The Seward gateway., May 15, 1916, Image 1

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ALL HOPE OF SETTLEMENT IN
MEXICAN AFFAIR ABANDONED
CONFERENCE FAILS
WASHINGTON. May 13.—A situation more serious
than any since the American troops entered Mexico con
fronts the administration today because of the failure of.
the negotiations between Seott and Obregon. Secretary
Baker has directed Scott to return to Washington and
Funston to return to San Antonio. All hope of reaching an
agreement seems to have been abandoned.
MOUNT MEN ON PONIES
EL PASO. May 13.—General Funston plans to
strengthen the border patrol by mounting two thousand
infantry on Texas ponies. The available cavalry has been
exhausted by other requirements. The Texas ponies will
subsist on scanty herbage where other animals would
starve.
HOT AFTER BANDITS
WASHINGTON. May 14. — The Mexican situation
has again simmered down to a condition of watchful wait
ing while a contraction of the American lines south of
Columbus has almost been accomplished. Major Lang-,
horn is apparently hot on the trail of the Boquillas bandits
and Carranza forces are marching towards Big Bend,
Texas, with the avowed intention of co-operating with the
United States troops.
Demonstration
For Preparedness
—
NEW YORK. -May 1 -Today saw
the greaest outpouring of citizens on
record for the cause of preparedness
in the world’s history. The women
taking part were numerically stronger
than the whole United States army. !
The procession moved through the!
streets in 64 divisions. Starting from j
the city hall at 8:30 a. m. the last'
detachment will not march past the
reviewing stands until late tonight.
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WASHINGTON, May 13. — Secre
tary of War Raker, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels and the canal authori
ties have joined to draw up a resolu
tion asking for the appropriation of
three million dollars for the purpose
of establishing submarine ba.^es for
the protection of the Panama Canal.
The resolution asks that the money be
made available immediately.
NO SIGN OF MISSING
CREW OF THE ROANOKE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. — All
hope that the extent of the Roanoke
disaster might be found less than sup
posed was abandoned today when the
patrol boats which went hunting for
survivors returned with the report
that no indication was found of any
boats or even of floating records.
ANOTHER CASHIER IS
IN HANDS OF THE LAW
SAN DIEGO, May 12. — Emilton
Barber, recently cashier of the San
Diego Savings Bank, has been arrest
ed on the charge of embezzlement and
forge rv.
PROVIDES FOR AN ARMY
OF 634,000 SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, May 13.—A peace
defense force of 634,000 men was
proposed in the army bill which the
house and senate conferees reported
to both houses today. The compro
mise measure includes all the provi
sions the big army advocates asked
for except the federal reserve. The
chairman of both committees have
been assured of the passage of the
bill and action is expected on Monday.
The defense forces as provided for in
the bill consist of 208,000 regular
troops in peace times and 448,000
militia, 800 for each senator and
representative. The act reserves
specific power for the government to
take over any manufacturing plant in
time of war for making munitions.
Says McKinley Is
To Be Great Park
SEATTLE, May 15.—In a talk bo
fore the Arctic Club Thomas Riggs.
Jr., expressed the belief that Mount
McKinley will be made the greatest
national park under the American
flag. He also declared that he will
rush work as fast as possible on the
railroad to the Nenana coal fields to
secure fuel for the mines of the
| Tanana.
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| LITTLE VINCENT SEIFFERT
HAS HIS EYE INJURED
Mrs. Gustave Seiffert went south on !
the Mariposa yesterday with her lit
tle son, Vincent, who was suffering
from a severe injury to one of his
eyes as the result of the flying of a
bit of steel. Vincent ami his little
brother John were playing at drilling
at their father’s mine. Vincent was
holding the drill while John struck it.
A bit of the steel from the top of the
drill flew and embedded itself in Vin
cent’s eye. An operation was per
formed at Anchorage and Mrs. Seif
fert came here and consulted Dr.
Sloan who advised her to visit a
specialist. The eyeball is cut severely
and there is a fear that the injury
might be premancnt, but on the other
| hand, it may pass off all right.
TORREY BUYS ALL
OF SEWARD CLUB
Patrons of the billiard and poof
parlors of the Seward Club will be in
terested to know that Frank L. Tor
rey has bought the interest of H. E.
Hopkins in the club. The Seward
Club met with approval from the start
and acquired the good will of all, due
to the appreciation of the public of
both the proprietors. The change is
a business one and everyone will feel
at home, however much they may re
gret any change in the personnel.
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I. O. 0. F. INSTITUTION
PROCEEDINGS GOING ON
The institution ceremonies of the
Lodge of the Independent Order of
Oddfellows began this afternoon at 1
o’clock and will continue until Wed
nesday under the direction of Grand
Sire P. S. Hunt. The ceremony of to
day will wind up with a banquet at
midnight. All the institution, initia
tion and other ceremonies will be
completed by the day after tomorrow.
HOBSON DEFEATED
BIRMINGHAM, May 15.—William
t Bankhead, son of the seantor, has de
feated Richmond Pearson Hobson for
the congressional nomination in the
Tenth district 1
Democrats ol First
Hold The Primaries
—
Juneau and Other Places Elect Dele
gates Who Will Be In
dependent.
JUNEAU, May 12. — Almost com
plete returns from Wednesday’s
Democratic primaries indicate that
the First division delegates to the
territorial convention will be inde
pendent. It is believed that a large
majority will be in favor of retaining
Cheney as national committeeman and
word from the other divisions has
been received favorable to him. Ju
neau and most of the precincts voted
in a manner which show them to be
independent and desirous of making
the convention a real conference with
out any cut and dried program. The
Juneau Democrats elected Cheney and
Winn leaders of the “opposition” fac
tion, and the others elected are, in the
order named: Helenthall, Troy,
Casey, Devighne, Sowerby, Mayer,
Stewart, Burton, Allen, Shattuck,
Britt, Lang, Cobb, son of the attorney
general, Marshall, Forest, and seven
teen others were elected in other
parts of the First. The vote was
large. Juneau cast 371. Juneau and
nearby precincts voted 600. Sitka
polled 00.
Railroad To Coal
Fields I bis Year I
Tracks Now Laid to the Bridge Over
Matanuska River.
That the government railroad will
reach the Matanusku coal fields this
season seems now to be an assured
fact. Senator L. V. Kay, who has
just returned from a trip over the line
beyond Anchorage, says that the rails
have been laid half way across the
bridge that spans Matanusku river
and this brings them nearly half way,
the distance from that river to Chick
aloon being about thirty-nine mines.
The officials are reported as being
certain that nothing will prevent the
completion of the road to the coal
fields before winter.
It has also been stated that Fire
Island is to be made the base for work
on Turnagain Arm as supplies can be
shipped from there without interfer
ence from the tides. Contracts have
already been let for the nine miles
out from Anchorage in this direction,
a portion of the line that will place
Anchorage on the main line.
ARRAIGNS “BEJEWELLED
WOMEN” WHO CODDLE DOGS
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
LONDON, May 10. — Denouncing
childless women, “befurred and__ be
jewelled,” w ho coddle pet dogs in war
time, Rev. Bernard Vaughan, Catholic
author and lecturer, declared in a
speech at the Mansion House:
“The cry ‘Back to the Land’ is not
so important as ‘Back to the Home.'
“The cradle is empty and the
church bench is empty. The church
bench is empty because the cradle is
empty.
“When I was a boy the birth rate
was 37 to 40; today we have dropped
to 19.5 per 1,000 population.
“We are a nation traveling to the
cemetery. Never was the marriage
rate so high; never was the birth rate
so low, and that at a time when the j
cry is to replace the men we are los- j
ing.
“It is not the men, munitions or
money we want. It is the mother we
need today and shall need more and
more.”
Robert Ashland returned so quietly
on the Northwestern after an absence
of several months and seemed so
much at home after coming back that
1 he was hardly noticed.
MORE BIDS FOR
MAILSERVICE
POST OFFICE STILL HOPES TO
HAVE AERIAL ROUTES
IN ALASKA.
WASHINGTON, May 15. — The
second call for bids for an aerial mail
service in Alaska will be made as soon
as the factories can indicate that they
can build the machines.
First Bid Too High
WASHINGTON, May 13. — Burle
son opened the bids for the aerial mail
service yesterday and found that the
only bidder was Earl Byers of Idita
rod. He offered to carry a thousand
pounds twice a week for forty-nine
thousand dollars. Later Burleson an
nounced that the bid was too high.
DELAYED CABLES;
(Some of these cables may have
appeared in another form as matters
were terribly mixed by the cable
break.)
OTHER EXECUTIONS
DUBLIN, May 12.—It was officially
announced that James Connolly, lead
er of the Irish revolutionists, and Mc
Diarmid, another leader, were execut
ed in Dublin Castle this afternoon.
(Note: The execution of Connolly
was announced before, but this may
be an error for another.)
MEXICAN MARAUDERS
MARATHON, May 12. — Mexican
bandits again crossed into American
territory last night and attacked civi
lians and soldiers four miles north of
Boquillas. After a short skirmish the
bandits fled.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 12.—
Curtis B. Jones, an American farmer,
was shot tonight near Mercedes,
Texas, by four or five Mexicans who
escaped.
SIEZE SEATTLE LIQUOR
SEATTLE, May 12. — Liquor con
signed to ten Seattle drug stores and
large shipments on the way by trans
fer companies to storage were seized
today by a squad of forty policemen
and confiscated. The liquor, which
was valued at seventy-five thousand
dollars was taken to the public safety
building.
DILLON ATTACKS GOVT.
LONDON, May 12.—The bitterest
denunciation of British government
since the time of Charles Stewart
Parnell was delivered last night in the
house of commons by John Dillon, the
most venerable and respected member
of the Irish parliamentary party in
the house of commons. Dillon is the
son of a man who was himself a revo
lutionist. Gladstone offered him a
place in his cabinet but Dillon refus
ed. He was once chairman of the
Irish party but resigned because he
thought it would be better for the
party.
During the war he has stood by the
government and the empire but when
the leaders of the Irish revolutionists
were executed Dillon, like many other
loyal Irishmen, again apparently be
came bitter and the speech of denunci
ation last night has never been sur
passed for bitterness in Westminster.
Dillon was married to the daughter of
Sir James Mathews, one of the most
famous of British Justices in the
present generation. The speech is
probably the first indication in parli
; ament of the harm which the execu
! tions have inflicted on the empire’s
i unity.
ASQUITH FOR DUBLIN
LONDON, May 13.—That Ireland
is about to have a change of govern
ment is the inference to be drawn
from a speech by Prime Minister
: Asquith last evening in the house of
commons. He announced his depart
ure for Dublin but declared the visit
was not being made for the purpose
of superseding executive authority in
I Ireland but for the purpose of con
REPORT FATAL FOOD RIOTS
IN BERLIN-MANY KILLED
REVOLUTION
IN PORTUGAL;
ADVICES FROM SPAIN SAY AN
OTHER EUROPEAN COUN
TRY IS AFLAME.
BERLIN, May 12. — A revolution
has broken out at Lisbon, according to
advices received today from Granada,
Spain, and the revolutionists lire over
running the city. It is also announc
ed that the troops, or some of them,!
in the capital have mutinied and have
set the arsenal afire. Some street
fighting is reported but the Spanish
sources of information admit that
very few details have been secured.
Elihu Thompson
Nearly Wrecked
The steamer Elihu Thompson is
now beached at Dutch Harbor and is
having repairs made to her hull for
the purpose of enabling her to sail
south. She was on the way to the
cannery at Moller Bay when she got
in the ice and received a severe
crushing. A great hole was torn in
her and for a time her situation was
serious but she managed to make the
harbor. The company for which she
was carrying supplies is same as the
one which was served by the PablofT
that was wrecked some time ago. The
Elihu Thompson is a well known
freighter in Alaska waters.
COURT AT ANCHORAGE
A session of the District Court will
be held at Anchorage on June 20.
Clerk of the Court Lang passed by on
the way to Valdez yesterday on the
Mariposa. Judge Brown has gone to
Ketchikan to hold court here. Mr.
Lang is unable to say yet when the
Seward term for this year will be
called.
COUNCIL MEETING
A meeting of the city council will
take place this evening and some in
teresting transactions are expected.
suiting the civil and military authori
ties there with the intention of mak
ing some arrangements for the man
agement of the affairs of the country
that will commend themselves to
Irishmen of all parties and to parlia
ment. He confessed that the govern
ment of Ireland is in a most unsatis
factory condition that cannot be con
tinued.
TO PUNISH SUB. CAPT.
WASHINGTON, May 13.—Lansing
has indicated that he might inquire of
the German government regarding
the punishment inflicted on the com
mander that sank the Sussex. The
German government has admitted the
irregularity of the act.
SCOTT AND OBREGON MEET
EL PASO, May 13. — Generals
Scott and Obregon have conferred
again but the former has announced
that no progress has been made.
ROANOKE LOSSES
LOS ANGELES, May 13.—The lat
est news about the Roanoke is that
she had forty-eight aboard and that
oniy five were saved.
TO KILL Bill
WASHIGTON, May 13. — Senator
Kenyon Sherman is talking against
time to kill the rivers and harbors
bill.
BOISE, Idaho, May 13.—Boise last
night experienced the worst earth
quake in her history. In the down
town districts people rushed from the
buildings and some damage is report
ed.
FOOD RIOTS IN BERLIN
LONDON, May 13. — Unprecedented food riots oc
curred in Berlin last Sunday, according to a report from
Geneva. Machine guns had to be used to quell the rioters
and three hundred were wounded or killed.
ANOTHER VICTORY
DUBLIN, May 15. — It was finally announced that
James Connolly and John McDermot, leaders in the Irish
rebellion, were shot this morning.
GERMAN MINISTER RESIGNS
COPENHAGEN, May 13.—Vice Chancellor Delburck
of Germany, who also holds the office of minister of the
interior, resigned today l)ecause he was charged with
failure to properly safeguard and distribute foodstuffs.
SOME IRISHMEN RELEASED
DUBLIN, May 13.—A number of Dublin citizens ar
rested during the Irish revolt have been released as a re
sult of the visit of Premier Asquith to this city.
IRISH SITUATION SERIOUS
LONDON, May 12.—Premier Asquith on arrival in
Dublin today to take charge of the situation, which is ad
mittedly growing more serious, immediately ordered the
postponement of the courtmartialling of the rebel leaders
pending an outcome of the conference which he is about
to hold with the officials. Several thousands of messages
have been received by him, from Englishmen, Americans
and Irishmen, protesting against further executions in
Ireland, and he may urge the government not to scatter
the sparks of revolution by continuance of severe meas
ures. It is likely that the prime minister finds himself al
most powerless as the military authorities have been
placed in control and he, at least, woud have other diffi
culties on his hands if he stopped the executions altogeth
er. He states, however, that he approves of the execution
of the fourteen leaders who have already faced the firing
squads and he admits that McDiarmid and Gaunt, who
signed the proclamation of Irish independence, will re
ceive the death penalty. James Connolly, leader of the
rebel fighters, who was supposed to have been shot, is still
alive but will probably be shot tomorrow. He was wound
ed in the fighting and is a prisoner. His weakness from
the wound has only prolonged his life for a few days.
U. S. SENATE DENOUNCES
WASHINGTON, May 12—A resolution was intro
duced ino the United States senate today asking the con
gress of the United States to formally denounce the ex
ecution by the British government of the leaders of the
Irish revolution. The resolution was introduced by
Senator Byer. (There is no Senator Byer, and the name
may be a mistake for Bryan, of Florida, Myers, of Mon
tana or some other.)
BRITISH LOSE TRENCHES
LONDON, May 13.—The war office admits that we
have lost some of the fifth line trenches over a front of
five hundred yards near Vermelle. This loss was caused
by a sudden offensive against the British lines near
Hulluch. The Teutons appear to have decided to concen
trate their efforts on our postions now and have paused
in the Verdun region.
KLONDIKER KILLED
Dawson News:—Edward Trocaz,
I
Klondiker, died recently in France
from effects of wounds received while
fighting with the French army. He
was a member of the Hundred and i
Eleventh French regiment. The news
of his death came last evening in a
card to Charles Jeanneret from
Gustav Espenon, another Klondiker,
who also is in the Hundredth and
Eleventh French regiment. The card
was dated in France, March 7. It
gives simply the bare facts that
Trocaz is dead from the wounds he
sustained several months ago.
Edward Trocaz was 28 years of
age, and a native of France. He
came to this country about 17 years
ago, when he was a samll boy, and in
company with his father, who mined
near Dawson, on Skookum gulch, and
later on Dominion and other creeks.
The boy spent several years here,
after which he returned to France and
served the required time as a soldier,
and was enrolled on the reserve list.
KRAUSE HAS LONG TERM
OF IMPRISONMENT COMING
JUNEAU, May 13. — Edward
Krause, who is suspected of several
murders, has been found guilty of
fraudulent use of the mails. It is
the third charge on which he has been
found guilty and if the maximum sen
tence is administered in each case it
will mean that he will spend thirty
eight years in prison. The next case,
a charge of forgery, will be called to
day.
CHALLENGES WILLARD
CHICAGO, May 13. —Fred Fulton
has wired Jess Willard a guarantee of
$27,000 for a ten round fight against
Hudson in July here. Willard ia
holding out for $35,000.
After that he came back to Daw’son
and was here w'hen the war started.
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Trocaz and three other French reserv
ists left there in September, 1914, for
France.