The Terminus of Alaska’s Thirty-five Million Dollar Government Owned Railroad System
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SHIP CREEK IS
NOT SHIP CREEK
THREE NAMES NOW GIVEN
TO RAILROAD HEAD
QUARTERS.
WASHINGTON. April 22.—Ship
creek, at which or near which the head
quarters of the Alaska engineering
commission will be, is now being load
ed with the three different names. The
coast survey bulletin calls it Woodrow
creek after the president but the Post
Office department says the name of
the place is Anchorage and that the
post office about to be established
will be known as the Anchorage post
office. However, the engineering com
mission insists that the name is Ship
Creek and no other so that there will j
be quite a contest to arrive at a name
that will be acceptable to all parties.1
The name given by the post office de
partment is expected to prevail.
BASEBALL BOYS GET
READY FOR SEASON.
Will Give Dance May Day At Which
Dances Will Be Paid For
Separately.
The baseball club had a meeting
last night at which the chief business
done was the arrangement to raise
funds which are necessary for the suc
cess of the game here. Amongst
other ways proposed for achieving this
end it was decided to give a dance on
May Day evening which will be next
Saturday week. Instead of charging
an admission fee to the hall it has
been decided to charge ten cents for
each dance as a change from the usual
custom. The boys are now* about to
get new equipment and it has been
proposed to invite Valdez for a game
when everything is ready for it.
ROOSEVELT IN
A GAY HUMOR
TELLING ABOUT POLITICS FORM
ER PRESIDENT ENJOYS
HIMSELF.
SYRACUSE. April 22.—Theodore
Roosevelt was in the gayest of humors
yesterday as he sat in the witness
chair for five hours and went in de
tail into the whole story of the politics
of New Y'ork state and particularly in
to the story of the recent election dur
ing which the acts complained of by
Barnes are said to have occurred. He
seemed to enjoy himself thoroughly
as he told of the acts of political bos
sism in the state and tried to prove
the truth of the statements against
the plaintiff. Never for a moment
did he display the least sign of irrita
tion or bad humor and a large crowd
became so infected with his spirit
that the courtroom w'as a scene of the
most pleasant kind.
SYRACUSE, April 22.—The cross
examination of Theodore Roosevelt be
gan this afternoon and is still pro
ceeding. A hot fight was developed
w’hen the attorneys for Barnes tried
to prove that the allegations against
their client by the ex-president were
inspired by malice. Roosevelt indig
nantly repudiated the suggestion and
warmly declared that any charges
made by him against the plaintiff
were suggested entirely by his desire
for the purification of the political
life of the state.
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NEWS NOTES
E. M. McVeitty, formerly chief of
police of Nome, and Mrs. McVeitty
will leave on the Evans for Ship creek.
Quite a large number will take the
tame boat for that place.
! BRITISH MEET
! BLOODY ATTACK
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GERMANS SAVAGELY ATTACK
POSITION TAKEN FROM
THEM.
LONDON, April 22.—The bloodiest
fighting reported today from the
western front is taking place for the
possession of Hill sixty which the
British took from the Germans last
I Saturday. The enemy is attacking
the position savagely but the British
ranks have remained firm. Several
thousand men are engaged on both
I sides with the weight of numbers in
favor of the Germans who are being
sent forward with something like the
old reckless disregard for human life.
The attackers are losing frightfully
but their determination to wrest back
the position seems to be unalterable.
The British now occupy the crest and
slopes of the hill which commands a
most important strategical point and
whose possession is regarded as of the
utmost importance.
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❖ SCOTTISH WOMEN TAKE *
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GLASGOW, April 22.—Women are
now acting as the conductors of
street cars in this city to replace the
men conductors who have gone away
to fight for the empire. When the
number <jf men available became
scarce women were tried to fill the
vacancies and the experiment has
proved them to be quite successful in
the work. Four hundred women will
be put on immediately
MANY MORE TAKE OCT
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS.
in addition to those who took out
their first citizenship papers and
whose names were published yester
day the following have declared the
intentions to become citizens: V.
Miteff, Oluf Nording, Bernard John
son, Nels J. Nelson, Anton W. Peter
son, Andrew Jacobsen, John P. Dyrk
norn, Peter H. Peterson and Ole
Reiseter. William A. MacPherson has
made application for his final papers.
NAVAL BATTLE
AT HELIGOLAND
BERLIN SAYS BRITISH LOST,
A SUBMAR
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BERLIN, April 22.—A naval battle
occurred in the sight of Heligoland (
on April 17 and the only result was
the sinking of a British submarine, i
The British naval vessels attempted
to attack the fortifications of the lit
tle island try stealth and sent in sever
al submarines in the effort to torpedo
some of the German war vessel lving
in the bight. One of the attacking
submarines wa.<- destroyed and the
rest were compelled to leave without
inflicting ar. / injury. It is supposed
that t^e I marine was sunk !*; the
guns of ♦ e land batteries on t‘ e Isl
and but the details are not fully
known. The British exchanged some
shots with our forts and ships before
retiring.
The Steamboat fare from Seward to
Knik anchorage is now twenty dollars
instead of fifteen as it had been.
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AUSTRIA AND
ITALY AGREE
ROME REPORTS PEACE WILL
CONTINUE BETWEEN
THEM.
ROME, April 22.—It is reported
semi-oflicially today that the deadlock
in the negotiations between the Ital
ian and Austrian governments has
ended and that peace is now certain to
continue between the two nations.
The terms have not been published
but it is assumed that Austria has
listened to the advice of Germany and
has ceded to Italy a great part of the
territory asked for with the under
standing that if Italy remains neutral
and victory comes to the Teutonic
powers Italy and Austria will evenly
divide the spheres of influence on the
Adriatic and in the Balkans. A
speedy signing of the peace treaty is
hoped for here in spite of the strong
body of opinion in favor of war in
some circles. The most significant
fact connected with this reported
agreement is that Italy has ordered
all Italian ships engaged in the Trans
atlantic trade to stop operation as
they are needed at home. This order
is deemed to be most extraordinary
under the circumstances and in some
quarters it is hinted that it can mean
nothing else than that trouble is ex
pected betwen Italy and the powers
of the Triple Entente, which trouble
might endanger Italian shipping far
from home.
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CRUISER FOLLOWS
AMERICAN STEAMER.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.—The
steamer Admiral Farragut arrived
here today and reports that she was
followed by a cruiser on her way here.
[ The pursuing vessel is believed to
have been British.
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POWER INTERRUPT El)
A slide occurred along the electnc
power line this morning and for some
hours the Gateway machine and press
were at a standstill.
SAYS EDES WILL HAVE
HEADQUARTERS HERE.
Juneau Paper Publishes Statement
Which May Be a Fact
Overlooked.
That Chairman Edes of tho engine
ering commission will have his head
quarters at Seward is the statement
contained in a telegram from Wash
ington, dated April 11, to the Juneau
Daily Dispatch. The Juneau paper al
so states in the same telegram that
Mears will have his headquarters at
Ship creek and that Riggs will go out
to survey the grade to Matanuska.
The telegram may be correct or not
but it certainly looks as if the mem
bers of the commission would dispose
themselves in just such a manner.
A. B.’S MEET TONIGHT.
Tht Arctic Brotherhood will hold a
special meeting this evening at 8
o’clock.
Read our today’s display ad.
Alaska Land & Development Co.,
Inc.
Cheap buy on 4th Avenue close in
$2,000.00. Terms if necessary.
Excellent buy on terms two lots on
corner, $1600.00 Terms.
Fine buy for cash, Lot 30, Block 18.
When you pass the office read our
display in the window for bargains.
Alaska Land & Development Com
pany, Inc.
G. Benj. Poindexter,
Manager.
New assortment of Libby’s Pickles,
forty cents per quart. Brown &
Hawkins. “Quality First”
Uet waffles at the Comm tree Cafe.
NOON'S EFFORT
GETS KILLED
RESOLUTION TO REMOVE CAPI
TAL TO SEWARD KNOCK
ED OUT.
HANGING BILL PASSED
GASTINEAU CHANNEL TO HAVE
THREE TEAM BALL
LEAGUE.
JUNEAU, April 21.—The memorial
to congress to ask that the capital of
the territory be removed from Juneau
to Seward has been killed in the house.
It was introduced by Representative
John Noon of Seward and came up for
action today with fatal results. It was
pointed out by the supporters of the
proposal that Seward is the most cen
tral point in all Alaska and that it is
the terminal of the railroad which will
place it in easy touch with the inter
ior. Needless to say, the resolution
was strongly opposed by the repre
sentative of he First division and Ju
neau need never be expected to agree
to the proposal.
Sulzer’s bill abolishing capital pun
ishment has passed the house and as
it passed the senate it is now ready
for the governor’s signature. Those
opposing the bill in the house were
Coombs, Day, Heckman, Driscoll,
Moran, Noon and Collins.
Gastineau Channel is to have »
three team baseball league this season.
The teams will be Juneau, Treadwell
and Thane.
❖ BRITISH CRUISERS *
❖ WATCH NEW YORK. *
NEW YORK, April 22.—Three
British cruisers are now patrolling
the sea off this harbor and keeping
a careful lookout for ships that might
look suspicious. Should any vessel
sail with supplies that might possibly
be meant for direct or indirect ship
ment to any of the Teutonic allies it
will probably be followed or intercept
ed by the Britishers. The feeling
aroused here by those tactics is by no
means friendly.
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GENEVA, April 22.—It is reported
that the Germans and Austrians are
now recalling all their troops that
were mobilized to face a possible
Italian invasion by the Italians. The
assumption is that the Teutonic allies
have relinquished all fear of trouble
with Italy and have decided to send
the troops engaged in watching the
Italian border to meet the allies in the
west and the Russians in the east.
GREAT AUTO RACE.
OKLAHOMA, April 22.—The auto
mobiles of ten different countries are
ready to face the starter in the two
hundred mile road race which begins
this afternoon. The prizes amount
to seven thousand dollars all told.
INDIANS HOLD POW POW.
TACOMA, April 22.—The Indians
of the Northwest have decided to hold
a great improvement pow pow in this
city in July. The arrangements being
made indicate that it will be one of
the most extraordinary’ gatherings
ever held in the United States.
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A great many people outside and
inside Alaska are now anxious to get
any news they can of the place where
the government railroad will be. To
save writing letters you could send
the Gateway, either your own read
copy or get another.
AUSTRIA NOW
IS ATTACKING
TAKES UP OFFENSIVE IN THE
CARPATHIAN MOUNT
AINS.
PETROGRAD, April 22.—Bukow
ina is reported to be practically clear
of the Austrians but it is admitted
that the enemy has commenced a
fierce and determined offensive move
ment in the Carpathian mountains.
They are launching particularly fierce
attacks in the Uszok pass district but
our troops are holding their own. The
absence from the official accounts of
any statement showing that we are
advancing is taken to mean the admis
sion that our offensive has been
brought to a stop at least temporarily.
The feeling is general, however, that
the Russian forces in the mountains
will be speedily and strongly rein
forced and that another advance will
be tried.
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❖ TWELVE KILLED BY ♦
* A FALLING WALL. *
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 22.
—Twelve people were killed and many
were injured when the wall of a burnt
building fell here this morning and
crashed into a store. The wall was a
live story one which had been cracked
The failure to tear it down after the
tire has brought much criticism on the
heads of the authorities.
NOON ASKS FOR THE
MAIL ROUTE TO NOME.
Wants Capital Changed Before the
New Capitol Building Goes
Up At Juneau.
Representative John Noon must be
given credit for lighting hard for Se
ward. He has come out bodly, “right
in the heart of the enemy’s country”
with a resolution asking that Seward
be named the capital of Alaska before
the capitol buildings are erected in
the present site selected. The result
of this proposal has not yet been re
ported. He also asks that the mail
route to Nome be changed so that it
will come via Seward. The following
is from the Juneau Empire of April
13:
“Representative John Noon of Se
ward wants the capital of Alaska
moved from Juneau to Seward. He
introduced a joint resolution today
asking Congress to send a committee
to Alaska and examine conditions, and
report, “before the capital building is
erected in Juneau.” The resolution
further recites that as the location
of the capital, Seward is the most
desirable point.
Representative Noon also introduc
ed a resolution, directed to the Post
master General, asking that the mail
now going to Nome over the route
from Cordova and Fairbanks, be re
routed by way of Seward and Iditarod.
The resolution avers that 400 miles
could be saved.”
Since the above was printed the
dispatch came telling of the defeat of
the resolution.
STREET WORK TAKEN
UP MONDAY NIGHT.
The arrangements for the street
cleaning and improvements generally
will not be made until the council
meets next Monday night. The com
mittees have been at work on the pre
liminary arrangements but no engine
er has been secured yet.
According to information received
yesterday by Gov. Strong, Joseph
Rankin Bell, an inmate of the
Pioneers Home at Sitka, died at that
place yesterday morning.
Bell was admitted to the home from
Deering. The information was in the
form of a cablegram from De Arm
ond, the acting superintendent.—(Dis
patch.)
Uncle Joe Irvine came to town yes
terday on one of his periodical holi
days.
TURKS READY
FOR INVASION
MOBILIZE STRONG FORCE TC
MEET ALLIED
ARMY.
ATHENS, April 22.—A strong
Turkish army is now mobilizing t<
! meet tho allied army which has land
| ed on the shores of the gulf of Saroi
to attack the Turkish positions on tht
Gallipoli peninsula. The dispatch
from Berlin to the effect that the al
lies have landed their army in fac<
of the fire of the Turkish forts has
ben confirmed and the outcome is now
being awaited with a profound inter
est. It is the hope of the allies to
take possession of the peninsula which
forms the European border of the
Dardanelles and which command the
straits so completely that the passage
of the warships would be a matter of
comparative ease if the Turkish forces
on the peninsula were dislodged. The
attempt of the allies is a most daring
one in the belief of military experts
who believe, how’ever, that the game
is well worth the candle.
LETTERS GALORE
FOR INFORMATION.
I The city clerk, amongst other ofli
cials, is now receiving all kinds of
letters from all kinds of people ask
ing about conditions here. The form
er manager of the Kamloops, B. C.
baseball club w’ants to know if he can
get a position here so that he can get
into the baseball game. Doctors,
lawyers, a boiler maker and even a
bandmaster are some of those apply
ing for positions. The bandmaster
will be referred to WVW. Buttts.
GERMANY MAKES
STRONG DEMAND
EMBASSY AT WASHINGTON
WANTS TO KNOW IN
MUELLER CASE.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—The
German embassy today presented to
the state department a strong demand
that information be at once given as
to what the intention is with respect
to the case of the German consul at
Seattle. It was stated that this gov
ernment would demand the recall of
the consul and Germany has taken
the bull by the horns and expresses
the necessity for a quick statement
from the United States administra
tion.
The demand of the German ambas
sador is couched in words that indi
cate the ill temper into which Ger
many has been driven by what it ap
parently believes to be the hostile
attitude of American officials in the
matter.
MAY RAISE THE U. S.
SUBMARINE TODAY.
HONOLULU, April 22.—The fourth
line has now been attached to the
sunken submarine F-4 and there is a
hope that she will be raised today.
Yesterday the Sunrise Dredging
company, a Washington corporation,
filed articles of incorporation with
Secretary Davidson.
The capital stock is fixed at $350,
000 and consists of shares at the value
of $10 each. Six mining claims and
three dollars cash are given as the
assets of the company. D. B. Patter
son and B. B. Dearborn, both of Se
attle, are the incorporators. Thomas
P. Barnes is secretary of the company
and C. E. Herron is president—(Dis
patch.)
Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
BERLIN CLAIMS
MORHUCCESS
SAYS GERMANS ADVANCE
AND ALLIES RE
PULSED.
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RUSSIANS ARE STOPPED
1 IF STORY CAN BE BELIEVED
THE TEUTONS CAN
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BOAST.
BERLIN, April 22.—Considerable
progress has been made by our army
in the Lapretre forest according to the
ollicial announcement posted this
morning. At this point the allies had
made strenous efforts to force our line
but this was followed by a German
offensive movement with the result
stated. The forest is near St. Mihiel
where the German wedge penetrates
the allied front. But the most im
portant news regarding the war in the
west published today is that the
French attacks in Champagne and
Alsace have been decisively repulsed
and the successes claimed there by the
enemy have been entirely counteract
ed. The French attempt at advance
in the department of Vosges has also
been held at a standstill so that, if
the official news is correct, the allies
efforts have come to nothing. The
most important news from the eastern
theatre is that the Russian advance
in the Carpathians has ben complete
ly stopped now without question. The
Russian attacks in the mountains and
in Stryi pass have been repulsed with
remarkable ease by the Austrians and
Germans and the danger to Hungary
appears to have entirely disappeared.
It is also announced that instead of
advancing from the east on Cracow
the Russians are being driven out of
Tarnow by the Austrian artillery fire
which is fierce and deadly. The re
treat of the Russians at that point
can only be followed by the retreat
of the Russians in the mountains as
their lines in the mountains would
have their communications seriously
threatened.
VILLA PURSUED
BY BIG ARMY
OBREGON WITH FIFTY THOU
SAND MEN FOLLOW THE
BEATEN ENEMY.
VERA CRUZ, April 22.—General
Francisco Villa, the man who was
once believed to be invincible, is now
fleeing in precipitate retreat before
the victorious army of Carranza under
the command of General Obregon.
Under the banner of Obregon are
marching forty thousand men in the
track of the former conqueror who is
now near Iraputo. It is reported that
the Villa losses last week amounted
to ten thousand men and this is be
lieved not to be an exaggeration by
any means. *
AUTOS WILL RUN IN
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Secre
tary Lane of the interior department
states that Yellowstone park will be
opened to automobiles after August 1.
EVANS DUE.
The Admiral Evans was due to ar
rive at 2 p. m. today but had not
docked at press time.
Libby's Milk three cans for twenty
five cents. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First.”