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S. S. Met LUKE DEPORTED
LONDON, July 26.—The Britsh authorities today in
formed American .Ambassador Page that b. S. McClure,
the American publisher must sail from England next Sat
urday. McClure was held aboard the liner Philadelphia
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when it arrived at Liverpool yesterday but alter a deten
tion of several hours Ambassador Page got permission
for him to land temporarily. It was learned that the de
portation order was issued because of what the British
authorities termed “his activities while in Germany.
Thomas H. Kelly, of New York, treasurer of the Irish re
lief fund, who was enroute to Ireland with funds was re
fused with his wife and his assistant, Joseph Smith, a
landing. He was ordered deported on the same ship.
W ASHINGTON ASKS WHY
WASHINGTON. July 20.—Great Britain will be ask
ed by the United States why admission was refused to
Thomas Hughes Kelly and his wife anil assistant, it was
learned today. It is supposed that the British refused
Kelly permission to land Because the funds were raised by
people in America who are hostile to Great Britain.
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McCLURE AFFAIR SENSATION
NEW YORK, July 2l>.—The refusal of the British to
let S. S. McClure stay in England has caused a sensation
here, particularly as McClure and his magazine and news
papers have always l>een in favor of the allied cause. The
fact that McClure was born in Ireland and that when he
returned from Germany he said the Germans were not
short of supplies is taken as the real reason for his de
?x>rtnfion.
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FRENCH MAKE GAINS
PARIS, July 20.—On the south bank of the Somme
yesterday the French captured block houses and drove the
Germans out of some trees where they had a sheltered
position. We also drove the enemy out of some trenches
north of Vermcndavilliers, according to the official state
ment.
GERMANS FROM VERDUN
LONDON, July 2b—The battle on the Somme front
which began last Saturday at midnight and has continued
since with brief lulls is still proceeding with the Germans
showing the utmost stubborness in defence. The import
ance attached by the Germans to defending their third
line is indicated by the report of General Haig who says
that the Germans are bringing up reinforcements from
Verdun to lend strength to General \ oneinen.
FRENCH AND BRITISH REPULSED
BERLIN, July 2b.—A combined attack by the French
and British yesterday north of the river Somme broke
down under the defense of our troops, it was officially an
nounced this morning. The following is the official bullet
in issued by the German headquarters this morning:
“North of the Somme, after an unsuccessful British
attack on July 22, the French and British combined in a
terrific attack yesterday on the Pozieres and Mauripas
front but it again broke down before guns and bayonets
of the German troops. In some places sharp hand to hand
encounters took place. In the region of the Meuse intense
artillery duels are being repeated on the right bank. Re
peated enemy attempts of the enemy to recapture posi
tions on the Froide Terre ridge have been repulsed.
DELIVERS WILSON'S MESSAGE
BERLIN. Julv 2b. — Gerard, the American ambas-i
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sador, has delivered to von Jagow, German minister of
foreign affairs, the application of President Wilson re
garding Polish relief. The message has been telegraphed
to the emperor at the front and an answer will probably
not be received for a few days.
MARIPOSA LEFT
SEATTLE TODAY
SEATTLE, July 26.—The Mariposa
left this morning with the following
passengers for Seward: Cius Antler
son, J. H. Reynolds and wife, W. D.
Coppernoll, Mrs. Ellis Julia and baby,
Miss Ida Haglund, Mrs. Joe Skoch,
M. J. Keltner and Mrs. G. F. Swan
son.
GUARDSMEN C AN VOTE
WHILE AT THE BORDER
WASHINGTON, July 26.- As an
indication that the national guard will
be maintained at the border until
Fall the senate today created means
by which the guardsmen may cast
votes in the border camps. The plan
as adopted as an amendment to the
general army bill which is now near
ing its passage.
PRESIDENT OF COTTON
BELT R. R. IS DEAD
ST. LOUIS, July 26.—J. H. Britton,
president of the Cotton Belt Railroad
dies here today.
FRISCO DYNAMITER IS
SOON TO BE CAUGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26. —The
announcement was made by the chief
of police today that the man who is
responsible for the fatal bomb throw
ing last week will be arrested within
two days.
WAITE TRIES TO KILL
HIMSELF IN THE CELL
SING SING, July 26.—Dr. Arthur
Waite, who is awaiting electrocution
for the murder of his father-in-law,
John Feck, of Grand Rapids, was
found in his cell in the death house
this morning with a wound in his
chest in the shape of a cross. The
prisoner cut himself with a piece of
broken glass.
VKEI) RESIGNS FROM
FORD PEACE COMMITTEE
DETROIT, July 26. — Rev. Dr.
Charles F. Aked has announced his
resignation as chairman of the AmorT
can committee to the Ford neutral
peace conference at Stockholm.
GUILD TO MEET
St. Peter’s Guild meets tomorrow,
Thursday, 2:30 p. m. at Mrs. C. B.
Hill’s.
MEETING OF LADIES AID
The Lutheran Ladies’ Aid of Sew
ard will meet next Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Solsnes.
Members and friends are coruially in
vited to the meeting.
Mrs Whittemore
Has Passed Away
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Most Popular Lady Dies On Steam
ship Alaska While Going
Outside.
It is not too much to say that all
Seward was shocked and grieved to
day to learn that Mrs. K. L. Whitte
more had passed away last evening
aboard the steamship Alaska while
she was on the way outside in search
of relief from the illness from which
she lias suffered so long and so brave
ly. The line little lady returned some
time ago, forced by homesickness to
visit her husband and her home, but
from the time of her return her con
dition became gradually worse. On
the very evening on which the Alaska
sailed she was compelled to leave the
movie show but recovered before the
time for leaving came. Messages
from the vessel tell that she passed
two bad nights. A doctor was
aboard the Alaska and ministered to
her. so that she had every medical aid
but she passed away at 7o’clock
last evening. The body is being taken
on to Seattle and Mr. Whittemore
leaves on the Victoria for that city.
There is hardly a person in Seward
who did not hear this sad intelligence
with a sense of personal loss. Her
death certainly leaves a very appar
ent vacancy in this city.
BRIDGEPORT TO BUILD
MILLION DOLLARS WORTH
OF HOME FOR WORKMEN
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 18.—
The war boom has run this town’s
population up to the point of over
flowing. There are 2,000 families here
without roofs. So the Chamber of
Commerce engineered a private cor
poration, organized with no idea of
profit, to build a million dollars worth
of model houses for them. The first
work on the homes started here to
day. ,
It is estimated that nearly 50,000
persons have moved here to stay in
the last twelve months. Most of
them were brought to help make
munitions, but a part of the increase
was caused by the establishment of
400 big factories of all kinds in the
last few veal's, here.
The poorer workmen felt the pinch
of the situation first. Landlords
boosted rents when they saw what
was happening, so the first work of
the new corporation is the building
of 400 two-family houses to rent at
$12 to $18 a month.
First Lieut. Clarence A. Dougherty,
who was in charge of the military
cable and telegraph system for this
division for two years prior to last
summer, but now with the First cav
alry at Naco, Aroizona, has been pro
moted to captain and has been as
signed to the Sixteenth cavalry sta
tioned at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The Sixteenth cavalry is one of the
new regiments being organized.—
Valdez Prospector.
STILL BANGING AWAY
LONDON, July 26. — News from the west and east
fronts this afternoon is of a rather colorless kind but it is
announced that bitter fighting is taking place on both of;
them. The Russians have been temporarily checked in
the east, according to the reports from Vienna and Berlin
and nothing new is reported from the French front.
DEUTSCHLAND STILL HERE
BALTIMORE, July 26—The German submarine
Deutschland is still here and the cause of her delay in sail
ing is a mystery although there is believed to be some good
reason for it. No reliable information has been received
from the Bremen and it is now assumed that she is wait
ing outside and watching for a chance to land at some un
expected port.
Billingsleys Up
On Murder Charge
SEATTLE, July 20. — Logan and
Fred Billingsley, employers of the
Japanese who killed Sergeant John
Woodin and who wounded Police
Chauffeur Robert Wiley, have been
fu mally charged with murder in the
first degree. They were arrested on
this charge wh b in the cells of the
*»;y jail whe » they have been since
thc.r first arre&t earlier in the day.
R. W. Billingsley, father of the notori*
I ous brothers, who was arrested has
been released. Ora Billingsley and
A. It. Hatton, a drug clerk, are held
on open charges. Prosecutor Lundin
is determined to push the murder
charge against the Billingsleys and is
hacked by Mayor (Jill.
FIRE BOYS MEET
The regular monthly meeting of the
fire boys will be held this evening at
8 o’clock.
ENGLAND SWEPT BY AN
EPIDEMIC OF BAD BOYS—
WAR IS BLAMED FOB IT
By HAL O’FLAHERTY
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, July 18.—England is be
ing swept by an epidemic of bad boys.
Ever since war began thousands of
tomes have been left in charge ol
mothers who had depended on their
men to discipline the youngesters. Un
restrained, now that their fathers are
at the front, the fatherless generation
is running the gamut of mischief and
petty crime.
American mothers left in the same
predicament at the beginning of the
Spanish-American war will under
stand how sorely tried are the English
women in attempting to keep their
sons in the paths of righteousness.
The situation is aggravated because
the war has given rise to impetuous
actions and words on the part of the
youngsters, who daily road and hear
of carnage and passion in the war
zones.
in appealing for funds for a home
for boys today the Bishop of Man
chester declared that “anyone who had
seen a mother trying to manage a boy
bet wen the ages of 14 and 1G knows
she has her hands full. Her control
is an appeal to the boy’s affection and
it is very difficult for her to enforce
the needed appeal to the hoy’s sense
of duty.”
Hundreds of hoys have been arrest
ed for petty offences who are too
young to join the colors and too old
to put up with feminine discipline.
Juvenile homes are rapidly filling
up with boys who have been declared
incorrigible after numerous appear
ances in court. The London papei s
carry advertisements offering
counsel and help to mothers whose
sons have become unruly. The priv
ate services of men who have had
wide experience in handling hoys are
offered. Records show that the ma
jority of these bad boys come from
war widows’ homes.
CAPTAIN LATHROP WILL
SOON BUILD HERE
Captain Lathrop who arrived on
the Alameda will soon commence
building a theatre here. The site has
not actually been bought yet but the
decision will probably be reached this
evening.
Sidney Anderson of the Hank of
Seward and the Bank of Anchorage
arrived on the Alameda this morning.
Mrs. Kurth and her daughter, Miss
Lucille Kurth, have arrived and are
staying in the Hawkins apartments.
They came from Seattle some days
ago and have been staying at Anchor
age.
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NEARLY THIRTY
LOTS ARE BOUGHT
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SALE CONTINUES THIS EVENING
AT 7:30 O’CLOCK IN
A. B. HALL.
Twenty-eight lots were sold yester-1
day afternoon at the auction sale of
the Bullaines in the A. B. Hall. VV.
P. Henry acted as auctioneer and the
purchases came quickly. .Much of the
| money going for the purchase of the
j lots is believed to be outside money,
j but whether it is outside money or local
money the sale showed absolute faith
in the future of Seward. The sale will
take place again this evening at 7:30
The following are the lots sold with
the prices and the names of the pur
chasers:
Block 11, lot 16, Labaree, $1250.
Block 11, lots 34-35, Lane, $650
each.
Block 24, lots 24-25, Labaree, $800
each.
Block 26, lots 6-7, Romig, $600
each.
Block 26, lots 11-12, Lane, $600
each.
Block 27, lots 1-2, Mrs. Tecklenberg,
$355 each.
Block 27, lots 13-14-15, Labaree,
$350 each.
Block 28, lot 30, Poindexter, $300.
Block 28, lot 40, Mrs. Tecklenberg,
$305.
Block 30, lot 18, J. L. Green, $410.
Block 30, lot 19, Labaree, $400.
Block 30, lot 20, Rasmussen, $425.
Block 30, lots 21-22, Poindexter,
$265 each.
Block 30, lot 22, Romig. $250.
Block 40, lots 15-16-17, Mrs. Teck
lenberg. $255 each.
Block 40, J. H. Romig, lot 21. $300.
Block 4, lot 22, Poindexter, $250.
LESLIE BENNETT DEAD
FAIRBANKS.—Leslie D. Bennett,
a young man formerly in business
and social circles here, died last
Wednesday morning. He succumbed
to the ravages of the Great White
Plague, with which he had been a
patient sufferer for months. The
death took place in a small cabin on
Garden Island, to which place the de
ceased had been moved from the hos
pital by his young wife, who was in
constant attendance upon him. The
body was buried here the funeral tak
ing place last Saturday morning from
the Catholic church.—Citizen.
TIP FOR AMERICAN COCAINE
SELLERS FROM FRANCE
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
PARIS, July 19. — They have as
much trouble with the cocaine traffic
in Paris as they do in New \ork,
j Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco
and other American cities. The tricks
'resorted to by law breaking vendors
of the “snow” are quit as ingenious
as a shrewd American could “pull”.
Today the police discovered a new
one. Jean Nardin, a pharmacist, hit
upon the happy idea of keeping his
stock of “coke” in safety deposit
boxes at the Credit Lyonnaise. The
police yanked him up quick and he’s
just been put in prison and fined $500.
Although the police had been cer
tain for months that Nardin had been
selling “snow” to victims of the habit,
repeated searching of his store
revealed only minor quantities of the
drug. Nardin’s repeated visits to the
vault in the bank led to his arrest.
In the safety box was found several
hundred dollars worth of cocaine and
Nardin’s personal memoirs, which he
is writing as he goes through life.
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LADIES AID TOMORROW
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church will meet tomorrow at the
parsonage.
Convention Will
Meet Tomorrow
Democrats Adjourn Today To Await
Arrival of Delegates on
Watson.
The Democratic divisional conven
tion was adjourned this morning un
til tomorrow morning to give time to
some delegates who are coming on the
Watson from Valdez and Cordova. A
telegram was received this morning
by George Phelps from C. T. Todd,
chairman of the divisional committee,
asking for the adjournment until he
arrives on that ship. He does not «a>
how many delegates are coming on
the Watson.
VICTORIA DELAYED
BY DENSE FOGS
The steamship Victoria with 150
passengers is now held by a dense fog
.#mewhere outside Resurrection bay.
The Alameda brought word that the
Vic would arrive in Seward about
three hours after the Alameda itself.
This is written at 2 p. m. and the
Victoria has not made an appearance.
It is also reported that the Watson
has been delayed by fog.
WENT ON ALAMEDA
The following went out on the Ala
meda this morning: Miss M. L.
Millard, Mrs. A. Irish, Miss Grace
Irish, W. IL Kehoe, Mrs. F. E. Guyett,
Sam Melonvieh, H. Brown, Mrs. A.
Gustavson, Chris Lilik, M. Gerard,
John J. Laughran, Mrs. P. Tosley,
Miss K. Tosley.
ANCHORAGE HAS
ANOTHER LOT SALE
Another sale of lots took place at
Anchorage last Saturday, notwith
standing the objections raised by the
citizens over there some time ago. In
the sale last Saturday property valu
ed at $28,740 was purchased.
Will IT EM ORE, IN STATEMENT
OFT FOR WKKERSHAM
(Cordova Times)
Ed. L. Whittemore, elected chair
man of the district by the convention,
this morning issued the following
statement regarding the action of the
convention:
“Prior to the Seward convention,
held last spring, Lewis Shackleford
in the First division, and many repub
licans in the other divisions, let it bo
understood that in the interests of
harmony in the republican party, they
were in favor of the nomination of
James Wickersham as the republican
candidate.
“This sentiment was fostered care
fully and used by Shackleford as a
means of getting sufficient proxies in
the First division to control that sec
tion.
“It is known that the nomination of
Wickersham was favored in the Sec
ond and Fourth divisions, and had the
proxies held by the delegates from
those sections been voted in accord
with the sentiment of the men who
gave them, Wickersham easily would
have been nominated.
“The sentiment created by the re
publicans in favor of Wickersham be
fore the Seward convention developed
and is favored by the rank and fde of
the republicans, who had demanded
his nomination at the Seward conven
tion.
“The nominating committee ap
pointed at Seward has failed to aarne
a candidate, and in answer to the de
mand of the republicans of the terri
tory, a demand created by Shackle
ford and his supporters, the conven
tion at Valdez endorsed the candidacy
of Wickersham, thus carrying out the
will of the republicans, which the
i Seward convention refused to do/'