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SEWARD. ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 2«, 1916. Ten Cent, the Copy
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ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO
RADIO STATION HERE SOON
This morning the United States Radio ship Saturn
from the Seward dock communicated by wireless with
Cordova and lvodiak and 1 irst Lieutenant O’Brien of the
United States navy who is in command of the expedition
on the Saturn says that at present he can see no reason
whv a wireless station could not be established he resuccess
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fully. He was careful to say, however, that the investi
gatious have not vet been made and that the conditions
prevailing just at the tune the messages were sent and
received by the Saturn might have been unusually favor
able, and Mr. 0 Brien says that they certainly seemed to
be very favorable. The Saturn came here on orders from
the Commandant at Mare Island to confer with the local
representive bodies, who have petitioned for the establish
ment of a radio station, regarding the feasibility of a
wireless here, and to make experiments. These experi
ments have already been begun outside the bay and from
the dock and with the most favorable results. \\ hen Mr.
O’Brien was asked to explain why other ships failed to
make connections with outside radio stations he answered
by saying that he could not tell a:> they were merchant
ships and he was not posted as to their power. In getting
Kodiak and Cordova this morning he used only two kilo
wats and had no difficulty.
"It is very promising for wireless here, he said at
this time. Mr. O'Brien related the most interesting fact
that very often waves can be sent away in good shape and
that the surrounding conditions may be most favorable
but that unfavorable conditions might intervene at some
distance. For instance, l nalaska must communicate with
Kodiak via jit. Paul, Pribiloff Islands, although Kodiak is
much nearer, and the same is true of other stations.
Aboard the Saturn are 105 people all told. Lieuten
ant O'Brien is in command of the expedition and Captain
I. B. Smith is the commander of the vessel itself, whose
crew numbers about 00 men. There are 25 navy yard
working men. Aboard also are five ladies.
The officers are:
First Lieutenant \Y. H. O'Brien, United States navy.
I. B. Smith, captain of the Saturn.
Dr. \Y. 0. Stedman, surgeon.
A. J. Holton, radio gunner. (Mr. Holton is the man
injured in the radio explosion at Cordova some time ago.)
H. L. Chick, first officer of the Saturn.
Charles Sexton, second officer.
0. Bevilaqua, third officer.
A. B. Arkebauer, chief engineer.
A. E. Bragg, first assistant.
E. B. Ward, second assistant.
K. A. Gourley, third assistant.
A. M. Quasdorf and W. J. Slattery, radio electricians.
W. J. Nash, captain's clerk.
Mr. Hinskin, expert radio aid, and Mr. O'Hara are in
immediate charge of the navy yard working party.
Mr. O'Brien states that the ship will be here as long
as it is found necessary to make investigations and to give
the men liberty. How long this will be he could not very
well say but the vessel will be here tomorrow night, any
how, when a dance will probably be given in honor of the
visitors by the city.
The ladies aboard are Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Hope and
Mrs. Cotton, wives of operators, and Mrs. Coleman, the
government teacher at U nalaska.
it was hoped that a baseball game could be pulled oil
between the city and the ship and it may. Some of the
fellows aboard play the game and even played at Cnaia
ska. The Saturn has been out since May.
Head of Bay For Wireless
Lieutenant O'Brien believes that the head of the bay
would be the best place for a wireless station when one is
established here. He does not favor the establishment of
one at the entrance on an island as the staff would be
isolated there. He, Mayor Myers, Secretary Booker of
the Chamber of Commerce, R. J. Weir and others went
out this afternoon to the head of the bay to investigate.
“ CANNOT FIND K. OF K. S BODY ~
LONDON', July 20— All hope has been abandoned of
finding the body of Lord Kitchener of Khartum. Scores
of vessels have been engaged in the wm k, not only govern
ment ships taking part but also the boats of fishermen and
other people of the Orkney islands and the north coast of
Scotland. A message to the admiralty today from Cap
tain McCalmont of the Destroyer Bristol, which has been
searching, says further search appears to be useless.
Frisco Longshore
Men Go To Work
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SAN FKAXCiSCO, July 20. — The
strike of the longshoremen is eiuleu
and the strikers returned to work to
day. The men agreed to accept the
conditions which prevailed previous
to the walkout with the understand
| ing that a conference of a committee
■ representing themselves and a com
mittee representing the employers
met on August 1 to adjust a scale and
regulate working conditions. The
employers agree to pay any increase
agreed on by the conference.
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U.S. HAS MORE GOLD
THAN ANY 01 HER TWO
WASHINGTON, July 20.—'The
general stock of gold in the United
| States amounts to two billion, four
hundred and thirty-nine millions, nine
hundred and twenty-one thousand,
nine hundred and thirty-two dollars.
This is more than the total amount of
gold held by any other two countries
in the world combined.
HOW RUSSIA IS
LEARNING BY WAR
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
PETROGRAD, July 14.—This is the
tale of a cow. Believers in the trans
migration of souls would do well to
read it because it relates how Bos
sie, good and gentle, lost her lite on
the Russian battlefields and came
back to it agian as a pair of boots.
Likewise the stroy explains one of
; the thousand and one activities of the
| Zemstvo Union, a Russian citizen
organization composed of plain peo
ple and gentry and how it is backing
up the country. ^
Bossie, among a large number of
cattle grazing along the Russian bat
tlefront, met her death one fine morn
ing by being too close to an Austrian
shell when it exploded. There were
so many dead cattle that the General
Staff felt it a pity to let all the hides
go to waste, so the attention of the
Zemstvo Union was called to the mat
ter.
And the Union went into the hide
skinning business.
Hides make leather and leather
make boots, boots being one of the
articles with which the Zemstvo is
helping equip the army. So the
Zemstvo decided to open a tannery
of its own.
But tanin was scarce and hard to
get. Russia had depended upon Ger
many for practically all her chemicals
and the war had cut off tanin along
with most everything else of that
nature.
About this time the government
called the Zemstvo’s attention to a
tanin factory down near Kieve, idle
since hostilities began. Among the
specialities mobilized by the Union
are the Russian chemists, so some of
these were sent down to open up the
tanin works. They did. Instead of
an output of 10,000 to 12,000 poods
(a pood is 36 pounds) per month as
turned out by this factory in peace
times, the Zemstvo workers made it
yield 17,000 poods or a 50 per cent
increase.
The tannery took care of the hides
collected by the Union and Bossies
skin soon became the best quality
leather. To a Union boot and shoe
factory it now went, there to be trans
formed into as solid a pair of boots as
soldiers ever trod in.
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ALL TO SEEK
MISSING MEN
MAYOR OF DOUGLAS SUMMON
ED CITIZENS TO LOOK
FOR LOST ON ES.
JUNEAU, July 20.—Mayor Michael
O’Connor of Douglas this morning
summoned the citizens to join in mak
ing a searching party to go out after
the three young men whose boat was
found upturned at Auk Ray. The lost
boys range in age from 1(> to IS and
are sons of prominent residents of
the Island. Their full names are
Colville Cal was, R. Salmonson and
Louis Hubbard. They have 1 on
missing since Sunday and the place
at which the boat was upturned is
twenty miles down (Tastineau han
nel.
LA LOLLHTE MAV
SUPPORT WILSON;
WASHINGTON, July 20.—A strong
intimation was given today by Sena
tor LaFollette on the floor of the
senate that he may support Wilson in
the corning presidential election rn
preference io Hughes. It is now al
most certain that many of the Pro
gressive party will support the pres- i
ent president against the nominee of
the party which they broke away
from.
WORLD’S SALESMEN MEET
TO FIND OUT SURE
WHETHER THEY’RE BORN
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
DETROIT, Mich., July 10.—Several
hundred regular, go-getter salesmen
from all over the world met here to
day to find out whether they're horn.
“Are we born or made, is the
burning question.
This is the first annual Woi’d’s
Salesmanship Congress. The selling
brains of Europe and the Americas
are here. They have for very serious
consideration an international Com
mercial Preparedness plan calculated
to protect their interests and their in
dustries throughout the world when
war sales cease. Then, they exp?*!,
will come a very trying period of in
ternational commercial and industrial
readjustment.
But they also are very anxious to,
know whether they’re born. T hey
will have experts on the point discuss
if for them at length.
“Keynote” addresses of the con- ^
gress, delivered at the opening ses
sion today, served to emphasize the
world-wide scope of the meeting.
TROLLEY CAR BLOWN
IT AT WILKESBARRE
WILKESBARRE, July 20.-Anoth
er trolley car was blown up by dyna
mite today and this makes the second
attempt in two days to kill strike
breakers.
The famous humming bird is dead.
Scores of ladies yesterday importuned
“Fat” Hewitt again and again to re
lease his diminutive captive but the
collosal “Fat” had fallen in love with
the puny thing and finally when the
bars were loosed it was only when the
humming bird was about to hum his
last. “Who killed the Humming
bird?” asked a young lady this morn
ing when she found the carcase in a
vacant lot. “I killed the humming
bird, with my glassy prison. I kill
ed the humming bird,” answered the
stentorian and defiant Fat One. He
is ostracized today.
Singer Sewing machine $12; piano,
Russian Samovar; kitchen utensils;
bedding; furniture, etc. 7-20—tf^
FRENCH, BRITISH, GERMANS,
STILL FIGHTING IN THEiWEST
Manly Candidate
For Prohibition
Sulzer of New York Mis Only Oppon
ent For the Nomination.
ST. PAUL, July 20.—The Prohibi
‘ion party’s national convention wh'ch
is now »n session here will probably
nominate its candidate for the presi
dency today. It is generally believe 1
that F**ar.l: Manly will be the candi
date. His only opponent is WiK’am
Sulzer of New York and Manly is be
lieved to be an infinitely stronger as
pirant.
MILLIONAIRES SON
COMMITS SUICIDE
SAX FRAXCISCO, July 20.—After'
wandering through Golden Gate Park
during the early hours of this morn
ing Louis Rosenfeld, 54, a prominent
clubman and son of John Rosen feld,
millionaire commission merchant, lay
down on a bench and shot himself
through the head. Xo cause has yet
been ascertained for the act and the
inquest had not been held when this
was sent. All his friends say that
Rosenfeld was in perfect mental
condition.
THREE YEARS FOR TRAMP
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
COLUMBUS, O., July 14.—With no
charge other than “being a tramp”
against him, Owen Hadley is serving
from one to three years at the Ohio
penitentiary here. He is the only
convict in the pen under that charge.
A bulldog proved his undoing. He
entered a house at Wapakenetf* where
the housewife was alone. The dog
backed him up against a wall and kept
him there until the sheriff came.
GREAT IOWA STORM
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 20.—
One person was killed and one other
was fatally injured and heavy ptop
^rty losses were sustained by a terri
fic storm which visited this rep, on
last night. Four and a half inches of
rain fell in one hour.
FRENCH RESUME OFFENSIVE
PARIS, July 20.—The French troops resumed the of
fensive last night on both sides of the Somme with suc
cessful drives against the German lines northwest and
southwest of Peronne, it was officially announced today.
Details of the struggles resulting from this attack are not
yet given out.
DEUTSCHLAND HERE STILL
BALTIMORE, Julv 20.—The German submarine
Deutschland is still at the dock here. She maneuvered be
fore daylight and people believed she was about to make
her dash for the capes but for some reason she returned
to the dock again..
BRITISH RETAKE GROUND
LONDON, July 20.—The reports from General Haig
today are that the Germans have taken only very little
more ground in their counter offensive in the Somme le
gion. The British troops, Haig says, have recaptured
Delleville but the Germans are still attacking at I.onguev
al. The fighting now seems to be confined to a narrower
space and the feeling here is not a bit too opt'mistic as
tlie first great dash of the Allies seems to have spent it
self. No casualty lists have been published since the be
ginning of the super offensive and those who have relat
ives in the thick of the western fighting are waiting anxi
ously, knowing as they do that assaults against the Ger
man positions must have been accompanied by an awful
loss of life.
AGREES TO RELIEVE POLES
WASHINGTON, July 20.—Ambassador Francis
cables the state department that he has had a conference
with Premier Sazanoff and that the latter promised to
consider this government’s appeal for Polish relief. An
agreement is expected promptly.
RUSSIANS STILL ADVANCE
PETROGRAD, July 20. — The Russian troops have
approached nearer to Kovel but the advance is now slow
er as the Germans have reinforced the Austrians. 1 he
condition of affairs remains very satisfactory for our
arms, General Brusiloff officially announces.
QUIET ON ITALIAN FRONT
ROME, July 20.—Comparative quiet prevails on the
Isonzo front for the past few days. Since the recapture
of Asiago and Arsiero by our troops the enemy has made
nothing like a determined effort to recapture those towns.
It is assumed that the Austrians have been compelled to
detach large bodies of troops from that front for service
against the Russians.
SAY U. S. CONSUL ORDERED
ALL AMERICANS FROM MEXICO
BALL GAME TODAY
SEVEN P. M. SHARP
A team representing Seward and
one representing the shin Saturn. Will j
face each other on the local diamond
this evening at 7 o’clock. While the
boys on the ship have had very little
chance to practise this year several of
them are said to be pretty good
players.
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FIVE DIED OF HEAT
CHICAGO YESTERDAY
CHICAGO, July 20. — Five people
died of heat here yesterday but a
storm came this morning and the hot j
spell is broken.
Mrs. John Noor. and Jack Junior |
are on the way baok again to Seward
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ORDERS AMERICANS OUT
GALVESTON, July 20.—Refugees arriving here
from Vera Cruz say that Consul Canada, the representa
tive in that city of the United States, has ordered all
Americans out of Mexico. They say that Canada received
instructions to this effect last Sunday from Washington in
spite of the apparently peaceful conditions prevailing.
VILLA COMES TO LIFE AGAIN
MEXICO CITY, July 20. — Reports arriving today
from Chihuahua say that ViHa has again been definitely
located and that the Constitutionalist troops have every
hope of capturing him. The question of the many deaths
of Villa is now the chief subject of the comic papers here.
MANY MEXICANS STARVING
EL PASO, July 20.—Starvation is causing the deaths
of fifty Mexicans daily in Guanajuato, Mexico, according
to Americans who arrived from that district today. The
same story is said to be true of many other parts of that
country.