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FIRST RAILS
FORM R.’R.
STEEL AND SUPPLIES WILL
COME NORTH ON THE
MARIPOSA.
SEATTLE, April 17.—The Alaska
Government railroad commission has
purchased two carloads of rails which
will be sent north tomorrow on the
steamer Mariposa. Large quantities
of other supplies will also go on the
same vessel and arrangemnets are be
ing made for further shipments on
later sailings. Only a week having
elapsed since the official announce
ment of the terminal the fact that
supplies are already being shipped is
taken to mean that everything had
been arranged for quite a little time
previous to the announcement. Peo
ple here are commenting on the fact
that one week has seen the actual be
ginning of the preliminary work and
it becomes more and more clear that
the government is desirous of pushing
the construction operations as fast as
possible. The warnings of Secretary
Lane and Chairman Edes and others
may have the effect of putting a tem
porary damper on the stampede until
actual work begins but each boat go
ing to Seward and Knik Anchorage
from this time forward will carry
large numbers of people.
WAITING FOR SNOW
TO LEAVE GROUND.
Queer Notions About This Part of
Alaska Still Harbored
Outside.
SEATTLE, April 17.—Many peo- j
pie who intend to go to Seward and
other places along the route of the
government railroad in Alaska are
waiting until next month when they
expect the snow to be gone.
Most of those who will go are, ap-1
parent!)', people who have been in Al
aska before. The rush at present is
not as large as had been expected but
warnings are constantly being sent
out against too large a rush at pres
ent. Judging, however, by the en
quiries at steamship and other offices
the real stampede will begin before
very long.
FEDERAL* AND SEWARD
TO CLASH TOMORROW.
Managers of Both Teams Say Men
Must Work or Get Off
the Teams.
The Federals and the Seward Nine
will meet tomorrow at two thirty
o'clock sharp to play the game post
poned from last Sunday. When 2:30
is said 2:30 is meant, the managers
declare, and no delay will be tolerat
ed. Manager Hoben of the Sewardites
and Manager Ennis of the Federals
both further declare that no sleeping
will be allowed on the part of any
player. They are going into the game
to make it a real contest and no fool
ing. Any player who does not work
his best and quit moping will not ap
pear again on their nine.
The intention is to keep the game
up constantly during the season. The
Moose lodge is also about to organize
a team and with all the people about
to come some good games are sure.
Later if all goes well, teams will be
organized along the line to Matanuska
and some of the fans can see an All
Alaska league in sight already.
The teams to play tomorrow have
practically the same lineups published
for last Sunday’s game.
Four prizes will be given this sea
son for the best base runner, the best
batting average, the best fielding
average and the best all-round player.
MAYOR ROBERTS IS
NOW IMPEACHED.
Terre Haute Council Will Drive Its
Disgraceful Head From
Office.
TERRE HAUTE, April 17.—The
city council has started impeachment
proceedings against Mayor Roberts
who has been sentenced to six years
imprisonment for the crime of fraud
in connection with the last election.
He will unquestionably be condemned
by the municipal government.
WANTED.
Smart boy at the Gateway office.
GERMANS RETURN
EVIL FOR EVIL.
Imprison British in Solitary Confine
ment Because of Treatment
of Submarine Crews.
BERLIN, April 17.—Ten British
! officers who are prisoners of war
were taken from the detention camps
today and placet! in solitary confine
ment as a reprisal for the severe
treatment meted out by the British
government to the crews of German
submarines taken prisoners. The
German government also announces
that from this time forward it will
make an Englishman suffer for every
German prisoner made to suffer. It
; is further stated that if Great Britain
treats submarine prisoners as murder
ers English prisoners will bo treated
likewise.
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•> RAILROAD WILL *
❖ SPEND $20,000,000. ❖
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PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—’The I
Pennsylvania railroad is about to
spend twenty million dollars for im
provements. An immense quantity of
equipment will be purchased and fact
ories will be kept going for a year
building rolling stock.
WILL TAKE WEEKS TO
RAISE SUBMARINE.
HONOLULU, April 17.—It is now
admitted that several weeks will be
required to raise the submarine F-4
which sank here some time ago. Al
though lines h<fcl been fastened to her
and everything seemed to be ready it
is found that the equipment is by no
means adequate for the task and new
apparatus will have to be sent for
to the States.
ROB MANUFACTURER
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—Wil
liam Tuttleman, a manufacturer, was
robbed yesterday in this city of thirty
five hundred dollars in the public
street in broad daylight. He was
knocked on the head by the robbers
who afterwards escaped on an auto
and managed to elude the police w’ho
gave chase. The attack was made in
the business section of the city.
S. S. COMPANY
TIESJJP SHIPS
CANNOT OPERATE AND MAKE
MONEY UNDER NEW
LAW.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—The
Pac ific Mail Steamship company an
nounces that its sailings after Nov
ember 4 will be cancelled because the
new Seamans’ law’ will go into effect
on November 5 and no steamship
company under that law* can operate
and make money. The officials of the
company in this city declare that all
the company’s ships will be tied up
in this harbor. The company is one
of the largest doing business under
American registry'.
SHERMAN’S GODSON
STARTS WAR IN SEWARD.
First Legal Battle in Terminal City
Opened by Protege of Man
Who Called War Hell.
The Gateway carried a story in yes
terday’s issue telling that John Sher
man Haynes had filed suit in Valdez
against Dr. Boyle to secure the deed
for the lot and building which is now
occupied by the Colwell store. This
is the first legal fight opened since
Seward was declared the terminal.
Mr. Haynes bought the property be
fore the city was chosen as a terminal
but, his attorneys say, now* that the
teminal has been chosen they are un
able to secure Mr. Sherman’s deed.
When it is said that Mr. Sherman
started war it is only for the purpose
I of bringing out more vividly the fact i
i that he is a godson of General Wil
liam Tecumseh Sherman, the man w’ho
will live forever because he said war |
is hell. General Sherman was a close .
friend of the parents of Mr. Haynes
and visited them regularly. In the
possession of Mr. Haynes now 4s a
volume of the famous general’s
memoirs autographed by Sherman.
'GERMANS RAID
NEARLONDON
DROPPING BOMBS IN COUNTY
WHERE LONDON
IS.
LONDON, April 16.—German air
ships are dropping bombs thirty miles
• from London at the time this is writ
ten. The first of the airships ap
proached to a point above Canterbury
and began dropping its explosives
but soon afterwards news arrivetl
that other airships had appeared in
other parts of the county of Kent.
As London occupies part of Kent the
nearness of the approach of the enemy
to the capital can be imagined. Much
excitement prevails here and airmen
will probably take to the air at once
to attack the enemy. This is the
thin! day in succession on which the
German airmen have raided English
soil and the general public inclines to
♦die belief that the moment has come
for the chief attacks by Zeppelins and
other air craft. The bombardment of
the Kent towns is still proceeding and
the people of this city are standing at
points of vantage watching for the
possible approach of the hostiles.
CANADA WILL TAKE
ALIENS OFF SHIPS.
Citizens of AH Countries At War
With Britain Will Be
Detained.
SEATTLE, April 17.—The Canad
ian government has notified the
steamship companies of this city that
all citizens of the countries at war
with Great Britain who touch at
Canadian ports will be taken off the
ships by Canadian officials and detain
ed. This order is taken to mean that
the citizens of Germany, Austria and
Turkey will be taken from the Ameri
can or any other ships. There is no
way to learn the cause of this order
but that it will cause some trouble is
generally believed.
PRIZE COURT TO SIT.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The
prize court that will decide the
amount due for the sinking of the
Frye will soon be in a position to de
cide the question, according to news
received from Berlin this morning.
FIGHTING NOW OVER
IN MEXICAN FIELD.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The
latest advices from Mexico City are
to the effect that the fighting which
was recently proceeding has ended
without a decisive result. The battle
which was said to be going aganist
Villa is reported to have hardly been
anything more than a maneuvre.
CHEERED FOR WILSON
AND LANE LAST NIGHT.
Moose Celebrate Terminal Choice and
Show Appreciation of Two
Chief Benefactors.
Before the terminal celebration en
tertainment by the Moose lodge came
to an end last night three rousing
cheers were given at the call of Billie
Butts for President Wilson and Secre
tary Franklin Lane to show apprecia
tion of the great work done for Alas
ka by those two members of the ad
ministration. The entertainment was
a huge success. The hall was not
quite able to accomodate all those who
were present but everyone had a joy
ous time, nevertheless. Dancing and
lunching were some of the items.
Two boxing matches were brought off
between George Kosmos the greased
lightening Greek and Sliding George
Kridler, and between Koontz the
Casino Kid and Tommy the Shaver.
Between each round the audience sang
the refrain of “Tipperary.” Otto
Moses sang some fine selections and
Tom McConaty, the wing-footed,
tripped the light fanastic in good
style, having as partner Al. Williams,
the Russian foot artist from Dublin.
It was some celebration but that new
hall must come soon.
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BOMBARDING
SAROS GULF
NO CHANGES REPORTED IN
THE DARDANELLES
STRUGGLE.
LONDON, April 17.—The news ar
rived here today that the allied fleet
is again actively attacking the Turk- J
ish forts in the gulf of Saros to the
north of the Dardanelles. This attack
is most likely pressed to clear the
way for the landing of the army
which is stated to be on the way to
wards Turkey. If the fleets are still
bombarding the Dardanelles them
selves no news of the fact was re
ceived today. It is admitted now that
the task of forcing the passage is
proving to be a much more difficult
one than had been expected. A hope
had been created that Constantinople
would be reached by Easter but ap
parently the fleets are no nearer to
that goal than they were several
weeks ago. Another unfavorable cir
cumstance in this connection is that
the Turks have now had plenty of
time to mobilize strong land forces
to meet invasion. It was learned this
afternoon that the damage inflicted
by the German airmen in their raid on
the towns of Kent yesterday was
small. The raiders evidently did not
stay long and have returned to Ger
many. However an attempt to attack
this city is regarded as being near.
FRENCH AEROPLANES
ARE ALSO ATTACKING.
Drop Bombs On Wurtemburg City
and Take Lives of Three
Citizens.
VIENNA, April 17.—French aero
lanes flew over the city of Rottwell in
Wurtemburg yesterday, dropped
bombs and killed three people. The
other damage done was slight but the
airships managed to get away with
out loss. The chief aim of the avi
ators was to attack the powder fact
ory but in that respect the raid was
a failure.
GREAT ITALIAN
ARNIYJS READY
PREPARED ANY TIME TO THROW
IN OVER A MILLION
MEN.
ROME, April 17.—Italy now has in
readiness one million two hundred
thousand armed men ready to march
at a moment's notice. The negotia
tions with Austria and Germany are
still proceeding but there is very lit
tle reason to believe that they will
bring any results except a failure to
agree on the terms. It is fully known
here that the danger of Italian inter
ference is keeping a great force of
Austrians engaged that might other
wise be used against Russia in the
defence of Hungary. Austria appears'
to be determined not to relinquish the
provinces demanded by this country
and Italy is just as firmly fixed on the '
possession of them so it is hard to see
how war can be avoided. The German
and Austrian governments are said
to be entirely at variance as to the
course Austria should pursue.
WANTS SIZE OF THE
HOMESTEADS REDUCED.
The report of the question of re
ducing homesteads in Alaska from
320 acres to 160 acres has been re
ceived by the Gateway. It begins by
a letter from A. Christensen, chief of
the field division, to Clay Tallman,
commissioner of the general land of
fice, in which is stated that the chief
reason for asking the reduction is that
as the tillable land in Alaska is usual
ly in small valleys all the land would
be taken up by a few people who
would, anyhow, never be able to culti
vate it all. He says that he was in
strumental in getting Chairman Edes
of the railroad commission to write
to the secretary of the interior recom
mending the reduction in sise.
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GERMANSiRENEW
EASTERN FIGHT
RUSSIANS ADMIT DELAY IN
THE CARPATHIAN
CAMPAIGN.
PETROGRAD, April 17.—The Ger
mans have renewed their attacks near
the border of East Prussia and gener
ally throughout Poland. They are
making their main effort around Os
sowetz, along the Mlawa line and the
Warsaw line but they have not sue* |
ceedod in gaining any advantage of
importance. The new attacks are
probably being delivered for the pur
pose of relieving the pressure on the
Austro-German forces in the Car
pathians. As far as the fighting in
those mountains is mentioned today it
is clear that the Russian line south
west of Dukla pass is strongly held
but it is admitted that the advance is
delayed because of fighting in the
pass itself. The authorities deny the
story sent out from Berlin that the
attempt to force the mountains has
failed and they declare that the stop
page is only temporary. It is admit
ted that the Austrians in that quarter
have been strongly reinforced and this
bears out the statement from London.
More Russian reinforcements are
being hurried to that quarter and the
advance will probably be continued on
their arrival.
NEWS NOTES
The mail from Iditarod was at Mile
Thirty-four this morning and wras due
to arrive in Seward at 4 this after
noon.
Another new arrival in Seward
complains of having been “touched.”
He says he lost forty dollars.
Members of the fire department de
clare that new equipment will have to
be secured soon if Seward is to have
anything like adequate fire protection.
Not one man on Third or Fourth
avenue refused to sign the petitions
circulated for the improvements of
those thoroughfares.
Some fine new linen wus burnt in
the fire yesterday afternoon at the
Overland hotel but very little damage
of any other kind resulted. Fire
man Smith had his foot cut with glass
rather severely.
The woman w'ho committed suicide
some days ago in California and who
was described as the daughter of Dr.
Whiting of Alaska railroad fame was
really only his step-daughter. She
lived formerly in Alaska where her
mother met the doctor.
The Dr. J. Sloan mentioned in the
list of passengers on the Evans yes
terday is most likely Dr. J. M. Sloan,
formerly of Nome. Dr. J. M. Sloan
left Nome last fall and before going
expressed the intention of getting in
on the railroad boom.
Dick Daw'son i3 also a passenger on
the Evans coming north for the
season's work.
The Northwestern has undoubtedly
passed Juneau but no advices w'ere re
ceived from her today up to one
o'clock.
Wild geese w'ere seen this morning
flying near Sew'ard. They are the
first of the season.
The Territorial Legislature has
ahead of it only ten or twelve more
wrorking days.
An outside paper of recent date
contains an argument in favor of the
Seward harbor. It is in answ’er to
the statement that Resurrection bay is
too deep. The answer is that the
Seattle harbor is also too deep but
the wharves more than make up for
that fact.
It is reported that Portage Bay
Improvement club has adjourned to
meet again in Sew’ard. It was the
best improvement found available, a
correspondent says.
It has been pointed out that unless
the government makes some improve
ments on the railroad bed immediate
ly even the buzz cars will not be able
to run this spring and this wrould be
a severe hardship.
Sew'ard is now in the peculiar fix of
a town which is about to be built up
but which has no lumber. The re
port that local parties had sent for,
lumber is not the truth and no one
know's whether the schooner load
sighted by the Alameda is for this
place or not
1 ZEPPELINS ALSO
BUSY IN FRANCE.
Drop Bombs on City of Amiens and
Kill Ten of the In
habitants.
PARIS, April 17.—A Zeppelin air
( ship sailed over Amiens last night
' and dropped bombs killing ten persons
and inflicting some damage to private
property. The Zeppelin is believed to
be one of those engaged on the raid
on the English coast yesterday. The
British belief that the real Zeppelin
raids are now about to be attempted
is shared by the people of this city as
all the rumors as to the preparations
for an air campaign by the enemy
coincide.
❖ HOLLAND INDIGNANT ♦
❖ WITH THE GERMANS. *
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THE HAGUE, April 17.—'The
Dutch cabinet is now discussing the
sinking by a German submarine of
the Dutch steamer Katwijk in the
North sea. The people of this country
are boiling with indignation at what
they believe to have been a wanton in
sult to Holland. Germany will be ask
ed to apologize and make reparation
for the loss of the vessel and her
failure to meet the demand may be
followed by the most serious conse
quences.
❖ WANT LIBERTY BELL *
❖ TO COME TO SEATTLE. *
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SEATTLE, April 17.—Mayor Gill
and the Seattle chamber of commerce
have requested the mayor of Philadel
phia to route the Liberty Bell through
this city when it is on the way to San
Francisco to be exhibited at the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition.
ARBITRATION BOARD
TO TAKE UP STRIKE.
CHICAGO, April 17.—The mayor
has instructed the arbitration board
to investigate the strike in the build
ing trades strike called yesterday.
The men all kept away from work
this morning and made no appearance
at all so that matters are quiet. Build
ing is practically at a standstill.
FRENCH GAIN
ARRWHEIGHT
GERMANS ATTEMPTING TO CAP
TURE POSITION NEAR
ST. MIHIEL.
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LONDON, April 17.—The French
are now in possession of the heights
commanding Arras and their position
in that quarter is much strengthened
as a consequence. In the meantime
the Germans are making fresh efforts
to capture Leparges which commands
the St. Mihiel positions but they have
so far been unsuccessful although
they are suffering heavy losses. Very
little further of importance has oc
curred along the western line within
the past couple of days. A few minor
engagements have been fought in ad
dition to the usual exchange of artil
lery fire but no changes have oc
curred.
TELEGRAPH RATES
NOT TO BE PROBED.
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WASHINGTON, April 16.—The
Interstate Commerce commission has
dropped the investigation into tele
graph and telephone rates.
The cause of the investigation’s ces
sation has not been given out but it
is assumed to be the discovery that
the charges made could not be veri
fied.
DENIES INDIAN REBELLION
LONDON, April 17.—The Colonial
office denies the story sent out from
Berlin to the effect that an uprising
has taken place in India. If any un
rest exists in that empire at all, the
Colonial minister says, it is confined
to a few malcontents who are always
more or less active against the British
officials.
The last mail for the interior will
go over the trail on the Monday after
next.
FOR SALE.
Typewriter, practically new.
'HAS JAPAN BASE
ON THIS SIDE?
REPORTED SHE HAS ONE
IN LOWER CALI
FORNIA.
.
WASHINGTON, April 17.—An in
vestigation has been ordered to as
certain what truth there is in the re
1 port now in circulation that Japan has
a naval base which she is now actu
ally using in Lower California. The
story has received much credence be
cause of the reliable sources from
which it comes. Indeed, the best In
formed people in this city believe it
fully. As to what steps the United
States government will take should
the probe confirm the story is not
stated. Washington would probably
regard the establishment of such a
base as a direct refusal to recognize
the Monroe Doctrine and serious
complications would result without
doubt.
SAYS THAW MUST GO
BACK TO ASYLUM.
Only Hope For Him Now Is that He
May Be Declared To Be
Sane.
NEW YORK, April 17.—The Ap
pellate court has affirmed the ruling
of the trial judge in Thaw case and
has ordered that the prisoner be re
turned to the asylum at Matteawan
within five days. The writ of habeas
corus secured when Thaw was acquit
ted of conspiracy will be returnable
next Monday when his counsel will
ask for a jury to pass on Thaws' san
ity. If this request fails Thaw will be
taken immediately to Matteawan and
be incarcerated. Should a jury be
given and should this jury declare
Thaw to be sane it cannot be seen by
legal authorities how the government
can send to a lunatic asylum a man
who is healthy of mind. There is
a growing belief that Thaw will yet
go free.
TAX CASE COMES UP
MAY SEVENTEETH.
The case of the town of Seward vs.
t£e Alaska Nothern railroad has been
set for hearing at San Francisco on
May 17. The-case is the one arising
from the effort to collect taxes. In
connection with this case it is interest
ing to know that as the government
property cannot be taxed the city will
not be able to collect on railroad prop
erty in future whatever way ti e pres
ent case is decided.
SULZER WRITES JACK PRICE.
Jack Trice, sourdough Alaska min
er, has received a very interesting
letter from former Governor Sulzer
of New York, which reads, in part, as
follows:
“Glynn plotted with Murphy to steal
my office, but the voters refused to
confirm the theft. Tammany will nev
er remove another governor because
he refused to be a party of the loot
ing of the state. We fought a good
fight—a fight for principle—to beat
the bosses; to get the grafters; and
to give the taxpayers honest govern
ment. I want to thank you for what
you did for the cause.
“I am glad I made the fight, and we
can console ourselves that we elected
Whitman; beat Murphy’s crooked
ticket; made Roosevelt ridiculous,
and drove from public life the con
spirators who stole the governor
ship.”
As a member of congress Sulzer
proved a loyal friend of Alaska.
(Knik News.)
FIREMEN TO MEET.
A meeting of the Firemen will be
held in the fire hall tomorrow at 11:30
a. m. All members in charge of noz
zles and chemical engines are request
ed to be present by Chief Horner.
fixing p. a. n. office.
The Seward offices of the Pacific Al
aska Navigation company are now be
ing enlarged and made ready for the
great volume of business expected
this summer.
Visiting cards, invitations, anything
pretty is done by the Gateway just as
well as outside.