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v„l ,, N(> |3| SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, Tl'ESDA V, MARCH 16, 1918, ___Te° C«nU the Copy
DRESDEN SUNK
BY BRITISH
FAMOUS RUDER IS SENT TO
THE BOTTOM BY THREE
CRUISERS.
GERMAN CREW IS SAVED
DOOMED SHIP STRUCK FLAG
WHEN HOPE WAS
GONE.
LONDON. March 16.—The German
cruiser Dresden which escaped from
the battle at the Falkland islands was
sunk last Sunday after a short battle
off the coast of Chile with three Brit
ish cruisers. The crew of the Dresden
were saved and have been taken to
Valparaiso. After five minutes of
terrific fighting the captain of the
Dresden found that his vessel was
i doomed ami struck colors. This is the
first instance during the present war
when a German warship took down
her flag bur no hope had been left and
the commander decided to save the
lives of his men instead of sacrificing
them uselessly. The Karlsruhe and
Kronprinz Wilhelm are the only Ger
man raiders now left on the ocean
The Prince Kitel is at Newport News
but will be surely sunk if she attempts
to reach the open sea again. Since
the battle of the Falkland islands the
Dresden has managed to escape by
cleve** work. She got out of the
Magellan straits in spite of the care
ful watch kept for her but she never
had a chance to get away clear for
good.
J. L. JUDSON PASSES
AWAY IN OREGON.
Popular Seward Man Gives up the
Struggle Waged for
Years.
J. L. Judson, formerly one of the
publishers of the Seward Gateway,
died on the third of March at Pilot
Rock. Oregon, to which place he had
gone from Seward in the effort to
combat the tuberculosis that made
his last years a constant tight for life.
The news of his death was conveyed
in a letter to Mrs. Cummins of Seward
by Miss Lucy J. Judson, a sister, who
was here last summer with him. Mr.
Judson wa3 a native of Illinois and
was about 47 years of age. He
leaves behind a young son, Landers,
who is with his aunt. During his
time in Seward he was popular with
all people who knew him almost en
tirely as “Jud.” He came in 11)00 and
with the Gateway struggled through j
the “lean” years during which hope
was deferred again and again. His
death will be regarded as a distinct
loss by his many friends here. '
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BELLINGHAM
hasjragedy
WEALTHY FARMER KILLS WIFE,
HIRED MAN AND
HIMSELF.
BELLINGHAM, March 16.—Sam
uel Thompson a wealthy farmer, kill
ed his wife, the hired man and him
self last night in a lit of murderous
mania. Before committing suicide he
also tried to shoot his son hut the boy
- escaped. The cause of the murders is
guessed by the fact that divorce pro
ceedings had been instituted but the
name of the hired man who tost his
life has not yet been mentioned in
this connection. The attempt to
f ’ murder his son lead's to the belief that
Thompson sr. really went crazy over
his troubles and that the killing was
not the effect of any definite purpose
to avenge himself.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
FROM TANANA
INSIX DAYS
WELL KNOWN OLD TIMER
MAKES RECORD TRIP ON
AUTOMOBILE.
Grant Crossan who arrived this
morning on the Mariposa made the
trip from Fairbanks to Cordova in j
the record time of six days and lost 1
,
a day in the beginning of the journey
at that. He made the journey from j
Fairbanks to Chitina in five days.
This was done on Bob Sheldon’s auto
stage. This stage is* a regular auto-1
mobile that skims over the snow traits
like an airship. Mr. Crossan says J
that Fairbanks had more mining this
winter than for three years. Most of (
the plants now are small but the num
ber of men employed was very large, j
The Tolovana strike is also showing
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up pretty well. They have some pay j
but it is not large. Mr. Crossan w*
going out for the first time since he
landed in Alaska in 1897. He says
amongst other things that Judge Bun
nell is getting along fine. He has set
aside Fridays as the day for hearing
divorce cases and he beats the Reno
record blind. In the last day’s travel
from Fairbanks Mr. Crossan made 120
miles in ten hours’ going. It may be
mentioned that the town of Granville,
fifty-two miles from Dawson, is nam
ed after Mr. Crossan whose real name
is Granville and not Grant.
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
SHORT, SWEET MEETING.
Word Received from the Interior De
partment Regarding the Pro
posed Wharf Site.
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Quiet and peace reigned last night
to such an extent at the city council
that the thought was gently forced
to the memory that the present body
is approaching the close of a useful
life.
A communication was read from the
chief of the land office at Washington ,
suggesting that the city council look
for itself into the matter relating to
the comlemnation of a wharf site and
the ground necessary for the exten
sion of the streets to the sea water.
A copy of the communication was
ordered sent to Francis Rotch at Seat
tle.
G. B. Poindexter had a communica
tion read in which it was stated that
a’ new man named Anderson would
put up the bonds for the new electric
power plant. Action on the franchise
was put over to the next meeting.
After some more work, including the
instructions to put down a sidewalk
at the school building, had been done
the council adjourned to March 29.
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❖ 32 STEERAGE ON WATSON. *
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SEATTLE, March 16.—The number
of steerage passengers on the Watson
for Seward is thirty-two and not
twenty-one as stated yesterday.
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❖ UNITED STATES AGAIN ♦
❖ TALKS TO CARRANZA. •>
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WASHINGTON, March ^.-Presi
dent Wilson has informed Carranza
that foreign trade must be protected
by him. The answer of Carranza is to j
order Mexican gunboats to see thatf
American ships are unmolested and
the matter will be dropped.
R. E. NIXON IS NOW
INSTALLED IN SAVOY.
R .E .Nixon, perhaps the most
widely known hotel man in Seattle to
Alaskans, writes to a friend in Se
ward that he and W. G. King are now
fully launched in the conduct of the
Savoy hotel on Second avenue, which
they recently purchased. It has been
said of Mr. Nixon that he is known to
as many Alaskans as the governor or
the delegate of the territory. Mr.
King was formerly manager of the
Butler. Both are expert hotel men
and the Savoy under their manage
ment ought to be easily the best place
in Seattle.
BLOCKADE OF GERMANY FORMALLY
DECLARED AND U. S. SUFFERS
LONDON, March 16.—Notwith
standing the objections of the United
States the British blockade of all Ger
many was formally declared this
morning. It is intended to stop all
shipments of all kinds of cargoes to
and from Germany. Ships of neutral
countries will be taken just the same
as German ships and their cargoes
will be seized. The cargoes of the
seized ships will be sold and the pro
ceeds will be given to the owners of
the gcods but on no account will any
kind of goods be permitted to or from
any port of the German empire. A
concession is made by the regulation
that if any neutral country-certifies
that cargoes are not intended for Ger
many, that they will not be re-export
ed to Germany from another neutral
country, and that the cargo is not
from Germany and has not been made
in Germany they will be unmolested.
Non-contraband trade with Austria
and Turkey will remain unmolested
and the British government states
that the general blockade is intend
ed solely as a retaliation for the sub
marine warfare being waged by the
Germans against al’ied mercham
ships.
I'. S. TO PROTEST.
W AS HIX GTON. M a rch 16.—The
SAY BRITISH j
LOST 8 SHIPS
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REPORT FROM BERLIN TELLS |
SITPOSEI) ALLIED LOSSES
IN DARDANELLES.
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BERLIN, March 16.—It is officially
'announced that eight British warships
have been damaged by the fire of the
Turkish forts guarding the Dardanel
les. The losses in killed and wounded
in the allied fleet are more than a
thousand. The belief is general here
that the passage can never be forced.
Advices from Constantinople are to
the effect that the Turks have brought
up fieUI pieces and howitzers to posi
tions from which they can reach the
bombarding fleets. The Turks also
have a large land force ready to at
tack should the allies venture to dis
embark an army. Not the slightest ad
vance has been made by the fleet for
some days and the forts reported to
have been reduced are only the weak
est portion of the defense works.
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❖ BILLY SUNDAY SPEAKS *
❖ TO A LEGISLATURE. •> .
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TRENTON, N. J., March 16.—Billy
Sunday, the noted evangelist and for
mer ball player, addressed the state
legislature here yesterday while it
was in regular session.
BRICK FACTORY FOR SEWARD. ,
P. A. Cunningham leaves on the
Mariposa for the outside to secure
and bring in machinery for a brick
factory in Seward. He has already
made a few bricks as specimens which
i re now to be seen in the window of
the office of B. R. Labaree. M *. Cun
ningham say; bui'dings can hi put ’..p
here mor* chenply with brick than
with lumber and his belief is to be
proven.
BULLOCK IN JAIL.
SEATTLE, March 13.—As was ex
pected J. H. Bullock who had been
sentenced to jail for illegal coal tran
sactions, was in the east W’hen the
opinion of the court of appeals was
rendered. He arrived from Washing
ton this afternoon and surrendered
himself.
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Mrs. Hammond of Sanak returned
on the Mariposa and will go west.
greatest disappointment follows theC
order by the British of a general
blockade of Germany. It was hoped '
up to the last moment that the British j
government would agree to the pro-j
posals made by this country and j
would depart from its intention to;
order the blockade if Germany agreed ■
to stop its blockade of the British and
northern French coasts. Germany
had signified the intention of agreeing
with the views of this government and
favorably received the proposals but
the sinking of British merchant ships
lecently by German submarines has
probably irritated the British to such
an extent that they have decided to
go to the utmost limit. A strong pro
test will probably bp sent by the Unit
ed States when the blockade is en
forced. The blockade will cause tre
mendous injury to American trade. It
will stop entirely the exportation of
cotton to Germany and will also kill
the importation of dye stuffs from
that empire. It is almost certain that j
the cotton growing states will rise in
wrath against the killing of their
trade and a difficult time is at hand.
Governor Colquitt of Texas is the j
first head of a state to sound a warn- .
ing that the cotton industry of this j
nation cannot be ruined with impunity
and others are expected to follow in
his footsteps.
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❖ GERMANS RESUME THE *
❖ OFFENSIVE IN WEST. *
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BEDLIN, March 16.—The offensive
has been resumed b... the Germans
at Dixmuden, Ypres and Lille. The
result is not yet known but from
former information received it is
known that our forces have been
strengthened at those points recently.
The French aggressive in the depart
ment of Champagne has slackened
and gives signs of dying out entirely
according to this morning’s official
information. The Russian advances
along the Vistula and north of
Przasnysz have been repulsed. I he
Austrians are advancing from Uszok
pass in the Carpathians towards
Prsemysl with the evident intention of
relieving that fortress finally.
GOING on MARIPOSA.
The following left on the Mariposa
at noon today:
R. H. Chadwick, C. A. Shumaker,
W. C. Bard, Oak Olsen, G. M. Ken
nedy, Walter Adami, Grant Crossan,
0. R. Hart, Mrs. D. J. Johnson, P. A.
Cunningham, J. J- Johnston, G.
Sanders.
COMMERCIAL CLlTB MEETS.
A meeting of the Commercial Club
will take place this evening at 8
o’clock. All members are requested
to be present,
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❖ MARIPOSA ARRIVES WITH •>
❖ SEVENTY-THREE PEOPLE. *
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The Mariposa arrived between 6
and 7 o’clock this morning with seven,
ty-three passengers for Seward. The
following is the list of first class pas
sengers:
Capt. C. A. Johnson, F. E. Parker,
Thos. Hennessy, Mrs. J. Hibbard, E.
Lucas, Mrs. Lucas, E. H. Christenson,
Verno Brown, Gaston Hardy, J. Wil
son, H. C. Emery, R. Ashland, E. S.
Jennings W. L. Kerr, M. V. Tyler,
Mrs. L. Byers, F. E. Youngs, J. S.
Osmund and wife, E. Bugmund, F.
Murphy, Mrs. C. W. Hammond, F. S.
McCluskey, J. A. Nelson, B. A. Wick
strom, F. H. Ackers, C. H. Mathews,
Arthur Morse, G. M. Movel, Ray
Foote, Miss S. Sexton, S. S. Soper, L.
Wyatt, R. L. Mathison, Geo. K. Carter
A. Levin, Oscar Hogberg, Jno. Gard
ner, J. H. Dutton, C. C. Bush and wife,
J. W. Long, and wife, Multon Long,
E. Provinse, H. Leyton, G. Grossman,
W. Adams, and 25 steerage.
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Meet me at The Branch.
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❖ RUSSIANS TO ATTACK *
❖ BOSPHORUS FROM EAST. ❖
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ATHENS, March 16.—Information
arriving from the most reliable sour
ces state that the Russians are now
concentrating a large force of ships
and troops to attack the Bosphorus
from the east. The Russian fleet in
the Black sea is believed to be more
than a match for the Turkish and
former German ships in those waters.
The attack will probably not be
launched until the allied fleet has
forced the Dardanelles and approach
ed the capital.
29.978 PEOPLE DIED
IN THE EARTHQUAKE.
Official Accounts Published of the
Catastrophe tF*t Visited
Italy.
ROME, March 16.—The official
publication of the numbers of people
killed in the great earthquake of
January 13 shows that the exact loss
of life amounted to 29,978. It is seen
that the reports in the beginning were
too conservative. People were killed
in places whose names never got into
dispatches telling of the catastrophe.
ALLIES READY
FOR THE TEST
WAITING DRY WEATHER TO
MAKE THE GRAND AS
SAULT ON GERMANY.
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PARIS, March 16—The allied arm
ies in the west “are now ready for the
long expected assault on the German
lines and the coming of dry weather
will be the signal for its launching.
This is the gist of an announcement
made today by the war office which
also states that the army is in perfect
condition. The most careful prepara-,
tions have been made for the great
campaign. Even new hospitals have
been built in the British islands and in
France as the allied nations know
only' too well that the task of driving
the enemy* back to his borders can
only be accomplished at great loss of
life. Both sides are now strengthen
ing their positions as fast as possible
and have carefully maneuvred for the
supreme test.
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❖ THE FEDERAL TRADE *
❖ COMMISSION WORKING. *
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WASHINGTON, March 16.—'The
new Federal Trade commission be
gan its labors today. The commission
will probably rot get down to the real
transaction of official business for a
few days.
CANNOT RE-OPEN
OPERA IN PARIS.
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PARIS, March 15.—Monsieur Dali
mier, under-secretary of Fine Arts,
and Monsieur Jacques Rouche, the
new director of the opera, have decid
ed that the difficulties in the way of
an early reopening are too great.
Half the stage hands have been mob
ilized, and the staging of most of the
operas is such a complicated matter ^
that the breaking in of so great a
number of new men is nearly impos-,
sible at this time. Futhermore, there
is not a single one of the leading
tenors left, all have been called to the
front
One of the recent prominent arriv
als in Seward is William Kingsley,
architect, of Seattle. Mr. Kingsley is
father in law of Clarence Blethen of
the Seattle Daily Times. He seems
to have unbounded confidence in Se
ward.
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NEW BANK MAY
OPENAPRIL15
“WE HAVE FAITH IN THE COUN
TRY OR WE SHOULD NOT
BE HERE.”
The Harriman National Dank of
Alaska at Seward will probably be
open on the fifteenth of next month
according to Gaston Hardy, one of
the leading members of the corpora
tion, who with Mr. and Mrs. E. Lucas
arrived this morning on the Mariposa
to make preparations for the estab
lishment of the institution. The pre
parations will be delayed only by the
waiting for the safe without which
business cannot be carried on, but it
is hoped and expected that this safe
will : rrive in time for tho opemng
about the date mentioned. Mr. Hardy
says he is completely in the dark as
to the intentions of the government.
When asked if the bank is being es
tablished because of confidence in the
future of this part of Alaska, he said:
“If we did rot have faith in the
country we should not be here.”
No quarters have been definitely
decided upon yet as a location for the
bank ofiices Mr. Hardy was in Wash
ington in January but not since and
he says we know more about the pro
gress of railroad events here than he
learned outside. When asked if h<^
had learned anything about ti.^*
rumored negotiations for a deal in
the Alaska Northern railroad he an
swered “absolutely nothing.” The
establishment of the library is some
thing of which he has heard only very
little. John Ballaine and Mr. Sears
were speaking about it in the east
and there was some conversation
about it in which the name of Mr.
Carnegie was mentioned. Indeed all
that could be gleaned from Mr. Hardy
is that they have established the bank
in the fullness of their faith that Se
ward’s future will be fully worthy of
it.
UNITED STATES LAUNCHES
GREATEST BATTLESHIP.
Pennsylvania is Thirty-one I hou
sand Four Hundred
Tons.
NEWPORT NEWS, March 16.—The
Dreadnaught battleship Pennsylvania
was launched here today. She is the
largest battleship in the world. She
is of thirty-one thousand four hundred
tons burden and carries guns which
are said to be the latest inventions
and of the greatest power.
HOPE AND SUNRISE
WANT WORK ON IL R.
Gateway Suggestion for the Employ
ment of Alaskans
Taken Up.
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At the meeting of the city council
last night Councilman Al. Chamber
lin announced that he was requested
by the people of Hope and Sunrise to
state to the council that thirty or;
forty men could be secured over
there for work on the government
railroad. They desire to send a list
of names as was done in Seward.
Governor Strong has endorsed the ac-;
tion of Seward in the matter. Mr.!
Chamberlin spoke about a sugges- i
tion made over there as to proposals;
for a uniform scale of wages but the
council very wisely seemed to think;
that action on that phase of the ques
tion at the present time might be1
premature.
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CITY MANAGER WILL
NOT TAKE DISMISSAL.
PHOENIX, March 16.—W. W. j
Palsh, city manager, refuses to be
fired. The commissioners voted in
favor of his discharge but Palsh de
clares that they have no power in the
matter. The question is now being j
brought before the courts and a most
interesting fight may be expceted on j
the rights and power and privileges
of a city manager.
Long distance telephone booth at.
The Branch.
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GREAT SEATTLE
STRIKE STARTS
LONGSHOREMEN QUIT WORK
AND SHIPPING WILL
SUFFER.
BOYCOTT ALASKA LINE
A LA M EDA SAILING J)ELA YED
TILL TOMORROW BUT
NOT BY STRIKE.
SEATTLE, March 16.—'The general
strike of longshoremen started this
morning here and much contusion may
result to shipping, Alaska! shipping
included. The efforts to avert the
strike proved unavailing. The Ala
meda which arrived yesterday from
Alaska will have a heavy cargo for
the north when she leaves and her
sailing has been postponed until to
morrow night. This is not due to the
strike, however, as she is unaffected
at present. The Alaska line is boy
cotted by the striking longshoremen,
though, and later sailings may be
hampered by lack of men lo load the
vessels. Ships bound for other ports
are also likely to be delayed consider
ably. Efforts are still going on to
make peace but the longshoremen and
the companies seem to be equally de
termined to fight the other. As this
is the season for hundreds if not thou
sands of Alaskans to go north to take
advantage of the overland trails many
northerners may be seriously incon
venienced if the strike continues.
Many of the men intending to go
north are now here.
BILLS PILING IT
DOWN AT JEN EVE.
Snow Wants an Eight Hour Law for
All Sorts of Employment
in Territory.
All sorts of bills are being intro
duced in the legislature at . uneau this
time again. C. K. Snow has introduc
ed a resolution calling for a special
election on the prohibition question
next November. He also introduced
a bill for an eight hour day in all sorts
of employment in the territory. This
bill includes employees of mercantile
and mechanical houses as well as min
ing and all other kinds of labor. He
also wants seats for female em
ployees in resturants, bakeries etc. A
bill has been introduced by another
member to repeal the Roden mining
law. There are also bills to regulate
the practice of medicine and several
others.
SANTA ANA SAILS TOMORROW.
The Santa Ana will leave tomorrow,
March 17, at 4 p. m.
ORDERSTHAW
TO THE ASYLUM
SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO
LET HIM GO TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
NEW YORK, March 16.—The state
supreme court today refused the mo
tion of his attorneys to let Harry
Thaw go back to New Hampshire
and it ordered his return to Mat
teawan asylum from which he escaped.
The court, however, seems to think
that he can be legally kept in the
Tombs prison for the present. His
counsel has obtained a writ of habeas
corpus which will keep Thaw in the
Tombs at least until Friday when the
state, it is believed, must again prove
the prisoner’s insanity. If this is so
he may yet escape.
Joe Hoffman is leaving for the
simple life on his ranch and his place
in the store of J. L. Graef has been
taken by Alec Little,