LEIPZIG NEAR PRINCE RUPERT
KETCHIKAN. Aug. 2t».—The German cruiser Leipzig
which has caused so many scares along the western mast
ol' Canada is now reported oil Dixon s Entrance neat this
place and naturally the tact has given rise to the belie!
that she expects to attack Prince Rupert or some other
point on ( anadian territory il tor nothing else than to
worry the British. ...»
The coal which was coming north on the ( anadian I a
cilic liner Princess Ena tor this city has been seized by the
British cruiser Rainbow at Prince Rupert and it is deem
ed likely that the Britisher is watching the Leipzig to pre
vent her it possible trom doing any damage.
The British hospital ship Prince George called here
and asked for seventeen hundred barrels of oil but the
customs ollicials ret used to give her this amount as it
would be a breach of the neutrality laws and allowed her
only 250 barrels. The coming of the German ship to these
waters has caused a tremendous amount of excitement in
Prince Rupert and the opinion is general that the Leipzig
has some scheme aloot which will be acted upon within a
few davs. The British steamers running out of British
Columbia and Seattle are regarded as in danger of cap
ture for their coal and cargo.
MORE RESERVISTS CAUGHT
NEW YORK, Aug. 2b.—The British at Gibraltar
stopped the ship Ancona yesterday and took off twenty -
lour German and one Austrian reservists who weie
hound from the l nited States to enter the army ot then
countries. Several other reservists going from this
country are said to ha\e been taken by the British and it is
supposed that the British have agents in New York who
inform them ol the sailings of all foreign reservists.
BELGIANS PROTEST TO WORLD
ANTWERP, Aug. 20.—’The Belgian government has
issued to ail the countries of the world a protest against
the dropping of bombs by German Zeppelin airships and
declare such a practice lo he contrary to the regulations
enforced by the Hague convention. The ships are inflict
ing severe damage in the cities attacked by the Germans.
Each ship is manner by about a score of Germans and is
able to carry a tremendous amount of bombs of great
power so that when they are dropped from a great height
they explode with deadly effect.
AUSTRIANS LOSE THOUSANDS
NISH, Servia, Aug. 2(>.—Of the three hundred thou
sand Austrians engaged in the battle on the Drina against
the Servians fourteen thousand were killed, thirty thou
sand were wounded and fourteen thousand were taken
prisoners. The Servians also captured 75 guns and the
disaster to the invaders of Servia was complete. The Aus
trians are reported to have collected their forces on the
other side of the river but the Servians are preparing to
attack them on their own soil.
AUSTRIA DEFEATS RUSSIA
VIENNA, Aug. 2(>.—Official reports issued by the war
office today say that after a fierce and bloody battle of
three days at Krehnik in Russian Poland the Austrians
have routed the Russian army and repulsed them along
a front of forty-two miles.
The Russians are now retreating toward Lublin, an
important city in Poland further in on Russian soil, and
the information given out by the Austrian war office is to
the effect that the Russians are fleeing in disorder.
If this news is correct it means that the troops of this
country have turned the left flank of the Russian army
and are driving them back on their center. It is assum
ed by the newspapers of Vienna that the Austrian victors
will now push forward without giving time to the Rus
sians to recover and by so doing may succeed in checking
the advance of the main Russian army on Germany, t he
Austrian populace has gone vi!d with joy at the news lor
they believe it means nothing less than that Austria can
handle Russia alone and so leave the German allies a free
hand for their operations against the French, British and
Belgians. That the battle took place in Russian territory
has served to destroy the belief that the Russians were
succeeding and advancing in Galicia.
ANOTHER PRINCE KILLED
BERLIN, Aug. 2(i.—Lieutenant General Prince Fred
erick of Saxe Meiningen has been killed by a shell while
leading his men in an assault on the enemy before the city
of Namur. From day to day the news comes of the death
or wounding of some member of the reigning houses of
the Herman empire and it is evident that princes are im
bued by the same martial spirit as the humbler troops.
This fact has allayed the claims of the socialist that only
the poor are lighting and in this instance at least the death
of a prince is regarded as a sad but helpful occurrence.
ROME, Aug. 25.—The Italian government announces
that the movement of the Italian troops is only meant to
show that it will maintain its neutrality at any cost. The
fleet is constantly patrolling the shores on both sides of
the peninsula and showing e jual consideration to all the
nations engaged in the struggle.
Reports from Austria indicate that the people of that
country are becoming most bitter in their denunciation ot
Italy for refraining from joining them and Germany
against the allies and a feeling will probably he aroused
which may lead to war, anyhow, either during the present
conflict or later. Great Italian forces are being concen
trated on the Austrian frontier and some uneasiness is
felt in spite of the denial by the government that it intends
to take part in the war on any side. It is felt that a vic
tory by Germany and Austria will mean that Italy will
sooner or later have to meet ihose two nations in a strug
gle for her very life and not a few prominent Italians are
advocating a declaration of war against them for Italy’s
own protection.
The reports coming from Berlin are that the Germans
have practically crushed all opposition worth taking into
account hut there is a hope in London that the disaster
may not he so complete. In spite of this there is an un
easy feeling due to the lack of news as it is feared that the
government is hiding the worst. That dispatches can he
sent between France and England without hindrance is
known and has increased the premonition of had tidings
in the minds of Englishmen.
LONDON HAS NO NEWS
LONDON, Aug. 2(>.—There is no news obtainable here
today from the French frontier where the main fighting
is raging and it is feared that no news in this instance
means had news for the reports arriving yesterday told
only of disaster to the allies. It is assumed, however, that
the allies are still struggling to stay the German tide and
that fierce fighting is going on along the frontier nearly
the whole distance.
WICKERSHAM SAID TO
HAVE LEFT WASHINGTON
Delegate James Wickersham left
Washington on August 17 according
to advices received yesterday which
are probably correct. In a letter re
ceived in Seward some time ago he
tated that he will come to this city,
so that he will probably soon be here.
NEWS NOTES
Frank Reese brought his genial
presence to town yesterday from the
Herron-French camp looking not at
all the worse for a peroid of very
hard work which he and Paddy Cum
mings have recently gone through, he
says. Mr. Reese will stay in the city
for some time.
Harry Whittemorc’s dancing class
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opened with eclat last Monday. It is
u splendid success and a very pleas
ant means of passing the long even
ings even for those who are not am
bitious to educate their pedal extrem
ities.
Mrs. S. M. Graff and Miss Betsy
Graff were hostesses at a tea yester
day afternoon. The rooms of the res- j
idence were beautifully decorated with
flowers, particularly poppies prevail
ing.
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE NORTHLAND |
William Bradshaw was a returning
miner from the Xelchina district on i
the train yesterday, having been in
the interior since March. He states
that while there have been several j
hundred men in the diggings they(|
have not accomplished much as yet.
Just before he came out a clean-up of
54 ounces had been taken by Thomas
from Discovery claim. On one claim
on Doorman's gulch about 250 ounces
had been secured. The diggings gen
erally are deep, one shaft on Crooked
Creek having been sunk to a depth of
100 feet. Bedrock had not been
reached and Medowan and Deckers
decided to take hold and sink deeper,
everywhere there are indications of
gold but it has not been found in pay
ing quantities in many places. Mr.
Bradshaw is on his way to his home
n Seattle. — Chitina Deader.
Wrangell -Customs Collector F.
'v Bronson received a telegram last
Friday from the chief of the provin
cial police at Victoria to tin* effect
that $1000 in gold had been stolen
while in transit from Dense Bake to
Telegraph, and that a man by the
name of Defossett was suspected.
R. H. Mathison, of the Mathison
Mining company, of Hope, Alaska,
went down to Seattle a few weeks
ago, and this is what he said: “I
came down to deposit three or four
thousand dollars worth of gold dust
in the hank hen* and to make ar
rangements to duplicate the hydrau
lic outfit that we are using up there
now. I have had a small plant on
Resurrection creek for the last six
teen years, where 1 got in on the
ground floor and obtained possession
of 450 acres of good gold hearing
ground. We take out twelve or fif
teen thousand dollars* worth of gold
from it every year. When I went up 1
there with my two sons we had
scarcely any money, and it took ten
years’ work with pick and shovel be
fore we could purchase our hydraulic ;
machinery. Working the old way we 1
made only about a thousand dollars a
year, from which we managed to put
aside four or five hundred. Now wej
have a $20,000 plant, with a mile of
niping and everything modern. We
finished our piping May I, and though
our running expenses since then
have been $50 a day we manage to j
clear $55 a day over that, which
•Makes it pretty easy for the old gen
tleman. Now, if 1 can install another
plant such as we have now it will
•mike it still easier for said old gen
tleman”.
—
Fairbanks, Aug. 15.—The Tanana
•alley sustained the heaviest earth
quake shock in its history since the
;
Harold Nulton iVu/um
ATIORNEY-AT-LAW
Bank Building Seward. Alaska
big one of 1912. Buildings were bad
ly shaken and goods fell olT the
shelves in the stores. As far as dis
covered no damage was done to speak
of on the creeks.—Ex.
Reports from Dawson indicate that
a stampede will take place to the new
diggings reported to have been un
covered on the Porcupine river. The
strike is said to be located on tin*
Canadian side of the line, 1100 miles
up tin* river. Dawson men were sent
to the district to investigate and if
their report is favorable the tran
sient population of that town are ex
pected to rush to the new camp. The
discovery was made by William Ma
son, a trapper, who kept the find a
secret for over a year until his
Yien.Is could get in on the ground.
Dawson—Dr. Alfred Thompson,
Yukon's member of parliament, has
signed the roll opened at the Admin
istration building as a volunteer in
the service of the Empire in the pres
ent great conflict in Europe. His
name is on the roll next to that of
- —;-:
Commissioner Black, whose name
heads the list. Dr. Thompson will
leave tomorrow on the Caaca, and will
go direct to Ottawa to attend the
special session of parliament, after
which, he states, he \sill be at liberty
to give his services to his country at
the front.
Miners returning to Fairbanks
from Chisana report that a strike has
been made on Little Gerschel creek, a
tributary of the upper Tanana river.
They did not visit the creek hut were
told that the pay averaged about $1,
75 per foot.
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