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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1911.
FIELD GUNS CARRY THREE
MILES.
In the Iron Age for this week will
appear an article, written by an ord
nance expert, describing the French
and Belgian artillery.
"There is a popular impression,”
the article says, “that the French
army is equipped with field guns of
the type made familiar by the Ser
vians and the Boers. This is er
roneous. The French government
gun is manufactured at the govern
ment arsenals, and under no circum
stances can it be purchased. The
greatest secrecy surrounds the man
ufacture of this weapon, and the guns
are well covered with tarpaulins
when on parade. French ordnance
officers superintend all steps in the
manufacture of these pieces, and
there is no letting out to private
plants.
“The field guns in use throughout
the European services today all em
ploy the long recoil system; that is,
the gun carriage is immovable. With
guns not so equipped it is necessary
to run the gun into battery again af
ter each discharge. The long recoil
guns have the recoil taken up in
cylinders either placed' under the car
riage or along the trail. The mechan
ical arrangement differs but the prin
ciple is the same, namely, to allow
the gun to recoil on the carriage
without moving the carriage.
"The object to be attained by mod
ern field artillery is effective shrap
nel fire. Most European field pieces
have a calibre of 2.95 inches and
throw a shrapnel projectile weighing
14 1-2 pounds. This shell carries
about 260 bullets, and experieVe
shows that these bullets, to do ef
fective work, must have a striking
energy of about 700 foot pounds.
"Shrapnel is burst over and short
of the object fired at, and is design
ed especially for use against troops
in the open or sheltered behind light
screens. By being burst over earth
works the bullets will search out the
troops sheltered behind. The Boers
found the English shrapnel so search
ing that they had recourse to digging
their trenches at a slope, the bot
tom of the trench sloping toward the
enemy.
“The question as to the range of
shrapnel depends on the initial ve
locity of the projectile. There is
a maximum velocity dependent upon
the firing charges of the gun itself.
It is understood, however, that the
new French guns have an effective
shrapnel range of 6,000 yards. It was
not many years ago when 3,500 yards
was considered a good sbrapnel
range.”
Gen. Langlois is the man, says Iron
Age, responsible for the splendid ar
tillery arm of the French armies.
With Langlois worked Col. Dupont, a
distinguished ordnance officer, and
between them they evolved the great
French guns of today.
Of rapidity of service in the French
and Belgian field artillery organiza
tions Iron Age says the guns can be
served at the rate of fourteen or fif
teen aimed shots per minute, and
that this high average is obtained eas
ily under existing conditions. Both
French and Belgian artillerymen use
indirect fire.
AMERICAN WRITERS
DENY ATROCITIES
NEW YORK—The Associated Press
has received a wireless message from
Berlin sent from Aix La Chappelle
for transmission. It is signed by
well-known newspaper men, who were
originally assigned to Brussels and
when that city was taken were re
turned to Aix La Chappelle, from
which city they have been endeavor
ing to reach London, but without
success. The telegram was partly
mutilated by interference and certain
words are missing, but the text here
given is clearly that intended by the
authors. It is as follows:
"In spirit we unite in rendering
(sic) German atrocities groundless,
as far as we are able to learn. After
spending two weeks with and accom
panying the troops upward of 100
miles, we are unable to report a
single instance unprovoked.
Vote For
George R. Goshaw
To the Voters of the Third Division:
As it is impossible for me at this time, owing to the close
of file mining and business season at this placer camp, to
come before you in person, I find it necessary to make
this announcement through the medium of the press.
I desire your vote for Senator to the Territorial
legislature, from the Third Division, at the
Election on Tuesday, November the Third.
My friends have not urged me to seek this office, nor
does the office seek me, I SEEK THE OFFICE, and I want
your support and vote.
I am solely responsible for my candidacy, and have
made no pledges or promises to any individual, party or
concern, and if elected will go to Juneau, absolutely unham
pered with ties of any kind; to do that which will advance
the interests of the whole people of Alaska:—not to go there
and vote “aye and nay’’ during the session, but to work
with a will and a knowledge of affairs, gained from a con
siderable experience, especially in this Division, and con
tinue such work, throughout the year and the entire term
of office.
If you feel that you can NOT honestly and sincerely
cast your ballot for any of the other candidates Tor this
office, THEN VOTE FOR ME. Yours very truly,
Chisana, Alaska, Sept. 1, 1914. GEORGE R. GOSHAW^
For Senator
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“We are also unable to ronfirm ru
mors of mistreatment of prisoners or
of non-combatants with the German
columns. This is true of Louvain,
Brussels, Luneville and Nancy, while
in Prussian hands. We visited Cha
teau Sodre, Sanibre and Beaumont
without substantiating a single wan
ton brutality. Numerous investigat
ed rumors proved groundless. Ev
erywhere we have seen Germans pay
ing for purchases and respecting
property rights as well as according
civilians every consideration.
“After the battle of Biass (prob
ably Barse), a suburb of Namur, we
found Belgian women and children
moving comfortably about. The day
after the Germans had captured the
town of Merbes Chateau we found
one citizen killed, but were unable
to conform lack of provocation.
"Refugees with stories of atrocities
were unable to supply direct evi
dence. Belgians in the Sambre val
1 y discounted reports of cruelty in
the surrounding country. The discip
line of the German soldier is excel
lent, as we observed. To the truth
of these statements we pledge our
professional and personal word.
“Roger Lewis, Associated Press.
"Irvin S. Cobb, Saturday Evening
Post and Philadelphia Ledger.
“Harry Hanson, Chicago Daily
Newrs.
“James O'Donnell Bennett, and
“John T. McCutcheon, Chicago
Tribune.’’
GEN. VON KLUCK
EVADES ALLIES
(Continued from page 1.)
tire or be attacked both from the
front and rear at the same time.
German Right Consists of Three
Corps.
The German right consists of three
German army corps, about 90,000
men, as the corps are not full, hav
ing suffered heavy losses in the re
cent fighting.
Are In Hopeless Position.
Reports from the front report the
German right in a hopeless position
and the only means of retreat is
through the northeast, as all other
avenues of escape have been block
ed. Such a retreat can only be made
at a terrible cost of life and by aban
doning most of the guns and all the
wounded.
Von Kluck Holds Strong Position.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—General von
Kluck and his forces hold the key to
the situation and the French are en
deavoring to send a force to the rear
of the left of the German force, while
the British are working along the
right and cut the force off from rein
forcements. General von Kluck has
a strongly entrenched position which
cannot be carried by assault.
Terrible Loss of Life In Austria.
A newspaper correspondent has
wired from the Rusian army in Gali
cia saying that the battlefields aban
doned by the Austrian-German forces
were covered with dead and wound
ed; that the rivers were so choked
with dead that the banks had over
flowed while the streams and rivers
were running red with human blood.
Wounded horses were rushing about
the battlefield stamping upon wound
ed men, who lay helpless because
of the inability of the medical corps
to take care of the large number who
were injured.
Will Exchange Prisoners.
All sides are preparing to ex
change prisoners, although the Brit
ish government has protested that
as the Germans cannot secure rein
forcements it is folly to allow the ex
change of men, as the advantage is
with Germany while thus allowed to
keep its full fighting strength at the
front all the time.
English Training Ship Lost.
The English training ship Fisgard
was wrecked in a storm and thirty
members of the crew were drowned.
The position of the lost ship is not
given.
Peace Term* A«ked.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—It is re
ported here that the German govern
ment has asked the American ambas
sador at Berlin to learn upon what
terms the allies will make peace. It
is said, however, that Germany must
be assured against future attacks.
Poland before its first partition in
1772 reached from the Baltic to the
Carpathians, a stretch of 600 miles.
Prussia and Austria, alarmed at Rus
sia’s advance westward, carved out
of Poland one-fifth her population and
one-fourth her territory. In 1793 the
proud .but helpless nation lost one
third its geographical area, and a
population of 3,500,000 went with it.
The third partition came in 1796, and
at the Congress of Vienna in 1815
nothing was left after the division
between Prussia, Austria, and Russia
but Cracow, a little republic in Gali
cia. The Polish army that is now
fighting with the czar’s forces against
Germany relies on the imperial ukase
that the kingdom will be reconstitut
ed as it was before the first partition.
Stockholder* Meetino.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Granite Gold Mining Company,
will be held at the office of the com
pany at Valdez, Alaska, on the 12th
day of October, 1914, at the hour of
2:00 p. m., at which meeting a board
of five directors will be elected for
the ensuing year and such other bus
iness will be transacted as may
properly come before said meeting.
B. F. MILLARD, President
STANTON STAGE LINE
Carrying U. S. Mail, Pas
sengers, Freight, Express
from Valdez to Gulkana.
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