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The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
SEWARD ROAD MOST
 BEAUTIFUL ANYWHERE
This is a Statement by Colonel Dick,
 Alaska's Great Road Builder.

"In all this world I believe there is no more picturesque and interesting road than the one leading out from Seward"
 This is the statement made by Colonel Wilds P. Richardson, the man who has built thousands of miles of roads, and that in territory where natural beauties are the rule. The colonel when he made the statement had in view the road which will soon lead all the way from this city to Kenai lake. He went out yesterday with Superintendent Anton Eide and if what he said was repeated about Anton's work the modest supcrintend- ent would blush. Suffice it to say that the chairman of the Road Commission found the bridge and road work cx- trcmcly satisfactory in every respect. The road will be built in a complete manner mile by mile so that it can be used as it goes along and it is the coloneps belief that it will be com pleted to the lake next year. The sum of S22,OOO has been allotted to work in this district already and more win probably be given after the chair man of the commission goes back to Valdez and figures everything out. There is an immense aomunt of work to be done in the other parts of the territory and the necessities of each district must be looked after. It is hoped to obtain the same liberal ap. rroprations in future years which Colonel Richardson obtained this year and his Board will present the needs and depended on the approval of the secretary of war and the President, waich approval is necessary of course.
 The colonel expresses a sincere wish that the city will put the road within the city in good shape out the cor porate limits where it joins the gov ernment road On the latter, he says, he found the work not only fine in character but in appearance and he seems so pleased that he intends to add to the appropriation for this road as much as he possibly can. He will leave on the Watson for Valdez.
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CONVICT JOSEPH CAMPBELL
 STILL PROTESTS INNOCENCE
 OF MURDER OF NELSONS

IDITAROD.-The Pioneer is in re- ceipt of a letter from Joseph Camp bell, convicted in 1912 in this city of the murder of the Nelson brothers in the Kuskokwim country. It will be remembered that a year ago District Attoreny Roth set on foot an investi- ration into the facts connected with the case, as strong representations had been made to him of the possi- bility of Campbell's innocence. Moth ing has appeared in the public prints, however, to indicate what were the results of that investigation. A por- tion of CampbelPs letter, which is dat ed April 10, 1916, is as follows:
 "You can tell the world that 1 did not commit those murders, and that am enduring the misery of penal serv- itude 'wrongfuIly, and for a crime which l never had anything to do with and did not know anything about it until shortly before was arrested at Ruby, which was about a year after the crime was committed. 1 have learned of several witnesses since 1 have been down here that would have helped me a great deal if l could have had them at the trial. But at that time I didn't know anything about them. And there were several others that would have helped me a great deal, but 1 was unable to locate them, the full names of some of whom did not know, much less their addresses. And for that reason had to take the witness stand without a single witness in my defense.
 l have never been able to locate Billy Barnhart yet, although 1 have done everything in my power. I have written several letters to his brother, Ora Barnhart, and addressed them to different places, but so far l have not received an answer. You can take my word that man withOus money in a case of this kind is a man without luck I am not altogether discouraged though. gh."-Iditarod PiO- neer.
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HOW ANTWERP IS PAIRING

AMSTERDAM, August 24-Reports are now reach ing the newspapers of Holland describing how the great city of Antwerp is farng under German government and if the accounts are true perfect peace and quiet reign there. Vast numbers of German business people have come to the city and always had large population of
 Germans Dutch and other natonalities the Belgian at mosphere is said not to be very evident Tremendous for
 catons have been erected but the most significant fact is that Germany has established great German institu tons that suggest the intention keep the city part of German territory for ever According to German ad- vices the population of Antwerp was and is strongly Flemish and the sympathy for the allied cause is not very pronounced This is the rse intelligence permitted to come from Antwerp for year and even this from Ger man sources undoubtedly
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GREAT ZFPPELINS TO DESTROY LONDON AND PARIS
RAILROADS ACCEPT EIGHT HOURS
 BUT ONLY AT EIGHT HOUR PAY

WASHINGTON, August 24.-The railroads are yielding the nsstence of the President for the granting of eght hour day after the presidents and the manag CTS of the railroads had practically agreed that there is other way meet the crisis. They will probably, cordng to the best information available, concede the eight hour day for eight hours pay at the present rates and also overtime at the present rate or they will arbae the overtime question: They will not however, concede eight hour day for which they should pay wages for ten hours The concession would mean that if the men work for eight hours they will receive pay for eight houYs but an additional two hours work would bring two hours of overtime pay which is greater than the ordinary pay in this way the would receive more wages for ten hours than they had received under the former conditions
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MEN IN LIQUOR CASE
 GO TO GRAND JURY

ANCHORAGE, August 24.-Ous Osgood, Harry Fitzgerald and Jack Hcnnessy have been bound over to await the action of the grand jury in connection with the charge of ship ping a large quantity of liquor which was seized at Campbell Point. The preliminary hearing took place in the Commissioners court yesterday The men were placed under heavy bonds. The Crow creek case which is the big gcst on the docket comes up tomor- row.
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THE CENSOR IS NOT THE DAMN
 FOOL YOU TAKE HIM TO BE"
By HAL O'FLAHERTY,

(United Press Staff Correspondent
 LONDON, August 14.-"The censor is not the damn fool you take him to be-"
 The above line was penned by a British censor upon letter from an officer at the front to his wife, in which an ingenious code was discOv- cred. It meant to disclose to the anxious wife just where her husband was fighting, but it was spoiled by the censor and an order was issued by the war office prohibiting such practi- ces. Before the officer, who wrote the code letter, left for the front, he se- cured two maps showing the entire British fighting line. The maps were identical. One he left with his wife and the other he took with him.
 Thereafter, each time he wrote a letter, he placed the stationery on his map, stuck pin through it directly over Paris, another directly over Brussels, and a third at the point where he was stationed. Upon re- ceiving the letter, his wife would superimpose it on her map, adjusting the extreme pinholes over Paris and Brussels, and her husbands where abOuts would be indicated by the mid ale hole.
 This is but one of score of codes and secret signals discovered by the censors recently. England does not
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censurc the relatives of men at the front for wanting to know the locality in which they are fighting and per haps dying, but such disclosures be- came a menace. No one knows how extensive Gemany's espionage sys- tenn may be, and England is taking no chances.
 Another code system used by ccr- tain officer was more elaborate than the one pointed out by the censor with his damn fool" notation. It was arranged by the officer with his wife, just before he sailed for France, and consisted of two charts of the battle line, one of which he retained while the wife kept the other Each map was laid out in blocks an inch square; each square could be indenti- fled by combinations of letters indicat- ing each line of squares from left to right. On the left hand side was another row of letters.
 In writing home, the officer would say: "Give my regards to l.. A. Smith," Being a fictitious name, the wife would know it as key to her secret code. Putting her finger on the "A" line of the squares on her chart she would follow along under the "L" squares, in which was her husbands position at the front.
 It is improbable that any informa- ton contained in these code letters has ever reached the Germans, but there is a possibility of such a mis- chance and England is losing no op- portunity to defeat a spy system that has made Englishmen gasp.
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AUTO SHOOTS WOMAN
 THROUGH A WINDOW

SEATTLE, August 24. - A run away automobile without a driver rae ed down University street today from Third avenue and striking Mrs w. b. Swan of Paddock hurled her through a plate glass window. She is not seriously hurt.
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ADOPTED GIRLS WERE
 HIS OWN DAUGHTERS

CHICAGO, August 24.-Edward w. Morrison, a millionaire recluse, has been named in proceedings before Federal Judge Landis which are in tended to prove that the millionaire is the father of two girls whom he re- gently adopted. The accuser is Joseph Bernstein, a junk dealer, who declares that his wife confessed on her death bed that Morrison was the father of the girls, and not Bernstein himself,
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RUSSIANS DEFEAT TURKS

PETROGRAD, August 2L-The Russians have de- feated the Turks in great battle at Mousu oE Moso on the Tgris river in Asia Minor and captured two whole regiments The Turkish army composed of four dlV'- sionS eighty thousand men, This statement ottcaL The battlefield is about hundred miles west ot the Pers- ian border and north of the territory where the British are operating on the EuphaJes The aim of the Russian generals is to drive the enemy so far back that uncture with the British be affected matter of very little diff fculty when the Tigris is forced open
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
COMMISSIONER TO HAVE
 OFFICE IN NEW BUILDING

The United States Commissioner who will be J. Earl Wooley on the first of the month, has arranged to have his office and court in the ncN van Glider building on Adams street. Dr. J. NJ. Sloan will also have his of fees there and Judge s. O. Morford is another who will have his offices in that building. The OddfeIows and Masons have also taken some of the buildings rooms The Gateway will have the basement and part of the ground floor.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
Harry HOben Buys
 Out Fred LaubneT

Harry Hoben has purchased the lots owned by Fred Laubner. The proper ty is made up of ten and a half lots but the price is not given out although it has been stated in places that it was $5,OOO. Three of the lots are on Broadway near Lowell creek. five are on Third avenue and two and a half on second street.
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BULGARIANS DEFEAT ALLIES

BERLIN, August 24.-Tbe Bugarians have defeated the enemy in fresh fighting the Enruna river the off, cial statement of the Bulgarian office says. It is further announced that the AngoFenh forces are now trying ascape by flight on the right bank of the river with the Bugars following up the advantage The allies were compelled to abandon several hundreds of their dead owing to the necessity of a quick retreat
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KILLED BY PIECE OF
 GLASS FROM AN AUTO

ROCKFORD, Ills, August 24.-ROy Mihigan, 21, is dead as the result of having his lung pierced today by a piece of glass that flew from the wind shield of an automobile when the auto came into collision with taxicab.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
WATSON DUE THIS EVENING

The Admiral Watson is due this evening from the westward, according to a message received by Wayne Blue. The exact time of the probable ar rival is not given in the message.
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FRENCH REFUSE GERMANS

PARIS, August 24-The war office announces oHici- ally that German attacks were repused by our troops last night in the Seyecou region The attacks were preceded by intense artillery fire after which the infantry charged in great force but the repuse complete No attacks are reported in the Verdun region and we are holding Fleury without trouble The German artillery maintains a constant fire, however, especially at night
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SlAVS REPORT DEFEAT OF TURKS
 AND BULGARS CLAIM A VICTORY
RAIDED ENGLISH COAST

LONDON, August 2L-A Zeppelin raided the east coast of England last night shortly before midnight but the war office announces that no damage was inflicted and no casualties occurred The raid last night and those for some weeks back are believed to be merely intended as reconnoerng flights the British air detenseS in preparation for an air attack in greater proportions than any of the previous attempted For the past fortnight word has been coming from Germany that the Germans are constructing giant ZeppenS ad It has been hnted that they would move against London and Paris in the months of September and October when the climatic conditions would be favorable But the first authentic n- formation which has come this subject was given out last night by Baron outag former cepreSluent ot the joint naval and military board in speech which he de-
 vered in public He informed the people that these giant aishps are uuqueSonaby being built and that they can have hardly any other object than tremendous attack on the capitals of England and France The new dugl- bes he said are seven hundred feet in length can travel eighty miles an hou can ascend three miles and so keep out of the range of shells and each carry five tons of explosives Owing to this fact greater precautions than ever will probably be pracSed from thlS time forward The newspapers do not attempt to minimize the apparent danger and are calling the government to prepare for
 terrific attack of the nature suggested The greatest danger is expected to come from the fact that the new Zeppes can reach such an altitude and be able to keep above attacking aeropanes whose chief advantage over Zeppes has been that they could get above the monsters and drop shells.
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ADMITS KILLING MAN
 AND WIFE ON RANCH

oLATHE, Kan, August 24. - Roy Dudley who was arrested on the charge of killing MT. and Mrs. Henry Mueller on their ranch south of here has admitted his guilt. The police have not given out the full statement of the murderer but the cause is be- lieved to have been an attempt at robbery.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
CONFER TO SETTLE THE
 LONGSHORE STRIKE

SEATTLE, August 24.-It has been decided that a committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet a committee of the organized longshore- men for the purpose of trying to set tie the strike.
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ADMIRAL EVANS LEAVES

SEATTLE, August 2S. - The Ad- miral Evans left Tuesday night with the following passengers for Seward:
 J. W. Rieu, Max Hoding, Miss Louise Perry, J. H. Eagle. A pas senger to Cordova is Minor Roberts, dean of the University School of Mines.
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SAYS HUGHES WILL KILL
 THE ALASKA RAILROAD

SEATTLE, August 29.-Ballaine speaking at Ballard says he has been told that Hughes has named men sec retly to carry on a campaign to kill the Alaska railroad and withhold Mata- nuska leases.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
CAPTAIN LENOIR OPERATED ON

SEATTLE, August 17.-Captain B. o. Lenoir, of the United States signal Corps, in charge of the Alaska cable system, was taken seriously i'll this morning in his office in the Arcade Annex, and was taken to the hospital. An operation for hernia will be per formed this afternoon.-Ex.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
.NENANA LOTS
 GOING STRONG
FIRST LOT SOLD IN NEW TOWN SITE BRINGS SIXTEEN
 HUNDRED DOLLARS.

FAIRBANKS, August 24. - II. F.. St. George has bought the first lot in the Nenana townsite at the govern ment auction for sixteen hundred doI- lars. Ben Simson bough. the second for eleven hundred. The sale will be in progress there until Saturday.
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DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES

BERLIN, August 24 - The submarine Deutschland arrived home safely at the mouth of the WeSer yester day. according to a message from the Overseas News Agency No further statement has been given out but the news is taken to be authentic
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BREMEN SOON DUE HERE

COPENHAGEN, August 24.-The submarine Brem- en will arrive at United States port within few days, according to the statement of Director Lossman of the Ocean Company to a German newspaperman at Bremen.
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MANIAC IN FATAL

BATTLE MISSOURI KANSAS CITY, Mo-, august 24.-- Fred NJ. Larkin, a maniac, is dead, Patrolmen P. V. Neff and S. Glenn Marshall are near death as the result of battle which took place when tns patrolmen attempted to arrest the de- mented man.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24
MARIPOSA IN MORNING

The Mariposa is due at one o'clock tomorrow morning.
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ALAMEDA DELAYED

The Alameda will not leave Seattle until the 27th instead of the 25th.
The Seward gateway., 1916-08-24

Daniel J. Cocoran has been ap- point depot agent for the government railroad,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-31

as foolish as if we were to arm our
soldiers with flintlocks and send them
against an army possessing machine
guns, high power rifles and modern
artillery.
Flintlock Theories Past
The time for fiintlock theories of
craftsmanship in this country is past"
Colonel Roosevelt said he was not
appealing Ito the memory of copper
head pacifists who put peace above
duty"
Colonel Roosevelt urged the Nation
to beware of the false prophets" -
professional pacifists who, he declared
do not serve high ideas. I'm actual
practice" he said, the professional
pacifst is merely the tool of the
sensual materialist who has no ideals,
whose shriveled soul is wholly alb
sorbed in automobiles, and the movies,
and money making, and In the policies
of the cash register and the stock
ticker and the life of fatted ease"
Two years ago these false
prophets" said there would never be
another war the Colonel said, adding:
Let us not be misled again" Even
should peace come in Europe to-
morrow, he declared, it ought not to
affect American policy or prepared
ness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-31

champion of the rights of mankind,
he said:
I'VE are not only ready to cooper
ate, but we are ready to fight against
any aggression, whether from within
or without. But we must guard our
selves against any sort of aggression
which would be unworthy of America
We are ready to fight for our rights
when those rights are Coincident with
the rights of man and humanity"
Universal training and preparedness
were possible, Mr.. Wilson declared
only If the men of suitable strength
and age will volunteer. He said the
acid test" was about to be applied to
busin essmen to see whether they
would allow their employees to volun-
teer. He said the army reorganiza-
ton bill now before him bristled with
that interrogation point, which he
warned all the businessmen of the
country was staring them in the face.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-31

Little Ralph Gordon Bennett, aged
8 years, who lives at 49 Columbia road,
Enola. This dear little fellow has
lust passed through a remarkable eX-
perience which practically snatched
him from the very brink of the grave
and brought him back to life of
health and happiness. His cure is so
remarkable that 1t has created an inn
mense sensation in Enola where he
lives and many people seem to think
a miracle has been performed. Such
is not The case, however, and all the
credit for the cure must be given en-
tirely to that most wonderful of all
remedies Quaker Herb Extract. This
fact will be substantiated by Mr.. and
Mrs. James r. Bennett, parents Of the
child. This little child surely owes
his life to Quaker Herb Extract. This
result. together with the many others
published, surely convince any per-
son of sound mind that the Quaker
must possess marvellous cura-
tive powers. The cures of rheuma-
tism, catarrh and stomach troubles
reported are genuine; the testimonials
are genuine, they are from Harris
burg people, your own neighbors,
friends and acquaintances. Can you
ask or suggest or even imagine any
stronger or more powerful proof to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-31
Little Boy Saved From Terrible Death
It Was No Miracle, Quaker Herb Extract Did it

show the true merits OF a remedy?
Just read the case of to-day, con-
slider it and you will surely admit that
you are indeed fortunate to be able
to supply yourself with that great
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gifts to mankind, herbs. roots gums,
barks, berries, leaves and blossoms,
Quaker Herb Extract. 1t is beneficial
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safe for children is surely proven in
the following:
Statement of the boys PARENTS:
When our little son. Ralph Gordon,
was not yet two years old we dis
covered to our horror that he was
afflicted with a tapeworm. We real
lied his danger and Immediately ar
ranged for treatment. 1t was un-
successful and succeeded in getting
only a part of the worm. That only
seemed to increase our anxiety. Ow-
ing to the child's tender years it was
not deemed advisable to administer
such strong medicine again soon so
the little fellow continued in his mis-
cry. After a year or so we tried again
and for the second time succeeded in
getting a piece. Now what could or
should we do? We were willing yet
powerless to do anything more. The
boy grew up pale. punys restless and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-31

appeared here under the provisions of
the John n. stockdale lectureship on
political science at Washington and
Jefferson College and delivered two
addresses.
His morning address was short and
dealt with preparedness In the aft
ernoon he elaborated on this subject
and reviewed the relations of the
United States with foreign powers.
He maintained that the United States
could not afford at this time to give
up the Philippines; pointed out the
need of amply fortifying Alaska; as
serted that the proposed neutraliza-
ton OF the Panama Canal was shown
by the violation of the Suez Canal neu-
trality. to be a farce; hinted that the
United States might again be forced
to go into West Indian affairs on a
large scale, and indirectly advocated
the retention of the principles of the
Monroe doctrine.
He pointed out the nearness Of the
United States to Europe and the grave
possibility of this country being in
volved in the present world conflict
A navy that should be at least the
equal of Germany's coast defenses
that would permit the navy in case
of attack to assume the offensive and
an army reserve that would bring our
effective fighting strength no TO half
million men at once, were features of
the preparedness campaign which he
urged.
The former President was bitter In
his denunciation of the present Ad-
ministration's Philippine policy. de-
claring he could not properly declare
himself "in the presence of ladies"
He also assailed w. j. Bryan, declar
ing Bryan's statement that half
million men would respond to a call
for volunteers between sunrise and
sunset something that Bryan would