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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESl LTS PUBLISHED DAILY EXCE1T SUNDAY ______
Vol. 10. No. 2.'> 1 __SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1910._Ten Cents the Copy
SUCCESS IS CLAIMED BY BOTH
SIDES ON THE WARRING FRONTS
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AUSTRIANS STILL RETREATING
BUCHAREST, Sept. 13.—The Austrians are retreat
ing from the upper Maros and Alta valleys in lransyl
vania without attempting serious resistance, it is officially
announced. The Roumanian general stall by its state
ments gives the impression that the enemy is retiring and
that the retirement must not be regarded longer as strat
egy. One of the most important successes for Roumanian
arms was the capture of Orsova on the Danube as it pract
ically closes the river to the Austrians for the shipment of
supplies to the eastward. \ ery litle lighting has taken
place along the Danube so far. The advance ol the enemy
in the province of Dobrudja and the capture of the fort
ress of Silistria were not unexpected but as the Danube
divides that province from Roumania proper the enemy s
advance cannot be regarded as dangerous. 1 he newspap
ers have been printing warnings that the retreat of the
Austrians in the north is meant to draw our forces away
from the south and so weaken our defense against a pos
sible Bulgarian invasion from the Danube but the general
staff has stated to quiet fears that the southern border is
adequately protected.
ITALIANS JOIN THE REST
PARIS, Sept. 13.—The Italian forces have joined the
general allied offensive in Greece and is lighting near
Butkovolzuma, it is announced officially. The operations
are expected to be slow in this region as the enemey Iorces
have had plenty of time to fortify their positions which
are now very strong. Almost every nation ol the Entente
is represented in the campaign there but all are directed
by a united staff with a French general in the supreme
command.
FRENCH STILL DRIVING
PARIS, Sept. 13.—Continuing their great drive the
French troops last night captured Bouchavesnes which
lies midway between Combles and Perronne. This suc
cess was achieved despite the most desperate resistance on
the part of the Germans. The fighting was carried on in
intense darkness lit up at intervals by rockets and gun
Hashes. The enemy had fortified the place with all their
*kill but the onslaught of our troops was irresistable.
KING LETS ZAIMIS GO
LONDON, Sept. 13.—King Constantine has accepted
the resignation of Premier Zaimis alter having done
everything in his power to get him to reconsider it. lhe
formation of a new pro-ally cabinet is now under way, ac
cording to dispatches from Athens and the correspondents
of British papers at Athens profess perfect confidence
that the new ministry will be formed and that Greece will
join the allies very soon. It is now well known that the
rumors of King Constantine’s abdication and Hight were
unfounded.
RUSSIANS REPULSED
BERLIN, Sept. 13. — Russian attacks in force last
night on the Bistritz river were repulsed with heavy losses
by our troops, it is officially announced. The lighting took
place on the frontier of Bukowina which is formed in part
by that river.
HAIG SAYS NO CHANGE
LONDON, Sept. 13.—General Haig's only report to
day is that the situation on the British front is unchanged.
Some lighting took place last night in the neighborhood of
Ginchy but no dose infantry assaults were carried out.
BESSARABIA FOR ROUMANIA
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13.—It is generally understood
iin diplomatic circles in continental capitals that Russia
positively offered Roumania part of Bessarabia as a price
for her aid in the war. In addition to this, it is*generally
veil understood, Roumania will get part ot lransylvania
occupied by Roumanians and also part of Bulgarian terri
tory if the Allied nations win a decisive victory and can
dictate terms.
TURKS SAY RUSSIANS STOPPED
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 13. — It is officially an
nounced that every attempt by the Russians in Asia Min
or to advance has been checked with heavy losses.
Sam Graff Takes
Back Application
S. M. CiratT, president of the Seward ■
! Klectric Company, instructed his at
torneys, Messrs. Morford ami Finne
gan, yesterday to withdraw his appli
cation for a telephone franchise as he
believed the obstacles placed in the
way by the city council were insur
mountable—that he could not hope t**
enter into business on the cond’tions
required by the municipal governing
bodv. The chief rock on which the
pi-oposed franchise is said to have
been wrecked was the requirement by
the council that the company should
bind itself to supply phones to all peo
ple requiring them within a certain
distance of a line, or to pay a penalty
for refusing to do so..
COBB IS IN VALDEZ
J. H. Cobb, the “independent” can
l didate for attorney general is now in
Valdez and John Noon had a cable
f»*om him this morning stating that he
thinks he cannot visit Seward at th»3
time as he may have to go back to
Juneau in connection with legal mat*
| ters relating to the recent decision of
the court of appeals about the fishe*
ies. It is possible, however, that Cobb
may come here this trip. Although
the court of appeals has decided that
tl e fisheries must pay taxes there
seems to be a feeling that the fish
people wil carry the matter to higher
tribunals.
OPERATORS AND MEN
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
KANSAS CITY, Sept Ul—The min
ers and operators got together today'
after weeks of bitter wrangling and a
settlement is in sight. The presidents
of the companies have conceded the
bitterly disputed hiring clause in the
proposals of the men and the fact is
regarded as a big victory for the
unions.
MANY KILLED IN ANOTHER
EXPLOSION IN IH'PONT'S
FAIRCHANGE, Pa., Sept. 13.—
Several are reported killed as the re
sult of an explosion which wrecked
the Dupont powder works near this
place last night. The details of thej
occurrence have not yet been fully
learned.
FA R RAG FT PASSENG ER S
The following got ofT at Seward to
day: Oak Olson. A. Shy man, E. A.
Xorton, C. C. Allen, M. Mizner and B.
H. Barndollar.
GERMAN MANUFACTURES IMPROVE
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 13.—Manufacturers declare
that Germany is now carrying on quite an export trade
in spite of the war. All the machinery used by the con
quered parts of France and Russia as well as Serbia, Bel
gium, Bulgaria and Turkey are being developed by the use
of machinery made in Germany. No machinery can be
imported to these countries from any other manufactur
ing country so that the German manufacturers have a
monopoly. Germany’s trade with this country is going on
almost uninterruptedly and from the north of Norway to
the Persian gulf Germany is still shipping machinery.
POPE GIVES UP HOPE
ROME, Sept. 13.—It is announced from the Vatican
| that Pope Benedict will make no more efforts to end the
war as he considers peace overtures hopeless now and in
the near future. It is said that he has arrived at this
conclusion after having sounded the ruling powers of all
the nations on both sides, and the fact is taken to mean
that neither side is willing to give up hope of ultimate
I success* . . _ ..
Grigsby Speaks at
8 O’clock Tonight
George B. Grigsby, candidate for
the attorney generalship on the l>emo-j
cratic ticket, will address the people
of Seward tonight at 8 o’clock in A. •
B. Hall. Although he has taken part •
in many local campaigns and can
raise Cain with a jury, George is a
little bit nervous, no doubt, starting
out on his first campaign amongst
strangers. At least it is rather sus
pected that he would be so. George
Phelps, committteeman for this dis
trict, will introduce Mr. Grigsby and
he ought to be made to make a speech.
Let both Georges do it. It will oe the
biggest event of the year to date and
on a par with the Anchorage games
and the Civic Fair and sale of lots, so
that everyone of all political faiths1
and of none will be present. !to one
knows yet what direction the speech
of Mr. Grigsby will take but wo may
probably expect to hear something
about the opponents. It will be eight
o’clock sharp at A. B. Hall.
SOME SEARCHLIGHT
NEW YORK, Sept. 13. — Elie A.
Sperry, Brooklyn business man, ha*
just built and put atop his building a
searchlight of 1 billion 280 million
candle power. It is f>0 per cent
stronger than the navy searchlight
tried out here last May, which could
be seen 35 miles away.
RAILROAD EARNINGS
INCREASED IM MENSELY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1:1.—'The net
earnings of the large railroads of the
United States for the fiscal year just
dosed were greater by 26.G per cent
than those of the preceding year.
This statement is made in the report
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion just issued.
TERRITORY OF YUKON
VOTES TO STAY WET
SKAGWAY, Aug. 81.—According
to the latest returns from the pro
hibition election held in the Yukon
election received here early this af
ternoon the Territory has gone wet.
Seventy-one precincts have given
a majority of 57 for the wets.
At Dawson the vote was as follows:
Wets, 843; dry, 265.
At Whitehorse the following was
the vote:
Wets, 89; drys, 72.
Most all of the outlying precincts
went dry by small majorities.
There are three precincts yet to be
heard from and they will probably
poll 150 votes.—Ex.
LADIES AID MEETS
The Ladies Aid will meet at the
Parsonage on Thursday evening.
John Ballaine Ran
3d in Primaries
McBride Wins For Governor and
Poindexter Beats Humphries.
| SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—The men
nominated in the Republican primal’- i
ies yesterday are Poindexter for the
senate, McBride for governor and
John F. Miller for congress. Ballaine
ran third. Poindexter was renomi
nated after a gruelling fight with
Humphrey and had a plurality of
seven thousand in Eastern Washing
ton, Spokane and Walla Walla especi
ally landsliding for him. John F.
Miller, former mayor of Seattle, gets
the nomination for congress and re
, tired Ballaine who ran third. Landon
was second.
Lister was renominated overwhelm
ingly for governor by the Democrats
and Senator Turner got the nomina
tion for the senate.
The Progressives nominated James .
Bradford, former corporation counsel'
for the governorship and Walter
Thompson of Tacoma for the senator
ship.
McBride’s long and favorable record
explains his victory and Poindexter’s
eastern Washington landslide and
Humphrey’s unpopularity in some
parts of the state caused the victory
of the present senator. Miller con
served his strength to the close of
the campaign and then made a sensa
tional and formidable fight. Ballaine
was overshadowed by him but ran a
good third, getting 25,41(1 votes in the
King county precincts.
Partial Yrote in Seattle
McBride, 1st choice, 12500; 2nd
choice, 6880.
Hartley, 1st choice, 1)450; 2nd choice
5818.
Poindexter, first choice, 111)18; 2nd
choice, 4440.
Partial State Returns
Poindexter, 1st choice, 8220; 2nd.
choice, 3350.
Humphery, 1st choice, 7870; 2nd
choice 3015.
runnel Caves in
Under Lake Lrie
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 13.—One man
was fatally injured by a cave-in early
today in the new water works tunnel
85 feet under the bottom of Lake
Erie. A section of the tunnel where
the cave-in occurred leads to the cribs
where 10 men lost their lives recently.
LITUYA BAY IS TO BE
DESERTED DURING WINTER
JUNEAU.—A. S. LeNeau, of Ju
neau, has returned from Lituya Bay
on the El Nido and reports that the
miners of that section are not making
enough to pay for their grub-stake.
.The placer diggings there are very
poor, and this winter the place will
be deserted.
“The sands are spotted. A miner
may strike a spot and take out a
couple of ounces and then the sands
will become barren again. There is
no lead and no gravel to work,” he
said. “I do not think there will be a
miner in the district this winter as
everyone I talked with signified their
intentions of coming out.
“I am not knocking the district
when I say there is nothing there
which will pay to work. There is
plenty of gold but it is so widely
scattered that it cannot be worked in
paying quantities without expensive
machinery. I don’t want to see any
poor fellow “blow in” his money for
a gmb-stake to go in there and then
g-.'t the worst of it.
“The diggings where ] was located
were back nine miles from the beach
and there is no means of transporta
tion except a man’s own back. By the
time supplies are carried in a man
must dig gold pretty fast to break
even.”—Empire.
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BETTING TWO TO ONE
NOW ON MAS. HUGHES
Nine Candidates
Ran Yesterday
To Win on First Choice High .Man
Had to Ha>e 10 Per
Cent ot Total.
Nine candidates tiled for the Repub
lican congressional primaries that
were held in Seatlc yesterday, accord
ing to Maurice i>. Leehey, the Seattle
lawyer who is now in Seward. Mr.
Leehey also states that in order to
win on the first choice votes the high
man must have at least forty per cent
of the total votes cast for that par
i
ticular ollice. if no one obtains forty
per cent then both first and second
choice votes are counted for each
candidate and the man who has the
highest aggregate vote counted that
way wins.
Mr. Leehey says the total registra
tion in Seattle was over 70,000 when
he left there. The returns received by
cable today indicate, he says, that
25,416 votes were reported at the
time of this message. It seems quite
impossible that any candidate for con
gress wonuld have forty per cent on
first choice votes and these returns in
dicate the following:
Miller, 1st choice, 5834.
Miller, 2nd choice, 4330.
Landon, 1st choice, 5345.
Bajlaine, 1st ehojee, 4250; 2nd
choice, 4443.
Mr. Leehey says Senator George
Turner, interested in Seward, former
ly senator from Washington and who
served on the Alaska boundary com
mission with Klihu Root and llfnry
Cabot Lodge by the appointment of
President Roosevelt, has a lighting
chance for election again to the sen
ate. The Progressives have nominat
ed Walter Thompson of Tacoma who
will poll a big vote in that city and
draw heavily from Poindexter. Then
to, he says, there are doubtless many
standpat Republicans who will vote
for Turner rather than Poindexter,
so he predicts an interesting contest
'at the polls. “Personally,” says Mr.
Leehey,” I was for Humphrey but now
that Poindexter is nominated 1 expect
to vote for him if 1 get home in time
for the election.”
MARIPOSA COMING
The Mariposa left Cordova at 0:30
a. m. today.
SEATTLE COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO USE ALL-ALASKAREVIEW
A letter received on the last mail
states that the Commercial Club of
Seattle is following in the footsteps
of the Tacoma business people and is
now preparing to take space in the
All-Alaska Review. Since the last
issue new advertisements have been
received from outside places but the
October number is to be the beginning
of the real advertising campaign if
present plans materialize. The cir
culation is growing by leaps and
bounds all the time and the business
on the whole is growing so fast that
the correspondence alone is a big job.
The article by Mrs. Boole in the issue
now on sale has already caused a tre
mendous lot of comment and an an
swer is most likely in the next issue
by a prominent Alaskan. The public
in Alaska and outside have now
learned that the Review is a perman
ent institution and all the doubts at
the beginning have vanished. The
August issue contains several fine cuts
that would be worth sending outside.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—The odds
on Hughes to win at the* coming presi
dential election have been advanced
to 2 to 1 by Edward McQaude, tin*
betting commissioner. He has $5,000
now to place at those figures an(7 lie
says he can get a limitless amount
more. The Democrats say this Is a
political dodge and that the amount
is too small to bother with. They de
clare when a sufficient figure is men
tioned they will meet it at the present
odds.
local Houses Put
Bids lor Supplies
The bids for the large supplies of
provisions called for by the Engi
neering Commission were put in to
day and yesterday by local business
men. The total supplies required
amount to about thirty-five thousand
dollars worth. Brown & Hawkins and
the Seward Commercial Company put
in bids for all the supplies and the
two meat companies offered bids for
the meats. The result will probably
be known today. The bidders are
fully prepared to supply the provis
ions asked for.
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15,000 Guardsmen
Get Discharged
WASHINGTON7. Sept. i:i.—NearK
fifteen thousand national guardsmen
have been discharged by the war de
partment for various causes since the
state troops were mustered into the
Federal service. Most of the men
have been discharged for physical dis
ability but 4,919 were discharged be
cause they had dependent families.
V
MAY STOP MRS. SANGER’S
BIRTH CONTROL CLINK’
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—If the police
don’t stop her, Mrs. Margaret Sanger
will open a clinic in Brooklyn today to
teach birth control to mothers.
Mrs. Sanger was indicted here a
few months ago by Uncle Sam for
“sending obscene matter through tho
mails” in her birth control magazine,
“The Woman Rebel.” But she and her
New York society men and women
friends caused so many scenes in fed
eral court and raised such a rumpus
about it that the prosecution was
dropped.
Mrs. Sanger also was arrested in
Portland, Oregon, a short time ago
when she went there to preach birth
control.
“Eastern women practise it, but
won’t advocate birth control publicly.”
said Mrs. Sanger today, “but western
women practise and publicly advocate
it too. Five hundred Los Angeles
women let me use their names on my
tour.”
She described the authorities’ action
against her as “very silly..” She be
lieves a woman should not be compel
led to bear children if she cannot rear
and educate them properly. She says
Scott Nearing, who wrangled so with
the University of Pennsylvania over
free speech will aid her proposed
clinics here and in other cities.
Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco
and other American cities are on the
list.
WATSON COMING
The Admiral Watson left Cordova
this morning at 11 o’clock.