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AMERICAN OFFICERS FELL AT
THE FIRST VOLLEY FROM FOE
STORY OF BATTLE
SAX ANTONIO, June 23.—Stragglers from the
Tenth Cavalry detachment that was in the battle at Car
rizal have arrived at Pershing's headquarters and have
told him that the lighting began with an unprovoked at
tack on the Americans at the conclusion of a parley with
the Mexican commander. Fifty-six negro troopers com
prised the detachment, which was Troop H of the Tenth,
under Captains Boyd and Moore and Lieutenants Adair
and Spillsbury, that encountered the Mexicans. Accord
ing to the story id Lieutenant Spillsbury he saw on the
field the dead bodies of Boyd and Adair and at least those
of eleven negroes. Spillsbury's account follows:
“We left Casas Grandes on Sunday morning, arriv
ing outside Carrizal early Wednesday. Boyd dispatched
a courier to Jefe Politico village telling the Mexican com
mander that we were on the way after \ ilia towards
Ahumada. After we had waited for some time Lieuten
ant Colonel llivas came out and warned Boyd that he had
better turn back. Boyd explained that he was in pursuit
of the bandits but Rivas notified the American that if he
attempted to advance he would have to pass over the dead
bodies of the Mexicans. General Gomez then went out in
person and urged the Americans to retire pointing out
that orders from his superiors necessitated acting on them
without parley. The answer of Boyd was to order ten
men to advance. Boyd seemed to be obstinately bent on
believing that the Mexican was only bluffing. Firing
quickly began and Moore and Adair fell mortally wound
ed. Immediately the negroes became demoralized and the
men holding the horses tied with the mounts leaving be
hind seventeen negroes and myself. We were forced to
surrender but we were assured of good treatment."
PERSHING KNOWS NOTHING
SAN ANTONIO, June 23. — Pershing has wired to
. Funston that he has no report about the Carrizal fight ex
cept from El Paso but he has dispatched a squadron of the
Tenth cavalry and would report later.
GONZALEZ REPORTS
EL PASO. June 23. — Gonzales, the Mexican com
mander at Juarez, has given out the following account of
the fight.
“Hearing that American troops were in the vicinity
of Carrizal, Gomez dispatched a message requesting the
American commander to withdraw. The Americans re
mained motionless and a second dispatch was sent which
was disregarded. The second messenger was fired upon
by the American troops after he had delivered the mes
sage and the Americans immediately moved forward to
attack*Gomez. The American prisoners themselves blame
their commander for having ordered the attack."
EVACUATING JUAREZ
EL PASO, June 23.—It is now known as a fact that
~ the Carranza garrison is evacuating Juarez, apparently
in preparation for the fighting expected on the border.
MAKE GUARDS REGULARS
WASHINGTON, June 23.—Baker has submitted to
Chairman Hay of the House Committee a resolution auth
orizing the President to accept national guardsmen who
are willing to take the federal oath into the regular army.
Hay will get to work on the matter tomorrow.
MEXICANS ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
MEXICO CITY, June 23.—The full responsibility for
■ the attack on the squadron of the Tenth U. S. cavalry at
Carrizal has been accepted by Minister of War Obregon
in a statement issued here today.
MEXICANS ASK EXPLANATION
SEATTLE, June 23. — The official communication
from the Mexican foreign office announcing the fight at
Carrizal and the capture of seventeen Americans and
seeking an explanation of the presence of United States
soldiers in that part of Mexico, far from their bases, was
presented to Lansing today by Arredondo, the Mexican
ambassador.
CITY COUNCIL GOES
TO HEAR A TRIAL
The majority of the members of the
city council attended in Judge Hook
er’s courtroom this afternoon to listen
to the proceedings in the case of the
city vs. Peter Michaelson, known as
Pete the Greek, who is charged with
resisting an officer while in the dis
charge of his duty. The council mem
bers were interested particularly be
cause of the fact that Chief of Police
Guest hit Pete over the head with a
club and cut him. and because of ru
mors unfavorable to the chief of
police that got abroad as a conse
quence. Mr. Guest and Mike Johnson,
formerly patrolman, gave evidence. It
would appear from the evidence that
the chief went to serve notice from
the city council on Michaelson to move
his house off Second avenue when the
trouble began. Mr. Guest said Pete
hit him with a hammer and that he,
the chief, then went out and got the
aid of Mike Johnson to go back and
arrest Michaelson. Johnson admitted
that Guest hit Michaelson on the head
with a club after going back to make
the arrest but he said the blow was
not more than necessary. Judge S. O.
Morford asked for a dismissal at the
close of the city’s evidence on the
ground that the chief had no right to
go back to make an arrest without a
warrant. Mr. Morford declared that
in serving the notice for the city Mr.
Guest was not acting as an officer but
as an ordinary messenger. The court
denied the motion.
The scutfle occurred in the premi
ses of J. L. Graef in whose employ
ment Michaelson is. According to
Mr. Ennis who was in the Graef store
Guest and Johnson came and asked
where “that blankety blank Greek
was” and Mr. French swore that the
two men attacked Michaelson rather
fiercely. He said he counted nineteen
blows delivered by Mr. Guest with a
club on the person of Michaelson.
After hearing both sides the court
said the evidence was not very clear
but he fined Michaelson the minimum
fine, twenty-five dollars and costs.
Judge Green was for the city and
Judge S. 0. Morford who was for the
defendant gave notice of appeal.
STORY OF KODIAK MTRUER
A telegram to Marshal Brcnncman
from Deputy Marshal Karl Arm
strong of Kodiak, states that Xordya
Pestrikoff, a native girl of Kodiak, is
in custody there charged with the
murder of her infant child by stran
gulation.
The infant, an illegitimate child,
was born June 5th, and shortly after
its birth the young mother took a
cord and twisted it about the neck of
the child, strangling it to death, fol
lowing which she hid the body away.
Her condition was known ami failure
to produce the child following her]
confinement, lec t an investigation
which brought to light the body of
the infant, on whose tiny neck were
still visible the marks of the cord
which deprived it of life. An inquest
was held and an examination of the
body by Dr. Silverman disclosed the
cause of death. It was a clear case
of murder and a coroner’s jury so ren
dered a verdict. The girl was talten
into custody and is now’ being held to
await further action by the court.
This was the second illegimate child
the girl has borne within the past two
years the first being still alive.—Val
dez Prospector.
EVANS COMING
The Evans left Anchorage at 4 p.
m. yesterday.
COAL MINING COMPANY
FORMED AT ANCHORAGE
JUNEAU.—David Gross, Robert j
M. Aistrop and J. R. Uhl, three resi
dents of Anchorage recently formed
the Happy Valley Coal Company, and :
the articles of incorporation were fil
ed today in the oflice of Secretary
Davidson. The company is incorpor
ated for $50,000 with its office in An-,
ehorage.—Ex.
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FAIRBANKS HAS TH>E
BIGGEST ANTIMONY MINE
FAIRBANKS.—While many Fair
banksans realize that there are some
antimony properties being worked in
the Fairbanks district, there are few
people in Interior Alaska who know
that Fairbanks has one of the greatest
antimony mines ever discovered in the
United States. An authority on an
timony, who has specialized on it for
years, says that a mine that will pro
duce 2.000 tons of antimony is con
sidered a large one, in fact as large
as any worked in the United States.
The Eagle mine, near Vault, pro
duced almost a thousand tons last
summer and, up to the present time,
has produced another thousand This
year.—News-Miner.
Fresh Popcorn and Peanuts.—Sew
ard Club.
NO MORE MEN MIST
(JO TO ANCHORAGE
Commissioner Mears Voices Another
Warning While Here Yes
terday.
While here yesterday Frederick
1 Mears, member of the engineering
commission, asked the Gateway again
to aid him in warning workingmen
from going to Anchorage. He stated
that twenty-five hundred men are now
engaged on the railroad but that fully
a thousand men are lying idle at An
| chorage. This thousand will be put
I to work, he says, just as soon as the
! big appropriation is available but it
will give all the men the commission
can handle.
MISSING PERSONS
INQ1 IKKO FOR
Inquiry lias been received at the of
fice *f the governor for information
as to the whereabouts of the persons
named below. Any information
should be sent to the governor’s of
fice, Juneau.
Oren Blodgett, supposed to have
been in Alaska for a number of years.
Brother in Butte, Montana, wishes to
communicate with him.
I.uther Ratcliff Harnden, 52 years
of ago, light complexion, about 5 feet
10 inches in height, rather heavy
build. Mother anxious to hear from
him.
Oyster Cocktails at ‘*The Branch.”
Elect Delegates 1
Here July Eighth
—
Eight to Represent Seward at the
Divisional Convention.
An election of delegates from Sew
ard to the Divisional Democratic con
vention will take place here on July
y. The convention will be held on
July 20 when nominations will be
made of candidates for the territorial
Igislature. Local Democrats now ex
press full confidence in the election of
Charles Sulzer to congress this year
because, they say, he will get a tre
mendous labor vote whether a labor
candidate runs or not. Information
from the First division is to the effect
that the unions down there are boost
ing for him.
PAI L KOHLER DEAD FROM
THE DISCHARGE OF HIS GI N
RUHY, May 20. — Fred Umphrey
received a letter from Johnny Collins,
one of the early stampeders to the
Tolstoy diggings, this morning, in
which he says very little work is be;
itig done at present.
Good prospects have been found on
4 above on Esperanto creek by Henry
Madison. The only other work being
done on that creek is the hole being
sunk by Charley Armour, Al»*x Holm
berg and Orlof Stenbock (Five Dollar
Bill).
Paul Kohler, who had been out
hunting, was accidentally shot,
when he hung his gun on a limb of a
tree by the trigger guard. The shell
entered the left breast and Kobler
died almost instantly.
BUILDING BEGINS
AI WOODROW PARK
Sauers and Ballaine Give Contract
For Logs lor Big
Bungalow.
The lint building to be created at
the new suburb of Woodrow Park will
be a large bungalow' erected jointly
by Frank L. Bailai.ic and Wm. M.
Sauers. It will be a building of peel
ed logs and a contract has already
been let to J. L). Johnston for getting
them out. The bungalow will be
twenty feet by sixty, will have two
bedrooms, a reception room of twenty
feet by thirty-six, a lean-to kitchen
and a veranda the whole length of the
building. The site will be across the
railroad track opposite the Johnston
roadhouse. Mr. Ballaine and Mr.
Sauers have all the ground along the
creek bed at that side of the railroad.
David Branch of Libby, McNeil &
Libby is also going to build there and
others have expressed the intention
of doing likewise. Amongst those
who will improve their property in
the Park are the Pioneers.
NO HARBOR FOR NOMK
The Nome Nugget of May f> con
tained a communication from Lieut.
Col. J. B. Cavanaugh, Corps of Kn
gineers, United States War Depart
ment, saying that the report authori
I zed by Congi'ess on the proposition for
| the mouth of Snake river and Nome
harbor had been made, and is un
favorable to the proposed improve
ment.
GREAT LONGSHORE STRIKE ONCE
MORE TIES UP ALASKA SHIPS
MAY RESORT TO
MILITIA CONSCRIPTION
ST. PAUL, June 20.—Conscription
may be forced upon Minnesota men
capable of bearing arms, to recruit
the Minnesota National guard to full
war strength.
The Minnesota military code pro
vides for enrollment of eligible arms
bearers, with the taking of each
census.
High military authorities today said
they considered this clause sullicient
ground for forcing Minnesota men to
enlistment. The matter may be
brought before the state supreme
court for a test.
Activity in recruiting is due to the
disbanding of four national guard
companies and threatened disbanding
of several others, due, it is said, to in
efficiency and the fact that the guard
is below peace strength.
MAPS FOR SALE
The new maps of the Seward town
site will soon be in the hands of the
Engineering Commission and will be
on sale to the public at the office of
the engineer in charge soon. E. T.
Lindner, secretary to Andrew Christ
ensen, went over to Anchorage yester
day to be present at the sale of lots
there. He said before going that the
maps are being sent from Washing
ton. They will be sold for 25 cents
each.
NO BASEBALL TONIGHT
As several of the players are out
of town the managers of the baseball
teams decided to call off the game In
tended for this evening.
“Something new.” 'Hiluilla Tea”
—makes a pleasing and satisfying
drink. Three sizes—25c—40c—7bc.
Brown & Hawkins, “Quality First.”
; “THERE SPEAKS THE
SOUL OF FRANCE”
By ED. L. KEEN
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
I
•LONDON, June 20.—“There speaks
the soul of France,” said Franklin
Bouillon, the distinguished French
Deputy, at the American Luncheon
Club in London, after reading this
touching letter written by a French
soldier, George Belaud, a cook, to his
wife.
“My dear Yvonne—Don’t be worri
ed. I have good hopes of seeing you
again, as well as our dear boy Ray
mond. But, if by ill-luck anything
should go wrong with us—for we are
at war, and, of course, are running
risks—I hope you will remain cour
ageous, and be sure, in case I die, I
have complete confidence in you; and
II ask you to live for the sake of
bringing up the boy so as to be a
right manly and true fellow; and give
him a good education according to the
means at your disposal.
“Above all, when he is grown up,
tell him that his father died for him,
or, at least for a cause that would be
of service to him and all the genera
tions to come.
“Now, my dear Yvonne, all this is
but a mere precaution, and I hope to
be beside you and help you at your
task, but as I said, one never knows.
In any case we soldiers are advancing
with good cheer and in the firm hope
of victory.
“As for you, be sure I have always
loved you and do love you for ever
more, whatever happens. Once more
11 rely on you to be full of courage.—
From your affectionate husband, who
sends to you and his dear boy the
! warmest embraces.”
The day after sending the letter the
writer was killed, said M. Bouillon.
Jimmie, the Messenger. Main 13.
Any time. Service P. D. Q.
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SEATTLE, June 23.—Two thousand union stevedores
and dock workers went on strike yesterday at noon prac
tically tying uft for a second time in less than a month
overseas, coastwise and Alaska shipping from this port.
The refusal of the employers of San Francisco to dis
charge non-union employees is given as the cause. Every
port from San Diego to Seattle, involving eighteen
thousand workers, is affected. The worst of it is that the
strike has been resumed with increased bitterness on both
sides and violence is expected if the employers attempt to
use non-union men. In an effort to give better protection
Mayor Gill has agreed to declare an emergency and to ap
point one hundred special policemen to guard the strike
area.
NOT ALL OF LONDON’S
WOMEN CONDUCTORS COME
"from POORER CLASSES
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, June 20.—Although the
majority of London’s female tram and
bus conductors are drawn from the
working girl classes, several are the
wives of British officers and some are
school teachers.
The “conductress” has proved a de
cided success and promises to become
a permament institution after the
war.
MINNESOTANS MAKE LIVING
HUNTING RATTLE SNAKES
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
WINONA, Minn., June 20.—Hunt
ing rattlesnakes is becoming a popu
lar sport in and near Winona.
Several men are following the hunt
of the deadly serpent as a profession
and are making a living at it.
The snakes are numerous. A live
' snake on the Winona market today is
quoted at 90 cents per pound. The
bounty for the hisser is 50 cents, and
rattle snake oil is used for medicine.
The average snake weighs five
pounds, making $5 the average wage.
Some catchers get several snakes a
day.
PREPAREDNESS PARADE
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 20.—
Seventy bands marched today in the
preparedness parade here. One band
was provided for every 500 members.
It required several hours for the par
ade to pass the reviewing stand.
Original plans called for the parade
Memorial Day as a part of the re
ception of Colonel Roosevelt, but it
was postponed after the cry of “poli
tics" had been raised.
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only. Brown & Hawkins, “Quality
First."