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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS
Vol. *t. No. 212
GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED
MORE THAN A MILLION RUSSIANS
Russians Declare They Can
Stand Attack Now—Drunken
Mohs Burn Twenty Millions
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Worth of Property in Mos
cow—Germany Also Claims
Quarter Million French Pris
oners.
ALLIED CAMPAIGN FAILS
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 20.—The campaign of
the allied nations to force the Dardanelles has now prov
en to be a complete failure. Their generals admit it and
the next move will probably be the effort of the French
and British troops to get out of the mess with the least
possible loss. Every attempt made by them to beat our
troops on Gallipoli peninsula has fallen down. Whether
they will decide to try to hold their ground or take to
their ships cannot be told yet
ATHENS, June 20.—It is now admitted that the cap
ture of Gallipoli peninsula by the Allies is impossible and
the campaign must be ended. The place had evidently
been prepared by the Turks, probably under the directions
of the Germans, with remarkable care and cunning that
foiled the allied powers. It is believed that the only way
by which the Allies can reach Constantinople would be
through Bulgaria and the likelihood is that Bulgaria will
be offered an immense reward for entering the war.
TEUTONS TAKE OVER 1,500,000
BERLIN, June 20.—The official figures of the enemy
captured in the war were given out today. 1 hey show
that the Teutons combined have captured one million and
a quarter Russians, a quarter of a million French, twenty
four thousand British and forty thousand Belgians.
Judging by these figures it is estimated that the total
losses of the Allies must be much more than three million
men. It is believed also that from this time forward Rus
sians will be captured in such numbers that their feeding
will be a serious consideration.
RUSSIA’S LAST STAND
VIENNA, June 20—The Teutonic allies have cap
tured the cities of Grodek and Komarno and now the
Russians are making their last stand on the heights of
Lemberg before being driven backward across the front
iers of their own country. On Thursday night we opened
a fierce bombardment on the places, on Friday general
charges were ordered and carried out, and on Saturday
our victorious troops marched in. The short time taken
to capture such important places is taken as an indication
that Russia is at the end of her resources. They occupy
strong positions on the Lemberg heights now but the
strength of the positions will probably avail them nothing.
NOT DEMORALIZED
PETROGRAD, June 21.—It is officially announced
that our retreat in Galicia has not had a demoralizing ef
fect and we are still prepared to withstand a vast attack.
There is no longer any attempt to deny that we have been
driven back in Galicia for considerable distances and have
lost all the territory conquered by us with the exception
of Lemberg. We have strong postions there and will hold
them to the last.
IS IT REVOLUTION
MOSCOW, June 21.—Moscow city is now experienc
ing the most terrible conditions since the city was destroy
ed to defeat the great Napoleon. Drunken mobs are rag
ing through the city destroying as they go and already
twenty millions worth of property has been burned. The
rioting is against the Germans but most of the property
destroyed belongs to Russians The authorities are ab
solutely unable to cope with the mobs and the work of
destruction still proceeds. Moscow has been converted
into a veritable inferno.
MACKENSEN STILL GOING
BERLIN, June 21.—General Mackensen is still forg
ing ahead and driving the Russians before him. He has
advanced beyond Grodek and has captured all the Rus
. sian trenches along a twenty mile front compelling them
to fall back in disorder- The population of Berlin as well,
indeed, as the population of both Teutonic empires see in
the smashing of Russia the near approach of victory over
the allied powers.
! GERMANS MAKE PLANS
j LONDON, June 21.—All authorities now agree that
the plan of the Teutonic allies is to demoralize the Rus
sians to such an extent that they can concentrate on the
western front and make one gigantic effort to conquer the
British and French. Mackensen is following up the re
tiring armies of the czar with amazing rapidity. He is
driving forward his troops wth a feverish haste which in
dicates a desire to overwhelm the Muscovites in the short
est possible time- But, even should Lemberg tall, the Rus
sians will have equally formidable positions in the swamps
and rivers of Russia itself and the advance of the Teutons
through Russian territory will be tremendously difficult.
The one great difficulty with Russia is that it is short of
ammunition. Unless it can obtain suppiles very little can
be expected from it and it is quite within the lange of
possibility that Warsaw and the whole Vistula line may
have to be abandoned. There is still a hope that Lembei g
might hold out and at least delay the invasion of Russian
territory nearby.
KAISER IN COMMAND
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 21.—The kaiser of Ger
manv is in personal command of the Teutonic armies in
Galicia. He has established permanent headquarters
there and will remain at least until the Russians are driv
en back to their own territory. Constantinople feels that
a new day is coming for Turkey and that the victory of the
Teutons and our own men will revive the glories of the
Ottoman empire.
GERMANY PAYS SPAIN
MADRID, June 21—The German government has
paid fifty thousand dollars indemnity for the shooting of
five Spaniards at Liege. The Berlin government admits
that a mistake was made but declares that it could not
have been avoided under the circumstances.
FIERCE FIGHT AT YPRES
LONDON, June 21.—A fierce engagement is now tak
ing place around Ypres, the Allies having taken the offen
isve at least in that quarter. The Germans are apparently
determined to remain on the defensive just at present and
it is believed likely that they will maintain such tactics un
til the Galician campaign has been decided one way or
another. The French have attacked again at Arras but
the result is not known. On other parts of the western
line artillery engagements are proceeding but assaults
have not been made by either side. Conditions have un
dergone very little if any change in the Russian Baltic
provinces. Military experts express the opinion that Ger
many's intention is to close in from the north and south on
the rear of the Russian position at Warsaw if possible.
THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
GENEVA, June 21.—The Italians have made further
advances but they are now meeting stronger opposition.
Up to the present none of the Austrian troops have been
detached from the Russian front to the Italian frontier
and the invading forces are being met by newly levied
soldiers. Thousands of Austrian reinforcements are leav
ing the interior Austrian towns constantly and traveling
south. Nearly all the railroads have been closed to ordin
arv traffic and are given over to the transporation of
troops. The object of the Italians moving from the pro
vince of Venice is undoubtedly Trieste which is strongly
fortified. The aviators of both sides made raids within
the past few days and inflicted some damage on different
towns. _
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TWO MILLION LOST.
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 20.—
Damage to the extent of two million
dollars has been inflicted by terrific
rain and hail in this state. Traffic
has been completely demoralized.
KANSAS CITY, June 20.—The
crest of the danger from the floods j
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has been reached here and the tension
has been relieved.
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EVANS FROM CORDOVA.
The Admiral Evans sailed from
Cordova at 9 o'clock this morning.
SIEGEL GETS TEN MONTHS.
GENESO, N. Y., June 21.—Seigel
today began serving the ten months
imprisonment inflicted on him.
❖ CHAIRMAN EDES NOT *
❖ ON THE NEXT BOAT. •>
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Chairman Edes left on the Mariposa
Saturday with the disbursing officer of
the commission, Mr. Barndollar, and
will not return on the same vessel.
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The date of his return is not yet
known but it is assumed that he will
come on the next boat following the
Mariposa. 4
TO BUILD DREDGE.
OR. Harris, accompanied by Mrs.
Harris, passed through on the Mari
posa on the way to Cache creek where
Mr. Harris will take charge of the
construction of the dredge for the
Cache Creek Dredging company. They
came from Sacramento.
FRANK SAVED
FROMJALLOWS
GOV ERNOR COM M UTES SEN
TENCE OF CONDEMNED MAN
TO LIFE IN PRISON.
ATLANTA, June 21.—The governor
of Georgia has commuted the sentence
on Leo Frank to imprisonment for
life. This has caused a lot of discus
sion already as the murder of Mary
Phagan was a coldblooded one but it
is said that the governor desires to
give full time for the real facts to
come out later and that he is opposed
to capital punishment on circumstan
tial evidence. He went through all
the facts carefully in detail and heard
everyone who had the least bit of testi
mony to offer that might throw any
light on the matter. Frank received
the news with the greatest relief and
says he will yet prove his innocence.
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❖ .FEARED LYNCHING *
❖ OF LEO FRANK. ❖
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ATLANTA, June 21.—Fearing that
Ih?o Frank would be lynched the
authorities smuggled him from the
prison farm before the commutation
of his sentence was announced.
P'eeling is running very high and the
governor will probably suffer politi
cally as the great majority of the peo
ple are fully convinced that he was
guilty of murder and that he was
saved from the gallows only because
of the fight put up by the people of
the Hebrew race.
BOMB FOUND NEAR
WHERE SOLDIERS SLEPT.
Believed that Germans Made Attempt
td Blow up Canadian
Troops.
WINDSOR,, Ontario, June 21.—A
bomb wrecked an overall factory here
today. At the same time about thirty
sticks of dynamite were found in the
guard armory with fuses burned out
and it is evident that an attempt was
made to kill two hundred soldiers who
were asleep in the building. The
dynamite was probably placed in the
armory last night and the fuses light
ed. The two facts taken together is
supposed to indicate that German
sympathizers are responsible for both.
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CARRANZA FALLS OUT
WITH FAMOUS GENERAL.
Obregon is not Dead but Very Much
Alive and Kicking Against
His Chief.
WASHINGTON, June 20.—The eli
mination of Carranza entirely as a
factor in the negotiations for bringing
about peace in Mexico is now* believed
to be possible as his famous general,
Obregon, and he have become alienat
ed to a great extent dwing to the dis
missal of some members of the cabinet
by Carranza. Obregon was reported
dead some time ago but it is found
that the report had not the slightest
foundation. He is now' insisting on
the reinstatement of the ministers
discharged a few daj'S ago and he has
the sympathy of the people in such a
measure that he occupies a stronger
position than his nominal chief.
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❖ WHEAT CROP TO BE *
❖ BILLION BUSHELS. ❖
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NEW YORK, June 21.—It is esti
mated that the wheat crop of the
United States this year will amount
to a billion bushels which is the larg
est ever grown in the country. The
immensity of the crop and the good
prices being obtained because of the
war will mean fortunes io some of the
growers.
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I ❖ VALDEZ GETS SOME ❖
❖ SURE GOOD WORK IN. ❖
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The Pacific Northwest Banker for
June has an alleged article dealing
with Alaska and its coming develop
ment which might well cause smiles.
It ignores every town on the coast of
Alaska except Valdez. Valdez has the
“best harbor." It has “more copper
than all the rest of the United
States." It has a population of be
tween “two and three thousand."
“There are other harbors on the south
coast of Alaska with less to commend
them nat irally for government opera
tions," says this article. Any how,
Valdez is alive to the advantage of
advertising.
TERRITORY GETS
IN $2,500 TO DATE.
Up to the present date the receipts
for licenses under the new law ap
proximate $2,500, according to figures
received from the office of the Terri
torial Treasurer. New licenses were
issued to W. S. Bayless, attorney, the
Douglas Market, and the Juneau and
Douglas Telephone compnay. The
Pacific Amrican Fisheries company
has sent in applications for fifteen
licenses, which brings the total num
ber of fishtrap licenses to seventeen.
A bakery license was issued to Dan
iel Driscoll, of Fairbanks, who passed
through here this morning on the
Northwestern.—(Juneau Empire.)
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❖ DR. HALL PROTESTS *
❖ HIS INNOCENCE. ❖
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Dr. Hall, the Fairbanks physician,
who was recently sentenced for an as
sault on a little girl, made a short
speech before sentence was pronounc
ed. The following is an account taken
from a Fairbanks exchange of the
statement made by him when Bunnell
asked him if he had anything to say:
“Your Honor, I have this to say:
That the facts as I stated theri^ before
the jury in the presence of your Hon
or were the facts of the case; and,
while it may be technical and right
from a legal standpoint a mistake to
do what I claim to the court I did at
that time in the absence of anyone to
assist and consult, my own conscience
and mind is prefectly clear of any dis
honorable or wrong doing in the mat
ter. It is an affair that has never oc
curred before in twenty-six years of
my practice to have been charged with
anything of this kind, and it can nev
er occur again because of the rule I
have made that no minor shall ever
be admitted in my office except accom
panied by a guardian or parent. I
have nothing further to say.”
DID LANE SAY SO?
Secretary Lane of the interior de
partment has been quoted recently
as saying that the government is in
no danger of not getting a good title
to the Alaska Northern, and also that
if necessary the government could
condemn the road. It has also been
asserted that the officials of the gov
ernment are not interested in the re
sult. Of course, this is all correct, but
would Lane speak like this under the
circumstances.
. GOVERNOR TO COME.
Governor Strong, who is now on the
way down the Yukon to the interior
and Nome, is expected to visit Seward
on his way out. He will probably
come on the Victoria which will make
two excursion trips via Seward this
summer.
ADVERTISING SEWARD.
G. Benjamin Poindexter of the Al
aska Land & Development company
has got out a large number of pretty
envelopes containing the picture of
Seward which are intended to adver
tise this city and district
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
BRYAN ROASTS
TAFT AND TEDDY
SAYS THEY STAND SPONSORS
FOR FORCE IN INTERNA
TIONAL AFFAIRS.
NEW YORK, June 20.—At a labor
peace meeting today William Jen
nings Bryan delivered a strong ad
dress in which he attacked Roosevelt
and Taft as sponsors of an organiza
tion which stands for force in settling
international disputes. This was prob
ably the most noteworthy statement
in the address. The rest of it was de
voted to generalizations on the sub
ject of peace. He said nothing which
he had not already said in relation to
his retirement from the cabinet but he
spoke warmly of the danger which
might be created for this country by
a failure to exhaust all the peaceful
means at hand to have redress for the
wrongs, real or imagined.
WIFE OF OPERA STAR
Ml'RDERED IN HER BED.
Mrs. Warden Allen’s Body Found
Burned and Negro Servant
is Suspected.
JOLIET, June 21.—'The wife of
Warden Allen, the former comic opera
star, was found murdered under the
most brutal circumstances in her bed
here in the penitentiary. After the
murder there was evidently an effort
made to burn the body by setting lire
to the bed but the flames have failed
to hide the fact that fatal wounds
were inflicted on the woman before
the fire was started. A negro con
vict servant is suspected of the crime.
He is now under charge.
OLEOMARGARINE MEN
GET THIRTEEN YEARS.
WASHINGTON, June 21.—The
men convicted of violation of the
olemargarine law have been sentenced
to thirteen years in the penitentiary.
It was found at the trial that they
succeeded in defrauding the govern
ment out of thirty millions in the
special stamp law.
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VILLA WILL SUBMIT
A PLAN TO WILSON.
Says Through Representative that He
Has a Scheme that Will
Bring Peace.
El PASO, June 21.—This week Gen
eral Villa will submit a plan to Presi
dent Wilson for the pacifying of Mex
ico. General Gonzales, the represent
ative of Villa, made this statement
officially today and states further that
it will be found to be a plan by which
an agreement can easily be arrived at.
SAYS OIL FIELDS WILL
PROVE BIG PRODUCERS.
Charles McNeil, a mining operator
of the Illiamna district, was a Juneau
visitor recently.
Mr. McNeil is confident that the oil
fields of that district will prove large
producers as soon as the present re
strictions as to the development of
them are taken off. He is very en
thusiastic over the mining prospects
of that district. He says the miners
there have become so tired of moose
meat as a steady diet that they arc
very anxious for some one to bring in
a shipment of stock so they can get
some beef for a change.
Mr. McNeil says there are unlimit
ed possibilities in that district for
raising stock.—(Juneau Dispatch.
DISTURBANCE DELAYS
• THE CABLE MESSAGES.
Owing to some sort of electric dis
turbance the cable messages are being
delayed for some hours beyond their
usual time.