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The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
Is Seward Not Port
 Of Entry After All?
Juneau Empire Says Collector of
 Customs Declares It Is Not.

Some time ago word was received here from Delegate Wickersham that Seward had been made port of entry but out comes the Juneau Empire now with a statement from the collector of customs that Seward will not be des- ignated a port of call this year. E.. R. Stivers, readers of the Gateway will remember, passed through Sew ard some days ago. The following is the statement in the Empire of May II:
 "E. R. Stivers, deputy inspector of customs, passed through Juneau this morning on the Admiral Farragut for Anchorage where he will be stationed for the next month. After he leaves there a special man will be appointed to act only while a ship is in port un- loading bulk cargo of coal, steel, or other commodity for the Alaskan En- gineering Commission.
 According to a statement made by the collector of customs this morning, neither Seward nor Anchorage will be designated as ports of entry this year, and a temporary appointment will not be made for Seward this year. On account of the Alaskan En- gineering Commission importing sev- eral cargoes of coal and steel this season for the use of the railroad, a temporary man will be appointed, under an authorization recently re- ceived from Washington, stationed at Anchorage, who will be paid for each day actually employed.
 "A petition from the Seward Com mercial Club asking that Seward be designated as a port of entry was re- gently sent to Washington. In an swer to the petition, a letter was re- ceived recently by the collector of customs here, which states that it is unnecessary. The department has re- ceived authoritative information that neither the Grand Trunk nor the Canadian Pacific are contemplating extending their service to Seward and therefore the designation of that place as a port of entry is unnecessary and inadvised."
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
Biz Rise in Local
 Banks Deposits

In the last three months the de- posits in the Bank of Seward have in- creased by $S6,97472. This is shown by the report published by the bank in today's Gateway. When the last report was published on February IT, 1916, the deposits were something over a quarter of a million. Now they are $343,59763.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
CHICAGO MILLIONAIRE
 BOYS START WHALE HUNT

SEATTLE, May 17.-JOhn Borden, Norris H. BOkum, Charles K. Knick- erbocker and Rochester B. Slaughter, boy milliOnaires, of Chicago, left to- day on a whaling and big game hunt ing trip in the Boring Sea and Asiatic Siberia. "The Big Bear" newly built schooner, completely equipped with hunting and whaling parapher- nalia will carry the party on it's peril lous expedition.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE ON
 All FRONTS EXPECTED SOON
AUSTRIANS PROGRESS

BERLIN, May 19-Nothing of importance is report ed from the Verdun front in the official announcements to- day but brisk fighting is reported towards the western end of the west front at several points The newspapers say the Austrian offensive against the Italians is progress sing very favoraby and that Itaan territory will be in- vaded within few days Some of the Austrian troops engaged against the Italians have been removed from the SerboGreek frontier where the Bugarans are now for
 fled in great force Artillery fighting is proceeding north east and northwest of Verdun but infantry assaults are reported
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
BARTHOLF GOES TO
 OPEN UP OPERATIONS

E. II. Barthof of the MabIe mine at Willow creek vcnl through on the Alaska and the seasons operations will soon be in full swing The plant has been increased, es stated before, and about the frs5 big work to be done will be the driving of 9 tunnel three hundred feet in length. One re- markable fact mentioned by Mir Bar,holf is that vixen Che railroad is built it will pass wi,bin 10 miles of his mine and SO enable him to get to Seward in few hours.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
GIANT U. S. RADIO IN THE
 CANAL ZONE OPENED SEPT. 1

Especial to Gateway by United Press)
 SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 15.-The giant SSOO,OOO naval radio station at Cholla Heights east of this city, the great strategic link in the radio com munication with the Canal Zone, will not be put into commission until September 1, it was learned today,
 According to civil engineer Samuel Gordon, U. s. N. in charge, a delay in fulfilling electrical apparatus con- tracts will hold up work on the station for the time being.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
B. H. BARNDOLLAR
 TO THE WESTWARD

B. H. Barndollar, disbursing officer of the Engineering Commission, went on the Alaska to the westward and will continue travelling between the two cities during the summer. By the way, it has been suggested to the Gateway to make public the need of a relief station on Fire Island. 0w- ing to tide conditions and sudden storms several travellers have been compelled to seek shelter on the island and have found no place there where they could find comfort.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
BUILDS BOAT FOR THE
 YENTNA AND SUSITNA

A boat has just been built down at BrOsius and Moons for Professor Herschell Parker and his associates and will be used for getting up the Susitna and Yentna rivers where the Professor will go soon to start work with the new drill The boat is twen- ty-two feet in length and will be ship ped from here.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
RAII ROAD APPROPRIATION
 REPORTED TO THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, May 19. - (Bul- letin)-The Sundry Civil Service Bill was reported to the house today. The total appropriations are twenty-seyen million, two hundred and thirty-seyen thousand. The largest item is six million two hundred and fOrty-seyen thousand for the Alaska railroad. The next item in amount is four and half millions for the fortifcatiOn of the Panama canal The bill includes four millions for armOrics and arsenals.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
APPROPRIATE DRESS
 CLUB GIRLS TO
 DANCE IN $6 GOWNS

NEW YORK, May 15. - The Ap- propriate Dress Club of America will hold it's first annual dance and card party at Chateau du Pare, tonight. There will be an exhibition dance by twelve young women, wearing gowns not exceeding in cost $6.
 The club is an organization of young women who study economical and artistic ways of making their own clothes.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN NEAR

STOCKHOLM, May 19. - All the indications now point to tremendous offensive against the Russians in the Riga region soon VOn Hindenburg and von Macken- sen are both reported to be in that region each in com mand of two separate TeutOn armies that will act jointly Hindenburg's near the Baltic coast and Mackensens further south It is also reported by Swedish shippers in the Baltic that German warshps and transports can be seen daily moving eastward and that the Northern ports of Germany are crowded with troops arriving from the interior.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
GONE WITH GUARD TO
 GET BROWN BEAR MOVIES

On the Alaska last night went a company of people who have come north to take moving pictures of brown bears on Kodiak island for an eastern concern end wi,h them was the sharpshootcr named Hills who travelled around this district some time ago giving shooting exhibitions in the interest ot gun manufactur- ing company.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
Anchorage to Have
 Wireless Station

J. F. Upchurch went on the steam ship Alaska last night to begin the work of establishing a government wireless station at Anchorage. He had with him only half the outfit.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
% . * < . < % q < ( ' ]: PORTLAND BOATS {: FOR ALASKA RUN

That Portland has at last taken ade- ouate steps to establish a steamship line from that place to Alaska is shown by recent advices from outside. One boat is said to have been secured for the run to this part of Alaska. The following clipping from a Seattle paper has just been received:
 Organization of the Oregon-Alas- ka Steamship Company was perfect ed yesterday with the election of di- rectors, followed by the selection of Paul Bates as president, Harrison AL len, secretary, and F. P. Kendall, treasurer Captain James w. Shaver Captain Archie Pease and Joseph Supple are among the directors.
 "The corporation is to have capi- tai stock of $5O,OOO and the first steamer now under option in the East, will be joined by others later. More Portland business men are interested in the venture, and as the vessel has adequate passenger accommodation for her size, it is believed she will prove successful on the Portland-Ala- ska route"
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
EXPECT ALLIED OFFENSIVE

THE HAGUE May 19. - Large British reinforce mens are now reported being sent across the channel into France and Europe looks for the early beginning of an- other great allied offensive. In the meantime the Ger mans are attacking still where the British hold the lines but no decisive results are recorded Military men believe Germany is about to make another attempt to break through to Calais.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19

The doctors reported this morning that the condition of NJ. Musgraye is not improved.
 The steamer Dora is scheduled to leave at p. m. today.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
MINERS GET S125,OOO
 IN GOLD BONUSES

WALLACE, Idaho, May 11.-Near- ly Sl25,OOO in gold was received here today to be distributed among 4,OOO miners in the Occur q Alene district as bonus for their work during the month of April. The bonus for each miner amounts to about Sl a day
 The bonus system, adopted by the mine operators February 1, is govern ed by the prices of the metals produc- ed-mOstly gold, copper and silver. For March the miners received 75 cents a day bonus.
 Merchants throughout the mining district report that business has practically doubled since the inaugur- ation of the bonus system.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
% e $ % % < z ' ' ' |" . * CABLE STILL " * INTERRUPTED {"

Cable communication is still inter rupted and there is some difficulty found in getting messages over the Canadian line. Everything possible is being done by the Gateway to se- cure the very latest dispatches by any routes, regardless of expense Some times the message come in time and sometimes they do not. No dispatches had been received at 2 p. m. today
 and the cable telling yesterday that We may have an aerial mail serice ar rived just as the paper was on the press. The printing of the paper IS held off as long as there seems to be a possibility of receiving more news
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
Bank of Anchorage
 Opens Tomorrow

Anchorage will have the first bank of its existence tomorrow when the Bank of Anchorage will open its doors for business. Word to this effect was received today by Harry Balderston.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
SUBMARINES INACTIVE

LONDON, May 19.-A notable inactivity on the part of German submarines has been noted since the answer of the German government to the demands of the United States With the exception of the sinking of the Cymrc no notable vessel has been lost by submarining.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
UNITED STATES SHIP
 COMES THIS WAY

The United States ship Saturn left Mare Island on May n for Unalaska and will be engaged in wireless work during her visit in Alaskan waters. She will be used for work also at the St. George station and will then go to Cordoya The Saturn is cIassed as @ cruiser.
The Seward gateway., 1916-05-19
MCPHERSON GETS PATENT

William McPkemon, through Judge S. O. Morford, has received a patent for his ranch north of Resurrection river.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-01

10 pc spit on, Lnen Jake Loeb IS
hero and should receive honors. If
the stars and stripes is a dirty rag,
then there ought to be a monument
erected to Jake Loeb. He is the en-
bodiment of all that spits on the
American flag and uses it as a dirty
rag"
With this introduction John c.
Kennedy, former instructor Univer-
s1ty OF Chicago and now alderman
from the 9th ward, gave these rea-
sons why he thinks Jake Loeb is a
bum patriot.
What has Loeb done?" asks Ken
.nedy. He has manipulated the dis
charge Of So public school teachers,
Of whom Al have records as that are
marked superior, excellent and
good. These teachers with records
as efficient public servants were dis
charged because they are members
Of the Teachers Federation. Their
discharge is a punishment inflicted
on them because of their member
ship in this organization.
Taken by itself, the incident is
not important. That Al women
should lose their jobs is not import
ant. It is like the tax on tea which
the British government levied on the
American colonists when the spirit
Of 1776 asserted itself. What we
are concerned with is the question:
Who's next? How many more mem
bers of the Teachers Federation will
be discharged next year? And shall
we permit politicians to discharge
public school teachers because those
teachers happen to be members Of a
labor union, a church or a society
which a school board politician
doesn't like? These are the four
points on which would indict Jake
Loeb as Anti-American in deed and
spirit:
Il He has violated civil service
law. If a democratic government,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-01

C1ent workers, perempJOTlIy, WITHOUT
trial, is treason to the theory Of
American government.
go. The right of free association
must be recognized in any genuine
republic. The privilege of meeting,
speaking and acting collectively, as
demanded by the Teachers Fedora
ton, is a right which the courts have
time and again construed to be a
valid constitutional right. In dis
putting this right Jake Loeb goes con-
trary to the theories voiced by Judge
O'COnnOr in granting a temporary
injunction restraining the Loeb rule
and by Judge Sullivan in making that
temporary injunction permanent.
States Atty Hoyne in joining his
name to that of the Teachers Fed
Grafton in opposition to the Loeb
rule is also on record for the right
of free association. Also the chief
deliberative body of Chicago, the city
council, elective and not appointive,
has gone on record as favoring the
right of the teachers to organize.
SO. The politics back Of the Loeb
manipulation has been to line up a
Guardian of Liberty vote with an as
sumption that the public schools
have come under Catholic sway
through the activities of the Teach
eTs' Federation. A majority Of the
Teachers Federation officers are Pro-
testants not Catholics. But the re-
1gious issue has been injected.
az. Teachers are told that they
will have to get out of politics. The
statements of Trustees Loeb and
Eckhart mean nothing else than
that a public school teacher may
teach history and politics in the
schools, but she has no right to
speak or act politically as a citizen Of
a republic. What a farce this is in
the face of the fact that women are
being granted suffrage rights!
eff the experiment Of an American
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01
TO THE PRESIDENT.
NV John Rhuddlau.

(By JOnn fnuuuIdu.)
Captain of our good ship, I cry thee
The anchors up and thou in full
command;
No fear have I but that thy course
is planned
With thought to meet, if it shall
come the gale.
The chart thou knowest, when and
where to sail;
Thou knowest too the stars, and
where do stand
The rocks, and hast in mind where
thou shalt land.
Oh, not through thee shall this our
journey fail.
Let demagogues denounce and fools
deride;
Greatness has ever had to live and
The Shiny load Patience! Not thine
to fall
Aloft, the flag, bright-flapping in the
air,
And thou upon the bridge, directing
ALL
Columbia safe into her port 81 shall
glide!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01
A Soul Stirring Letter
The White House, Washington, Feb "a, 1916.
NV Dear Senator:

House.
very warmly your
that it calls for equally frank reply.
THING IN MY POWER TO KEEP THE UNIFIED STATES OUT OF
WAR; % the will eo mo npUa sxen o
object
d5S that tG' Shall ue continue to Succeed
European
following the future with regard to undersea
warfare for the moment to threaten nuperabe obstacles
recently their
h @ H eu Ea s will put as
have had question their faith
confident that we shall have none in the future
tons has the right while war is to alter disregard
which nations mitigation
Mo- CHOICE As 70 WHAT OUR own co6nsH sHoU1D BE-
FOR MY OWN PART GANoT CONSENT a;S TO ANY ABRDG
il
@ psoe shall at yD but aa % 1r3 be-
called upon to vndcate them would be deep humiliation indeed
Would be deliberate abdication our hitherto
struggle of nations meaningless and futile
expeai
the place of principle the door would inevitably be
still further concessions Once accept single abatement
whole fine fabric Of international law might crmbe under our hands
piece by piece.
WOULD SURRENDER INDEPENDENCE.
contending fol
Of the 7z have 1Syq
1MPorENcY AS A NATION AND MAKING VIRTUAL SURRENDER
THE WORLD
speaking, Senator solemnty without heat
~ eg1r @ devod ffend A a should bapp1v d
shall differ friends but where issues these
Faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
Hon William J. Stone,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01
TURKS EVACUATE TREBIZ0ND
Approach Of Two Russian Forces Com.
peIs the Withdrawal Of the
Ottomar Army.

Petrograd, March 1.-The Turks are
hastily evacuating the important Black
sea port of Trebizond and neighboring
cities before the Russian advance, &C.
cording to Tiffis dispatches. The
withdrawal was made necessary by
the approach of two Russian forces.
one moving westward along the shores
of the Black sea through Rich, and
the other in a northwesterly. direction
from Erzerum. An official statement
from the war Office Saturday night
said that the Erzerum troops were
within fifty miles Of Trebizond. I'm
official reports have placed the second
attacking army about the same dis
lance from Trebizond on the Black sea
coast.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01
WASHINGTON HAD A TEMPER.

(From the Kansas City Starr
Professor Charming Of Harvard
comes along now and says that
George Washington he'd an unsur-
passed temper. Shouldn't wonder.
Guess if Professor Charming had to
make an army out of the material
that was handed to Washington at
|Cambridg and was told to Lick the
worlds leading military power with
lit he would have a temper, too.
Add to that thirteen colonies all
pulling in opposite directions, a lot OF
pacifists nagging around, a Cong ress
with no power except to debate, rag
money that the printer who made it
wouldn't take, a population a gee
part of which went around telling
how the war was hurting business
and a school of statesmen Jealous OF
any federal authority, suspicious OF
Washington popularity, fearful OF
his success and Historically opposed
to a regular army.
Certainly Washington had a temper
and frequently let it out. Likewise
The had a fund of vigorous language
|healthily profane, and a masterful
sense of the occasions when to use 1t
and upon whom. If he were present
today and could hear statesmen in
Congress say that the United States
was fully prepared for defense with
the present army and navy he would
direct his remarks with the same Wig
or and facility and they would be
aimed at exactly the right persons.
Lock at the real pictures Of Wash
ington-the ones made before the
loss of his teeth gave him that
grandmotherly expression about the
mouth-and you will see he had a
temper. Lucky he did, too, or some
body might have got to him with
the theory that the way to lick Eng
land was to disarm and ask her II
she wasn't ashamed of herself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01
THE GREAT BATTLE OF VERDUN.

During the past week the bloodlest
battle of modern times has been
fought for the possession of Verdun,
the strongest point in the French
Line of defense. The German army,
under the command of the Grown
Prince and the Kaiser, has attacked
without regard to losses and has
made a. considerable dent in the
French battle line One of the forts
Of the famous fortress has been cap.
tured by the Germans, but, during the
past few days the furious counter at
tacks of the French seem to have
halted the German advance and re-
gained some of the lost ground.
It was announced when the battle
commenced that it would probably
last two weeks and that hundreds of
thousands Of men would be killed and
wounded.
The German thrust at Verdun will
cost hmm ensely in killed and wound
ed; their losses before the end Of
the present week will probably ap-
proach quarter of a million, but if
they succeed the victory may be the
turning point of the great war in
favor of Germany. On the other hand.
% ho
successfully defend Verdun, such a
result may turn the tides in favor of
the allies. The result may change
the map Of Europe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01
HE|GHTSAT VERDUN
SEIZED BY GERMANS
1eutonS Make Further Gains in
Great Battle.
LOSS admitted BY PARIS
$4,000 of kaiser'a Men Reported
killed-TotaI Casualties Put at
16O,00O-Five More French
Towns Captured.

London, March 1.-The loss Of part
Of another important position pro-
tecting Verdun, a position almost as
important as Fort Douaumont, is
admitted in the official report given
out in Paris. Part of the Cote de
Poivre pepper heights), which the
French defended with great forces
and where thousands of Germans
died, has been seized by the kaiser's
troops.
$4,000 Germans Killed.
OF the fighting in general the enor-
nous losses of the Germans stands
out as the most striking feature. Re-
ports to the Central News from Am
sterdam gives the number Of German
dead as $4,000, with total casualties,
dead, wounded and missing, of at
least 100000
Sweeping down from the east the
Germans, as revealed by the official
Berlin report, are trying to squeeze
the French out of Verdun. Five towns
fell to them during the day, two Of
them a considerable distance south
of the main fortress.
Official French Report.
The night official French report
says:
''In Champagne our batteries shat
tered German organizations in the
region of Hill 1913. To the west Of
Maisons de Champagne the Germans
exploded a mine, the crater of which
we occupied.
''In the region of Verdun the bonn
bardment continued on the north
front with less intensity than on the
preceding days. No infantry action
was reported in the course of the day.
The Germans intrenched themselves
on the slopes north of Cote du Poivre,
the first ridge Of which is occupied by
our advanced elements.
Regain Lost Trenches.
''In the Vosges there has been great
artillery activity in the region of
Senohes and the Ban-de-Sapt. To the
east of Seppois counter-attack by US
drove the enemy from some sections
of trenches which he had penetrated
during the morning.
Dispatches from Swiss sources dur
ing the day insisted that the Verdun
attack is mere diversion. The Ger
mans, these advices say, are about to
break out with a great blow between
Noyon and St. Quentin, where the bat
tie front is barely more than sixty
miles northeast of Paris.
Germans Gain East of Fort
The German official statement, re-
vealing the extent of the German op-
erations on the fifteen-mile front east
of Verdun, says:
TN the Woevre region" 1t was
stated. "the Germans have passed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-01

Dieppe (eight miles northeast of Ver-
dunn, Abacourt thine miles east
northeast of Verdun), Blazee (eight
miles east of Verdun) and have cap
tured Manheulles and Champion
(near Fresnes and about eleven miles
southeast of Verdun).
Eve have captured in this region
16,575 men and 22S officers, GO can
non and sc machine guns. East of
the Meuse we captured a small
armored works northeast of Fort Dou-.
aumOnt.
Northeast of Baudonviller, in the
Vosges region, we captured portion
Of a French trench, taking some pris-
oners."