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The Seward gateway., 1916-07-08
800 NEGROES IN OLD
 TIME JUBILEE DOWN SOUTH

Special to Gateway by United Press)
 DALLAS, July 1.-"The Dallas Blues" a song just chuck full of minors; "Rol, Jordan, RoIl," and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" are some of the songs 800 trained negro singers will recall to Dallas tonight when the Southern Negro Folk Song Festival begins in an open-air theatre.
 With camp-meeting settings, the dusky vOcalists will sing camp-meet- ing songs that never have been writ ten; songs which have been handed down from ante-bellum days, while white delivers into negro folk lore have vainly tried to record them,
 The negroes have been training for weeks in anticipation of the festival
 Former slaves will sing the plain tive plantation melodies by which they worked in the cotton fields half a century ago and younger negroes will interpret real ragtime, the songs which musical authorities say are the root of the cabaret songs of today
 The white population of Dallas will patronize the festival freely accord ing to the advance sales. Sections of seats are set apart for whites and negroes.
The Seward gateway., 1916-07-08
Freight Rates Go
 Up on Alaska Run

SEATTLE, July s. - Advance of freight rates of one dollar ton on all freight between Seattle and all ports in southeastern Alaska is an- nounced by the Pacific Alaska and Pacific Coast steamship companies. The changes in the Admiral line be- come effective immediately and in the Pacific Coast company they will be effective on July II. 1t is explained that the new rates are the result of the enormous handling changes due to the strike of longshorcmcn and 70 the increased cost of operating the ships because of the increase of the wages to members of the crews of Alaska ships.
 (Note:-This message speaks only of southeastern Alaska, it is to be noted)
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Men Called
 To Combat Plague

NEW YORK, July 8. - Ten thou sand New York citizens, members of the home defense league, were call ed out today by Acting Police Com missioner l.. Cooley to aid in the fight being waged by the government authorities against the infantile paralysis epidemic. Eighteen more deaths and ninety-fye cases were re- ported today, making a total ol deaths for the week of one hundred and twenty-six. The total number of cases reported is eight hundred and ninety two. The majority of the deaths and the new cases are in the city of Brooklyn.
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ALL WATCHING FRANCE

GENEVA, July 8.-A Hull has fallen all over the bat
 tie fronts except in France where both sides are evidently concentrating their energies for the final Joust. The Austrans in Trenno are reported to have taken up de- fensive positions again and new deadlock IS suspected Reports arriving from all the countries surrounding Switzerland indicate that the adherentS of the Central Powers see in the great allied offensive the last chance to overcome Germany, while French advices indicate that the Allies have only really begun the great struggle Both sides appear confident as ever.
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WHAT LONDON THINKS

LONDON, July 8-The papers and officials here are now pointing out that Germany is meeting the supreme test of her power on defensive Never before has she been called upon meet two great oensves one in the east and one in the west so that her full ability was never previously tried All the information given out this mo- ing shows that the Russians driving hard in the east in conjunction with the allied western armies. General Everts the Russian is attacking hundred mile front which runs from the Wilma line north to Baranovich The seriousness of the crisis the south for the Teuons is reflected in the paucity of the information given in Ber-
 ns official bulletins which only just admits the loss to the Germans of Hem and Beoy on the western front ticket.
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ELGIN, ILLo lS
 BARELY RUNNING

The name, Elgin UI) instantly brings to mind that it is the city where the famous Elgin watch is made, and also is tie center of the creamery butter industry. One would think that Eigin was highly prosper. ous. But a dispatch from Chicago to the Cincinnati Enquirer says:
 "Less than two years ago the happy, prosperous, law-abidiag city of Elg.n went dry. Today the Chi cago Commission on Liquor Traffic was told that the old residents barely recognize the place. It now has a perpetual grouch; it is hard up and crime and misbehavior are on the up grade, it is said.
 Philip Freiler was the witness who described the changes that have taken place. He once owned an Elgin saloon he valued at more than $35,- 900, and now he is interested in dis tilery at Louisville, Ky.
 
 Among the more startling of his statements were these:
 Saving accounts in the banks have decreased $11O,OOO.
 "'Theatre attendance is poor.
 "'The police have all they can do to handle the blind pigs.
 Burglary, gambling and social evil complaints are multiplying.
 "Freiler came fortified with sta tistics. He took up the S4 saloons one by one, told what their proprietors are doing now and what has become of the space they formerly occupied. According to his figures, buildings oc- cupicd by saloons are now either va cant or are renting from 65 to 75 per cent less than they were before the drys gained control"
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SUPER OFFENSIVE RENEWED

LONDON, July 8.-The super offensive of the allied armies entered it's second week today with the Allies everywhere attacking and maintaining their early gains practically at every point despite heavy enemy counter at tacks according the office report today The fight ing is bitter and bloody both sides fighting to the very limit of their strength and resources The Germans are reported to have apparently decided not to wait entirely on the defense and they constantly delivering counter assaults vigorously
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BERLIN SAYS ALLIES REFUSED

BERLIN, July 8-The official bulletin today states that "at both sides of the Somme numerous repeated enemy attacks repused with sangunary losses Ill speaking of the great allied offensive this afternoon the war office announced "The heroism and tenacty of our troops proves them nvncbe and has prepared the enemy for the day of confuson In relation to the fighting in the Verdun region the war office reports that Ion the Verdn front the French made several frutess attacks on Froide Terre Weak attacks on DamIoup also re- pulsed"
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GENERAL oBRIEN OF MEXICO

(Henry II. Dunn in Cartoons)
 Ninety-Gye years ago an Irishman was sent by the king of Spain to rule as viceroy over Mexico. His name was John ODonahue-or Juan ODonoju in Spanish. His closest friend and constant body-guard was one Mickey O'Bnen, renamed by his adopted Iberian brothers Miguel Oregon, and it was to him that Juan ODonoju turned when Iturbide and his army, flying the banner of the first empire" decreed the end of the three hundred year rule of the Mexi- can viceroys.
 Up the mountain wall from Vera Cruz went these two sons of Ireland to where Cordoba clings like a swal- lows nest to the seaward side of the sierra. And there Jack O'Donahue and Micky O'Brien agreed to repudi- ate their emperor and allow Iturbide, the Morelian Indian, to rule until a king of Mexico could be chosen.
 And so we'll did Mickey serve the first empire that he became General Miguel Obregon, and was placed in control of the western coast of the land of Mowuahtesuma, where, with his wife who came from the land of his fathers, he left sons to lay him to rest when his last day came.
 A few weeks ago g stubborn presi- dent of Mexico, almost at the end of his rope, sent great grandson of that same Mickey O'Brien (Alyaro 0bre- gon) to the rim of his country, bear ing arrogant demands, ungrantable requests, but with an army of some 10000 troops supposedly to back up those demands if it came to blows.
 ". ?. Henry has been appointed a
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SOME BEAR STORY

While Pete Rasmussen, a prospector, was busily engaged in sampling a ledge in the Chinana country, a big brown bear come up behind him and stuck his head over his shoulder to see what Pete had discovered, pre- sumably. Pete made tAe first mile in ten minutes less than nothing and set his shirt afre from air friction. He has petitioned the governor for a guard now so that he can prospect in peacc.-EX.
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SU SITNA RIVER
CLAIMS VICTIM

ANCHORAGE. July 5.-Fred Loper, who has piline contract with the commission on the Utuc Susina river, brought in the body of a 12- year-old Indian maiden yesterday that he found on Susitaa flats. The body was badly dccomposed and was buried as soon as the coroucrs inquest was finished. The verdict was that the young maiden had met death by accidental drowning, presumably further up the river and aoated down when the ice broke up this spring, as she showed evidence Of having been in the water for at least two months.
 So far there are no traces Of reIa- tives or connections, but it is under stood that some members Of her tribe, the Matanuska Indians, will be down today who may be able to explain more about the case. There was no evidence of foul play or suspicious of any charact-T connected with the Case.-Times.
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LOSS OF LIFE IN
 STORM OVER HUNDRED

BILOXI, Miss, July S.-The loss oi life by the hurricane last Wednesday Is expected to reach over a hundred, according to reports received today. A score of schooncrs carrying over a hundred and twenty people are still unaccounted for.
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yLLABANDITS COMING

FL PASO July S.-Accordng to information receiv- ed today Villa bands are rushing towards the Big Bend country to raid American towns and are now sweeping across the wastes of the state of Chihuahua from Paomi CT towards Lanula Pass A band of ViIIastas of un- known strength is also reported to be moving towards Ojnaga and some small American settlements in the Big Bend border country
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LUNCHEON GIVEN
RETIRING MAYOR

ANCHORAGE, July 1. - The ex- ccutive committee of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce gave a delight ful luncheon at noon today in honor of the first mayor of the city, J. A. Moore. 1Ir. Moore will leave on the steamer Alameda for Juneau where he will assume his former duties with the land department. The luncheon was served in the Green Room of the Frisco cafe and was perfectly ap- pointed; the table was decorated by a large centerpieee of ferns and Al aska wild flowers; flags and bunting were the overhead decorations and the whole affair was successfully carried out and tribute to Anchorage's re- tiring mayor.-Times.
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udiEE ohn,o WERE LOST
 lN Ui,EAT TROPICAL SIOKM

NEW ORLEANS, July s. - 1t Is reported that three smps were lost on onip lstand during the tropical storm tnat ragged on the Gulf this week. Inc late of the crews is not known. 1t is now safe to say that the damage inflicted by the storm m Mississippi and Alabama alone was $4OOO,OOO.
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EFT TU QUOQUE, SAYS BERLIN

BERLIN, July 8. - A submerged enemy submarine attacked nine peaceful German trade steamships on the End of July and tried to sink them without warning says the admiralty today The ships enrOute to Swine munde when attacked and narrowly escaped destruction This official statement is meant to show that the enemy nations are adopting the very tactics which the United States prevented Germany from following
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VILLA WAS WATCHING

WASHINGTON July g. - The authorities are now confident that Villa only waiting to learn whether hostities would break out between Calranza and the United States before again taking the field His sudden activity is taken meaning that he had lost hope of breach between the two governments and is now trying to create dangerous situation once again Nearly all doubt about Villa being alive has vanished
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NOME MAN DEAD

Gov. Strong has been advised by the management of the Moningside sanitarium that Axel Anderson of Nome died June 18th. Anderson was committed to Morningside on August %. 1907. Interment was in Portland.
The Seward gateway., 1916-07-08
TUNNEL CLEARED

No. 1 tunnel on the Alaska North ern has been cleared and the train will go through it today The train is also going to try to travel over the long trestle at the big loop near Mile 52,
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PLOT TO BURN FL PASO

FL PASO, July S.-A Mexican plot to burn all the EI Paso buildings connected with the United States army has been unearhed by secret service men, 1t was learned to- day. The responsibility for several fires which occurred here in the last fortnight in buildings which were supply ing the army with provisions and automobiles has been laid to the operations of Mexican rebugs The destruc- ton of the Fort Bliss coraS has been laid to the same source.
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MARROW ESCAPE

"OOlah" Johnson, a Juneau surveyor had a narrow escape from death re- gently while working on a survey. He slipped on a snow field high up in the mountains and slid down the incline more than 200 feet before he was able to right himself and get a foothold. -Ex.
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MCGOWAN TO RUN

Word comes from Fairbanks that Thomas A. MacGowan, who was de- feated for Territorial senator in the Fourth division two years ago by Senator O. P. Gustad, will again be a candidate for the Democratic nom inatiou for that office to succeed Sen ator Dan Sutherland.-Ex.
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bloody.
NOT TO HELP BASEMENT

WASHINGTON, July 8.-The decision was arrived at today by the committee on foreign relations ot the senate not to report the resolution introduced the senate urging President Wilson to intervene to save the life of Sir Roger Easement The committee believed the passing of such resolution would be an mwarranted - terference with the president and with foreign country
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ALLIED OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANS RENEWED
FRENCH CLAIM SLIGHT GAINS
 BUT BERLIN SAYS LOSSES BIG
FRENCH MAKE ADVANCES

PARIS, July 8-The French troops broke the Hull in the fighting south of the river Somme last night and re- sumed the offensive with heavy attacks which enabled them to capture German positions southwest o1 Per onne 1t IS not claimed that the advances made last night were more than slight ones but our assaults are continu ing with the greatest energy.
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ADMIT AUSTRIAN RETREAT

BERLIN, July g. - statement from the Austrian war office sums up the results of the Russian offensive by saying that the Austrian troops have retreated from their advance lines in the bend of the river Styr, Voyna before greatly superior Russian forces
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HOSPITAL EXEMPT

Judge Jennings of the First divi- sion, has rendered a decision to the effect that the St. Ann hospital, run by the Sisters at Juneau, is a chari- table institution and is exempt from city taxes. This decision was render ed in an action to collect $54S as sessed against the institution by the city.
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FIVE THOUSAND GUARDS KILLED

LONDON, July S. - Five thousand of the kaiser's famous Pssan guardsmen have been killed in the fight ing around Contamason east of Albert, according to special dispatch from Paris The fighting in that quarter which is north of the Somme is reported terrific and bOOdV
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VILLA AND CARRANZA FORCES
 IN BIG FIGHT NEAR JIMINfZ
DESPERATE FIGHT RAGING

FL PASO July S-A desperate fight is now raging southeast o1 Jmuez between force of two thousand Caqauzastas and eight hundred EiIaisas led by Gen era Coutleras, according to official adyices from Chihuahua City, The progress of the battle and its p>o0- able results are not mentioned.
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FORD FOR PRESIDENT

CHICAGO July 8.-Henry Ford, pacifcist and auto mobile magnate is urged for the presidential nomination on the Prohibition ticket by Eugene Chain, of Tucson Arizona formerly candidate for the presidency on that
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SOME 0ILITIANIEN EXCUSED

EAGLE PASS July 8. - One thousand men in our National Guard regiments here will take advantage of the war department order which permits the dis charge of miitamen with dependent families. The vacancies will be filled with recruits from the home states
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w. P. Henry has been appointed a notary public.
Gilpin observer., 1916-02-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

(The Gilpin Observer)
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Denver. Colo
RADIO, January 81, 1916.
NOTaCE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
Jacob w. Bales, CT Idaho Springs,
Colorado, WHO, on February "a, 1912,
made Homestead e. try, No. 016551,
for unsubdivided poc tions, known as
Survey No. 60, in Section IS, Town
ship So. Range 73 W., 9th Principa
Meridian, more accurately described
as follows: -
Beginning at corner No. J., gran
lite stone, whence the corners sec
tons is, 10, 13 ard "a, T. 8 S. R.
73 and "A W., bears S. 1871 W., 53.3-
chains; thence N. 1898 E. 14.54
chains to corner No. 9; thence s.
60'5' E. S.S7 c'airs to corner No
3; thence S. 1921 w. 3.9S chains to
corner No. 4; tdp nee S. 1921 E.
9.54 chains to corGe No. 5; thence S
1871 w. 5.23 chs irs to corner No
6; thence S. S901'. E. .O9S Grains to
corner No. Z; thence N. ,39'41' w
1912 chains to corner No. s; thence
N. S7'S5' w. 1880 chains to corner
No. 8; thence N. 1928 w. G.62
chains to corner Nc. 1, place of be-
ginning. containing 1902 acres, has
filed notice of intert,on to make fin
al three-year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register or Receiver of the U
S. Land Office, at Denver, Colorado
ON the 9th day of March, 1916.
Claimant names as witnesses:
William Arch, Of Idaho Springs, Col
orado,
Mrs. William Arch, of Idaho Springs
Colorado,
Harry Hall, of Idaho Springs, Co'ora
do.
Mike Grace, of Iealo Springs, Col
orado.
MARY WOLFE DARGIN.
Register
1st. pub, Jan. %; last March 2. '16
Gilpin observer., 1916-02-10
SOME REFLECTIONS ON GIRLS

Call Girls" and those of sixty loos
around just as quickly as those OF six
teen.
When the door bell rings, every girl
In the house steps to the nearest look
ing glass.
It is particularly important that u
girl should be taught the virtue of al
ways being right; she can never be
president.
Distinction sometimes comes easy
For example: 1t comes to the girl of
sixteen who has the largest number of
hoy correspondents.
Never trust the making OF youv
bread or the spending of your money
to girl who fingers on street corners
to make goo-goo eyes.
A girls idea OF being equal to Ill
emergency is to be prepared to make
three'weeks' visit when she has been
invited to remain only three days.
The better looking the young man
the louder the girls sQueal at his
jokes. "A very homely man has to say
something really witty to get even a
smile.
Tell a girl before marriage that she
is going to throw herself away, and
she is indignant. Tell her after mar
riage that she might have done better,
and she is flattered.
A girl of sixteen may demand that
man write Spencerian hand, or not
dare look at her, but after she falls in
love she doesn't care if his writing
looks like a doctors prescription.
Once upon Time Girl who had
Good Job and Big Salary, and no
| one to Spend it ON but Herself, Mar
ried a Man who was so Penurious he
Gum Drops. Being Proud and Re-
| served, she Never complained to her
Friends. and they Never Knew that
her Purse was Stuffed with Dry Goods
Samples to make it Look Fat, or that
her Pallor came no Longer from the
Druggist, but from the Flour Barrel.
But it is noticed that whenever she
sees a Cow or Calf tied in field
with Very Short rope, and with the
Grass eaten as far as can be Reached,
she Sheds tear of Sympathy and
Lengthens the Rope.-Exchange.
Gilpin observer., 1916-02-10
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR v. s. PATENT
Mining Application No. o22476
Survey No. 1850.

Mining Application No. o22476
Survey No. 1850.
U. s. Land Office at Denver. Colo
RADIO, January 1S, 1916.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN That
Stephen Hoskin, whose postoffice ad-
dress is 2141 Gi.pin street, Denver,
Colorado, has made application fer a
patent for 1900 linear feet ON the
Congress lode. bearing gold and sill
YER, tie same being 500 feet S. AZ
6'W., and 1000 feet n. 44'6'E. from
discovery shaft thereon, with surface
ground $50 feet in width, situate in
ENTERPRISE mining district, Gilpia
Cormty, State CT Color ado, and des-
cribed in the plet and field notes
ON file in this office as follows, viz:
Beginning at Cor. No. /, whence
the N. w. Cor. Sec. 6, T. S. R. 70,
w. of the 9th Principal Meridian,
bears N. 60'26 36'' w. 6O9.95 feet,
and Cor. No. l Sur. No. 1911. Alice
lode bears s. 1880 w. 2.67 feet.
thence N. 44'6' E. 1900 feet, thence
S. H'1S' E. 150.4S feet, thence S.
44'6' w. 1900 feet, thence N. 41'1S'
w. 150.4S feet to the place of begin
ning, containing 4.0S5 acres exclus-
| i've OF its conflict with Surs. Nos.
III. 934 and 935, Geo. Wellington,
| Wisconsin and LaFayet'e County
lodes, and forming a portion of the
N. VIZ of Seot.cn 6, in Township
8, South Range ~, w. and the S.W.A
of Sec. 81, Township 2, South Range
| 72, w. of the 9Th Principal Meridian,
sad location being recorded in vol
81, page 1862. Of the Records of Gil
pin. County Colorado. Adjoining
claimants the owners CT Sur. No
III, Geo. Wellington lode, Sur. No
934, Wisconsin lode, Sur. No. 935
Lafayette County lode, Sur. No
17511, Alice lode and Sur. No. 1875
Seneca, Seneca No. 1 and Jack Rab
bit No. lodes.
MARY WOLFE DARGIN,
Register
1st pub, Jan. 20; last, March 90
| 1916
Gilpin observer., 1916-02-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Mirth is natures best remedy.
Hope is the froth that hides the
dregs in life's cup.
crust and kind word are better
than q feast and indigestion.
A bright man never wastes his time
gazing on the dark side of life.
The average man gets angry every
time he is in the wrong and knows It.
When ridicule is weighed in the bal
ance of reason it proves to be light
weight.
The summer girl who makes one
hammock do for two is practical
economist.
Some music is given out by the
choir, but the drummer dispenses 1t
by the pound.
There is an element Of success in
every man, but 1t seldom begins to op
crate until some woman comes along
and treads on his heels.
A man can usually manage to
keep himself busy by attending
strictly to his own business, but some
men have a mania for working over
time-Chicago News.
Gilpin observer., 1916-02-10
sUPERsTITloNs

When your nose itches something
will soon happen to vex you.
When your right eye itches 1t is
sign of good luck; when your left eye,
of bad luck.
A new shoe, placed upon table for
Inspection. will lead the wearer into
lfhlucky paths.
A spider descending upon you from
the roof is a token that you will soon
have legacy from a friend.
The magpie is deemed bird Of evil
omen. Its unluckiness has been ac-
counted for by it's being the only bird
which did not go into the ark with
Noah.
1t Is n good omen for swallows to-
take possession of place and build
their nests around it; while it is un-
propitious for them to forsake place
which they have once tenanted.
If you have any white marks on
your nails, commonly called gifts,
you may expect to get as many pres
ents as there are marks as soon as
these get up to the nail ends in the
course of their natural growth.