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_ SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. TUESDAY. At RIL 18. 191b. _____—
DELEGATES ARRIVE EOR MOST i
INTERESTING POLITICAL ACTION!
The great majority of the delegates
to the Republican Territorial conven
tion arrived in Seward on the Admir
al Evans this morning and the con
,i will open in A. 1». Hall to
morrow morning at It) o’clock. It is
still expected that some delegates
will arrive from Anchorage but it
they left it is likely that word to that
effect would have been telegraphed.
Rev. T. V Howard has the proxies for
several of them and may have all the
proxies before the convention opens.
Charles Kennedy, delegate from
Candle in the Second division, is on
the Northwestern, and also Charles
E. Herron, chairman of the Territor
ial Republican committee. Roth will
arrive in time for the chief part ot
the work at least, but no one knows
whether Mr, Herron has a proxy
not. It is quite possible that some
other bearers of proxies might come
on the Northwestern.
It would hardly be proper to spec
ulate on the probable result of the
convention now that the delegates art'
here. This paper has a pretty tuirly
accurate idea as to who are candi
dates for delegate nomination, for
national committeeman, for delegates
to the national convention, for attor
ney-general of the Territory and the
rest but it is a matter for the dele
gates themselves and the less prop
hesying the better.
The convention will probably not
get down to the real business until
the second day. Temporary organi
zation will be effected tomorrow
morning and committees appointed
after which the permanent organiza
tion will take place ami the big bat
teries get in their work. It may be
worthy of note, if it is not taking too
much liberty, that a rumor was
spread this morning that the appar
ent support of Wiekersham by
Shackleford has shown signs of dis
appearing during the trip along the
coast. This may be only a rumor but
as the two men and their mutual re
lations seem to be the pivot of the
whole thing just a note of this rumor
may be permissible.
The delegates here are as follows:
FIRST DIVISION
Louis P. Shackleford, member of
the law firm of Shackleford & Day
less, ex-national committeeman.
Ed. C. Russell, publisher of the
Daily Alaska Dispatch. Manager for
Wiekersham in the First division.
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♦ OLDTIME CAPTAIN *
♦ COMES WITH TI G *>
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The tug Carpenter, which arrived;
vesterdav from Kenai, is the regular;
cannery tender for that port and re- f
mains there usually the year round.
She comes to Seward for a passenger
arriving on the Northwestern and will
return to Kenai immediately after j
the arrival of the latter steamer—
probably sometime tomorrow evening.
Alexander Esser is the captain and
is on of the old timers of western
Alaska, haring come to the Inlet for
the Alaska Packer's in 1889. During
the active times in the sealing in
dustry about 1892 he made two trips
to Japan but with these exceptions he
has been constantly in the employ
ment of the salmon fishing industry
since 1889. The Carpenter is a j
staunch tug of 140 tons, well equipped
and kept in every way. She belongs
to the Northwestern Fisheries Co., of
San Francisco. Captain Esser calls
San Francisco his home, but the Car
penter is his actual residence most of
the time.
Mike Sullivan is, after all, a dele
gate to the convention and has sever
al proxies. He is also the lieutenant
of Louis P. Shackleford.
George Irving, ex-assistant United
States attorney for the First division.
Attorney-at-law.
H. L. Faulkner, ex-United States
marshal. Attorney -at-law.
Gu\ McXaughton, cashier of the B.
\I. Behrends bank.
Howard Ewing, general agent for
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
Richard Wulxen, mining engineer
with the Gastineau Mining Company.
Judge Murane, candidate for dele
gate to congress against Wickersham
in 1912. Formerly District Judge,
Nome.
SECOND DIVISION
William A. Gilmore, attorney-at
iaw. Nome. Candidate for delegate to
congress against Wickersham in 1914.
George D. Schofield, attorney-at
law. President of the Nome Republi
can club.
THIRD DIVISION
V aldez:
E. E. Ritchie, attorney-at-law, Val
dez.
Col. B. F. Millard, mine owner and
operator, Territorial senator and
former member Wisconsin legislature.
Harvey Sullivan, formerly U. S.
marshal, Third division.
Al White, formerly Councilman of
Valdez.
Cordova:
Goo. C. Huzelet, townsite trustee,
former mayor of Cordova and presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Thomas S. Scott, cashier First Bank
of Cordova, formerly chief deputy
clerk of court.
C. M. Frazier, attomey-at-law,
formerly attorney-general of Arizona
territory.
George Dooley, town marshal, once
deputy U. S. marshal.
Harry Thisted, one of proprietors
of Alaska House.
Chitina:
Oscar Fish, business man.
Katalla:
Arthur G. Thompson, attorney-at
law.
Seward:
J. Allison Bruner, Matt Button, E.
E. Chamberlain, J. J. Finnegan, W.
I*. Henry*, L. L. James, jr., J. M.
Sloan and E. L. Whittemore.
Knik:
Rev. T. P. Howard.
FOURTH DIVISION:
Thomas Lloyd, pioneer miner of
the Tar.una. President of the
Pioneers’ at Fairbanks.
BUILDING BIG SHOPS
FUR R. R. AT ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, April 18. — Work
has been begun on the construction of
massive machine and car shop build
ings which will be ninety by two hun
dred and fifty feet. The preliminary
survey has also been completed for
putting Anchorage on the main line.
EVANS HAD 193
One hundred and ninety-three peo
ple landed this morning in Seward
from the Evans. Seventy-five were
first class passengers. To W. A.
Nourse, the obliging purser of the
Evans, the Gateway i3 indebted for a
detailed, typewritten list of the pas
sengers from all points
HOSPITAL HELPERS POSTPONE
The Hospital Helpers will not meet
tomorrow because of reasons connect
ed with Holy Week and the next
meeting will be on Wednesday of next
week. #
N. S. French, formerly with the J.
L. Graef hardware store, came on the
Evans to be again with the same busi
ness house. It is 9 years since Mr.
French was with Mr. Graef before.
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❖ ARRIVALS ON THE *
❖ EVANS THIS MORNING *
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The following were the arrivals on
the Admiral Evans, Captain Glass
cock, this morning at o o’clock:
H. Hoben, H. Tozier, Roslyn Minor,
Mrs. E. Murray, John W. Robinson,
James Kearny, Geo. D. Schofield, C.
D. Murane, C. W. Bowbeer, Mrs. M. I.
Wroten, E. S. Jaccard, R. Windele,
Mrs. E. G. Peters, E. G. Peters, Mi's.
Mary Myers, Joe Bosch, F. H. De
Haven, W. A. Gilmore, W. S. Van
Voorhis, F. C. Knowlton, Henry T.
Drais, Mrs. H. T. Drais and two
children, Mrs. S. M. Duggan, S. M.
Duggan, N. S. French, A. L. Peterson,
Geo. Collins, Henry Dyle, A. D.
Sweet, J. R. Estabrook, A. B. Esta
brook, Mrs. Alma Keller, N’els Carl
son, M. H. Reno, A. J. Wulzen, J.
Galen, C. M. Frazier, J. Finnegan, A.
F. Huffman. Oscar Fish, X. A. Lawr
ence, B. F. Watson, Mrs. A. P. Me
Phee, Richard Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Af
White, A. H. McXeer, E. McDonald,
P. Mahon, F. E. Youngs, E. E. Ritchie,
Mrs. Jessie Kapp, H. P. Sullivan, L.
P. Shackleford, H. Thistad, Thos. S.
Scott, Geo. Dooley, Geo. C. Hazlet,
M. Sullivan, Tom Lloyd, A. G. Thomp
son, Geo. Irving, H. L. Faulkner, Ed.
Russell, F. Einst, Barney Rosick, Mrs.
L. G. Xichols, Tom Dryskog, Bert
Dyrskog, Theo. Dyrskog, Alfred An
derson, A. P. McWilliams, S. H.
Einmo, Guy McNaughton, M. Irabar,
M. Perkovich, Mi*s. Alice Poole, S.
X. Ewing and 118 steerage.
May Call General
Anchorage Strike
Special Meeting to be Called as Union
Not Satisfied With Investigation.
ANCHORAGE, April 18. — The
Labor Union has called a special
meeting for the purpose of consider
ing the advisability of calling a gen
eral strike. Some of the members of
the union are dis-satisfied with the
delay of the labor commissioners in
fixing the wage scale and believe the
matter could be quickly settled if no
reason existed for causing the delay.
All the testimony was in last week
and the special meeting of the Union
will take place tomorrow night.
R. R. MAN HERE
Mr. H. A. Lawrence, traveling pas
senger agent of the Union Pacific
system, arrived on the Evans and will
spend a few days in Seward. The
U. P. system has recently established
an office for Alaskan business at Ju
neau with Mr Lawrence in charge.
DORA OFF TONIGHT
The steamer Dora leaves Cordova
for Seward tonight. Freight from
the Northwestern for the westward
will be transferred to the Dora at
Seward instead of Cordova.
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PEOPLE INQUIRED FOR
OREN BLODGETT, supposed to
have been in Alaska for a number oi
years. Brother in Butte, Montana, •
wishes to communicate with him.
LUTHER RATCLIFF HARNDEN,
52 years of age, light complexion,
about 5 ft. 10 inches in height, rather
heavy build. Mother anxious to hear |
from him.
VESTRY MEETS
St Peter’s Vestry meets this even
ing at eight with Mr. Balderston.
WANTED
Smart boy.—Apply Gateway office.
WICK QUESTION |
UP IN THE AIR
looked like a split but mat
ters PROMISE ADJUST
MENT.
No secret was made this afternoon
by the delegates to the convention
that the question of the nomination
of Wickersham is “up in the air.”
After the publication of the statement
of the Delegate in the Gateway and
other papers Louis P. Shackleford
gave out interviews in the coast
papers that indicated a hopeless split
once more and u complete severance
of the factions supposed to be repre
sented respectively by Mr. Wicker
sham and Mr. Shackleford. In his
statement Mr. Wickersham hinted
very clearly that he would be bound
by no such “combination" as that
which was alleged to exist and this
was exidently Liken to mean that he
would accept all from Mr. Shackle
ford and his friends without being
willing to give anything in return.
The answering statement of Mr.
Shackleford in the coast papers is
said to have been tantamount to an
ultimatum to Wickersham that if he
was supported by his former oppon
ents for the nomination those former
opponents could not be treated as if
they were coming begging on their
knees and willing to deliver them
selves bound into the hands of the
Wickersham forces. For a time it
looked like the smashing of all the
arrangements which had been made
in the interest of harmony but since
leaving Valdez Mr. Shackleford has
met Ed. Russell, the Wickersham
manager, and once again the clouds j
seem to be drifting away, blown by a ;
mutual understanding which is said to
be growing as the time for the con
vention draws near, and the result is
that Wickersham stock rose again
this afternoon. A meeting of the
Central committee will be held this
evening and it is also said that mat
ters will be hastened so that the con
vention may be concluded tomorrow
in time to catch the Evans on her re
turn.
To quote the words of a very prom
inent delegate in conclusion:
“It is still hoped the two factions
will be reconciled."
gilt edge express
HAS A BAD SMASH
BRADFORD, R. I., April 18.—The
Gilt Edge Express of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford line smash
ed into the rear of a local passenger
train last night. The rear coach was
telescoped, was set afire and at least
six people lost their lives.
A surprise party was given by the
ladies of the Merry Thimble Club to
Mrs. John Noon yesterday in honor
of her birthday.
1. S. TROOPS MAT BE IN
SERIOUS DANGER IN MEXICO
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* WELL KNOWN MEN *
* WHO CAME BACK *
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On the Evans this morning several
people well known in Seward, who
are not delegates to the convention
arrived. Amongst them is Harry
Victor Hoben who has spent several
months visiting his people in the east
and who has returned with a broader
smile than ever. Herbert Tozier,
formerly in charge of the Alai <a
Northern railroad, is another. In Lie
list of delegates to the convention the
name of “Big Mike” Sullivan does not
appear but he is here just the same.
He has also been known as the un
crowned king of Portage Bay when
that delectable locality was supposed
to be on the map. B. F. Watson, gen
eral agent of the Admiral Line and
a recent Benedict, also came on the
Evans, and other names seen on the
list are those of James Galen and
Arthur McNeer who has been away
from home for some months
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9 NOTES FROM KEN A l * j
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The sailing ships Star of Russia
land the Flint have arrived with full
; cargoes of cannery supplies and will
: remain for the outgoing pack in
1 September. The Star of Russia is
under charter to the Alaska Packer’s
whose cannery is situated twelve
miles below here on the Kasilof river.
The Flint comes for the Libby can
nery, situated about two miles up
| Kenai river.
The shrp St. Paul, of the North
western Fisheries Co. is expected to
arrive daily and will remain for the
fall pack.
The schooner Premier with a cargo
of piles for the Alaska Packer’s ar
rived recently. After unloading she
will probably proceed to Bering Sea
for the season.
There is no ice in the inlet, but ice
in the river is not expected to go out
until the middle of May.
All the canneries are preparing for
a larg<H>ack this season, the “rule of
thumb” being that a severe winter is
usually followed by an exceptionally
good run of salmon.
About three hundred employees for
the season are expected to arrive
within the next month for the coming
season’s work. About seventy-five
people spent the winter at the differ
ent canneries.
The Northwestern Fisheries Co’s,
tug, the Carpenter, is expected back
from Seward shortly, where she went
for a passenger who is to arrive there
on the Str. Northwestern.
GERMANS MAKE MORE
GAINS NEAR VERDUN
BERLIN, April 18.—Important French positions
north of Verdun were captured by the Germans yesterday
and seventeen hundred French were taken prisoners.
LONDON, April 18.—The dissolution of parliament
and a general election on the conscription issue is predict
ed by house of commons lobbyists this afternoon.
PARIS, April 18— One hundred thousand German
soldiers participated in terrific onslaughts yesterday on
the east bank of the Meuse, it is officially announced. The
attackers partially ousted the French from some positions
but counter attacks by our forces were very effective.
LONDON, April 18.—The British liner Zent has been
sunk in some place not mentioned and forty-nine lives
were lost. An investigation shows that she was sunk by
a German submarine without warning.
VILLA DEATH CONFIRMED
EL PASO, April 18— Latest—General Gavira an
nounced late this afternoon that he is in receipt of the con
firmation of the death of Villa from Governor Enricque of
Chihuahua.
DEATH NOT CONFIRMED
EL PASO, April 18.—General Gavira, the Carranza
commander at Juarez, announced this morning that flu
wires are down between Juarez and Chihuahua City and
it was impossible this morning to learn further details of
the reported finding of the dead body of Villa. It is sup
posed that the body might have arrived at the capital of
Chihuahua.
STILL SEARCHING
SAN ANTONIO, April 18.—Advices have been re
ceived that an American detachment is now hurrying to
wards Satevo in the renewal of the chase for \ ilia.
TintEATEN E D AMERICANS
PERSHING HEAI)QUARTERS, Mexico, April 18.—
A Mexican army officer who is now in this camp has in
formed the American commander that Major Join >kiim
had received a threat from General Lozano, commanding
the Carranza garrison at Parral, that the American
troops would be attacked if they advanced to tne city.
According to the same officer the fight at Parral was the
result of treachery which had for its purpose the ambush
ing of the Tompkins detachment. The hostility of the
Carranza soldiers .has been deeply resented as it blocked
the best trail to the hiding place of Villa.
THINKS TROOPS IN DANGER
EL PASO, April 18.—That hunting for Villa is a
secondary consideration with the military authorities
when compared to the necessity of protecting the Amei i
can expedition in Mexican territory is the report said to
have been made today by Pershing to l unston. I eishing
is even reported to have said that the saving of the Ameri
can force is now the main thing. It is now known that
while the question as to whether the body exhumed was
that of Villa or not is important, the question uppermost
in the minds of military men on the border is that of the
safety of the expedition itself.
WILL WITHDRAW
WASHINGTON, April 18.—From' information re
ceived from official sources this afternoon it is made to
appear that the American expedition will withdraw lrom
Mexico within a month, maybe without getting Villa. It
is generally believed, however, that the expedition will be
continued until the Villa bands are broken up or until
Carranza is found to be able to handle the situation alone.
FLASH!
WASHINGTON, April 18.—Wilson announced late
this atfernoon that he will address a joint session of con
gress at 1 p. m. Wednesday on the German submarine situ
ation and it is rumored that he has decided to break with
Germany.
BRITISH FORCED BACK
LONDON, April 18.—General Lake reports that the
British lines .have been forced back from 500 to 800 yards
by the Turks on the south bank of the Tigris. The condi
tion of Townsend’s force shut up in Kut-el-Amara is be
lieved to be rather precarious and the news of the set back
to Lake makes it seem all the more so to the people here.
HOSE WRANGLERS WIN
In the series of bowling contests be
tween teams representing the fire de
partment the Hose Wranglers won 8
out of 9 games and had a scare of 207
above the Nozzlers. The line up last
night in the last game was as follows:
Hose Wranglers: Grant Carlson.
^John Rose, Chas. Lechner, George
Stanley and Emmett McConnell.
Nozzle Twisters: E. L. Sonft, Gus
| Manthey, F. A. Taylor, A. Modine
and Roy Ashland.
The Frye-Bruhn company sent the
first meat for the Spring into Anchor
age this morning. It goes to Seldovia
and thence to Anchorage by launch.