The Seward gateway., December 07, 1915, Image 1

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ADVERTISEMENTS BRLXG RESULTS ,
____ -— ^ ^ DECEMBER 7 1915 Ten ^ents ^°P3r
Vol. 10, No. IS SEWARD, TH ' ‘ —
DARDANELLES ALLIES SAID
EO BE IN SERIOUS DANGER
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ALLIES IN DANGER
BERLIN, Dec. 7—Owing to stormy weather the Al
lies are unable to land provisions on Gallipoli peninsula
and the troops there are suffering from lack of food and
water. Their position is declared to be most perilous.
Those waters at this time of the year are most stormy and
such a condition as that now prevailing has been piedict
ed. General Bernhardi is one who foretold what was like
ly to happen.
BELIEVE ATTACHES RECALLED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Reports are current that
the German government has recalled Boy-Ed and von
Papen without informing Lansing. These reports be
came current this afternoon and the opinion is that it such
is the case it was Germany’s intention to slight the state
department.
GERMANS RECAPTURE TRENCHES
BERLIN, Dec. 7.—The Germans have re-captured
two hundred and fifty yards of trenches east of Auberive,
Champagne, which the French captured last September.
This is about the only official announcement made here
today.
STRIKE IN ORNANCE FACTORY
SHARON, Pa.. Dec. 7.—Nine hundred workers have
gone out on strike in the Driggs-Seaburn Ordnance Com
pany’s factory for an increase of wages and shorter
hours. The company has contracts from the allied gov
ernments amounting to thirty million dollars and, as
usual, the strike is laid at the doors of the pro-German
conspirators.
POPE STILL HOPEFUL
ROME, Dec. 7.—The pope is still apparently hopeful
that he can do something to aid in bringing about peace.
His plan now is to make the Vatican a sort of clearing
house for peace ideas.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS MINNESOTA
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—All sorts of mysteries
now surround the Minnesota. The master has refused to
give an information as to the position or condition of the
vessel. It is known, however, that she is making less than
two miles an hour. It was expected that the tugs would
have her in here last night or that they were returning
but now it is thought she will not lie here before Friday
or Saturday. __
CANADIAN PLANT BURNED
ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, Dec. 7.—The Maple
Leaf Milling Company's plant which had been engaged
filling orders for the allied nations was destroyed by fire
this morning The loss is three hundred thousand dol
lars. The feeling prevails that the fire was due to the
work of pro-German conspirators and the people have
been aroused to a dangerous pitch.
DIPLOMATIC CLASH IMMINENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Von Bernstorff has ar
ranged to see Lansing this morning at ten thirty o’clock
in connection with the recall of the attaches and the ad
ministration believes that a diplomatic clash is imminet be
tween the German and American governments. The re
sult of the interview may be known early enough in the
afternoon for publication.
ALLIED LEADERS MEET AGAIN
PARIS, Dec. 7.—The representatives of the allied
military forces are again in session here for the second
time as a general war council. It is generally thought
that the session portends developments of tremendous im
portance on several war fronts but, of course, the nature
of those developments can only be guessed at. One is be
lieved likely to be the landing of a much greater army at
Saloniki. Italy is represented at the present council. Big
developments in the western theatre are particularly ex
pected.
WAR AGAINST PLOTTERS
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—The Federal office rs announce
from this time forward a relentless war will be carried
on against the plotters against ships and factories supply
ing the allied nations. Every man suspected will be ar
rested and numerous prosecutions are expected. Among
those to be dealt severely with are the instigators of
strikes in munitions factories and amongst the longshore
men. Some fires which have recently taken place here
are alleged to be incendiary and the work of pro-German
plotters. As the war goes on the feeling between the pro
Germans and the pro-Allies is becoming more bitter and
outrages seem to increase rapidly.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—President
Wilson read his message in person to
congress as had been expected. Mrs.
Galt had a seat in the gallery and
was the chief center of attraction dur
ing the ceremony.
FIRE DESTROYS MANY
AUTOMOBILES AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. — Ten auto
mobiles were destroyed and forty
were damaged by fire last night in the
Metz branch establishment in this
city. The damage was twenty-seven
thousand dollars.
ANC HOKAliK MKIN lUMfc
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 7.—Several
business men of this city, including
Ray Larson and George Fowler, are
going outside on a business trip. They
will leave this week.
AMOUNTSFOR
ALASKA NEEDS
ONLY HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND FOR MILI
TARY ROADS.
SEATTLE, Dec. 7.—In addition to
the estimates for the Alaska govern
ment railroad the followisg estimates
for other Alaska appropriations have
been submitted:
Repair and maintenance of military
post roads—$150,000.
Continuing investigations into min
eral resources—$100,000.
Bureau of education—$215,000. For
Alaska—$60,000.
Aids to navigation—$50,000.
Lighthouses and depots—$100,000.
Light at Cape Spencer—$05,000.
Also money for seven gas lighted
buoys and for continuation of Alaska
wire drag.
The Fisheries Bureau asks for $50,
000 for a vessel, $20,000 for four
tenders, and $1,000 for caring for the
Sitka national monument.
SPECIAL MEETING
There will be a special meeting of
the Seward Commercial Club this
evening at 8 o’clock.
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❖ FIFTY CENTS A ♦
.> UNE FOR PRINTING *
❖ - ♦
*> At the city council meeting •>
❖ last night a person asked the •>
❖ mayor if it is a fact that the city *
❖ council now is paying fifty cents •>
❖ n line for publications. An effort <•
❖ was made by a couple of the v
❖ bosses of the council to prevent *
❖ the mayor from answering. ❖
❖ They said the questioner should •>
❖ be compelled to go somewhere •>
❖ else for information but Mr. •>
❖ Myers, with his usual fairness *
| •> and courtesy, answered. He said *
❖ fifty cents a line is now being *
❖ paid for the printing. The fact ♦
•> was hidden carefully before and v
> even then a couple of interested •>
❖ officials hastened to try to cover *
•> their tracks but the cheap little ❖
•5» subterfuge of saying that that
was the price for tax lists. This is v
•> mentioned here to offset the at
•> tempt of those people to make
❖ capital out of the fact that the •>
❖ Gateway had asked a bigger *>
❖ price. When there was no other *
❖ bidder for city printing the price *
❖ asked by the Gateway was ♦>
❖ twelve and a half cents. It once *•*
❖ asked twenty cents but when ❖
❖ that was said to be too much it ❖
❖ cut it down. Last night also a *
❖ beginning was made to start
❖ publishing ordinances or part of •>
•> them. The usual lying tricks ❖
<• were resorted to for an excuse to *•*
❖ show why printing is necessary ♦
❖ now although it was not consid- *
<• ered necessary when none of the <•
❖ members of the council were *&•
❖ personally or financially inter- *>
ested. ^
❖ One bill of two hundred and v
❖ twenty odd dollars was paid for •>
•> printing last night. That meant •>
❖ a clear loss of about two hundred •>
❖ dollars to the city—it was about ❖
*1* that much more than the Gate- •••
❖ way would have done the print- *
❖ ing f8r. *
•> As state! before this whole *
•> matter is now being discussed *•*
•> in higher quarters far away *
❖ from Alaska but in tfoe mean- *
•> time the present condition of af- *
❖ fairs might be illustrated by
❖ comparing the city treasury with •>
❖ a patient who is in the hands of *»*
❖ a crooked dentist. Have *•*
•> you ever seen such a dentist at *
❖ work? He will make you think *
❖ you have diseases of the teeth. <•
•> He will steal out filling so that *
❖ you must replace it. He will
❖ even take the wrong tooth out *
❖ He will make all sorts of excuses *
❖ for inserting his hands in the
♦> victim’s pocket, and he will be so *
•> mighty expressive of his desire
❖ to do what is right. *♦*
GERMANY WILL REFUSE U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—There exist now several in
dications that the German government will refuse to re
call Boy-Ed and von Papen, the attaches to the German
embassy here, whose recall was requested by this govern
ment some time ago- Berlin has already committed a
breach of diploniatic etiquette by demanding America’s
reason for the request as no government has ever question
ed the right of another to request the recall of any diplo
matic representative who becomes persona non grata.
Unless Berlin accedes to the request of Washington
and recall the two attaches this administration will be
forced to expel them and this will probably result in the
severance of diplomatic relations between the two coun
tries. Ambassador Bernstorff has become angry and is
so much inclined to combat the desires of this government
and its charges against his attaches that it is believed all
negotiations in future will be carried out direct with
Berlin.
SERBS RETREAT TO ALBANIA
ATHENS, Dec. 7.—It is estimated that one hundred
and twenty thousand Serbian soldiers have fled into Al
bania and are scattering all over that country and living
off the inhabitants. Serb bodies have also entered Mon
tenegro and are fighting with the Montenegrin army
against the Teutons. The last hope of the Serbs fled when
the Bulgarians took Monastir and forced the remnant of
the defenders close up to the Albanian frontier.
MESSAGE JUST
AS EXPECTED
PR ESI DENT R ECOM M EN DS A S
HAD BEEN OUTLINED
IN GATEWAY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — The
president’s message was released to
day at noon, Washington time. It
was devoted almost entirely to mili
tary preparedness and the establish
ment of a merchant marine as already
forecasted in a former message to
your paper. The president also casti
gated hyphenated Americans severe
ly. He urged the passage of Secre
tary Garrison’s army reorganization
war plan, Daniel’s navy building pro
gram, the plan for an advisory coun
cil for defense. He also asked for the
enactment of laws to deal with for
eign plots and conspirators. Other
matters dealt with were the govern
ment ship purchase, taxes without
bonds issues, rural credits, legislation
on conservation measures, the
Philippine and Porto Rican questions,
particularly relating to their inde
pendence, and investigation of rail
road regulations and future develop
ment.
NEW METHODS
' TO PROSPECT
IDITAROD PEOPLE DISCOVER
SIMPLE HOT WATER SYS
TEM IS BEST.
Edward J. Uhl, who runs and oper
ates one of the largest machine shops
in Iditarod, arrived yesterday by dog
team on his early winter trip outside
and brings word of a new method em
ployed in Iditarod for prospecting in
frozen ground. The old method of
using a heavy boiler, weighing about
150 pounds, has been superseded by
the hot water pump method, which
weighs about I>0 pounds and is very
convenient. A large flat pan of water
is placed on an open tire and the hot
water pumped into pipes and forced
into tne frozen ground. This method
has been found to be more eflicient
than the old steam way.
The strike made on Horsefly creek
recently has brought out about eighty
men and many of them have gone
back for materials and toools for
S.vorking the ground this winter.
Frank Dawson, a well known operator
of Iditarod, has found nuggets on the
creek and its tributaries weighing a
dollar and over.
Mr. Uhl states that Iditarod is en
joying good times and expresses the
belief that the gold output this year
will be far in advance of the output
of last year. Mr. Uhl makes the trip
to the States to purchase supplies and
will return to Iditarod early next
March via Seward.
He says that the trail between
Iditarod and Ophir has been complet
ed and affords much better traveling
facilities between the two camps.
The trail was built by subscription
from the two towns. He also says
that the road at the Iditaord end is
far better than at the Seward end, in
fact the worst stretch being from
Glacier creek to Bird creek, about 15
miles. That stretch of road is very
dangerous and eseveral dogs and a
horse have died there.
ST LOUIS WILL PROBABLY
HAVE G. 0. P. CONVENTION
Commission in Session Today and
Choice of Convention Site
Will be Made.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—St. Louis
is at present the leading choice as the
site for the Republican National con
vention. / The Commission is in ses
sion here and will probably make the
choice in a day or two.
EXTENSION AT THIS
END COSTS $3,000,000
Cost of Putting Alaska Northern
R. R. in Condition Will
he About $3 1 7,000.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Estimates for the appro
priations for Alaska have been submitted. The largest
'appropriation is for the government railroad. 1 his ap
propriation is $8,247,000, divided as follows
Matanuska Junction to Chickaloon, $1,205,970.
Mile Eighteen to Ship Creek Junction, $2,912,270. (Mile
1 Eighteen is the end of the Alaska Northern R. R. and this
; appropriation is for the joining of Seward and Anchor
age.)
Matanuska Junction to Taikeetna Crossing. $2,301,
493.
General expenses for Seward and Anchorage, in
cluding salaries in the offices of the Commission. $81,669.
Final payment on the Alaska Northern R. R. in July
$650,000
Fixing up that railroad $317,700.
Improvements at Seward, $60,000.
Dredging at Anchorage, $250,000.
Clearing and grading near Tanana Crossing, $225,
000.
Expenses purchasing office at Seattle, $14,000.
Salaries of the members of the Commission, $10,000,
a year each.
(No mention is made here of an attempt to secure
an emergency appropriation and the estimates furnished
are included in the general appropriation bills, of course.
The money here asked for under ordinary circumstances
would not be available until July but the administration
can contract up to the amount furnished. The chief con
sideration now relates to the time at which this appropria
tion will be granted. All the figures in the estimate are
just as had been expected so far as Seward is concerned.
This paper has quoted Mr. Edes before as saying that
the cost of joining the Alaska Northern to Anchorage
would be between two and three minions. The estimate
of the cost of repairing the Alaska Northern was stated
before as likely to be about a quarter of a million and the
figure mentioned today is much larger. The sixty thou
sand dollars for improvements at Seward are, no doubt,
for docks, buildings, hospitals, etc.)__
S. S. SEWARD WIEE
NOT TAKE CHANCES
Company Believe*?: Attempt to
Reach Goose Bay Might Re
sult in Loss ol Ship.
The Alaska Steamship company has!
found it necessary to refuse the re
quest of the Engineering commission
to discharge her cargo at Goose Hay
and that the cargo will be discharged j
here at Seward. Mr. Mears of the
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engineering commission made the re
quest some time ago that the vessel
make Goose Bay and, as shown in a
message today from Anchorage, some ;
of the officials have gone to Goose Bay j
SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATE
PANAMA CANAL SLIDES
/
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The gov
ernment is sending ten scientists to
Panama to investigate the slide con
ditions with a hope that some remedy
might be discovered.
MOVING PICTURES
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 7.—It is re
ported that Captain Lathrop is going
to Seward to bring back an engine
for a moving picvture show. McDon
ald movies began Sunday.
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to prepare for her in case she had de
cided to unload there. The company
has evidently, however, decided not to
take any chances of losing its <:.ric
ship and crew and word was received
this afternoon by Alex McDonald, the
company’s agent, thav she will arrive
in Seward this afternoon and will
proceed at once to unload here. This
decision has undoubtedly been arrived
at after a careful study of the condi
tions.
PIONEER MEETING
Th regular meeting of the Pioneer’s
of Alaska will be held this evening at
the Pioneer Hall, commencing at 8
o’clock. Nomination of officers for
the ensuing year will be made at the
meeting this evening. All members
are requested to be present.
FIREMEN MEET
There will be a meetinng of the fire
boys at 8 o’clock this evening at the
Fire Hall. Important business is to
transacted.