7 . “ or.’u/Awn a i a sic a SEPTEMBER 28 1914. Member Associated Press Ten Cents the Copy
Vol & No. 296 Member Associated Press SEWARD, ALASKA, bbi h^iii.k, -q.___.—_
JAPANESE AND GERMANS MEET IN FIRST FIGHT
BRITISH SAY U. S. SHIP VIOLATES NEUTRALITY
RUSSIANS REACH
SRIE
Germans Now Assaulting iauos
Of the Allies Vi itli
Desperate Fury
CRISIS APPROACHING
LONDON, Sept. 28-3 p.m.-The supreme
crisis in the two weeks battle in northwest
ern France is approaching ami tin* end <d
tin* terrific conflict on that field may come
at any moment. The hardest lighting is
proceeding between the Germans right and
the allied left and is of such a terrific
nature that it cannot last long.
Except at one place whehe the Germans forced the
passage of the Meuse they have been .unable to .break
through the human barrier that stretches across h ranee.
The Iiondon public is awaiting the final news with .tre
mendously tense nerves. The enemy is hurling its .best;
troops against the allied lines in one, last grand effort to
drive back the French and Germans and to once .more
launch them towards Paris. The Germans are now taking
the offensive entirely and assaulting the allies lines with
a fury which meant neck or nothing ,.
JAPS START FIGHT ON LAND.
TOklO, Sept. 28.—It is officially announced that the
Japanese army has occupied a position seven miles from
Tsingtau after having driven hack the Germans. File
German Governor of kiauchau has received instructions
from tin* kaiser to light to the end, it is declared. I he
number ol regular German troops in the possession is esti
mated variously from 2,000 to 5,000 men, hut all German
residents are said to have enlisted to oppose the troops ol
this nation.
RUSSIANS REPORT GERMAN DEFEAT
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—It is officially announced
that the Germans have retreated after an engagement with
the Russians in Russian Poland. The Germans came from
the north ami bombarded a fortilied position at a place
called Ossowetz, but it is stated by the official government
press bureau that the Russian forces came up in time and com
pelled the enemy to tall back. It is also officially announc
ed that the Russians have now occupied a position which is
only 65 miles east of Cracow' and that the Austrians are evacu
atin'' Przemysl leaving behind artillery and automobile trans
ports. Another engagement took place yesterday between
the two forces and the Austrians were again defeated. The
Budapest guard division of the Magyar cavalry, the pride of
the Austrian army, was completely destroyed by the Cossacks
during the recent fighting and several other Austrian bodies
have been completely demoralized.
PRUSSIAN GUARD SMASHED SAYS BORDEAUX
BORDEAUX, Sept. 28.—During the last three days |
the Prussian guard, the elite of the German army, has
been cut to pieces. Some of the companies have been re
duced from 250 men to one hundred. \ irtually all the ori
ginal officers of the guard have been either killed or
wounded. Two batallions were entirely annihilated. The
cause of this tremendous loss is chiefly the desire of the
guards to uphold their reputation and their consequent
headlong charge which have been met again and again
and repulsed by the allied troops with terrible slaughter
every time.
TIIE HOME OF THE SEWARD GATEWAY
TAHOMA BOATS
PICKED UP
SHIP CORDOVA FINDS SEVERAL
OF THE PEOPLE OF
WRECKED TAHOMA
Aboard S. S. Admiral Watson, Sept.
27.—The S. S. Cordova picked up
three of the boats of the wrecked
Tahoma in the afternoon in the vici
nity of Agattu containing Captain
Crisp and 31 men. later another boat
with 26 men aboard was picked up.
Deputy Marshal Hastings was picked
up in the first lot of boats. The pat
terson, the Cordova and the Kodiak
are searching for the remainder of
the crew. The Tahoma’s decks are
awash and it is impossible to save her
as she is on a large reef and pounded
by heavy breakers.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—The Cordova
has rescued fifty eight men from the
Tahoma at Agatu Island. The Pat
terson and other boats are searching
for the remainder of the crew who are
supposed to be on the island. The
Manning hopes to salvage the Tahoma
but she is probably a complete loss.
Among those going out on the
Alameda yesterday were the fol
lowing:- Chas. S. King, John D. Thee,
D. H. Nutter, Mrs. I). H. Nutter.
R. B. Dawson, A. W. Tye, Keneth
Sideon, F. D. Antrim, Fred Shaffer,
Herman Lutsch, J. H. Conley, A. E.
Harris, R. H. Chadwick, Chas. Fritz,
J. J. Brennan, J. A. McGill, J. C. Black
H. W. Smith
SEWARD COUPLE
MARRIED AT KNIK
Word was received in Seward last j
night of the manage of two well
known and popular Sewardites. Dr.
! David brought the news that just be
! fore he left he had joined in matrim
| ony Mrs Martin sister of Mr. A. F. .
Davis of the Alaska Transfer Co. and
Mr. Rollo Beach. Both Mrs Martin
and Mr. Beach formerly resided in
Seward where they have many friends
who join in congratulating them and
wishing them all the joys that goes
with wedding bells.
COURT WILL BE
HERE A MONTH
* I
JUDGE BROWN SAYS SOME CIVIL
CASES WILL ALSO
BE TRIED
The session of the district court!
here will occupy about a month ac-!
cording to Judge F. M. Brown who'
arrived last evening on the Admiral
Watson. The judge says that some j
civil cases will be tried in addition to,
the criminal cases but the number of [
the civil cases to be disposed of la!
>mething which he cannot tell at
present.
The session will open on September
2 in the railroad building. The Judge
looks in perfect trim.
Deputy Clerk T. P. Geraghty will
act as Clerk of Court. Miss Monohan,
the steographer, arrived in Seward
earlier than the other officials. Mar
shal Brenneman is also one of the of
ficials who came on the Watson.
EXPECT R. R.
NEXT SPRING
MEMBERS OF COMMISSION EX
AMINE MATANUSKA AND
WILL COME HERE
KNIK, Sopt. 24.—Lieut. Meanly and
Thos. Riggs Jr., of the U. S. Rail
road Commission are in Knik today
headed for the Matanuska Coal fields.
They have just completed a trip to
Ship Creek, and evidently intend to
familiarize themselves with the coun
try by the time snow flics. Mr. Edes,
the other member of the Commission
returned from the Coal fields only ten
days ago. People here now feel that
there is no doubt but that the road
will be commenced early next Spring.
Thos. Riggs, Jr., a member of the
U. S. Railroad Commission in a talk
with your correspondent today said
that The Commission expected to pay
a visit to Seward at an early date in
a tody.
TWO MILLIONS
FOR SUFFRAGE
MRS. ..FRANK ..LESLIE. .GIVES I
GREAT FORTUNE FOR
VOTES FOR WOMEN
New York, Sept. 28—Mrs. Frank
Leslie has bequeathed two millions of
dollars to the cause of the suffragett-1
es. During her life she advocated wo- ,
man’s suffrage although she took no ;
prominent part in the agitation. After
her death it became known that she J
she had left some money for the cause
but no one had any idea how strongly
she felt until the will was read and
the great sum left became known.
I). B. BLAKESLEY ARRIVES
D. B. Blakesley, the well known
engineer who has been in chavge -*f a
crew' for the government railroad
work, has arrived in Seward with
Mrs. Blakesley.
VILLA CALLS ON CARRANZA
TO RETIRE EROM PRESIDENCY
MEXICO City, Sept. 28.— A tel
egram has been received from Gener
al Villa and his chiefs in which the de-1
mand is made that Carranza resign
i
at once in favor of General Calderon
as supreme chief of the Constitu-1
tionalists. No fighting has occurred
since Friday when the forces of Car
ranza and Villa clashed in Sonora.
Tho Dattle was enough to show that
| the two men have become irrecon
; cilable but very little damage has
i been done.
Carranza himself received the tel
I egram calling on him to resign but if
he has made any answer to it the re
ply has not been given out. The peo
ple of this city seem to fear that noth
ing can stop hostilities now and many
look forward to the occupation of
more Mexican territory by the
American troop*.
SPORT SMITH ON THE
WAY TO THE CITY
Sport Smith, the noted musher, will
arrive in the city this afternoon from
Sixmile where he has been engaged
with Major L. H. French and Charles
E. Herron in the drilling operations.
FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETS
The regular meeting of the volun
teer fire department will be held to
morrow, Tuesday, evening at 8
o’clock.
CONGRESS CONSIDERS
PHILLIPPINE BILL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Congress
bus begun again the consideration of
the Phillippine bill.
BANK OF SEWARD
SHIPS OUT $25,000
The Bank of Seward shipped out
$25,000 on the Alameda last evening.
The gold came from the Martin mine
which is showing up better all the
time according to those who have
visited it.
MRS. MCEWEN DIES
OF TUBERCULOSIS
Mrs. Dan McEwen died this morn
ing of tuberculosis of the lungs at
3 o’clock this morning.
A very pleasant event took place at
the Casina Saturday evening when a
large number of couples attended and
danced the new dances.
WILL STAMPEDE
TO BROAD'PASS
—
I
j COUNTRY LOOKS GREATER ALL
THE TIME TO MIN
ING PEOPLE
i
KN’K, Alaska Sept. 24.— Each
week now sees the returning o<* «c\
eral old time mining men flora the
’ Broad Pass Countiy. To a man they
prcd'tt a great furture for that coun
try. Piank Wells who has bee i in the
(I* lilct several years, an l win with
his brother located the i.>*.;•, ground,
is in Knik and will lea e at an carl.,
date tor Seward to close a deal on
three of their claims. Tii.» experts
who examined the ledge tlr? j ummer
believe that the ore can t) • treated by
the cyanide process, and if the tC‘ts
•jro satisfactory have signified their
a ton* ion of buying the "round. An
old •'me mining man in a ta.!< today
said “If you would try to lei. a real
mining man about this country he
would only laugh at you. The <!c
{,0! ts which are lying uncovered are
tamper than anything I have ever
seen.’ Practically e.cry miner in this
diu.ct is planning on going into t' c
Broad Pass early next Spring and
many have contracted already to havr
their freight hauled in this winter.
There is no doubt that the Broad Pass
Will s 'e one ol the largest stampedes
1 ever made in Alaska.
PASSENGERS ON WATSON
MOSTLY COURT PEOPLE
The Watson arrived yesterday
afternoon with most of th? court
people, including Judge Brown and
with several of the crew of the poor
; Sampsor. The members of the cruw
are Oap;;':n E. D. Hickman, P. A
Obert ar I C. A. Glasscock, Purser
Thos. J. Evhoe, Freight C’erk if. A.
Carey, C !.mf Engineer E L Griffin,
Steward IE A. Duke. Ail of those
mentioned, with the exception of
Captain Hickman, were cn the Samp
son. Captain Hickman was p»!ot on
Jaeklin’s yacht when she came !»••• th.
The passengers on the W \ison for
Seward were, as nearly as they can
be deciphered from the list:-Thos. W.
Blakency, H. L. Rider, Sam Jenepi,
Wm. Lufkin, A. Strong, J. Hamburger
F. R. Brenneman, J. Melandes, J. E.
Dwyer, J. Romeo, J. Durigo, J. Rod
riguez, James Brennan, J. P. Ger
aghty, W. Beck, F. M. Brown, Carl
Johnson, H. G. Bonnet, John Hickman,
John Piedren, W. E. Fursman, Wm.
Hopper, J. A. McGilvray, J. Jensen,
Al. W. Johnson, Mrs. C. M. Johnson,
F. A. Shumaker, W. C. McCall, H. B.
Ingram, II. A. Brown, Ed. Schultz,
L. Wickersham, P. M. Peterson.
KNIK COMMISSION HERE
Dr. Leopold David, U. S. Commis
sioner at Knik was a Seward arrival
on last nights boat. Dr. Davis is here
in attendance on the Court.
DR. SPAULDING ARRIVES
Dr. E. M. Spaulding of Knik ar
rived in Seward last night on the boat
to appear before the court in con
nects with some Knik cases. Dr.
Spaulding was formerly located m
Fairbanks and Iditarod and is now
practicing in Sunny Knik.
MR. AND MRS BROWN
TAKE A TRIP WEST
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown left
last evening on the Watson for a trip
to the westward.
INDIAN MAGI.MAKES
REMARKABLE PREDICTION
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 21.—It has
been disclosed here that the follow
ing remarkable prophecy was made
by an Indian maji last January:
“In July, 1914, all Europe will t>e
overwhelmed by a war between the
great powers, and terrible disasters
will result. But in November a great
Emperor will lose his crown and hos
tilities will cease.”