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Vol. 10. No. 251 SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER tf, 1910_Ten Cents the Copy
REVOLUTIONARY STEPS TAKEN
BY NATION IN SHORT PERIOD
What Congress Did:
Reorganized and tremendously in
creased both army and navy.
Made biggest appropriations in his
tory of Congress. “Preparedness"
totals, close lo $700.000.IHM> are llie
largest peace-time budgets in the
history of the world.
Stopped shipment in interstate
commerce of child labor products
Passed rural credits act guarantee
ing long-term, low-rate loans to farm*
**rs- - £ . *
Granted Philippines greater self
government.
Placed heavy expenses of govern
ment on munitions, incomes and in
heritances.
Passed $42.MHUM>0 rivers and har
bors bill.
Passed act for government-owned
$50,000,000 merchant marine.
Continued Louis D. Brundeis and
John H. Clarke for Supreme Court.
Voted to "investigate railways.
Took sugar from free list; created
taritT commissions; levied protective
tariff on dye-si u*T$; passed “anti
dumping" act.
Adopted Workmen’s Compensation
principle for U. S. employees.
Increased the maximum amount al
lowed to be deposited in postal nanks.
Confirmed Danish treaty; refused to
confirm Colombian treaty which would
have paid $25,000,000 for Colombia’s
wounded feelings for the United
States alleged aiding the Panama rev
olution.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7.—Inherit
ing its most pressing problems from
the European War and Mexican band
it*. and having luul placed before it
one of the most elaborate legislative;
programs ever known, theSixty-fourth
Congress, now in its last hours, prob- j
ably will go down in history as one,
of the nation’s most eventful ses
sions.
Called on twice to back the Presi
dent in steps which it thought surely
meant war with Germany, and aitu
ally appropriating million-4 for the [
Mexican punitive expedition, it n?\ r
theltss found time for half a dozen do
mestic measures of major importance
—and to approve the heaviest appro- j
priations in American history.
“Preparedness” led in attention
throughout. The largest naval appro
priation the world has ever known in
peace-time, and the next-but-one
largest army budget, were approved.
Pack of every economic measure—
child labor, rural credits, U. S. mer
chant marine, workmen’s compensa
tion, was the cry of “industrial pre
paredness.”
Though the Democratic party never
lost its hold on legislation, and though
President Wilson at all times was the
admitted pilot, not a single measure
passed both Houses on strict party
lines.
The most sensational episode of the
session was the light over the Gore
rnd McLemore resolutions, warning
Americans off armed merchant ships
after Germany had given notice it in- j
tended torpedoing them. Avowadly 1
slaps at the President’s foreign policy, j
they brought the Chief Executive and
Congress into sharp conflict.
Leaders in Congress cal let! on the
President and warned him if the reso
lutions came to a vote, they would be
approved, two to one. The President’s •
answer was a summary demand that
they be tabled. Three or four days
passed while the light was organized
from the White House. Then his con
gressional lieutenants struck, and the
Seattle and N. Y.
Hit by Lightning
SKATTLK, Sept. 9. — Kires were
started in nine different localities,
church root's were splintered, homes
were put in darkness and tradio on
the downtown streets was stopped at
o:ir» yesterday afternoon by one of
the most violent electrical storms in
the city’s history. As yet no estimate
of the damage can be made. The en
( tire Ballard district is in daikness
an«J the streets are knee deep in wat
er. Traffic was entirely suspended for
half an hour.
BOYS klLLKI> IN N. Y.
NfclW YORK, Sept. 9.—Two boys
were killed by lightning, otheis were
stunned : nd much damage was done
by a severe storm of lightning, wind
and ea.ii yesterday in Long Island
city. das. B. Reynolds, secretary of
the Republican national committee,
was .-truck by mortar from a cornice
when a partition in the Republican na
tional headquarters was crashed down
by a gust of wind that swept thrcugh
th* place. Kevnoltls narrowly escaped'
serious injury.
ALL NEW YORK
MAY WALK OUT
CENTRAL FEDERATED UNION
REPRESENTING 750.000 MEN
MAY CALL WALKOUT.
NEW YORK. Sept. 0.—The great
est tight for the preservation of union
ism in the history of New York was
forecast today when the Central Fed
erated Union representing 750,000
men and women of all trades appoint
ed a committee with power to call a
general sympathetic strike if such ac
tion is found necessary to aid the
striking employees of the Traction
companies.
ROBBED AND KILLED
MART'NS FERRY, Ohio, Sept. 0.—
Lee Rankin, superintendent of the
Florence eval mine was held up last
night ty two automobile bandit* wno
robbed him of $12 000 and th»*u shot
him to death.
>08 were overwhelmed* After
1 that, Congress—except for one halting
exception—accepted the President's
[ leadership in foreign affairs without
question.
A i.hort conflict loomed when the
President personally visited the Capi
tol, and told Congress he had sent
Germany a virtual ultimatum over the
Sussex incident. Suddenly hundreds
of thousands of telegrams, in live or
six identical forms, poured in from
every section of the country. There
were hundreds of bushels of them.
Astounded, Congress wavered in its
attitude.
In a smashing speech, Senator
Husting exposed the demonstration as
backed and financed by a Gernuin
American organization. Officials of
the latter admitted it, and the affair
became a cloak-room jest.
From the time the session opened,
the pot of Mexican affairs never ceas
ed boiling. Half a dozen Republicans
—led by Fall and Borah in the Senate
—were insistent interventionalists.
As the bandit raids into American
territory developed, border Democrats
became restless.
“Watchful waiting” was jeered as a
policy productive only of bandit con
tempt and continued outrages. Each
outbreak furnishing new ammunition
for interventionist oratory. At length
guardsmen and troops were sent to
the border. The movement was sup
ported by both parties, although re
publicans charged it was a political
rather than a military step. Senator
Lafollette pushed through a resoru
tioi pledging the country against in
tervention. Alone of Republicans, he
praised President Wilson’s policy.
With the calling of the state troops,
a new principle in American military
history was estalishebd. For the first
time, the President was enabled to
send a national guardsman beyond the
boundaries of his country without
either the guardsman’s ro his state's
consent. Under the Hay-Chamberlain
army reorganization, they were
simply drafted as the “federal re
serve.
Ritter protests from dependents
flooded the capitol. Wives and moth
ers of men snatched suddenly from
their livelihoods, appeared personally.
Two orders resulted, one releasing
men with dependents from serving and
the other paying as high as $50,00 a
month to the families of those who
chose to serve. Two millions was aj)
priated for this. It was declared to
be on the same principle as the aid
European belligerents extended to
families of those in the trenches.
The session began with President
Wilson’s message urging a greater
army and navy. Fear of foreign com
plications and an apparent public sen
timent gave “preparedness”’ measures
strong backing. Put many Democrats
and Middle West Republicans, attack
ing the sentiment as “hysteria” con
tinued the consistent foes of the
President’s program. Finally a
“swing around the circle” in the Mid
dle West by the President seemed to
give the bills overwhelming support.
The Hay-Chamberlain army act, re
organizing and enlarging both state
and national land forces, was signed
by President Wilson, June 3rd. The
peace strength of the regulars was set
at 175,000 enlisted men and 11,000 of
ficers; war strength 287,000. States
were authorized to raise 425,000
guardsmen, a large part of the ex
penses of which the federal govern
ment promised to bear.
The back of “pacifism” having been
broken, the naval program — four
dreadnaughts and four battle-cruisers
was adopted. In three years, ex
perts declared, this program would
give the United States a fleet super
ior to any other except Great Brit
ain’s. The largest, fastest submarines
in the world were authorized. On the
new dreadnaughts, monster 16-incn
guns, the most powerful naval cannon
in use, will be mounted.
Though U. S. coast defenses were
reported by all experts as the best in
the world, the appropriation was
quadrupled—from $6,000,000 to $25,
000,000. Guns larger than Germany’s ,
famed 42 centimeter Black BV*rthas,
will be mounted at New York and
Cape Henry, the latter of w hich
guards Washington and Baltimore.
For three fourths of a million dol- i
lars, Congress contracted with John
Hays Hammond, jr., for his invention
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CIVIC FAIR IS
HUGE. SUCCESS
EVERYONE IN CITY EXCEPT
WHOOPING COUGH ERS
VISIT EXHIBIT.
The Civic Fair can be described this
morning as a huge success. This can
be done without drawing on the im
i
agination in the least. Everyone who
i
did not have the whooping cough or
some other crime went last night to
view the exhibits and to hear the ex
cellent little musical program. The
Fair will be open again today at 1
o’clock and the evening will be spent
more pleasantly. It would be impos
sible to touch on all the exhibits sep
arately and do them justice, and be
sides all can see them for themselves.
The program was made up last
evening of new soloists. Mrs. Andrew
Christensen sang beautifully and Mr.
Duncan Stewrat also. The very pleas
ing quartette was made up of Mrs.
Sawyer, Mrs. Ellsworth, Mr. Moses
and Mr. Brownell. The piece de re
sistance, however, was the dancing of
the children who were trained by Mrs.
Waller. The ladies say the attend
ance was better than they expected
by a long way and the visitors say the
exhibits and program were better
than expected, so all sides are thor
oughly satisfied.
PRIZE WINNERS
Vegetables
General display: C. E. Burr 1st;
Mrs. Murphy, 2nd. Potatoes: Berg
strom, 1st; Alderman, 2nd. Turnips*
Bergstrom, 1st; Ballaine, 2nd. Beets:
C. E. Burr 1st. Peas: Mrs. Taylor,
1st. Rhubarb: C. E. Burr, 1st; Mrs.
Borgen, 2nd. Lettuce: Nash, Tst and
2nd. Carrot: Ballaine, 1st.; Mrs.
Capt. Johnston, 2nd.
Best General Flower Display
Mrs. Borgen, 1st; Mrs. Small 2nd;
Mrs. Johnson, ord. House plants:
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WEARS NOW HAS ALL THE
CARPENTERS HE WANTS
The following telegram was receiv
ed by the Gateway this morning from
Commissioner Frederick Wears of the
Engineering Commission:
ANCHORAGE, Sept 8.—With ref
erence to my wire of August 14 for
carpenters there are now sufficient
carpenters in Anchorage to take care
of all building work being dope by
Commission.
ALL IS PEACEFUL YET
IN NEW YORK STRIKE
NEW YORK, Sept. 0.—The second
day of the strike of the unionized em
ployees of New York’s subway, ele
vated and surface lines brought little
interruption in the servtce. There is
also very little sign of developments
of the question as to whether the men
will be permitted to organize. Every
thing is still quiet ami no rioting has
taken place.
A committee of Democrats will
meet George B. Grigsby, candidate for
attorney general, tomorrow on arriv
al of the Alaska. This committee is
composed of Derick Lane, T. VV. 1/Taw
kins, Wayne Blue, J. J. McGrath, J.
A. Baughman, H. E. Ellsworth, Frank
P. Skeen and D. C. Mathison.
The great<S?t number of criminal
cases on record for any term of court
in this division will be tried at the
coming term in Valdez. It is said that
some seventy criminal cases «re on
the docket, amongst them being the
fish cases,
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SEVERE FIGHTING ON SEVERAL
^_FRONTS WITHOUT MUCH CHANGE
SEWARD MAY
SUPPLY R. R.
BIDS ASKED HERE FOB GOODS
COST $50,000 OB
$75,000.
The business people of Seward to-j
day were asked by the Engineering
Commission to present bids for sup
plies for the railroad work amounting
to hundreds of thousands of pounds in
weight and to probably over fifty
thousand dollars in value. The bids
must be in next Tuesday and the
goods will be required from the first
of October to the First of November.
That the request for bids is really
meant to give the Seward business
people a chance is made evident by the
fact that some of the provisions to be
purchased must be supplied by the
first day of next month. Amongst the
supplies asked for are 50,000 lbs. of j
salt meat, 0,280 lbs. of bacon, 8,060
lbs. of butter, half a ton of cheese, 50
I cases of eggs, 4 tons of ham, one and j
a half tons of lard, 400 lbs. of woin- j
ers, one ton of pigs feet and so on.
It is not supposed to be possible to se- j
cure all the supply of any one article
from one store in Seward but a means
may be found to overcome this drhrc
back.
The Women Tickle
President Wilson!
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 9.—Presi
dent Wilson left last night for Shad
ow Lawn well pleased with the recep
tion accorded him by the National
American Woman’s Association. For
their part the suffragists are openly
delighted wiht the things the Presi
dent told them. It was the first poli
tical national convention a President
of the United States ever addressed
and Wilson has now won the female
heart. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt,
president of the association, said to
day: “It was the happiest moment of
my life when the President said he
had come here to fight with us.” Pre
viously she had said to the President:
“You h'ave touched our hearts ano
won our fealty.”
Crops Are Away
Below Average
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The
United States Bureau which deals
with crops announces that the com
posite condition of the crops of the
United States this year is 5.4 per cent
below the ten year average, and 11.9
per cent below the average of last
year. The level prices of the princi
pal crops on September 1 was 21.8
per cent higher than the prices a year
ago.
SPANN ELL GOING TO
BE TRIED FOR MURDER
EL PASO, Sept. 9. — Preparations
are now being made to remove Harry
J. Spanned to Alpine, Texas, wheie he
will be placed on trial for the murder
of his wife and Major Butler, an army
officer, while they were riding in an
automobile driven by Spanned. Span
I nell will plead the unwritten law.
RUSSIANS LOSE AND WIN
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—The Russians were driven hack
yesterday by the Germans east of Kalitz after having pen
etrated the German trenches. In the retreat the Slavs lost
very heavily and later our troops delivered heavy counter
attacks in which we gained successes. In addition to this
it is officially announced this morning that northwest of
Mount Cahul the Turks drove back the Czar’s troops and
took a thousand prisoners. In the Carpathian mountains,
however, the Austro-German lines yielded at one point be
fore the Russian pressure. The relative positions of the
•opposing forces in that quarter remain about the same as
they were a week ago.
FRENCH SUCCESSFUL AGAIN
PARIS, Sept. 9.—The French, it is officially announc
ed, struck another successful blow last night south of the
Somme when they captured a small wood east of Belo.
The war office also announced today that since the Third
of September seven thousand, seven hundred prisoners
have been taken by the Allies on the Somme front. The
German losses in attacks on this front recently have been
frightful also in other respects. They still at times attack
in close formation and are mowed down in hundreds by
machine guns.
ATTACK BULGARIAN PORT
PETROGRAD- Sept.!).—Russian naval forces engag
ed the Bulgarians yesterday for the first time and it is
officially announced that Russian torpedo boats bombard
ed the port of Baltchik on the Black sea and sank twenty
one barges loaded with bread. This port is in the province
of Dobrudja and belonged to Roumania before her recent
declaration of war. The Bulgarians, however, crossed the
border and captured it immediately after hostilities began
a week or two ago. The province of Dobrudja was de
manded by Roumania after the Balkan wars and Bul
garia was forced in her then weakened state to yield it
up. The Bulgarians and their allies are now evidently bent
on taking it back by conquest and severe fighting may be
looked for in that quarter, military experts declare.
BRITISH IN HAND TO HAND FIGHT
LONDON, Sept. 9.—General Haig reports that the
British troops last night captured German trenches in
sharp hand to hand fighting at Foureaux wood. Twenty
one German prisoners were taken. At the time the as
sault was ordered the opposing trenches were only a few
paces apart and artillery preparation was out of the ques
tion. Even rifle fire was inadequate and cold steel had to
be resorted to. Bombs were also brought into play as well
as knives and revolvers in some instances.
VON HUNDENBURG IN WEST
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—German newspapers today for the
first time confirmed the news given out some days ago
from Paris that Field Marshal von Hindenburg is now
making his first visit to the western front. It is even
hinted that the famous general of the east was specially
asked by the emperor to visit the west to look over the
situation with a view to ascertaining some means by
which the deadlock might be broken.
ROUMANIANS GO SOUTH
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—The Roumanian general staff has
shifted large forces to the southeastern frontier to check
the German-Bulgarian invasion which has now penetrated
several miles into Roumanian territory. The opinion in
military circles here is that our troops and their allies will
first try to conquer Dobrudja for two reasons: To enter
that part of Roumanian territory it is not necessary to
cross the Danube and the taking of the province would
mean the complete separation of Roumania from the
black sea. It is made evident, newspapers say, that Rou
mania when she declared war was not prepared for so
strong an attack from the south, believing, probably, that
the Teutonic and Bulgarian armies had their hands full
with holding back the allied forces which have their base
at Saloniki. Both sides of the Danube are now virtually
armed camps but the great width of the river and its
depth between Bulgaria and Roumania make its crossing
in face of a foe an undertaking of tremendous difficulty.