CROWN PRINCE RETREATS
LONDON. Sept. 14.—The army of the crown prince
has been driven back from its position near the left wing
of the German forces and he has been compelled to move
his headquarters from St. Menehould to Mount 1 augen.
Since the beginning ol the war the prince has had nothing
but a series of victories until the present. St. Menehould
is a short distance south of Verdun which the French are
still holding and is not far from Gravelottc where the tier
mans and the French fought another great battle in the
past. There is the greatest danger to the crown prince’s
army now from the French garrison of Verdun which
may make an attempt to cut olT his retreat it they can
succeed in making a successful sortie. Ihe troops of the
allied armies are tilled w ith eagerness to pursue the re
treating Germans but the leaders are moving carefully to
avoid the headlong and weakening assaults that caused
such losses to the enemy when matters were reversed.
ALLIES CROSS RIVER AISNE
LONDON, Sept. 14.—It was officially announced this
afternoon that the Germans stubbornly disputed the
crossing of the river Aisne all day on Sunday hut that the
allied forces had effected the crossing ol the river at near
ly all points by sunset. The Germans are now on the
north bank of the river and still retiring while the allies
are keeping up the pursuit. During the fighting on Sun
day the allies' losses were severe as the Germans were en
trenched on the opposite hank but the enemy suffered
even more severely.
GERMANS DISAPPOINTED
Letters found on German prisoners show* that they had
expected to enter Paris in a tew days and that the retreat
was a bitter disappointment to them. Some of the letters
declared the opinion of the soldiers to be that the war was
practically over as after the taking of Paris they would
proceed against the Russians and drive them back from
German soil without much trouble. The Germans who
were taken on the right wing were in a state of demorali
zation, were w ithout food and half starved so that many
of them surrendered readily and were without suflicien
energy owing to hunger to make even a feeble resistance.
It is regarded as extraordinary here that the German com
missary department could have failed so frightfully to
prepare the army for the work and it is assumed that the
German military authorities had come to the conclusion
that the march on Paris would have been effected in much
quicker time and with much less trouble.
ACCUSE GERMANS OF OUTRAGES
LONDON, Sept. 14.—1The government official press
bureau publishes very strong charges against the German
army. It declares that the German troops have inflicted
much brutal and senseless damage on the villages which
they occupied on the march. The bureau declares that the
enemy occupied property wantonly, destroying pictures,
ripping them in shreds, pillaged houses generally and ill*
treated the inhabitants in every way.
In connection with these charges Prime Minister As
quith was asked a question today in the house of con;*)
mons. He declared in answer that he has received nq
dficial information concerning the alleged outrages. The
tuestioner stated that stories were being constantly re
peated to the effect that the German soldiers had abused
the rights of the Red Cross flag, had killed and maimed
:he wounded and killed women and children. The prime
ninister pointed out that until these statements were ful
y confirmed they should not be accepted. He is now mak
ng full inquiries into the matter and expressed the hope
hat he would he able to give a definite answer to the ques
ion later on.
The news of the continued successes of the allies has
Iriven London and all the British empire into a state of
nad rejoicing. Particularly has the news of the British
successes been received with tremendous enihusiasm. The
>rime minister, Kitchener, and other leaders are cheered
o the echo wherever they appear in public and the pass
ng of the king’s carriage is always made the occasion for
vild demonstrations of patriotism. In the house of com-j
nons every announcement of a further retreat by the Ger-!
nans brings the members to their feet cheering wildly.
Many of the younger members of the house are fighting
vith the army but the number in the army from the house
>f lords is still greater as a man can be a member of (he
ipper house and still be in active service. The first officer
brought back wounded from the war was a member of
hat house. He was the Earl of Leven.
FREIGHT TAX WILL BE CUT OUT
WASHINGTON, Sept. I I.—That the proposal to tax
freight to raise war revenue will not be carried out is the
general opinion here today. The president is said to be
favorable to eliminating this tax as the majority of the
democratic members of congress are opposed to it. Leader
Oscar Underwood of the democrats stated today that the
ways and means committee will drop the freight tax part
of the bill immediately unless the president insists in re
taining it in the measure. The president and the demo
cratic leader in congress are acting in the closest harmony
in this as well as in all other matters.
NOTES OF THE WAR
The Boston Globe says that in addition to the troops
of the warring nations the troops of the following coun
tries have also been mobilized: Denmark, Switzerland,
Norway, Sweden, Roumania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece,
Portugal and Spain.
The neutrality of Switzerland has been violated twice
since the beginning of the war. It was entered once by
French troops and once by Germans but in both cases
apologies were offered and accepted. To emphasize her
regret for entering Swiss territory Germany sent a spe
cial train to Geneva to take out all the Germans who
wished to go.
Dr. Franklin Martin of Chicago traveled through Ger
many, France and Holland while the troops of each of
those countries were being mobilized. In Paris the cry
was “On to Berlin" and in Germany it was “Paris, Ix>n
don and St. Petersburg". He says that Americans never
had any difficulty in Germany in securing money if a man
had credit and could be identified. It was the same in Lon
don. In London, Dr. Martin says, the air of the people
was one of rather impressive silence at the beginning of
the war.
The total number of German soldiers that passed
through Brussels in the march on France is estimated at
300,000.
The Guarantee Trust company of New York has li
belled the German liner Crown Princess Cecelie for one
million dollars for having failed to take five million dol
lars aboard her to Ixmdon bankers. The money was
aboard the liner when she ran into Bar Harbor to avoid
capture. She returned all the money to the Guarantee
Trust company but that firm believes it was injured by i
the failure to place the money in London.
CAPTAIN MOORE TRIED
TO REACH VICTORIA
New* Direct From the People Who
Were on the Sampson Tell What
Looks More Reasonable
That Captain Zim Moore, when he
had waited to the last moment to save
the passengers and was left alone on
the Sampson, tried to reach the Vic
toria but failed is the story which Is
now coming to be believed generally
owing to statements to that effect
which have recently been made by
people who were aboard the vesset
when she sank. It has often been
wondered by Captain Moore’s friends
that a man of his splendid, healthy
mental qualities would consider it
right to sacrifice his life needlessly.
One lady who was on the boat at the
time of the accident and who is now
in Seward says that the idea is preva
lent among the rescued that the cap
tain did try to reach the Victoria
when nothing else was left for him to
do. He had given his whole time and
attention to saving the passengers
and in this he was ably aided by Chief
Engineer Noon who was lost in the
effort to save Mrs. Banbury. Proba
bly some of the Sampson crew who
arc now coming on the Watson can
give the full details.
Mrs. Forgy states that the Samp
son went down eight minutes after
j the collision. The bouts of the Prin
cess and Sampson were launched in
* extraordinarily quick time. Part of
the vessel had gone beneath the wa
ter when this lady jumped but she
says she was not the least frightened
at any time. The shock came when
the passengers were abed. Most of
them were thrown from their beds.
SCHOOLS OPEN
The city schools opened this morn-*
ing and the upper part of the city
soon became aware of the fact when
all the young hopefuls gathered for
their profound mental labors an<t
came out later to play apparently not
at all suffering from the traditional
horror which the thought of school is
said to exercise on the minds whose
young ideas are taught to shoot. The
attendance on the opening day was
fine and soon now the school will be
housed in its new building.
Board, family style. Breakfast,
from 6 to 8 a. m. Dinner, 11 a. m. to
1 p. m. Supper, 5 to 7 p. m. Rate,
$1.00. Commercial Cafe. Establish
ed 1905.
A splendid quality of men’s heavy
all-wool socks in white and gray, 35c
or 3 pairs for $1; others at 25c, 50c,
60c, 65c, 75c. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First”. i
SEWARD GIVES
VIEW ON BILL
(Continued from Page 1)
John Nelson, who follows mining,
says that it is now too late to pas»
such a bill. He is opposed to it.
Louis Rue, a miner, is also opposed
to the bill. Assessment should not be
cut out, he says.
Fred Woodaman, minor, says every
one should do his assessment work.
He is also emphatically opposed lo
the bill.
Dr. Raughman, game warden, says
that the times are so hard that it
would be a favor to the miners not to
bo compelled to do assessment work.
Frank Cotter, merchant, believes in
cutting out assessment work. He fa
vors the bill because he believes ft
would help poor men.
Ollie Reese is in favor of the bill
for the same reasons.
William Sauers, merchant, is en
tirely opposed to the bill. He be
lieves that assessment work should
be done as it would help many poor
people and the country generally. He
further declares that all the people
he has spoken to are opposed to the
bill for several reasons. He thinks
that the great majority, at least, are
unalterably opposed to the bill.
Carl Almy, la\v>er, believes that
assessment work should be cut out
He is ror the bill because times are
bad.
H. E. Ellsworth, assayer, says it is
an outrage to ask for the exemption
of assessment work. He is most em
phatic in expressing himself against
the bill in every shape and form.
Dr. Romig is almost as emphatic in
favor of the bill. He believes that
; the times are so hard because of the
war and other circumstances the do
ing of assessment work would be a
hardship on many poor people.
Ceorge Phelps, democratic commit
teeman and business man, says that
the proposal to eliminate assessment
work has come too late and that the
hill is useless and he is opposed to n
E. P. Skeen, the prominent mining
man, says that so many have done
their assessment work that the bill
would be useless this year. Tie sug
gests, however, that if such a pro
posal was made for next year it
might be of some benefit. He seems
to be opposed to the bill chiefly be
cause it has come too late.
.1. C. Robertson sends word to S. L.
Colwell that he is opposed to the bill
to exempt people from doing assess
ment work as it has been introduced
too late. He and all the people where
he is mining have already done their
assessment work and he believes the;
same is true of the people ii> other
districts.
Tom Hughes, mechanic, believes
that assessment work should be done
now by all people as the year has so
far gone that#the bill is ridiculousry
late.
J. T. Harvey says it would be bad
to cut out assessment work now as it:
would mean knocking many men out
of employment. He is opposed to the
bill.
Robert Ashland is opposed to the
bill. That the men who are here
should be given an opportunity to
make a few dollars out of the outsid
ers who hold lots of property here and
have plenty of money is his opinion.
G. Benjamin Poindexter is one of
the many who call the bill an out
rage. He thinks it would be not only
useless but an injury.
Frank Ballaine is strongly opposed
to the bill. The opinion of the people J
of Nome is his opinion, he says, and
he believes emphatically that assess
ment work should be done.
Judge Curtis Morford says the bill
would be of no benefit to the masses
of the people and he is strongly op
posed to it.
C. A. Myers believes it would be a
good thing to let assessment work go
this year as he believes it would re
lieve some people who need relief.
Judge Whittlesey is heartily in fa
vor of relieving the people from doing
assessment work this year because, he
believes, the times are hard.
So it went. While the great ma
’ority seem to br strongly opposed to
the bill there are some who favor it.
It must be remembered, however, that
many may have expressed an opinion
without having carefully weighed all
the facts connected with the proposal.
HAWAIIAN'S WILL SING
AT THEATER TONIGHT
A chorus of Hawaiian singers de
lighted the people who attended the
moving picture show last night and
the same pleasurable experience is in
store for those who attend this even
ing. The Hawaiians accompany them
selves on their own national instru
ments and sing solos, and In chorus in
a most interesting way. A total
change of pictures will be made to
night and will be some of the best to
be seen anywhere. The tremendous
improvement made by Messrs. Laba
ree and Nuzum was seen last night
»vhen the adventures of Robinson Cru
soe were thrown on the canvas.
The Gateway Job Printing Depart
ment has just received the very latest
In new type and machinery. Don’t
<end outside for your job printing.
Patronize the paper that is helping to
uild up your city.
6 xk lbs., 11-4 size, gray wool blan
kets worth $1 per lb. at $4.50 por pair.
Ask for the “Fresno". Brown & Haw
kins. “Quality First".
The best quality of work at prices
that are right at The Gateway Job
Printing Department.
You’ll find everythin* In the paatry line
at the Seward Cafe.
You *et local Ranch B**a with your Ham
ind Hacon at Gamble’* Rcataurant.
Guns, ammunition, tents etc. Every
thing for the hunter. Brown & Haw
kins Hardware and Furniture Depart
ment. “Quality First".
You’ll find everything In the Paatry I.lne at
Cooi>er’a Cafe.
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FULL
QUART
Has Had no Peers for Fifty Years
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS
LEI’
YOUR
WIFE
HAVE
an opportunity to show how economi*
cal she can be. Give her a checking
account at this hank, so that she can
pay all bills by check.
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
Peters, Winchester and Remington U. M. C. loaded
shotgun shells at J.L. Graef.
TONIGHT
CASINO
NEW SHOW
NEW PICTURES
Special Music and Sing
ing by the
HAWAIIAN
QUINTETTE
I
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DON'T MISS THIS
SHOW TONIGHT
On broken lines, manufacturers’
samples, and odds and ends of
Ladies Neckwear, Hosiery and
Underwear, Children’s Stock
ings and Underwear, Men’s Un
derwear and Hosiery. : : Prices
in some instances are BELOW
MANUFACTURERS’ COST
Ladies’ fast black cotton Hose,
25c and 35c grades—
per pair. I5c
Ladies’ and Misses’ “Comfy Cut” White Vests—
they are worth double the prices asked—
each.10c, i5c, 20c and 25c
Boys’ and Misses’ fast black ribbed cotton Hose,
worth 35c, 45c and 50c (these are just what the
boys and girls will soon need for school wear), per
pair.15c, 20c and 25c
Children’s and Girls’ pink, blue and white Hose, per
pair.15c, 20c and 25c
Ladies’ Novelty Neckwear, worth 50c, each.25c
Doll Stockings
FREE
TO every little girl who
will bring her mother
to the hosiery counter of
our store any clay -~.il'
week, we will give a pair
of beautiful doll stockings
—pink, white or blue, in
large, medium or small
size.
These stockings are
worth 10 cents a pair and
we shall give them to you
gladly absolutely free.
Tell all your little
friends that we are giving
away doll stockings free.
We want every little girl
to have a pair,
Doll Stockings
FREE
"r“rlrv Brown & Hawkins
Old Sherwood is a standard line j I We serve it at THE PALACE BAR
Of boose, that’s soft and mellow **P()|(JC0 ^a^ *n r**n or 8^ne
Its eight years old—aged in the wood a \ If you’re in the hills, out there alone
And that’s what makes the flavor good \ Jingles / And can’t get in, just use the phone
And the color, golden yellow. To Joe, or Bill Devine.
THE PALACE EAR
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Old Crow Bourbon
Bond and Lillard Bourbon
Green River Bourbon
Special Reserve Bourbon
Sunny Brook Bourbon
Sandy McDonald's Scotch
Old Bushmill’s Pure Malt Irish
Golden Wedding Rye
Guckenheimer Rye
Monogram Rye
Pebbleford Rye
Cream Rye
M00” Octara Scotch
John Dewar's Extra Special White
Label Scotch