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FORT VAIIX CONSIDERED THE
KEY TO VERDIN EORTRESS
LONDON'. June 9.—Fort Vaux, captured by the Ger
mans yesterday is now spoken of as the ‘ key” to V erdun
and the feeling is generally expressed that the Germans
are progressing better than anticipated. It is lepoitu m
this afternoon's dispatches that since they have taken the
-key to the Verdun defenses" the Germans have shifted
the heavy artillery attacks to the west bank o! the Meuse.
Late on Thursday they bombarded Hill 301 and the re
gion of Chattaneourt was subjected to violent artillery ;
tire. Paris dispatches admit the severity ot the tire in the<
regions mentioned.
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FRENCH ADMIT AGAIN
PARIS. June 9.—It is admitted today in the official
communique that the Germans late on Thursday penetrat
ed the French trenches in Caillotte woods on the east bank
of the Meuse. Elsewhere, the announcement states, the
attacks were repulsed. The Germans continued the at
tacks on a two kilometer front east and west of the Tni
aulmont farm with the utmost violence. On the west
front the German attacks on Hill 301 have also been con
tinued. The German losses are reported to have been un
usually heavy.
TEUTON PERSIFLAGE
VIENNA, June 9—The Bulgarian minister of war
has sent an invitation to the commander of the allied
troops at Saloniki to come and move the troops of the
Central powers from Greek territory, This is the subject
of the jokes in the cafes all over Vienna today.
GORRINGE DEFENDED
LONDON, June 9. — In the debate in the house of
commons this afternoon a strong defence ot General Gor
ringe was made by Bonar Law and other (onsei\ati\o>.
The debate arose over the question of the failure of the j
relieving force to reach Kut-el-Amara in time to sav e Gen-i
eral Townsend from the surrender but there were many!
to uphold the belief that the floods of the Tigris weie
natural obstacles which no general could overcome. It isj
stated now that since the advance of Townsend on Bagdad]
more than twenty thousand British troops were lost. The
House has refrained by special request from making any
mention of the loss of Lord Kitchener. A question was
put down by a Radical member and it is said to have been
endorsed by Henderson, the labor member of the cabinet,
but it has been withdrawn. There is a feeling, neverthe
less, that the catastrophe could have been avoided. John
Dillon, the famous Irish member of parliament, during the
debate, repeated the statement that England would have
reason to congratulate itself if it had three thousand men
like the Irish rebels that stood off twenty thousand.
HAMPSHIRE MEN FOUND
LONDON, June 9.—One warrant officer and eleven
men, survivors of the crew of the cruiser Hampshire
which went down with Earl Kitchener, have been washed
ashore on a raft, according to an announcement made by
the admiralty last night. Several bodies from the Hamp
shire are being brought to the towns near where the dis
aster occurred and amongst them has been found the
body of Lieutenant Colonel Fitzgerald, private military
secretary to Lord Kitchener. Although the censoi has
given no details yet of the occurrence it is made evident
that the first story is the correct one, that is that no ships
was in sight when the Hampshire went down. There is
still the most peculiar reticense on the part of the authoi i
ties regarding the event notwithstanding the fact that the
whole empire is talking of it. It is stated in the news
papers that at least a score of vessels are out looking for
the body of Kitchener himself. So far no official com
munication has been issued by the German go\ ei nment.
SHELLING VERDUN
LONDON, June 9. — According to reports from all
quarters the Germans have started a violent bombard
ment of the whole F rench line around \ ei dun. Leccnt
news published here shows that the Teutons are able to
produce nearly half a million shells a day and this ac
counts for the persistency of their artillery v.oik. The
loss of Fort Vaux is not regarded by military experts as
by any means indicative of failure of the French defense
and it is suggested that the French are only intent on giv
ing away fort after fort in the effort to decimate the
enemy.
RUSSIANS OFF AGAIN
LONDON, June 9.—That Lemberg, the great fortress
and big city of northeast Austria, is the goal of the pres
ent drive of the Russians is now believed generally. It
lies 150 miles east of the fighting front where the Austri
ans have met reverses. Lemberg is 100 miles directly east
of Przemysl which was the scene of some of the fiercest
fighting of the early part of the war. According to I’eti o
grad dispatches five Austrian armies are in full retreat
and they also hold that fifty thousand Austrian prisoners
have been taken. The full Austrian casualties for the five
davs Russian offensive are placed by Petrograd at two
hundred thousand.___
HUGHES, ROOT AND BURTON
PLACED IN NOMINATION
CHICAGO, June 9—At noon today Hughes, Root and;
Burton were placed in nomination in the Republican con
vention. Two ballots will probably be taken this aftei
noon and then an adjournment will l>e taken until tomor
row morning. Hughes will probably have 130 on the first
ballot. No opposition was shown to Roosevelt in the Pro
gressive convention.
CHICAGO, June 9.—The conferees
who took part in the joint confer
ence of the Republican anil Progres
sive parties came out of the meeting
at 11:30 a. m. after a two hours ses
sion arui announced that they would
n:»t meet again until after the ses
sions of the two conventions this
morning. The only statement given
out was that they “reported pro
gress.” The discussion of the ques
tion of a candidate followed just two
lines. The Progressives talked only
about Roosevelt and let no other name
be intruded while the regular Republi
cans suggested the names of various
favorite sons including Fairbanks,
Burton, Root, Hughes and several
others. Even the Republican con
ferees, however, had reached no de
cision and seemed to favor none of
I the men mentioned above another.
This may be regarded as illustrating
the condition in wnich all the dele
gates to the convention found them
selves this morning when the con- j
vention was again called to order. No j
one could really give an idea at noon
i who the candidate is likely to be and
t the feeling is growirg that a tre
j mendous surprise is possible.
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CURIOUS “ANIMALS” FOUND
ON BOTTOM OF CHANNEL
Diver Stagger and his crew are
finding some mighty queer “animals”
on the bottom of the channel in their
; search for the body of Wm. Christie.
! Yesterday were brought to the sur
face some shells which were being
used as the homes of baby crabs.—
Juneau Empire.
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SEATTLE WOMAN SHOOTS
BOY WHO BOTHERED HER
SEATTLE, June 0.—Clarence Ellis,
*6 wears of age, was shot and seri
ously wounded last evening in this
city by Mrs. John ArrigoUi because
he, she says, was bothering her. Her
statement about the affair is that four
boys were annoying her and refused
to desist. She became angered and
fired a revolver at them with the re
sult stated.
CONVENTION WILL
BE HELD IN SEWARD
That the divisional convention of
the Democrats will be held in Seward
is now virtually a certainty. The
representative Democrats of the other
towns are in favor of this city, ac
j cording-to word received by the ofu
| cials of the organization here, and it
only remains to make the necessary
prepartions. The convention will
choose candidates for the race for the
territorial legislature.
Sherman Haynes will take a busi
ness trip to Valdez on the first boat.
The city has bought the Bob Ash
land desk for $100.
LONGSHOREMEN MAY
GET BACK TO WORK
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—The striking longshore
men were expected to return to work today. It is under
stood that their demands were temporarily agreed upon
by the employers at a meeting agreed upon by M. White
of Seattle. If the plan goes through hundreds of men
who were connected with the strike outside the regular
longshoremen will be able to resume work.
MEXICAN RAIDERS
DIE GENTLEMEN
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DEMING, N. M., June 9. — Francisco Alvarez and
Juan Sanchez, two Mexicans convicted of being members
of the raiding gang at Columbus, were hanged this morn
ing. Both men mounted the scaffold without exhibiting
the slightest emotion. They were seemingly fully convinc
ed of the fact that they were dying for a cause of which
they were the humble instruments and they went to their
death without the slightest sign of fear. The men who
were reprieved are said to have expressed sorrow that
they could not die like the rest.
SEWARD LOTS
! TO PAY TAXES
OFFICIAL MINDS EXERCISED ON
THIS PHASE OF GOVERN
MENT AUCTION SALES.
The official mind is now exercise 1
as to how the purchasers of lots on
the government tract next month wi!1
be compelled to pay their share of the
taxes for the support of the muni
cipality before full payment is made
for their lots and the deeds secured.
As stated in the Gateway yesterday,
lots in the government tract will be
sold on a fifty per cent payment in
cash and the remaining half in one
year, and as the deeds cannot be give*,
until the final payment is made the
lots will remain in the possession of
the government and no taxes can be
collected. Mr. Chirstensen is appar
ently not yet able to decide how this
question is to be got around but it is
' now being looked into, the intention
evidently being to manage some way
by which the purchasers of lots will
pay their share towards the city ex
penses.
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The steamship Victoria is expect
ed to make two trips via Seward this
summer. She will probably touch
here on her second return trip from
Nome about July 10 or 12.
WORK BEGINS
AT OTHER END
CHEW GOING OUT TO START BE
TWEEN MILE 31 AND
MILE 71.
Without a bit of noise work is now
being started at the other end of the
Alaska Northern railroad in prepara
tion for the opening of the road all
the way through sometime in the mid
dle of next month. Four men were
sent out last Saturday and next week
a crew will be sent to start work driv
ing piling aeross the swampy country
traversed by the road at the other
end.
TOWN SITE AT NENANA
TO BE SURVEYED SOON
FAIRBANKS. — Information re
ceived here during the past week is
to the effect that J. Frank W arner, a
United States surveyor, has been de
tached from regular land office work
to make the survey of the townsite at
Nenana. He is now enroute north, be
ing expected to come in on one of the
first boats, although the exact time of
his arrival here cannot be stated at
this time. Mr. Warner is the engi
neer who surveyed the townistes both
at Anchorage and Seward.—Ex.
To get Alaska on record as a part
ner in the nation-wide campaign for
preparedness the city of Seward, the
terminal of the United States govcin
mcnt railix>ad, will hold as one of the
chief features of the Fourth of July
celebrations a monster parade to ex
press the opinion of the people of Al
aska in favor of being ready for all
eventualities, and particularly foi
any possible attempt tnat might ever
be made to wrest from the United
States a territory of such vast
strategical importance as this.
It is proposed that all the people,
school children as well as adults, take
part in this manner of expressing the
opinion of the people of the territory.
Recent exchanges from the outside
show that William Howard Taft and
other representative people who have
given thought to the subject have
voiced the feeling that Alaska is of
the utmost strategical, as well as ma
terial, importance to the nation. On
the navy, particularly, will depend
the future history of Alaska and the
people of Seward have come to the
conclusion that the most effective
manner of expressing the general
opinion is to have the voice of Al
aska itself speak forth. Therefore,
during the Fourth of July celebration
this year will the sentiments of
Seward, the gateway to the vast Al
aska coal fields, be expressed in a
manner that will show the whole
country that Alaskans are alive to the
pressing needs.
Wildflower Dance
Saturday Evening!
On next Saturday, tomorrow, even
ing will take place one of the pret
tiest dances in Seward’s social
records. The idea has been hit upon
to make this dance a celebration of
the coming of Summer and each per
son attending is requested if possible
to wear some of the many kinds of
wildflowers that grow around the
city. It is by no means necessary
that one should wear flowers but a
white mark will be placed in front
of the names of those who do wear
them. If a flower cannot be easily se
cured a blossom or twig of any kind
will save one from receiving a black
mark, but a real flower would be
more welcome and as many as possi
ble of them. The dance will be a sort
of Summer Carnival which no one
should miss.
Valdez Prospector: — Democratic
National Committeeman T. J. Dono
hoe of this city, has left Juneau in
company with A. H. Zeigler, delegate
from the First Division to attend the
Democratic National Convention at
St. Louis. It was their intention to
stop at Ketchikan and pick up John
R. Winn, who is attending court there,
and if he is unable to attend the con
vention, Mr. Donohoe will carry his
proxy.
HOMESTEADER
* MAY jELL PART
NEW DECISION OF COMMISSION
ER OF LAND OFFICE MAY
AFFECT SEWARD.
It is now stated by Andrew Christ
ensen of the land department that a
homesteader may relinquish to tho
government part oi the homestead
that he has been unable to cultivate.
A statement has been given out by
Mr. Christensen regarding a recent
ruling of the commissioner of the
land ollice which says that a home
steader may relinquish part of tno
land “for a consideration’’ but no
other enlightenment is given ao to the
“consideration" or its value or any
thing else, but it io likely that docu
ments have been published giving the
details. The following is the state
ment handed to the Gateway by Mr.
Christensen today:
“A decision rendered bv Commission
er Clay Tallman of the General Land
Office, on May 10, MHO, is of import
ance to homesteaders in Alaska.
Nearly all homesteaders have located
320 acres of land, and the law requires
that at least one-eighth, or forty acres
must be in cultivation at the end of
the third year. It is a well known
fact that as a general proposition it
is an utter impossibility for home
steaders to cultivate this area within
the time allowed by law. For this
reason there is danger of some of the
homesteaders losing their claims.
"The decision of the Commissioner
holds that a homesteader may relin
quish to the United States any por
tion of his homestead for a considera
tion; that is to say, he may sell any
portion of his homestead, which will
not alTect the part retained by him.
This will enable them to raise money
with which to develope the land they
retain. The decision is very import
and not only to the homesteader, but
also to the development of the agri
cultural resources tributary to the
railroad, because it will enable two or
more homesteaders to locate where
now there is but one, thus increasing
the settlement and bringing about an
early development of the farming
lands."
SEWAIU) MEN NOW WITH
THE ARMY IN MEXICO
Sergeant Joseph Roy, formerly of
the U. S. Signal Corps service here,
wrote on the last mail to Leo Mar*
gules from “somewhere in Mexico"
and told him amongst other things
that Zwink, formerly operator here,
was stationed at a signal station on
the line of communications. The
letter, besides having the peculiar ad
dress mentioned, was censored just as
though it came from Europe. It is in
teresting to know that Mr. Roy, hid
den away in the Mexican mountains,
asked particularly that some copies of
the All-Alaska Review be sent to him.
<. REED-LYNN *
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At the M. E. Parsonage last even
ing at 5:30 o’clock Mr. Julian H. Reed
and Mrs. Mabel K. Lynn were joined
in the holy bonds of matrimony by
Rev. C. T. Cook. Miss Vida Rich and
Mr. Otto Poehlmann were the attend
ants and the simple ring ceremony of
the Methodist church was used. The
happy young couple will be at home
after the honeymoon in their apart
ments in the Graef building. Mrs.
Lynn, nee Rich, is a young lady who
came to Seward with her father and
other members of the family last year
and has made a ho3t of friends. Of
the bridegroom one might say that he
is of the sort that makes it sure that
everyone who knows him will instinct
ively ask for him and his bride long
life and happiness.