The Seward gateway., August 03, 1916, Image 1

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The Great The Great
ALASKAN ALASKAN
DAILY • 1_DAILY_
ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
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_Seward, Alaska, Thursday, August 3, 1916._™ Ctnt‘the
SIR ROGER CASEMENT MEETS
THE FATE OF RORERT EMMETT
DEUTSCHLAND AWAY *
NORFOLK, August 3.—The submarine Deutschland
passed quietly out beyond the Virginia capes at 8:30
. o’clock last night and was apparenin not obesrved by the
patrol of allied warships outside the three mile limit. 1 his
is all that was learned this morning but the people gener
ally seem to take it for granted that the undersea vessel is,
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clear away.
S1K ROCEli CASEMENT DIES !
LONDON, August 3.—At 0:13 o’clock this morning|
Sir Roger Casement was hanged at Uentonville prison tor
high treason in connection with nis effort to aid the revo
lution in Ireland. Nothing iias been given out this morn
ing about the execution except that he was declared dead
nine minutes after the trap was sprung.
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RAID ENGLAND AGAIN
LONDON, August 3.—German airships again flew'
over the coast of England last night and dropped bombs.
The official communication says that “the raid appears to
have been carried out by six or seven airships." A con
siderable number of bombs were dropped in places on the
eastern and southeastern coast but no deiinite reports
have been published as to the damage done. Many anti
aircraft guns were in action and one of the airships is re-'
ported hit.
CAPTURE ITALIAN SUB
VIENNA. August 3.—An Italian submarine has been 1
captured by an Austrian ship iu the north Adriatic, l iie
submarine had evidently been betii on a raid on some Aus
trian port.
NO MORE ABOUT DEUTSCHLAND
BALTIMORE, August 3. — Nothing more had been
heard of the Deutschland this attcrnoon and it is supposed
that she is now well on her way across the Atlantic. Sever
al rumors were circulated this afternoon, some ot which
were to the effect that she had been caught, but when run
down those reports were found to he based on nothing.
AIR RAID DAMAGE LITTLE
LONDON, August 3.—The war office this afternoon
issued a statement in which it was declared that the dam
age caused by the German air raid last night was aston
ishinglv small." _____
LOT SALE IN SEPTEMBER
Although nothing official has been given out it has
been learned that the sale of lots on the government tract
here will take place in September. As stated yesterday,
the regulations which were being waited tor have arrived.
EDES FOR THE SMELTER
Chairman William C. Edes of the A. E. C., today in
the course of conversation declared his opinion that the
proposal to build a smelter here is one that deserves every
support.
MONEY FOR SALTERY
Word has oeen indirectly received that the necessary
money for the establishment of a fish saltery in Seward I
has been secured outside.
SHORTAGE OK MINING
LABOR ALSO NOTICED
Duncan Stewr.it, who has just re
turned from his mining property,
found it impossible up to a short time
ago to find enough men to work. He
needed twenty-five but cou’d only se
cure about half that number until re
cently when the demand was satisfied.
M*. and Mrs. Earnshaw 'and Mrs.
Boulton have also come to town. Mr.
P
Stewart will ga back next Saturday.
.. .ALAMEDA ON FIFTH
SEATTLE, August 3.—The Ala
meda will leave for Alaska on August
5.
..BURGLARS COMMIT MURDER
CHICAGO, August 3.—Frank Ver
I bers, bo, was shot and killed early this
morning by burglars whom he had
caught escaping from his home and
i whom he tried to capture.
.. CLOUDBURST KILLS
M IDLES BORO, August 3.—Nine
bodies have been recovered and thirty
other people are missing as the result
of a cloudburst in Barren Valley,
Clairborne county, Tennessee.
UNALGA LEAVES 4 P. M.
The Unalga is scheduled to sail at
4 P. M. today.
ROY ASHLAND GIVES HIS
LAST SHOW TO SEW AKD
Koy Ashland, the popular Frohman
of Seward, wiil manage his last show,
for the present, in Uns city tonight.
He is about to leave to continue his
studies in the University of Washing- '
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ton. The farewall prefownanee ot
Hoy tonight will be “The Spender, or
The Fortunes of I'eter.” As a curi- '
ous coincidence the plot shows a 1
young spendthrift who is being sent
away by the old man, who is called j
“indignant,” to “seek his fortunes as {
best he may.*’ The coincidence comes I
in just by contrast, so put up that
gun. Well, this spendthrift masquer
ades as a prince and makes it stick.
The show ought to be a rattling good ^
tine. L. E. Thompson will be the
manager when Mr. Ashland goes out.
ATTEMPT TO KILL '
LIMBER INSPECTOR
ALASKAN R. R. COM. <
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SEATTLE, August «'».■—An attempt
was made last night to assassinate J. j
M. Jarvis, a timber inspector for the t
.^iai-kun railroad Commission, by two ;
unidentified men who put dynamite
under his home, 1*11 West Sixtieui •
street. The bomb exploded ami a por- 1
lion of the liouse was badly damaged t
[iut Jarvis who was the only occupant
jf the house was uninjured. The two
men were seen to leave the vicinity •
in an automobile at high speed before <
the explosive went olT. The motive <
for the outrage cannot be determined '
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but it is known that Jarvis for the l
past few days has been assisting in j
the employment of men for the gov- 1
ernment railroad in Alaska and it is 1
also known that he ejected a man !
from his office yesterday morning. I
This is the only clue so far.
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NEWS NOTES
About sixty ladies were present at
the reception and tea given by Mrs.
Frank L. Ballaine yesterday after
noon. The line residence was decorat
ed with Marguerites and Forget-me*
nots and those who were present cur
ried away a most pleasant impression.
The affair was in honor of Mrs. W. C.
Edes, Mrs. Tamblyn and Mrs. de
Sherbinin.
W. H. Daub, the well known young
engineer of the railroad commission,
leaves on the Mariposa and will not
return.
Ike Evans is a passenger for the
westward on the Unalga.
Several well known citizens will be
either broke or badly bent it Anchor
age wins the series on the 11th, 12th
and 13th inst. Hut tJ.ey won’t. That
is, Anchorage won’t. A catastrophe
of that kind is too horrible to contem
plate—too horrible to happen even,
j Forget it. *
Jack Sauers is now with the Sew
ard Commercial Company under the
eagle eye of the old man. He quit the
signal corps last Tuesday and Gerald
French is the name of the new lightn
ing streak.
Josiah Dawson underwent an oper
ation for the amputation of a toe yes
terday in the hospital. Dr. Sloan who
performed the operation says Mr.
Dawson is progressing well.
New flannel shirts, light, medium
and heavy weights, all colors, b or
work and dress. $2.00 to $5.00.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
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BIG RAILROAD
STRIKE AHEAD
PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS FOR
CONFERENCE OF HOARD
OF MEDIATION.
WASHINGTON, August .‘1.—Presi
dent v\ ilson has requested a comer
•nce ot the United States Hoard oi
Mediation and Conciliation presum
ably to discuss the questions muting
lo the threatened strike o. the big
•ailroad brotherhoods. The threaten
*d strike would tie up the whole na
ion’s railroad service.
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| Winslow Retires a
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.Special to Gateway by United Pi css;
WASHINGTON, July 2b. — Rear
Admiral Cameron McRae \\ inslow,
ommander of the Pacific lleet, one ot
he Navy’s old seadogs and incident
dly, one of its richest men, retired
rom active service today on his 62d
drthdny—that being the statutory
tge for retirement.
Hear Admiral Winslow’s wealth—
it* married a daughter ol' the St gar
ving, Havemeyer- never interfered
vith his service. lie did a lot of
vork.
Included was the feat of taking the
battleship New Hampshire right up
o its wharf at New York, without the j
lid of any help but his channel sense. |
['his, by the way, was teri»i' v ** ‘ j
mi at viwuiivii, UlS supt*i iui officer |
Y ins low then was a captain—as the j
inest piece of seamanship he ever
aw.
Admiral Window was boosted five
lumbers in rank when as Lieutenant
2. McR. Winslow he cut the cable in
2ienfuegos Harbor, Cuba, during the
var with Spain—with the Spaniards
bring from a distance of 150 yards.
In this engagement a Marine was;
tilled and nine men—including Lieut.
22. McR. Winslow—wounded. Win
dow was wounded in the hand. Ills
iromotion came when he was recoin -
nended for “extraordinary heroism.”
Winslow and his men went out in
mil and motor launches. Winslow
ivas in charge. With the big guns on
the ships out in the harbor firing at
the cable office—they wrecked it be
fore Winslow reached shore—Winslow
went into the face of a Spanish bom
bardment. He got by with it in ex
leltTmt shape—some casualties report
i'd, but the work do.»c.
Admiral Winslow has done a lot or
sea duty. He has done some land
duty, too—enough to be known to
New Yorkers for his stay as super
visor of New York Harbor in 1909,
1910 and 1911, and to those at New
port, R. I., when he was at the naval
war college in 1904.
At the time of his retirement Win
slow was a full Admiral, being en
titled to that rank oy virtue of his
command of the Pacific fleet. He
served as a member of the Slocum
commission when the burning of the
New York excursion steamer was in
vestigated.
Winslow was born in Washington
in 1854. He was appointed to the
Naval Academy by the President in
1870, and graduated in 1875.
The judge who tried James McCoy,
formerly of Seward, for embezzlement
passed by on the Mariposa. As a
rather remarkable coincidence, the
lawyer who defended McCoy was on
the same boat. Either this judge or
someone else is authority for the
statement that Van Pelt is a candidate
for assistant district attorney here.
“Fred Marlin and J. C. Murphy
candidates to the Democratic division
al convention, returned to Anchoragt
yesterday.
RUSSIANS STILL BATTERING
_BUT THE ADVANCE IS HALTED
MOOSE REGULATIONS
HERE ARE EXTENDED
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Dr. Baughman has received a let
ter from Governor Strong telling that
the regulations about moose, etc.,
have been extended. The following is
the letter:
Juneau, July 2(>, 1D16.
“Mr. J. A. Baughman,
“Game Warden,
“Seward, Alaska.
“Dear Sir:—
“I am in receipt of the follow
ing telegram from the Secretary
of Agriculture, under date of
July 25, which is self-explana
tory:
“ ‘The regulations expiring this
year on moose in southeastern
Alaska, on sheep and caribou
Kenai Peninsula, the shipment of
moose and sheep from Kenai; the
sale of deer and the protection of
deer on certain islands of south
eastern Alaska, are extended to
11)18.
“ ‘The new regulations prohibit
ing the killing of mountain goats,
does and fawns, and the protec
tion of deer on San Juan Island,
southeastern Alaska, are included
in the amendments as approved
yesterday, effective August 1.
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be forwarded by mail.
“In accordance with the above,
vou are therefore instructed to
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see that these regulations are ob
served to the very best of your
ability. As soon as the rgula
tions enumerated above have been
received by this office, they will
be forwarded to you promptly.
“1 am,
“Yours very truly,
J. F. A. STRONG,
“Governor.”
GINN ELL’S CASE
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
“LONDON, July 28.—Laurence Gin
nell, author, humanitarian and promi
nent Irish member of the British j>ar
; liament, was placed on trial here to
j day by his government, charged with
violating the Defence ot the Realm
Act.
Penalties for conviction of the vio
lation of this act rnngb from a ten
shilling line to imprisonment.
Ginnell' was arrested by order of
General Lloyd. Information came to
the officer that Ginnell had visited a
detention camp at Knutsford near
Manchester under an assumed name
and there spent some time talking In
a suspicious manner with Irish rebel
prisoners.
Ginnell has long been known for
his sympathy with the Irish cause.
He has frequently and openly criticiz
ed the government for not giving Ire
land home rule. He was particularly
bitter in denouncing the government
for what he termed its failure to deal
more leniently with the Irish rebels
following the Easter rebellion.
Ginnell is a member from County
Westmeath, a hotbed of Irish rebel
lion, from which he was elected in
1006. He is a self educated man and
a fine natural orator. He was one of
the founders of the Irish Literary
Society of London and is the author
of several books dealing with Irish
questions.
Miss Lillian Custer, of Los Angeles
is at present in the city looking ovei
the situation from the business point
’ of vHFw.
\ Mr. and Mrs. McNeiley are leaving
Seattle for home on the Alaska today
RUSSIANS BATTERING AWAY
PETROGRAD, August 3.—The battering of the
Teuton defensss along the Kovel-Lemberg line by the
Russians shows no sign of abatement, the official an
nouncement today says. Dispatches from the front show
that the Russians are mixing infantry attacks with heavy
artillery bombardments. A series of battles has taken
place at several points while the Germans are driving
counter attacks against the Muscovite columns, but so far
without success. It is admitted that the Russian forward
movement lias been temporarily halted by these counter
attacks but only temporarily.
ALLIES MAKE PROGRESS
PARIS, August 3.—Material progress has been made
by the French south of Fleury, in the Verdun sector. In
a communication to the president of France today giving
details of the operations it is shown that our troops have
advanced to a point beyond yesterday’s station and have
taken seven hundred German prisoners, making a total of
eleven hundred since last Tuesday night on the right bank
of the Meuse.
ALLIED ATTACKS FAILED
BERLIN, August 3.—Both the British and French
attacks on the western front yesterday ended in failure,
according to the war office statement this morning. The
announcement says that “strong English attacks on both
sides of the Albert-Baupaume road east of the Trones
wood broke down.” It also declares that “French attacks
nAnii I).»11v onrJ TTot-»*c»ucj uro>»a »*omi 1^0/1 M
ANOTHER LINER SUNK
LONDON, August 3—The big liner Brittannic, own
ed by W. H. Cockerlin and Company, was sunk by a sub
marine yesterday. The skip was unarmed and hei
destruction is taken as an indication that Oermain is ic
suming its previous methods.__
NEW YORK EPIDEMIC
IS WORSE THAN EVER
NEW YOKE, August 3.—Infantile
paralysis today claimed the gieatest
number oi victims since tile outbreak.
Aot oni$ was tne greatest number ol
cases recorded but the increase over
tne worst previous day is alarming.
Two hundred and seventeen cases
were reported today and the highest
previous number for one day was one
hundred and ninety-live which occur
red on Juiy 12. The total number ol
cases to date is 4,5UG end the total
deaths are U60.
GREAT AMERICAN FOOT
FEELING PINCH OF WAR
CHICAGO, August 3.—Evidence of
how the European war,, is pinching
tender American toes and poeket
books was shown here today at the
closing session of the Illinois Shoe Re
tailers association.
O. L. Triebel, jr., of Springfield,
secretary, declared prices tor shoes
have jumped 20 to 40 per cent during
the last year and it is up to the con
sumer to pay the price.
Demand for leather for shoes for
the European armies cuased the ad
vance.
Triebel said tan calfskin for shoes
retailing at $5.00 sold at 30 cents a
foot a year ago and now brings 47
cents; men’s dull calf leather, former
ly 30 cents, now sells for 44 cents?
white calf for womens shoes, former
ly sold for 28 cents, now sells at 55,
, and so on down the line. Linings,
lacings, eyelets and buttons also have
advanced in price.
. Mrs. Charles Krefting is confined to
, her heme by indisposition.
NEW YORK S1RIKE
ALMOST SIRE TODAY
NEW YORK, August 3.—The tie-up
of 1,21)1 cars that operate on 450 miles
of the surface tracks, in this city
seems certain within twenty four
hours. Strikes have already been de
clared on some ol the city s lines and
the addition of the strike threatened
today would bring the total mileage
affected directly up to one thousand
and ten. The number of men affected
would be fifteen thousand six hundred.
.SEWARD PEOPLE COMING
SEATTLE, August 3.—The steam
ship Alaska left this morning with
the following passengers for Seward:
Mrs. H. C. DeLine, Helen DeLine, V.
Hall, W. A. McNeiley and Mrs. Mc
Neiley, N. E. Holmes, George P. Go
shaw and three steerage.
.. MARIPOSA COMING
The Mariposa is supposed to have
left Anchorage at noon today.
Train Sunday
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A special train will leave Seward
next Sunday at 9 a. m. for Woodrow
and Roosevelt Leaves Roosevelt at
5 p. m. on the return trip. The fare
to Woodrow and return is 55 cents.
The fare to Roosevelt and return is
$1.85.