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BRYAN’S RESIGNATION WAS
APPARENTLY UNWARRANTED
U. S. NOTE FRIENDLY
WASHINGTON, June 11.—After all the sensational
rumors that had been afloat and just as the people of the
United States had come to believe that the Washington
administration was about to send to Germany a note that
amounted almost to an ultimatum the text of the note was
published here this morning and shows that President
Wilson and his advisors have adopted a most friendly tone
towards the German government and actually appeals to
the lmmanitarianism of Germans to put an end to the
sacrifice of innocent lives. The note, however, reaffirms
that the Lusitania was unarmed. It goes on to say that
the question as to whether the vessel carried contraband
of war or not is irrelevant. "The principles of humanity
are greater than all such considerations” goes on the note
which seems to have been drawn up with a view to belittl
ing details so that the main question might not be clouded.
After some expressions id- a similar nature the message
insists on assurances from the Germans that they will
adopt measures to protect Americans. The alternative,
in case of refusal is not stated. Bryan issued a long state
ment today relating to the matter in which he asks the
country not to judge him harshly. He declares the Wil
son note to be representative of the old system of force
and to tend towards war instead of avoiding it. He will
issue another statement today particularly directed to
Gennan-Americans. No one lias yet any idea as to what
he will say but his enemies suggest the likelihood that the
statement will lie the initial attempt to secure the aid, or,
at least, frcndship of all Americans who sympathize with
the cause of the Teutonic powers. Perhaps the more
trustworthy suggestion is. though, that he will appeal to
Gennan-Americans to avoid bitterness and to try to les
sen the feelings that have become so dangerous to the
peace of the United States. The last suggestion has been
made by the friends of the former secretary of state and
they are probably in a better position to tell than the
others.
WHAT PETKOGRAD SAYS
PETROGRAI). June 11— Strong Russian reinforce
ments have reached the Baltic provinces and we have now
started an offensive there. The war office no longer at
tempts to deny that the German movement in that part
of the war area is important and has developed with un
expected quickness but stops are now being taken to op
pose it with adequate forces. We have also started an of
fensive in Galicia from which much is hoped. In some
quarters we have already secured some advantages but
we have retired between the Dniester and Pruth rivers in
order to make the former stream our line of defense.
The future fighting there will be similar to the campaign
that is being fought at Warsaw as the conditions will be
about the same, in each place a great river forming a bar
rier between the two sides. The Germans are retreating
on the Niemen river in the north and we are pressing the
advantage to the fullest extent.
BRITISH LINER SUNK
BERLIN, June 11.—The news is published here that
a British liner has been sunk in the North Sea but the
name of the vessel and other details are lacking. The fail
ure to give the name of the sunk ship is excused by the
statement that the captain of the submarine was unable
to make out her name. It is stated also that sixteen peo
ple who were aboard the liner were saved but the number
of deaths has not been ascertained.
NO CHANGE IN WEST
LONDON, June 11.—The dispatches of yesterday
contain little worth mentioning that has not been publish
ed before. The German offensive around Ypres has ap
parently again come to an end and the fighting in that
quarter occurs only in a desultory manner The French
are apparently following up their success at Neuville. At
Arras the French troops are still attacking and the Brit
ish and Germans have had some vigorous skirmishes
around Labassee. No further changes have occurred so
far as known. Conditions remain about the same on the
Gallipoli peninsula judging by the reports this morning.
The Allied forces are now much stronger there than they
have previously been and are making vigorous attacks
which are expected to have a decisive effect quickly. At
home the result of the campaign for the increased manu
facture of munitions of war carried on by Lloyd George
chiefly is making itself felt. Laboring men are suspend
ing to some extent their union rules but the unions them
selves have not yet officially declared in favor of such ac
tion. Lord Kitchener has again stated that even more im
portant than the supply of men is the supply of munitions
for the British and their Allies. The defeat of the Rus
sians in Galicia is attributed entirely to a lack of equip
ment.
: Bl'TTE socialist paper
DYNAMITED LAST NIGHT.
No Clue to the Perpetrators Pound
but Police Have Their
Suspicions.
BUTTE, June 11.—The plant of the
Butte socialist weekly paper was
dynamited here last night but no clue
has been obtained to the perpetrators
! of the outrage nor has there been of
fered any plausible reason for the act
although the police are said to have
a suspicion which may lead to arrests.
It is supposed that the act was more
likely due to a personal grudge than
to anything political.
HONDURAS SUES A
LOTTERY COMPANY.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11.—The
Republic of Honduras has brought
suit against a lottery company here
because it used the seal of that gov
ernment. Damages amounting to
twenty-five thousand dollars are
claimed.
WILL DECIDE ON THE
FRANK CASE TOMORROW.
Governor Will Give a Hearing Be
fore Saying Whether Man
Must Hang or Not.
ATLANTA, June 11.—The gov
ernor will give a hearing to the case
of Leo Frank tomorrow before decid
ing whether the condemned man must
die for the murder of Mary Phagan
or not. Testimony will be taken by
the governor and all sides will be
heard through their representative ad
herents. It is thought that if Frank
is saved from death a demonstration
of disapproval will follow.
CACHE CREEK
DREDGE COMES
WILL LEAVE SEATTLE NEXT
WEEK AND WILL BE IN
STALLED QUICKLY.
SEATTLE, June 11.—A large
dredge will leave next week for the
Cache creek Dredging company. It
will be installed as quickly as possible
but owing to the difficulties encounter
ed on the poor trails into the district
where it will operate it will probably
not be ready for work until the open
ing next year. With the dredge is
going a very large quantity of sup
plies for the company. President
Smith will also go north soon to pre
pare for the operations. He is a well
known dredging man and was engag
ed in the business in Alaska before.
He expresses confidence that the part
of Alaska in which the dredge is to
be placed offers a splendid field for
such operations.
TUNNEL ON ALASKA KENAI
CUTS VERY RICH VEIN.
Rock Discovered Has All the Appear
ances of Being the Same Rich
Ore Found There Before.
James R. Hayden, president of the
Kenai Alaska Gold company, received
a telephone message from the mine
this morning, stating that tunnel No.
2 had cut the vein at the 200 foot
level at a distance of about 230 feet.
The vein at this point is about 2 feet
wide and from panning tests, ap
parently carries the same high gold
values as that extracted from the up
per levels, which milled $60 to $<5 a
ton. Stamps will commence to drop
at the mill about July 1st.
Gateway Has Anniversary Today
Of Which it Ought to be Proud
Today, June 11, is the anniversary of the day on which the Seward
Gateway sent the telegram ordering the shipment of a linotype
machine so that the city and district might have a newspaper worthy
of it.
At that time the location of the terminal of the Alaska Govern
ment railroad was problematical, to say the least. Hy investing
thousands of dollars in a newspaper here the Gateway took what
might be called, indeed, a long chance. The size of the town did not
warrant a paper of the size to which the Gateway was raised. It has.
been for the past eleven months a newspaper which is larger in size
and which contained more news type than any other newspaper in
Alaska with, possibly, one exception. There were “lean” months
which might have tried the patience of anyone, but the Gateway, far
from cutting down expenses to meet the period of dullness, only in
creased its efforts and kept giving the people the full value of their
money while also striving to the best of its ability to keep Seward
always to the forefront. There was no railroad terminal here then
and no one could say that he knew this city would be positively chosen
as the terminal.
That the Gateway has been successful and has w'on the confidence
of the people of its community, under many difficulties, is something
of which it is proud and something of which it has good reason to
be proud. In working to accomplish all in its power for this part of
Alaska it had the support of the broad and generous people who re
side in the territory w hich it covers. Without that confidence and that
support it could not have succeeded. It took chances. It was made
the largest paper in Alaska although published in the smallest town
in Alaska that can boast of a daily paper at all. Today it is one of
the only two seven column, six page papers in the whole territory of
Alaska.
It is now a great satisfaction to say on the first anniversary of the
Gateway as it is that the chances taken and the confidence felt in
Seward have been justified. The Gateway has had its fight and it has
won!
Just ahead of Seward is a still more prosperous period. It will
be the aim and ambition of the Gateway to keep abreast of Seward’s
onward march. The Gateway has outlived the doubtful days and now
with increased advantages at hand it will easily forge ahead.
REPORT MANY SHIPS
SUNK Bill LITHE ELSE
Austrians Said to be Winning
First Great Battle Against
Italians on Isonzo.
SEVEN SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, June 11—A Swedish steamer, a British
steamer, a Russian steamer and a Russian bark have been
torpedoed and sunk by German submarines in the last
twenty-four hours- The announcement, made today, does
not contain any information as to whether any lives were
lost or not. The most remarkable of all the sea losses pub
lished today was the sinking of three trawlers in the
North Sea ‘by a Zeppelin. The big airship hovered over
the vessels one after the other and dropped powerful
bombs from a low altitude. The crews are said to have
been given time to take to the small boats before the little
vessels were blown up.
ITALIANS AND AUSTRIANS MEET
GENEVA, June 11.—The main battle between the
Austrians and Italians is now developing at Tolmino on
the Isonzo river where the Austrians are at last making
a determined attempt to stop the Italian advance. The
first great battle between those two nations will probably
be fought to a fiinish in that Quarter and the result may
come in a couple of days. There is a rumor that both
armies are actually engaged now in a general engage
ment but this has not been verified.
CLAIM BRITISH CRUISER SUNK
VIENNA, June 11.—An Austrian submarine has
sunk a British cruiser in the Adriatic sea. The cruiser
was one of the vessels sent into those waters to reinforce
the Italian fleet in case the Austrian fleet left Pola to give
battle- Most of the crew of the lost vessel are supposed
to have been drowned but the details of the event are lack
ing. No official information was given out here today re
lating to the progress of the battle against the Italians.
URGE SINKING OF LINERS
AMSTERDAM, June 11.—Dispatches from Berlin
are to the effect that the press of Germany is now urging
the sinking of the British liners Arabic and Orduna which
are now on the way from the United States to England
with ammunition. The newspapers declare that the sink
ing of the Lusitania did not intimidate England and that
more such lessons are needed, notwithstanding the fright
full loss of life amongst non-combatant passengers.
WILD HORSES
KILL PEOPLE
FOUR THOUSAND ANIMALS OVER
RUN TWO COUNTIES
LIKE A TORNADO.
EASTALTON, Ills., June 11.—Four
thousand horses that had been await
ing shipment here to England sudden
ly went wild today for some unknown
cause and stampeded through the
country killing eighteen people ano
crushing them into shapeless masses
beneath their hoofs. During their
mad career they over-ran two counties
but warnings were sent ahead and
gave the people a chance to seek
safety. Rut suddenly in their flight
the horsee turned and tore back like a
whirlwind catching some of those who
had been following them in the effort
to put the stapmede to an end. The
whole country was terrorized while!
the stampede lasted but the animals
have been corralled.
TRIAL OF CHARLTON
MAY START IN JULY, j
COMO, Italy, June 11.—The trial of
Porter Charlton, the American who is
charged with the murderer of his wife
will begin early in July according to
announcement made today by the offi
cials of the government.
The murdered woman was formerly
the wife of a man who was assistant
district attorney at Xome.
FEEDING MEXICANS. ...
WASHINGTON, June 11.—The Red
Cross organization is now distributing
supplies to the hungry Mexicans.
The needs of the people of that
country are great and the suffering
has been frightful but increased ef
forts will be made to supply their
wants from this time forward.
MADE CITIZENS.
Charles Ulanky and Carl Johan
Bogstrom wefe admitted to citizen
ship by Judge Brown yesterday.
ARE CLEARING
R. R.JTHIS WAY
RIGHT OF WAV BEING SLASHED
FROM ANCHORAGE TO
WARDS SEWARD.
That the engineering commission
has gangs out clearing the railroad
right of way from Anchorage towards
Seward is the information brought in
by a most reliable man who recently
reached this city over the trail from
the new railroad town. The clearing
gangs are actually working twenty
miles out from Anchorage in this
direction and the Gateway's inform
ant is convinced that it means that
the work of grading will certainly not
be confined this year to the work on
the other .side of Anchorage. It was
noticed also that government launches
are busy throwing olf coils of t«d<*
phone wires along the route to be
followed by the telephone line from
Seward to Anchorage. It is al.-o re
ported that the government i.-> now
preparing to secure supplies for two
thousand men. A good launch sor
vice is now maintained between Sun
rise and Anchorage via Hope so that
l>eople can travel overland easily.
REGIMENTS FOR PH1LLIPPINES.
WASHINGTON, June 11.—Three
regiments that have been on duty at
the Mexican border have been sent to
the Phillippine islands and will re
main there. This is regarded in un
official circles here as significant.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June
11.—The supreme court has upheld
the law prohibiting the use of liquor
advertisements. The bill was passed
after a strenuous campaign on both
sides and after its passage the fight
was kept up by the “Wets.”
SEATTLE, June 11.—The Evans
arrived this afternoon.
WASHINGTON SURPRISED
WASHINGTON, June 11.—Officials of the govern
ment today express the greatest confidence that the reply
of the German government to the latest United States
note will be favorable and a feeling of the greatest optim
ism prevails. All officials marvel now at the resignation
of Bryan since the contents of the note sent to Berlin be
came known. The note is regarded as being distinctly in
tended to avoid war and no one seems to be able to see
why Bryan should see in it any danger of creating a
breach of peace. The note is described here as decidedly
“anti-war.”
WHAT BERLIN SAYS
BERLIN, June 11.—The publication of a summary
of the statements made in the last note from Washing
ton has created the conviction here that the United States
desires peace and an alteration in feeling favorable to
Americans has already become noticeable. The papers
here express the belief that the United States intends to
back its demands with arms if necessary but the note is
regarder as decidedly conciliatory.
REPORT ITALIAN FAILURE
COLOGNE, Germany, June 11.—The battle of Isonzo
has now become general and the report has arrived here
that the Austrians are winning. This report has not been
confirmed officially but information has been given out
previously that the Austrians had chosen that ground for
strategical advantages which it offered them. The news
has also come that the Italian attacks on Corliza, Gradisca
and Montfalcone are failing and that a victory for Austria
may be looked for. While these reports are not given ab
solute credence they are of such a nature that they can
not be entirely doubted. The absence of the usual re
ports of victory on the part of the Italians adds to the in
clination to credit the story of Austrian success.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE 7,000
PETROGRAD, June 11.—The Russians have captur
ed eighteen cannon, fifty machine guns and seven thou
sand Austrians on the Dniester river. This success was
gained during an attempt by the enemy to cross the
stream. Some of them succeeded in making the crossing
but were surrounded and cut off.