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AUSTRIANS TAKE FORTIFIED
TOWNS IN ITALIAN TERRITORY
FRENCH ADMIT RETREAT
PARIS. June 2.—It is officially admitted today that
under the most violent attacks the oUkmt veterans ever ex
perienced the French have retired south oi Cumiores to
wards Chattancourt and have evacuated the first line
f trenches south of the Caurette wooes. What is termed
the most intense fighting of the entire campaign raged on
the Verdun front all day yestordax ami grow more furious
towards night. It was continued earn today between the
Meuse and Headman's Hill. The C«< r ans repeatedly at
tacked along a front of two and a iuef miles. Desperate
charges In them we v shall* red agah .ml again until the
trampled turf was littered with mangled bodies. It is ad
mitted that the retirement south of Ctimu res expose our
forces near Headman's and Hill bO«.
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VIENNA. June — The Austria army under the
Archduke Frederick have conquered Tie fortified Italian
towns of Asiago and Arsie upon w Ifgh rested the main Al
pine defense, it was official it announce! by the war office j
todav. Asiago is several rules into Italian territory and
the Austrian forces are now wd! forward in their invas
ion of Vcnetia.
( HI R( HILL ROASTS KITC HENER
LONDON. June 2.—Winston Churchill, former first
lord of the admiralty, during a discussion in the house of
commons todav on a motion to reduce the s&iarv of Lord
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Kitchener, delivered the harshest critVism heard since
the beginning of the war on Kitchener a.ui his aids.
Churchill charged the British war oflice with the grossest
mismanagement of the whole war and declared that in
emcieney had boon shown all tit- way through. He des
cribed the army organization dm clout t<> the point of;
scandalous. "Fur exery six soldiers i > the Hritish army,";
he said, "we have onlv one rifle levelled at tlie enemy.”
The speech has caused a sensation.
NO HOPE FOR PKA(i;
LONDON. June 2. —- Premier Asquith stated in the
House of Oomnions today that the last speech made by
von Bethmann Hohveg, the Gern an imperial chancellor, I
left no hope of early peace. This statement by the prime|
minister was made on a discussion arising from a resolu
tion introduced to discover whether the allied nations are
willing to consider peace overtures.
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There will be a Sunday school con
ference at the Methodist church to
night at which Dr. W, U. Forbes,
Synodical Superintendent ol‘ the
Presbyterian church will be glad to
meet all Sunday school workers oi
any denomination, and all others in
terested in work among children. Dr.
Forbes has been m this work for tiie
past twenty years, and it wilt be a
splendid opportunity for parents,
teachers and scholars to meet and dis
cuss this interesting and important
work among the young people ot our
community. The meeting will com
rnenee at 0 o'clock.
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ALASKA GOLD MINES
HAS TURNED CORNER
SAYS LATEST REPORT
BOSTON, May 13. — The belief of
the officials of the Alaska Gold Mines
Company that the property has du
ally “turned the corner" now would
seem to have a confirmation in the re
ports just received from the mine
that, during the first ten days of this
month, treated an average of 6.000
tons of ore per day, the headings,
(assay value) were $1.60 per ton, ac
cording to the Boston News Bureau.
For twenty days, including the last
ten days of April and the first ten
days of May, the average was very
close to $1.50, the amount being treat
ed being only a trifle short of 6,000
tons per day.
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\\ AS|lt\4*Ti)\, May 20. Atneri
■ o- efin London wa; officially
ii Armed this ; ternoon that the
death sentence of Jeremiah Lynch,
the American convicted by court
mai tial f ir , *m * .. t\ in * i
Hevo-.ution, and sentenced to be ex
ecuted had b< *n commuted today to
:• a ii ljit. mm it. T'..,.- ad
vice \va> re. rived by the State I>e
} partment this afternoon.
I'A I'll Git il KNLLL CUMING
Father Turned, S. J., F coming to
take the place temporarily of Father
Van del* Pol who will leave on the
Mariposa fur a month's stay at Doug
i las. Father Turned has been station
ed at Skagway for many years and
was the first priest in Seward where
he lived in a tent city in the ear*y -
days. Father Van der Pol will return
to his duties here at the end of the
; month.
BODY OF TYM IS
FOt ND NK \K GRANVILLE
Dawson News:—The body of
'Charles Tym, who disappeared from
Granville last winter, was found to
day by Sergeant Evans, on an old
road leading out from Granville. It
appears that Tym must have wander
ed up the road an«i lo.-t his way, and
there perished in the cold. Capt. Tel- j
ford is going to Granville to make an
i investigation.
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ANCHORAGE. June 2.—The little
Seitfert boy is very low and is not ex
pected to live. He failed to recognize
his mother on her arrival.
Gl N MAN IS ON TRIAL
IN COMMISSIONER’S COI RT
ANCHORAGE. — The case of the
territory vs. J. Goodman is being tried
this afternoon, Attorneys Stowe and
Cotrey appearing for the defendant.
Goodman was arrested Friday night
by Deputy Marshal Harry Schultz on
the charge of pulling a gun on G. B.
Kennedy and wife and M. Nelson at j
at the residence of Mr. Nelson, on
Seventh anti G. streets. The trial v*
being heard before a jury in the
chambers of Judge Leopold David.—
Times.
ANCHORAGE NOTES
George M. Campbell has sold his
interest in the Montana Pool hull to
Antonio Chimenlo.
Son horn to Mrs. Jack Wilson on
Willow creek.
Railroad payroll for April was
sino.ooo.
The new daily newspaper, the Daily
Alaskan, will start publication in the j
beginning of this month.
HARRY BVI.DERSTON
TO STAY \T SEWARD i
The board of directors of the Bank
of Anchorage held a board meeting,
last night at 7 o’clock in the offices of j
the bank ami accepted the resigna-1
tion of H. S. Balderston as cashier.
Mr. Balderston will remain in Seward
in active charge of the Bank of Sew
ard. Sidney Anderson, vice-presi
dent, was elected to till the vacancy,!
making him vice-president and cashier j
of the Bank of Anchorage.
Winfield Irwin, who has so com
petently been looking after the inter
ests of the Seward Bank at Brown it
Hawkins local store, was elected to
the office of assistant cashier. Miss
Kversole was employed as hank book
keeper, and D. Vueetich will have
charge of the foreign exchange de
partment of the bank. This person
nel, in addition to the stockholders
and directors, gives certain assurance
for the Bank of Anchorage. — Cook
Inlet Times.
AL VSKAVS ROMANCE
IS SHORT LIVED
The many Alaska friends of Wil
liam M. Wise, manager of the Hotel
Granda, San Francisco, anti formerly
a resident of Candle, on Seward peni
nsula, will be surprised to learn that
his wife has sued him for a divorce,
after having lived together exactly
thirty-five days.
The wedding which took place
December 5 last, was a social event
and was the sequel to a romantic
courtship. A few days after the wed
ding the young couple discovered that
there was not that temperamental af
finity between them that they had be
lieved existed during the courtship.
In a few days the friends of the
young couple, who had predicted much
happiness for them because of their
great love for each other, began hear
ing the rumors of discord. According
to the wife’s divorce action, Wise fre
quently declared that he had made a
mistake in getting married, as any
man is better ofT single.
Also he told her that his family
hated her, and always would hate her.
On several occasions he spoke harshly
to her, particularly on December 24,
when, she says, he addressed her in an
insulting manner in the presence of
friends, which greatly humiliated her.
-Ex.
Most Interesting
School Exhibits
School Rooms Open to \ isitors i his
Afternoon and Tomorrow.
The school exhibit opened today at
1 o’clock and from -hat hour until
l> p. m., today and tomorrow, the
rooms will be open to visitors. The
examples of the work of the children
are not only pleasant to view but are
most interestingly instructive, show
ing as they do the details of the
juvenile exertions towards improve
ment. Every bit of the work of the
pupils for the year is represented and
some original ideas of the children
themselves are also brought out. Ex
amples of the previous work of the
pupils are shown side by side with ex
amples of the improved work so that
one may see the vast change that
has taken place. In times to come,
one can imagine, those examples j
might be of infinite interest to the
pupils themselves. A gl tnce at the
exhibits show what a wo* Id of pains j
and skill has been used in bringing j
the children to a state of such ex- j
cellence and it also teaches the les
son of the advance Alaska has made.
A visit to the exhibit ought to be a
pleasure as well as a duty to oneself.
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BRANDEIS
CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, June 1. — Louis;
Brandeis was confirmed today, Thurs
day, by the senate as member of the
supreme court of the I'nited States.
The final vote for confirmation was
forty-seven to twenty-two.
SAY CHRISTENSEN
Oil) NOT GO WEST
It has been stated by the railroad
officials that Andrew Christensen did
not go west on the Mariposa as stated
but that he stopped off at Juneau and
will come here on the Alaska. It is
known that some of his freight was
left here by the Mariposa. The in
formation that lie was on the Mari
posa when she passed by came
through the purser.
K LON HIKER TO BE CHAIRMAN
NEW YORK, May 25.—The execu
tive committee of the Progressive na
tional committee has selected Ray
mond Robins, of Chicago, as tempor
ary chairman of the Progressive na
tional convention.
Robins made a stake in the first
rush to the Klondike.
CAPTAIN NOR D TO
RETURN TO THE JEFFERSON
Captain Nord, formerly captain of
the steamer Jefferson and now on the
Alaska, will return soon to the com
mand of the Jefferson. The captain’s
home is in Seattle and he wants to
be there more often.—Ex. -
H VZF.LET TAKES BOND
ON MINING PROPERTY
CORDOVA. — The McKinley lake
quartz property controlled by Charles
Canavan, this week was bonded by
George C. Hazelet for a sum said to
he in the neighborhood of $100,000.
This property consists of a group of
ten claims, about eighteen miles from
Cordova and three miles from the
Copper River & Northwestern rail
way. It has been held for years by |
local people, who have had an abiding
faith in the future of the property.—
Ex.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ennis are mov
ing their residence to the rooms form
erly occupied by the preceding Com
missioner above the office. \ *
CARRANZA ONCE AGAIN SAYS
! U. S. TROOPS MUST WITHDRAW
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ARE THOSE TWO GIRLS
LIVING IN SEWARD?
That two girls are living now in
Seward, perhaps, who were the cause
of a deep mystery is the story appear
ing at present in outside papers. The
following account of the case is from
the Seattle Star of May 22:
SNOHOMISH, Wash., May 22.—
While Victor E. Innes and his wife
were taken from their home in
Eugene, Ore., to stand trial for the
murder of Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis
and Miss Beatrice Nelma at San An
tonio, Tex., the two women were alive
and well in Snohomish, according to
the newest developments in the fam
ous mystery case.
They are today believed to be living
in Seward, Alaska.
The disappearance of the two;
sisters two years ago under myster- j
ious circumstances, followed by the
discovery of human bones near San
Antonio, led to the belief that they
had been murdered.
Marshall Nelms, a brother of the
women, swore to the complaint charg
ing his brother-in-law, limes, and his
wife, with the murder.
They were tried, but not convicted.
Attorney Investigates
The mystery continued as deep as
ever until today, when Former City
Attorney M. .1. McGuinness of Sno
homish concluded a preliminary in
vestigation begun at the request of a
man named Britt Craig, of Atlanta.
According to Craig, the Nelms
sisters were close acquaintances of a
man named Paul Buckley in the
South, and he left about the same
time they disappeared.
Buckley has been traced to Sno
homish by Craig.
Left for Alaska
On Saturday, Craig wired Mc
Guinness to see Buckley and ask him
if he knew the whereabouts of the
Nelms sisters.
The Buckley referred to came here
about two years ago with a Mrs.
Buckley and her sister.
They left for Alaska about a year
ago, after Buckley had been in the
saloon business in Snohomish for
eight months.
( ailed Her “Beatrice”
McGuinness was Buckleys attorney.
He knew Mrs. Buckley and also
had heard her sister referred to as
“Beatrice.”
Buckley is described as a well-built,
fine-looking man, weighing about 200
He was about 40. His height was
about five feet 11 inches.
Mrs. Buckley, believed to be Mrs.
Nelms, is described as a woman of
about 85, well built, vigorous vitality,
dark complexioned.
McGuinness is not sure whether
the younger sister went to Alaska al
so or not.
A wire from Seward received by
the attorney last July from B ickley
said he was going prospecting.
No reason is given for the inex
plicable silence of Miss Nelms and her
sister, if they are alive, when their
brother-in-law and his wife were ac
cused of murder.
YUKON STEAMBOAT
MAN PASSES AWAY
ANACORTES, Wash., May 26.— [
Captain Henry Polis, a Y'ukon steam
boat c .ptain, died Wednesday of heart
disease. The funeral was held yes
terday afternoc n.—Ex.
KRAUSE SENTENCED
Edward Krause was sentenced to
serve three years for impersonating
an officer and 10 years for forgery.
Sentence was not passed on other
convictions, which will go over for
the term.
WASHINGTON, June 2.—That a continuation of the
occupation of Mexican territory by the United States
troops will be considered an unfriendly invasion is the
warning received today by the state department from
General Carranza. This is taken to mean that if the
i Americans do not withdraw war will be declared and the
! forces which Carranza has been mobilizing will be sent
I against our forces. Carranza opened the statement by re
i questing that as an evidnece of good faith the troops be
i ordered home. He also asks for a definite explanation of
the reasons for the continued stay of the Americans in
his country and then he asks to be informed as to the pur
pose of keeping our troops in Mexican territory any long
er. If there is no explanation, he says, he will regard the
Americans as unfriendly invaders.
PRESIDENT UNION PACIFIC
| NEW YORK, June 2—E. E. Caluin of the Oregon
Short Lin/ was elected president of the Union Pacific to
day in the place of A. L. Hosier who has resigned.
WANT SUFFRAGE PLANKS
CHICAGO, June 2—The members of the Woman’s
Suffrage Union are now pestering the delegates to the
' convention to have suffrage planks incorporated in tin*
Republican national platforms.
HUGHES IS SILENT
| WASHINGTON, June 2.—Justice Hughes was asked
today for a direct statement with regard to his becoming
' a candidate for the presidency but he had nothing to say
| to any of the inquiries.
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j KILLED IN ACCIDENT
AT BEAK (KEEK
DAWSON, May 19.—John Hudson,
an employee of the Canadian klon
dyke company, met his death at four
; minutes after three o’clock yesterday
l afternoon, while working about the
pond of the company’s dredge No. 2,
near Bear creek. A large pile of tail
ings on which Hudson ar.d three other
workmen were handling some of the
dredge lines at the edge of the pond
gave way suddenly and unexpectedly.
Hudson was on the side of the pile,
and was carried down with the grav
el. The water in pond near the edge
of the gravel was twenty-eight feet
deep. No trace has been found of the
body. It is feared the gravel slid
over him in considerable quantity and
that possibly he was buried at consid
erable depth. The pond has been
dragged extensively in that region,
with no trace of the man having been
obtained. The pond is so deep and
the tailings so extensive there, says
General Manager Boyle, that it seems
impossible now to pump the water
from that pond, where a constant
seepage is coming in in large quanti
ties from the river, but it may be that
later in the season lower water will
make it possible to get to the body.
Everything possible has been done, he
says, and will be done in hopes of
recovering the body if possible.
BODIES OF CAMPBELL
AND LARSEN DISAPPEAR
The bodies of Tom Campbell ana
John Larsen, who were drowned near
Barren Islands, have been washed
away and could not be found by E.
H. L. Mitchell, one of the survivors
of the wreck of the Success who re
turned yesterday. After the drown
ing when the bodies were washed
ashore Mitchell and Captain Hansen
dragged them up some distance on
the beach. Captain Hansen was
badly frozen and Mr. Mitchell was
probably weakened from exposure, and |
they were no doubt unable to haul the j
bodies far enough from the water, j
Mr. Mitchell was sent west by the
authorities but on his return he an
nounced that he could find no trace of j
the remains.
I COLLECTED FARES ON
GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
T. L. McDonald who was arrested
some days ago at Bird creek and
taken back to Anchorage is, according
to the charge against him, a sort of
reproduction of our departed friend
Soapy Smith. Deputy Marshal Ike
Evans got word last week to look out
for Mr. McDonald who was said to
bo making a retreat from Anchorage
this way but later Mr. Evans learned
that the gentleman had been arrested.
Some time ago the train on the gov
ernment railroad was standing ready
at Anchorage to pull out. All at once
a* man * jumped aboard. “Fares,
please,” he shouted and the passen
gers one after another handed out
their coin. He took the money, ex
amined it carefully, handed back the
change when there was change and
then he disappeared. This gentle
man of parts is said to have been Mr.
T. L. McDonald who has now been ar
rested at Bird creek and taken back
on the charge of larceny or some
thing. It is said that he was standing
near the car, noticed that the con
ductor was absent and a brilliant idea
struck him. The result of the trial
has not yet been learned.
WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN
BY A CORDOVAN
Theodore C. McCauley, formerly an
employee of the Copper River
& Northwestern railway, and a resi
dent of Cordova, has attained the dis
tinction of breaking a world's record
in aviation, evidenced by the follow
ing from the Literary Digest of May
13:
“April 30.—In the flying boat H-7,
of the super-American type, an
American aviator, Theodore C. Mc
Cauley, breaks world’s records for
speed and passenger carrying, taking
six passengers to an altitude of 1,000
feet in a seventy-minute flight at a
maintained speed of 88 miles an hour.
Another American, Victor Carlstrom,
in a twin motor military biplane,
takes a passenger to a height of 16,
500 feet, breaking the world’s record
for altitude with a passenger.”
C. E. Robinson, of Brown & Bigelow,
St. Paul, is in the city on business for
his Arm.
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