VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1914 NO. 133
SENATE ORDERS
PROBE FOR PAGE
Washington, March 13.—The senate
today ordered Secretary Bryan to star t
an investigation of the charges against s
Ambassador Page, America’s repre
sentative at the court of St. James.
It is charged that Ambassador Page
recently made a speech in London in
which he stated that the Monroe doc
trine merely means that we prevent
foreign powers from securing any more
land in America. The secretary is
ask for a thorough explanation.
RITCHIE AGAIN
BEATS WALGAST
Milwaukee, March 13.—Lightweight
Champion of the World Ritcuie easily
defeated Ad Walgast, former cham
pion, in a ten round contest here last
night Ritchie lead in all the rounds
and in the seventh knocked Walgast
down and had him groggy. This was
Waigast’s second attempt to come back '
and he will now retire from the ring.
HUMPHREY IS
AFTER PINCHuT
Washington, March 13.—Congress
man Humphrey of the state of Wash
ington, in a speech in the house today,
made grave charges against former j
Chief Forester Pinchot claiming that
he permitted the .^ante Fe Railway
Company to steal a vast amount of
land adjacent to its roadway, amount
ing to more than a million acres,
and that at the same time he vigorous
ly protested against the Alaskans
even cutting as much as a fishing pole
•n the public domain. Humphrey’s
speech whs quite lengthly and has
caused quite a stir.
Big Strike to Be Call Off.
Chicago, March 13. — President
Moyer, of the Federation of Mine res
announced today that the Federation
would call the strike off in Michigan
if the men were willing. He stated
that the matter would be put up to the
strikers at once, and if they consented
the strike would be called off
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Ritchie the Favorite.
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Milwaukee, March 13.—Ritchie is a
slight favorite over Walgast in their
ten rouud go to be pulled off here to
might.
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Slavonian Accused.
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M il waukee, March 13.—Detectives
today arrested a Slavonian, who is
•barged with setting up the cry of tire
which caused the Michigan Christmas
holocaust._
Nanaimo Coal Being Shipped
Nanaimo, B. C.» March 13. The
•oal mines here are once more in oper
ation and running full blast. Ship
ping of coal has been resumed.
Chinese Brigands at Work.
Pekin, March 12.— Five hundred
brigands have sacked the city of Lao
hokow and killed two Norwegian mis
sionaries.
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SEATTLE TO HAVE
A BIG GALA DAY
Seattle, March IM.—A11 preparations!
have been completed here for the cel- >
ebration of the signing of the Alaska,
Railway bill on the 21th. It is planned j
to have big gala day in which every
one is expected to take part as all bus-;
iness will be suspended. Today is sal- j
mon day and is being generally ob
served. A big banquet will be given !
by the Chamber of Commerce tonight j
to which all Alaskans are invited.
PEOPLES’MONEY
USED BY BANK
New York, March 13.—Henry Siegel,
a partner of Frank Vogel, indicted for
grand larceny, in a bankruptcy hear
ing here today, admitted that the firm
used the deposits for capital. The de
positors threaten violence if they are
ejected from court.
siegelTtores
ARE CLOSED
New York, March 13.—After suffi
cient evidence had been offered to se
cure liftv indictments against the Sie
gel company the court issued an order
to close two of the company's great
department stores holding a stock
of goods valued at millions. Over two
thousand employees were thrown out,
a majority of whom were depositors in
the defunct institution. Hundreds
were so enraged that they tried to
wreck the buildings.
/leans Commercial Ruin in Pacific.
Washington, March 13.—Western
senators contend that the repeal of
free tolls for American bottoms through
the Panama canal would mean com
mercial ruin on the Pacific coast.
More Soldiers for the Border.
Washington, March 12.—The ninth
and seventh regiment^ of the United
States army has been ordered to pro
ceed to the border of Mexico at once.
Raids are feared along the border.
Two flore Victims.
London, March 13.—Captain Allen
and Lieutenant Burroughs today drop
ped from an aeroplane $nd were in
stantly killed.
Changes Management.
John T. Spickett announces that the
Orpheum hotel has been leased to Mrs.
Mary Van Geer, formerly of Porcupine,
Ontario. Mrs. Van Geer comes well
recommended as a woman throughly
familiar with the hotel business and
will conduct the Orpheum as a first
class place in which to stay.
The Orpheum is a new hotel, steam
heated and with hot and cold water in
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all the rooms. It has been popular
ever since it was opened by Mr. Spick
ett less than a year ago.—Juneau Em
pire.
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Meet me at the Branch. *
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Field glasses at J. L. Graef*
Dog harness at J. L. Graef ’9.
PORTLAND HAS
A BIG FIRE
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Portland, March 13. — Portland was |
visited by a most destr uctive conflagra
tion last night that all but swept away
the entire shipping center of the city.
Six entire blocss along the waterfront!
were burned and two steamers laying
in the river destroyed. The loss is
estimated at over a million dollars.
A MILLIONAIRE
SERVING TIME
Portland, March 13.—Billy Parker
a millionaire clubman, convicted of
auto speeding, today began a five day
sentence at hard labor on tlie roads.
Parker shouldered his shovel with a
smile and was marched down the
street with the rest of the prisoners.
Jack Holmes of the Miner’s and
Merchants bank of iditarod city is a
passenger on the Northwestern. Mr.
Holmes came out over the Seward
id itarod trail last winter and left his
[ racing team with H. E. Ellsworth dur
ing his absence outside. The dogs
are in tirst-class racing form at this
time and Mr. Holmes will take a try
at tiie record between Seward and
Iditarod city of ten days and two hours,
held by Doc Mailing.
M. A. Marston of the firm of Hi ley
and Marston on Otter creek in the
Iditarod is expected to arrive on one
of the ntxt boats from the outside, en
route to the interior.
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Al. Winchell. one of the old timers
on Kenai peninsula and an owner of
some valuable property above Susitna
Station is on ids way back north and
will spend the summer prospecting bis
property. Mr, Winchell has been
spending the winter on the outside
with relatives.
A. H. Bryan is about town waiting
for the arrival of the Northwestern,
when he will leave for Cordova and
from there go into Valdez creek.
The stesmer Admiral Evans arrived
in Seward at 12:30 today.
The fire laddies will give a grand
ball on the 17th, .in honor of Erin’s
patron saint.
Word was received from Derrek
Lane a few days ago stating that he
had just returned to Seattle but not
when he would leave for the north.
Robt. McFadden, who has been a
Seward visitor for the past week, left
this morning for Shilak lake, where
he will remain until the opening of the
summer season.
Meet meat the Branch.
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch. *
Snow glasses of all kinds for sale at
J. L. Graef’s t
Bring your job printing to the Gate
way. We can do it right.
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel. Knik, Alaska, t
Commerce Cate, open day and
night. Short orders at all hours.
E. Levin, Prop.
OUR DELEGATE
1$ HELPING
Anent patents to homesteads that
have been held up for many years in
this section and over which so much
has been said and done, Mr. G. W.
Smalley wrote to Delegate Wicker
sham, explaining to him the situation
from the homesteader’s view, and the
delegate immediately got busy and is
doing what lie can to hurry up the
land department, as the following com
munications will show:
Mr. G. W. Smalley, Seward, Alaska.
My dear sir: I have your letter ol
January 1st complaining about the in
attention which the Government gives
to your homestead rights. I have just
had a long talk with the Commissioner
of the General Land office about this
matter and J complained very earnest
ly that the department was not giving
it proper attention. I send you here
with a copy of the letter which I
j wrote him. As soon as 1 get an
I answer L will send it to you. If you
j and your neighbors will write to me
• fully about your claims I will under
take to stir the Department up and
have them give attention to your
rights. Very truly yours.
.fames Wickersham,
Delegate from Alaska.
February 3, 1914.
Hon. Clay Tall mao,
Commissioner U. S. Land Otllce,
Washington, U. C.
Sir: Herewith I send you a letter
which I have just received from G. W.
Smalley of Seward, Alaska, which
gives us an exact case of what I was
talking to you about the other day.
Generally 1 know this situation to be
correct and I send you Mr. Smalley’s
letter as an instance of how the set
tlers feel about the matter. 1 wish
jou would take steps to have prompt
attention given to these Alaska claims.
Please return Mr. Smalley’s letter
to me after you have read it.
Respectfully,
James Wickersham,
Delegate from Alaska.
SEWARD REAL
ESTATE ACTIVE
Real estate is beginning to boom in
earnest in Seward. Several wires have
been received in the last few days
from parties on the outside asking the
lowest cash prices on different blocks
of Seward real estate, and the parties
to whom the wires were addressed
were forced to reply that it was im
possible to get quotations on the prop
erties mentioned. Mr. Frank L. Bal
laine refused live thousand dollars for
the corner opposite the Bank of Sew
ard, on Fourth and Adams streets.
Owers of property in Seward are con
fident that the value of their holdings
will be greatly increased in the im
mediate future and are in no hurry to
let go at this time or even set a price.
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WANTED—Work by the hour or day.
Getoeral housework or washing.
Leave word with Mrs. Brown, at the
t Alaska Laundry.
Don’t let yourself be forced to eat
what you don’t like, when you can
order what you like at the
Commerce Cafe