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\ol. No. )4S SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915, _ _
LONDON REPORTS THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE AL
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READY EVACUATING THE CAPITAL OF POLAND
GERMANS SEE DANGER
OF WAR WITH AMERICA
Berlin NewspapersThink Neither
Country Can Recede From
0
Present Position.
WILL ABANDON WARSAW.
LONDON, July 30.—Dispatches from Petfograd to
day intimate that the Russians will abandon Warsaw
soon for strategic reasons. The chief strategic advan
tage to be gained by the abandonment of the city, the mil
itary experts say, would be that the Russian lines would
be straightened and the flanks be saved from exposure
to the Teutons in the north and south. The coming of
these dispatches has been accepted as a continuation of
the information published some time ago to the effect
that the gradual evacuation of the city had been ordered
While the Teutons are being held at bay on the Lublin
Cholin line to the south and also to the northeast it is as
sumed that they are too dangerously close to make a
delay of the evacuation of the Polish capital advisable as
a further approach of the enemy might endanger the line
of retreat.
EVACUATING WARSAW
LONDON, July 30.—It was learned positively this
afternoon that the Russians have already begun to evacu
ate Warsaw. The public documents and large quantities
of gold are already enroute to Petrograd and refugees,
including the wealthy citizens of the Polish capital, are
now traveling to the imperial capital. There is no at
tempt here to conceal the gravity of the situation. When
the accounts of the past couple of days arrived from
Petrograd a hope was created that the Russians could still
hold the enemy at bay but the evacuation of Warsaw is
taken as an indication of weakness. It is believed, how
ever, that by retreating to the interior of Russia the
armies of the czar will be in a position to defy the Teutons
who will be far removed from their bases.
AMERICAN SITUATION GRAVE.
BERLIN, July 30.—The situation between Germany
and the United States is now regarded here as very
grave. The consensus of opinion is that Germany cannot
agree to the American proposals and the Washington
government seems to be just as determined to insist on
their acceptance, so that no middle course appears to be
available. The newspapers which venture any expres
sions of opinion at all on the question declare that there
is no way to be seen out of the difficulty and the most pes
simistic ideas prevail. Some of the papers are actually
printing fanciful predictions as to what effect the entry
of the United States into the war would have. In at least
one instance an uprising in the states by German sympa
thizers is foretold.
MINNESOTA IN DANGER.
SEATTLE, July 30.—Two hundred Chinese members
of the crew are protesting against the sailing of the Min
nesota for Vladivostok owing to warnings that have been
issued that the ship will be destroyed by the Germans.
She is supposed to be loaded with a large cargo of war
munitions for the Russians. The threats have unques
tionably been made that the vessel would be dynamited.
The cljief engineer and the first officer have been dis
charged as they are of German birth, although Ameiican
citizens. No evidence of any kind was found against
them, but their discharge is regarded as a justifiable pre
caution under the circumstances.
BRITISH WIN IN ASIA.
LONDON, July 30.—The British troops operating
north from the Persian gulf have captured the city of
Nasiriyeh on the Euphrates river and are still advanc
ing. A German submarine has sunk the Swedish brig
Fortuna and some of the crew have lost their lives.
Neutral vessels are now constantly being made the vic
tims of the Teutonic undersea craft in spite of the pro
tests of the various nations to which they belong.
BERLIN, July 30.—Another British warship has
been damaged in the Dardanelles by the fire of a land bat
tery and is said to have been compelled to withdraw from
the scene of operations. The name of the ship has not
been published.
STAMPES, France, July 30.—A French aeroplane
became ignited from some unknown cause while flying at
the front yesterday and fell to the ground, causing the
death of the aviator.
CARRANZA CAPTURES
TOWN OF PACHUCA.
Mexico City Needs Assistance and
Washington Will Try to
Render It.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Car
ranza has captured the town of
Pachuca after quite a battle with the
Villa troops. It has been found that
Mexico City faces a famine and needs
immediate assistance eo the United
States government has asked both
Carranza and Villa for permission to
ship food in there. If the permission
is granted it is expected that very
large shipments will be made. It is
thought now that another effort to se
cure a peace conference between the
hostile Mexican chiefs will be success
ful. Some information of a private
kind has been obtained that bears out
this belief.
BOMBS GET FASHIONABLE
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
Water Main* of Blaine Dynamited
and Believed to be Due to
Cannery Trouble.
BELLINGHAM. July 29.—The
water main of Blaine has been
dynamited and the city is now' with
out water. It is believed that the
dynamiting w'as done as a protest
against the employment of foreigners
in the canneries. Eome time ago the
cannery employes threatened to strike
and on a few occasions gathered in
to a threatening mob but the trouble
seemed to have almost disappeared
after the cannery ow'ners expressed a
willingness to employ home labor.
Since that time nothing has been done
however, and it is now' supposed that
the dynamiting was resorted to for
the purpose of bringing the matter up
again.
CAPTAIN AND ENGINEER
OF EASTLAND JAILED.
Former Inspector Testifies that Ship
Was Safe But That She
Lacked Ballast.
CHICAGO, July 30.—The captain
and engineer of the Eastland have
been placed in jail pending the in
vestigation into the disaster. Peck, a
former government inspector, testifi
ed at the Redfield probe that the
Eastland was safe and that the dis
aster was due either to lack of water
ballast or to the improper placing of
other sorts of ballast.
ANOTHER STRIKE.
BOSTON, July 30.—The Becker
Milling and Machine company has re
fused an increase of twenty per cent
in the wages of ilp employes and a
strike has resulted which means the
unemployment of thousands of men.
The company has received large
brders from the allied nations and, as
now seems to be the rule, the work
ingmen decided that they should have
part of the profits.
TO RAISE EASTLAND AND
GET OUT THE BODIES.
CHICAGO, July 29.—The plan to
raise the sunken steamer Eastland
with derricks has been abandoned and
it is now proposed to seal all her
openings and pump her out. At least
many scores of bodies are still lying
in the submerged hull and the great
est eagerness is evident to get them
out for the sake of relatives.
WATER SHUT OFF.
The water will be shut off at 9:30
o’clock this evening.
BECKER PRAYS
AS HE DIES
"JESUS HAVE MERCY ON US,”
SAYS FORMER POLICE OF
FICER AT LAST MOMENT.
NEW YORK, July 30.—'“Jesus have
mercy on us/’ prayed Becker, the
former lieutenant of police, as the
fatal current was turned on this morn
ing at 5:50 o’clock and sent him into
eternity. He came to the chair
steadily and sat unflinching as the
final preparations were made. Dur
ing that awful period he prayed
quietly and his last words were those
quoted. They were plainly audible
but uttered in calm tones. After the
execution it was found that he left
a statement protesting his innocence
of the murder of Rosenthal. Last
night his wife made a touching ap
peal to the governor and the execut
ive was deeply affected but he re
mained firm.
WANTS RAILROADS TO
MEXICO CITY OPEN.
WASHINGTON, July 30.—'The
United States government today sent
a demand to all the Mexican faction
leaders that the railroad to Mexico
City be kept open so that fugitives
may be able to depart and for the
sending in of supplies.
LINE TO SOUTH AMERICA
THOUGH PANAMA CANAL.
NEW YORK, July 29.—A new
steamship line is now being projected
which would have a service from this
city to the western coasts of South
America via the Panama canal.
TOLOVANA REPORTS
BETTER THAN EVER.
FAIRBANKS.—Never has the out
look for the Tolovana district looked
brighter than it does today, is the
report that was brought to town by a
number of mining men who have in
terests in the new district. This
opinion is not that of one man only,
but is concurred in by all of the late
arrivals from Livengood creek.
Clarence Dorflinger, who started
for the Tolovana with Jim Sherrard,
and who was thought for a time to
have met with an accident on the
trail, was among those who returned
last evening. He reports that pac
has been lined up practically all the
way from the mouth of Livengood
creek to its source, and all of the pay
is workable.—Times.
FULL CREW AT WORK
AGAIN ON THE STREET.
A full crew has again been employ,
ed by Contractor Mantell for the work
on Fourth avenue. The delay was
caused, Mr. Mantell says, by the
change in grade. The cement is com
ing on the steamer Alliance of the
Independent Steamship company. It
was ordered on the Mariposa but be
cause of the accident to the latter vcs.
sel and the consequent postponment
of the sailing date it was sent on the
Alliance.
TWO SHIPS AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, July 30.—1The Admiral
Evans and the Northwestern have ar
rived here.
SHIPS COMING.
The Mariposa left Skagway at 9:50
a. m. yesterday. The Alameda left
Juneau at 3:20 p. m. yesterday. The
Northwestern will leave Seattle on
the 31st
CONSCRIPTION IS NOW
GREAT BRITISH ISSUE
CHRISTENSEN THINKS
THE LOTS SOLD WELL.
Next Sale of the Anchorage Real
Estate Will Take Place
August 14.
Andrew Christensen, agent of the
general land office and auctioneer for
Uncle Sam, stated today that the lots
at Anchorage brought higher prices
that he had expected. The next sale
will take place on August 14, to be
exact. Mr. Christensen says only a
few lots will be sold to people who are
now in the neighborhood and need
them. He also said that the people
are moving into the new city fast.
On the very day the sale was con
cluded one man opened business in the
government city, and shortly after
wards two restaurants and other busi
ness houses became establisehd. Like
others, he takes exception to the
statements that people are slow to
move in. He thinks, on the contrary,
that they are building Anchorage up
fast. When asked for his opinion as
to the probable future population of
Anchorage the agent of the land of
fice grinned, and grinned again before
saying “twenty thousand/’ Asked i:
he would like to be quoted as saying
so he smoled another smile and said
something that might be translated
into “nixey.” In all seriousness Mr.
Christensen did not have any opinion
to express about the future of the
town. He will return to Anchorage
on the Alameda. * v
PLANS OF KINGSLEY
ACCEPTED FOR SCHOOLS.
Cost of School Improvements Will be
Nearly Five Thousand
Dollars.
The city council has accepted the
plans of Architect William Kingsley
for the additional school building and
he has been directed to draw up the
detailed plans and specifications so
that bids may be called for. The
school board met yesterday afternoon
and later met the school committee of
the council when the board recom
mended the adoption of, or, rather, ex
pressed preference for, the plans sub
mitted by Mr. Kingsley. The council
afterwards met with the result stat
ed. Five seta- of plans were submit
ted. Some of them were plans that
entailed a smaller cost. Mr. Kingsley
estimates the cost of the work after
his owns plans at something like $4,
500 or $5,000. The plans of Mr. Win
stadt meant a cost of less than three
thousand dollars but it is stated that
while Mr. Winstadt’s plans would
mean economy the idea is to make im
provements with a view to a greater
Seward. The finding of the money
has not yet been gone into apparently.
GOOD CLEANUP ON OLD CLEARY
FAIRBANKS.—Word was received
from Chatanika that Magnusson &
Co., working on Vedin & Nolans
ground, 15 below, Cleary creek, had
made a $9,000 cleanup. The cleanup
represented 20 days work of 20 men.
The operators are well pleased with
the showing made.
Within a short time the operators
will put on a larger crew of men, and
as they have enough pay blocked out
to keep them busy for the balance of
the summer, they expect to take out
many thousands of dollars.
There are a number of outfits work
ing on Cleary creek now and all in
good pay, and as there are more men
employed than there were in 1914, the
output is expected to be larger. Fair
banks Times.
Nation Divided in Opinion as
to Whether Citizens Should
he Made to Fight or not.
CONSCRIPTION MAY WIN.
LONDON, July,30.—Since the debate in the house of
commons on the day before yesterday the subject of con
scription has become the chief topic in the country. It is
; reported that Lloyd George is opposed to the proposal
j and at the present time he is one of the three greatest fig
; ures in British public life. Owing to the hold which he
has secured on the masses his word is almost law with
them and on his decision may depend the outcome. The
wealthier people, rather the landed proprietors, are al
most unanimously in favor of conscription, and the work
ers are almost as firmly opposed. If it depended on a vote
conscription would lose, but the members of parliament
are expected to vote in many instances in direct opposi
tion to the wishes of their constituents. The news from
the Russian front is accepted as meaning that a terrific
German onslaught may be looked for in the west soon.
To meet it a vastly larger army will be needed and this
consideration may carry conscription through.
SERBIANS MOVE.
ATHENS, uly 30.—The re-organized array of Serbia
has again started on the march and will probably come
in touch with the Austrians on the northern frontier soon.
Italy has sent a remonstrance to the Serbian government
about the occupation by the troops of the latter on Al
banian territory, but no answer has been received. The
rebellion against Italy in Tripoli is assuming still greater
proportions and the Roman government will have its
hands full to retain its newly acquired colony if reports
from that quarter are to be credited. The Austrian and
Italian fleets are now following the tactics of the Ger
man and British fleets in the north. Neither seems to be
willing to undertake a general engagement unless the
conditions are so favorable that victory is assured. Both
sides have several submarines cruising around looking
for hostile warships, and so far in this respect the Aus
trians seem to have had the better of the contest.
LONDON, July 30.—The big Belgian steamship Prin
cess Josie has been submarined and sunk by the Germans
The vessel was plying out of English ports since Belgium
came under the control of Germany.
FIGHTING ON THE BUG.
AMSTERDAM, July 30— Severe fighting is now re
ported in the district between the Vistula and Bug rivers
in Poland. The Germans have followed the retiring Mus
covites almost to the banks of the latter stream, but the
Russian positions there are strong and believed to be suf
ficient to hold the Teutons from descending on the right
flank of the Russian forces defending Warsaw. Some
fighting is proceeding on the south shores of the Baltic,
but the Germans have not yet succeeded in making any
further advances towards Riga.
SUBMARINE TRAWLERS
LONDON, July 30.—The trawlers Young and Perky
were submarined yesterday in the North sea by a German
submarine. These are the only British vessels said to
have been sunk for several days although hundreds ar
rive at and leave English ports all the time.
POPE WANTS ARMISTICE
MADRID, July 30.—The pope is now preparing
through the episcopates in the belligerent nations to make
proposals for an armistice between the warring powers.
It is esaid to be his hope that if an armistice is agreed up
on proposals for permanent peace might be listened to.
The tremendous influence of the catholic bishops in
Austria, England, Germany and France will be used to
have the pope’s wishes carried out.
GRAND DUKE MAY BE FIRED
LONDON, July 30.—That the Grand Duke Nicholas
who is in chief command of the Russian armies may be
removed as a result of the failure to hold the Germans is
a statement which has been published here on reliable
authority. The greatest dis-satisfaction is declared to be
felt amongst the people of Russia who are inclined to
i place the chief blame for the disastrous results of the past
couple of months on his shoulders. The newspapers of
Petrograd have given many hints of the feeling which
prevails but have not dared to speak out openly.