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N ol 1() N > M SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, SATURDAY, JAMJAR* 8, 191t»._____-_—-—
RIOTOUS STRIKERS BURN AND
LOOT AND MANY ARE SHOT
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. 8—With fifteen blocks]
of the city blazing and with rifles shooting into the mob1
this city was converted last night into an inferno where
terror reigned as a result ot a strike called against the j
Steel company. Thirty-five people are known to have]
been shot, the loss to property is a million dollars and at]
this moment three companies of militia are lined up with
rifles loaded waiting for another outbreak. The cause of
the starting of the great fire is still shrouded in mystery.
Immediately after the blaze broke out drunken mobs
broke into riotous disorder and began looting the stores
and postoflice. A powerful posse of citizens was formed
to quell the rioters and with rifles in hand ordered the
mob to cease. Orders being without avail the posse filed
over the heads of the crowd but the rioters never flinched
and then the guns were levelled right at the mob and let
go. Many of the mob fell at the volley and several deaths
are expected to result. Immediately afterwards the mili
tia was called out and for the present has the situation
well in hand but a renewal of the horror is expected. The
whole city was terrorized while the drunken mobs raged
through the streets in their orgy of looting and the fire
spread from block to block. It is assumed that the strik
ers set fire to the buildings but of this there seems to be
yet no adequate proof. One man was killed early in the
riot but the number of |>eople fatally shot is not yet
known.
YOUNGSTOWN. Jan. 8.—It has since l>een learned
that four people are dead and one hundred wounded as
the result of the riots here. One hundred rioters are also
in jail and it is now pretty clear that the fires were of in
cendiary origin. Six thousand steel workers are involved
in the strike. The arson and murder which began yester
day continued throughout the night and three companies
of national guards were placed patrolling the streets this
morning. Martial \w has been declared._
I)an Callahan Out
On Tear: Arrested
Noted Fairbanks Man Fined Fifty
and Arrested by Marshals.
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FAIRBANKS, Jan. 8.—Dan Cal
lahan. city councilman of Fairbanks,
candidate for senator at the last elec
tion, a prominent democratic politi
cian and one of the most widely
known men in Alaska went out on a
big spree yesterday and for a time
made things lively all over the city.
He w as arrested first by the municipal
authorities and fined fifty dollars and
was later arrested by the federal
authorities. He has appealed from
the city court judgment but the feder
al case has not yet come up for trial.
He is charged by the federal authori
ties with an assault on a woman of
the underworld. Callahan was a can
didate for the United States marshal
ship after the election of President
Wilson.
TODAY’S ODDEST STORY
FRANKLIN, Jan. 7. — Young
Farmer Walter McFarland says that
while rabbit hunting he heard a shot
and saw' a rabbit fall dead a few
feet from him and found that his
horse had stepped on a loaded shell,
which exploded and killed the rabbit.
DOUGHERTY LEAVES
Lieut. A. C. Dougherty, officer in
charge of cable system for the coast
division, has been notified that Cap
tain Robert M. Nolan will replace
him. Mr. Dougherty must go into
service with the cavalry according to
the regulations. He has been ordered
to report at Seattle.
CORDOVA NOTES
J. J. Lewis met with an accident at
the Jumbo mine, Kennecott, which
cost him a leg.
Superintendent of Mother Lode
mine says company will instal a hun
dred ton a day mill.
VALDEZ NOTES
H. P. King named acting mayor.
Knute Knafstadt won Ford machine
raffled at Valdes last week.
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40 Miles of R. R.
Will Be Altered
No Idea Yet of Number of Men to
Work on Alaska Northern.
It has been fairly well established
now that the length of the Alaska
Northern railroad to be altered and
rebuilt will be forty milets. The re
location force has recently finished its
labors so far as the field work is
concerned but the office work has yet
to be finished. Until that time it will
not be possible to tell exactly the de
tails of the work, the amount of dirt
to be moved and ‘.he number of men
to be employed. The commission
authorities art* -.till unable t^ say
what use will be made of the emer
gency appropriation provided it is
granted^by congress. They have been
asked to express an opinion as* to
whether some of it woul i be used in
repairs on the Alaska Northern or
not but no answer is ready although
there is a feeling that the present
road would be prepared so that Sew
ard might be made the base of the
new work of extension at this end of
the gap between Seward and Anchor
age.
INTERIOR MAIL MONDAY
A message was received today by
Wayne Blue from Col. Revell from
Bird creek saying that the interior
mail would arrive at Mile 34 Monday
and come in on the train that day.
FAIRBANKS MAN MARRIED
Joe S. Sterling, member of the firm
of Vachon and Sterling, was married
December 27 in New York to Mrs.
| Christine Kraft Tucker, of Brooklyn.
KILLS GALLOWAY
DRESSES 817 LBS.
Adelman & Quilty, the local dairy
men yesterday killed their Galloway*
steer, which was recently shipped to
them from the Kodiak Experiment
I station. It weighed 817 pounds
dressed. The meat has been placed
in the local markets. On his regular
daily trip Mr. Adelman took back
with him a load of 1,000 pounds of
hay.
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PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Senator
Tillman’s voice has become so feeble
that he can scarcely be heard in the
senate chamber. He leans wearily
against his desk as he speaks. Till
man’s once energretic manner earned
him the title of “Pitchfork Ben.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Post
master General Burleson carries a
faded cotton umbrella, rain or shine,
walking or in his carriage.
SELLING OLD BOATS
The boats McArthur and Gedney of
the Alaska Geodetic Survey were sold
last month as junk, according to a
communication from E. Lester Jones,
superintendent of the Surveys. Mr.
Jones says the department has no
boat to semi west of Icy stratits as
the Patterson and Explorer are be
lieved to be unseaworthy. He is ask
ing for two new vessels.
PUBLISHED GOVERNOR’S
REPORT PREMATUREL?
The Gateway has received the full
copy of the governor's report for the
year. It is not released until Jan
uary 10 but some papers have already
printed extracts from it. so violat
ing the rule governing such matters.
It is possible that some of the Alaska
papers misunderstood and it is to be
hoped they did for otherwise such ac
tion would be disgraceful. When the
time comes the report will be taken
up.
TO HAVE HEAP FUN
AT LEAP YEAR PARTY
The committee in charge of the
Leap Year dance tonight has not left
a stone unturned in the way of pro
viding entertainment for the men and
ladies. In fact the ladies say they
are going to show the men how to
give a dance that will be worth re
membering. The committee has de
cided to tax each lady one dollar ad
mission fee, for which she can bring
as many gentlemen as she pleases,
but she is barred from bringing her
own husband. No gentlemen will be
allowed in the hall unattended. The
committee has gone outside of the En
tertainment Club and ladies <an bring
gentlemen, not members of the club.
Besides the fact that the women
will make all engagements for the
dances this evening the committee has
arranged for old fashioned cotdlion
and grand march, foi a change. The
fee will be used in furnishing favors,
punch, lemonade, etc.
The committee wishes to inform the
ladies that they must not forget to
bring their own money as the gentle
men will not be allow’ed to pay, al
though it would be advisable for them
to have some small change in their
pockets, in case of fines. They also
wish to remind the men that they had
better see that there are no holes in
their socks before coming down and
that the men “please dress up" for
this occasion. The ladies will call for
the gentlemen but will be under no
obligation to see them home.
E. G. CARTER MARRIED
AND SELLS OUT HERE
Eldren G, Carter, formerly a part
ner of Andy Rasmussen, has 6old all
his interests in the sawmill to the
latter. Mr. Carter is now living at
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and
was^married since he left Seward.
Frank Ennis received word in the
last mail from Joe Campbell that he
would leave Portland for Seward on
the fifteenth.
Wilson Wants All
Americans United!
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Declares Whole Continent Should (Jet
Ready For Humanity’s
Sake.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—President
Wilson addressed the Pan-American
Conference today on the subject of
the relations between all the Ameri
l can republics and he declared that the
time was ripe for the formation of a
coalition between all the nations of
North and South America, not otdy to
protect the interests of these coun
tries themselves but to take action in
service of humanity and justice all
over the world. The president seem
ed to hint that the unity of all the
Americas would mean the creation of
a power that might be strong enough
to bring permanent peace on all the
earth.
LIQUOR SEIZED HERE
CAUSES PROSECUTION
The Valdez Prospector says that
the federal authorities are about to
prosecute the Seattle Brewing and
Malting company for shipping beer to
F. H. Bechett of Anchorage billed as
meats and groceries. The beer was
seized at Seward, the Prospector
says.
GERMANY INDEMNIFIES EOR FIFE
LOSE ON THE LINER LUSITANIA
PRESIDENT KALAMA
! BANK IS ARRESTED
Forty Thousand Dollars Shortage
Alleged in Funds of'Washington
State Institution.
KALAMA, Wash., Jan. 7—J. B.
Akin, president of the bank here, has
been arrested on a charge connected
with a shortage of forty thousand dol
lars in the funds of the institution.
The details have not yet been made
known but it is generally understood
that Akin is charged with using the
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funds for private speculation.
NOME MAN ARRESTED
A man who gave his name as Frank
Wilson of Nome, Alaska, has been ar
rested in Cincinnati with others on
the charge of blowing up the bank
safe at Erlanger, Kentucky.
Bert Ham, formerly of the Survey
Boat Yukon, left for Mile 12 this
morning to join the bridge repair
crew. _
GREECE BORDER HAS IRON RING
ATHENS, Jan. 7.—Powerful Turkish and Bulgarian
forces are now stretched along the Greek border and aie
said to be fortifying their positions strongly with the
evident intention of preparing to oppose an allied advance
northward from Saloniki by the troops of the Entente
Allies.
COAXING SERBIANS BACK
BUCHAREST, Jan. 7.—The Teutons conquerors of
Serbia are now placarding that country and neighboring
territories with invitations to the Serbians who fled to re
turn and take up their ordinary occupations. Recent ad
vices are to the effect that hardly an able bodied man can
be found in the whole length and breadth of the counti j.
SAY FIRED AT LIFE BOAT
ROME, Jan. 8.—A life boat of the Ancona has been
found which clears up the whole mystery surrounding
the sinking of the vessel. The boat shows clearly that it
was fired upon while it was filled with men, women and
children._ __
SERVIA ALL OCCUPIED, TEUTON ARMIES
TURN ATTENTION TO MONTENEGRO.
| MO V TENE6&0 RHP HER NEIGHBOfSS |
{Montenegro, the only country of southeastern Europe which successfully resisted
the great wave of* Turkish Invasion In the middle ages and which, since the fall
of the Roman empire, has acknowledged no alien master, Is now menaced by
Invasion from the conquered territory of 8ervla. Since the beginning of t «
war Montenegro, "the.country of the black mountain " has stood faithfully by
the side of Its neighbor. Servia, a kindred Slavic nation. King Nicholas of Mon
tenegro Is the father-ln-lavr of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and throughout
Italy the greatest sympathy Is felt for Montenegro.] .
INDEMNIFY LUSITANIA LOST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—The dark cloud which has
been hovering over the international situation was appar
ently cleared away today when the German government
notified the state department that it agrees to pay in
demnity for the loss of life of Americans who were pas
sengers aboard the Lusitania when she was sunk by a
German submarine. Germany also agrees to warn all
vessels in the Mediterranean before torpedoing them and
to give passengers full time to reach safety. 1 hese con
cessions have been received with a sigh of relief as they
are believed to mean that Austria will follow suit and
that all the questions at issue between the United States
and the Teutonic powrs will be settled amicably. It is as
sumed here that the action of Germany has beeen taken
after confrence with the Austrian government.
PERSIA NOT WARNED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The American consul at
Alexandria reports by cable that he has twenty affidavits
from survivors of the Persia that the vessel received no
warning before being sunk. The consul also reports,
however, that no one aboard the liner saw the submarine
and it is admitted that the vessel might very well have
been blown up by a mine. The only person found to pre
sent any testimony that a submarine did the work is the
second officer of the Persia and he can only say that he
saw' the wake of the torpedo. General opinion here is that
some more tangible evidence must be forthcoming before
this government can take decided action.
INDIANS FOR EGYPT
LONDON, Jan. 7.—That the whole native Indian
army be transferred to Egypt and that the raw recruits
of the new conscript army be sent to India for training is
now the policy being advocated strenuously here. The
l’ecruits are believed to be sufficient to hold any uprising
in India in check while being trained and the Indians are
sufficiently trained to meet any attempted invasion of
Egypt by the Turks. That the invasion will be the next
big move of the Teutonic powers is now deemed certain.
GERMANS HOLD 2,000 MILES
BERLIN, Jan. 7— In an article in the Tagleblat
Major Moraht, the famous military expert, points out that
the Central powers now hold territory which stretches in
an unbroken line for considerably more than two thou
sand miles through the heart of Europe and into Asia
Minor. He declares that this vast territory could almost
support the world by intensive cultivation and the con
clusion he arrives at is that Germany is now in a better
position than at the beginning of the war.
MONTENEGRO ALL BUT GONE
VIENNA, Jan. 7.—It is officially announced that the
opposition of the Montenegrins is all but at an end, the
Austrian troops having inarched most of the way through
the heart of the country while surrounding it on every
side. It is estimated that a quarter of a million Austrian
troops have been engaged since the beginning of the war
watching and fighting the Serbians and Montenegrins and
that this force will now be released for service against
Italy.
PROMISES FOR TURKS
ROME, Jan. 7—The Tribuna declares that Germany
has promised Turkey the sovereig"ty over all the Moham
medan states in North Africa in return for a successful
invasion of Egypt. German officers are said to have ai
rived in some way in Tripoli to organize and lead the
Mohammedan forces which have revolted against the
Italians in that province.
WANTED PEACE W ITH RUSSIA
LONDON, Jan. 7.—Advices from Tokio today are to
the effect that P remier Okuma of Japan has made a state
ment that Germany has made proposals to Russia and
Japan for a separate peace. The proposals are believed
to be the result of the financial condition of the Teutonic
powers. The statement of Okuma has not been transmit
ted officially but that it was made there is almost absolute
certainty.
ALLIES PAY ITALY TO FIGHT
BERLIN, Jan. 7.—It is announced today that the al
lied nations have paid Italy four hundred million dollars
to prevent her from declaring a separate peace. Accord
ing to the announcement this agreement was reached at
Zurich by representatives of Italy and the allied powers
and was made just as Italy was about to abandon the
attempt to invade Austria. z
GENOA, Jan. 8.—-The Russians are again bombard
ing Varna, the main Bulgarian port on the Black Sea.