The Seward gateway., July 13, 1915, Image 1

About The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917

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The Terminus of Alaska’s Thirty-five Million Dollar Government Owned Railroad System
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\ol. % N(>. 2M SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO .ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY U, »!•»•_____ --
SEWARD THE TERMINAL CITY WELCOMES GOVER
NOR STRONG AND MRS. STRONG ON FIRST VISIT
Whole City Greets First Citizen
and First Lady of Territory
A. J. BLETHEN
PASSES AWAY
OWNER AND EDITOR OF SEAT
TLE DAILY AND WEEKLY
TIMES IS DEAD.
SEATTLE. July >15.—Alden J
Blethen. owner and editor of the Seat
tle Daily Times, died this morning af
ter a prolonged illness. For several
weeks death was believed to be ap
preaching and was expected at ar
earlier date but he exhibited wonder
ful vitality and lived on from day t<
day. The arrangements for the fun
eral had not been made this morning
The paper w'ill be issued by his son:
just as usual.
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ASQUITH’S DAUGHTER
POSTPONES MARRIAGE
LONDON. July 13.—The marriage
of Viola Asquith, daughter of the
prime minister of Great Britain, to
Maurice Carter has been postponed
owing to the serious illness of the
bride to be. Miss Asquith is suffering
from typhoid fever.
NEW YORK CITY HAS OVER
FIVE MILLION PEOPLE.
American Metropolis Will Soon he
the Largest City of the
World.
NEW YORK. July IT—The state
census which has just been conclud
ed gives New York city a population
of five million and a quarter people.
At the present rate of increase and
the rate of increase of London New
Y'ork will soon have no rival in its
claim to be the largest city in the
world if it is not so already.
WALLA WALLA BOYS THROW
STONES AT LIBERTY BELL.
WALLA WALLA. July IT—While
the Liberty Bel! *as passing through
this city today enroute from Phila
delphia to San Francisco several boys
threw stones at it. While the act was
prompted by nothing more than a
boyish desire to do something wrong
the occurrence has received universal
condemnation and it is feared that
Walla Walla will come in for un
enviable notoriety throughout the
country'* Some of the people here re
gard the matter as hardly short of a
sacrilege. It was the first act of an
unpatriotice nature connected with
the journey of the bell through the
country.
EDISON WILL TAKE PART
IN DEVELOPING NAVY.
A Bureau of Invention Will Be Estab
lished to Improve the Navy
Fighting Bowers.
WEST ORANGE, July 13.—Edison
has accepted the invitation of
Josephus Daniels, the secretary of the
navy, to head the advisory board of
the proposed bureau of invention
which is about to be established to
develope the navy. The board’s
duties will be to encourage inventions
in gunnery and in every other line
and to be always ready to examine
all inventions and pass upon them.
It is believed that by this means
greater improvements can be made in
the naval strength of the United
States than by the mere building of
ships and more ships that invention
might render obsolete at any time.
With band playing, cheers ringing
out, colors and flags flying and the
whole tow n en fete Seward, the
Terminal City of the government
railroad, gave Governor J. F. A.
Strong, and Mrs. Strong a royal wel
come last evening notwithstanding
the fact that about an hour before the
arrival of the Victoria no one had an
idea that she would bring the gov
ernor here before the following day.
Wireless messages had been receiv
j ed during the day which were such
that they caused some confusion and
it was only between the hours of
seven and eight that word finally
came directly that the Victoria was
approaching the entrance to Resur
rection bay.
Immediately the steamship Santa
Ana. with colors flying, got ready to
! steam out to meet the Nome liner.
The Seward band and a large crowd
of people, including Mayor Myers
and President Frank Bailaine of the
i Commercial Club, were aboard as the
welcoming ship pulled out. Half the
way down the bay the Victoria was
sighted and as the two vessels drew
near ringing cheers were given again
and again for Governor Strong and
Mrs. Strong while the band played
had been given for a formal recep
tion and if the governor had left on
the ship that brought him, Seward
would have reason to be regretful
but as he decided to wait for the next
boat going to Anchorage formal cere
monies of welcome were prepared
during his stay. Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Sears, and, indeed, others also, In
vited the governor and Mrs. Strong to
be their guests during their stay and
the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Sears
was accepted.
The program for today was a ride
by the governor and Mrs. Strong ou*
the railroad line. At 8:30 this even
ing a band concert will be given in
their honor and the governor will ad
dress the people from the balcony of
the Coleman Hotel ju6t previous to
the concert. A reception in honor of
Mrs. Strong for the ladies of Seward
by Mrs. Myers, wife of the mayor,
was to have been part of today’s pro
gram but as the car will not return in
time, probably, this reception has
been postponed until tomorrow after
noon when it will take place from the
hours of 1:30 to 3.
This is the first visit of the govern
or to Seward and ho hailed it as a
real delight. When he was told that
HON. J. F. A. STRONG, GOVERNOR OF ALASKA.
national airs. From the Victroia came
answering cheers for Seward, and at
a distance it seemed that the voice
that called for them was that of the
governor himself. Captain “Johnny *
O’Brien, that popular veteran of
northern waters, slowed down as Cap
tain Hansen of the Santa Ana turned
to circle around the stern of the in
coming ship and pull up alongside.
The two vessels then started abeam
for the wharf down the bay as the
music €tnd cheers continued. The
docks were crowded as the steamers
approached and the Victoria pulled
up letting the Santa Ana tie up.
Cheers, music and handshaking again
marked the landing of the governor.
The whole city was present and, as
some people remarked, the reception
could hardly have been more spon
taneous and whole-hearted if the
visitor were President Wilson him
self, coming unexpectedly. No time
the thermometor registered nearly 80
degrees in the shade during the carry
part of the day and that for three
months Seward has not had half a
dozen rainy days he expressed a
pleased surprise. Living for nearly a
score of years in the territory, as he
has, he was delighted beyond meas
ure will all he saw. One of his chief
pleasures after the first rush of the
reception was to meet all the old
friends whom he knew in other parts
of the territory, and his friends are
numbered among no particular class.
They are as numerous as the popula
tion of the territory. They are all
the people of all kinds and conditions.
EVANS LEAVES JUNEAU.
The Evans left Juneau at 2:30,
o’clock this morning.
The Alameda was due to arrive at
Cordova at 1:15 p. m. today.
[1ST DIVISION
SPITES FACE
COL. RICHARDSON SUGGESTS
ROAD FUND SUIT WILL
CAUSE TROUBLE.
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JUNEAU CUTS OEE NOSE
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CHAIRMAN OF ROA1) COMMIS
SION SAYS SEWARD-IDITAROD
TRAIL TO BE FIXED.
That the legislative delegation of
the First division has cut off its nose
to spite its face when it brought suit
to have the forestry road funds spent
almost entirely in the First division is
a statement that can he made after a
talk with Colonel W. P. Richardson,
chairman of the Alaska Road Com
mission this morning. Colonel Rich
ardson arrived last evening on the
Victoria and remained over to look at
the conditions of affairs in this dis
triet.
Before proceeding with the forestry
funds question it is better make haste
to say what will be received here and
in Iditarod with feelings of the great
est pleasure, and that is that the Se
ward-Iditarod mail trail will be im
proved this year for use during the
winter. The colonel is unable to say
at present how much work will be
necessary or how much money will b»
at his disposal but that some wort:
will he accomplished on the trail is a
positive statement.
Now, for the question of the for
estry funds appropriation for roads:
! At its last session the territorial leg
j islature decided to divide equally be
tween the four divisions of Alaska for
' road work the funds received by the
territory through Washington from
the forest reserves. It is admitted
that the First division produced most
of those funds but the legislature
came to the conclusion that all A!at>
I ka should have an equal share in AI
; aska funds, which seems to he per
! fectly right, and the decision was ar
rive;! at to spend the money evenly
i in all divisions. This would have
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HALF MILLION I OR MISSIONS.
ST. PAUL, July 13.—Edward
Webb, the head of the publishing
company that bears his name, is dead
and has bequeathed half a million
dollars to the Presbyterian missions
of the country.
RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW
CONCERT THIS EVENING.
Concert Will Begin at 8:30 and Ad
dress by Governor Will be
Half Hour Later.
According to the latest arrange
ments the band concert in honor of
the governor will begin at 8:30 o'clock
this evening.^ It will last about
half an hour and will be followed by
the address from the balcony of the
Coleman Hotel. After the concert
and address a public reception will be
held in the hotel.
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VICTORIA HAD MANY
ROUND TRIPPERS.
The passengers on the Victoria ^
which passed by this morning were,
almost all round trip excursionists.
There were a hundred first class an(L
forty second class, but very few were
Nome people. Amongst the Nomej
people were Rev. Mr. Bauer and{
family, and George Maynard and(
family. Only one steerage passenger (
left from Seward on the vessel.
u. S. SHIP IS SHIELD
FOR GERMAN SUBMARINE
WOMAN SAYS
SHEMURDERED
DECLARES SHE IS THE ONE
WHO KILLED WEALTHY
CATTLEMAN.
DES MOINES, July in.—Mrs.
Pease, a realty man’s wife, has added
a new complication to the story ol the
murder of the cattleman whose treas
ure is supposed to have been discover
ed recently, by stilting that it was
she who killed the cattleman. She
declares that the son of the cattle
man was spared and taken to the
house of people who brought him up.
Mrs. Pearce describes herself as the
daughter of a man named William
Hedrick. At the time of the murder,
she says, three other men were also
murdered but the amount of loot se
cured by those murders was only ten
thousand dollars.
CLARINDA, Iowa, July in.—The
prosecutor when told of the confes
sion of Mrs. Pearce declared that he
believes Mrs. Pearce is referring to
other murders committed by the same
parties, He said this after having
looked into all the facts, dates and
other evidences relating to the ques
tion.
COLONEL MUST DIE
ON THE CALLOWS.
DENVER, July 13.—The supreme
court has affirmed the decision of the,
lower court which has sentenced
Colonel Bulger to be hanged in Oct
ober for the murder of a hotel mana
ger. Bulger was a soldier of fortune
and fought in many revolutions in
South America as well as in various
other fights.
GUERRERO TAKES ADVICE
AND DOES NOT BOMBARD.
GUAYMAS, July 13.—General
Guerrero, the chief of the rebels, has
taken the warning of the captain of
the United States cruiser and has de
parted from the south with his forces
without firing a shot at this city. He
approached Guaymas with the inten
tion of shelling it but was met with
the opposition of the U. S. naval com
mander and the foriegn consuls.
FLOODS KILL AND RUIN
PROPERTY IN CHINA.
CANTON, July 13.—Immense
floods are now ravaging the provinces
of Kwangtung and Kwanghi. Trade
and traffic are suspended and many
lives have been lost. So great has
the damage been to the homes and
possessions of the poor that help is
sorely needed.
MILLIONAIRE GOES BROKE.
UNIONTOWN, July 13.—Josiah
Thomson, who has always been rated
as a millionaire banker, was declared
bankrupt here today. The chief cause
of the failure was reckless specula-1
tion.
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POLITICIAN JAILED
UNDER MANN ACT.
PORTLAND, July 13.—Samuel
Krasner, a politician, was sentenced
to eighteen months in prison today on
conviction of a violation of^ the Mann
act. His defense was that the charge
was trumped up by political enemies.
USED U. S SHIP AS SHIELD.
LIVERPOOL, July 13.—Using the United States
bark Normandy as a shield, a German submarine ap
proached, torpedoed and sank the Russian steamer Leo
off the mouth of the Mersey yesterday. The submarine
commander compelled the American ship to saii before it
as it approached the Russian. It was evidently feared bv
the German that the steamer had runs or might try to
ram the submarine. The ruse was thoroughly successful
and the steamer was easily sent to the bottom. Some oi
the crew were rescued, including three Americans.
WILSON’S MIND EASY.
WASHINGTON, July 13.—President Wilson, who
will return to the capital tins week, regards the situation
arising from the reply of the German government as not
at all critical In official circles this reply is regarded as
a final negative answer to the proposal for Germany to
abandon its submarine warfare, although Berlin evade.-,
any direct statement on that phase of the question. The
secretary of state has been in communication with the
president since the receipt oi the note, but all excitement
that became evident on the publication of the contents of
the reply is dying away.
TO SEIZE U S. CARGOES.
LONDON, 1uly 13.—Sir Edward Carson, attorney
general in the new cabinet of the British government, has
asked the government to confiscate all American cargoes
consigned to neutral countries as, he declares, all such
cargoes are intended for Germany finally. The sugges
tion has created something of a sensation, as the Amer
ican government would surely object strenuously to any
such interference with the country s trade. Carson is
being criticised severely for making such a suggestion
without first having consulted his colleagues, and as he
has many bitter enemies who protested strongly against
his inclusion in the cabinet trouble may be ahead for him.
RUSSIANS DEFEAT TURKS.
PETROGAD, July 13—The Russians have been bril
liantly victorious over the lurks in Eastern Armenia and
have driven the enemy back a considerable distance. The
Turks are slaughtering the unarmed Armenians as they
fall back, and this is regarded as a sure indication of the
intention on the part of the Turkish army to abandon the
country and fall back into the interior.
REPORT SULTAN DEAD.
ROME, July 13—A report is in circulation here to
the effect that the sultan of Turkey has been dead for a
week, but that the fact has been kept secret through fear
of internecine trouble. It is known that he he was very
ill and that an operation was performed on him some time
ago. _
SPAIN FORBIDS WAR TALK.
MADRID, July 13.—The people of Spain are now ris
ing in anger against the prohibition on the part oi the
goernment of all discussion of questions relating to tne
war. The military authorities declare that the mobiliza
tion of the troops is meant merely to guard the frontier
against any violation of Spanish neutrality in the event
of the war coming closer.
WRECK GERMAN CRUISER
LONDON, July 13.—British river monitors have suc
ceeded in wrecking the German cruiser Konigsberg which
took refuge last year in the Refiji river in German East
Africa the cruiser was threatening British shipping in
the region when overhauled by British warships and she
steamed up stream where it was impossible for the heav
ier draft pursuers to follow. The monitors were brought
into requisition recently as the Konigsberg always menac
ed British interests on those coats by the possibility of her
escaping.
IN THE DARDANELLES.
PARIS, July 13—The fighting around the Darda
nelles for the past few days has been confined entirely to
trench warfare and no assaults by either side have been
reported. The position of the Turkish land batteries
makes it inadvisable for the allied fleet to proceed very far
up the channel, and no advance by water is looked for
until the enemy has been dislodged and driven further
east. The Turks have one advantage in being closer to
their base of supplies and, therefore, in being able to fill
up the gaps in their ranks. The holding of the Turkish
army has, at least, the advantage of piotecting Eg\^pt
from atempted invasion and in the meanwhile the allied
leaders are preparing for a more strenuous campaign.