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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY^ Jl'LV 29, __________
1. S. JUDGE DECIDES APPAM
MIST BE GIVEN TO BRITISH
SLAVS TAKE BRODY JUNCTION
PETROGRAD. July 29—The Russians have occupied j
the important railroad junction at brod\, fift\-tight milesj
northeast of Lemberg and have broken through the en-j
tire first line of the Teutons west of Lutsk. They have al-j
so driven the Germans and Austrians from the lines of j
the rivers Slonevka and Boldurovka in southc t n ^ olh\ nin.
This was all contained in an official communication by the
war office today and it was also stated officially that hea\>
casualties were inflicted on the Austrians and Germans,
nine thousand of whom were taken prisoners. A large
number of guns were also captured. Severe fighting is al
so reported from the north and it is hoped that the con
tinued advance of the Russians in the south will force the
Germans to retreat in Poland to protect their flank.
TURKS DEFENDING HUNGARY
LONDON. July 2D. — According to a dispatch from
Lausanne. Switzerland, seventy thousand links ate now
concentrated in the plains of Hungary to defend that conn
try against a feared Russian invasion. A dispatch
through the Exchange Telegraph Company from the same
city says that Emperor Francis Joseph has gone to Buda
pest where intense excitement is said to prevail over the
prospect of the Russians marching over the (. arpathians.
So dis-satislied have the Hungarians become that, the in
formation is. only the presence of the aged emperor can
allay the feeling.
GIVES APPAM TO BRITISH
NORFOLK, July 29.—Federal Judge Wadell has de
cided that the British liner Appam should be restored to
the former British owners. 1 his decision is against the
German prize crew which captured the vessel and brought
her here. The Appam is the ship captured by the German
raider Moew several months ago. The Germans here say
the case will be brought to the very highest authorities be
fore she is abandoned.
NO BREMEN YET
BALTIMORE, July 29.—The Deutschland is still
here and the Bremen has not yet been heard from. It is
being pointed out now that t aptain Koenig attei landing
here said that the Bremen would arrive in about eight
weeks but several rumors have since been heard that she
left Germany. No one seems to know the exact truth and
it is supposed that the rumors have been circulated to
throw the allied warships off' the scent.
INDIGN ANT AT EXECUTION
LONDON, July 29— A Reuter telegram from Am
sterdam says that Holland is very indignant over the
shooting of Captain Fryatt, commander of the liner Brus
sels. by the Germans. Fryatt was executed at Zeebrugge
and was tried by a German courtmartial on the chatge of
attempting to ram a German submarine. 1 he shooting of
Fryatt is generally being coupled with the execution of
Edith Cavell. He was captured by German destroyers
with his ship last month and special pains were taken to
capture him because of his action in attempting to ram the
submarine.
WILL NOT LET KELLY IN
WASHINGTON. July 29.—England’s decision not to
allow Thomas Kelly and Joseph Smith and their party
land is ’’irrevocable, Ambassador Page cabled the state
department today. Kelly is the man who was cai i ying the
relief fund for the sufferers in Ireland from the rebellion.
LINER BEATS SUBMARINE
ROME, July 29. — The Italian liner Reitaly, bound
from Genoa to New York, beat off an enemy submarine
yesterday and continued her voyage, according to an an
nouncement made today.
MINING INSPECTOR
MAKES REPORT TO
GOVERNOR STRONG
Mining inspector William T. Ma
loney, who is working in the Fair
banks and Tolovana section this sum
mer has made his quarterly report to
Gov. J. F. A. Strong. According to the
report the number of underground ^
placer workings in the Fairbanks see-1
tion has materially decreased, but
several rich spots have been struck
in that region on many of the creeks,
which will bring the average yield up
to the figures of last year. It is ex
pected that the output from the Fair
banks and Tolovana section will ex
ceed that of last year on account of
the increased production from the
Tolovana.
Lode operations in that section have
this summer been confined to anti
mony mining and over 1,000 tons of
that ore will be shipped from there
during the summer. Of the ten
quartz mills in the section, only one
is being operated, and that only inter
i mittently.
Several small outfits are working
on tungsten lodes now. Ott and part
ners shipped 1600 pounds of the ore
by parcels post in March, but it was
delayed in delivery until June, when
the price had dropped from $65 per
100 pounds to $25. Ott ami partners
claim they hail contracts for May de
livery of the ore at the price of $6'*
and that the delay and their loss was
entirely due to the negligence of the
postal authorities, says Mr. Maloney
in his report.
Mrs. C. T. Cook and Mrs. W. A.
Myers are spending a vacation at Mile
7.
jTHREE MORE ARRESTS
EXPECTED IN FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.—Three
more arrests are expected before
Monday in connection with the bomb
*
I outrage of last Saturday. The admis
sion is made that one of the police
officials who is supposed to be a ring
leader is not yet arrested.
LEONARD OITF1C.HTS
FREDDIE WELSH; N. Y.
NEW YORK, July 29.—Benny
Leonard outfought Freddie Welsh in
eight rounds of a ten round'bout last
night at Brooklyn. In the other two
rounds Welsh just about held his own.
DECIDE WHO was MOTHER
CHICAGO, July 2D.—Miss K.
Bryan, a working girl from Canada,
was today declared by Judge '.andis
of the U. S. District court o be the
mother of a young child v% ich Is al
so claimed by Mrs. Anna DM lie 1 edg
erwood Matters. The girl was given
immediate custody of the infant.
SNATCHED 1ROM DEATH
OSS1XG, New Yory, July 20.—For
the third time Charles Stielow was
literally snatched from deaUt today
when the execution set for six this
I morning was postponed by order of
• Supreme Court Justice Guy.
menace is wrecked
AURORA, Mo., July 2D. — The
presses of The Menace, an anti
Catholic newspaper, were wrecked
early today by explosions. Three
bombs were exploded but no one in
jured.
U. S. SENATE FOR IRISH REBELS ;
WASHINGTON, July 29. — The senate today by a
vote of 4G to 19 asked Great Britain to exercise clemency
towards the Irish political prisoners. This is about the
last act in the fight for the resolution asking clemency for
Roger Casement. In the final draft of the resolution
Casement’s name is not mentioned and this is regarded as
a compromise. The tremendous majority in favor of
clemency in the highest legislative house of America is
expected to have a very great effect on the British govern
ment.
NOT MUCH IN THE WEST
LONDON, July 29—No important fighting is report
ed on the western front in today’s dispatches. The Ger
mans are shelling Dellville woods but no change in the rel
ative positions of the opposing forces is noted by the war
office. Artillery fighting in the Verdun sector of a rather
violent kind on both banks of the Meuse is mentioned but
no infantry attacks have occurred there in the past forty
eight hours. The British troops have fortified the posi
tions taken from the enemy in the first weeks of the of
fensive and are now perfectly consolidated therein In the
past twenty-four hours small reconnoitering parties have
made sallies from both sides but withdrew on making con
tacrwith the troops of the other side.
BERLIN, July 29. — The reports from the crops in
Courland, Hungary and other outlying regions under the
Teutonic sway are so good that a plentiful harvest is said
by the department of agriculture to be certain. Warm
rains this spring are chiefly credited. Russian prisoners
are being used for farming in the Courland district taken
from Russia.
WASHINGTON, July 29. — Spring Rice, the British
ambassador, has delivered to the state department a form
al written guarantee regarding the scope of the applica
tion of the British blacklist as applied to American firms.
EXCURSION TOMORROW
Excursion trains will leave for Woodrow tomorrow at
9 and 10 a. m. and will return at 3 and 5 p. m. Reduced
rates. —•
HARVEST HANDS IN
SOUTH DAKOTA RIOT
MITCHELL, S. D., July 2«J.—A
South Dakota vigilance committee has
been organized to deal with the iaw
! less harvest bands that are now pass
ing through the city in hundreds.
The harvest hands are agitating for
I mgher wages and threaten at times to
be very riotous.
““rioters storm jail
LETCHER, S. D., July 25).—Three
hundred harvest hands, mostly In
dustrial Workers of the World, storm
ed the jail here last night unJ com
pelled the authorities to release two of
their number who hail been arrestel
for disorderly conduct.
K.U OK IIOI'K HELD
01 T FOB MI SSI M* BOVS
TBEADWELL, July 21. — Early
yesterday afternoon when the lirst of
the searchers who hail gone out in the
morning began to return a ray of
hope was felt for the three missing
boys, and the strained anxiety of the
parents of the boys greatly relieved
on the return of Clarence Salmonson,
the brother of one of the missing
boys.
He ami his party landed early yes
terday morning at the Dupont Pow
der works and made a systematic
search as far as Point Bishop, a dis
tance of 12 or 14 miles. Near the
Indian village while the party was
eating their lunch, in a half-covered
and deserted shack they came upon
some magazines and reading matter
with the name of the Hubbard news
store stamp on it. A careful search
then went on as far as Point Bishop
but failed in finding any further clue.
On Point Bishop there is an occupi
ed cabin and the inmates declare that
the boys could not have passed there
Unless after night. On their return
to Douglas, Mrs Hubbard, mother of
one of the missing boys, identified the
magazine as the one taken in the
boat, and the fact that they were
found in a deserted cabin leads many
to believe that the boys are in the
woods on a huting or fishing trio,
leaving the reading matter as too
heavy to carry.
F. F. Dal was, father of another of
the missing boys, Ed. McCormick and
Clarence Salmonson left early this
morning and will attempt to take up
any trail the boys may have left in
case they made a trip into the woods.
—Ex.
IN WILDS OF ALASKA
DIDN’T HEAR OF WAR
FAIRBANKS, July 20. —After an
absence of two years in the Lake
Minchumina and Mt. McKinley dis
tricts, Stephen Foster and Walter
Ames are back in Fairbanks once
more. During their long absence they
saw but very few white people; and
in fact for the first 14 months they
never laid eyes on anyone but an
Indian, and only a few of them.
One of the interesting facts of their
trip, and showing how far they were
removed from civilization, was the
fact that they did not hear of the war
in Europe until March, 1015, or eight
months after it had started. It was by
the merest accident that they learned
it. Mr. Foster was visiting at Tieda,
where he met a couple of prospectors.
Casually one of the partners remark
ed something about a battle. Mr.
Foster, at once curious, asked what
battle, and for the first time learned
of the great struggle and gained what
meager information the trappers had.
While in the Lake Minchumina dis
trict they did some trapping and hunt
ing.
NORTHWESTERN CORDOVA
The Northwestern is due to arrive
at Cordova this aftmoon at 2 o’clock.
DEMOCRATS ASK j
SPENCE’S REMOVAL
The Democratic divisional conven
tion yesterday before adjournment
passed a resolution calling for the j
removal from oiiicc of District At
torney Spence on the grounds ol in- J
competency, failure to support the,
Democratic party and for actions such
as physical attacks on private citi
zens.
'itie platform adopted followed the
usual lines of Democratic platlorms
^>ut a strong plank has been inserted!
calling for the expenditure of tern- j
tonal lmid& for the establishment oi!
schools and the building of roads, ll
is said that when the next territorial
legislature meets the territory will
have about half a million dollars to!
its credit.
John ltonun, of Seward, who was
nominated candidate for the territor
ial senate was candidate lor congress
on the Democratic ticket in 190#. He
is a mining operator and very popular
with all sorts of people.
For the House
The candidates for the house are
Tom Holland, Charles McCallum, T. C.
Price and Robert Small. Mr. Holland
is a Valdez man, is well known and is
a surveyor by profession. Mr. Mc
Callum is secretary of the Western
Federation of Miners at Valdez. Mr.
Price conducts a shFet metal and
plumbing house at Anchorage and Mr.
Small is a blacksmith in the same
city.
Visiting Delegates
Amongst the visiting delegates to
the divisional convention is T. J.
Donahue, national committeeman for
Alaska and a member of the law firm
of Donahue and Dimond of Valdez.
He has the utmost confidence in the
election of President Wilson. Mr. A.
Dimond, another delegate, is bis law
partner.
C. J. Todd of Valdez is chairman of
the Democratic divisional committee.
W. H. Meals is connected will the
Valdez Mercantile Company.
A. H. Bradford is a very well known
young engineer who ran for the ter
ritorial legislature last year but was
unable for business reasons to be
present to make a campaign.
Harvey Sellers was formerly presi
dent of the Western Federation of
Miners at Sulzer and represents
Charles Sulzer in this district at pres
ent.
J. C. Murphy is a lawyer of Anchor
age. He was formerly a resident of
Fairbanks and at Ruby four years ago
took a prominent part in the effort to
elect Bob Jennings.
Fred Martin is so well known in
the interior that it is only necessary
to say that he was once part owner of
the famous California at Fairbanks.
James E. Wilson is a freighter from
Valdez where he has built up a line
| business.
liefore adjourning yesterday after
noon the visiting delegates passed a
resolution thanking Seward for what
they were pleased to describe as the
kindly manner in which they were re
ceived here but, really, Seward should
be passing the votes of thanks to the
delegates for coming.
The convention went through so
smoothly that one could hardly be
lieve it was more than the meeting of
a Democratic Club which was merely
transacting some routine business.
From the beginning to the end not a
note of discord was heard
Steps will now be takeir,'the official*
say, to start a rousing campaign.
At the reconvening yesterday A. J.
Dimond was made permanent chair
man and George Phelps was elected
permanent secretary. The Gateway
went to press before the convention
had got to work yesterday and a full
report was then not possible. James
ONLY 30 MILL GAP
BETWEEN TOWNS NOV.
Still Enable to Find Men Enough to
Work on Govt. Railroad.
Rails will be laid out of Anchorage
at least thirteen or fourteen miles in
this direction in November and as the
Alaska Northern will bo open to 71
there will be a gap of only some
j thirty miles betwen the two cities.
In addition to track laid at this side
of Anchorage there will be grade built
much closer. The work is now being
laid out for station men ten miles thi*
bide of Anchorage.
The Commission is finding the oame
J old ditlicutly finding men for work on
j the road. Seventy-five men have been
j wanted for some days but they cannot
! be obtained.
.j
District Court
Palthazar Angerman was yesterday
naturalized a citizen of the l nited
States.
In the case of J. P. Mantell vs. C. E
Bade a motion for continuance wa*
denied.
In the case of C. E. Path* vs. Charles
Daggett a continuance was granted.
In the case of the City of Seward
vs. Peter Michaetson there was an
amended order over-ruling the dmur
rer.
In the case of J. P. Mantell vs. C.
E. Bade trial was had and the case
dismissed. Plaintiff was given sixty
days to tile bill of exceptions. The
case was to establish a partnership
and for an accounting.
ASK HABEASCORPCS FOR
WOMAN AT ANCHORAGE
A most interesting ease occupied
tiie attention of the District court yes
terday afternoon and evening when L.
V. Ray petitioned for a habeas cor
pus in the case of Alafar Dunlap, a
woman who has been sentenced to
one year in jail and a fine of $1,500 by
the Commissioner at Anchorage on
the charge of selling liquor without a
license. It was the woman's third
conviction anil bail was fixed at the
sum of $5,000. The habeas corpus is
asked for on the grounds that the sen
tence and bail are excessive, that the
accused did not enjoy the constitution
al right of a trial by jury and that the
justice court exceeded its jurisdiction.
A decision by Judge Jennings was
cited wherein it was held that a de
fendant in a criminal case had to have
a jury whether the defendant willed it
or not. Ray argued the case all the
afternoon for the woman and Judge
Munley argued for the state in the
evening.
j FEDERALS TO MEET
SEWARD TOMORROW
A fine game of ball may be looked
for tomorrow when the Federals and
Seward face each other at 2 p. m.
Ennis, in whose breast hope seems to
spring eternal, says this time sure he
will smash the home team once for
all. He builds the hope chiefly on the
fact that Carrington is expected to let
himself out for the first time this
year.
FIREBOYS TONIGHT
The postponed meeting of the Fire
Boys will be held tonight.
E. Wilson was nominated for the posi
tion of road supervisor and the follow
ing divisional committeemen were
named: Charles Wilcox, Valdez, J.
C. Murphy, Anchorage; George
i Phelps, Seward; E. F. Medley, Cor
| dova, and L. F. Dwier, Copper River.