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GERMANS ATTACK WARSAW
TO EETROGRAD RAILROAD
LONDON. August 4..—A dispatch
has arrived today stating that the
Austro-German forces have not yet
entered Warsaw ami that bloody
lighting is still proceeding around the
great city. The most desperate strug
gle of all is reported to be raging at
Wyszkow on the river Bug, just to
the northeast of the capital. The bat
tlefield is about thirty miles from
Warsaw itself and from there the
Germans evidently intend to break
through the right Russian Hank ot
the force still holding the capital so
that they might cut off the retreat.
The main railroad running from War
saw* and by which the Russians ex
pect to make its chief retreating
movement is only ten miles from
Wyszkow to the south, and the cap
ture of that railroad is unquest ion
ably the main purpose of the Teutons
at present.
To Cut Off Petrograd.
PKTROGRAP, August 4.—Fresh
German armies numbering not less
than a third of a million are now
battling to gain possession of the
railroad between Warsaw and Petro
grad to cut off the Russian armies as
they retreat. Those new forces have
marched from the north, and the
plans of the enemy have now become
very clear. When the invasion of the
Baltic provinces was undertaken by
the Germans it was supposed that
their intention was merely to secure
possession of those provinces because
they contain a large German popula
tion, but it is now evident that the
Galician campaign and the Baltic
campaign were all connected move
ments with the ultimate object of
catching the Russian army at War
saw in a trap. There is perfect con
fidence here that the grand duke can
still extricate his main armies before
the Austrians from the south and the
Germans from the north can close in.
Air Attack on Warsaw.
PKTROGRAD, August 4.—German
aeroplanes have again attempted to
blow up the bridges crossing the Vis
tula in the city of Warsaw, but have
not succeeded. Seven people were
killed and fourteen were wounded by
the bombs, but no material damage
was inflicted. Russian hydroplanes
have driven a German gunboat ashore
in the Baltic. They have also re
pulsed a Zeppelin near Windau as
well as destroying a hostile aero
plane.
ACCUSE TURKS
OF AWFUL DEED
PARIS CABLE SAYS THEY
DROVE 9,000 WOMEN AND
CHILDREN INTO RIVER.
PARIS, August 4.—The most awful
massacres and the most brutal that,
perhaps, have ever been recorded are
now taking place in Armenia where
the Turks have set out with an abso
lute freedom to slaughter the unpro
tected Christians in the region of
Bitlis. Thousands of the victims were
first shot and their bodies thrown in
the river but the most horrible of all
the acts of which the Turks are ac
cuse*! is the driving into the Tigris ot
nine thousand women and children.
From all accounts it is evident that
the Turks have come to the conclusion
that no European power is in a posi
tion to interfere with them and they
have given full rein to the centuries
old desire to destroy the Christian
populations of all parts of the Turk
ish dominion.
LANSING FRAMES
REPLY TO BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, August 4.—Secre
tary of State Lansing is now engaged
framing a reply to the British note.
There is very little hope felt that the
London government will accede to the
requests of the Washington govern
ment, but every effort will be made
to at least reach some compromise.
A PLEASANT WORD FOR I S.
Mrs. C. W. Hammond, the school
teacher at Sanak who is also a holder
of valuable Seward property, writes
the following pleasant letter:
Sanak, July 30, 1915.
“Enclosed find check for $2.50 in
payment for one years subscription
to the “All-Alaska.”
The magazine is fine and I wish it
every success. If we in Alaska could
repay in subscription money what
the Gateway Compand has done for us
our great grand-children would be ne
dowed with a heritage of a paid up
subscription to the magazine,”
Respectfully,
Mrs. C. W. Hammond. I
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OLE MARTIN’S MOTHER DEAD.
Ole Martin, the well known home
steader whose place is situated near
the city, has received the sad news of
the death of his mother. Mrs. Martin
was 85 years of age. She died at
Seattle.
Kl SSIV\ PRIEST
AT SANAK RETIRES.
Items of News and Comments From
Correspondent to West
ward.
SANAK. July 27.—P. K. Nielsen
made a business trip to King Cove
last week. Mr. Nielsen has hail
marked success with his dairying
this season. He has found a ready
market for his butter of which he has
made nearly half a ton. Besides the
butter produced Mr. Nielsen has a
bunch of calves that would be a credit
to any stock country.
Mr. apd Mrs. Charlie Matson, form
er residents of the island but who
have been absent for some years,
have returned to Sanak to make their
home. For the present they are oc
cupying Mr. Grosvold’s house. Mrs.
Matson is a sister ot Mrs. Gus Holm
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berg.
Paul Hanson and Miss Julia Shclli
kotf, popular young people of the
island, were married by Rev. A.
Kedrovsky July 18th.
Neither the cod fishing nor the
salmon fishing has been quite up to
average this season much to the dis
appointment of both packers and
fishermen.
Rev. Alexander Kedrovsky and
family leave this month for Russia.
Father Kedrovsky has served his
church for the past fourteen years in
Alaska and now retires to Russia on
a pension.
Mrs. Katie Hanson, and nephew,
Ben Mobeck, made a trip to Vnalaska
on the July Santa Ana.
The people of Sanak have finally
acquired the habit of saying, “When
the mail boat comes” instead of “If
the mail boat comes.” Lack of con
fidence is a terrible thing whether it
is relative to a president, a monetary
svstem, a boom or a mail boat, and we
'sincerely hope that our now boin
confidence will continue to thrive.
How often it is borne home to us
that there is no ointment without its
fly. We were “tickled to death” when
Washingon went dry, w’hen the local
macula barrels went dry, and when
the Santa Ana went dry, but now' that
Gus Holmbcrg’s well has gone dry, or
is in the process of “going,” we are
asking ourselves if all this dryness is
what it is cracked up to be after all.
ARRIVED ON SANTA ANA.
The following arrived on the Santa
Ana for Seward:
A. H. Bradford, J. E. Horton, G.
W. Eolta, Peter Nelson, Guy Johnson,
Geo. K. Carter, Chas. Nutter, A.
Wirak, T. B. Judson, M. B. Dahl.
The following are through pas
sengers:
H. Knudsen, H. H. Waller, Rev. A
Kcdrovsky and family, Alex Hansen,
E. M. Ball, D. R. Crawford, and An
drew Amundsen.
GERMAN BANKS
GOT BULGARIA
ASSUMED HER INDEBTEDNESS
TO KEEP HER OUT OF
THE WAR.
BERLIN, August 4.—It was an
nounced today that the German banks
assumed the indebtedness of Bulgaria
and that thus she was kept from en
tering the war against the Teutonic
Allies. The indebtedness amounted
to fifty millions but the price paid
was considered small compared to the
effect which Bulgaria might have ex
ercised on the attempt of the allies
to reach Constantinople. The defeat
of Russia in Galicia served as a de
ciding factor in keeping not only the
Bulgarians but all the other Balkan
states not already engaged out of the
war but the work of the German
banks held the Sofia government dur
ing a dangerous period.
S. S. VICTORIA WILL
NOT BE HERE BY 11TH
That the steamship Victoria will
not be able to reach Seward by Au
gust 11th, as was supposed, is the
statement made by A. H. Bradford,
who arrived on the Santa Ana this
morning. He says that she is due at
the King Cove cannery on August 8th
and will take out the balance of 61,
•
000 case pack and ail the cannery
hands. It will take her at least two
i
day to load this cargo aboard.
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The interruption of the • Me ser
vice still continues. The outside dis
patches appearing today were receiv
ed mainly through the courtesy of the
Alaska Citizen of Fairbanks which
was requested by the Gateway to wire
this paper its own telegrams when
they received them. By this means
the Gateway was able to secure yes
terday’s news. It also received a few
dispatches from Seattle via the Cana
dian route but even that service seems
to have ben interrupted.
BOAT WITH R. R. STUFF
LEFT PANAMA JULY" 17.
The ship Sinoloa, with equipment
for the construction of the govern
ment railroad here, left Panama on
July 17 and will not arrive for quite
a time yet. She is to have railroad
locomotives for Seward probably, Re
cording to a statement of Chairman
Edes.
GUSTAD TAKES
! A NEWSPAPER
TERRITORIAL SENATOR BUYS
FA 1R BANkS N EWS-MIN ER
FROM THOMPSON.
CATCH MEN TOR
OLNES MURDER
j CHEN A TOWNSITE CANCELLED
AS ORIGINAL SURVEY
NOT COMPLETED.
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FAIRBANKS, August 4.—The last j
mail from the land oftice department;
gives notice that the Chena townsite
has been cancelled and that, in conse
quence, it will revert to the govern
ment. The reasons given by the de
| partment are that the original sur
veys of the townsite had never been
| completed and that the people showed
! no disposition to perfect their rights.
There is a disposition here now to be
lieve that the withdrawal of the town
site is connected in some manner with
the government’s intentions with re
gard to the railroad terminal.
A jury has found that Charles
Lindstrom, who was found dead seven
miles above Chatanika, committed
suicide. Death was due to shooting
through the head.
A Jap has been found shot in his
cabin here but is recovering. He
was attacked while asleep and the be
lief is that the act was due to trouble
over a gambling feud.
Senator CTaustad has assumed con
trol of the Fairbanks Daily News
Miner and the former owner, Thomp
son, will go to the outside and reside
their permanently.
Some men have been arrested for
the murder of Mrs. Rowe at Olnes
and the preliminary hearing will take
place Wednesday. It is stated that
one of the suspects has confessed the
crime and since that it is given out on
good authority that the story of the
confession has been corroborated.
However, the coils are being drawn
more closely and that the guilty party
or parties will soon be convicted is
certain. The woman was unquestion
ably murdered for the money which
she was known to have on her per
son. She was well known and the
feeling because of her murder is very
deep.
GOMPERS SAYS GOV’T. IS
TO BLAME FOR EASTLAND.
After Bitter Attack on Inspectors
Asks tor Inquiry by Un
biased Citizens.
WASHINGTON, August 4.—Sam
uel Gompers in a letter to the presi
dent delivers a bitter attack on the
federal inspection system for steam
ships which he blames for the dis
aster to the steamer Eastland at
Chicago when hundreds of lives were
lost. Gompers urges that the enquiry
into the occurrence bo conducted by a
body of fair-minded and unbiased
citizens so that no whitewashing
might be possible if the officials are
really at fault.
TORRENTIAL RAINS
VISIT NEW YORK
Traffic at a Standstill as Rain
Pours and a Sixty-Mile Wind
Rages.
NEW YORK, August 4.—Torren
tial rains accompanied by a sixty-mile
gale have brought the traffic of this
city to a standstill and flooded the cel
lars all over. Several pedestrians
have been injured and many extraor
dinary incidents are related. Some
people think it the most terrific rain
storm in the history of the city.
BATTLE RAGES
AROUND YPRES
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BRITISH AND GERMANS AGAIN
LOCKED IN DEADLY
COMBAT.
AMSTERDAM, August 4.—The
British and Germans are again locked
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in deadly combat around Ypres and
one of the fiercest battles of the
western campaign is said to be pro- j
feeding without, however, any definite
advantage having been gained by j
either side. The Germans are report
ed to have opened the attack although
their tremendous operations in the ,
eastern theatre make it unlikely that ;
they are attempting anything big on
the west front and the other part of j
the line is probably quiet. The allies
have apparently come to the conclus
ion that the Germans are strong
enough in the west to withstand a
half hearted attack notwithstanding
their campaign around Warsaw and
the British and French are believed
to be waiting either for reinforce
ments or for munitions.
TILLMAN SAYS WILSON
WILL STAND FIRM
Noted United States Senator Has
Returned to States From
Alaska.
SEATTLE, August 4. — United
States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman
has returned from hi3 trip to Alaska.
He found that his engagements would
not permit him to extend his Alaska
trip further than the southeastern
coast this time. In an interview in a
Seattle paper the senator declared
that “Wilson won’t beg on his belly
to keep out of a war with Germany.”
TORPEDO BOATS GONE
TO THE WESTWARD.
Were at Sand Point on August First
When the Santa Ana Was
Also There.
The United States torpedo flotilla
was at Sand Point on August 1 when
the Santa Ana was there, so it is a
cinch that they have passed up Sew
ard on the trip west, anyhow. Capt.
Hansen of the Santa Ana wits unable
to say whether or not the flotilla will
stop at Seward at all.
CLOUDBURST,
KILLSTHIRTY
WRECKAGE IN ERIE, PENNSYL
VANIA, REACHES THIRTY
FEET IN HEIGHT.
ERIE, Pa., August 4.—A cloud
burst which occurred over this section
of the country last night killed thirty !
people and destroyed an almost in
calculable quantity of property. The
wreckage in places in this city is
seventy feet in height and water
covers the streets of the business dis
tricts for a depth of five feet. Great
damage was also inflicted in the cities
of Meadville, Richmond, Detroit and
Toronto, Canada. The full particu
lars have not yet been received from
the different places visited and it is
feared that the loss of life may be
greater than is known at present.
BIDS CALLED FOR THE
CLEARING OF TERMINAL.
Bids are now being asked by the
Engineering commission for the work
of clearing the streets in the Termin
al tract.
A. B. MEETING TONIGHT.
The Artie Brotherhood will meet
this evening at 8 o’clock.
THROW BOMBS
ON STRASSBURG
FLEET OF TWENTY-FIVE AL
LIED AIRSHIPS ATTACK
FAMOUS CITY.
PARIS, August 4.—A fleet of
twenty-five allied aeroplanes attack
ed the city of Strassburg on the 2nd,
dropped thirty-five bombs on the city
and set fire to it in several places.
Several people were killed and the city
is still burning fiercely and in a man
ner which threatens frightful destruc
tion. The Germans tried to beat oil
the attack and to bring down some
of the airships but the fleet was able
to return without the loss of a machine
or a man.
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PHILADELPHIA, August 4.—A
bomb exploded last night in an arsen
al here and two soldiers were wound
ed and two civilians killed. Not the
slightest clue to the perpetrators or
to the reasons for the act can be as
certained at present.
FAMOUS JUDGE
FOUND GUILTY
BEN LINDSEY OF DENVER
Gl’ILTY OF CONTEMPT FOR
REFT SING TO GIVE EVIDENCE.
DENVER, August 4.—Judge Ben
Lindsey, the famous judge of the
Juvenile court, has been found guilty
of contempt of court because he re
fused to testify in the Berne murder
case. He declared that whatever he
knew about the case had been told to
him in confidence and it is stated that
had he given the testimony the
Juvenile court itself would have been
vitally affected. He has appealed
from the judgment of the court and
the matter is expected to develope in
to a controversy of national interest.
ALASKA CITY MAY BE
NAME FOR ANCHORAGE.
That is the Name Heading the Poll
in Vote Taken at New
Railroad City.
They had a school election at An
chorage the other day and at tl\c
same time they cast a ballot as to
what the name of their town should
be hereafter. There follow below
the names proposed and the number
of votes cast for each:
Matanuska . 54
Alaska City . 146
Ship Creek. 48
Winalaska .. 18 j
Gateway. 15
Anchorage .'••• 151
Terminal. 16 j
Homestead. 5
Lane . 1-5
It can be seen from the election re
turns that the chosen name is Alaska
City. This city has had several
names in the past year. Among them
are; Knik Anchorage, Anchorage,
Ship Creek, Woodrow Creek, Wood
row and now Alaska City.
NOTES FROM ANCHORAGE.
The Cook Inlet Pioneer says it has
reliable information that Sc ret ary
Lane will visit Anchorage this month
Of the Commercial club or Chamber
of Commerce J. H. Smith was elected
president and Carl Ahny sccrotary
treasu/er. V
Candidates for election to the
school board are Mrs. M. T. Normile,
A Finkelstein and A. J. Wendler.
AMERICANS AND
MEXICANS WAR
' RANGERS OE TWO NATIONALI
TIES IN BATTLE AND TWO
l*. S. MEN KILLED.
BROWNSVILLE, August 4.—-Four
Americans were wounded and om
Texas ranger and one soldier were
killed in a battle yesterday near the
Mexican frontier with Mexican rang
ers. The losses of the Mexican- hav<
not been told but it is a timod that
they were greater than the losses on
our side. As to the causes leading
up to the fight the account; are not
! clear at present but the most serious
| consequences are anticipated.
| BRITISH ADVERTISE IN
1. S. FOR MEC HANICS.
CHICAGO, August 4. -The British
government is now advertising for
skilled mechanics in the Arm rican
newspapers. The mechanics are off
ered contracts for six months and
free transportation as well as good
wages and large numbers of men will
probably take advantage of the offer
although the manufacturing of v.ir
supplies in this country has now giv
en employment to extra thousand* of
skilled workers. The mechanics in
vited by Great Britain are wanted
for the new factories which have been
established to increase the manufact
ure of tho war supplies which the al
lied nations so badly need, even ac
cording to their own admission.
SAY THKY DID NOT
KXFKCT SKWARD TKAM.
Men Who Were in Anchorage Three
Days Ago Declare a Surprise
in Store for R. R. City.
When the Seward baseball team ar
rives at Anchorage they will find that
no one had expected them it the news
brought over by Gus Seiflfert and
others is perfectly correct. Mr. Seif
fert says Fred Tracy is the manager
of the Anchorage baseball team and
that he stated to him that Seward’s
visit was not looked for. The sur
prise will probably make the visit all
tjie more welcome. Burley will not be
able to play as Charley Herron, who
arrived yesterday, says Frank can
not be spared from the dredge.
JOIN TO STOP
MEXICAN WAR
UNITED STATES WILL ASK CO
OPERATION OF SOUTHERN
REPUBLICS FOR PURPOSE.
WASHINGTON, August 4.—On
September 3 a meeting will take place
which will mark a new era in the re
lations of all the governments of the
American continent and may be the
forerunner of a permanent treaty of
j all the republics of North and South
America for their mutual protection
and advancement. The ostensible
purpose of the meeting will be to ask
the co-operation of the South Ameri
can republics with the United States
in the effort to restore peace in Mexi
co. This effort has probably for its
main idea the prevention of a lasting
hatred between the people of this
country and the people of Mexico, a
hatred which might well cause tn«
frustration of the plans for the
great Pan-American peace combi na
| tion.
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R. W. Baxter, president of the Al
aska Steamship Company, passed
through last night on the Alameda.
Aron Ericson went out this morn
ing on the car to his headquarters at
Mile 24.