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SEWARD CONGRATULATED
AS RAILROAD TERMINAL
HOLY WAR CAUSES BLOOD
OF CHRISTIANS TO FLOW
SEWARD SURE
OF TERMINAL
MOST PROMINENT OFFICIAL
WIR ES CON GR ATI' L A
TIONS TODAY.
LANE LEAVES ’FRISCO
FINAL YNNOl NCEMENT OF
Pl’RCHASE OF ROAD
SOON DIE.
One of the most prominent political
figures in the west would be a true
description of the man who cablet!
to Derick Lane today that the Alaska
Northern railroail has been purcnased.
So sure of the fact is the sender of the
cable that he winds up his message by
offering congratulations! As the text
of the message shows the sender
wishes to keep his name out of the
matter for a time although he gives
permission to the addressee to give
the cable to this paper.
The following is the message word
for word:
“Information this message for Gate
way. Source confidential temporarily.
Gateway article eleventh correct. Sup
posed owners offered Alaska Northern
less than two millions. Proposition
will be accepted if they can deliver
title. Joseph Cotton government law
yer examining title. Coal for locomo
tives first move from Ship creek.
Secretary of Interior leaves here to
> day. Above will be published as news
within a fortnight Seward will be
St. Petersburg of Alaska. Congratu
lations.”
The cable came from San Francisco.
WOMEN THREATENS TO
KILL CHICAGO MAYOR.
Fifty Years Old Dame Enters the
Mayoral Office *ith Blood
In Her Eye.
CHICAGO, March 23.—Mrs. Leon
ora Doming aged fifty, entered the of
fice of the mayor last evening and
threa>ned to shoot him. She was
taken in custody but no renso»; has
been assigned for the act of Mrs.
Doming so it is assumed that ?he is
mentally unbalanced although he*
ordinary actions give no such *n<lica
tion.
EMDEN’S CREW
AGAIN RAIDS
TURN PIRATES AND ATTACK
A DUTCH SETTLE
MENT.
SYDNEY, March 23.—'The mem
bers of the crew of the famous Ger
man cruiser Emden who escaped after
the sinking of their vessel have again
shown up vividly. The report reached
here today that they have raided the
Dutch station of Padang in Sumatra.
They captured the crui >er Aysha after
their escape and are now roaming the
seas once more evidently carelesa
whether they raid a neutral people or
rot. The story of their capture of the
Aysha is only just .-oming to be
known. It is not even clear what
nationality she belongs to although
the name suggests she might be a
Japanese vessel. The raid on Padang
occurred on the first of this mon h but
the whereabouts of the piratical crew
and their captured vessel during th?
time intervening between its capture
and the descert on Padang are not
learned. It had been believed that
practically all of the Emden’* crew
had been captured or killed and the
story of the raid has come as a sen
sation
GOING ON WATSON.
Amongst those going out on the
W’atson this afternoon are Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Graff and Rev. Mr Howard
and Mrs. Howard.
Several lots have recently been sold
in the Rudolph addition to the city.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty i- done by the Gateway just a£
well as outside.
SEVERE FIGHTS
ON WEST LINE
GERMANS UNSUCCESSFULLY j
ATTACK AND THE BEL
GIANS ADVANCE.
LONDON, March 25.—Reports
from the western front today show
that the Germans have mada unsuc
cessful attacks near Arras and .in the
Champagne district. These assaults
were delivered in force but in all of
them the French succeeded in repell
ing the enemy. The Belgian advance
along the Yser is reported to be very
successful. The Belgian troopss have
recovered from the frightful exper
iences of the beginning of the war
' and are fighting with splendid resolve
and with greater skill than ever. The
Germans are apparently preparing
for another effort in Flanders and
with the coming of spring weather
will undoubtedly renew their efforts
to reach the French coast towns.
Both sides now fully realize that the
time is approaching for the great
final effort for the possession of Bel
gium and northern France and both
are calculating on the strength of
their resources and preparing for the
bloody breaking of the winter’s dead
lock.
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❖ NORTHWESTERN HAS *
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SEATTLE, March 25.—The North
western sailed lust night, .'he has
aboard one hundred ami sixty-four
passengers of all classes for all
places. The following are aboard for
Seward: Bruce Frazier, George F.
Schott and wife, J. A. Gray, A. E.
Johnson, Fred Stadler, F. De Journel,
F. S. Noyer, Mrs. H. F. Shaldach,
Mrs. M. E. Phelps and fourteen steer
age.
JUNEAU SOON TO HAVE
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS.
New Buildings to be Erected at Once
For Greater Force on Al
aska Gatineau.
JUNEAU. March 25.—Manager B.
L. Thane of the Alaska Gastineau
company announced yesterday that G. j
T. Jackson, superintendant of the
Perseverance mine, will be promoted
assistant manager under him. B. B. |
Neiding, superintendant of the Ken-1
sigton company, will take Jackson s
position. New bunkhouses and cot-,
tages will be erected at once to ac
commodate increased forces at the
mine. Other changes are pending.
AUSTRIA HAS FIRED ITS
FRISCO CONSUL GENERAL.
Says He was a Slav Who Tried to
Incite the Austian Slav States
..to Rebellion.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.—
Dr. Joseph Goricar, the Austrian con
sul general at this port, has been dis
missed by the Austrian government
on the charge that he tried to forr.em
rebellion amorgst the Slav subjects
of the Austrian empire. Goricar
came from one of the Slav province',
of Austria and in common with the
rest of his race he never became
reconciled to living under the rule of
the Austrians. It is declared that he
used bis position as consul general ts
further his rebellious designs.
railroads now want
TO CUT THE RATES.
Roads Running to Pacific Coast De
sirous of Meeting ater Routes
at Their Own Terms.
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CHICAGO, March 25.—The rail
roads running to the Pacific coa t will
ask the Interstate Commerce com
mission to be allowed to cut the
freight rates to the level of the rate»
charged for the water route to the
coast so that they might have a
chance to compete with the Panama
canal.
This is the first result of the build
! ing of the Panama canal and it in
dicates what a tremendcus change
will come in the economic life cf the
Pacific coast from this time forward.
WATSON DUE 5 p. m.
Agent Wayne Blue has received
word that the Admiral Watson is due
to arrive at 5 o’clock this afternoon.
❖ AUSTRIANS START NEW *
❖ BUKOWINA OFFENSIVE. ❖
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VIENNA, March 25.—The official
notification was given out here this
morning that Austria has started a
new offensive movement in the prov
ince of Bukowina. Most of the prov
ince is still in Austrian hands and the
only portion of it in the possession of
the Russians is a narrow strip near
the frontier in the region of Czerno
witz. Military experts declare it to
be the intention of Austria now to
make the strongest efforts possible to
take the Russians on the southern
flank. This move might have the re
sult of drawing large Russian forces
from the north where the Germans
are operating.
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❖ GERMAN SHIP MAY ’ *
* BE CONFISCATED. *
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WASHINGTON, March 25.—The
intention of criminally prosecuting
the captain of the German steamer
Odenwald that tried to steal away
from Porto Rico without clearance
papers has been dropped. The vessel
will he proceeded against, however,
under the law of criminal libel and
the penalty in such cases is confisca
tion. It is believed new tha’. the
Odenwald had aboard supplies “or the
German cruiser Karlshnie wh;ch is
still raiding allied shipping ir. the
Atlantic.
J. II THWAITES MARRIED.
SEATTLE, March 25.—John E.
Thwaites. mail clerk on the Vsnposa,
was married here last night to Miss
Estelle Morse.
168 REGISTERED.
The number registered for the city
election last night was one hundred
and sixty-eight. On the 24th of
March last year the total number
registered was 118.
SELLSPARTOF
BAY VIEW ADD.
JOHNSON OF WENATCHEE
MAKES BIG DEAL WITH
RUDOLPH.
Joseph E. Johnson of Wenatchee
has purchased from Edmund Rudolph
the north half of his homestead con
taining one hunderd and thirty-five
and six tenths acres. The intention
of Mr. Johnson in taking over the
property is to take it outside, sub
divide it into lots and sell them as a
continuation of the Bay View audition
of which the ground involved in the
deal is a part. The purchase includes
all that part of the addition from the
center of D street north and is prob
ably one of the most vauable pities
of property in all Alaska. It is in
such a position that it is bound to be
centrally located wherever the gov
ernment builds its yards oi wharves.
It adjoins to the west the two Boland
tracts which the government will
most likely take over as the Alaska
Northern railroad runs through those
tracts and within a few hundred feet
of th> Bay View property itself. Mr.
Rudolph only recently decided to
create the addition and he was impel
l led to adopt this cours? by the knovv
! ledge that his ground, formerly in
tended for a homestead, had become,
by reason of the government’s decision
to buy the Alaska Northern railroad,
a splendid city property, standing
close to and over looking the bay and
railroad itself. Mr. Johnson only re
cently arrived in Sewaid but, like so
many new comers, he was quicker to
grasp the opportunity than those who
have been here for years.
OPERATOR GOES
VIOLENTLY INSANE.
VALDEZ, March 23.—Frank S
Loman, Signal Corps operator at
Thompson Pass, is being brought tc
; Valdez this afternoon under guard ot
five men, having gone violently insane
; yesterday morning.
Loman is well-known in Valdez
having resided in this section for six
or seven years. He was in the ser
vice, but when his term expired twfc
years ago he went outside and onl}
recently re-enlisted and w'as sent bacl
to Alaska. When he arrived her<
; about a month ago he w’as given th<
Thompson Pass station
AUSTRIA MOVES
AGAINST ITALY
MASSING HALF A MILLION
MEN ON ITALIAN
BORDER.
BRIDGES ARE BLOWN DP
ROMAN GOVERNMENT TO DE
CLARE WAR IN A
FEW DAYS.
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ROME, March 26.—Half a million
j Austrian troops are now massing on
the southern border of Austria just
across the border from Italy and are
evidently preparing to meet the
Italians in battle. The troops are
massing mainly in the southern Tyrol
; and in Trentino. Half the villages on
the Austrian southern border have
! been abandoned by the people in ex
pectation of the coming clash of the
two armies and strong Austrian bat
teries have been posted on command
ing heights. Some of the bridges over
which Italian troops would have to
pass on the way to the invasion of
Austria have been blown up by the
latter and there is hardly any hope
here that the conflict will he avoided.
VIENNA, March 25.—It is now ful
ly believed here that Italy will de
clare war against this empire within
a few days. The Austrian govern
ment has refused point blank to grant
all the demands of Italy.. Italy asked
for the cession of several of 4he pro
vinces under the Austrian crown peo
pled by It Aliens but Austria, acting
again: t the advice of Germany, hac
declared that it will fight for ever be
for acceding. Count von Buelow, the
German ambassador to Rome, has
tried to bring the two nations togeth
er and asked Austria to grant some
of th'^ demands of Italy ir. return for
the neutrality of the Italians hut
\ustria stands firm and answered the
challenge of Rome by preparing to de
fend its soil against one more hostile
nation. It is feared that the entry
of Italy into the war may givc the
allies powerful aid in the effort t?
take Constantinople but all Au strians
are determined to face the traitorous
Italians who are now trying during
Austria’s time of stress to rob it.
The Austrian government offered
v - .i’ons to Italy as the price
of peace but every Austrian from
Franz Josef down is now prepared to
give no more and to defy the former
ally and new enemy to the south.
QUIET IN THE
DARDANELLES
NOTHING BI T SWEEPING FOR
MINES IS BEING
DONE.
LONDON, March 25.—Conditions
in the Dardanelles are quiet at pres
ent, according to the advices received
today. The allied admirals have small
vessels out sweeping the waters for
mines but no bombardment has taken
place. Th0 Turks take advantage of
the tide running out towards the
Agean to set mines afloat in the hope
that they will drift amongst the allied
warships. These mines are the most
serious impediment to the work of the
fleet as the channel is so narrow that
a few mirtes can cover it directly
across and render an attempt at pas
very dangerous. The latest accounts
of the fighting between the ships and
forts indicate that the Turkish guns
in many cases are too small of calibre
to pierce the strong armor of the war
ships so that in the majority of in
stances ships have been hit without
damage.
TENDER SEEKING TRAVELLER.
A cannery tender has been sent out
, in search of the Traveller from Sel
dovia but no word has been heard
from her up to Saturday morning at
» Knik.
Ike Rosenthal arrived yesterdaj
i morning and with Messrs Vance am
i Crabtree who also came on the Ala
meda, leaves for Knik this afternoon
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❖ THE FIGHTING IN *
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PETROGRAD, March 25.—The
Russians have started a great offens
ive movement in the Carpathians.
They are.beating back the Austrians
at Dukla and Uszok passes and on
that struggle hinges the future cam
paign for the road to Budapest. The
Russian movement now is the begin
ning of the operations which have for
their purpose the taking of the Hung
arian capital. The Germans are re
tiring from Ossowetz but on the whole
there is little change in the conditions
in Poland. The great battle in the
neighborhood of Przasnysz has evi
dently not yet commenced and both
sides arc probably choosing the posi
tions in which they will be ready to
give battle to the best advantage.
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❖ FRENCH SHOOT WOMAN *
❖ AS A GERMAN SPY. •>
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LUNEVILLE, March 25—Marguer
ite Schmidt was shot here yesterday
by the French as a German spy. She
admitted having received pay from
the Germans for the work and the
French general commanding in the
district decided to make an example
of her. The name of the woman sug
gests that she was a German by race,
probably from Alsace or Lorraine,
but as she was a Frenchwoman poli
tically no mercy was shown on ac
count of sex.
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❖ VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHAL *
DEDICATES EXPOSITION. ❖
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.
Vice-President Marshall formally
dedicated the Panama Pacific exposi
tion last night and the great fair is
now regularly in full swing. Mr.
Marshall said in the course of his re
marks that President Wilson him
self will come later.
AMERICA ASKS
TURKEY'S AID
WANTS REFUGEES AND MIS
SIONARIES IN TIFLIS
PROTECTED.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—The
state department has instruct'd the
United States ambassador at Constan
tinoplc to request the Turkish govern
ment to protect the missionaries and
refugees at Tiflis, LYansca.icasiu.
From all accounts received here it is
evident that thousands of Christian i
in the Tiflis district are in serious
danger owing to the religious fanatic
ism that has beer aroused in the mo
hammedans by the declaration >f the
holy war. The most significant fac*:
connected with the news from 1 iflis
is that the Turks must have decisively
defeated the Russians. Tiflis is a*,
least two hundred miles east of
Erzerum where the Russians reported
some time ago that they had defeat
ed the Turks and evidently the truth
is that the Turks must have utterly
defeated the Russians or they could
never have advanced two hundred
miles to the eastward. The city of
Tiflis is the capital of the Russian
province of Transcaucasia and has a
population of 160,000. The province
cf the same name all belongs t* Fu»
sia and reaches to Armenia so it ii
evident that the Turks must have
succeeded in invading Russian soil and
penetrating quite a distance in spite
of the reports from Petrograd of the
destruction of the Turkish army in
that quarter. All this, added to the
fact that the neighboring Persia has
started its war against the Christ
ians, causes grave misgivings as tj
the real conditions there.
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❖ AMERICANS ARE NOW *
❖ LEAVING MEXICO CITY. *
WASHINGTON, March 25.—Sever
al Americans are now leaving Mexico
City but the danger there now seems
to be really less than it was a couple
of weeks ago as the opposing forces
are further removed from the capital
than they were at that time. The city
has been relieved of its anxiety to a
great extent and business proceeds al
most as in normal times.
Jim Haley and Bob Griffis are off
today for the Iditarod.
CHINA AGREES
TO JAP TERMS
TROUBLE MAY END WITH
ROBBERY OF THE
REPUBLIC.
PEKIN, March 24.—China has
agreed to five of the demands made
by Japan and it is possible that the
end 'tf the danger of war may be in
sight. The chief concession made by
this country is said to be the leasing
of the Manchurian railroad to Japan
for a term of ninety-nine years. This
and the other concessions have been
agreed to because of fear and not at
all bcause of right or justice. If
peace comes as the result of these
concessions it will be a humiliating
peace for the Chinese republic. It
has been made evident to the Chinese
people that Japan always coveted
Chinese territory and only refrained
from taking it because of the fear of
the world powers, which, however,
are now otherwise engaged. It was
hoped that the United States govern
ment would have the power to save
China from the Japanese rapacity but
whatever protests have been sent by
Washington have apparently been ig
noreel by the Japanese government.
At least the fear of American inter
vention on the side of China seems to
not to have existed in the Japanese
bosom and China stands alone.
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❖ BRITISH SEIZE A *
❖ SWEDISH STEAMER. *
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LONDON, Marqji 25.—A Swedish
steamer loaded with iron for Germany
was seized by a British man of war
yesterday and taken to an English
port.
The vessel evidently had been ofter
ed large freight rates to take the
chance in spite of the total blockade
declared against Germany by the
British government.
NEWS NOTES
A. G. de Sherbinin is a new arrival
who intends to stay here for the
grand awakening. He is a young man
who has had important railroad con
struction contracts in Canada in his
time. He is also distinguished by the
fact that he was born in Russia.
James W. (Jim) Bell is now practic
ing law at 832 Heilman building in
Los Angeles. He has resigned as dep
uty district attorney there. He was
formerly deputy district attorney at
Nome.
Rev. T. P. Howard and Mrs. How
ard arrived in Seward this morning
at 6 o'clock from Knik which they
left Saturday morning. They made
unusually fast time on the last day
when they travelled fifty miles in
order to catch the Watson. Mr. How
ard is going to Portland to have an
operation performed.
Rev. Mr. Howard who arrived from
Knik this morning says that nothing
has yet been heard of the Traveller
there.
In lhe Alaska Notes column today
may be seen an extract from a Cor
dova paper which shows that Cordova
has about given up hope of a railroad
terminal at present.
It is feared, but it is hoped without
reason, that Miss Leona Bradshaw,
who went out some time ago for medi
cal treatment, is not recovering as
well as had been expected su her
father received yesterday a cable
from the young lady’s aunt asking
him to go to Seattle.
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City Attorney J. Lindley Green
forwarded on the last mail to Wash
ington the delinquent tax roll and the
applicatiop for the order of sale of
lots on which the taxes are delinquent.
L. W. Turner went to Valdez on the
Alameda. Three years ago Turner
found a black cat in Ruby and*brought
it home. The man who shared the
cabin with him objected to the cat but
the cat continued to sleep in the bed
'occupied by the two partners. The
objections of the other man grew in
intensity until Turner told him that
he could do what he liked with his
half of the bed. When Turner re
turned that evening to the cabin he
found the bed sawed in halves. The
story is true and was published in
the Ruby paper at the time.
See us before sending outside for
your iob printing.
KURDS KILL
CHRISTIANS
HOLY WAR NOW CAUSES MAS
SACRE ON PERSIA N
SOIL.
REPORT 20,000 DEAD
BISHOP AND FOUR CLERGYMEN
HANGED BY THE
MARAUDERS.
TIFLIS, Transcaucasia, March 23.
—Reports have arrived that the
slaughter of Christians is no a cover
ing the soil of northern Persia in
blood. The Kurds have arisen to par
ticipate in the holy war and with the
aid of the Turks, who have taken pos
session of the north end of Persia,
are burning villages and murdering
as they go. It is stated tlar twenty
thousand people have already fallen
victims to the blood lust of the
mohammedans. Telegraphic advices
from Urmia, Persia, contain the infor
mation that a bishop and four clergy
men have been hanged in ths.t region
and that the situation at the Ameri
can mission at that place is desperate.
This city is connected with the capital
of Persia and with various interven
ing places by telegraph and “he most
appalling news is arriving from var
ious points. While the Turks and
Kurds have so far avoided injury to
the American mission they have at
tacked the French and other missions
of the allied nations. In the attack on
the French mission sixty Christians
were dragged outside the walls and
massacred in cold blood. The Assyr
ian Christians are said to be the worst
sufferers and of the total number kill
ed by the fanatical uprising the As
syrians have lost about a s:ore of
thousands. By the use of an Ameri
can flag in one instance a doctor sav
ed the lives of hundreds of people.
The Turks and Kurds are apparently
discriminating between the Christians
of the allied powers and those of Ger
man and Austrian nationality. The
greatest fears are entertained that
the whole east will soon be i-i a con
flagration that will strike terror to
the whole world.
U. S. CUTTER
MANNING HERE
CRUISING FOR A MONTH AND
WILL LEAVE TO
MORROW.
Th? United States* revenue cutter
Manning arrived at noon today after
a month’s cruising around the Alaska
coast looking after matters in the fish
ing areas. Captain F. G. Do:lge, the
commander, says the vessel will leave
Seward tomorrow morning. He was
in communication by wireless with
Kodiak yesterday and this morning
again but not a word was uttered
about the Santa Ana so Captain
Dodge assumed that there can be
nothing very serious the matter with
the passenger boat or he would sure
ly havee been told about it. When ask
ed if he contemplated looking for the
Traveller Captain Dodge said that he
will wait for the arrival of the Wat
son this afternoon and learn v.’hat the
vessel has to say. Should he find that
a search for Captain Cramer and his
boat is necessary he will set out on
the quest.
Robert Scott has arrived but this
time, unfortunately, he came on crut
ches. While travelling to Sitka on the
boat Georgia some time ago M r. Scott
was letting dowm a window when his
hand got caught and he fell in such
a manner that his foot came against
steam pipes. The pain of the hurt
to his hand must have caused him to
faint as the foot remained on the
steam pipes long enough to be burn
ed almost to the bone. Another man
who was in the room at the t me was
asleep.
James Fitzpatrick left on the Ala
meda for Seattle where the local
doctois advisee! him to go to have an
operation performed on his glands,