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STATE DEPARTMENT DECLARES
DEUTSCHLAND SHIP OF PEACE
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lii ui IN ADMITS BRITISH BAINS
BKU1.1N. Jui\ id. — Despite very severe losses, the
war oinee announces luda\, oiiicially, the British have sue-j
ceeded in ,-enc; ai'mg our lines between I’exieres and
Longuevai. gaining ground ineluding 1 rones Wood which
tluy. havo occupied.
(Note:- - i iii ! c is no map available to show the minor
positions ioitgui mr m tin. new allied oll’ensive and it is
quite like iy mat m>iiu ot these names ot places may be
spelled w rough sometimes in coming over the wires. The
places mentioned above a e probably the same as those
mentioned in the dispatches yesterday which told oi the
British bursting through the Berman line.
Dill iSt IILAND NOT WARSHIP
\\ ASHING'TON. July 1A—The stale department an
nounced ioda\ that it considers tin* German submarine
Oeutschlunu a peaceful ship in view of all the facts. In
terest continues unabated in the vessel and the thought
of the dramatic circumstance of her setting out on the re
turn trip is on every mind. Captain Koenig seldom leaves
his ship but has received prominent visitors aboard. A
careful guard is maintained at his request by the Amen-,
can authorities. It is expected that she will steal out un
expectedly within a few days.
GERMAN RETIRE LINES
LONDON. July 15,—A dispatch from Paris reports
that the Germans have retired on the French front, which
adjoins the British, to the Guiltemore-Albert-Combles
railroad. The retreat is made necessary by the British
advance which caused* the Gt rman Hank to be exposed un
less a retirement was made opposite the French. This is
regarded as the most favorable indication of the result of
the allied offensive and is accepted as the first move of the
Germans in their enforced retreat from France and Bel
gium before the trenu udous a’lied drive. The news has
l>een received here with tremendous enthusiasm.
BRITISH SHIP SUSPECTED
NORFOLK, Va., July 15,—The British steamer Junin
has gone aground off Cape Henry, not far from the chan
nel through which the Deutschland must pass on her com
ing dash for the open sea. A coast cutter and several tugs
have gone to the assistance of the Junin. Naturally, with
the fact of the position of the Deutschland and the na
tionality of the Junin before their minds, many people
suspect the Junin to have gone ashore for some hidden
purpose. One suspicion is that the Junin may he told off
to watch the submarine and wireless to warships outside
when she passes bv^
SINKS ITALIAN DESTROYER
BERLIN, July 15.—An Italian destroyer of the In
domite class was sunk last Monday bv an Austrian sub
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marine, according to an official statement by the Austrian
admiralty today.
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REBELS TAKE HOLY (TTY
CAIRO, Egypt, July 15.—The famous city of Mecca,
the most holy place of the Mohammedan world, has sur
rendered to the Arabian rebels, according to a dispatch
received today. The Turkish garrison of one hundred of
ticers. and twenty-live hundred men and one hundred and
Tfty officials laid down their arms. The rebellion by the
Arabs against the Turks has been proceeding for some
time and has recently been gaining great strength. The
capture of Mecca was, however, a result hardly expected
so quickly. -- ’»
Anchorage G. O. 1*.
For W ickersham
ANCHOKAGH, July 15. -At a mas*
meeting last night which wa? attend
ed by over live hundred people the ac
tion of the Anchorage Kepublican
Club in nominating Wickersham anil!
repudiating the work of the conven- j
tion at Seward was ratified. The
meeting also declared in favor of the
district primary law.
Charles E. Herron is on the way
to Valdez, via Seward, to attend the
divisional convention there.
KAILKOAD WILL NOT
TAKE L1QIOK SHIPMENTS
An order has been issued here that!
liquor shipments for sale by saloons j
will not be accepted by the govern-1
inont railroad. The notice also states j
that individuals who ship liquor over
the road must show that such liquor
is not for sale. Employees failing to
enforce these rules are threatened with
enforced idleness. The order ha.' been f
issued, it says, as a consequence of
the recent regulations put in effect by
Judge Brown.
PRICES AT WHICH THE
LOTS WILL BE SOLI)
In the new advertisement appearing
today about the auction of the Bal- i
laine lots it will be seen that a re- j
served price of $250 to $750 is placed
on residence lots, and the price of j
business lots is reserved at from $800
to $2,000. People should read the ad-,
vertisement today to get posted on
the conditions.
METHODIST SERVICES j
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Tomorrow at the M. E. church atj
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., services will;
be held. The respective subjects will j
be used; “Growth” and “Temperance.”
Sunday school at 12. An invitation is
extended to all to attend these meet
ings. C. T. COOK, Pastor.
f. S. COLLIER BROKEN
IN TWO BY STORM
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CHARLESTON, S. C., July 15.—
The naval collier Hector was broken
in two fourteen miles southeast of
here by yesterday’s storm and was
abandoned late last night but the crew j
took to the small boats and all were
saved. They were taken aboard the
tug Wilmington and the lighthouse
tender Cypress shortly before day
light.
MARSHAL’S OFFICE
HEARS OF MILDER
——
FAIRBANKS.—Chief Deputy Mar
shal J. H. Miller received from
Deputy J. C. Wood, now in lditarod,
with the court party, the following
telegram which is self-explanatory:
“Charles Grover shot ami killed
Thomas Phillip at McGrath on May
27th. At the hearing before Commis
sion Green, the defendant was held
without bail for the grand jury. In j
charge of special officer, Grover ar
rived at lditarod today.
“WOOD.”
It is supposed the case will be sub- ^
mitted to the Ruby grand jury, and
if indicted Grover will be tried at
Ruby.—Ex.
V NO MEN TO BE FOUND *
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•;* It was impossible this morning *•*
❖ in Seward to liiul lour or list* *
v men to work on one of the lug v
'*> buildings now being ereeteil in v
❖ the city. llic wages olleml were *•*
❖ and $0 a day. v
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SEW DOCK TO BE C ALLED
SEWAKD COMMERCIAL DOCK:
It is stated now on the best ot
authority, but not officially, that the
name of the new dock to be built ini- ;
mediately by the Commission will be1
known as the “Seward Commercial J
Dock.” It is also rumored that it will
have another approach on Sixth
avenue in addition to the approach on
Kourth. Two great warehouses, it is
said, will be nuilt, each of wh.ch will
be a hundred by fifty feet ir area.
The plans are said to be for dock
j one hundred feet in width.
MARKING l . S. K. K.
The fact that the sign “l'. v*. Hail
road” is now being placed on cars,
buildings, etc., here indicates that the
authorities have finally deci led to
give that title to the Alaska Northern
anil to all the road. The signs are ap
pearing now in several places.
W1CKKRSH AM ASKS THAI'
FISH H FA KING Mi KFAD
In the last mail came from Dele-;
gate Wickersham to the Dateway
the report before the Committee
on the Merchant Marine and Fish
eries, and to the report was attached
a note by the Delegate himself urging
us to “please read page 220 and all j
these hearings if you are interested in
saving the Alaskan fisheries from
monopoly by the Fish trust. lhe
hearings take up 206 pages and it j
would be impossible to read and con- j
dense it in the available space. Page
220 is really only the beginning of j
the Delegate’s statment but what he
means, probably, is to read the pro
ceedings commencing at that page.
It is unfortunately impossible to go
through the whole thing and repro
duce it but it will later be studied.
SKELETON FOl'NI)
FAIRBANKS.—Sam Hagen made
a gruesome find yesterday on a tri
butary of Fox Gulch. It was the
skeleton of a human being, bleached
and whitened from sun. It is thought
to be all that remains of Michael Mc
Gil very, who on the twentieth day of
April, 1915, left Fox supposedly for
the Tolovana, and who has never been
heard of or from since that time, in
spite of the fact that many inquiries
have been made for him. Michael Mc
Gilvery was an oldtimer in the coun
try, well known at Fox where he had
lived for some time. He came to the
Fairbanks district either in 1905 or
1906.—Times.
MAY CHANGE FROM NORTH
TO SOI TH SIDE OF RIVER
FAIRBANKS.—F. H. Bailey, divi
sion engineer of the Alaskan Engi
neering Commissioner, stated yester
day that when Mr. Riggs arrives he
will consult him regarding the chang
ing of the Nenana townsite from the
North to the South side of the Tanana
river. The place of putting in the
bridge may also be changed.
The driving of piles is going on
| steadily. The frost makes it neces
sary for steam points to be put in at
night, so that the work can be con
tinued without interruption the fol
lowing morning.—Ex.
RIOTS ON COAST BUT STRIKE
MAY BE OVER THIS EVENING
$5,000 Paid Over
On Martin Hunch
The full live thousand dollars has
been paid by J. A. Mewari to Ole
Martin and the Martin ranch at Mile
Three and a half was deeded to Mr.
Stewart today and the deed is now on
record. The ranch i.> 270 acres in ex
tent, more or less, and this means
just about $10 an acre. The far
greater part of the land is not yet
cleared and only’ a comparatively
small amount has been improved.
( l”ll KH FOR IN SANK
The marshal’s office has finally suc
ceeded in securing the revenue cutter
McCullagh from the government to
bring insane men from the westward
and she is due in Valdez about August
1 with insane men in charge of
Deputy Marshal Paul ihtekley.
NEW JUDGE OU CLAIMS
WASHINGTON, July 15.— Presi
dent Wilson today nominated Con
gressman James Hay, of Madison,
Virginia, to be judge of the United
States Court of Claims.
SURVEY FACTORY SITES
Surveys are said to have been made
now of the sites for the proposed
factories to be leased by the land de
partment in the city near the water
front.
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M \N FOUND DEAD
NEAR MIKE HESS
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FAIRBANKS.—The marshal's ofli
j ce is in receipt of a telegram from
, Commissioner Ledger of Rampart,
stating that four Indians had reported
to him the finding of the body of a
(trapper by the name of Otto Olson,
at a lonely cabin on Raven creek.
Raven creek is a trioutary of Mike
Hess creek, about fifteen miles above
the Yukon river.
Chief Deputy Joe Miller could not
instruct the commissioner what to do
as the body may be in the Tolovana
precinct, although in any event it
would be easier to have Ledger hold
the inquest.—Times.
I ALASKA SHIPMENTS
FOR SIX MONTHS TIME
Alaskan shipments six months end
ing June 30, 1016, as recorded at
cutsom’s office:
Copper ore, 87,748 tons. .$17,483,111
Fish, fresh . 206,801
Fish, dried, smoked, cured 59,776
Fish, salmon, canned. 637.009
Fish, salmon, all other.... 161,711
Fish, all other . 14.603
Furs . 369,979
Gypsum . 22,700
Marble . 3,7.4
Lead . 37,851
Oils . 71,743
All other merchandise .... 16,621
U. S. Goods returned. 408,778
Gold and silver. 4,364,589
Total six months .$23,819,001
CLAIM THAT THE LUSITANIA
CARRIED EXPLOSIVE CARGO
NEW YORK, July 6.—Claiming
that the Lusitania was sunk by an ex
plosive in her cargo and that she car
ried submarines in contravention of
j law, two suits for $50,000 damages
have been filed against the Cunard
Company by relatives of passengers.
—Ex.
SEATTLE, July 15—Mayor Gill voiced a bitter criti
cism of both sides in the longshoremen's strike today after
lights and disorders occurred on the docks. He came out
openly with charges against the patrolmen and detectives
of cowardice and incompetence. “There are three union
men on the police force,” he declared,” and 1 have no way
of preventing a union man who fulfills the requirement of
the Civil Service from becoming a patrolman.” He fol
lowed up by saying that a few patrolmen had shown cow
ardice on the waterfront and had neglected their duty,
and as soon as the strike is over they will be discharged.
•*If the civil service will not uphold me,” said Gill, “I’ll
look for a new civil service commission.”
He also expressed the opinion that the detective depart
ment has shown incompetence in failing to run down some
of the assailants of the dock workers. This is especially
true, he declares, in the case of a man who was assaulted
on a street car on Western avenue. There were a number
of people who saw the assault and the mayor thinks there
should he no difficulty in securing witnesses. Gill prom
ises that “somebody in the detective department will be dis
charged for neglect of dutv if arrests are not made in
these cases.
(Note:—A captain of one of the liners told the Gate
way some days ago here in Seward that all the men neces
sary can be found in Seattle to load and unload ships. He
says these strike breakers are not as competent as the
regular longshoremen but will be so in a month or two.
There is no difficulty, he said, in getting all the men they
want. To this fact, no doubt, is due the disorders report
ed in the above dispatch.)
LONGSHOREMAN KILLED
TACOMA, July 15.—Alexander Laidlaw, a union
longshoreman, was shot and killed last night and a by
stander was slightly wounded during an altercation in the
heart of the business district between special deputy
sheriffs and striking longshoremen. After having been
struck on the head with a club and after having been
grabbed by longshoremen J. F. Dowling, a special officer,
fired on his assailants and hit Laidlaw in the back.
I END OF STRIKE IN VIEW
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. — The members of the
Stevedore’s Union took a secret ballot on the proposal
which has been accepted by the committees representing
! the stevedores and the employers but the result had not
been given out at the time this is sent. If the proposals
I are ratified, and it is believed they have been, it will bring
a resumption of work next Tuesday and the end of the
strike. The agreement provides that the men would work
under the old scale until a compromise scale has been
drafted at a conference beginning August 1. Both
sides are said to be ready to make concessions and a fed
eral mediator will be asked to try to work out some form
of settlement for all the coast ports.
NATL. GUARDSMEN
TIRED OF LOAFING
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15. — Half the National
Guardsmen on the border will attempt to obtain their re
lease through the “dependent relatives” provision in the
new army order. In a statement made today by an officer
on the Southern department staff it is stated that the
wholesale desire for release on the part of the guardsmen
is due to the inactivity. None of them now expect war
and they believe their usefulness at an end as soldiers.