The Seward gateway., November 26, 1915, Image 1

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V()| ,, N(> SEWARD. THE GATEWAY to ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1915._____Ten Centi the Copy
EDISON, JANE ADDAMS, JUDGE LINDSEY
AND WANAMAKER, ACCEPTJISSION
ford sends peace commission
new YORK, Nov. 26.—Henry Ford’s invitation to
several prominent men to form a peace commission to
visit the different belligerent nations has been accepted
and many of the most noted men in the l nited States will
soon leave for Europe to carry out the objects of the creat
or of the idea. Included in those who have accepted are
Edison, Wanamaker, Judge Lindsey and Jane Addams.
They will sail direct for Stockholm and Ford has charter
ed a' special steamer to convey them across the Atlantic.
It is likely that they will first'visit Berlin as Germany is
regarded as the chief belligerent and, at least, the head
of the coalition of the central powers. The newspapers
expect great things to result from the planv
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26—“Out of the trenches by
Christmas" will l>e the slogan of the American peace com
mission which will soon sail for Europe in the effort to
bring the heads of the belligerent nations together for
peace. Henry Ford, the multi-millionaire automobile
manufacturer, announced this slogan this afternoon here
and further declared that peace in Europe is far closer
than most people imagine as he has in his possession the
signed statements of high officials on both sides declar
ing that their nations are ready to come to terms. He de
clares that he is ready to spend any number of millions
not only to bring peace in Europe but to prepare this na
tion to defend itself. He seems to be full of confidence that
the eminent people who constitute his peace mission will
command the attention of the heads of the European gov
ernments.
SHELL ICE AND DROWN MANY
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 26.—The Russians followed
the the famous example of Napoleon this week when they
directed their guns at the ice of the river Styr which the
Austrians were crossing. As the Austrians advanced out
over the great stream shells from the Russian guns began
to fall around them and soon the ice was broken into
fragments all around the invaders. A whole batallion of
Austrians were drowned and the rest were compelled to
remain on shore.
BULGAKS SUFFER TERRIBLY
AMSTERDAM. Xov. 2(>.—The Bulgarians are report
ed to have been badly beaten in southern Serbia and to
have suffered enormous losses. The French artillery is
engaged heavily pounding the Bulgars in the south to en
able the Serbians to move northward and further to the
southwest, so permitting them to reorganize and to
avoid the trap which the Bulgarians were evidently pre
paring for them.
BIG CAPTURE OF SERBS
BERLIN'. Xov. 2(>.—It is officially announced that a
new capture of seventeen thousand four hundred Serb
ians has been made by the Teutonic allies. This is the
largest capture since the invasion of Serbia and is ac
cepted as indicating the fact that the Serbian army which
retreated towards Montenegro is being surrounded com
pletely and overwhelmed. With the total subjugation of
the Serbians in the east will come the reinforcement of
the Bulgarians in the south against the Anglo-French and
Serbians. The total captures of Serbians are now esti
mated to be more than a hundred thousand.
SAY OFFICIALS USED BOMBS
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 26.—C. C. Crowley, one of
the prosecutors of the bomb invesigation, and Fickert,
who was formerly head of the Southern Pacific railroad
secret service, have l>een arrested by the federal authori
ties on the charge of being parties to thep pro-German
conspiracy to blow up munition ships and factories. Both
men, it is charged, have been traveling through the coun
try carrying out the work and arranging for the placing
of the bombs. It is believed that Crowley and Fickert are
the men who placed a bomb on the barge at Seattle when
it was blown up with its load of dynamite. The authorities
declare they have enough evidence to connect them with
that act.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—Four thousand Polish towns
have been burned since the beginning of the war, accord
ing to the report of the American Relief Commissi'on, and
a million Poles are on the verge of death by starvation.
The conditions are said to be worse than those in Belgium
and that immediate relief will be necessary if thousands
and thousands of women and children are to be saved
from a frightful fate. Germany claims that the chief part
of the destruction is due to the Russians who burned all
towns as they retreated with utter disregard for the re
sult to the inhabitants.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—According to advices from Con
stantinople the Algerians have risen in a Holy War re
volt against the French and great numbers of Arabs are
responding to the call.
Yukon Governor to
Fight for British
Resigns to Command Yukon Volun
teers in Service at the
Front.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.—Gov
ernor Black of the Yukon territory
has wired his resignation of his office
to the prime minister of Canada aru?
has accepted the captaincy of a com
pany of Yukon volunteers for service
with the British army at the front.
The Yukon recruits and Black will
proceed at once to Vancouver to
undergo a course of training for three
months, after which they will pro
ceed to England and be sent to join
the Canadian regiments now on active
service. The resignation hits been
accepted hy the Dominion govern
ment.
| Americans and
Villa Men Shot
Mexicans Fire Across the Border and
U. S. Troops Kill Many.
NOGALES, Arizona, Nov. 26.—
The Villaista garrison of Nogales,
Sonora, yesterday looted the town
ami then evacuated it but later re
turned and got so drunk that they be
gan firing across the border this af
ternoon at the American troops. The
United States soldiers returned the
fire and killed many Mexicans. No
American was killed or wounded but
some desultory* firing is still proceed
ing. Several people wounded in the
looting of Nogales have been brought
across the border for treatment.
CARIBOU BILL INJURED
“Caribou Bill” Bettering, well
known mining operator all over the
north was seriously injured on Octo
ber 4 at Otter creek, Iditarod. While
engaged at scraping work he fell and
was rendered unconscious. On
October 9, according to the Iditaord
Pioneer, he had lost the use of his
limbs. Caribou Bill is one of the
most famous miners of Nome, Daw
son and Iditarod.
Grapes, Celery, Winter Cream Mel
lon, Casabas, Squash, Pumpkins and
Cranberries.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
Police Captain is
i Taken for Murdei
| His Wife and a Patrolman Fount
Shot to Death in an
Alley.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.—The wife o
Captain Street of the Madison
Illinois, police and Charles Farmier
a St. Louis patrolman/ were fount
shot to death in an alley here las
night. Captain Street, husband o
the dead women, has b$en found witl
a wound in his leg and has been ar
rested on the suspicion that he re
ceived the wound at the time his wif<
and Farmier met their deaths. H<
has made no statement yet but it i;
assumed that he caught his wife an<
the patrolman togethqr in the alle;
and killed them because of jealousy
The whole affair is a complete mys
terv at present.
THEY NOW BELIEVE
KRAUSE AN AN ARCH I SI
Prisoner’s Launch Found and Also
They Say, Several Incrimi
nating Letters.
JUNEAU, Nov. 25.—The launch o
Edward Krause, the supposed mur
derer of William Christie and others
has been discovered and with it ha:
been found also what is described a:
“a young arsenal.” The report her<
is that enough weapons to arm i
military company were in the boai
and cached nearby. The authentic:
also claim to have discovered severa
incriminating letters and they now
believe that Krause was actually th<
head of a band located at Petersburg
and that this band was nothing shorl
on being a bunch of anarchists oi
downright bloodthirsty pirates. The
police are now trying to connect the
disappearance of no less than clever
people with the operations of Krause
and, maybe, members of his supposes
gang. Those eleven huve disappeared
within the past two months and ali
have disappeared in a manner similai
to that of Christie, Moe, Plunkett anc
Smith.
SEWARD TO UNLOAD HERE
The steamer Seward which is now
on the way has fourteen hundred ton:
of freight aboard and will have to un
load somewhere else than at Anchor
age. If she does not unload at Sew
ard she will have to go to Cordova.
RUSSIANS WIN IN EAST
LONDON, Nov. 26.—The Germans are steadily ^-slow
ly but surely, losing their holdings in the Riga district.
They are retiring fast in the Lake Kanger region, ac
cording to statements from Petrograd, and particularly
west of the lake. Artillery fighting of the most intense
kind is raging in the Dvinsk region but in the other quart
ers a deadlock prevails. The winter is becoming very
severe and inflicts much hardship on the troops of LjiJi
sides but the cold is hardening the roads and making the
transportation of artillery' comparatively easy.
KITCHENER IN ROME
ROME, Nov. 26.—Lord Kitchener has arrived in
Rome to consult the king and the prime minister about
matters relating to the conduct of the war. It is thought
his chief intention is to secure the aid of an Italian army
for the Balkan campaign. Hitherto the Italian govern
ment has been unable to get over the fact that her inter
ests and those of Serbia are at variance in that region.
Italy also is not at war with Germany and her entry into
the Balkan war would mean war with the German empire.
POPE SAVES BELGIAN
ROME, Nov. 26.—The kaiser has granted the request
of the pope to commute the death sentence passed or
Count De Hemtinne, a prominent Belgian catholic, whc
had been sentenced to be shot for activities hostile tc
Germany,
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CREW DROWNED
NEAR VICTORIA!
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CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER HAD
TO STAND BY AND SEE
MEN SINK.
VICTORIA. B. C., Nov. 25.—'The
' four masted Chilean schooner Caral
Mapu was lost off Vancouver Island
j last night with her crew of twenty
five men. She was driven ashore dur
ing a terrific gale at Schooner Cove,
Vancouver Island, and was battered
to pieces by huge seas that rolled over
1 her from the moment she touched
, bottom. The Canadian Pacific liner
Maquinna made heroci efforts to save
I the unfortunate members of the crew
but tremendous inshore seas compel
1 led her to stand off and watch the un
^ fortunate men of the Caral Mapu be
1 ing washed overboard to their watery
graves. The gale was one of the most
violent for many years.
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' THANKSGIVING DINNER
} CAME BEFORE MURDER
McMINNIVILLE, Ore., Nov. 26.—
. The second horrible family murder to
* be committed in the state at Thanks
giving came to light late last night
when it was discovered that Howard
Hillman, a business man, had murder
ed his wife and committed suicide.
The murder and suicide were com
’ mitted soon after the couple had par
taken of their Thanksgiving dinner.
No cause can be assigned for the acts.
TEN KILLED AND MANY
INJURED IN ARKANSAS
* Great Sorm Wreaks Tterrible Havoc
in District Around
Hotsprings.
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' LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 26.—
1 Ten people are known to be dead, one
■ is missing and thirty are injured,
some fatally as the result of a cyclone
which visted the district around Hot
' springs yesterday. The worst dam
■ age w'as done about a mile from Hot
* springs where buildings are known
to have been levelled with the ground.
' Owdng to the fact that the wires are
1 down because of the storm details
are lacking.
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR
PROBING THE SMUGGLING
OLYMPIA, Nov. 25.—The governor
is now engaged personally probing
the state forgeries and the report of
general smuggling operations and
some sensational developments are
expected. The public confidently ex
pect that some offcials of prominence
will finish up in the penitentiary as
a result of the probe.
STORM OUTSIDE
SEATTLE, Nov. p.—The wires to
Seattle are nearly all down owing to
storms that are raging over the
northwest and a consequent dearth of
news is noticeable today.
MASONS HOLD GREAT
PARADE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—Ten thousand
Masons paraded here today as part
of the ceremonies conected with the
laying oi the corner stone of the new
Masonic temple. Some of the most
prominent people in the state took
part in the procession.
POISONED THREE tyAUGTHERS
AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF
BAKER, Ore., Nov. 25.—George L. >
Huffmann, a rancher, poisoned his
three little daughters and himself
yesterday. All are dead. Since the
commission of the act a note has been
found in which Huffman states that
he had planned the act for years.
The little girls were aged four, six
and eight years respectively. The
, man also had three sons but the boys
( were permitted to escape. The crime
is attributed to madness.
ICE AI ANCHORAGE
DRIVES BACH EEEEE
Thousands of Tons of Freight Brought
to Seward for Winter
Storage.
\
That Cook Inlet now is closed to
navigation for the remainder ol the
winter is the report brought here by
Captain Jensen, of the Admiral lar
ragut, which arrived here this morn
ing at G o’clock, after making an un
successful attempt at unloading pas
sengers and freight at Anchorage.
The Admiral Farragut reached An
chorage at 5 o'clock of last Monday (
morning and laid around in the ice
for about two hours before launches
and lighters came out from shore.
Some left almost immediately with
passengers and mail for the town
and these were the only boats which
landed with anything from off the
Farragut. Several passengers staid
aboard the Farragut to eat breakfast
before going ashore and consequently
missed the first launches. As a re
sult they are now irf Seward and will
have to mush overland to Anchorage.
With the turn of the tide Monday
morning the lighters and launches
arrived at the Farragut’s sides for
freight, which was unloaded as she
slowly drifted down the Inlet. With
the incoming tide they' returned and
Monday night the three barges left
for shore in tow of launches. About
two hours after leaving the ship’s side
the launch Wilhelmina returned to the
Farragut and saked Captain Jensen
to take fast of her lighter, which by
this time had become firmly attached
to the ice floe, so that she could not
be moved byr the small gas boat. Ihe
Farragut then picked up all three
lighters and proceeded for Seldovia.
That morning while laying to ofT
Anchorage a heavy fog settled
over the ice and water, so that it was
impossible to see a thing for many
hours. The waters were so filled with
heavy chunks of ice that an open
place in the Inlet could hardly be
seen.
Wednesday morning at 11 o clock
the Farragut arrived at Seldovia with
a long string of craft in tow. She
had first the floating dock, which had
broken away from its moorings, the
three launched Alaska, Matanuska
and Wilhelmina; the three barges,
barge No. 2, barge No. 4, the Cache
'Creek barge and Knik lighter. Off
East Fori and the Sperm, which had
been drifting in the ice for several
days, was picked up by the Farragut. j
All of these craft were taken to Sel-1
dovia for winter quarters and placed
in charge of Captain James Ward.
Tuesday night the Farragut dis
charged all the freight from the
lighters that she had put aboard to
be sent ashore the day before.
Captain Jensen reports that heavy
ice was observed all over the Cook
Inlet as far down as ten miles below j
Point Possession.
Many parties who came aboard of
the Admiral Farragut to greet friends
and tend to business matters v*ere un
able to get ashore and came over to
Seward. Among these are: Harry G.
Ixjcke, harbor master; George G.
Vause, wharfinger; Mr. McKinney,
assistant wharfinger; William Jones,
assistant superintendent of construc
tion and about 50 foremen, long
j
shoremen, etc., etc. They will prob
ably all return to Anchorage overland
walking most of the way, if not all
the way, owing to the scarcity of dog
teams at Seward.
The Admiral Farragut had aboard
about 700 tons of freight# c all but
about 10 tons being consigned to
private parties. She had 92,000 feet
of lumber and about 150 tons of stock ^
feed. The Admiral Farragut will un-;
cargo at
Seward to be stored until the open-'
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ing of navigation in the -4pring. Some
of the goods will be sold to private
parties here. The remainder of the
freight will be taken to Seattle for
winter storage. The Farragut will
get out about midnight.
In addition to the cargo of the Far
ragut the cargoes of the Alliance and
the Kansas City had to he brought
to Seward owing to the inability t
land them at Anchorage. The steam
ship Seward is ul.o on the way w: '
over a thousand tons of freight and
it will be impossible to land it at An
chorage. Harry Hoben has already
received the contract for storing hun
dreds of tons of freight here, which
had been destined for Anchorage, and
the capacity of Seward's storage
facilities is being taxed to tin* limit.
It is estimated that the cargoes which
have returned after an effort to land
them at Anchorage and the cargo yet
to come aggregate close to five thou
sand tons. It is stated that the >up
ply of staples in the new railroad
town will be nearly sufficient for the
winter and a shortage will only be
felt in some articles. A vast amount
of potatoes had to he returned but
this is regarded as a blessing to the
home growers who have thus been
provided with a market. The whole
affair is to be regretted as it is a sad
blow to the new railroad town, shov -
ing as it does that it can never be a
terminal in fact of the government
railroad for any important length of
time each year. Owing to the un
usually mild winter of last year
shippers had acquired a false feeling
of security and no one is really to be
blamed, notwithstanding the fact that
oldtimcrs had pointed out what might
be expected. For several months now
Seward is the only gateway to the
interior, including Anchorage itself.
The Kansas City arrived Wednes
day evening from Cordova to await
orders here as to the di position to
be made of her large cargo of freight
for Anchorage. The Alaska Steam
ship offices at Seattle realizing the
impossibility of unloading the
freighter at Anchorage ordered her
to proceed immediately to unload her
cargo of about 1,700 tons of Anchor
age freight and store it here until the
spring opening of navigation. Of
this shipment 1,530 tons was consign
ed to the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission and consisted in the main of
rails and other steel, as well as a
large shipment of bridge timbers and
lumber. She had something over 100
tons of freight consigned to private
parties at Anchorage. The Kansas
City will probably spend the greater
part of a week here unloading the
cargo.
DOBIE QUITS UNIVERSITY
SEATTLE, Nov. 26. — frainor
Dobie, the man who brought victory
for the University of Washington in
its game against California, has re
signed from the local seat of learning
and it is believed that he has accepted
an offer from Wisconsin university.
WILL OPEN CHURCH
FOR WINTER SERVICES
Rev. Edward H. Molony and family
arrived on the Admiral Farragut this
morning and will locate here perman
ently, opening the St. Peter’s Epis
copal church for services in the near
future. Mr. Moloney will live in the
Thoday residence on Second avenue
a few doors below the church. He
was on his way to Anchorage where
he would conduct services this winter,
but did not get ashore.