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.sEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1915.- --
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TERRIFIC BATTLES RAGE FROM THE
BALTIC SEA TO DNIESTER RIVER
German Press Receives American Note in Good Spirit anti Says it
Indicates a Desire on Part ot United States in Favor ot Peace.
Italians and Turks Claim Vic
tories and London Reports
Germans Checked on March
Towards Lemberg — Nothing
Occurs in W est but Heavy
Artillery Duels—Allied Avia
tors Destroy Zeppelin and
Five German Aeroplanes.
TITANIC BATTLES PROCEED
LONDON. June 14.—Tremendous battles are now
raging between the Teutons and Russians almost along
the whole line from the Baltic sea to the Dniester river.
The German attempt on Lemberg has been checked but
they are attacking savagely in other quarters with the
evident intention of allowing no time for the Russians to
reorganize after their crushing defeat to the westward.
The places in which the Teutonic attacks are most severe
are on the San to the north of Przemysl, alang the Dniest
er, in southeastern Galicia, on the Rawka and west of
Warsaw. From the accounts received here it is taken to be
the purpose of the Germans to deliver what they hope
may be a final and crushing blow at Russia and, at least,
to force their way to points where they can defend them
selves easily while going to meet the Italian invasion.
The results of all this fighting have not been told with the
exception of the information that the Germans have been
foiled in their attempt to reach Lemberg It will probably
take some days for the situation to develope.
OTTAWA, June 14.—Six thousand Italians will be
trained and mobilized at Quebec and will later be sent to
Italy on a troop ship.
UDINE, Italy, June 14.—Rioters now control the city
of Trieste. No statement has been given out as to wheth
er the Italian residents of that city are the agressors or
the Austrians. The Italian army has attacked Gorcizo
which is a strong position held by the Austrians further
up the Isonzo river. The lines are now being gradually
drawn along the whole frontier and severe fighting may
be expected from this time forward.
PHILADELPHIA, June 14.—Russia has ordered the
building here of two hundred and fifty locomotives at a
cost of six million dollars.
SHIPS SEIZED AND SUNK
LONDON, June 14.—The British have seized an
American tanker belonging to the Standard Oil comp
any which was bound for Sweden with a full load of oil.
The seizure was made on the ground that the oil was in
tended for Germany. A British bark and a Norwegian
bark were torpedoed yesterday just north of the English
channel by a German submarine.
GERMANY PLEASED BY NOTE
BERLIN, June 14.—The newspapers of Berlin ex
press themselves pleased with the friendly spirit in the
note sent by the United States government to this govern
ment. Most of the papers approve of the idea of mediat
ing but many of them insist on stopping the supply of
munitions of war by America to the Allied nations. The
gist of the editorial statements taken as a whole is that
it is Germany’s vital wish to save innocent lives but that
Britain cannot be allowed to get ahead with the aid of
American manufacturers of munitions of war. All the
newspapers declare that the United States should recog
nize the German blockade. None of them seem to be able
to understand the reason for Bryan’s resignation as they
regard the note as not an ultimatum but the expression of
a friendly desire to settle amicably the problems which
confront the two nations. Later explanations of what the
note contains are regarded as puzzling as some of those
explanations read into the message some more unfriendly
sentiments than are apparent by a reading of it.
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❖ TO SUCCEED BRYAN. *
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.—The
democratic national committee men of
western states have drawn up a report
in which they favor the selection of
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the in
terior, as the successor of Bryan at
the head of the department of state.
In the report they express the belief
that Lane is one of the strongest men
in the country, official or unofficial,
and that he has proven himself al
ready while a new man would be an
experiment. They express also doubt
as to the advisability of trying experi
ments while such tremendous ques
tions remain for solution.
COMING ON MARIPOSA.
SEATTLE, June 14.—The following
are the first class passengers for Se
ward on the Mariposa which sailed
Saturday:
Jules Schneider and wife, Mrs. W.
Elliott, Charles F. Elliott, Felix j
Brown, Mrs. L. True, Mrs. Charles
Walmsby, W. Rohrback, James Con
stable, E. Grigrivre, D. McCarthy, E.
Hawley, Mrs. Hawley, J. Hellenius,
J. Cousins, C. Lawrence and five
steerage.
HAYT1 ONCE MORE STARTS
A BABY REVOLUTION.
CAPE HAITEN, June 14.—Another
revolution has broken out in this
country and looks dangerous because
of the apparent weakness of the gov
ernment. The rebels have a large
force which is said to be marching to
wards the capital. Several skirmishes
have taken place and the results have
been favorable to the anti-government
side.
ALLISON BRUNER COMES.
J. Allison Bruner, formerly deputy
clerk of the court at Nome and a
brother of the late Senator El wood
Bruner, arrived on the Northwestern
this morning and intends to settle
down to the practise of the law in
Seward.
ABOUT FIFTY ARRIVE
ON THE NORTHWESTERN.
Fifty or sixty people all told arriv
ed on the Northwestern. The names
of those boarding the vessel at way
points were not included in the list
given out and that list was printed
before. The number of steerage pas
sengers arriving on the ship was
twelve.
GREAT OUTFIT
LEAVES TODAY
STEAMER AND HUNDREDS OF
TONS OF SUPPLIES COM
ING FOR CACHE CREEK.
One of the greatest mining outfits
that ever came to a placer camp in
Alaska is expected to leave Seattle
today for Cache creek. J. C. Murray,
the mining operator of that section,
during the winter made a deal which
has resulted in the shipping of the
equipment and supplies. In addition
to this he also “turned” nineteen
claims in Broad Pass which he took
over last fall while he was at Knik.
The company which took hold of the
Broad Pass properties is one of the
really big corporatu ns and has an
outfit on the ground now testing the
value of the properties so that the tale
will probably be told this fall.
Mr. Murray was also associated
with James R. Hayden in the deal
Which resulted in the shipping in of
the drill for the prospecting of Kenai
River. He will leave on the Mariposa
to perform the assessment work on
the Cache creek properties and will
later go in to look over the Broad
Pass field.
The outfit which leaves Seattle to
day for Cache creek comes from Seat
tle on a chartered schooner, the Gardi
ner City. It has the dredge aboard,
the news of the shipping of which w’as
telegraphed to this paper a few’ days
ago. It has in addition twelve hund
red tons of lumber, machinery, horse
feed, provisions and other supplies.
Also coming for the same people is
a sternwheel steamboat of two hund
red horse pow’er which will be used
to take the outfit up the Susitna and
Yentna rivers towing a 100 ton barge
w'hich is also being shipped in. The
whole outfit will be landed at Mac
Dougal Station and will be freighted
in the winter with forty head of
horses. Those horses will be secured
here if possible but Mr. Murray states
that if the animals cannot be secured
here on favorable terms they will be.
shipped from the outside. He has
been remarkably successful since he
w’as here last year and this recalls the
fact that he has never tied up prop
erty which did not have merit enough
to “put it through.”
J. G. Hammond has arrived to take
a position with the Carstens Packing
company here.
GENERAL OBREGON
KILLED IN BATTLE
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EL PASO, June 14.—General Obre
gon, the famous commander in chief
of the Carranza army, died today of
wounds received in the battle of Leon.
His loss to the Carranza cause is al
most irreparable. Since the fight
against Villa started he has complete
ly checkmated the noted leader of the
opposing forces and rasied the chances
of his side, from defeat to something
akin to victory. During the battle, it
is stated, he refused to remain in the
rear and received his wounds while
leading his men. The nature of those
wounds is not known and, indeed, the
first intimation received of them came
with the information that he had
passed away.
SAN ANTONIO, June 14.—One of
the’generals of the Villa army has
stopped a load of supplies of the Red
Cross at Eagle Pass and still refuses
to let th\'m pass. The supplies were
on the way from the United States for
the aid of the needy Mexicans in the
neighborhood.
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❖ GREEKS VIRTUALLY *
❖ VOTE FOR THE WAR. *
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ATHENS, June 14.—Incomplete re
turns from the election indicate that
former Premier Venizelos has been
chosen by the people to head the new
government. He is the leader of the
war party and the vote is regarded as
virtually a vote in favor of entering
the war against the Teutonic powers.
SIX KILLED IN SOUTH
CAROLINA RACE RIOTS.
COLUMBIA, June 14.—Six people
have lost their lives in fierce ^ race
riots which occurred here today and
which are still continuing. The militia
has been called out by the governor
as matters look exceedingly threaten
ing. Most of the people killed were
colored but at least one white person
met death.
FRANK CASE MAY BE
FINISHED TONIGHT.
ATLANTA, June 14.—The hearing
before the governor of the case of Leo
Frank was re-opened this morning
and will probably be concluded to
night. No one seems to be able *o
guess with any degree of accuracy
what the outcome of the matter will
be. The governor is taking up both
sides of the question exhaustively and
has intimated indirectly that he wiL
be influenced entirely and only by the
merits of the case and not by any
sentiment for or against the condemn
ed man.
MARCONI IN LEAD.
ROME, June 13.—Marconi, the
wireless wizard, has been made head
of a great radio corporation here. It
is thought that this corporation is
connected with the direction of wire
less affairs for the government dur
ing the war.
ELECTRICITY CAUSES DEATHS.
MILWAUKEE, June 13.—Consider
able damage and several deaths have
been caused by an electrical storm
which raged yesterday in central
Wisconsin. It is estimated that the
number of deaths was twelve and the
number of injured is not less than
thirty.
JAMES FITZPATRICK
BURIED IN SEATTLE.
Poor Old “Popcorn” Died After Very
Severe Suffering but Fiiends
Were With Him.
James Fitzpatrick, who died two
weeks ago last Saturday, passed away
after frightful suffering but he died
in a private cottage with his brother,
sister and other friends around him.
People who came back on the North
western saw him some days before
death and say that he had been reduc
ed to a frightful condition. It had
been intended to take him to the
Mayo brothers in the east but when
those specialists had his condition ex
plained to them they declared the trip
would be useless. Mr. Fitzpatrick
was buried in Seattle.
GRAFFS RETURN FROM TRIP
IN STATES AND MEXICO.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Graff returned on
the Watson after a long trip all over
the states and into Old Mexico. In the
latter country Mr. Graff attended a
bullfight at Tia Juana. They saw
several bands of Mexican soldiers who
presented the appearance of having
raided a second hand clothing store
and arrayed themselves in the con
tents. Among the places visited were
El Paso, Washington, the Panama Ex
position, Chicago twice, Philadelphia
and several other cities.
Robert L. Weaver was admitted to
practise law in Alaska by Judge
Brown Saturday evening.
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REPORT GUGGS
RAISE MONEY
SEATTLE TIM ES DECLARES
THEY HAVE RAISED TEN MIL
LIONS IN BONDS.
SEATTLE, June 13.—The Seattle
Times this morning contains a story
to the efTcct that the Guggenheims
have floated an additional bond issue
of ten million dollars for the purpose
of doing large development work and
also for construction work. The con
struction is presumed to be in relation
to the Copper River & Northwestern
railroad but at present nothing official
has been given out in relation to that
phase of the question. The floating of
the bond issue itself, even, is a matter
of which the official announcement has
not been made but there seems to b(
good foundation for the story.
ALL CHICAGO CARS <
ARE NOW TIED UP. *
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CHICAGO, June 14.—For the first
time in fifty years all the street car.^
of the city of Chicago are tied up
The strike called this morning has re
suited in the walkout of all the car
men and no substitutes have been se
cured to take their places. Traf'.c U
completely stopped.
A. W. Peck and Jack Chisholm, both
oldtimers, arrived on the Watson and
intend to make Seward their home.
BRYAN MAKES
NASTY CHARGE
SAYS NOTE TO GERMANY WAS
CHANGED SINCE HE RE
SIGNED FROM CABINET.
WASHINGTON, June 13.—Quite a
political sensation was sprung today
when William Jennings Bryan utter
ed the charge that the note to Ger
' many was modified since his resigna
' tion. In answer to the charge trei
| present secretary of state, Robert
1 Lansing, declares that not a word has
been changed in the message and the
| country is now promised one of the
ugliests squabbles that have ever
come with the very leading men of
the nation involved. The charge of
1 Bryan is, clearly, that Wilson decided
to modify the messsage to Germany
because of the fear that Bryan might
make political capital out of it. The
' denial by Lansing undoubtedly means
that the president will also deny the
| statement of his former secretary and
the breach between the two great
leaders will not only widen to an im
! passable gulf but will compel both to
defend themselves from a very serious
suggestion.
S\NT\ VNA SAILS TOMORROW.
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The Santa Ana will sail for the
| westward at 10 o’clock tomoriou
: morning and will not go to Knik
j Anchorage. ______
WASHINGTON PLEASED
WASHINGTON, June 14.—The friendly reception
given the American note by the Berlin press has cheered
official circles here immensely- The danger mark is, in
deed, believed to have, passed and it is expected that some
common ground will be found on which all the belligerents
and the United States may be able to stand together on
the question of neutral shipping.
DESTROY GERMAN AIRSHIPS
PARIS, June 14.—Allied aviators raided the German
aviation camps in Belgium yesterday and destroyed one
Zeppelin, five Taubes and killed sixteen soldiers. 1 he ot
ficial communique declares that no doubt can be entertain
ed as to the truth of the loss of the airships. '1 he raider*
got away clear.
MOSCOW, June 14.—The anti-German riots here
continue. For two days mobs have marched through the
streets committing lawless acts against people of German
nationality in spite of the efforts of the police. Much
looting has been committed.
VERONA, Italy, June 14.—The Italian government
has decided to feed the women and children living in the
Austrian territory captured by the Italian troops.
ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, June 14.—Another British steamer has
been sunk in the White Sea. The details of the sinking
have not been published but it is assumed the act \\ as com
mitted by a hostile submarine.
ALLIES LOSE HEAVILY
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 14.—The Allied forces
have been repulsed with heavy losses in attacks made on
the Gallipoli peninsula and have failed to make any ad
vance, according to the official information published to
day. They attempted to move forward in force parti
cularly on the south side of the peninsula.
FIGHTING IN OTHER PLACES
PARIS, June 14.—Violent artillery duels are now
proceeding along the western front from Woevre to the
sea but no change has taken place.
PETROGRAD, June 14.—Russian torpedo boats have
bombarded Samsun on the Black Sea and sunk several
Turkish ships that were lying in the harbor.
ROME, June 14.—Italian aviators raided the great
Austrian naval base at Pola yesterday and destroyed the
arsenal. Several airships took part in the raid and other
damage was also inflicted