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SEWARD:— Gateway to the"Land of Opportunity—The Hunters’ Paradise—The Homesteaders’ Land of Promise -—-— The Gateway "0:^ Chlnri! Kenai, Knik^Broad Pass Great Coal F.elds of Gold Fields Matanuska • J . PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY _LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION MEMBER %8SOa \TKP PRESS____._----———___ _ SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1911. fen Cents the C py X ol. 9. >o. 1 _ __—_» BATTLING BEGINS AGAIN MEXICAN REPUBLIC \ AID, iH’t. 8.—tiovernor aiayor tena has renewal the attack on Gen eral Benjamin Hill, the commander of the Carranza forces. Many bullets fell in American territory and serious steps may have to be taken to stop the nuisance. It is feared that the con tinuation of hostilities may lead to something that would render the mak ing peace a matter of the most serious difficulty. MEXICO City. Oct. 8.—Twelve hun dred street car men have gone out on a strike in this city, and serious re sults are expected. In addition to the street car men the cabmen have also walked out and state that they were compelled to do so by the others. \ io lent rioting occurred last night and the government threatens the most severe measures if it is continued. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—The ques tion of recognizing any government in Mexico is not being considered by this government. The withdrawal of the American troops from Vera Cruz has been further postponed notwith standing the fact that the harmony efforts continue. FRENCH AND HERRON LEAVE ON MARIPOSA Major Will Engage in Hunting Trip With Rex Beach Major L. H. French, Charles K. Herron and P. F. Cummings are pas sengers on the Mariposa for the out side. They have taken over several splendid mining properties in this district and will later operate them extensively. Major French has re ceived a letter from Rex Beach, the famous novelist, inviting him for a hunting trip and he may accept the invitation if business permits. MARIPOSA TAKES Ol'T ABOt'T 70 PEOPLE Sixty or seventy people leave Sew ard on the Mariposa. Agent Guptil sold 28 first class tickets, 16 second class and the rest were the people who came on the Dirigo. MANY PEOPLE GOING AWAY COURT VISITORS AND OTHERS LEAVE ON MARIPOSA AND EVANS Several people will leave on the Mariposa and Evans. Many of the passengers are court visitors, can didates of all kinds and some of the people who have been operating mines or were engaged in other business here during the summer. The full list of the passengers on the Evans is not yet ready and a few others were to leave on the Mariposa but their names were not on the list when it was copied. The following are going out; going on Mariposa Sophia Anderson, Mrs. Geo. Albert, W. D. Sutoliff, E. E. Smith, F. L. Bohm, F. W. Small, H. C. Black, A. Maten, David Foremen, Henry Matheson, Lena Kyger, Peter Martin, Mrs. A. Martin Benny Gre goroff, Michael McLeod, A. Lawson Henry S. Paul, Alfred Benson, H. H. Townsend, B. H. Olson, W. Hesse, F. P. Cummings John Lyons, C. E. Her ron, L. H. French, Capt. R. R. San born, Dr. W. W. Babcock and 0. D. Mitchell. Going on Evans; Miss C. L. Bax ter Mrs. M. J. Furney, John Steven son, Mr. Chase, Albert Frater, E. N. Fuentz, F. Rammos, John Thompson, Manuel Rayes, Pedro Martinez, Pau lino Radnignaz and Pablo Radnignez. EVANS DUE 4 p. m. Agent Wayne Blue has received J that the Evans will be here at m. GROUNDS WILL BE SLIPPERY OCCASIONAL RAINS INTERFERE WITH PRACTICE OF CHAMPIONS — PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8.— Low hanging clouds and occasional light rains for tomorrow and Saturday are predicted and it is almost certain that the ground will be moist at least to some extent when the Braves and the Athletics face each other for the first game of the world series. Light rains occurred today and made the ground so slipperly that it interfered with practice. Th* crowds attending the opening game are expected to make a record. The police have been accused of grafting in connection with the sale of seats and an investigation is now proceeding. SOLDIERS CLOfHES ARE GETTING SHABBY LONDON, Oct. 8.—The possobility of having to furnish new clothes for the millions of soldiers in'the war may have to be seriously considered if the conflict is prolonged through the winter. Some of the correspon dents are already reporting that the soldier’s uniforms are beginning to show wear and tear. It used to be be lieved that a good uniform should last a campaign. That was not the experience of 1870. In December, 1870 German soldiers might have been seen plodding through the miry roads in the depth of winter barefoot, whilst many had only wooden shoes and linen trousers. When the Tenth Corps mar ched into Le Mans in January scarcely a soldier was clothed in the regula tion manner. Civilian garments, even French red breeches, were common. WICKER SHAM GOES ON Gl GGENHEIM SHIP Hands Out Money for Ticket to His Traditional Foes Delegate Wickersham has been dis covered in another very questionable light-he is a passenger on the Gug genheim ship from Seward this after noon. A very well known official of the company was present in the of fice when the delegate bought his ticket and reminded him of the mo mentous fact but the delegate, with splendid magnanimity, let his four teen bones for a ticket to Cordova remain on the counter. The Juneau Empire will smell another rat. THE DWYER CASE HAS ABOUT CONCLUDED Speech Delivered and Trial May be Ended When Paper Goes To Press The case against James E. Dwyer, who is being tried for the murder of Jack Wilson at Knik, has occupied the court for the past couple of days. As sistant District Attorney Guy Bru baker addressed the jury this morning for the government and E. E. Ritchie addressed it this afternoon. L. V. Ray is associated with Mr. Ritchie in the defense . The result of the trial may be known before this paper goes out on the streets. DEFENDANT BREAKS HIS LEG IN ADDITION A man named Seller who is a de fendant in a rape case from the west is now lying in the hospital with both bones of the left leg broken. The accident was caused by his falling down from some height on a boat at Unalaska, before he was brought dow n for trial. He is under the care of Dr. Romig. WAR WILL NOT HURT ALASKA PLENTY OF MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE DELE GATE SAYS That the European war will not ef fect the building of the government ' railroad in the least is the statement made by Delegate Wickersham last night in answer to a question. “The government has alreary made j provision” said Mr. Wickersham ‘‘to meet all the losses in revenue. After the collection of the war revenue taxes the treasury will have just the same amount of money as it would have if no war had occurred. There j fore there is absolutely no reason to believe that the war will have any ef fect whatever on Alaskan matters.” DELEGATE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSMENT BILL Denies That He Had Anything to do With Introducing Measure Delegate Wickersham has been blamed by his opponents for the in troduction of the assessment exemp tion bill which recently caused so much flurry but he denies that he had anything to do with it. Congressman Johnson was the sponsor of the bill and at the conclusion of the coal leas ing work the delegate was asked by some Alaskans to take action but he refused to have anything to do with it. When he was asked for a copy of the bill passed to exempt the people of Nome from doing assessment work last year he got his secretary to make out such a copy and that was, he de clares, the full extent of his partici pation in the matter. As a matter of fact Mr. Wickersham believes that such a bill would do more harm than good. PEOPLE OF COLORADO NOW FAVOR THE MINERS DENVER, Colo., Oct. 8.—Because of their faith in the integrity of the President of the United States to ap point a commission that will be fair, the 12,000 Colorado miners who have been on a strike since September 23, 1913 have accepted his plan for a three years' truce. If the coal operators, who have al ways refused to deal with their form er employes, accept the proposition, and it seems doubtful that they will, the Colorado strike, probably the most important industrial struggle in his tory, will be at an end and the men will return to their former positions in the mines. While practically all of the dele gates to the convention in Trinidad admitted that the offer of the Presi dent did not embody all the rights they should have, they admitted that it provided for conditions never had in Colorado, that is if the commission of three to be appointed to enforce the provisions of the truce is fair. People of Colorado fail to see just what excuse the operators can give for turning down Mr. Wilson’s pro position. Its salient features give only those things which have been granted the miners by law since 1889. EUGENE UNDERWOOD LEAVES FOR THE OUTSIDE Eugene Underwood, brother of Oscar Underwood, leader of the dem ocrats in the house of representatives, leaves on the Mariposa for the out side. Mr. Underwood has been in Sew ard appraising for the government the Alaskan Northern railroad and has made a host of friends during his stay. Harry Hicks arrived from Cache creek yesterday. CABLE DOWN The cable is down between Sit ka and Cardova and the usual press service could not be obtain ed today. The Gateway tele graphed out to the Associated Press to send in the stuff by the Canadian lines but only the report of the first game for the world’s series got in time for the paper to go to press. The war news appearing to day is sent by Associated Press as emergency news according to the usual custom and was dat edOctober 8, yesterday. The usual telegraphic service will probably bo available tomorrow CHAIRMAN IDES GOES OUTSIDE HE AND COMMISSIONER RIGGS FINISH THEIR WORK Chairman Edes of the Alaska Rail road Commission arrived on the Mari posa and continues with the same ship to the outside. Mr. RifjfKs accom panies him. Mr. Edes will po as soon as possible to Washington and Mr. Ripps will be^in the preparation of the report which will be delivered to President Wilson probably by the first of the year. WAR NEWS FROM EUROPEAN CAPIEALS orJKLliM, Uct. 8.—me iouowing ue script ions of the devastation at Liege and Namur are translated from ac counts in the Tageblatt. “We reached Liege on the evening j of a stormy day. We traveled through ’ streets where the smoke of burned j houses was still curling upward,! streets that showed no signs of life, j Patrols marched through the city. The beautiful shops across from the univ ersity were a field of ruins. 1 was told that two nights before, on August 21 st, shots came from these shops as if by prearrangement. The inhabitants of the houses were dragged out, the women were torn from the men, ami whoever had a weapon in his hands ! was shot. In a few minutes the streets was sown with corpses. The houses were set on fire." LONDON, Oct. 8.—The rapidity with which the wounds of soldiers arc healed, and the practical absence of blood-poisoning cases, has been a sur prise in view’ of the “deadly effect iveness” of the modern army weap ons. “The antiseptic treatment of wounds almost immediately after their infliction has a great deal to do with the fact that cures are effected in such a short time as has been de monstrated in the London hospitals,” said one of the physicians in atten dance upon the wounded British sold iers. While surgery has made wonderful strides in the last decade, the results might have been different w’ere it not that the antiseptic preventive meas ures have been applied with the ut most efficiency. “Another very important reason lies in the fact that the bullet fired from a modern rifle travels with such velocity as to obviate the danger of a ragged w’ound, and unless a vital or gan lies in the path of it, the recovery presents no over-difficult problem. PARIS, Oct. 0—When the Bank of France transferred its headquarters to Bordeaux it destroyed all its bank note plates to avoid the possibility of their falling into the hands of those w’ho might know’ how to make use of ; them, in case the worst came to the w’oret. The mint was also transferred to Castelsarrazin where new’ coins of the denominations of two francs and one franc will be coined. These war coins will appeal particulary to collectors as they will be honored with a distinc tive sign to distinguish them from the general series, though bearing the same design. LU.NLHJ.N, uct. if—A correspondent writes the London Field suggesting that British sentries “against German spies within the United Kingdom” be armed with the American “sawed off” shotgun, charged with buckshot. He urges that such a weapon would be more efficient for sentries at railway bridges and other places where guards are maintained than the service rifie, especially at night. LONDON, Oct. 8.—Ix>ndon papers are unanimouns in the opinion that England will not soon suffer famine. Imports of grain have been largely in excess of normal because so many continental ports have been closed up to the present timo forty-eight cargoes of grain destined for con tinental ports have been landed in England. The paths to Canada and the United States are now open and a regular steamer service between Archangel on the White Sea and London has been established which will make it possible for Russia to continue its shipments of butter and eggs to Eng land. At present the stocks of meat in London warehouses ar said to be 60 per cent above the average, while the wheat, maize and barley stocks are 150 percent., 200 per cent and 600 per cent. resDectively above the average. More than 6,000,000 gallons of pet roleum not intended for England found their way here because of the closing of continental ports. Ships bearing print paper have resumed sailing from Norway and Sweden so it seems likely newspapers will not be short of white paper. LONDON, Oct. 9.—Through ef forts of the War Office 150 military hospitals have been organized in Great Britain. These have been averaged | in groups and each has an administra- J tive center. Practically all the sick and wounded returning from the con tinent are received at Southampton, and from there those whose condition is the most serious are sent to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, and the others are distributed where their cas es can be handled to the best ad vantage. Rheumatism, brought on by ex posure makes the conditions of some of the injured very pitiful. Some typhoid has been reported among British soldiers in the field. Sir William Osier’s suggestion that! the American army’s plan of in-! noculating all soldiers against typhoid be adopted is generally supprted by the press. BRAVES GET ATHLETES IN EIRST GAME SEVEN TO ONE DREDGE EOR CACHE CREEK WILL BE SHIPPED IN BY JAMES MURRAY IN SPRING The dredge which James Murray has ordered for Cache creek will be brought in first thing next Spring. It has arrived already at Seattle but some delay had been caused in getting some of the parts from the factories in the east or the dredge would have arrived in this section by this time. Mr. Murray has splendid dredging ground and he believes that this part of the territory is in the beginning of a dredging epoch which will surprise even the most optimistic people. With Mr. Murray here are two well known oldtimers from Nome, J. B. McAllis ter and Chris Lausten. Just received fresh appleeider at Brown & Hawkins.—“Quality First" LOSi JOB FOB j WICKFRSS1AM DEMOCRATIC CUB REMOVES PRESIDENT FOR IN TROD IT INC, DELEGATE By a unanimous vote the democratic club of Seward removed its president, Dr. Charles Daggett, from office last night and also declared him no longer a member of the club because he introduced Delegate Wickersham at the meeting addressed by the dele gate Wednesday evening. .John Noon, a member of the executive committee, was also removed from the rolls and consequently from office. Mr. Noon was present and entered into a dis cussion but retired when the resolu tion was passed. Dr. Daggett did not attend the meting. When it was found that Dr. Dag gett had introduced Mr. Wickersham the club called a special meeting at the store of George Phelps, the com mitteeman for this district. Vice President Root occupied the chair in the absence of the president an<l stated that the object of the meeting was to discuss the action of the presi- j dent and any other member who re fused to support the candidate of the party. Mr. Noon declared that he sup ported Wickersham and asked if he could remain. After a rather heated discussion the resolution was passed removing him from the club and he left. Some further discussion took place before T. W. Hawkins moved that Dr. Daggett be removed from the roll of membership and, therefore, from the presidency. The resoultion was carried unanimously. New officers were then elected to fill the places made vacant by the re movals. Vice President Root was el ected president and Wayne Blue was elected vice president, to take Mr. Root’s place. I). C. Mathison was elected on the executive committee. JAMES MURRAY COMES FROM CACHE CREEK Had Splendid Success During the ] Summer and Will Accomplish Big Work J. C. Murray, the Cache creek oper ator, arrived this morning on the Mariposa after a summer spent work-; ing on Cache creek. During the sum mer he found even better ground than that which he had discovered before and he looks forward to big opera tions in that plate. He will remain ; over in Seward for some time before proceeding to the outside. JUDGE O. P. HUBBARD WILL SOON RETURN j I Judge 0. P. Hubbard, candidate for the territorial senate, left on :he Mariposa but expects to return in •about ten days to Seward to meet his many friends. HOUSE NOW' DEBATING CLAYTON TRUST BILL WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—The house is now debating the anti-trust bill of Clayton and the debate will soon be finished. __ A PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY Mrs. G. R. Manthey was given a pleasant surprise last evening when 1 a lot of young people arrived at her house just before nine o'clock. Cards were played for a time and nice re freshments were served. Dancing was , also indulged in and continued unti ’ 2 a. m. Professor H. C. Parker and A. M. Aten left this afternoon on the Mari posa after a season on their property.! N. H. Read who was with them at the mine will remain here at least for some time. SEATTLE, .Oct. 9.—The bulletin has just been flashed here by Associ ated Press that Boston has won the first game by a score of seven to one. The names of the batteries and other facts have not yet been received. The ground was a little moist and seemed to help the National Leaguers but that they are superior to the cham pions of the Americans is the opinion of the fans so far as can be learned. (Note) The above was dispatched to the Gateway over the Canadian line but nothing else arrived although a message was sent out asking full news. The Gateway was charged commercial rates 'even for this dis patch appearing above and evidently the Associated Press is finding some difficulty in sending stuff in by the Canadian line today. DAN SUTHERLAND IS CAMPAIGNING AT NOME Dan Sutherland is now campaign ing at Nome in the interests of Dele gate Wickersham. After leaving Nome he will proceed to Mass achusetts to visit his family. He has recently struck good pay in the Ruby country and is said to be on the road to fortune. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Sutherland. During the last election Mr. Sutherland looked after the delegate’s interest all over the interior and Seward peninsula. II. It. INGRAM ADDRESSES GOOD CROWD AT CASINO H. B. Ingram, candidate for the lower house of the legislature, ad dressed a large audience hist even ing at the Casino and made a most favorable impression. The audience included a large number of the Val dez people with whom Mr. Ingram is evidently very popular. It would be impossible to go over all the facts of a vital nature brought out by the speaker but he has certainly a good grasp of the subjects of interest to the people of Alaska. iU olWARI) FROM PARIS MAN HERE FOR PAST FEW DAYS SAW FRANCE AT WAR D. 0. Carter, a mining engineer who arrived on the Mariposa and left on her this afternoon, was in Paris as late as September 2. He paid a flying visit to see the Primrose mine and concluded his business quickly. He says that Paris is dead. Al though there were no direct evidences that the nation was engaged in a life and death struggle it was plain that something really awful was transpiring. All around the streets apd boulevards an ominous quiet reigned. The cafes close early and the usual gaiety of the brilliant city is hushed. Now and again a few sol diers are seen marching but that is all that shows the country to be at war. He also says that all the Americans who joined the French army were badly fooled. Instead of being sent to the front to cover themselves with glory they were told off to guard bag gage or prisoners in the south of France or elsewhere. The members of the foreign legion as well as some of the distinctive American corps of volunteers were shipped away to the colonies to act as garrisons while the regular troops of France were sent out to do the actual fighting. Mr. Carter says that London os as dead ae Paris so far as gaiety and busi ness are concerned. He left Brazil direct for Europe and came straight to Seward. MRS. FURNEY LEAVING Mrs. M. J. Fumey who has been visiting Mrs. Myers for the past four months is leaving on the Evans for her home in California.