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TEUTON SHIPS DASH TO SEA
AND EIGHT AN ENGAGEMENT
GERMANS SMASH AT BRITAIN
LONDON. April 5— Smashing by air and sea the
Germans are now endeavoring with unparalleled fierce
ness to offset the good impression made in neutral coun
tries by the recent meeting of the allied war council at
Paris. In addition to the four Zeppelin raids in this coun
try in as many days the torpedoing of ships average four
daily and many new submarines and Zepj>elins must
have been brought into play. These facts added to the
terrific hammering at Verdun evinces the fact that this
is the supreme effort of the Teutons. Berlin emphasizes
the fact that the new Zeppelin raids are the beginning of
a more active warfare against England as demanded by
the Reichstag.
WARSHIPS IN EIGHT
COPENHAGEN, April •>.—A German squadron
dashed off into the North Sea two or three days ago and
have fought a minor skirmish with British torpedo boats
off the coast of Norway. The result is not known but fol
lowing a heavy cannonading a damaged German destroy
er has been towed past Helsingborg towards the German
coast.
TO TERRORIZE LONDON
LONDON, April 5—Count Reventlow is now urging
constantly in Berlin that Zeppelins be used constantly to
make every night in London a terror. He speaks of Brit
ain as the arch enemy of Germany and that as such no
mercy should be shown to her.
REMARKABLE SILENCE
LONDON, April 5.—A silence which is regarded as
remarkable has suddenly fallen over the war in the re
gions outside of France and Flanders. The reports from
other quarters are so meagre and tell so little of import
ance that they are hardly worth sending. In the Isonzo
valley the Italians are apparently making some efforts
and the Russians are pressing from time to time in the
east but the Austrians and Germans occupy positions
which are tremendously strong. The only official an
nouncement made from Petrograd for two days was that
matters are progressing favorably.
FRENCH MAKE GAINS
PARIS- April 5.—French troops have made further
gains in the emch fighting south of Douaumont, according
to the official announcement made today. It is also offici
ally announced that a squadron of French aeroplanes
heavily shelled the railway stations of Mantillers and
Davilers yesterday. They dropped 14 shells at the form
er place and 5 at the latter point. Fifteen sky battles have
been fought around Verdun and two German aeroplanes
destroyed. . .
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NOTHING AGAINST U. S.
BERLIN, April 5.—In a speech in the Reichstag to
day Chancellor von Bethmann Holweg vigorously protest
ed against the reports that Germany contemplates pres
ent or future aggressive action against the United States
of America. He declared such reports to have been in
vented by the enemies of the German empire.
LONG AN!) SLENDER NEW
ZEPPS GERMANY IS MAKING
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
AMSTERDAM, March 28. —The
Zeppelin has been vastly improved
lately. There is no doubt that the
Germans take it very seriously as a
fighting machine. Still greater aerial
activity on their part may be execut
ed soon.
The prediction is that of a neutral,
recently arrived from Germany,
where he had an opportunity to see
and hear much concerning the
Kaiser’s plans for air raiding, but
whose name, for obvious reasons,
cannot be published.
According to his account the new
est Zeppelins is much longer and nar
rower than its predecessors, the latest
form having proved more readily
manageable In heavy weather. The
gondolas hang much deeper than
formerly and a bridge connects them.
Both gondolas and the bridge are
metal-plated, in the hope that they
may prove bullet-proof.
Each new Zeppelin carries about
ten machine guns and two or three
small cannon. Formerly me cannon
were mounted on special platforms.
It was found, however, that these
were often hit, diminishing the craft's
efficiency; so at present both machine
guns and cannon are Inside me gon
dolas, protected by thick steel plates.
Several new bomb-throwing device*
have been adopted. An equipment has
also been provided for pouring out
poisonous gases upon enemies.
The improved type of air ship is
built almost entirely of a combination
of aluminum and steel, the rudders
have been simplified and the motors
A. G. BLAKE IS
MAYOR OF NOME
NOME, April 5.—The election here
was quiet. A. .G Blake was elected
mayor by two to one over H. H. Mol
ler. Out of ten candidates for coun
cil tho following were elected: Henry
Burgh, Charles Ross, Charles Thomp
son of the old council, also A. D.
Polet, James McAllister and J. W.
Rose. Out of three candidates for
city clerk Grimm was re-elected by a
big majority. There were two candi
dates for city treasurer and Phil
Murphy won by a close margin. For
city attorney Hugh O’Neill won over
J. F. Hobbes, the present incumbent.
R. L. Morris, Mrs. M. L. Sauvain and
Mrs. E. C. Buckmaster were candi
dates for the school board. The vot
ers ratified the election of all city of
ficers by a large majority, also voted
on bonding the city for a municipal
light plant and a coal yard.
(Note: Hazy wording prevents one
from seeing who was elected to school
board.)
UNION PACIFIC HELD
UP BY LONE BANDIT
CHEYENNE, April 5.—The Union
Pacific Overland Limited was held up
last night by a lone bandit and the
passengers were relieved or four hun
dred and fifty dollars. The robber es
caped.
Judge J. J. Finnegan was quoted
yesterday as using the pharse “D
liar” at the meeting in A. B. Hall on
the night before but what Mr. Fin
negan said was that a certain asser-|
tion was a “damnable lie,” which is
quite different.
^re far more powerful than the older
ones.
The Fried richshafen plant has bee^
increased fully 100 times m size an%
the number of employes has been
multiplied by at least twenty. By
April the Germans expect to be able
to send three Zeppelins to the front
weekly.
The Parseval and Schutte-Lan*
factories are said also to have in
creased their output at least ten
times.
In many German quarters the belief
is said to be that air craft will prove
the war’s deciding factor.
Democrats Carry
Chicago Easily
Win Three Times as Many Wards this
Year in Aldermanic Contests.
CHICAGO, April 5.—The Demo
crats scored very heavily in the alder
manic elections held hero yesterday
and their success is being hailed all
over the country by the members of
their party as a happy augury of
what might be expected in the presi
dential election next year. In the
aldermanic elections a year ago the
Democrats carried seven wards and in
the election this year they carried
twenty, or nearly three times as
many. The socialists carried one
ward and tho Republicans carried
thirteen.
GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
OWN ARMOR PLATE PLANT
WASHINGTON, April 5. — The
House Committee on naval affairs to
day reported favorably the bill for
Hie erection of a government armor
plate plant to cost eleven million dol
lars. The committee recommended the
passage of the bill by fifteen to six.
TWELVE NEBRASKA
TOWNS GO DRY
LINCOLN, April 5.—Twelve Neb
raska towns changed from wet to
dry in the elections yesterday.
ILLINOIS DRY VOTE
PROVES THE STRONGER
CHICAGO, April 5.—Three hun
dred .and fifty saloons were eliminated
in Illinois in the wet and dry elec
tions yesterday. The wets however,
succeeded in re-establishing 250
saloons in places which had voted dry
before.
BAKER COPES WITH
TRANSPORTATION TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, April 5.—To cope
with a serious shortage of transporta
tion facilities for the troops engaged
in Mexico Secretary Baker has order
ed 108 additional motor trucks and
two tank trucks for gasoline.
ELECTION NOTES
Approximately 05 women voted in
yesterday's election.
A. D. Estes wh,o was not a candi
date at all, received one vote for
school board. It may have been a
lady’s vote.
In the race for school board Young*
went far ahead in the beginning.
Martin caught up and the race was
neck and reck for quite a while until
Martin finally pulled ahead.
NEW MILITARY BIPLANE, DRIVEN BY
BURNSIDE, BREAKS AMERICAN RECORDS
BUHNSIDE RNDHtSMRCHttiE
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(Aviator Frank Burnside, flying one of the
new types of Thomas military tractor bi
plane. recently established a new Amer
ican speed record. His speed for one
half mile with a slight wind was 17 4-5
seconds and against the wind 20 1-5 sec
onds, averaging 88 seconds for the mile
or 96 miles an hour. On another flight
ho made a speed of 102V4 miles an hour
with the wind. The flights were made
near Ithaca, N. Y., and were timed offi
cially by J. J. Frawley, a representative
of the Aero Club of America. Burnside
Is making almost dally test flights In his
machine, which. It is reported, will be
adopted by the United States army. The
machine Is not a speed freak, but Is con
structed for power and weight carrying
as well.]
MYERS IS MAYOR AND GRAEF
HEADS THE COUNCIL TICKET
VALDEZ ELECTS
ON OLD PLAN
VALDEZ, April 5.—The following
were elected to the city council here
yesterday: James Patterson, Anton
Carlson, E. Erickson, Ed. Wood,
Charles Crawford, Charles Day and
Charles McCallum. There were two
tickets, “Citizens” and “Annexation.”
The three first named were on both
tickets, the next two were on the
Citizens’ ticket and the last named
two were on the other ticket. The
registration was 507 and the total
vote cast was 46.’>.
LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN
IN JUNEAU ELECTION |
R. I). Stewart, Unopposed, Is the
New Mayor of Capital
City.
JUNEAU, April 5.—R. D. Stewart,
unopposed, was elected mayor of Ju
neau in the election yesterday. The
following are the councilmen elected:
George F. Miller, J. H. King, E. J.
McKenna, S. P. Raymond, Claude
Erieson and J. S. Morgan. All the
successful council candidates were
members of the Citizens* ticket ex
cept the last named who defeated
Allen Shattuck. Seven hundred and
twelve votes were cast out of a reg>*
tration of a thousand and five. There
was very little interest manifested.
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
HAS PASSED AWAY
PHOENIX, April 5.—Rese M. Ling,
former Democratic national commit
teeman and the choice of the soutn
east for secretary of the interior in
Wilson’s cabinet, is dead. The cause
is believed to have been acute indiges
tion.
BIG SHIP LOST
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.—Ad
vices received today are to the effect
that the big liner Chiyu Maru which
ran aground last week on the China
coast is split up on the rocks and air
hope of salvaging here has been
abandoned. She was worth five nut
lion dollars. All hands and passsen
gers were saved.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
Mayor
C. A. Myers.
.
Couneilmen
J. L. Graef
Frank L. Torrey
E. E. Chamberlin
Hugh Dougherty
William M. Sauers
John Dubreuil.
City Clerk
Otto H. Poehlman.
City Treasurer
Dr. J. II. Romig.
City Attorney
William I). Coppernoll.
School Board
Merrill A. Martin.
The above are the men elected yes
terday to the oflices designated above
their names. The names of the new
couneilmen are given in order of the
votes cast for them, that is according
to the number of votes cast for each.
J. L. Graef, who headed the poll in
the voting for city couneilmen, is the
prominent hardware merchant who
was a member of the city council just
preceding the present one. Frank L.
Torrey, who came second in the poll
ing, is one of the proprietors of the
Seward Club. E. E. Chamberlin, a
close third, has been a member of the
city council for two years. William
M. Sauers is owner of the Seward
Commercial Company and a very
prominent business man. John Du
breuil is an oldtime resident and a
property holder.
Behind the last named came Pete
Ogle of the Alaska Transfer Company
who was defeated by only two votes.
During the counting of the last quart
er of the votes Mr. Ogle and Mr. Du
breuil ran neck and neck, one now be
ing a vote or two ahead and the other
then taking a short lead. Mr. Wln
stedt, the exponent of the Civic Im
provement theory, ran behind his
ticket and polled only forty votes. In
the voting some comedy came in,
some men who were not candidates
at all receiving a vote or two. For
instance, W. W. Butts got one vote
and Charles Crawford got a vote for
the council. Dr. Romig was the only
candidate for treasurer but one vote
each was given to Broncho or Banjo
Bill, Harry Ellsworth, Gaston Hardy,
E. A. Nord, J. J. Finnegan and a lady.
From the beginning of the counting
the candidates, with the exception of
the two mentioned above, maintained
about their respective positions. To
wards the end Poehlman had a lead
of 29 votes over Lucas out flnisned
up 19 ahead. In the beginning of the
counting for the school board Youngs
ran away ahead but Martin overhaul
ed him and got in by 35 votes. The
results were posted in several places
in the city and interested crowds look
ed on as the returns came in one after
the other. The big surprise seemed
to be the manner in which Myers ran
ahead of Noon. This is accounted
for in some quarters by the fact that
some w'ho were supposed to he sup
porting Noon caused a loss of votes
from those who would have supported
him, while his supposed supporters in
many cases turned him down at the
last moment for some reason which
is not very clear. Quite a little
money changed hands hut tiie amount
was probably not as great as it was
reported and in some eases the bet
ting was nothing but “polities.”
The total vote cast in the council
election was 372 out of a total regis
tration of 401). Six votes w’erc sworn
in. The total vote cast in the school
hoard election was 431. The total
vote counted in the mayoral cont*
was 366. For city attorney, 365; for
city clerk, 364. Only a negligib>
number of ballots were spoiled.
The following is the official count:
For Council men:
E. E. Chamberlin, 257.
Hugh Dougherty, 223.
John Dubreuil, 154.
J. L. Graef, 286.
Gerhard Johnson, 74.
J. T. Harvey, 116.
G. M. Kerns, 75.
Reginald Kerr, 69,
Peter M. Ogle, 152.
John 13. Slater, 78.
William M. Sauers, 212.
Frank L. Torrey, 264.
For Mayor:
C. A. Myers, 207.
John Noon, 111).
C. W. Winstedt, 40.
For City Clerk:
Leon C. Booker, 21.
W. T. Lucas, 162.
Otto H. Poehlmann, 181.
For City Treasurer:
J. H. Romig, 266.
For City Attorney:
Wm. D. Coppernoll, 202.
J. Lindley Green, 138.
0. J. Van Pelt, 25.
For School Board:
Merrill A. Martin, 232.
Frank E. Youngs, 107.
LADIES’ AID TO
MEET TOMORROW *
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will meet at the Parsonage to
morrow afternoon.
Patronize home industry. Alaska
coal $11.00 per ton. See Bill Henry
Cor. 4th and Adams St. Tel. Madi
son 149.
DECLARE AGAIN THAT
VILLA WAS WOUNDED
EL PASO, April 5—Consul-General Garcia has re
ceived a telegram from General Guiterrez stating that
there can be no doubt that Villa was wounded and very
severely wounded. The following is the telegram:
“I have had it confirmed by eye witnesses, amongst
them many of his own soldiers who were made prisoners
at Namiquipa, that Villa was so badly wounded in the
knee that he was unable to mount his horse.”
Nothing further has been learned today of the where
abouts of the bandit chief and it is assumed that he is still
far in advance of the pursuers in spite of his wound. The
feeling here is that the chances of catching him are much
less than they were at the time the Americans crossed the
border but Pershing is said to have received instructions
to follow to the end.