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GERMANS CLAIM LAST STRONG
FRENCH FORT NEARLY GONE
GERMANS SEE VICTORY
BERLIN, June 1.—That the French are now prepar
ing to surrender Hill 304 is the statement issued today by
the war office. The hill is the last strongly fortified fort
remaining in the possession of the French northwest of
Verdun. Several of the trench positions on the summit
have been evacuated already and the next general assault
will probably bring the whole hill into the possession of
the Germans. The French are offering a desperately
tenacious resistance but are constantly being pressed
back.
REPULSE GERMANS
PARIS, June 1.—The complete repulse of the German
attack on the eastern slope of Headman's Hill was an
nounced by the war office today. The Qermans bombard
ed the French positions in the Headmans region with the
utmost violence all day Wednesday and intense artillery
duels continued all night last night on the east bank of the
Meuse but no other important infantry actions are re
ported around Verdun.
FRENCH AIR ATTACKS
PARIS, June 1. — French air squadrons early today
dropped twenty shells at Thionville and Audon stations
and fifty shells at the supply depots at Azannes. The
Germans have thrown seventy-five thousand additional
troops into action at Verdun this week, according to re
ports received at the war office. Since February one mil
lion Germans have been in action in this tremendous bat
tic »» • «... *
out of action. _
SHACKLETON SAFE
LONDON, June 1.—Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackle
ton, the Antartic explorer, has arrived safely at Port
Stanley, Falkland Islands. The news to this effect reach
ed London at midnight. The message says that his ship
Endurance was crushed in the ice flows last October but
it drifted until midwinter when he and his party landed on
Elephant island in the South Shetland group. The ex
plorer left in a small boat with five men a week later to
summon help, leaving twenty-two men, all of whom will
be in a situation demanding quick attention. The message
from Shackleton was dated at Port Stanley in May.
WAITE DIES IN JULY
NE WYORK, June 1.—Dr. Waite has been sentenced
to die in Sing Sing during the week beginning July 10 for
the murder of his father-in-law, Millionaire Peck.
TIMBER GRANTED FOR
RAILROAD AT KATALLA
JUNEAU.—Application has been
granted by the forest service to the
Clark Davis Company at Controller
Bay for all of the timber necessary
for construction work of the proposed
railroad from Goose City to coal
claims held by the company near Car
bon mountain in the Bering fields.
Recent developments indicate that
there will be considerable activity in
the Controller Bay section this
season.
The Clark Davis people have pur
chased the equipment of the old Car
bon mountain railroad v.hiceh was
started from Goose City about the
time the Guggenheims started to build
a road from KataUa.—Ex.
ANCHORAGE PAPER
CHANGES ITS NAME
ANCHORAGE, May 30.-The Cook
Inlet Pioneer, recently purchased by
Charles Herron is to be hereafter
called the Anchorage Daily 1 imes. |
Harry G. Steel is editor of the paper, j
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AMSTERDAM.—According to the
Atrassfcurg Zeitung, the K lisei con
startly cai ries on his person a psalm
book which belonged to Emperor
Frederick, who wrote on the flyleaf:
“I carried this through the Schleswig
Holstein campaign, 1$C>4, against
Austria, 1S66 and against France in
1870.**
COMING TO INVESTIGATE
THE ALASKA MISSIONS
On the present trip of the Mariposa
Kev. W. 0. Forbes came to Alaska to
investigate missions. The following’
from an outside exchange explains the
cause of the trip:
“Missions in Alaska will be investi
gated by Rev. W. 0. Forbes, D. D.,
North Pacific superintendent of
Presbyterian Sabbath school mission
ary and educational work. Accom
panied by Mrs. Forbes, Dr. Forbes
will leave for the North next Thurs
day on the steamship Mariposa. He
will spend two months looking into
the work of the mission stations and
picking out new mission prospects.
Dr. a id Mrs. Forbes will take a lead
ing part in the Sunday school conven
tions in Juneau and Skagway. If
the Alaska trip is successful, the
board plans similar excursions into
other territorial possessions of the
United States."
•> WAR ODDITIES ♦
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LONDON.—Private G. Murkin, of
Burton, owes his life to a “Made in
Germany” watch which deflected a
shrapnel bullet
LONDON.—“Tommies” in a certain
section of the British line in Northern
France have amazed their benefactors
at home by requesting practical books
on bookkeeping.
Christensen to
| Sell More Lots
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Passed by on Mariposa and Will Come
Back Here Later.
Andrew Christensen of the Land
Department passed by this morning
on the Mariposa and it is reported
that he will hold another sale of lots
at Anchorage before coming to Sew
ard to prepare for auctioning the lots
in the government addition in Seward.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Christ
ensen. The reported sale over there
is said to be scheduled for the middle
of June.
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
GET EVERYTHING RE ADI
CHICAGO, June 1.—The member)
of the Republican national committei
met this morning to take up the ques
tion of forty contests involving tht
right of sixty-two delegates to sit ir
the convention. From this time for
ward the committee will hold daily
sessions but expects to conclude its
business Saturday.
CARRIES DEAD BODY
OF CHILD IN ARMS
BILLINGS, Mont., June 1.—Clasp
,vhose death she had con-—i 'm
rear she would be compelled to lea/e
he train, Mi's. Hilda Alfred of
Ciedel, Nebraska, arrived here today.
All-Alaska Review
For May Issued
(lives Fine Chance to Seward People
to Advertise This District.
The May number of The All-Alasku
Review is now ready for sale. Owing
to the increased number of advertise
meats this time it will probably be
; necessary next month to make more
room for printed matter. In this is
sue Seward is given the lead. The
two middle pages are covered with il
lustrations of Seward from the scenic
and industrial points of view, as a
recognition of the fact that some
Seward business pople thought it
worthy of patronage. The cuts of
Seward cost exactly fifty-four dollars
and are so placed that they can be us
ed in one frame. If anyone wishes to
do some advertising for Seward all he
has to do is to buy some copies and
send them.
A most pleasant bit of information
came in this morning’s mail, and that
is that the Alaska Bureau of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce has got
eighteen cuts specially made for use
in The All-Alaska Review. Thus the
bureau is using probably more than a
hundred dollars to give the Review a
chance to advertise Alaska more, and
the bureau is to be thanked. Several
letters come to the Review now from
all over the States. For instance, E.
P. Dunlap, of 2;) East Arch street,
Mansfield, Ohio, sends a subscription
this morning. On the same mail
came a request for the Review from
the New York Public library itself,
and a hundred such examples could be
*w °bow the immense field cov
The Aiay wm'- - - —
features—condensed news of all ^
camps, items of interest in all lines. •
' FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
GIVES PIONEERS LOTS
The Forestry service has donated
a plot of ground out near Mile Twen
ty-three for the use of the local igloo
of the Pioneers of Alaska. It is
thught by some of the Pioneers that
a home will be built on the ground
later but it is almost certain that a
dancing pavilion will be placed there
very soon, and the ground is most
likely to be used as the site of the
coming barbecue.
The piece of ground given is twelve
and a half acres at Roosevelt, in one
of the choicest spots on the lake
shore. Although it is given to the
Pioneers it is intended to be a play
ground for all who desire it.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
SUNDAY SCHOOL COMES
Rev. W. 0. Forbes, I). D., of Seat
tle, General Superintendent of Sun
day School of the Presbyterian
church, accompanied by Mrs. Forbes,
arrived on the Mariposa ami will re
main here until next week. Dr.
Forbes will preach in the Methodist
church Sunday morning, and on Fri
day evening and will hold conference
for Sunday school workers to which
meeting all interested in Christain
work among the children are invited
to be present.
The Northwestern brought the fol
lowing last evening from the west
ward; C. E. Robinson, A. G. Mink,
I)r. J. M. Sloan, and B. D. Griffin.
She had fifteen first class and ten
steerage altogether when she arrived
here.
larger and larger from this TftflfctOT*
ward.
GENERAL STRIKE TIES IP ALL
THE SHIPPING ON THE COAST
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SEATTLE, June 1— Shipping was completely tied up
at G a. m. today when the threatened strike of the long
shoremen's union went into effect. The temporary head
quarters of the strikers were established here and Secre
tary J. A. Medsin has announced that all the longshoremen
on the coast “on the American side from Bellingham to
San Diego are out.” The strike has not yet gone into ef
fect at Vancouver and about half the vessels that had been
unloading at Seattle have been diverted to that poi t.
Twelve thousand men have struck and freight and passen
ger traffic of all kinds has been completely paralyzed. The
effect on Alaska, it is feared, will be particularly bad un
less some settlement is arrived at quickly.
CELEBRATION j
TO BE BIG ONEj
—
AT FINE MEETING LAST NIGHT
FIRST STEPS TAKEN FOR
JULY FOURTH.
Last \ night at the Mass meeting
held at the Fire hall it was decided
that Seward would celebrate the com
ing Fourth of July. It was further
decided that the celebration that is
coming would eclipse anything ever
before attempted on the Kenai Penin
! sula and set a mark for all other
towns having a desire, to shoot at.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting. H. V. Hoben acted us chair
man with F. A. Taylor as secretary.
The chairman briefly stated the ob
t
ject of the meeting and further re
marked that he was of the opinion
that this was the time for Seward to
take her place in the sun, and that he
i was in favor of putting on a celebra
! tion that would give people something
i to talk about for years to come and
one that would encourage strangers
to visit us and help with the joy mak
ing.
The remarks of the chairman
brought on a general discussion, all
of which was favorable to making the
forthcoming holiday one to date
history from. It was decided at the
meeting to hold three ball games with
Anchorage, stage the annual Seward
Mountain Marathon Race, put on a
good program of street and field
sports, featuring r. parade and during
the celebration to hold a series of
dances for the particular entertain
ment of the out of town guests.
A committee will immediately wait
on Mr. Weir, and the local agents of
the two steamship lines and arrange
for excursion rates from all points to
Seward and return during tlie festivi
ties.
A committee consisting of A. H.
McDonald, Wayne Blue, and Dr. J. H.
Romig was appointed to call on all of
the business houses in Seward, solicit
ing subscriptions to provide the
wherewithal to defray all necessary
expenses.
Judge Frank Ennis and Frank Cot
ter will again have charge of the
sports and entertainment of the cele
bration and have been instructed to
leave nothing undone that will add to
the glory of the blow out and the en
tertainment of our guests.
Both committees are getting busy
today and from early reports the
feeling seems to be unanimous that
Seward will entertain in a manner be
fitting the Terminal City this year.
As soon as possible the complete
program will be published as well as
big sheet posters announcing the
event. These posters will be mailed
to all points adjacent to Seward and
should result in packing the city with
out-of-town visitors during the three
days celebration.
LINDEBERG IS UNDER ARREST
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.—Jafet
Lindeberg, the Nome mining mag
nate, was arrested here today on the
northbound Shasta limited, just before
it left for Seattle, to which Lindeberg
was bound.
The arrest was made on a bench
warrant issued by Judge Desey, on
the charge of contempt of court,
growing out of the refusal of Linde
berg to testify in a mining case re
cently tried here.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
33 YEARS OLD
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NEW YORK, May 23. — Brooklyn
Bridge is 33 years old today. It has
brought the city about $25,000,000
worth of revenue in nickels in that
j time. Since other bridges like it have
been opened the revenue has not been
so great. There are now so many
bridges like Brooklyn Bridge that it
has to be singled out for curious
strangers in New York.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
ADVERTISED AGAIN
KANSAS CITY, May 111). — While
riding in an automobile on Grand
Avenue today Theodore Roosevelt was
made the target of a knife thrown by
some person unknown. The knife,
which has a blade of about four inches
in length, struck the door of the ton
neau of the machine, stuck for a
moment in the woodwork and then fell
to the step. Mr. Roosevelt was seated
behind the door but the knife did not
go near hitting him, and if it did the
result could hardly have been seriou*.
The person who threw the knife dis
appeared in the crowd.
MOOSE GIVE SMOKER
TOMORROW EVENING
The Seward lodge of the Loyal
Order of Moose will give a smoker in
their hall tomorrow evening at which
resident members, visiting Moose and
one friend each will be welcome.
Part of the program will be the show
ing of slides of Mooseheart, the great
institution of the order. All moose
are expected to be present.
MONEY FOR COAST
WASHINGTON, May 29. — In the
Rivers and Harbors bill which passed
the senate today are included the fol
lowing appropriations:
Washington: Gray's Harbor, $:;0,
000; Willapa harbor, $100,000; Lake
Washington canal Seattle, $348,000;
Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $17,500;
Grays river, Washington $500.
CUTTER THETIS IS
TO BE RETURNED
TO ORIGINAL JOB
tis, in the service of the United stales
since 1884, was sold yesterday for
$25,100 to the Bank of California,
representing W. and S. Job & Co.,
Inc., of New York. The price was the
highest among three bids publicly
opened yesterday by Captain VV. E.
Reynolds, commanding officer of the
coast guard service. The next bid
was $16,050 by the Moore & McCor
mick Company of New \ork, and the
last $2500, by the John Rothschild
Company of San Francisco.
Built in Scotland in 1881 as a sail
ing vessel, the Thetis, after a short
career in the seal fields, was given to
the United States for use in the
Greely relief expedition. She was
then used by the Navy as a survey
vessel and later transferred to the
revenue cutter service. She has acted
as a floating court in Alaskan waters,
in the Arctic sea and around the
Hawaiian islands.
She has a gross tonnage of 723 tons
and a displacement of 1250. Her
buyers are engaged largely in sealing,
and it is expected that she will be us
ed again for the work for which she
was built.
Under the terms of the sale, the
buyers are required to pay the pur
I chase price fifteen days after the ac
ceptance of the bid, and the Govern
ment is to turn the ship over five
days after the money has been paid.
—Ex.
MEN ASKED FOR
The secretary to the governor
wants information of the following.
CHARLES SUMNER CARTER:
Has spent several years in Alaska.
Supposed to be interested in copper
properties in the Prince William
Sound country. Only description
given, “large man, with gray hair."
FRANK J. COFFEY: Last heard
from when at Dawson in latter part
of 1913. Description: medium
height, dark hair and eyes, high fore
head, Irish descent and speaks with
Irish accent. Worked as electrician
in the States.
CHARLES HOPP DEAD
Charles Hopp, who recently sold the
Douglas News, died some days ago
1 as the result of a stroke of paralysis.
Schools Highly
j Efficient He Says
So line a Standard Reached by Sew
ard Pupils that it is Hard
to Maintain.
The standard of the Seward public
school is now so high that it will be
difficult to maintain it. This is the
statement made yesterday by Curtis
Morford who has been for four years
in charge of education in this city and
who spent many years as a teacher
himself. He said the papers at yes
tcrday’s exercises were almost in
finitely superior to those of two years
ago.
The school building is now being
prepared for the exhibit which will
take place from 1 to y o’clock on Fri
day and Saturday. The plan of hav
ing this exhibit has been spoken of in
the highest terms by those who have
given much thought to educational
matters. At the exercises yesterday
the graduating pupils showed really
remarkable proficiency. The rolls of
honor will be announced later.
PROGRAM
Given in the A. B. Hall on Wednes
day, May 29, 1910.
1. Piano Solo Lavonia Stotko
2. Chorus, Sailing All Grades
3. Greeting Gertrude Schalaben
4. Mail Song Primary
5. I'iano Solo Gertrude Schalaben
0. Rec., Vacation Harry Revell
7. Rec., The Goblins
Francis Ballaino
8. Duet Aldoren Carlson and
Helen Romig.
9. Rec., Psalm of Life
Alice Daggett
11. Song Ida Kcveti,
Schalaben, Thelma Ellsworth
12. Graduation Essays:
James Hawkins. “Our New*
Electric Railroad"
Ragna Johnson, “The First Re
ligious Founders'*
Elizabeth Torrcy, “The Origin
of Our Old Songs”
John Sauers.
13. Class History Helen Romig
14. Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Curtis Morford
15. Piano Solo Beatrice Baughman
16. Little Goblins Primary
17. Song, The Water Tank, Primary
18. Rec., Elizabeth Ann
Sam Moyer
19. The Goops Primary
20. The American Flag:
Thelma Ellsworth, Fay Henson,
Helen Tallasen, Susie Guest,
Robert Mull in, Joe Bradshaw.
21. Why? The Primary
22. Milk Maids The Primary
23. Bequests of the Graduation
Class.
24. Chorus, “My Heart’s in the
Highlands.”
25. Civic Code.
WOLF SKINS SOLD
BY THE TERRITORY
The territory still has on hand most
of the sum of $20,000 appropriated
by the territory for paying out as a
bounty on wolves. Saturday lerri
torial Treasurer Smith sold 33 wolf
pelts to Henry Moses for $110.
Charles Goldstein was the one other
bidder.
Most of the prime wolf skins do
not come to the territory to be sold.
They are sold to dealers direct, and
therefore the territory does not have
to pay tho bounty. The territory has
already paid out $600 for pelts.
Recently a large shipment of wolf
hides from the interior was made to
the outside, and most of the natives
by making a canoe trip can sell prime
wolf hides in Canada for $15 and up.
—Ex.
AMSTERDAM. — A five-act war
drama entitled “Hindenburg” in which
the German general whips the Rus
sians in thirteen battle-scenes is
drawing crowded houses nightly in
Berlin.