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MORE THAN TW Nil SHIPS SIR I I FOIR DAIS
BELIEVED GREAT NAVAL BATTLE
DAS BEEN EOLGHT IN BALTIC
Turks and Allies Both Claim
Victory Near Dardanelles —
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Zeppelin Again Raids Eng
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Sunk in the Baltic —Italy
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Starts General Advance.
SEVENTEEN SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, June (>.—The eighth steamer to be tor
pedoed yesterday by German submarines was sunk last
night in the North Sea. The sinking of that vessel
brought the number of ships sunk in the last three days in
the North Sea up to seventeen. The admiralty is ap
parently not able to say whether this unusual loss is due to
a large number of submarines or merely to a favoring
of the Germans by luck. The total loss in tonnage by the
sinking of the seventeen ships is estimated at not much
less than twenty thousand.
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BATTLE IN BALTIC SEA
PETROGRAD, June 7.—It is believed that a great
naval battle between the main German and Russian fleets
has been fought in the Baltic sea within the past few days
but no definite information has arrived. On Thursday
last three German transports were sunk in the Gulf of
Riga while attempting to land troops to reinforce the hos
tile army now invading the Baltic provinces. The trans
ports were accompanied by destroyers which failed to
hold the Russian ships. The attempt at landing was re
peated on Sunday when the German transports were ac
companied by hydroplanes and submarines. A Russian
transport was sunk in Sunday s battle but the enemy did
not succeed in his main effort. The general naval battle
is believed to have followed those engagements as the big
warships of both sides were summoned to reinforce the
smaller craft convoying the transports and also the small
er Russian vessels opposing the landing.
BRITISH WRECK ZEPPELIN
LONDON, June 7.—A British aeroplane wrecked a
Zeppelin airship yesterday in Belgium by dropping
bombs. The Zeppelin was resting on the ground at the
time. A Zeppelin has raided a town on the east coast of
England killing five people and injuring many. The war
office refuses to give the names of the town for some reas
on or another but it is probably the same town reported
from Berlin to have been attacked. Still two more Brit
ish ships have been sunk in the North Sea today. One
was a bark and the other was a trawler. A Russian
steamer has also been torpedoed in the Baltic and the
frequency of these occurrences in the past few days has
given ground for the belief that the Germans have be
come more active than ever in this manner of waging
war.
7,000 CAPTURED AT PRZEMYSL
BERLIN, June 7.—The number of Russian prisoners
taken when Przemysl fell is stated to be seven thousand al
though this is believed to be a mistake for seventy thou
sand. As the Austrians and Germans had not fully invest
ed the city before its surrender the greater part of the
garrison was able to retire before capitulation.
RAID ON ENGLAND
BERLIN, June 7.—A Zeppelin airship raided the city
of Harwich, England, yesterday and inflicted a very large
amount of damage. The announcement has been made
here that the aerial raids on England have resulted in far
more serious damage than the British authorities are will
ing to admit.
ITALY STARTS GOING
UDINE, Italy, June 7.—The general advance has
started along the Isonzo river. The Italian front reaches
from Caporetto to the sea. Severe fighting has already
commenced at Gradisca The Austrians have evidently
concentrated large forces to meet this advance and their
resistance is becoming more formidable daily. Owing to
the strict censorship maintained the information given
out is meager but we are clearly getting the best of the
fighting in all quarters up to the present. The army in
the Isonzo valley is estimated to be composed of about
half a million and is equipped with artillery which is
second to none.
I AMERICAN COWBOYS
INVADE MEXICO.
: Ten Horsemen Cross Border, Hold Up
Fort and Release Two
American Boys.
NOGALES, Arizona, June 6.—Ten
American cowboys rode across the
line, and into Santa Cruz in the state
of Sonora and held up the command
er of the fort compelling him to re
lease two American boys who were
kidnapped this morning. Tho Mexi
can garrison of the place consists of
one hundred and fifty soldiers who
were also held up by the Americans.
The raiding cowboys after their es
capade returned to United States ter
ritory without molestation and with
the rescued boys accompanying them.
LESLIE-JUDGE MEN BUSY.
H. Brown representing the Leslie
Judge publishing company, is now
here with F. W. Sheelor taking photo-1
graphs of this part of Alaska. They j
will later take views of all parts of
territory. Mr. Sheelor has a photo
graphic invention by which he takes
panoramic views and Seward will be
reproduced as it never before has
been. It is expended that the All-Al
aska Review will be able to secure
some of his work. Mr. Brown speaks
most enthusiastically of Seward and
its surroundings.
INVESTIGATE
DISTILLERIES
ALLEGED THAT CONSPIRACY
DEPRIVED GOVT. OF
$20,000,000 REVENUE.
WASHINGTON, June 7.—The in
vestigation began today to discover
the real truth as to the accusation
that a conspiracy has existed among
st the distilleries to avoid payment
of license. It is alleged that this
conspiracy has existed through three
administrations and that the amount1
out of which the government was de
frauded in revenues is twenty million
dollars. Some of the most noted dis
tilliries in the country are included
in the charge. The facts will not be
known about the change until the evi
dence is heard.
DRILL ARRIVES FOR
KENAI RIVER WORK.
Started Out Over the Line This Morn
ing and Will Soon be in
Operation.
The drill which was sent up for the
prospecting of the Kenai river arriv
ed Saturday on the Alameda and went
out over the railroad this morning to
Mile Twenty from which it will be
taken by water to the site of its work.
Ed. Henry is in charge of the machine
and the crew will start out tomorrow.
The coming of the drill is regarded by
local mining men as the beginning of
a most promising period in the
country’s development as the drill is
expected to demonstrate that the river
is rich in gold values.
COURT TERM FOR
KNIK JULY 13.
A term of court will be commenced
in Knik on July 18. It will be held as
part of the floating court which will
leave Valdez on Cutter McCulloch,
July 10. District Attorney Spence
has just visited Knik and recommend
ed the holding of the term. Several
cases will come up, including one
murder trial.
DEPUTIES SENTENCED
FOR KILLING STRIKERS.
Officers Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Over Strike Row at
Roosevelt.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., June 7.
—Nineteen deputies have been con
victed of manslaughter in connection
with the killing of strikers during the
riot at Roosevelt in this state last
January. The men were sentenced
for terms that range from two to ten
years.
CANADA REPAYS GOLD.
NEW YORK, June 7.—Five million
dollars in gold arrived from Ottawa
today as payment of the gold sent to
Canada last fall.
COPLY SAYS WHOLE
COAST LOOKS FINE..
While all eyes are turned to Seward
and turning more and more all the
time, John Coply, former mayor of
Nome and now repp entative of
Hildebrandt, Posner and company,
says that every town along the coast
is doing well. He says this of Juneau,
Skagway, Valdez, Cordova, Ketchikan
and all of them. In his many trips to
Alaska, Mr. Coply says, he never saw
such indications of a gnat awakening.
He arrived on the Alameda.
TWO VESSELS
BRIIOGHTY
WATSON LEFT SATURDAY AND
NORTHWESTERN LAST
NIGHT FOR SEWARD.
SEATTLE, June 7.—The Watson
left Saturday with twenty-nine first
and nineteen steerage passengers for
Seward. She has eighteen first class
and sixty-two steerage for Anchorage.
The Northwestern left last night with
twenty-two first and seven steerage
passengers for Seward.
The Watson first class passengers
for Seward are:
Mrs. I. Kuessy, Mrs. Pollock, Anna
McKenzie, C. Moyer, William Doherty
A. Peck, Mrs. E. Sears, B. McDonald,
J. McDonald and wife, Walter McDon
ald, James McCay, 0. Van Pelt, Robt.
Evans, R. Masservich, John Regan,
G. Whitehead and wife, Sam Graff and
wife, Oro Spillman, Vida Spillman,
Harvey Spillman, Mrs. A. Smoke, Ed.
Cox, Carl Stall and wife, J. Coffin and
Mrs. F. Lloyd.
The following are the Northwest
ern’s first class passengers for Se
w'ard:
J. Clarkson, M. Morrison, A. Will
more, Max Finch, C. Gilbert, Mrs. J.
Nichols, Mrs. 0. Harherdi, H. Burrell,
J. Hammond, John Miller, J. Gallo
way, Nels Haw’kins, J. Adkin and
wife, Miller J. Galloway, Mrs. R.
Thompson, A. Hoxby, C. Roberts, J.
Ross, E. Cramer, Mrs. B. Fisher, J.
Murray.
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DRUG RING IN FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.—The
government has ordered an investiga
tion of the charge that a drug ring
exists in this city. It is alleged that
the drugs are distributed by a mes
senger service.
ALAMEDA TONIGHT.
Agent McDonald expects the Ala
meda to arrive about 10 o’clock
tonight.
Cascade Roofing, one square, 2 ply,
$2.25 at Brosius and Noon’s.
COURT OPENS
TOMORROW A. M.
NO JURY AND ALL CASES TO RE
TRIED WILL BE EQUITY
0 N E S.
Hon. F. M. Brown, judge of the
District Court, will open the Seward
term tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
in the A. B. or Moose hall. The tak
ing up of the railroad building as the
headquarters of the railroad commis
sion made it impossible to hold court
there conveniently. Judge Brown
says that all the cases to be tried here
will be equity ones and no jury cases
will come up. He was unable this
morning to express any opinion as to
how long the session here will last.
Much will depend on the readiness of
the people interested in some certain
big cases to be heard here. Some
new citizens# will be created during
the term and it is said that some new
attorneys will be admitted to practise
in the territory. The judge will call
the calendar first thing in the morn
ing and will then hear demurrers, etc.
District attorney Spence and Assist
ant Munley are here for the term.
Marshal Brenneman is outside but
Deputy Marshal Mossman came to
perform the extra duties arising from
the term. Ike Hamburger is another
official who came but whose name
was not mentioned before.
REVENUE CUTTER
UNALGA ARRIVES.
Two More Cutters Said to be Due to
Arrive in Seward This
Evening.
The Revenue cutter Unalaga is now
anchored out in the bay. She is com
manded by Captain Hamlit. The op
portunity to see the captain or any of
the officers was not presented today
owing to the position of the vessel and
at present the length of her stay here
cannot be told It is said that two.
other cutters, one of which is the
Manning, are due to arrive in Seward
this evening. It is generally hoped
that the cutters and the Explorer
might be here long enough to have
some litle celebration of their visit
made. A baseball game has been
spoken of and the Seward band has
also been mentioned as parts of a
program that might be got up to show
our welcome for the visitors.
FINE BOAT FOR SEWARD.
The gasoline vessel Diana has ar
rived in Seward and will remain here
to engage in the touring, towing and
other business. C. G. Dippel is the
owner and came north on the Diana
with Mrs. Dippel. The vessel can bo
chartered. She is a new vessol and
carries all the latest improvements,
including electric lighting, pullman
berths and everything else.
FEDERALS BEAT
SEWARD AGAIN.
The Federals got away with Seward
yesterday by a score of seven to one.
Seward would have been shut out if it
hadn’t been for a three bagger by
Frank Reed who scored later. For
six or^even innings no run was regis
tered by either side but then came a
bit of boneheadedness followed in
quick succession by other examples of
ivory domeism that made Seward look
pathetically weak. The worst of it
was that the most glaring errors came
from the least suspected quarters.
The Federals scored four in one inn
ing while some of the players were
engaging in tongue fights with Um
pire Ellsworth. During the game two
dogs started a scrap opposite the
grand stand and gave a most realistic
exhibition of artistic mimicry of some
ball players when they wake up to a
real interest in the game.
COAST AND GEODETIC
SURVEY VESSEL HERE.
Will Make Seward Its Headquarters
and Come Often During
the Summer.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey ship
Explorer, Captain It. S. Patton, has
arrived in the harbor and will leave
tonight or tomorrow morning to
start survey work at a place about
fifty miles out. Seward will be the
headquarters of the vessel and she
will return here several times this
summer. The following are the of
ficers: Executive officer, E. E. Smith;
Surgeon, Dr. Frank Biscoc; Mate; A.
R. Hunter; Aid, Harry Kelsh; Deck
officer, J. C. Jones; Chief engineer,
George Wilcox.
FORESTRY BOATS COME.
The Restless and Rosalie, vessels
of the U. S. Forestry department ar
rived today and soon will proceed to
Anchorage. T. M. Hunt, deputy for
est supervisor, is aboard the Restless
and others of the staff are W. J. Mc
Donald, Abe Cortright, Clyde Nettle
son and Fred M. O’Neill.
GRADING STREET.
The city engineer put a gang of
men at work today grading Washing
ton street between Second and Fifth.
MEXICO MUST
COMEJO TIME
REPORTED WILSON WILL INTER
VENE BY 22nd. UNLESS
PEACE COMES.
WASHINGTON, June 7.—It is re
ported that President Wilson has de
cided to intervene in Mexico unless
' conditions are remedied there b> June
J 22. No replies have been received to
' note sent by Wilson to the dilTerent
: leaders in that country but indications
exist that Carranza, Villa and Zapata
will attempt to bring about a recon
ciliation. The transports Buford and
Kilpatrick will be sent to Vera Cruz
j to take away refugees from Mexico
' City. The Red Cross will send medi
' cal supplies to the country this week.
* Five thousand refugees have arrived
at Laredo, Texas, from Monterey.
VERA CRUZ, June 7.—Obregon
has sent word that he has gained a
victory over Villa ami has captured
Leon.
FORMER COMMISSIONER HERE.
Joseph L. Reed, formerly United
! States commissioner here, has arriv
! ed from Valdez to attend court.
GERMANS WILL DECLARE WAR
ROME, June 6—A government decree issued yester
ray confiscates fifty-seven Austrian and German ships
which are lying at Italian ports and which are valued at.
twenty million dollars. As Germany and Italy have not
yet formally engaged in war against each other the con
fiscation of the ships is not regarded as regular but it is
expected to result in an immediate declaration of war by
the kaiser’s government. The opinion has been express
ed that the seizure of the ships was really intended to
make Germany declare war as Italy could not very well
do so without cause and war against Germany is regard
ed as necessary for the plans of this nation.
U. S. ANSWER DELAYED
WASHINGTON, June 6.—The note to Germany in
answer to the note by the German government was not
sent last night to Berlin as had been expected. The cause
of witholding the message is not known here by anyone
outside the cabinet and a tremendous amount of curiosity
has been aroused as to the reason.
BRITISH LOSE 20,000 IN WEEK
LONDON, June 7.—The British casualties last week
amounted to nine hundred officers and twenty thousand
men. The publication of the fact has caused a sensation
all over the empire and today relatives are mourning in
every county. Great numbers of the wounded are not
seriously injured and will be able to return to the front
soon. The awful losses are due to the efforts made to
storm the German positions in the endeavor to drive them
out. Four more trawlers were torpedoed in the North
Sea yesterday bringing the total number of vessels sunk
in four days to more than twenty.
USING GAS ON RUSSIANS
PETROGRAD, June 7.—The Germans have now be
gun the use of gas bombs against our lines on the Bzura
and Rawka fronts and are admittedly inflicting serious
damage through them. We have made considerable ad
vances, however, on the lower San river and the Austrians
have been driven back in that neighborhood. On the
other hand the Austrians are now advancing south of
Lemberg with the intention of attacking our flank while
the enemy in front is following up the advantage gained
around Przemysl.
ROUMANIANS DEMONSTRATE
BUCHAREST, June 7.—A great demonstration was
held here yesterday by the people who are in favor of en
tering the war on the side of the allied nations. The op
ponents of war also held a counter demonstration to show
the government that the feeling in favor of hostilities is
by no means unanimous- It is difficult to predict what the
course of Roumania will be. The Conservatives have
made opposition to entering the war their chief platform.
ALLIES FORCE BACK TURKS
ATHENS, June 7.—The Allied lines have been ad
vanced five hundred yards along a three mile front on
Gallipoli peninsula after severe fighting. The Turks
made a desperate resistance and were well entrenched but
the Allied commanders forced the struggle with great
vigor that would not be denied.
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