C. L. Magill, United States Commissioner and* also
member of the school board atKenai; and P. Ryan, old
timer of that section, were both shot and killed several
bays ago according to wireless advice from Seldovia re
ceived this morning by United States Deputy Marshall
Isaac Evans. Charles ivoats, old time trapper, who is all
eged to have participated in the double murder, is still at
large. United Ssates commissioner Anderson and United
States Deputy Harrington, Seldovia, are now aboard the
gas boat Willard B. atempting to reach Kenai through the
ice, to hold an inquest and a complete investigation. The
double murder ends a long standing neighborhood quarrel
according to those in Seward who have been aware of
trouble there for years. It is btlieved here that Magill,
who always carried a gun, shot and killed Ryan, the two
being bitter enemies. Koats, who is a cripple and a great
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; friend of Ryan’s, is belived then to have killed Magill. The
i shooting probably occured at Kenai last Monday during
the election of members to the schoolboard. Magill is
known to have stated that he would run the district and
would make it hard for those opposing him. Further pari
j iculars may be received in Seward tonight, provided a
special man is coming over the trail with details to the
United States Deputy Marshal’s office here.
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AMERICANS STOP
HUN ATTACK WITH
• HEAVY ARTILLERY
REINS OF CITY
GOVERNMENT IS
IN NEW HANDS
The old went out and the new went
in last night. Councilmen Sexton,
Sauers and Dubreuil attended the ses
sion oi the old council, with holdovei
Councilman Crawford and Mayor Cot
ter ami after the minutes of previous
meetings had oecn lead, i few minor
bills approved and ordered paid, thcii
woik was practically o\er. City Cle»k
PoeJilmann read the financial report
ard Sauers moved that in older that
.he taxpayers could be informed a> to
the standing of the city, the auditcvl
report should be printed in the Gat
way. Sexton seconded the motion and
it passed three to two. City Attorney
Green . tated that the motion required
fout in favor. The matter was then
laid over for disposition by the new
council. Adjournment of the old coun
cil was then taken.
Mayor Hoben was conducted to his
scat by retiring Mayor Cotter; Attor
ney Green escorted the new city at
to ney, L. L. James, jr., to his place
and new councilmen Graff. Ciraef and
Lucas took places at the tabic, h iar.k
Cotter joined the lawmakers as plain
councilman; count n nan Crawfor d re
mained in his usual seat next to the
preio.
The roll was then called o** th»: new
council. The drawing for the council
man >vho would take the on t year
teir.i was made and J. L. Graei drew.
Upon motion. Councilman Whitt^more
was granted a sixty day leave of ab
sence. Purchase of hose was referred
until the next meeting, when commit
tees will be announced and the coun
cil adjourned to Monday. April 15th.
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SALMON START
RUNNING OUT
TO WESTWARD
lied salmon have started to run at
Lnalaska. This is the information
brought hack to Seward hy harry
Ellsworth who arrived yesterday
on the Admiral Parragut. This run
is the earliest in the history of fishing
along the coast.
Mr. Ellsworth also reported that
tho cod fishers along the coast are al
ready putting p tremendous packs
and all fishemen from the lower end
of Kenai Peninsula to Unalaska are
now working overtime after any kind
of the finny tribe.
“The trip to the westward was an
eye-opener to me," said Mr. Elis
worth, today. 44At Unalaska and other
places where live stock is being raised,
the sight of magnificent herds of cat
tle and sheep would gladden all stock
i-aisers. The animals are fat and
sleek. Hogs, I understand, are being
raised in small numbers, men watch
ing the experiments and so far al!
have been most successful.”
WITH THE AMERICANS IN
TKANCE. April il. — The Germans
attempted an attack against the
Americans, northwest of loul, bcfoit'
sunrise this morning. The Teutons
wcu completely repulsed. Two Ger
man prisoners taken said that tin
commander planned an attack using
1 800 men but the effective file of the
American artillery stopped the attack
in full. No Americans were captured
during the attack which was the heav
ier yet made. The brilliant work by
the American gunners dispersed the
Gei man infantry before it reached the
wire entanglements.
The Germans made the attack fol
| lowing two days of violent artillery
: ing. it is believed that many Oe:»TsiL»
were killed and wounded in the attack
which lasted for two hours.
One of the German prisoners cap
tured stated that the Teutons are
greatly astonished at the artillerymen
of the Americans, their wonderful aim
and also the general effectiveness of
the American infantrymen. The pris
oner also said that the Teutons in the
trenches dreaded to attack th® Ameri
cans more than the British or Trench
ns the Americans were fighters to the
limit.
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JURORS DRAWN
FOR MAY TERM
HELD AT VALDEZ
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The grand and petit jury for the
spring term of the District court to be
held at Valdez has been drawn. The
grand jury will report on May II : n*<
the petit on May 13. The following
are the jurors drawn:
Grand Jury—C. Guy, S. C. Funa
maker, F. W. Small, K. Seifert, W. H.
Drvden, Henry Fathers and Charles
G. Strong, of Seward; R. E. Smith.
George Hickman, Ben Hunger, F. M.
Ford, E. A. Hegg, H. A. Slater, Her
bert Hoskins, George Hazelet, Roy
Hegg and Edward Anderson, ot Cor
dova; James Gilmour, Henry Suess
ciorf and Olaf Olson, of Valdez; John
C. Piper and John Appel, of LaTouche,
and L. H. Smith, of Eyak.
Petit Jury—J. E. Somers, George
Steel, Charies J. Goodall, Allen Lund,
J. E. Currier, Harry Rolfe, John Gam
ble and Abe Courtright, >f Cordova;
Curtis Mcrford, C. E. Burr, G. B. Nel
son, C. C. Smith, B. H. Howard, R.
McLean, James Walters and Peter
Anderson of Sewaro; H. P. ^ullivan,
James Mitchell, Nels Jcpson, J. 1'. Si
mons, C. B Smith, W. H. Palmer, and
J. W. DaUrof Valdez; W. C. DonaM
sor and Joseph Walters of Ellnniar
and John Larson of Eyak.
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TROTSKY BOBS l PShI
MOSCOW, April 11. — Leon Trot
sky has l>een appointed joint mid-tor
of war and marine. He has been act
ing as minister of war since the R'is
sian-lnd-heviki govern 'i.ent moved
here. Trotsky resigned as Foreign
Minister when the Bolsheviki was at
Petrograd.
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In courtship even a man's strong
right arm frequently goes to waist.
GERMANS TRYING TO
| ANNIHILATE BRITISH
NEW YORK, April 11—The Associated press this
1 afternoon sums up the fighting on the western front,
after stating that the British have evacuated Armentiers,
as folows: The British are hanging to the possession of
the Messine Ridge, the key point of the British Lines in
Flanders. The Germans forced the Ridge several times
in hand to hand fighting but the British counter attacked
successfully. Armentieres is without any strategical
value. There is no let up in the fighting today and the bat
i tie is continuing over the entire twenty mile front. It is
believed that the kaiser and his German leaders plan to
: wipe out the British army. It is reported that it is believed
that the Germans are seriously attempting, by swinging
, attacks to the north, to annihilate the British resistance.
Desperate fighting is expected.
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* COASTWISE VESSELS *
* NOW COMMANDEERED *
* WASHINGTON, April 11. — *
* President Wilson will tonight or- *
* der all American coastwise ves- *
* sels turned over to the railroad *
* administration for opentK-n.
* Whether the above order per- *
* tains to Atlantic, Pacific and *
* Alaska coastwise vessels is not *
* known in Seward.
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RED CROSS IS
GETTING MONEY
FROMJELDOVIA
Cne hundred and four dollars and
twenty five cents was received hero
yesterday in the mail on the Admiral
Kirraeut from Seldovia for the loco’
chap er of the Red Cross. Of this
amount, £58 was realized from a bene
ht dance given by the residents of the
i $105.25 was for memberships:
1 inlet town. The remainder of the
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CORDOVA IS IN BAD WAY
No electric lights for ten days, tele
phone system crippled and city w'ater
turned on for only two hours in the
morning and twro hours in the even
ing is the condition Cordova has been
in according to information from there
brought on the Alameda. Storms have
hit Cordova several hard swats during
the winter, but the spasm around
April first wras no joke. In the main
streets of Cordova snow is piled from
ten to 12 feet.
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GOES DRY TONIGHT
HONOLULU, April 11. — Oahu
Island, on which this city is located,
becomes dry at midnight by order of
President Wilson.
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COTTER SPEAKS TONIGHT
Councilman Frank Cotter will be
the four minute speaker tonight at
the Liberty theatre, his subject being
the present third Liberty loan.
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MEETING OF REPUBLICANS
The members of the Seward Repub
lican club will meet fhis evening at 8
o’clock in the office of Secretary
James. All full attendance of mem
bers is urged.
(NOME EDITOR
INDICTED FOR
SEDITIOUS ACT
NOME, April 11. — The Federal
Grand jury today indicted Martin
i Kennelly, Editor of the daily Indus
trial Worker. Kennelly is charged
with a violation of the sedition act.
Kennelly succeeded Bruce Rogers
as editor when the latter was indicted
and convicted on a seditious charge
recently.
DOG RACES AT
NOME ARE OFF
FOR THIS YEAR
NOME, April 11. — There will be
no Alaska Sweepstake dog race held
here this spring as had been an an
nual afiair. This was The decision
made here at a meeting last night and
was due to the present w ar. This year’s
stake will be added to the stakes for
next year w’hen a race will probably
be run.
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FUNERAL OF IV ERSON
The funeral of L. A. Iverson, the
well known oil painter who died early
this week, was "held at the Methodist
church this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev.
J. J. Patton olliciatod at the services
w’hich were short. The minister stated
that the deceased was nearly 45 years
of age at the time of death and was
survived by two brothers in Seward,
another brother and a sister in Wash
ington. The choir consisted of Mrs.
Romig, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Green, P.
G. Brownell and Rev. Patton, with
Mrs. McNecr, pianist. The pall-bear
ers were Nels Anderson, Cal Broshis,
Ike Hergard and Alfred Rosness. In
terment was made in the local ceme
tary.
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MILLER DUE IN TOWN
Art mu H. Miller, superintendent of |
Indian .:'hools for the western drd-:
sion. is expected to arrive >n Seward
within the next day or so. Mr. Miller
will be a passenger on the Dora to the
westward .
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BRITISH HOLDING
ALL POSITIONS ON
THE BATTLEFRONT
LIBERTY LOAN
FIGURES SHOW
GOOD RESULTS
WASHINGTON, April 11. — Ei^ht
>f the twelve federal Reserve dis
tricts in the United States report h«t
two hundred and twelve million, f»ft\
! two hundred and fifty dollars won
subscribed to the third Liberty loan
bonds within the first three days. The
New Yoik district contributed one him
fired and fifty seven million, two hun
dred thousand dollars. The San Fran
cisco district secured one million, one |
hundred and twenty three thousand |
dollars.
Colonel Lenoir, of the Alaska cable
system wired today that 95 towns and
counties in the Twelfth Federal Re
serve district have been awarded 1 ib
orty loan honor flags and claims for
flags have teen made by scores of oth
ers. The o.ficials of the Tw fifth Reserve
district believe that the quota will be
aispc within two weeks. The govern
ment will take all oversubscriptions.
Oregon is leading in honor flags with
18 out of 34 counties and 108 out of
167 towns reported as filling their
]iiota already. San ’Francisco, Seat
tle and Portland report greater suc
cess than in the same period of othe'
loan.
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HEAVY CASUALTY LIST .
WASHINGTON, April 11. — The
largest casualty list of any day since
the United States entered the war was
issued today. The list contains 283
names
WARNING GIVEN
ABOUT SAMPLES
OF MEDICINES
A warning is sounded against any
person receiving and using any kind
of sample of patent medicine or any
kind of sample product received
through the mail, unless the one send
ing the sample is personally known to
the addressee.
It is pointed out that German agents
arc using many devices to spread di
sease, and that too great care cannot
be exercised. Strange epidemics have
appeared in many places, and in Rome
instances the spread of disease has
been traced directly to German ager ts.
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BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
The second finals in the billiard
tournament at the Northern is now be
ing played. The first games for the
championships ended in a tie as fol
lows: Looney defeated Tarwater; Set
tles defeated Looney and Tarwater de
feated Settles. Last night Tarwater
defeated Looney. Tonight Settles and
Tarwater will perhaps piny.
LONDON, Apiii 11. — The official
statement this afternoon by the Brit
ish war office say’s that the British
.lave withdrawn from Armentieres.
There is violent fighting ail along
.he front today from tnc Labassco
anal to Ypres and the Conincs canal
.iorth of Armentieres. There vas
heavy fighting last night but there L
little change in the British positions.
Direct reports from tho front state
that the lighting is continuing north
of Armentieres but the British are
holding the Messine ridge and Wyts
chaete which clianged hands several
times late yesterday ana during the
night.
During the past eighteen hours the
Germans have held the Messine Ridge,
Wytscheate, Lacreche, Bollebeke and
Vicppe. Vigorous counter atta-.ks,
however, have forcea the Germans
from all five positions.
Late yesterday the Germans pushed
on from Crois Dcbae, southwest of
Armentieres. Parties of Germans are
also reported near Steenwerck, five
miles west of Armentieres.
Reuter’s agency reports this after
noon that the Germans occupied Les
trem but that the British not only
drove them from the place but across
the La we river. The Germans this af
ternoon are holding half of the vil
lage of Ploeghstreert, on the edge of
the woods north of Armentieres.
MANY COMING
BACK TO NORTH
SAYS JOHN NOON
Seattle is composed of hotels, apart
ments, restaurants, bootblack stands
and hundreds of men trying to seek
work in the shipyards. When the
shipbuilding boom subsides scores will
turn their eyes northwards and then
come to Alaska. This is the word
John Noon, of Brossius & Noon,
brings back with him after his trip to
the state of Washington.
“I met many old timers in Seattle,”
said Mr. Noon, “and they are coming
back. Many, many men who left here
and vicinity to find work in Seattle,
now wish they had remained in the
north. Work has proved a myth "
WATSON GOES
ON NOME RUN
THIS SEASON
SEATTLE, April 11. — The steam
er Admiral Watson, now engaged in
the Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska freight and passenger sei-vicc.
will this season replace the steamer
Senator on the Seattle-Ncme route.
The Admiral Watson will leave on her
first trip to Nome on June 1st The
Senator will be continued in the Orien
tal service, according to announcement
made today by the Pacific Steamship
Company.
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