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JAPANESE ARE
MARCHING ON
INVASION OF MANCHURIA WILL
SOON TAKE
PLACE.
CHINESE REFUSE TERMS
WAR WILL PROBABLY COME
OVER THE DEMANDS
OF MIKADO.
PEKIN. Muich 15.—T.a* Chinese
territory is aoovt t) be invaded once
again is now believed to be certain as
China apparently refuses to grant the
demands of the Japanese government.
The deadlock chiefly exists on the
question of railroad and mining con*
cessions which Japan has demanded.
The governments are evidently unable
to come to terms and there seems to
be no hope to escape another war un
less China gets ready to make another
humiliating surrender. It is now
learned officially that the first conting
ent of Japanese troops is on the way
to Manchuria. The feeling here is
very bitter as the action of Japan only
too clearly shows that she was waiting
for the time the great powers would
become embroiled in war before rob
bing this country.
ADAM BLOCK PASSES
AWAY AT SELDOM A.
Man Who Helped to Raise I*. S. Flap
in Alaska in 1867 is
** Dead.
SELDOM A, March 1L—Postmaster
Adam Block, one of Alaska’s earliest
pioneers and last of the group of
agents placet! in charge of the Alaska
Commercial Company’s trading posts
when that corporation commenced
business in this territory in the <0s,
diet! at his home here on March 9.
The funeral took place today under
the direction of the Oddfellows. His
death was caused by asthma and a
complication of diseases incident to
old age. Mr. Block had been a resi
dent of Alaska for 48 years, and
of Seldovia for 21 years. He came to
Alaska as first sergeant of the United
States troops under General Woods
which were stationed at Sitka when
the territory was purchased from Rus
sia, and he participated in the cere
monies attending the lowering of the
Russian flag and the raising of the
Stars and Stripes on October 18, 1867.
He was the A. C. Company’s first
agent at Unga and later was for nine
years in charge of the company’s post
at Attu island, and the most westerly
of the Aleutian group. Mr. Block was
a native of Virginia, a veteran of the
Civil war and is survived by his
second wife, twelve children and
eight grandchildren. His youngest
child is a year old. As a mark of
respect for his memory the school re
mained closed and the I* lags of the
town were at half mast during the
period between his death and funeral.
BELIEVE JOHN OLESON
HAS LOST HIS LIFE.
Good Reason to Fear that he Went
Through Ice of Lake as He
Has Disappeared.
What looks only too much like an
other tragedy was related by W’illiam
Austin who brought the full story of
the death of King Thurman to town
last night. John C. Oleson has been
missing from his camp near Lake
Skilak since last November and it is
feared that he fell through the rotten
ice of that or some other lake and is
drowned. The camp is situated about
two miles from the lower outlet of
Skilak lake. Mr. Oleson apparently
t lit tidf Vi #1ia inf AtiViAV! a 9 rof nTH!
quickly. He had started to build a
cache and make other preparations
for a long stay and had left several
articles in the camp in a manner
which shows that he did not intend to
be absent long. He was well known as
“Black Oleson.”
SEVEN BRITISH
SHIPS ARE HIT
IN FOUR DAYS GERMANS
TORPEDO SEVEN AND
SINK FOUR.
—
LONDON, March 14.—Seven Brit
ish merchant ships have been torpedo
ed by the Germans since the fourth of
the month, which means really three
days. Four of the ships were sunk
but the other three managed to reach
port in a disabled condition. All the
vessels were hit while they were in
British waters. No life was lost and
this is due chiefly to the fact that the
Germans, giving way to public pro
test, gave the crews plenty of time
to get into small boats. The number
of ships torpedoed in the past few
days rather indicates an increasing
activity on the part of the enemy.
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❖ ALL SEVEN BRITISH *
❖ SHIPS WERE SUNK. *
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LONDON, March 15.—The admir
alty reports this afternoon that the
two British merchant ships torpedoed
on Friday, which were reported to
have reached port safely, were sunk.
This makes seven British ships
destroyed in English waters in four
days.
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THE GAY CROWD OF
NIC E IS NO MORE.
Next Carnival Will Have Kaiser
Burned in Effigy.
NICE, March 13.—Notwithstanding
the absence this winter of the custom,
ary throng of Germans and Austrians
who come to Nice for the season, as
well xs hunderds of Americans, there
seldom have been more people here
than at present. But it is a different I
throng.
Tme big hotels are closed, as are the
smart shops that used to attract the
season’s visitors and their money, and i
almost all of the gay places. The well
dressed, fashionable patrons of the re
sort, are gone; in their place have
come ragged refugees from all over
Europe.
The Nice known to Americans has;
all but vanished, and the dingy, ugly,
commercials eastern side of the city
has become congested with thousands
of soldiers recuperating from wounds
and illness, and with other thousands j
of civilians who have been driven from
their home in Belgium and the Fran
co-Belgian frontier.
The soldiers in their uniforms of
chasseurs, dragoons and Turcos lend j
the only splotch of color in the other - j
wise dull and drab city, and Nice’s :
ordinary occupation of making merry
has become that of w’atching for war
bulletins. Inside the newspapre of-i
fices are posted photographs of many
of the citizens who have fallen *n bat
tle, decorated with wreaths and
flowers.
Nice will have its usual carnival.'
but it will be subdued, with little
money wasted. Already people are
at work on the wicker frame of an
other King Carnival, %\ho will wear a
German helmet with upturned mous
taches and who will be burned with
the usual cermony at the beginning of
the Carnival.
HOW THE VOTERS OF
SEWARD ARE MADE UP.
Of Those Registered up to the Present
61 are Native and 43 For
eign Born.
Of the people registered in Seward
for the city election up to the present
time 61 are native born and 43 are
foreign born citizens. Illinois has
tho largest number of native born of
all the states. The number is 19.
Minnesota comes next with 8. The
foreign countries are represented on
the voting list up to date as follows:
Norway, 3; Wales, 1; Ireland, 3;
Sweeden, 12; Canada, 3; Denmark, 4;
Hawaiian Islands, 1; England, 3; Ger
many, 5; Australia, 1; France, 2;
| Scotland, 1; Italy. 1; Russia, 1.
TURKS REPORT
WARSHIPS SUNK
UNCONFIRMED DISPATCH SAYS
ALLIES SUFFER IN
DARDANELLES.
LONDON, March 15.—Unconfirmed
dispatches from Constantinople this
afternoon say that several of the al
lied ships of the bombarding fleet
have been sunk or disabled. Accord
ing to this Turkish account two Brit
ish destroyers and two mine sweepers
were sunk and some of the warships
have been disabled. No word of this
has come direct from the admirals
commanding the fleets but it is known
that in the place where the fleet is ad
vancing the sea is strewn with mines.
The Turks have also brought up land
guns to supplement the fire of the
forts and it is quite possible that
some ships may have been lost. The
people here are resigned to the ex
pectation that the Dardanelles can
not be forced without some losses but
such losses will not affect the final
result.
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❖ PANIC INCREASES IN *
❖ THE TURKISH CAPITAL. ❖
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CONSTANTINOPLE, March 15.—
The panic is increasing in this city as
the allied ships continue the bombard
ment of the Dardanelles forts and
come closer and closer. The capital
will soon probably be removed to
Asia Minor to some city far from the
sea coast. The bombardment con
tinues.
MRS. ROCKEFELLER BURIED.
TRRYTOWN, March 15.—Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller was buried here
yesterday in the evening.
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❖ SAY RUSSIAN ATTACKS *
❖ HAVE BEEN REPULSED *
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VIENNA, March 15.—The Russian
attacks on the lower reaches of the
Nida river have been repulsed, accord
ing to the official notification this
morning. The whole tone of the offi
cial report this morning is favorable
notwithstanding the statements given
out by the Russian government.
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER
MEN GET NEW TRIAL.
CINCINNATI, March 14.—The
United States court of appeal has
granted the officials of the National
Cash Register Company a new trial.
They were convicted February 1913
of a violation of the Sherman law.
President Patterson was fined five
thousand dollars and sentenced to a
year in jail. Twenty-six others were
fined the costs of the suits and sen
tenced to a year each.
Deputy Marshal J. J. Cavana writes
from Naknek that they have had an
unusually open winter. The rivers
and creeks are still open and delaying
the mail.
WAR COSTING
$375^00,000
GERMANY’S SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY COMPILES
FIGURES.
BERLIN, March 15.—The secretary
of the imperial treasury announced to
day after a careful study that the war
is now costing all the nations concern
ed the total sum of three hundred and
seventy-five million dollars weekly.
No statement regarding the terms of
peace that Germany would consider
has been made in the reichstag as had
been foretold by hostile countries.
Germany declares that it had the war
forced on it and that, therefore, it is
not for her to speak of peace until the
hostile nations make an offer.
RUSSIANS TAKE
MOUNTAIN PASS
AUSTRIANS REPORTED REPULS
ED IN SEVERAL
BATTLES.
PETROGRAD, March 15.—Minor
engagements have taken place be
tween the Niemen and Vistula rivers.
The attempts of the Germans were
everywhere repulsed. The country
where these engagements took place
contains the cities of Augustowa and
Grodno which will for some time prob
ably be the scene of bitter fighting.
The Russians have captured the Sanok
pass in the Carpathians once more j
from the Austrians. In the meantime
the Austrians have made savage at
tacks along the Dniester river in
Galicia but they have been repulsed.
The enemy advanced to the Dniester
after the Russian evacuation of Buk
owina. The river divides Bukowina
from Russian territory, or, rather
runs into Russian territory fron>
Galicia at the border.
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❖ FRENCH SHIP SUNK IN *
❖ THE ENGLISH CHANNEL ❖
v *
BORDEAUX, March 15.—A French
merchant steamer was sunk last
Thursday in the English channel by a
German submarine. The crew was
given time to escape and no lives were
lost. Several hostile submarines are
now believed to be prowling around
the waters between this country and
England with the chief purpose of
sinking British transport ships carry
ing troops from England to France.
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❖ WAITING OFF NEWPORT *
❖ NEWS FOR THE EITEL *>
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NEWPORT NEWS, March 15.—It
is reported here on the best authority
that two British and two French war
ships are waiting off this port for the
German converted cruiser Brince Eitel
Frederich which is waiting here for
permission to make repairs. The com
mander of the German ship announces
that he will go out when the repairs
are made and take his chances. The
United States government is now
waiting for Germany’s explanation of
the sinking of the ship Frye by the
Eitel and the account of which the
ship’s commander has promised to
present in writing.
ELEVEN TO HANG IN
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
Arkansas Legislature fails to Stop
the Execution of Men
Awaiting Death.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 15.—
Eleven men will be hanged here with
in the next two weeks. The legisla
ture failed to pass the anti-hanging
bill which caused a delay in the ex
ecuting of the condemned prisoners
and caused an accumulation of the
doomed wretches in the jail. The
first execution will be of two men and
then four will be launched into etern
ity. The supporters of the anti-hang
ing bill did everything in their power
to stop the executions even after the
bill failed of passage but there seems
to be no hope.
EXPECT GREAT DEFICIT
IN THE U. S. ACCOUNT.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-^John
J. Fitzgerald, chairman of the house
appropriation committee, declared to
day that a deficit of one hundred and
thirteen million dollars will be found
on July thirtieth. He has made a
calculation of the appropriations made
and the receipts up to that time.
ARRIVED ON SANTA ANA.
The following passengers arrived
on the Santa Ana:
C. W, Thatcher, J. Howeston, Frank
Alden, C. H. Packard, F. Watson, T.
Jonase, E. Larsen, Jack Larsen and
F. Higgins.
GERMANS RUSH
TO THE WEST
allied offensive gets so
STRONG THAT ENEMY
IS ALARMED.
PARIS, March 15.—'The Germans
no.f apparently recognize the strength
and determination of the latest allied
offensive in France and Flanders and
arc rushing reinforcements as fast as
possible to the western front. Sever
al gains for the allies have been made
within the past two days and the con
ditions look favorable. The French
attack in Champagne has brought
good results although the main object
has not yet been gained. British air
men attacked Westende yesterday and
inflicted much damage by throwing
bombs.
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❖ SAY GREECE WILL ATTACK *
♦> TURKS WITH LARGE ARMY. ❖
A *•*
PARIS, March 15.—It is reported
on reliable foundation that Greece
has promised nine thousand troops
for an expedition against the Turks in
the Dardanelles. It is stated that the
Greeks will be landed on the neck of
land between the Dardanelles and the
gulf of Saros to co-operate with the
fleet in the reduction of the forts in
the narrowest part of the channel and
to clear out the large land forces
which the Turks are said to be bring
ing up by land.
MARIPOSA LEAVES VALDEZ.
Agent Guptill received word that
the Mariposa leaves Valdez at 4:30
o’clock this afternoon.
Mr. Guptill received still later word
that the Mariposa is due at 6 o’clock
in the morning.
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❖ ALLIED SHIPS ATTACK *
* NIEUPORT IN BELGIUM *
BELIN, March 15.—Allied warships
shelled Nieuport today but inflicted
no damage worth speaking of. Some
of the shells demolished private1
houses but the city has been so badly
smashed by previous attacks that
very little is left to ruin. The hrench J
have made several attacks in the
Argonne, Champagne and Vosges
regions within the past forty-eight
hours but they have been easily re
pulsed, according to the German ac
count officially published.
CARRANZA ALSO TRIES
THE BLOCKADE SYSTEM.
Held up Ships at Progresso but Lets
Them Go After a
Protest.
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Gener- i
al Carranza has followed in the foot- j
steps of the European powers by de
claring a blockade of the port of Pro
gresso. The United States govern
ment sent a protest and as a result
Carranza has ordered the release of
two American ships that were held
there by him.
NOTED AVIATOR i
FALLSTO DEATH
LINCOLN BEACHY KILLED AT
FRISCO IN VIEW OF
CROWDS.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.—
Lincoln Beach, the famous aviator,
fell three thousand feet to his death
here yesterday before the eyes of
thousands of horrified spectators. The
machine evidently buckled while
Beachy was flying at the altitude stat
ed and he fell into the bay. He wa3
dead when picked up. The sight was
one of the most frightful. Beachy
was known as one of the most daring
flyers in the country. Many of those
who saw the accident were visitors to
i the exposition.
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RUSSIANS FALL
! RACK ON GRODNO
GERMANS OCCUPY AUGUSTOWA
ANI) THREATEN REAR OF
WARSAW.
—
BERLIN, March 15.—It is officially
announced this morning that the Rus
sians have fallen back on Grodno ar<t
that the Germans have occupird the
city of Augustowa. Grodno is north
east by east of Warsaw and the re
treat of the enemy at that point in
dicates that the German army is
steadily advancing from the north to
take Warsaw on the rear an? sur
round it. Should the Russians be de
feated there it will be almost impos
sible for them to avoid a general re
treat and the loss of the Polish capi
tal but it is admitted that they are
now in strong positions and the task
of dislodging them will be a severe
one. The Germans are now south,
west, north and northeast of the capi
tal and seem to be gradually closing
up. A further advance of about fifty
miles would bring our troops directly
east of the city. In the meantime we
are concentrating for a general at
tack on the main Russian positions
around Przasnysz and it is believed to
be the intention of Hindenburg to
press the attacks and crush his way
south if possible.
HOMESTEADERS NEAR
HOMER TURNED DOWN.
Filings not to he Accepted Because
They Located on Coal
Fields.
Several settlers who located home
steads near Homer, within the limits
of the Chugak forest reserve, hav>
been notified by the Interior Depart
ment that their filings can not be ac
cepted for the reason that the records
show the areas claimed are coal land.
These records refer to coal entries
covering several thousand acres and
made in 1899 and later by the Cook
Inlet Coal Fields company, which ex- ■
pended large sums in driving tunnels,
sinking shafts and building about six
miles of narrow guage railroad from
the workings to the dock at Homer.
These workings were abandoned sev
eral years ago when the government’s
conservation policy as to coal was in
augurated.
The Gateway’s informant learned
definitely of the acceptance of only
one application—that of J. A. Wood
ard, mail carrier on the winter route
between Homer and Kenai, whose
claim is located below the old coal
mine and between it and the base of
the sandspit on which Homer is built.
Homesteaders who have located
further north on Kachemak bay, be
yond the known outcrops of coal veins,
do not anticipate any trouble in
securing their claims. Those whose ^
filings have been rejected may take
concerted action and endeavor to
prove that the land is more valuable
for agricultural or grazing for horses
than for coal as the veins, they claim,
are small and the quality of coal \
poor even for domestic purposes
SELDOVIA-KACHEMAK
HAS COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Inspired with the belief that their’s
is one of the districts of Alaska most
favored as a true land of promise to
homeseekers, and acting on the theory
that “Everything comes to communi
ties as well as individuals who hustle
while they wait/’ the people of Sel- j
dovia and the Kachemak bay country’
have organized a commercial club and
its committees are busy compiling
data and preparing to issue descrip
tive literature. This work is under
the able generalship of Miss Juliet
Anderson, teacher of the public school
and known locally as the Empress of
Little Russia.
MARCH 17 AT THE BRANCH.
James Fitzpatrick, the genial pro
prietor of The Branch, has all sorts of
shamrocks and other emblems of the
day to give away as presents on
March 17, the day after tomorrow.
KING THURMAN
SHOT HIMSELF
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY IS THE
STORY OF MAN’S
DEATH.
LEAVES TOUCHING NOTE
TORN IN BITS BY BEAR NOTH
ING W AS LEFT BUT
DEATH
One of the most awful and “vivid”
tragedies of Alaskan life was the
death of King Thurman as tcld this
morning by William Austin who was
the first man to find the body of Thur
man in the cabin in Chickaloori Mats.
Mr. Au tin arrived last night and
brought with him a scrap of paper
which carries a few words written by
Thurman showing the frightful agony
of the poor fellow before he brought
his gun into play to end what v.'as left
of life.
The last words of Thurman were
written on a paper at the top of which
was a notice of location. As the right
hand had been torn by the bear the
poor fellow evidently had to use the
left hand. The letters were printed
laboriously and some of them were
illegible entirely. They were written
up and down the page like a list of
names.
“Have ben tore up by a brown bear.
No show to get out. Good by.
Then, later, Thurman evidently tried
to write again but the suffering was
too great. “I'm sane but Im suflerin”
he printed and then came some print
ed letters that could not be deciphered,
and his last effort brought ojt the
words “the-of death.”
Mr. Austin and J. Wik found the
body cn March 4. When the otner two
men went to bury it they cut open the
clothes. The whole right side was
tern and chewed *p from the sb wilder
do" n and the ribs were loosen d from
the bad lone. The left hip was a'**>
torn up as were the right r."tu and
calf of the right leg. Mr. Austin be
lieves the bear must have attacked
him about a hundred yards from the
cabin. Thurman hardly ever went un
armed but in this case he had evident
ly left the cabin to get a bucket of
water. In the cabin w’as also found
a diary kept by the unfortunate man.
The last entry was dated July 25.
This entry' was “Came to cabin last
evening.”
LONGSHOREMEN THREATEN
TO STRIKE IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, March 15.—A general
strike of longshoremen is threatened
here as a result of the boycott of ves
sels loading for Vancouver, B. C. The
men had a meeting today and look
very much like stopping all work.
The result to the trade of the city
would be so serious that the business
interests generally are trying \o make
peace.
PEARY'S OLD SHIP IS
COMING TO ALASKA.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—
Peary’s Arctic exploration ship Roose
velt has been purchased by the gov
ernment for the Alaska Fisheries pa
trol. The vessel is supposed to be
particularly suitable for work in
northern waters.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THREE ON THE WATSON.
SEATTLE, March 15.—The Watson
sailed this morning with 183 passeng
ers of all classes. Amongst the pas
sengers for Seward are Mr.}. N. S.
Natt, August Olson, T. M. Donohue,
W. E. Donohue, John Kirby, G. A.
Niles. There are twenty-one steerage
for Seward. Aboard also are D. C.
Jackling and a party of six who are
going to inspect the Gastineau Mines,