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Vol. 9. No. 235 SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1915. ____Ten Cents the Copy
Germans Claim to Have Broken
Russian Line Near Vistula
River to the North of Warsaw
SWEDEN MAY FIGHT
COPENHAGEN, July 19.—The Swedish premier,
Hammarskjold, states positively that Sweden is now hesi
tating only long enough to decide finally whether it will
enter the war or not. He give no idea as to what side
would be taken and conjectures are being indulged in. It
is known that the defeat of Russia would remove a men
ace from Scandinavia and it is remembered that the
Scandinavian nations have protested against the inter
ference on the part of Great Britain with their shipping,
but it is also known that a strong feeling exists against
Germany because of the latter’s sinking of Swedish ships.
The conscensus of opinion seems to be that Sweden would
consent to fight on the side of Russia only on the under
standing that Russia's ambitions with regard to Scandi
navia are abandoned.
SAY RUSSIAN LINE BROKEN
BERLIN, July 19.—Von Hindenburg has broken the
Russian line between the Wkra and Vistula rivers and the
enemy is now retiring towards the Narew river. This
success has the effect of driving back the right wing of
the Russian army which has been opposing the German
attack on Warsaw from the west. On the extreme right
of the retreating Russians stand the German army which
recently captured Przasnysz directly north of Warsaw.
ATTACK FOR THOUSAND MILES
LONDON, July 19.—The most gigantic movement by
the Germans in the east has now been launched with the
apparent intention of crushing Russian opposition in the
quickest possible time. The Teutons have opened a gen
eral attack along the whole line for a distance of fully a
thousand miies and are pressing with a determination
which they have never equalled. Yon Buelow has crossed
the Windau river in the face of a stubborn resistance and
is said to be advancing still. Mackensen claims to have
captured positions near and commanding the Lublin
Kholm railroad whose capture would be a serious dis
aster to the Muscovites The German movement in the
east is so tremendous that quiet times are expected in the
west notwithstanding the reported intention of the
Teutons to launch their great effort against Calais.
ITALIANS VICTORIOUS
ROME, July 19.—The Italians have won what is per
haps their greatest success of the war in a battle which
has just been fought for the possesion of Lana pass. We
have been unquestionably victorious and the enemy has
left the field and retreated from all his positions. The
possession of the pass simplifies the task of invading the
Austrian plains and a general forward movement is now
looked for. Two Italian airships yesterday bombarded
the Austrian positions around Gradisca and inflicted a
tremendous amount of damage while succeeding in secur
ing important intelligence.
KING UNDER FIRE
UDINE, Italy, July 19—King Emmanuel faced a
severe gu?i fire a few days ago while watching the work
of a new wire entanglement cutter. The cutters went
forward with their newly invented tools directly under
the eye of the king who followed into the zone of danger
that he might view at close range the operations. The
machine proved very successful.
DISEASES SEIZE GALICIA
ZURICH, July 18.—Cholera and smallpox epidemics
are now’ raging in Galicia and threatening the Teutonic
armies as well as the civilian populations. It is reported
that the supply of doctors is entirely inadequate to the de
mands and that the threat of a spread of the diseases is
consequently very grave.
SHELL RHEIMS AND ARRAS
PARIS, July 18.—The Germans are once again shell
ing Rheims and Arras with tremendous fields of artillery
and are admittedly causing terrible destruction to prop
erty without, however, gaining any military advantage
that can be observed.
LUSITANIA VERDICT
LONDON, July 17.—The verdict of the commission
which has been investigating the sinking of the Lusitania
has been rendered and it clears Captain Turner and the
Cunard company of all blame. Lord Mersey, the chair
man of the commission, made a statement after the an
nouncement of the verdict in which he said that the com
mander of the submarine evidently intended to destroy the
lives of those aboard, probably with the purpose of in
augurating the system of “frightfulness.”
SAY FRENCH LOST 80,000
BERLIN, July 17,—The losses of the French in the
recent fighting around Arras total eighty thousand men.
The French took the offensive in force and with daring
determination so that their, losses against our entrenched
troops could not be otherwise than serious. Their attacks
were apparently part of the strategy which had for its
main purpose the relieving of the pressure on the
Russians.
COAL MINERS MAKE DEMANDS
LONDON, July 17.—Instead of giving way to the
orders of the government the Welsh coal miners on strike
now demand the cancellation of the royal “strike act”
which provides for the punishment of strikers during the
war. The mind’s hold that such a law is autocratic and
entirely opposed to the principles of freedom and the fear
is entertained that the workers generally throughout the
islands will support the contention Lloyd George, the
political leader of Wales, has admitted that the measure
is undemocratic but he points out the great necessity for
it and reminds the workers that it is only the extraordin
ary act of an extraordinary time. The government has
decided to enforce the act notwithstanding the possible
seriousness of the consequences. In addition to the de
mand for the cancellation of the law the coal miners have
also demanded a five per, cent, increase of wages on the
ground that the operators have raised the price of coal
and permitted no advantage to come to the workers.
FRANZ JOSEF ILL
ROME, July 17—The emperor, Franz Josef, of
Austria is reported to be seriously ill and at his great age
his condition is believed to be very serious. His death at
this time might possibly have a most important bearing
on the attitude of the Austro-Hungarian people as the
aged emperor has been the keystone which has kept the
various nationalities of the empire together for many
years.
TRIED TO SINK ORDUNA
WASHINGTON, July 17.—A most serious report has
been circulated here to the effect that the German sub
marine which pursued the liner Orduna the other day at
tempted to torpedo the vessel without a warning. On the
ship at the time were twenty Americans and the action of
the Germans is taken to be an indication of the utter dis
regard for America and its protests. It is certain that
the circumstance will strain almost to the breaking point
the rather slender thread of intercourse between the two
nations. It makes it very evident that Germany has no
intention of relinquishing its methods.
MUST BORROW TEN MILLION
LONDON, July 18.—Harold Cox, the famous econom
ist, has informed the British bankers that Great Britain
must borrow ten billion dollars before the end of the war.
He advised the home bankers to be prepared for this loan
and suggested that any hesitation which would cause the
payment of interest to foreign countries would be a tre
mendous loss to British finance. Notwithstanding the
huge size of this loan he considers it perfectly safe.
MAY ATTACK ROUMANIA
WARSAW, July 19.—The German government is!
now preparing an ultimatum to Roumania. Germany will
insist that Roumania permit the shipment of war supplies
through its territory for use by the Turks and also the
massing of German troops on its border. Roumania de
cided a few days ago to stop all shipments of supplies to
Turkey so endangering the Ottoman chances and Ger
many has apparently realized that war with Roumania
would be preferable to this.
DETECTIVES GUARDING
BRITISH AMBASSADOR.
Feared That Feeling Amongst Ger
man-Americans May Result
In Outrage.
BEVERLY, Mass., July 19.—De
tectives are now guarding the home
of Spring Rice, the British ambas
sador. It is stated, but not officially,
that threats have been uttered
against him but the official reason for
the guard is given to be the fear that
the bitter feeling of the German
sympathizers, which showed itself in
the attack on Pierpont Morgan, may
I result in an attack on the ambassador.
WATER LET INTO NEW
PIPE LINE YESTERDAY.
Electric Company Expects to Erect
Eine New Station Building
Next Month.
T|je water was let in through the
new pipe line of the Seward Electric
company yesterday. The old line will
now be taken out, renovated and re
placed. Mr. Graff expects that work
will be commenced next month on a
new’ station building which will bo
one great room of fifty by sixty feet. |
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HOI SF, OF LORDS WILL
PASS MORE ORDINANCES
Regular Meeting of the City Coun
cil Will Take Place This
Evening.
More ordinances, it is said, will be
brought up at the meeting of the
Seward Bundesrath ' this evening
when the regular meeting takes place.
Since the passing of the other ordi
nances the laws have disappeared
like vapor. They are supposed to
have been posted up somewhere, of
which heaven alone is aware, but a
prize of two bits is hereby offered to
any man who can prove, with proper
evidence, that he ever saw one and
read it.
LE BALLISTER CASES
WILL BE DISMISSED
FAIRBANKS.—By the death of
Captain Le Ballister, of Seattle, a
prosecution or a series of prosecu
tions against the former steamboat
man is stopped. Early in the spring
Captain Le Ballister was arrested in
Seattle on a complaint sworn out be
fore Commissioner John F. Dillon, in
which the steamboat man was ac
cused of forgery, on complaint of the
Pacific Cold Storage company.
While the grand jury was in ses
sion eleven secret indictments were
returned. At the time it was not
known who the defendants were, but
shortly afterwards it was a matter of
common knowledge that the indict
ments were against Captain Le Bal
lister. There were a number of
counts of forgery and embezzlement,
and he was 16 have been arrested on
these as soon as he returned to
Alaska *mi the first charge that was
filed.
The commissioner of the general
land office has issued a decision re
jecting application for patent to the
Bering river coal claim known as the
“Feed group”, which aggregate about
1,000 acres. The locators were all
Norwegians and Swedes and un
familiar with the English language.
The rejection of the applications was
chieflly due to the fact that the locat
ors had failed to comply with the
law by opening up the required mine
on each claim. None of the locators
had spent more than $10.50 on his
claim.
The gypsies who visited the coast
towns of Alaska had similar exper
iences in nearly every town to that
of Valdez, where they were fined $25
and costs, amounting to about $60
for stealing a tricycle. In Seward,
Cordova, Juneau and Wrangell they
were forced to contribute to the city s
exchequer for stealing.
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VILLA’S ARMY LOST
AND DEMORALIZED.
General Calles Smashes His Oppon
ents in Stern Battle Near
Auga Prieta.
DOUGLAS, July 19.—General
Calles has defeated and demoralized
the army of Villa under General
Acosta near Agua Prieta in a battle
which is described as one of the most
determinedly contested of the present
revolution. According to the accounts
being received here the defeated army
has been scattered over the country
in pieces and is hopelessly broken.
ROOSEVELT IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, July 10.—1Theodore
Roosevelt has arrived in this city but
has not made any statement up to the
time this dispatch was sent.
BRIGADIER GENERAL DEAD.
LOS ANGELES, July 19.—Brigad
ier General Wood died here today.
SHIP MUCH ORE.
SEATTLE, July 19.—A large
quantity of ore is now being received
in Seattle from Alaska. The Alameda
brought two thousand tons of ore
from various [joints on the coast for
the Tacoma smelter. The Latouche
brought six hundred tons from Ber
ing Sea. It is destined for the Selby
smelter at San Francisco. The
Bertha had five hundred tons from
Landlock bay and Fidalgo.
WILL ASK FOR ROAD
AROUND HEAD OF BAY
The homesteaders along the head of
the bay and at the other side are
about to make an elTort to have the
creeks bridged at the head of the bay
so that a road may be provided. The
beach makes a splendid, hard road
which could be made perfectly level
with a very small amount of work.
Such a road, it is pointed out, would
supply the people of Seward with one
of the loveliest “boulevards” imagin
able while enabling the homesteaders
to have easy communication with the
city, a communication which is now
practically impossible in bad weather.
MARRIED.
Olof F. Nelson and Miss Alma
Lindberg have been united in matri
mony by United States Commissioner
Conroy. The bride and bridegroom
both gave their address as Seward.
NORTHWESTERN COMING.
The Northwestern left Skagway at
10 o’clock this morning. She is ex
pected to reach Seward early on the
22nd.
COURT OFFICIAL CRAZY.
Word has been received in Seward
that Captain Lupp, formerly court
bailiff at Nome, has been adjudged in
sane. The first symptoms of the
disease came in the form of a belief
in spiritualism.
NEW STEAMER
I HAS BIG CARGO
TWO HUNDRED TONS FOR SE
WARD AND THE SAME
AMOUNT FOR AM HORACE.
Charles Brown, of the Independent
Steamship Line, cabled his partner.
T. W. Hawkins, today that their
steamer, the Alliance, will sail with a
full cargo and a full passenger list on
the twentieth. The cargo consists o;
two hundred tons for Seward and two
hundred tons for Anchorage. It in
cludes one hundred tons of sacked
Nanaimo coal and, although Mr.
Brown does not say so, it is also b«*
lieved to include a large shipment of
lumber.
UPTON PRAISES THE
WORK OF AMERIC ANS.
LONDON, July 19.—Sir Thomas
Lipton, who has just returned from
his second trip to the east, says that
the work of the Americans in Siberia
has completely eradicated the typhus
fever epidemic which threatened such:
grave results some time ago. Ho d<
scribes the work and its result
“miraculous.”
DELAYING STRIKE, IN
REMINGTON FACTORIES.
BRIDGEPORT, July 19.—Civic or
ganizations have succeeded in delay
ing the walkout of the workers in the
Remington Arms factories and for a
day or two, anyhow, the plants will
be conducted at their full capacity.
The men still insist on all their de
mands and declare their determina
tion not to be satisfied with the grant
ing of an eight hour clay alone. Or
ders are coming in so fast from the
belligerent nations that a strike
would probably cause a loss to the
company that would he well in the
millions.
GOLD AT TOLOVANA.
One Claim in New Camp Yields the
Owner $2,340.
FAIRBANKS, July 2.—Harry Pat
terson, operating a lay in deep chan
nel claims on the third tier of the
right limit, opposite claim No. 5
above discovery, a claim on Livengood
creek, in the Tolovana district, has
just brought to Fairbanks a cleanup
of $2,340 in coarse gold. There are
many nuggets weighing from $5 to
$10. He estimates he has taken out
three-fourths of the gold from his
dump, the remainder of which cannot
be sluiced because of lack of water.
His largest previous cleanup was
$180. Tolovana is a camp still in the
prospecting stage. At present it is
laboring under the disadvantage ol
poor and expensive transportation
facilities.
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PRIVATE CAPTURES GENERAL
ROME, July 18.—Austrian aviators have attacked
and bombarded several towns in Sicily. The reason for
their traveling so far south is believed to be the desire to
reconnoiter with a view to discovering whether or not
Italy is dispatching troops to the Dardanelles. The bom
bardment, which is supposed to have been only a second
ary idea, inflicted hardly any damage. One of the most
extraordinary incidents of the war is reported from the
northeast front where a private Italian infantryman
named Dimarco Carmeleo lassoed and captured an Aus
train major general without assistance
SCHOOL TEACHERS FIGHTING
LONDON, July 17.—The number of school teachers
enlisted in the British army at present is forty-five
hundred. Many of the tutors of the most famous schools
have received commissions as well as tutors of the uni
versities. Education is being taken into account very
much as a qualification for commissions in the new
armies.