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MOLTKE AND OTHER WARSHIPS
U. S. SAYS NO
TO BRITAIN
m:u.u:vnoN or cotton vs
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V\ ASHIXGTO.N. A igust 24.—Ihe ,
•late department ha- formally de .
cbm* i the proposal ot' the British gov
et nno nt that American shippers of
cotton to neutral ports should be re
quited to pi»ve that the cotton is not
intend d for Germany. The secretary
of state declares that this nation can
not cense t to shoulder the burden of
such proof and points out that it
w.»; !>♦• absurd to expect that this
gnvt iurn* nt could guarantee that the
countries receiving cotton from
American ships could not tranship it .
to any other country. The note which
had been prepared to be sent to the
Brit jh government has been delayed
because of the tie huation of cotton
by Great Britain as contraband or
war. It i.- regarded now as necessary
that the note take a different tone
anti also im Iude expressions of opin- j
ion an,- ng from the latest develop
ment of the subject.
OM A ONE VMKKH VN
LINER o\ THE IVU II l(.
Owing to Seaman > l aw the Pacific
Mail t timpani Will Quit
Business.
SAX I RAXCISCO, August 25.
The Pacific Mail Steamship company
has sent out notice that after the sail
ing of the next ship, the Mongoban.
the company will quit business entire
ly on this ocean. The cause assigned
j> the new seaman's law which the
steamship companies declare has de
-**oyoti ail chances of success. All
tin* sl ips of the company will be sold
a: d with the stopping of the business
only one American Asiatic liner will
be left, the Minnesota.
cot RTS DEI IDE \G VINST
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY.
BUFFALO, August 25.—1The Dis
trict court ha.-» decided that the Kast
man Kodak company has violated the t
Jaws governing restraint ot trade. It
was found during the proceedings
that the company makes a profit o:
fifteen million dollars a year out of a
total number of sales ot twenty-foui
millions.
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❖ died in koyukuk ♦
FROM OVEREATING. *
FAIRBANKS, August 25.—The
doctor reports that C. S. Dickurt who
died in the Koyukuk some time ago
after having been lost on the trail
was a victim to over eating. Dickurt
was lost for three days while on the
way from the Yukon to Myrtle creek
in the Koyukuk. When found he
was ravenously hungry and ate two
great meals in two hours, and died
soon afterwards.
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❖ BELIEVED WAR *
❖ CAUSED MURDER. ❖
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GARY Ind., August 25.—Rev. Ed
mund Kaiser was found murdered
here last night after having denounc
ed the allies in a speech and it is be
lieved that he was murdered for re
venge by some Slavs who art* work
ing in the steel mills. The murder
was a most brutal one evidently as
the marks on the body of the preacher
show that he was not only shot but
choked.
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❖ YM ERICA U VMS NOW *
❖ TO CONTROL H A YT1. *
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WASHINGTON, August 25.—The
government has made an offer *o the
Haiticn government that the Lnited
States will handle the bnancial affair*
of that country and police it for ten
years in order to ensure the restora
tion of peace. The answer to the pro
posal has not been received but it is
thought not unlikely that the offer
will be accepted, especially by the
property owners of that republic.
FLOOD SI EEFREES ARE
THREATENED WITH FAMINE.
Government A>ked for Aid and New
Flood* are expected cause
Further Disaster.
LITTLE ROCK, August 25.-Four
thousand people who suffered the loss
of their hemes and properties in the
great floods which have devastated
parts of the state are now threatened
with famine and an urgent appeal has
been made to the government to send
relief at once. More floods are feared
and if they come they will probably
cause greater losses than the former
ones.
t O YL ENTER I ON 1 HE
\\ AY TO THIS DISTRICT.
SEATTLE, August 25.—t icorge W
liivwn, government coal expert at
Anchorage left last night on the
Mariposa for Seward and Anchorage
to look into matters connected with
handling coal at the and of the gov
ernment railroad.
TV COliH DENIES STORY.
DETROIT, August 25.—Tyros
Cobb denies that the Federal* offered
him a hundred thousand dollars for
three years. The story has been pub
lished for some days but Cobb says
there is no truth to it.
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❖ SEATTLE TO TRY TO *
❖ SEND CROWDS HERE. *
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SEATTLE, August 25,—That the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle cham
ber of commerce will try to pervail on
a congressional delegation and a
large number of business men to visit
Alaska and take part in the celebra
tions promised for the semi-centennial
of the purchase of the territory is the
statement made by the officials of
that Bureau after having heard form
their secretary that ho found Alaska
cities favorable to the proposal to
hold such celebrations. Secretary Mc
Pherson appeared before the Bureau
today and told it of the plans formu
lated during his recent tour of the
territory. He recommends that the
idea of a central celebration at Fair
banks be abandoned because the plans
were not completed and he advised in
stead that all Of the Alaska towns
hold celebrations independently, each
in its own way.
SEATTLE WOMAN JUMPS
FROM BUILDING roof.
SEATTLE. August 24.—Freda
Kirk, wife of Joseph Kirk, a cook,
jumped from the roof of a five stor\
I apartment house in this city today
I and, striking on her head, she was
I killed instantly. The cause of the act
is not known and rumors of marital
trouble are believed not to be well
founded.
RITCHIE WANTS MATCH.
MILWAUKEE, August 25.—
Ritchie is now here looking for a
j match with White and the go will
probably be arranged. His friends
say that Ritchie is in better conditior
than ever.
Allied Battleships Bombard Turkish
forts Again — Berlin Says Von
| Mackensen has Penetrated Russian
front—Constantinople Bombarded
by Russian Aviators—U. S. Govt.
Takes Issue With Britain on Cotton
Question.
AIRSHIP SINKS SHIP
PARIS, August 25— By dropping bombs from an
aeroplane a French airman sank a lurkish transpoit in
Negaro roads in the Dardanelles yesterday. Se\eial
powerful bombs were dropped before the destruction of
the vessel was completed but she was so badly batteied
that she went to the bottom. There was no way of obtain
ing anv information as to the loss of life.
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BRITISH TAKE TRENCHES
PARIS, August 25.—The British in the last few days
have captured several Turkish positions and trenches on
Gallipoli peninsula and took eight hundred prisoners.
The lighting in that quarter continues to lie a struggle
similar to that of the western front, that is a light where
both sides are concealed. The peninsula is hardly twelve
miles wide at its greatest width and this enables the '1 urks
with a comparatively small force to man the trenches
from sea to sea and so prevent Hanking movements unless
| by water. The landing of the British troops at Suvla was
such an attempt but the Turks have apparently placed
strong forces along the shore ol the gull oi Sams in an
ticipation of such ellorts.
WELSH MINERS STRIKE AGAIN
CARDIFF, August 25.—One thousand coal miners
j have gone out again on strike and the general strike
| threatened some time ago once more seems imminent.
The cause, according to the men, is that the agi eement
entered into when the last strike ended has been violated
bv the mine owners. This afternoon the indications point
to a general disturbance and the whole country feels that
it is faced by a serious danger owing to the vital necessity
of keeping up the coal supply for the navy. Ihc govern
ment has been appealed to and another visit front Lloyd
George is expected but the men declare that no threats
from the government will suffice this time to secure their
return to work unless the questions at issue are finally
and irrevocably settled'
RUSSIA WANTS JAPS
TOKIO, August 25.—It is semi-officially reported
here that Russia now requests not only guns and am
munition from Japan but also asks the aid of a Japanese
army and wants it to be dispatched immediately to the
1 Russian front to aid in checking the advance of the Ger
mans and Austrians. The notification given out is un
doubtedly a means adopted for discovering the opinions
of the people with respect to the appeal and action will
probably be taken when these opinions have been as
certained.
DENY RUSSIAN NAVAL VICTORY
AMSTERDAM, August 25.—The German admiralty
denies entirely the story that the Russian fleet gained a
victory over the German fleet in the gulf of Riga and de
nies that the Moltke was sunk or that any other German
ships were lost. The latest Russian report was that the
Moltke and ten warships of the torepdo boat and cruiser
class belonging to the Germans were destroyed. Berlin
now declares that no German ships were sunk except
some old vessels of no value that had been captured from
the Russians and were sunk by the Germans themselves to
bottle up the Russian fleet.
ENTER DARDANELLES
ATHENS, August 25.—Two allied warships entered
'the Dardanelles yesterday and bombarded the Turkish
land batteries on the European shore with considerable
effect. A British submarine also entered the straits in the
most daring manner and sunk four Turkish troopships,
causing the loss of many Turkish lives.
BOMBARD CONSTANTINOPLE
LONDON, August 25.—A squadron of Russian aero
planes bombarded the city of Constantinople last Monday
and inflicted a considerable amount of damage on prop
erty and killed and wounded forty-one people.
SAM GRAFF PUT
UNDERARREST
PRESIDENT SEWARD ELECTRIC
COMPANY CHARGED WITH
PUTTING UP POLE.
Sam Graff, president of the Seward
Electric Company, was placed under
arrest about three o’clock this after
noon for having erected a pole on
Seventh avenue. Chief of Police
Guest made the arrest on instructions
from the city council or some mem
bers of it. At the meeting of the
council last Monday evening a request
from Mr. Graff was read for permis
sion to erect this pole temporarily so
that he might supply with light some
new portions of the city. After a rte
bate which showed clearly that the
majority of the members of the coun
cil did not want to grant the permit
the matter was referred to the fran
chise committee. Previous to that,
however,, one of the members of the
council, well known to be a personal
enemy of Mr. Graff, moved that the
request be denied. Believing that the
referring of the request to the com
mittee meant a refusal Mr. Graff pro
ceeded to place the pole in position,
anyhow, as he claims to have had a
franchise for the past eleven or
twelve years. After arrest this after
noon Mr. Graff, who is one of Sew
ard’s and Alaska’s best citizens, de
clared that he will bring suit against
the city for wrongful arrest.
(Later) After the above was writ
ten Mr. Graff was released, and the
release is said to be due to the fact
that the council as usual found it had
gone about the matter in the wrong
way. It is said that a complaint will
be regularly issued and Mr. Graff will
be arrested again tomorrow morning.
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❖ GOVERNORS TO STAND *
❖ BY THE PRESIDENT. *
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BOSTON, August 25.—*The gov
ernors of a score of states in conven
tion assembled last evening pass
ed a resolution assuring President
Wilson that they will stand by him
during the present crisis arising from
the European war. They ordered for
warded to the president the resolution
which says in part: “We assure you
of our readiness to follow your leader
ship in all matters deemed best to
promote the honor and peace of the
nation.”
FOOD SUPPLIES RUSHED.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, August
25.—This afternoon railway com
munication with Newport was re-!
established and supplies are now be
ing rushed to the suffering thousands
rendered homeless by the floods. The
unfortunates are said to have been re
duced to a frightful state from ex
posure and hunger but the worst is
believed to be over.
Miss Sylvia Wold, the new Seward
school teacher, is coming on the Mari
posa to take up her duties.
DANIELS WILL !
ASK BIG FLEET
WANTS MANY SUBMARINES
AND AEROPLANES AND
DKEADNAUGHTS.
WASHINGTON, August 25.—Sec
retary Daniels of the navy depart- j
merit has decided to ask congress for
immense appropriations for tiie in
crease of the United States fleets.
Amongst the additional craft to be
asked for will be many submarines
and aeroplanes as well as ships that
will be the most powerful of all war
craft. In summing up what he wants
in a statmont just issued he declared
that he wishes the navy appropria
tions to provide for improvements
that will give the United States
fleets fifty more ships and six thou
sand more men than they had two
years ago.
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❖ OVER 4,000 FEET OF *
❖ WIRE STRI NG AT ONCE. ❖
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Within the past few days the Sew
ard Electric Light & Power company
has strung four thousand four hun
dred feet of new lead wire to keep
up with the telephone requirements ol
the city. This cost approximately was
one dollar a foot and Seward now can
boast of as good and well equipped
service as any city in the country.
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NO BASEBALL GAME THIS
EVENING WITH FLOTILLA.
Fleet Will Probably Sail Just About
Midnight as Previously
Arranged.
The game of baseball which was
contemplated bewteen the Seward
team and the boys of the torpedo
flotilla for this afternoon was declar
ed oflf to the disappointment of al
most everyone. The belief is general
that if the sailors had had a little
more time to get over their sea legs
they would make a much better show
ing. However, they made a good
showing, anyhow, and especially as
sportsmen. There is no reason to be
lieve that the fleet will not leave at
midnight tonight, the time fixed on its
arrival yesterday. Some of the offi
cers were given an opportunity today
to go out the railroad line some dis
tance but the limited facilities made
it impossible to give the whole four
crews an excursion. The visitors are
kind enough to say that they enjoyed
the visit, and Seward certainly enjoy
ed it.
ALLIANCE SATURDAY.
The S. S. Alliance, of the Independ
ent Steamship Co., left Juneau this
morning at 2 o’clock and is due to
arrive here on Saturday.
DEMURRER FILED.
S. 0. Morford, attorney for the de
fendant, filed demurrer today to the
complaint in the case of Catherine
Roycroft, plaintiff, vs. W. M. Sauers,
defendant.
MACKENSEN BREAKS THROUGH
BERLIN, August 25—General von Mackensen has
broken through the Russian advance line at Dobbynka,
according to the official announcement made here today,
and has placed the Russians in a predicament more seri
ous than that in which they found themselves around
Warsaw. If he has succeeded in dividing the enemy and
penetrating any considerable distance the wholesale sur
renders expected some time ago may be looked for.
FIGHTING AT YPRES AGAIN
LONDON, August 25.—Reports today from the west
ern front show that the Germans are delivering another
attack on the British positions near Ypres but have not
succeeded in the least in gaining any advantage. The
feeling here now is that the allied western advance must
be made soon unless we are satisfied to abandon the idea
until after the coming winter.
BERLIN, August 25.—A French aviator dropped
bombs on Offenburg yesterday and wounded several
people.
ARMED BANDS
CROSS DORDER
MEXICANS COME OVER RIO
GRANDE AND ARE NOW
PURSUED BY If. S. TROOPS
BROWNSVILLE, August 24.-Two
armed bands of Mexicans crossed the
Rio Grande today and are now roam
ing the country with United States
troops in hot pursuit. The crowing
was made about eighty miles from
this place at a point that is sparsely
settled and the accounts as to the
number of men constituting the hands
are somewhat conflicting. It ir> ex
pected here that another fight will
follow the coming up of our troopers
on the invaders as the Mexican* art?
reported to be well prepared.
LAREDO, August 24. Several car
loads of American and English re
fugees are hastening to the Texas
border after a warning to leave im
mediately. This warning is said to
have been issued from quarters whose
ability to understand the true situa
tion cannot be questioned.
CARRANZA DEFEATED.
EL PASO, August 25.- The army
of Carranza has been severeh defeat
ed near Monterey by tin* forces of
Villa after a fierce battle which re
sulted in the killing of a thousand
soldiers and the wounding of a much
greater number. The Villa army con
sisted of ten thousand men and the
Carranza force is said to have been
considerably smaller.
NO NEWS \BOl T THE
RAILRO \D TRANSFER.
At 3:30 o’clock this afternoon the
Gateway had received no word about
the payment of the money by the gov
ernment lor the Alaska Northern
railroad, nor had any such informa
tion come to Chairman Edes of the
Engineering commission. Ibis is
mentioned without necessity but for
the purpose of answering in the
quickest manner the many question?
that are being a.--ked about it. 1 he
money may have been paid over with*
out the fact being published or some
minor details might have caused a
short delay. There is nothing to
worry about.
FIRE MEETING POSTPONED.
The meeting of the firemen which
was to have taken place this evening
has been postponed owing to project
ed events for the entertainment of the
officers and men of the torpedo
flotilla.
CANNERY MAN CHARGED
WITH WASTING FISH.
On complaints made by Deputy
Game Warden Ericson, and, maybe,
others, some of the eannerymen to
the westward have been summoned
for trial at Valdez on the fourteenth
of next month. Commissionerf Hall
of the fisheries department has just
passed through Seward and served a
subpoena on Mr. Ericson a couple of
days ago at Roosevelt. Other wit
nesses have also been summoned. It
is stated that the alleged waste was
not stated to have taken palce around
Seldovia from where the communica
tion was received some time ago by
the Gateway objecting to an inter
view which had appeared in this
paper.
MARIPOSA PASSENGERS.
SEATTLE, August 25.—‘The fol
lowing are aboard the Mariposa for
Seward:
Mrs. C. Moyer, Sylvia Wold, Sam
uel Moyer, Helen Chovin, Mrs. J.
Chovin, Jack Corson, Mrs. Grace Car
son and two steerage.
For Knik: J. Vihlein, E. Uihlin,
Blanche Shea, Lucy Mathews, Mrs. J.
Jackson, W. Stevens, L. Byrne, J.
Tolman, Ora Clark, M. Voters, Chas.
Armstrong, P. Birdsall and S. Carney*