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Vol. ?», No. 274 SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1915.___len Centa the Copy
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CITY LOST A MAN LAST WEEK
RUSSIA SENDS ULTIMATUM
PETROGRAD, Oct. 4.—The Russian minister was
formally ordered last night to leave Sofia this morning
at nine o’clock. New York time, unless at that hour Bul
garia had severed relations with the Teutonic powers and
had expelled the representatives of Germany and Austria.
This is the manner in which Russia has sent its ultimatum
and as Bulgaria has evidently decided to join the Teutonic
alliance she will, of course, refuse our terms and war will
be declared, making the thirteenth nation to enter the
great struggle.
ENGLAND SUFFERING
LONDON, Oct. 4.—It is stated by the Manchester
Guardian that there is hardly a block in any city in Eng
land which has not given a killed or wounded man as a re
sult of the great allied offensive movement of the past
week but the paper goes on to say that the destiny of the
British empire is wound up in the struggle on the western
front and other general assaults must come soon. The
losses of the British at the battle of Loos, where they
were mostly engaged, are known to have been very heavy
but are regarded as the price of a thrilling success. The
number of the killed and wounded will probably soon be
announced by Asquith in the house of commons.
(Note) Loos, where the British did the most fighting
in the recent offensive movement, is probably' the English
spelling for Loo on the river Yser, Belgium. It is a long,
long way to Lens in France.
BERLIN CLAIMS GAINS
BERLIN, Oct. 4.—The official statement issued this
morning contains the statement that the French have
captured some of our trenches northwest of Givenchy but
that all other attacks of a local nature have been repulsed.
On the other hand, the statement is made officially that we
have won positions from the British north of Loos and
from the French west of Yimy. General news of an unof
ficial nature indicates that our troops have turned the
tables and are now adopting offensive tactics on a larger
scale than the Allies who have evidently, at least for the
present, abandoned their general attempts. The great
offensive has been a failure taken as a whole and the Ber
lin newspapers are now declaring that if the whole power
of the allied nations of the west, after weeks of prepara
tion, were able to make no greater impression on the Ger
man front their case is hopeless. The loss of life in the
British and French ranks is enormous, and greater than
the German losses if German correspondents are to be
believed.
ALLIES HOLD GROUND
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The allied armies hold virtually
all the ground taken by them last week. In a few in
stances, it is officially admitted, the Germans have re
captured some of the positions lost by them. We are now
organizing our newly won positions and dispatches from
General French indicate rather than state positively that
the general assault will be recommenced soon again. Bit
ter local fighting is still proceeding at various points due
to the effects of the Germans to recapture lost trenches.
The allies have had some success in Artois but in other
places in that department and in Champagne the results
of the fighting are varying. One ofthe chief reasons for
the lull in the general offensive is the coming of heavy
rains which have caked everything, guns and all, with
mud and make an offensive movement difficult.
TO ATTACK SERBIA
BUCHAREST, Roumania, Oct. 4—General von
Mackensen has withdrawn a quarter of a million men and
two thousand pieces of artillery from the Russian front
and this force has now arrived on the Serbian border for
the great drive to Constantinople. From German sources
it is learned that this withdrawal is the cause of the lull
in the eastern fighting and that the attacks in the Pinsk
region will not be proceeded with by the Germans at pres
ent This government has given out no information as to
its intentions during the fighting in the Balkans. Our
frontiers are protected by troops but it is hai dl\ likely \vt
shall make any offensive move.
FIGHTING IN SNOW
ROME, Oct 4.—Winter has set in on the Alps and
the fighting between our forces and the Austrians is now
proceeding in the snow in the Alpine regions. No inform
ation has been given out recently of the fighting in any of
the war zones where Italy is engaged and no changes of
importance have been reported.
ALLIED LOAN SIGNED
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—The loan to the allied nations
was signed by the representatives of both sides today.
The money is to be paid over within ten days.
Big Moose Attacks
Theodore Roosevelt
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: Swears He Had to Break the Law to
Save His Life.
QUEBEC, Canada, Oct. 4.—Theo
dore Roosevelt made an atlidavit here
today that he broke the law by killing
a second moose because the moose at
tacked him and theratened to gore
him. The law of the province is that
u man is allowed to kill only one
moose. Roosevelt was out for a hunt
ing trip and bagged one of the ani
mals. According to his atlidavit he
was on the way back from the hunt in
a canoe when the second moose at
tacked him.
LIEUT. MEHAFFEY GOES
BACK TO VALDEZ.
Lieutenant MehafTey, of the Alaska
Road Commission, left for Valdez this
morning after looking over the road
matters in this neighborhood. With
Mr. Eide he gave the district a
thorough looking over and had the
satisfaction of going away with the
knowledge that the people of the sec
tion are more than pleased with the
work done, considering the calls on
the funds.
' CASE FOR WAGES.
The case of Alex Wirack vs. The
Amok Gold Mining co. came up to
day before Commissioner Conroy. It
was a suit for wages and went by de
fault.
T. C. POWELL LEAVES.
Thomas Cader Powell, formerly
United States Marshal for the Second
division, left this morning for Seattle
after a time looking into the mining
possibilities.
PANAMA CANAL
SLIDES BAD
EXPECT GREAT WATER WAY TO
BE CLEARED, HOWEVER,
ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The slides
which have occurred in the Panama
canal since September 21 have been
the worst in the history of the great
water way. The worst feature of it
is that they are continuing and cost
ing the government tremendous sums
of money that, at least, put beyond
the range of possibility any profit
from the operation of the canal for
the present. Large forces are at work
clearing out the slides as fast as they
come and it is expected that the chan
nel will be all ready again by the
First of November.
ALAMEDA ARRIVES.
The Alameda arrived this morning
at 6:15 from the west, bringing the
following passengers from Anchor
age: Gaston Hardy, Ethel Forgy, C.
E. Bade, Capt. A. E. Lathrop, E. J.
Warner, D. Darling, W. E. Edes, B.
H. Barndollar and Fred B. Tracy.
ALAMEDA TAKES MANY OUT.
The Alameda sailed for the south
this morning at 7:30 taking with her
36 passengers from this city. The
passengers leaving here and whose
names were not mentioned in yester
day’s Gateway, are: E. C. Niles, Wm.
Aiken, Mrs. Wm. Aiken, R. R. Hunter,
Lt. Mehaffey, C. W. Felch, A. Van
Mavem, F. Cloecough, Cader Powell,
Ray Giddings and thirteen steerage.
NINE MINERS
BURIED A WEEK
SLIDE ENTOMBED THEM ON
MONDAY AND THEY WERE
RESCUED ON SUNDAY.
LONGFORK, Pa., Oct. 4.—Nine
miners were taken out of the bowels
of ih earth near this place yesterday
after they had been entombed since
the Monday previous. When a great
slide occurred last Monday the men
were hidden behind thousands of tons
of coal and earth and all hope was
about abandoned of ever seeing them
alive. The work of digging went on,
however, and yesterday, Sunday, the
buried men were reached. All of them
were found exhausted and some of
them unconscious but all will recover.
They are unable yet to speak of their
experiences.
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❖ TRIAL OF SCHMIDT *
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4.—The trial
of Schmidt on the charge of being an
accomplice of the McNamaras in the
blowing up of the Times building has
begun here. Caplan’s trial is ready to
proceed.
ROAD TO GILPATRICK’S
FIN SHED THIS WEEK.
In four days the wagon road will
be finished to the property of John
Gilpatrick in Moose Pass. Mr. Gil
patriek has arrived in town and joins
all others in praising the work of the
Road Commission in that quarter. He
says the road is good enough for
automobiles, and worthy of the great
prospects now held out to that dis
trict.
FARR AG FT BACK FRIDAY.
The Admiral Farragut is due to ar
rive here from the west on her way
south next Friday.
Sinking of the Edith.
Above is the first picture of the
sinking of the steamship Edith. Yes
terday the Gateway had pictures of
the sunken Admiral Watson and th«
burning of the steamship Bertha
Never were local disasters so vividly
shown.
MOVIES ABOUT NEXT SUNDAY.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, who leased
the new A. B. Hall for three nights
a week for a motion picture house, re
turned from a trip to Anchorage on
Alameda this morning and expects
to run the first show about next Sun
day evening, or as soon as the North
western arrives from the south with
reels.
PIONEER MEETING TONIGHT.
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The regular monthly meeting of the
Pioneers will take place this evening
at the Pioneer Hall at 8 o’clock. Sev
eral new members are to be initiated
and voted on. All members are re
quested to be present.
I BIG ALASKAN
STEAMER SUNK
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GRAYWOOD FORMERLY HAROLD
DOLLAR AT BOTTOM
WITH $500,000.
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—The steamship
Graywood, formerly known as the
Harold Dollar which traveled in Al
askan waters, was sunk today with a
cargo of ore and lumber that was
worth half a million dollars. She
was in a dangerous condition owing
to gales when she was taken in tow
by the Salonian from which she broke
awa\ and sank Sunday.
NORTHWESTERN LEAVES
WITH A BIG LOAD.
Has Eighty Passengers, Twenty-three
Hundred Tons and Next Trip
Goes to Anchorage.
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—The steamship
Northwestern left last night with
eighty passengers and two thousand
three hundred tons of freight. On
the next trip she wlil go to Anchor-*
age and begin regular trips there for
the rest of the season.
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❖ McADOO AND WILSON *
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—McAdoo.
secretary of the treasury, is about to
announce himself as in favor of wo
man suffrage and it is believed that
the announcement will be the fore
runner of a similar announcement by
President Wilson, his father-in-law.
Politicians now expect that the ques
tion will form an issue at the next
election.
MORMONS TO BUILD ON ,
A HAWAIIAN ISLAND.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 4.—The Mor
mons in convention here last night
voted to build a Mormon temple on
the Island of Oahuoa for the spread
ing of the gospel to that part of the
world.
WICKERSHAM TO
VISIT HERE SOON
LEAVES FAIRBANKS OCTOBER
15 AND WILL PAY SEWARD
A SHORT VISIT.
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—James Wicker
sham, delegate to congress from Al
aska, will visit Sew'ard on the way to
Washington and will probably arrive
in your town about the first of the
month. Mrs. Wickersham arrived
here on the Mariposa enroute to the
exposition and the east. She stated
today that the delegate will leave
Fairbanks October 15, and will
make short stops at Valdez and
Seward.
Music Phoned
Across Continent
Hand Clapping at Boston Also
Heard at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4.—The most
extraordinary feat ever performed by
telephone took place here today when
an audience invited by the Producers
Motion Picture company listened to
the orchestra playing at a mov.ng
picture show of Carmen at Boston.
The music was plainly heard by the
new' telephone arrangement and the
audience also heard the clapping of
the audience three thousand miles
away. The clapping sounded like
faint tapping on typewriters.
Mrs. W. Ellis, who has been seri
ously ill for the past few days, is re
covering and will be able to see
friends in a day or so.
II. S. WILL MAKE
I OWN MUNITIONS
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GOVERNMENT TO ASK CONG
RESS FOR HALF BILLION
FOR DEFENSES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The
United States will probably begin
soon to manufacture its own muni
tions of war and that the work to be
done in this line and in other prepara
tion for defense is great is evident by
the fact that congress will be asked
for half a billion dollars at the com
ing session. The manufacture of
arms and ammunition by the govern
ment will be carried out on a great
scale. The President, Garrison and
Daniels have agreed on a plan to
prevent the turning over of secrets to
private manufacturers. Daniels says
battle cruisers ami fast ships are bad
ly needed and he also says that the
naval advisory board will meet the
president Wednesday to formulate
the program for the coming session.
Condensed Cables
RUSSIANS WINNING
LONDON, Oct. 4.—According to
the official news late today the battle
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of Dvinsk is going in favor of the
Russians. The German offensive has
lost its former force and shows signs
of stopping entirely.
AVIATORS SHOT DOWN
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4.—Six air
ships of the allies bombarded Zee
brugge, the German naval base, on
Sunday but one of them was shot
down by the Teutons and another
was forced to land in this country.
HOLDING BULGARIANS
BERLIN, Oct. 4.—France has
sent out orders that no Bulgarians be
permitted to leave that country al
though France and Bulgaria are not
at war.
LAND AT SALONIKI
ATHENS, Oct. 4.—It is announced
today that British and French troops
have been landed at Saloniki to help
this country to repel the Bulgarian
attack. The allied forces have taken
possession of the railroads to facili
tate the movement of their troops to
Macedonia.
CARTOONIST KILLED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.—Steward H.
Carrothers, the noted cartoonist, the
original Charlie Chaplin, fell from a
window in a hotel last night and was
found dead by a policeman on beat.
CHICAGO WINS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.—Chicago won
the Federal pennant today.
EARTHQUAKE AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—A series of
earthquakes shook the whole coast on
Sunday night. The shocks were felt
from California to British Columbia
and as far east as Nevada. Water
tanks toppled over but the damage
was of a minor nature.
SA NFRANCISCO, Oct. 4.—The
earthquake shocks of Sunday night
are believed to be due to the slipping
of strata in the mountains. The ef
fect was unimportant.
PRESIDENT TO ATTEND
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—President
Wilson has wired for seats at the
world series game at Philadelphia on
Spnday.
FOUND DEAD
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 4.—
G. A. McDonald, a grocer, was found
nude and dead in the sea today. He
came from Rock Island, Illinois. It is
believed he was killed by robbers.
1200 MEN ARE
NOW EMPLOYED
CHAIRMAN EDES OF THE EN
GINEERING COMMISSION RE
TURNS FROM ANCHORAGE.
William C. Ivies, chairman of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, re
turned on the Alameda this morning
from Anchorage where he has been on
an official visit. The latter part of
the week Mr. Edes, with Lt. Mears
and Dr. Stoughton, made a trip about
I 23 miles beyond the Matanuska Riv
j er towards the coal fields, looking
over the surveys. Ho says that owing
to good weather he was able to make
the trip in two days and that the
trip up there was a very enjoyable
one. Mr. Edes states that the number
of men employed by the Commission
at Anchorage on September 18th was
a little over 12 and that it is his be
lief that almost the same number are
at work there at the present time.
The schooner Wellesley arrived in
Anchorage late yesterday afternoon
with a load of bridge material for the
construction of trestles and bridges
up the arm. Mr. Edes says that a
throe masted schooner was also pass
ed lete yesterday afternoon, which it
is thought was the Northland, another
ship with a load of bridge material
for the Commission at Anchorage,
which was due yesterday.
Mr. Edes says that the railroad
track has been built out three or four
miles from Anchorage and a* soon as
the freighter Seward arrives with a
large consignment of new rails, ot the
70 pound variety, work will progress
rapidly in the extending of the road
out of Anchorage.
OPEN A FINE LUNCH
COUNTER TOMORROW
J. A. Jack and A. W. Jones will op
en the Palace Lunch counter tomor
row morning at 11 o’clock. 'lhe
choicest dishes will be served and a
first class Merchants' lunch will be a
feature. Both are experts in the
business.
U. S. OFFICERS IN
A HORRIBLE MESS
INDICTED FOR SELLING STOLEN
UNIFORMS TO THE CAR
RANZA TROOPS
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 4.—A
disgraceful scandal has been appar
ently brought to light here by the in
dictment of several officers of the
National Guard on the charge of
stealing the uniforms intended for
their own men and selling them to the
troops of Carranza, the Mexican gen
eral. The officers charged with the
crime are said (o have issued an of
ficial statement to the effect that the
unifoims had been condemned and
destroyed but those uniforms, accord
ing to the charge, were really sold to
the Mexicans. The same is true of
other suplies and the total amount of
the alleged embezzlement is twenty
thousand dollars. To cover the dis
crepancies the men now under arrest
reduced the amount of the appro
priations in the books from one hun
dred thousand to nine thousand but
the trick was easily discovered.
New shipment of boys’ hats, caps
and mackinaws. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First.”
BULGARIANS MOVE
LONDON, Oct. 4.—According to Paris advices this
morning the Bulgarian armies are now pressing on both
the Greek and Serbian frontiers and more are still march
ing across country to the great assault against the nations
that were once her allies and later her foes. -Yesterday
afternoon the great movement was going on near the
Greek frontier according to Athens advices and the Bul
; gars are expected to strike almost at once.