The Seward gateway., November 17, 1916, Image 1

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

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Al LIES REPORT IRE
CRISIS HAS COME TO AN END
DEl'TSCHLANl) MEETS ACCIDENT
XKW LONDON. Nov. IT—The German submarine,
Deutschland departed at 1.30 o’clock this morning but is
now hack again at the dock from which she left. She was
towed out by two T. A. Scott tugs and Captain Hinsch, one
of the members of the owning company, and two othei
members of the concern accompanied her on one of the
t oes. The tide was favorable and the Deutschland passed
li'.e cruiser Columbia in the lower harbor at 1:45, one ol |
the tucs leading and the other following. Iwehe miles
out the tug collided with the Deutschland and the tug was
sunk with the loss of live of her crew. The only person
saved was Hinsch himself, fhe Deutschland returned at;
once to ascertain what her injuries are. her cargo is
worth two millions but the manifest is kept secret. |
DEUTSCHLAND COLLISION
NEW LONDON. Nov. 17.—The full story of the col
lision wnich compelled the Deutschland to letuin becanu
known this afternoon. The submarine and the tug Scott
collided in a smooth sea and the crew jumped for then
lives. The tug struck astern and the force lifted her nose
out of the water. The boiler exploded and the late of the
tug was at once sealed. Captain Hinsch was cat tied un
der but re-appeared and seized a preserver thrown from
the Deutschland. Captain Baker of the tug Cassie which
was half a mile astern says the tide was running at a
se'.en mile speed westward and that a rock eddy twisted
til.* tno mid the submarine about and caused the accident.
The only damage reported on the Deutschland is a twist
ed stem and a hole in the bow. Naval observers say that!
the steering gear of the Deutschland was responsible as
it failed to avoid the danger as an ordinal \ ship might.
Captain Koenig grew a little pale when the accident oc-|
cur red anil was shaken when he got back but he lemained)
perfectly silent. After returning he conferred with Vice
President Hilkeit of the Eastern Forwarding Company
but nothing was given out. I . S. steamboat inspectors
are now engaged investigating the matter.
MACKENSEN STILL RETREATS
PETROGRAD. Nov. 17.—Mackensen is still falling
back and burning the villages on the line of retreat. Mili
tary experts believe that the Roumanian crisis is past and
that a deadlock at least is all that can be expected by the
Germans in that theatre.
FIGHTING IN THE EAST
PETROGRAD, Nov. 17. — Desultory fighting is re
ported in the Stokhod and Brzezany regions but no im
portant engagements have taken place in the past forty
hours, the official communication this morning says.
Falkenhayn is reported stopped in northern Roumania
but fierce fighting is proceeding in the C ampaiung region.
The Roumanians are reported successful also in that
quarter.
SERBS ADVANCING
LONDON, Nov. 17.—By indomitable attacks on the
Greek front the Serbs and French have reached a position
within four miles of Monastic. Rain and snow pelted the
advancing legions and mountain fortresses barred the
way but the allied troops kept constantly going forward.
The Bulgarians are giving ground slowly but surely, ac
cording to the latest reports.
FRENCH REGAIN LOSSES
PARIS, Nov. 17. — The official reports today state
that the French are withstanding the fiercest assaults of
the war now on the Somme. Sixty thousand Germans
were hurled at one position yesterday in six successive
wave attacks in two hours but all were rolled hack. The
French troops followed up their advantage and regain
ed the positions lost two days before at Pressoire. It is
estimated by the military authorities that the Germans
lost sixty per cent of their effectives. The king today sent
a special message of congratulation to General Haig.
WILSON RECEIVES A
BIG HOME WELCOME
WAS 111 XGTOX, Xov. 17.—Presi
dent Wlison was received home en
thusiastically last evening by a great
crowd. Ten thousand people took
part in the celebration and bands
played national music as Wilson
drove from the station. The car in
which the President was seated slow
ed dow n to keep v ith the people who
marched with it to the White House
and from the statfon to the House was
one long continuation of cheers.
When he arrived at the White House
the President stationed himself in the
north portico and acknowledged the
plaudits. After arriving home he re
ceived the Belgian minister who pre
sented an appeal to the United States
to begin an investigation into the de
portation of Belgians by the Ger
mans. The appeal states that Ger
many is compelling Belgians to leave
Belgium and work in Germany.
SULZEH IS LEADING
STM IN VOTING
That Sulzer is still leading Wicker
sham in the election is the latest news
coming from Fairbanks this morning.
If the estimate by the Fairbanks cor
respondent is correct the Democrat
lias more than a good chance to nose
into congress, especially as the inter
ior districts that were expected to go
stn ng for the present delegate are
showing partiality for the administra
tion candidate. The following is the
cable received this morning by the
Caiew ay:
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 17.—'The ln
i oko district, including the precincts
of Takotna, Cripple, Tolstoi and
Ophir, in which Wickersham figured
on getting a plurality of fifty, has
disappointed the Wickersham support
ers here. The total returns from
these four districts received last night
showed that Sulzer received cighty
oix votes and Wickersham received
seventy-eight. The count by divisions
now, so far as Fairbanks has been
able to learn, shows that in the First
Sulzer received 2409 and Wickersham
received 1891. In the second Sulzer
received 589 and Wickersham got 7G2.
In the Third Sulzer has 1597 to Wick
ersham’s 1804. In the Fourth division
Sulzer has 1592 to Wickersham’s
1532. The total vote for the terri
tory gives Sulzer 6,187 and Wicker
sham 6,039. This gives the Dem
ocrat a plurality of 14S. The Kusko
kwim is still to be heard from but it
is sure for Sulzer. The Koyukuk
with 125 votes is doubtful.
GERALD SAYS Gl'lLTY
AS DRY LAW VIOLATER
Clarence Gerald yesterday dropped
his appeal to the superior court from
a justice court line and sentence of
$250 and ninety days in jail for viola
, tion of the dry law at his soft drink
place, 824 First avenue, and before
i Superior Judge Ronald pleaded guilty
! and was lined $100 and costs,
j Gerald’s place was raided on the
, night of June 20, when a large
amount of liquor was seized, and box
partitions and the bar wrecked by the
police.
WENT ON MARIPOSA
The following went west on the
Mariposa: F. M. Bean, John Renner,
H. M. Hickey, Peter Korth, A. Eric
son, Mrs. A. Erieson and three steer
age.
WATSON COMING
The Admiral Watson sailed from
Juneau at 9 o’clock last night.
BERLIN OFFICIAL REPORTS
BERLIN, Nov. 17.—Falkenhayn has carried the
mountain heights on the Moldavian frontier east of Ked
zivasarh and has easily penetrated the Roumanian posi
tions at Predeal. His forces have also advanced south of
Rothethurm but the Russians in that quarter are with
standing the attacks with unusual stubborness. The
British yesterday were repulsed east of Beaucourt and to
the west of Lesars they were forced westward on the Le
sars road.
BRITISH MAKE MORE GAINS
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The British are now bombard
ing a new front north of Ancre and have captured three
hundred Germans in that quarter. Major Maurice, chief
director of the military operations, says that the success
at Ancre means that the Germans are not invincible and
that by giving them no pausing time they can be defeated
decisively. The offensive will be continued throughout
the winter. In the meantime the Germans are trying to
minimize the success of the Allies but the military ex
perts here say that the gains are of the greatest im
j porta nee. _.
VICE REGENT FOR POLAND AND
KING WILL LATER RE APPOINTED
LIONESS MAKES
PANIC IN CITY
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 17.--A Iniin
o(l lioness made an escape from her
cape here last night and three hun
dred people who made up the audi
ence were driven to a panic which re
sulted in the injury of many. The
lioness was being exhibited in a
thea trw
theatre when she managed to make
her escape. As she got out from tin*
cage the people rushed so quickly that
they demolished the front wall. At
least a score were hurt.
WILSON ASKS l»E\CE
WAS!! I NOTON Nov. 17.—The
Thanksgiving proclamation of Presi
dent Wilson urges deep sympathy and
aid for the “stricken people on whom
the curse of war war has fallen.”
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POLISH VICE-REGENT
BERLIN, Nov. 17.—The government has decided to
i appoint a vice-regent for Poland until a king is decided
upon. The name of the vice-regent has not been publish
ed and attempts to secure his right name have been fruit
less in spite of many guesses. The press of Berlin says
that the Teutonic governme its have arranged all the
questions connected with the new Poland but will try l"
secure a permanent dynasty that will be regarded by all
European governments in future as a neutral one. The
story is told by one most important journal that a German
prince has already been selected for the place but this is
not confirmed.
RUSSIA REMAINS FIRM
PETROGRAD. Nov. 17—The minister of foreign af
fairs has notified the Russian ambassadors in all the allied
capitals tha Russia will not make a separate peace. The
minister denies the rumors tht Russia is negotiating with
(termanv.
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A most pleasant event took place
quietly last evening: at 7:M) o'clock
when Mr. Aron Kricaon, the popular
game warden, and .Miss Mar\ Scott,
jf Anchorage, wer made man and
,Hf‘e hy Commissioner Crank Klims
at tlu* residence of Mr. and Mrs. 1.
*V. Hawkins. After the ceremony the
nappy coupie left for Anchorage on
the Mariposa and so got away from
nany friends who later expressed
their regret that they hr. I no time to
make the night hideous by celebra
wions. The pretty young bride is the,
Iaugther of Mr. and Mrs. Crank Red
.ood, proprietors of the Crescent j
Hotel at Anchorage. She went out
last July to the States but came back
*n the Mariposa to meet Mr. Kricson
and make him happy. She came from
I’hiladclphia to Alaska with her par
ents. The wedding was kept very
quiet until the last moment and the
>nly witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. L.
V. Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Fade, T
vV. Hawkins and J. J. McGrath. Miss
Ratricia Ray ami Miss Merritt Kide
were very useful as maids in waiting
and disseminators of the news after
wards. The joyful couple left on the
Mariposa for their home at Anchor
age.
SNOW SLIDE ON R. R.
A snow slide of immense dimensions
has fallen at Mile 55 and the locomo
tive out there is stalled. Engineers
R. J. Weir and Tom Ward were out
on the line when the slide came down
and were unable to get to town until
the early hours of this morning.
They were compelled to mush to 22 to
get another engine. A washout is
also reported from Mile 18 or so.
TEDDY GOES TO THE
ISLANDS OF FIJI
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Theodore
Roosevelt has decided to ro to the
Fiji islands with his wife to recup
eiate after the campaign. They will
be gone until February. He refused
to make any statement about the re
election of Wilson and appears to be
in a bad humor.
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The last Mariposa mail brought word that suggests
that if the citizens of Seward got together and supply the
site we shall have the government radio station establish
ed here. W. 0. Hensgen, the government expert radio
man who came here on the Saturn, states in a letter to
Leon Booker, city magistrate, that after all the proposed
sites have been investigated the site on the Kevell home
stead looks best. It has been suggested by Lieutenant
Maddox that the point to the east of the homestead might
lie a feasible one but there is a fear that high tide may
submerge it. Hengsen says that if the people get togeth
er and present a site to the government the station is al
most assured, and it is already suggested that a meeting
be held in the office of the city magistrate soon to discuss
the matter. The suggestion is that the citizens subscribe
enough to buy the site from Colonel Kevell.
MEXICO STILL
A DEADLOCK
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 17.
Chairman Cabrera of the Mexican
commission has returned and his lirst
act was to check the chances of agree
ment between the representatives ol
the two nations. The commission is
now deadlocked and an agreement
seems to be further off than ever.
FI R BEARERS WILL
BRING HIGH PRICES
Trappers will be well paid for their
time ami efforts this winter. An un
usually good demand and high prices
will prevail for fur-bearers. Every
member of the Fox family is popular
and bringing high prices. Fisher is
a close second and the price is very
high, it will take millions of Musk
rat to satisfy the American consump
tion. The Hudson Seal Coat is in the
height of its popularity. American
Dyers are enlarging their shops to
increase their capacity for seal dyeing
more Muskrat than was ever known.
Every fur-bearer collected in this sec
tion will command high market
prices.
A. B. SHUBERT, INC., Chicago, U.
S. A., one of the largest Houses in the
world dealing exclusively in Ameri
can raw furs publish “THE SHU
BERT SHIPPE,” a market report and
price list, which is mailed FREE. It
is not a maga7dne—it contains no ad
TEDDY SAYS U. S.
WOULD EIGHT
XF.W YORK, Xov. 17.—Speaking
on Art today at the American Acad
emy of Letters Theodore Roosevelt
declared that America is proudly
willing and able to fight. His lecture
was mostly devoted to questions of
art but he also dealt in politics indi
rectly. He pleaded for an American
expression in art that would be dif
ferent from other arts. He wants a
puiely American art that would not
be imitation, in other words.
GRANT CROSSAN
DIES IN ST. PAUL
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 19.—In a tele
gram received today, Mrs. Grant
Crossan was advised that her husband
had died in St. Joseph’s hospital in
St. Paul, Minnesota. The wire was
from the father of Mr. Crossan. who
went from Chicago to St. Paul to be
with him at the end.
Grant Crossan was an oldtimer of
the North, having stampeded to Paw
son in 1897. In the early days of the
Fairbanks camp he came here and has
spent practically all of his time here
since. For the past two years he had
been in sinking health.—Ex.
vertising matter and every word in it
is good—sound—reliable market news
on every branch of the industry —
American Raw Furs.