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ALLIES LAKE TWENTY-TWO VILLAGES
SINCE SUPER-OFFENSIVE BEGAN
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T\\ KNTY-TWO \ ILLAGKS TAKKN
IWK1S. July It.--Hie war otlee announced this
t*ii*i tung mat mnee the beginning ol the great allied of-:
hmsive at iiu* Sonm.o twenty-two villages have been cap-j
aired lrom tiu U imans, t Uese villages had been fortiti
tai to the highest degree ot wnich the Germans wett cap
able but some ol tnem ;Va easilj before the onslaught of
our troops, i u city of lVrronne now lies within the
grasp of our army. 1 hi strongly tortitied \ illagc of
Pinches is one ol those taken. Houipierre with the entile
t\rst line of the German positions was taken in titty min-,
utt-s. Hardeeolirt was taken in thirty-live minutes but the
Germans resisted more stubbornly at Pinches.
Oli.lT.l T TO DKl TSCHLAM)
\\ AS111 Nil TON. i ; i\ il.-- Great Britain and f ranee
are now doing ever. i:.mg m their power to prevent the
l niled Stales et'g .ing the German submarine,
Deutserand as a .-1 ip of commerce and to prevent the
v-;V!-:iter ol : ir:e o; mmmariue hvight carriers. This
, , . iued at th ssies of the two governments
*>(av-■ A e i View i>us\ smee the at i ivai ol tlu suh
marine al Baltimore.
EXAMINE SUBMARINE
BALTIMORE. July 11.—-Captain Hughes of the
United Stales na\ \ and tlu customs men hoarded the Get
man submarine Deutschland this afternoon to inspect it
and search »»rar a me v. Ihs action was taken with tilt
permission of Manager Hilken ol the Ocean fransporta
tion Company after Captain Koenig of the Deutschland
h:ul agreed on condition that the inspectors would not tij
to learn any of the secrets ol the vessels construction.
Captain Koenig declared that tlu* government inspectors
of tiie United States should not be hampered in any way
when the\ carried heir government credentials. The
examination was made alter allied representatives had
suggested that it would be improper to harbor such a ves
sel as a merchantman, \fter the inspection Captain
Hughes w *u i ttot speak and will probably make his re
port secretly to the state department.
SI B UOR S. AMERICA
RIO DE JANEIRO. Julj 11. — The state chancellor
has been informed from Germany that a sister ship of the
Deutschland will arrive at this port in ten days. The in
formation given to the chancellor is not officially given by
the German government but it may be regarded as virtu
ally official. It has been stated that different ports will be
chosen for the various submarine trips to keep the hostile
warships off the scent.
QUIET AT VERDI N
LONDON, July 11. Lae Germans have apparently
abandoned ail attempts at further assaults in the \ erdun
region, probably liaving been forced by the allied offensive.
to send largo toives to the Somme region. Reports today]
indicate that our troops in conjunction with the French
are pounding the enenn lines with heavy artillery and
making small advances by infantry assaults. Reports
from the Russo-Austrian front are meagre but what has
been learned shows that the Russians are still pressing
forward in the south. I'he newspapers here without ex
ception make the claim that the submarine Deutschland
which has arrived at a United States port cannot be re
garded as a merchant ship. They maintain that a sub
marine at any time can be converted into a warship of the
most dangerous kind while a real merchantman cannot be.
It is made clear that a big fight will be waged by the allied
governments to have the Deutschland interned or forced
out before loading a cargo.
BRITISH CAPTURE VILLAGE
LONDON, July U. — The British troops last night
captured the village of (’ontalmaison northeast of Albert
as part of the great offensive. The place was taken by
storm after a gallant assault bv our soldiers.
liaise Million To
Beat Longshoremen
San Francisco C hamber ol Commerce
Starts a Big Campaign.
SAX FRANCISCO, July 11.--The
Chamber of Commerce of this city
has started to raise a fund of a mil
lion dollars to carry on a campaign
against the striking longshoremen
who are now practically tying up the
business of all the ports along the
t'aeilic coast. The aim of the chumbei
is to make a light for an open shop
and now that the issues are clearly
drawn a bitter struggle is looked for.
ADVERTISING CONVENTION
(Special to Gateway by United Press;
PHILADELPHIA, June 2tf. -“Ad
vertising pays!” This phrase was on
the tongue of 10,000 delegates when
they gathered today in the University
of Pennsylvania’s buildings for twen
ty-two departmental conferences in
connection with the convention of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World.
The meetings today marked the
amalgamation of the purveyors of
nearly one billion of dollars a year in
advertising.
Two great mars meetings will be
held this afternoon in the Commercial
Museum, where the general discus
sions of the convention are being held.
Among the advertising authorities
who will address the meetings are
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, of the C urtis
Publishing Company; IL Goodwin
Rhett, president of the National
Chamber of Commerce; Adolph S.
Ochs, of the New York Times, and
N. C. Kingsbury, vice-president ot
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Company.
SEATTLE GUARDS AGAINST
THE INFANT PARALYSIS
SEATTLE, July 11.—The state
board of health has decided to en
force quarantine regulations to guard
against the coming of the infant
paralysis epidemic.
Itallaine Ami City
Straighten Creek
I*'rank L. llallaine has agreed to
pa\ halt the cost ol straignlemng
Lowell ereek and the city council last
evening derided to go througu with
the work as stum as possible, ll is
estimated that the total cost will be
about $800 so that the co.«t to Mr.
j liallaine will be $400. The intention j
is to make all the creek run down j
w here the new bridge has been built |
over the northern channel. This
bridge will have added to it a double
span and the channel neat’ it will be
widened sufficiently to gi\ ■ plenty ot I
room for iloods.
ANC HORARE 01 T TO
ROOST WICK KUSH AM
AWHOEAOE, July II. At a
meeting of the Republican C lub last
night resolutions were adopted con
denuiing the action of 0 e Seward
: convention which, it was alleged, was
controlled by an individual in the in*
; torests of political bosses and non
residents without consideration for
the wishes of the people that Wicker
diam be nominated as the candidate
of the Republican party. The meet
ing also inivted the co-operation of all
Republicans in the movement to se
cure the re-election of the present
delegate. A mass meeting of the
residents of Anchorage and vicinity
| Will he held Thursday to endorse
Wickersham’s nomination and the ac
tion of the Republican C lub.
ST. PETER’S Till RSDAY
St. Peter’s Ciuild will meet next
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. do Sherbinin.
PIONEERS TO MEET
Pioneers will meet at their hall to
night eight p. m.
HOSPITAL HELPERS MEET
The Hospital Helpers will meet to
morrow.
Hadley Davis won the automobile
given as a prize by Mrs. Ellsworth.
DEADLOCK EVERYWHERE
AMSTERDAM, July 11.—The Amsterdammer Couri
ere today predicts that neither of the belligerent combina
tions can defeat the other by force oi arms and it points
out the conditions now prevailing on the several fronts
to prove its assertion. It says that the Russians and
Turks are deadlocked in Asia, that Italy and Austria aie
at a standstill on the borders of the two countiies, that
Germany is unable to force Verdun or the Russians in the
North, that the Austro-Germans are holding or will hold
the Russians in the southeast, and that the allied forces
at Saloniki and the Bulgarian army facing them have ap
parently given up the intention of attacking each other.
All this, the military expert of the Couriere says, shows
that under modern conditions of warfare it is next to im
possible to win a decisive victory. Were a decisive victory
possible, he points out, one of the contending sides on at
least one front must have gained a decision after two
years warfare. The feeling is growing here that a mili
tarv decision cannot be achieved.
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FIVE BRITISH BOATS SUNK
BERLIN, July 11.—Five armored British patrol j
boats have been sunk by the Austrian cruiser Novara offj
Otranto. The patrol vessels returned the fire of the cruis-j
er but their guns were not of sufficient range and the
Austrian sank them one by one. Nine British sailors were
rescued.
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Several Contracts
For Street Work
Council Decides to Open First Ave.
and Connect With Road.
Several contracts were let last night
In the city council tor street improve
ments.
The contract for clearing Fourtn
avenue trom Jelierson north was
awarded to T. F. .Murphy l'or Ss-’>UU.
The same man for the same am^.tiil
received tin* contract for clearing
Fifth avenue front JeHVrson north.
Harry Hobcn, for the Alaska Trans
fer Company, got the contract for
clearing Third avenue at the price ot
^280. The same contractor will clear
Secoiul avenue between Washington
and Railroad for
Carter and Whit field secured the
contract for laying sidewalks on
Second avenue at $do.f>0 per thousand
feet.
Charles I.echner was awarded the
contract for the plumbing in the
school building. The heating of the
schools was laid over as the lowest
bid, nearly S.'htHK*, was considered too
high.
A resolution was also adopted by
j the council to open First avenue
j through tilt* Poland and l.aubner
j tracts and the Alaska Road Comniis
j sion was requested to connect up its
j road with the street.
Four members of the city council
j and the mayor were present at the
; meeting. Councilmen tiraef anti
| Sauers were absent.
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\\ HO WILL HE CANDIDATES
FOR THE LEGISLATE RE?
Holland and Price are expected to
be candidates again thits year for
election to the territorial legislature.
It has been reported that John Noon
might run but he has certainly not
said so himself. Three Cordova men
have been mentioned form time to
time as likely candidates but the com
ing divisional conventions of the
Democrats and Republicans will prob
ably decide. From exchanges from all
parts of the territory it seems evident
that regular party tickets will be
selected in all divisions.
GI N Cl.l H TO HAVE
INTERESTING CONTEST
The members of the Gun Club are
now arranging for a big contest be
tween sides chosen from the member
ship. The winning side will receive as
a prize a dinner paid for by the
losers. Sides will be chosen by two
captains who have not yet been ap
pointed. The contest will probably be
pulled otr next Sunday but the day
has not been fixed.
MEETING OF COMMERCIAL
CLUB FOR THIS EVENING
A special meeting of the Com
mercial Club will take place this even
ing at which a large attendance is re
quested.
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WORK AT MOOSE PASS
The Road Commission is now pre
paring to send out a crew to start
work on the road near Mfose Pass.
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CASE SUBMITTED
The case of Andrew Grosvold vs.
Whelplcy has been finished and sub
mitted to the court at Valdez.
The train got stalled out at Mile 44
last night and the passengers were
lucky to get home this morning. It is
said the car went off at that point and
also at Mile 41.
Roy Thomas has gone out to work
for the Commission on the railroad.
He lived with Leon Booker who has
now come down town to reside.
RIGGS GOING
FULL BLAST
R. R. PROGRESSES IN INTERIOR;
MAN DROWNED AND BOOT
LEGGER ARRESTED.
FAIRBANKS, jui> 11.—The rail
road work at this end is progressing
at lull blast and many station con
tracts have been let. There has been
not the slightest sign ot labor trouble
and Commissioner Riggs has every
thing well in hand. A wagon road
is being built along the line of the
railroad from Fairbanks to Nenana
t for the transportation of supplies.
The lirst bootlegging ease from
the new railroad town of Nenana lias
just occurred. Mrs. Anton Christ
! opher has been taken into custody for
j selling booze at that place and has
! been brought to Fairbanks for trial.
I She w ill have a hearing tomorrow.
Ralph 11. Gilliland, a lumber cruiser
for the general land office, left here
last Saturday for Nenana in a row
boat and the boat was found last Sun
day by the steamer Tunnna but Gilli
land is missing. Searching parties
have failed to find a trace of him and
there is no doubt that lie has been
drowned.
LOWLANDS OF SIX STATES
COVERED BY RAIN WATER
ATLANTA, July 11.—The lowlands
of six st; tes are now covered with
water caused by the continual rains
that have been falling for the past
week. The death roll is seventy
eight.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
EPIDEMIC INCREASES
NEW YORK, July 11.—Despite the
greatest efforts to curb the infantile
paralysis epidemic it is spreading and
increasing. In Brooklyn it has in
creased almost a hundred percent.
The number of deaths there yesterday
was 27 and the total number df
deaths since it started is 220.
ALASKA S. S. COMPANY
ISSUES BOOKLET
The Alaska Steamship Company
has issued its new time table and
pamphlet, boosting Alaska as the one
and only scenic spot on the face of
the globe, it contains fifty-four il
lustrations and breezy descriptive
( articles on the Territory.
A copper half tone of every boat,
owned by the company is shown in
the pamphlet, with a drawing design
of the boat beneath the cut.
Captain Thomas Moore is played up
in the booklet and the incident which
made him an ocean hero is printed.
The interior is played up with an
equal amount of descriptive matter.
Time tables appear in the back of the
booklet.
EARNINGS OF GRANITE
Earnings of the Granite GoUl Min
ing Co. increased during both March
and April. During May a total of
300 ft. was opened in ore. There are
430,000 of their 500,000 shares, par
$1, now outstanding. Four tunnel
levels have been opened laterally
from 300 to 500 ft. and stopes are
now producing at each of the four
levels. The ore assays from $6 to $50
and the average has been placed at
$12. Its financial conditions are:
Total capital invested in development
and equipment, $330,000; total pro
duction to date, $277,000; average
production, 60 to 70 tons per day,
making about $20,000 gross monthly;
monthly expenses, from $8,000 to
$10,000; present surplus, $21,000; di
vided requirements, on basis of 2 cts.
monthly, $8600.
Contract Let Lor
City Dock Piling
Work To lie Commenced Right Away
On Govt. Wharf.
A contract ha* been let, signed ami
delivered to W. hi. Jackson and H. J.
Uulinan for the driving of the green
piles that will be used for fender pil
ing on the new government dock. The
amount for which the work will be
done is $4,625 and the work must be
commenced right away. The gov< rn
ment pile driver will be used. A peel
piling contract was also let to Roberts
and Nutter for the piling to be used at
Placer river. The amount is 6,125
! feet.
A contract for station work has also
been let to 11. R. Peterson at Mile 21
and other contracts will be let today.
WHAT ALASKA S. S. CO.
SAYS OP THIS CITY
In it* recent folder the Alaska
Steamship Company speaks as follows
of Seward:
“Out into the broad Sound again,
and on south westward, goes the boat
to Latouche, where interest may be
divided between its mining operations
and it* rare ferns. And then, after
an exhilarating ride in protected
channels and on open water, pa.-.t
scenes of wild grandeur and patches
of gentle landscape, and finally
through a magnificent avenue of sea
to a sheltered haven, Seward is reach
ed and the outward voyage is ended.
Hacked by beetling heights and front
ed by it* tranquil bay, Seward’s situa
tion is an attractive one, and its re
sources are an inspiration to its build
ers.”
WHAT VAN CAMPEN TOLD
THE OCTSIDK PAPERS
The following is an interview taken
from a Seattle newspaper:
“Business at Cordova is better than
at any other place in Southwestern
Alaska, is the opinion of F. It. Van
Campen, former manager of the Beat
son copper mines at Latouche. He at
tributes this prosperous condition to
the large amount of copper ore being
shipped from that port to Puget
Sound smelters. With Mrs. Van
Campen, he is registered at the Hotel
Savoy in Seattle.
“Van Campen lived in Alaska five
years and recently resigned as man
ager of the Beatson mine, where 275
men are employed, to take an extend
ed vacation. Accompanied by Mrs.
Van Campen, who is a noted short
story writer, he took a long trip
through the Kenai Peninsula and sur
rounding country, in search of places
to hunt and fish.
“This is the latest winter we ever
had in Alaska,” said Mrs. Van Camp
en. “There was still snow on the
ground in Southwestern Alaska when
we left. The first wild flowers we
saw were at Juneau. Contrary to
general expectations Seward, the pro
posed terminal of the federal railroad,
is dull/
“Mrs. Van Campen will go to Cali
fornia and find some out-of-the-way
place in the mountains, where she will
finish a series of short stories about
Alaska for the Saturday Evening
Post. Her husband meanwhile will
make a tour of all the big copper
mines in the United States with a
view to studying the latest develop
ments in the flotation process.
“ ‘We don’t expect to go back to the
North for a year, anyways/ said Mrs.
Van Campen. ‘We’re out for a vaca
tion and will make it a good long
one/ ”
EVANS AT LISCUM
The Admiral Evans was at Fort
Liscum this morning at 10 o’clock.