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LLOYD’S REPORTS GREAT
ATLANTIC LINER LOST
warnings sent out that she would be
sunk. The company declines to speak
further on the matter at present and
word from the British government is
awaited before the story is accepted
fully. The Lusitania is one of the \
greatest and most famous of trans
oceanic steamships. She was built
for the Cunard company in Glasgow
in 1907, was seven hundred and ninety
feet in length, eighty feet in breadth
and had a gross tonnage of thirty
two thousand.
LONDON, May 7.—(Later) Sinking;
of Lusitania confirmed. Reported
caused by infernal machine in hold.
Twentv life boats are known to have;
been launched but the number of
deaths has not been learned. Among
st those aboard were Alfred Vander
bilt. Klbert Hubbard, Charles Froh
man, Charles Klein and many wealthy
Canadians. The total passenger list.
was fourteen hundred.
SEATTLE. May 7.—That the great
Atlantic liner Lusitania has been tor
pedoed and sunk otT the coast of
Ireland is the news given out, without
confirmation, in the Lloyds reports
this morning.
The statement is that the vessel
was attacked by a German submarine
yesterday afternoon near Queenstown
and sent to the bottom. Confirmation
or denial is being awaited anxiously
but there is only too much reason to
believe that the report is well found
ed. Otherwise, it is assumed, Lloyds
would never have breathed even a
suggestion of the fact.
NEW YORK. May 7.—The offices of
the Cunard Trans-Atlantic Steamship
company announce the receipt of the
unconfirmed report that the liner
Lusitania of that company has been
torpedoed and sunk in the At’antic
near the Irish coast. She sailed from
New York last Sunday in spite of
U. $. FRIENDLY
TO OLD CHINA
BRYAN SAYS WE STAND FOR ITS
INTEGRITY AND OFFERS
TO ARBITRATE.
WASHINGTON. May 7.—In an
swer to the appeal of the government
of China for the aid of the United
States, Secretary of State Bryan an
nounced today that the American gov
ernment stands for the integrity of
the Oriental republic. This announce
ment is made in careful language but
it expresses with perfect clarity,
nevertheless, the opinion of Washing
ton that if Japan attempts to break up
China she will do so against the wish
es or the friendly feeling of this na
tion. The announcement issued by
Bryan also intimates that the United
States government is willing to act
as arbitrator between the two eastern
powers should they see their way to
lay the matter in American hands.
“America stands for the Maintenance
of Chinese territorial integrity” is the
keynote of the secretary’s statement.
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❖ THE GALICIAN BATTLE •>
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VIENNA, May 6.—According to
the latest acocunts from the front the
struggle in Galicia :s proceding des
perately. In spite of the great victory
near Tar now the Russians are still
striving to hold the German Austrian
army but all the accounts seem to in-1
dicate that matters are looking very
favorable all over ihat province.
HOUSE DEFEATS ATTEMPT
TO REMOVE CAPITAL.
JUNEAU, April 22.—The Noon
resolution to move the capital of Al
aska to Seward was strangled to
death in the House yesterday.
Representative Noon told of the
beautiful climate, vigorous manhood
and womanhood of Resurrection bay.
In fact the Seward representative in
the House exerted himself to a flight
of oratory in support of his resolution,
which had been reported from the
committee without recommendation.
Representatives Shoup, Heckman,
Heid and Britt, of the First Division,
all protested against the attempt to
inject peanut politics into legislative
work. Representative Heckman said:
**I consider this resolution the biggest
joke of the session.”
On motion of Representative Shoup
to indefinitely postpone, the vote
stood:
For—Britt, Burn, Daly, Driscoll,
Getchell, Heckman, Heid Shoup, Col
lins—9.
Against—Coombs, Day, Holland,
Moran, Noon, Snow and Tansey—7.
STEVE DOYLE DIED
OF EXHAUSTION.
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VILLA BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN BEATEN.
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VERA CRUZ, May 6.—From the
reports coming here it is deduced
that the cause of Villa is lost. Hun
dreds of desertions are said to be tak
ing place from his ranks and his re
sources are described as dwinding fast
Carranza’s statement of the conviction
that peace will soon come was made
with full knowledge of the conditions
just as they are. Obregon is now re
ported to have placed the Villa forces
in a position from which they will
find it difficult to escape without a
disastrous battle.
CHANGES MADE IN
THE MINING LAWS.
The advance copies of the new min
ing laws introduced in the legislature
have come to hand. The bill provides
that the largest association claim that
can be located in future is forty acres.
The work provided for before location
by the Roden bill has apparently been
knocked out as the new bill states that
on the discoverey of gold the location
can be perfected. Some other provi
sions are:
No individual placer claim in future
shall exceed 1,320 feet in length and
no association claim shall exceed in
length 2,640 feet.
Claims may not be staked by power
of attorney in future unless that pow
er has been recorded in the recording
office of the district where the claim is
p staked and before the staking of the
claim.
No one shall locate or cause to be
located more than two placer claims
for himself in any one recording dis
trict within one calendar month.
Assessment work must be recorded.
Otherwise the location shall be deem
ed abandoned.
Deputy Marshal Evans Fears Many
More Such Occurrences l n
less Care Taken.
That Steve Doyle "’ho was found
dead a few days ago on the trail near
Mile Forty-one died of exhaustion is
the fact elicited by Commissioner
Conroy and Deputy Marshal Ike
Evans who returned yesterday after
noon after burying the remains and
investigating the causes of death.
Doyle was a man of about sixty years
of age who had worked around this
district nad Valdez for years. He
was gravelling over the trail with
some other parties but had a pack on
his back and fell behind while mush
ing through i he deep snow. He was
first seen lying in the srow by a man
named Fd Casey who was unable to
remove him alont* but who went to
the roadhouse for help. On returning
poor Doyle was dead. Mr. Evans
fears that many such occurrences will
take place unless mushers exercise
more care. On the summits there is
still deep snow which is soft during
the day. He met about fifty men
mushing towards Woodrow creek with
packs on their backs and many of
them altogether unprepared for hard
ships such as those to be encountered.
Steve Doyle before death overtook
him threw away some of his pack so
that he might travel light through
the snow but it availed him nothing.
On his person was found one dollar in
money and a little provisions.
TELLS ROUTE OF
GOVERNMENT R. R.
Full Description Of Course
Published At Wash
ington.
The route of the United States Gov
ernment railroad in Alaska was made
public in Washington D. C., on April
10, and the Department of the Inter
ior made the following statement:
“Commencing at the town of Se
ward on the, westerly shore of Resur
rection bay, thence following along
said westerly shore in a northerly
direction to the head of said bay;
thence following up the drainage of
Salmon creek to a summit between
said drainage and the drainage of
Snow river; thence following the
drainage of Snow river to Kenai lake;
thence continuing along the easterly
shore of Kenai lake, along kails creek,
along the shores of Lower and Upper
Trail lake and up Trail creek to a
summit in the Kenai mountains near
Mile -45 from Seward; thence descend
ing along the drainage of Placer river
to the head of Turnagain arm of Cook
inlet; thence following the northeast
erly shore of said Turnagain arm and
crossing Portage crack and Twenty
mile river to the mouth of Kern creek,
near Mile 71 from Seward; thence in
a northwesterly direction along the
shore of Turnagain arm to near the
mouth of Big Rabbit creek; thence
leaving Turnagain arm and running
northerly to near the end ot Knik arm
of Cook inlet; thence running north
erly across the flats at the head of
said arm and crossing Knik and Mata
nuska rivers to a point about two
miles north of the Matanuska river;
thence running in a westerly and
northwesterly direction, crossing the
little Susina river and following along
the southwesterly slopes of Bald
mountain to Willow creek, a tributary
of the Susitna river; thence in a
northerly direction following the
drainage of the Susitna and Chulitna
rivers to Broad Pass, situated in the
main Alaska range of mountains;
thence crossing Broad Pass and enter
ing the drainage of the Nenana river;
thence continuing northward, follow
ing the drainage of the Nenana river
to the Tanana river; the total distance
from Seward being 416 miles, more or
less. Also, starting from a point on
the above described line situated two
miles, more or less, northerly from
where said line crosses the Matanuska
river, and thence running in an easter
ly direction, following the drainage of
said Matanuska river and its tribut
aries,, a distance of 38 miles, more or
less, to the Matanuska coal fields."
NEWS NOTES
J. L. Kimball, formerly a business
man of Seward and now of Latouche,
passed by last night on the Watson
from Woodrow creek where he in
tends to establish a store.
Jack Ronan and Frank Nickerson
have gone to Cooper and Stetson
creeks to look at some mining
property.
Messrs Schenck and James have
left to look over the Alaska Dredging
company's property. They are repre
sentatives of outside capital.
Mrs. Anton Zimmerman of Fair
banks passed through last night on
the Watson on the way to visit her
mother and will later go to Fairbanks
to join Mr. Zimmerman who has gone
in over the trail.
M. L. Thompson, a young business
man of Seattle, has come to Sew'ard
and has taken a position in the dry
goods department of Brown &
Hawkins.
Charles E. Herron’s horses started
out again this morning and are ex
pected to get over the trail this time
after several attempts to overcome
the snow’.
Assistant District Attorney Munly
returned from Ship creek last evening
on the way to Valdez. He estimates
the number of people over there at
seven hundred. By the way, it is
hard at present to get away from the
name of Ship creek which has follow
ed the fashion laid down with respect
to St. Petersburg and Constantinople.
It should now be called Woodrow'
creek.
❖ MISSISSIPPI TORNADO *
❖ KILLS TWENTY-ONE. *
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NEW ORLEANS, May 7.—Twenty-1
one people are dead as a result of a
frightful tornado that swept over the
lower Mississippi region yesterday,
j !n addition to the people killed dam-,
i age to property was inflicted to the
extent of half a million dollars.
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A LABOR PRESIDENT
ACCUSES GOVERNMENT.
WASHINGTON, May 7.—The
■ president of the Philadelphia labor
federation has issued a statement here
condemning the action of the federal
government and the state government
' in permitting corporations to use the
state military and police forces just j
as they like. He declares that the
corporations are the real leaders of |
the armed forces of the states.
SNOWSTORM VISITS
THE STATES.
KANSAS CITY. May 6.—A snow
storm now prevails in northwest Kan
sas, part of Texas and in several parts
I of Nebraska and Wyoming.
PACIFIC COAST COMPANY
MAY START SERVICE HERE.
Reported That Ships Will Come to
Seward and to Ports in
Cook Inlet.
SEATTLE, May 6.—It is reported
here on good authority that the Pacific
Coast steamship company will start
a service soon to southwestern Alaska,
including Cook Inlet. The first steam
er of the line is expected to start from
Seattle about the middle of next
month, June, but the company has
said nothing oft cially about the
Matter.
BIG JAMAICA WIRELESS.
NEW YORK, May 6.—The British
government is now building an im
mense wireless plant at Jamaica
which is probably intended for keep
ing British warships in touch with
each other and with the British bases
on this side of the Atlantic.
BERLIN CLAIMS
BIG VICTORY
REPORTED RUSSIAN THIRD
ARMY BEATEN AND 50,000
PRISONERS TAKEN.
BERLIN, May 7.—Unconfirmed re
ports arrived in this city this mornihg
that the Third Russian army operat
ing in Galicia has been totally defeat
ed by the Germans and Austrians and
that fifty thousand of the czar’s sold
iers have fallen into our hands and
the hands of our allies. The confirm
ation of the report is being awaited
before it is given full credence and all
Germany is waiting on tiptoe, for the
belief is held that if the story is true
it marks the beginning of Russia’s
collapse. Germany and Austria have
now begun the spring campaign which
was marked out some time ago after
a conference betwen the over generals
of the two empires and our general
offensive movements have been order
ed all along the line.
NORTWESTERN 10 P. M.
The steamer Northwestern is due to
arrive at ten o’clock this evening.
She left Valdez at 7:30 o’clock this
morning but is going in to Ellamar.
CARD PARTY AND DANCE.
A. B. Hall, Saturday May 8. Pro
gressive whist 8:30 to 10 p. m.. Four
prizes given. Dancing 10 to 12.
Music by Miss McLeod. Admission
25 cents each.
NOON COMING WITH A
BIG CROWD TONIGHT.
Cal Brosius received a telegram
from John Noon from Valdez today
stating that he will arrive on the
Northwestern. The telegram also
tells “Baldwin to be prepared for one
hundred and seventy passengers.”.. At
least that is the way the message read
whether the Representative is in
earnest or not.
ALLIES GAIN AT
DARDANELLES
ASQUITH GIVES ONE RAY OF
HOPE TO BRITISH HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
LONDON, May 7.—Prime Minister
Asquith informed the House of Com-1
mons this afternoon that the Allied :
operations around the Dardanelles are
progressing favorably for our side.
The information is regarded as the
only bright piece of news given out
today but the increase of hope that
Constantinople will fall makes up for
many disappointments. Kitchener is
ominously quiet recently but that he
is preparing to crowd forward every
available man is generally understood.
The ability of the Teutonic allies to
inaugurate an offensive on the east
and west simultaneously is admitted
ly disquieting. The House of Com
mons, however, is bent heart and soul
on the work of prosecuting the war
more energetically than ever and will
vote Asquith every cent he asks for.
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FIGHTING NEAR YPRES
IS AGAIN DESPERATE.
Germans Launching Terrific Assaults
Against the British at
Hill 60.
LONDON, May 6.—The news was
flashed this afternoon that lighting
has again become desperate around
Hill Sixty near Ypres. The Germans
have re-started the offensive and are j
launching attack after attack against
our positions. The infantry of the
enemy moves forward at intervals up
the slope but so far our defenders
have mowed them down in hundreds
and held their trenches along the sides
and summit. The German artillery in
tremendous numbers continue to shell j
the allied defenses but, although our j
losses are heavy, we have up to the
present not given an inch.
NEW ALASKA LINE
CHARTERS VESSELS.
SEATTLE.—Two steamships will
be operated the coming season on the
Seattle Kuskokwim route, one as a
combined passenger and freight car
rier and the other as a freighter, by
the Alaska Commercial company.
Plans have already been completed
for the new service which will give
Seattle another Alaska line, operating
with chartered vessels. The freighter
will be commanded by Capt. Walter
Tinn and the passenger and freight
carrier by Capt. F. L. Harriman.
ALLIANCE FOR KUSKOKWIM.
SEATTLE, May 6.—The steamer
Alliance will sail from this place on
the twentieth of this month to the
Kuskokwim by way of the passage
which has recently been discovered.
Her voyage is contemplated by the
department of commerce as one that
may have important effects on Alaska
development.
MARTINDALE COMING.
SEATTLE, May 6.—Thomas
Martindale, big game hunter of
Philadelphia, will leave for Seward on
the Mariposa and will hunt bear in
the Seldovia district. He has received
permission to kill five.
SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK.
PETROGRAD, May 6.—A Swedish
steamer has been sunk in the Baltic
either by a German mine or sub
marine.
ALL ACTS IN CONFLICT
WITH NEW LAW REPEALED.
Word has been received that the bill
to supplement the mining laws of the
territory also provide that all other
acts or parts of acts in conflict with
the new act are repealed. This mear.s
practically the repeal of the Rodei
law passed in the first session of the
legislature.
BROWN AND HAWKINS
STORE AT WOODROW.
Charles Brown of Brown & Hawk
ins returned last evening on the Wat
son from Woodrow creek. The big
Seward firm has decided to establish
a business at that place when the
permanent location of the town will
be decided upon. J
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❖ VIENNA REPORTS THE ❖
1 ❖ RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN ENDS. •>
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VIENNA, May 7.—It is officially
announced this morning that the of
fensive campaign of the Russians in
the Carpathian mountains has been
definitely ended. This is probably due |
in a great measure to the victory of
our army and that of Germany in
western Galicia. Hungary is now
not only safe from invasion but the
Russian armies ;n the mountains are i
threatened with the necessity for a
retreat that might develope into a
disaster equal to the disaster to the
armies of Napoleon on the retreat
from Moscow.
CARMAN CASE OFFERS
VERY FEW SURPRISES.
r
MINEOLA, May 7—The trial of
the case of Mrs. Carman for the
murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey is pro
ceeding this afternoon but the evi
dence is very little different from the
evidence brought out at the first trial
of the woman. The defendant shows
absolute calmness in court and no one
who did not know could guess that
she is on trial for her life. The gen
eral opinion seems to prevail that the
jury will either acquit her this time
or fail to agree as in the trial be
fore. So far as the case has proceed
ed the state does not seem to have se
cured any further evidence of con
squence.
TO CARE FOR WAR BABIES.
LONDON, May 6.—Mrs. Pankhurst,
the famous suffragette, is planning
for the establishment of a maternity
hospital and fund for the care of un
married mothers and war babies. By
war babies are meant the children
born to women whose husbands have
been killed at the front as well as
babies born out of wedlock.
TAFT URGES ECONOMY.
MADISON, Wis., May 6.—Former!
President Taft during a lecture in the
university here today urged the
practice of greater economy in the
government of the nation which, he (
said, has reached the limit of its tax-:
ation capacity.
CHINA GIVEN
UNTIL SUNDAY
—
AT SIX O’CLOCK THAT EVENING
ANSWER TO ULTIMATUM
MUST COME.
PEKIN, May 6.—At six o’clock on
Sunday evening the Chinese govern
ment must have acceded to the de
mands of Japan or must fight for her:
integrity. The official information
was made this afternoon that this was !
the hour mentioned in the ultimatum |
from the government of the Mikado i
and all Pekin, and, indeed, all China,
has now come to the conclusion that ■
the republic is on the eve of a great
war. The president and his advisors
have been almost constantly in session
since the receipt of the ultimatum but
are maintaining a strict silence with
respect to the probable answer. It is
fully understood that the country is
not prepared for a war with the
Japanese at the present time but, un
less the powers that we have appeal
ed to come to our aid and divert Japan
from her purpose we shall fight to
maintain our national honor and as a
protest against the tyranny of our
neighbor.
Flee From Mukden.
MUKDEN, China, May 6.--The
Japanese residents of this city are
now fleeing towards their own country
in fear of an outbreak against them j
by the Chinese. As war seems to ap-!
proach the fierce bitterness of the
Chinese people against the Japanese !
becomes more and more intense and
the Chinese authorities are exercising
the greatest care to prevent any oc
currence that might precipitate
hostilities.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bradshaw desire
to express their most sincere grati- j
tude for the many manifestations of;
sympathy and sorrow on the pare of j
the people of Seward for the death of
their daughter, Miss Leona Bradshaw.
TEUTONS RAGE
ON ALL SIDES
GREATEST OPERATIONS IN ALL
HISTORY BEGUN BY
GERMANS.
COMBINED AUSTRIANS AND
GERMANS STRUGGLE WITH
TITANIC FORCE.
LONDON, May 7.—The govern
ment frankly announces this morning
that the armies of the Austrian and
German empires have now launched
all over Europe the most terrific mili
tary movements of the world’s his
tory. It is made apparent that the
combined Teutonic powers have
chosen this time for its supreme effort
and millions of their troops are now
attacking along almost all the eastern
fronts and on some of the western
line with desperate energy. Amongst
the great movements are the invasion
of the Russian Baltic provinces which
is still proceeding. Also on the East
Prussian front the kaiser’s armies are
being thrown forward and are now
bombarding fiercely the fortress and
city of Grodno. On the Polish center
alone they are remaining quiet and
merely confining themselves to the de
fensive.
The most terrific of all the attacks
is being made on the Russians in
west Galicia where the Austro-Ger
mans are putting forth every effort
to smash the Russian flank and roll it
back far enough to expose the Russian
center operating on Austrian soil.
They are also assaulting the Russians
desperately at Lupkow pass with the
evident purpose of driving the Mus
covites out of that mountain road and
in this quarter, it is said, the Germans
and their allies are meeting with the
greatest success. All east Europe is
now ablaze with the most terrible
conflagration of the whole war.
GERMANSTGAIN
AIM AT COAST
OFFENSIVE AT YPRES RENEWED
TO FORCE WAY TO CALAIS
AND DUNKIRK.
BERLIN, May 7.—The offensive at
Y'prcs has again been renewed by our
armies. The present movement and
assaults on the allied lines are openly
stated to be an effort preceding an
other determined attempt to reach the
coast of the English channel. Noth
ing has been published here as to the
results of the new offensive up to the
present but the attack is still only in
its infancy. The allied attacks along
the rest of the western front have
been stopped completely and wherever
any fighting is proceeding on that
front it is being pressed by our forces.
SHEET METAL WORKS
FOR WOODROW'CREEK.
H. Pope and H. Wolf will start a
sheet metal works and plumbing shop
at Woodrow creek. Mr. Pope left on
the Watson yesterday for Seattle
where he will purchase his equipment
and stock. They will erect a sheet
metal building.
BASEBALL SUNDAY.
The Federals and Seward will clash
again next Sunday. The I' ederals
have one game to their credit and the
Seward nine has one in last two games
so that the coming game will be in
the nature of a championship contest.
The betting is about even with the
Federals probably having slightly the
best of it. It ought to be a warm
fight.
FISHING BEGINS.
The salmon trout came into Bear
creek yesterday morning early and
they are now taking the bait. William
Sauers, Dr. Pittwood of Spokane, B.
R. Labaree, G. B. Poindexter and J.
0. Patten went out yesterday and
brought home more than twenty good
6ized trout.