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GERMANS SEIZE AMERICAN !
SHIP IN THE NORTH SEA
RUSSIANS VIOLENT ALL OVER
LONDON, July 21.—A violent Russian offensive lias
been resumed all along the line from south to north and
tierce lighting is proceeding in the Carpathians, at Kovel,
Vladimir Volynski and the Riga sectors. Unofficial dis
patches from 1’etrograd say that the second stage of the
battle for the possession of Kovel is continuing with ex
treme violence. General Brussilotl has brought up crush
ing forces from the Stokhod region to the Lipa to attack
the Austro-Germans. Anxiety about their ability to with
stand the terrific pressure is beginning to be reflected in
German and Austrian comments on the situation. It is
admitted that not even Napoleon was ever called upon to
meet so frightful an assault from a combination of
powers.
FRENCH MAKE GAINS
PARIS. July 21.—The French forces have captured;
the entire tirst line of German positions extending from
Estres to the height of Verman Doviliers, it is officially
stated. It is also announced that we have captured 2,iH)0
prisoners on both sides of the river.
DEUTSCHLAND STILL HERE
BALTIMORE. July 21.—The German submarine
Deutschland is still here but this is the day generally ex
pected for some reason or another as the one fixed for her
departure.
K
W ILSON ASKS POLISH RELIEF
WASHINGTON, July 21. — President Wilson today
signed a personal letter to be dispatched immediately to
the rulers of Britain, France, Russia, Germany and
Austria urging the quick solution of the Polish relief
problem. Reports from unhappy Poland show that
frightful conditions prevail there and the President came
to the conclusion that something must he done at once.
MAY BE NAVAL BATTLE
LONDON, July 21.—It is reported that Danish sail
ors arriving from the North Sea heard the roar of heavy
guns at sea yesterday and it is supposed that a naval en
gagement between German and Russian vessels was the
cause of the uproar. No official dispatches have been re
ceived to support the rumors.
GERMANS SEIZE lr. S. SHIP
* COPENHAGEN, July 21. — The American schooner
Prince Vladimir, of Philadelphia, with a cargo of oil for
Sweden has been captured by a German patrol ship.
SHOOTS FOl'R AND BlKNS
HIMSELF TO DEATH
NEWARK. July 21.—Four passers
by in the street were shot ami serious
ly wounded last night by Salvatore
Casconova. aged 33, an inventor, who
became suddenly insane. He after
wards set fire to his own clothing and
burned himself to death.
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WATSON SAILS
Th Admiral Watson sailed at 3 p.
m. on the 19th and has 20 round trip
passengers aboard.
Harry Ellsworth received today a
shipment of one and a half tons of ore
from Valdez for treatment in his mill, j
The Loyal Order of Moose will meet
in the Pioneer Hall tonight instead
of A. B. Hall.
GREAT SHIPBUILDING
PLANT FOR SEATTLE
SEATTLE. July 2l. — It was an
nounced last night that it has been
decided to immediately expand the
Seattle Construction and Dry dock
I Company to make it a shipbuilding
plant that will be second to none in j
! the United Suites. The announce
; ment is also made that a profit shar
i ing plan will be adopted whereby em
! ployees will be rewarded. This an
! nouncement was made last night as
the first step towards the new regime.
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G. R. Koehler, commander at Fort
Liseum, wrote Frank Cotter today
thanking him for a letter praising the
members of the Fort ball team, and
also thanking all Seward for what the
boys told him was the splendid re
ception they got here.
HtVILL IS ALLOWED
1MRIV-ONE ACHES
The secretary of the interior has
decided that Colonel Uevell is to get
thirty-one and a fraction acres of his
homestead at the head of the bay.
This information came to Judge 0.
Morford, the attorney for Uevell, on!
today’s mail. In the first decision
Uevell was allowed the thirty one
acres but the court of appeals did not
allow him anything. Judge Morford
then took the matter up to the secre
tary of the interior who is the last re
sort in land matters, and the result is
that Colonel Uevell retains what was
at first allowed him.
NEWS NOTES
Horace Do Line is now feeling much
better. He stuck to his post in spite
of his injuries and his shoulder is
rapidly getting well. His foot still
hurts quite a bit. Ike Evans still
seems to think the whole thing funny
just because he escaped, and he said
yesterday that Horace walking on the
street reminded him of the veteran in
the poem who “shouldered his crutch
and showed how fields were won.”
Mr. and Mrs. A. t*. de Sherbinin
and Mi's. Tamblyn will leave Seward,
probably on the next trip of the Mari
posa, and do not expect to return.
This will not he received as pleasant
news.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Straughan, who
came on the Saturn from Kodiak, will
go outside on the Alaska. Mr.
Straughan was the operator at the
Kodiak station and has finished his
service in the territory. Mrs. Straug
han was a visitor in Seward for quite
a while last Christmastide and made
many friends.
It is not pleasant news, but it can
now be stated with almost perfect
certainty ihat Seward will not get a
wireless station this year. This has
been learned from sources which can
not be told.
H. W. James of Latouehe is visiting
the city.
John F. Chamberlain, representing
the Whiton Hardware company, is
here again for the thousandth time.
The information that Nome Re
publicans endorse Hubbard is believed
to be a mistake made in coming over
the lines as Hubbard is a hold over
territorial senator.
A surprise party was given last
evening to Miss Nellie Shea in honor
of her birthday.
H. J. Hood was the only passenger
arriving here from Seattle on the
Farragut but she had several from
way points. She carried three steer
age and one first class passenger
west.
George Phelps also caught a hum
ming bird in his store this morning
and makes the boast that he is not
like unto Fat Hewitt as he let the
l’W'4* into it* immedi
ately.
Operator Hill of the Engineering
Commission’s telegraph department
received a couple of nasty shocks
while at his instrument during the
electric storm last evening. A lady
of the Commission force says the
lightning got a rise out of him by
lifting him from the chair.
BIG NEWSPAPER FIFTY WORKMEN
MEN DELIGHTED WANTED AT ONCE
HEADS OF l!. P. COME AND FALL
IN LOVE WITH
SEWARD.
Milton A. McRae, of the Scripps
McRae League of Newspapers, and
the first president of the great United
Press Association, arrived in the cit>
on the Alaska accompanied by J.
Harper, general counsel of the same
organization, and both gentlemen at
once, it may be said, fell in love with
Seward.
“Of all the towns we have seen in
Alaska,” said Mr. McRae, “Seward
looks the most prosperous, the pret
tiest, the best built,” and he pointed
to our line concrete sidewalks and our
bright and well-stocked stores as he
spoke. He and Mr. Harper were
genuinely surprised. 11 they had been
owners of blocks or real estate here
they could not have been more en
thusiastic. They came to look over
Alaska. Just a short time ago Mr.
McRae had a long talk with Secretary
of the Interior Franklin k. Lane and
he became inoculated with the Alaska
germ to such an extent that he decid
ed to come and see for himself. They
will go through on the Alaska.
Mr. McRae and Mr. Harper were
particularly interested in the (lateway
as a member of their great associa
tion.
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It was announced today that the
baseball game between a Seward team
and a team from the United States
ship Saturn will be played this even
ing. It was supposed the game would
be pulled otf yesterday but it was
postponed. After the game the
dancers will be let loose.
The baseball game between Seward
and the Saturn will start at (5:30
sharp this evening.
TWO LADIES LEAVE THE
TERRITORY FIRST TIME
Mrs. Hope and Mrs. Cotton, who ar
ride from the Pribiloff islands with
their husbands yesterday on the
Saturn are on the first trip of their
lives outside the territory of Alaska.
They were born up there and are the
wives of the radio operators. Mrs.
Cotton is the daughter of a priest of
the Russian church.
FOUND DEAD IN BOAT
VALDEZ.—The body of a man by
the name of Frem was discovered
adrift in a small boat in Passage
Canal last Thursday by residents of
that place and after an examination
of the body by a number of residents
there it was ascertained that death
occurred from natural causes, the
body was buried there—Ex.
SKELTON IS FOUND
FAIRBANKS.—While working on a
small pup of Fox gulch recently, Sam
Hagan found the skelton of a human
being and the clothing of a man. Up
on investigation he came to the con
clusion that the remains were those
of Michael McGilvrcy, who disappear
ed from Fox a year ago last April.
Later in the day, after he spread the
news at Fox, friends identified the
1 clothing as that of McGilvery.
much work to be done near
SEWARD BUT WORKERS
CANNOT BE FOUND.
Fifty workmen arc wanted at once
here in Seward by the Engineering
Commission and the (Jateway ha.*'
been asked to aid in having tin* tact
known. Those fifty can go to work
tomorrow morning if they will only
show up. The engineer in charge is
rinding it frightfully difficult to se
cure anything like the necessary
number of men to do the work which
should be accomplished immediately.
Bids will also be received up to
noon July 21 at Room 7 for the clear
ing of the right of way between Mile
thirty-four and a half and Mile forty.
BIG DANCE ON CARDS
EUR IBIS EVENING
The dance for the officers and men
of the Saturn will be given by the
citizens this evening at A. B. Hall.
Mayor Myers has appointed Frank
Cotter and Frank Ennis to look
after the arrangements and it is ex
jH'cted that every dancer in the city
and those who do not dance will be
present to make the affair worthy of
the occasion.
LONE PROSPECTOR
ATTACKED BY BEAK
Valdez Prospector, July 19.—A. K.
Busch, a prospector, was an arrival in
town last evening on the Valdez
Fairbanks stage. He is suffering
from a badly lacerated leg. inflicted
by a biown bear and tells the follow
ing story of the encounter with bruin.
Busch had been prospecting for the
past two years on the headwaters of
the Talkeetna river, and running out
of grub started for Valdez to replen
ish his supply. He traveled alone and
was unarmed with the exception of a
hunting knife, which he carried in
his pack. He made the trip without
incident until about eight miles from
Simpson's roadhouse, on the Valdez
Fairbanks road. At this point, about
six o’clock on the evening of July 8.
Busch was following the trail through
a thick growth of bushes when he
suddenly came upon a huge brown
bear trotting up the trail toward him.
Neither saw the other until they were
within four or live feet of each
other. As the bear rushed at him
Busch struck him over the head with
a willow stick he was using as a cane.
The bear passed him and turning,
grabbing his leg between the knee and
ankle, sinking his teeth entirely
through the leg and twisting the knee
badly. Busch fell to the ground, and
while prostrate continued to beat the
bear over the nose with the stick until
he let go his hold and started away.
After going a short distance the bear
evidently concluded to again tackle
the man, and turned back. Busch
shouted at the top of his voice and
the bear hesitated and finally took to
the brush and disappeared.
NO TRAIN TOMORROW
A big shot will be fired in rock on (
the railroad at Mile eight tonight and|
no train will go out tomorrow. The
next train will be on Sunday.
FIRST DIVISION IS
NOW UP IN THE AIR
JUNEAU, July 21.—Chairman Irving of the Alaska
Republican Territorial committee has discovered that
there is no provision in the Alaska election law to certify
I the nomination of Schofield or anyone else for the office of
attorney general from one division to the other. The
election law was passed prior to the creation of the office
of attorney general and this is the cause of knocking the
whole thing out. The Republican organizations of all the
divisions are now urged to circulate a petition for Scho
field and to file it in each division with the clerk of court.
Clerk Bell of the First division court announced today
that he will print on his official ballots the names of all
candidates for the office of attorney general notwithstand
ing the defect in the election law. A conference of the
prominent Republicans of the First division will be held
in Juneau early next week to canvas the delegate situation
in this section before the committee appointed at the
Seward convention nominates a candidate for congress.
The delegates say they will be guided by the result of the
conference.
Seattle Strike is
Still Holding Out
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SEATTLE, July 21.—Both sides in
the strike here remain obdurate and
there is no sign of an immediate
settlement. The strikers appear to be
rather incensed at the action of the
San Francisco and Portland long
shoremen and declare that they will
act independently whatever course is
pursued by any other organization.
SAY PROHIBITION
HAS REDCCED CRIME
SALEM, Ore., July 21.—Forty-one
per cent fewer prisoners have been
received in the state prison for the
tirst six months of 1910 than during
the corresponding period of last year.
Prohibition and plentiful employment
are suggested as the reasons.
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FIVE KILLED
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., July 21.—(
Five employees were killed and teni
were injured when a Norfolk and
Western freight train collided with a
work train at Belle Springs, Virginia,
today.
HUSBAND KILLS WIFE
AND U. S. ARMY MAJOR
ALPINE, Texas, July 21. — Major
M. C. Butler, Sixth United States
cavalry, and Mrs. M. J. Spanned, with
whom he was riding in an automobile,
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were shot and killed yesterday by H.(
J. Spanned, the husband of the wom-j
an. Immediately after the shooting
Spanned surrendered. Mrs. Spanned I
was the daughter of Mr. anti Mrs.
John Holland of Alpine. Spanned is
the proprietor of the Holland hotel.'
Jealousy is assumed to be the cause |
of the shooting, rumor having it that
the woman fed as susal for the mili
tary uniform.
The Alaska on her southern trip
will go directly out from Cordova, j
Charles E. Herron arrived on the:
Alaska today but declines to speak for
i publication about the VaJdez conven
tion.
Nels Peterson and A. F. Lange, wed j
known Nomeites, arrived on the
Alaska.
Nome G. 0. P. Club
Oul For Hubbard
NOME, July 2U.—The Seward Pen
insula Republican Club, with a mem
bership of two hundred, at a regular
meeting last night unanimously en
dorsed Senator Hubbard as candidate
for delegate to congress and instruct
ed Gilmore of the territorial conven
tion committee to name Hubbard as
the running mate of George D.
Schofield, candidate for attorney gen
eral, on the Hughes ticket. The Re
publicans here will hold a legislative
divisional primary today and a con
vention on August lft.
(Note:—The name of Hubbard is
mentioned twice in the above cable
and it is hardly likely that it could be
a mistake for Millard who was sup
posed to have the Nome support be
fore. This has kept local people
guessing since the Gateway bulletin
was posted last evening as Hubbard
is known to have been an out and out
t Wiekershamite.)
PROBABLE REPLY TO
CARRANZA TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, July 21.—The
probability of a reply tomorrow to
the note from Carranza suggesting a
commission to take up the Mexican
problem was intimated today after a
conference of an hour between Arre
dondo, the Mexican ambassador, and
Polk, the United States acting secre
tary of state. Fletcher, the United
States ambassador to Mexico, was al
so present.
JACK RONAN MAY
BE CANDIDATE
At the Democratic Divisional con
vention here next Wednesday Jack
Ronan will probably have forced up
on him the candidacy for the terri
torial senate. The only names men
tioned as likely candidates for the
lower house up to the present are
Holland of Chitina, Dr. Council of
Cordova, Charles McCallum of Valdez
and Tom Price of Anchorage.
Miss Babe White and Miss Britton
will be passengers on the Alaska to
Anchorage.