—Z7—~—77 i The Great
The Great ALASKAN
daily '-PAI—
___ L 011K1, ,v LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
Ain ERT1SEMENTS BRING RESULTS___PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPf SUNDAY.......=.
V N _ ___SEWARD, ALASKA, II KM A\. J -;-----!
PROGRESSIVE PAR1V GOES BACK 10 G. 0. P. FOLD
___ ■-_____ I
$500,000 FOR WAGON ROADS
AND HOMESTEADS REDOCED
(Note:—The following cable was received from Jtt
neua by the Gateway today, the interruption of the cable
having prevented the news coining direct. The story of
the granting of halt a million dollars tor road work is
tremendously important. Colonel Richardson stated re
cently that he believed it would go through.)
Jl'N'KAl', .lime 27.—Word has been received here
that the appropriation carrying over six million dollars
for the Alaska railroad has passed. Also an appropria
tion of .<‘>00,000 for the construction of wagon roads in the
territory. It is also stated that the bill providing for the
dragging and charting of channels will go through. The
bill reducing homesteads in Alaska to 100 acres is now
law. This bill also provides that having a homestead pre
viously in the states is no bar to having one in Alaska.
SEWARl) NOW HAS AN
ACTING MARINE SI KG EON
Seward has for the first time in its
history been given an acting assistant
surgeon to the public health and mar
ine hospital service and Dr. J. M.
Sloan has received the appointment
for duty at Seward. The duties be
gin immediately.
RELIEVE MONEY RAISED
ON WILSON PROPERTY
Rill Devine and K. S. McDonald,
who were interested in the option on
the Joe Wilson property, have writ
; ten from Miles City, Montana, and
| state that “everything is going fine”
j and that they will be back soon.
I Harry Ellsworth received the letter.
—(
COLORED MEN JOKED AS THEY
MET MEXICANS HAND TO HAND
MORE ABOUT BATTLE
PERSHING’S FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Mexico,
June 27.—Captain Morey, the only surviving officer of the
Carrizal tight, arrived in camp today brought by a de
tachment of the Eleventh cavalrv which was sent to his
%
relief. His account of the lighting alters entirely the
whole aspect of matters. C and K troops, colored men,
fought valiantly, Morey declares, and even joked when en
gaged in hand to hand conflicts with the Mexicans. At
times this close lighting was fierce and there is reason to
believe that the Mexicans suffered more severely than
was believed. Lieutenant Adair was killed as he was
trying to reach the pack animals for more ammunition,
the supply in possession of the troopers having given out
during the engagement. Morey led the remnant of his
men across the desert while they were panting with thirst
and starving.
MEXICAN SHOT
BROWNSV ILLE, June 27. — Failing to stop when
commanded an armed Mexican was shot and killed and
another wounded yesterday near Progressive, forty-one
miles from here. The wounded man escaped in the brush
and is l>eing pursued by a detachment of the Third
cavalrv.
%
CLEVELAND WORKERS
GET 13 MILLION IN
INCREASED WAGES
(Special to Gateway by United Preis}
CLEVELAND, June 22.—Wage in
creases affecting 100.000 workers here I
and totalling $13,000,000 annually
have been or will be granted before
July 1, according to figures compiled
by John Owens, Cleveland federation
of Labor secretary.
Owens estimates that half the men
and women working here, numbering
200,000. will benefit in wage boosts, at
an average of not less than fifty cents
a day each.
Common labor, which has advanced
from $2 to $2.30, is earce at the latter
figure. A quarry strike at a nearby
town affected 300 men who asked
that their pay be raised to $2.50. Be
fore the quarry could settle it, Cleve
landers had hired all the strikers at
their own prices.
Many thousands of workers here al
ready have been granted more pay,
including 10,000 steel worker*
Agreements have been signed affect
ing over 20,000 other employes grant
ing wage boosts of from twenty cents
to $1.20 per day per man.
Machinists and building laborers
numbering 16,000 have made deimfhds
or plan to make them for increases
ranging from thirty to fifty cents a
day. In practically every industry in
the Cleveland district, workers have
begun to share or intend to share in
the prosperity of the mills and
factories.
I EUROPE'S SOLDIERS TAKE
STREET CARS TO WAR
LIKE YOU TAKE TO WORK
By HENRY WOOD
PARIS, June 22.—The day of hik
ing: is gone. Nowadays the soldier
1 goes to battle just as you go to your
office, store or mill—in a street car or
its equivalent, the niotorbus.
Even so short a time ago as the
j beginning of the great European war
this was r.ot the case. Trains carried
' most of the troops to within a few
miles from the battlefield and from
that point on, they marched afoot in
the good, old-fashioned way.
A few thousand men went into the
battle of the Marne in taxicabs, from
Paris. This, too, probably never will
happen again.
Now motorbusses are operating like
street cars all along the front. The
only difference is, there are more
motorbusses in the fighting zone than
there are on the most frequent run in
New York, Chicago or any other large
j American city.
They form almost endless proces
sions. Down the long stretches of fine
j French roads one sees busses, busses
and nothing but busses.
It is a great thing for the soldier.
| He ends a period of repose in an en
campment back of the line sonw
place, steps out the door of his billet
and boards a “street car."
Pack on his back, gun between his
knees, he and his thousands of bunkies
sit in easy-riding motorbusses and
return to work.
I By taking advantage of the dark
ness and the many good roads, new
and old, he rides almost up to the very
trench he is to occupy.
Then he gets out. The troops he
replaces, troops who have been on the
job for several days and are now
ready for a rest, come out of the
* trenches, sit down in the motorbusses
' and ride a few miles back into the
country.
It is just like the shift hour in a big
factory. The new hands fall off the
street cars and go to work; the off
shift pour out of the factory and onto
the street cars for a ride home and
rest.
It is rare to see soldiers nowadays
worn out by long marches. Infantry
on the hike is a comparatively un
known thing. Near Verdun I saw
several detachments of men standing
in line by the roadside. It was so un
usual I asked qusetions. Why?
“Wait a minute,” said a staff
captain, “wait until we get around the
bend in the road.”
When we got round the bend in the
road there were the wating busses.
The men had simply gotten out to
stretch their legs.
They take good care of the lighting
men in General Joffre’s armies.
Formerly the infantry marched'
along dusty roads, their officers rid
ing at their sides on horseback. To
day the men streetcar to war, their
commanders riding amongst them in
touring cars.
The defense of Verdun was planned
and executed on the supposition that
no railroads were available. Every
move was by motor.
The artillery, big guns and little,
which used to be drawn slowly into
action behind weary horses, now dash
up to their positions mounted bodily
on rapid motor-trucks.
It is quite a common sight to see
several batteries of 75’s, caissons
and guns both, loaded upon the high
horse-powered trucks, sailing down
the road like a streak.
Motorbusses and trucks are practi
cally standardized now. The same
motor hauls guns, shells, soldiers,
cartridges, grenades, food. That is,
they can haul them if necessary. Of
course for the sake of order, there are
motor trains for every purpose and
ordinarily they work to that purpose.
Still, if reinforcements are needed,
an amunition train, under the present
arrangement, can be almost instantly
converted into a troop train. And
vise versa.
The Battle of Verdun was almost a
battle of motorbusses. The success of
the French in staving off the German
drive was a success of the upto-date
system of street-carrying to war.
SAYS FOUNDRY
COMING HERE
SEWAIU) WILL MEND ALL ITS
OWN BOATS, ETC.,
FROM NOW ON.
That the foundry lirm of Mann and
I Fritz of Bullard will be established
Here within a montn or so is the in
telligence conveyed in a letter tuio
morning to I'at Donahue lrom the
arm itself. An arrangement is being
made to secure from the Engineering
Commission all the old metallic junk
that is out of use and it will be melted
down by the new lirm. Mr. Edes was
consulted on the matter before he
left and he is quoted as being favor
ably inclined to the idea. The foundry
would mend all broken shafts of boats
and would be also most useful in do
ing the work for the commission it
self. It is stated that the lirm in
tends to secure a site north of the
railroad machine shops.
V V V O <♦ V V V V ❖ V
❖ CITY COFNCIL *
❖ DOES BKi WORK *
c* - ❖
The manner in which the city coun
il g,t through a mi of work las'*
night was a pleasant contrast to
former experiences. Each membci
apparently refrained from speak:ng
unless he had given some study to
the question. There was no gallery
play. The reading of bids for some
of the street work was postponed as
an oversight had occurred in the mat
ter of a resolution covering the mat
ter. Judge S. 0. Aiorford read a
communication as attorney for the
Electric Light Company in which it
was shown that it would be unreason
able to ask the company to go to an
expense of about $450 to serve lights
to a certain quarter, lie pointed out
that a company could not be expected
to string wires everywhere whether it
paid or not and he showed that the
franchise agred with him. The coun
cil saw the solid foundation of the
argument and it was finally decided
to see if a cheaper means of supply
ing the light could not be found. Du
breuil was the only man who voted
against the company. The Second
avenue improvement ordinance passed
its third reading, the ordinance for
the improvement of Third, Fourth and
Filth passed its second reading, and
the sewer ordinance passed its final
reading. The city engineer submitted
estimates of the cost of improving the
different streets but changes will
probably have to be made when a
more definite knowledge of the re
quirements is gained. Councilman
Torrey said the contract work on the
school building is proceeding satis
factorily. Councilman Dubrcuil
recommended a span bridge on Fourth
avenue. Torrey declared that putting
the creek “where it belongs” would' re
claim thirty lots. Councilman Sauers
expressed the belief that before im
prn’inf the creek the bridge should
be built. “We are spending too much
money” he declared. Engineer Dun
lap said the bridge would cost $.350 or
$400. The matter was finally left
with the street committee. The chief
of police was instructed to give the
gun taken from Mrs. Michaelson to
the deputy marshal and several other
matters of a minor nature were dealt
with.
MIKE SULLIVAN HAS
STRUCK IT RICH
That Big Mike Sullivan has struck
a rich mine at Mile 99 on the Coppe
River railroad is the news brought by
Jim Galen last night. Mike is now in
Valdez and states seriously that his
strike is genuine and very good. It
! is quartz, of course, copper, no doubt,
and Mr. Galen thinks there is no
I doubt about it.
MOOSE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
COMES OUT FOR JUDGE HUGHES
Dora Goes Ashore
Up al Uyak Bay1
Passengers and Grew Safe and Boat
Not Believed in Danger.
LATKR
CORDOVA, June 27. — The Dora
went ashore at Uyak island on the
24th on a sandy beach. All aboard
were saved and the weather is good.
It is thought possible that she was
put ashore because she was leaking
and that something was the matter
with the pumps, but no details have
been given out. The Seattle olfice has
been notified and any steps to save the
vessel must originate there.
The Farragut brought word last
night that the Dora has gone ashore
at Uyak Day but that the passengers
and crew were sale. The Farragut
got the news by wireless but the in
formation given out was very meager.
The wireless man even went the
length of telling the Gateway that
there was no truth to the story. That
is, one of the wireless men did so, but
Captain Hickman and others aboard
said the message informed them that
the Dora had been ashore for three
days up there. A query sent by the
Gateway to Cordova elicited no infor
mation. It is assumed that the ship
is not in much danger as the bay is
well sheltered and is in the channel
between Kodiak island and the main
land.
SHIPPING
WENT ON FARRAGUT
The following went west on the
Farragut today: Mrs. Ethel Forgy,
A. F. Sweitzer, Chas. Thorley and
valet, Mrs. G. E. Martin, T. Brode
well, A. H. Clough, A. H. Cottle and
eight steerage. The vessel will go to
Kodiak this time and w’ill return Fri
day.
CAME ON FARRAGUT
The following arrived on the Far
ragut from Seattle this morning:
Miss Peterson, Mrs. E. E. Smith,
A. Weinberg, G. E. Osborn, Geo.
Chartis, Mrs. Chartis, Thos. Roppas,
Nick Kostrous, Mary Bow’den, Mrs.
Bowden, P. H. Ogilvie.
DAN CALLAHAN SEEMS
IN A CHEERFUL MOOD
The New's-Miner of Fairbanks says:
In a letter received from Dan Calla
han, the well known Northerner, who
is now’ at McNeil’s Island, he states
that he is in charge of the poultry
yard and that they are using him
well. The “eats” are first class, he
says, and there can be no complaint
of the manner in w’hich the officials
are using him.
The letter is cheerful throughout
and shows that the former Fairbanks
an was in a pleasant state of mind
when he wrote it.
NEW A. B. OFFICERS
W. P. Henry and Erich Lucas were
elected trustees of the Arctic Brother
hood last evening and R. G. Chambers
was elected Vice Arctic Chief.
Waterfill & Frazier whtokey at
“The Branch,”
i
CHICAGO, June 27.—By a vote of thirty-two to six the
Progressive national committee today louowed m tile
footsteps oi meodore Kooseveit and endorsed the candi
dacy oi iiugiies and Fairbanks, the nominees of the regu
lar Kepuuncan convention ior president and vice-presi
dent respectively. JNine members did not vote. There is
only one circumstance mentioned that would create the
belief that this action does not mean the re-joining oi the
two factions and that is the rumor that the committee
was not authorized to endorse Hughes. On the whole,
however, the endorsement is expected to cause the Re
! publicans to present a solid front at election time.
HUGHES PLEASED
NEW YORK, June 27.—In an address to the Republi
can committee Justice Hughes this afternoon voiced his
welcome of Progressive support. The regular Republi
cans are wild with rejoicing at the turn events have taken.
GERMANS SAY SLAV
OFFENSIVE STOPPED
_
RUSSIANS CHECKED
BERLIN, June 27.—The war department claims that
I the Russian offensive has been checked in Volhynia and
i also on the Galician fronts and that the Austrians have
I fully recovered from the effects of the surprise and re
treat. _4
WHAT RUSSIA SAYS
PETROGRAD, June 27. — Having secured complete
domination of Bukowina the Russians are now moving on
Lemberg. Contrary to the reports coming from enemy
capitals the war oflice reports all progressing favorably.
V* •> •> <• <* <* •?
•> CABLE GOES DOWN AGAIN ❖
❖ - * t
Thu government cable went out of I
commission again today between
Sitka and Seattle. When you see this,
dear reader, do not think that it is the
reprinting of old news. Similar in- ^
telligence has been conveyed to you
before from time to time in these
columns but a good story is never old,
and this is certainly most pleasant in
formation. The name of the ship
whose anchor broke the cable thrs
time is not permitted to pass the cen
sor but let us hope she has been sub
marined by this time. This is the
27th of June, and therefore, this is
not the same break that occurred last,
week, nor the one that will occur next
week or the week after. Hurrah for
government ownership of public utili
ties!
THINKS METEOR IN FORM
OF HUMAN HAND A
MESSAGE FROM DEAD SON
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
LINWOOD, N. J., June 22. — A
meteor in the form of a human hand
fell from the sky and buried itself in,
the ground near Henry Pranti’s farm
house within 48 hours after the death
of his 18-year-old son.
Mrs. Pranti today declined to sur
render the meteor to any of the sev
eral meterologists who came here
after it, saying she believes it is a
message from her boy.
Mrs. Pranti is superstitious and has
talked a great deal with spiritualists
since the meteor dropped from the
clouds.
The object is light in weight and
color, has no odor and is unlike
meteoric compositions usually found
in this part of the world. The re
semblance to a human right hand is
striking, almost uncanny. The thumb
and little finger are unusually long.
The nails show distinctly. The first,
middle and ring fingers are drawn to
gether and curve slightly inward.
The wrist stump is charred, as though
it had been burned off. The Prantis
will encase the hand in glass and
keep it
Alaska May Raise
w
Force For Mexico
Rumored That Railroad Workers I p
Here Will Organize
Company.
1
Steps are now being taken in pre
paration for the raising of a com
pany, or several companies, of militia
to offer their services to the govern
ment in the evnt of war with Mexico.
A Fairbanks man has already written
to Governor Strong to say that a
company could easily be raised in
Fairbanks and the Juneau papers
have taken the matter up. From an
other coast paper comes the sugges
tion that a company or two or more
may be raised amongst the mn em
ployed on the government railroad
and other epople in this part of Al
aska. Under an act approved by
President Wilson on June Urd means
are provided for organizing a militia
in all territories, including Alaska, of
course.
DOG KEEPS VIGIL
OVER MAN’S GRAVE
FOR FIVE YEARS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
FULTONHAM, 0., June 22. — In
the cemetery here a homeless cur
mourns on the grave of George Baker.
They call her the Graveyard Dog.
Five years ago the dog came to the
cemetery following the funeral pro
cession of Baker, an aged fanner who
died at his home near here.
Every night the dog keeps a close
vigil over the grave. It sleeps for
hours at a stretch during the day on
the little mound that marks Baker’s
resting place.
Villagers long ago gave up the hope
of coaxing the dog away from there.
She leaves the cemetery only long
enough each day to search for food.
Friends of Baker say he never ow*n
ed the dog. Cemetery trustees refuse
to drive it away and she seems likely
to spend the rest of her life in thia
strange manner