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EORMER STATE SECY. GIVIS HIS
VIEWS ON BOTH SIDES OE QUESTION
Russia Claims \ ictory On the
Dniester River—AustriansLose
Fort and Blow It l p—Amer
ican Note Sent to the Kaiser
at Galicia.
BRYAN ADDRESSES GERMANS
WASHINGTON, June 12.—The statement of W. J.
Bryan to the German-Amerieans has been published and
is seen to contain very little of the sensational stuff that
had been anticipated. He urges Americans of German
blood and birth to exert their influence with the German
government to prevent war with the United States- He
exhorts them to stay with the administration and he de
clares emphatically that President Wilson has been un
justly criticized by those who favor the Teutonic side in
the great war. He expresses the belief that the killing of
women and children is unjustifiable no matter what the
excuse might be and he suggests the passing of a law by
the United States prohibiting the carrying of both pas
sengers and contraband on the same ship, i his last state
ment is taken as rather an agreement with the statements
made by the Germans that the sinking of the Lusitania
was justifiable in the sense that carrying passengers
should not be used as a cloak and a defense for the ship
ment of war materials.
RUSSIA CLAIMS GREAT VICTORIES
PETROGRAD. June 12.—Several victories for
the Russians are reported from the region around the
Dniester river. Many villages have been occupied and
forty thousand Austrians were captured. Coming so soon
after the reverses to our troops the victory has had a
wonderfully encouraging effect.
ITALIAN THEATRE
MILAN, June 12—The Austrians have evacuated and
dynamited the fort of Pozzachio near Roverto. They
found the position untenable but succeeded in completely
destroying it before letting it fall into our hands. The
successes of the Italians still continue in all quarters. No
definite news has been received from the Isonzo.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 12.—A Russian destroy
er has been sunk in the Black Sea by a Turkish cruiser
after a battle which lasted for more than an hour. Re
ports from the Dardanelles and Gallipoli peninsula show
that no notable change has occurred. The Allies have
failed to make advances but the fighting is severe at
times. The allied warships shell the forts at intervals but
without any serious effect.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—The German answer to
the last American note is not expected for several days,
according to information given out by the state depart
ment today.
KAISER IN GALICIA
BERLIN, June 12.—The American note has been
forwarded to the kaiser at the front in Galicia where he
has been for several days. Until he reads it and gives
his opinion regarding the reply to it the note will not be
answered. The emperor is said to have been on the field
during the battle at Gorlice when the Russians were so
decisively defeated and it is a tact generally commented
upon that he has almost always been with the troops when
victories were won.
MOSCOW RIOTOUS
MOSCOW. June 12.—Mobs that numbered thousands
of people paraded the streets of this city yesterday and
wrecked many German shops and buildings- As they
marched they sang the national airs of Russia and for a
time the streets became a Bedlam. The police attempted
to pacify them or to disperse them but found themselves
powerless. An immense amount of damage was inflicted
on property before the rioting died away.
CALLS WILSON FIRST CITIZEN
LONDON. June 12.—Calling President Wilson “the
first citizen of the world” the London Daily News came
out this morning with a stirring eulogy of the man who
now occupies the United States white house. The editor
ial declares that he governs “by principles and moral sanc
tion.” The eulogy is due to the contents of the note sent
by Wilson to Berlin in which he holds humanitarianism
above all other considerations.
REPORT ANCHORAGE LOTS
SOLD ON JULY FIRST.
Matters are Being Expedited so That
No Delay May Occur in
Arrangements.
The Gateway has received informa
tion from a reliable source that the
lots in the new town of Anchorage
will be sold on July the first, or, may
be, a day or so before or after that
date. Matters are now being expedit
ed to avoid all unnecessary delays.
GREAT GAMES
JULY FOURTH
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! COMMITTEE MEETS TO MAKE
ALL ARRANGEMENTS
I FOR BIG EVENTS.
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At the meeting of the Fourth of July
Committee held last night it was de
cided that Seward goes on the map in
the sports line this year in a manner
never before attempted on the Kenai
Peninsula. Frank Cotter was in
structed to wire Dr. Council of Cor
dova accepting the proposition of the
sporting medico to bring his select
aggregation of ball tossers from The
C. R. & N. W. Terminal to tangle with
the stall fed collection of exponents of
the national passtime from the gov
ernment terminal. The Cordova con
tingent will be accompanied by an ex
cursion party, and Seward will have
an opportunity to play host to one of
the largest crowds in the history of
the camp. A complete program of
sports is being arranged including
some events that have never before
been staged in the Northland. the
Seward band will entertain at a con
tinuous dance during the entire cele
bration, which will last for three days
and nights. It is planned to have a
series of three ball games which will
be the first series for the champion
ship of the Kenai Peninsula ana
Prince William Sound districts and
carries with it the possession of the
beautiful $150.00 cup, emblematic of
the championship. The selection of
the players that will represent Seward
in the forthcoming tournament is now
under way and will be announced
soon. From now* until the fourth all
ball players will report at the Bay
View grounds at 7:30 each evening
for practice and the last game be
tween the Federals and the Sewards
will take place on June 20 th. From
that time on the first team will play
the scrubs three times per week until
the Fourth. The following is the of
ficial batting averages of the two
teams for the season to date:
Federal? Al> H PCT
Campbell 42 18 428
Ennis 21 9 428
Burley 33 13 393
Grady 32 12 375
Cox 12 4 333
Carrington 44 13 29b
Lucas 32 9 281
Kacerosky 34 9 276
Adams 9 2 222
Kosmos 16 3 193
Howard 6 1 166
Seward: •
Manthey 35 12 342
Reed 43 15 348
Poehlman ' 11 3 272
Nickerson 30 3 28<*
Taylor 33 10 263
Hickey 44 11 250
Finnegan 46 11 239
| Haasch 43 10 231
I Farmer I3 3 2^
‘ Daykin 12 2 166
TURNER OF SPOKANE
MAY SUCCEED BRYAN
Former Democratic United States
Senator May Be Elevated
to High Post.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—1The
rumor is now prevalent that Senator
George Turner of Spokane, formerly
a member of the United States senate,
will be selected by President Wilson to
till the vacancy in the state depart
ment created by the resignation of
William Jennings Bryan. The claims
of the Spokane democrat are being
pressed by many prominent support
ers of the administration. General
opinion seem to incline towards the
selection of Turner.
MANTELL FROM ANCHORAGE.
J. P. Mantell, the big contractor,
has returned from a trip to Anchor
age and will leave for that place on a
business trip today again. He has
nothing to give about the new city ex
cept that work is proceeding in the
manner published before. He says
McGinnis, an oldtimer in the territory,
was the first to secure a contract for
grading the railroad. His contract
calls for two miles. I
GUGGS ARE THE MEN
WHO SENT DRILL HERE.
That the Guggenheims arc the peo
ple who have sent the drill to Kenai
river to prospect it with a view to
placing dredges thereon is the state
ment made on the authority of the
Daily Times of Seattle.
Mr. Edes himself stated this morn
ing, when asked about the intention
to build houses on the terminal tract,
that for the present only three or four
little houses will be erected. “Until
we see how they look” said the chair
man of the commission. The houses
are to be built on Fourth avenue.
GERMAN SAI
WASHINGTON, June
several sailors of the Eitel F
supposed that after the inti
made their escape with the i
ing the German navy. Thej
was actually interned hut the
of war and the department c
if they are located. It is assi
lay of the captain of the Eiti
to give the men a chance to e
GERMAN FARMERS HOLD
MAD HORSES FOR RANSOM.
Refuse to Give Up Escaped Animals
to Representatives of Al
lied Nations.
ALTON, Ills., June 12.—German
farmers living in the counties over
which the four thousand horses stam
peded yesterday are now holding sev
eral hundred of the horses for ransom.
The animals were captured by tnc
farmers in droves at the end of the
stampede. They were about to be
shipped to the Allies and the ques
tion now is whether the foreign repre
sentatives of those governments can
recover them or not. It is expected
that the farmers can force the owners
of the animals to engage in lengthy
litigation at least.
TWO HOLDUPS ROD THE
SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS.
I.OS ANGELES, June 12.—Two
highwaymen held up the San Fran
cisco Express last night and succeed
ed in getting away with four hundred
dollars. They held guns to the heads
of the crew and had no difficulty in
accomplishing the work but the booty
was probably smaller than they had
expected.
FRANK’S FINAL FIGHT
FOR LIFE HAS BEGUN.
ATLANTA, June 12.—'The final
fight of Leo Frank for his life began
today before the governor who is in
vestigating the whole story of the
Mary Phagan murder before making
up his mind as to whether Frank
should be saved from the gallows or
not. Seldom in criminal chronicles
has so much interest been manifested.
MINE GIVES HALF A
MILLION BONUS TO MEN.
CALUMET, Mich., June 12.—The
Calumct-Hecla mine has distributed a
half a million dollars as a bonus to its
employes. The number of men who
will reap the advantage is ten thou
sand, which of course, means that
each man will receive on an average
fifty dollars.
G. B. Poindexter today received
some exceptionally good specimens of
ore from his quartz property at Mile
40.
LORS ESCAPE „
12.—Lieutenant Brauer and
redrich are missing and it is
irnment of the vessel they
irobable intention of re-join
■ had left the ship before it
y were regarded as prisoners
f justice will prosecute them
med that the cause of the de
>1 might have been the desire
scape to re-enter the service.
ITALIANS OCCUPY GRADISCA
ROME, June 12.—The Italian army occupied Gradi
sca and accomplished the first really important success
of a material kind since the beginning of the war. The
rumor that the Austrians are winning the battle on the
Isonzo river is denied here. Gradisca is an important
town in the province of Trieste about fifteen miles from
the Italian border. Just south is the city of Trieste, the
capital of the province of the same name- To capture
Trieste is the chief aim of the Italians at present as its
possession would give us command of the gulf of Trieste.
SAME OLD THING IN WEST
PARIS, June 12—Several minor German attacks
have been made along the western front but have been re
pulsed. On the other hand we have made gains near
Arras and have taken some trenches further to the east
ward. Neither side has, however, made any general ef
fort for some days and conditions as a whole remain about
the same.
GERMAN ANSWER CONCLUSIVE
BERLIN, June 12.—Unofficial but influential people
in this city state that the American note will be answer
ed conclusively this time but that^he arrival of the mes
senger from Ambassador Bemstorff will be awaited be
fore this answer is sent to the American government. The
Russians have been driven back by the Austrians fi om
their positions near the Bukowina border towards
i Kolomea.
PREPARING TO
BUILD HOUSES
CLEARING LOTS ON RAILROAD
PROPERTY IN CITY FOR
CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES.
A crew of men is now at work on
what is known as the terminal tract
of the Alaska Northern railroad clear
ing ofr lots for the erection of several
buildings which are to be erected by
the Alaska Engineering commission.
The lots have been surveyed and the
clearing is now under way. The near
est approach to any detailed informa
tion as to the number of houses to be
built is that they will be “several.'1
It is also stated that they will be live
room houses and are probably intend
ed for the empolyes as Mr. Edes stat
ed some time ago that such buildings
for such purposes would probably be
needed. While speaking on this sub
ject it may be advisable to state that
the Seattle Times recently said all
people connected with the engineer
ing commission were instructed to let
all information come direct from the
department of the interior itself and
if this statement of the Times is cor
rect it accounts for the silence sc
closely maintained by the officials
here.
THOUGHT ALASKA CITIZEN
PAPERS WERE NECESSARY,
To be born, bred and raised in the
United States of America and yet to
believe that naturalization papers
were necessary to become a citizen oi
Alaska is the record of a man who ap
plied here in Seward the other day for
his papers. He went into Clerk
Lang’s office and asked for the appli
cation form. After having filled up
most of it he came to the place where
he was asked to state where he was
born. He wrote “Burlington, Iowa.’
Mr. Lang thought he might have
made some mistake but after some
questions he found that he had not.
Guy Brubaker, formerly assistant
district attorney in this division, has
suffered from a nervous breakdown
and went outside on the last trip oi
the Evans.
ISAY U. S. GUNS
NOW IN MEXICO
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! REPORTED THAT AMERICAN
WARSHIP HAS LANDED MEN
TO AID COLONISTS.
DOUGLAS, Arizona, June 12.—It is
reported from Nogales that the Amer
ican cruisers have landed machine
guns and a force of men at Esperunzu
to aid the American colonists who are
besieged by Yaqui Indians. The
cruisers have been there for some
time and have found that the Ameri
cans were really in danger. It is sup
posed that the Mexicans will protest
against the landing of the men and
that it may precipitate the breaking of
relations between the two countries.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—In a
note to Presdent Wilson General Villa
proposes that the Mexican leadens of
all parties form a new union to insure
the triumph of republican principles
and especially to solve the agrarian
problems and to extend education.
! The note is being most favorably com
mented upon and will receive serious
attention from the administration.
A ROCKEFELLER BORN.
TARRYTOWN, June 12.—A son
has been born to John I). Rockefeller,
jr. The child will not be given the
same name as the father and grand
father, it is believed.
SKEEN-LECHNER CASES
ARE CONSOLIDATED.
All the three cases in which the
Skeen-Eochner mine is involved have
been consolidated.
WATSON 9 P. M.
The Watson is due hero at 9 o'clock
tonight and will go to Iliamna.
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❖ HANSEN SELLS 01 T *
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Harry Hoben has acuquired the in
terests of Mae C. Hansen and Otto R.
1 Hansen in the Skeen-Lechner mine.
The mine is now in litigation. The
deal was concluded today.
ROOSEVELT BACKS WILSON
NEW YORK, June 12.—Theodore Roosevelt, who is
touring this state at present, has given out a statement
that he endorses the policy of President Wilson with re
spect to the note to Germany. He also pledges the presi
dent his support in the matter. He said nothing unfriend
ly to Bryan except by suggestion.
EXPECT RUSSIANS TO WIN
LONDON, June 12—The Russian successes reported
yesterday are believed to be the beginning of a general
movement which will result in general German reverses.
Immense reinforcements have been sent to the Russian
armies in Galicia and a forward step on a gigantic plan
is about to be taken. Berlin dispatches say the opinion
of Germans, official and unofficial, is emphatically against
granting the demands of President Wilson.
NORWAY LOST 24 SHIPS
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, June 12.—Twenty-four
Norwegian vessels have been sunk since the beginning of
the great war. The total value of those destroyed ves
sels was seven and a half millions, including their cargoes,
making an average loss of three hundred thousand for
each ship and cargo.
TWO MORE SHIPS SUNK
LONDON, June 12.—The sinking of another British
steamer and a British trawler was officially reported this
afternoon. Owing to the fact that such occurrences are
now reported daily they create very little interest and of
ten are received with facetious remarks.
' U. S. AFTER ALLIES NOW
WASHINGTON, June 12.—It is officially stated that
a note will soon be sent by the United States government
to the governments of the Allied nations demanding a
change of methods in their dealings \vith neutral shipping.
If these demands are complied with it will prevent inter
ference with non-contraband cargoes to and from belu
, gerent countries and neutral countries both.