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Vol io N, Mo SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 7. 1916. Tin Cent* the Copy
VILLA HIMSELF SAID EO HAVE
2,000 MEN AND WILL EIGHT
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VILLA MAY LIVE BATTLE ,
EL PASO, April 7.—That Villa has gathered a force
of two thousand men at Parral and will most likely give
battle to the Americans there is the information coming
from American sources to General Bell. It has been well
know all along that several Mexicans of Parral had prom
ised support to the fugitive and it has always been felt i
that if he reached that place he would have secured a
most favorable position. The reported wound received by
Villa is now believed to be little or nothing. Most people
are inclined to think that he was never touched at all.
Latest unofficial reports are to the effect that the United
States cavalry is pushing directly after their quarry and
with the greatest speed made possible by the facilities fori
keeping up the supplies. The officials still retain the
closest reticence.
KILL TEN VILLAISTAS
WASHINGTON, April 7.—Dispatches were received
by the war department today telling that the American
troops fought a third engagement with the Villa soldiers
last Tuesday and defeated the Mexicans, killing ten of
them and capturing two. The Carranza troops co-operat
ed with our men in the tight. The same message confirms
the news that our troops also fought an engagement with
the Villuistas at Aguas Ualientes last Sunday. No Ameri
can casualties are reported. Colonel Letcher of
Chihuahua City reports that Colonel Brown’s troopers
have been living for two weeks on l>eef and corn only.
Nothing further was heard this afternoon of Villa him
self.
THE RANG? VND
RAWBONED COL. DODD
(Special to Gateway by United Press) j
WASHINGTON, March 26.—
Rangy, raw-boned and “hard looking/'
is the way friends of Col. George A.
Dodd describe the man personally in
charge of the flying cavalry column,
forming the edge of the wedge driven :
into Mexico.
Col. Dood i* d4, but when he retire*
this year he will leave active service
as physically fit as when he got his
shaepskin at West Point. His hobby!
is physical training. He instituted
the army’s “monkey drill,” or setting
up exercises.
Dodd has seen much field service,
most of it in the southwest Indian
campaigns. His work there and in
the Aguinaldo campaign in the
Philippines and northern Luzon was
chiefly responsible for his getting his
present job.
Colonel Dodd was commandant of
the United States barracks at Colum
bus, Ohio, for four year*. Last
September he was transferred to
Douglas, Arizona.
Colonel Dodd was wounded at San
tiago, July 1, 1S98. He is a recogniz
ed authority on cavalry and is author
of a book on training and handling
cavalry horses and men.
When the great flood came in 1913,
Dodd acted promptly by having his
men clean up and aid the stricken
west side of Columbus. Colonel Dodd
is a West Pointer from Pennsylvania.
His first active sendee was in sup
pressing the Cheyenne uprising under
Little Wolfe in Nebraska in the 70s.
For 27 years Dodd was attached to
the Third Cavalry. While at Fort
Riley, Kansas, he developed his com
mand to such technical proficiency
that the troop was in demand for ex
hibition purposes in the East. His
troopers exhibited at Madison Square
Garden, New York and also in Boston
and Washington,
In 190S Dodd was commissioned as
Colonel. Colonel Dodd comes from a
military family. His father was an
officer, killed in the Civil War. How
ever, none of his three sons have en
tered the army. Of Dodd’s three
daughters, two have married army of
ficers.
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❖ WAR VETERANS ❖ ,
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The Spanish American War Vet
erans met at the City hall last night
at 8 p. in. An amusing program was
arranged for the next meeting, Friday
night, April 14th.
Program;
Stories of camp life Capt. Ward
Campaigning under difficulties
Comrade Hawley
Flashes from the air
Comrade Lee Murphy
(iug-gu sniper Comrade Durham
Training the rocky flat-foot
Comrade H. J. Murphy
The awkard squad Comrade O’Connor
Time in the guard house
Comrade Bushneli
Flashes in the pan
Comrade F. Skeen
The tight of his life
Comrade Skiatitis
The Commissariat
Comrade Williams
Rough riding in the cavalry
Comrade Stites
Songs by the Camp
Story Comrade Melvin
Soup without a single bean
Comrade Bryam
Good of the order Comrade Myers
Who drank the wood alcohol
Comrade Poindexter
A provost guard will round up all
absent comrades and conduct them to
the hall after 8:30 of Friday, April
14th and place them in the guard
house to await the action of a general
courtmartial.
MAY BE A DEATH
BLOW TO MOVIES
Special to Gateway by United Pre*s.
WINNIPEG, March 27. — The ki
bosh was thought today to have been
put on the movies here. A tax of
20 cents for every seat occupied dur
ing an amusement performance in
Winnipeg has been officially ordered.
Theatres in other towns in the
province pay 10 cents a seat. War
revenue and compulsory economy on
the part of the public are the causes.
Ray Ashcroft of the Home Bakery
is laid up in bed with a severe attack
of tonsilitia.
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❖ SAY Ml KANE FOR *
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The latest hint from the front with
respect to Territorial Republican poli
tics is that C. D. Murane, formerly
district judge of the Second division,
has been slated for the place as dele
gate to the National convention. It
has also been stated is a coast paper
that the Nome delegates to the Sew
ard convention are fifty per cent in
favor of the nomination of Wicker
sham, but no confirmation of this has
been seen in any other paper. It is
known that Gilmore and Herron do
not agree on policy and as Herron is
said to be opposed to Wickersham the
assumption is natural that this indi
cates a split in the ranks of the
Nomeites. In the meantime the local
committeemen are very reticent or
else they have not yet learned defi
nitely what is to be sprung on them
in the convention here on the week
after next.
New Gouncilnien
Sworn to Office
Will Take Their Seats at the Next
Meeting After Vote Canvass.
The newly elected city councilmen
;ook the oath of office yesterday and
:hey expect to take their seats at the
next regular meeting of the present
council. It was thought at one time
yesterday that the council would have
to hold a special meeting as the clerk
sind the city attorney held different
opinions as to which should notify the
new men of their election1 officially.
Clerk Lucas said it was the duty of
the city attorney but Mr. CoppernoU
declared it was the duty of the clerk
and he threatened to have a specta?
meeting called to have the matter
settled but Mr. Lucas came to the
conclusion that it was part of hr*
own work to give the necessary noti
fication and he did so. The new mem
bers will probably caucus at least
once before deciding on salaries and
other matters which they will be re
quired to pass upon very soon. It is
probable that they will have to decide
before the new paid officials begin
their duties. Great care will be taken
in fixing the salaries as, readers of
the Gateway will remember, the law
provides that once the salaries are
fixed no changes may be made w ith
out violating this law’. The next and
final meeting of the present council
will probably take place next Monday
when the votes will be canvassed.
ALAMEDA TOMORROW
The Alameda left Cordova at II
o'clock this morning and will arrive
here tomorrow’ morning.
DORA FILLED UP
When the steamer Dora leaves for
the westward on the next trip she will
have a full passenger list. Any peo
ple in Seward who intend to go west
are advised that haste in securing
tickets might be advisable.
WELLESLEY ARRIVES
The steamship Wellesley arrived
this morning but had only a small
amount of freight for this place. The
Aroline left for Seattle this morning
after a short stay here.
AROLINE ARRIVES
The steamship Aroline of the Ad
miral line arrived about 7 o'clock this
morning but had very little freight
for Seward. She will take back a load i
from some coast towns to Seattle.
THE TRAVELLER
A TOTALWRECK
Boat That Made First Trip to An
chorage This Year Lost.
ANCHORAGE, April 7. —The
launch Traveler, Captain Cramer,
which made Anchorage the other day
is now a wreck and has been abandon
ed at Fire creek on the east side of
Knik Arm. She had been tied up at
the dock at Goose Bay when she broke
loose and drifted across the Arm to
Fire Creek where the incoming tide j
and ice smashed her upper parts, tak
ing olT the house and all the upper
works. She has been abandoned.
HARDING TO BE THE
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
CHICAGO, April 7.—Senator War
ren G. Harding of Ohio has been un
animously chosen temporary chair
man of the Republican National con
vention in June.
DIRIGIBLE ESCAPES
PENSACOLA, April 7. — A huge
dirigible balloon escaped today from
the naval station and she is now sail
ing away inland, the breeze having
been blowing from the sea at the
time. She is lost to sight and it is
expected that she will float indefinite
ly at an altitude of about a thousand
feet. Aeroplanes cannot pursue her
and tow her home because of their
limited traveling range.
FAIRBANKS EDITOR
IS NOT GlTl/n
FAIRBANKS, April 7. — George
Hinton Henry, editor of the socialist
paper here, has been found not guilty
■m the charge of libel against a girl
ivho was involved in the rape trials.
Henry is fighting the district at
torney, Roth, and since his arrest he
has changed the name of the paper to
Free Press.
REED HEILIG MARRIED
FAIRBANKS, April 7. — Assistant
District Attorney Reed Heilig and
Mrs. Lillian Martin were married here
yesterday. The bride was formerly
the wife of Fed Martin who is now at
Anchorage.
GETS DECISION OVER
THE ENGLISH CHAMPION
KANSAS CITY, April 7. — White
got the decision over Matt Wells, the
English champion, last night in fifteen
rounds. The bout was rather even
and the work of the men indicates
that they would ^piake a very close
pair.
PERFECT ORGANIZATION
OF FISH ASSOCIATION
At a meeting held in the office ot
Judge van Pelt last evening the or
ganization of the Seward Fish As
sociation was perfected. The present
Association will make the catch of
two thousand fish meant as an experi
ment and will also secure a site Por
the cold storage and freezing plant.
After securing a site a corporation
will be formed to build the complete
plant for the purpose of catching and
shipping halibut, cod and the other
sorts.
TO THE PEOPLE OF SEWARD:
Permit me to express my sincere
thanks for the great kindness mani
fested in the vote given to me for
city clerk at the election last Tues
day. I shall try to the best of my
ability to prove myself jvorthy of the
people’s confidence.
Very Sincerely,
OTTO H. POEHLMAN.
Patronize home industry. Alaska
coal $11.00 per ton. See Bill Henry
Cor. 4th and Adams St. Tel. Madi
son 149.
FIERCE STRUGGLE EASE NIGHT
AT BETHINCOURE NEAR VERDUN
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❖ MCK UONAN TO *
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John Ronan, once candidate for
congress on Democratic ticket, will
attend the Democratic convention at
Juneau on May 24 and will carry all
the proxies from this district. He
was elected one of the delegates at
the primaries here.
FATAL VITO ACCIDENT
OCCURS CLOSE TO KENT
SEATTLE, April 7.—Mrs. Minnie
Hogue of Puyallup was killed and
eight others were injured when three
automobiles . collided yesterday at a
point about a mile south of Kent.
SEATTLE REAL ESTATE
MAN HANGS HIMSELF
SEATTLE, April 7. — F. H.
Schroeder, 7.1, formerly a real estate
dealer, hanged himself this morning
here. The cause was not ascertained.
Chinese Province
Breaks From Rest
Hwang Tung, of Which Canton is
C apital, Declares Independence.
LONDON, April 7. — The rich
Chinese province of Kwang Tung, of
which the great city of Canton is the
capital, has declared its independence
of the rest of China. The declaration
is that the province is no longer part
of the country under the government
of Yuan Shi Kai. According to re
ports from Shanghai tly‘ people of the
province are determined to follow
their course to the end.
SEES DETECTIVE HE
HIRED TO SHADOW WIFE
MINNEAPOLIS, April 7.—Arthur
Lilligren, who claims he lost a perfect
ly good wife because he hired a de
tective to shadow her, on the de
tective’s alleged statement that she
needed shadowing, was in court to
day. He alleges the sleuth gave him
false information about his spouse,
and that when he accused the wife or
the things the sleuth told him about,
she left him. Arthur's suit for $25,
000 damages against the detective
agency is set for trial today.
NEW YORK WORLD HAS
STORY OF MISS STOUT
In the New' York World of March
19 appears a photograph and story of
Miss Sara Stout, niece of Frank
Youngs, who spent some timo here
last Summer. With the photograph
of the young lady is one also of a
salmon. Part of the story accom
panying** the cut is as follows:
“Miss Stout is only nineteen. She
was clothed in the conventional gar
ments used by women for hunting
and fishing in that wild country.
Armed with a long pole, at one
end of which was a fish spear, or gig,
she stood on a small footbridge over
the creek, and w'hen the monster fish
was sighted she sank the spear Into
it behind he gills. The fish darted
off, pulled the girl into the water,
but, being an expert swimmer, she
held on and after a half a mile’s
swim succeeded in playing out the
big salmon, and with the assistance of
tw’o other young women landed it.”
John Noon has become president of
the Chamber of Commerce in the
place of Leon Booker who decided
that he could be more useful as sec
retary. The secretaryship became
vacant by the resignation of Ward
James who intends to give his time to
the fish association.
TERRIFIC GERMAN ASSAULTS
PARIS, April 7.—Terrific German assaults were
hurled against Bethincourt, five or six miles northeast of
Verdun, last night. After an artillery bombardment of
! unprecedented fury which was meant to crush the salients
on the southeastern side of the fort the German infantn
was sent forward in great strength and fought their way
into the French trenches along the Bethincourt highway
but were later ejected by counter attacks. The French
line has a wedge still in the German front at Bethincourt
but it is admitted that the Teutons have advanced on both
sides so that the Bethincourt position is threatened in the
flanks as well as in front. The losses last night were
heavy. The enemy lost terribly in the assault but our
losses wer) also admittedly severe in the counter attacks.
BETHINCOURT IN DANGER
LONDON, April 7—That the French position at
Bethincourt is seriously imperilled by the surrender of
Haucourt is the belief of military men here. Haucourt
has permitted the Germans to hold a strong position
further in on the west flank of the French Bethincourt
positions and enables the Teutons to use their artillery to
good advantage. No surprise would be felt at the news
that the French had been compelled to abandon Bethin
court. Advices from the front today were that the Ger
man were heavily bombarding Bethincourt last night
and all day Thursday. To the east and northeast of Ver
dun nothing is reported but cannonading and the enemy
is nrnhahlv ennppntrafiner all his strength on thp nvmme+o
side for the present.
RUSSIANS CLAIM SUCCESS
PETROGRAD, April 7—The official announcement
todav claims the destruction of a German airship south
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west of Dvinsk and the capture of the village of Svetka
vtze in Galicia from the Austrians. The Austrians made
an attempt to retake the village but were defeated. Some
other fighting is reported from other quarters but nothing
decisive has occurred. Owing to the thaws the roads are
in a bad condition yet.
STRIKE ENDED
LONDON, April 7.—Lloyd George has announced
that the trouble in the Clyde munitions factories is over
and that the men will all soon be at work again. The Ger
man statement that iron works and factories were de
stroyed in the last Zeppelin raid is not officially denied or
affirmed.
SUSSEX SUBMARINED
WASHINGTON, April 7.—The government is con
vinced now that the steamer Sussex was torpedoed by a
German submarine when she had Americans aboard. The
evidence is declared to be conclusive although its exact
nature has not been revealed.
GERARD SEES NO DANGER
BERLIN, April 7.—Gerard, the American ambas
sador to Berlin, expresses the opinion that the German
American situation is not serious in spite of the reports
coming from allied countries. He says he is confident that
Germany will meet the United States demands with a
complete willingness and desire to settle the question at
issue in connection with the five ships recently sunk on
which Americans were at the time.
ANOTHER LINER SUNK
LONDON, April 7—Eleven Asiatic sailors were
drowned yesterday'when the Peninsular and Oriental
liner Simla was sunk in the Mediterranean east of Malta.
Nothing has been given out as to whether the liner was
sunk by a mine or a submarine. The rest of the crew was
saved.
GERMANS EXECUTE WOMAN
AMSTERDAM, April 7.—Olle Petit, a Belgian wom
an, has been executed by the Germans for treason. She
was tried by court martial and found guilty.