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SBWAHD. ALASKA. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1914 NO* 241
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REVOLUTION BREAKS OLE
OVER SPANISH KINGDOM
MADRID. .July 21.—Spain is again in revolution and
the country is threatened with one ol the liercest strug
gles in its chccquered history. I he revolutionists are said
U> have become united in all quarters and ready to take
the field against the army of King Altonso.
Already the orders have been issued for the mobiliza
tion of the government troops and on every hand icei
mcnts are march i.g to take up their stations although it
is feared by the royal party that not all the soldiers by any
means can be trusted in a war against the rebels. There
was a rumor thi- morning to the effect that Queen Vic
toria is making reparations to leave the country at the
re;nest of the king. She is said to have refused point
blank to go and leave him in Spain but he was insistent al
though he is determined to see the matter to its final cor.
elusion.
It is feared that no mercy will he shown by either side
>borid the revol iion not be suppressed before it gets
>tronit enough to uake a netei mined stand.
Ml CAILlAUX
TELLS STORY
WIFE (>F FKFNi II SI \TESM \N
now on nn \i t ok Tin:
Ml KOFK >1 W
Em i or
HARIS. July 21. -The trial of Ma
dame Caillaux. wife of the !■ reach |
cabinet minister, for tl e murder ot j
the editor of the Figai© began here |
yesterday and the accused woman j
teok the chair to be ex. mined by the
presiding judge after ti e usual man
mi of procedure in l ench courts.
She told a most dramatic story of the
shooting of the editor and decUned ,
ti nt she had merely wanted to pre- J
wnt tin* editor from publishing the
U.ve letters which he had in his pos- ,
. >ion and which he had threatened j
tv gi\e to the public. She went on t >
state that during the interview she
hail lost her head and had killed him j
in a strange spell ot nervousness. Hoi j
testimony was listened to in deep sil- ;
ence by the great crowd which had
u anagod to gain admittance to th *,
courtroom. Admission v.as giv*n by
t.cket and the ticket holders appear- |
ed before daylight so that they might
run no chance of losing their oppor
tunity to be present at one of the j
most sensational murder hearings in
the histon of the world s courts. No ,
women were admitted at all. A huge
tl0wd assembled outside the building
end the police had a busy time trying
to keep them quiet. Some attempts
at demonstrating were made by the
partisans in the crowd but no serious
outcome resulted.
The woman who is on trial is th<*
v ife of a man who was a cabinet min
ister of the government of France at
the time she shot the editor. He has
since resigned. He was present in
court during the trial yesterday anti
was pathetically attentive to his ac
cused wife.
Joe Richardson is a F rench ( :»na
tiian who lives at Hope and is w» i’
known all over the Kenai 1 enin>u.u
H<* is a thorough woodsman and an
<' pert axman but he recently cut his
tVot very badly with his axe after
having been working with pick and
shove! on (lus SoitTert’s ditch tor .a
month. In apologizing for his appar
. t lack of skill Joe said: “I use ze
p>t!< so long I forget she’s an axe.
H. V. Hoben and P. M. Ogle left
tl is morning for Portage Hay.
James R. Hayden, who has been
looking over the dredging prop riy
oa Kenai river for the past week is
e ;pected to arrive at RooseveU this
e /ening.
Michael Dogan left yesterday for a
couple of days’ visit at the Skeen red
Leehner property on F alls creek.
More than $100,(W) was paid out in
the first half of May for furs at Fair
banks. It is believer that the spring
catch will be very large by the time
it is all in.
BATTLE COMING I
NEAR VANCOUVER
.iiMH S 1,1.1’ I’OMMAND OF '
HU* AN 0 BIH ITSII CKCI
SKB COM I'.S TO AT
T U K H
VAWOCVICU. B. C.. July 21.—A
bony of desperate Hindus who were
refused admission t» British Colum
bia have seized a ship in this harbor
and hn'v »ie. ed the authorities.
A British cruiser has been summon
ed from IHquimait ami is already on
the way. *1 he commander of the » «i
ser declares that he wiil steam right
up to the vessel of the mutineers an i
that he will board her with such a
targe body of men that the Hindus
vii be overawed and give up before
’in *v is any bloodshed.
The matter is in a very serious
>tate. however, as the l.indus are bar
Headed and swear they will die before
-itirrendering. The crew of the vessel
are mostly Japanese bat the men of
that nationality have received a cable
gram from the Japanese government
►rdering them to quit the ship before
the attack is made by the cruiser amt
-o avoid giving any reason for inter
national complications.
The people of this city are watch
ing the event with the greatest possi
ble interest and arc expecting th.r:
quite a tight will result. The Hindus
ire incensed bv the refusal of the
government to aid them in landing in
Britsh Columbia and they state the* •
^termination to die before accepting
anything less than the privilege*
granted to other British subjects.
HAITI REBELS i
ABE REPULSED
vrr.u'K nrv hit retrea
u: \Yl\<; A LARUE Nl M
hi:r or head
CALK HAITI EX, July 21.—'The
rebels were repulsed in an attack on
whis city yesterday ami have retreat
ed to the l als leaving many dead be
hind them. They were in greater
o?\e than the defenders but the lat
ter hail the advantage of good shelter
provided by the houses. The garri
son also had put up strong breast
works and dug trenches and wen
able to do much execution on the a.
tackers as they charged in the open.
The president has issued a call for
more troops to follow up the retreat
ing rebels but tlw> chance of catching
! them before they reach good shelter
I is not considered good. The United
| States government has been formal y
! notified that any interference on i*s
' part in the affairs of the country
I would be regarded as an act of un
friendliness.
COUNCIL HAS
LONG SESSION
SCHOOL WILDING AND FRAN*
nusK question debated
EXHAUSTIVELY AT LAST
NIGHT’S MEETING
The city council held a protracted
session last night which lasted from
| s to 11:15 o’clock and at which the
| school building and tue electric power
franchise questions were once more
discussed.
It was learned that the deed for tin
lots for the school building had no,
yet arrived. Curtis Morford again
voiced some objections to the location
of the lots. He declared that sine'*
the resolve to purchase the lots he
had come to the conclusion that being
I so near the hill a building there
would not have the amount of light in
inter which it ought to have. He
sa: l also that if tin* lots are taken the
building should not be expensive.
Councilman Noon declared that he
ad seen no proposals presented by
anyone for lots for a school building
He also expressed the belief that
."hatever the money spent for the
budding it should be spent here in
Seward. It was finally decided to is
sue warrants for a Hurd of the* pur
chase money so that the deal might
he concluded when Mr. Hansen is
heard from Mr. Wnitehead is get
ting in touch with nim.
In the discussion iTout the plans
Mr. Noon declared that the expense
of the building must 11 kept down to
$4,000. He even doubted the im
mediate necessity for building at all
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KING SETTLING
HOME RULE ROW
SUMMONS REPRESENTATIVE*
OF ALL THE FACTIONS TO
MEET HIM IN CON
FERENCE
LONDON, July 20.—Prime Minis
ter Asquith announced today at the
opening of the House of Commons
that King George has summoned to n
conference the representatives of all
the factions so that some settlement
of the Irish Home Rule question
might be arrived at. The king him
self will take part in the discussions
as a sort of president and it is hoped
by all the people in these countries
that the matter will be amicably ar
ranged as Ireland is now divided into
two rival camps of armed men and
civil war might occur at any moment.
Asquith himself will be one of the
representatives of the government a'
the conference and Arthur J. Balfour
will he the chief representative of the
tories. John E. Redmond and, proba
bly, John Dillon and T. P. O’Connor
will represent the Irish nationalisr ,
and Sir Edward Carson and, it is
thought the Marquis of Londonderry
will represent the Irish unionists.
The conference will probably begin
immediately and in a few days a set
tlement is looked for if there is to be
any settlement at all.
DELIGHTFUL concert
due this evening
The concert at the M. E. church to
night will l o given by choir and local
talent, consisting of anthems, solos
and readings. Solos will be sung »>>
Mrs. Sawyers, Miss McKean, Messrs.
Harvey, lYttersen and Brownell.
Readings by Mrs. Riley. Admission
25 cents. After the program ice
cream, cake and coffee will be served
at the usual price*
Men’s fancy cotton and lisle thread
socks in 50c and 75c qualities; special
at 35c, 3 pairs for $1.00. Brown &
Hawkins, “Quality First’’.
Huerta Gets Clear at
Last ol Mexican Soil
• PUERTO MEXICO, July 21.—Vic
toriano Huerta, former president of
Mexico, is at last an exile from Mexi
can soil having set sail today with Gen
eral Blanquct on the German cruiser
Dresden for Jamaica. It was only
known that he was not bound for Eu
rope a short time before the vessel
sailed. He has made all arrangements
with the British government for its
protection while he is under its flag, it
is declared, and no effort will be made
to prevent his landing in the island.
The reason for his choice of Jamaica j
instead of Europe is said to be that he
still hopes to return to Mexico with
safety when Carbajal, the acting presi
dent, secures an amnesty for himself £
and his supporters. ft
MEXICO CITY, July 21.—The peo- £
plo of this city are now awaiting the ^
coming of the rebel army anxiously, ft
•‘Vrbajal is regarded as being a man of £
exceedingly great courage to have tak- ^
en the presidency at all under the cir- ft
cumstances and there are many who £
believe that vengeance will be wreaked ^
on him by the rebels for the flight and ft
escape of Huerta and Blanquet. £
The rumor that Zapata is approach- j>
ing the capital created much uncasi- ft
ness to the people of the city and fur- £
ther information is being awaited with ^
serious foreboding. £
BASEBALL GAME
WAS UNINTERESTING
Too Much Child's Play and Not
Enough Serious Interest Taken
By Players
What might have been an interest
ing game of baseball last evening was
spoiled by the flippant manner of the
players themselves. They adopted
the very manner w! ich is best calcu
lated to canse the spectators to lose
all interest and thii very fault has
caused more harm to games of all
kinds than most people imagine.
Manthey’s team won by 7 to 6, but
then it was really 'mly a practice al
though it was advertised as a real
game. From this time forward it is
i said the boys will got down to real
work and make some good games.
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The name "Gamble's" is ft Trade Mark and
wherever aeen is a iruarantee of Wholosome
ness and Cleanliness.
SLIDE KILLS 5 I
AT PANAMA
_
CCCARACHA SLIDE SCENE OF
me; DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
AND DEATH
PANAMA, July 21—Five men were
killed yesterday at the Curaeha slide
in the Panama canal when a grea:
charge of dynamite went off sudden
ly. The operations were being car
ried on for some days and a large
number of men were employed in the
work of removing the slide. Nearly a
hundred of the workers were close to
the spot where the dynamite exploded
and that the number of casualties wr.s
not much greater is regarded as re
markable. '
BIG PACKS TAKEN OUT
BY FISHING COMPANIES
A. H. Bradford Say« the Fort Moller ,
C annery Has Made a
Record
On June 25 the Moller cannery,
near Bristol Bay, had 45,000 cases of
salmon which is the largest pack for
that time of the year in the history of
Bristol Bay fishing, according to
Alexander H. Bradford, a mining en- j
gineer, who arrived in Seward from 1
that section a few days ago. The j
company is now using seine nets for :
the first time and is heading off the !
fish before they enter the bay. The j
Port Moller and King Cove canneries,
which are new ones, will have large
packs Mr. Bradford says. Mr. Brad
ford will take a trip from here to
Portage Bay in a few days. He is a
deputy United States surveyor but his
trip to Portage Bay will be “on his
own hook”.
ACCUSES PA I RICK CALHOUN
OE STEALING E MILLION
ALL ALASKAN
ITEMS CUT OUT
NOTHING WILL BE APPROPRI
ATED IN CIVIL SUNDRY
BILL BUT TO FAIR
BANKS
WASHINGTON, July 21.—All the
appropriations for Alaska which were
contained in the civil sundry bill hav»*
been struck out with the exception o*
the $15,000 which had been asked by
Fairbanks for the purchase ol
grounds for its federal building. Tlv*
cut was made at the conference of t! e
members of the committees on appr -
priations of each house although the
appropriations had been previously
granted by each committee in turn
Some of the items eliminated were
sums for the natives, fisheries, game
and other important departments.
The appropriation for an Alaskan
exhibit at the Panama exposition at
San Francisco was also included in
the civil sundry bill and this has prob
ably also been lost althouph the cor
respondent has forpotten to mention
it in the above dispatch.
STEAMSHIPS COMING CLOSE
The Admiral Sampson sailed west
from Valdez at 11 o’clock this morn
inp. She will call at the different,
ports on the way and is expected to
arrive here at 7 o’clock tomorrov
morninp. The Northwesetrn will sail
from Cordova this evening.
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try Cooper's Cafe.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—That Patrick Calhoun,
president of the United Railroads of San Francisco, took
a million dollars out of the treasury of the company with
in the space of two years is the sensational evidence given
before the commission yesterday by Thornton Mullally,
Calhoun’s assistant.
The railroad commission began its investigation into
the affairs of the United Railroads a few days ago but the
evidence given by Mullally is the most startling which has
yet been presented. He has not yet stated what Calhoun
did with the money but his testimony is not yet concluded
and further disclosures are looked for bet ore he leaves the
stand.
It is the intention of the commission to make a thor
ough probe of all the circumstances and Calhoun is be
lieved now to be in a more serious position than that in
which he found himself during the trial of himself and
Abe Ruef and the others who were mixed up at the time of
the special prosecution.
ROADS TO PAY j
ONE PER CENT
WICKERSIIAM BILL CITS OCT j
ALL CRIMINAL PENALTIES
FOR RAILROAD
TAXES
There has evidently been some mis
understanding outside in relation to
the Alaska railroad blil recently pass
ed by congress as a telegram receive!
today by the Gateway from Delegate
Wickersham seems to contain the in
formation thi.t taxation of railroads
to a comparatively small extent will
still prevail in the territory.
The tax will be one per cent on the
gross receipts of railroads but all
criminal penalties are eliminated. The
following is the telegram:
Washington, D. C., July 21.
My bill remitting all criminal pen
alty for the nonpayment of railroad
taxes and changing the tax to one per
cent of the gross income became law
July 8.
J. WICKERSHAM,
Delegate from Alaska
VALDEZ G. 0. P.
STARTING WORK
RKPIBLICANS BELIEVE IN
HOLDING CONVENTION AND
KEEPING ORGANIZATION
GOING
VALDEZ, July 21.—The leading
Republicans of this city strongly fa
vor the plan of calling a Republican
convention for the territory if fj*
no other purpose than to keep the or
ganization in good condition.
Sam Blum, former chairman, says
by all means hold a convention and in
this opinion he is backed up by sev
eral others.
Senator Millard, Representative
Ingram, James Fish, J. M. Lathrop,
Judge John Lyons, E. E. Ritchie and
others are among those who favor the
plan to hold the convention and maj
take steps to have the machinery set
to work.
It seems to be the general opinion
the Republicans ought to waic
intil the Democratic convention which
1ms been called to meet in Skagway,
or, at least, not to call the Republi
: can convention until a date subse
! quent to that at which the Demo
1 cratic convention takes place as the
, members of the Republican ranks bc
' lieve that it might be a good idea to
! wait and see what the representatives
| of the other regular party will do.
You’ll find everything in the pastry line
at the Seward Cafe.
You get local Ranch Egga with your Ham
and Bacon at Gamble'* Reitaurant.
Meet me at The Branch.
BIG SCANDAL
AT PRIBILOFF
l UNITED STATES OFFICIALS A ?
BERING SEA ISLAND SAID
TO BE WORSE THAN
FIENDS
Are the United States officials on
the Pribiloff islands on Bering sea a
set of human fiends or not ?
This is the question which has been
suggested by the telegraphic dispute)
of yesterday and by information
which has since been given out here
in Seward.
The dispatch from the outside
showed that Dr. Jones of the govern
ment fisheries service had wired to
Washington that several of the od>
cials of the islands had violated the
laws not only by permitting the kill
ing of baby seals but by the de
bauchery of the natives. The dispatch
also stated that these officials have
been suspended and that a new set of
officials have been sent for.
The information received here m
Seward is to the effect that the offi
cials up there have been accused of
several serious crimes. One charge is
that, the seals were slaughtered at
will and that the finest skin on the isl
and could be bought for as small a
sum as $2.50. It is also charged that
a stranger is always in danger of be
ing held up and fined a lot of money
that never got into the hands of any -
one but the officials themselves.
There is also the charge that native
women have been debauched by the
wholesale and if the reports are true
a state of things will be exposed that
could beat Russia at its supposed
worst.
CZAR WELCOMES THE
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
Poincare Visits St. Petersburg and
Aids the Entente
Cordiale
ST. PETERSBURG. July 21.—A
royal welcome was given by the czai
and the members of the government
today to President Poincare when he
arrived in this city on a visit to the
emperor. Although the visit is said
by those who are interested to have
no political significance it is supposed
by outsiders that the French presi
dent has come with a view to strong
ten the terms of the new alliance
which has come to be known as the
entente cordiale. Great Britain is al
so a party to the entente which is
meant to offset the Uiple alliance.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
WILL MEET TONIGHT
A meeting of the Seward Commer
cial club will take place this evening
at 8 o’clock. Business of importance
will be transacted and a large attend
ance is hoped for.
Special Sale of watches, jewelry
and diamonds to reduce stock. George
the Jeweler. lw