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GERMANS PREPARE EOR A GIGANTIC
STROKE AT WEST THROUGH AESACE
Manila Reports Unrest in Indian Empire and
Outbreaks in the Island of Ceylon Against
the British Government
Petroijrad Declares W arsaw is
Sale but Admits Defeat Near
Lublin-Germanv Submits In
m
formal Note but Wilson Will
Probably Not Accept—French
Dead Number Half a Million
GERMANS PLAN STROKE
PARIS, July 7.—The Germans are now planning a
gigantic stroke aginst the allies in the west by way of
Alsace. AH the trains have been withdrawn from the!
Swiss frontier and are about to be used to rush tremend-j
ouslv powerful forces to the French frontier. The mili
tary authorities of this government scent in the latest)
move of the enemy a plan to threaten the allied western
forces in the flank and compel us to fall back along the
line of the Aisne and in Flanders, so leaving the way to
Calais and Dunkirk open wihle Paris could be menaced
from both sides. The plan is nothing more or less than
the one that has been predicted as sure in the event of the
Russians being defeated and the allied generals are pre
paring for the great crisis of the war. The French forts
on the border are so strong, however, that Germany will
be faced with a stupendous task to break through— a task
which tempted its leaders to make their first attack
through Belgium instead of against French soil directly.
HALF MILLION FRENCH DEAD
LONDON. Julv 7—The number of French soldiers
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killed in the war to date is half a million according to the
information given out officially here today. The number
of men of the same nationality wounded is slightly more
than a million so that the total losses of our allies are
more than two millions when prisoners and the rest are
taken into account. This frightful sacrifice has not in the
least weakened the resolve of the people of France, the
newspapers of London declare editorially, as they know
that the war is one for existence as a power amongst the
nations.
EMMANUEL WATCHES BATTLE
ROME, July 7.—The king of Italy was a spectator of
a battle with the Austrians a few days ago when our
troops captured a mountain peak near Selz at the point of
the bayonet. While it is admitted that our advance on
Trieste is slower now than at the beginning of hostilities
we are prgressing surely.
SHRAPNEL FOR RUSSIA
SEATTLE, July 7—British agents have placed or
ders with factories on Puget Sound for a million and a
quarter dollars worth of shrapnel for Russia. It is stat
ed that these orders are only a small percentage of the
orders placed all over the country to supply the Russian
armies with the much needed munitions. The shrapnel
will be shipped from this city across the Pacific to Vladivo
stock.
RE-OPEN SWISS BORDER
PARIS, July 7.—The Germans have re-opened the
Swiss border and have probably effected whatever move
ments it was thought necessary to cancel. The truth has
not been discovered but the belief is growing stronger
that Germany is moving large bodies of troop south
against the Italians.
BREAKS RUSSIAN LINE
BERLIN, July 7.—The Russian line at Krasnik has
been broken and we are pressing the enemy still further
back across his own territory. An attempted naval aero
plane raid by the British has been repulsed by German
airships in the north. The British fliers had for their ob
ject the coast defenses and the navy yards.
GERMANS WIN BUT WARSAW SAFE
PETEOGRAD, July 7.—It is officially admitted here
that the Germans have won a battle south of Lublin in Po
land and that they are advancing north in the direction of
Warsaw, but that there is any danger of the taking of the
Polish capital is an idea that is regarded as ridiculous. It
is pointed out that Warsaw is as strongly fortified and
protected as any of the great European capitals and that
the Germans have already failed to pierce those defenses
from the west and the military authorities are absolutely
confident that they cannot succeed now.
GERMAN NOTE INFORMAL
WASHINGTON, July 7—The note submitted by the
German governent in answer to the American note is
merely an informal one, it transpired today, and the be
lief exists in official circles that President Wilson will re
fuse to accept it as an informal note could be nothing more
than a document which would not bind Berlin to whatever
was promised therein.
LONDON, July 7.—The admiralty gave out this
morning that a German submarine is now lurking around
the mouth of the Thames and ships have been warned to
be careful.
OUTBREAKS IN INDIA
MANILA, July 7.—It is reported here that serious
unrest exists in India and that another mutiny is threat
ened against British authority, it is stated that out
breaks have already occurred at Colombo, Ceylon, and
that the native population sees in Britain’s difficulties a
chance to throw off the white man’s yoke- The result of
the outbreaks has not been learned but from deductions
it is assumed that the British have succeeded in quelling
all uprisings up t" this time. German agents are said to
be responsible directly. They have striven by every
means to propagate the holy war idea in the Indian em
pire as a rebellion there would compel the British govern
ment to employ immense forces to quell it.
NOTHING FROM WEST OR NORTH
LONDON, July 7.—With the exception of some artil
lery exchanges near Arras, Labassee and in the Argonne
region very little activity is noted from the western front
in today’s dispatches. Both sides have apparently decid
ed to hold each other for the present but the people here
regard as disagreeable the thought that while Germany
was engaged fully with the Russians the promised ad
vance in the west was not found possible. Some uneasi
ness is felt at the rumors of a tremendous westward
movement on the part of the Teutons and as Russia s of
fensive power cannot be counted on for some time the
British people expect that we and our French allies must
meet the brunt for some time to come. Troops are still
being sent across but in what numbers is not known al
though those numbers must be large. Some restlessness
is exhibited from time to time in the house of commons
in the questions asked but the people generally have full
confidence that we can meet the coming avalanche suc
cessfully
PRESENT BILLS TO C. MARTIN.
The committee of the Fourth of
July celebrations desires to remind
those who have accounts against it to
present the bills to Charles Martin.
The committee also wishes to thank
all those who aided so generously to
wards the success of the occasion.
MARIPOSA LEAVES CORDOVA.
The Mariposa leaves Cordova at 3
o’clock this afternoon and will be here
at noon tomorrow.
The railroad doctors did not come
to stand examination for admission to
practise. The examination was to
have taken place this morning but
the government physicians are sup
posed to have been too busy to make
the trip.
There is a rumor in circulation to
the effect that a fourth application ?s
now about to be made for an electric
power and light franchise.
Carl Almy has recently had two
cases in the commissioner’s court a*
Anchorage.
SAYS THOUSAND
HURT ON FOURTH.
CHICAGO, July 7.—The Tribune
after an investigation estimates that
nineteen people were killed directly
by the Fourth of July celebrations
and that a thousand were injured.
MORE OF”ITHAT GEODES STUFF.
OGDEN, July 7.—President Tanner
of the Agricultural college testified to
day in the Geddes-Eccles case that
Eccles was worried during the Smoot j
investigation that Mi's. Geddes would
have asked incriminating questions of
him while he was on the stand. This
testimony of Tanner is supposed to be
useful in showing that the relations
bet wen Mrs. Geddes and Eccles were
not those of husband and wife. The
case seems to be still far from an
ending.
ALAMEDA COMING.
SEATTLE, July 7.—The steamship
Alameda sails tonight.
EVELYN THAW DECLARED
IN CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Has Again Been Ordered to Testify
In Spite of Her Efforts
To Escape.
NEW YORK, July 7.—Evelyn Thaw
has been declared in contempt ot court
because she made a statement that
Harry, her former husband, is still
mad and should be in the lunatic
asylum. She has been ordered again
to appear and give testimony although
she has expressed the intention of
escaping to Canada before appearing
in the case. That she will receive a
tremendous grilling from Thaw s at
torneys is assured and she seems to
be fully aware of what is before her.
To show her animus against the de
fendant the counsel for the defense
will probably be permitted to cross
examine her about her whole life.
FATAL EXPLOSION QUEBEC.
BELOIT, Quebec, July 6.—An ex
plosion which took place in a powder
factory here yesterday killed a dozen
people and injured many others.
While the cause of the occurrence has
not been learned and may never be
learned it is almost certainly an ac
cident.
ARCHBISHOP DYING.
NEW YORK, July 7,—Archbishop
Quigley of Chicago is dying in thrs
city. His death is expected to take
place within twenty-four hours.
MUNITIONS PUT OFF
SCHOONER AT HOQUIAM.
HOQUIAM, Wash., July 7.—The
munitions cargo aboard the Larsen
will be discharged here pending a set
tlement of the matter. The Larsen is
the vessel which had so remarkable
voyage some time ago after leaving
San Diego with the cargo to tranship
it at sea.
SIX OF TOM TAGGART’S
FRIENDS PLEAD GUILTY.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 7.—Six of
the political friends of Tom Taggart
have pleaded guilty to the charge of
political fraud in the last election and
it is thought that the plea of guilty
strengthens the case against Taggart
himself and some of the other leaders.
WENT ON WATSON.
The following passengers went out
on the Watson:
F. E. Ames, I. H. Dill, Leslie Dill,
Frank Bryant, A. Hagstrand, M. L.
Coultrap, Mrs. Kirk, G. Winslow and;
wife, J. M. McCoy, H. G. Ward and j
wife, A. D. Balderston, H. L. Moore,
John Dunn, M. Sundreland, J. F. Pet
! erson, J. P. Silverwood, J. W. Meehan,
P! P Durand.
MUST BUY LOT
OR CLEAR OUT
COMMISSIONER MEARS ISSUES
ORDER THAT VACANT ANCHOR
AGE LOTS MUST REMAIN SO.
A letter received from Anchorage
this morning contains a copy of a re
cent order posted by Commissioner
Mears in which it is stated that after
the sale of town lots at Anchorage no
person will he permitted to occupy
any of the lots remaining unsold. The
order begins by stating that people
must clear off tne ground which is
needed for railroad construction and
for the construction of commissary,
dock sites, etc., and the impression is
given that not only must people move
off the ground now occupied by the
temporary town hut that they cannot
hope to get space in the new town.
BRYAN SAYS NEWSPAPERS
SHOl LI) SKIN EDITOR I VLS.
Even Independent Papers, He Says.
Are Biased Cnless Columns
Open to All Sides.
SAX FRAXCISCO, July 7.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan at the Inter
national Peace congress today deliver
ed an address during which he stated
that he is not for peace at any price
as has been said of him. He declared
that newspapers very often are re
sponsible for creating a totally dif
ferent impression from the truth
about public men and he suggested
that all newspapers should have their
editorials and news stories signed by
the men who write them so that
everyone might know where exactly
to lay the blame. He further stated
that even newspapers that are inde
pendent of outside influences are
biased according to the opinions of
the men who write and publish them
and their columns should be open to
both sides of every controversy.
CORDOVA LOSES THIRD
AND LAST OF GAMES.
Gus Manthey, the Old Reliable, Held
Visitors Down to One
Single Run.
In the tbird game of the series be
tween Cordova and Seward last e\t*
ning the home team came out on top
once again by a score of thirteen to
one, Gu» Manthey pitching. Harry
Ellsworth, who umpired all the games
in a most satisfactory wav, seemed
last night to give the visito s a little
the best of thedecisions but that was
only right. After the game two teams
of fire-fighters tackled each other with
streams from nozzles and provided ti e
spectators with lots of fun. The high
jump was won by Parks who cleared
five feet seven inches. .loo Bradshaw
won the pie eating contest and ap
peared to be quite satisfied that his
athletic prowess had at last gained i s
reward.
R. R. TO MATANUSKA
ON JANUARY FIRST.
Information reached Seward on the
Watson this morning that grading
will be finished from Anchorage to
Matanuska on November 1 and the
tracks will be laid by New Year’s
Day. The number of men employed
over there now is slightly in excess
of a thousand and will be increased to
fifteen hundred within thirty days.
LADIES AID TO MEET.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
tomorrow at the parsonage at 2 p. m.
and not at the residence of Mrs. Bal
laine.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
MAN WHO SHOT
MORGAN DIES
FOI'NI) WITH HEAD BROKEN in
HIMSEEF IN SOME MANNER
NOT Ql’ITE CLEAR.
Mincola, N. Y., July 7. Pro
fessor Holt, the man who shot
John Piorpont Morgan, succeed
cd in committing suicide last
night in his cell but the manner
in which lie managed to take his
life remains something of a
mystery. An autopsy shows that
the skull was fractured ami that
a heinmorrhage followed but
whether the fracture was caused
by an explosion or by a fall lias
not been cleared up. The otli
cials claim that lie climbed tothe
transom and let himself drop on
his head on a cement tloor, but
the guard who was only fifteen
foot away from the spot says he
heard an explosion just before
the hotly was found. Just pre
vious to the act of self destruc
tion Holt was cheerful and wrote
a letter of farewell to his wife.
The report has been circulated
that he chewed a percussion cap
and by that means caused his
death, but this report has been
denied by the officials. On the
day before he tried suicide by
jabbing the point of a pencil into
his arm.
NEW YORK, July 7.—The authori
ties announced this afternoon that
they received a letter from Holt in
which he declared that he had put a
bomb on a steamship that sailed from
New York last Saturday and that the
bomb was timed to explode today. A
wireless message has been sent all
over the Atlantic to warn this ship
of the statement of the man but it is
hoped hat his warning was only caus
ed by the imaginings of a crazed
brain, and that Holt was a madman is
becoming .generally believed in spite
of the rational manner in which he
spoke and wrote before his death.
GLEMCOVE, July 7.—Holt was
identified beyond question today a>
Erich Muenter, a professor in Har
vard, who disappeared completely
from sight in 1006 after having been in
dieted for the murder of his wife.
The identification was made complete
after a thorough examination of the
body. The discovery has made the
belief almost a conviction that the
unfortunate man was really mad.
SAM GRAFF APPLIES *•
FOR A FRANCHISE. •?
At a mooting of tho city council
ust evening Sam Grair applied for an
lectric power and light franchise and
he matter was referred to a com
littee. This is the third application
o be made recently. The company of
>’hich Mr. Graff is the head was es
ablished before the city was incor
(orated so that a franchise was not
ecured.
BIG GOLD SHIPMENTS.
The Bank of Seward received a
arge gold shipment this morning
rom the Independence Gold Mines
ompany at Willow creek, and also
rom the Alaska Free Gold company,
lharles L. Hibbard, general manager
f the Independence company went
ut on the Watson on a business trip.
FRANK WATSON REMAINS.
Frank Watson, general agent of the
'acific Alaska Navigation company,
ame back on the Watson and jyill re
nain here for some time. Father
Ihepherd S. J. came from Anchorage
md Knik on the Watson.