The Seward gateway., August 30, 1915, Image 1

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

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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS ___-_-_
Vol. No. j;i_SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. MONDAY. AUGUST 30, 1915. ___Ten Cents the Copy
BOW OF WATSON HELD UP BY ROPES BUT ALL
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IS NOW SUBMERGED EXCEPT THE UPPER STRUCTURE
LOSS BY SINKING OF AU MEXICANS THE GUGGENHEIMS YET
SHIP FIFTY THOUSAND "EH ACTIVE IN BROAD PASS
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SEATTLE, August (Sunday) —
The Paruiso rammed ami partially
sunk the Admiral Watson at the Beil
Street dock this morning. No pas
sengers were aboard.
More Details.
SEATTLE, August 30.—The ios> to
the owners of the Watson by the ac
cident yesterday will amount to prob
ably fifty thousand dollars. A long
shoreman named Miilmoe wao killed
but this is th ‘ only fatality resulting
from the accident. The cause of the
occurrence was that the Paruiso lost
her bearings owing to fog and the
thick smoke of forest tires. She went 1
to anchor at a place where her skip
per believed everything safe but her
lines parted. The Watson narrow i.v
escaped sinking in deep water but
as it is only a part of her bow is now
visible. A hole eighteen feet long
was driven in her extending from the
main deck to the plates and half way
below the water.
Sink-* Deeper.
SEATTLE, August .it).—The acci
dent to the Admiral Watson occurred
at six thirty o'clock. Miilmoe, the
man who lost his life, had just board
ed the Watson preparatory to loading
her. If the collision had occurred
twenty minutes later many lives
would unquestionably have been sacri
ficed. President Alexander, of the
company was at Tacoma when the ac
cident occurred and he rushed im
mediately to this city in a fast auto.
The stern of the Watson is in thrity
feet of water. By the use of ropes
the bow was held up until the after
noon but then came the warning that
the ropes were breaking. The men
w’orking on her at once got ashore
and just after arriving there safely
they watched the bow where they had
been standing sink. Only the upper
works of the Watson are now visible
above the water. The Paraiso had no
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❖ WHOLE TOWN MOl'RNS ❖
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CHEYENNE. August HO.—The
whole town is mourning today for
Mrs. Pershing, wife of the general,
who with her three daughters lost her
life by fire in the Presidio at San
Francisco. AH business "ill be sus
pended tomorrow when the funeral
takes place. General Pershing will
arrive in the morning and be in time
to attend the last obsequies. It is
said that he was prostrated by the
news of the awful calamity.
TAKING PAY OUT ALL
THE TIME CROW CREEK.
Isaac Evans, the United States
deputy marshal, returned Saturday
from an official trip to Girwood and
Crow creek. He says that Dick Daw
son is working continuously and tak
ing out pay. The by-pass which h »
is building "dll be completed by Sep
tember fifteenth and is for the pur
pose of diverting Crow Creek, which
at times is very bothersome. The by
pass is about 8 feet wide and a mile
and a half long. Mr. Evans says that
all the creeks and rivers are high and
their worst feature is that one day
they are high and the next low or
medium. This sudden change makes
travel dangerous.
FAMINE IN MEXICO.
WASHINGTON. August 29.—'The
International Relief committee re
ports to the Red Cross that the
famine in Mexico City is getting
worse daily. Several people are said
to be suffering almost starvation.
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injury inflicted on her except the
scratching of the paint on her bow.
Jensen Directed.
SEATTLE, August ::0.—Captain
Jensen of the Watson was on the dock
at the time of the collision but he
sprang immediately on the bridge and
directed the work of trying to save
the ship by running to shallow water.
Andrew T. Bjorklatnl was steering
the Paraiso at the time of the ac
cident. He passed the end of the
Oriental dock and forgot the Bell
street wharf, according to the state
ments later made. Rather, he for
got that the Bell street dock was
longer than the Oriental. The hole
in the Watson is eighteen by three
feet. The work of raising her has
already been started by the Seattle
Construction and Dry Dock Company
and a week will probbaly be required
for tiie work. The Watson was
scheduled to sail last night and the
Paraiso was scheduled to sail tomor
row for southeastern Alaska. The
Farragut will take the place of the
Watson and will sail on September
5. When the Watson is repaired the
Farragut w ill continue on the run. the
company keeping three ships going,
each leaving on a Saturday and every
Saturday. Miilmoe was killed by
timbers broken by the collision.
Still Another Account.
SEATTLE, August 2i>.—Intense
fog prevailed when the Paraiso, which
belongs to*the Coast Steamship com
pany, hit the Watson as the former
was nosing her way into the docks
this morning. She hit the Watson in
the middle and the latter was hauled
with ropes immediately to shallow
water. At the time this dispatch was
sent she was two thrids submerged
ami lire boats are pumping her. The
loss is estimated at sixty thousand
dollars and one longshoreman was
killed.
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❖ WINS A ‘FRISCO RACE. *
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SAN FRANCISCO. August CO.—
Nonlug the Fourth, owned by the
king of Denmark, beat Lady Betty of
San Francisco in the race for the
Woodrow Wilson cup yesterday, Sun
day. The race was a close one but
King Christian’s animal nosed ahead
at the finish.
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CORDOVA. August CO.—The cargo
of the steamer Edith, consisting of
twenty-eight hundred tons of con
centrates from Ellamar, shifted at
six o’clock this morning about forty
miles east of St. Elas and the vessel
is believed to be in serious danger.
The Mariposa has rushed to her aid
and the torpedo flotilla is also be
lived to be on her way. Cordova has
been unable to get in touch with the
Edith ami the full details will prob
ably not be received until the Mari
posa returns.
WANT EIGHT HOUR DAY.
NEW HAVEN, August 29.—The
Federation of labor of Connecticut
met in convention here today for the
purpose of drawing up plans for a
campaign for an eight hour day all
over the state. Labor circles hold the
! belief now that an agitation for an
8 hour day will become general soon
all over the country and that it will be
secured before very long for all in
dustries.
Henry Oliver has returned from
Anchorage overland.
i FRENCH BLOW
UP TRENCHES
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' SERIOUS BLOW DELIVERED
AGAINST GERMANS ON THE
WESTERN FRONT.
PARIS, August 30.—Whole sec
• tions of the German trenches were
destroyed yesterday by French artil
lery and mines and the Teutons suf
fered enormous losses in men as well
as in positions. The blowing up fol
lowed a night attack by the enemy
who came on with hand grenades but
was repulsed after a bloody encount
er. On being driven back the Ger
| mans were pursued by our troops who
ha<l already managed to place somu
mines under their trenches. Our ar
tillery was concentrated at the same
| time and a fierce fire was sent in. It
; is estimated that several thousand
| were killed outright.
BIG LONGSHOREMEN’S
STRIKE THREATENED.
All the Pacific Coast as Well as Al
aska Ports Expected ti>
be Involved.
SEATTLE, August 30.—The long
shoremen’s Union has rejected the of
fer of the Pacific Owner’s organiza
tion with respect to the demand made
by the union for an increase of the
time allowed while men are waiting
to go on active duty at the docks. 'I he
men demand a certain time to be al
j lowed from the time they report for
work whether they are put to work
or not and the ship owners have met
their demands by offering a compro
mise which allows them some time
but only about a third of the demand.
The longshoremen all the way from
San Diego to Alaska are involved so
that a failure to come to an agree
ment may have very serious effects in
the northern territory us well as all
over the coast to the south.
SEATTLE SUN
SINKS AGAIN
EVENING PAPER SUSPENDS FOR
SECOND TIME AFTER A
CHECKERED CAREER.
SEATTLE, August 30.—The Seat
tle Sun suspended publication today
for the second time since it was es
tablished. After its first suspension
it was restarted by the employees as
a co-operative undertaking but failure
continued to dog its steps and it '-’as
found necessary to call it at an end
after two months of endeavor by the
former employees.
The chief cause of the tirst failure
of the paper is supposed to be that
men who knew nothing about the busi
ness were interested and took an
active part in its management, with
the usual result. The cause of the
failure this time is assumed to be th?
fact that it had too many heads, and,
besides, had to compete with a news
paper like the Seattle Times which
had been well established.
FEDERALS OFFER A BIG
PRICE FOR STUFFY McINNIS.
CHICAGO, August 30.—Stuffy Mc
Innis, first baseman of the Athletics,
has been offered thirty-six thousand
dollars to join the Federals. It is
made a condition that he must join
them immediately.
FORTY-SEVEN OF THOSE THAT
ATTACKED RANCH SHOT
BY IJ. S. TROOPS.
BROWNSVILLE, August 80.—
Forty-seven of the Mexicans that at
tacked the Norias ranch on August 8
have been ki 1 led by the United States
troopers and posses which have been
pursuing the invaders since ,'ie out
rage occurred. Fifteen more of the
marauders are known to be alive and
at large but their fate is believed to
be sealed as the American forces have
got between them and the border.
Some of the other bands which came
across the boundary have succeeded in
making their way back but there are
still quite a few to be rounded * q>.
HINDENBURG
GETS STATUE
PRUSSIANS HAVE LOST Mil I ION
AND QUARTER SINCE BE
GINNING OU THE WAR.
Hifick-jiburg Gets Statue.
BERLIN, August 29.—All Berlin
was en fete today for the unveiling
of a statue to Marshal von Hinden
burg, who is regarded now as almost
the national hero of Germany. To
his smashing defeats of the Russians
in East Prussia early in the war is
attributed the later general repulse of
the eastern foe. On the statue are in
scribed the words, “Tannenburg” and
“Mazurian Lakes,” words which have
now become part of the history of the
German empire.
The German Losses.
AMSTERDAM, August 29.—The
total Prussian losses in the war have
been one and three quarter millions ac
cording to the statement published in
the German papers yesterday. Those
losses do not include some of the Ger
man states and Prussia is spoken ot
in this respect as England is often the
word used when speaking of the Brit
ish empire. The total losses for the
whole German empire have not be
come known.
Italians Divide.
ROME, August 29.—General
Cadorna has divided the Italian army
into two sections instead of following
the course formerly pursued which
was to use all his force as one solid
mass to batter down the opposition.
Trieste is the objective of one of the
divisions and Trente is the objective
of the other. The slowness of the
campaign is due to the tremendously
powerful fortifications which the
Austrians had prepared. It is now
known that immediately after the
flotation of the rumors that Italy
would enter the war with the allies
Austria began secretly to strengthen
her fortifications.
Big Guns Roar in West.
LONDON, August 29.—Violent ar
tillery duels are now raging along the
western front but no infantry attacks
are reported. The big guns on both
sides arc trying to break down the op
position defenses but whether their
activity is meant to precede a general
attack or not is not stated.
GRAFF CASE TOMORROW.
The hearing of the case of the town
of S award versus Sam Graff has been
postponed until tomorrow. Mr. Graft
was arrested the second time for the
alleged offence of erecting a pole. As
the case is now sub judice the less
said the better.
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RUSSIANS IN
TERRIBLE FIX
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
ARE CUT OFF ACCORDING
TO RERUN ADVICES.
BERLIN, August 30.—Within a
few days, if the information coming
here is correct, three hundred thou
sand Russians will be captured in a
body by the German army operating
in eastern Poland. The Russian army
has been cut olT by a smashing blow
delivered by our troops somewhere
north of Brest-Litovsk and the Ger
mans are now on three sides of them,
and murching on their rear from the
north. The enemy’s line has been
completely broken but, it is said,
there is still a chance, but a slight
one, that they might yet extricate
themselves. The campaign is still
proceeding in the east along the line
in which our generals have been try
ing to develope it from the beginning.
NATIONAL GUARD IS
INV ESTIGATING M1LITIA.
United Mine Workers Suspected of
Trying to Prevent
Organization.
DENVER, August 29.—'The officers
of the National Guard are now in
vestigating the militia and went to
the extraordinary length of seizing
yesterday the correspondence of a
detective agency which was supposed
to be connected with the subject.
Some letters secured in this seizure
indicate that the agency was employ
ed by the United Mine Workers to
hinder re-organization of the militia.
A sensation is now promised.
SEATTLE, August 30.—Professor
Trevor Kincaiti predicts a consider
able loss to the fruit crop next year
because of the lack of Pollenization.
CANADIANS ARE
REPORTED LOST
BERLIN SAYS TRANSPORT WITH
COLONIAL TROOPS ABOARD
S U B M A R I N E I).
BERLIN, August 30.—It is report
ed here today, but not officially, that
a British transport with two thousand
Canadians aboard was torpedoed on
August 15 off the Scilly islands by a
German submarine and that half, at
least, of those aboard were drowned.
The information earning here says
that the number of men saved was
about a thousand. The islands are off
the southwest corner of England and
it is assumed the ship was on the way
from Canada when destroyed. Noth
ing has been published in Great Brit
ain about the occurrence but the re
port has come from reliable sources.
SEATTLE PEOPLE KILLED.
SEATTLE, August 30.—Robert
A. Turner, federal boiler inspector of
this city, was instantly killed, and
Mrs. Hattie Adams and Mrs. Frances
Seach are expected to die as the re
sult of an automobile accident which
occurred near Everett yesterday. An
other occupant of the car, Mrs. Turn
er, was seriously but not fatally in
jured. The occurrence w*as due to the
breaking of the gear while the car
was going down a steep grade.
Notwithstanding the statements to
the contrary, and to the effect that
the Guggenheims had abandoned the
Broad Pass district, the information
comes from A. D. Nash that the great
smelting people are still in possession
of the Golden Zone group of claims
in that country and were working
steadily on them with two men in the
early part of the present month. Mr.
Nash arrived a few days ago after
having looked over that country tim
ing the summer. He was at Colorado
City, the distributing point for the
Broad Pass, on August 1 and heard
there that the Guggenheims were still
in possession of the group mentioned,
which comprises claims Nos. 1, 2, 2
and 4. Mr. Nash was at the Golden
Zone group himself on August 1), and
found the conditions to he exactly a*
they were represented. The Guggen
heims were still engaged in active ex
ploration. On the day on which he
left Indian river the Guggenheim
horses also left, having come down to J
meet Dunkle who was representing
the smelter people in the Pass. These
facts, Mr. Nash says, show that the ,
Guggenheims are still there and oper- j
ating. About thirty-five people were
in the district this summer doing lo
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas, Aug.
MO.—King Richmond and his brother
Joe were burned at the stake here
yesterday for the murder of a deputy
sheriff. After the murder the two
men were pursued and fired at by the
posse. King was wounded and Joe
was killed by gun fire but even then
the wounded man and the dead body
of his brother were tied to stakes and
reduced to ashes.
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❖ ALL-ALASKA REVIEW *
❖ TO ISSUE EARLIER. *
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From this time forward the All
Alaska Review will be issued each
month earlier in the month of issue
than hitherto. This step has been
decided upon after some complaints
which have come from newsdealers
outside who say that the Review is
sued in the end of one month does not
reach them until the next month and
purchasers come to the conclusion
that they are buying an old issue.
That is, for instance, the August is
sue would reach the outside news
dealers in September and it has been
found difficult to make people be
lieve that when they buy an August
issue in September they are not buy
ing an old copy. For this reason it
has been deemed advisable not to is
sue the August number until next
Monday and then to make a double is
sue—that for August and September
together. The Inland Printer has re
cently found it necessary to follow
the same plan, so the All-Alaska Re
view has a precedent from the trade
itself. All future issues will be in the
first week of each month. Adver
tisers and subscribers will have an
additional month given them because
of this necessary change.
CANNERY MEN CO-OPERATE.
According to P. H. McCue, of the
Northwestern Fisheries, the Alaska
Packers Association and their com
pany have in several instances united
in the catching of salmon They both
own the traps and divide the catch.
If one cannery has a larger catch than
the other the difference is paid in
cash. The saving from adopting this
plan alone at the cannery at Chignik,
Mr. McCue estimates, was about $40,
000 this summer.
cation and assessment work, but the
major portion of them have now gone
out. Mr. Nash says that insufficient
work has been done by anyone, even
the Guggenheims, to determine the
existence or non-existence of ore
bodies of sufficient size and value to
warrant commercial operation. While
the district as a whole i.-> above the
1 timber line a heavy over-burden of
glacial deposits exists precluding a
view of the formations except where
stream erosion has made exposures,
which only occurs in four places over
I a length of six miles. Exploration as
' a whole, Mr. Nash says, will be done
by means of sinking shafts and cross
cutting, thereby making the work
very expensive. Fuel is available,
coal having been discovered in < io;-.**
proximity to the mineralized zone.
The claims that are on the strike of
the mineralized zone are held by very
few men who are at present financial
ly unable to undertake the explora
tion work w hich is necessarily expens
ive. The requirements, concluded Mr.
Nash, are co-operation on the part of
claim owners and capital before suc
cessful development can be expected.
Mr. Nash is a mining engineer of
very extensive experience.
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SEATTLE, August HO.—General
Goethals, builder of the Panama can
al, spent the day, yesterday, in this
city and left for San Francisco this
morning. He examined the Lake
Washington canal and tin* locks Sun
day but when asked to give his opin
ion about the work he declined to be
quoted. He simply said that he had
no comment to make at all.
THE MILLS OF POWDER
COMPANY BLOWN TO BITS.
Manufacturing Munitions for the
Allies and Destruction is At
tributed to that Fact.
ACTON. Mass., August 30.—The
mills of the American Powder com
pany were blown to pieces last night
but no fatalities occurred. The sound
and vibration of the explosion was
heard for forty miles in all directions
and it is assumed that a tremendous
ly powerful explosive was used. The
company has been manufacturing
munitions of war for the European
belligerents and to this fact is as
signed the cause of destruction.
KILLING BEES.
SEATTLE, August 30.—A disease
corresponding to the malarial fever
which human beings suffer from is
now attacking the bees of western
Washington and killing them otF.
TO MAKE SHRAPNEL.
BOSTON, August 30.—The E. J.
Codd Machine works were destroyed
by fire here yesterday when being re
built and refiitted suitably for the
manufacture of munitions of war.
Shrapnel was to be the chief manu
facture.
AUTO GOES OVER A
SEVENTY FOOT BANK.
SAN JOSE, August 30.—Walter
Simonson and his wife, Miss Sadie
Maderas, Miss Etta Osterwaldt and
James Jones, of Oakland, are all in a
serious condition as a result of an
automobile accident which occurred
last night. The car skidded and went
over a seventy foot bank. All the
occupants were precipitated to the
bottom.