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EDES AND RIGGS HAVE THEIR
HEADQUARTERS AT WASH, D. C.
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( Via Seattle. Astoria. Ore., Wireless and Sitka)
EIGHT MILLIONS FOR R. R.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Eight million dollars is
the sum that Secretary Lane has decided to ask from con
gress for the construction of the Alaska railroad for the
coming year. Chairman Edes of the Engineering Com
mission and Commissioner Riggs will remain in Wash
ington, where the Commission’s headquarters have now
been established, and for the next few months they will
consult with Secretary Lane and supply the information
which will be necessary to present to congress when it
convenes on the 7th of next month. The decision of Sec
retary Lane to tix the sum to Ik? asked for at eight millions
came after careful investigation of the needs of the com
ing season.
NINE BODIES RECOVERED
SEATTLE. Nov. 18.—Nine bodies of the victims of
the Ravensdale mine explosion were recoverd this after
noon. Three men are still alive but twenty-two bodies are
still entombed. It is found that the first estimate of the
number lost was the correct one. The men entombed are
surely dead. A federal investigation will be started im
mediately to learn the cause of the disaster.
LET BABIES DIE
CHICAGO. Nov. 18.—The whole country has been
moved to its foundations by the discovery that the doctors
and nurses of the Mother Hospital of this city have been
letting babies, who were mentally or physically deficient,
die. A storm of indigation has swept the whole nation
and the papers are full of the subject today. It is stated
that several defective babies were just let die away in
tentionally as if they had been weeds.
BELIEVE CHRISTIE DEAD
SEATTLE, Nov. 18—The police now believe that
William Christie, whom Edward Krause is accused of kid
naping, has been murdered, and they also believe that
Plunkett and Moe, for whose disappearance Krause is al
so held responsible, are also dead. It has now been learn
ed that Moe disappeared from Treadwell, Alaska, not
from Seattle, in 1913.
BIDDERS OUTSIDE LIMIT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—It has been found that the
private firms bidding for the building of the new battle
ships have failed to come within the limit set by the gov
ernment and the contract for the building of at least two
of the ships will be awarded to Navy Yards. •
TWO SHIPS SUNK
LONDON. Nov. 18.—Another British ship which
went to the rescue of the hospital ship Anglia yesterday,
when she was sunk in the English channel, also struck a
mine and was sent to the bottom. The latest accounts
are that about one hundred only lost their lives on the
Anglia. The lost were mostly wounded soldiers._
ONLY A FEW BODIES
TAKEN FROM MINE
(NOTE) As the cablets came late
yesterday the full facts about the hor
rible occurrence in the mine near
Seattle could not be published. The
following cable is an addition to the
first relation of the event.)
SEATTLE, Nov. 17.—The latest
accounts of the mine horror at Rav
ensdale place the number of dead at
one or two more than had been stat
ed. It is feared that the total num
ber of dead will be at least thirty-five.
Several of those missing were young
men who had been brought up in the
neighborhood and leave families. The
work of trying to get the other bodies
out was resumed this afternoon but
the fumes made progress almost im
possible. More than one hundred men j
took turn and turn about at the work
but each relay found it impossible to
proceed for only a few minutes when j
others took their places with the
use of oxygen helmets. The real
cause of the explosion is still a mys
tery but the first supposition that it
was due to a dust explosion seems
still to be the correct one. The oc
currence took place late on Tuesday.
Two Seattle boys are reported to be
amongst the ones killed but nothing
definite can be told until the bodies
have been recovered. In addition to
the six bodies recovered this morning
thre others have been found.
SEWARD DEMOCRATS TO
ASK SPENCE’S RECALL
Democratic Club Will Probably Meet
Soon and Pass Resolutions
Like Other Cities
The calling of a meeting of the
Democratic Club of Seward for the
purpose of dealing with District At
torney Spence is now under contem
plation and will probably happen
within the next forty-eight hours. It
is regarded as likely that resolutions
will be passed calling for the retire
ment of Spence.
NORTHWESTERN MAY NOT
LEAVE BEFORE SUNDAY
L. V. Ray received a telephone
message today from Anchorage which
stated that the Northwestern may not
leave that place until Saturday even
ing or Sunday.
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INDIAN CHIEF BRINGS
BLANKET TO MRS. GALT
Gorgeous Present Given the Presi*
dent’s Future Bride by
the Vice-President
PHOENIX, Nov. 17.—Vice-Presi
dent Marshall has decided upon a
gorgeous Indian blanket as a present
for Mrs. Galt and has selected an In
dian chief to present it and take it to
Washington. The chief is now on his
way east but seems to be so fdled
with a sense of the importance of his
mission that he is traveling slowly
and with tremendous dignity.
WANT TO ABOLISH THE
COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY
Federal Reserve Board Says Its Own
Existence Makes the
Other Useless.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The Ad
visory Council of the Federal Reserve
Board has advised the abandonment
of the Comptroller of the currency
office as the Federal Reserve Board’s
existence has made the office of the
comptroller unnecessary.
KRAUSE BOUND
TO GRAND JURY
MAN ARRESTED FOR KIDNAP
ING CHRISTIE HAS HIS
FIRST HEARING.
SEATTLE, Nov. 17.—Edward
Krause, of Petersburg, Alaska, who
is charged with the abduction of Wil
liam Christie, of Treadwell, Alaska,
was bound over to the grand jury
this afternoon. His case is causing
a tremendous amount of interest in
this city and, indeed, has become cele
brated already all over the United
States. The charges now being made
in Juneau that he has also abducted
or murdered two other men are add
ing to the sensational nature of the
matter. Krause continues to proclaim
his innocence of the abduction of
Christie but has not yet been told of
the other accusations.
He will be tried at Juneau but be
fore any trial comes off the police will
make the greatest possible efforts to
discover the fate .of Christie. The
fact that Krause traveled on the
steamer Jefferson under an assumed
name is taken as indicating a sense of
guilt.
SPECIAL MEETING
OF WOMAN’S CLUB
There will be a special meeting of
the Woman’s Club of Seward held
Monday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. in
the Pioneer Hall. All members are
urged to be present.
MEET FOR BAZAAR
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church met this afternoon
at the parsonage to make final ar
rangements for the Bazaar which will
be held at the M. E. church tomorrow’
night.
ALLIANCE ARRIVES
The Independent steamship Al
liance arived yesterday evening at
5:45 from the south. Those arriving
on her w’ere: Miss Allen, E. Allen,
J. J. Fitzgerald and E. B. Smith. She
had 159 tons of freight for Sew’ard, of
which 147 was consigned to the firm
of Brown & Hawkins. The Alliance
sailed for Anchorage at 12:30 this
morning and will leave about 200 tona
, of freight at that city.
BRITISH GOVT.
YET IN PARIS
EUROPE EXERCISED BY FEEL
ING THAT PEACE MAY
BE PROPOSED.
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PARIS, Nov. 18.—The war govern
ment of the British empire is still in
this city. A conference took place
between the four British ministers, i
Premier Briand and Minister of War
Gallieni yesterday but the strictest
precautions were taken to prevent the j
least inkling of what occurred getting
out. On one hand the rumor is rife
that the visit of the British ministers
is for the purpose of ascertaining the
views of the French government re
garding proposals of peace, but most
of the people seem to believe that the j
visit is due to the desire to come to
a modus operandi in relation to Bal
kan affairs. It is stated in some
quarters openly that France and
Great Britain each believes that the
other should take the burden of the
defense of the Balkans on its should
ers. France and the French people
regard the British as more affected
by the attack of the Teutons in that
region as it is a vulnerable point in
the defense of British positions in
northern Africa and India. On the
other hand it is said, the British hold
that in blocking Germany at sea it
has done its share, but all this is
only rumor. The result of the confer
ences are expected to be momentous.
The British prime minister and his
colleagues will return to London this
evening if all goes well.
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❖ THE SKATING RINK ❖
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Everything has been arranged for
the preparation of the baseball
grounds as a skating rink but some
delay has been caused for some rea
son that is not known. It was expect
ed that the work would have been
started before this.
BIG SHOW TONIGHT
The Empress Theatre will show an
exceptionally fine class of films to
night. The star feature will be John
Barrymore, in high class comedy,
“An American Citizen.” Those In
Seward who have seen the comedy
pronounce it one of the master pieces
of the moving picture world. An
other feature in the program will be
of course, the Pathe Weekly News.
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❖ DELIGHTFUL PARTY ❖
❖ GIVEN YESTERDAY ❖
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One of the pleasantest and most
successful parties in every respect
was that given yesterday afternoon
by Mrs. Alex McDonald and Mrs.
Guy Whitehead, at the residence of
the latter lady, in honor of Mrs. Hal
lett, of Seattle, a sister of Mrs. Mc
Donald, who is visiting here. Nine
tables were occupied in the playing
of bridge wihch formed the chief
pastime during the afternoon. Dainty
and varied refreshments were served
and the ladies who had the good
fortune to be present appeared to be
unanimously of the opinion that the
afternoon set a high mark for parties
of the future to try to attain. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Sauers, Mrs.
Ray and Mrs. McNeer. During the
evening Messrs L. L. James, McDon
ald, Soupcoff and other men dropped
in and some more games were played,
Mr. James winning all the prizes.
The following ladies were present;
Mesdames Borgen, Ray, Baughman,
Sauers, Moyer, Schaleben, Blue, Saw
yer, de Sherbinin, Tamblyn, Mantell,
Balderston, Ellis, Nelson, Eide,
Romig, Graff, De Line, Ward, Phillips,
Cramer, Sloan, Seiffert, McNeer,
Root, Sexton, Forgy, Soupcoff, Hal
lett, Scott, Lucas, F^egan, Whitte
more and Mies Sexton.
LESS ALIENS ON
RAILROAD WORK
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NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT
IT, HOWEVER.
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 17.—The
statement in the Gateway of two days
ago to the effect that aliens have beer
laid off the government railroad work
at Anchorage was at least partly cor
rect and was probably entirely cor
rect. No statement has been given oul
by the commission about the matter
and the Gateway only secured the
news from persons coming from An
i chorago but the truth of the state
ment has been borne out by queries
to Anchorage. If people will remem
, ber, this paper stated some month*
' ago that a change would come in thi*
respect in the railroad work and alsc
in the wages paid. It is now clear
that the commission has come to the
conclusion to bring the change about
The following telegram was receiver
by the Gateway yesterday in answer
to an inquiry:
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 17.—No of
ficial announcement has been mach
with respect to alien labor althougl
it is a fact that less aliens are em
ployed than formerly.
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❖ MEETING OF BAND <
❖ SATURDAY NIGHT **
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The meeting of the Seward Ram
will take place next Saturday nighi
and a big attendance is requested
Mr. Sinclair will act as leader of the
band from this time forward and £
most pleasant feature will be adder
to life in Seward.
Some Scribblers
Knocking Seward
Telegrams Going Outside Saying W(
are Freezing up with
Zero Weather.
There is some person or persom
> now sending out reports to outsidt
newspapers which do more harm tc
Seward thar> anything else imagin
able. Some days ago the Gateway
drew attention to a message sent out
side from Seward and later clipper
and published by this paper to show
this pernicious practise. No man wh<
has anything to do worth doing ir
Alaska will bother about sending
news to outside papers as thos<
papers pay practically nothing ant
the sending of the stuff is pure wastt
of time, but some correspondents, so
called, make up for this by inventing
stuff to get a few more cents, an<
they seem not to be particular in tin
least what they scribble. In the Lo;
Angeles Examiner of October 31 ap
pears a telegram from Seward “Bj
International News Service,” telling
the people outside that Seward hat
zero weather. What do you think oi
that? But here is the whole storj
with head and all:
“ZERO WEATHER HALTS
ALASKA RAILWAY WORK
(By International News Service)
“SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 30.
With zero weather already here anc
the annual freezup expected at anj
time, construction work on ‘he Gov
ernment railroad for tTUs season is
practically at an end.
“Chairman Edes of the Alaskar
Engineering Commission is preparinf
to leave for the outside on the nexi
boat. Commissioner Thomas R
Riggs, Jr., left Seward last night oi
the steamer Alameda. Chairmai
Edes will go to San Francisco anc
Riggs direct to Washington.”
Visiting cards, invitations, anythin!
pretty is done by the Gateway Just a
well u outside.
GERMANS CANNOT BE
STOPPED IN SERBIA
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—All attempts to
stop the German drive in Serbia have
failed and the Teutonic allies are
now rolling through the heart of the
country in an invincible wave. Two
thousand more Serbians were captur
ed yesterday and constantly strag
glers are being taken from the rear
of the retreating Serb main army.
Reports from southern Serbia in
dicate that the Bulgarians alone are
fully able to hold the invading Brit
ish and French until we have disposed
of the Serbian resistance in the north
and can proceed to the assistance of
our Balkan allies. Trains with sup
plies and raw materials for making
munitions have reached Constantin
ople from Vienna and Berlin and sev
oral other Austrian and German citie
and the Turkish government has i
' sued another call to the colors to in
j crease the Turkish army as quickly
j as it can be supplied.
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❖ SENATOR BURROWS *
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KALAMAZOO, Nov. 18.—Former
Senator Burrows died here yesterday
at the age of seventy-nine. He had
served as a member of both houses
and his services in congress continued
over a period of over thirty-two
years.
KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM
THANKS PORTLAND PEOPLE
PORTLAND, Nov. 17.—A cable has
been received from the king of BeV
i gium thanking the people of Port
land for their donations to the Bel
gian relief fund. King Albert de
clares that the needs of his people
have been great and that the aid
I,.given them from America will always
’ be remembered with gratitude.
I THANKSGIVING EVE DANCE IS
NOW THE WHOLE SUBJECT
The Greatest Gathering Ever Seen in
Seward Will Make Merry for
Sweet Friendship’s Sake.
Next Wednesday evening, Thanks
giving Eve, Seward will see the
greatest dance of its career. '1 his
time the dance will not be to celebrate
the choice of Seward as the terminal
nor for any similar reason but it will
be an occasion which will bring forth
all that is in the people of this city
and district. The committee of the
Pioneers has been busier than bees
since their appointment for the task
and they are finding the sentiment of
the town just as the sentiment of an
Alaskan town ought to be. It will be
a great dance and a great time and
never was such a chance given the
people of any community to celebrate
Thanksgiving with the spirit most
( appropriate to the occasion.
‘ REPUBLICAN MEETING
TO TAKE PLACE SOON ;
Charles E. Herron, chairman of
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the territorial Republican committee,1
r will call a meeting of the local Re
1 publicans on his return from Anchor
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- age where he now is.' He has been in
5 communication with the leaders of
’ the party all over the territory and
r will be in a position soon to state
» where and when the convention will
1 be held. L. V. Ray wil leave in a few
days for Valdez, maybe on the North
western, to represent that city in the
dock matter, and it is likely that Her
ron will meet him here on his return
and fix the thing up finally.
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A. B. MEETING TONIGHT
The Arctic Brotherhood will hold a
meeting tonight.
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HOSPITAL SHIP
SUNK BY MINE
CARRIED THREE III NDRKD \ND
SEVENTY-TWO WO ENDED
MEN IN CHANNEL.
LONDON, Nov. 17. -The British
hospital ship Anglia was sunk by a
mine yesterday in the English chan
nel and, according to the reports to
hand up to the present, hundred* o
those aboard were either killed or in
jured. The vessel was pucked at tin*
time of the occurrence with wounded
men, the number of the wounded
aboard being reported unofficially as
three hundred and seventy-two. The
others were doctors, nurses and
guards as well as the crew. It i~
stated that three hundred were sav
ed out of the total number and this
probably means that at least an
equal number were killed by the ex
plosion or drowned later. The mine
had probably been laid to wreck
troop ships and it is suspected that
many others have also recently been
laid in spite of the great care taken
to guard against it. The Anglia was
on the way from France with men
who had just been wounded in the
trenches. The occurrence has caused
another wave of horror to spread all
over England.
SI MMER WHITE HOUSE
RIGHT IN LONG BEACH
LONG BRANCH, N. J., Nov. 13.
President Wilson’s new Summer
White House is not at “Elberon, near
I^ong Branch,” nor at “West End,
near Long Branch,” nor any place else
in the world but right spang in I^ong
Branch itself; and the Long Branch
Chamber of Commerce, through its
secretary, Daniel Doran, wants that
distinctly understood by the world at
large. Certain porous have written
dispatches putting the Summer White
House at both these other places and
Mr. Doran, in each of the many hun
dreds of letters he is sending all over
the country, points out that Elberon
and West End are parts of Long
Branch. The Chamber, in fact, pass
ed resolutions ordering Mr. Doran to
do it. It also is remarked that Long
Branch “has housed 5 presidents with
in half a century, including Grant and
Garfield, and will house another one,
after a lapse of 35 years, in 1916.”
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 17.—'There is
nothing in the rumor about the
Northwestern and she will sail to
morow night.
ONE MORE MUNITION
FACTORY RURNED UP
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 18.—The Riv
, er Spinning Company’s plant, which
I was engaged in the manufacture of
special gun cotton for the allied
armies, was destroyed by fire this
l morning. The cause of the fire has
b not been learned but the police be
' lieve it to be the result of the pro
German conspiracy. Nearly the
whole stock of gun cotton and all the
machinery was ruined completely
and the factory cannot possibly be in
working condition again for several
months. No one was injured but hun
dreds of people have been thrown out
of employment.