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ITALIANS CAPTURE GREAT AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS
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GERMANY DECLARES PRESIDENT WILSON RIGHT
ON TO PARIS! BECOMES THE
CRT ON STREETS OF BERLIN
Llovcl George Warns Working
men of England That They
W ill he Eoreed to Labor.
ITALY CAPTURES MANY SHIPS
PARIS, June 23.—It is announced that the capture of
the Austrian port of Monfaleone has resulted in the tak
ing l»y the Italians of two Austrian superdreadnaughts,
a cruiser, eleven steamships, about a score of sailing ves
sels and also aeroplanes and various sorts of munitions of
war. Monfaleone is situated on the gulf of Trieste and
was probably invested from the land and water simultan
eously. Otherwise is would be hard to understand how
the Austrian warships could be caught*
URRAXA, Ohio, June 23.—An American girl has
been arrested as a spy in London, and information has
been received that she is from this part of the country.
She has appealed to the American ambassador to Great
Britain who is now making enquiries concerning her.
FRENCH GAIN
PARIS, June 23.—The official information was pub
lished late this afternoon that the French are gaining in
Alsace where the fighting is Utter The Allied offensive
in other quarters is progressing favorably for us but re
sults cannot be expected all at once. The advantages gain
ed in Alsace are marked ones and have created a most
optimistic impression.
LONDON, June 23.—H. G. Wells, the famous novel
ist, has issued a statement in which he suggests that Great
Britain should build at least a thousand airships to de
stroy the munitions factories of Germany. He believes
those factories to be the vulnerable place in the enemy's
armor.
ON TO PARIS, CRIES BERLIN
BERLIN, June 24.—Since the rout of the Russians
in Galicia great demonstrations have taken place in this
city and now the populace has taken up the cry of “On to
Paris", evidently beileving that with the defeat of the
Russians has come the right moment for the great Ger
man drive against the allies in the west. If any doubt
of ultimate victory existed before in the minds of Ger
mans it has been dissipated by the wonderful victories of
Macketisen in Galicia.
BERLIN, June 23.—The commander of the submar
ine who sank the Lusitania has not been awarded the iron
cross or any order of merit or distinction. While the work
done by him is justified by the government, the great loss
of innocent lives is regarded as a good reason for not of
ficially recognizing the feat of destroying the liner.
U. S. GERMANS BUSY
CLEVELAND, June 24.—The German societies have
now started a national movement to have an embargo
placed on munitions of war. The leaders of the movement
expect support from all people who are favorable to the
cause of the Teutonic allies. It is the intention to work on
the members of congress and to make a political issue of
the question. . n
WASHINGTON, June 2-4.—Mail arriving here for
neutrals and from neutral countries is found to have been
opened, marked and censored, presumably by the British
authorities and complaints are being constantly received
by the state department. The matter is expected to create
much trouble especially as William Jennings Bryan has
committed hmself to a statement opposing the practise
and so gives encouragement to an agitation to prevent it.
EUREKA, June 24.—France is now purchasing a
thousand horses in this state and the price has risen ex
ceedingly.
TAKE TURK TRENCHES
PARIS, June 24.—With the exception of the informa
tion that French Zouaves have captured two Turkish
trenches near the Dardanelles very little news has been
received from that region within the past forty-eight
hours. The report that the Allies have admitted failure
of the campaign against Turkey is denied as a fabrication
here although it emanated from Athens which is usually
favorable to the Allies.
TELLER DEXTER HORTON
BANK GETS 15 YEARS,
Got Fifteen Thousand by Forgery and
Blew His Money in
at Poker.
SEATTLE, June 24.—De Forest
Gove, formerly teller of the Dexter
Horton Bank, was sentenced today to
fifteen years in the penitentiary, for
forgery. Owing to the fact that he
was a handwriting expert, he sueced
ed in forgeries that brought him
fifteen thousand dollars. His crime
was due to losses at poker.
BASEBALL RIVALRY
BREAKS OFT AGAIN.
The Federals and Seward Will Meet
This Evening to Decide Mat
ters Once For All.
The Federate will meet Seward this
evening in a battle on Resurrection
diamond to decide once for all which
is to stand supreme. The batteries
will be the old one; Carrington and
Burley for the Outlaws, and Nicker
son and Manthey for the Homers.
This game is the result of a warm
argument that came up in the last
day or two. It is said that some good
money has been put up on the Feds
and that Seward backers covered
every cent of.it. The captains and
managers declare that the game will
be fought with every ounce in both
bunches. A few new men will be used
but the lineups will be about the same
as those which fought it out before.
ACKLEY STARTS CHARGES
AGAINST BILLY SUNDAY.
PHILADELPHIA? June 24.—Ack
ley, the resigned secretary of Billy
Sunday, has come out with his first
charges against Sunday and will fol
low them up with others and more
serious one. He declares that Sunday
plagiarizes all the prominent evangel
ists of the past and gives out their
sentiments and words as his own.
Amongst those who have furnished
“copy” for Sunday, according to his
former secretary, are, Sam Jones,
Talmadge and Gypsy Smith. The ex
posure promised by Ackley is being
awaited with keen anticipation by the
public who fully expect that the
evangelist idol has feet of clay.
LANSING GETS
JOB OF_BRYAN
OFFICIALLY ANNOPNCED THAT
HE HAS BEEN MADE PER
MANENT PREMIER.
—
j WASHINGTON, June 23.—It was
announced officially this afternoon
that Robert Lansing has received the
permanent appointment as secretar>
of state in place of William Jennings
; Bryan. The announcement was made
without causing surprise as the presi
dent was fairly well known to have
| made up his mind on the matter al
though desirous of postponing the fin
al decision until the country had had
time to give its views if the people
| wished to do so. The first act of the
! new secretary was to send a warning
this evening to Mexico that the lives
and property of foreigners in Mexico
City must be respected. President
Wilson, after making the statement
of Lansing’s appointment, went to his
summer quarters at Cornish, New
Hampshire.
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❖ MORE EARTHQUAKES *
❖ DAMAGE CALIFORNIA. ❖
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EL CENTRO, Calif., June 24.—
More slight earthquakes have occurr
ed in the Imperial valley and have
; caused damage to property to the ex
tent of a million and a half dollars.
The continuation of the quakes, for
such a length of time, is unusual and
1 causes much uneasiness.
ALAMEDA LEAVES CORDOVA.
The Alameda left Cordova at 8
o’clock this morning.
PIONEERS MEET.
A special meeting of the Pioneers
| will take place at A. B. Hall this even
ing at 9 o’clock. Important business
i will be transacted.
LICENSE REFUSED.
Judge Brown has refused to grant
a license to Mr. Myers for a saloon
in Seward and Deputy Marshal Evans
was notified of the fact last evening.
Mr. Myers and another man made ap
lication while the court was in session
here but the other party pulled out.
The judge refused the license on the
ground that Seward has enough
saloons, a belief which the majority
of the people of the city seem to
share with him.
FORCE LABORERS TO WORK
LONDON, June 24.—Great Britain is now faced by
the suppression of freedom in labor and within a month
may witness the compelling of its laborers to go to work
or suffer certain consequences to be provided for by law.
Lloyd George, the minister of munitions, announced today
that he will give one more week to the labore leaders to
rally to the work of manufacturing munitions of war and
to redeem their promise to get the workingmen of the na
tion into the factories. After that, the words of the mini
ster suggested, severe measures will be adopted to make
the men work in spite of themselves. He has proposed
the passage of a munitions bill which will make strikes
illegal and will create a volunteer army of workingmen
pledged to work wherever they are needed. That such a
bill will meet with strong opposition is expected but the
majority of the laborers are said to be in favor of forget
ting class questions during the war.
SINK SEVEN BOATS
LONDON, June 24—German submarines sank seven
British fishing vessels off the coast of Scotland yesterday.
It is stated that all the crews were probably saved. Dr.
Dernburg, former colonial minister of the German gov
ernment who was on his way home from the the United
States, has been detained by the British government. He
represented the kaiser’s government in the United States
since the beginning of the war in an unofficial capacity
but left when he was quietly informed that his presence
was causing embarrassment
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It would be better to avoid entirely
any reference to the rumors about the
terminal which gained currency last
evening, and received so much false
coloring today, but so many ground
less stories have been told that an ex
planation may be desirable. The
whole thing has been caused by the
use of the phrase “terminal coal dock
site” when speaking of Anchorage in
a communication to the outside. This
phrase was borrowed from a poster
issued by Commissioner Mears. In
taking a copy of the communication
in Seward, a coma got in accidentally
between the words terminal and the
following word and made it appear as
though Anchorage was called the
terminal of the railroad. It has been
explained that the phrase did not
mean terminal at all in the sense that
wo have come to consider it. As a
matter of fact Matanuska will be an
other terminal—the terminal of a
branch line. However, the communi
cation was followed up this morning
by one stating that Seward and Se
ward only is the terminal of the gov
ernment railroad, which we all know
to our hearts’ content by this time.
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❖ CARRANZA REFUSES ❖
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WASHINGTON, June 24.—In an
swer to the efforts to bring the war
ring factions of Mexico together,
Carranza states positively in a com
munication to Washington, that he re
fuses to enter into any compromise
with Villa or any other of the leaders
opposed to him.
SMOOT AND JOSEPH
SMITH WITNESSES.
Mrs. Geddes is Suing for Part of Six
Millions of the Eccles
Fist ate.
OGDEN, June 24.—Li oot and
Joseph Smith have been summoned to
testify in behalf of Mrs. Geddes who
is suing for a portion of the six mil
lion dollars belonging to the Eccles
estate in behalf of her son. The cross
examination is attempting to show
that her marriage was a polygamous
one and that her son is not legitimate.
The attorneys for the estate are also
trying to show that she defended
polgamy in the Smoot hearing at
Washington in 1904.
WAR ABOVE CLOUDS
GENEVA, June 24.—Fighting is now proceeding be
tween the Austrians and Italians above the clouds at
Stelvio pass in the Alps north of Lombardy and near
Bormio. The Austrians are strongly fortified there but
the Italians are bombarding them severely.
HAVRE, June 24.—The British have captured Kis
sitries in German East Africa and the whole colony is ex
pected to be soon in the possession of the invading force.
Fighting is said to be proceeding there slowly owing to
the impenetrable nature of most of the country.
SAME OLD STORY IN WEST
LONDON, June 24.—The censorship of news from
the front is more strict now than it was in the beginning
of the war. The bulletins giving the reports from the
western front are brief and contain only the slightest
amount of information. They seem to make it clear that
we have at least lost no ground in France or Belgium, but
on the other hand, they contain no information of gains by
our side. Severe figthing is known to be proceeding at
various parts of the line but with the exception of the
claim of advance by the French in Alsace nothing decisive
has occurred.
SUBMARINES IN MEDITERRANEAN
ROME, June 24.—Seven German submarines are
now operating in the Mediterranean sea and in the waters
adjoining it. That they can seriously endanger the allied
warships operating against the Dardanelles cannot be de
nied but the story that the British fleet took refuge in a
bay is not credited.
BRITISH CRUISER HIT
LONDON, June 24—The British cruiser Roxburgh
has been torpedoed in the north sea by a German sub
marine but has managed to reach port safely. The admir
alty has not told the real extent of the damage to the ves
sel but that she escaped is certain. She is a vessel of more
than ten thousand tons.
KAISER HAS TRIUMPH
BUCHAREST, June 24.—The kaiser of Germany, at
the head of a hundred thousand of the flower of his army,
rode into the city of Lemberg today, like a Caesar in a
triumph of ancient Rome. The entry was made with
tremendous pomp and circumstance intended to celebrate
what the Teutonic allies regard as the final clearing of the
invader from Austrian soil. From the dispatches received
here it is deduced that the Teutons have continued the
pursuit of the Russians whose advance is said to be now
actually crossing the home frontier into Russian terri
tory. The immense population of Jews which goes to
make a large proportion of the total population of Lem
berg almost went wild with joy at the return of the
Teutonic armies and the expulsion of the Russian garri
son. The whole city was en fete when the kaiser and a
brilliant staff rode into the main streets and if the city
were Petrograd itself the demonstration of joy by the
Germans and Austrians could hardly have been greater.
The opinion seems to prevail now in this capital that
Roumania by its entry into the war could scarcely hope to
save the day for the czar.
}T0 TURN OVER
R. R. JULY 5
NEXT MONDAY WEEK IS THE
DAY NAMED FOR TRANS
FER TO GOVERNMENT.
July 5, which falls on the Monday
following next Monday, is the exact
date on which the Alaska Northern
is to be turned over to the govern
merit. It is stated, however, that a
clause exists in the agreement by
which the transfer can be delayed
should some unexpected occurrence
make the delay advisable. That there
will be no reason for taking advant
age of this delay is about certain.
The clause is simply one of those pre
cautionary measures taken usually by
governments. Word has been receiv
ed that the contract compels the vend
ors of the railroad to transfer it to
the government and also compels the
government to accept the road, that
is, as far as a government can be
compelled to do anything. The law
suits now pending do not in the least
affect the purchase of the road, as has
been stated before. They only alToct
the manner in which the purchase
price is to be divided. The govern
ment’s fiscal year begins on the first
of July and on that day the two mil
lion dollars appropriated by congress
will be available for use in the pur
chase of the Alaska Northern and for
construction work by the engineering
commission. So ten days from date
we shall probably see the government
in charge.
MAY HE ATTEMPT TO
BLOW I P CARNEGIE.
Dynamite Found on Steps of the Iron
master’s Home With I use
Burned Out.
NEW YORK, June 24.—A dynamite
bomb was found on the steps of the
Carnegie home here last night. I he
fuse attached to tho bomb was burned
out, and the atTair has all the appear
ance of being an attempt to destroy
the residence, but so many bombs
have been found with the fuse burned
out, that the police suspect the fuse
might have been burned before at
tached to the powder. The Carnegie
family is away at present.
REVENUE SHORT $30,000,000.
WASHINGTON, June 24.—The
Revenue shortage through customs
amounts to thirty million dollars, ac
cording to the report made today.
WILSON CONFERS WITH
COLONEL HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 24.—Presi
dent Wilson conferred this morning
with Colonel House who has just re
turned from London and Berlin. It
was stated that House had gone to
Europe with proposals from this gov
c .iment relating to possible terms of
peace but he has denied the statement.
BIDS OPEN TONIGHT.
The bids for the work on Fourth
avenue will be opened this evening at
the meeting of the city council. It is
said that the bids will number twelve
or fifteen.
“In His Hour of Triumph,” at the
Casino tonight is without a doubt the
strongest two-reel drama that has
ever been seen here. A large audience
witnessed the performance Tuesday
evening and everyone pronounced it
a huge success. The Imp stock com
pany extended itself when it produced
this masterpiece. It*