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Vol. >i. No. MB SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE I. I‘JL>. __ _-°
RUSSIA BELITTLES LOSS OE CITY
BUT TEUTONS CELEBRATE WILDLY
WILSON REPLY READY
WASHINGTON, June 4.—President Wilson has sub
mitted to the cabinet an outline of the reply which he is
about to make x . the German answer to the American
protests and demands. The contents of the reply will not
be made known until the members of the cabinet have had
a chance to examine it and make suggestions. A person
al representative of Ambassador Bernstorff left for Ber
lin yesterday and it is assumed that he is taking to the
German government a report connected with the confer- j
ence which the ambassador and W ilson had some days]
ago. The feeling is growing that Wilson and Bernstorff
have agreed on some modus operandi which may be found
acceptable to both nations.
GERMANY WILL PAY
WASHINGTON, June 4.—Germany has agreed to,
pay damages for the torepdoing of the American ship
Gulflight and one of the causes of the dangerous condi
tions existing between the two nations has been removed
It is stated that Germany is also willing to make repara
tion for other injury done to American trade and com
merce, even including the taking of American lives on the
Lusitania.
PETROGRAD SLAUGHTERS AGAIN
PETROGRAD, June 4.—Three Austrian regiments
were slaughtered and four thousand Austrians were tak
en prisoners in the fighting north of Przemysl in the past
few days. We retired from Przemysl merely because by
doing so we gain a strategical advantage. It enables us to
tighten our lines and so make the capture of Lemberg im
possible. We have gained several successes in other parts
of Galicia but our generals believe that a retirement from
the western part of the province will be a benefit instead
of being a reverse.
AUSTRIANS RETREAT
GENEVA, June 4.—The eastern and southern forces
of Italians invading Trent have succeeded in forming a
juncture with each other and the Austrians in that pro
• vince have begun a retreat. I p to the present time the
Italians have had all the best of the campaign but the fall
of Przemysl is expected to relieve the pressure sufficiently
on the Teutonic allies to enable them to send larger forces
to meet the attack from the south. The little republic of
San Marino has declared war against Austria and is now
getting its little army ready to take the field.
GEORGE TALKS CONSCRIPTION
MANCHESTER, June 4—Lloyd George, now minist
er of munitions in the reconstructed British cabinet, ad
dressed a great audience here last night as part of the
campaign which he is now waging all over England to
awaken the people to a sense of the tremendous import
ance of the great task before them. The most sensation
al statement made by him was that the government must
have the privilege of compelling citizens to serve as fight
ers at the front and also in the work of manufacturing
munitions of war in the factories at home. His tour in
great part is meant to raise enthusiasm in the work of
keeping up thejsupply oi munitions. He declaied that the
Germans would have been defeated long ago if the Allies
had an organization ecjual to that ot the leu tonic enemy.
He attributed the victory oi the I eutons ot er the Rus
sians in Galicia to efficient organization altogether and
he exhorted the British people to labor to produce the
munitions on which he believes the success of their cause
depends.
MORE SHIPS SUNK
BERWICK, Scotland, June 4.—The crew of the Dan
ish steamer Salvador, sunk by a German submarine, ar
rived here today in an open boat. The members of the
crew declare that the Germans sank their ship in spite of
pleas made by the captain who informed the submarine
commander that the vessel was a neutral one and did not
carry contraband.
LONDON, June 4.—The Danish steamer Lapland has
been torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Scotland. The
reason for sinking the ships of neutral nations is supposed
to be the desire of the.Germans to prevent all trade be
tween the neutral countries of Northern Europe and
Great Britain.
TEUTONS MAD WITH JOY
BERLIN, June 4.—Information has arrived that
shows all parts of the German and Austrian empires to be
wildly rejoicing over the fall of Przemysl and the utter
defeat of the Russians in Galicia. The stores and schools
have all been closed to enable the pupils and empolvees to
take part in the celebration of the great event- The feel
ing created beggars description. Austria and Geimany
apparently see in the victory the beginning of the end.
All the newspapers express the belief that the fall of
Lemberg is certain and that the resistance of Russia is
practically over. Some of the newspapers suggest that
the next country to receive the serious attention of the
Teutonic allies will be Italy whose crushing is looked for
in a comparatively short space of time. Indeed, if the allied
nations had already been beaten the rejoicing could liard
lv be greater or the satisfaction more pronounced.
RUSSIANS RETREATING
BERLIN, June 1—The Russian armies are now in
full retreat to the eastward towards Lemberg where out
general staff has decided to attack them nexf. Lemberg
rs about sixty miles east of Przemysl and was the first im
portant city* in Austrian territory captured by the Rus
sians at the beginning of the war. In their retreat the
enemy has been compelled to abandon his position on the
San river and the Carpathians so that the victory is the
greatest and most important of the war, not excluding the
great triumph at Tannenburg that cleared the Russians
out of East Prussia. The fall of Przemysl is expected to
prevent Roumania and Bulgaria from entering the con
flict as they can no longer hope to be able to act in con
junction with the Russian forces. Berlin is still celebrat
ing the recapture of Przemysl which is believed to mark
the beginning of the greatest military disaster that ever
befell a great nation. While the belief may not be fully
warranted military experts of Germany declare that Rus
sia’s backbone is broken and that only a little time is need
ed to bring that empire to its knees. The Austrians have
started an attack on the left flank of the retreating Rus
sians near the Dniester river and hope to be able to roll
it up and drive it in on the center around Lemberg where
the enemy is sure to make his next effort to check our ad
vance. It is confidently expected that a defeat for Rus
sia around Lemberg will mean a compulsory retirement
from Warsaw to save the communications of all the Rus
sian armies with interior Russia.
AUSTRIANS ATTACK ITALIANS
GENEVA, June 4.—The Austrians are now making
desperate efforts to dislodge the Italians in Monte Croce
pass. The fighting there is being waged on a more exten
sive scale than in any other part of the line where the
Italians and Austrians are facing each other. Owing to
the strong position of the former they make it necessary
for the Austrians to expose themselves and the casualties
are heavy.
FRENCH AND BRITISH ACTIVE
LONDON, June 4—The French have started an of
fensive movement north of Arras while the British are
active in the neighborhood of Ypres. No definite results
have been reported yet but the policy of nibbling at the
enemy is expected to bear fruit soon. A Noiwcgian
steamer was torpedoed off the coast of Scotland yestei
day by a German submarine but the crew is reported safe.
English insurance companies have already paid half a mil
lion pounds sterling to the relatives of people who lost
their lives on the Lusitania.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
UPHOLDS DILLON.
Says Territorial Legislature Has No
Right to Fix Fees of
Its Own.
Word has been received in Seward
that the Attorney General of the
United States has upheld U. S. Com
missioner Dillon of I* airbanks
who was charged by the territorial
legislature with breaking the laws in
relation to the fees to be charged for
marriages, etc.. The attorney general
has written to the commissioner stat
ing that a United States commissioner
must follow the laws of the federal
government and that a territorial leg
islature has not the power to make
laws that will annul the federal laws.
At the time the legislature condemned
the commissioner, it may be said, this
paper ventured the opinion that the
legislature was mixing up with some
thing with which it had nothing to do.
FOR RENT.
One large unfurnished room on
ground floor. Suitabe for oflice or
housekeeping. Inquire at Hair-Dress
ing Parlors, on Adams St., near
Fourth Ave. ^ h tl
CANNERIES IN
WEST OPENED
CATCH OF SALMON FOR SEASON
BEGINS IN MOST PROMIS
ING MANNER.
The canneries to the westward have
started in their season’s operations
and several of them have already had
big catches. The King Cove cannery
has commenced to pack. The Uyak
cai nory made their first catch a few
days ago with a haul of ten thousand
two hundred fish at the south end of
Kodiak island. The Blodgett can
nery is already putting up king salm
on at Kodiak where that fish has now
begun running. Last season was so
successful and the price of salmon has
gone so high as a result of the war
that much activity is expected this
year in the fishing industry.
FORD AUTO COMPANY
MAKING BIG PILES.
So much Money has Been Made That
a Rebate Will Be Given to
Buyers of Cars.
DETROIT, June 4.—The Ford auto
mobile company has raised its stock
to one hundred millions from two mil
lions. It has declared dividends
amounting to forty-eight million dol
lars and the sum of fourteen millions
has been set aside to give rebates to
all purchasers of cars during the fis
cal year which ends or. July .‘list. next.
The rebate will be at the rate of fifty
dollars for each car purchased.
THINKS SANTA ANA GIVES
TOURISTS FINE CHANCE.
Clerk of the Railway Mail Service
Speaks of Conditions to
Westward.
That the opportunity presented to
tourists by the Santa Ana to see the
most interesting of all parts of Alas
ka, the district to the west of Seward,
is first class is the opinion of Alvah
Eames, First clerk of the Railway
mail sendee, who came on that ves
sel last evening. He speaks in the
highest terms also of Captain Han
sen and the other officers and the
crew of the vessel. The Santa Ana
has something which the Dora need
ed badly, and that is a cold storage
which keeps the meat fresh for the
return journey. Mr. Eames has ad
vertised for bids for next winters
mail sendee for the Bristol Bay
points, Nushagak, Dillingham and
Naknek. He has advertised both from
Cold bay and Seldovia but only one
contract will be let which will be sup
plied from one or the other of those
points. Mr Eames will take a trip to
Anchorage on the Alameda to look
over post office matters there.
BASEBALL POSTPONED.
The baseball game which was
scheduled for tonight has been post
poned because of the school exercises
this evening.
NEW STORE OPENS.
The new store of Carroll and comp
any will open for business tomorrow.
An attractive front has been added to
the building and the store promises to
be a very fine one. Sidney Wolff,
*lhe oldtime Seward man, is associated
with Mr. Carroll.
B. Meredith, the mining man, has
come in from Mile Twenty-nine.
The gasoline boat Edith G. which
was supposed to have been lost with
all hands some time ago arrived in
Seward last evening. Her skipper is
Louis F. Green.
Painters and Paper Hangers Over
alls, Carpenter aprons and bib over
alls at Brown & Hawkins. “Quality
First.”
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❖ SCHOOL EXERCISES *
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The school exercises will take place
this evening at the Casino. Owing to
the very limited space available it will
be impossible to accommodate all who
might wish to be present and this is
regretted as the exercises promise to
be most entertaining.
CHAIRMAN EDES TO TAKE
TRIP TO ANCHORAGE.
Will be Absent Four or Five Days and
Return on Next
Boat.
Chairman William C. Edes of the
government engineering commission
will leave on the Alameda for a short
trip to Anchorage. He will return to
headquarters on the steamer follow
ing which will bring him bad. after
an absence of only a few' days. He
has nothing new to say at present of
a definite nature. The oflice force and
engineers are getting the headquart
ers in shape and also digging into the
work that is preliminary to the real
work of construction.
BIG CASES TO COME
I P HERE NEXT WEEK.
Judge Brown Will Hear at Seward
Term Cases With Which Rail
road is Connected.
The litigation relative to the Se
ward Townsite property has been or
dered transferred to the Seward Term
to be held next Tuesday. Judge
Brown, in accordance with past rul
ings, orders the entire matter placed
on the Seward calendar for the reason
that all matters connected with the
litigation are properly matters to be
determined at Seward. In this suit
Judge Morford representing Frank L.
Ballaine, and Senator Ray, represent
ing John E. Ballaine, have filed de
meurrers attacking the original com
plaint filed by T. C. West of San
Francisco and Donohoe & Diamond
of Valdez, and also attacking the com
plaints in intervention filed by Judge
Green on behalf of Shedd Brothers of
Chicago and J. P. Thompson of Mon
treal. These demurrers will be heard
and determined by Judge Brown next
week at Seward.
The federal government has filed its
complaint in intervention in the suit
brought by Otto R. Hansen against
the Alaska Northern, Boland, Jem
mett and Laberee, in which action
Hansen claims certain former bond
holders of the old Alaska Central Rail
way were ignored in the sale made
some years ago under the order of
former Judge Overfield.
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FIRST CONCRETE SIDEWALK.
The first concrete sidewalk ever
put dowm in Seward is being built on
the Nothern property on Washington
street for a hundred feet. It is be
ing put dow'n by Messrs Whittemore
and Margulcs who have evidently
given up hope of having anything
done by the Sew'ard House of Lords.
MOOSE MEET TONIGHT.
The regular meeting of the Seward
Moose lodge will be held this evening.
U. S. STEEL JUMPS.
NEW YORK, June 4.—United
States Steel stock jumped up three or
four points today as a result of the
court’s decision that the corporation is
not a trust.
COURT WILL LIKELY
COME ON ALAMEDA.
The Seward term of court will be
gin next Tuesday and this will make
it necessary for the judge and court
officials to come here on the Alamada.
The hearings in connections with the
big local cases will probably occupy
quite a time so that the term may be
a prolonged one.
WILL IGNORE
WILSON NOTE
MEXICANS GET DEFIANT AND
FIRE ON AMERICAN NAV
AL OFFICERS.
EL I'ASO, June 4.—The represent
atives of Villa here state the belief
that their chief will ignore the note
sent by President Wilson. This note
virtually demands the formation of a
stable government that would receive
the endorsement of the other Atneri
•an nations and fill others.
HOUSTON, June 3.—An American
tank ship arrived here today with the
news that the Mexicans have tired on
United States naval officers while they
were on a tug boat near the Pcnueo
oil fields. Information of the outrage
has been sent to Washington. It is
expected to precipitate a breach.
PACIFIC COAL BUNKERS
IN SEATTLE DESTROYED.
Great Blaze Burns Fifteen Thousand
Tons of Coal and Other
Property.
SEATTLE, June 4.—The coal bunk
ers of the Pacific Coast company took
lire this morning and before the
flames were subdued fifteen thousand
tons of coal were destroyed anil a tot
al loss of one hundred thousand dol
lars was inflicted. The blaze was one
of the worst on record owing to the
terrific heat given out by the coal.
The cause of the conflagration has not
yet been learned.
CUMMINS TALKS ON WAR.
SEATTLE, June 4.—Senator Cum
mins of Iowa gave out an interview
in this morning’s paper in which he
declares that while the United States
cannot hope to put an end to the great
war in Europe it can help to make
war impossible.
TAFT PRAISES WILSON.
PHILADELPHIA, June 4.—Wil
liam Howard Taft in a speech deliver
ed here last night spoke in the height
est praise of the foreign policy pur
sued by his successor, President Wil
son. Mr. Taft declared Mr. Wilson to
be safe and sane in spite of the hero
ics of misled people from whom better
should be expected.
NORTHERN RUSH IS ON
FOR ANOTHER SUMMER.
DAWSON, June 4.—The northern
rush for another summer has begun.
All the indications point to a main
tenance of the rush of preceding years
if not a greater one. The Casca and
Y'ukon left Whitehorse today with a
hundred passengers each for this
place and the Sarah will leave tomor
row with a big crowd for down river.
Amongst her passengers are an un
usual number of people for Nome who
have chosen the river route instead
of the sea voyage.
FOOD FOR MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, June 4.—The Red
Cross organization has now started
preparations to send food to Mexico
whose people are said to be starving
in many places.
CARD PARTY AND DANCE.
A. B. Hall, Saturday, June 5, Pro
gressive Whist, 8:30 to 10 p. m. Danc
ing 10 to 12. Music by Miss McLeod.
Admission 25 cents each. Four prizes
given. Otto Moses will sing. 6-4—2t
ALAMEDA LEAVES SKAGWAY.
The Alameda left Skagway yester
day morning at 6 o’clock.