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U. S. TROOPS LEAVE MEXICO.
ANDjiMEXICAN ARMY ADVANCES
BIG MEXICAN ARMY MOVES
WASHINGTON. May 24.—Word arrived last night
that thirty thousand Mexican troops are now marching
northward and are bound from Durango, baltillo and
elsewhere. After the conference with General Scott, Gen-i
end Obregon promised to send ten thousand government!
troops to the north to aid in maintaining order on the
northern border and the information that twenty thou
sand more than were promised are on the way has been
received as a proof that the Carranza government hasj
finally come to the conclusion that law and order must be
established.
REC RUITING BANDITS j
COLUMBUS, May 24. — General Pershing has sent
out scouting expeditions in pursuit of Villa bandits who
are now openly recruiting in the efforts to attack the.
American lines of communication. That the American
expedition is retreating is now generally believed and
Pershing's precautions are believed to be intended to pro
tect that retreat. In the wake of the supposed retiring |
Americans the Mexican peons are being conscripted by
the promise of large rewards and the assurance that Villa
himself is coming to lead them.
Roosevelt Asked
Formally To Run
OYSTER BAY, May 2^. —George
vou Meyer, formerly a member of the
cabinet, and a delegation from thirty
states waited today on Theodore
Roosevelt and asked him formally to
stand for the Republican nomination.
In the opening statement the delega
tion said it “wanted a candidate who
is trusted by the great ma>s of the
people.” Roosevelt replied by saying
that he recognizes the fact that he
was selected for the principles of
thorough going Americanism which he
represents. “No half measures” will
be his slogan, he declared. He also
declared that the country “needs a
man who is a man of deed.”
Big Crowd For l he
Democratic Meet
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Twenty
thousand applications have been re
ceived for the ten thou^am^seats at
the coming Democratic convention
and there is not the slightest hope of
accomodating a quater of the peo
ple who want to attend. It is ex
pected that the applications will be
far more numerous from this time
forward.
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ADMISSION TO THEATRE
IS 100 DEAD FLIES
BEXTONVILLE, Ark., May 19.—
The boys of Bentonviile “don’t need
no money" to see the movies here an
Friday nights. The admission fee is
100 dead flies, or ten cents in cash.
A local movie magnate has posted a
sign reading “Admission, 100 Dead
Flies" and it is making a hit. Every
Friday night one hundred of the
swatted corpses admit you to his
theatre. And then you can win five
extra tickets for bringing in the larg
est number.
Bentonviile citizens have taken to
the novelty and indications are that
flies will soon be an unknown quantity
here.
Phil Hickey will leave on the Ala
meda for Oatman, Arizona, where the
new strike has been made. Mrs.
Hickey will join him outside.
Get Ready to Make
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Adams St. Grade
The city engineer, Dan Dunlap, be
gan surveying this morning to pre
pare for the grading of Adams street.
! A new sidewalk ten feet wide will be
| built on the north side of the street
i from Fourth avenue down to the rail
! road tracks and the grading will be
done for the same distance. The new
grade will make the street about as
| it is now, the only heavy work being
a till of about two and a half feet near
: the railroad. It has been suggested
that the old lumber to be taken from
I the present walk ought to be used to
! make a walk to the Seward General
Hospital.
Work oil Dock to
! Start Very Soon
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The officials of the Engineering
Commission are now' in a position to
say that work on the new dock will
start very soon. They evidently did
not like to fix an exact date, when
seen today and reminded that some of
the piles had arrived, about the start
of the work, but it will be as soon as
possible. Only seventy-five piles ar
rived as the Aroline had too much
freight to hold any more.
GATTI-CASAZZA GOES TO
HUNT UP A FEW MILLION
DOLLARS WORTH OF VOICES
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NEW YORK, May 20. — Giulio
Gatti-Casazza, general manager of
the Metropolitan Opera sailed today
for Genoa aboard the Duca d’Aosta, to
seek a new crop of operatic stars for
next season. Some contracts expire
this season with artists, that may not
be renewed and substitutes must be
found. Gatti-Casazza will comb war
tom Europe for a couple of million
dollars worth of voices. He is just as
apt to find a $100,000 tenor serving
soup in a restaurant, or a $50,000
barytone bawling the Italian equva
lent of “Ra-a-ags, Bones and Bottles”
as he is to find them to the manner
born.
Fred Bunce came to the city Tues
day evening. His boat service on the
lake is proceeding once more.
* NEPHEW OF SEWARD *
* MERCHANT KILLED ❖
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The news arrived this morning that
a nephew of \\. M. Sauers was killed i
some days ago at Hoquiam by being
struck by a heavy timber that was be-1
ing loaded on a ship. Ihe victim ot
the accident was Raymond Sauers, |
son of a brother of Mr. Sauers ol
Seward, and was only 25 years of age.
He was watching the loading of the
timbers at the time the accident oc-1
cur red. He had just arrived from
Los Angeles and expected to come to
Seward.
ALASKAN LINK
COMPANY FORMS
PORTLAND, Ore., May 0. — By
June 15 the Oregon - Alaska
Steamship company, a new corpora
tion backed by some of the leading
men of the city, will place a pas
senger and freight steamer in regu
lar service between Portland and
points in Southeastern and South
western Alaska, making a round trip
every 15 days. Already a full cargo
of freight has been secured for her
and assurances given that her pas
senger berths will be fully occupied.
After the line has been firmly es
tablished and the business warrants
it, and the present indications show
that it will, other steamers will be
added until the fleet, it is declared,
will be one of which Portlanders may
be well proud.
Negotiations practically have been
closed for the vessel which will in
augurate the service. W. C. Sears,
one of the incorporators of the line,
has gone to New York to make a
thorough inspection of the craft be
fore closing the deal. If found satis
factory in all details he will close the
purchase the latter part of this week
and a few' days later she will leave
for Portland.—Ex.
AROUSE BRINGS SMALL
AMOUNT OF PILING
On the Arolinc this morning were
sevent-five creosote piles for the new
dock at Seward. She also had 5a,000
feet of lumber. For Anchorage she
had a pile driver.
Democrats Start
Convention Today
That Charles Sulzer will receive
the nomination of the Democrats of
Alaska at the convention which opens
today in Juneau may now be stated as
almost a positive certainty, judging
by letters and exchanges from the
other parts of the territory. Jar*
Honan, the old warhorse who repre
sents Seward directly at the conven
tion and has all the proxies from this
district, is strong for Sulzer and hard
ly a delegate from any part of the
territory has said he will be for any
one else. Owing to the break of the
cable the news of the opening of the
convention may not be received today
but it is safe to say that when the
nominations are heard of they will in
clude the names of Sulzer and
Grigsby.
❖ JAMES J. HILL *
❖ IS VERY ILL •>
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ST. TAUL, May 23.—That James J.
Hill is seriously ill is now generally
believed. His friends and business as
sociates have been unable to see him
since last Wednesday and reports
have been ciruclated that complica
tions of his illness have developed. It
is admitted by the doctors that his re
covery is not as rapid as desired.
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VERDUN FIGHT
PROCEEDS
PARIS, May 24. — The supreme
struggle for Verdun still proceeds.!
The latest ollicial note is to the effect I
that after all night fighting of the
greatest fury the French troops ex
pelled the Germans from all the posi
tions except that in the northern corn
er of Fort Douamont. This is regard
ed as one of the greatest victories of ;
the Verdun campaign and Paris is'
celebrating the victory today. It is
now believed that Headmans Hill is j
impregnable to the German assaults.
The news of the French successes is i
offset, however, by the news that the
British have met reverses near Vimy j
ridge. At that point the Bavarians
thrust back tho British lines to re
move the threat against their hold
ings which existed since the British
took the offensive. Hand to hand
lighting has continued through every
part of the Verdun region since last
Saturday and the slaughter along the
hills to the northwest of Verdun is j
grow ing more frightful. The trenches |
have been ground to dust by the artil-1
lery fire and this fire has been follow
ed by struggles in which the opposing
troops are locked together Accord
ing to the last report issued the con
flict was growing more terrific every
minute, following one of the bloodiest
nights in history.
Brandeis Wins Out j
For Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, May 24. — The
judiciary committee of the senate
recommended today the confirming of
Brandeis to the supreme court by a
vote of 10 to 8 on straight party lines.
It is believed that the floor division
will be similar to the committee’s at
titude and that Brandeis will win out
by an easy margin.
UNCLE SAM OPENS AEROPLANE
MAIL SERVICE BIDS
(Special to Gateway by United Pross)
WASHINGTON, May 12. —Bids
were opened today by Postmaster
General Burleson to decide if the
United States shall begin mail-by
aeroplane service on seven routes in
Alaska and one in Massachusetts.
If the aeros win over the present
methods of transporting mail, they
must show superior economy in opera
tion as well as better speed.
Advance tips to the Post Office De
partment are that several manufact
urers are backing prospective con
tractors for the routes with the prom
ise of low-priced machines, presum
ably due to publicity which the stunt
would give their planes.
In Alaska, some of the routes for
which a change to the air-line is pro
posed have been carried over various
relays by dog teams, river scows, and
horse-back. The beat of the mail car
riers led over mountains and swift
flowing, icy rivers.
The airship route would cut
straight from starting point to desti
nation, “as the crow flies,” regardless
of mountain ranges.
Hear Admiral Peary is among those
interested in seeing the air lines es
tablished as a scientific ^accomplish
ment.
In the last five years the post-office
department has encouraged a number
of aeroplane mail-carrying stunts, and
is disposed, if possible to make them
! a regulation part of the service.
“Wormwood,” the famous drama of
Marie Corelli will be shown here in
Seward at the Empress theatre to
morrow evening. It is presented by
William Fox and was produced by
Marshall Farnum. Nothing more
than this could be said in several
columns. The time is 8:15. sharp.
POPE AND PRESIDENT WILSON
COMMUNICATE ADOUT PEACE
MEXICAN HARDSHIPS
„CAUSE A MURDER
EL PASO, May 22.—Trooper Diero
of Troop D, Sixth cavalry, is now in
the guard house at Fort Bliss under
the charge of murdering Trooper
Hanamy. Both men suffered terribly
on the trip from Dublan to Columbus
on the return march and evidently had
i a quarrel. The Troop was short of
| rations and water, no chance for real j
I sleep was provided and all of the men
came back feeling in exceedingly bail j
spirits. So far as the investigation
has gone into the murder of Hanamy
it indicates that Diero was driven in
sane.
J. J. HILL IS SICK BIT
NOT SERIOUSLY SOI
ST. PAUL, May 23.—J. J. Hill is ill j
but not seriously. The rumor got
abroad today that his condition was
grave but enquiries at the head office
disapprove the sensational rumors.
CANADIAN CORPORAL IS
CHARGED WITH TREASON
REGINA, Canada, May 23.—Corp
oral Taft of the Mounted Police was
arrested here last night and is now
in jail waiting for trial on tiie charge
of high Deason. The charge is that
he worked to prevent men from en
listing in the army.
7 OF VILLA’S COLUMBUS
RAID FOLLOWERS
HANGED FOR MURDER
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
DEMING, y. M., May 19. — The
seven Villa followers captured after
they had taken part in the Columbus
raid, and who were sentenced to death
by Judge Edward L. Medler here
April 23, were hanged at Santa Fe
penitentiary today. ^
At the time they were sentenced,
the prisoners pleaded that they were
ignorant of where they were going at
the time of the raid and that they
were forced to follow’ \ ilia under
penalty of death.
Six of the bandits listened unmoved
to the sentence of death, but the
seventh, Jose Rangel, who had been
wounded in the raid and was carried
into court on a cot, cried for mercy.
British Columbia
Is Now Going Dry
VICTORIA, B. C., May 23. — The
prohibition referendum bill which
passed the caucus came before the
house this afternoon and it is believed
that a prohibition law will soon be on
the statute books of British C olumbia.
The bill for a referendum on the qi&s
tion of extending the franchise to
women also came before the house
this afternoon and will soon be acted
upon.
PRISON PHYSICIAN SAYS ONE
PRISONER IN 20 INNOCENT
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 20. — Min
nesota was urged today to hire cap
able attorneys to advise penitentiary
prisoners, upon whose conviction the
state spent hundreds of dollars, how'
to get out, w’hen Dr. G. A. New’man,
prison physician at the Stillwater
penitentiary, appeared before the
state pardon board
He said he is convinced one pris
oner in 20 now’ behind the bars is in
nocent. F. A. Whittier, state parole
agent favors the plan.
A. M. Lindsay, special agent of the
California Insurance Company, arriv
ed on the last boat. He was accom
panied by Mrs. Lindsay.
FIERCEST IN HISTORY
PARIS, May 24.—The most savage battle in the his
tory of the world is now raging between the French and
German troops on a line reaching from Deadman’s Hill
to the ruins of Fort Douamont. Both sides are apparently
inspired with a kind of culminating ferocity and the carn
age is awful. Eighty thousand Germans were sent
crushing into the French positions at Deadman’s Hill
while two German brigades were hurled repeatedly at the
French forces holding the ruins of Douamont. All night
long the charges continued and the carnage was frightful
but the attack reached its greatest intensity yesterday at
noon. The Germans covered the whole French line during
the day from Tiaumont to Douamont with a steady artil
lery fire and then came the infantry assaults. As the
Teutons came on the French machine guns “sprayed” the
charging ranks but still the waves of the enemy came on
and swarmed into the edges of the Douamont defenses. It
was then that the ferocity of the feelings of the men on
both sides showed itsdf. The Germans clung to the para
pets and on the edges of the defenses and the French
never gave an inch. Both sides fought like tigers. Stand
ing on the edges of the parapets man fought against man.
The Germans climbed through the narrow alleys, slashed
through barbed wire entanglements and rushed in to
make a hand to hand fight. Bayonets and hand grenades
were the chief weapons used but in the fury of the assault
even fists were used. After a time ordinary weapons be*
came useless so closely did the combatants come together.
The fighting troops became actually wedged together and
the front ranks were shoved forward by the press of their
comrades behind. The Germans apparently had one ad
vantage in this sort of fighting by having been provided
with knives with which they stabbed savagely. In the
fighting at this one point the Teutons, it is estimated, lost
ten thousand killed. From the accounts received here the
assault seemed to be intended as the great final climax to
the struggle for Verdun and the whole country is waiting
with anxiety for the news of the result. All the official
communiques this afternoon say that the battle is still
proceeding, the men on both sides fighting with a desper
ation that has not been equalled since the beginning of the
war.
LONDON, May 21—Prince von Buelow, the famous
German diplomat and formerly the imperial chancellor,
will soon become ambassador to Washington, it is stated
on the best authority. The news comes from the same
source that the whole diplomatic arrangements of Ger
many will soon be changed.
WILSON REPLIES TO POPE
ROME, May 24.—The reply of President Wilson to
the peace note sent by the pope reached the Vatican today.
This was the first intimation given out that Benedictus
had actually begun a correspondence with the heads of the
neutral states with a view to getting an expression from
the heads of the belligerents on the question of the pos
sibility of securing peace. Neither the text of the pope’s
note to Wilson nor that of the president’s reply has been
made public. Both communications are supposed to be
merely expressions of the wish to aid towards biinging
peace* if possible, but they are regarded as the forerun
ners of something more important.
BERLIN, May 24.—In a special interview given to
the United Press correspondent today Phillip S. Chede
mann, the famous socialist leader, stated that either Wil
son or Taft would be acceptable to the German socialists
as peace makers if peace is considered. While giving the
interview Chedemann stated that if Germany appointed a
really good dictator to overlook the food supplies of the
empire and their distribution all hopes of victory on the
part of the Allies would be destroyed and Great Britain
would be the first to ask for peace.
PROTEST TO BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, May 24. — President Wilson today
completed the note of protest to the British government
in relation to the censorship of United States mail by the
British. The full contents of the note are not known but
it can be stated that the president particularly objected to
the censoring of mail to the United States from neutral
: nations. The note will be cabled immediately to London,