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VOTERS WILL DECIDE ROW TO
ELECT COUNCIL IN EIITIIRE
On Tuesday, February 29, the last t
day of the present month, a special *
election will be held in the city of
Seward to secure the opinion of the
electors as to whether the next city
government will be chosen in the
manner already in vogue or in the
manner made possible by the law
pvuotxi by the territorial legislature.
Tne out parsed by uie legislature was
published in the AU-Aiaska Review
last .November and has been partially j
explained in the Gateway but it is
re-printed herein today so that every-:
one might have an opportunity to j
study it for himself. The Gateway
has spoken in favor of the newly pro
posed method and suggested some
time ago that the special election be
held but no further comment will be
made as the re-printing of the law i
gives everyone an opportunity toj
study it out for himself and use his
own or her own judgment. It might
be advisable to point out, however,
that the city attorney says that he
and other attorneys believe the bill
makes it possible to vote for part of |
it and not for another part. That is,
according to his opinion a voter may
vote to have the mayor elected sep
arately from the council but may also
refuse to vote for the separate elec
tion of city attorney, clerk and treas
urer. In other words you may vote
for section 6 without voting for whatj
it provided in other sections regard- j
ing the mayor and the holding over of
some of the councilmen.
The resolution to hold the special j
election was carried unanimously.;
During the “discussion” it transpired
that Councilman Youngs took the in
itial move in the matter with his j
usual desire to do what is right and
to do it without using the fact to ad-j
vertise himself or to gain any per-|
sonal advantage. It is quite possible
that the supposed secrecy was due to j
the fact that when Mr. Youngs men-'
tioned the matter to a certain would- j
be boss the latter suggested taking,
the matter up with a certain organi- j
zation to which he is affiliated and
which he is anxious to gain a reputa
tion for at the expense of another
organization—a method which he uses
in newspaper and other matters. The
ball opened when the city attorney
rose to hi3 feet and asked the privi
lege to make some remarks, all samej
a United States senator. He was
granted this privilege and like a “bolt j
PROMINENT PROFESSORS TO
BE ABSENT THIS YEAR
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 2.—Several of
Harvard’s most prominent professors
will be absent next year at the open
ing of the 1916-17 college year. Wal
lace Clement Sabine of the depart
ment of physics has been appointed
exchange professor to France for the
next year. Kuno Francke has been
granted a leave of absence for the
whole of the next college year and
Walter F. Dearborn, for the first half
of it. Albert A. Shapira has been ap
point rd assistant in air.wr.i} and
Samuel E. Morison, instructor in h s
tory. Frank J. Smiley, assistant in
botany, has resigned. In resopnse to
a demand for military instruction, a
course in military medicine in the
graduate school of medicine has been
established with Maj. Weston P.
Chamberlain, U. S. A., as lecturer.
His work will begin in this February.
Gifts amounting to $43,987.84, of
which the largest single items were
$10,000 from the estate of J. Arthur
Beebe for the general purposes of the
university and $10,000 from Francis
W Hunnewell for the Collis P. Hunt
ington Memorial Hospital endowment
fund, wars received.
-
from heaven" he hurled himself in
his wrath at the unfortunate Gate
way. There is an almost irresistible
temptation to tell just how the gent
leman acted but one thing about Cop
pernoll is that he is “natural" enough
to say what he means and there is
none of the Peeksniff and no chicanery
in his makeup. You can like even a
man who is manly in his roasting
even though his roast might lack the
signs of self-restraint, education,
training, cultivation and the other
qualities which for some reason or
another have been associated with
the legal profession. To be charitable
to Coppornoll is to be silent about
that exhibition hist night. He was
clearly wrought up to a pitch at
which he was not himself and as the j
Gateway probably erred yesterday it
was a natural rage, no doubt, which
• :
made the city attorney ungrammati
cal, incoherent, oratorical!/ discon-;
nee ted, splutteringly inarticulate and
generally inclined to utter, as the
lawyers say, incompetent, immaterial
and irrelevant remarks. Never mind;
It's a pleasure to hear anyone con
nected with the majority of that
city council make an open and honest
attack. How different it is with the
“gentleman” who got up immediately
afterwanls and said the Gateway is
not read by a tenth of the people.
This latter individual admitted that
he had been hurt badly by remarks
in the Gateway and he also stated
that another member of the council
had also been hurt. The other at once
denied that he had ever been hurt
but the speaker recalled to him the
fact that he had seen him walk up
and down the floor of his store in a
boiling rage after reading this family
journal. The one thing that looked
remarkable in all this is that although
a tenth of the people do not read the
Gateway its arch-enemies go through
the exquisite torture of perusing its
columns most diligently. One cannot
help dwelling on all this just as a
peculiar psychological study of the
puerilities which the disappointment
of rage and failure can create ami
foster in the weak minds of a certain
class of adults.
The council also elected an election
board last evening as follows: Mrs.
Eilsworth, inspector; L. C. Bates and
C. S. Patten, judges, and Mrs. W. P.
Lucas and A. P. Brown, clerks.
Remember, the election will be held
two weeks from today.
| NATION’S SHEEP AND CATTLE
MEN SETTLE OLD FEUD
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
EL PASO. Tex., Feb. 2.—The an
cient feud between cattle and sheep
men, dating back to the old days of
the open range when the rival stock
men were wont to shoot on sight,
was officially declared off today. The
American Live Stock association and
the National Sheep Growers’ associa
tion began their annual conventions
here together. About 10,000 dele
gates are in attendance, representing
every feeding district west of
Chicago. The cattle men will make
a fight for an open market and
against light competition by the pack
ers. Practically every state organiza
tion already is pledged to back this
campaign. The entertainment pro
gram will include roping, branding
and riding contests, afternoons at the
Juarez races, bull fights, open air
barbecues and military drills at Fort
Bliss. The conventions will last three
days.
Uncle Joe Irvine arrived in the city
last evening and will probably be
here for a few days. He says Jim
Hayden is still suffering from rheum
atism and that Derick Lane has to do
j all tho work.
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❖ PREPARING FOR ❖
❖ MINSTREL SHOW ❖
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Preparations for the Ministrel
show to be given March 17 by the
Arctic Brotherhood are progressing
favorably. One of the best stories to
be told was given to his paper today
but it is so good that no one would
believe it. Some good local hits will
be a feature of the performance.
EXTRAORDINARY
ESCAPE AT NOME
NOME.—C. V. Waldblom, a miner
who is working an antimony prospect
in the vicinity of Bonanza creek off
I Nome river was brought to town this
afternoon by the marshal's office suf
fering from the effects of a series of
accidents of such serious nature that
it is a matter for wonder that he is
still in the land of the living. Ac
cording to the story telephoned to the
Nugget this afternoon by Mr. Chase
of the Dexter roadhouse, who is
aware of the details, Waldblom and
his partner, a man named Holmes,
were working on their shaft Satur
day when the former, after loading
a hole with a stick and a half of
dynamite, suddenly fell from his seat
on the bucket while being hoisted to
the surface, overcome by the fumes
from the burning fuse at the bottom
of the shaft which is forty feet in
depth. His body immediately disap
peared from the sight of his partner
in the thick smoke and a moment lat
er the explosion occurred as the
dynamite was reached by the flame
from the fuse. Waldblom waited for
some time for the smoke to clear
away and then lowered himself to the
bottom of the hole. There he was
amazed to find his partner uncon
scious but apparently still alive.
Holmes, who is a lather small man,
succeeded in getting a rope around
his partner, who weighs close around
170 pounds, and with considerable
difficulty hoisted him to the surface.
! He then partially dragged and car
ried Waldblom to their cabin wh;ch
is over a mile and a half from the
scene. After restoring the injured
man to consciousness afnd making him
comfortabnf Holmes hurried to
Chase’s arriving there this morning.
News of the accident was immedi
ately phoned in to towm and a team
was hurried out by the marshal's of
fice. Up to the hour of going to press
the man had not arrived but was ex
pected within the half h'#ur. Chase
asserts, however, that he was not suf
fering greatly when pass»ng the road
house and it was learned that while
one of his limbs was badly swelled
and he is suffering from many bruises
and cuts, not a broken bone can be
found by such examination as has
been made. Apparently the man is
but little injured although falling a
distance of forty feet and then be
ing subjected to a dynamite blast.
Waldblom’s cap w'as completely Mown
to pieces by the explosion and how*
he himself survived is a mystery.—
Nugget.
JUNEAU TO INCREASE
ITS GOLD OUTPUT
The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company of Juneau, has made known
its plans for the present year. It
contemplates the expenditure of $2,
500,000 in development of its enor
mous gold properties back of Juneau,
as follows: One million dollars for
the mill. $500,000 for the power
plant, and $1,000,000 for the develop
ment of the mine. — Skagway
Alaskan.
PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT
The Pioneers* Igloo will hold its
regular meeting this evening.
OKLAHOMA, OUR NEWEST GIANT SEA FIGHTER
Iu'S' s OKLAHOMA 1
Photo by American Press Association.
(The new aupcrdreadnaught Oklahoma, w hich was recently completed at Camden. N. J., arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard }
to be made ready for an offlcUl trial trip off the coast of Maine. The giant fighting craft Is still In the hands of her build
ers the New York Shipbuilding company of Camden, and will not be turned over to the Cnlted States government ,
until she has successfully completed hor trials. It Is expected that she will be placed In commission within two months.
She Is to be drydoekad. cleaned and Inspected before leaving for her trial trip. The Oklahoma Is one of the most pow
erful warships afloat. She Is a sister ship of die Nevada and has a displacement of 27.500 tons. She Is expected to
develop a speed of at least twenty-one knots an hour. Her main armament consists of ten fourteen-inch guns, car
ried three In a turret and two Immediately above In a superimposed turret, and twenty-one flve-lneh guns She also
carries a b*tt**rv of rhre* founders I
ANCHORAGE HAD
A QUAKE ALSO
EARTH SHAKES TWO CITIES1
WITH UNUSUAL VIOLENCE
EARLY THIS MORNING
Between one and two o’clock this
morning most of the people in Seward
woke to find themselves getting rock
ed by an earthquake of rather re
spectable proportions but considering
the fact that the cable is out of com
mission the occurrence must be re
garded as a welcome one. Anchorage
had a similar experience judging by
the following telegram:
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 15.—A big
earthquake occurred at one this morn
ing. No damage.
ANCHORAGE WILL CUT
OUT POOR OLD SEWARD
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 15.—Owing to
the failure of Seward to participate
in a material way in the great dog
race on March 17 the race will prob
ably be run to Knik instead of the
Resurrection Bay city.
(Some how that does not look
friendly or sportsmanlike. A better
way to bring about a friendly feeling
would be to run that race to Seward,
anyhow, seeing that it would cost no
more.)
PARTY LEAVES TO
SAVE THE ONWARD
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 15.—A party
headed by George Vauss left this
morning to carry relief to the man
left on the Onward and to save the
boat itself.
COMING TO SEWARD
FROM ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 15. —Harry
Ellsworth, Sport Smith and six others
depart for Seward today.
KENNEL CLUB DANCE
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 15.—A big
dance was given in aid of the Kennel
Club last night
REGISTRATION BEGINS
People desiring fco vote at the spec
ial election should register.
HARRY HOBEN BUYS
A BIG AUTO TRUCK
Harry V. Hoben has sent word that
he has purchased a big auto truck for
his work here. The truck cost three
thousand dollars.
CHAMPION WOMAN
' ORANGE GROWER
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Feb. 2.
—Miss Susie Stockschiaeder, former
ly of Rochester, N. Y., who wears
overalls while at work is generally re
garded here as the champion woman
orange grower of America. She is
22 years old. A few years ago she
started ranching with five acres and
nothing worth mentioning growing om
it but herself. Today that land and
other acreage sho acquired is produc
ing a nursery and fruit stock worth
$15,000 a year. She has 35,000 bud
ded trees. Five thousand of them
are citrus trees, ready for this
spring’s market. Ten thousand more
of them are growing for a later mar
ket. When any of the mere men
fanners are at a loss for information
they go anil ask “Susie.’' If they do
what she says, usually they make
money by it, they say. In the groves
the girl wears overalls and a blue
shirt, and docs as strenuous manual
labor as any “hand’’ on the place.
NOME DIVORCE
The Olson divorce case filed in the
district court recently, possesses one
unusual feature in that the complain
ing husband is suing the wife for
alimony. While such cases have been
known among the “higher ups" oc
casionally it is something unusual in
the present case as the wife is said
to be a laundress. Mike Broraiich,
who is connected with the case in the
capacity of correspondent, takes con
siderable umbrage at his name being
used in the connection and declares
that the allegations of the husband
are absolutely false—Nome Nugget.
DECLARES INSANE ASYLUM
IS PLACE FOR MASHERS
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—“Mashers,
oglers of women and so-called flirts
must be slightly unbalanced mentally
and fit subjects for the insane
asylum," declared Magistrate John C.
McGuire of Brooklyn today, discus
sing the number of such cases that
are brought before him. These mash
ers receive no mercy from me after
they have annoyed women and young
girls. Any man who tries to make
love to a strange woman as she passes
him in street certainly is wrong in
the head. I send a lot of these fel
lows to the Kings County Hospital for
mental observation and you bet I’ll
see to it that all of them found guilty
in my court will continue to be sent
there. The public throughfares
absolutely must be safeguarded for*
women and little giris.”
R. R. Teamsters
Quit It Is Said^
Reported Man Takes Contract and
Will Pay Union Wages.
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 15. — The
teamsters who were engaged hauling
supplies for the work on the Mata
nuska branch walked out last night
but a rumor in circulation this
morning says that a man named Mur
ray has got a contract to haul all the
supplies and will pay the wages fixed
by the union so that the teamsters
will return to work. The union mem
bership now exceeds twelve hundred.
The statement published in a Sew
ard paper that Commissioner Mears
had declared a lockout and that he
had in contemplation the removal of
his headquarters to Seward arc pure
fabrications. The latter story' is so
ridiculous that it is difficult to imag
ine how anyone could invent it and ex
pect it to be believed. It need hardly
be said that a removal of headquart
ers to Seward would mean that the
work in this neighborhood could not
be done until the Alaska Northern is
built up.
CARD PARTY WAS A
VERY PLEASANT AFFAIR
The Ladies’ Bridge Club entertain
ed last evening at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Sauers and invited the
husbands and a few prospective ones.
Fifteen ladies and an equal number
of gentlemen were present and en
joyed. themselves immensely except
while the earthquake interrupted.
Neil Sexton won the prize for gentle
men and Miss Sexton won the prize
for ladies. The following were pres
ent: Mr. and Mrs. de Sherbinin, Mr.
and Mrs. Erich Lucas, Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Sauers,
Mr. and Mrs. De Line, Mr. and Mrs.
Daggett, Mr. and Mrs. Root, Mr. and
Mrs. Sexton, Mr. and Mrs. Blue, Mrs.
McNeer, Mrs. Schalebcn, Miss Root,
Miss Wold, Mrs. Tamblyn, Miss Sex
ton, Dr. Romig, Neil Sexton, W. H.
Daub, George Richardson, John Frank
Waller.
WAR ODDITIES
LONDON.—Because of the anti
Zep darkness order, London police
men who direct traffic on busy streets
are now supplied with tail lights—a
lark lantern attached to the back.
LONDON.—After grieving for her
husband, Col. E. Vansittart, believed
dead, since September and reading'
300 letters of condolence, Mrs. Van- J
sittart received a letter from the
Colonel now a prisoner in Germany. 1
TO RELEASE MEN
IN JAIL HERE
HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS
TO BE STARTED IN
VALDEZ.
Habeas corpus procedings will be
instituted for the release of George
i Roswell and the Japanese, Shimizi,
who were brought to this city a
couple of <laya ago from Kenai and
who are now in the Seward jail wait
ing transportation to Valdez. The
proceedings will be taken on the ar
rival of the two prisoners at Valdez
by their attorney, Senator L. V. Ray,
who declares that the men have been
imprisoned illegally. Roswell was
fined $500 by Commissioner Magill of
Kenai on the charge of selling liquor
without a license find Shimizi was
held over to await the action of the
grand jury on the charge of selling
whiskey to Natives.
Mr. Ray will ask for the habeas
corpus writ on the ground that no
testimony was given at the trial of
Roswell or at the hearing o:' the case
of Shimizi. According to the state
ment of the counsel for the men Com
missioner Magill just took Roswell in
to his office and said “you are fined
$500 for selling liquor” or words to
that effect. In the case of Shimizi,
counsel says, he was merely asked if
he had given whiskey to a native and
he answered in the negative but was
bound over to the grand jury without
further ceremony. In commenting on
the matter Senator Ray says “it is
the most extraordinary act of a
court in the history of Alaska.”
CHARLEY’S FOOLISH BREAK
Charley Herron needs no introduc
tion; suffice it to say that he is re
ported to have said that he would
“break loose” from Louis Shackle
ford—then would be Republican boss
in Alaska—in the event that the lat
ter allows VVickersham to run for
delegate on the Republican ticket.
That is very generous of Charely to
warn his friends of the impending
danger. But he needn’t have bother
ed his head about that, because if
either Shackleford or Herron or both
think they constitute the Republican
party they are simply mistaken. Not
that we want Wickersham at all as
delegate on the Republican ticket,
but for one or two men to set himself
or themselves as dictators of a politi
cal party, is too silly for anything.
Not in these days Charley; not in
these days.
Neither Shackleford nor Herron
nor both have any cinch on the name
of that political party any more than
the old Republican standpatters had
a few years ago. Albeit they did
think so, but Roosevelt thought other
wise and what is more, he proved to
them that he was right. So, Charley
Herron keep quiet and tell your friend
Louis to do likewise unless you want
to be told to go way back and sit
down and given time to think it over.
—Ketichikan Progressive.
WHEN WILL NEWS COME
This is the day on which, we have
been told, the cable ship Burnside
leaves Seattle to repair the break.
Owing to the necessity of having
communication with the railroad work
it is likely the break between this
place and Valdez will be fixed first,
but even then it will be a couple of
weeks before we can get direct com
munication. The next boat ought to
be here alwut Thursday.
FOUND DEAD
Swan Larson who was found dead
in his cabin in Anchorage on Feb
ruary 3 was an Eagle and an oMtim*
er who formerly resided in Seattle.
A. W. Berry of Kuskokwim, son of
the founder of the Kuskokwim Trad
ii^ Company, has arrived in the city.