Seward Daily Gateway^
V()L s> SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1914
HUERTS AGREES
TO SALUTE FLAG
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Washington, April 17.—Huerta has
acceded to the American demand and
intervention in Mexico is again fore
stalled. The Mexican dictator has
otYered to salute the American Hag and
President Wilson has accepted his
proposal. The American fleet will
answer the salute but it is to be under
stood that in so doing they do not in
any way recognize Huerta or his gov
ernment. No time has yet been set
for the salute to be given. It is be
lieved that foreign bankers forced
Huerta to agree to the demand of the
United States.
SUSPECTS ARE
UNDER ARREST
Seattle, April 17.—Five Russians
have been arrested here on suspicion
of being members of a gang of inter
national bank robbers. The police
are confident they have the right men
as some of them were identified by the
cashier of the bank at Eloa, which was
robbed a short time ago.
OLDEST WOMAN
IN STATE DIES
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Portland, April 17.—Mrs. Delore, a,
hundred and seventeen years of age,
the oldest person in this slate, has just
died. Mrs. Delore was born in V- an
couver, Washington, and raised a very
large family hut outlived them all.
Business Men Indicted.
Washington, April 17.—The federal
grand jury has indicted four New’ Ha
ven business men who refused to testify
last week as to the actions New Haven
railroad.
Thirty Thousand for Charity.
Worcester, Mass., April 17.—Dr.
Aper, a wealthy physician of this city,
who died a few days ago, left thirty
thousand dollars to charity.
Fourteen Cremated.
New York, April 17.—Fourteen peo
ple were cremated today in a Forty
seventh street tenement house. The
bodies are unrecognizable.
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Vessel Sinks With All on Board.
New York, April 17.—'The Buckley, ■
a three mast sailing vessel, sunk today 1
off Long Branch aud the captain, Ins
wife and six of the crew were lost.
Coxey’s Army Is Small Company.
Canton, April 17.—Coxey’s army has
reached this city. It has dwindled
down until but twenty remain.
Scores Are Arrested.
Pekin, April 17.—President Kuai is
having scores arrested in his effort to
crush out the revolt in the south of
China.
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
JOHNSON WINS
NOME DOG RACE
Nome, April 17.— Johnson wins the
1 All-Alaska Sweepstakes race to Candle
and back in eighty-one hours and three
minutes. The record is seventy-four
hours and fourteen minutes. Johnson
drove a team of Siberian wolf hounds
and the result of the race shows con
clusively the superiorly of that breed
of dogs over any other, as they came in
far ahead of the others. Scotty Allen
is leading the others but can not possi
bly reach Nome under six hours. The
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race was run under very unfavorable
weather conditions, as it was ver\
stormy during the entire time. The
moving picture men were on hand to
get the finish of the race but the crush
of the crowd upset them. More than
twenty thousand dollars changed
hands on the result of the race.
MINIMUM WAGE
LOST HER A JOR
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Portland, April 17.-A woman has
started suit against the city, claiming
that she lost her jot) aad is now in des
titute circumstances owing to the en
forcement of the minimum wage scale
of ten dollars a week. She claims that
she was getting a salary of eight dol
lars and sixty-four cents per week, and
was living fairly comfortable on that
amount, but when the minimum wage
scale was enforced she was told that
her services were not worth the scale
and they would have to get along
without them. •
A Russian woman has headed an
expedition which has started to cross
Arabia at its widest part and which
will try to penetrate land never before
explored. _ _
Japan’s most (‘Xpert wrestlers are
men w ho have inherited their ability
from ancestors who made wrestling a
profession for generations.
A ntA concrete bridge at Allentown,
Pa., though neither the highest nor
longest in the world, contains the
greatest amount of material.
Austria last year produced nearly
49,000,000 short tors of coal, of which
about 18,000,000 tons were bituminous
and the rest brown coal.
The New Jersey legislature is con
sidering a bill requiring poison tablets
to be made coffin shaped to distinguish
them from medicines.
A concave projecting screen for mo
tion pictures has been patented by a
Chicago inventor to prevent distortion
no matter from what angle they are
viewed.
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Since Col. Revell has been up in the
interior painting the trail a vivid pur- j
pie, lie has the idea that he is an in-!
terior decorator. Any one needing his
services call at the Miner’s Store.
For Sale--Five-room house and two
lots. Inquire at this office. 2
Brass and iron bedsteads at J. L.
Graef’s. 'i
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For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel. Knik, Alaska, f
GEROME AND TOIL
ARE IN THE PAY
During the present low water on the
Kenai river Tom Towle and Jerome
Hatchey are busy shoveling in the
gravel on some of the bars where they
worked last spring and are taking out.
good money. Last spring when the
water was low these two miners tooK
out a good poke of dust, and with the
knowledge gained at that time are con
fident that they will be able to exceed
if not double their last year’s output.
Owing to the ocation of the rich pay
it is impossible to work this ground by
the pick and shovel method except
when the river is at its lowest. Even
with the extremely short season, how
ever, the diggings are highly profit
able, and go to show what this ground
will produce in the event of the instal
lation of a dredge on the Kenai river.
TELLING THEM
ALL ABOUT 0$
MI9S Dora Keen, well known in Sew
ard as an intrepid mountain climber
and all round sportswoman, is deliver
ing a course of four illustrated lectures
this month in Brooklyn, N. Y., under
the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences. The dates of
Miss Keen’s lectures are April 4, 11,
I 18 and 28. She has chosen as titles of
the different lectures “The Lure of the
Peaks,” “Southwestern Alaska,”
“Beyond the Trail, Arctic Mountain
eering,” and “Into the North Wilder
ness Esefore the Gold Seekers.” The
lectures are all illustrated by photos
taken while in Alaska by Miss Keen,
and on account of the tremendous in
terest taken in Alaska at this time,
are attracting a great deal of atten
tion. Miss Keen made a trip through
the Kenai peninsula a couple of years
ago.__
SEWARD DOCK
TO DE REPAIRED
Work will be started Monday on the
| reconstruction of the Seward dock tin
kler the supervision of General Super
intendent Tozier. The pi I es are all on
the beach and the pile driver lias been
j receiving some much needed repairs.
! Superintendent Tozier expects to com
! plete the work inside of six weeks, but
Thomas McConnety is of the opinion
that the work contemplated will have
to be rushed if it is to be completed by
the time the government starts con
struction from Seward to the Yukon.
McConnety will do the work and he
ought to know.
Dog harness at J. L. Graef ’s.
Bring your job printing to the Gate
way. We can do it right.
Wanted—Young man or boy at the
Gateway office to learn the trade.
Good opportunity for rapid advance
ment. _
Meet me at the Branch.
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Snow glasses of all kinds for sale at
J. L. Graef’s t
NORTHERN LIGHT
PROMISES GOOD
Lane and Tozier are doing con
siderable development work on ih3
i Nort hern Light group of claims located
| almost within the city limits, just west
'of town. The development work is in
| the hands of F. II Peterson, an ex
perienced mining man, and the owners
are well pleased with the showing that
the development work has brought to
view.
A tunnel was started on the vein
some time ago and is now in a distance
of 225 feet, all on the vein. The thick
ness of the vein varies from one to
three and a half feet and in the last
forty feet the character of the ore has
changed considerable. The ore in the
face of the tunnel now, as shown by
samples, carries a great deal of arseni
cal iron and some galena. At this
point the vein is about eighteen incites
in width, with straight true walls quar
tering the formation. Satnples of the
last forty feet will be assayed, and ex
perts who have examined the quar«z
confidently expect the results to bo
very encouraging to the owners.
The vein that the management is
driving on was started with the idea of
cutting a slate contact that passes
through the hill at a distance of about
three hundred feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, where it is thought, from
surface indications, a large ore body
will be encountered. The present
tunnel should cut this contact at any
time now, and if the expected ore body
is there the Northern Light will be an
ideal property, as there is not a mine
in Alaska so advantageously located.
GIVES ALASKA
A FULL PAGE
The New York Sun in a recent issue
devotes an entire page to Alaska and
Alaska’s delegate to congress. Judge
Wickershara in an interview goes over
the entire territory in its various
phases, with the result that the write
up resolves itself into a first rate boo>t
for the entire country. The Kenai
peninsula comes in for its share
through the quartz development and
big game hunting, as well as being
cited as the gateway for the Matanuska
coal fields, and some very flattering
agricultural mention.
Judging from the number of codfish
that are being caught from the dock
daily, there is a good opening for a cod
fishing plant on Resurrection bay.
Fishermen armed will) a hook and line
are catching more cod than they can
carry home in a few minutesevery day.
Complete steam laundry plant for
sale. Apply to Wayne Blue. i
Ask about board by the week at the
Seward Cafe. 4
First-class job printing at the Gate
way. We do it right.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. __
Field glasses at J. L. Graef *8.
Meet me at the Branch. »
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Finch’s Golden Wedding rje at tha
Branch. *