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OBREGON ORDERS U. S. TROOPS OUT OF MEXICO
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AND PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS OUT THE MILITIA
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS END AND
WAR WITH MEXICO SEEMS NEAR
MEXICAN SITUATION BAD j
WASHINGTON. May 9.—(Bulletin)—General Obre-j
gon has demanded on behalf of the Mexican government j
that a time limit be placed on the stay of the American
troops in Mexico and the United States will refuse it posi
tively. A meeting of the cabinet took place today and it
was decided that the policy of this government be continu
ed, and that the refusal to set a time limit be declared in
a manner that will show Mexico that the decision is final.
OBREGON’S VEILED THREAT
WASHINGTON, May 9. — An early message from
General Scott to the war department today indicated that j
the conference with Obregon has probably ended and that:
the effort to form a pact has been shattered. It has been
intimated broadly to the United Press that if Obregon has
not actually threatened to use the Carranza army to at
tack the American troops if our soldiers are not immedi
atelv withdrawn, he did reallv commit himself to the
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statement that "the situation is not at all good,” and that
“we might as well prepare for trouble.”
MILITIA CALLED OUT
WASHINGTON, May 9— For the first time since the
Spanish-American war the president called out today the
militia to aid the regular troops in an international crisis.
New Mexico, Arizona and Texas are the three states af
fected by the call today and they will furnish a force of
5,360 officers and men. The president has also ordered
four regiments of regular infantry to the border at once.
The decision to call out the militia followed a conference
between President Wilson and War Secretary Baker
after the latter had received messages from General Fun
ston. What those messages contained has not been made
public but that the news is of the most serious kind is
generally believed. The cabinet is said to have in con
templation another meeting this afternoon. In the mean
time this city and the whole country appears to have had
a relapse of the war fever and the settlement of the
trouble with Germany is expected to result in a more de
termined action in dealing with the southern republic.
AMERICANS ESCAPE
MARATHON, Texas, May 9.—(Bulletin)—Seven
Americans who were captured by the Mexicans during
the raid on Glenn Springs overpowered their guards and
escaped, and they have returned to United States terri
tory bringing their former three Mexican guards back
with them as prisoners. The details of the escape are not
yet fully known. ___
FOUR MORE IRISHMEN DIE
DUBLIN, May 9.—Four more leaders of the Irish re
volt were found guilty by a courtmartial yesterday in this
city and were executed this morning. The censorship still
remains very strict and nothing is known of what is hap
pening in the provinces although it is rumored that some
bands are still keeping to the mountains and remote
places where the government troops have not been able
to get them yet.
LATEST
BRITISH LOST 500
LONDON, May 9. — The official;
figures for the British losses in the
revolt in Dublin are that one hundred
and twenty-four British soldiers were
killed and three hundred and eighty
eight wounded, making a loss of a
little over five hundred. The official
list of the losses of the revolutionists
has not been published but the police
estimate them at five hundred killed j
and fifteen hundred wounded. Thie
Statement was made by Premier As
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quith in the house of commons this
afternoon. Nine British soldiers are
missing.
EXPLOSION IN WORKS
TRENTON, N. J., May 9.—At least
four were killed and several were
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seriously injured in an explosion
which shook the Atlas powder works
this morning. The fire following the
explosion is still raging.
A fine new auto truck arrived for
the Seward Commercial Company on
the Admiral Evans.
SULZER WILL I
BE CANDIDATE]
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ALMOST CERTAIN NOW ALASKA
DEMOCRATS WILL NOMI
NATE HIM.
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That Charles Sulzer, of Sulzer, ter- j
ritorial senator and brother of the
former governor of New York, will bej
the candidate of the Democrats of ■
Alaska for congress this year may
now be stated almost positively as a
fact. It may also be stated with some
sureness that George Grigsby, of
Nome, will be the candidate of the
party for attorney general, so that we j
shall have Grigsby and Schofield, two
men from the same town, Nome, who
were always politically opposed, light
ing for the office. The information
that these two will be the nominees^
has been received by the Gateway
from sources which are most reliable.
The convention will be held this
month at Juneau.
WENT WEST
The following went west on the I
Evans last evening: J. T. Wester
man, S. L. Colwell, Mrs. Charles E.
Brown, H. Paulson, W. D. Harding,
A. A. Abbey, T. Thompson, Jack
Cummings and 10 steerage.
NORTHWESTERN AT CORDOVA
The steamship Northwestern arriv-1
ed at Cordova at 1 o’clock this after-!
noon.
ODDFELLOWS
TO HAVE LODGE
A very enthusiastic meeting of the
Seward Oddfellows Club was held Inj
the rooms of the Seward Chamber of j
Commerce last night. AH final ar- ^
rangements were made for the in
stitution of the 7th Oddfellows lodge
which will be located here in Seward
and will be known as Resurrection
Lodge No. 7. A charter has been is
sued by the Sovereign Grand Lodge
to No. 7, and authority vested in P. S.
Hunt of Valdez to officiate as District
Deputy Grand Sire, and the lodge will
be instituted in the near future.
A committee consisting of John
Noon, George Sexton, C. E. Mullin
and Dr. 0. J. Keating was appointed
to receive and provide for the enb *
tainment of the Grand Officers \.T.o
will come to institute the lodge.
Resurrection I/odge will start off
with a good membership and already
has a large number of applications
for the degrees.
FRANK BALLAINE SAYS
OUTLOOK IS VERY BRIGHT j
Frank L. Ballaine, who returned
yesterday with Mrs. Ballaine and
their son Francis, says everything
outside promises well for the develop-;
ment of Alaska and particularly for
the advancement of Seward. He is |
rather reluctant to be quoted but he
admits he is glad to be back in the
old town, with which, by the way, his
name has been so long and honorably
connected.
S. L. Colwell, the local merchant,
went west last evening on the Evans.
HOW UPPER JAW OF GIANT GERMAN
“NUT CRACKER" IS CLOSING ON VERDUN
GERMAN GUN IN USE IN VERDUN BATTLES - MAP OF BATTLE'GROUND
[The ruined village of Bethlncourt. Uie "^/fhfF^c^'^y'wUhdPew^a'nnraTMIni'ft'oro'fhi Avocourt’
have been allackln* for wwke. w« «^acu»‘cd ^ ™ following the aouih bank of the Forgo, creek to the northern
doubt, skirting the first wooded s opes wesl ot n, , croBaroads south of Bethlncourt. The Oermane made extreme
of Haucourt and Joining the old lines a little M tho v|0tence «f their efforts centering on four sectors on the
ly determined attacks 0"the amomentary footing; between the Avocourt wood and the Forges stream
edge of the Avocourt wood, wherethey r^neda wood**'These attempted drives are indicated on the map by arrow. At
at Le Mort Homme, and 8°«th all along the new line south of Bethlncourt. Hill 304. south of Hau
the same time violent attacks were repeateoiy __ .
ceurt, is taUtd the “vital pelnt“ of the \ erdun T,,i^
GREAT ATLANTIC LINER SENT
TO BOTTOM RY A SUBMARINE
WANT NO MEN
AT ANCHORAGE
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I COMMISSIONER MEARS ASKS
GATEWAY TO STATE SUP
PLY ADEQUATE.
That no more men arc required for (
work on the government railroad at
Anchoiage is a fact which Lieutenant]
! Fred Mears, member of the engineer
ing commission, asks the Gateway to j
publish. The followng i3 the telegram
received by the Gateway from Mr.
Mears this morning and signed by ]
himself:
“The Alaskan Engineering Com
mission desires to advise those inter
ested that there is an ample suppl>
of labor, both skilled and unskilled, at
Anchorage to meet all present and
j prospective requirements for several
i weeks to come. It is inadvisable for
| any more laborers or mechanics to
I come to Anchorage with the idea of
; securing employment. When more
men are required this office will take
! pleasure in notifying the various Al-j
! askan coast towns to that effect.”
FROST CAUSES LOSS
OF SIX MILLIONS
SACRAMENTO, May 9.—Six mil
j lion dollars is the estimated damage
i to the grape and vegetable crops from
; the frost that nipped the northern
part of California recently.
Dr. Westerman of the Bank of Al
aska went to Anchorage on • the
Evans.
GREAT LINER SUBMARINED
LONDON, May 9. — The British liner Cymric sank
this morning at 3 o’clock while she was trying to make an
Irish port after having been torpedoed by a German sub
marine. All of the officers and crew, numbering one hun
dred and eleven men, were rescued. At least Lloyds says
they were saved.
(Note: The Cymric belonged to the Oceanic Steam
Navigation Company of London and was a vessel of over
thirteen thousand tons gross. She was a twin screw,
steam vessel of four masts, 586 feet in length and 61 feet
beam. She was built in 1898. As no passengers are men
tioned it is probable that she was carrying munitions and
explosives for the Allies.)
FIVE OF CREW DROWNED
WASHINGTON, May 9.—It was learned by a cable
from Counsul Frost from Queenstown this afternoon that
five of the crew of the liner Cymric perished when the big
vessel was sent to the bottom. No information of an of
ficial nature has yet been received as to whether the liner
was warned according to the agreement between the Ger
man and United States governments. No Americans
were aboard, most likely, it is believed here. 1 he I ull
crew is now known to have been 101. It is assumed that
the submarine which sank the Cymric is the one that was
looking for the Orduna, another liner on her way across
loaded with munitions of war. The news that the Orduna
has arrived safely is being anxiously awaited b\ hoi
owners. Her* sinking would even be a more disastious
occurrence to the British than the loss of the Cymric.
GERMANS CLAIM SUCCESS
BERLIN, May 9.—The Germans stormed and captur
ed several French trenches south of Haucourt in the re
gion of Hill 304 this morning, it is officially announced.
An attempt on the part of the French to retake the lost
ground near Hill 304 was badly repulsed. Our gains lot
the past few days, since the latest offensive was inaugur
ated, have been very considerable in the aggregate. Very
little fighting is recorded from other quarters. The in
formation that the allied nations are about to begin a
great offensive movement is not taken seriously. Some of
the papers say that the general British conscription is
only meant as a bluff.
GERMANS FOUND GUILTY
NEW YORK, May 9.—Robert Fay, formerly a lieu
tenant in the German army, Walter Scholz and Paul
Daeche, who were charged with a conspiracy to destioj
munitions ships with bombs, were found guilty this moi n
ing. The trial lasted several days and the conspiracy is
believed to have been clearly proved but no sensational
circumstance, implicating any high German official, is re
ported in connection with the trial. It seems to be agi eed
that the prisoners will be imprisoned for long terms but
that they will probably be released at the conclusion of
the war.
WILSON WANTS WORLD POLICE
WASHINGTON, May 9.—In meeting with a commit
tee of the American Union, an organization established to
bring about peace, President Wilson expressed last even
ing hope that after the present great war in Europe the
nations of the world would undertake an effort to keep
peace all over the earth and would establish an interna
tional police for the purpose.
FAY GETS EIGHT YEARS
NEW YORK, May 9.—Robert Fay, the former Ger
man officer, was sentenced to eight years this afternoon
for conspiring to blow up munitions ships with bombs.
Paul Daeche was sentenced to two years imprisonment
on the same charge and Walter Scholz was sentenced to
four years.
GERMANS REPULSED .
PARIS, May 9.—A violent German attack on Hill 301
this morning was repulsed by our troops with slaughtei,
the official communique today says. The Teutons have
evidently started a tremendous offensive particularly
against the hill and the struggle is more bitter than ever.
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