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BERLIN TURNS DOWN'
AMERICAN REQUEST
BERLIN TURNS DOWN U. S.
WASHINGTON, June 10.—The answer of Germany
to the demands of this government on the sinking of the
Frye was made public late this afternoon and shows that
the Berlin government refuses the American demand.
The government of the kaiser agrees to pay for the cargo
lost on the Frye but insists on its right to sink any Ameri- j
can vessel that is carrying contraband of war. Germany
also refuses the request of Washington to put the Frye
case in the hands of the diplomats instead of in the prize
court and thus turns down all the chief demands of the
American government in the matter. The note has added
tremendously to the anxiety now felt in official circles
here. It is taken, indeed, as an answer practically to the
protests on the Lusitania affair and indicates Germany's
intention to proceed along the same lines followed since
the war began. There exists now hardly the slightest
hope that Berlin will concede the demands of Washington
on the more important questions which have been dealt
with in the general protest just forwarded to the kaiser's
government.
RECEIVE GERMAN NOTE
WASHINGTON, June 10.—The second German note
regarding the sinking of the American ship Frye was re
ceived here today by the state department and constitutes
the first communication of its kind received by the new
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secretary of state, Robert Lansing. The text of the note
has not been published nor, indeed, has anything been giv
en out that would indicate its tenor. Berlin’s reception of
the American note which caused Bryan’s resignation is be
ing awaited here anxiously. It is believed that the rela
tions between the two nations cannot be broken peace
fully and that if diplomatic relations are severed by
Washington, Germany will insist on forcing real war. No
moment of such tension has occurred in the history of the
United States governments. No one seems to be able to
form the slightest idea as to what the course of this
country will be should war be declared. It is accepted as
a positive certainty that the declaration of war will be
followed at once by German attacks on all American ship
ping. It is known to be the desire of many friends of the
Allies that the United States protests would have result
ed in Germany’s acquiescence and the stoppage of attacks
on neutral vessels as such a course on the part of this
country would open the way to limitless supplies being
shipped from America to Great Britain. The same people
see in the entry of the United States into the war the op
portunity for Germany to wage war on all vessels to Eng
land and France.
THINK GERMANY WANTS WAR
LONDON, June 10.—The press of London almost in
animously expresses the belief that Germany is actually
trying to force the United States into war. Several edi
torials have appeared in the past couple of days in the
leading journals which contain such assertions. Some
differences of opinion exist as to why the kaiser’s govern
ment would desire a rupture with Washington but there
seems to be no disagreement in the main belief that Bor
in really wants to make the United States an active
enemy. Some papers think Germany wants war with
America so that she might attribute her defeat to a coali
tion of all the world powers and so conserve some prestige.
One paper thinks Germany has decided that having the
United States an open enemy would be preferable to hav
ing her supplies of war munitions keep constantly coming
to the Allied nations. It is declared in some quarters that
Germany feels open hostility on the part of Ameilca
could have very little effect on the war’s result as the
American navy cannot do more than the British navy
and the sending of a great American army to Europe is
out of the question. A German submarine has been cap
tured in British waters but the details have not been yet
published.
CANADA SENDS TROOPS
OTTAWA, June 10.—Thirty-five thousand additional
troops will be sent by Canada to France shortly. They
are now being drilled and trained along with' several
newer recruits which will l)e sent later as'they are needed.
The people of the dominion have received an unpleasant
shock from the accounts of the Canadian casualties but
recruits are coming forward continuously to take the
places of the men who have fallen- The new soldiers
bring the total of the Canadians who have gone to fight
for the empire to more than one hundred thousand men.
The losses in the ranks of the Canadian officers have been
very severe and can be judged by the fact that of six
hundred Canadian officers engaged in the battle of Ypres
two hundred were lost in that fight alone.
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SEATTLE, June 9.—A contract for
a million feet of lumber for the gov
ernment engineering Alaska commis
sion has been let in this city. The
lumber is to be used in the railroad
construction work.
COURT TODAY.
The court was occupied this morn
ing listening to the arguments in the
case of the Alaska Northern railroad
against Frank and John Ballaine.
The arguments were on the demurrer
to the complaint of plaintiff which in
cluded the complaint of the inter
venors, the Shedds, and a demurrer to
complaint in intervention of J. P.
Thompson. The court was addressed
by S. 0. Morford, E. E. Ritchie and
L. V. Ray in support of demurrers and
by J. Lindley Green against the grant
ing of the demurrers. Donahue and
Dimond of Valdez will present a brief
in the case of the demurrers. After
the presentation of the brief by
Donahue and Dimond and the filing
with the court of the authorities in
the case the judge will take it under
advisement.
SCORES OF NEW
HOUSES BUILT
IHE NUMBER OF NEW BUILD
INGS IN SEWARD IS NOT
LESS THAN FIFTY.
The number of new houses of all
kinds built in Seward since the an
nouncement that tihs city will be the
railroad terminal is more than fifty.
It is probably quite a lot more but
the task of counting the houses in the
outlying additions has not yet been
undertaken. By standing near the
corner of Washington street and Third
avenue in the heart of the city one
can see nearly a dozen new houses
or buildings in course of construction.
In the business part of the city Third
avenue is leading in the building line.
Amongst the houses now just finished
or in course of construction there are
two cottages of William Sauers, the
new restaurant of the Royal Baking
campany, a cottage built by Harry
Hoben, the residence of J. M. Cum
mings and the double store building
that is being erected by Mr. Morrison
who came from Prince Rupert some
time ago. In the same neighborhood
Hugh Doherty is about to build op
posite the Cummings house and next
door to the Cummings place another
residence is about to be built. In
view from the same part of town are
sevearl other new buildings, includ
ing the two big warehouses of Brown
& Hawkins, the Alaska Transfer
Company’s great warehouse and sev
eral others. The names of those build
ing in other parts of the city close in
have been mentined before. In the
Laubner and Ballaine additions num
erous buildings have been erected or
are in course of erection. In the alley
between First and Second Avenues
some new buildings are going up that
have been hitherto overlooked. John
Johnson has built one cottage and
Hugh Doherty is building another. N.
Gerry and others are building on the
same street /
PLEASANT TIME EXPECTED.
A most pleasant time is expected
this evening at the ice cream social
being given by the Ladies Aid in the
Methodist church.
CARRANZA NOT
TO MAKE PEACE
REPORTED HE WILL ASK WIL
SON’S ASSISTANCE FOR
H I M S E L F.
GALVESTON, June 10.—It is re
ported authoritatively that Carranza
has declined the proposal to make
peace with Villa and that he will con
tinue lighting to the end rather than
recognize the right of his former
general to have anything to say in the
conduct of the affairs of the country.
It is also reported that Carranza will
ask the aid of the United States
against Villa and for the purpose of
establishing a lasting peace in Mex
ico.
EL PASO, June 10.—It is expected
that Wilson will declare another em
bargo on arms very soon. The gen
eral opinion now is that the United
States has decided to end the Mexico
embroglio once for all.
BRYAN GIVES REASONS
FOR HIS RESIGNATION.
WASHINGTON, June 9.—William
Jennings Bryan has now made a state
ment regarding the causes of the dif
ferences that led up to his resignation.
He says he favored submitting the dif
ferences between the United States
and Germany to an international com
mission of arbitration as was provid
ed for and endorsed by thirty govern
ments of nations in all parts of the
world. He was also in favor of warn
ing Americans not to travel on bel
ligerent ships as he believed, he says,
that American citizens have no right
to involve the country in war by tak
ing such chances or by travelling in
the danger zone in spite of the risks.
Mr. Bryan goes on to say simply that
President Wilson disagreed with those
views and the resignation followed.
LONDON, June 9.—The resignation
of Bryan from the state department
has given satisfaction here. The press
genially expresses the opinion that
his absence from the cabinet will re
sult in the adoption of a firmer at
titude by the United States towards
Germany. The late secretary has
never been regarded as a friend of
this empire notwithstanding the fact
that his daughter’s husband is now
fighting with the British troops in
France.
BRYAN STARTS ]
PEACE EIGHT
WILL TOUR COUNTRY IN EF
FORT TO MAINTAIN GOOD RE
LATIONS WITH GERMANY.
WASHINGTON, June 10.—William
Jennings Bryan has decided to begin
at once a great campaign in favor of
peace and with the intention of arous
ing the nation to the danger he will
tour the United States all over. It
is predicted that in this campaign will
come the cleavage not only between
the Wilson and Bryan adherents but
also a national cleavage between the
people who favor the cause of the Al
lies and those who favor Germany. It
is even hinted already that when the
next presidential campaign begins
Bryan will be found to be a candidate
with the pro-Germans backing him
whether the war is over or not. The
Gorman-Americans have been the
most astonished of all by the news of
Bryan’s stand for peace as they had
all the time accused him of being op
posed to Germany because of family
relations with the British army. They
had even placed on his shoulders the
responsibility of forcing the cabinet to
its alleged anti-German policies. With
Bryan in the lead of the anti-war agi
tation the people on the side of the
question make no secret of the fact
that their cause is strengthened im
measurably. All Washington now
thoroughly believes that the very
moment Bryan’s peace campaign be
gins the country will be faced by pos
sibilities which will be more sensa
tional than any political circumstance
that has occurred since the people be
came divided on the question of slav
ery.
A band concert will be given this
evening by the Seward band on the
porch of the Coleman hotel. After
the concert the band will be the
guests of George Sexton at the ice
cream given by the Ladies Aid.
The Alaska Mining, Land and In
vestment company has recently been
organized for work in Alaska. Mrs.
Freda Courtland of Seward is one of
the organizers. It is the intention to
establish stores, etc. as part of the
business of the concern but the loca
tion is not yet for publication.
Charles E. Herron will reach town
this evening from Sixmile creek.
Larsen A. Lund has purchased a lot
in the Laubner addition and will erect
a house there immediately.
50,000 BRITISH KILLED
LONDON, June 10.—Further details have been pub
lished of the losses in the British ranks from beginning
of the war to the end of May. The full total losses, in
cluding some that were left out of the statement issued
yesterday, amounts to two hundred and sixty-three thou
sand. Thirty thousand officers were lost and the number
of them killed is nearly equal to the total number of offi
cers in the regular army at the commencement of the
war. The number of soldiers killed outright isforty-seven
thousand, or a number which is about twice as large as
the total number of the British that fought in the battle
of Waterloo. The announcement that more than a quart
er million have been lost in one way or another has had
the effect of making the nation realize the frightful
nature of the conflict in which they are engaged.
BRITISH RAID GALLIPOLI
ATHENS, June 10.—Nine British aeroplanes raided
Gallipoli yesterday and dropped several bombs on the har
bor where ships rode at anchor. Much damage is believed
to have been inflicted. It is positively known that the Turk
ish storehouses on shore were wrecked and their contents
destroyed.
AUSTRIAN GENERAL RETIRED.
PARIS, June 10.—General von Hotzendorf, com
mander of the Austrian army facing the Italians, have
been removed from the command because of his failure
to prevent the Italian successes. The name of the new
commander is not yet known. It is thought likely that a
German commander will be appointed. The cholera
epidemic in Vienna is reported to be very serious and
threatening to spread.
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ALLIED NATIONS
CLAIM VICTORIES
STANISLAU CAPTURED
BERLIN, June 10—The city of Stanislau in Galicia
was recaptured yesterday by the Austrians and the Rus
sians have retired on their defenses along the Dniester
river. Stanislau is south of Lemberg and has been a point
for which both sides have been striving since the Rus
sians first succeeded in reaching that part of Galicia and
Bukowina. The Austrians are now operating on the
Dniester where it reaches Bukowina but the Russians
will have the advantage of strong positions and the great
size of the river will aid them in opposing further ad
vance unless we capture Lemberg and so make a flank
movement without being compelled to force the crossing
of the stream.
FRENCH CAPTURE NEUVILLE
PARIS, June 10.—The greatest success secured by
the Allied armies for several months was achieved yester
day when the French army captured the town of Neuville.
The place was taken after a terrific assault in which hand
to hand fighting was carried on after a fierce bombard
ment by our artillery. The Germans not only have been
driven from Neuville but we are now advancing beyond
it to the eastward and forcing the enemy to fall back from
position to position.
RUSSIANS WIN ALSO
PETROGRAD, June 10.—The German armv to the
northwest of Lemberg lias been driven back by our troops
in the direction of Tarnow and we are following up the
success as this intelligence is being given out. The check
to the enemy upsets all his plans to invest Lemberg, at
least for the present, and gives us time to re-form for the
offensive which will be undoubtedly undertaken by our
generals before long
ITALIANS PRESS FORWARD
GENEVA, June 10.—The Italian army is now ad
vancing from the valley of the Isonzo river and the
Austrians must give general battle before long or the city
of Trieste must fall. The Austrians have apparently
avoided this general engagement for some definite pur
pose which has not been made public. It may be due to
unpreparedness but some military people believe Austria
has for years planned the manner of its actions in just
such an emergency and will wait until those plans de
velope.
USED U. S. FLAG
BOSTON, June 10.—The captain of a British steamer
which has just arrived here states that he used the United
States flag while travelling through the danger zone on
the voyiage just ended- The matter has been reported to
the state department but nothing can be said yet as to
whether any action can be taken in the matter or not.
Many people are of the opinion that such a use of a neu
tral flag is not a violation of international law.
UNITED STATES INSISTS
WASHINGTON, June 10—The contents of the note
now ready to be dispatched to Berlin are fairly well
known, the note reiterates the demands made in the
former note that Germany must make reparation for the
loss of American lives and ships. This government also
insists on the right of neutrals to travel safely on ships
that are unarmed. The most significant expression in the
note is that we will insist on the rights on the high seas
for which we fought in 1812. The doucument is said to
be so framed that it permits of no further temporizing on
the part of the German government. While the demands
are the same as those contained in the previous note they
are now made in language that can only be considered as
indicating finality.
BRITISH SUPPLIES BURNED
LONDON, June 10.—A great quantity of military
supplies, including ambulances vans and autos, which
were waiting here for shipment to France were destroyed
by fire last night. The supplies destroyed were worth
half a million. That the fire was the work of German
spies is believed by everyone, even by the officers in charge
of the shipment, but the work was performed with such
diabolical skill that no clue has been secured to the per
petrator. A British steamer was torpedoed in the English
channel today but the work of the hostile submarines
seems to have slackened during the past two days. The
steamer was sunk but the people aboard were all saved ac
cording to the news which has just arrived here.
' ITALIANS CAPTURE CITY
GENEVA, June 10.—The Italians have captured the
city of Monfalcone which is an important railroad center
in Austrian territory across the border. The fall of
Golitz and the evacuation of Gradisca are expected to re
sult. The efforts to force the Austrians to a general en
gagement have not yet borne fruit.