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LONDON DECLARES THAT CONTINUATION OF
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GERMAN ADVANCE WILL MEAN WARSAW’S DOOM
GERMAIN NOTE PROMISES
TO PROTECT NEUTRALS
HOLT MAY HAVE
PLACED BOMB
MAN WHO SHOT PIER PONT MOK
C; \N IS FAST GAINING MYS
STERIOl S IJl AUTIES.
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WASHINGTON, July 4.—The
shooting of Pierpont Morgan and the
explosion in the reception room of the
eapitol building are two facts which
are now becoming associated in the
public mind. Some people see ip the
two occurrences either a connection or
matters which are related by their as
sociation with one particular fact, and
that is the war. It has been learned
that Holt, who shot Morgan, planned
going to Morgan and compelling him
to send word to have the exportation
of munitions stopped. He even intend
ed to hold the other members of the
Morgan family as hostages and make
the magnate himself go with the ap
peal to stop the exportation of muni
tions. It has been learned from Har
vard that Holt resembles a Harvard
professor named Eridh Muenter who
disappeared in 11)06 after having
poisoned his wife. A letter has been
received by the members of the cabin
et wheh was mailed one hour before
the explosion in the reception room of
the eapitol and in which the threat
was made that unless the L nitetf
States government stopped the trans
portation of munitions of war the
eapitol would be blown up.
WINDSOR, July 4.—Nine detec
tives are now on guard over President
Wilson owing to the explosion in the
eapitol and the attempt on the life of
J. P. Morgan, which acts are taken to
be either an indication that the minds
of Germans are being wrought up to
a serious pitch or that they have de
cided to go to any extreme to stop the
sale of war munitions to belligerent
powers.
GLENCOVE, July 6.—Holt at
tempted to commit suicide today by
drivng a sharpened lead pencil into an
artery in his wrist. He was caught
at the work in the nick of time.
SAND POINT COPPER
property looks well.
SAND POINT. June 22.—The Mam
moth Group of copper claims on the
Uganak Island. Kodiak group, have
been successfully developed the past
year by the ow’ners, Messrs. McIntyre,
Wander and Smith. Work has been
carried on very progressively during
the fall and winter months. A depth
of one hundred feet was attained thus
exposing a large body of ore showing
excellent values in copper, ranging
from 8 to 13 per cent. Also good
values in gold. The property is show
ing up fine at present and it is the
opinion of the district that it will
prove a very successful enterprise in
the near future.
H CERT A WEEPS
EL PASO, July 6—Huerta, former
president of Mexico, broke into tears
here today when he was jailed in spite
of his word of honor not to try to
escape. He said he had never thought
it possible that his word of honor
could be doubted.
CARLSON DEAD.
TACOMA, July 6.—Carlson, the
man injured in the auto race, has suc
cumbed to his injuries. His is the
second death.
Jane Athlams Says Belligerents
Would Have Peace but all
Fear to Propose it.
TO GUARD NEUTRALS
BERLIN July 4—It is reported that the answer by
the German government to the American note will con
tain a promise to safeguard neutrals at sea unless they
are traveling on belligerent munitions ships. The con
tents of the note have been kept remarkably private in
spite of the tremendous curiosity felt by the whole people.
SAY THEY WANT PEACE
NEW YORK, July (5.—Jane Addams arrived here to
dav and stated that her firm conviction, after interview
ing the heads of the European governments, is that all the
belligerent nations want peace but that all are afraid to
make peace proposals lest such overtures might be con
sidered a sign of weakness. She declares that some
neutral nations or several neutral nations must step in be
fore any real advance can be made towards ending the
conflict’ A British capitalist named Thomas has arrived
here to supervise the purchase of war munitions for the
British government.
RECRUITS FROM SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, July 6.—Matanovich, a secretary of King
Nicholas, of Montenegro, has secured not less than two
hundred recruits for the army of that little nation in this
citv. He arrived here after having traveled over the
United States for the purpose of arousing Montenegrins
to a sense of their duty and he declares that he obtained
ten thousand soldiers for their army already. The men
who have decided to take up arms have all receiv’d some
training. _
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* BOMB SHATTERS N. Y. *
* DETECTIVE OFFICES. *
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NEW YORK. July 6.—A bomb was
exploded today in the detective bureau
building of police headquarters and
shattered the whole side of the build
ing. No lives were lost and the affair
is still a mystery..
TWO NEGROES LYNCHED.
MACON. July 6.—Two negroes
were lynched here yesterday for kill
ing a planter. The alleged murderers
were arrested for the crime but the
guards were easily overpowered.
WANTS ALL AMERICANS
TO BE MADE SOLDIERS.
EUGENE, Ore., July 6.—Spaeth, a
professor of English in Princeton
university, stated today his opinion
that all Americans should be compel
led to undergo military training for
at least a year. He declared it his
opinion that an untrained army would
be no better than an armed mob and
would be no better able to withstand
the onslaughts of organized forces.
REAL WORK ON SEWARD
STREETS IS NOW BEGUN.
J. P. Mantell commenced work on
Fourth serteet this morning and will
rush the work as fast as weather con
ditions will permit. The contract calls
for grading the street and laying
down concrete sidewalks. The work
will cost more than ten thousand
dollars. *
baby girl born TO
MR. AND MRS. STOTKO.
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A fine baby girl weighing nine
pounds was born yesterday morning
to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stotko, making
the third daughter. Dr. Baughman,
who is in attendance, reports mother
and child progressing very w’ell.
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* ON THE SANTA ANA. *
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Last Saturday afternoon while the
Santa Ana was on the way to Seward
a passenger named C. Krammon from
Nushagak tried to commit suicide
aboard the vessel by shooting himself.
He fired three shoots with a rifle and
the third tore along his temple inflict
ing an ugly but not fatal wound. H.
S. Davidson, the Santa Ana purser,
asked the man why he attempted to •
take his life and the answer was that
he was “sick of living and every- ’
thing.” The wounded man was put
off at Kodiak.
NY R E( k ED J A PA N ESE» COM E
AFTER HARD EXPERIENCE.
Six Japanese who were wrecked last
August on Nunivak island arrived on
the Santa Ana and are now being
kept by the government which has in
structed Deputy Marshal Evans to
send them to Seattle. The men spent
the whole winter on the island and
underwent severe hardships until
Louis Lane took them to iJnalaska. A
few of them had their toes frozen but
all are in good health. The story of
the wreck was told some time ago.
PASSENGER TRAIN
FALLS ON WORK TRAIN.
Remarkable Accident Near I acoma
Rut Only a Flash is Sent
About It. «
TACOMA, July ”>.—A remarkable
accident occurred near this city today
when a passenger train fell from a
trestle on top of a work train. It is
known that twenty casualties resulted
but the full story is not yet known.
TWO SHIPS IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, July 5.—The Alameda
and Evans arrived here last Saturday.
BASEBALL GAME
AGAIN TODAY
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CORDOVA TO MEET SEWARD
AND LATER MORE EVENTS
WILL BE CONTESTED.
CORDOVA will meet Seward again
this evening for the third game of the
series and after the game the water
light, the pie eating contest, the ap
ple eating contest and the high jump
will be brought off and end the four
days’ celebration of the first Fourth
of July of the terminal city of the
Alaska Government trunk line. It
has been suggested that some changes
or exchanges might be made in the
teams to make the handicap of the
travelers less pronounced. Captain
Campbell and Managers Hoben and
Ennis have had the matter under con
sideration and an announcement may
be made later. The time will also be
announced later.
ROCKEFELLER GUARDED.
TARRYTOWN, JULY 6—The
guard of John D. Rockefeller has
been doubled since the attempt on the
life of J. P. Morgan.
PULLEN WINS RACE.
TACOMA, July 6—Pullen won the
two hundred mile race today and
averaged eighty-five miles an hour for
the whole time.
Seward Meets Cordova on Diamond
and Mountain Marathon Makes a
Thrilling Contest.
A town of the size never, perhaps,
had a more successful celebration of
the national holiday than Seward, the
terminal of the Government Alaska
railroad. From the beginning of the
holiday starting Saturday evening and
on through Sunday and Monday
everything went with, not only
smoothness, but a swing which put
that sort of electrical touch in the air
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that really imparts the thrill that
makes the true holiday. It would be
impossible to go very much into de
tail in describing all the items of th.e
varied and most interesting program
which began Saturday evening with
the dance given by the bandboys. The
hall was crowded and all those pres
i ent enjoyed themselves to the full.
Last evening the second dance under
the same auspices took place and was
a romping old time. The members of
! the band deserve all tne praise that
could possibly be lavished on them.
The music added more to the success
of the whole occasion than any other
circumstance, without question. It
may not be too much to say, indeed,
; that the band was the very thing that
supplied thq quality that gave the
eclat.
The coming of the Cordova base
ball team to meet the pick of Seward
was something for which Seward has
! to be very thankful. The visiting boys
were outplayed, of course, but every
' one knows who has ever taken part
in any games that getting the best
team to travel is one of the problems
that have never been solved. In spite
of their defeats the visitors played
f gamely to the last and kept up their
1 courage all the time. Carrington was
too much for them on the first day
and Nickerson on the second. The
former’s balls must have looked to
them like that government railroad
terminal for Cordova, or less, and he
performed the unprecedented feat for
Alaska of pitching a no-hit game.
The other events of a sporting kind
were well contested and of an un
usually high order for athletic meets
of the sort. The mountain Marathon
is a contest which ought to become al
most as famous as the Alaska Sweep
stakes. The time in which the race
was rur. to the top of a steep mount
ain, nearly 3,000 feet high, and return
was nothing short of extraordinary.
The time for the sprints was very
creditable, almost incredible when the
conditions are taken into considera
tion. Howard made a fine runner up
to Anderson and might have done bet
ter had he been quick enough or
lucky enough at the get off.
The parade of the children yester
day morning was a very pretty event,
engineered by Rev. Mr. Cook. The
little floats were exceedingly “cute”
and the whole affair was very, very
nice.
The following is the Cordova base
ball team: Stevenson, s. s., Bauer 2b,
Kiely rf, Taylor Jib, O’Neill If, Hen
neke lb, Anderson c, Reeves cf, Ex*
trum p.
The Seward team on Sunday was
Campbell ss, Finnegan 2b, Grady lb,
Reed If, Burley c, Nickerson ss, Taylor
rf, Hickey cf, Carrington p. In yes
terday’s game Nickerson pitched and
Casaraski toook his place at short stop
while Adams went into right field in
place of Taylor. The score on Sunday
was 10 to 2 ii^ favor of Seward and
was 17 to 6 in favor of the home team
yesterday.
The following are the results of the
athletic contests:
Girls race: Miss McConnell 1st.,
Miss Cook 2nd.
Fat Man’s race: Pete Semnoff 1st.,
Bert Anderson 2nd.
50 yard dash: Dr. Anderson 1st., B.
H. Howard 2nd.—6 sec.
50 yards ladies race: Mrs. F. A.
Taylor 1st., Miss Elsie Baldwin 2nd.
Boys race: Jas. Hawkins 1st., A.
Rothus 2nd.
100 yards dash: Dr. Anderson 1st.,
B. H. Howard 2nd—time 11 3-5 sec.
Obstacle race: G. S. Whitehead 1st.
Chet Tolman 2nd.
Ladies 100 yd.: ’Mrs. F. A.Taylor
1st., Mrs. Scott 2nd.
220 yards men: Max Poehlman 1st.,
B. H. Howard 2nd.—time 26 sec.
One mile run: F. A. Taylor 1st.,
Chet Tolmon 2nd, R. Larder 3rd.
Marathon race:
Jas. Walters 1st—time 1:02, Geo.
Kosmos 2nd., E. Burman 3rd. Joe
Boldue 4th, Doc. Daykin 5th.
Broad jump running: Parks 1st—
19.3, Anderson 2nd 18.1.
GERMAN ADMIRAL WANTS
U. S. PEACE AT ALL COST
Says America Could Inflict
[ Greater Damage on Germans
Than Many Believe.
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WANTS U. S FRIENDSHIP
BEPLIN ,July 6—Admiral von Truppel has issued
a statement urging his government to abandon submarine
warfare altogether if such warfare would threaten the
loss of friendship of the United States. He expresses the
belief that the result of a break with America would be
far more serious than most Germans seem to think, and
that Germans underestimate the ability of America to in
flict harm on the German cause.
MACKENSEN ADVANCING
LONDON, July 5.—General Mackensen is now ad
vancing at the rate of five miles a day in a daring attempt
to split the Russian center and it is admitted that if he
continues the same rate of progress for a week Warsaw
is doomed. The extreme Russian wings are still holding
out against the assaults of the Teutons but the center is
gradually I>eing bent inward
SINK THREE SHIPS.
LONDON, July 4.—A German submarine sank yes
terday the Belgian steamer Boduognat and the British
steamers Gadsby and Richmond. Lives are said to have
been lost on all three vessels, but the number is not known*
SUBMARINE PURSUES
QUEENSTOWN, July (>.—By clever dodging the
British ship Anglo-California escaped a German sub
marine on the Atlantic during a voyage just ended and
arrived here, but with her captain dead. The submarine
pursued the vessel fourteen hours and sent several tor
pedoes which were avoided by expert handling of the
merchantman’s skipper. The submarine finally tried her
guns and sent in a fusilade of shots killing the captain
and several members of the crew. The total casualties
number about a score. It is related that when the captain
fell dead his place was taken bv his son.
LOSSES HEAVY
ATHENS, July 6.—That the losses to both sides in
the fighting around the Dardanelles are very severe is a
fact made evident by the information coming from all
sources. Berlin says the British are losing at the rate of
a thousand a weekend that the Turks are losing at'least
as many while London reports that the Turkish losses for
the past week in the Turkish ranks have been twenty
thousand.
LONDON, July 6.—A German submarine sank the
French steamer Carthage yesterday in the English
channel. __
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❖ BODY OF DIAZ TO BE *
❖ SHIPPED TO MEXICO. *
PARIS, July 6.—The body of Diaz
the former president of Mexico, will
be shipped to America for internment.
The funeral was held today.
BRYAN ADDRESSES GREAT
SAN FRANCISCO CROWD.
Throng Declared to be the Largest
Ever Spoken to by Him in
His Career.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan addressed the
largest throng to which he ever spoke
during all his career in this city yes
terday. He received a most warm
welcome from the immense.multitude ;
and was cheered to the echo at various
periods of his speech. The keynote of
the address was that America should
take the lead in standing for.
humanity. _
WATSON AT MIDNIGHT.
Agent Wayne Blue received word
this afternoon that the Watson is due
to arrive here at midnight tonight.
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❖ ORDER COAL FROM THE *
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T. W. Hawkins received a cable
gram this morning from a business
firm in San Francisco asking the firm
of Brown & Hawkins when could they
deliver three hundred to five hundred
tons of coal.
TWO MEN KILLED IN
TACOMA Al’TO RACE.
Travelng ai Ninety-Five Miles an
Hour Car Goes Over Deep
Embankment.
TACOMA, July 5.—Billy Carlson is
dying and Paul Franzen, the mechani
cian, is dead as a result of a horrible
accident which occurred in the auto
race today on the new speedway. The
car was traveling at the rate of nine
ty-five miles and hour and was taking
a curve when it left the road and went
over a thirty foot embankment. The
two hundred and fifty mile race wa.
won by Guy Ruckstell who averaged
eighty miles.
The Mariposa left Skagway at 11
p. m. July 5.