a^sTa'n atdm \
D AILY 1-L
. _J ' . ,, „ «,1U,1V LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
APVERT1SI Ml NTS BRING RESlh TS __ i i imsur.i _— —
*UMOR or EXECUTION OE U. S.
TROOPERS CAUSES EXCITEMENT
JAPANESE WITH MEXICANS
LAREDO. June 28.—Nine carloads of Japanese un
der Japanese officers are enroute from Monterej to
Chihuahua Cit\ to reinforce the ( arrauza garrison there,
according to reports brought here by American refugees
from Monterey. Fhe refugees also say that the Mexican
government has taken over the Monterey steel works and
is turning out artillery and rifle ammunition under
Japanese experts. These statements have been made by
the most intelligent people who declare that they know
what they say to he true.
REPORT TROOPERS SHOT
EAGLE PASS. Texas. June 28. — Unconfirmed but
persistent rumors exist that the American soldiers held
prisoners in Chihuahua have been executed in prison. The
rumors came from Mexican sources and have aroused an
intense feeling here. So deep is this feeling that if the
rumor is proven to be correct a declaration of war may
not be waited for.
DORA GOES 10 lltK
WILL EARNED RES1
Condemned on the Beach at l yak But
All People Safe.
Mrs. H. S. Davidson received this
morning from her husband, the purser
. tin 1 1 ■. luting that l
vessel has been condemned but that
all aboard are safe. The message
came to Mrs. Davidson direct from the
Dora and was probably routed via
Kodiak. Nothing is stated a* to who
condemned the vessel. The Dora was
built in LSMJ at San Francisco. She
is or was It- feet in length. 27 ft. 2
in. beam and 15 ft. 2 in. depth of hold.
Before the recent seaman* act she
was licensed to carry 101 passengers
ami a total of 120 including crew.
Since the passage of the act she was
licensed to carry only 54 passengers.
She hail a gross tonnage of 520 and a
net tonnage of 217. She was valued
at $25,000.
TO PI T MINNEAPOLIS
ST. LOl tS BOA D ON FEET
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 15.—
Negotiations between the opposing
factions today may bring adoption of
the proposed arrangement for reor
ganizing ami refinancing the Minne
apolis and St. Louis Railway company
by placing a $20. assessment on each
share of stock.
It is understood that if the oth-r
scheme to avoid the levy fails the op
* position then will agree to the origi
nal arrangement. Although five
meetings were held, some time ago.
the organization scheme was not put
to a final vote ,despite reports that
proponents of the arrangement con
trolled seventy-five per cent of the
proxies.
At the final meeting I). F. Spell
man, of New York, representing the
opposition, said he had a new re
organization proposition which wouto
eliminate the assessment feature of
the original one. He added that the
$350,000 underwriters' fees could be
saved, and that the company “would
% go direct to its stockholders for the
money needed.”
After the meeting counsel for the
railroad issued a statement saying
that “the adjournment was to see if
Mr. Spellman’s clients can formulate
a plan for raising the necessary $4,
500.000, for reorganizing and refin
1 ancing the railroad which will be
f mutually satisfactory to all parties
concerned.
i
Fort Liscimi reams
Come Tomorrow
Track Team as W eli a> Baseball Nine
on Alaska.
The teams being sent by Fort Lis
cum to compote against Seward during
the Fourth of July celebrations here
will arrive on the Alaska tomorrow,
according to word received today by
Funk i otter, in addition to the
baseball nine o. the tort a track team
is also coming .-o that Seward may
now rest assured of rattling good
contents.
BABAl>K PBKP \BATIONS
FOB iO[ Bill OF JIT.Y
Mrs, M. A, Martin has consented to
take charge of the girk> who are asked
to join m the I ourth of July parade.
Girls both big and small, are asked
to meet with Mrs. Martin at her home
on Second Avenue on Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock, for further instruc
tions.
G. B. Poindexter has consented to
handle the boys who are asked to join
in this parade. All boys, both big and
small, are requested to meet Mr.
Poindexter at his office on Fourth
Avenue, at 2 o’clock Saturday after
noon for further instructions.
Merchants arc again reminded of
I decorating their places of business
at an early date and to be sure to
| have a float or representation in the
’ big parade.
The Carnival dance will take place
on the night of the Fifth. People are
requested to get their costumes ready
early.
IT J. Weir has agreed to an excurs
ion rate of one fare and one third, for
the round trip on the Alaska North
ern railway, tickets to be good from
Saturday the 1st to Saturday the 8th.
TRAIN TO MILE 55
BY MIDDLE OF JULY
R. J. Weir, engineer in charge, ex
pressed this morning the belief that*;
the cars will be running to Placer
River flats about July 15. The steam !
shovel has finished its work at this
end and will go now to Konai Basin.
A. D. Estes has a bridge crew of ten
men now fixing bridge 76 and also has
an extra gang of about the same
number.
ALASKA TOMORROW
The steamship Alaska sailed from
Cordova at 7:30 o’clock this morning.
CABLE UP
The cable went up again today.
JELLS CONDI i ION
OF (jIKMANV’S FOOD;
Ity WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
ROTTERDAM, June 22. The Ger
! man government is regulating the
loud supply for the poor but so tar
I it has not taken in hand the eon
j itot of food for the rich.
The many travelers from tiermuny
who gave their ideas ot the Geiman
feud situation to me here all com
plained that the wonderful, scientific
food conservation scheme of the Ger
mans broke down when it came to
dealing wtih the food of the rich.
This is why there are food riots in j
Germany. Injustice exists and eivi-1
bans of German towns realize it.
“Poor people must stand in line for!
horn's before a meat shop, provulinj i
they have live or six marks for a j
pound of meat,” said one German 1
met in Rotterdam.
“Maybe the meat supply in the shop
will hold out until their turn comes in
the line and maybe it won’t. Hut rich i
people can hire a servant whose sole]
duty is to stand in the meat line every I
day, from 1 o’clock in the morning
until the day’s supply of meat for the
rich man’s household is secured.
“And even if the rich man’s servant |
fails to buy meat, he and his family
can always go to a hotel or restaur
ant and get meat on every day in the
week except Tuesday and Friday.
“The authorities may frown on a
household going to a restaurant every
day, but there is no law against it
and if the householder doesn’t want
to be criticized for doing this he has
only to go to a different restaurant
every day and his unpatriotic practise
will not be noticed.”
The idea seems to be growing
among the middle ami lower classes in
Germany that the only fatr way W
leal with the food conservation plan
is to put all civilians on a ration
basis, each person being granted only
a certain quantity of food every da.,
and each individual being sure of re
ceiving the lull quantity.
“In a war like ours,” said this Ger
man, who hud socialistic leanings,
“there ought to be no rich or poor.
Everybody ought to be on the same
basis and many Germans think it is
monstrous that the poor should suffer
more than the rich.
“We all feel that if the war goes on
every person rich and poor ought to
be supplied with a daily ration ticket.
With this ticket a poor man will be
certain of receiving all the foot! he
needs for his family and the rich man
will not be able to secure any more
than the poor whether he eats at a
hotel or at home.”
It is to placate the poor and the
middle classes of German towns that
the government soup wagons pass
pass through the streets.
The restaurants ami rich hotels of
German cities where a man with
money enough had only to go in and
express his desires in order to have
them fulfilled, became sources of irri
tation to German civilians.
The government therefore tried to
bring restaurant conditions to the
people by establishing the food
wagons.
In many households cooking is al
most a thing of the past. House
keepers wait for the passing of the
food wagon and run out with recep
tacles to purchase the current meal,
which usually consists of war brcaa
and a vegetable soup.
The food wagons, however, while
they may satisfy the hunger of the
populace do not, I gathered in Rotter
dam, satisfy the popular demand for
WIDE INTEREST SHOWN
IN SAFETY FIRST SHOW
PITTSBURGH, June 22.—Dr. Van
H. Manning, director of the United
States Bureau of Mines and Arthur
Hammerschleg, director of Carnegie
Institute of Technology, will make the
principal addresses at the Safety
First Congress that opened here to
day. About 20,000 visitors from all
over the country are here to view the
exhibits in Exposition Hull.
Among them were the mining and
railroad men and manufacturers.
Thousands of workers interested in
the various devices on display and toe
technical addresses and discussion al
so were here. Many union organiza
tions sent delegations.
FIREMEN PUT ON DOG
TO MARCH WITH TOWN
The firemen had a line meeting last
night to make arrangements for the
Fourth of July. It was discovered, to
quote Chief Horner, that “the treas
ury was defunct” and the boys decided
to put in their allowances for the next
two months defraying the expenses.
Those expenses were chiefly incurred
by buying a lot of toney new caps
which ought to capture the feminine
heart when the gallant lighters march
down the street on the glorious day.
CONDUCT SHOOT ON FOURTH
At a meeting of the Gun Club last
evening, Rev. C. T. Cook presiding, a
committee was appointed to arrange
for a trap shooting contest in con
nection with the Fourth of July cele
brations. The following are the com
mittee: L. L. James, W. X. Reed and
John Gilpatrick.
SAILED YESTERDAY
The Wellesley, Alameda and Wat
son all were scheduled to sail yester
day, the 28th.
MISSING MEN
The governor's Office has received
inquiry for information as to the
whereabouts of Albert Gilbert, last
heard from when in Seattle in March,
1912, at which time he stated he in
tended to go to Alaska; also Reuben
Earl Todd, aged 39 years, who left
Silverton, Colorado, in 1913, for the
Klondike, and has not been heard
from since arriving in Dawson.
New “Duxbak” hunting and norfolk
coats, lace leg and regular pants.
Mens' special puttees. Brown & |
Hawkins, “Quality First.
DELAYEDJABLES
(Note:—The following cables were
sent yesterday but did not arrive un
til this morning.)
MAY ACT TODAY
WASHINGTON, June 28.—Unless
Carranza surrenders the American
soldiers from prison at Chihuahua be
fore night the President will probably
go before congress tomorrow, Thurs
day, and ask authority to rescue them
by force. Pending the release of the
troopers the government will not
1 consider any offer ot mediation or ar
bitration.
1 BIG SHIPS 1 OK l . S.
! WASHINGTON, June 28. — The
provision of the navy board lor the
| building of sixteen capital ships in
three years has been written into the
j navy bill by the senate subcommittee
; on the recommendation of the Presi
| dent. The sub-committee previously
intended to accept the Board’s recom
mendation for the completion of the
program in 11*22 but a sense of the
need for the ships in quicker time is
i getting stronger.
NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL
LONDON, June 28. — It has been
officially announced that the Duke of
Devonshire will succeed the Duke of
! Connaught as governor general of
! Canada. Connaught is a member of
I the royal family but Devonshire is
not.
'' MILITIA DEADLOCK
WASHINGTON, June 28. — The
house and senate are deadlocked on
the bill which passed the house and
provided fifty dollars a month for
militiamen who have dependents. The
senate says that the best way to
handle the matter would be to exempt
married men. This deadlock has tied
up the legislation necessary to give
authority to the President to send the
militia into Mexico. The Mexican
situation is regarded today as ex
tremely serious.
BALL GROl’ND CLEAR
Lumber Park is no more; The tug
Roscoe with the barge Lawrence has
departed for Anchorage and has
taken' away the fine seats the lumber
provided for those who did not want
to sit on the grand stand.
NO SALES HELD
AT ANCHORAGE
The proposed sales of real estate
by the government at Anchorago did
not take place because of the objection
of the people. Many of the objectors
have lots for sale themselves and Mr.
Christensen evidently decided not to
spoil their chances. The information
that no sales were held was confirmed
by travelers who came last evening.
FIERCE FIGHTING
ON VERDUN FRONT
VIOLENT VERDUN FIGHT
PARIS, June 28. — Violent fighting occurred last
night on the east bank of the Meuse but the situation is
unchanged, according to the official communique. This
fighting began early in the night of Tuesday and lasted
for several hours.
more justice in the distribution of
food.
“Put the whole country on rations”
is the solution Mr. Average Citizen in
Germany offers his government.
“The riots we have been having are
not so much for food as for justice and
fair play in the distribution of food,”
explained a German from Berlin.
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BETTY NANSEN AT
THE EMPRESS TONIGHT
The Empress Theatre will present
tonight the Royal actress Betty Nan
sen in Count Tolstoi’s masterpiece,
Anna Karenina, a heart gripping
story of a love starved woman’s
^struggle for happiness.
MONEY NOW READY
FOR THE R. R. WORK
SENATE PASSES CIVIL SUNDRY
WASHINGTON, June 28.—Wednesday—The senate
today passed the sundry civil bill appropriation of one
hundred and twenty-eight million dollars, including the
Alaska railroad appropriation of six million two hundred
and forty-seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
(Note from United Press:—We tried every way to
get this dispatch to you earlier but owing to interruption
of cable were unable to do so.)
James Me Coy Senl
To Penitentiary
Man Arrested in Seward Found Guilty
of Embezzlement.
James McCoy who was arrested
here in Seward a few months ago has
been sentenced to a term in the state
penitentiary of Idaho on the charge of
embezzlement. This will be news
which will be regretted exceedingly,
particularly by the friends of Mrs.
McCoy. The following is a clipping
from the Boise, Idaho, Sunday Capi
tal News of June lb:
“James McCoy has been sentenced
to the state penitentiary for the em
bezzlement of $5000 from Ira Brack
ett, of Twin Falls. He was given an
indeterminate term of from 1 to 14
years. Judge Babcock of the Fourth
judicial district court passed sentence.
The case grew out of a mining deal
between the complaining witness and
the defendant. Both were interested
in the Jarbidge-Altitude mine, held
under a lease with two other partners.
Mr. Brackett alleged that he furnish
ed McCoy $5000 with which the latter
was to secure for him the controlling
interest in corporation, that held the
ground and an extension of the lease,
in raising this money certain loans
were secured from banks in this coun
ty, the notes being signed by both Mr.
Brackett and McCoy. The defense set
up the claim of partnership, under
which no claim of embezzlement would
stick. The defense also introduced a
letter, purportiag to have been writ
ten by Mr. Brackett to Mr. McCoy in
June, 1914, approving operations of
the latter in his negotiations, while in
the east endeavoring to carry out Mr.
Brackett’s commission, and support
ing the claim of partnership. The
state claimed the letter a forgery and
sought to prove the signature to be
an imitation of Mr. Bracketts name
on some papers at that time in the
possession of the defendant.”
V LIEUTENANT. AND A
“DISTINGUISHED SERVICE"
MEDAL MAN AT 17
By WILBUR S. FORREST
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
LONDON, June 24. — Scads of
thrills—enough to make the wildest
dreams of a movie hero pale to in
significance—have been packed into
the young life of Lieutenant Clifford
Probert, aged 17.
The full story came today from
Blaennvon, Wales, Probert’s native
village.
Daring deeds under fire, promotion
from the ranks, award the D. S. O.,
wounded 22 times, blown up while on
a hospital ship and lapse of memory
are a few of the youthful soldier’s
experiences.
Before the war young Probert op
erated a haulage engine in a coal mine
and was the assistant chief boy scout
of the district.
In Sept. 1914, he joined the army
by misrepresenting his age to a re
cruiting sergeant. He told the ser
geant he was 18 when he was only
fifteen. His parents objected to his
Casement Denies
Aid From Germany
LONDON, June 2b. — Sir Roger
Casement took the witness stand in
his own defense Unlay and denied that
the Irish rebellion was in any way in*
spired in Germany. Getting permis
sion from the court he made a formal
statement to the jury in which he de
nied emphatically that he had got
any money from Germany. The
English papers are divided in their
I opinions as to what should be done to
the Irish knight. One of them has
even gone the length of saying that
he should have been murdered when
he was captured. Others believe that
by executing him he will be made a
martyr and many believe the best
thing to do would be to try to get him
proved insane. It is evident, how
ever, that he shows no signs of mental
weakness whatever. Some of the
papers and public men are calling for
his execution.
THE CAM I* AM A SAVED
THE WARRIOR’S CREW
LONDON. — One of the ships en
gaged in the North Sea battle was the
old Cunard line vessel, the Campania,
which acted as a seaplane ship. When
the cruiser Warrior was hard pressed
by the German ships and unable to
move the Campania pushed hcrseir
between the German ships to the aid
of the Warrior. She threw a hawser
aboard and towed the Warrior for ten
hours, when the cruiser sank. The
Campania was thus the means of
saving the crew of the Warrior.Ex.
militarism so he changed his name to
William Gordon Williams.
At hill (JO in Northern France, the
youthful soldier received his baptism
of lire. He also went to the hospital
for twelve weeks with two wounds in
the head and two in the legs.
Some time after he had rejoined his
regiment, the Colonel, commanding,
decided that a distant tower was be
ing used as an enemy observation
post. The Colonel chose two men to
cut the wires that connected the tow
er with the enemy batteries.
The mep chosen were Lieutenant
Murphy and Williams (Probert.)
After crawling two hundred yards
through darkness, in the direction of
the tower, Murphy was shot through
the head.
Probert crawled forward and
eventually arrived. He dug in the
ground around the tower for an hour
with his hands before he discovered
the wires.
There were seventeen, which meant
that seventeen > German batteries
were being accurately informed of
the accuracy of their fire on the
British positions. Probert tried to
snip the wires with his pocket knife.
The metallic sound produced, how
ever, made the operation dangerous
and he searched his Red Cross packet
for vaseline.
Smearing the oil on the wires, he
spent several hours in noiselessly
cutting all seventeen and then crawl
ed tediously back to the British
trenches.