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Volume XL Number 246.________
THREE MORE NATIONS HAVE SPLIT WITH GERMANY
ARGENTIN E--PEHU
BREAK R LAT10NS
URUGUAY FOLLOWS
Nl MONTEVIDEO. Oct. 8, (Delayed). — Following the
example of her sister republics of Argentine and Peru,
Uruguay has severed diplomatic relations with Germany.
A decree announcing the rupture with the kaisers king
dom having been issued following a vote of 74 to 23 in
favor of the break in the chamber of deputies. 1 he Ger
man minister was at once handed his passports, and will
leave at once for home. President \ iers. in a message to
parliament, declared that Uruguay had not received any
direct offense from Germany, but that it was necessary
• tor her to espouse the cause of the defenders of justice
and democracy for scail nationalities.
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UNANIMOUS ON THE BREAK
lima, Oct. 8. (Delayed). — The Peruvian congress
voted almost unanimously to sever diplomatic relations
with Germany.
GERMAN DIVER
MAKES ESCAPE
TD OPEN SEA
<Br AM#riat«d Tr*** Dispatch)
MADRID, Oct. 8, (Delayed). — A
Herman submarine which has been in
terned at the Spanish port of Cadiz,
has escaped, according to a statement
issued by the admiralty this after
noon. The vessel was recently forced
to intern for the duration of the war
when she entered Spanish waters. Her
. commander, however, waited his op
portunity and escaped to sea.
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SULLIVAN MAY
COME HERE TO
MAKE HIS HOME!
—
Harvey Sullivan, former United
States Marshal for this division, is in
Seward giving the city the once over.
Mr. Sullivan stated this morning that
Seward looked good to him and he is
thinking seriously of going back to
Valdez, packing up bag and baggage
and bringing the family here and per
manently locate.
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WOMEN WILL SEW
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The Seward Women’s Club will meet
tomorrow afternoon at 2:'10 o’clock
sharp at the residence of Mrs. Bal
laine. The ladies are requested to
take their thimbles, as Red Cross sew
ing will be done.
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A DELE PANKHURST IS
BRIDE OF BRITISH TAR
(By Associated Press Diapatch)
LONDON, Oct. 8. (Delayed).—The
• marriage of Adele Pankhurst, daugh
ter of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the
English suffragette leader, to a sea
man named Walsh, is reported in a
Reuter dispatch from Melbourne.
TWO BRITISH i
HOSPITALS AT
FRONT BOMBED
(Br A*«ocint*d Prfu Diapatch)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IX
FRANCE-BELGIUM, Oct. 8, (Delay
ed).—German airmen made an attack
on two hospitals behind the British
lines. They dropped a number of
bombs, which resulted in three British
nurses and some wounded soldiers be
ing killed.
TUBERCULOSIS I
IN THE ARMY
TO BE CHECKED
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. b, (Delayed)
Methods of checking ravages of tuber
culosis in the United States army will
be discussed at the Northwestern Tu
berculosis Conference to be held here
October 15 and 16 by anti-tuberculosis
workers from six states, Oregon, Ida
ho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming
and Utah.
Over 500 delegates are expected to
attend, according to A. L. Mills, Port
land, president of the Oregon Associa
tion for Prevention of Tuberculosis,
who will speak at the conference.
Answer will be sought by the dele
gates to the question, "What consti
! tutes a diagnosis of tuberculosis suf
ficient for rejection from the army?"
Northwestern medical men say this
question is one yet to be settled.
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KAISER AND HIS WIFE
PAWN JEWELS FOR W AR
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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8, (Delayed).—
The Zeitung Am Mittag, of Berlin,
says the German emperior and em
press have placed a large number of
valuable jewels at the disposal of the
Reichsbank, with instructions to use
them to diminish Germany’s obliga
: tions in foreign countries.
SPOKANE AND THE
EVANS TO OPERATE
PORING THE WINTER
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I'eginning perhaps on the first of
November, the Pacific Steamship Com
puny will operate the steamers Spo-j
kane and the Admiral Evans on the |
i Southwestern Alaska route on a 20
day schedule. Incidentally, freight
and passenger rates will be raised,
but no advance over the present tar
iffs of either is expected to be made
before next spring.
C. E. Five, travelling freight and
passenger agent for the Pacific
Steamship Co., reached Seward on the
Evans and will remain here until the
steamer sails for Seattle. He made
the above statement to The Gateway
! today regarding the steamer service
and the change in rates.
“It has always been our policy to
make repairs on our steamers during
the winter months," said Mr. Five,
“and for that reason the Spokane and
the Evans will be operated while the
Farragut and Watson are being re- i
paired in Seattle or are taking the
place of steamers on the Seattle-Frisco
route which are to receive their an
nual overhauling. Both steamers are!
well adapted to handle the winter,
travel to Alaska. The Spokane has'
been on the Southeastern Alaska route
(luring the past season.
“Regarding the increase in passen
ger and freight rates, that is neces
sary owing to the increase in cost of
operation and upkeep. One item alone
has been added to our operating ex
penses which is an example. This item
is only $740,000, additional, for oil for
fuel. Labor in every department has
demanded and been given an increase
in wages. IJoiler tubes and every part
of material on steamers have in
creased in cost. Provisions have also,
as any housewife knows, Liken a big
advance in cost. This increase has
been, on various items, from 150 to I
MOO per cent. No business can oper
ate at a loss, therefore an adjustment;
of rates must.be made.
“Seward merchants have been most i
liberal in patronizing the Pacific
Steamship Co. this season, for which!
we are duly thankful. There will be
no raise, I believe, in either the pas
senger or freight rates until next
spring. Merchants here must remem- j
ber that freight rates have not been
disturbed for a year and a half, and I j
am only paving the way for what can
be expected.”
COMMISSIONER
RIGGS IS GOING
FOR CONFERENCE!
Thomas Riggs, Jr., member of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, and
in charge of the construction work on
the Fairbanks end, especially at Ne
nana, arrived here yesterday afternoon
bound for Anchorage to confer with
the other members of the commission, *
Messrs. Mears and Edes. Mr. Riggs
expected to continue his trip on the
Steamer Alaska but received instruc-j
tions to make the trip over the road
and secure first-hand information on
construction work at this end. In com
pany with Robert J. Weir, engineer in
! charge of the Seward division, Mr.
Riggs left this morning at 10 o’clock
for Anchorage. The two should reach
Kern Creek tonight and tomorrow
morning wi 11 travel on a launch, reach
j ing Anchorage sometime tomorrow
| afternoon
Mr. Riggs has been mentioned for
the governorship of Alaska and when
i he was asked: “How about politics?”
said, “I don't know anything. What
do you know?”
Nothing doing on this end of the
line and politics dropped as suddenly
as it came up.
Mr. Riggs made the trip out from
Fairbanks to Chitina by auto in two
i days and a half. He received a tele
gram at Nenana from Mr. Edes ask
ing him to go to Anchorage, but he
stated that he was in the dark as to
the purpose of his mission but prc- ^
! sumed that it was a general confer
ence. Mr. Riggs will return to N< -
nana when he completes his business
at Anchorage.
“In spite of the war and the increas
ed cost of material and labor, there
has been no let-up in construction
work in the interior this summer,”
said Mr. Riggs last night. “Things
considered, good progress has been
made. From Nenana south, 43 miles
of right-of-way have been under con
struction and 80 per cent of this dis
tance has been graded and 70-pound
rails have been laid over eighteen
miles of this. During the winter
months a bridge will be constructed
across the Nenana. Construction
work was put back about a month this
summer because of high water in the
Tanana river. The stream overflowed
the new tracks and for a time threat
ened to wash out thirteen miles of the
read. We changed the course of the
Tanana and further trouble has been
lessened.”
MEATLESS DAYS FAIL
OF PURPOSE IN FRANCE
PARIS, Oct. 8, (Delayed). — Mau
rice Long, the new minister of pro- j
visions, announced in the chamber of j
deputies yesterday that the program
of two meatless days a week would
be abandoned October 15, next Mon-!
day, as the economy resulting there
from has been insignificant.
MANY ARE COMING
TO S /YARD FROM
IDITAROD SECTION
Travel from Iditarod over the Iditarod-Seward trail
will be heavier this year than ever before. Sluicing was
still being continued in the Iditarod district last Saturday,
October 6th, and none knew when it would cease. Very
few parties will leave the interior section before Novem
ber first but from then until for several weeks travel will
be exceedingly heavy.
This was the information received by Hugh Dough
erty in a cablegram from A1 Walsh, one of the best known
operators in the Iditarod. The cablegram was dated at
Iditarod, October 6th, was relayed to Fairbanks, thence
to Valdez and came in the mail on the Alaska from Val
dez.
The cablegram was as follows: “More coming over
trail than ever before. Sluicing still progress. Last boat
down river left today. I leave with large party about
November 1st.”
COL. REVELLE READY TO BEGIN
CARRYING MAIL TO THE ID1TAROD
Col. H. E. Revelle arrived in Seward today from Mile
40 and announces that all arrangements have been per
fected for starting mail carrying between Seward and the
Iditarod. The first outgoing mail will leave Seward on
November 1st, and Col. Revelle is only waiting for the
date to start his winter’s business.
DRAFT LAW IS
TO BE GIVEN
EARLYHEARING
(Bv Associuled I*rc*s Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, (Delayed).
—To permit an early decision the
United States supreme court today ad
vanced the date of hearing the ap
peals involving the constitutionality
of the draft law and fixed December
10 as the time for arguments. Seven
suits in ail are included in the appeal
to test the constitutionality of the con
scription law. Included as appellants
are lynma Goldman and Alexander
Heckman, each sentenced to two years
imprisonment for urging men of con
scription age not to register.
ARCTIC CLUB WILL
OBSERVE ALASKA DAY
DOWN IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 8, (Delayed). — A
golden jubilee in honor of the fiftieth
anniversary of the transfer of Alaska
from Russia to the United States, will
be held by the Arctic Club on Alaska
Day, October 18. The Arctic Club
will hold open house all that day in
honor of the event, with a banquet in
the evening. A cordial invitation has
been extended to all Alaskans to at
tend.
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OFF ON HUNTING TRIP
Dr. Otto J. Keating and wife have
left for Kenai Lake on a visit to Dune
Little and will hunt for big and little
game while away.
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REGINA, Sask.,%Oct. 8, (Delayed)!
A plot to blow up the provincial par- j
liament buildings here was discovered
today.
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JORDAN WINS
OUT—IS GIVEN
I REAPPOINTMENT
(By Associated Press Dispatch)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, (Delayed)
—President Wilson has reappointed
Jordan United States marshal for the
second division of Alaska, with head
j quarters at Nome. Delegate C. A.
Sulzer, National Committeeman T. J.
Donohoe and Attorney General George
B. Grigsby, together with the Demo
cratic organization of Alaska, filed
protests against Jordan, but he had
sufficient backing among the senators
and congressmen from the east to land
the job.
The result of the third of the world’s
senes baseball game played at New
York last Tuesday was received in
Seward this afternoon, as follows:
R H E
Chicago . 0 5 3
New York . 2 8 2
NEW REGULATION BENEFITS
MANY ALASKAN MINERS
The treasury department has is
sued a notice to Alaskan miners that
a regulation has recently been enact
ed relative to the requisite gold fine
ness of bullion suitable for purchase
at the Seattle assay office. Hereto
fore, bullion had to have a value in
gold of at least ten times that of sil
ver contained. Under the present reg
ulations only bullion will be purchas
ed that has not less than 1-1000 parts
of gold, provided that it does not con
tain more than 8-10 base. It being
understood, of course, that the gold
and silver contents only are paid for.