The Ocean Terminus of Alaska’s Government Owned Thirty-five Million Dollar Railroad System
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Vol. «. 170 SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, SATI'RDAY, MAY 1, 1915. ___lf" tenlH llu Copy
BERLIN SAYS
FRENCH FAIL
PETROGRAD DECLARES TEC-;
TONS ARE NOW MOVING
TOWARDS NORTH.
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BERLIN, May 1.—The French have
Tailed in their attempts to retake the
trenches taken from them in Alsace
and several French trenches in the
Argonne region have been captured
by our troops. All the attacks by the
soldiers of the republic on St. Mihiel
have been repulsed and the enemy
has now ceased the attempt to cap
ture that position.
PETROGRAD, May L—The Ger
mans are now pressing north from
Poland towards the Russian Baltic
provinces and are evidently bent on
drawing otf the Russian pressure
from Austria in the Carpathians.
No change has occurred in the mount
ain lighting. ’The Austrians are still
opposing our advance towards Hung
ary determinedly but they have gain
ed vj other advantage than* that of
delaying our forward movemvent.
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THOl’SAN DS STARVlNG
IN POOR POLAND.
BERLIN, May 1.—An investigation
made by the German government
shows that thousands of people are
literally starving in Poland. This
country is trying to relieve the dis
tress as much as possible but outside
aid is urged.
HUNDRED THOUSAND SHEEP
KILLED IN OREGON STATE.
PORTLAND, May 1.—One hundred
and eight thousand sheep were killed
last Thursday in the mountains of this
state by the storm that raged
throughout that day. The storm was
accompanied by a blizzard.
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EDES SOON TO
COME TO WEST
DOLE IS NOW IN CHARGE OK
SEATTLE ENGINEER
ING OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—L.* R.
Wilson who was in charge of the
Seattle office of the Alaska govern
ment railroad engineering commis
sion has been recalled to Washington
and C. E. Dole has been given the
place made vacant. Chairman Edes
of the commission will leave for Cali- |
fomia and Seattle in a few days but j
the date of his exact arrival in Alaska
cannot yet be stated as he has various
matters of importance to arrange be
fore taking up active duties in the
field. No further statements are be
ing made by the president or the sec
retary of the interior with respect to
the railroad and there is apparently
nothing to say further than has al
read been stated.
SERVICES AT M. E. CHURCH.
Last Sunday evening the services
were not as announced so the solo by
Mrs. Sawyer will be given, also the
Anthem for the evening hour. Hours 1
of service; 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
You are invited to attend. C. T.:
Cook, Pastor.
Nightwatchman Bert Milliken made
his first arrest last night and the re
sult was a fine of twenty dollars im
posed on a colored woman by Justice
Almy this afternoon.
WOMEN MEET IN
PEACE CONFERENCE.
(lathering Almost Breaks Up In a
Scrap Because of Some
Speeches.
THE HAGUE, May 1.—The wo
men’s International Peace conference
is in session but a stormy meeting re
suted today when some of the dele
gates made speeches which were ob
jected to by some of the others. One
important action was taken and that
was the expression of the opinion
that the conference should suggest
that in each cabinet of Europe in
future a new minister should be nam
ed as Minister of Peace. By such
means the women believe the govern
ments would always have at least one
man whose business it would be to get
more careful considerations of dis
putes.
PURCHASE NORTH HALF
OF RUDOLPH RANCH.
Derick Lane and Herbert Tozier
have purchased for cash the north
half of the Rudolph homestead. The
sum paid is about thirty thousand
dollars and the ground taken over
contains the part of the homestead
known as the Terminal addition to
the town of Seward. Mr. Rudolph has
just received his patent to the home
stead so that the deal is finally con
summated.
LAUNCH ARRIVES.
The launch Wilhelmina, formerly
of Nome, arrived yesterday from
Seattle with Andy Peterson and
Frank Johnson. This and two other
small boats travelled together part of
the way from Juneau. On the way up
one of the launches with a man named
Green aboard was lost sight of and
Messrs Petersen and Johnson fear for
his safety as he was out in a big
storm. The Wilhelmina will be taken
to Ship creek.
JUNEAU FEARS
BOOZE DOOMED
JENNINGS SAYS NO VOTE
WILL COUNT AS A
DRY VOTE.
JUNEAU, Apirl 30.—That the
First division of the territory of Al
aska will soon be dry is the general
belief created here by the announce
ment just made by Judge Jennings
that in the census now being taken on
the liquor license question all those
who decline to vote will be regaded
as voting against the liquor business.
This means that if number of those
voting wet is not greater than the
number of all the other adults in the
district licenses will be refused. Jen
nings has just appointed two men to
act as census takers for Juneau and
Douglas and the districts for two
miles around. The vote, or election,
will be on May 24th. The saloon in
terests here declare that the decision
of the judge to count no votes as dry
votes is arbitrary. They hold that the
wet and dry question should be decid
ed by the majority of votes actually
cast at the election and not by the
census taken in the manner fixed by
the district judge.
A- lady stenographer named Jane
Randall writes the Gateway from
Seattle to say that she wants the pap
er to say that she is expert in her
work, will pay her own fare, has a
good position now, auburn hair, a
genial disposition and is 28 years of
age. She wants to come here.
HALF OF COLON
IS WIPED DOT
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GREAT GALE FANS FIRE WHICH
RAGES, DESTROYS AND
KILLS.
COLON, May 1.—Half of this city
was totally destroyed by fire yester
day. Tne people were killed, scores
were injured and fifty two are miss- j
ing. The fire began from some cause |
not known when a tremendous gale
was blowing. The tlames were driv
en through the city like a forest fire
and block followed block until, dyna
mite was brought into requisition and
used to blow up great gaps in the
lines of buildings. Twenty-five busi-^
ness blocks are amongst those that
have been reduced to ashes and the
loss in property is far into the
millions
MIN NESOTA FLOATED.
TOKIO, May 1.—The American
liner Minnesota has been floated by
the use of dynamite to blast away!
the rocks on which she rested. Dur
ing the blasting operations some men
were killed but the number is not
given.
THE MEN WHO WILL
BE IN CHARGE ON R. R.
Mears Gives Out List of the Fore
men and Engineers in First
Work.
The following appointments in the
railroad force are announced for the
information of all concerned by Lieut.
Mears:
R. E. Remore, carpenter foreman,
will have charge of al! carpenter work
at Ship creek.
Dave McEachern, pile driver fore
man, will have cahrge of all pile driv
er and dock work in that vicinity.
C. G. Jones, foreman, will have
charge of all grading track laying
and clearing gangs.
K. K. Kuney, locating engineer, will
take charge of locating party No. 1
and will make final location in that
district from Eagle River to Mata
nuska coal fields.
C. R. Breck, jr., locating engineer,
will take charge of locating party No.
3, and will make preliminary and final
location in the Broad l'ass District.
F. Mears, Commissioner.
CARNEGIE GIVES MILLIONS.
PITTSBURG, April 30.—Andrew
Carnegie has given two millions sev
en hundred thouand dollars additional
to the Carnegie Institute.
ANOTHER BIG CROWD
ON NORTHWESTERN.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
last night with the following passeng
ers for Seward:
B. Gilman, John Bruce, A. Knight,
E. Summy, G. Hartley, J. Mulroy, Ray
Larson, Mrs. E. Heckman, Mrs. P.
Davidson, Elizabeth Cody, D. Cong
don, Mrs. D. Congdon, Robert Cong
dor., J. McPhail, L. Butterworth, Mrs.
F. Butterworth, W. Schmuch, H.
Wingert, F. Dobois, Frank Smith, B.
Jones, W. Baird, Mrs. A. Roseness,
Mrs. Fred Miller, G. Johnson and wife,
W. Rich, Francis Westover, Fred
Chapman, Frank Hughes, E. Stepp, J.
Mantell, Roy Williamson, F. Simpson,
C. Hanson, Dick Boyer, James Cun
ningham, Elizabeth Loed, Mrs. John
Noon, F. Fiske, F. Bliss, Blair Mur
ray, C. Heren, H. Leonard, Mrs. Della
Adams, Art Friedman, Victor Larson,
J. Walsh, George Blackfield and sixty
eight steerage.
MUST MOVE OUT
OF SHIP CREEK
MEANS GIVES NOTICE TO PEO
PLE OF WHAT THEY
MUST EXPECT.
Alaska Engineering Commission.
Construction Camp, Ship Creek.
April 28th, 1915.
Notice.
To answer the numerous inquiries
that have been made in regard to the
status of the townsite at Ship Creek,
I desire to make the following state
ment:
The land office of the Interior Dept,
is expected to put engineers in the j
field within a short time, to stake out
a townsite in the district between
Ship creek and Ship creek Junction.
The plans of the Commission contem
plate using practically all of the
ground which is at present occupied ■
by the temporary roadhouses and j
dwellings, which have been erected
here within the last few weeks. There
is no desire on my part to cause un
necessary inconvenience to any of the
present occupants of these dwellings.
It is a fact, however, that the con
struction of machine shops, engine
houses, terminal freight yard, water
tanks, commissary buildings, dwell
ings for permanent employees, as well
as the buildings and plant necessary
in connection with the terminal coal
dock site, will require practically all
of the ground now occupied by the
tent camp, and it will, therefore be
necessary to remove these habitations
to the permanent site as soon as it
is selected.
I am unable to tell exactly what
plan will be followed by the Land Of
fice in assigning lots for building
purposes. It should be realized that
the Land Office has only had cogniz
ance of Ship creek as a definite point
on the railroad since the date of the
President's announcement, Saturday,
April, 10th and they probably have
not had time to make definite arrange
ments for handling the situation.
Inasmuch as the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission will gradually concen
trate a number of employees in the
vicinity of the present Commission
buildings, it will be necessary to take
steps to closely guard the water sup
ply to prevent contamination. As
soon as this plan is determined upon
notice will be given to the occupants
of dwellings living in the vicinity of
this water station to vacate the
premises. Until such notice is given,
no one will be required to move, un
less buildings are physically in the
way of railroad work.
F. Shears, Commissioner.
CHIEF CLERK OF R. R.
COMMISSION IS HERE.
Maintains the Same Golden Silence
For Which Commission
Is Noted.
R. D. Chase, chief clerk of the Al
aska government railroad engineering
commission, is now in Seward, hav
ing arrived on the Alameda last night.
He will remain here for a few days.
Mr. Chase, like Commissioner Mears,
smiles when you ask him a question
about the intention of the engineers,
but he only smiles. He doesn't even
smile loud enough to call it a laugh.
“There is a rumor that Chairman
Edes will make Seward his head
quarters. Is that so?” Mr. Chase was
asked.
“ I heard that rumor myself” quoth
Mr. Chase with that eternal smile.
He may leave on the Watson for
Ship creek. Why he stopped here
only providence knows.
FRANK L. BALLAINE
TALKS ABOUT SUIT.
Case Filed by Alaska Northern is
Connected with the Town
site.
Frank L. Ballaine, when seen re
garding the suit brought by the Al
aska Northern railway company
against his brother John E. Ballaine
and himself, stated that there is abso
lutely no merit to the suit, that there
has never been any railway company
fund used for the purchase of the
script of the Lowell interest, that all
monies used for the purchase of script
and other interests in the Seward
townsite was the Ballaines’ own per
sonal property, and the old Alaska
Central and the Tanana Construction
company never had any interest or
claimed any interest in the townsite.
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JUNEAU COMPANIES
AGREE TO BILL.
JUNEAU, April 30.—All the big
mining companies at Juneau and
around it announce that they will ac
cept the conditions laid down by the
new workman’s compensation meas
ure.
SEWARI) VOTES WET
BY BIG MAJORITY.
VALDEZ.—The official census of
Seward has been received at the office |
of Clerk of Court Arthur Lang and
shows tha* 365 residents of the west
ward town are in favor of granting
of liquor licenses, while 105 voted
against it and 35 refused to make any
declaration regarding their desires.
GOOD BYE SHIP CREEK
HAIL TO WOODROW CREEK.
The Gateway received in last night’s
mail a communication from the de
partment of commerce stating that a
line new chart of Knik Arm has been
published. The circular states that
Woodrow creek will be the name for
Ship creek from this time forward.
GERMANBlBS
FOR U. S. SHIP
REPORT TEUTONIC AIRMEN TRY
TO DESTROY AMERICAN
VESSEL.
ROTTERDAM, April 30.—The
American steamer Cushing which has
arrived from Philadelphia reports that
she was attacked in the North sea by
a German aeroplane which dropped
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several bombs but without inflicting
any injury. The captain says the ^
aeroplane was travelling at so great
an elevation at the time that her oc
cupant or occupants may not have
been abel to distinguish the national- j
ity of the ship but this fact is regard
ed here as indicating recklessness on
the part of the attackers. The cap
tain of the Cushing has reported the
matter to the American ambassador
through the. United States consul here.
The best billiard player by a long
way in Seward at present is a man
who is seventy years of age and a
veteran of the civil war. He is Joe
Kastner, an oldtimer in Alaska and a
mining man by profession. He came
to this city recently.
The Commercial club has received
word from the postmaster general
that Postmaster Hickey will be allow
ed additional help in the office on ap
plication in the regular form to the
department.
Clyde Wilkes has sent for a furni
ture manufacturing outfit and will es
tablish business here.
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MEARS WARNS
WORKING MEN
CLEARING WORK NOW BEGIN
NING AND GRADING
SOON WILL.
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Construction Camp, Ship Creek.
April 28th, 1915.
Notice.
The following notice has been pre
pared to serve as a means of giving
reliable information to those making
inquiries in regard to the work at
Ship creek, Knik Arm, Alaska.
There will be very few positions to
offer men on a salary or daily wage
basis on the construction work at
Ship creek, Alaska.
A lmited number of railroad station
men, experienced in the work of clear
ing right-of-way, culvert building and
railroad grading may find work at or
near Ship creek, Knik Arm, on the
terms usually offered by railroad con
tractors.
Gangs will commence clearing about
May 1st and grading about May 15th
or June 1st.
There will be work at Ship creek
for a very limited number of exper
ienced carpenters and carpenter help
ers (having their own tools) in the
erection of docksheds, buildings, liv
ing quarters and storehouses, as soon
as the necessary material has been as
sembled.
The carpenters and carpenter help
ers will be paid on an hourly basis and
charged for their board at the rate of
$1.00 per day.
The Commission will not engage
large numbers of men on a force ac
count basis, and those going to Ship
Creek, Alaska, with the idea of find
ing rea<ly employment on the new
work will be largely disappointed.
F. Mears, Commissioner.
GREAT CROWD
AT SHIP CREEK
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
TENTS AND MILE OF
TRACK LAID.
A canvas city of over 450 tents now
stands at Ship cerek where the first
mile of rails has already been laid by
Lieutenant Mears of the engineering
commission. In addition to the tents
there are some seventy log and frame
buildings. Included in the business
houses are six restaurants, a billiard
hall, two laundries, three barber shops
and one jewelry store. Lieutenant
Mears immediately on arrival started
to lay the track for work trains and
one mile of them has been placed in
position. Miss Babe White who was
born in this division drove the first
spike on the railroad and had the
spike presented to her by Mr. Mears
as a souvenir of the memorable oc
casion. The track is laid from the
beach. The machinery arrived on the
Latouche for dredging and pile work.
The dock will be built immediately
and the mouth of the river will be
dredged. It is the intention later to
build a concrete canal.
WATSON LEAVES CORDOVA.
The Admiral Watson left Cordova
this afternoon at 1 o’clock.
Today only. One lot block 26, $500.
B. R. Laberee & Co.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.