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_LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS _PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY _^ _
Voi. 9, No. .MS SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915, Ten Cenlg the Copy
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LAUNCH A NEW ATTACK ON WARSAW FROM NORTH
BELIEVE TEUTONS ARE
MOVING WESTWARD
All Communication Between
Belgium and Holland Cut Off
By the Germans
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CENSORSHIP STRICT
THE HAGUE, June 2S.—A denser cloud than ever is
now hanging over the operations in the western war front
and in the Dardanelles. London has given out' nothing
for a couple of days as to the progress of the struggle in
France and Belgium but it is possible that little fighting
is taking place in the north of Europe and that both sides
are rather preparing for the expected German rush.
TURKS TO FIGHT ITALY.
LONDON, June 28.—The Turkish ambassador has
demanded his passports from the Italian government al
though Turkey and Italy have not declared war against
each other and it is assumed that Turkey now intends to
force hostilities with a view to making an attempt to re
gain Tripoli and other territory taken from her in the last
war with the Italians.
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK
AMSTERDAM, June 28.—A German submarine has
been sunk off this coast by an internal explosion. The
name of the lost vessel is not known but the fact that it
was destroyed has been fully authenticated
SINK BRITISH SHIPS
LONDON, June 28.—A German submarine has sunk
the British steamship Indrane off the southwest coast of
Ireland. The vessel was a large one and had a large num
ber of people aboard but their fate is not yet known. A
German submarine has also sunk the British schooner
Edith.
AMSTERDAM. June 27.—The Ger
man government has forbidden the
newspapers to discuss the question of j
the annexation of Belgium. Judging:
by some of the newspaper statements
before silence was imposed the
weight of opinion in Germany seems
to be for annexation of Belgium
either in whole or in part. No Ger
man seems to harbor the idea of giv
ing up that part of Belgium which is;
on the coast and most of the subjects
of the kaiser never question at all the
likelihood of being able to hold the
country at the close of the great war
if they wish.
LONDON, June 27.—Germany ha3
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again stopped all communication be
tween Belgium and Holland and this
is accepted as an indication that the
Germans are about to concentr?.te for
their tremendous expected attack on
the allies in the west. All the inform
ation received for some days seems
to bear out the correctness of the be
lief that the great offensive move
ment in France and Belgium will soon
be launched.
WASHINGTON, June 27.—Irrita
tion is growing all over the L nited
States because of the detention of
American vessels by the British gov
ernment. Thouasnds of importers have
appealed to Secy, of State Lansing
to aid them in securing their goods
from Germany and the facts will be
laid before the British government by
the state department
BERLIN, June 27.—'The Tageblatt,
perhaps the most substantial news- j
paper in Germany, is now appealing
to the people of the empire to adopt
a sane view in the controversy regard
ing submarine warfare. It warns the
country against the jingo element
which would drive the nation into a
war with the United States or any
other country in the belief that Ger
many could defy the world
PARIS, June 27.—The chamber of
deputies has passed the billion dol
lar appropriation which the govern
ment asked for. The members of the
chamber were almost unanimous in
their expressions of intention to carry
on the war to a successful conclusion
at any sacrifice.
LONDON, June 27.—‘The Dutch
steamer Ceres was sunk yesterday by
a mine near the English coast. Sev
eral lives are believed to have been
lost but the full story has not been
learned.
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TOKIO, June 27.—Japanese officers
who are fighting with the Russians
committed harakari rather than sur
render to the Teutons when Lemberg
fell. The publication of this fact is
the first public intimation given that
Japanese officers were fighting with
their former enemies.
NEW YORK, June 27.—Since the
fall of Lemberg the Russian reserv
ists still in the United States have
been rushing home and it is supposed
that they have been ordered to hasten
back to the defense of Russian terri
tory.
CHICAGO, June 27.—The local
Italian bank has decided to close as
business has fallen away to nothing
since the entry of Italy into the war.
All the Italians who formerly deposit
ed in the institution are now sending
their savings home to their relatives
to relieve them of any distress that
might come as a result of the conflict.
PETROGRAD, June 27.—During
seven weeks’ fighting around Lemberg
the Russians captured one hundred
1 and thirty thousand prisoners and
three hundred machine guns. The
I war office denies that the victory,' of
! the Germans is as great or important
as the Teutons declare it to be. Our
armies are being reorganized and will
take up strong positions where they
will again meet the enemy with every
chance of success.
Rev. Mr. Malony and Joe Burke
were amongst the passengers for Val
dez on the Evans.
CORDOVA TEAM NOW
WISHES TO COME.
I Cable Signed by Manager of Team
Without Name Says They
Want Expenses.
A cable was received today signed
by “manager of ball team” from Cor
dova saying that the Cordova team
will come to play Seward on July
Fourth if its expenses are paid. The
former cables, including the one which
said that the team would not come,
were signed by Dr. Council and the
local baseball magnates are placed in
a quandary by the fact that no name
is signed. There is a sort of a feeling
abroad now that Seward might pos
sibly not get the worth of its money
by bringing a poor team which would
probably net mind making a poor
1 showing in exchange for a holiday.
THOUSAND MEN
ONJAILROAD
CHAIRMAN EDES SAYS MORE
BEING USED AS THE
EQUIPMENT ARRIVES
The number of men now employed
in the construction of the government
railroad out of Anchorage is just
about nine hundred and fifty, accord
ing to Chariman Wm. C. Edes, of the
engineering commission, who returned
yesterday from a visit to the scene.
The very large majority of the men
working are station men. Mr. Edes
estimates the number of station men
at about three quarters of the total.
In addition to the construction work a
large receiving warehouse and some
small houses for the members of the
executive staff are being constructed.
The grading and clearing is progress
ing very well and lumber and tools
are being shipped constantly, so en
abling the commission to put more
men to work. Mr. Edes has nothing
to say yet about any future work and
is not ready to speak about the Al
aska Northern, work thereon or any
thing in connection with it. Auditor
Barndollar returned with him.
ANCHORAGE MEN
WANTDRAW1NC
PETITIONING GOVERNMENT TO
PREVENT SALE OF CITY
LOTS BY AUCTION.
Three petitions have been circulated
at Anchorage, according to G, G. Reis,
the traveling man, who came over
yesterday, and these petitions were to
be sent to Washington protesting
against the sale of the townsite lots
by auction. The petitioners ask that
the lots be drawn for and they de
clare that in a sale by auction a few
men may come from the outside with
money and corner the whole thing.
The petitions were to have been sent
here yesterday and cabled to Wash
ington but Mr. Reis does not know’
whether they actually came. He was i
asked to bring them but other ar
rangements were decided upon. The |
greatest dis-satisfaction is felt over
the plan of auction. It was stated by ,
another man that about a thousand
names had been secured for the peti
ton when he was there.
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The All-Alaska Review for June is
now on sale in the office of the Gate
way and on the bookstands.
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
HURRY UP THE TRIAL.
Has Brought Suit to Oust Jeter From
Homestead at or Near
Anchorage.
The government has brought suit
to oust a man named Jeter from a
homestead which he claims to own
near the city of Anchorage and is
now pressing for the trial of the suit
at the Knik term of court on July 13.
Mr. Jeter through his attorneys L. V.
Ray and M. I). Leehey, is asking for
a postponement as he declares it will
be impossible for him to be ready to
go to trial at the time stated. The de
fendant states that he has been on the
ground since 1910 and that he ful
filled all the requirements necessary
to hold a homestead.
BROAD PASS.
“The Rand of Alaska.”
(From The All-Alaska Review.)
The latest reports from the Broad
Pass district are highly encouraging
and it is now safe to assert that the
district will prove, in the near future,
one of the most important gold camps
in all Alaska. Indeed, the district has
been named the “Ram! of Alaska,”
and evidences are not lacking that it
justifies this congnomen. There are
some fifty miners in the district, all
filled with hope and expectancy for
the future, and industriously engaged
in developing claims already located or
seeking unfound lodes. Two towns
have been located, both at the mouth
of Colorado creek, one on each side
of the stream. One is called Colorado
City, the other Wellsville. A stor*
and roadhouse combined is being in
stalled at the mouth of Indian river,
the head of boat navigation on the
Chulitna river.
The geology of the Broad Pass dis
trict indicates that the limestones,
sandstones, argillites and cherts of
the Paleozoic age have been tilted by
an upheaval of diorite. These sedi
mentaries have a northeasterly and
southwesterly strike and are cut by
an eruptive, probably andescite. The
soft limestones have been replaced by
contact metamorphism, resulting in a
series of large chambers of mineral
of commercial importance, which con
sists of quartz, arsenopyrite predomi
nating. Occasionally, chalcopyrite
and stibnite accompany the arsenical
pyrite, and more rarely galena and
zinc blende. The area on which ore
shoots are exposed is about eight
miles in length and over 200 feet in
width. Gold and silver occur in the
arsenical pyrite. It is believed that
most of the ore, will respond to the
cyanide treatment, permitting the
erection of plants on the ground.
When the ore contains copper, smelt
er treatment will be required.
Nature has done much to aid the
prospector in the Broad Pass country.
The great mineralized zone character
istic of the country may be traced by
a yellowish stain emanating from the
arsenic. The country abounds in wild
game life, moose and caribou being
plentiful. There is a good quality of
coal in the heart of the district.
The Guggenheims are the most
active in development in the Broad
Pass. They have options on a score
of claims and are driving a long tun
! nel to crosscut the mineralized zone.
Results thus far are very encouraging.
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Thomas Martindale the hunter went
out on the Alameda. He delivered a
most interesting little talk in the
' Casino on Saturday evening after the (
show.
CHANGES EXPECTED IN
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
CARRANZA AIDING
GONZALES’ RETREAT.
Rushing All the Trains Out of Vera
Cruz to Help His Army to
Escape From Capital.
VERA CRUZ, June 27—Carranza is
now sending every available train
from this city to aid Gonzales in his
retreat from Mexico city from which
he was driven by Zapata. It is re
ported that Gonzales decided to
abandon the capital because of lack of
supplies either for the army or for
the people.
MAY HAVE HOSPITAL.
There is a rumor today that the
building on the lot where Judge Mor
ford is living will be moved to a lot
opposite the cable office and be con
verted into a hospital.
U. S. OFFICIALS
ARREST HUERTA
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IS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
TO START ANOTHER
REVOLUTION.
EL PASO, June 28.—General
Victoriano Huerta, former president
of Mexico, has been arrested here on
the charge of conspiring to start an
other revolution in the neighboring
republic. The government has also
been requested to place a strong
guard on the border as Huerta’s sup
porters are said to be ‘preparing to
cross over to start hostilities. His
force consists of fourteen generals
and five thousand men supplied with
machine guns and ammunition. His
supporter General 0*osco has also
been arrested and both are under
bonds, Huerta’s bonds being in the
sum of fifteen thousand dollars. He
denies that he had any intention of
fighting and declares that he came to
El Paso merely to visit his daughter.
He predicts that the present war in
Mexico will last five years and that
the country will be ruined as a result.
WASHINGTON, June 28.—The
news that Huerta had been arrested
was followed by the announcement
here that detectives had been watch
ing him for three months on the sui*
picion that his visit to the United
States was not without more signifi
cance than he admitted.
GUAYMAS, June 28.—The Yaqui
Indians have looted the town of Sauze
and many people are said to have been
killed. The Indians also abducted
four Mexican girls and perpetrated
various outrages. They approached j
the town beating drums and blowing
bugles so that the people thought,
they were soldiers and made no effort
to check their march.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.—'The
seven millionth person entered the
gates of the Panama exposition yester
day. The attendance is even greater
than had been expected and this is (
due in a great measure to the ob
stacles to European travel during the
war.
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Frank Cotter returned on the Evans
after an absence of several days .it
Anchorage.
Believed Now That Fall of
Lemberg Will Prevent Balkan
Nations from Enteriug War
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT CHANGES
LONDON, June 28.—Changes in the Russian cabinet
are impending as a direct result of Russian failure in the
; war against the Teutonic allies. Although secrecy is
maintained by the Russian authorities it is generally
thought that some of the present ministers are being
blamed for the miserable unpreparedness of the nation
for the great struggle into which it entered. A British
aeroplane bombarded Smyrna yesterday and caused
seventy casualties.
EXPECT PEACE IN BALKANS
AMSTERDAM, June 28—It is believed generally
throughout Europe that the fall of Lemberg will have the
effect of keeping the Balkan nations out of the war as
they could noc now hope to form a juncture with the Rus
sian armies nearby defeated and retreating. Up to a few
days ago the Roumanian and Bulgarian governments
seemed to be preparing to take the field but now not a
word is beard in that respect.
VIENNA, June 28—Masses were offered up all over
the Austrian empire yesterday in observance of the an
niversary of the assassination of the Grand Duke Ferd
inand whose death brought on the present war. The
masses were also offered as thanksgiving for the defeat of
the Russian invasion. The army celebrated the occasion
by lectures on patriotism delivered by officers to the men.
WASHINGTON, June 28.—The manufacturers of
munitions of war are now offering five hundred dollars a
week to men skilled in that sort of work. The orders are
coming in so fast that they can scarcely be filled.
RUSSIANS STILL RETREAT.
LONDON, June 28.—The Russians are still retreat
ing in Galicia and while the combined Teutons are follow
ing them up in that quarter the Germans have launched
another terrific attack on the Warsaw lines through
Przasnysz which is directly north of the Polish capital.
The attack was preceded by a frightful bombardment.
After the artillery fire the German infantry was launched
and the fighting is still proceeding. Should the Russians
lack ammunition there as they did in Galicia they can
hardly hope to hold their own. In the Galician field all the
Teutonic armies have now succeeded in making the cross
ing of the Dniester river to the northwest of Halicz and
have driven the Russians to the hills to the eastward.
LONDON, June 28.—It is reported that the Germans
have decided to penalize the cities of Valenciennes and
Roubraix thirty thousand dollars each as punishment for
the bombardment of a German consulate on Turkish ter
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WILSON HOLDS
TIMBERFOR R.R.
RESERVES STRIP OF TWO
HUNDRED MILES ALONG THE
ALASKA RIGHT OF WAY.
WASHINGTON, June 27.—Presi
dent Wilson has created an Alaska
timber reserve along the route of the
coming government railroad and the
timber will be used for railroad pur
poses. The strip reserved is two
hundred miles long and five to ten
miles in width. While the greater
part of the strip is along the railroad
6ome is not. The reserve begins at
Knik Arm.
GENEVA, June 28.—The monast
ery of Einsiedeln near here is being
prepared as residence for the pope
should he finally decide to leave Rome.
His position in Rome has been made
most embarrassing owing to the fact
that Italy is at war with other great
Catholic nations and his neutrality
might be questioned.
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Seven hundred and fifty ounces of
gold was received by the Bank of Se
ward today from the Willow creek
district.
SOME GOOD GOLD ON
RED RIVER BEACH.
William Prendergast, who has re
turned from Red River Beach, Kodiak
island, with Mike Norton, says that
some good gold can be rocked out
there. He had dirt from which he
could make ten dollars a day in one
place.
MAXIM PRAISES WAR
AND DELEGATES LEAVE.
ITHACA, June 27.—During a con
ference on international relations to
day, Hiram Maxim stated that the
automobile is more dangerous than
fighting in trenches and that war had
always done good to the people en
gaged and to the world generally. He .
stated emphatically that what Ameri
! ca needs most is an army. His re
marks caused an immense sensation
| and thirty of the delegates left the
hall in protest