had become
quite reckless because of their long
immunity. A story is told that one
of the skidoo number had actually
carved from lifeless wood a more or
less beautiful statue of the genus Pig,
and with an artistic sense of the
sculptural, if not scriptural proprie
ties, he left the Bacon’s face free of
: optics, just like the figure of Justice
j or some of those Athenian statues of
Venus or Apollo or something—but,
great classical knowledge aside, this
gentleman is said to have had the
wooden porker about ready to place
in a position where men might see it
and ascertain that under the auspices
of that statue relief from thirst might
be secured without venuring to con
sume the ordinary H20 which the
government in its wisdom only per
mit.-. It was stated in this paper be
fore that over there a man asked for
soda ami got beer, ami he asked for
a lemon soda and got whiskey. If you
asked for heer or whiskey straight
you got a lemon, probably. Well, the
twenty-three individuals arrested are
now awaiting trial, or were awaiting
trial at the time the Farragut left.
They were to come up before Commis
sioner David and it is said that the
government has now decided to make
Anchorage a paragon of virtue.
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YOUNG COUPLE TO BE
married here holidays
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rich announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mrs. Mabel Lynn, to Julian H. Reid,
j The wedding will take place during
the Christmas holidays. The future
bride is an attractive young lady who
has recently arrived in Seward and
Mr. Reid is a most popular young
business man.
PASSENGERS
AREALL SAFE
M VRIPOSA HAS HOLE IN BOT
TOM AM) EVANS MAY
BRING PEOPLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—(Delayed in
Transmission)—The Mariposa has a
hole in the bottom forward and the
tires were extinguished. The steamer
Despatch rescued the passengers and
the Evans will probably take them
north from Ketchikan.
(Note: A* seen oy the date, this
cable was se nt yesterday and was de
layed because of cable interruption. I
Any further new^s of the ooai will be
added to this.)
Anchorage Sailings
End in Few’ W eeks
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The East Boats Leave November 1—
No Money Just Now to
Pay Men.
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The last boats will sail from An
chorage for the outside on the Third
and Fourth of November, after which
navigation will be closed for the reg- '
ular period. Judging by this morn
ing there is some reason to believe j
that the winter wlil be far more
severe than last winter and this may
afford us the pleasure of seeing lots
of our Anchorage friends during the
season while they are enroute to or ■
from the States.
Just before the Farragut left An- ,
chorage notices had been posted by ^
j *.ho Engineering commission stating
that tho money to pay the men had
been delayed on account of the cable
break. The delay nas caused a large j
number of men to lose their jobs, it
is said. The pay day has been post- j
poned but, of course, the money will
probably be forthcoming soon.
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GOT MILLION IN
GOVT. NOTES!
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TWO ROBBERS MAKE TREMEND- !
OUS HAUL FROM B &
O TRAIN.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Oct. 8.—j
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Two bandits held up a B & 0 train ,
not far from this town last night and |
secured booty that is estimated to \
value anything from several hundred
thousand dollars to a million. After
entering the train they rifled the mail
bags and obtained unsigned bank
notes worth as stated and the treas
ury department at Washington an
nounces that the notes are just as
good as signed money. It is not too
much to say that hundreds of men
are chasing the bandits and big re
wards for their capture will prob
ably be offered today. It is regarded
as one of the greatest robberies in the
records of the United States.
MOOSE SOCIAL
The Moose lodge has decided to
give a social for its members on the
last Friday of the month.
HARMON LOT SOLD
C. C. Harmon sold to Miss Sylvia
1 Sexton lot 87 in block 11 for $1,600.
❖ COMING FOR THE ❖
❖ TRIAL AT VALDEZ ❖
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SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—The Admiral
Evans leaves tonight. She has aboard
William Boland, Tom West and John
E. Ballaine, all of whom are to take
part in the trial at Valdez. The
Evans may pick up the Mariposa
passengers at Ketchikan.
X SPRINGER STRONG •>
❖ ON BROAD PASS. ❖
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William Springer, the Spokane min
ing man who has just spent some
time in Broad Pass, declared yester
day when he landed here from the
Farragut that the Guggenheims nev
er prospected the main lead at all.
He believes the country is one with
tremendous possibilities.
Yaquis Massacre
Women, Children
SIXTY-THREE PEOPLE SLAl'GHT
ERED IN TOWN OF SON
ORA, MEXICO.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Oct. 8.—The
Yaquis massacred sixty-three people
in the town of Sonora, Mexico, under
the most, biutal circumstances last
Wednesday night. The town is a
little mining settlement in the state
of the frame name and had been free
from any of the consequences of the
wars which have been raging in other
parts of the country. The Indians
had apparently no reason for attack
ing the town but they rushed in wild
and opened the bloody work without
preliminaries. Some of the women
and children were actually beaten to
death, according to the news received
here from the most reliable sources.
❖ PHILLIES WIN •>
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8.—Phila
delphia won today over Botson by
three to one. There were eight hits
and no errors for the winners, and
five hits and one error for Boston.
The pitchers were Alexander and
Shore.
(Note.) Owing to the cable inter
ruption the details may not be re
ceived today.
GOLD BULLION MINING
COMPANY HAS GOOD YEAR
That the Gold Bullion Mining Co.
of the Willow Creek country enjoyed
a good season is the report brought
out by Ronald Harrais, manager of
the mine, who passed through Sew
ard on the Farragufc yesterday on his
way east. Mr. Harrais reports that
the Willow Creek country as a whole
showed up well, producing about the
same amount of gold as they did last
year. The Gold Bullion employed
about 70 men all during the season
and will continue to operate for about
two weeks longer. The work at the
mine has shut down but the men will
be kept there a little longer getting
things in shape for the spring.
FARRAGUT COMES AND GOES
The Admiral Farragut arrived here
yesterday afternoon on her south
bound voyage at 3 o’clock and sailed
again at 5. The stay of two hours
being made to take on water. Those
leaving on her were: J. H. Sears,
Mrs. Sears, Mrs. Annie McKenzie,
Henry Perry, Ragna Ross, John
Stevenson, Grant Carlson, N. Doherty,
James McCoy, 0. J. Van Pelt and 5
steerage.
PRINCE OF WALES SHOT BY
JEALOUS FRENCH SOLDIER
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❖ 125 MEN WORKING *
❖ ON THE RAILROAD. ❖
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About one hundred and twenty-five
men are now employed by the En
gineering Commission at actual rail
road work out from Seward. This
number does not mean the total em
ployed around the city by the com
mission.
Mesdames Jack and Jones have
made application with the Deputy
Clerk of the Court for a license to run
a restaurant.
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PARIS, Oct. 9.—The Prince of Wales, eldest son of
the king and queen of England, was shot last night while
taking tea in an inn at Roule near Ypres. The official
statement given out says that the prince was only shot
| at and missed but that he was hit is regarded here as a
! certainty. The shooting was done by a big French cor
j poral named Dieb who became jealous of the attentions
I being paid his wife by the prince. The wife was a wait
j ress in the place. Immediately after firing the shot the
I corporal turned the gun on himself and shot himself
through the neck. He was taken to the hospital in the
auto of the prince. The greatest secrecy is maintained
but the truth is leaking out.
KING GEORGE OF BRITAIN
THREATENS TO ABDICATE
MUCH LUMBER
FOR R. R. WORK
BLUFF POINT COAL REPORTED
TO BE OF EXCELLENT
QUALITY.
ANCHORAGE, Oct. 8. (Special
Correspondence.)—The steam Schoon
ers Northland and Wellesley arrived
in port yesterday with 1,500,000 feet
of lumber for the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission. Cargo was loaded
at the St. Paul mills Tacoma.
The “Lucy,” owned and operated
by Geo. W. Palmer of Knik reached
this anchorage yesterday, with a full
cargo for Mr. Palmer’s store at Knik.
She will proceed to Goose Bay where
the cargo will be lightered to destina
tion.
At this time the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission have, in operation in
the Anchorage yards, 23 fiat cars, 25
western dump cars, and coming on the ^
S. S. Seward 20 Rodger ballast cars, j
Very shortly three locomotives will be
in service and six outfit cars.
Reports reach here that the Cook
Inlet coal (Bluff Point) used by the
S. S. Sinaloa on her return to Seattle
for cargo was the best ever used by
the freighter. The captain who has
had some 25 years experience as a
skipper states that with few excep
tions it is the best coal he. has been
able to get in his many thousands of
miles on th i seas.
Dr. Stoughton of the Government
hospital returned last week from a
trip up the Matanuska with Mr.
Ede’s party. The doctor is very en
thusiastic about the future of the
country between here and the coal
fields in an agriculture way. He be
lieves the coming year will see more
than one of the most substantial
farming comunities in the United
States.
The weather continues mild, how
ever, the snow is getting down the
mountain a little more each day and
very shortly we can look for some
real winter.
Building constructions, both in the
residen|e district and the business
section of town. The sidewalks are
nearing completion and we are cer
tainly enjoying “all the comforts of
home.”
THE COAL COMING
ON THE ALLIANCE
The coal from the Herbert mines
near Seldovia will arrive on the Al
liance consigned to A. G. de Sherbinin
who will sell it here. The Alliance
will bring two hundred tons instead
of one hundred as had been previous
ly arranged for.
1 GEORGE V MAY ABDICATE
LONDON, Oct. 8.—That King George the Fifth of
Great Britain and Ireland will abdicate if the war comes
to an inglorious end is now made sure by his own state
ment delivered with the fire of anger to Prime Minister
Asquith yesterday. The New York Sun publishes the in
terview between the king and priemer and declares that
it has the information from a source which is absolutely
beyond question. The interview was of the most stormy
description. The king attempted to upbraid Asquith but
that statesman, in a manner of Gladstone before him, in
formed the king that he, the premier, represented the
people of the empire and to the people alone was respons
ible. George, it is then stated, became passionately em
phatic and announced that he will abdicate if "the war
comes to an inconclusive and disgraceful peace.” Since
the failure to prevent Bulgaria from joining the Teutonic
alliance the most bitter chagrin is apparent in all British
circles and the British diplomats and government are
blamed. This event is believed to have precipitated the
defiant interview of the king with the acting head of the
government. Asquith is said to have again towards the
last reminded the king that the British constitution is
democratic and that the elected heads of the people are
meant to be the rulers. At this George V grew more pas
sionate than ever and declared: “The king of Great
Britain should be a leader and is intended to be a leader.
I know that under the constitution I as king am only a
dummy but I will not permit history to record that 1 re
mained a dummy when my country faced the greatest
crisis of all times.” .
The failure of the allied offensive in F ranee, follow
ing the failure of Russia, and the entry of Bulgaria and
the invasion of Servia have caused so deep a feeling m
England that the fall of the government may be brought
about.
BOMBARD LIEGE
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Allied aviators bombarded the
city of Liege yesterday and heavy explosions were heard
following the fall of the bombs so that a belief exists that
! German magazines were blown up. The aviators clearh
saw that the Germans have erected great buildings and
bridges in the now famous city and that all indications
i are that the Germans intend to hold it.
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CANADIAN LINER AFIRE
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 8.—The Canadian Pacific com
pany’s liner, the Empress of Britain, was towed to this
port today seriously damaged from a fire of unknown
origin which occurred aboard while she was crossing the
Atlantic. There is every reason to believe that the fire
was not accidental and the assumption is that it was set
by German sympathizers.
BULGARIA FIGHTING
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Bulgaria has already opened the
war and is now engaged in actual hostilities with Serbia
on the one side and Russia on the other. The first blow
by the Bulgars was struck through their aviators at the
Serbian city of Nish which has been the capital while
Belgrade is threatened. Two people were killed and live
injured by the aviators’ bombs. The Russian fleet has
opened a bombardment of Varna, a Bulgarian poit on
the Black sea, and the Bulgarian frontiers are closed to
communication of all sorts but it is known that the full
strength of that country has been called out and strong
armies are on the move in different directions but chiefly
towards Serbia.