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LUSITANIA LOSS MAY CAUSE EXTRA SESSION
UNITED STATES TALKS Of
WAR OVER THE LUSITANIA
Extra Session Spoken of and
American Ambassador
Mav Be Recalled.
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QUEENSTOWN’/ May 9.—The of
ficial death list shows that twelve
hundred and fifty people lost. their
lives when a German submarine sank
the Cuncard liner Lusitania off Irish
coast Friday afternoon. One hundred
and fifteen of the drowned and killed
people were Americans.
All the morning of Friday the
Lusitania sailed at half speed be
cause of the fear of mines. Full speed
was ordered at two o’clock in the
afternoon and soon afterwards the
submarine was sighted. Then as
hundreds of the pasengers looked over
the rail they saw the torpedo ap
proaching and a moment later it
struck the great vessel amidships
with a terriffic explosion. The ship was
turned towards land but a second tor
pedo hit the bow two minutes later.
The boats were launched immediately
ami hundreds jumped overboard and
as they struggled in the water the
great ship went down in twenty min
utes carrying hundreds down in its
vortex as well :is five rilled lifeboats.
One hundred and fifty-nine of the re
covered bodies are here and about si
hundred have been taken to Fishguard
How many others were recovered is
something that cannot yet be told.
WASHINGTON, May 9.—The
president still refuses to comment on
the sinking of the Lusitania and the
loss of American lives. He will sub
mit the matter to the cabinet and the
policy of the administration may tie
known tomorrow, Monday. Bryan
says that we were never officially
warned but that the Washington gov
ernment had cautioned people against
Atlantic travel. Legal experts here
declare that the sinking of the Lusi
tania was more justifiable than the
sinking of the Falaba because the
Lusitania was warned by Germany
and particularly because she carried
munitions of war for British. These
war munitions were valued at a quart
er of a million dollars.
NEW YORK, May 9.—Count Bern
storff the German ambassador to the
United States, declines to make any
comment on the sinking of the Lusi
tania but he intimates that the Ger
man government is totally indifferent
to the opinion of the United States in
the matter. The general tone of Ger
man sympathizers is that Germany
had a perfect right to sink the ships
and all others carrying munitions of
war. They point out that the number
of lives lost is nothing to the number
that would be taken by the munitions
themselves. The liner Philadelphia
sailed for Liverpool today with nine
hundred and forty passengers who
seemed to be quite willing to take the
chance in spite of the awful warning
of Friday.
MUNICH, May 9.—A Munich dis
patch says that the Lusitania was
sunk by the famous submarine U-29
which has been responsible fo * the
most noted achievements in that
line. Germany is rejoicing all over
because of the event. Flags are fly
ing everywhere and even the schools
have been closed.
VIENNA, May 9.—The city of
Vienna and the city of Buda Pest,
Hungary, are celebrating the destruc
tion of the great British liner Lusi
tania. The sinking of the vessel is
taken as a warning against the ship
ment of war munitions from the
United States.
LIVERPOOL, May'*10.—Bitter riots
broke out in this city yesterday ow
ing to the feeling over the Lusitania.
The mob raged about the streets
wrecking the shops of many German
residents and the police were unable
to repress the violence.
AMSTERDAM, May !>.—More than
a hundred congratulatory telegrams
have bet'ii sent from German sym
pathizers here to the German ministry
of marine because of the destruction
of the Lusitania.
LONDON. May D.—The official Ger
man statement on the sinking of the
Lusitania was published on Saturday.
The statement declares that the de
struction of the vessel was justhed be
cause it was warned and because it
carried munitions of war to be used
against Germany. The German gov
ernment also declares that the British
press, leaders and people consistently
sneered at the warnings given and de-j
dared that such warnings should be
treated with contempt as British war
ships were perfectly able to guard all
British shipping. The press of Am
, sterdam and Paris denounce the de
struction of the vessel.
VICTORIA. May 9.—The news of
sinking of the Lusitania caused a
most bitter feling here. A mob of
soldiers and citizens paraded the
streets for three hours and in their
excitement wrecked a German hotel
while the police refused to interfere.
BOWLING GREEN, May 10.—
Speaker Clark of the national house
of representatives declared in a speech
here today that he does not believe
the calling of an extra session of con
gress will be necessary to take action
on the Lusitania affair. He advised
the nation to forget the whole matter.
This advice has been received with
varying opinions.
SYRACUSE, May 10.—Roosevelt
reiterates his condemnation of the
sinking of the Lusitania. He declares
that the U. S. Government must hold
Germany to a strict accounting if we
can hope to keep our national self
respect.
QUEENSTOWN, May 10.—Surviv
ors of the Lusitania now declare the
confidence of the officers of the ves
sel that she could reach land caused
most of the deaths. The order to
lower the boats was given only after
the second torpedo had struck and
only five of thirty-five boats were suc
cessfully launched. Today’s funerals
of the victims of the disaster will be
military ones. Not enough hearses
could be secured here or in the city
of Cork so that trucks will be used in
many cases to carry the coffins to the
cemetery.
WASHINGTON, May 10.—It is
practically certain now that an extra
session of congress will not be called
to decide whether the United States
shail declare war or not against Ger
many for the taking of American lives
on the Lusitania. It has been sug
gested that the American ambassador
to Berlin be recalled to show the feel
ing of this country and this step, will
of course, mean the suspension of
diplomatic relations between the two
nations.
BERLIN, May 10.—The German
government cabled to the United
States government today its expres
sion of regret and sympathy over the
deaths of Americans on the Lusitania.
The message holds the British govern
ment responsible for them and it de
clares that British merchantmen
now carry guns so that a search of
their vessels is rendered impossible.
WASHINGTON, May 10.—At
Philadelphia tonight President Wilson
is expected to disclose the policy
which the cabinet will pursue with
respect to the sinking of the Lusi
tania and the killing of the American
citizens aboard. Another meeting of
the cabinet will be held tomorrow
after which it is believed the neces
sary action, whatever it will be, will
be taken.
WASHINGTON, May 10.—It was
learned this afternoon that a note de
manding reparation will be forwarded
to Germany after the receipt of the
report of Gerald, the American am
bassador to Merlin. The German am
bassador, Count Bernstorff, called on
Secretary Bryan this afternoon and
expressed regret on behalf of his gov
ernment for the loss of American
lives.
1)R. HALL ACQUITTED.
FAIRBANKS, May 1.—Dr. Hall of
Fairbanks has been acquitted of the
second charge against him. He has
not been sentenced yet for the crime
of which he was found guilty on the
first charge.
YOUNG MAN DROWNED
FROM BOAT NEAR SANAK.
Budget of News of All Kinds from
the Island. Anoter Man
Dies Suddenly.
SANAK.—After having had beauti
ful weather all winter, we decided to
entertain Boreas for a while and wind,
rain and snow squalls have been the
order of the day during April.
The Allan A, the Alaska Codfish
Company’s supply schooner, sailed
for San Francisco on April 16 th.
after loading the winter’s pack of
codfish.
Gus Benson, a young man in the
employ of the Alaska Codfish Co.,
died very suddenly on the Allan A
shortly before she left port. He had
been here for some time and had in
tended to go out on the schooner but
died before she sailed.
At the annual school election the
old board of directors were re-elected:
C. E. Nielson, clerk, Gus Holmbery,
treasurer, Emil Mobeck, director.
Capt. J. E. Jackson, on old time Al
aska navigator now in the employ of
the P. A. F. Co., at King Cove was
shaking hands with his many friends
at Sanak last week. Mrs. Jackson ac
companied her husband on his short
visit to the island.
E. Mobeck has been paying an en
forced visit to the home people. He
came over from King Cove after beef
for the P. A. F. Co. and on account of
the stormy weather was obliged to re
main ten days.
B. Benson has his new launch com
pleted and she is certainly a “nifty”
little craft.
P. E. Nielson is preparing to take
up the dairy business in earnest and
will have “made in Sanak” butter on
the market in the near future. Mr.
Nielson has a herd of about twenty
milk cows.
A sad accident resulting in the
death of Bernhardt Jensen occurred
i a short time ago. Mr. Jensen had
purchased a sloop and was preparing
to engage in cod-fishing at Johnson's
Harbor but in taking the boat around
the island from here she was wrecked
and Mr. Jensen drowned. The body
of the unforunatc man washed ashore
but nothing has been found of the
ooat nor its contents. The young man
came from San Francisco two years
ago and had made a host of friends
on the island.
At last Sanak has an efficient mail
service. The mail boat came in on
the evening of April 23rd, in the teeth
of a blinding snow storm and landed
the mail. No matter what our private
opinion is of the Santa Ana as a boat
we take off our head gear to the bunch
of live wires that has charge of her.
A. Grosvold, the Sand Point mer
chant, was a visitor the latter part of
April. He came in on his schooner,
the Lettie, an encountered some pret
ty rough weather between here and
his home port.
13. Benson made a trip to the west
ward on the April mail boat. Mr.
Benson intends to garner a harvest of
“Alaska Reds” this summer having
made arrangements .vith the P. A. F.
Co. at King Cove to fish for them.
Hot waffles at the Commerce Cafe.
RAID ENGLAND
ONCE AGAIN
GERMAN ZEPPELINS AND AERO
PLANES DROP HUNDREDS
OF BOMBS.
LONDON, May 10.—German Zep
pelins and aeroplanes raided the
towns of Southend and WestclifT last
night and dropped a hundred bombs.
Only one person was killed but it is
admitted that many buildings were
burned and that a very large amount
of damage was indicted. The place
visited is only thirty miles from this
city. The news of the presence of the
air ships caused some excitement here
and the carrying out of the usual pre
cautions but the enemy must hav*
turned light back after the attack
on the two towns mentioned. They
were compelled to quit their work by
the guns of the forts at the places at
tacked but they got away clear.
JIM MURRAY SOLD OUT.
James C. Murray, the Cache creek
mining man, is reported to have sold
out his interests in that creek. The
new owners are now arranging for the
placing of a dredge on the property.
MAIL COMING.
The Iditarod mail has left Mile
Thirty-four and will arrive here this
evening.
VICTORIA HAS
MARTIAL LAW
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STORES ANI) BREWERY WRECK
ED AND THOUSANDS OF
SOLDIERS PATROLLING.
VICTORIA, May. 10.—Martial law
has been proclaimed in this city ow
ing to the violence of the outbreak
against the Germans. The rioting
due to the feeling over the loss of the
Lusitania broke out again last night
and raged with extraordinary fury.
Six German shops and a large brew
ery were wrecked while the police
were either unwilling or unable to
supress the mobs. The soldiers dual
ly hud to be called out and thousands
of them are now patrolling the streets
to suppress every attempt at further
violence. So intense is the rage of
the people that more rioting is ex
pected and reinforcements of troops
are now on the way from Vancouver
to handle the situation.
I
CORWIN EXPECTS TO
GET AWAY TOMORROW.
The steamer Corwin will probably
get away tomorrow morning. On her
arrival here it was feared that she
would have to wait for the Mariposa
to secure a supply of oil but she has
managed to obtain a supply from the
Santa Ana.
NOME PEOPLE VOTED
WET IN CENSUS.
Seward Peninsula City Also Turns
Down Prohibition When
Opinion Is Asked.
Fred Weiler, the wireless op
erator on the Corwin, received a mes
sage stating that Nome had voted
“wet” at the “census” taken in that
town on May 5. The majority in fav
or of saloons is not stated. Quite an
officious campaign has been waged
by the new “outside” judge and dis
trict attorney at Nome against any
thing in the shape of liquor and
gambling and the people are said to
have become irritated by the meddle
some officials.
ANOTHER DOCTOR COMES.
Dr. E. R. Brooks has arrived in the
city and will practice medicine here
with offices in the Daggett Block. The
new doctor is from southern Cali
fornia where he knew Governor
Strong.
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❖ BERLIN CLAIMS GOOD *
❖ PROGRESS AT YPRES. *
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BERLIN, May 10.—The Germans
are still successfully attacking at
i Ypres. The official bulletin does not
1 state what distinct gains, if any, have
been made but the tone of the an
nouncement is clearly intended to
create the belief that we are advanc
i ing there.
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❖ THINK ITALY WILL *
❖ VIOLATE TREATY. ❖
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A M ST K R L>A M, M ay 10.—1 tal y’s
declaration of war against Austria is
now being awaited. The chief consid
eration seems to be that to go to war
with Austria and Germany also
means going to war with '1 urkey and
this will be a violation of the treaty
entered into between Italy and Turkey
at the close of the war between those
nations.
SCLPHCR MINE IS
SHOWING CP RICH.
Large Portions of Deposit Shows
Ninety-Eight Per Cent ot
the Stuff.
Mr. and Mrs. Bales, who arrived
from the westward on the Santa Ana
Saturday, have just perfected title to
their somewhat noted sulphur mine
near Stcpovak bay, and after three
years of watchful waiting and isola
tion from civilization Mrs. Bales and
their little daughter are returning
to Bulfalo, N. Y., for a summer’s
visit at Mrs. Bale’s former home.
Mr. Bales is one of Alaska’s pioneer
guides, hunter, trapper and prospector
and the first white man to make the
overland trip with winter mail from
the coast of the Alaska peninsula to
Nome. His start was from Iliamna
bay and this trip was made in the
winter of 1900.
The discovery of the immense de
posit of almost pure sulphur above re
ferred to was made several years ago
during one of Mr. Bale’s trips. Notic
ing large boulders of the mineral on
a slope covering about 150 acres at
the foot of a peak from which steam
was issuing, six miles from the shores
of Stepovak bay, Mr. Bales traced the
doat to its original source and found
the peak to be composed almost en
tirely of sulphur. Large portions of
the deposit are almost pure, assaying
more than 08 per cent sulphur and
containing traces of gold. The two
steaming craters arc 40 feet in
diameter, the heat having formed
vents through the glacier which cov
ers that portion of the mountain. The
sulphur is used in the Bales home as
fuel instead of coal, because the form
er not only gives out intense heat but
it is accessible as several deposits of
lignite coal in the same vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Bales are engaged in
fox farming as a “side issue,” and
state that in addition to this industry,
the country is especially inviting for
those who desire to engage in stock
raising or fishing. Barren ground
caribou are plentiful and there are
enough big brown bear to afTord at
traction for big game hunters. Mr.
and Mrs. Bales brought out the hide
of one of the bears to be tanned and
made into a rug. It measures 12
feeet from tip to pip unstretched, and
Mr. Bales estimated the weight of the
animal at more than 1600 pounds.
This estimate is based on the actual
weight of a somewhat large one which
was killed in the same vicinity three
years ago by a party of hunters from
St. Louis for whom he acted as guide.
Mr. Bales expects to remain in Se
ward until his family returns from
the cast this fall.
SLEEPING IN SHIFTS
HERE JUNEAU DECLARES.
That a room can hardly be secured
in Seward for love or money is the
general understanding in Juneau at
present, according to Robert Renney,
who came from the capital on the
Corwin on the way to Nome. The
worst falsehood of all to be heard in
Juneau in this respect is that men who
arrive here now pay fifty cents a
sleep for bunks and sleep eight hour
shifts, each bunk thus accomodating
three men each day. When a man
goes to sleep he is awakened at the
end of his eight hours and compelled
to roll out while the “next” stands
by ready to roll in. This rot is told
everywhere along the coast, it is said.
AUSTRIA RTCE1VTS
ITATY’S ULTIMATUM
Musi Grant Demands by
Midnight or Home Govt.
C7
Will Declare War.
HOME, May 10.—The Italian gov
ernment has dispatched an ultimatum
to Austria and gives the government
of that empire unt:l midnight to re
ply to the Italian demands. Shou'd
the reply be unfavorable an im
mediate declaration of war is certain.
PARIS, May 10.—War between
Austria and Italy is imminent. Thou
sands of Germans and Austrians are
fleeing from Italian soil. According
to semi-official notification the govern
ment at Rome has dispatched its ulti
matum to Vienna and that a declara-1
tion of war will most likely come !
within twenty-four hours is believed !
unless Austria grants the demands
made on it by its neighbor.
BERLIN, May 10— Reports here
say that the Italian reservists of the
class of 1876 arc being called to the
colors. Berlin now believes war with
Italy cannot be avoided as Austria
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PARIS CLAIMS SOME *
❖ CONSIDERABLE GAINS. ❖
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PARIS, May 10.—According to the
official announcements today consid
erable gains have been made by our
troops at Nicuport, Arras and Cham
pagne. The details of the fighting
have not been published.
SEWARD BEATS FEDERALS
BY NINE TO SIX.
Get Over Seven Times in First In
ning and Managed to Keep
the Lead.
Seward beat the Federals again
yesterday by 9 to 6. T he home team
got in 7 runs in the first inning when
Grady did not seem to have got go
ing. The Federals want to have the
game described by saying that Seward
won the first inning and the Federals
all the others and if that is any con
solation they should have it. There is
no cloud without a silver lining.
Reed knocked a home run, Carrington
hit a three bagger while two base hits
arc placed to the credit of Burley,
Caserosky and Campbell.
Summary.
Base on balls olf Grady 2, o.f
Manthey 4. Struck cut by .tiady S,
by Manthey 10. Balk, Manthey 1. Hit
by pivcher, Reed Haisch and IV'hl*
maun Passed balls; Tolman 1. Three
base hit, Carrington, 2 base hits;
Burley, Kacerosky, Campbell. Home
run; Reed. Stolen bases; Poehlman,
3, Kline 2, Nickerson, Tolman, Howard
Kacerosky 2, Kreidler. Time of
game, 2 hours.
Lineups.
Federate: Campbell, s.s. Carring
ton, 3rd. base, Ivacerosky, L. F., Bur
ley, C. Lucas, 1 base, Howard R. F.,
Anderson C. F. Kreidler, 2 B. Grady,
pitcher.
Seward: Finnegan s.s. and c.
Haasch lb. Hickey 1. f. Reed 3 b.
Poehlmann, 2 b. Kline c. f., Taylor,
r. f. Tolman, c. Manthey p. Nickerson,
s. s.
EVANS LEAVES JUNEAU.
The Admiral Evans left Juneau for
Seward yesterday at noon.
PACKERS FINED.
VALDEZ, May 3.—The Fidaglo Isl
and Packing company was fined $500.
by Judge F. M. Brown today for will
ful waste of salmon last year at the
canneries of the company. Five in
dictments were brought against the
company and $100.00 was charged for
each offense. The company pleaded
guilty today.
VALDEZ VOTES WET.
Valdez voted wet by 564 to 119.
seems to be adamantine in its resolve
to refuse the demands made on it by
Rome. This, of course, will mean war
with us as we shall have to make an
enemy of Austria’s enemy. The opin
ion here is, however, that the Italian
army cannot hope to cope with either
the Austrian or the German troops.
GENEVA, May 10.—A tremendous
army of six hundred thousand Italian
troops is concentrated at Verona,
about forty miles from the Austrian
frontier, according to the most reli
able reports received here.
NOTHING FROM EAST.
LONDON, May 10.—No informa
tion has been published here since
Saturday as to the course of the cam
qaign in Galicia. This may be due
to the absorbing interest in the de
struction of the Lusitania which is
for the present the whole topic of
conversation. _
NOME PEOPLE
ON WAY BACK
FAMOUS STEAMER CORWIN IN
PORT WITH 124 PEOPLE
ABOARD.
The steamship Corwin, Captain Dick
Healy, arrived last evening about
eight o’clock on the way to Nome with
one hundred and twenty passenger
who are going in early to begin the
summer’s work on Sev.ard peninsula.
The Corwin is probably the most fam
ous vessel in the waters of Alaska.
Almost every year for many years
she has been the first boat to arrive
at Nome. Usually she gets there be
fore the ice is out and has her pai»
sengers landed long before any of the
other steamers arrive. She changed
hands some time ago and recently all
the Alaskans who held an interest in
her have sold out. Since going out
last fall she has been converted Irom
a coal to an oil burner and renovated
in various ways. Nearly all her of
ficers are oldtime Nomeites. The
chief engineer is Gene Winter, son of
the late P. D. W’inter, one of Nome’s
former prominentn mining operators.
The purser is Harry Barnett. Iho
chief steward is Joe Sliscovich, the
man who nearly sold a whole mount
ain to the Japanese government. The
wireless operator is “Dutch f red
VVeiler who was charged last fall with
running a German secret wireless
establishment and scared the carpet
bag judge and district attorney of
Nome almost to death.
After discharging at Nome the Cor
win will engage in walrus hunting
during the summer. I* rank Grimm,
mining operator, is acting as lecturer.
Amongst the well known oldtimers
aboard are:
Gene Winters, W. A. Ewing, H.
Carlson, Frank Grimm, P. S. Oglesby,
Mr. and Mrs. De Clercq and family,
Capt. S. Spinne>. H. S. Crane, Jack
Devine, Al. Cary, C. B. Cooper, Bett
Beckstead, W. E. Wagner, Mr. and
Mrs. Marks, Emma Smith and son,
Chas. Discumbe, Chas. Stone, Bob
Barge, James Barge, Capt. Annevik,
Howard Jones, Joe Sliscovich, Capt.
Bell, Louie Thurstrup, Jim Knox, Jim
McPatterson, Fred Hartman, Otto
Binder, Bob Renny, Mape Renny.
THE BRANCH SOLD.
James Fitzpatrick announces that
as the Branch saloon has been sold by
him to Mr. Walmsley he wishes all
bills owing or payable to be presented
at The Branch by Wednesday mom
mg.