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WAITING WORD !
FOR EDES NOW
OFFICES IN R. K. Ill ll.l'INi; 1IE
lN(i CLEANED IT' TO PRE
PARE FOR WORK.
—
The office® of the railroad building,
particularly the office where the in
terior engineers are finishing their
work, are now being clean up in pre
paration for the beginning of the real*
work on the Alaska Northern, ft was
stated at the headquarters office yes
terday that word is now being await
ed from Chairman Kdes to see what
will be done right away. Nothing ha." :
vet been heard since the emergency *
bill passed but there is decidedly ap
parent a feeling on the part of the
headquarters staff that not much
time will elapse before things are sent
on the move in this district. It is
considered more than likely that the
next boat to arrive will bring tin
cable telling of the signing by the
president of the Deficiency Bil*. and
also the instructions from Mr. Edes
as to what is to be done here. That
boat will arrive in five or six days.
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SOME ANTIMONY
SHOWINGS HERE
NOT MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN
IT UNTIL THE PRICK
WENT UP.
It was learned since the story o. j
the antimony find appeared last even
ing that some "showings” of anti
mony have been seen here before. \
Frank Skeen says Whitney has en-l
countered antimony ore at the lower
end of Kenai lake but not in sufficient j
quantities for successful opcmt'on. j
It i« thought by some miners vhat the j
price of antimony has been so small j
hitherto that there was no incentive I
to look for it but the rise in its value
is expected now to cau*e a large ]
amount of prospecting.
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HOW PRESIDENT KEEPS IN
TOUCH WITH WAR NEWS
Special to Gateway by United Press.!
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 2.—j
President Wilson is a peace loving of
ficial. but the walls of the cabinet
room do not indicate it. Huge maps j
of all the war zones of Europe cover ]
the walls and on each map the battle j
lines of the opposing hosts are drawn.
Col. W. W. Harts, the president’s aid, ]
is in charge of all the "battle fields.” j
He adjusts the tiny flags and colored
cords which indicate how the different]
armies are moving from day to day.
Frequently, when the President;
goes over to his executive offices inj
the morning, he stops in the cabinet ]
room and personally surveys the!
positions of the struggling armies, j
In addition to the European maps'
here also is on showing the position
of the U. S. troops on the Mexican
border and the position of Mexican
forces.
MORE WIRELESS
FOR NORTHLAND
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Secre
tary of the Navy Joseph Daniels to
day approved contracts with the Fed
eral Telegraph company, of San Fran
cisco, for the construction and equip
ment of large radio stations at San
Diego, California, Cavite, and Pearl
Harbor.
Secretary Daniels also announced
that the advancement in the wireless
department would consist >f enlarge
ment of the plant at Cordova and
other Pacific coast points.
The secretary stated that the de
partment was anxious to have a line
of wireless stations in shape to sweep
the whole Pacific coast from Nome to
the Panama canal.—Ex.
Frank Polly of Anchorage arrived
on the team of Frank Cotter this
afternoon. Mr. Polly is a member of
a prominent business family in that
town.
MEARS MAY LAY
OFF ,ALL MEN
BISINESS MEN THINK WAGE*
TOO SMALL BI T WORK
ERS HASTY.
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ANCHORAGE, Feb. 11.—The lat
est development oi the railroad strike
here is that Commissioner Mears
posted the following notice this morn
ing: “On account of the strike and I
the consequent failure to secure the
necessary number of men for con- j
tern plated work no more passengers
will be carried on the construction
traiivs which will now operate only at
infrequent intervals until the opening
of navigation.”
Rumors are rife that all the men
are to be laid off but this has not been
officially announced. Some of the
carpenters were laid olT this morning
but others are still working. In the
meantime the sentiment amongst the
business people is that the strikers
acted too hastily in walking out be
fore appointing a committee to wait
an Mears ami state the grievances.
Nearly all the people think the wages I
have been too low and it is believed)
that matters could have been amicably
arranged if the proper steps had beer,
taken. The executive committee of
the chamber of commerce will meet
tonight to discuss the situation.
WHITMAN’S POLITICAL LIFE
IS AT STAKE THIS YEAR j
Special to Gateway by United Press.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 2.--The 1916
legislature, which is to open here to
day noon, will make or break Govern
or Whitman politically, say the Capi
tol's political prophets, who say Whit
man for the last year is not consider
ed as having been very close to the
Republican organization. Others sa\
the executive still can climb the lad
der of necessary and progressive leg
islation, to popular, possibly general,
Republican favor. The governor in
tends to keep in close touch with
the legislature. He may even adopt
President Wilson’s example and per
sonally read important messages to
the Senate and Assembly. W’hitman
avowedly has his eyes fixed on the
White House.
His budget proposals, said to have
been planned for economy and system
in the state’s government, will be
pressed determinedly upon the legis
lators, Whitman says. One of these
is the civil service reform bill grad
ing state employees and standardiz
ing their salaries. Efforts also will
be made to place on the statute books
progressive proposals in the defeated
new state constitution proposed.
N. Y. CURB NOW WORLD’S
SECOND LARGEST MARKET
Special to Gateway by United Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Spectators
stopping on lower Broad Street look
ed at the second largest stock market
in the World—the New York Curb.
Bigger than the London Stock Ex
change, or the Paris Bourse, or the
stock market of any American city,
and second only to the New York
Stock Exchange itself, the Curb busi
ness is now nearly twx> million shares
a week. Before the war the London
and Paris Exchanges did a much
larger volume of trading than the
Curb, but the war and the industrial
boom sweeping this country has push
ed both of the important foreign stock
exchanges backw'ard. Minimum
prices are still in force on the London
Exchange and the Paris Bourse is
still under war restrictions, w'hich
limits the extent of their trading.
Transactions on the Curb practically
every week are over 2,000,000 as com
pared with a business of 3,000,000
shares or more on the New York
Stock Exchange. Boston and Phila
delphia stock markets transact a
business of less than twro hundred
shares weekly, while the markets in
Pittsburg, Chicago and Baltimore are
well below fifty thousand a week.
An exchange says that more than
a hundred relatives of Alaska people
are fighting in the European w'ar. It
believes the number is far greater,
though.
TEAMS PICKED
F0RJ3IG GAME
SEWARD HOWLERS ARE EX
PEtTEI) TO HAVE A
SEVERE TUSSLE.
Seward and Anchorage have now
picked their teams for the big bowl
ing contest which will take place on
the 16th, 17th and 18th inst.
The Anchorage team is composed oi
Jack liobarts, J. A. Moore, Sam Wag- J
ner, Walter Blanton, Charles Bush j
and H. C. Davis.
Seward will be represented by Sid-1
ney Anderson, Leo Margules, Andy
Anderson, George Kosmos and Heinie
Haasch.
Leo Margules is not yet certain
that he can bowl but substitutes will
probably bo selected.
It is to be admitted that Seward
is not favorite with those who know
the bowlers of both cities. The men
making up the Anchorage team are
said to be as far ahead of the Seward
men as the Seward baseball team was
ahead of the Anchorage one last sum
mer, but there are Seward people
who think the match will not be quite
so easy as they think. The Seward
boys may, at least, be expected to let
out the best they have and if they
lose they will lose gamely.
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❖ The Gateway will not be issu- *8*
❖ od tomorrow. ^
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FORMER WIRELESS HERE
WAS NOT A GOVT. ONE
The wireless plant which was estab
lished at Seward, and which proved a
dismisal failure, was rot a govern
ment plant but belonged to a private
outfit that called itself the United
Wireless Company. Local people
point out that it would not serve as
an example at all to prove that a
wireless station could not be estab
lished here and be operated success
fully.
•CYCLONE" DAVIS
MAKES BOW IN HOUSE
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p'crc/.'dA/g"* o/?ws
.Representative “Cyclone" Davts, pictur
esque Texan and former Populist stump
speaker, made his maiden speech In the
house at Washington by attacking the
preparedness program Waving his long
arms and occasionally stroking his lux
uriant whiskers, Mr Davis Inveighed
against war, the Republican party, greed,
the money trust, munitions makers and
various other things. At one period Mr
Davis regaled the house with homemade
poetry, a stanza of which ran:
Shall gun thunders never cease.
And dying millions moan.
While we feed the dogs of war
On human flesh and bone?l
ALL COAL SOLD
All the coal brought in from Black
Diamond by the Alaska Transfer
Company has been sold.
ONWARD CREW MAY BE
LANDED AT TYONIC
It has been reported that the crew
of the boat Onward has landed at
Tyonic but this is not confirmed.
MRS. MOHR AND TWO NEGROES TRIED
TOGETHER FOR HER HUSBAND’S DEATH
{ HENRY SPELLMAN ♦ MRS’ MOHR » CECIL V- dRQWN J
(The trial of Mrs. Elisabeth F. Mohr and two negroes, Cecil Victor Brown and
Henry Spellman, charged with the murder of the woman’s husband, Dr. o.
Franklin Mohr, a well known physician of Providence. H. I„ and Newport,
began In Providence. There Is no death penalty In Rhode Island and a convic
tion would probably result In a sentence of life Imprisonment. The Jury was
completed after William H. l^wls of Boston, who Is a negro and a former as
sist int United States attorney general and counsel for Brown, questioned each
mun as to his attitude regarding the alloged confessions of the negroes thnt they
had shot down the doctor and seriously wounded his secretary. Miss Emily G.
Burger. In their stalled automobile on Aug. 31, 1915, at the Instigation of Mrs
Mohr The two mer. liter repudiated their purported statements Efforts were
made without success to have Mrs. Mohr, who Is charged with being un acces
sory before the fact, tried separately. George W. Heads, chauffeur for Dr.
Molir. pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of manslaughter, and Judge Rath
bun deferred sentence, w hich It was unofficially stated, would not he pronounced
until )ift<>r t*'i> .. .» ,t Mohr Hr^wn and Spellman 1
RECEIVED AT
THEJjOSPITAL
MOST INTERESTING AFFAIR
LAST EVENING WHEN WHOLE
TOWN TURNED OUT.
At tho Reception in the Seward
General Hospital last evening almost
everyone in the city appeared. It was
an occasion which afforded not only
pleasure but which was of real in
terest and the result has been that the
visitors came away really astonished
at the splendid work done to prepare
for alleviating the physical suffering
of the future.
(Contributed)
The hospital opening was a really
very pleasant social affair and the
buffet table was decorated very pret
tily w ith candles and flowers and pre
sided over by Mrs. L. L. James, Mrs.
J. D. Phillips, Mrs. J. H. Romig and
Mrs. Anton Eide.
The children came in a body at four
o’clock and were made happy with ice
cream and cake donated by Mrs.
Burley.
Sister Aloysius, Superior, and
Sister Germane of the Sew'ard Gener-■
al Hospital were more than pleased
with the kindness and interest mani
fested at the reception and the co
operation of the Seward people. They
wish to thank all who called and par
ticipated in any wray. Also to express
their appreciation to those who donat
ed the many useful articles; to those
! wrho worked so willingly to make thei
| opening a success and especially to
! the dear children who gave so. many |
useful and appropriate presents sug
gested by the school principal, Mrs.
Forgy. Thanks is also due to Mr.
Province for carting in the trees for
| decorating and to Messrs. Poehlman
and Rich for arranging the greens so
! artistically.
It is to be hoped the ladies of Sew
ard will call often upon the good
Sisters who have so unselfishly given
up their lives to the work of the hoa
pital and to caring for the sick, in
fact the numerous duties incurred in
such noble work.
A general inspection of the hospital
was made by the guests and all were
delighted.
The Seward Council and Fire De- j
partment attended in a body and
Chief Horner and his men presented
the hospital with the ever useful
Pyrene.
The hospital is a modern two story
building, cement cellar, which was
donated, steam heated and electric
lighted, ten well ventilated bedrooms,
fine operating room, fixtures, etc.,
donated by the city physicians.
Rooms ware furnished by Rev. Father
Van der Pol, George Mirlach, a
Chicago, III. friend and T. W.
Hawkins. A half dozen beds and
chairs came from the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Bellingham. The stained
glass window on the staircase was
given by Mr. McDonald, the builder in
| charge. Great praise was heard on
all sides for Mr. Kingsley, the
architect.
ELKS SEND OUT THE
DANCE INVITATIONS
The invitations for the Elks’ Datice
on Washington’s birthday were hand
ed around today but it is probable
that all cannot be delivered in one
day. They w'ere handed around in
stead of being mailed as it was fear
ed people might not go to the post
office until a boat comes in.
DIMOND TO MARRY
The announcement has been made
that A. J. Dimond, member of the
law firm of Dimond and Donahue,
Valdez, and Miss Dorothy Miller were
to be married today.
MOOSE TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the Seward
Lodge Loyal Order of Moose will take
place this evening.
POST OFFICE CLOSED
The Post Office will be closed all
day tomorrow, Lincoln’6 anniversary
WILL WICK AND
SHACK COMBINE?
REMARKABLE RUMORS RIFE IN
CONNECTION WITH MEET
ING HELD HERE.
it has been stated positively that
Delegate Wickersham or his friends
and the forces of Shackleford, form
erly national committeeman, are now
carrying on negotiations for the pur
pose of clearing the way for the
amalgamation of the two schools oi
Republican politico in the territory.
This was hinted at in this paper be-1
fore it was announced that George
Irving, the friend of Shackleford, had
started from Juneau with the express
ed intention of bringing about “unity |
of all Republicans.” It is also hint
ed that Herron is opposed to making
any overtures with the present Dele
gate or his supporters and it is well
known that several of the men who
were present at the committee meet
ing here have openly stated that they
will not support Wickersham under
any circumstances. In the past
Wickersham and Shackleford were
what might be called the arch
enemies in territorial politics and i
neither ever spared words in dealing
with the other so that some interest
ing stuff can be got out of back news-1
papers if the two now come together.
Bay I css, the present national commit
teeman, is a partner of Shackleford in
the law business in Juneau.
Getting Ready To
Operate (Quartz
Whitney and Case Putting Up
Arastre at Grant Lake.
Frank Whitney and Frank Case are
now doing the preliminary work in
preparation for the building and
operation of an arastre on their
property at Grant Lake. Their ore
is said to be very good.
Frank Skeen will go to work on his
quartz in that section the firet of the
season. He has a dump out now that
has about six hundred dollars in it.
SELLS ROADHOUSE
Jack Richardson has sold the
Raineer Pass roadhouse to Jones and
partners. The place is situated be
tween Susitna and Iditarod on the
Seward trail.
MOST REMARKABLE
THERMOMETER EXTANT
At Mile 34 this morning the ther
mometer registered 6 below, which
means that Mile 34 is the only place
this side of Anchorage that experi
enced zero weather. At Mile 52 it
was 20 above. Since the cold spell
started that Mile 34 glass has easily
held the lead over all competitors. It
is always at least twenty-odd degrees
ahead of Mile 52 on cold weather and
it will probably also keep the lead in
registering the heat next July. P
the residents of Mile 34 district wish
to avoid the extremes of temperature
there is evidently only one remedy
and that is to get an axe to work.
Some local ought to buy the glass and
send it to Anchorage.
“MY OFFICIAL WIFE”
AT EMPRESS SUNDAY
“My Official Wife,” by Archibald
Clavering Gunther, will be shown at
the Empress Sunday evening. The
plot is a most dramatic one, center
ing around a beautiful female Nihil
ist and an American, and dealing with
j an attempted assassination of a czar
of Russia. The fact that it was writ
ten by the author of ‘^?r. Barnes of
New York,” guarantees life, thrills,
and action all the way through.
ONLY SIX DEGREES OF
FROST THIS MORNING
At 7:30 this morning the thermom
eter In Seward registered 26 above.
At Anchorage this morning it was
two below, a difference of 28 degrees.
C. L. Votaw and Mrs. Votaw ar
rived last evening In the city.
WHERE IS THIS
LEWIS RIVER
MOST PEOPLE SAY IT RUNS IN
TO COOK INLET NEAR
BELUC \
Lewis River, where the strike is re
ported, does not appear on any of the
maps available to the Gateway but
most people say it runs into Cook
Inlet between Beluga creek and the
ousitna. One oidtimer says it runs
into Beluga itself but in either ca^e
it cannot be more than forty or fifty
miles from Anchorage.
KENNECOTT MINER WAS
CARRIED DOWN A CHUTE
VALDEZ, Feb. 7.—Annis Gust, a
laborer at the Kennecott mine, was
killed last week while engaged in dril
ling in a stope in the No. 6 level. The
muck underneath him gave way and
he was carried down a chute and cov
ered by tons of the muck. Deceased
was 28 years of age and had two
brothers working in the mine when
the accident happened.—Prospector.
ENGINEER SHIELS WILL
GO TO TORRID ZONE
A. T. B Shiels, the popular chief
engineer on the S. S. Alameda is
making his last trip on the Alameda
as he has resigned from the service
of the Alaska Steamship company
and has been appointed United States
! government marine inspector in
Puerto Rico, and will leave immedi
ately after the steamer arrives in
Seattle for his new post. Rumor has
it that Eddie Wilson, who is known
to many Alaskans as he has been on
steamers in these waters since begin
ning on the old Newport, and who is
now chief engineer on the North
western, will be transferred to the
Alameda.—Valdez Prospector.
HANOT’S COUSIN DECORATED
WITH THE LEGION OF HONOR
FAIRBANKS.—A recent mail from
the States brought the October num
ber of “Current History,” published
by the New York Times, to Fairbanks.
In this number is contained an ac
count of the deed for which Lieuten
ant Hanot, a cousin of the Hanot
brothers, of Pedro creek, was decorat
ed. The account follows:
“Among a recent batch of Frenca
officers decorated with the legion of
honor figures, the name of Sub- Lieu
tenant Hanot. The Journal Official
tenant Hanot.—Times.
UNCLE SAM TO SEEK
DYE MATERIALS HERE
Special to Gateway by United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—For in
vestigation and experiment in the
utilization, for coloring purposes, of
raw' materials grown or produced in
the United States, Congress has been
asked by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo to appropriate $20,000. It is
believed this amount expended by the
Bureau of Chemistry' will result in
discoveries important to American
dye users.
Investigations by the bureau will
be continued during 1016. Among
these are experiments relating to the
application of chemistry to agricul
ture; investigations of the character
of tests applied to American food pro
ducts in foreign countries; investiga
tions of present usage and best
methods of preparing poultry ami
eggs for market; investigations of
handling fish and shell fish; develop
ment of new' sources of food supply;
investigations of the action of food
and drug products on the human
organism and the putting into effect
of provisions of the pure food and
drug act. The general expenses of
the bureau are estimated at $832,210
for 1917.
COSHOCTON, O., Feb. 2.—W. H.
Roller Bacon, blacksmith, owfns a
hammer which he has used every day
for 66 years. The hammer was made
65 years ago by Ernest Kunts, under
whom Roller learned his trade.
Anchorage is reported to have quite
a lot of money up on the coming
bowling contest