The Seward gateway., June 26, 1915, Image 1

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The Terminus of Alaska’s Thirty-five Million Dollar Government Owned Railroad System
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V«l *, No. 217 SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO AI.VSKA, S.MI UI>AV Jl N !'• 2fi. l.H;>.----.- --
BULGARIA CALLS OUT ITS
WARRIORS AND WILL LIGHT
GERMANS AFTER PARIS
LONDON, June 26.—That the real campaign in the
west is soon to begin is made evident by the fact that the
Germans have now started moving great bodies of troops
from the eastern front with the obvious intention of be
ginning what they describe as the drive against Paris.
Hundreds of thousands of veterans have been detached
from the Teutonic forces in Galicia and Poland, according
to the information received, and most of the railroads in
Germany are being used to transport them westward.
Military experts think that a movement on so large a
scale will at least give the Russians a breathing spell,
while compelling the British to put forth their most
mighty efforts to stay the avalanche which all expect to
be let loose in France and Belgium. Very little hope is
entertained in British military circles that the Russians
can never again be as formidable as they were in the
earlier stages of the conflict. While the war office refuses
to give out any newrs as to the movement of British tioops
it is understood that large forces have been prepared foi
such a contingency and will be rushed to the continent to
meet the expected onslaught.
BULGARIA WILL FIGHT
ROME, June 26.—Bulgarian participation in the war
against the Teutons is inevitable and already the call to
the colors has been sent out by the government. In order
to defeat Turkey and open the way to Russian imports of
munitions, Bulgaria is believed to have been offered im
mense concessions of territory* as through Bulgaria Con
stantinople can be most surely reached.
EXPLODE GERMAN DEPOT
LONDON. June 26.—British aviators have exploded
a German ammunition depot and a train near Roulers,
Belgium. Fifty German soldiers were killed and the lo^
in war material was very high. 1 he aviators were attack
ed but managed to make their escape after accomplishing
the work.
AMSTERDAM, June 26.—Immense trains of artil
lery are now being shipped by the Germans from Essen
to Poland and are undoubtedly intended for use in the at
tack on W arsaw which all Europe expects to see launched
with renewed furv now that the Teutons have proven the
weakness of Russia in other fields. The guns have recent
ly been manufactured and are sad to be the most power
ful siege artillery yet brought into play- News has also
been received that" tremendous activity prevails all over
Germany and stupendous events may be looked tor soon.
GERMAN PARTY FOR PEACE
BERLIN, June 26.—Leaders of the Social Democratic
party have issued appeals to the government to bring
about peace. They declare that Germany can now make
peace proposals without being misunderstood as Russia
has been virtually defeated and the allies must recognize
the futility of the attempt to crush the Teutonic empires.
No effort "has been made by the government or the kaiser
to suppress this movement but. on the other hand, no of
ficial notice has been taken of it.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.—The prosecutor states
that recruiting American citizens here for the British
armyr was a violation of American neutrality and subject
ed those who were guilty of it to fine and imprisonment.
The matter will soon be decided by the grand jury.
STOP U. S. RECRUITS
CHICAGO, June 26.—Seven carloads of Serbians bound
for the war were examined by the United States author
ities here todav and all Americans found amongst them
were taken off.* The Serbians are going home in answer
to a call from their government to join the colors in pre
paration for a renewal of the campaign against Austria.
NO CHANGE DARDANELLES
PARIS, June 26.—No change has been reported in
the Dardanelles but it is unofficially stated that the allies
have made their position more secure by advancing to
better ground in spite of determined opposition. The
Turkish fire is far better than it was in the Balkan war
and this is supposed to be due to the presence of German
officers in large numbers. The fighting in the Baltic
provinces is proceeding indecisively but severe battling
is reported in Poland where the Germans are again striv
ing to advance on Warsaw. The feeling here is that if the
Russians did not have munitions enough to stay the
Teutons in Galicia they will suffer from a similar want in
other parts of the eastern line, although military men ex
press the belief that Russia might have decided to keep
its larger supplies for use in the district whose defense
is regarded as of more importance.
LANE SAYS R. R.
NOT AFFECTED
ALASKA NORTHERN WILL BE
Tl'RNED OVER IN SHITE
OK LITIGATION.
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WASHINGTON, June 16.—Discuss
I ing the suit to secure a portion of the
proceeds of the sale of the Alaska
Northern railway by those interested
in the old Alaska Central railway
Secretary of Interior Franklin K.
Lane said that it will in no wise affect
the government’s interest in the tran
saction.
“It is a suit/’ said Mr. Lane, “be
tween parties who are interested in
the division of the purchase price, and
there is no question raised as to the
legality of the transfer of the Alaska
Northern to the government.
“It appears to me that those who
brought suit are not satisfied with the
arrangement made for the division of
the proceeds, and fear that they will
not get their just share of the money
to be paid by the government. It will
not, therefore, interfere with the gov
ernment’s plan for the purchase of the
road. The government will turn the
purchase price over to a receiver, if
the court appoints one, and will take
title just as if no suit had been
brought.’'
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❖ EVELYN THAW IS *
❖ FI LLY SHOWN I P. *
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NEW YORK, June 25.—The testi
mony produced in the case of Harry
Thaw this afternoon showed con
clusively that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
was not a virtuous woman before she
met Stanford White and that, there
fore, Thaw had no right to shoot
White with the excuse that he had
brought the woman to shame. The
evidence during the whole afternoon
dealt with this phase of the subject.
The prosecution mercilessly exposeo
the wretched woman and evidently
had followed up her record to the
smallest detail.
COTTER AND SWEAZY
KILL BROWN BEARS.
On the day before yesterday at
Stetson creek, Ben Sweazy and
George Cotter killed two brown bears.
The first bear when sighted was com
ing towards the hunters. After shoot*
ing him and while they were looking
him over another brown bear was seen
coming in their direction, apparently
intending an offensive movement, but
the second was also killed. They al
so killed black bears during the pres
ent trip.
WILL ANCHORAGE
BE INCORPORATED.?
The question has arisen as to
whether Anchorage can be incorporat
ed or not after the sale of lots. It is
stated that the people over there have
decided to incorporate and run their
own municipal affairs instead of hav
ing them under the control of the fed
eral government. The question as to
the ability to incorporate comes from
the fact that most of the real property
will probably not have been fully paid
for until the lapse of the five years
period.
Owing to an oversight by the Film
Supply Company, Lucille Love will
not be shown at the Casino tonight.
The attraction for tonight is a three
reel feature, “Sleeping Beauty” taken
from the story in Grim’s Fairy Tales.
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CHIGNIK—AN ACTIVE SALMON FISHING CENTER
ZAPATA WINS
MEXICO CITY
DRIVES CARRANZA FORCES
FROM CAPITAL AND IS NOW
IN FULL POSSESSION.
—
VERA CRUZ, June 25.—The
Zupataistus have driven the Carranza
istas from Mexico City and are now
reported to be in full possession, j
After the artillery duel reported yes
terday, it is said, the Zapata forces j
attacked the outer parts of the city
and drove in the enemy. Later the
resiegers advanced hut their oppon
ents apparently decided not to try to
hold the capital, either because they
were loath to have it wrecked or be
cause they Cared being surrounded.
They retreated into the open country
and are believed to be marching in
this direction but this cannot be
vouched for.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—Reports
from Mexico City this morning in
dicate that the famine conditions are
growing worse all the time and that
a frightful amount of suffering is oc
curring. Owing to the grave state
into which the people of the capital
have fallen the authorities fear for
the safety of the foreigners resident
in Mexico City. There is a strong be
lief that matters have reached so ter
rible a stage in the affairs of the
neighboring republic that some
change must come quickly.
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❖ ALL-ALASKA REVIEW *
* COMES OCT MONDAY. ❖
The second or June issue of the
All-Alaska Review will be on sale
Monday. The second issue features
the railroad and various matters con
nected with the undertaking. The
finest illustrations of Anchorage yet
to be seen anywhere have been secur
ed at great expense. One of these
cuts gives a panoramic view of the
new city across two pages of the Re
view and another gives the whole rail
road route with distances marked and
the -hole country described in detail.
Articles of an instructive kind have
been secured from some of the most
prominent men of the territory, par
ticularly articles on the new mining
laws. The general news of Alaska is
also featured and the condensed news
of each camp, which is proving to be
the most interesting department ever
published in any Alaskan publication,
has been carefully attended to. A new
department has also been added. This
is a reproduction of the opinions of
Alaska on all the important subjects
such as government, politics, prohibi
tion and othe* questions. On the
whole no better souvenir of the new
Alaska could be imagined.
ASKS RECEIVER FOR
CITY OF NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, June 26.—The comp
troller has asked for the appointment
of a receiver for the municipality of
Nashville. The cause is irregularities
in the treasury of the city.
ALBERTA HIT
BY TORNABO
BUSINESS DISTRICT WRECKED
AND TOWN OF GRASSY
LAKE IS WIPED OUT.
REDCLIFF, Alberta, June 26.—A
tornado has hit this city and the
greater portion of the business dis
trict was wrecked The worst damage
caused, however, was in the district
around the town of Grasslake. The
town itself was completely effaced.
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The damage in property is at least
half a million dollars and scores of
casualties resulted bu the details are
nte yet known. The exact figures of
the dead and injurel will be gathered
before the full account is published.
MUCH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.
MELBOURNE, June 26.—A record
wheat crop is predicted for Australia
this year.
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❖ DANIELS WANTS NEW *
❖ WEAPONS OF WAR. *
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NEWPORT, June 26.—Secretary of
the navy, Daniels, stated here today
that he wants new offensive and de
fensive weapons invented for use in
protecting American commerce so
that this nation might be safe. He
also said that American naval experts
are now in Europe studying all
phases of naval activity for the U. S.
government.
ANOTHER LOCKOUT IS
CHICAGO IS ORDERED.
Building Trades Again at War and
City is Threatened by
Another Strike.
CHICAGO, June 26.—A lockout in
the building trades has been ordered
and the city is again threatened with
another of those industrial disturb
ances which have recently so badly in
terfered with Chicago business inter
ests. The builders’ unions have been
simmering with revolt for some time
but peace has been maintained by part
ies who were not directly interested.
The matter now seems to have reached
a crisis.
REFUND OF $1,600
IN COAL CASE.
Word has been received by the
Juneau Land Office from the secretary
of the interior that a refund of $1,600
will be made in the case of G. C.
Britton who was refused potent on
coal claims which he purchased in tno
Bering River district. The case was
approved by the Register and Receiv
er and was reversed by the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office.
Britton then appealed to the Secretary
of the Interior and, notice of the re
fund has been made. Upon investiga
tion by the government it was found
that the claims which Britton nad pur
chased were not coal lands, and the
patent was therefore refused.
Mrs. Howard, who recently came
from Juneau, was taken to the Pioneer
hospital this afternoon for treatment
for illness.
ITALIANS ADVANCE
ON ISONZO RIVER
ITALIANS ADVANCE
ROME, June 26.—The Italians have made a further
I advance on the Isonzo river and have captured Clobna.
! The Austrian plan has been clearly to abandon their weak
positions near the frontier and to take up stronger places
where their chances of success in a general battle would be
far greater. The opposition to our advance is admitted to
be more determined than it was at the beginning of
hostilities.
SHIPPING MUNITIONS LEGAL
WASHINGTON, June 26.—The government has
failed to find anything in international law that makes
i the shipping of munitions of war to belligerent nations
illegal. Owing to the agitation maintained by the sym
pathizers of Germany the state department has made an
exhaustive search for such a law. Military experts are
now joining manufacturing companies to aid them in pro
ducing thebest kinds of guns and munitions generally.
TEUTONS ADVANCE IN POLAND.
LONDON, June 26—The Teutons are advancing in
Poland but the Russians regained some of the ground lost
in the region of the Dniester river. The extent of the
advances made by the former has not been told nor is it
stated whether the forward movement is directly west of
Warsaw or not. The people here know that the censor
ship of news from the front has tightened more than ever
and believe this is due to the seriousness of the condition
in which the Russians have been placed. For several days
the news front the western front has also been exceeding
ly scarce and the public is showing much impatience al
though becoming used to official secretiveness. _
CORDOVA WILL NOT
PLAY SEWARD TEAM.
Impossible to Secure Team in that
City at Present for the
Fourth of July.
A letter was received from the
manager of the Cordova baseball
team yesterday, stating that it will
be impossible to get a team in that
city that could make any showing
against Seward on July 4, so theie
will be no inter-urban game -here on
that date, most likely. The chances
are, though, that if the two Seward
teams were pitted against each other
for some sort of a prize we should
have a better game than could be ex
pected from any visiting team, as
visiting teams, in such cases, are hard
to get and are usually made up of
scrubs anyhow. What’s the matter
with letting bygones be bygones and
give our own two teams the chance
to prove who’s who finally. Individ
ual prizes for the winning team might
be in order.
LIGHTNING BOLTS HIT
THE CITY OF PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, June 26.—Three bolts
of lightning hit the city of Portland
today but caused no damage except
in the amusement park. Had the
bolts struck a populous part of the
city the result would have been un
doubtedly serious. j
FIGUEKA A LIBERAL
IS CHILE’S PRESIDENT.
SANTIAGO, June 26.—Figuera, a
member of the liberal party, has been
elected president of Chile. The con
test for the presidency was warm but j
was carried off regularly and without
any political violence.
PRICE A LAWYER.
Thomas Price, of Cordova, who ran
for the territorial senate in the elec- j
tion last fall, has been passed by the
examining board at Valdez for ad
mission to the bar.
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EVANS DUE THIS EVENING.
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Agent Blue of the Admiral line
states that he expects the Evans some
time this evening. When the boat
left the captain fixed this evening as
the $me of return but no word has
been heard from the ship since.
GOVERNOR’S LIFE IS
STILL IX DANGER.
Man Who Saved Leo Frank in Con
stant Fear That He W ill
be Lynched.
ATLANTA, June 26.—The govern
or’s life is still so seriously menaced
because he saved Leo Frank from the
gallows that the mayor of this city
has ordered all the saloons to close,
that the passions of the people may
not be further aroused by drink. A
strong guard is still being maintained
around the residence of the governor
and the barricades arc strengthened.
ILLINOIS INSISTS ON
ITS OWN MARRIAGE LAW.
SPRINGFIELD, June 26.—The gov
ernor has signed the bill making mar
riages in other states that are in
violation of the Illinois marriage laws
illegal and void. This law provides
that if people leave the state of Il
linois to get married their marriage
will not be recognizedf by this state.
ANOTHER SOCIETY ITEM.
SEATTLE, June 25.—Since the
establishment of the new deadline in
this city two thousand “women” have
been warned by their landlords to
move, according to a statement made
today by the prosecutor. This is
taken as evidence that the failure to
provide a special district causes the
moral cancer to spread everywhere.
MONEY ORDERS AND CASH
FOR ANCHORAGE LOTS.
F. A. Boyle, Receiver of the Land
Office, Tells What Sort of
Money Will be Taken.
“The class of payments that will be
accepted for town lots in the city of
Anchorage is cash and post office
money orders.”
This is the information given to the
Gateway today by Receiver F. A.
Boyle of the land office who is also
cashier of the townsite sale. Mr.
Boyle will go to Anchorage on the
next boat.
Mr. Boyle also states that post of
fice orders should be made payable to
“Frank A. Boyle, Receiver,” or to
“Receiver of United States Land
Office.” No other forms of pay
ment than those mentioned can be ac
cepted under the law.