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STRIKE SITUATION
REMAINS UNCHANGED
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NEW YORK, August 1(5. — The six hundred repre-j
sentatives of the railway trainmen will go to Washington
this afternoon to meet President W ilson at his invitation
and discuss the strike situation, i he matter is in the same
status as it was yesterday, no new proposals having been
made. It is stated by those close to the President that hei
lias the strongest hope of bring able to arrange the whole
trouble amicably, but it is well known that very serious
facts must be faced, one ot widen is too determination oF
the trainmen to secure all they demand.
BIG WORK 10 BE
HONE ON R. R. ON
ARM IRIS WINTER
That an immense amount of work will be done on the
railroad near Turnagain Arm tiiis winter is now made
certain by a statement uy Chairman hues who has return
ed after an inspection of tne work at tne other end. A
winter camp will be established at Cotter creek about fif
teen miles out of Anchorage tins w ay. Mr. Edes says that
seven or eight miles or so 01 tne wvik in that district, be
tween Seward and Anchorage, w in cost nearly a millioni
dollars, it is the intention to proceed with tins work in
winter time and many station men will be used as soon as
they get through with their work elsewhere. The grade
has been built lor live or six miles this way and gangs are
strung out here and tiieie Uv> far as holler creek. A steam
shovel is now being moved on a barge lo hotter creek but
the weather has been ^o rough that the success of the ex
periment causes some uneasiness, i lie t hairman says the
Arm has been far rougher tins year man he thought it
could be. One barge broke awi\\ me other day but was se
cured again. Several trips with supplies had to be aband
oned. Mr. Edes will probabu leave on the trip of the
Farragut for the interior and w ill be accompanied by
Chief Counsel Cotton who has uccided to extend his pleas
ure trip to the Xanana.
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Savs llu<di Wallace
Buys Seward Lois
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Close Personal Friend of President
Wilson Reported i>eepl\ Interested.
A letter to the Gateway on yester
day’s mail from a newspaperman in
Seattle says there is the very best
reason to belike tha*. Hugh Wallace,
formerly of Tacoma but now of Wash
ington, D. C., and a warm personal
friend of President Wilson, has pur
chased with Banker Ankeny ami
others no less than six hundred lot.' in
Seward as a speculation. The writer
of the letter states that this fact is
taken to mean that Wallace knows
what a great future is promised for
Seward.
Wilson \\ ill Not
Make Speech Pour
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WASHINGTON. August 10.—After
a long conference between Present
Wilson and the members of the Dem
ocratic campaign committee it has
been announced that the President
will not make a speaking tour but
possibly would accept invitations to
speak at different places during the
campaign. It is stated that he con
siders a stumping tour incompatible
with the dignity of the office of
President.
A. Mr. McFaul caught an eight
pound cod off the wharf after the ball
game the other day.
All of1 Them Want
Challenge Firsti
Suggestion of Gateway Accepted by
Anchorage and Seward Men.
The . uggestion made by this paper
that the Third division challenge the
1-Tr*t has been accepted by the leaders
of the Anchorage team enthusiastic
| ally. The Seward men are also for it
and stt will be probably taken to
see what can be done. Mickey Costel
lo. the Anchorage pitcher, and Dave
Williams, the Seward thunder bolt,
| are both strong for the game. “1 be
lieve we ought to get that game with
Juneau,” says Jack Robarts,” and I
believe also that a team picked from
our two towns here can meet anything
they have in Juneau or the other
towns.”
Harry Ellsworth, the eagle eyed
umpire, is another who . wants the
j game. He was faultless yesterday in
the opinion of all players on both sides
| and he thinks we could hold our own
i with the First Captain Rochon of
! Anchorage is also for tackling the
capital ami its neighbors and the Sew
ard bunch as far as they have been
j seen are of the same opinion.
CHAIRMAN W. C. EDES
COMES OX ALAMEDA
Chairman \V. C. Edes, of the Engi
neering Commission returned to Sew
ard on the Alameda.
CAME ON FARRAGUT
The following arrived yesterday on
the Farragut from Seattle: Mrs. J.
A. Hughes and Mrs. A. J. D’Arcy.
ASQUITH SAYS EXECUTION OF
FRYATT MUST BE ATONED FOR
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DEUTSCHLAND UNHEARD FROM
BERLIN, August 16. — The submarine Deutschland
has not been heard from since she cleared the \ irginia
Capes on August 2, the United Press learned from a reli
able source today. The submarine Bremen has also not
been reported for sixteen days, which was the time taken
by the Deutschland to make the journey from Germany to
Baltimore. The rumor that the Deutschland was sunk
was evidently false altogether.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
PETROGRAD, August 16.—It is reported by the war
office tiiat the Russian armies under General Brusiloft,
from June 4 to August 13, captured 358,602 Austrian and
German prisoners. They also took 405 cannon and other
booty was 1,325 machine guns, 338 mine and bomb throw
ers and 202 powder carts.
NO CHANGE IN WEST
LONDON, August 10. — General Haig reports that
minor engagements occurred in the region oi l’o'/.ieres last
night but no change is reported in the relative positions ot
the opposing sides at any part id the Somme front. 1 he
engagements last night were nothing more than skitm
id>es fought between reeonnoitering parties.
1 ENICE IS RAIDED AGAIN
ROME, August 10. — The city of Venice was raided
again yesterday by Austrian airmen and the l nited
States consulate had a narrow escape from being hit by aj
bomb. One bomb fell thirty-five yards from the building!
and showered it with fragments, lhe consulate stall wasj
badly frightened. The damage done is reported to be
negligible and the damage from the military point oi view
was nothing at all.
MAY NOT RENEW RELATIONS
LONDON, August 16.—Premier Asquith intimated in
the house of commons yesterday that Great Britain may
not resume diplomatic relations with Germany after the
war unless the latter nation makes reparation for the ex
ecution of Captain Fryatt who was snot because lve at
tempted to ram a German submarine with his steamship
the Brussels. He also intimated that reparation for other
alleged outrages will be demanded from Germany.
ITALIANS TAKE TRENCHES
ROME, August 16.—The Italian troops have captured
Austrian trenches on the slopes of Monte Pecinka south
of Goritz and in the neighborhood of Scateina and San
Marco, it is officially announced. Our troops took 3.>3
prisoners. •
RUSSIANS LOST HEAVILY
BERLIN, August 16—The Russians made only one
weak attack north of the Dneister yesterday following
their heavy losses in Monday’s fighting. .On that day they
were driven back in confusion and have apparently not yet
recovered from the eltecis. The attacks on the Dneistei
were easily repulsed.
ANOTHER BRITISH LOAN
NEW YORK, August 16. — The details of the new
British loan have been announced by Morgan & Company.
It will be a thirty-five million two year five pound secured
loan, the gold notes to he dated September 1,1916, and in
terest payable semi-annually.
NO FIGHTING AT VERDUN
LONDON, August 16. — No fighting in the Verdun
sector is reported today nor has anything appeared in re
lation to fighting on the Greek frontier that would indi
cate the beginning of the allied offensive in that quarter.
RAINS RENDER HOMEl-ESS
MANY MISSOURI PEOPLE
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HANNIBAL, Mo., August 16.—Five
hundred families have been rendered
homeless and thousands ot acres are
flooded as the result of a f8ur inch
rain in this region.
WENT ON FARRAGUT
The following went west on the
Farragut yesterday: Sydney Ander
son, L. V. Smith, Arthur Jett, Emma
Nelson, E. Bedell and four steerage.
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Manager Fred Tracy and his ball
team also went.
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Historic V esscl
Comes lo Scwanl
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Ship That Carried Dewey To Manila
Bay Brings H. K. Supplies.
The ship Nanshan. Captain Pri
deaux, which was loaned hy the navy
department to the Railroad Commis
sion arrived this morning at 4 o’clock
with 800 tons of steel, three dump
cars and other materia' for the gov
ernment work here. When only 2 >
years of age Captain Cndeaux wa» in
command of the Nanshan and showed
Dewey through the Manila Bay. Ad
miral Dewey afterwards had the
Nanshan purchased by the United
Si des government from a British
concern and Pridcaux has had the
command every since. Nunslian is a
Chinese name which means Northern
Mountain, so the ship ought to fed
quite at home.
The following are her officers:
Captain Pridcaux.
Chief Engineer, A. C. Ifaywo'ul.
Chief Officer, A. Jensen.
1st. Asst. Engineer, C. Manson.
2nd. Asst. Engineer, I. V. Bradshaw
2nd. Mate, C. Stringburn
3rd. Mate, (i. Harrison.
3rd. Asst. Eng. F. W. Weiss.
1st. Electrician, L. Conkling.
2nd. Electrician, J. Beavans.
Pay Clerk, M. J. O’Brien.
Delcnse Program
About Completed
United States Ships Will Carry
Heaviest duns in the World.
WASHINGTON, August 16.—Con
gress has virtually completed the na
tional defense program finally approv
ing of the great increase in nuvai con
struction. The bill, which is urgent
ly supported by the administration,
will carry an appropriation of sixty
five million and authorizes the in
crease of enlisted men to seventy-four
thousand. It also provides for the
building of l.r>7 war vessels within the
next three years. There will be four
battle cruisers and four battleships
that will carry the heaviest guns and
will surpass any capital ships yet con
structed by any nation in the world.
The bill also provides for six addition
al dreadnaughts and three additional
cruisers to be contracted for in the
inext two years.
HUGHES TO SPEAK TO
AN IMMENSE CROWD
SEATTLE, August 16.—Charles E.
Hughes spoke to an immense crowd
again here last night.
CHRISTENSEN LEAVES
FOR THE INTERIOR
Andrew Christensen of the Land
Department left on the Alaska for the
interior via Valdez. He will hold a
sale of the lots on the Nenana town
site and then return to sell the Seward
lots.
LADIES AID TO MEET
The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist
church will meet with Mrs. Frank
Ballaine tomorrow afternoon.
BIG DAM AT MILE 55
BREAKS WITH FLOOD
The big dam which was built at
Mile 55 to hold the floods from the
glacier has given way to the floods
and is carried away.
SEWARD BOYS WIN
BY BIG LEAGBE PLAY
The third and last game of the An-'i
, chorage- Seward series provided the
I best of all three, rattling contests asj
the preceding ones were. Up to the
second half of the seventh the visitors
had two runs to nothing for Seward j
and matters looked so good for the
Inlet people that the reporter for
their home paper wired: “We have
the game in our pockets.” In the
seventh Taylor scored and in the
second half of the eighth came the
beautiful base ste; ling work of Tom
Finnegan and Campbell that let them
both in in for the winning notches.
It was a line bit of head work on the
part of the local captain and second
baseman. It won the game hut they
were well assisted by a sacrifice bunt
of Adams that was perfectly placed.
The Anchorage boys took their
Waterloo in good shape and were
game to the end. They made a thril
ling light for their city and deserved
anything, hut Williams was just a bit
too clever and the assistance given
him was almost flawless.
'First Inning
Captain Kochon came up for the
visitors, fanned the first two balls
from Williams but hit the third safe
ly, making the very first hit, by the
way, off the Seward pitcher. The
runner later was nipped at second
when Mills forced him. Tiffany
struck out and Campbell caught
Levin.
Captain Campbell went out at first
Kochon to Lowery. Adams likewise,
Xourse to Lowery. Taylor struck out.
Second Inning
Amundsen, Powery and Nourse, all
died with the bat in their hands al
most as quick as Wililams could
shoot.
!I\an fanned. Manthey got a base
on balls but he and V i’.‘ium« were
noth doubled out, Uochon to Powery.
Third Inning 4
Nofscar fell, Campbell to Manthey.
Vandervere suffered the same fate at
the same sure hands and Uochon was
nipped by a beauty thrown from
Williams to Manthey.
Lee was caught finely by Levin.
Jack Finnegan ran out a third strike
and got there by a high throw from
Amundsen to the visiting first base
man. Powery caught Tom Finnegan
but Jack stole second. Campbell was
out, Uochon to Powery.
Fourth Inning
Taylor caught Mills. Tiffany was
out, Campbell to Manthey and Joe
caught Levin.
Vamlervere prettily stopped a noi
one from Adams and got him whe’n
it looked like a safe hit. Taylor then
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got in the first two-bagger but Ryan
struck out and Nofsear finely caught
Manthey.
Fifth Inning
Here came the dark and evil looking
time for Seward. It began when
Amundsen hit. Powery also hit but
the visiting backstop failed to reach
second. Then a horrible thing hap
pened. Nourse bunted and a wild
throw by Joe Campbell, yes, Joe
Campbell, to first 1st the two hostiles
to second ami third and both of them
crossed the home plate when Nofsear
let out a safe hit. Vandervere was
out at first but the harm was done.
Williams was out, Tiffany to Pow
ery. Lee went out, pitcher to first
baseman and Jack Finnegan was
thrown out, Nourse to first.
Sixth Inning
Rochon hit between the Taylor legs.
Mills struck by ball walked. Tiffany
failed to see the three first balls sent
by Williams or either one of them
i and Levin come up and does the very
identical empty sword play. Six con
secutive balls, nothing more. Then
Adams caught Amundsen and at this
time the two teams were playing big
league stuir with the fielding tight a^
a drum.
Pochon caugl#t Tom Finnegan and
Campbell sens out a scorcher but
Kochon scooped it beautifully with one
hand and got the hatter at first Mills
caught Adams.
Seventh Inning
Powery went out. Williams to
Manthey. KyancaughtNour.se. Still
dose manipulation until an error l>>
the home second baseman allowed
Nofscar to first. Van fanned.
Here we come for the seventh
heaven for the home fans. It was
done something like this. Thai par
ticularly fine all-around man Taylor,
hit between the legs oT the visiting
first bagger and later stole second.
Ryan let out and sent Taylor to third
although he himself dropped dead at
first. Warhorse (Jus lets fly at it and
sends Vandervere out along the third
base line and Taylor romps home wit«
the first score for Seward. Oh, ’twa>
then the Seward crowd woke up and
it began to get horribly noisy when
the popular twirler for Seward hit his
visiting prototype away for two bases,
(lus reaches thinl. A flier from Fee
is caught hut Williams is still oh
second and you could never tell what
might happen when that kid has his
thinking apparatus in operation, hut
Jack Finnegan was out at first.
Fighth Inning
Rodion caught l»y Fee but the home
brick wall slipped on loose gravel and
Mills got first after throe strikes.
Tiffany was out, Williams to Manthey.
but Mills reached second and then
Ryan beautifully nabbed a dangerous
loiking flier from Levine that might
have marred the beauty of the day
very considerably.
But arrives the big thing. Tom
Finnegan hits and might have been
out and would certainly not have
reached second if Powery had been
lucky. It was slow fielding to say the
best and Tom prettily stole third.
One run to go and that man Finnegan
three parts of the way around the di
amond and up comes Joe Campbell
and Joe Campbell bunts and there
was a fumble at the psychological
moment and in Finnegan goes to even
up the score. But this was not all.
Linn starts pitching but Campbell is
getting in some of that brain work
and suddenly he appears like an ap
patition on second and Adams hits
that finely placed bunt and sacrificed
to let Joe streak across to Third and
then comes a fumble by the visiting
second baseman and Campbell is olf
and across the home plate and Seward
is ahead by a run! It was the work
of Tom and Joe ably backed up by the
stickers. Then Taylor was caught out
and Ryan fanned.
Ninth and Last
Hope springs eternal even in the
Anchorage breast and Amundsen
came to bat viciously but Davey
Williams was too much and the first
three balls he sent got the Anchor
age backstop cutting hieroglyphics out
of the atmosphere. Powery reached
first, though, and the Inlet fans found
their voices once again. Williams was
going gloriously when Nourse came
up and Nourse had to strike out be
cause Williams knew he had to win
that game. Oh, but Nofscar hits and
lets Powery to 3econd and then came
Duncan the visiting pinch hitter. All
he had to do was to send Williams
out near the ocean somewhere, this
pinch hitter. And, <fcen what happen
ed? Williams actually sent a higfi
pitch over Lee’s head and Powery was
on third. * Was that man William*
playing as a cat might with a mouse
or what? And Nofscar is on second.
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