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SEWARD MEN ACCEPT, GOVERNMENT SCHEDULE
IRISH REVOLUTION
SPREADS ALL OVER!
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Big British Battleship and Ger
man Submarine Sent
to the Bottom.
IRISH CRISIS GRAVE
LONDON, April 28—Major General Sir John Max
well has arrived in Ireland to take command of the Brit
ish troops engaged in the campaign to quell the Irish re- j
hellion. The point at which he landed has been kept secret |
but, for the matter of that, all the news connected with j
the revolution is carefully censored and very little can
1h> told. The British press and public admit, however,
that the rebellion is the gravest crisis faced by the empire
since the beginning of the war.
(Note from United Press correspondent: The fact!
that the censor permitted the last phrase of the above dis
patch to pass is taken all over the United States an an in
dication that the situation in Ireland is most serious. The
reports received here from private sources seem to con-i
firm this belief. It is reported that the counties of!
Meath, Louth and Dublin are all in arms and are centers
of Sinn Fein activities. Wild rumors are also current of
continued bloody fighting in the streets of Dublin city but
nothing is definitely known in this respect. The western j
counties are also reported to have arisen. No news of a!
reliable kind has been given as to the number of casualties, j
In England the public are loudly demanding the immedi
ate execution of Sir Roger Casement and the government,
even if it wished to be lenient for the sake of the future
relations of the two peoples, will probably be forced to
shoot him. He is closely guarded in the Tower against any
attempt of sympathizers in London to set him free.
CASEMENT’S SISTER APPEALS
NEW YORK, April 28.—Mrs. Agnes Newman, a
sister of Sir Roger Casement, who is now here has decid
ed to appeal tb President Wilson to use his good offices to
save the life of her brother who is now in the Tower of
London awaiting trial on the charge of high treason. It
has been learned that with Sir Roger when he attempted
to land in Ireland was a force of Germans and a shipload
of arms for the use of the Irish revolutionists. Mrs. New
man expects to be backed up in her appeal to the Presi
dent by many people prominent in the life of this country'.
BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK
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LONDON, April 28.—It was officially admitted by
the admiralty today that the British battleship Russell
has been mined and sunk in the Mediterranean. She was
constructed in 1900, was fourteen thousand tons and cost
five million dollar’s. She earned a crew of 824 of which
124 officers and men are missing.
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK
LONDON, April 28.—A German submarine was
sunk yesterday off the east coast of England, it was offi
cially announced this morning. The German crew of
eighteen surrendered.
SUBS. SHOOT BY SOUND
BERNE, Switzerland, April 28.—The German sub
marines have abandoned the periscope and in most in
stances now they shoot without looking. In connection
with this it is stated here that the torpedoes are directed
by sound alone.
MORE RUSSIANS IN FRANCE
MARSEILLES, France, April 28.—The third convoy
of Russian troops was landed here today amidst scenes of
wild enthusiasm. It is reported, but not officially, that
the Russian troops to be landed in France will amount to
at least half a million men although doubt is expressed
that means of conveyance for such a force could be pro
vided. The censor lets out no information as to the route
’taken by the troops from Russia.
ANCHORAGE UNION
REFUSES SCHEDULE
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ANCHORAGE, April 28. — The
labor union has refused the wage
schedule fixed by the labor commis
sion and has appealed by wire to Sec
retary Lane and Secretary Wilson
urgirg that Judge Brown of the Dis
trict Court who is now here be per
mitted to take a hand in the dispute.
The judge has stated that he would
accept the task if duly authorized by
the Washington authorities. TheJ
freight from the Farragut and the
Aroline is being unloaded by the Com
mission office force but good order is
being maintained. Building opera
tions are at a standstill owing to the
strike and the shortage of lumber.
SEWARD R. R. WORKERS
AGREtTO SCHEDULE
A straw vote was taken amongst
the men of all crafts working around
Seward and along the Alaska North
ern line for the government engineer
ing commission this morning to as
certain their views of the wage
schedule fixed by the government lab
or commission, and ninety-eight per
cent of the men agreed to accept the
terms. The vote was taken by the of
ficials of the engineering commission
and, as stated, all crafts were includ
ed, so that no strike or supension of
work may he looked for on this part
of the line.
In speaking of the wage schedule
fixed by the labor board it is worth
stating that on the construction of
the Alaska Northern railroad som<?
ten or eleven years ago the highest
wages paid to unskilled laborers
were thirty cents an hour for ten
hours. After paying for board and
hospital fees a man was able to clear
a dollar and ninety-five cents for a 10
hour day. Previously the wages were
only twenty-seven cents an hour. On
the White Puss & Yukon railroad con
struction work the highest wages
were thirty-five cents an hour, and
this was paid only around the summit
of the Pass where climatic conditions
were very bad, but the men most of
the time got in an eleven-hour day
and sometimes overtime.
The minimum wages for unskilled
labor offered now by the government
board mean three dollars and a half
a day for eight hours. The labor
l>oard has probably taken into account
all these facts as well as the increase
in the cost of living.
Operator Moyer of the railroad tele
graph corps denies that he ever offer
ed to bet $200 on a team from the
Commission against the Seward base
ball team. He says the suggestion
was made by a Seward player. Any
how, flurry Hoben and Joe Campbell
announced to the Gateway last night
that they have the money put up and
are ready for any such game with
any team anywhere, almost.
AIR RAIDS IN WEST
PARIS, April 28.—Numerous air raids are reported
from the western front. The German air fleets have been
particularly active for the past couple of days but several
of the German planes, including a Fokker, were brought
to the ground.
NOT MUCH FROM VERDUN
PARIS, April 28.—The only report from the Verdun
sector today is that the fighting there has been unimpoit-j
ant for the past couple of days. Intermittent firing and
assaults on a small scale are reported north of the main
fortress but the Germans have made not the slightest ad
vance. Military men believe that the attacks will be re
newed when the enemy replenishes its ammunition
supplies.
NO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
AMSTERDAM, April 28. — Judging by the reports
from the various belligerent capitals nothing new has oc
curred on any of the fronts. Information from Mesopot
amia and the Russian front was again conspicuous by its
absence this morning.___
PEACE SURE BETWEEN
U. S. AND GERMANY
NO RUPTURE FEARED
THE HAGUE, April 28.—It was learned on the most
reliable authority today that the United States ambas
sador at Berlin, James W. Gerard, has received positive
assurances from the German government that there will
, be no diplomatic rupture between Germany and the
! United States in the present crisis. This is accepted as
meaning that Germany has decided to accede to the chief
demands of the Washington government and a reply to
that effect is now believed to be in course of being drawn
up by the German foreign office.
GOVT. GIVES
LOTSTO CITY
CHAIRMAN EDES OF COMMIS
SION SUGGESTS CIVIC
CENTER OUT THERE.
That the idea of William C. Edes,
chairman of the Railroad Commis
sion, is that a civic center may be
established by the city of Seward out
near the Federal or Terminal tract is
made evident in a letter received this I
morning from him in which he states j
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that blocks out there have been
awarded for library, park, school and
municipal purposes. The letter of j
Mr. Edes stating that those blocks
have been set aside for the purposes
mentioned is given below in full and I
tells the whole story but before giving
the letter it might be advisable to tell
just where those blocks zre situated.
Ix)ts 1, 2, .‘t, and 4 in block 5 are on
A street between First and Second.
That is the site for the library.
Flock f>. the site for a school house,
is the one bounded by First and
Second and A and B streets.
Flock 15, the site for the public
park, adjoins Block 6 and is bounded
by First and Second and B and C
streets.
Block l>, the site for a public build
ing, is between Fourth and Fifth and
A and B streets. The following is the
letter which was received this morn
ing by the mayor, the secretaries of
the Commercial Chamber and Club
and by Mrs. J. M. Sloan of the Ladies’
organization: -
Washington, D. C.
April 15, 1916.
Mrs. J. M. Sloan, Secretary,
The Woman’s Club of Seward,
Seward, Alaska.
Dear Madam:—
1 am in receipt of the petition
of your club of March 21, 1916,
wherein it is asked that Lots 1,
2, 3 and 4 of Block 5 of the Fed
eral Addition to Seward be re
served for a public library site,
public gardens and other civic
purpose*'.
I am pleased to inform you that
after conference with the Gener
al Land Office it has been decided
to reserve the block for the pur
pose stated.
It may be of interest to your
club to know that it has also been
decided to reserve Block 6 for a
school house, Block 15 for a pub
lic park, and Block 9 for a feder
al building. The reservation of
Blocks 5, 6 and 15 for municipal
purposes will enable the City of
Seward to dcvelope in that sec
tion of the town a civic center,
and provide playgrounds for the
children.
Reservation of lots for a school
house in the Cliff Addition has
also been provided for.
Very respectfully,
WM. C. EDES.
Chairman.
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❖ ALASKA ARRIVES *
❖ WITH BIG CROWD ❖
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The steamship Alaska arrived this
morning full in every part of passen-,
gers and she proceeded to Anchorage
after leaving her Seward passengers
here. The names of the first class
passengers from Seattle to Seward
were published before but the follow
ing came from way points: H. Dube
stein, Miss Sue Scott, Miss J. Hunter,
F. Hudson, W. J. Feaster, J. E. Fin
negan, Mrs. E. B. Murray and H. C.
Bales.
The men whose houses stand at the
approach to the new dock on First
avenue were served with the pape rs to
move this morning.
REVOLUTION NOW IN
SOUTHERN MEXICO
Great Battle Fought Near Oax
aca and Rebels Are
Badly Defeated.
NEW REVOLUTION STARTS
MEXICO CITY, April 28.—A battle has taken place
between six thousand rebels and the Constitutionalist
army north of the city of Oaxaca and the rebels have been
defeated with a loss of five hundred killed outright and
many wounded. This news was conveyed in a dispatch
to the war department.
(Note: Oaxaca City is nearly two hundred miles
southwest of Vera Cruz and a still greater distance south
of Mexico City, so it is evident that the southern part of
the Mexican republic is also in a turmoil.)
WHAT GOETHALS DID
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In view of the railroad strike
it might be interesting to publish
information given to the Gate
way this morning about what
Colonel Goethals did in like cir
cumstances on the Panama
canal. The Gateway informant
says that when a strike was call
ed Goethals told the men the
government of the United States
had fixed the wages, that the
men could accept them or not
and that he would give them
thirty days to decide whether to
accept the wages or to be sent
out of the canal zone.
This is particularly interesting
when it is remembered that An
chorage is on a government res
ervation and the government can
order the men away at any time.
Of course, such p. thing will
never happen and the matter is
only mentioned as an item worth
considering.
A A A A A A A A A 4
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❖ EASTER PARTY *
❖ FOR CHILDREN *
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Because of the beautiful weather
the Easter, party to be given to the
children by St. Peter’s church tomor
row will be made an outdoor affair.
The children and the teachers will
meet at the church tomorrow morning
at 11 o’clock and teams will be there
to take them out to the country.
Hurrah for Spring!
15 AMERICAN AMBULANCES
STARTED TO RUSSIAN FRONT
NEW YORK, April 21. — Fifteen
huge motor field ambulances, one of
them the gift of William K. Vander
bilt, sr., left this port today for ser
vice on the battlefields of Russia,
after having been consecrated by
dignitaries of the Greek Catholic
church in this city. The other fourteen
cars w'erc bought with cash contri
buted to the American Hospital &
Ambulance Service in Russia.
* B. M. STONE SELLS *
* ALL-ALASKA REVIEW *
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B. M. Stone, proprietor of the Gate
way, has sold his entire interest in
The All-Alaska Review to J. J. Mc
Grath. The Review will, however,
for the present continue Ur be pub
lished in Seward and as long as th!s
city is found to be a favorable place
for it. It will be issued from the
Gateway office as usual. The April
issue, which marks the end of the
first year of its existence, will be off
the presses next Sunday.
WICK ROASTS
LOCAL SCRIBES
DELEGATE SAYS HORRIBLE LIES
ARE BEING C ABLED I ROM
THIS CITY.
In u letter to Leon Booker, sacre
j tary of the Chamber of Commerce of
Seward, received this morning from
Delegate Wickersham the Delegate
severely condemns the faked dispatch
es sent out from Seward to newspap
ers outside. He sends a copy of the
Washington Post which is a member
of the Associated Press and which
carried a cabled dispatch saying that
the natives of the Kuskokwim are
dying of hunger. He also states that
untruthful statements are sent out by
some correspondent here about condi
tions in this city and Anchorage and
along the route of the government
railroad.
The Gateway has from time to time
drawn attention to those fake dis
patches but evidently has not been
able to shame the so-called corres
pondent from sending out the stuff.
The Delegate is much worked up
about the whole thing and says mem
bers of congress sometimes stop him
and ask him if Alaskans are the sort
of people to build railroads for, when
they do such things as the Seward
correspondent says.
“It seems to me you people at Sew
ard ought to stop the sending out of
telegrams of this kind,” says Mr.
Wickersham in this letter, and in an
other place he says:
“All the winter the papers in the
east have been filled with malicious
and untruthful telegrams about An
chorage and Seward and other places
| along the railroad.”
The story of the starvation in the
Kuskokwim, the delegate says, has
caused legislators to believe that Al
aska is not rich, has no resources and
is not able to support a railroad. This
story was published here in Seward
and the Iditarod Pioneer in a recent
issue calls the whole thing a fabrica
tion. It says the people of the Kus
kokwim were never so well off. The
Gateway has drawn attention to this
faking inside and outside so often
that it is getting tired of it and if
the people of Seward themselves can
not stop it they deserve the roast of
Wickersham.
This paper was reminded today that
Mr. Burr still claims as part of his
homestead the government tract
where the lots have been set aside for
public purposes. The status of the
Burr claim is not known.