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THE GREAT LINER MINNEHAHA WITH MUNITIONS
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ABOARD IS AFIRE; RACING MADLY FOR HALIFAX
TURKS DELIVER ATTACK
BUT SUFFER REPULSE
TURK ATTACK REPULSED
PARIS, July 8.—The Turkish fleet participated in a
general attack on the allied forces on Gallipoli peninsula
yesterday but the attack, both by sea and land, was re
pulsed. The Turkish vessels which were mostly gunboats
drew up along the Dardanelles and opened fire by the
direction of airships. The allied fleet is supposed to have
taken shelter from German submarines and this tact may
account for its failure to oppose the 1 urkish vessels
which, however, found it impossible to withstand the fire
of the allied land batteries*
ITALIANS SHATTER DEFENSES
ROME, July 8.—The Italians have shattered the de
fenses of Goritza by heavy artillery fire and have partial
ly opened the way for an advance in force on the main
Austrian positions, it has been learned since the begin
ning of the campaign that Austria had made far bettei
preparations to repel an attack from Italy than had been
believed, in spite of the fact that the two nations were
supposed to be allies. Our advance on the Isonzo livei
has been delayed temporarily by those fortifications but
better progress is expected from now on.
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GERMANY DESTROYS CATHEDRAL
BERLIN, July 8.—It was officially announced here
today that the German artillerists have destroyed the
cathedral of Arras but that they were compelled to do so
as the French used the edifice for military purposes, lhe
announcement goes on to state that similar action will be
considered necessary under similar ciicumstances at a
times.
MONTENEGRINS GOING
SEATTLE, July 8.—The Montenegrins 'of this state
are now flocking into Canada fast but declare that they
are going to look for work and not to take ship for home
to join the army of their country. This is supposed to be
merely an excuse but the officials cannot see their way
clear to interfere with their movements under the cir
cumstances. Two hundred are supposed to have left this
city for British Columbia.
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SPAIN PREPARES
MADRID, July 8.—Spain has now begun prepara
tions to protect her frontiers trom invasion, accoiding
to an announcement made by the government, but the peo
ple generally are in the dark about any reasons that could
be advanced for such precautions and the feeling is gain
ing ground that Spain is really contemplating taking
some action to improve her position amongst the powers
when the settlement comes to be made after the war.
NOT TO STOP MONTENEGRINS
WASHINGTON, July 8.—The state department has
issued a statement to the effect that Montenegrins who
desire to go home to fight cannot be stopped, but that men
engaged in the work of recruiting them can be arrested
under the neutrality laws. Those laws, it is pointed out,
do not prevent a man from going to join the army of his
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VICTORIA EXPECTED
HERE JULY lit*.;
Anton Eide has received word that
the Victoria is due to arrive at Seward
about the 14th of the present month
from Nome. The Gateway has sent
a message asking for the exact tim%
of her sailing from that city but no
answer has yet been received. Gov
ernor Strong was reported at Eagle j
on the Y'ukon on June 24 and as he]
had to go to Fairbanks it is hardly
likely that he will catch the Victoria
this trip unless she is delayed. She
was scheduled to leave Nome on July
5 but boats seldom get away from
there on time.
STEEL MILLS BEHIND.
PITTSBURG, July 8.—The steel
mills of this city are now behind in j
fulfilling the orders for the belliger
ent nations of Europe and more orders :
are coming fast.
ROCKEFELLER SEVENTY-SIX.
TARRYTON, July 8.—John D.
Rockefeller the elder reached the age
of seventy six today.
COMMISSIONER CONROY AND
MRS. NELLIE MUSCOTT WED.
Marriage Took Place June 29 But
Bashful Pair Decided to
Keep It Quiet.
Mr. M. J. Conroy, United States
Commissioner, and Mrs. Nellie Mus
cott were united in matrimony at the
home of the bride on June 29th. by
Rev. C. T. Cook of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs.
Martin were the witnesses. The
happy couple modestly decided not to
make the wedding public for a time
but it is never too late to wish
happiness.
FOURTEEN KILLED IN AN
IRISH TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
QUEENSTOWN, Ireland, July 8.—
Fourteen people were killed outright
ami about a score were severely in
jured when a trolley car left the track
while descending a steep hill here
this morning. The car was crowded
with excursionists.
Job printing of every description at
t The Gateway.
OROZCO STARTS
ACROSS BORDER
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LEADS A HUNDRED MEN INTO J
MEXICO TO BEGIN CAM
PAIGN FOR HUERTA.
SAN ANTONIO, July 8.—General
Orozco has succeeded in escaping the
vigilance of the United States author
ities and has crossed into Mexico with
a hundred followers to open the cam
paign on the suspicion of starting
which Huerta was arrested. It is not
doubted in the least now that Huerta
really was engaged in the conspiracy
and that Orozco is acting for him.
There is very little known of the con
ditions confronting the new revolu
tionists. It is said by the friends of
Huerta that he need only appear in
Mexico with a fairly strong body of
supporters to bring the majority of
Mexicans to his standard but the task
which Orozco is facing with so small
a body of men is extremly hazardous.
TORNADOES RUN
RIOT ALL OVER
TWO BOATS ON OHIO CAPSIZED
AND SCORES OF PEO
PLE ARE KILLED.
CINCINNATI, July S.—Tornadoes
ragtnl yesterday all over the country
from Nebraska to Ohio and at least
forty people were killed in the whole
district affected while the damage to
property is more than a million dol
lars. The most unusual result of the
visitation was the capsizing of two
boats on the Ohio river on which large
numbers of people were traveling.
Scores of the passengers and crews
were drowned but the exact number
has not yet been made known.
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❖ OUTING CLUB FOR *
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The new Outing Club, which Mrs.
J. H. Sears has been chiefly instru
mental in organizing, meets this after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Sam
Graff. The object of the club is to
enjoy entertainments fitted to parti
cular days. If the day of the meet
ing happens to be fine a walk or some
other outdoor pastime will be the
chief item on the program, and on less
propitious days indoor entertainment
will bo provided.
TAGGART SAYS HE IS
BEING PERSECUTED.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 8.—Tom
Taggart, the famous democratic poli
tician who has been indicted for al
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lcged election frauds, declared in a
published statement today that he is
being persecuted by his political
enemies and that there is no grouno
for the charges against him. He also
expresses the belief that his enemies
will so contrive that men will give
testimony colored in a manner that
may cast a stain on him no matter
how innocent he might be.
REDONDO BRINGS LUMBER.
The freighter Redondo arrived at
noon today with two hundred thou
sand feet of lumber for Brosius and
Noon. She also brought fifty tons of
coal.
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❖ WIND BLOWS TRAIN •>
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ST. LOUIS, July 8.—That a rail
road train was blown clean off the
track on the Wabash railroad today is
the extraordinary story which was
brought here this morning and is fully
vouched for. The wind was of un
precedented velocity and struck the
train broadside at an exposed place.
No casualties are reported.
PACKED WHISKEY IN CANS
LABELLED AS TOMATOES.
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Too Many People Were Asking For
Can Openers and the Offi
cers Got Next.
PHOENIX, July 8.—A big haul of i
smuggled whisky was made by the
authorities here yesterday when a
consignment of supposed canned to
matoes was seized and opened. The
suspicion of the officials had been j
aroused by the extraordinary demand
for can openers that made itself felt j
soon after the prohibition act went'
into effect and they began investigat
ing with most successful results.
MIL AND MRS. KDKS LEAVE.
Mr. and Mrs. Edes will leave for
Anchorage on the Mariposa this even
ing.
MOOSE PASS
RICH IN ORES
J. b: slater takes out pound
OP GOLD WITH ARRASTRE
IN ONE WEEK.
To take out a pound of gold, two
hundred dollars worth, in one week by
the operation of an arrastre is the
extraordinary result of the work of
J. B. Slater who has arrived in the
city with the brick from Broad Pass
where his property is located. Mr.
Slater has been working on his prop
erty, the Independence Group, for
some time with the aid of a horse to
pack the ore down the hill to the ar
i-astre. To secure the pound of gold
he crushed less than half a dozen tons
of ore. The ledge from which the ore
was taken is a cross one about two and
half to three feet in width. The main
ledge is from three to twenty feet in
width. John Fitzpatrick, who owns
property on the same ledge has had
the rock assayed by the most eminent
members of the profession and has
now in his possession returns which
are over seven hundred dollars to the
ton in some instances. He has his
ledge uncovered for nine hundred feet
and has long stretches of tunnels, all
of which work has served to confirm
the opinions held of the great value
of the rock.
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❖ BANK ROBBERS FIGHT *
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ENGLAND, Arkansas, July 8.—
Seven bank robbers fought a crowd of
a hundred citizens here last night' for
a full hour. The robbers were pur
sued after an attempt to rifle the local
bank but when the pursuers came up
the highwaymen turned and gave
fierce battle, later escaping.
DRAGGING RIVER FOR
THE TORNADO VICTIMS.
CINCINNATI, July 8.—The police
and hundreds of volunteers are now
engaged dragging the river and dig
ging in the ruins for the victims of
the tornadoes that swept over this
part of the country. It is feared that
the number of casualties is far great
er than had at first been believed.
RUSSIANS CHECK GERMAN
ADVANCE NEAR LUBLIN
HOLT FEARED
BElMCAUGHt
PROSECUTOR THINKS HE COM
MITTED SUICIDE TO AVOID
IDENTIFICATION.
GLENCOVE, July 8.—The prose
cutor stated the belief this morning
that Holt committed suicide througn
fear of being identified as Professor
Muenter who had the charge of wife
murder hanging over him. It is be
lieved that the real reason for Holt's |
crimes was a desire to get even with
society because of his indictment for
the murder of his wife. The case is
causing intense interest as seldom in
criminal history, or even in fiction,
has a story been told of more amazing
incidents.
NEW YORK, July 8.—That Holt’s
warnings of the blowing up of some
of the Atlantic liners cannot be taken
as well founded is proven by the fact
that the Saxonia and the Philadelphia
are safe although Holt mentioned
them as two of the ships that were
about to be destroyed by dynamiting.
DALLAS, July 8.—Before killing
himself Holt wrote to his wife and in
the letter stated that he had been
guided by God in all his recent acts.
The letter indicates clearly at least an
abnormal mental condition if not real
insanity.
WASHINGTON, July 8.—The gov
ernment has warned the ships which
are supposed to have the dynamite
placed aboard them by Holt. It is
feared that the explosive may be hid
den in a trunk but the general opinion
is that no dynamite has been placed
aboard any vessel.
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WASHINGTON, July 8.—The
United States naval authorities have
perfected a new three inch disappear
ing gun for u*e on submarines. It is
claimed for the invention that it is
superior by far to any gun ever used
on undersea ships.
NEARLY FORTY COMING
ON STEAMER ALAMEDA.
SEATTLE, July 8.—The following
left Seattle on the Alameda for
Seward:
P. Neil, Thos. Campbell, Frank
Westerman and wife, T. Flint and
wife, Mary Derby, R. Cole, J. HofTlin,
W. Thompson, R. Bollerman and wife,
Chester Newhall, Mary Winchell,
Eleanor Hearing, Ruth Watson, J.
Laney, S. Newhouse, C. Kemmell, H.
Waller, Mrs. Anna Lindmark, N. Nel
son, M. Imhoflf, Marie Fergus, H.
Pratt and wife, Edward Sargent, A.
Balls, A Imhoff and ten steerage.
For Knik: Mrs. Laura Boone, Mrs.
F. Standiford and baby, Mrs. H.
Wilkinson and baby, N. Wilkinson,
Thelma Wilkinson, V. Elfendahl, Mrs.
0. Anderson, Lillian Brown, Mrs.
Alice Small, George Small, B. Eng
ston, Theo Allerton, Olga Juhola, G.
Youmans, C. Stair, Morris Ruth and
fourteen steerage. b
MARIPOSA 5 P. M.
The steamship Mariposa is due to
arrive this evening at 5 o’clock.
LINER WITH MUNITIONS AFIRE
NEW YORK, July 8.—The great liner Minnehaha,
with a cargo of war munitions aboard, is now afire in the
Atlantic and is racing for Halifax under every ounce of
steam to escape a frightful disaster. It is regarded as
possible that the vessel is a victim of the work of Holt but
this is only a surmise. It is deemed probable, however,
that the fire was not caused by accident and that if the
vessel is blown up it will be due to the machinations of the
German sympathizers. The Minnehaha is a passenger
liner of the Atlantic Transport Line and was built by
Harland and Woifi of Belfast- She is a ship of over thir
teen thousand gross tonnage and is over six hundred feet
in length. The whole country is awaiting breathlessly,
it may be said, the result of the menace confronting the
liner and those aboard. The real nature of the munitions
aboard has not been ascertained but if the cargo con
tains explosives, as it most likely does, the most horrible
consequences may be looked for
GERMANS HALTED
LONDON, Julv 8.—The Russians have been stronglv
reinforced and have halted the German advance near
Lublin. They now occupy one of the strongest de
fensive positions and it is more than likely that the in
vaders will be halted permanently as they have been halt
ed west of Warsaw. The grand duke announces in a mes
sage from the front that the retreat has left the armies
practically intact and fully capable of holding the enemy
although an offensive movement on our part cannot be
thought of for the present.
WAR IN OTHER FIELDS
LONDON, July 8.—Artillery combats continue from
Arras to the sea but no other sort of fighting is reported
from the western front. The artillery duel is a terrific
one and the roar and crash goes on constantly. In the
Dardanelles region the figthing is fierce and bloody. The
allies have reached a point that is only six miles from
the narrows and the hope is strong that they will soon
command them and clear the way for the fleets. A French
warship has destroyed twelve Turkish supply ships near
the Asia Minor shore of the Dardanelles.
TROOPS HARVEST CROPS
OTTAWA, July 8.—One hundred thousand troops
that are now in training in Canada for the war in Europe
have been given permission to take part in the woik of
harvesting the crops as a scarcity of labor is expected
owing to the conversion of so many young men into
soldiers. The lists of Canadian losses at the front con
tinue to grow to a most regrettable degree but never did
the Dominion feel so ardent to continue to aid the empire.
STRIP DEAD FOR ARMS
BERLIN, July 8—Arms are growing so scarce
amongst the Russian forces that the reserves are often
entirely unarmed until after an attack when the guns and
bayonets are taken from the dead soldiers and given to
new men brought up from the rear The Bavarian gov
ernment has issued an order that all merchants found in
creasing the price of foodstuffs are to be prosecuted.
ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK
ROME, July 8—The Italian cruiser Amalfi has been
torpedoed by an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic and
sunk with the loss of several lives. Although the official
notification of the occurrence credits an Austrian sub
marine with the act it is suspected that it might ha\ e been
accomplished by one of the German submarines that are
known to have made their way into the Mediterranean by
way of the Straits of Gibraltar The story of the coming
of the German submarines has now come to be fully be
lieved. According to the account the German undersea
craft dived under several rows of mines placed in the
Straits by the British and succeeded in reaching their
goal. The exact number of men lost on the Amalfi is not
yet known.
DUTCH STEAMSHIP MISSING
LONDON, July 8.—The Dutch steamship Albergen is
missing and fears are entertained for her sfaetv. She is
supposed to have hundreds of people aboai d and hei sink
ing bv a submarine would most probably result in a
frightful disaster. She should have reached port severa
days ago and as she had been in latitudes where she could
easily have opened communications with other vessels by
wireless her failure to have done so has caused the most
serious misgivings.