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SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAV. JULY 17. _____T«n Onta the Copy
DECLARES PERSHING WILL RE
RACK HOME IN A MONTH
SAYS VILLA IS NO MORE
WASHINGTON. July IT. — That Villa is dead, that
General Pershing’s troops will he out id Mexico within a
month and that the National tiiiard will be back home
within three months, was the statement made by a high
war department official today. I he source ol the intorm
r.tion as to the death of the bandit leader is not given but <
it is stated that all the talk of Villa being at the head of
the rebels in recent lighting is without foundation. j
WHITTEMORE, HERRON,
HAZELET CONTROL
YALDKZ, July 17.—Hazelet, Herron and Whittemore
are in control of the Republican divisional convention now
in session here. Herron is temporary chairman and will
be the permanent chairman, lie. Milo Kelly, Dooley and
Millard are candidates for the senate ship and Henry of
Seward will be named as candidate for the house. lne
convention adjourned this morning to 0 p. m.
;Orpet Acquitted j
Of Girl's Murder
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WAG K KG AN. July Id. -The young
college man Orpet was acquitted last
night by the jury of murdering Mar
ian Lambert, the school girl, with
whom he had been keeping company
and with whom he admitted improper
relations. The jury was absent live
hours but on the first ballot it was
j eleven to one for acquittal. The
I youth was overcome so much that he j
was absolutely silent but he shook ;
hands with the jurymen as he smiled j
wanly. His mother remained calm j
but his counsel, Wilkerson, shed tears.
Orpet is now going to the country to
rest. The defense succeeded in mak
ing it look possible that the girl com
mitted suicide. Sue was found lying j
dead in the woods soon after being j
seen with Orpet who says he had told
her that he was about to leave her for
another.
TWO MORE MEN KILIED
IN LONGSHORE STRIKE RIOTS
RECORDS oi WORLD
BROKEN BY ALASKA
t. VS'llNKAl MINE
JL NEAL , July •'Avo*t*ilii g to
the announcement of Bert L». * hum*,
manager oi* the A aska Gastuu-uu Co.,
made today, last Monday's run at the
big mill at Thane broke the mating
record ol that company ami also the
milling record oi the world. The big
mill shut down aii day the Sunday
preceding and on Monday with thej
mill running at only partial capacity, J
$,7(H) tons of ore were treated within'
the 24 hours following. This is thej
greatest amount of ore ever handled
in any one day by any company in the
world.
Mr. Thane also stated that the cost
of mining and milling ore for the pa^t
few months in the big inti and mine j
of the Gustineau company will alsoj
stand as a world’s record, having been
reduced materially from the estimated
cost. The record set b> the Gustineau
company will eventually be tin
standard of costs for handling and re
during ore for both the Alaska-Ju
neau ami Treadwell mines, if the
proposed consolidation is put through
and the big mill constructed,—Empire
WELL KNOWN EXPLORER
MARRIED AT McCARTHY
SEATTLE, July 12.—Miss Dora
Keen, the well known mountain
climber and explorer, who recently
left for the north to explore Alaska
glaciers, was married at McCarthy,
Alaska, yesterday to George William
Handy.—Ex.
ACTOISTS KILLED BY
TRAIN NEAR SEATTLE
SEATLE, July 17.—John Cor.gin
ske, his wife Loretta, and his son In
law Edable were killed last night
jvhen the Milwaukee train from
Tacoma to Seattle hit their automo
bile while it was crossing the track
The auto was cut in two and the
bodies were badly mutilated.
FATAL ENCOUNTERS
TACOMA, July 17.—Rangval Lienann, a strikebreak
er, was killed this morning at James and Union and a
longshoreman was fatally wounded when a mob of strik
ing longshoremen attacked an automobile which was
carrving* three non-union men to the Milwaukee dock,
file I nion has now* been notified by Pettit, the commis
sioner of public safety, and by Sheriff Longmire that
picketing of the streets must stop immediately and that
['• .o ccnuiv^isting of crowds must also cease.
SAN FRANCISCO MEN SETTLE
SAX FRANCISCO, July 17. — In the secret ballot
taken last Saturday, it is now learned, twenty-live hun
dred longshoremen accepted by a vote of four to one the
open shop system and also agreed to accept the wages
prevailing* before the strike. Better terms were refused
by the strikers previously but the fact that the emplojeis
had raised a million dollars to fight the strike and that so
many strike breakers w*erc available caused a loss of con
■ hie ace in theii ability to win. Ihe l nion officers advised
acceptance of tno terms.
SEATTLE MEN REFUSE
SEATTLE, July 17—The longshoremen at this port
protest against the agreement reached at San Francisco
on the open shop basis and announce that they will accept
no compromise. On the other hand, the non-union long
shoremen have organized an association and have pledged
their support to all organizations in Seattle to fight for
the open shop. J. T. Lebeau, a merchant patrolman, was
beaten to unconsciousness last night at his office in this
WHITE MAY MAKE PEACE
SEATTLE, July 17.—Henry M. White, federal medi
ator and representative of the Department of Labor, re
turned to Seattle from San Francisco last night and an
nounced that he would arrange conferences between the
Seattle waterfront employees and the Union longshore
men’s association at which conference he hopes to have
ratified the agreement reached at San Francisco.
STRIKERS TO RESUME
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—The latest development
Cummings Takes up
Hear Creek Ground
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l\ F Cummings has purchased the
placer mining properties on Hear
I creek from Herron, Cassidy and Sul
livan and has arrived in Seward on
the way outside to secure a large
hydraulic plant with which to operate
I his newly acquired possession. Hear
| creek lias been the biggest producer
! on Kenai Peninsula and is expected to
make a splendid showing when the
; proper mining facilities are brought
into play. Mr. Cummings has been a
miner in various camps of Alaska
since the early days of Dawson and,
later, of Nome and has recently been
in charge of the mill of Charles E.
Herron who is one of the men selling
the Bear creek ground to Mr. Cum
mings.
OPPPOSED TO THE
WICK NOMINATION
The Nomination of VVickersham by
;m alleged Republican club at Fair
banks is to laugh. Wick has already
been nominated on the Demo-Pro
gressive ticket, has diddled with the
Democrats, been turned down by the
old-line Republicans, and now if he
can only get the endorsement of the
Socialist party could retire this Fall
with a clean score,—so far as nomi
nations go. The Republican party in
the Territory is badly disrupted, but
it will have to be in a whole lot worse
shape than it is now to have W icker
sham forced upon it. The party don't
want Wick, it has no use for Wick,
and Wick would be of no material
benefit to the republicans if they had
him.—Valdez Prospector.
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SAYS WILL SELL LOTS
AT Jl NOTION SOON
Mrs. M. Johnson, the famous worn
an musher, writes from her home
stead near Matanuska Junction and
says that the government will start
a sale of the town lots there in three
j or four weeks.
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SO HE STARTED HIS
LETTER “DEAR KING” AND
GOT WHAT HE WANTED
(Special to Gateway by United Press!
LONDON, July 12. — Addressing
King George in a letter as “Dear
King” a disgraced Rritish “ Tommy
found a way to get back into the army
with neatness and despatch. 'I he sol
dier, whose name is witheld, was dis
charged with dishonor while serving
I in India. He later met a minister
who talked him into reforming. An
attempt to rejoin the army was fruit
less because of his bad record. Then
he penned a note to the king. An of
ficial notice tells the sequel to the
story:
“After great gallantry in no man's
land, in France, between the tranches
he died trying to save others.”
of the strike situation this afternoon is that the striking
longshoremen are prepared to resume work at once while
awaiting the action of the longshoremen’s union in the
northern and southern cities regarding the agreement
reached between local stevedores and the employees. Ac
cording to this agreement the union men will resume work
under the same terms, virtually, as before the strike and
on August 1 a committee will be appointed by both sides
to work out a new schedule.
SEATTLE DETERMINED
SEATTLE, July 17.—It was learned this afternoon
that the Seattle longshoremen are determined to continue
the strike and to refuse the terms accepted by the San
Francisco men. Local union men declare that all the coast
unions except San Francisco intend to continue the strjke.
LONDON SAYS THIRD LINE OF
GERMANIFRONT IMPENETRATED
More Fatal Hoods
Occur iu The Fast
ATLANTA, July 17.—Floods in the
past forty-eight hours in South Caro
lina and Virginia have caused live
i known deaths, have rendered hundreds
homeless, have damaged property and
crops to the extent of ten million dol
lars and have demoralized railroad,
telephone and telegraph communica
i tion all over the two states named.
| The storms followed a hurricane of
unprecedented violence which occur
red last Thursday and which was ac
companied by terrific rains that drove
the rivers from their banks. Many
lives were imperilled for a time but
the vast majority of t lie people
escaped.
says goykrn.mknt may
TAKF. ON FI! RAILROADS;
ST, LOUIS, July 17.—Declaring
that the government is now better
prepared than ever to operate rail
roads, J. J. Keegan of the Department
of Labor has made the prediction that
ihe government would take over the
roads should the loaders of the great
railroad brotherhoods succeed in j
causing a general strike that would
tie up the roads. He further declared
that if the government takes over the
roads they would hold and operate
them permanently.
PRESIDENT CASTRO
ONCE MORE HEED
NEW YORK, July IT.—Castro, the I
former president of Venizuela, has
once more been barred from entry to
the United States and is now being
held at Ellis Island pending an invest
igation into the reason for his visit to
this country. This is the second time
in his career when he was sujebcted
to the same treatment here.
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE
RURAL CREDIT BILL
WASHINGTON, July IT.—The
President today signed the Rural
Credits bill which provided for the
establishment of a system of land
mortgage banks to handle long time
mortgage loans to farmers.
JUNEAU BUILDING BILL
NOT TO PASS NOW
WASHINGTON, July IT.—The
Public Buildings bill, carrying an ap
propriation of three hundred thou
sand dollars for a federal building at
Juneau, was introduced in the house
today but is not expected to pass this
session.
BRITISH SMASH THIRD LINE
LONDON, July 1G. — The British have “smashingly
penetrated" the third line ol' the German front north of
die Somme and have captured the commander and stall ol
a Bavarian regiment at Belleville. They have taken the
Bazetin woods and are menacing the important Martin
puch heights. The prisoners taken in four days by the
British amount to ten thousand men and the total captures
of Germans in that time by the French and Britsh combin
ed are twenty-five thousand.
DRIVES BACK RUSSIANS
BERLIN, July 17.—Prince Leopold has driven back
the Rusisans at Skrobowa and has captured fifteen hun
dred of them. The situation at Stokhod is unchanged but
the Russians are attacking constantly.
RUSSIAN STORY DIFFERENT
PETROGRAD, July 17. — The Russians have been
successful in desperate encounters at Skrobowa and have
reached new positions which were formerly occupied by
the enemy.
PORTUGUESE ARMY READY
LONDON, July 17. — Significant news comes from
Portugal to the effect that the Portuguese government
has equipped its army with everything necessary to fight
with the Anglo-French armies. The Portuguese army is
described as ready to answer the call of the allied nations
whenever requested.
GERMANS CONFIDENT
BERLIN, July 17.—The newspapers here all reassert
confidence that the German army can defeat the super of
fensive of the allied armies which is now proceeding.
They point out that the tremendous preparations made
and the concentration of all the allied power on one spot
made it inevitable that some initial successes should be
gained. The leading newspapers are rallying to the sup
port of von Bethmann Holweg, the imperial chancellor,
who is now being attacked by those who advocate an un
restricted submarine warfare. Those papers also deny
that the chancellor’s peace designs weakened the position
of the German empire all over the world and in the minds
of its enemies. The feeling that submarine warfare
should be resumed seems to be growing although the ad
vocates of such a renewal of undersea attacks make it
clear that they know it might cause trouble with the
United States.
RUSSIAN LOSS QUARTER MILLION
BERLIN, July 17.—From the time the Russians be
gan their presen* offensive until July 10 they have lost
202,000 men, according to an estimate made by a semi
official news agnecy. Very severe losses were inflicted
on them at times because of the fact that they charged in
great masses some very strongly defended positions.
RUSSIANS FIGHT IN FRANCE
PARIS, July 17.—The Russian troops in action on the
French front at Champagne successfully counter attack
ed the Germans last night and inflicted heavy losses on
them. The war office states, however, that no important
fighting has taken place in the Somme region.
MORE RUSSIANS FOR FRANCE
BREST, France, July 17. — Another convoy of Rus
sian troops landed here today to fight with the British and
French in the west. It is believed that about thirty thou
sand Russians are now fighting on this front.
BRITISH EXPENSES RISING
LONDON, July 17.-—The war expenses of the British
have now reached the sum of thirty million dollars a day,
Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the exchequer informed
the house of commons today.