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Yol. io. No. 284 SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1910 __Ten Cents the Copy
ROUMANIANS ARE REPORTED TO
HAVE DRIVEN RACK INVADERS
GREECE PROTESTING
LONDON, Oct. ID.—Athens reports today that
Greece is now protesting against what she calls the in
vasion of her territory and the contempt shown for her
sovereignty by the landing of the French marines at
Piraeus, thousands marched to the American embassy
today protesting against the landing of allied forces and
asking the American minister to ask the l nited States tor
aid for Greece against the encroachment of foreign pow
ers. The American minister promised the people that he
would forward their plea to Washington.
BELIEVE TEUTONS STOPPED
LONDON, Oct. 19.—A corresopndent for a Budapest
paper writing from Falkenhayn headquarters says that
formidable Russian forces are guarding the Transylvania
passes to Koumania, and Berlin and Vienna today claim
no new successes in that region. The advance is appar
ently stopped.
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SAYS IRELAND BETRAYED
LONDON, Oct. 19.—Premier Asquith admitted today
in the house of commons that the speeches made in favor
of using conscription in Ireland were blunders and he ac
cepted the challenge of Healy to let the American ambas
sador investigate the treatment given to the Irish pris
oners of the rebellion. Redmond, chairman ot the Nation
alist party, opened the stirring debate. He bitterly de
nounced martial law in Ireland and said Ireland had lost
its faith in Great Britain and its desire to help in the war
through the actions of the British government itself. He
even said that Ireland feels ifrhas been betrayed, pariicu
larlv bv the inclusion of Carson in the coalition cabinet.
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Lloyd George took part in the debate and was very concili
atory. He admitted frankly that the government had
committed colossal blunders in many ways and that he
could understand how the Irish people had regarded such
blunders as malign. It is felt now that conscription will
be impossible for Ireland unless trouble is invited, as
even those Irishmen who were not in sympathy with Sinn
Fein are becoming very dis-satisfied.
FRENCH GAIN SAILLY
LONDON, Oct. ID—The French are now in full con
trol of Sailly which is the furthest point yet gained by the
allies on the Baupaume-Perronne road and the Germans
have also been routed from the hills to the northeast. The
German first lines at Maisonette have also been driven
back while the British are gaining east of Thiepval and
Guedeeourt.
WHAT ZEPPELINS Dll)
BERLIN, Oct. 10. — It is announced here that eye
witnesses of the Zeppelin raid on England of September
23 report that bombs hit Grimsby barracks, also a cruiser,
killed four hundred soldiers and sixty sailors. It is also
said that Regent street, London, was ruined and had dam
age inflicted to the extent of ten million dollars.
ALLIED ATTACKS REPULSED
BERLIN, Oct. ID.—The British and French attacks at
Thiepval, Courcelette and Bouchavesnes have completely
failed, it is officially announced. Violent artillery fighting
is proceeding north of the Meuse but no change in posi
tions is noted.
LUSITANIA UNSETTLED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Assistant Secretary Polk
says that the last German memorandum regarding the
Lusitania affair and defining a means'of settlement has
not been accepted by this government. He says the memo
randum will not be published at present as it might be said
the publication was effected for political partisan pur
poses.
TUMULTY SAYS SO ALSO
ASBURY PARK. Oct. 18.—Joseph P. Tumulty, secre
tary to the President, declared today that the report that
the United States had accepted a Lusitania settlement is
a pure fabrication. He asserts that the report was cir
culated for political purposes.
Seward Woman Meets
Awful Death Outside
Wife of Captain of Steamer lh>n lie
ported (turned to Death.
ANCHORAGE, Oct. 19. — The in
formation has arrived here that Mrs.
Swanson, wife of the captain of the
steamer Dora, was burned to death in
a cabin at Seattle two nights ago. At
the time of the occurrence, it is said,
Mrs. Swanson and some other people
were in the cabin.
(Mrs. Swanson was in Seward only
a few weeks ago. The information
did not come direct to the Gateway
but Anchorage had a telegram, evi
dently, telling of the tragedy.)
GALE AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17.—A hun
dred mile gale hit Fort Morgan this
morning and the wires are down so
that the full story of the occurrence
is not available. One woman was
killed at Mobile and much damage
was done by the same blow. Near
Memphis a schooner was overturned,
a house was blown down and seven
were killed. The damage in the last
named place was enormous.
Me AI >00 SAYS HUGHES
MEANS ROOSEVELT
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—Speaking here
Secretary McAdoo says the Republi
cans are asking the imperilling of the
present condition of peace and pros
perity and show inexperience in every
move. He challenged Hughes to say
what he would have done in the case
of the Lusitania and he declared that
the election of Hughes would mean
the dictatorship of Roosevelt.
SEASON SUCCESSFUL
IN CACHE CREEK
James C. Murray and J. B. Me-!
Allister, of the Cache Creek Dredge
Company, passed through on the
Evans and state that they had a most
successful season. Charles R. Harris
was appointed manager after the
dredge was constructed. The dredge
haul to close down on October 2 be
cause of lack of supplies. Otherwise
it could have operated another month.
Mr. Harris will stay in this winter,
l.owtver, and have 200 tons of freight
taken in overland. He expects to
start dredging on May 1. * M. A.
Ellis constructed two ditches this
season and they have now plenty of
water and expect a good season next
year.
AL PEEL BADLY CUT
A1 Peel, a well known townsman,
wan severely cut with an axe yester
day at Mile 10 and is now in the hos
pital. He was cutting a bit of wood
at the time when the axe for some
reason or another hit him between
the thumb and hand. The arm was
tied up quickly by men who were
there and by this means a great loss
of blood was provented.
DENIES REGENT STREET STORY
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Edgar Rickard, an American
who arrived here on the steamer Ryndam, says he knows
positively that Regent street was not injured by bombs in
the Zeppelin raid. _
SAYS PORTUGAL RIOTING
BERLIN, Oct. 18. — It is announced here that all
Portugal almost has broken out in riots and the troops;
which were being sent to France to fight for the Allies j
have had to be kept at home to suppress the disorders.
R. R. Emyloyees
to be Compensated
.
Word was received today by the j
Enginering Commission from Secre-1
tary Lane that the Workman’s Com
pensation Act has been extended to
the employees of the government Al
aska railroad and the commission is
empowered to put the act into effect
here. This means that workmen on
the road will receive certain compen
sation, according to the kind of injury,
for injuries received while working
on the railroad.
SAYS Sl'LZKK AND GRIGSBY
WILL CARRY KETCHIKAN
JUNEAU, Oct. 18.—E. Caustin, the
only delegate from Southeastern A!-j
n»ka to the Progressive Democratic
Wickeraham convention at Valdez in
1914, presided at the Grigsby meet
ing at Ketchikan last night. The
Progressive-Miner of Ketchikan says
that Sulzer and Grigsby will carry
Ketchikan almost unanimously.
Grigsby heid the audience for over
two hours analyzing Wickersham s
record and presenting records. It
was the largest Ketchikan meeting of
the campaign. Mayor Howard Ash
ley, the Republican committeeman for
Skagway, presided at a great Sulzer
meeting at Skagway last night and
pledged the support of Skagway to j
the Democrat whom he introduced as
“our next delegate.”
REPUBLICAN SLUMP
IN MIDDLE WEST
NEW YORK, Oct. 17. — A great
Republican slump in the middle west,
particularly in Ohio and Indiana, and
a noticeable labor defection has
alarmed the leaders of the Republi
can campaign and they are now figur
ing on a great closing campaign in
those states.
HUGHES SPEAKS
MITCHELL, S. 1)., Oct. 16.—Judge
Hughes spoke here last night and
pointed to the vast increase of the ex
ports of the country and the enormous
decrease in revenues. He gave most
of the speech to the taritV question.
DROWNED MAN LIVED HERE
William Blackmer who was found
drowned in Porcupine river noai
Haines some time ago formerly lived
here with his family. He was well
known 10 the A! Davis family and
others. The story of the drowning
was told in the Gateway at the time.
ENORMOI-S CROWDS CHEER
WILSON IN WINDY CITY
CHICAGO, Oct. ID. — Enormous
crowds cheered President Wilson on
his arrival here this afternoon and the
streets were lined with thousands of
enthusiastic people. The hand which
had been skinned was wrapped in
bandages so that he might still shake
without being infected.
bandits hold up train
BLISS, Okla., Oct. 19.—Six bandits
stopped a Sante Fe train last night,
killed Mail Messenger Norman, un
coupled the engine from the express
1 car and dynamited the safe. It is re
ported that they got $10,000 but of
ficials deny this.
HOW RAILROAD
IS PROGRESSING
ENGINEERING COMMISSION
GIVES REPORTS OF
CONDITION.
—
Wm. C. Ed os, chairman of the Alas-;
kan Engineering Commission, recntly |
returned from Anchorage and reports,
excellent progress on the construction
of the railroad.
I- ftv-nine miles of track have been
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laid from Anchorage. With the
seventy-one miles of the old Alaska
Northern Railway that is now in op-j
eration to Kern Creek, there have ,
been completed 1*'»0 miles of the| 47oJ
that will connect Seward and Fair-j
banks. The track so far laid from j
Anchorage consists of six miles south .
toward Seward; thirty-eight miles of i
main line northward to Fairbanks,!
and fifteen miles on the Matanuska
branch into the Matanuska coal fields, i
The right of way has been cleared:
from Potter Creek on Turnagain Arm j
to Kings River in the Matanuska coal'
field, a distance of seventy-seven i
miles and on the main line from
Matanuska to the Little Susitna riv
er. Rail will be laid this fall as far as i
Kings River on the Matanuska,
branch, a distance of sixty-two miles
from Anchorage, and to Wassilla on
the main line, approximately 15 miles i
from Matanuska. On the main line
in the Susitna Valley, between Mon
tana Creek and Indian river, a dis-1
lance of ;>.> miles, the right or way is
70 percent cleared and a number of
grading contracts have been let.
Grading of the right of way will pro-;
eeed in this section from Talkeetna
to Willow Creek, and north to Broad j
Pass. At Willow creek it will con-;
nect with the work under the Mata
nuska district, and at Broad Pass with
the work from the Nenana division.
Hail will be laid in the near future
as far as Potter Creek, which is fif-j
teen miles southeast of Anchorage on •
Turnagain Arm, and from which j
point the rock work on Turnagain
Arm will be attacked during the
winter.
For the week ending September
ninth, 3,568 men were employed on;
the Anchorage Division, which in
cludes Commission employees, sta
tionmen and laborers, the August
payroll being $258,330.00.
The work at Anchorage is under
the immediate supervision of Lieut.
Frederick Mears, one of the members
of the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion, and is divided into four separate
districts, all of which report to the
head office at Anchorage. These are:
the Terminal district at Anchorage,
which has charge of the construction
and maintenance of all terminal faci
lities, such as machine shops, round
i houses, water supply, maerial yards,
electric light and telephone, construc
tion of quarters for employees, office
buildings and the ballasting and main
tenance of the right of way of the
constructed line as well as the opera
tion of the trains; the Matanuska dis
trict, with headquarters at Matanuska
Junction, has charge of the construc
tion of the line from Matanuska to
Chickaloon on the Matanuska branch,
and from Matanuska Junction to Wil
low creek on the main line; the
Turnagain Arm district has charge
of the construction from Anchorage
i south to Kern creek; the north termi
nus of the Alaska Northern Railway,
with headquarters at Anchorage; and
the Talkeetna district, with head
quarters at Talkeetna, has charge of
the construction of the main line from
Willow Creek to Broad Pass.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion is operating a daily train be
tween Anchorage and Moose creek on
the Mataruska branch, and three car
loads of coa; are being brought to
Anchorage daily. This coal is for use
of the Commission and also for the
CIINARD LINER IS
SUNDRY A MINE
Immense alaskan
IMPORTS SEPItMBER
Provisions in Alaska /Coal Leases
Will Hinder Development.
I
SEATTLE, Oct. 11>.—A most
' healthy increase was noted in the im
i
1 ports to Alaska for the month of
i September. The amount of the im
| ports was $7,374,040. The exports
were two and a half millions.
Chief Engineer Iiice of the United
States Bureau of Mines has just re
turned from an inspection trip anti
says that the provisions in the Alaska
coal lease law which prevent combi
nation and also the operation of mines
■ and railroads will hinder the develop
ment for many years.
supply of the people at Anchorage.
Material and supplies for the con
struction of the railroad are being
hauled on this train, as well as
freight and passengers, to points
along the line. The commercial
freight and passenger traffic is paying
for the operation of the train, which
enables the government to transport
.its construction materials free of
charge from Anchorage to its camps
on the railroad.
The population of Anchorage, which
is the main construction base on the
railroad, is between 4,000 and 5,000.
At Matanuska, the junction of the
Matanuska branch with the main line,
a townsite was recently surveyed by
the government and a town is now In
course of devlopment. There is also
a small town at Moose Creek, about
fifty miles from Anchorage, where
the first mine on the railroad is in op
eration. At Wassilla, the name ot
the town where the railroad crosses
the Knik- Willow Creek wagon road,
several people are gathering. Wassil
la will be the distributing point for
freight ar.d supplies for the Willow
Creek mining district. The govern
ment is taking immediate steps to
survey small townsites at these
. places.
The railroad north and south from
Anchorage passes through and devel
opes a large agricultural country.
There are now between 500 and 1,000
home-steaders along the line of the
railroad in this section, and the agri
cultural land is being rapidly develop
ed. The homesteaders are supplying
a considerable portion of the food
f<>r ’he railroad employees and
other people in that section of the
country. Recently the Alaskan En
gineering Commission contracted for
400 tons, over 13,000 bushels, of po
tatoes with the Matanuska farmers.
Products are being hauled by the
farmers to Matanuska and shipped
over the railroad to Anchorage and
other points along the line. There is
still room for a large number of
homesteaders in the vicinity of the
railroad, and the government hopes to
encourage farmers from the States to
come to Alaska and take up home
steads in the territory tributary to th:
railroad in order to develope the agri
cultural lands so that the country may
some day in the near future be self
supporting.
The building of the railroad has also
I given an impetus to the mining in
dustry, and there is good prospect for
considerable traffic for the railroad
I when it is finally completed.
DAMAGE QUARTER MILLION
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19. — The
damage done by the storm at Mobile
and Pensacola amounts to a quarter
of a million dollars.
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STEAMSHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM
NEW YOKE, Oct. IP.—The Cuuani
Liner Alaunia was mined this morn
ing somewhere near Falmouth in the
English channel and was sent to the
bottom. Captain B. Eiaon and part
of the crew are known to have been
saved but it is feared that the loss of
life was very heavy.* The Alaunia
sailed on October IT from London and
was taking her way towards Fal
mouth when the disaster occurred.
She had one hundred and ninety pas
sengers but their fate ha.^ not been
learned.
SERBS BEATING BULGAKS
PARIS, Oct. 19.—The news from
the Greek front today shows that the
Serbs are driving successfully on
Monastir ami are lighting brilliantly.
They have captured Brod and have oc
cupied several positions on Mount
Nokol.
TEUTONS DRIVEN BACK
PARIS, Oct. 19.—Bucharest reports
that the invading Teutons have been
driven back acros*. the frontier b> the
Roumanians.
ATHENS, Oct. 19.—Greek troops
have secured control of the anti
Entente rioters and have dispersed
them.
SAY GERMAN SUB SUNK
NORFOLK, Oct. 19.—The officer* of
the British steamer North Pacific
claim that a message has been *e
reived by them which says that a
British cruiser has sunk a German
submarine east of Nantucket. If this
is true the submarine was probably
the U-53.
MAY MEAN St BS AGAIN
BERLIN, Oct. 19. — The Lskal
Anteiger publishes a report that Brit
ish merchantmen have been ordered
t;. arm themselves and the paper says
that if this is true it will mean a re
newal of the submarine in a worse
form than ever.
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CONCEDE LOSS OF BREMEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—'The
ranking Teutonic diplomats here con
cede the loss of the submarine
Bremen.
BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA
OMAHA, Oct. 19.—A blizzard has
covered Nebraska, Iowa and South
Dakota with snow.
FLOUR JUMPING
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—Flour is now
nine dollars a barrel which is the
highest price for twenty years.
EDES AND WEIR LEAVE
Chairman W. C. Edes and Engineer
Weir left last Tuesday overland for
Anchorage. Mrs. Edes goes on the
Alameda.
guild meets
The Ladies of the Episcopal Guild
meet this afternoon at Mrs. Hill’s.
FARR AG UT COMING
SEATTLE, Oct. 18.—The Farragut
left last night. Aboard for Seward
were 0. Hobbs and wife.
BAYONNE STRIKERS AT WORK
BAYONNE, Oct. 19.—A thousand
strikers returned to work tn the
Standard Oil plant today.
CHINA AWAITS JAPANESE
AMOY, China, Oct. 19.—A Japan
ese police force is now being awaited
to quell the rioting that almost
amounts to rebellion here.
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