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SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, I91«.___Ttn Cent! >he Copy
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f S. WATERS
AMERICAN WARSHIPS SENT TO
ENEORCE THE NEUTRALITY EAWS
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WATCHING BRITISH CRUISERS
WASHINGTON, July 27.—Aroused by the official re
port from the commander of the United States battleship
Louisiana that a mysterious ship, believed to be a British
cruiser, passed into the mouth of l hesapeake bay early
yesterday morning the navy department has ordered the
armored cruiser North Carolina and three destroyers to
neutrality duty oil* Cape Henry. It is assumed that the
United States warships have been directed to see that the
German submarine Ueutschlami, which is now preparing
for her return trip, is not attacked by the allied war ves
sels within the three mile limit and that American neu
iralitv is not in anv wav violated.
not to ho for a week
BALTIMORE. July 27—At 1 a. m. today there was
an indication that the Deutsehalnd was preparing to leave
the slip but the Herman consul stated that she would not
leave for a week. \\ hen asked why her departure was
further delayed after she had secured her clearance pall
et's the captain would vouchasfe no expelation. 1 he eattse
of the delay has become a real mystery.
RUSSIA BLAMES RAINS
PETROGRAD, July 27. — Heavy rains are now im
peding the progress of the Russian drive in northern Gali
cia where the Russian forces are battling against the ele
ments as well as against the Teutons. Notwithstanding
this we are forcing a way ahead near Brody and the
enemy is being harassed on both sides by the Slav batter
ing ram which is gradually crushing the resistance of the
Austrians.
SC ENE IN COMMONS
LONDON. July 27.—A wild scene occurred last night
in the house of commons over the question of Ireland. It
began when Lawrence Ginnell, member of parliament
from Westmeath, one of the so-called Irish irreconcilables,
called Home Secretary Samuels insolent in his manner of
answering a question about the Irish prisoners. A big
hubbub was started and Ginnell was asked to withdraw
but lie refused and when the sergeant at arms tried to re
move him he resisted. So exciting became the scene that
the Speaker was compelled to suspend the session. Gin
nell has taken the leading part in parliament in attacking
the British government because of its treatment of the
prisoners of the Irish rebellion.
GERMANS REPULSE ALLIES
BERLIN. July 27.—The official statement issued to
day states that a British reconnoiterine: attack southwest
of Warneton was repulsed yesterday. It also announces
the failure of French assaults around Barleux and Fleury
in the \’erdun region.
NEW SHIPS FOR NAVY
LONDON, July 27.—Two new oil burning cruisers,
each capable of making 45 knots an hour have been
launched by the British and are now patrolling the North
Sea. These ships are each armed with 17 inch guns with
a range of 25 miles. The projectiles thrown by these guns
weigh two tons, and the trajectory is so great that the
shells would pass over Mount Blanc.
MORE BOMB ARRESTS FOR | B VB\ (URL BORN
SAN FRANCISCO Ml Rl>ER -
* A fine baby girl was born to Mr.
SAX FRANCISCO, July 27. —The and Mrs. Adelman this morning in
_.!* ... .... ... the Seward General Hospital and Dr.
police assert today that two new ar- # v
, . ! Sloan who is in attendance says
rests are made certain in connection
• mother and child are well,
with the dynamite outrage of lasti _ _
Monday. They gave the name of one SELLERS A DELEGATE
as John Federer but would not divulge ____
the name of the other. The unknown Harvey Sellers is a delegate to the
one is supposed to be a labor leader. I Democratic convention from Valdez.
EIGHTEEN MORE
LOIS ARE SOLD
Announcement of Further Sales Will
lie Made Later.
The sale of lots by auction by the
liallaines was continued last evening
and eighten more lots were disposeil
of. Frank L. Ballaine states that he
is very well pleased with the results
of the sale and he will make an an*
i nouncentent later of further sales.
The following were the sales made
last evening:
Block 30, lot 26, price, $250, Poin
dexter.
Block 38, lot 21, price $470, Ennis.
Block 38, lot 22, price $405, Ennis.
Block 38, lot 23, price, $400, Poin
dexter.
Block 32, lot 14, $310, O. Larsen.
Block 32. lot 15. price $3.05. 0. Lar
sen.
Block 32, lot 23. price $420, R.
Romig.
Block 3.2, lot 25, price $405, J.
Barry.
Block 26, lot 5. price $600, Robert
Romig.
Block 22, lot 3, price $510, A. Baum
berg.
Block 22, lot 4, price $480, J. Barry.
Block 21, lot 37, price $340, J. R.
Hayden.
Block 21, lot 38, price $280, J. R
Hayden.
Block 20, lot 6, $365, A. McIntosh.
Block 20, lot 7, price $385, Sidney
Anderson,
Block 6, lot 38, price $1500, J. R.
Romig.
Block 6, lot 30, price $1500, J. H.
Romig Block 6 lot, 40, price $2000,
J. H. Romig.
ARRESTS MADE FOR THE
SAN FRANCISCO BOMB
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.—Chief
White has announced that he has se
cured enough evidence to ask the in
dictment of W. k. Billings, an auto
mobile mechanic who has been arrest
ed on suspicion of being one of the
men who placed a bomb on Market
street last Saturday which caused the
death of nine people ami injured two
score more while they were gathered
to watch the preparedness parade. It
! is said that the movements of Billings
I have been traced up to a few minuUs
i of the time of the explosion. Follow
ing a search of a lodging house the
police also arrested Mrs. Belle Bavin,
j the landlady and a close personal
friend of Billings, The house was
at one time the residence of Mathew
A. Schmidt who was sentenced to life
imprisonment for complicity in the
dynamiting of the Eos Angeles Times
in 1910. Mrs. Eavin was a witness
I during the McNamara trials and Bil
lings is an ex-convict.
JAPANESE MURDERER
MANUFACTURED LIQUOR
SEATTLE, July 27.—Evidence ot
the unlawful manufacturer of liquor
on an extensive scale and of the
i wholesale diluting of bonded liquors
; by removal of the government stamps
was uncovered by the police raid on
the room of I. Suchiro yesterday.
This is the Japanese who was porter
and nightwatehman at the liquor
warehouse operated by the Billingsley
Brothers and who killed Sergeant
Weedin and was killed himself in a
pistol duel last Monday night.
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❖ PASSKNC.KRS ON WATSON *
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The following arrived this morning
on the Watson: %
From Seattle; Mrs. John Noon, X.
; Moore, J. C. Gaffney, K. A. Van
Huron, J. C. Pepper, Alma Nelson, 0.
| A. Bridges, H. R. Gillingham.
; From Juneau; A. H. Bradford, Dr.
! (). J. Keating, Mr. and Mrs. John K.
Anbonawitiok, and 2 children.
From Cordova; P». H. Heilman,
Klizaheth Boyle, Geo. Taylor.
From Valdez; Mrs, A. Diamond.
Mr. A. Diamond, C. J. Todd, John B.
Miller. W. M. Wheeler, W. H. Whittle
sey. L. J. Donahoe, T. P. Geraghty,
J. K. Wilson, J. Hamburger, I’. M.
J Brown, F. P. Brenneman, W. F. Laws.
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SIEZKR AND GRIGSBY
IN SEWARD NEXT MONTH
T. J. Donahue, national committee
man for Alaska, has recived a cable
1 from Charles Sulzer, Democratic can
* didate for congress, and another from
George Grigsby, candidate for attor
ney general for the territory. Doth
j messages were sent from Nome where
Mr. Sulzer arrived some time ago.
Mr. Sulzer states that he will go up
river and come out over the trail from
Fairbanks to Cordova, reaching the
latter place in about thirty days. He
will then come to Seward. “Victory
is assured,” says the candidate for
congress. Grigsby says he will be
here about August 20. “You may
look for Democratic success,” says Mr.
Grigsby.
In speaking of outside politics Mr.
Donahue expresses the belief that the
rank and tile of the Progressives will
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vote for Wilson and bring assured
victory.
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| THE NEW HOMESTEAD
LAW FOR TERRITORY
An Act To amend the Unite/ States
homestead law in its application to
Alaska and for other purposes.
l>e it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That every person who is
qualified under existing laws to make
homestead entry of the public lands
of the United States who has settled
upon or who shall hereafter settle up
on any of the public lands of the
United States situated in the District
of Alaska, whether surveyed or un
surveved, with the intention of claim
ing the same under the homestead
laws, shall, subject to the provisions
and limitations of the Act approved
March third, nineteen hundred and
three, chapter one thousand and two,
United States Statutes at Large, page
one thousand and twenty-eight, be
entitled to enter one hundred and
sixty acres or less quantity of unap
propriated public land in said Dis
trict of Alaska, and no more, and a
former homestead entry in any other
State or Territory shall not be a bar
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to a homestead entry in Alaska: Pro
vided, That nothing herein contained
shall be constructed to limit or cur
tail the area of any homestead claim
heretofore lawfully initiated.
Sec. 2. That there shall be ex
cepted from homestead settlement and
entry under this Act the lands in An
nette and Pribilof Islands, the islands
j leased or occupied for the propagation
j of foxes, and such other lands as have
been or may be reserved or withdrawn
j from settlement or entry. ,
i Approved, July 8, 1016.
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Dr. 0. J. Keating has returned from
Juneau.
CONVENTION AT
2 PJt TODAY
SEVERAL DELEGATES, INCH'D
1N(■ NATIONAL COMMITTEE
MAN. COME FROM VALUE/.
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The Democratic divisional conven
tion begins at 2 p. m. today in the
Pioneer Hall. On the Watson this
morning several delegates arrived
from Valdez, including T. J. Donahue,
the Democratic national committee
man, and J. Todd, chairman of the j
'divisional committee. As 2 o'clock is
near press time it will probably be im
possible to receive any news of the
proceedings in time for today’s issue.
The following art* the delegates who
will attend in person:
V aide/
T. .1. Donahue, Win. Meals, James
K. Wilson, Frank Lows, A. J. Dimond,
C. J. Todd.
Unga
A. H. Bradford.
Anchorage
Fred Martin, J. C. Martin.
Seward
J. K. Woolley, Harry F.llsworth, C.
E. Martin, Wayne Blue, 1>. C. Mathi- j
son, ,1. J. Me(»rath K. A. Thede, Percy j
Pullen.
JUINiK BROWN AND THE
COURT OFFICIALS COMK
Hon. F. M. Brown, judge of the
District court, arrived on the Watson
! to open court here this morning. He
! was accompanied by United States
Marshal Brennoman, Clerk Tom Cer
aghty, Assistant District Attorney
W. H. Whittlesey and Ike Hamburg
er. Assistant District Attorney Mun
ley met the court here.
THEATRE WILL BE NEXT
TO GATEWAY BUILDING
A deal has been made by which Cap
tain Lathrop will probably become the
possessor of Lots 1 and 2 in Block 10.
These are the two lots just north of
and adjoining the Gateway office. The
vendor is J. Sherman Haynes. Should
the plans be consummated Captain
Lathrop will erect a large theatre
building on them.
MISSOURI TRAINMEN
EXPECTED TO STRIKE
ST. LOUIS, July 27.—Between 00
and 05 per cent of the Missouri mem
bers of four railway brotherhoods are
in favor of striking. This was learn
ed today through unusually reliable
sources. Ballotting will end at mid
night.
SCOUT IS ARRESTED
COLUMBUS, N. M., July 27.—Guy
Hartman, a scout for the American
1 expedition, is under charges of reven
ue frauds and is under arrest at Fort
Smith, Arkansas. He will be taken
I to Santafe today to await formal ex
• tradition.
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WENT WEST
The following went west on the
j Watson: A. Gustafson, Emil Seldom
! er, C. Spencer, L. D. de Sausure, S.
j Guiot, B. A. Shellhorn, R. H. Chad
wick, Wm. Aiken, R. G. Lefevre.
WENT ON VICTORIA
The following went out on the
I Victoria: E. L. Whittemore, Capt.
Lathrop, J. Lafer, J. R. Wood.
Word was received here on the last
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mail bv I)r. J. M. Sloan that Capt. R.
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R. Sloan, his brother, was now in the
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fighting line in France, he having
fully recovered from a wound in his
hand from the premature explosion
while at a bomb throwing practise
three weeks ago otherwise he would
have been at the front this summer.
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J. H. COBB NOMINATED
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL
FAIRBANKS, July 27.-—Representative Daniel Dris
coll is today circulating a petition nominating J. H. Cobb
as candidate for the territorial attorney generalship and
it is almost certain that he will be endorsed by the Wicker
sham partisans. As soon as the petition is tilled it will be
sent to Cobb at Juneau with the request that he file it and
accept the nomination. Although he is little known here
some people expect that he will receive strong support be
cause of the fight he made against the fisheries interests.
On the other hand it is doubted that he will consent to run
against the regular Democratic candidate, (Irigsby.
LETTER COMES
LIKE MESSAGE
EROM DEAD
Neil McPhuil, Brother tit John Me
Phuil, of Seward, Writes
From Ypres.
A first hand description of fighting
on tiie British battle front in France
'.comes to Portland this week as a mes
sage from the dead. The letter tells
of the most sanguinary trench attacks
and counter attacks in the vicinity of
Ypres, in which the losses to both ti e
British troops and the Germans were
almost unbelievable.
In a single attack fully 50 pel cent
of the Canadian battalions were wiped
out by machine gun fire and the Ger
man losses were described as being
much heavier than the British.
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Writer Reported Killed
The letter was from Private Neil
MePhail, Fourteenth Canadians, Third
brigade, First division, who was re
ported killed in a later engagement
early this week, and was addressed to
his sister in this city. It bore date
of June 20 and was written from a
rest station in the rear of the first
lines.
While the great offensive drive of
the British and French troops has
been generally reported to have be
gun on July l, this report of heavy
fighting about the middle of the pre
vious month would seem to indicate
determined attacks in preparation for
the big offensive stroke. I he letter
follows:
Boots On Bight Days and Nights
“Somewhere in Branco, June 20.—
Dear Sister: Just a line to let you
know 1 am well. We came down to
a rest camp this morning and to tell
you the truth l am not sorry. I have
not had my boots off for eight days
and nights. The trenches were some
thing terrible, waist deep with mud
and water. It rained for live days
straight and during that time we had
four attacks. We lost many men at
Hill No. 00 at Ypres. Lost very close
to half the battalion and had to take
to cover. They had the big guns and
the machine guns turned on us on the
whole front, but a charge had to be
made. We lost two trenches, but
the following night we made a * ount
er attack, took our ow^trenches back
and 10 of the Germans’ with 1000
prisoners.
German Loss Heavy
“Their loss was much heavier tba"
ours was the previous night. We gave
them their own medicine right back.
We had all the big guns turned upon
them while we took the trenches. Our
loss was very light.
“It was something terrible and be
yond description. For 24 hours the
roaring of the cannon and heavy artil
lery was frightful and kept the sky
a solid mass of fire. It was almost
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DIMOND IS IN
IEMPOKARY CHAIR
Committees Appointed and Democratic
Convention Adjourns.
Dimond of Valdez was elected tem
porary chairman of the Democratic
divisional convention thi* afternoon
,and J. K. Woolley was elected tempor
ary secretary. Mr. Dimond delivered
an eloquent little speech in which he
dwelt on the harmony evident in the
Democratic ranks and after the usual
preliminaries and the appointment of
committees the convention adjourned
'until 2 p. m. tomorrow. The following
an* the committees:
Platform and Resolutions
John Ivonun, chairman; Fred Mar
tin, C. J. Todd, J. F. Woolley, J. E.
Wilson, J. J. McGrath, Percy Pullen.
Credentials
I H. K. Ellsworth, chairman, (». C.
Murphy, George Phelps, Wm. Meals,
Alex Bradford, C. J. Todd, C. E.
Martin,
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Permanent Organization
J. E. Wilson, chairman, Wayne
Blue, D. C. Mathison, C. E. Martin,
Derick Lane, J. E. Woolley, Frank
Lows.
SOLDIERS ON BORDER
CANNOT CAST VOTES
WASHINGTON, July 27.—Revers
ing yesterday’s action the senate to
, day struck out of the army bill the
provision to permit militiamen on the
border to vote for president, vice
president, senators and congressmen.
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impossible at times to stand on your
feet, the earth trembled so much on
account of all the explosives.
Ypres Is a Total Wreck
I ‘*1 can not explain half to you. The
city of Ypres is a total wreck. It was
considered one of the busiest cities in
Europe at one time. There is not now
a living person in the city except the
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troops.
“It is only a chance whether this
will reach you, but if it gets through
you will know 1 am still alive.
“Your brother,
“NEIL McPHAIL.”
Sometime within the week follow
ing the writing of this letter the
writer was killed in what is presumed
to have been a continuation of the
same action.
Mr. McPhail joined the Canadian
Volunteers at Edmonton, Alta., about
a year ago. He w’as a brother of Mrs.
Charles P. Howard of this city and
was known to many here, having vis
ited Portland previous to joining the
army.
(NoteAbove is taken from the
Portland Journal and the writer of
the letter was a brother of Mr. Mc
Phail of Seward.
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