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GOVERNMENT STARTS TO DEVELOPS
DISTRICT ALONG THE RAILROAD
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SEATTLE, May 25.—The sale of the government lots
at Seward will take place on July 10 or 15 and Andrew
Christensen leaves Seattle this morning to make a suimv
preparatory to the public sale of the lots. Mi. Chiistin
sen was until recently field agent of the Intelioi depait
ment for the state of Washington and Alaska with head
quarters at Juneau but he has been appointed head of the
* land and industrial department which has been created
bv the Alaskan Engineering Commission. Mr. Christen
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sen will also have charge of the legal and publicity work
of the commission. He arrived in Seattle a few da\s ago
from Washington and has completed arrangements so
that everything is ready to begin the work in preparation
for the sale of the government lots at Seward. Christen
sen states in an interview that the object in ci eating the
new department is to encourage the development of the
. natural resources tributary to the government railroad
and to bring about the close co-operation of the merchants
miners and farmers. He also stated that Seward will be
the headquarters of the new department. He expresses
, the hope that he can induce greater farming developments
along the line of route and that the farmers in the neigh
borhood will be able to supply the merchants with food
stuffs which are now shipped from the states.
CONVENTION OPENS
SUIZER WILL WIN
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JUNEAU, May 25. — The Demo
cratic territorial convention was call
ed to order by Chairman Joseph Dux- {
ter of the territorial committee this
afternoon. It is now fully conceded
that Charles Sulzer will receive the .
nomination as the candidate of the
party for delegate to congress but the ;
big light will deveiope over the quen-j
tion of a selection of a national com
mitteeman for which there are sever-!
al aspirants. None is regarded as a
probability but several are believed to
be possibilities. Baxter has been
made temporary chairman. One of
the first acts of the delegates was to
^ compliment the reception committee
for the perfect arrangements made to
handle the business of the convention.
BAXTER HAS THE PROXIES
FROM ANCHORAGE MEN
It was learend today for the first
time that Joe Baxter has the proxies
of the Anchorage delegates to the
Democratic convention which opened
yesterday at Juneau. It is said that
an attempt was made to get them for
the Seward delegate, but this is not
known for sure. According to the
latest from Nome George Grigsby wii!
accept the nomination for attorney
general. It is expected that a big
fight will be made to oust Cheney
from the position of national commit
teeman. It is also pretty well known
that during the convention a strong
protest will be voiced against the
habit of Democratic federal ap
pointees giving subordinate pos:tions
' to members of other parties.
T. R. and Root
Versus Hughes
ONLY THOSE THREE IN RUN
NING AND HUGHES MAY
BE SHOVED OUT.
WASHINGTON, May 25. —Roose
velt, Root and Hughes make up the
triangle which politicians regard as
the chart of the Republican president
ial situation. They are the only
candidates which Washington re
gards seriously. The developments
in the past few days indicate that the
Roosevelt and Root forces are getting
closer together and holding a common
interest with a view to smoking out
Hughes. This plan of campaign is
expected to give rise to the most in
teresting situation before the cam
paign comes to its climax at the con
vention.
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i PRESBYTERIANS WONDER
WHO WILL SUCCEED
STEVENSON AS MODERATOR
j (Special to Gateway by United Press)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 19.—
One of the subjects of greatest inter
j est at the 12Sth General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Chmch, which is
meeting here today, is who will be
the next moderator to succeed the in
cumbent, the Rev. Dr. J. Ross Steven
1 son, president of Princeton Theologi
cal Seminary.
Not for years has there been so
little discussion before an assembly
of candidates. Usually the politics
Faking The Liquor
Census Here Today
According to the new method the
census of the people of Seward with
their opinion as to the granting ol
liquor licenses is being taken this
afternoon. The license of the Term in-1
al Bar is up for renewal on June I
and, as usual nowadays, the opinion
of the residents with respect to this j
license will be taken as the opinion ,
about granting or not granting any
licenses this year.
L. C. Bates and Harry Ellsworth
are the census takers. Down in the
First division just now a warm fight
is raging over the ruling by Judge
Jennings that votes which are not cast •
must be counted as being opposed to
the granting of liquor licenses. Sew
ard is strongly in favor )f licenses j
just now because they express tin
feeling that an opposite course would
be fatal to the material welfare of the
district just now.
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begin as early as the preceding Jan- j
uary. But within six weeks of the
approaching assembly there were only
two men who were actually known
to have their “hats in the ring.”
One is the Rev. Dr. Samuel S.
Palmer, pastor of Park Church,
Columbus, Ohio, who was a defeated
candidate a few years ago. The other
is the Rev. Dr. John A. Marquiss,
president of Coe College, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Both are well known
throughout the Church.
It seems that geographically each
has a good chance, as there is a senti
ment to let the honor go to a man
from the Middle West.
Dr. Palmer was defeated at the
Atlanta assembly, and Dr. Marquiss
refused to let his friends nominate
him at Chicago, as they desired, so
as to leave the field clear for the Rev.
Dr. Maitland Alexander, of Pitts
burgh, who was elected.
It is possible that another candidate
may be the Rev. Dr. Cornelius M.
Steffens, president of Dubuque Col
lege and Theological Seminary, who
wa* one of the defeated candidates at
Rochester. But many believe that
Dr. Steffens would not consent to run
against a man in his own synod.
It is possible that friends may put
forward the Rev. Dr. George B.
Stewart, president of Auburn Theolo-,
gical Seminary, Auburn, N. Y. Dr.
Stewart was defeated also last year.
Because the three nominees at
Rochester—Drs. Stevenson, Stewart
and Steffens-all have names which be
gin with “st,” they have been known
ever since as “The Three Saints.”
Another question that is interesting
Presbyterian leaders is who they shall
elect to succeed the late Rev. Dr.
William B. Noble as permament clerk
of the assembly. Dr. Noble, whose
home was in Coronado, Calif., dieft
last sunjpier. The office carries with
it a salary of $750.
Of the many candidates for that
position one is the Rev. Dr. Clarence
C». Reynolds, pastor in Elizabeth, N.
J
There are many who are urging the
merging of the office with that of the
! assistant stated clerk, the incumbent
of which is the Rev. Dr. James M.
Hubbert, who works the year around
in the General Assembly’s headquart
ers, in Philadelphia, under the Rev.
Dr. William Henry Roberts, the stat
ed clerk.
Kenai Cannery is
Hurned to Ground j
The Northwestern Fisheries Com- j
pany’s cannery at Kenai was totally
destroyed by lire last Monday night,
nothing but the bunkhouse having
been left standing. Manager Lafning
is unable to account for the accident
as the lire broke out first in a corner
of the buildings which were occupied
by nothing but old cans and similar
things. Ail the cans and general
equipment for conducting the work
have been lost ami it is feared that
the season will be lost in addition to
the cannery itself. An attempt will
be made, however, to get another out
fit ready before the season has grown
too old. It i» impossible at present
to make a fair estimate of tht loss.
PRESIDENT AT WEDDING
NEW YORK, May 24.—The Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson arrived today
to attend the wedding of Dr. Grayson,
the President’s physician and close
friend, to Miss Alice Gertrude
Gordon.
Mrs. Sam McDonald will arrive in
Seward soon to make her home and
the family will probably live in the
Gregory residence. Mr. Gregory ex
pects to leave soon.
Joe Conroy, U. S. Commissioner,
will leave shortly for the Willow
creek district where he has mining
property.
Defense in Waite
Case is Insanity
NEW YORK, May 25.—The prose
cution lias rested in the Waite case
and it is now known that the defense
will depend on the effort to prove the
dentist was insane when he murdered
his father-in-law, and the general
opinion is that he could not have been
properly balanced, at least at that
time although he has since given
every evidence of being sane.
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❖ ANOTHER PLEASANT *
❖ DANCE TOMORROW * !
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A shirt-waist dance will be the at
traction at the A. B. hall tomorrow
evening. The last dance was such a
big success that the hall is sure to
be packed this time. The dances at
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| Seward now are growing constantly
better all the time, everyone appar
| cntly going bent on having a really
good time.
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Jailed Mayor For
Breaking Dry Law
TACOMA, May 25.—Joseph Mc
Caskey, mayor of Wilkinson, Wash
ington, was arrested today on the
i charge of violating the dry laws, and
I was given ten days in jail and fined
five hundred dollars this afternoon.
Wilkinson is a mining town about
thirty miles from Tacoma and has
been the scene of much agitation
about the prohibition question.
MORE NEWS OF VERDUN
(Note: The following message, as can be seen by
the date, was sent before the other Verdun news appear
ing today.)
BERLIN, May 24.—Rallying in the face of a savage
French offensive the German troops have captured the vil
lage of Cumieres and 309 French prisoners. Cumieres lies
east of Deadman’s Hill which is between Cumieres and
Hill 304. East of the Meuse we have regained the ground
lost at Douaumont and have taken 500 captives.
McNEILL CONVICTED
DUBLIN, May 24.—(Delayed)—John McNeill, presi
dent of the Sinn Fein society and a professor in the Na
tional University of Ireland, has been tried before a court
martial, convicted and will unquestionably be sentenced to
death for having taken part in the recent rebellion. It is
thought, however, that the civil government will step in
as McNeill was rather a leader in the intellectual sense
than as an exponent of physical force.
SUBMARINE ATLANTIC SERVICE
NEW YORK, May 24. — (Delayed) — The Evening'
Mail announces that it has the information on the best
authority that Germany will inaugurate a trans-Atlantic
service with submarines next month. The intention is to
i run the submarines regularly between Hamburg and New
York with mails and parcels and probably with a few pas
sengers. The trip by submarine, it is stated, can be made
in ten days. The first submarine is expected to reach’New
York on the first of July. All the undersea craft in the
service will be armed for defense. This news has created
an impression that with these submarines ostensibly
meant for peace service Germany hopes to tempt British
I liners and warships to come to stop them, so giving the
submarines an excuse to attack. On the other hand it is
stated that Germany has specially built large submarines
for merchant purposes to defy the British blockade and
that the trans-Atlantic service was intended for a long
time.
GERMANS TAKE HEADMAN’S DHL
AND STRUGGLE STILL RAGES
GERMANS WIN DEADMAN’S
BERLIN, May 25.—The great fortress of Deadman’s
Hill, the chief defense of the Verdun sector, has fallen be
fore the German onslaught and the French have evacuat
ed it completely. With the bloodiest fighting in history
still proceeding the giant German nut cracker is closing
in on Verdun surely and steadily. In the past seventy
two hours the right jaw has advanced three miles on one
front and the French after having lost a whole army corps
in defending Deadman’s Hill were compelled to evacuate
the whole stronghold. It is estimated that thirty thou
sand men died fighting in the dark underground caverns
around the ruins of Douaumont in the seventy-two hours
but with no change in the battle line. The caverns are
hardly less than an underground city constructed by the
French for the defense of the place. For the three days
the Germans have poured in through the openings and
have met the enemy in the most ghastly hand to hand
fighting in the records of the world’s slaughters. rl he
war office positively denies the statement of the French
government some days ago that General Neuville’s forces
had entered Douaumont fort. It is denied that the French
even temporarily occupied the ruins of the fort and it is
stated officially that only one French detachment entered
part of the fort and it was completely wiped out. The
struggle is still proceeding, the French fighting with
magnificent courage and determination and aided by the
underground works which make the most formidable de
fenses in existence.
FRENCH STATEMENT
PARIS, May 25.—The French advanced during the
night along the west bank of the Meuse figthing with
hand grenades, both lines being in close contact most of
the time. It was also officially announced today that the
Germans have entered the French trenches north of
Haudemont and the struggle is now proceeding right in
those trenches with awful slaughter. Violent artillery
fighting continued all night but nothing is said about very
severe infantry fighting unless that mentioned here.
AUSTRIANS STILL POUNDING
VIENNA, May 25.—The war office officially reports
the continuation of our offensive against the Italians but
declares that the positions won will have to be first or
ganized before our advance will be sent forward again
with full strength. Information from the eastern front
is to the effect that our troops and the Russians retain the
same positions relatively and both are fortifying their
positions strongly.
WHAT GERMANY INTENDS
AMSTERDAM, May 25.—Military observers, having
in view the fact that while Germany is still attacking V er
dun fiercely she is also sending great forces further west,
express the opinion that the German general staff has in
contemplation a general onslaught on the Allies should
Verdun be captured by them. It is assumed by some of
them that if Verdun falls another great German offensive
will be started at some point further west to force an
opening through the allied ranks.
AUSTRIANS ADVANCING
GENEVA, May 24.—(Delayed)—According to Vien
na advices a large Italian force that occupied Borgeon has
evacuated the place just in time to escape capture by the
advancing Austrians. The Italians were compelled to
abandon large quantities of artillery. The Austrians are
now extending their offensive westward to Lake Garda
and according to Austrian reports they are succeeding in
every move.
BIG ORDERS FOR OREGON
PORTLAND, Oregon, May 24. — (Delayed)—
Orders from the belligerent European governments
have been received by Oregon condensaries for five million
cases of condensed milk but the orders cannot be filled as
all the plants are crowded with business.