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„ N(, . SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915. ____Ten Cents the Copy
. UNGARYS CAPITAL ANNOUNCES RUSSIANS HAVE
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ORDERED THE GRADUAL EVACUATION OF WARSAW
BERLIN CLAIMS MORE
VICTORIES IN EAST
Italy Also Claims ^ ietories and
Kaiser Savs He \\ ill Make
Europe Tremble.
EVACUATE WARSAW
BUDAPEST. Hungary, July 20.—That the first great
object of the Teutons in the east is about to be realized is
proven by the fact that the Russians have ordered the
gradual evacuation of Warsaw so that the Polish capital
will soon be in the hands of our troops and our allies.
This information come from a source that cannot be
doubted. The Teutonic allies are now pressing from the j
north and south on Warsaw and nothing but retreat is
left for the enemy if he wishes to avoid the capture of j
his main forces. j
KAISER PREDICTS CONQUESTS
, PETROGRAD. July 20.—In a letter to his sister, the
queen of Greece, Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany, declares
that within six months Russia will be paralyzed and that
then Germany will be prepared for a coup in the west that
will make Europe tremble. He declares that in giving
six months he is allowing more time to Russia than he be
lieves necessary. He expresses the most perfect confi
dence that less time will be required.
RUSSIANS RETIRE
BERLIN, July 20.—The Russians have retired be
tween the Vistula and Bug rivers which is the closest
point to Warsaw in which the enemy has been forced back
since the first advance of our troops from the west last
year. In two days fighting in that quarter we have cap
tured sixteen thousand men and have occupied Tokum
and Doblem. The predictions of our generals that the
Russians would show the same weakness now near War
saw that they showed in Galicia are being proven correct.
AUSTRIANS LOSE
GENEVA, July 20.—The Austrians have lost five
miles of ground as the result of an attack at Cadore. The
fighting is reported to have been severe and a reliable test
of the relative qualities of the opponents. According to
all accounts from the front the Austrians have not won
a single positive success and are now fighting almost en
tirely on their own territory.
AUSTRIANS DEFEATED
ROME, July 20.—The Italians have already killed a
total of twelve hundred Austrian officers and the casual
ties among the Austrian rank and file have been propor
tionately great. Some severe fighting has recently taken
place and is still proceeding along the greater part of thi
front. The Montenegrins have defeated the Austrians
and occupied Graliovo, so making a decided advance and
forcing the Austrians to detach troops from other quart
ers to strengthen their positions in that district
TAKE TURK TRENCHES
PARIS. July 20—The allied forces at the Dardanelles
have captured some more Turkish trenches on Gallipoli
peninsula and have made slight advances in a few places
but the total advance made since the landing has not been
more than four or five miles- It is realized that to gain
full possession of the narrows it will be necessary to take
both sides of the Dardanelles but the capture of the Turk
ish positions on the north side is the first aim of our gen
erals. The country on Gallipoli peninsula is rough and
very difficult for military operations. It has also been
strongly fortified by the Turks and the slowness of the
advance is to be expected.
FRENCH AIRSHIP WINS
PARIS, July 20.—In a fight between a French and a
German aviator yesterday near the battle line east of
Arras the French airman won and destroyed the hostile
plane and its pilot. The battle was fought in full view of
the trenches.
ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK
BERLIN, July 20.—The Italian cruiser Garibaldi has
been sunk in the Adriatic by an Austrian submarine with
the loss of the majority of the crew. The vessel was one
of the greatest of the Italian navy. At the time of the dis
aster she was reconnoitering the Adriatic about midway
between the Italian and Austrian coasts.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—'The
Pacific Aero Club has launched a cam
paign to secure fleets of aeroplanes
for the defense of the Pacific coast
and a similar campaign will be in
augurated for the defence of the At
! lantic. The feeling here and all over
the country now is that with strong
aero and submarine fleets the possibi
lity of a successful attack on the
United States would be reduced to a
minimum, if not entirely removed.
FIRE OCCURS THREE TIMES
IN A U. S. BATTLESHIP.
PHILADELPHIA, July 20.—A fire,
starting three times in the super
dreadnaught Oklahoma, has caused
mystery and wonderment. There is
absolutely no clue to the cause of the
dres and, which is natural in these
stirring times, suspicion has arisen
that the tires were not accidental.
The cleverest detectives in the service
are now engaged in the work of un
ravelling the mystery.
WASTE AND OVER CUTTING
RUINS LUMBER MARKET.
CHICAGO, July 20.—Experts told
the federal commission today that
waste and over-production is the
cause of the present miserable condi
tion in which the lumber industry
finds itself.
DILLON NOT TO
RESIGN OFFICE
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FAIRBANKS.—Although it was
understood several days ago that
Commissioner John F. Dillon had
handed in his resignation, to take ef
fect July 1, Judge Dillon says that
this was an error.
The commissioner's statement of
several days ago was that he “had
asked Judge Bunnell to put another
man in his place.” By that he meant
that he had asked Judge Bunnell to
put someone in his place temporarily,
while he goes outside for medical
treatment. He wired Judge Bunnell
at Kaltag, but had received no answer
up to last night.
REPULSE IVy
PETROGRAD, July 20.
Mackensen south of the Lub
relieved the situation innner
north from Lublin through 1
its possession would be of ine:
vaders, providing as it woul
otherwise difficult country t<
other positions along the Vis
The great fight now maj
sion of this railroad. Its los
serious blow to our hopes as
and supplies with ease along
for this reason supplies us w
our lines at any point threats
ensen is evidently bent on \
cost but his failure in the la
Acuities that must be encounl
cally the same tactics are nov
mans in their Warsaw camp
them at Przemysl. They are;
and southeast simultaneous^
both flanks might compel tb
to save themselves from an
Russians, however, have far
campaign as they are near
supplied with railroads.
GERMANY WA
GENEVA, July 20.—Th
warned the strikers in the I'
drastic action will be taken
ment of their difficulties ir
thousand men are involved ii
$500 ROCK AT
PALMER CREEK
HER SKY WITH ONE STAMP MILL
CRUSHING OUT A BIG
STAKE.
With a one-stamp mill Horsey is
now crushing a ton of rock daily that
goes $500 to the ton at the head of
Palmer creek. Mr. Horsey had rock
before going a hundred dollars to the
ton, but has recently run into far
richer ore according to Arthui Jett,
who arrived from that (••strict yester
day. Mr. Jett also says that quartz
mining in that district has recently
received a wonderful impetus. New
quartz prospectors are constantly
showing up around Palmer, Resurrec
tion, Sixmile and its tributaries and
doing lots of work with the most
promising results. The placer miners
are also doing finely. Gus ScifFeit, on
Resurrection creek, is cl; ailing up lots
of money. Just before Mr. Jett came
over the SeilTert ground had one
cleanup of ninety ounces. Dick Daw
son, he had heard, is aNo doing splen
didly, and Anderson on Palmer creek
has a crew working with fine results.
On the whole the dist<. * looks fine,
and Mr. Jett says there is a wonder
fully large area of good ground still
to be developed.
CARRANZA AND
VILLA BOTH WIN
ONE CAPTURES A TOWN AND
THE OTHER CAPTURES
A RAILROAD.
WASHINGTON, July 20.—Villa
has succeeded in occupying Pachuca
and Carranza has seized the railroad
east of Apizaca according to the in
telligence received here last evening.
The intention of Carranza in seizing
the railroad is to transport troops and
food for the forces engaged in the
work of cutting off Mexico City. It
is now certain that a big battle for
the possession of Mexico is imminent
and upon it will depend events of the
utmost importance.
iCKENSEN
-The Russians have repulsed
lin-Cholm railroad and have
isely. The railroad nans
ivangorod and Warsaw and
stimable advantage to the in
d an easy route through an
> the Polish capital and the
;tula river.
- be expected for the posses
;s would be, admittedly, a
it enables us to move troops
the whole Warsaw front and
ith the chance of reinforcing
ned for the moment. Mack
vinning the railroad at any.
test attempt proves the dif
fered by him. Almost identi
r being employed by the Gei
aign that were employed by
attacking from the northeast
’ in the hope that a success at
2 Warsaw garrison to retire
encircling movement. The
■ greater advantages in this
2r their bases and are well
RNS STRIKERS
ie German government has
[rupp works at Essen that
unless they come to a settle
nmediately. One hundred
i the strike
SEWARD MAY HAVE THE
CARE OF ALASKA INSANE
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SEATTLE, July 20.—Federal
agents are now here for the purpose
of investigating charges nr.ade against
Sheriff Hodge. One of the methods
of the sheriff has been to let prison
ers leave the jail unaccompanied.
OPEN GREAT TRACTS OF
LAND IN WASHINGTON.
Secretary Lane Makes Announcement
of Great Event on Septem
ber Tenth.
WASHINGTON, July 20.—Frank
lin K. Lane, secretary of the interior,
announced today that on September
10 one hundred and twenty thousand
acres will be opened to settlement in
eastern Washington state.
CANNONS BY C ARLOADS.
BETHLEHEM, July 20.—The steel '
plants in this city are now producing
fifteen carloads of projectiles and can
nons each and every day for the allied
nations but particularly for Great
Britain.
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OIL MEN STRIKE.
NEW YORK, July 20.--A thousand
barrel and case workers in the Stand
ard Oil Company struck this after
noon as they were refused an increase
of wages amounting to eleven per
cent.
JUNEAU CONVICT ESCAPES
ANI) IS NOW PURSUED.
Shot Woman at Douglas and Escapes
Either on or From the
Mariposa.
That Robert Dupee, who shot Clara
Collins a couple of months ago at
Douglas and was sentenced to seven
years in McNeill’s Island penitentiary,.
has escaped from the Mariposa at
Seattle and is now being pursued by
a score of officers is probably meant
by a cable received by the Gateway
this morning. The cable says that
Robert Dupee “escaped Mariposa this
morning” and this probably means
that he escaped from that ship when
she reached Seattle. The woman shot
by Dupee was a denizen of the under
world and has been confined in St.
Ann's hospital since the wound was
inflicted on her.
GOVERNOR WILL COME
TO HUNT NEAR SEWARD.
Before leaving Seward Governor
Strong stated the intention of re
turning in October to go out on a
hunting trip. During his visit he fell
in love with the surroundings and
said he cdtfld wish for nothing better
than to get away to see more of them.
PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT.
A meeting of the Pioneers will be
held tonight at the A. B. Hall. Much
business will be transacted, and all
members are requested to attend.
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN FURS ON VIEW HERE.
By looking in the door of the Bank
of Seward at present one can see at
a glance no less than twenty thou
sand dollars worth of furs hung up
around the office. One shipment of
blue foxes included in the bunch was
worth ten thousand dollars. The
greater part of the furs came from
Attu island.
Movement Started to Establish
Asylum to Treat Those Now
Sent Outside.
For years Alaska, through its rep
resentatives, has been asking that the
insane people of the territory be kept
at home for treatment. At the last
session the territorial legislature,
both for the benefit of the insane
themselves anti, incidentally, for the
benefit of the territory, formally
made the request to the government
that the unfortunate residents of Al
aska who are sent outside to Morn
ingside asylum for treatment be kept
at home for treatment under the eyes
of their friends, and, now, two Se
ward doctors have taken the initiative
by applying for a contract to take
care of the territory’s insane in future
near this city. The doctors are Dr.
Romig and Dr. Sloan.
The care of the Alaska insane at
the Morningside asylum costs the
United States government the sum of
eighty thousand dollars a year. The 1
number of Alaska patients now in the
asylum is 180, each of whom costs the
government forty dollars a month ac
cording to the terms of the contract
with the people who conduct the
asylum. Added to this is the cost of
sending patients out. This cost is
something like $400 to $700 a case as
guards must be employed and their
fares paid. On the whole, therefore
the total expenditure would be more
than $100,000 a year and this money
expended here instead of outside
wo'Uld mean an immense advantage, j
it goes without saying, to the whole \
1 community, while keeping the
putients here near their acquaint
ances and friends would insure sym
pathetic treatment. Drs. Sloan and
Komig spoke to (lovernor Strong
while he was here and it is said that
the governor is entirely favorable to
the idea of having Alaska’s insane
treated in Alaska. When the legis
lature took the matter up it brought
charges against the present keepers
of the territory’s insane which were
very serious—so serious, in fact, that
it is not advisable to repeat them
without having had them properly
substantiated. Similar complaints
have, however, been heard in other
camps of Alaska and the feeling has
been that where so much smoke is
seen there must be some fire.
Hut, apart from all this, there is no
reason why the insane of the terri
tory should not be treated at home.
The intention of Drs. Komig and
Sloan is to apply for the contract ;tnd
to build the asylum somewhere near
the railroad a short distance from the
city. They are now arranging the
financial end of the undertaking so
that they may be in a position to show
the government that they can build
the asylum and handle the business
of conducting it in a perfect manner.
The saving to the government by es
tablishing the asylum in a central
place like Seward would be immense
while every other consideration is in
favor of the idea also.
JACKLING MEN
COMING HERE
GREAT MINING INTERESTS BE
COMING INTERESTED IN
THIS QUARTER.
Representatives of the Jackling
mining interests will arrive in Se
ward within a very few days to sur
vey sonditions in the mining line
around this country. The same in
terests were represented here some
time ago when the Moose pass prop
erties were examined but that ex
amination was only a sort of prelim
inary survey. No other facts, except
that the people are coming on one of
the next boats, are permitted to be
published at present but that much
is a fact. Jackling is the president
of the Alaska Gastineau mining
company near Juneau, which has put
more money into the development of
that property than some great min
ing concerns would regard as a for
tune in itself. He is associated with
the Hayden-Stone interests which are,
probably, the largest in the United
I States in their line. Bart Thane, the
| manager of the Alaska-Gastineau,
I has taken a direct interest in the min
! ing outlook in the country inland
; from Seward and to him is due, it is
| said, the sending of the men here to
investigate. All indications now
! point to the beginning of mining
activity in this district by the inter*
I ests mentioned.
Several young ladies have now tak
en up the swimming habit and take
to the seh water and the ponds every
day—like ducks, of course.
GREAT STRIKE
SETTLED UPON
MEN WILL WALK OUT FROM
REMINGTON ARMS FACT
ORY TOMORROW.
BRIDGEPORT. July 20.—The
great strike in the Remington Arms
factories will be called for tomorrow
when the thousands of employes will
walk out and stop the immense works
completely. Keppler, the internation
al vice-president of the Machinists’
Union, declared today that no atten
tion will be paid to Gompers or Presi
dent Wilson or anyone else. No one
can stop the strike now, he declares,
and the men will walk out tomorrow.
At this time the chance for a settle
ment seems most remote. Officials of
the company still seem to be of the
opinion that the strike is due, at least
to a great extent, to the machinations
of the Germans who see in the clos
ing down of the factories a tremend
ous curtailment of the supplies of
munitions of war for the allied
nations.
PORTAGE CREEK PROPERTY
SELLS FOR BIG PRICE
FAIRBANKS.—By a suit brought
by R. M. Crawford an important sale
of mining property is brought to
light. Mr. Crawford sues Val Diebold
for commissions alleged to be due for
selling some Portage creek property.
Although the papers in the suit do
not state to whom the property was
sold, it is learned that Luther C.
Hess was the purchaser and that the
figure was $10,000.