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. SEWARD. ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1916. T“ C«nt« lht
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T. R. SATS RE IS OUT Of POLITICS BUT PROGRES
SIVES SAY THEY WILL NOT ENDORSE HUGHES
HUGHES STARTS CAMPAIGN TO
PROVE HE MEANS RUSINESS
PROGRESSIVES TO FIGHT
NEW YORK. June 12—Still full of fight the Roosevelt
radicals of the Progressive party will storm Oyster Bay
today in an effort to convince the Colonel that he should re
consider his decision to decline the Progressive nomina
tion. The delegates who returned from Chicago today
said it is still the consensus of opinion in the Progressive
party that T. R. should accept the nomination of the
party he fathered and they also stated most emphatically
that the party will positively not endorse Hughes.
HUGHES STARTS CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON. June 12.—Hughes has already be
gun the tight for the party and was in harness this morn-j
ing. He leaves for New York today to hold a political
conference and this action in hastening the work is con
strued as being meant to remove any doubts about his in
tention to wage a vigorous campaign from the very start.
He lias been the recipient of thousands of messages of con
gratulation and the Republicans all over the country seem
to be very confident.
T. R. CUTS OUT POLITICS
OYSTER BAY. June 12.—Roosevelt reiterated today
the statement that he is out of politics and that his life in
future will be devoted to literature and private pursuits.
He made the following emphatic statement to the corres
pondnts who crowded around to secure his final message:
"1 want to tell you. newspapermen, that it is no use
for you to come up here to see me. I will have nothing to
say anil I will answer no questions, so please don’t ask me.
I am out of politics.”
If the former president has any plans for the immedi
ate future except to follow literature he has not made
them public. .
RE-ELECT MURDOCK
CHICAGO, June 11.—Following a stormy session the
Progressive convention last evening elected Murdock as
chairman and Davis as secretary of the national organiza
tion. At times towards the close the convention develop
ed some very fiery scenes. The news that Roosevelt had
declined the nomination arrived before the end of the
convention and was the cause of some remarkable scenes.
WILSON IS SILENT
WASHINGTON, June 11. — President Wilson is
working on the draft of the Democratic platform today.
When the news came to him that Hughes had received the
nomination at Chicago he maintained absolute silence and
had apparently prepared to adopt such an attitude. Some
of his high supporters are delighted admittedly at the
manner in which things went at Chicago. They predict
that the Republican split is still in existence and will con
tinue during the election, making sure of the re-election of
Wilson. They point out that if a union had been possible
at all it would have been effected before any nominations
were made. They also believe that the refusal of Roose
velt to run will not cause his supporters to quit the fight.
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TO MAKE PEACE MOVE
WASHINGTON, June 11.—Some of the most promi
nent members of the government are credited with the
statement that President Wilson intends to make definite
peace moves in connection with the European war im
mdiately after his nomination at St. Louis. He is said to
have hesitated previously in the fear that such moves
might be regarded as politics.
OUT AGAINST JUDGES
ST. LOUIS, June 12.—Chairman Win. F. McCombs of
the Democratic national committee announced today that
he has prepared a resolution to submit to the platform
committee asking for a plank demanding a constitutional
amendment that would prevent any federal judge being
elected to any other office. The resolution arises from the
nomination of Hughes by the Republicans.
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More Jap Troops
Sent Into China
TOR 10, June 12. — The Japanese
government is now sending two more
batallions of troops to Tienstin anti
Pekin, China, it was learned today
and war is almost certain. The in
vasion is expected not to be interfer
ed with as the world powers are too
much taken up with their own affairs.
Some protests are looked for, how
ever.
DARIO REST A WINS
BIG CHICAGO RACE
CHICAGO, June 12.—Dario Resta|
won yesterday’s second annual Chi- j
cago automobile Derby making the
amount of his winnigs this year one ,
hundred thousand dollars, lo be iV*r
mitted to enter the nee each contest- i
ant had to make ninety miles an hour
in a trial spin.
SEWARD WET
BYJIG VOTE
VALDEZ.—At a recent canvass of
the town of Seward on the question
of License or No License, the town
went for license by a large majority.
The enumerators registered the names
of 612 residents, of whom 436 detTur
ed themselves in favor of licenses, 145
in favor of no license, and 31 had no j
opinion. As the latter are counted as '
not favoring license the result is
placed at 436 for license to 176
against.—Ex.
ROIX OF HONOR TO
BE GIVEN TOMORROW
The rolls of honor will be given out
to the school children at 2 o’clock to
morrow at Pioneer Hall.
NORTHWESTERN COMES
WITH A GOOD BUNCH
SEATTLE, June 12. — The North
western left yesterday, Sunday, with
the following for Sandpoint: Richard
Hofstad and T. P. Carson. For Un
alaska; N. O. Nelson, James Gerwo&l,
F. Lafer and wife. For Kodiak: MTss
Clara Smith, C. M. Winehell and wiTe,
Mrs. G. Hanna and baby.
The following are for Seward: R.
F. Griggs and wife and baby and
child, D. B. Church, F. Rodwell, L.
Rod well, A. E. Bates, Mrs. H. E. Os
mun, F. T. Harrington, A. M. Bate
man and wife, Clifton Darling, Mrs. i
C. L. Darling, Freda James, Mrs. 1>.
T. James, ClifTord Mooers, Ed.
Hodakenson, Benjamin High, Ethel
Howard, G. Hislip, F. G. Deware, L.
L. Bowers, C. B. Dodge and thirteen
steerage.
Mrs. E. O. Sawyer has purchased a
lot north of Lowell creek from Ben
Labaree.
BILL GOVERNING REGULATIONS
ALONG RAILROAD MODIFIED
The bill which was recently intro
duced to give greater powers to the
Engineering Commission, and against
which Delegate Wickcrsham protest
ed, has been modified, according to a
copy of the report of the hearing be
fore the senate committee which came
direct from Mr. Wickcrsham in the
mail last night to this oflice. At the
opening of the hearing Chairman
Edes of the Commission declared
there was no objection to having
taken out of the bill any mention of
“police” authority but Mr. Wicker
sham, while stating that the elimina
tion of the word “police” modified the
bill in an important particular, and
that while other modifications were
made, the bill is still objectionable be
cause it interferes w ith powers grant
ed to the governor of Alaska by bills
previously passed to make rules and
regulations for sanitation and to en
force them. Mr. Edes read a state
ment which he had got from the
solicitor to the department of the in
terior in which it was said that the
governor’s powers only were given
for matters connected with quarantine
but Mr. Wickersham strenuously de
nied this contention. Edes and Wick
ersham differed on many questions.
By the way he is given the title
“Colonel” Edes in the report and it
may be that he has been given a
commission in the army. Mr. Wick
ersham also pointed out that in the
original railroad bill an innocent
little sentence crept in which turned
out to mean nothing else than that tne
authorities along the line of railroad
could take away from the people the
right to establish municipal govern
ments. During the discussion Mr.
Edes declared that “we have no ulter
ior motives” and this seemed to be the
keynote of the whole discussion. Mi.
Wickersham apparently being afraid
that such motives really did exist.
Senator Nelson of the committee in
terposed to suggest that the govern
ment ought to have power to control
whiskey sellers, gamblers and “bad
men.” Wickersham answered rather
warmly that “probably our civil gov
ernment is a failure, and we have to
turn the whole control of our muni- •
cipalities over to some one man who
thinks he is more competent to run
the government than the people."
Senator Nelson agreed that giving
the Commission police power "was
going too far." The phrase was also
stricken out of the bill that the Com
mission would have power to enforce
sanitary rules during the operation or
the road, so ending the power given
with the construction. Mr. Wicker
sham stated that two thirds of his
time last winter had been spent try
ing to prevent bureaus passing bills
taking away power from the repre
sentatives of the territory, such as
the bill providing for the collection
of fish taxes by the bureau of fish
eries.
Can Incorporate
~One of the most interesting facts
brought out in the hearing is that
Anchorage can incorporate if it wants
to. Senator Nelson declared they
could but Delegate Wickersham did
not believe so. Clay Tallman, com
missioner of the land office, made a
statement and in answer to Mr. Wick
ersham said there is no doubt that
Anchorage can incorporate but they
could not levy a land tax. Mr. Tall
man believed they could levy a license
or personal property tax to raise
money. Mr. Tallman also said that at
a meeting of the board of trade of
Anchorage they decided not to intor
porate. To this Wickersham an
swered:
“You say the people preferred this
paternal system of government; As a
matter of fact, nobody was there ex
cept people who had signed one of
those contracts to be bound?”
“1 don't suppose there was. They
would not be interested' answered
Mr. Tallman.
“Then they were bound by it" came
back the Delegate. Mr. Edes wound
up the discussion with a statement
that the Commission would be gla<T to
leave the matter to the governor of
Alaska if he has the power but he
pointed out how necessary it is to
have sanitation.
MANY ACCIDENTS IN
SEATTLE YESTERDAY
SEATTLE, June 12— Nine persons
were injured, four seriously, in four
automobile accidents which occurred
in the streets of this city or on roads
nearby yesterday.
BROTHER SUCCEEDS
EARL KITCHENER
LONDON, July 10.—Colonel Henry
Kitchener, brother of the late Earl
Kitchener, who was drowned when the
cruiser Hampshfre was submarined,
will succeed to the earldom.
The new earl is four years older than
his deceased brother, having been
born in 1846, and will be 70 years of
age on the 5th of October next. Earl
Kitchener never married.
MEETING PROTESTS
AGAINST THE BILL
A mass meeting was recently held
in Anchorage to protest against the
bill introduced to give the Engineer
ing Commission increased powers.
This is the bill dealt with in today’s
Gateway where it will be found the
bill has been very much modified.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS
MAYOR PICKS SEWARD
H. C. Foster, mayor of Gloucester,
Massachusetts, last year and the year
before arrived on the Alameda and
states that all the public men of the
east have picked Seward as the per
manent terminal of the Alaska gov
ernment railroad. Mr. Foster was al
so for two years a member of the
Massachusetts state senate. The
present congressman from his dis
trict, Mr. Gardiner, told him before
he came that all other towns would
be rather temporary. In the race for
the state senate Gardiner beat Foster
by four votes but in the following
year Mr. Foster was elected without
opposition. He brings a letter from
Chairman Edes to the officials here.
At the meeting of the Commercial
Club tomorrow evening the election of
officers will take place.
RESShN^IAIBASSV \U ^ y|CT()Ry
AUSTRIANS ROUTED
LONDON, June 12.—The complete rout of the Aus
trian armies near Czernowitz was announced today by
the Russian embassy. Two entire Austrian divisions
with all their generals and guns have been captured
and the victory is hailed as one of the greatest of the war.
The Russians are now in full pursuit of the retreating
main forces and Cossacks are over-running the whole
territory in the rear of the fleeing enemy forces.
ITALIANS START GOING
ROME, June 12.—The Italian armies today took the
offensive all along the Trentino front and have made gen
eral advances. This movement was timed to be simul
taneous with the general Russian advance against the
Austrians in the east. It is reported, but not officially,
that the Austrians were withdrawing from Trentino. The
feeling here today is that the war has now entered a new
phase with the allied armies on the offensive.
FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS
PARIS, June 12.—Repeated and violent German at
tacks launched last night at the French trenches west of
Vaux have been completely repulsed, according to the of
ficial bulletin issued todav hv the war office
GERMAN LOSSES
LONDON, June 12.—The German total losses since
the beginning of the war are 2,924,586 men of whom 734,
412 were killed, according to a British official tabulation
made public today. These are given, rather, as the total
losses in Europe as they do not include German losses in
naval engagements or in the fighting in the German
colonies.
ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS
LONDON, June 11.—The Italian cabinet headed by
Premier Salandra resigned today in a body. The action
resulted from the failure of the chamber of deputies to
pass a vote of confidence in the government following the
presentation of the budget by the ministry of the interior.
The lack of confidence expressed by the vote of the cham
ber is due in a great measure to recent events on the
Austrian front.
PARIS ADMITS LOSSES
PARIS, June 12—The war office officially admits the
loss of several positions northeast of Verdun, chiefly
around Vaux whose surrender was admitted a couple of
days ago. Five hundred French soldiers and twenty
machine guns were taken. Berlin military experts are
quoted as saying that if the Germans can reach the main
fortress from that direction a French retirement in the
northwest will be necessary to avoid a trap. The authori
ties are still confident, however, that we can hold the
enemy.
MEXICANS ARISING
AGAINST AMERICANS
NEW MEXICO, June 12. — A rising anti-American
feeling is now sweeping through the state of Chihuahua,
according to American refugees who have fled from the
mines and ranches in the vicinity of Chihuahua City and
have taken, refuge with the troops of the American ex
pedition. Reports today stated that Mexican agitators
are traveling from village to village and making incendi
ary speeches against the “Gringoes” so that a general up
rising is feared.