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V,.l 9. No. 136 SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15. 1915. ____fen C«ntn tin ( opr
MINI I writs
COMING IIP TONIGHT
Old knik W ill Be Headquart
ers for the Railroad
Commission
SEATTLE, April 15.—The com
mencement of the work of building
the Alaska government railroad may
be said to commence tonight when ten
employees of the engineering commis
sion will leave on the Admiral Evans
to begin the preliminaries. It is pos
sible that Lieutenant Mears, a mem
ber of the commission, may leave on
the Esans also but this is not yet sure.
With the men going tonight is a large
shipment of supplies for the railroad
work but the heavy machinery and
the great bulk of the supplies will not
be bought until next week. Forty
five employees of the commission will
leave on the Mariposa Sunday night
and from this time forward the move
ment of the people connected with the
construction work will continue. 'Ihe
BRITISH HAVE i
LOST 140,000
LIST OF TOTAL CASUALTIES UP
TO APRIL 11 IS
PUBLISHED.
LONDON, April 15.—The total
British losses in men during the war
up to April 11 is one hundred and
forty thousand, according to the of- j
ficial announcement made by the war
office today. This number includes
killed, wounded and taken prisoners.
About half the total number of com
missioned officers who were in active
service with the regular army at the
beginning of the war have been kill
ed, wounded or captured. The num
ber of British soldiers captured by the
Germans is about thirty, thousand and
it is said that about an equal number
have been killed. The remainder are
the wounded. The country has now
come to receive the lists of killed and
wounded much more calmly. After
the first great battle in which the
British troops were engaged in the
present war the news that 3,000 had
ben lost caused a thrill that amounted
almost to horror. The regular army
of great Britain had a peace strength
of only two hundred and sixty-two
thousand men so that over half the
total peace strength has been lost al
ready. The losses are particularly
regrettable because they include a
vast majority of the welt trained
troops and officers.
BRITISH GOV’T
CHANGES MIND
WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO REGU
LATE BRITAIN’S LIQ
UOR TRAFFIC.
LONDON, April 15.—It is now al
most made certain that the British
government will not attempt to regu
late the liquor traffic in these islands
as a most formidable opposition to the
plan has developed in all four coun
tries. The government is now furn
ishing beer to the soldiers on the fir
ing line and it has been decided to con
tinue the practise in spite of the ob-;
ections made by the opponents of the
idea. Parliament is expected to be
engaged this week on the prohibition
question but so much division of opin
ion is apparent that the result of the
proposal cannot yet be guesked. The
matter continues to be the chief sub
ject of discussion, next to the war, in
this country now and whether prohibi
tion becomes general or not at present
the agitation has given root to a
controversy which will last until long
after the conclusion of the war itself.
WANTED.
Smart boy at the Gateway office.
information given out today semi
officially is that the headquarters of
the commission will be at Old Knik.
A post office will be opened there im
mediately and the whole work for this
year will be done at both sides of that
place, south to Seward and north to
wards Matanuska. The commission
seems to be determined to give all
the work to residents of Alaska and.
the men being sent north are those
who are skilled in particular lines or
; are employed for the handling of the
: supplies going with them. It was re
ported today that Commissioners Edes
and Riggs have left Washington but
no telegraphic information of their
leaving was received here. It is virtu
ally certain that the work will be in
full swing by the first of June.
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❖ THREE WEEKS TO *
❖ REPAIR CRUISER. ❖
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NEWPORT NEWS, April 14.—’The
captain of the German converted
cruiser Prinz Wilhelm says that three
weeks will be required for making the
necessary repairs to his vessel and he
will probably be given that period to
perform the work. He still insists on
the intention to sail w’hen he is ready.
STEAMER SPOKANE
SMASHES LAUNCH.
SEATTLE, April 15.—The steamer
Spokane, northbound, ran into a laun
ch yesterday and cut it in two,
drowning the occupant of the smaller
vessel. The accident occurred near
Anaeortes. The identity of the man
! lost has not been ascertained.
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NEWS NOTES
Thomas Goldman has arrived direct
from New Orleans for the purpose of
investing money here. He says that
two or three other business men have
come with a similar object but that
they have not been able to secure lots
at the price they are willing to pay.
Sport Smith and Arthur Jett left
today over the trail for the SeilTert
ground. C. A. Calame is also going
and will be foreman for the summer.
Sport’s name is M. L. V. but when it
came telegraphed in the passenger
list it appeared as Mrs. L. V. Smith.
The flags are at half mast today as
an observance of the fiftieth annivers
ary of the death of Lincoln.
The Bertha, Captain C. A. Glass
cock, has the outfit for Gus Seiffcrt’s
mining operations aboard. She also
has dynamite and another part of her
cargo is lumber for Port Graham.
District Attorney Spence and As
sistant Attorney Munley purchased
lots in the Bay View addition while
here.
The sled trail is said to be still in
fair condition, beginning about Mile
Four. Beyond that in spots it is in
poor shape, but on the whole it is not
bad, according to mushers.
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REINDEER HERDS
BECOME IMMENSE.
The following is a summary of the
statistics of the reindeer industry
maintained by the Bureau of Educa
tion in the Northwest district, which
covers the region from Norton Bay
to Barrows, says the Nome Nugget.
In this district there are 37 herds,
24 of which are on the Seward Pen-j
insula. . |
The total number of reindeer in the
Northwest district number 32,326, of
which 17,000 are on the Seward pen
insula. These are distributed as fol
lows: Seven hundred and twenty
two natives own 25,900 reindeer, and
the government, missions and Lapps
own 6.426. The number of marketable
male deer now number 4,200. The
year’s bearing fawns, is 72 per cent
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Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty i. done by the Gateway just as
well as outside.
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❖ LOOT WORTH FIFTY *
❖ THOUSAND DOLLARS. ♦
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BUFFALO, April 15.—It has been
learned since the holdup of the New
York Central freight train that the
loot secured by the robbers was far
more valuable than was believed at
first. The amount of goods stolen has
been estimated after an investigation
at fifty million dollars. The robbers
were evidently aware of the richness
of the shipment and had made their
plans carefully.
CRUISER EXAMINED
TO FIND INJURY.
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Secre
tary of War Daniels has ordered a
survey of the Prinz Wilhelm to as
certain what repairs she really needs
and how much time she ought to be
given to have them attended to. If
the repairs will not require three
weeks that time will not be granted.
CATCHING TROUT
CAUSED MAN'S DEATH.
TACOMA, April 15.—James Bailey,
fifty-eight years of age, dropped dead
suddenly of heart failure yesterday
near this city because of excitement
due to catching a twelve inch trout.
The man was never known to be suf
fering from heart trouble
CAN DIVE 240 FEET
FOR SUBMARINE F-4.
New Diving Apparatus Proves to be
of Immense \ralue for
Purpose.
HONOLULU, April 14.—A test
made of the new diving apparatus
shows that it will enable divers to de
scend two hundred and forty feet to
work on the submarine F-4 which
sank here some time ago. The ves
sel is expected to be a total loss and
men, of course, have been dead long
ago but a careful investigation will be
made to find the explanation for the
disaster.
NEW PAY FOUND
IN TOLOVANA.
FAIRBANKS, April 1.—Upon his
return from Tolovana camp where he
has been looking after his interests,
Dave Lowry said this morning that
the paystreak on Livengood creek had
been opened in two more places last
week.
DIVERS MAKE
RECORD DIVE
FIND TOP OF LOST SUBMARINE
F-4 CRUSHED
IN.
HONOLULU, April 15.—The divers
working on the wreck of the submar
ine F-4 made a record dive yesterday
afternoon when they descended two
hundred and ninety feet with the aid
of the new’ diving apparatus and made
a short survey of the wreck. They
found the top of the submarine crush
ed in, but from what cause has not
been ascertained.
The sunken vessel was located with
out much difficulty and the divers will,
go down again and make an incom
plete survey of the hull before an at
tempt is made to raise the ill-fated
vessel. The government is taking
every’ possible step to find the cause
of the disaster.
BRITISH BUY GREAT
QUANITY OF WHEAT.
One Hundred Million Dollars Worth
Purchased from Argentina v
In Two Weeks.
LONDON, April 15.—The British
government is now’ buying up all the
w’heat it can obtain in all parts of the
w’orld. Within the last fortnight it
has purchased one hundred million
dollars worth from Argentina alone.
Particular care will be taken of the
shipments to guard them from Ger
man submarines.
lostT
Purse containing $220.00, 3 travel
lers checks, balance paper. Liberal
rew’ard by returning to W. J. South,
The Fairbanks.
See us before sending outside hi
your lob printing.
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DEFEAT FRENCH
BERLIN SAYS
ALL ATTACKS REPULSED AND
GERMANS ATTACK IN
THE EAST.
BERLIN, April 15.—‘The official
news this morning is that the French
have been defeated everywhere. The
enemy have tried s veral offensive
movements during the past couple of
days and these movements are be
lieved to have been the much heralded
general attempt to drive us out of
French territory but all have failed
completely. The chief attacks deliver
ed against our troops were near
Reims, northwest of Verdun, south
and southwest of St. Mihiel and north
east of Thann. In all places the
enemy was repulsed. No changes are
reported in the west or east today.
The Germans have renewed their at
tacks around Ossowetz and other
places near the East Prussian frontier
but the result of the new offensive
will not be known for a few days at
least.
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❖ THIRTEEN KILLED ♦
❖ AT CAR CROSSING. *
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DETROIT, April 15.—Ten women
and three men were killed today when
the street car in which they were
riding ran into a freight train at a
grade crossing. The car was smash
ed to pieces and everyone aboard re
ceived more or less injuries. The
cause of the mistake on the part of
the car has not yet been made clear.
TAFT IS HONORED.
NEW YORK, April 15.—Former
President William Howard Taft has
been made a member ,of the advisory
board of the American Legion.
UNITED STATES GETS
GERMAN DYESTUFFS.
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Arrangements Made That Will Keep
Two Million People Em
ployed.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Ar
rangements have been made by which
the United States will secure two car
goes of German dye stuffs which had
been purchased before March. This
means that twfo million people who
were threatened with being thrown
out of employment will continue at
w'ork. Ow’ing to the tremendous feel
ing w'hich the failure to obtain the
dyestuffs w’ould have caused in the U.
S. against the allies the British govern
ment permitted the shipment to take
place. Germany has had a monopoly
of the dyestuffs trade both for Brit
ain and the United States but both
countries are now taking steps to try
to manufacture their owfn dyes.
MOOSE WILL CELEBRATE
TERMINAL TRIUMPH.
Informal Dance to Members and
Their Families Tomorrow
Evening.
The Sev'ard Lodge Loyal Order of
Moose will celebrate the selection of
this city as the terminal of the gov
ernment railroad by an informal dance
for members of the lodge and their
families tomorrow, Friday, night.
The entertainment will take place in
the Moose, or A. B., hall and a very
pleasant time is expected. The order
is the largest in the district and the
members came to the conclusion that
to show its satisfaction with the great
success of Sew’ard.
WHAT POLL TAX BRINGS.
The probabilities that the present
session of the Territorial Legislature
will pass another poll tax bill leads
to the question as to what the
amounts collected two years ago, be
for the law then in effect was declared
defective. Herewith are the figures:
Juneau .$7,367.80
Ketchikan. 1,363.40
Fairbanks. 1,346.60
Nome. 1,077.80
Sitka .. 869.00
Seward. 286.45
Sulzer. 421.60
Valdez. 1,265.00
Skagway . 302.00
Chatanika. 887.40
Cordova. 773.30
Chitina. 647.20
Wrangell . 580.75
RAN INTO THE
! DARDANELLES
' DESTROYER AND CRUISER
MAKE A DARING
JOURNEY.
LONDON, April 15.—A British de
stroyer accompanied by a British
cruiser yesterday ran up the Dardan
elles to the furthest point bombarded
by the allied fleets. Both of them
were hit and slightly damaged by the
fire of the forts but neither was put
out of action. The result of the ef
fort was to show that many of the
forts have probably been silenced and
that the guns of the warships are find
ing their targets most surely. The
bombardment continues with favor
able results although the task of forc
ing the channel is greater than had
been looked for. The attack by the
fleet has, at least, the effect of keep
ing large Turkish land forces around
that region and preventing a Turkish
offensive in other quarters.
LOCOMOTIVE HERE IS
NEARLY READY TO WORK.
Could Be Fixed Up In a Week For
Service on the Railroad by
Government.
Should the government decide to
run trains out the Alaska Northern
line this summer it can be done with
out bringing in new rolling stock, it
was learned today. One of the loco
motives is in such condition that it
could be placed in commission within
a week and the cars could also be
made available. Some of the ties will
need replacing and other superficial
improvements would have to be made
but there is nothing that would pre
vent the operation to Mile Forty-five
in a very short time.
NO MORE APPLICATIONS.
Contrary to expectations no more
formal applications have been made
for jobs under the city council. Only
two have been received altogether
but, most likely, candidates for other
positions are quietly working on the
matter. The new officials may be,
and likely will be, appointed Monday
night.
RUSSIANS ARE
STILL GOING
PETROGRAD REPORTS THAT
ADVANCE IS MAIN
TAINED.
PETROGRAD, April 15.—The nows
from the front this morning shows
that the Russian armies in the Car
pathians are still advancing and pene
trating further and further into Aus
trian territory. The Russian positions
around Bartfield have been strength
ened tb prevent any offensive move
ment on the part of the enemy. It is
known that the Austrians and Ger
mans are rushing reinforcements to
that field with a view to making a
tremendous effort to sove the heart
of Hungary from the avalanche of
Muscovites that is now rolling down
the Hungarian sides of the great
mountain range. The fall of
Przemysl has removed the danger to
the Russian rear as the main body
drives forward towards Buda Pest.
It is expected here that any moment
news will come that the enemy forces
guarding the road to Cracow and their
forces in Bukowina will be compelled
to retire to save their communica
tions. On the whole the next few
days are sure to bring forth stupend
ous results one way or the other.
The following throws more light on
the Hume affair:
PORTLAND, Ore., April 7.—Wil
liam T. Hume, a prominent Portland
attorney, and former practicing law
yer at Nome, was shot and probably
fatally wounded at noon today by
S. A. Constantino, an Italian, who fir
ed three shots, one of which entered
Hume’s back.
Constantino’s grievance against
Hume was because the latter defend
ed A. M. Brunswick, another attorney
who was charged with having retain
ed money belonging to the Italian.
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❖ DAM BREAKS AND *
❖ DROWNS TWELVE. ❖
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HOLBROOK, April 15.—The big
reservoir twelve miles south of this
town burst its banks this morning
and twelve people were carried away
by the flood and drowned. The town
itself was endangered for a time but
it is believed that this danger is now
past.
❖ HAMLIN SAYS BETTER *
| •» TIMES ARE COMING. *
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SEATTLE, April 15.—Charles Sum-!
( nor Hamlin, governor of the federal
reserve board, is now in Seattle and
j states in an interview that everything
' now points to the coming of better;
times. In most of the states, he says, j
an extraordinay business awakening
is taking place.
BIG REAL ESTATE
DEALS ARE PENDING.
One of Them Involves a Sum Ap
proximating Thirty Thou
sand Dollars.
Some big real estate deals are pend
ing today here in Seward but as they
have not been consummated the publi
cation of the details is not permitted.
One of those deals involves a sum of
money approximating thirty thousand
dollars and all the deals involve sums
exceding forty-five thousand dollars.
Local real estate men declare that
money is now coming for the purchase
of local property from all parts of the
United States and more is expected
when sufficient time has elapsed from
the date of the announcement that
Seward would be the terminal.
STEAMER BERTHA
COMES WITH LOAD.
Has Large Cargo For New Cannery
at Goose Bay.
The steamer Bertha arrived this
morning with six hundred tons of
freight for Knik and Ship creek.
Most of the cargo is for the new can
nery at Goose bay. She had only a
ton or two of stuff for Seward. On
the way from the sound she encount
ered very rough weather and was
compelled to go in to harbor a few
times. She will leave again for the
outside after unloading at her destina
tion.
WENT ON SANTA ANA.
The following passengers went west
on the Santa Ana yesterday:
H. J. Christopher, Emanuel West
berg, Jennie McCable, J. R. .Nichols,
Anna Palmer, Mrs. J. P. Donovan, Mr.
Pierce, Chas. G. Thielvike, Edward
Saindou, Miss Mary Jacobson, John
Jacobson, A. F. Sprague, Arthur Mur
phy, Mr. Gerhadi, F. A. Johnson, J.
Palmer, Mrs. Gardner and child, Geo.
Carlson, Ganka Kazakoff, R. W. Daw
son, C. E. Shea, Robert Jacobson,
Harry Brown, C. B. Peterson, R.
Brown, Geo. W. Palmer, J. P. Donovan
Mrs. Pierce, Geo. Englehart, T. B.
Judson, Mrs. Irene Jacobson, N. Jac
obson and 2 steerage.
PROPOSAL TO GRADE
AND MAKE SIDEWALKS.
Petition Circulated to Find Opinion
of Fourth St. People For
Concrete Walks.
The suggestion has been made to
have Fourth Avenue graded and sup
plied with concrete sidewalks and a
petition was circulated today asking
the opinion of property holders on
that street The council will go
through with the matter if the neces
sary majority of the ground owners
is secured for the proposal. It is also
the intention to circulate petitions
with a view to having the streets
cleared in other neighborhoods.
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF LINCOLN’S DEATH.
Observed in the States Today and
Even Cable Offices Have
Holiday.
Today is the fiftiesth anniversary
of the death of Abraham Lincoln who
died on the 15th of this month, 1865,
from the effects of the wounds re
ceived the day before. The occasion
is being observed as a holiday and the
cable offices will be open today only
for the Sunday hours of business.
ZEPPELIN SHIP
RAIDSENGLAND
DROPS SCORES OF BOMBS
AROUND NEW
CASTLE.
LONDON, April 15.— Zeppelin air
ships made a raid yesterday on sever
al towns in the north of Er gland and
dropped scores of bombs but failed in
the evident intention to inflict much
damage on the Tyne ship building
yards. Some of the bombs were drop
ped on the city of Newcastle and on
Tyneside and other places but as far
as can be learned the damage in any
of those towns was very slight. It is
almost certain that the Tyne ship
yards was the real object of attack
but if this is so the raid was a failure.
SEWARD WILL SOON
HAVE BRASS BAND.
Instruments and Music Sent For and
a Fine Aggregation of Play
ers Are Here.
The Seward band has now sent out
for the instruments required to make
up the full number. It has also sent
out for music so that within a few'
w'eeks the organization will be in full
swing and supplying music. It is the
intention of the bandsmen to take part
in the welcomes to Secretary Lane
when he comes in July and also to we!
come other prominent officials who
may arrive. The Fourth of July cele
brations will be especially prepared
for.
As a result of fisheries legislation
which has been stirred up in congress
with a large sized spoon, Dr. E.
Lester Jones has been removed from
office of deputy fish commissioner, and
Ward T. Bower has been transferred
from the luxury of the Seattle office,
to the barren shores of St. Paul isl
and, where the famous Alaska seal
rookeries are located.
In a letter to the president, Dele
gate Wickersham roasted the admin
istration of the Alaska Isheries in
bitter language.—(Ex.)
WANT SIDEWALKS
ON THIRD ALSO.
City About to Undergo Some Big
Improvements All Over If
Signs Count.
Another petition is being circulated
today to secure the opinion of the
property holders on Third avenue as
to the advisability of putting in side
walks on that street. Several other
improvements are also under consid
eration in different parts of the city.
A. B’S MEET TONIGHT.
The Arctic Brotherhood will meet
this evening at 8 o’clock and a good
attendance is requested.
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TRAINROBBERY
TEN MASKED MEN MAKE
BIG HAUL NEAR
BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, April 15.—Ten masked
men held up a New York Central
freight train yesterday and got away
with tne truck loads of goods near
this city. The goods taken were val
uable and are valued at thousands of
dollars. The holdup is regarded as
one of the boldest in tie history of
railroad crimes as the neighborhood
where it occurred is net far from
thickly settled communities. This
fact leads to the belief on the part of
the authorities that the robbers can
not succeed in hiding so much booty.
Posses are now out hunting in every
corner and if necessary hundreds of
men will be engaged in the search.
Juneau Dispatch, April 7.—The at
tempt to indefinitely postpone Senate
memorial creating a committee to
draft a statehood constitution and
authorizing a ratification vote by the
people of the territory on July 4,1915,
was defeated fti the Semite yesterday.
Senator Sulzer made the motion to
indefinitely postpone, and the same
was defeated by the vot>e of Hubbard,
Sutherland, Gaustad and McGann.