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Yol. 10. No. 236 SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22,1916._Ten Cents the Copy
BERLIN REPORTS OEEEAT OF
THE ALLIES IN THE BALKANS
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JEWS TO GET RIGHTS
PETROGRAD, August 22.—The momentous an
nouncement was made today that the bill to give Jews tho
same rights in Russia as all other Russian citizens will be
introduced in the Duma in November.
GERMAN BATTLESHIP HURT
LONDON. August 22. —The German admiralty an
nounces that the British submarine E-23 made a success
ful torpedo attack on a German battleship of the Nassau
class last Saturday, the admiralty has announced.
.... MANY RACES AT SALONIKI
ATHENS, August 22.—Russian troops landed at Sal
oniki to join the allied offensive for the first time since the
beginning of the war. Troops of six nations will soon be
fighting in this region. The Servians, Montenegrins,
French and British are already engaged on the Balkan
front and the Russians and Italians will soon join them.
FRENCH ADVANCE
PARIS, August 22.—It is officially announced that the
French troops advanced their lines on both sides of the
Somme last night, making progress toward Clery on the
north bank and capturing several trenches southwest of
Estrees and east of Seyeeourt.
ALLIED AIR RAID
THE HAGUE, August 22.—Raids by allied aviators
yesterday destroyed German positions near Baupaume
and Peronne and considerably embarrassed the German
communications behind their lines. The aviators safely
returned to their base. Today the French long range guns
are playing havoc with the German transport service near
Combles.
GERMANS DEFEAT ALLIES
BERLIN, August 22.—The German forces and their
allies have defeated the allied forces on both wings in the
Balkans, capturing their positions both from the French
and the Servians.
BISHOP SPALDING DYING
PEORIA, 111., August 22. — Bishop John Landcaster
Spalding is in a serious condition as a result of the heat
and a general decline and is not expected to live over the
night.
HOUSE ADOPTS ARMY BILL
. WASHINGTON, August 22.—The House today
adopted the army appropriation bill which the President
vetoed the other day and its passage is expected. The
clause which caused the President's veto was eliminated
in the new bill.
MINING MAN HELD UP
BOISE, Idaho, August 22.—W. H. Estabrook, a very
prominent mining man, was held up while riding in an
automobile near this city today and was robbed of twenty
three hundred dollars in gold dust.
TWO HUNDRED TONS
OF WHISKEY GOING
INSIDE IS RELEASED
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SEATTLE, August 11. — Whiskey
shipments totaling 200 tons for Fair
banks, Ruby, Iditarod and Hot
Springs will be dispatched next week
These shipments were seized owing
to routing being thought illegal. The
big shipment of liquors for Currie &
Marsh, of Iditarod, seized severar
weeks ago, has just been released and
will go forward next week.—Ex.
MAN SWEPT OVERBOARD
SITKA, August 11.—William Kel
ton, of Ketchikan, was swept over
board from the halibut schooner J. P.
Todd in Icy straits and drowned, ac
cording to information given here by
Capt. Gardner Sullivan of the boat.—
Ex.
EVANS LEAVES TONIGHT
The Admiral Evans will leave Seat
tle tonight at 9 o’clock.
HALLETT AND SCOTT
STORE IS ENLARGED
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The Hallett & Scott store is being
enlarged and will be one of the finest
of its kind. A considerably larger
amount of shelf room is being added
and a room is being fitted up for
dressmaking and millinery work.
NEW SCHEDULE FOR THE
ALASKA S. S. CO. SHIPS
The following are the new dates for
the sailings from Seattle of the ships
of the Alaska Steamship Company:
The sailing of the Alaska on the
20th has been cancelled.
The Alameda will sail August 25.
The Alaska will sail August 21 via
Skagway anti will proceed to Seward
bnt will not go to Anchorage.
The Mariposa will sail September 7.
Alameda September 14.
Northwestern September 17.
Alaska September 21.
The Kukui returned to Seward last
evening.
ELECTRIC CO. ASKS
PHONE FRANCHISE
Several Matters Exhaustively 1 >is
cussed at Council Meeting.
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The Alaska Electric Company has
applied for a telephone franchise ami
quite a discussion came up at the
meeting of the city council last night,
| several outsiders taking sides accord
ing to their feelings towards the
company making the application. The
matter is going through its prelimin
ary stages.
An ordinance has also been drawn
! up for the purpose of regulating the
wiring of buildings and it has been
taken under advisement. On this sub
ject also a long discussion took place
during which the old questions ol
' stealing of lights, loading wires too
much anil others were brought up
The tax ordinance was amended and
it was decided that the city property
must be re-valued. City Assessor
Otto Poehlmann was allowed an extra
hundred dollars for this ' additional
work.
The question of securing a cemetery
was another which occupied the at
tention of the council and Dr. Komig
and the health committee were in
structed to look into it. The Kudolph
cemetery is said not to be possib'e •»>
the ground is too shallow. After aP
the trouble about this ground, trouble
which threatened to culminate in a
lawsuit, it has been found that at a
depth of four feet solid rock is en
countered and makes blasting neces
sary to get a sufficient depth for a
body.
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BOYS OF II AND 12
COMMIT A MURDER
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Admit Killing Teacher Near T\\?i
j. Falls When He Caught
Them Robbing.
NOISE, Idaho, August 22. l.ynn
1 and Harold Lovelace, brothers who
I are 11 and 12 years of age respc tive
ly, have confessed to the murder of
F. Thomas Hamil, a teacher whose
body was found ou his ranch south of
the town of Twin Falls. When cap
tured as runaways the boys were
found in possession of Hamil’s horse
and wagon, his pocketbook and pro
visions. In their confession they ad
mitted that they had been robbing.
Hamil’s cabin when he surprised
them. #
TWELVE DIE OE HEAT
.IN CITY OE CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND, August 22.—The
temperature today reached 104 de
I grees, breaking the summer’s record.
; Twelve heat victims died.
DETROIT, August 22. — Thrrt*
deaths and a dozen prostrations are
; reported today directly due to the in
tense heat.
j MARIPOSA ON THE WAY
TO SEWARD EuOM VALDEZ
The Mariposa left Valdez at o
o’clock this morning. The time of her
expected arrival here may be learned
later when it is found whether she is
going to some way port and how much
she might have to discharge there.
R. R. PRESIDENTS
UNABLE TO AGREE
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. WASHINGTON, August 22.—A sub-committee of the
railroad presidents after having been in session practical
ly all night have been unable to agree on the proposal of
President Wilson for an eight hour day apd the question
is now being submitted by them to their directors by tele
graph. It is suspected that the companies will give in
after holding out as long as possible.
WASHINGTON, August 21.—(Monday evening)—
Two score railroad presidents, representing the greatest
railroad systems in the world, were in conference late to
day forming the final answer to the proposals of President
Wilson in the effort to avert the nation-wide strike. The
railroad executives went into secret session after having
heard an impassioned appeal by the President of the
United States to keep the railroads running, a duty, he
said, not so much in the interest of this country but in ord
er to meet the demands of the world. High authorities
this afternoon expressed the belief that matters had taken
a favorable turn. Wilson will not yield his position on the
eight hour question but it is believed that much depends
upon the likelihood of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion granting the railroads permission to adjust the rates
so that they could meet the increased expenses arising
from an eight hour day.
MAY VETO IMMIGRATION BILL
WASHINGTON, August 22.—The President has in
timated that he will veto the Immigration bill if it comes
to him “within a short time.” This is taken in some quart
ers to mean that the President is afraid the bill would af
fect the chances of the party at election. The senate has
now decided to consider at once the revenue bill and this
is believed to mean that the immigration will be left over
; until December..
FAMOUS SPRINTER PARALYZED
LOS ANGELES, August 22. — Howard Drew, the
Negro sprinter and the holder of the world’s record for
the hundred yards, has probably run his last race as he
is now laid up here with paralysis as the result of a strain.
ADVERTISING
OUR LOT SALES
CABLE FROM CORRESPONDENT
INDICATES WHAT IS
DONE OOTSIDE.
That the land department or the
engineering commission is how adver
tising outside the coming sale of lots
.here is made evident from a cable
message received from the Gateway
correspondent today. This is indicat
ed not so much by the statement that
the sale of lots is about to take* place
as by the statement that the Seward
electric and water companies will ex
tend facilities to the government lots.
The following is the message:
SEATTLE, August 22.—The Alas
kan Engineering Commission has an
nounced the sale of government lots
in the Federal and Cliff additions of
Seward, the sale to begin September
11 by public auction. No lot will be
sold for less than $25 and no bid less
than $5 in excess of $25 will be ac
cepted. The minimum of $25 must
be paid at the time of sale for every
lot sold for less than $50.
The Seward Water company an»
the Seward Electric company will ex
tern! their utilities into the addition.
NEW BISHOP FOR
ALASKA IS NAMED
Word was received by Rev. A. P.
KashevarotV this morning th^t a new
Bishop of Alaska, for the Russian
church has been appointed and will
arrive in Juneau within the next
thrde weeks. His official residence in
the future will be at Sitka, instead of
in Russia as formerly. He will be
known as Bishop Philip, Bishop of
Alaska, and w ill succeed Bishop .yex
ander, who visited Alaska during the
summer of 1911..
The new bishop was formerly chair
man of the Russian Board of Educa
tion for America, and was also the
head of the Russian Orthodox Semt
nary at Tenafly, New Jersey.—Juneau
Empire.
BISHOP ROWE SAYS THE
R. R. HAS HELPED FAIRBANKS
That the coming of the government
railroad has already been a big hel ji
to Fairbanks is the statement of
Bishop P. T. Rowe, t>.e very popular
head of the Episcopal church in Al
aska, who is now visiting in Seward
with Mrs. Rowe. At one time things
looked so quiet in Fairbanks that he
had in contemplation the removal of
the Episcopal minister from that
place to this end of the proposed rail
road but matters are now different
and Fairbanks will retain its minister.
Some little difficulty has been experi
enced by the Bishop in connection
with the church’s industrial school and
mission at Xanana, which is being
threatened by the coming of the rail
road, and he expects to have to go to
Washington to prevail on the govern
ment to move the mission and school
at the government’s expense. The
government officials and the Commis
sion recognize the justice of the re
quest but the matter has not yet been
concluded.
Bishop Rowe intends to have a
minister here and at Anchorage. He
and Mrs. Rowe will leave on the Wat
son and at Juneau he will ordain Rev.
E. P. Zeigler of Cordova, a deacon, to
the priesthood.
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WOMAN’S CLUB DANCE
The Woman’s Club will hold a dance
Monday night, August 28. The price
of admission will be fifty cents a per
I son and refreshments will be served.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend. This is going to be the dance
of the season and all should remember
the date.
I)i rections Given
To Homesteaders
Several Have Expressed Desire to
Sell Part of Holdings.
The Gateway has just received a
copy of a letter which is being seni
out to homesteaders by the land de
partment through Andrew Christen
sen, manager of the land and indus
trial department of the engineering
commission. It shows amongst other
things that several homesteaders are
applying under the new regulations
for a chance to sell part of their
lauds. It is impossible to give the
form which is enclosed but the follow
ing is tin* letter which is addressed to
homesteaders and which is published
here by request of the land depart
ment for the benefit of homesteaders:
“Dear Sir:
“The records show that you have
located or entered about d20 acres of
land as a homestead. The homestead
law requires that one-sixteenth (1-1(1)
of this area, or 20 acres, must be cul
tivated withtin two years from the
date yf location or entry; and one
eighth (1-N) of the total area, or 40
acres must be cultivated within three
years from the date of location or
entry. If the law is not complied with
in this respect there is danger dT
many of the homesteaders either los
ing their homesteads entirely or be
ing required to reduce the amount of
land claimed or entered by them to
such an amount as will enable them
to meet the requirements of the law.
“The Commissioner of the General
Land Otlice in a decision dated May
Id, 1016, addressed to the Alaskan
engineering Commission, advised that
it would be permissible for a home
! steader to relinquish to the United
States a part of his homestead and
' receive pay therefor from the pur
chaser. The subsequent purchaser may
then file upon the part relinquished,
provided he is qualified lo take a
homestead in Alaska, and the original
homesteader may continue his settle
ment and cultivation of the part re
tained by him.
“Since that decision was rendered
many homesteaders have expressed a
desire to sell a portion of tlwir land to
someone who is qualified and desirous
of taking up a homestead, and have
asked me to put them in touch with
such prospective settlers. By selling
a portion of their homesteads the
homesteaders will not only be relieved
of cultivating a large area, but will
also have money from such sale with
which to tide them over until their
homesteads become productive ami
self supporting. By selling a portion
of their homesteads it will also per
mit more homesteads being located,
and this means that their locality will
have better roads and school facilities,
| as well as an earlier development of
the agricultural lands.
“This office receives many inquiries
from prospective settlers and people
who desire to secure homesteads, and
if you should desire to sell any por
| tion of your homestead, it may be
! possible through such inquiries to put
you in communication with a pros
pective purchaser.
“I would, therefore, be pleased if
you will answer, on the attached
form, the questions which I have set
forth, in case you desire to relinquish
a portion of your homestead, and re
turn the form at your earliest conven
ience to me in the enclosed official
self-addressed envelope, which re
quires no postage.
“Very respectfully,
“A CHRISTENSEN,
“Manager, Land and Industrial Dept.”
I RECEPTION FOR BISHOP
ROWE AFTER SERVICES
Bishop Rowe will hold services this
! evening at 8 o’clock after which an in
formal reception will be held. To
morrow morning at 11 o’clock there
will be Communion. 1
JUNEAU BOND
VOTE CARRIES
SENATE PASSES WHAT CITY
WAS ASKING FOR
YEARS.
JUNEAU, August 22. — James H.
King, a city councilman of Juneau ami
manager of the Alaska laundry, has
| secured through Senator Key Pitman
.the passage of a, bill through the
senate yesterday authorizing Juneau
to vote on a sevnty live thousand dol
lar bond issue for a school building
,Great rejoicing Is taking place here
.as the people have been working for
this legislation for two years and tn*
last legislature memorialized congress
/or it. King was in Washington only
Jive days but accomplished in that
time what Wickersham has been un
able to get for years.
PIONEER PENSIONED
The trustees of the Pioneers' Home
have granted a pension of $10 per
month to Herman D. Hall, of Hope.
Mr. Hall is 82 years of age and is no
longer able to support himself. He
first went to Hope in 18!G and has
never livid away from that town any
length of time. He has never made
a trip to the outside since Tie settled
in the north.—Ex.
MAIN SHAFT OF
DREDGER BREAKS
Tho main driving shaft of the
dredge of the Cache Creek Dredging
Company broke recently, anil unless
efforts that are now being made to
make repairs are successful, the min
ing season will have been lost, entail
ing a severe loss to the concern.
After a three-day’s run, the company
cleaned up 200 ounces of gold, prov
ing that the ground contains hand
some workable values. It is regret
table that the accident occurred, be
cause the Cache Creek Dredging com
pany is a legitimate concern and has
expended a large sum in installing
the dredge and getting ready for op
erations.—Ex.
WELLS FARGO MAY HAVE
THROUGH EXPRESS LINE
Tentative plans are now afoot by
the Wells Fargo Express Company to
establish an express line through
Seward during the winter to Anchor
age and all the way into Iditarod and
other points in the interior. Largo
loads would be carried, dog teams be
ing used for the purpose.
MARIPOSA DI E 9 P. M.
The latest news received from the
Mariposa is that she is due here at 9
p. m.
THE HOSPITALITY HAIRCUT
HOUSTON, Tex., August 12.—
Houston today claims the long dis
tance hospitality championship.
A company of New York militia
was passing a fire station during an
exercise stroll while ITremen were
shearing a horse with Electric clip
pers. One of the guardsmen, whose
head was hot beneath a heavy ITiatch,
broke ranks and asked for a haircut.
Not only was he accommodated but al
so was a score of his fellow militia
men—and it didn’t cost ’em a cent.
It is stated in the Seattle P. I of
recent date that the steamship Admi
ral Watson will be pulled o(T of the
Southwestern Alaska run and placed
on the San Francisco run. No reason
is given for the transfer.
C. E. Burr is now experimenting on
a new Chinese vegetable on his ranch
outside of town. This vegetable is
called Pe Psai and is said to make a
splendid dish.