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The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
BIG LEAGUES AGREE TO
 PLAY BASKET BALL

BOSTON, Jan. 30.-Four baseball professionals wintering in Boston have agreed to play basket ball on the tentatively organized Boston Baseball five. They arc Leslie Nuna- maker, the big Yankee catcher; Hal Janvrin; Ham Connolly, who played third base and the outfeld for the Washington Senators; and Rabbit Maranville. It is expected that there will be no difficulty in filling out the team. Coach and Manager Bob Fowler will try to get a game with a team similarly picked from the pro fessional baseball men of New York City.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
BELIEVED FRENCH CAPITAL
 IS IN FOR GREAT AIR ATTACK
BOMBS KILLED TWENTY-SIX

PARIS Jan. 31-A Zeppelin airship passed over this city Sunday evening" dropped about dozen bombs and killed twenty-sx people and injured thirty-two AS the Zeppelin appeared horns blew warning all over the great city and at once all lights were eXnguiShed leaving Paris in total darkness Two of the bombs from the Zeppens failed to explode and were later found Each of them weighed hundred and fifty pounds. The raid lasted only minute and half and was the first since March. Later in the night another Zeppelin appeared over the city but left immediately without dropping any bombs and it is believed that she paid the visit to recOnnoer with view to preparing for general attack of German air fleet Because of this belief the city being kept in total darkness to prevent the attackers from spying out the more important buildings and the Notifications and arsenalS.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
ALASKA INSANE
 MUST GO OUT
SEWARD MUST GIVE UP HOPE OF HAVING HOSPITAL
 FOR INSANE.

WASHINGTON, Jan 30. .- The government has signed a contract with the authorities of the Morning side asylum near Portland, Oregon, for the care of the Alaska insane for a period of four years more. This contract has been signed in the face of strong opposition from represent ative Alaskans. It was supposed here that the old contract had still some time to run but the news has just been learned that the renewal has been made.
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SURPRISE PARTY
 LAST SATURDAY

Eighteen people formed a surprise party last Saturday evening in Obser- vance of the birthday of Mrs. John Nelson, at he home of the Nelsons on Third avenue. The hostess was presented with a beautiful cut glass dish. Auction bridge was the game of the evening. The high scorer for the ladies was Miss Margaret ROmig, who received a pair of silver sugar tongs as a prize while Mir. H. s. De Line walked off with the mems prize, a pearl handled knife. There were present besides Mir. and Mrs. John Nelson, Mir. and Mrs. Horace De Line, Mir. and Mrs. Isaac Evans, Mrs. S. M. Graf, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. ROmig, Miss Romig, Robert Romig, Miss F. O. Root, Mir. and Mrs. w. E. Rott, Mrs. George Sexton, Neil Sexton, Miss Sexton, Mrs. H. O. Schaleben, pr. and Mrs. J. M. Sloan.
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COME TO OPEN WILSON GROUND
TWO PROMINENT MINING MEN ARRIVE AND GO TO
 MILE 26.

George P. Harlow and George w.. Crum arrived from San Francisco on the Alameda to open up the property of Powerful Joe" Wilson near Mile Twenty-Six, MT. Harlow, it is said, having become the owner. They went out on the train this morning but while in the city they were rather re- ticent. Mir. Crum is one of the best known of Fairbanks people but has been outside for some time. The Will. son property is placer. The party is accompanied by Mrs. Harlow and Miss Furbur and its members figure on remaining here permanently.
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MAY GO TO TOLOVANA

Col. Lewis House, one of the pioneer residents of Iditarod, leaves early tomorrow morning with his own dog team for his home town. He will be accompanied by MT. Dan J. Cor coran, a civil engineer and graduate of Trinity College, who has made many friends during his short stop at Seward. Col. House is one of the many sufferers of the All-Canadian route to the Klondike in 1897, having made the entire trip overland from Edmonton, B. c. to Dawson. Mir. Corcoran will possibly go over the Tolovana district also this season.
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7FPPFLINS RAID PARIS AND CITY IN DARKNESS
SECOND BIG DAM IN OTAY
 VALLEY BURSTS AND MANY DI[

SAN DIEGO, Jan 31.-The second big dam in the Otay valley burst yesterday and has added another list to the death list of the first dam breaking Sxtyfve lives have been sacrificed by the bursting of both dams and three thousand people have been rendered homeless The second flood followed by wild scenes as ooers attempted to secure of the goods carried away but marines and sailors from battleshp have been landed and patrol
 ling the scene to preserve order They have received orders to kill looters sight and the knowledge that this order issued has already had its effect The suffering of the people made homeless is very great.
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Declare War On
 Fake Promoters
Arctic Club Takes Up Question Which is Often Mentioned but
 Never Acted Upon.

SEATTLE, Jan. 30.-At a Smoker in the Arctic Club Saturday evening war was declared against fake min ing promoters in Alaska. Several of those present reminded the gathering that fake promoters had inflicted al- most untold injury on the legitimate mining interests in the territory. The sentiment seemed to be that for every fake promotion scheme several men with good properties were pre- vented from securing the means of development.
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v = .: ENQUIRIES FOR :'
 [: TWO PEOPLE {:

Albert Herman Fiege is wanted by an attorney of Dixon, Illinois, and the attorney asks Chief of Police Guest to look him up here. The mother of the missing man died some time ago ana left will by which her son will re- ceive $500 if he shows up within a year.
 N. R. Harris of the Corliss Gas Engine Company, California street, San Francisco, wants to learn the whereabout of Harry R. Chadbourne who left that city in 1915 on the Ad- miral Schley and was believed to be coming to this part of Alaska. The missing man is feet 9 inches, weighs 16O lbs, is 36 years of age, has curly brown hair and Stoops slightly.
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CITY COUNCIL WILL
 MEET TOMORROW NIGHT

The city council will meet tomor- row, Tuesday, evening as i: is the first of the month and, therefore, con- venient for several reasons. It is ex- pected that the City Attorney will give an account of the manner in which he swayed that congress and administration as representative of the Big Four in the national capital. Anyhow the ambassador of the Four looks as genial as ever after bis trip
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EXPLOSION OF GAS
 TANK CAUSES DEATH

WRANGELL, Jan. 20.-John Schu- Ter, a plumber, yesterday started to patch a leaky gasoline tank. An ex- ploSion occurred and Schuler was terribly burned. He was rushed to the hospital but died of his burns at 5 o'clock this morning.-Ex.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
ALASKA TRADE SHOWS
 AN IMMENSE INCREASE

JUNEAU, Jan. 31.-The customs reports show that Alaskan trade has increased by twelve million dollars the trade of last year This due in some measure to the shipments for the government railroad but the in in ordinary trade is chiefly responsible for the greater figures The most remarkable fact is that the trade balance in favor of the territory is twentyseven million dollars which shows that the exports rather than the imports have made big increase.
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SEWARD FEARED FOR DORA

The news has just been conveyed from outside that Seward has been in fear for the safety of the Dora. Re gently several horrible tragedies nave been occurring here under our noses without our knowledge. The follow ing message has recently been pub lished in the Juneau Dispatch:
 SEWARD, Jan. 23.-Fears for the safety of the overdue steamer Dora have been allayed by wireless advices that she is storm bound in Marmot straits.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
WILL WICK BE
 G. G.O.P.CANDIDATE
MAN RETURNING FROM WASH INGTON IS QUOTED AS
 SUGGESTING TT.

Will Hon. James Wickersham be the candidate of the Republican party for delegate to congress this year?
 Has the postponement of the meet ing of the territorial committee here had anything to do with desire to learn what is to be done before the territorial convention has been decid- ed upon?
 This paper has stated before that strong body of opinion is that Wick ersham will seek the nomination of the regular Republicans. He has al- ready abandoned the Bull Moose and appears in the Congressional Direct ory as a Republican, and we have heard lots of rumors about the pos sibility of his appearing as the candi- date for the nomination by the regu- lars of the territory.
 William D. Coppernoll has been quoted in the Juneau Dispatch of the 23rd. inst as saying practically that Wickersham will be an aspirant for the nomination at the territorial con vention. Mir. Coppernoll's opinion is chiefly worthy of notice, remember, because he has just returned from Washington and has met the Delegate there. But MT. Coppernoll is quoted as going further and telling that Sew ard Republicans will send solid delegation to the convention for Wick. He is not quoted as saying how he found this out when no one in Seward knew of it before. The following is what the Juneau paper says:
 "Wm. D. Coppernoll, well known attorney of Seward, who is in the city, a guest of the Alaskan, says Seward will send a solid delegation to the Republican convention for Wickersham."
 The Dispatch is a Wickersham paper but it could hardly be mistaken about what Coppernoll said, and MT. Coppernoll has just been speaking with Wickersham himself. Of course, Mir. Coppernoll is now attorney under people who suck political strength from Wickersham's popularity. Be that as it may, it really looks as though Wick will go forward for that regular nomination and it will be in- teresting to learn then what the men who posed as Wickersham Democrats during a Democratic administration will do.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
R. R. COMMISSION TO
 BUY EIGHT BARGES

The Engineering Commission has decided to purchase eight barges for its work in landing supplies, according to recent issue of the Seattle Times. Four of hte barges will have a capac- ity of 200 tons each and four will have a capacity of 400 tons each.
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SOME WEEKS BEFORE NEW
 P. M. TAKES THE OFFICE

Until the form of having the bonds of w. E. Root approved, etc., ne will not ake charge of the post office, of course, and MT. Root himself stated today that he thinks it may be a month yet before all the formalities are completed.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
OTTAWA TURNS DOWN
 PELAGIC CLAIMANTS

OTTAWA, Jan. 30.--The investigat ing committee has awarded only sixty thousand dollars to the Pelagic Seal ing claimants in satisfaction of their demands. The claimants numbered sixteen hundred and the total demands amounted to nine million dollars.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
EXPECT LARGE AMOUNT
 OF WORK DONE HERE

P. Gregory and c. B. McNutt are arrivals from Seattle. Mir. Gregory says everyone in that city is confident that hundreds of thousands of dollars will be spent on the Alaska Northern as soon as possible and that Seward will have boom sure this year.
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ENTERTAINMENT CLUB
 HAD FINE LAST DANCE

The Seward Entertainment Club has had its lact dance and now be- comes a pleasurable memory until next season. The last dance took place Saturday evening when quite g large number of couples showed up and enjoyed themselves immensely.
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FOOT TORN OFF
 FALLS IN BAY
JOHN JOHNSON MEETS H0R- RIBLE ACCIDENT ON
 THE DORA.

The left foot of John Johnson, a fireman on the steamer Dora, was torn off at the ankle yesterday morn ing early when his limb got caught m a loop of the rope with which the boat was being tied up at the dock
 The rope circled around the shiu and frightened as it went through tho chauk, drawing the leg with it. The chauk is the hole in the side of shiI through which ropes are run. Com ing to this hole the foot was dragged m and as the foot was too large to pass through the rope tore it off from the ankle. A fact which brings home the horror of the occurrence is that the foot was so completely severed that it fell into the bay still encaseC in it's shoe. The unfortunate sufferer mad just got through his shift as fire man at a. m. and had come on deck as the boat was being docked. The captain asked him to lend hand anC Johnson did so. The rope had beer thrown out to the wharf and was tC have held the steamer. In the dark. ness Johnson evidently stepped into one of the loops of the rope as it lay on the deck and was being played out as the boat moved. Johnson met the accident with real grit. He never lost consciousness and is said to have in, structed those around to get a rope and tie up the limb to prevent toe much bleeding. He was taken to the Pioneer Hospital, the General Hos
 pital not yet being ready to receive such a case, and Drs. Romig anC Sloan amputated the leg about thirC way up to the knee. Only the foot from the ankle had been torn off by the rope but the shin above had beer so badly torn that more had to be re
 moved. Owing to the squeezing o1 the rope the injured man did not bleet as much as he might otherwise have done and the doctors say he i! feeling remarkably we'll under tho circumstances. He ate breakfast this morning and went through his opera
 tion and suffering with splendid forti
 tude. He is only twenty years of ag' or slightly over it. He comes iron Seattle where his mother died last year. His father had been killed by an accident some years ago and Johr has followed the sea for quite time He had also been the victim of other accidents in his time, both of his arm: having been SrOken, amOngS othel things. The doctors nave strong hopes that he will come put better than the horrible nature of the ac
 cident would suggest to the lay mind
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
TODAY'S OLDEST STORY

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. SO.- Five hundred and eighty-one mayors of southern cities have been invited and more than half of them are ex- pected to come here today to discuss the perplexing municipal problem of the travelling pauper, thousands of whom talk city administrations out of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of transportation every year.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
SNOWSLIDES UNCOVER
 RICH TUNGSTEN LEAD

SILVERTON, Jan. 3O.-The snow slides which have occurred here in the past few days promise to become memorable. One of them has caused stampede near this place by uncov- ering six foot lead of Tungsten ore which is believed to be of very high value. Hundreds of people are al ready hastening to the scene.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
FIFTY FUNERALS
 ALL TOGETHER

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Fifty fun erals were compelled to wait at the gates of a cemetery here today while efforts were being made to get strik- ing grave diggers to return to work. The strike was finally settled.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
 ST. PETERS PARTY

The plans have been completed for the card party which will be given by the ladies of St. Peters Guild on Wednesday evening at o'clock in the basement of the church. Everyone is cordially invited. After the cards lunch will be served. Admission is fifty cents only and a very pleasant evening is assured.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
CABLE DOWN AGAIN

The cable was reported down this morning between Sitka and Valdez. At 2:3O this afternoon the Gateway had not received third of its usual amount of dispatches but some came yesterday, Sunday.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
MOORE CREEK GROUND
 OWNED BY SEWARD MEN
Strike Made in Iditarod Was on Ground in Which Bennett and
 Lee James Have Interests.

Some time ago this paper published a story about strike on Moore creek in the Iditarod country. Since ther the information has been confirmed and it has also been learned that the property on which the strike was made is that owned by Bennett James, Leander James and their as sociates.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31

tor Arthur Glrrels. United States consul at Alexandria. Egypt has devolved the duty of Investigating the circumstances connected with the sinking of the liner Persia in the Mediterranean. MT. Gar rels has been in the consular service since l90S when he was appointed con sul at Zanzibar. Tn 1910 he went to Catania, Sicily. and in 1912 to his pres ent post He is a St. Louis man. forty. three years old.l
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31
SEVENTY OF FORD
 PEACE PARTY QUIT

NEW YORK, Jan. S0.-Seventy of the Ford Peace Party have returned home. They arrived last evening on the steamship Rotterdam and describe Ford as an irresponsible idealist who
 has been enmeshed by people who had an eye only on the benefits which they themselves might secure by the ex- petition. It has been made more eyi-
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dent than ever by their words that some very bitter differences occurred between the members of the party during the journey Ford himself has not been heard from for some time. He did not go to welcome the return ing members of the party and this is accepted as a sign that he sides with the members of the party that stayed in Europe.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31

The Alaska steamship company is taking care of John Johnson who had his foot torn off yesterday morning.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-31

Recent arrivals in Seward are Louis House, of Iditarod, w. N. Reed, of Mile 26, Ben J. Landauer, of Louis vile.
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Miss Furber who arrived on the Alameda is . writer of note.
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Oscar Christensen is visiting in the city from Mile 29.
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THE WEATHER

Jan. 27 Max. 12, Min. 1, p. m. z
 Clear Jan. 2s Max. 29. Min. 5, 4 p. m. 2s High North Wind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
CURB MARKET
TRANSACTIONS
Irregular Price Movement, win
Changes for the Most Part
of Small Extent.

The session on the Broad Street
Curb yesterday brought about an IT.
regular price movement, with changes
generally of small proportions. High
est prices of the day we're reached On
the forenoon. and after midday some
Of the leading issues started 70 de-
cline, ending under Tuesdays close.
Cuba Cane Sugar moved up about a
point in the early trading. but later
reacted TO end unchanged. Atlantic
Gulf e. West Indies. common. after
opening weak. rose TO 1874 and then
dropped back to 81 at the close. net
advance Of = Of a point, while the
preferred lost nearly one. Tobacco
Products showed further strength,
ending at its best. up a point on the
day Submarine Boat gained nearly
a point and Chevrolet Motor was un-
changed al the close.
Although Standard Oil stocks con-
tinued quiet, the active list expanded
considerably Standard Of New Jer-
sey 'yst points and Prairie Pipe
Line gained one. Trading in some OF
the miscellaneous oils was on an
active scale and prices moved irregu-
larry. Unusual activity was seen in a
number Of mining stocks. where prices
generally we're advanced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
Impending Message from
Berlin Causes Doubt
and Some Weakness.
EARLY ADVANCE
AS SHORTS COVER
Lower Prices in Final Dealings
Sterling Exchange Goes
Under 4.76 for Demand.

Expectation that the message from
Germany, which would show whether
or not our threat Of break in diplo-
matte relations omust be carried out
would soon be received caused good
deal Of uncertainty in the security mar
ket Yesterday Some issues improved
for a while and a few were higher at
the close. but for the most Of the day
the tendency was downward, and prices
weakened generally in the late trading.
Business was about az the same rate
as on Tuesday, and was still concen-
trated in a small number of specula-
tive stocks.
Overnight news furnished nothing
unfavorable; instead, prospects for
avertnC trouble In Mexico appeared
brighter. There was an early upturn
in stocks Of companies with properties
south of the Rio Grande and good
deal of short covering. This meant a
gradual rise for the first hour or so,
but there was no fresh buying OF any
consequence TO carry on the advance.
The market became quiet, with sag
ging tendency, and when Mercantile
Marine shares weakened the genera.
list became unsettled, declining pretty
generally toward the end Of the day.
Accounts of the proposed plan under
which the international Mercantile
Marine Company was TO be taken out
Of receivership indicated that the divi-
dends accrued on the preferred would
not be reduced until a new issue of
S20000.000 notes had been provided
for. Both common and preferred GER
tifcates had risen a little around the
start, but they broke under heavy
selling, and ended with losses of ?
points on the common and on the
preferred
Reading got up g point early in the
day, but closed with a fractional loss,
and some Of the other carriers fell back
in a small amount Of business. Steel,
too, had an early rise of a point, but
ended a shade under Tuesdays close.
Anaconda was a little frmer In re-
spouse to its statement of last years
unusually successful operations. Amer
lean Smelling and Refining, after an
nouncement of an extra dividend Of Il
of per cent, ended trfle lower.
With the international crisis stand
/ ing in the way Of new purchasing COM
mitments in stocks, buying of bonds,
naturally more conservative, was light.
/ 1t is not that the country's investment
capacity has been satiated, but that
intending purchasers feel it the part
Of wisdom 70 wait until clearer idea
can be had of our foreign troubles
With this hesitation in the bond mar
ket, the suggestion in the weakening
Of sterling exchange, which yesterday
got below 476 for demand, that re-
newed selling on large scale for Lon
don account might be necessary, was
| far from welcome.
The volume OF our foreign trade
which has 20 be financed was empha-
| sized yesterday in the governments
/ preliminary report for March. Exports
/ reached a new high level at 100000
| 600, which was Sl96,000,0 900 above i'm
ports, bringing the favorable balance
for nine months of the fiscal year, up
| 20 81 ,491 .0OO. 600.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-04
MINING.
PIG IRON OUTPUT
AT LOWER RATE
Forced Rate of Production Tells
on Blast Furnaces.

A rate Of pig iron output in Apul
lower than the month before told Of 'he
wear on blast furnaces az present
forced production Labor troubles last
week have tended 10 reduce operations
Of the steel mills There are reported
in trade circles further large orders
from abroad for finished shells.
THE Iron Age" says: Labor troubles
have been rampant this week 10 por-
tions of the steel and metal working
trades. These and the strikes pre-
viously under way have cut down steel
consumption somewhat. and m a les"
degree the output OF mills.
April pig iron production fell OF
enough 20 show the strain blast fur
naces are under 10 keep near a 10000
OOO-ton rate The total for the thirty
days was 1927 .76s tons. or 1852 tons
a day, against 3387,69l tons in
March. or lO7.667 tons day
A few stacks have blown in. bit
based on the smaller Performance
Of April the 800 furnaces in blast May
are rated at only lo9072 tons a day
against los $50 tons a day for the 80
furnaces active on April T."
THE Iron Trade Review will say
"Some unusually large orders FOR nm
ished shells have been placed WIN
makers IN this country during the lasi
week There remains also in the mar
ket a heavy inquiry for she'll stcei stocs;
with the italian government as one OF
the large buyers. but 10 Is difficult 20
find the capacity 20 hll any large ne'
orders for ths years delivery
Pig iron buying has been lively in
some sections. particularly M the hast
Producers have been willing 20 aecep.
lower prices for the first half Of neA'
year than for shipment before Jsn1,,
AIRY !, 10 create backlog Of tonnage