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_ ___MONDAY, JUNE 5, i91o_____—__
TO TELL CARRANZA
WHERE TO GET OFF
Wilson And Lansing Now
Preparing Answer lo Palest
Demands of Mexico
CONFER ON NOTE
WASHINGTON, June 4.—President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing will confer on Monday regarding the
latest note from Carranza in which he repeats his de
mand for the withdrawal of the Americans.
apache scouts route bandits
N AMIQUIPA, Mexico, June L—Apache scouts rout
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ed the bandits yesterday in a running battle. One bandit
was killed and another Mexican also lost his life near Las
Yaras Pass. _ .
Kav of Hope For
Strike Settlement
Mediation May He Offered When
Longshoremen Meet.
SEATTLE. June 5. — Representa
tives from every port from Vancouver
to San Diego will be present at the
meeting of the executive board of the
industrial Longshore Association
which will begin its sessions at San
• Francisco next Wednesday to discus*
the strike of the waterfront worker*
which has practically tied up the
shipping of the entire coa*t. ihere is
a ray of hope for an early settle
ment with the announcement that the
question of mediation will be one of
the principal subjects before the ex
ecutive board for discussion.
$800,000 BLAZE
AT SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3. — Five
thousand tons of freight from the
Orient, a Japanese freighter and the
concrete pier recently erected by the
state at the mouth of Islais creek
were destroyed by a blaze of unknown
origin last night. The loss is estimat
ed at eight hundred thousand dollars.
Detectives are now working on the
matter and. it is said, the indications
point to the probability that the fire
was of incendiary origin.
REPORT ENGLISHMEN AND
AMERICANS ARE KILLED
* WASHINGTON, June 3. — An in
vestigation has been undertaken by
the state department of the reports
that several Americans and English
men have been killed or wounded at
Telare, Peru. The department has
cabled the American minister to as
certain the facts regarding the whole
situation which is said to have been
created by a strike.
MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN
LOST IN THE IOWA FLOOD
PACKARD, June 3.—Flood creek is
still out of its banks today and it is
impossible to determine how many
lives have been lost. When the Rock
* Island train crashed through the
bridge near here yesterday six bodies
were recovered and it is believed that
* as many more will be found in the day
coach which is still submerged.
BRANDEIS TAKES THE
OATH OF HIGH OFFICE
WASHINGTON, June 3. — Louis
Brandeis, the first Jew to sit in the
Supreme Court of the United States,
took the oath of office today,
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❖ NEW SCHOOL *:*
TEACHERS HERE •>
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(Contributed)
At a regular session of the school
board the following teachers have
been elected for the year 1916*191<;
Principal, Miss Belle Wallace; leach
; ers: Misses Sylvia Wold, Francis
Root, and Edna Robb.
Miss Wallace holds a L>. A. degree
from W hitman College and is at pres
ent doing graduate work at the Uni
versity of Washington, lacking only a
few credits of her M. A. degree. She
is a teacher of many years’ experi
ence both in the grades and high
school and comes highly recommend
ed.
Miss Robb is also an experienced
teacher and in addition to her other
training has had a year in the Teach
ers* College, Columbia University,
New York. Her work will probably
be with the third ami fourth grades.
She comes from Fort Smith, Arkan
sas, and is a sister of Mrs. Erich
Lucas.
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GEORGE R. SHELDON'S
DAUGHTER MARRIES
RICHARD WHITNEY
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NEW YORK, May 26.—The marri
age of Mrs. Gertrude Sheldon Sands,
widow of Samuel Stevens, to Richard
Whitney, formerly of Boston but now
of this city, will be celebrated here
tomorrow. George R. Sheldon is Mrs.
Sands’ father.
Mr. Sands was killed in an auto
mobile accident while on his way to
Southampton, L. I., three years ago.
He was a son by her first marriage of
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt.
The Sands-W’hitney ceremony will
be performed at the home of the
bride, 525 Park avenue.
Whitney is a son of the late George
Whitney of Boston. He is an en
thusiatic follower of outdoor sports
and is prominent in the Long Island
colony.
Mr. Whitney’s brother, George
Whitney, married Miss Martha
Bacon, daughter of ex-ambassador to
France Robert Bacon at Westbury,
L. I., two years ago. He was gradu
ated from Harvard in 1911 and is a
member of the Knickerbocker and
Racquet and Tennis clubs of this city
and the Racquet club of Boston. The
wedding will not be either large or
elaborate, but rather simple.
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❖ HARRY BALDERSTON *
❖ ELECTED CASHIER ❖
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Harry Balderston, the very genial
and popular assistant cashier of the
Bank of Seward, was elected cashier
of that institution today at a meeting
of the Board of Directors.
HOUSE ASKS AN !
IMMENSE FLEET
WANTS FIVE BATTLE CRUISERS
AND 130 AEROPLANES
NEXT YEAR.
WASHINGTON, June 4. — The
second of the big naval appropriation
measures, an appropriate n bill which
is larger by far than any other ever
before considered, passed the house on ■
Friday almost unanimously. This bill |
carries a building program for next
! year of five battle cruisers, four
| scout cruisers, ten destroyers, fifty
submarines and one hundred and
thirty aeroplanes. The bill also pro
I vides for a government armor plant
! and authorizes an increase ot the
number of enlisted men by seventeen
thousand. The total appropriation
for the purposes mentioned here will
be two hundred and sixty-nine million
nine hundred thousand dollars.
It was learned later that as a re
| suit of the lessons from Wednesday’s
! great naval battle two dreadnoughts,
I one battle cruiser and a flotilla ol
dirigibles as well as ar equipment ot
seaplanes will be added by the senate
J to the naval program endorsed by the
house. This is the statement made by
Chairman Tillman of tht senate naval
committee today.
1»2 BILLION DOLLARS’
WORTH OF TOBACCO
MEN IN CONVENTION
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(Special to Gateway by United Press)
WASHINGTON, May 29.—A billion
and a half dollars of capital was rep
resented here today when the great
est convention of tobacco merchants
in the history of the country began at
the New Willard. There are 500 dele
gates from every section of the coun
try, and representing every branch of
the industry. From growers to leaf
dealers, to manufacturer, jobber and
the men behind the counters.
It is the first national convention
of tobacco merchants. Cigars that a
king couldn’t afford to buy in any
quantity will be smoked at tonight’s
banquet.
When a man tries to stop smoking
via the drop-it-in-his-coffee cure
route, he takes a chance on contract
ing the cocaine or other drug habits,
the conclave was told. It plans a
fight on the 42 varieties of compounds
which claim to destroy the desire for
tobacco.
Impressive figures of the tobacco
industry were reported showing that
tobacco raising utilizes 1,225 acres of
land, the federal government collects
$110,000,000 revenue tax, the industry
pays $175,000,000 wages to 200,000
workers and advertising gets $.‘10,000,
000 a year.
LAY OUT TOWNSITE
AT WOODROW PARK
The surveyors are now at work lay
ing out a beautiful townsite at Mile
Six, Woodrow Park, which will be us
ed as a pleasure resort by the people
of the city. George Cradler is the
surveyor in charge. A sixty foot
street is part of the plans and a boule
vard is included. Lots are now actu
ally being cleared up and Seward will
soon have its Coney Island.
Hughes Conceded
Lead First Ballot
CHICAGO, June 4. —The Kepubli-j
can leaders concede that Hughes will j
have a lead of two hundred and
twenty-live votes against Roosevelt on
the first ballot. However, the Colonel
is now looming larger and larger in
the eye of the convention and Barnes,
Penrose and Crane are terribly
chagrined.
* TRAIN REACHED *
* 45 SATURDAY *
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The train got as far as Mile 45 last
Saturday and a trip will be made to
that point once a week from this time,
on. The steamship Wellesley is due
here tomorrow with 85 piles tor the
new dock. The barge Lawrence is ex
pected here in a few days from An
chorage to transfer to that place the j
supplies which have been lying here.
MRS. RONAN VERY ILL
A cablegram has been received
summoning Jack Ronan back to Kan
sas City where his wife is reported to
be dangerously ill. Mr. Ronan left
here some time ago for the Demo
cratic convention at Juneau but will
go to Kanas City direct from there.
Mrs. Ronan lived here last year.
LOGANBERRY JI ICE
FOR THE DELEGATES1
PORTLAND, Ore., June 5.—A car
load of Oregon loganberry juice is,
now enroute to Chicago to quench the j
thirst of the delegates to the Republi
can convention. Besides coffee, logan
berry juice is the only beverage to be
sold in the convention.
REPUBLICANS
UPiJNJHE AIR!
NEVER A CONVENTION IN
WHICH ELEMENTS OF UN
CERTAINTY SO STRONG.
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CHICAGO, June 5.—'There wa>!
never a Republican convention on
which such complete efficiency
methods were used as the coming one
to determine who the candidate will j
be, and there was never a Republican J
convention in which more elements of
uncertainty existed. Every delegate
to the convention has been indexed
and cross indexed again and all this i
tls done without making it possible to
see anything more than the possibili
ties. This is stated by prominent
delegates and they themselves admit
that there is no use in trying to make
any prophesy regarding the result.
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•> SHERMAN HAYNES *
* BIAS THE PALACE *
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J. Sherman Haynes has purchased
the ground, building and business or
the Palace Bar from Guy Whitehead
and Joe Morris. The price paid by
Mr. Haynes for the whole thing is
ten thousand dollars. Mr. Morris will
stay in charge of the business until
the tenth of this month when the
license transfer will take place. Mr.
Haynes is a successful business man
who formerly conducted business
houses in the United States and
Canada.
VIOLENT FIGHTING AT VAUX
PARIS, June 3—The Germans made several of the
most violent attacks of the entire Verdun battle on Fort
Vaux last night and early today but each time they were
driven back with heavy losses. The action, however, con
tinues with the greatest fury all along the line from Fort
Douaumont to the bridge below Fort de Vaux.
CAPTURE BRITISH POSITION
BERLIN, June 4.—The Germans yesterday stormed
and captured a British post on a hill southeast of Zillebeke
near Ypres. Our troops are now advancing south of
Vaux stubbornly and each advance here brings them clos
er to Verdun on the east.
BRITISH ADMIT REVERSE
LONDON, June 4.—The British war office officially
admits that a reverse has been sustained at Zillebeke but
later accounts indicate that our troops are driving the
enemy back again.
BRITISH STATEMENT
LONDON, June 5.—The British admiralty issued a
statement today that thdre is the strongest ground for be
lief that the British navy in its battle with the Germans
had accounted for eighteen German men of war, and that
there is nothing to add to or substract from the original
announcement regarding the British losses. The state
ment gives the German losses as two battleships, two
dreadnaughts, a battle rruiser, four light cruisers, nine
torpedo boat destroyers and a submarine. The pessimism
which prevailed as a result of the first announcement of
the admiralty has been greately lessened as it is now con
sidered that the first statement was needlessly candid and
conservatively under-estimated the extent of the German
losses in comparison to the losses sustained by our own
fleet. The latest statement claims the loss of two more
German ships. The first statement admittedly caused
terrible anxiety as it was chiefly taken up with the admis
sion of the losses on our side which were truly bad but by
no means so bad when taken in comparsion with the pun
ishment inflicted on the enemy.
LATEST FROM BERLIN
IS VICTORY CLAIM
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Germans Ridicule Story That
. British Won in Great Battle
of North Sea.
BERLIN, June 5.—'The claim of Great Britain that
j she won a victory in the naval battle of Wednesday is
' taken as an enormous joke by all Germany. The claim is
i not, indeed, accorded even the dignity of serious attention.
; It does not arouse ire or resentment but only mirth. Ger
many is actually laughing heartily at the idea that the
British fleet came off best. “Yes” said one high official
sarcastically, “Great Britain won an enormous tactical
naval victory and only about two more such tactical
victories ..are required to reduce the British fleet to row
boats.”
NO MEAT FOR GERMANS
BERLIN, June 5.—Civilians in Germany must eat no
more meat for eight weeks, Herr Adolph Batocki, Ger
many’s new food dictator, told the United Press in a frank
discussion of the food situation after he had assumed of
fice. This resolution, the minister says, should cause no
alarm in Germany and no elation in the camp of the Allies
as it is meant only as a precaution. “If the coming har
vest is only medium,’’ declared Herr Batocki, “the starva
tion of Germany through the British blockade is out of
the question.” It is felt, however, that the regulation will
cause some complaint and it is admitted that the necessity
for making it is not pleasant hut the patriotism of the
people is expected to reconcile them to the compulsory
abstinence.
FRENCH STILL HOLD GERMANS
PARIS, June 5.—The Germans launched several vio
lent attacks against Fort Vaux last night employing liquid
tire, but the attacks were repulsed, says the French com
munique today. Elsewhere along the line east of the
Meuse the fighting is heavy but the Germans have been
unable to gain a yard. France has now made up its mind
that it must keep fighting at Verdun. The Germans have
apparently set themselves irrevocably to the task of tak
ing it and do not, as had been believed in the beginning, in
tend to cease their efforts on discovering the appalling
losses entailed in the attempt to reduce the fortress.
POUNDING IN THE ALPS
ATHENS, June 5.—Reports from the Austro-Italian
front filtering through various sources indicate that the
Austrians are still pounding away at the Italian lines. No
new Austrian advances were recorded today. The Bul
garians and the Allied forces at Saloniki are maintaining
the same relative positions.
RUSSIANS NOT READY
STOCKHOLM, June 5.—That the Russians will not
be ready to engage in general fighting to a very active
extent until July is the information conveyed through
Russian olficial channels to the newspapers of this city.
In the meantime, it is said, the Germans have withdrawn
large forces from the Russian front for sendee in the
Verdun region after having strongly fortified the posi
tions facing the Slav armies.
GERMANS MASSING
PARIS, June 4.—The Germans are attempting now to
mass reinforcements on the right bank of the Meuse to
prevent a successful attempt at an offensive on the part
of the allied armies. A slight German advance by the Ger
mans near Vaux is admitted but otherwise the battle of
Verdun is proceeding satisfactorily for us.
WATSON'S SAILING POSTPONED
SEATTLE, June 5.—The first bad result of the strike
of longshoremen on the Alaska trade became known today
when it was announced that the sailing of the Admiral
Watson has been postponed because of the inability to se
cure men to load her for the trip. It is feared that unless
a settlement is arrived at Alaska will be very badly
affected,