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Vol. 10. No. 226 SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10,191l>. Ten Cents the Copy
ALLIES STILL CLAIM ADVANCE
ON THREE OFFENSIVE FRONTS
PURSUING AUSTRIANS STILL
ROME, August 10.—The Austrian aviation station at
Ashovudza, six miles east of Cloritz, has been captured by
.the Italians who are continuing their pursuit of the Aust
rian forces that retreated from Cioritz, according to the
reports today. The Italians are following up irresistably.
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FRENCH MAKE MOKE PROGRESS
PARIS, August 10.—Despite fog and rain the French
taoops have made further progress in the Somme oll’en
sive. They advanceil last night in the region of Hem
woods and took a hundred prisoners and six machine
guns. It is also announced oiticialiy mat a German recon
noitering party was dispersed with much loss to the
enemy. The lighting is now progressing continuously in
that quarter.
BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS ..
LONDON. August 10.—Further progress has been
made northwest of Pozieres and the Australians pene
trated the German trenches on a six hundred yards front,
it is reported by Haig today. The Australians have also
gained all the local objective points \vinch are being rapid
consolidated.
RUSSIANS ALSO ADVANCE
PETROGRAD, August 10.—It is officially announced
today that the advancing Russian army has taken the rail
road station ol Chryplin which is only three miles cact of
Stanislau. Our offensive is progressing well in all
respects, the official announcement says today and further j
big gains are looked for as our troops are gradually gain-,
ing more favorable positions. Germans are now aiding
the Austrians in that region and some German prisoners
have been taken with their allies.
BERLIN SAYS ALL REPULSED
BERLIN, August 10. — The official announcement
from the Foreign Office today is to the effect that all
French and British attacks delivered yesterday and last
night have been repulsed. The relative positions of the
opposing lines are stated to have undergone no change
notwithstanding the concentration of large allied forces
in the region of the Somme.
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PARIS, August 10— Xo lighting took place in the
Verdun sector yesterday or last night.
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MAY ASK PRESIDENT
TO STOP R. R. STRIKE
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NEW YORK, August 10.—If the United States Board
of Mediation and Concilliation fails to adjust the differ
ences between the railroad companies and the 100,000 em
ployees, President Wilson will be asked to use his personal
influence to avert the general strike. This statement was
made today by a representative of the railroad managers
who declared that an appeal to the President would be the
last resort and would only be used to save the nation from
the total trade paralysis that would follow such a strike.
The country is now fully awake to the disastrous conse
quences threatened and steps will probably be taken today
to try to have a settlement arrived at.
FATAL STREET CAR EXPLOSION
CHICAGO, August 10.—A score of people were in
jured early today and four will die as the result of a
double explosion that wrecked a Halstead street car. The
explosion was caused by a short circuit. The car win
dows were smashed, the wire guards ofthe windows were
bent and the woodwork set afire. The forty passengers
tiding in the car at the time made a mad rush for the
exits and becoming jammed in the doorways many were
hurt. The scene caused tremendous excitement.
JUMPS FROM SINGER BUILDING
NEW' YORK, August 10.—Albert Goldman jumped
f>00 feet from the Singer building, the second tallest in the
world, today at noon to commit suicide. He was 60 years
of age and front Brooklyn.
CLOUDBURST IX VIRGINIA
CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE
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CHARLESTON, August 10.—A
Virginia cloudburst swept the Cabin
Creek and Coal River valleys yester
day ami spread devastation over a
wide region. The loss of life is esti
mated all the way from eleven to 150
and the damage to property is prob
ably not less than a million dollars.
TWELVE BELIEVED
DEAD AT MICHEL
MICHEL, B. C., August 10.—
Twelve men :are believed dead as the
result of the mine explosion here yes
terday afternoon. The explosion oc
curred during an electric storm and
it is believed that a bolt of lightning
ran on the wires into the mine and
ignited the gas.
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C IVIC CLl B DANCE
The Women’s Civic Club will give a
dance on the evening of August 28.
"Further particulars will be given
later.
Dr. J. M. Sloan is out again after a
severe attack of tonsil it is. He was
attended by Drs. Komig and Baugh
mnn *»ml L a -1 a 4
prevent getting cut Up. Dr. Sloan
lather recently attended other tonsil
itis patients and spoke with beautiful
sang froid of the possible necessity
for operations but when it came his
own turn he threatened to shoot his
attending physicians if they tried it
on himself.
The cutter Unalga remained out in
the stream today and sent a pinnace;
to shore after which the cutter went
away again.
G. W. Adams, accompanied by Mrs.
Adams, has arrived in the city for
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the big event.
PRICE OF WHEAT
GOESMARING
TREMENDOUS LOSSES IN CROPS
SEND THE MARKET
SKYWARD.
CHICAGO, August 10.—The giant
crop losses of the past months in the
United States and Canada have sent
the wheat market skyward. Trading
closed last evening in a whirl of ex
citement showing net gains oT 105.8
to lt.‘J.8 cents with September option
at $1.44 for March.
MONEY IS HERE FOR
THE SEIZED LIQUOR
The money which was to have paid
for the liquor seized at Point Camp
bell some time ago is now here in this
city. In the seizure made by Harry
Schultz at Campbell were about six
thousand bottles that had been buried
and 200 canes that had not been. The
story of the liquor is lixe a chapter of
a story about smuggling and Deputy
Marshal Ike Evans is the man who
got next to the game and spoiled it.
He has been working on i. for some
time but kept quiet until action had
been got. His work resulted in the
seizure.
The liquor had been ordered from be
low and was shipped to the San Juan
company near Knik as groceries and
produce. It came up here on one of
the big boats but the money was not
imi viaviiiuig ami It «aa umui uc«v rv i«
Cordova. Two men named Harry
Fitzgerald and Otis Osgood are said
to have been the agents. At Cordova
the liquor was unloaded over the side
of the ship into the launch Northland
which took it up to Cook Inlet, its
destination, of course, being Anchor
age. Deputy Evans had eighteen men
search Fire Island and had just come
to Point Campbell to make a search
when the discovery had been made.
The liquor was between 17 and 20
tons in weight.
Irving Taylor came in last night to
be ready for the fray as short stop.
ANCIIORAtiE TEAM - j
NOT VET ON WAV
Will Probably Leave Yonight and Ar
rive in Time for Tomorrow’s
(i a m e.
| Word was received this morning
that the Anchorage team had not got
away f*^m home on the tide last even
ing hut they will start this evening at
(i o’clock and should arrive hero to
morrow before toon, in plenty of time
to take the field tomorrow afternoon.
The buzz car will be sent out to meet
them and would puk tb ‘in up about
1 tomorrow morning
The Seward team could now be j
guessed with possibly a few excep
tions. Williams will catch and Lee
will pitch; Reed will be on first and j
Campbell will take third; Taylor will
take his place at short stop. The
others are Matt Ryan, George Adams,
and then comes Tom Finnegan, Frank
Nickerson, Al Taylor, Lucas, Manthey ,
and—the rest. This may, possibly,
leave out one or two namas that may
appear on the team, anyhow before
the series is over. Coming to think
of it, Manthey and Nickerson may be
needed worse than the positions their
names occupy here.
Otto 1’oehlmann and Jack Finnegan
are looming up strong as rivals for
the place out near Ressurection Ray
and Al Taylor and Heinie Haasch are '
being mentioned as very likely to be
at least on the bench in uniform.
Ike Evans and Colonel Revcll were
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other day in the Anchorage paper be
cause they were supposed to be look
ing at the Anchorage team working
out. The statement made in this
paper the other day that Anchorage
has a professional pitcher coming to
wallop us has since been confirmed.
They say he is a wonder but that
might be to frighten our stickmen.
Another man who may get into the
field during the series is Crit Tolman
in spite of the fact that Lee has been j
named as backstop.
Sam Soupcofl* is out the. line with
the Balderston bunch fishing.
OVER HUNDRED LOST
- IN VIRGINIA ELOOD
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., August 10.—The flood dam
age resulting from the cloudburst is now found to be tar
more serious than had been at first supposed and Govern
or Hatfield has thought it necessary to order two more
companies of the Second regiment into the West Virginia
flooded district when apparently the terrible tales of the
' loss of life and the suttering were confirmed. Thirty
j bodies have been recovered on Cabin Creek and the death
list is now placed at over a hundred. Other bodies are be
ing taken out every little while from a creek above Cabin
creek. The town property damage is believed to be en
ormous and some estimates place it over five million dol
!. lars. Hundreds of miners and their families have been
rendered homeless.
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More Flood Victims
GALLIPOLIS, August 10.—Many bodies of the
victims of yesterday’s Hoods were seen today with huge
masses of wreckage floating down the Ohio river. In in
effectual efforts to reach a lot of bodies one large raft
was lost and a score of its occupants were drowned.
WOMEN MAY ENDORSE HUGHES
CHICAGO, August 10—The sentiment is strongly in
! favor of endorsing Hughes and adopting his ringing de
claration against Wilson as the delegates from twelve suf
1 frage states gathered here today for the National Wom
i en’s Party conference. The personal pledge of Hughes for
! a federal suffrage amendment is being favorably con
1 trusted wtih the opposition of Wilson to his action on na
1 tional suffrage.
ALASKA LEFT CORDOVA
AT NINE THIS MORNING
The steamship Alaska left Cordova
at 9 o’clock this morning. On her re
turn trip from Seward she will go
from Cordova by the outside passage.
NORTHWESTERN NOT TO
GO UP TO ANCHORAGE
The Northwestern^ which leaves
Seattle for Nome next Sunday via
Seward will not go to Anchorage. She
j will sail direct from Seward to Nome.
j ..SALMON RUN IS VERY LATE
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WRANGELL.—-The salmon canning
season seems to be very backward
this year according to the statements
of several of the important cannery
men of the district. Superintendent
C. Harris, of Santa Ana, stated that
there was no fish to speak of in his
| section and Superintendent Barlow of
Point Warde, who was in town yes
terday stated that his cannery was
over twelve thousand behind the pack
of last year at this time. Superin
tendent Schott of the A. P A. states
that the run at his traps has nearly
stopped and the Sanitary Cannery has
only four thousand cases up, which is
far behind last year. Reports from
all sections seem the same and unless
the run starts soon the fish season this
year will be very short.—Sentinel.
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FACTS BROUGHT OUT
BY RAILBOAD REPORT
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The reading of the report issued for last year by the
Alaskan Engineering Commission is interesting in many
respects. In the editorial column today is given the state
ment as to the intention not to do the larger part of the
work on the Alaska Northern much before the beginning
of the fiscal year 1917. In the same column other items in
the report are mentioned, it is shown that $150,000 is the
,sum estimated for the establishment of terminal docks
and yards at Seward. The reports give the distance from
Ship Creek to Chickaloon as 74.9 miles and the cost of'
building that distance is estimated at $3,459,810, or about
$47,000 a mile.
The cost of haulage of coal from the Matanuska fields
to Ship Creek is estimated by other authorities at 90 cents
a ton, while the haulage to Seward is estimated by the
same authorities at $9.00 a ton. The ocean haulage to
Seattle from each of these ports is estimated at $1.25 a
ton. The cost oi the coal at the pit mouth is estimated at
$2 per ton. *
The cost of building the road from Kern creek to
wards Ship Creek for a distance of 33 miles to where the
line leaves Turnagain Arm is estimated at $77,000 a mile.
The average annual temperature of Kenai Peninsula
is 38.
Reading the report somehow leaves the impression
that the Commission first wishes to reach the coal fields
before digging in at this end although there is every evi
dence, it must be said, in the report that Seward is to come
in for her share.
Reports included in the volume indicate that the Com
r) *i i — .-. _ - X’ i U T n »•*«-»»-»n 1\/T in no
Railroad.
The report speaks highly of the agricultural and min
eral resources of Kenai Peninsula, particularly the form
er and speaks of Seward as most likely to become a very
important town.
The statement of the Commission in its report sug
gesting Seward a smelter site is also worthy of particu
lar notice.
FIRST DIV. G. 0. P.
ENDORSED NO ONE
JUNEAU, August 10.—The Repub-,
Mean divisional convention held here
yesterday divorced divisional politics
entirely from Territoral politics and
nominated a complete legislative
ticket by unanimous vote. This makes
a straight out and out fight between
the parties and the question of en
dorsing anyone as candidate for dele
gate or attorney general did not come
up on the floor of the convention a?
all. The legislative ticket nominated
is: J. R. Heckman of Ketchikan for
senator; and John G. Heid of Juneau,
P. C. McCormack of Wrangell, Wil
liam Freeburn of ChicagofT and Monte
Henson of Treadwell for the house.
Edward Hurlbutt of Thane was nomi
nated for road supervisor.
Wickershani Turned Down
JUNEAU, August 10. — No candi
date for congress was endorsed by the
Republican divisional convention here
and this means practically a repudla
.tion of Wiekersham for insults to the
party. Only one delegate to the con
vention favored Wiekersham and even
this one only wanted a resolution
passed expressing aproval of the
; Delegate for past performances. ThTs
resolution was turned down and the
delegates voted solidly for party or
ganization.
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Note:—The first of the above mes
sages came from a Wiekersham
source and the second from another
! source. This is noted to guide the
readers.)
FOR SALE
Kitchen utensils and dishes. Apply
Gateway. 8-10—tf
PORTLAND PAPER SAYS
U. S. SOLD LOTS HERE
The following story from the Port
land Oregonian is a sample of the way
in which things Alaskan get written
up outside:
“Uncle Sani Sells Alaskan Lois
“SEWARD, Alaska, July 20. — In
.the lirst sale of lots in the original
Rallaine townsite here, under the di
rection of the land department of the
United States Railroad, 27 lots were
sold yesterday at prices ranging from
$250 to $1250.”
EDES AND CHRISTENSEN
NOT GOING ON EVANS
Chairman Edes of the Engineering
Commission and Andrew Christensen
of the Land Department will not go
on the Evans but will take a later
boat to make their journey to the in
terior via Valdez. The Evans is on
the way to Seward but Mr. Edes is
not aboard.
. The rate of taxation on city proper
ty is expected to be the same this
year as it was last year but the as
sessment is cut down very consider
ably. The Equalization board is now
finishing up its labors.
Two boys have been caught in the
act of stealing lumber from the pile
of Anderson and McDonald on Adams
street and the authorities are about
to make an example, they say.
George Mirlach, George the Jewel
ler, has just received and installed a
fine burglar fire proof safe which has
all the latest improvements, including
a time lock.
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