WILY TURKS HOODWINK
THE BRITISH COMMANDER.
Steals Locomotives and Threatens to
Strangle Britishers.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March li.—
A correspondent of the Tas\% ir-I-Esk
iar sends a number of interesting
episodes from the bombardment of
the Turkish coast north of the city of
Alexandrette. The most interesting
of these is how thb threatened bom
bardment of the city itself was
avert ed.
After shelling the railroad line near
Pajas. a British cruiser appeared be
fore Alexandrette, where, meanwhile,
the two locomotives of a train which
had been partly demolished by Brit
ish shells also arrived. The com
mander of the British vessel demand
ed the surrender of the garrison of
Alexandrette and the transfer of all
arms in the city within eighteen hours
under penalty of bombardment of all
public buildings.
The reply made by the Turkish
commander was that for each Turk
killed he would hang an Englishman.
In the end it was arranged that the
blowing-up of the two locomotives
which had escaped the bombardment
at Pajas would settle the matter. 'I he
correspondent speaks of the locomo
tives as “culpable,” but he does not
explain the reason why he uses this
term.
Later in the day the Turkish com
mander sent word to the British cruis
er that he could not find any dynamite
for the blowing up of the locomotives.
All the dynamite had been sent to
Damascus, he asserted. The com
mander of the British cruiser then of
fered to supply enough explosives for
the destruction of the two locomotives.
While these pourparlers were in
progress a Turkish locomotive en
gineer had quietly steamed to Pajas,
hooked his engine to the partly demol
ished but still mobile train and then
made off in the direction of Mersina.
When the English heard of this they
made the two locomotives in Alexand
rette useless and then steamed back to
Pajas, too late, however, to reach the
train with their guns. With throttle
wide open the Turkish engineer was
well away towards the interior when
the British cruiser arrived off Pajas.
To make the humiliation of the
British more complete they had mean
while been joined by the Russian
cruiser “Askold.” When the two re
turned to Alexandrette they found
that the commander of the city still
insisted that for each Turk killed in
the proposed bombardment an Eng
lishman would be killed, not by break
ing his neck at the end of the rope,
but by strangulation, possibly, the
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most horrible form of death. Check-1
mated. the two cruisers steamed for
other parts.
BERLIN, March 9.—'That the Ger
man soldier has carried with him into
war his well-known habits of thrift
is shown by the amount of money that
he is sending home to his family. A
post-office official of Dresden has re
I cently shown in a public address that
the amount of money sent home by j
' soldiers for the Dresden address post
al district in February reached $550,
000. Assuming that the like ratio
prevails for all the rest of Germany
1 he estimates that the soldiers sent
home $24,000,000 in February. This
. sum appears all the more striking ,
when it is recalled that the pay of the
German private soldier is only about
12 cents a day. The amount sent
; through the postoffice are often less
than $2.50, and in not a few cases less
\ than one dollar.
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GERMAN OFFICERS
HAVE A GOOD TIME.
French Cooking Seems to Agree With
Their Palates.
PARIS, March 11.—Saint Quentin,
where the British troops made a stand
that retarded the German advance and
facilitated Joffre’s strategic retreat,
has been for nearly five months within
constant sound of the guns pounding
at each other along the line from Roye
to Peronne, but, according to news
received by underground channels, the
town has otherwise experienced little
of the rigors of war.
Never has the city hall square been
so animated. The coming and going
of motor cars filled with officers is in
j cessant as this is the headquarters
of some of the big guns of the Ger
man army who are comfortably lodged
in the elegant villas of the Champs
Elysees. Every afternoon officers
crowd the pastry-cooks establishments
of which the animation rivals the most
popular five o’clock teas of Paris.
Enormous quantities of tea, chocolate
and cakes are requisitioned daily and
among the habitues none have a bet-;
ter appetite than Prince August Wil
liam, the Emperor’s fourth son, who
is always the center of the most an- j
imated group.
The Emperor himself made a short j
visit to St. Quentin, lodging at the
hotel Charles Basquin on the Champs
Elysees.
The bank Lecuyer-Lourinais, the
Cardier Asylum, the Farvacques pal
ace, the Henri Martin Lyceum and
the Girls’ Lyceum are constantly filled
with German wounded who are sent to
hospitals further in the rear as fast
as their condition permits.
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PROGRAM OTTO MOSES FIRST CONCERT, SATUR
DAY EVENING, MARCH 13.
1.
(a) For all Eternity.Maacheroni
(b) Somewhere a Voice is Calling.Tate
(c) Simon the Cellarer.Hatton r
a.
(») Piano Solo (Prelude Op. 3.).Rachmaninoff
Mrs. Sawyer
(b) Prologue (From the Opera Pagliacci).Leoncavallo j
(c) Mary of Argyle.Nelaon
(d) The Little Irish Girl. ^°*ir
III.
(a) Soprano Solo (T’was April). Nevin
Mrs. Nuzum
(b) Mein Holder Abendstern (From Opera Tannhauser).Wagner
(c) Come Back to Erin.Claribel
(d) Off to Philadelphia .Stanford
IV.
(a) Quartette: Bridal Chorus.Cowan
Mra. Nuzum, Soprano, Mr. Brownell, Tenor
Mrs. Ellsworth. Contralto, Mr. Moses, Baritone
(b) The Sands of Dee.^ay
(c) A Perfect Day.®on^
(d) Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.Mozart
Dancing will begin at the conclusion of the program.
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WAR KNOCKS LEGAL
BUSINESS ON THE HEAD.
France Free for Present from
Squabbles in
Court.
PARIS, March 12.—Legal procedure
in France has been disorganized by
the war. Lawyers and witnesses in
many civil suits are at the front;
many of them have fallen in battle
and no one can now anticipate the ex
tent to which cases may be confused
by the disappearance of parties as
well as witnesses and attorneys.
Maitre Chenu, the eloquent attorney
for the Calmette family in the Cail
laux case, and former chief of the
order of advocates o'Pthe Parisian bar,
says that death certificates are such
an essential element in all legal pro
cedure concerning inheritances, and
there have been already, and will be
so many more, unknown dead, that
the number of probable tangled es
tates is incalculable.
“For the moment,” Maitre Chenu
adds, “judicial life in France is al
most entirely interrupted and will con
tinue to languish until the end of
hostilites. We don’t regret it.. Legal
quarrels would seem to us to be an at
tack upon the sacred pact of union
that the war has sealed between all
the citizens of France.”
The business of civil courts is al
most entirely confined to the seques
tration of the property of German and
Austrian subjects and the list, already
long, grows every day, showing that
the number established in business !n
France was far underestimated. In
stead of the 20,000 sequestrations
anticipated the number may reach
nearer 50,000.
The practical suspension of court
procodings gives Maitre Chenu leisuie
to use his pen and in the Parisian
press he is sparing no effort to defend
the justice of the French cause.
One of the features at the concert
to be given Saturday eve. March 13th
will be the Seward Quartette, the
members of which are Mrs. Nuzum,
Mrs. Ellsworth, Mr. Brownell and Mr.
Moses.
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NEWS NOTES
The manner in which rumors arc
spread and falsely confirmed is il
lustrated by the story that John Bal
lane had sold his interests here. Sev
eral people told the Gateway that two
certain business men here in the city
had seen the telegram which told of
the sale by Mr. Ballaine. But neither
of these gentlemen saw such a tele
garm at all and the Gateway has their
own word for it.
H. V. Hopkins who has disposed
of his interests in the Terminal is go
ing to stay with Seward. He believes
that no place has the ghost
of a show to be the terminal of the
government railroad but one place,
and that place is this city.
No more candidates have declared
themselves officially for the city elec
tion. Several are waiting “to see
how things will look” politically and
a large number will run according to
all indications. In all likelihood the
coming city council will have thou
ands of dollars to collect and spend
where former councils had hundreds.
There is good reason to believe that
the Guggenheims are now figuring on
securing some of the coal lands for
operation. According to the law no
combination can control more than a
certain amount which, if memory is
not at fault, is 240 acres. The Gug
genheims would probably require the
coal for their own quartz operations.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty i • done by the Gateway just as
well as outside.
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All kinds of plain sewing done at
the Hotel Panama.
The Gateway can do any sort of
printing done in the states. Do not
forget that.
The largest assortment of Wall
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Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
To the
Property Owners
of Seward:
There is a steady and increasing
demand for property in Seward, and
for improved property in particular.
Customers are making inquiries of us
daily ,and the supply of cabins avail
able for rent is at present extremely
limited. Any kind of a cabin or build
ing in Seward is now rentable. Eevery
steamer is bringing new arrivals to
Seward and it is necessary for them
all to have a place to live when they
arrive here.
We want to ask every property
holder in Seward to assist us in look
ing after the wants of the new comers
and to that end, ask that they furnish
us with a list of their property, that
they wish to rent and we will do all
that we can to lease or rent it for you.
It does not make any difference
whether it is a residence or business
property, we have numerous demands
for bith, and will be able to place
either for you in a short time.
It is up to the citizens of Seward to
look after the comfort of the new
comers and as an act of hospitality
alone it is up to you to list your prop
erty if you care to rent it.
We now have a few choice bargains
in real estate, and if you are in the
market for anything in that line, we
would be pleased to go oyer the list
with you, and possibly we may find
just what you want .
Strangers are cordially invited to
call at our office and make their
wants known.
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MOOSE ELECTION TONIGHT.
The Seward lodge of the L. 0. 0. M.
will hold its election of officers this
evening. The nominations took placo ;
at the last meeting and when the
evening comes for the installation a
. Barn Dance will be given.
MAIL COMING.
The mail from the interior left Mile J
Twenty at 11 a. m. Both Colonel
Ucvelle and Elgin Vaughan are on the
way and will arrive about press time.
Tickets for the Concert and Dance
next Saturday eve. are now on sale at
Butt’s store. An enjoyable time is
assured those attending.
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any news they can of the place where
the government railroad will be. To
save writing letters you could send
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Just drop in at THE PALACE,
If you want to drink, or cat,
And you’ll admit that we have got
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