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MEXICANS INVA IE AND CARRANZA WARNS . .
, , , ,, . . t ....... ...ill he renlitu nothin the next twenty-four hours is an almost certain fact that dawned on
Hash in of on . to dost 11 --That war between the tinted States and Mexico—real irar—iri// in j canty a nmn mo ne.Kv ./ j
nasmn^i i n./..y q'PYas armrdind to the report received, and hare now scattered through texas to in
the minds nf the ncon/e this afternoon, (hie thousand men ot the Carranza army hate ini tuna icxas, ai.cor ai «„ / ......... ., .*• ■ ..
' " l / ' ‘ .... ' . • r...... rnnun-n in Srrrrtnm of State Lansing demanding him to stop meddling with the at] a ns o]
cite t he Me x'iean residents of that state to rebellion. At the same time came a warning from Cat / atuato Seu etaiy oj oiuie^ni . ,. " '
i -11 ..I! / ..,,,,1 • .... ..nim,pi. (rllind them f h a t bn interference m coni unction with the l mted St ates g ore r am e nt
Me x'ien I similar warnin'1 came from him to the representatives of the Pan-American alliance telling them tnaroy inn '<'<■< / *
.i.niii - / ....... , no n i..... i.pp„ nppnpPimt to the best information, that all the available troops or the United States
in the internal uuestions ot .Mex co they were traitors to their own freedom, fhe result has been, aceoi ding to me oesi injoi ni<in , 1 ,
in ini inn I III" yii / ,/ / v,,,./•/v ha re been dot ready to take troops by water and. everyth mg points to i m m ediate wa r.
hurr been ordered /<> dpt ready to set out for the border at a mombnt s notice, tour transput is tun e oeen goi ivu,„y «'** / •> •' ...... , .
' 1 ' ,, / , ., .. ,,, , i .I si,,,, that our .Mexican band of raiders has penetrated Texas for a hanared miles and is now
Uashindton Audust 11.— Later stiff this afternoon tenoral tunston advised H ashing ton mat one Mexican j , . , , , „
rirtnul/y in control of the whole district U. S. troops have already been ordered in pursuit and a guerilla warfare has actually got under way. ......
Jiroirsnrille. August 11—Ten United States soldiers hare been killed already in skirmishes with the .Mexican taiaeis. ji
the skirmishing is taking /dace in widely scattered localities. _______
LONDON SEES QUICK
VICTORY OVER TURKS
WINNING DARDANELLES
LONDON, August 11.—It is semi
officially stated today that an im
mediate victory is expected in the
Dardanelles and that within a very
short time the straits will be open.
Constantinople in the hands of the
allies and an,outlet secured for Rus
sia. The newspapers commenting on
this intelligence declare that such a
successful result of the campaign in
that quarter will most likely alter the
whole complexion of the war as it
will enable Russia to obtain the sup
plies, the lack of which has com pellet!
her to retire from Galicia and Poland.
SINK TRAWLERS
LONDON, Aug. 11.—The trawlers
Harbor, Wiper and Benardna have
been sunk by German submarines off
the English coast in the North sea.
The crews are safe. This is the re
sult of the second direct raid by the
Germans on the fishing fleets, raids
which have evidently been undertaken
in the hope of curtailing the English
supply of fish as the loss of the traw
lers themselves amounts to only very
little.
BERN DANISH SHIP
LONDON. August 11.—A German
submarine attacked the Danish
schooner Jason in the North sea last
Monday and, setting fire to her by
shell fire, burned her to the water s
edge. The Jason was bound for
Grimsby, England. The Daily Chron
icle severely condemns the agitation
raging in England at present to de
clare cotton contraband of war. The
big newspaper, which is the chief or
gan of the Liberal party, expresses
the opinion that the listing of cotton
as contraband would have the effect
of angering the people of the Ameri
can cotton states without giving the
allies any compensating advantage.
SWOBODA RELEASED
PARIS, August 1L—Swoboda, the
American who was arrested on tht
charge of setting tire to the French
liner La Tourraine, has been released
as no proof of guilt could be produced.
He was also charged with espionage
but even for this accusation no
ground seemed to exist His case was
watched by the American ambassador
and a careful survey of all the facts
was insisted upon.
CITIZENS TO GOVERN RIGA
PETROGRAD, August 11.—The
next big blow is expected to be de
livered by the Teutons along the
Baltic coast. The citizens of Riga
city and the province have made ar
rangements to govern their own af
fairs during the absence of the Rus
sian army and do not look for much
interference from the Germans whose
presence will not be resented in any
way as the Teutonic occupation of
the territory is sure to be only tem
porary.
REPLIES TO AUSTRIA.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—The
government has sent a reply to the
Austrian note which protested against
the manufacture of munitions of war
for the allies by American factories.
The contents of the note are similar
to those of the note sent in reply to
the same protest made by the Ger
man government. The government
has also accepted Germany's offer to
pay for the Frye but informs Berlin
that the acceptance of this payment
must not be taken as a waiving of
any treaty rights.
BRITISH DESTROY KR SI NK
LONDON, August 11.—The British
destroyer Lynx has been sunk in the
North sea by coming in contact with
a mine. This mine and ?e
had been laid recently. Many of the
crew of the Lynx were killed but the
exact number is not yet known. It
was learned in dispatches from Petro
grad today that Zeppelins bombard
ed hospital trains in the province of
Siedlce in Poland and killed many, in
cluding some of the wounded Rus
san soldiers. The place attacked is
east of Warsaw.
GERMAN GOLD INCREASES.
BERLIN, August 11-—'The Reich
bank yesterday reported that the sup
ply of gold in Germany is greater
now than at any other period since
the beginning of the war. The navy
department reports that the naval
battle said by Petrograd to have taken
place in the Baltic was really no bat
tle but a little skirmish which result
ed from a reconnaisance by some
German ships of war. ihe Russian
capital announced that the German
fleet had been repulsed.
RUSSIANS BEAT TURKS
PETROGRAD, August 11.—The
Russians have repulsed the Iutks
along the whole line in the Asian
theatre and have captured the Mer
ghemir pass and also Plantehen near
the Euphrates. The fighting has been
severe in that quarter for the past
MAN NOW IN SEWARD IS
FOR R. R. COMMISSION.
His Presence May be Cause of Rumor
That Another Man Repre
sented Secretary Lane.
E. Z. Bowen, who is now in Seward,
has come to take charge of the com
missariat of the government railroad
construction work and, according to
the Juneau Empire, is a personal
friend of Secretary Lane of the In
terior department. His coming on the
same vessel with Mr. Smoot may
have been the cause of the rumor that
the latter was here to represent that
department. In speaking of Mr.
Bowen, the Empire said:
“E. Z. Bowen of San Francisco, per
sonal friend of Secretary Franklin K.
Lane.of the Interior Department, ar
rived in Juneau yesterday, on his way
to Anchorage to become commissariat
for the Alaska railroad commission.
He made the trip on the steamer Jef
ferson to Skagway and Sitka, with a
party of San Franciscans, and will
sail for Seward on the Northwestern.
He is registered at the Alaskan Hotel.
Mr. Bowen expects to be in Alaska
for the next five years, as it will take
that long, it is estimated, to complete
the railroad, and will bring his family
to Seward as soon as he can get locat
ed.
“I have never been in Alaska be
fore,” he said last night, “and I must
say the trip so far has impressed me.
I suppose I will be a ‘sourdough’ by
the time the railroad is finished.”
Mr. Bowen will report to Chairman
W. C. Edes, of the commission, as
soon as he arrives in Seward.”
ten days and the losses of the Turks
have been enormous. Our troops are
following up their advantage and
driving the enemy further and furth
er to the westward.
POSTPONE SKEEN-LECHNER
MINE RECEIVER SALE.
The Receiver's sale of the Skeen
Lechner mine has been postponed for
a week. The sale was to have taken
place today so the postponed date will
I be next Wednesday. Wayne Blue is
the receiver.
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❖ MAXIM INVENTS A ❖
❖ GUARD AGAINST GASES. *
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PARIS, August 11.—Hiram Maxim
has invented a device to ward ofT
poisonous gases for which great
things are claimed. It is expected
to remove entirely the disadvantage
under which the allies have been made
to fight since the the Germans intro
duced the gas as an method of fight
j »ng.
ENGLISH COAST
AGAIN RAIDED
GERMAN DIRIGIBLES KILL THIR
TEEN HUT LOSE ONE OF
THEIR NUMBER.
LONDON, August 11.—'The British
coast was again raided yesterday by
five German dirigible airships and
thirteen people were killed and twelve
injured. One of the airships was
destroyed. The names of the towns
visited by the attackers have not been
stated in the official account of the af
fair but they are believed to be in the
extreme north of England or in
Scotland. The amount of daipage in
flicted has not been given but it is
stated officially to have been v. ry
slight and of absolutely no military
significance.
MOOSE PASS COUNTRY
SHOWING UP WELL.
John C. Gilpatrick came in yester
day afternoon from his property in
the Moose Pass district and says that
his property is showing up very well.
He said that from a half pan of dirt
he took out $2.69 worth of gold ex
clusive of the gold in quartz. He
thinks that his property looks better
than ever and expects to take out a
lot of gold before the season is over.
Dayton 0. Carter came in yesterday
from the same country and he says
that that district is the richest he has
seen in the past four years. He says
that the Skeen-Stevenson find is rich
and that in twelve days work they
got a valuable dump, which is esti
mated to be worth $3,000.00. He says
that the Skeen-Stevenson ore is so
rich that much free gold is splattered
all through it, and he showed samples
of it. When Mr. Carter showed a
specially good sample he said, <4I bet
you $1,000 that there are 3 tons of
ore just like that out there.” He says
the mines in the Moose Pass country
are rich and that mining has come to
stay in that district.
VILLA COMES
ACROSS LINE
FAMOUS MEXICAN CHIEFTAIN
ENTERS U. S. TERRITORY TO
SPEAK TO GENERAL SCOTT.
EL PASO, August 10.—Genera!
Villa, the famous chief of the anti
Carranza forces in Mexico, entered
United States territory today when
he crossed the line to consult with
General Scott of the United States
army regarding the proposals made
recently by the government at Wash
ington for the holding of a peace cor.
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ference and also to explain matters
connected with the raid by Mexican
outlaws.
WASHINGTON. August 11.—It is
stated on the best authority that Car
ranza is now preparing to issue a
manifesto in anticipation of the ex
pected call by the Pan-American
union on all factions of Mexico to
unite. In the manifesto the Mexican
leader is expected to attempt to show
that he is not at fault for the present
disturbance.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—'The
battleships Newhampshire and Louisi
ana have been ordered to proceed to
Vera Cruz to protect Americans from
the anger of the Mexican mobs which
are declared again to be excited to a
dangerous pitch by their hatred of the
people of this nationality.
EL PASO, August 11.—This after
noon it was learned that General
Scott had percuaded Villa to release
the goods of foreign merchants that
had been confiscated. He also per
suaded the noted Mexican chief to
abandon the plan of confiscating the
mines in the districts controlled by
him and so a very serious phase of the
Mexican question has been eliminated.
Villa is reported to have manifested a
real desire to meet the wishes of the
general representing the United
States government.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—It is
believed that President Wilson him
self gave orders for the departure of
the New Hampshire and Louisiana for
Vera Cruz. Anyhow, they are now
well on the way but no action is ex
pected from them except the insist
ence on the proper treatment of
Americans and other foreign resi
dents.
MERCEDES, Texas, August 11.—
An American infantryman has been
killed near this place by Mexican ban
dits who have made another raia
across the border, d he bandits were
forced to retreat after a sharp en
counter.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—An
exhaustive report has been receieved
from General Scott on the result of
his conference with Villa regarding
the confiscation of the property of
foreign merchants. The text of the
report has not been yet published.
KILL HAITIEN GENERAL.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—The
Haitien committee of safety has re
pelled an attack on St. Marc and dur
ing the fighting General Auguste
was killed.
WATSON LEAVES JUNEAU.
The Admiral Watson sailed from
Juneau this morning at 1 o clock.
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CORNISH, August 11.—President
Wilson has decided to return to Wash
ington to be present at the cabinet
meeting next Friday. Most import
ant matters will come up for discus
sion and while no intimation has been
given as to their nature they are sure
to include questions relating to the
war and its bearing on neutral ship
ping.
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LAWTON, Oklahoma, August 11.—
A fleet of eight United States army
aeroplanes made a flight here today
and so inaugurated the airship ser
vice of American militarism. They
will be used as an army squadron all
summer and will be attached to the
artillery for the purpose of giving
them practice in reconnoitering.
ANOTHER PLEASANT
WORD FOR THE REVIEW.
[ The most pleasant letters come con
stantly to the publishers of the All
Alaska Review’. One which came on
the last mail shows that even the
military take an interest in it. Willis
Betts, of the Quartermaster’s depart
ment, of the garrison at Haines, in
sending a subscription says in part
that’ “with the patronage it (The
All-Alaska Review’) merits it certain
ly should be a success from all angles
and ultimately as good as many that
are published in the States and un
der very much more favorable con
ditions. I am sure this magazine tills
a long felt w’ant.”
CITY COUNCIL WILL
REDUCE ASSESSMENT.
Majority of that Body has Come to
Conclusion that the Whole
Thing was Wrong.
The city council will reduce the as
sessment valuation of real estate in
the city. That may now be taken for
granted.
The whole trouble seems to have
been with that body that the majority
let a few busybodies of its members
run things to suit themselves and
placed trust in them, with the result
that the incompetence of the few has
placed the whole council in a most
unenviable light. Before the meet
ing of the taxpayers, it may be re
membered, some of the majority
party of the council were quoted in
this paper as saying that something
had to be done to meet the wishes of
the people. They had simply let
things go too easily and now that the
matter has been put up to them the}
will make everything right. Stub
borness, obstinacy and egotism has
failed.
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TURKISH AEROPLANES
SINK A SUBMARINE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 11 —
Turkish aeroplanes have sunk an al
lied submarine in the gulf of Saros
off the coast near Bulair. The planes
dew across the Gallipoli peninsula
and went direct on information re
ceived by air scouts so that the sub
marine had no time to submerge be
fore the bombs began to drop.
EVANS TOMORROW.
The Admiral Evans had not been
heard from up to the time of going to
press but sheris due to arrive from
the west tomorrow morning.
MORE MARINES
GO TO HAYTI
C IU ISER TEN N ESSEE SAI LS
WITH NINE HUNDRED
TO COMPEL PEACE.
PHILADELPHIA, August 11.—The
cruiser Tennessee sailed today for
Hayti with nine hundred marines that
will be landed to reinforce the Ameri
can troops now in possession of Port
au Prince. It is stated that the gov
ernment does not anticipate any great
need for the additional force but is
sending the men as a precaution
against future outbreaks.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—The
government of Hayti has been de
clared bankrupt and its financial af
fairs are now in the hands of German
and French merchants and traders.
It is reported here that the rebels are
burning the plantations all over the
interior and that r condition border
ing on anarchy exists in some quart
ers. Bobo is still in Port au Prince
under the protection of the American
commander and is endeavoring to
bring about peace and a constitution
al election.
POPE AGAIN TO
ASK jOR PEACE
IN SPITE OF POOR RECEPTION
OF FORMER EFFORTS
HE STILL HOPES.
ROME, August 11.—Pope Benedic
tus has decided once more to make an
appeul to the warring nations to enter
into negotiations with a view to the
restoration of peace. His previous
proposals in this respect'were not re
ceived well by some of the nations in
volved. Even Great Britain declared
that no proposals of the kind could be
entertained, and Russia refused al
most to consider the proposal at all,
but the pope is stated to be still hope
ful that if a proper modus operandi
can be provided the belligerents will
agree at least to discuss the subject.
The Italian government has not been
approached more than any other and
in this respect it is known that the
Vatican is placed in a most delicate
situation because of the preponderat
ing influence of the Italian element in
the papal government. The strictest
neutrality is being maintained, how
ever, by the pope and his advisors of
all nationalities.
RAISING SUBMARINE.
HONOLULU, August 11. — The
work of raising the submarine that
sank here last March has begun. The
most perfect arfangements have been
made to ensure the success of this
effort and that the vessel will be on
the surface in a few days is believed
certain.
VICTORIA LEFT MONDAY.
The Victoria left Nome Monday
night at 10 o'clock according to a
telegram received from Ben Bernard,
president of the American Dredge
Building & Construction company,
who is a passenger on her. She
should arrive here in two or three
days.
ITALIANS BEAT
THE NEW ARMY
REPULSE AUSTRIANS JUST AR
RIVED FROM RUSSIAN
WAR AREA.
GENEVA, August 11.—The
Austrians have been repulsed al ter a
bloody battle near Gorizia and thou
sands of them have been slain. The
attack was delivered by a fresh army
of thirty thousand men which ha re
cently been detached from the force.-,
opposing Russia. Adding this new
army to the Austrian forces ahead)
operating in the neighborhood the
Austrian commander inaugurated an
advance with the evident intention of
smashing the Italian resistance at one
blow. The battle has lasted for more
than two days with both sides light
ing fiercely and supported by the most
powerful artillery. Taking the offen
sive the Austrians were more exposed
and as a consequence suffered fright
fully. The attack is now at an end
with the Austrians driven back on
their positions.
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❖ SEWARD WON FOUR *
❖ OUT OF FIVE GAMES. ❖
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Manager Harry Iloben telephoned
at a quarter to four this afternoon
to the Gateway that all the team on
the way home. Seward won four out
of five games played. They were
beaten by Anchorage in the first
game but beat the combined teams
of Anchorage and Knik. The first
game was played on Friday, the
second Saturday, two on Sunday, and
one on Monday. The score in the
game against the combined towns
was 17 to 5. The other scores in the
games Seward won were 12 to 1. 8 to
3, and 7 to 3. In the losing game An
chorage had 11 to Seward’s 7. Two
games were played at Knik and the
rest at Anchorage.
ALAMEDA COMPLETES
HER HUNDRETH TRIP.
SEATTLE, August 11.—The Ala
meda has arrived in Seattle and thus
has completed her hundreth trip.
ROBBERS STAND OFF A
CROWD AND FINISH WORK.
MAPLEHILL, Kansas, Aug., 11.—
Dra\*n by the first blast of the dyna
mite used by robbers to blow up the
bank safe here yesterday a crowd
surrounded the thieves but were held
back at the muzzles of revolvers while
the bandits continued their work and
finished it. The mob was entirely
unarmed and at the mercy of the safe
blowers so that the latter wa’ked
calmly away after securing the loot.
WANTS GOETHALS
AT PORTLAND.
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PORTLAND, Ore., August 11.—
Millionaire Lumberman Benson an
nounces that he will continue to fight
for the change from a commission
charter to a managerial charter and
that if he is successful he will try to
get Colonel Goethals to take the
management.
BECOME CLUB MEMBERS.
Commissioners Edes, Riggs and
Mears, and Colonel Richardson, chair
man of the Road Commission, have
accepted honorary membership of the
Seward Commercial club.