JAP AIRSHIP RUINS FORTS
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept. 21.—It is reported that
Japanese aeroplanes are dropping bombs on the German
fortress at Tsingtau and that they have already destroyed
two forts. This information is not confirmed but it comes
from a good authority. The fighting for the possession of
the fortress is now said to be going on fiercely but it is
supposed that the defense of the Germans will be ot no
avail except to save their honor. They are stated to he
determined to hold out. however, as long as possible.
AUSTRIANS MUST BE THICK AS FLIES
PETROGRAD, Sept. 21.—It is reported by the Rus
sians at the front that within the past three days fifteen
thousand Austrians have been captured as well as many
cannons and much supplies. Among the captured it is Re
ported there are one hundred and fifty oflicers. No tui
ther information has come from Przemysl where the Aus
trians are said to have taken reluge and nineteen miles
from which the Russian army was said to be several days
ago. The fortifications at that place are formidable and
its fall is hoped for constantly. The prisoners reported
taken in the last few days were captured in Galicia.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—When the details of the battle ot
the Aisne come to be told alter the war some of the most
stirring tales of all times will be related. During most ot
the time the battle is carried on exclusively by artillery
but every now and then an assault is ordered and the real
carnage begins. Each side is said to be always on the
watch for these charges and as the enemy appears march
ing or trotting their horses the sentinels of the opposing
lines simplv use some quiet phrase such as “they are com
ing" and the men leap to their guns. On several occasions
cavalrv has met cavalry at full gallop and the shocks have
been awful. More often, however, the great guns alone
are heard as they thunder forth at each other across val
leys miles apart. The shells have done probably worse
execution than all the other implements of war as the ar
tillery of both sides has been brought nearer to perfection
than at any other time in the history of warfare.
QUIET IN ANTWERP
LONDON. Sept. 21.—The conditions in the city of Ant
werp are said to be very quiet. Since the sortie made by
the Belgians some time ago the garrison has remained
within the fortifications. The British or the Russians are
unable to re-inforce the Belgian troops there as to reach
the city they would be compelled either to attack the
strong German forces masking the city or go up the river
Scheldt which runs through Holland. This latter course
would, needless to say, be a violation of the neutrality oi
that kingdom. Many of the German troops that were
camped outside the city are said to have been detached foi
service against the allies in France and the number of
Germans in Belgium is now probably greater than at any
time since the capture of Brussels.
GERMANY IGNORES PEACE PROPOSALS
BERLIN, Sept. 21.—The .government .officially .an
nounced today that it has not even considered the peace
proposals offered by anyone or by any nation and that
there is no ground whatever for the opinion that it intends
to take any under consideration at present. The an
nouncement was doubtlessly due to a report which be
came circulated after the president of the United States
suggested that if any of the belligerent nations would en
tertain any peace proposals he would be only too glad to
give his services towards that end.
AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE LOST
LONDON, Sept. 20—The admiralty announces the loss
of the Australian submarine boat known as the A. E. 1.
This vessel was part of the Australian fleet which was
built some time ago to defend the Australian coasts in the
event of war between Britain and some great naval pow
er. No details have been given out as to the cause of the
disaster and no one can tell whether she was sunk by &
mine or just met with an accident of the ordinary kind
at sea.
GERMAN BARON KILLED BY JAPS
PERKIN, Sept. 20.—Baron Eisenbach, formerly sec
ond secretary of the German legation in this city, has been
killed by the Japanese in a skirmish at Tsingtau. The
baron was an ollicer in a German regiment which happen
ed to be stationed in the country where he had formerlj
acted as a diplomat. He was a young man and is said to
have been in command of the Germans in the first attempt
to repulse the land forces of the Japanese. All the fight
ing done so far between the Japanese and the Germans
has been of an unimportant kind but the real fighting is
expected to be commenced very soon. The Japanese
troops are said not to have yet come within range of the
guns of the forts but are massing out of range and prepar
ing for the assault which will probably be conducted in
the same manner as the assaults on Port Arthur during
1 the Russian war.
BERLIN, Sept. 20.—One of the accompaniments of the
European war which would, under less serious conditions,
be a fair subject for amused comment, is the sudden rage
that has manifested itself against everything English,
French and Russian. This feeling has reached such a
pitch that French and English pictures have been with
drawn from public view at the Berlin museums. In the
Kaiser Friedrich museum, priceless old books with wood
engravings by Gustave Dore have been withdrawn.
On the days following the declaration of war by Great
Britain, groups paraded the main streets and made dem
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Peters, Winchester and Remington U. M. C. loaded
shotgun shells at J.L. Graef.
BRASS BAND NEARLY READY j
The Moose brass band will soon be
an accomplished fact in Seward.
There is only one instrument required
to complete the arrangement and it ia
expected that it will soon be secured.
THREE MOOSE BROUGHT IN
Three moose have been brought to
the city within the past few days.
Henry Colliard brought one in last
Friday and two were brought yester
day by Jack Duhone and Vic Lom
bard.
DANCE TUESDAY EVENING
A social dance will be given in the
railroad building tomorrow night.
This will be the last dance before the
court convenes. Music by Mrs. Mc
Neer and Gus Manthey. Admission
one dollar.
You get local Ranch Eggs with your
Ham and Bacon at Gamble’s Res
taurant.
Genuine Sweedish imported white
enamel ware at Brown & Hawkins'
Hardware and Furniture Dept. “Qual
ity First”.
The name “Gamble’s” is a trade
mark and wherever seen is a guaran
tee of wholesomeness and cleanliness.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try Cooper’s Cafe.
Roofing paper, tarred felt, deaden
ing felt and building paper. Brown &
Hawkins' Hardware and Furniture
Dept. “Quality First”.
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye at The
Branch.
onst rat ions before shops with offending signs. Many
American firms, which advertised branches in Paris and
London, suffered. At the corner of Lcipziger and Fried
rich streets stands the Equitable Life Insurance com
pany’s building. Its first two floors sheltered the Equita
ble Cafe, but this became the “Zielka Cafe” on August 5.
The Berlin Messenger-Boy company, whose English
name.had long given offense to sturdy patriots, is now the
“Berliner Boten-Junge Gesellschaft”, and the messengers
have been equipped with new headgear to replace the tin>
Tommy Atkins hat which they formerly wore on the side
of their head.
The movement is being carried to such ridiculous
lengths that prominent newspapers are now' declaring tilt
Germans should stop saying “adieu” upon parting, a
salutation that has been in use since the eighteenth cen
tury.
PARIS, Sept. 20.—Already women and children ii.
black are growing more and more numerous on the streets
of Paris. Today the official communique declares that
“while our losses (in a certain engagement) were heav)
(hose of the enemy were far greater.” The inevitable toL
of the war is being paid.
A tear-stained, trembling mignonette told today how
she heard of the death of her only brother yesterday. Ht
had sent her no word since he went north with his regi
ment on the second day of mobilization. There are nc
official lists of the killed and wounded. For five days she
went to the ministry of w ar, seeking news. On Friday the)
seemed to be preparing her for the worst. “Come tomor
row and we w ill have news of your brother”. On the mor
row' she was told simply “he is dead”. All further inquiries
w ere in vain. Where and how he died she could not lean;
or whether his body would be brought home. Simply “I
est mort”.
WAR NOTES
London.—Whether Germany has played the game fair
ly by her ally, says the Petrograd correspondent of the
Post, will be decided by history in years to come.
“At present,” adds the correspondent, “Austria is bad
ly in need of those heavy siege batteries and that arm>
corps which she sent to help Germany on the French
frontiers, while all we hear of German help to Austria is
the one German division now retreating toward Cracow
before the pressure of the Russian advance.
There are five German cruisers in the Pacific still un
accounted for. These are the Scharnhorst, Gneisau,
Nurnberg, Stettin and Emden, according to a dispatch
from Wellington, New Zealand.
The Nurnberg is reported to have been captured b>
the Australasia, and the Leipzig was sighted recently ofl
the coast of Mexico.
London.—The Evening News has published a dispatch
from its Rome correspondent, who says that Emperor
Nicholas is reported, in Rome, to have made the following
declaration:
“I am resolved to go to Berlin itself, even if it costs me
my last moujik.”
The Japanese ambassador at Petrograd, the correspon
dent of the News continues, having expressed to the em
peror a wish to see the soldiers of Japan fighting side by
side with those of Russia, the emperor replied:
“I shall do my best to realize your wishes.”
Petrograd.—A dispatch from Tokio says Japan has
joined the agreement of the allies not to conclude peace
without the consent of the allied nations.
Japan has informed Russia, the dispatch says, that she
will not make peace with Germany until the war in
Europe is ended, even if Japan occupied Kiao-Chowr be
fore then.
NEWS NOTES
A. R. McConahay is about to lea
for Valdez on a business trip. Ho if
•unning a store at Tyonic.
Colonel Swift who accompanied
Genera! Murray on the trip to Alas
ka is the chief of the general’s staff.
A bear walked right to the door of
the Johnston roadhouse on the rail
road near Mile Seven one night last
week.
The fine party enjoyed at the Bal
laine residence last week was given by
the Ladies’ Bridge Whist club.
George W. Puckett has arrived
'rom the Inlet country and will bo
lere some days at least.
Orders taken for Nu-Bone Corsets.
Perfect fit and satisfaction guaran
teed. Mrs. V. H. Cottle, next Cum
min’s Boarding House.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given, that the
/artnership heretofore existing under
he firm name and style of Hitchcock
nd Weierman, has been dissolved,
}. D. Hitchcock having sold his in
erest therein to Joseph Weierman,
/ho will conduct the business of the
>usitna bar and roadhouse as sole
>roprietor in the future.
All accounts payable by or owing
o said firm will be taken care of by
he undersigned.
JOSEPH WEIERMAN,
Jusitna Bar and Roadhouse, Susitna,
Alaska.
Gated this 31st day of August A. I).
1914.
Just received: Imported Belmont
)live Oil, 32 fluid ounces for $1.25.
Superfine Clarification”. Brown &
lawkins. “Quality First”.
You'll find everything in the pastry
ine at Cooper's Cafe.
If you prefer an Indian and Cey
on blend try "Ridgway's “Dollar
Tea''. Brown & Hawkins. “Quality
First”.
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your job printing.
The Gateway Job Printing Depart
ment has just received the very latest
in new type and machinery. Don’t
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Patronize the paper that is helping to
'mild up your city.
Boys’ blouses and shirts In both cot
ton and wool at 35c, 75c, $1 and $2,
it Brown &. Hawkins. “Quality First”.
You’ll find everything in the Pastry
Line at Cooper's Cafe.
Protect your party dresses, furs and
rood clothes when hanging them away
by putting them into White Tar Moth,
germ and dust proof, odorless bag*.
We have them in assorted sizes and
prices. Brown & Hawkins. “Quality
First”.
Letterheads, envelopes, billheads,
ards, posters, announcements of al!
kinds at The Gateway Job Printery.
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Of booze, that’s soft and mellow **P(||3C6 *n ra'° °r S^ne
Its eight years old—aged in the wood .. . If you’re in the hills, out there alone
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