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If l. S. TROOPS MOVE fllRTHER
IT MEANS WAR, SAYS GENERAL
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WASHINGTON, June 17.—A bomb may be said to
have fallen on the capital city of the United States today j
when the news was directly conveyed that any further at
tempt on the part of this nation to augment its expedition
into Mexico would result in war between the two coun
tries. General Trevino has directly telegraphed to Gener
al Pershing Che statement that if any more American
troops cross the border and that if there is any movement
of American troops beyond where they now are the Mexi-j
cans will attack them. General Bell has reported this di
. rect to the war office, having received the information
from General Pershing himself directly from the interior
of Mexico. No statement had been given out by the war
department or any member of the government here in an
swer to this threat and the subject is believed to be too
serious not to demand careful attention and consideration
before being discussed.
ATTEMPT MADE ID
KILL GOVERNOR SPRV
t
Threat Made When Hillstrom Execut
ed Almost Carried Into
Effect.
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BUTTE, Mont., June to.—A bomb
contained in a bag of mail consigned
to Governor Spry of Utah at Salt
Lake City exploded here today when
the bag was taken from a shed of the
Northern Pacific to an Oregon Short
Line train. The interior of the car
was completely wrecked and Messen
ger Koss W interm an was badly cut up
by a dying splinter. Spry received
many threats since the execution of
Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the
4 I. W. W., several months ago for
murder.
ORPHANS’ Al TO 01 TING
HELD IN NEW YORK
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
NEW YORK. June S.—As in form
er years, five thousand orphan child
ren of New York were given their an
nual automobile outing today by the
Orphans’ Automobile Day Outing As
sociation, at Donnelly’s Grove, Col
leg*' Point, L. I.
Horace de Lisser, who last year
provided the food for some 5,000
children, is President of the associa
tion.
* Society folk who donated the use of
their cars last year will again loan
the machines, both commercial and
touring types, for this worthy chari
ty. The inmates of various children’s
orphanages look forward to this out
ing with eager joy, and the fulfilment
of their wishes depends entirely on
the number of cars and money given
for this purpose.
JOHN SEIFFKRT’S BODY
IS SHIPPED OUTSIDE
The body of little John Seiffert was
shipped out on the Watson in charge
of Captain Jensen and it will be cre
mated. His brother Vincent is on the
way back to join his mother at An
chorage. Everyone will be glad to
hear that the injury to his eye is
passing off without leaving permanent
injury
Hills Coffee—40c a pound. Brown
& Hawkins, “Quality First.”
MANY TOURISTS
ON THE MARIPOSA
SEATTLE, June 15.—The Mariposa
which sailed Unlay, Thursday, has
many tourists aboard. Amongst the
passengers for Seward are Ben Ber
nard, Miss Carrie Miller, Mrs. George
Geer, Mrs. A. E. Brek, Mrs. Marry
Miller, A. R. Peterson, Maxine Mc
Donald, Mrs. Sam McDonald and two
babies, and seven steerage.
MEASLES AT ANCHORAGE
Anchorage is just getting over an
epidemic of measles. Some fifty
■ children are said to have been down
with the illness at one time.
PRIEST TO RESCUE
Rev. Father Turned, of Skagway,
recently purchased the premises oc
j cupied by a woman parishioner who
was about to be evicted for non-pay
ment of rent, and has offered her the
property for so long as she desires to
live there.
SEWARD MAN AND MRS.
PURINGTON MARRIED
Pat Keeley, who is well known
here, and Mrs. Purington, who is also
wed known h£re, were married a few
days ago at Anchorage.
RONAN HONORED
Jack Ronan of Seward was placed
on the Resolutions Committee of the
Democratic National convention at St.
Louis. The Anchorage Times is now
out for Hughes instead of Roosevelt.
MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting of the Commercial
Club was postponed last evening to
the second Tuesday in July as some
matters of importance are to be look
j ed into further.
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Several Seward people were resi
dents years ago of the city of Atlin
which has just been destroyed by fire.
James R. Hayden, who was one of the
pioneers of Atlin. says that from the
description of the occurrence in the
Gateway it appears to him that the
whole of the principal part of the
town was cleaned out.
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Mrs. Sherman Duggan and Mrs. H.
T. Drais, the latter with her two chil
dren, will leave on the Northwestern
j to join their husband* in Anchorage.!
❖ GOOD GAME OF *
❖ BALL TOMORROW ♦
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The Commission ami City bail;
teams will face each other tomorrow
again and a lively game is expected.
About the only change noted i.; that
Slugger Reed will play with the city.
art smith breaks leg
BY FALL IN JAPAN
SAPPIRO, Japan, June 17. — Art
Smith, the American aviator, sustain
ed a serious fall here yesterday while
making an exhibition flight. He is
not dangerously injured but his leg is
broken.
NEWS NOTES
J. C. Tolman, and his son Crit, W.
E. Wright and Leslie Simson left this
morning for a hunting trip around the
coast.
Jake Phile has just left the hospital
where he was treated for a severe
case of blood poisoning which almost
caused the loss of his right hand.
Mrs. Sam McoDnald who is on the
Mariposa is the wife of Sam McDon
ald, owner of the Alaska Pharmacy.
Ben Bernard, a Mariposa passenger
is the manager of the American
Dredge Building & Construction Com
pany of Seattle.
The Electric Company’s building is
tinished and the roof will be finished
today.
Virgil Rich, a well known young
Seward man, has taken a position on
the government ship Kukui which
left last evening.
Master Mechanic Bushnell of the
government railroad is suffering from
a sprained ankle.
Frank Skeen and Charley Emsweil
er killed no less than ten bears on
their recent trip. They say the ledge
discovered by them is seven feet
wide. They also panned some placer
in the crevices.
The Valdez Miner spells the name
of the genial cashier of the Hank of
Seward Henry Balderson.
Bennett T. James came in last
evening from Moose Pass to be here
to meet Mrs. James and daughter.
John Hesse passed by last night on
the Watson for Seattle.
Several questions have been asked
as to where Commissioner Mears weni
last night but the only positive in
formation that can be given out is
that which comes from headquarters,
whatever individual opinions might
be.
Some more about Mears; This
time a Sherlock Holmes stunt; Out
side of official circles it has been inti
mated that the Commissioner may
come back on the Northwestern but
there is reason to believe it possible
that he may not. On the speeder on
which he came in yesterday he had
more personal baggage than would be
necessary for a mere journey to v al
dez. Therefore, Dear Dr. Watson, it
may be that the Commissioner is gone
to send some telegrams and that upon
the answers may depend the time of
his return or the length of his jour
ney.
Gaston Smalley, the homesteader,
is in town today and is feeling rather
ill. He is in the care of the doctor.
The Kukui finally pulled away last
evening after a settlement of all her
troubfes. In addition to the com
plaints of the crew not being able to
cash their checks easily they also
were asking for a $5 a month in
• crease of wages all around.
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❖ PLEASANT DANCE *
<• EXPECTED TONIGHT *
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A very pleasant dance is expected
this evening in the hall of the Arctic
Rrotherhood when one of the weekly
hops that have now become famous
comes off. Every dancer in the city
will probably be present.
SPANISH VETERANS
TO PARADE JULY 1
The Spanish War Veterans at their
meeting held last night decided to
participate, as a body, in the parade
and other patriotic ceremonies in con
nection with the Fourth of July cele
bration. A committee was appointed
to work in connection with the gen
eral celebration committee to make
this decision effective.
All G. A. R. or Spanish War Veter
ans ,and those eligible to become
members who will be in Seward dur
ing the Fourth, are cordially invited
to join the camp in honoring Old
Glory on this accasion.
COMMISSIONER MEARS
GOES TO VALDEZ
Lieutenant Frederick Mears, mem
ber of the government engineering
commission, came to Seward last
evening and went on to Valde; on the
Watson. The officials say there is
nothing of significance in the trip;
that it was merely a short run on
business and will not entail much of
an absence.
“CRAB CRl'ISE" FOR
MIDSHIPMEN BEGINS]
(Special to Gateway by United Press'
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 5.—Today
began the practise cruise for midship
men along the Atlantic coast, a “crab
cruise,” as the Academy vernacular
has it.
The squadron left Annapolis this
morning and is scheduled to arrive at
Culebra on June 12. It will leave
Culebra on June 17 and arrive at
Guantanamo on June 21.
It will stay at Guantanamo until
July 6 and the next stop will be
Provincetown, Mass., which, it is ex
pected, will be reached on July 13, and
which will become the squadron base.
The vessels of the squadron will
then separate to rendezvous on Aug
ust 7 and leave Provincetown one
week later. August 18 to 21, will be
spent at Hampton Roads and August
21 to 27 at the Southern drill groumk.
The squadron will arrive off the
Patuxent River, in the Chesapeake
Bay, on August 29 and at Annapolis
on August 30. The midshipmen will
then go on leave for a month.
The ships of the squadron will stop
at points after reaching Province
town as follows:—The Missouri, Port
land; the Rockport, Boston, the Wis
consin, Portland; the Boston, Glou
cester; the Ohio, Boston; the Rock
port, Salem.
Sam T. Kincaid balifT of the dis
trict court at Fairbanks, and Hank
O’Neill, of Ruby, will open up a rich
silver-lead mine in the Klyu moun
tains, about 60 miles from Ruby. The
ore is said to be extremely rich.
MEXICAN GOVT. SMASH
WASHINGTON, June 15.—There is
evidence in the hands of the officials
now that tends to show that the de
facto government of Mexico is disin
tegrating and this evidence is fast
piling up. The evidence is contained;
in consular reports and in private
messages to the members of the gen
eral staff from Mexican officers and
civilians,
SEVERAL TOWNS BOMBARDED
BY THE FRENCH AND GERMANS
DELAYED CABLES
McCORMICK MANACER
WASHINGTON, June 15. — Presi
dent Wilson has decided to name
Vance McCormick, of Pennsylvania,
as manager of his campaign.
DELEGATE DIES
ST. LOUIS, June 15.—Wm. Last
ing, postmaster of Buffalo, New York,
a delegate to the Democratic conven
tion here, died suddenly today.
NO INFANTRY WORK
PARIS, June 15. — There were no
infantry attacks on either side of the
Meuse last night, according to the of
ficial statement today.
REPULSE RUSSIANS
BERLIN, June 15. — Infantry at
tacks that had been rolling forward in
thick waves on the Germans at
Przevloka and to the north have been
repulsed by our forces with heavy
losses to the Russians. This is offi
cially reported ami it is stated that
the Russians have evidently decided
to make up in numbers for other de
ficiencies as they did against the
Austrians. Whole clouds of the Rus
sians are sent in constantly against
our lines.
WILSON DOMINATED
ST. LOUIS, June 15.—'The nomina
tions are to be made tonight. Judge
Wescott will place President Wilson
in nomination at 8 o’clock. Not even
the enthusiasm of optimism can dis
guise the fact that the convention is
utterly dominated by Woodrow Wil
son several hundred miles distant and
that it does not do a thing that is not
mapped out by the President himself.
TO CUT OFF AUSTRIANS
PETROGRAD, June 15.—The Rus
sian offensive is concentrating north
of Czernowitz in the effort to push
through and cut off the defenders of
the Bukowina capital from the city of
Lemberg on the north. According to
unofficial reports these efforts have
succeeded.
ROOSEVELT QUIET
NEW YORK, June 15. — Theodore
Roosevelt is compelled to remain quiet
here and will make no public appear
ance until Friday evening. In the
meantime the doctors are tinkering
with him but he takes his indisposi
tion lightly.
U. S. TROOPS KILLED
LAREDO, June 15.—'Three Ameri
can soldiers were killed and seven
were wounded in a fight last night
with Mexican bandits who crossed the
Rio Grande 45 miles below this place.
The total Mexican casualties are not
known but six Mexican dead bodies
were found in the brush.
FIVE VICTIMS OF THE
BEAR WASHED ASHORE
PORTLAND, June 15.—(Delayed)
—Five bodies from the steamship
Bear have been washed ashpre, the
officials stated this morning. Short
ly before the bodies were found it had
been stated that all the life boats had
been accounted for but one and that
one was believed to be safe. It is
now feared, however, that it capsized
and that twenty people might have
been in it at the time. The Bear was
built at Newport News 1910 and was
valued at seven hundred thousand dol
lars. It is thought to be a total loss.
No Alaskans and few Northwestern
passengers were aboard at the time
| of the disaster.
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RUSSIANS SUFFERING
VIENNA, June 17—New combats have started all
along the entire Volhynian front, according to the report
issued today from the Austro-Hungarian army head
quarters. Several attempts of the Russians to cross the
Styr river failed and the enemy suffered very severely.
The fighting is said to be very violent and our troops have
apparently taken up and consolidated new positions after
the surprise of some days ago.
ARTILLERY AT VERDUN
PARIS, June 17.—Violent artillery attacks continued
last night on both banks of the Meuse, according to the
official statement of the French war office. The duel of
big guns in the Avocourt sector was particularly heavy
and Deadman’s hill was a,veritable inferno of fire. No in
fantry attacks had been reported this morning but it is
assumed that the German bombardment will be followed
bv one of the usual assaults.
BRITISH BOAT SUNK
LONDON, June 16.—The British torpedo destroyer
Eden was sunk last night in the English channel follow
ing, the admiralty says, a collision with another vessel.
The result of the loss of the vessel on the lives of the crew
has not been stated. #
MANY AIR ATTACKS
PARIS, June 17.—The German aviators last night
bombarded Dunkirk, Pont le Mousson and Bar le Due and
killed four and wounded fifteen. At the same time our
aviators bombarded Longuyon, Montmedy and Auduin.
The French aviators traveled together in squadron form
and the damage inflicted by them is believed to be serious.
BATTLE LINE LONG
PETROGRAD, June 17.—Our offensive is now spread
out over a long line reaching from Lutsk to Czernowitz,
or, rather, to a point still east of Czernowitz as we have
not yet entered that city. Some severe fighting is report
ed on the banks of the Styr and it is assumed that our
army is attempting to cross that stream for the purpose
of enveloping Lemberg from the north. The war office re
ports that our successes are continuing.
FIGHTING IN ITALY
ROME, June 17.—The offensive of the Austrians has
apparently paused a short distance south of Arsiero, a
fact which is probably due to the necessity for sending re
inforcements to their much harrassed eastern front. In
the meantime our forces are forcing the fighting.
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MEET TO ORGANIZE
BAND AGAIN TOMORROW
A meeting will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o’clock for the pur
pose of reorganizing the Seward
band. It is hoped that the work can
be done witlf the band in time to have
music for the Fourth of July. C. E.
Sinclair has consented to take a hand
amongst others in reorganizing. The
meeting will take place in the Fire
Hall.
Z. J. Loussac, who owns the Juneau
Drug Company and is well known in
interior Alaska, where he has also
been engaged in business, is erecting
a large building in Anchorage where
he will open a drug store.
EX-CONGRESSMAN IS
CAUGHT WITH LIQUOR
TACOMA, June 15.—Former Con
gressman Stanton War Burton, while
returning from the Progressive con
vention at Chicago, today, was arrest
ed for illegally transporting liquor.
Fifteen gallon jugs and sixteen quart
bottles were found in his trunk after
arrest. One of the bottles broke in
the trunk and gave him away.
WHALE SKIN SHOES
Ten tons of skins of the beluga, or
white whale, have been shipped from
the Bering sea to eastern shoe fac
tories to be made into white shoes now
so popular with the young ladies.