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V! 8N Member Associated Press SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1914. Member Associated Press Ten Cents the Copy
tST$ BEfEAT AISIRIANS BLOODY FIGHT
GERMANS MARCH ONWARD THROUGH BELGIUM
VALDEZ MINES
MAY SHUT DOWN
t.u win i’koim i. ir is m:u»:v
i:i». ( VWOI l\k.ki* mu*\s
MINI I.OINti
That the Valdez mines m y be con»
pellet) to shut down as a result ot the
great Kuropean war is the informa
tion which has come from that city. It
is almo.-'t a certainty that the Midas
mine wi 1 havt to close as the v.ranby
peon e vho have > i’ii operating it
havt h'H’ii forced to suspend most of
Iterations • other . ace- In
i /of* the slump in the price ot
S J' and the ■ bilitv t«» - *p th f
v /. ..
at t oss t• * i .u»'op<
w tm Hi .now n
mining engineer front \ aide/., has
come to Seward anti went out this
morning with a crew to work on
Skeen's property at the head of (bant
lake, iie wi: be absent a bo ' a
month anti it is said that he has tak
en a lease to* made some other deal
which will place the property in his
hands.
While speak ug ot Mr. Har In-ton
it might be mentioned that “Womans
Home Com pa; ion*' for September
contains the photograph of his baby.
Crittenden Harrington, who is de
scribed as the chihl of the woman who
will -tart the “Better Bah. Work* '*»
the frozen north*'.
WAITING WORD
ABOUT TAXES
wil l thi: poll r\\ fop two
^ i: \i:s m: t olitx m>
OK NOT
\»! vices from Wahlon ti. Smith, tor-:
n *ria‘ treasurer. is now beinjr await
,-.i i \ t ommissioner t onroy as well as
l»\ the other commissioners of the to * i
i tot . regard in;: the collection o! j
nixes as the hill just passtxl by con- j
<_jvss empo e»> the commissioners to
t them. What is particularly
desired to be cleartsl up is the ques- j
• . . .1 to whether the taxes !or last .
v• wi also l*o collected. .Lalce
t onnn is unable to answt*r this qiuv
i . it i osit i v * * * \ until It** hears Irom
the treasurer.
In th* meantime th«* salaries of the
oilicia’s ctvat * by th * local Icgisla- 1
•e have pr**hal»ly not been }»ai*l :*n«l j
a> they must !>* paid for two yea - !
t ier** is reason to believe that *.he
»••,\**> ?%»t both years will he collected
if th* \ * an Le <o h**tc«l loyally. liter*
; i* • \' i a other expense am uu
;i!>o to be cleared up. The territorial
mini* it inspvtor, William Moloney, i
report***! to have been unable to make
hi> m>p«tion up to the present th’s
year owinjt to the failure * I the ten
tot \ to set ur* the necessary lunds.
GREAT FLOODS HIT
CITY OF FAIRBANKS!
FAIKISANKS. A sir. 22. -High \va- era! parties have left this place f* u
h reached its crest ^ht Slene.
rhe dem K*r it' have failed to ho (t
Thursday night and tor a time it was , *
* regular ptimanc-, and a council.ion '
tea rod that the city would ho >u!*- tju v ill be held on the cig! -
merged hy a t* i rihle Hood. The ce * tecuth of* September. There are so -
lar.' .*! the citN were flooded and part er;d candidate for the legislature,
of the bridge . as swept awa\ hut Thomas Rokocinevich. who w;>
nothing more scrims eti irred. The caught begging hert* some time ag».
river is now ta dug and there is a was arrested and found to have $."»t 0
hope that the danger has passed on- in his possession. He has been coir
tirelv. p l ed to return the money begged by
A stamped* 1 ■;!' ore . Tod t*» tl ** .« ;i p<*Op!e.
Heah river when* it is reported some I h* realty demand has increased in
good ground has been struck. Sev- this city.
ANTWERP IS READY j
PARIS. Aug. 22.—The concentration of the Belgian
forces around Antwerp has been accomplished in good or
der and the defenders are now about ready to meet *he
brunt of the assault. Great delense works have been
built around the city with a radius of several miles and,
these defenses must he captured by the enemy before ih?
German guns can come within range oi the city itself.
Most of the defenses are, however, nothing better than
hreatworks. Antwerp has a population of 300,000 but at
least 50,000 of these are Germans. The intentions ot the
Germans with respect to Antwerp have not yet been
learned hut it is assumed that they cannot leave the army j
which now occupies that city unmolested on their Hank.
—
RUSSIAN HOST TO INVADE
ROME, Aug. 21.—A Russian host composed of twenty
army corps is about to invade Prussia under the Grand
Duke Nicholas according to oflicial dispatches received j
here today. This army is now probably concentrating in
Poland with W arsaw as its base. To meet it the Germans I
will be compelled to decrease their strength on the French
frontier but the Austrians are advancing as fast as possi
ble along the Rhine to the aid of their allies and Italy is
watching w ith some uneasiness the magnificent but terri
ble storm that is now gathering around the two great
Teutonic allies.
JAPANESE CRUISER CLEARS
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22.—The great Japanese
cruiser Idzumo, fully stocked and provisioned, passed out
this afternoon from this harbor and will clear for action
immediately on reaching the ocean. The German cruiser
Leipzig is still hovering outside the bay and a great battle
may take place between the two vessels as soon as war
starts between Japan and Germany.
The Idzumo came up from the south a couple of days
ago and as her country is not yet at war she was able to
take on supplies. The steamer Mazatlan which is sup-i
posed to have coal aboard for the Leipzig has been ref us
ed her clearance papers as it is known that she was pur
chased by the German consul to take the coal to the war
ship. This fact will place the Leipzig at a disadvantage as j
she has probably not enough coal to maneuver in the ex
pected fight and will be a stationary target for the Jap
anese.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS MOVE
EOWARD TO THE BATTLE
SERVIANS SMASH AUSTRIANS
LONDON, Aug. 22.—'Twenty-five thousand Austrians
were killed and wounded by the Servians in a terrific bat
tle which took place along the banks ot the river Drina
near the Servian capital. The battle raged for three days
with amazing fury and the Servian forces proved them
selves the superiors of the Austrians at every point. Most
of the Servians engaged in the combat were veterans of
the Turkish and Bulgarian wars while the Austrian
troops were under tire for the first time. In addition to
the Austrians killed and wounded the Servians took ten
thousand prisoners and captured forty guns and much
other booty. Advices from Servia indicate that the Ser-j
vian army has now not only saved Belgrade but will in
vade Austrian territory and draw oft* much of the Aus
trian strength from the Russian and French borders.
—
GERMANS WILL MARCH ON j
ANTW ERF, Aug. 22.—The Germans say that they
have no intention of occupying Brussels but that they will
march through on their road to northern France. The
entr\ of the German troops into the capital is said to have
been accompanied with no exciting circumstance. The
people of Brussels stood on the sidewalks and watched
the regiments of the invaders march along the streets and
boulevards. The great body of the German troops were
camped outside the city and did not enter at all.
GERMANS FACE MAIN ENEMY
LONDON, Aug. 22.—W ith the Germans bombarding
the Namur forts great bodies of German troops are con
tinuing to move westward and must soon come in contact
w ith the main forces of the allies. Then for the first time
since the beginning of the war will the invaders be lacing
the chief armies of their enemies and a great battle will
result which is bound to have an enormous effect on the
future of the war. There will probably be an ebb and How
in the tide of the warfare for several days before the de
cision is reached b\ the opposing sides to plunge into the
great decisive conflict. The British and French are con
centrating in the north of France and may meet the Ger
man hosts either on french soil or they may advance to
wards the invaders and meet them on Belgian territory.
Germany and Austria have now called the landstrum
of both nations to the colors. This is the last military line
of the two empires and when the landstrum is out all the
forces of Germany and Austria w ill be in the field.
JAPANESE TROOPS EMBARK
SHANGHAI, Aug. 22.—'The Tenth division of the Jap
anese army, consisting ot sixteen thousand men, boarded
the transports at Kokuia yesterday and will proceed at
once to Kiauchau to open the attack on the German forti
fications should the German government decide not to
evacuate that territory before Sunday noon. The Jap
anese lieet of battleships has already proceeded on its way
to bombard Kiauchau and cover the landing ot the Jap
anese troops. The attack will be made on the fortifica
tions from the land and sea sides so that the German gar
rison will be surrounded by a force that will be at least
live times superior in numbers. The troops will probably
be landed some distance from the town itself as the Ger
man possession in that region has a coast line ot lbO miies.
That the Germans will attempt to oppose the landing is
regarded as improbable owing to the comparative paucity
of their numbers. They are expected to await the attack
in Kiauchau itself.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—The Japanese government
has instructed its ambassador to leave Berlin early to
morrow morning unless an answer has been sent to the
Japanese ultimatum. These instructions leave no room to
doubt that the attack on Kiauchau will be opened immedi
ately on the expiration of the time given the Germans to
evacuate. The entry of the Japanese into the war has
rather tended to turn the sympathies of some Americans
towards Germany. From this country the light at Kiau
chau w ill he watched w ith even greater interest than the
lighting in Europe although it is regarded as certain that
Germany can only hope to put up there sufficient opposi
tion to preserve her honor. Many believe that Germany
will still comply with the demands of Japan and so try to
avoid the creation of a new opponent.
But not a word has come from Berlin regarding the
matter.
BELGIAN COMMANDER CAPTURED
LONDON, Aug. 22.—General Lemp, the Belgian com
mander of the Liege forts, has been taken prisoner by the
Germans and has been taken to Cologne for safe keeping.
Lemp became a national idol of the Belgian people because
of his magnificent defense of the fortifications against the
tremendous forces hurled against them and the news of
his capture has been received with the greatest regret.
The details o'- the capture have not been related but it is
assumed that he took too many chances while directing
(he fighting and was surrounded.
POPE’S BODY EYING IN
ST. PETER’S IN STATE
ROME, Aug, 22.—The body of the
pope is now lying in state in a chapel
of St. Peter’s and thousands of pil
rlms are passing it by in review con
stantly. In spite of the war tin* rep
resentatives of the Austrian, Spanish,
German and other governments have
received expressions of regret from
their sovereigns and these have* been
communicated to the papal secretary
of state, Cardinal Merry del Val. ,
The preparations for the conclave
are now going forward and several
foreign cardinals are on the way from
their respective countries. The news
papers of this city give much space
to discussions as to what prelate will
be chosen as the new pope but all
seem to agree that he is sure to be an
Italian.
WATCHING AND
WAITING WINS
CRIES RRYAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—“Watch
ful waiting wins” wore the words of
William Jennings Bryan when he had
been formally notified that Carranza
had taken over the reins of govern
ment in Mexico and that tin* former
government had given way to the vic
torious constitutionalists.
The secretary was greatly pleased
with the transfer of authority in the
neighboring republic and made no
secret of his satisfaction.
He has made no statement, how
ever, about the probable attitude of
the United States with respect to the
new Mexican government nor has he
or the president stated whether the
United States government will recog
nize Carranza. That the American
troops will be removed from Mexican
soil is almost certain but this govern
ment has not even intimated any in
tention to do so immediately. The re
moval of the troops has not, indeed,
come up for consideration but it is the
general opinion here that as no just
reason can he advanced now for koep
:ng them there they will he summon
ed home.
OFF FOR THE FRONT
Charles E. Herron, J. M. Davidson
and Frank P. Carlin left for the front
this morning and will probably re
main away while the Herron-French
drill is prospecting the properties ta
ken over by its operators. Mr. Da
vidson says that all Brazil has been
placed on a moratorium basis which
means, of course, that no one can
bring suit against a debtor for his
debt. Mr. Davidson has been inter
ested in large financial deals during
his time and he says that matters
outside are really bad.
SEWARD LODGE OF
MOOSE GROWS BIG
Members Are Talking of Getting Hall
and Forming Ladies’ Auxiliary
The Seward Lodge No. 1425 Loyal
Order of Moose of the World is now
growing so fast that the members are
figuring on securing permanent quar
ters where fine club rooms may be
opened for the winter. They are also
contemplating the formation of a. wo
man’s auxiliary circle as J. Frederick
Johnson wrote yesterday from Juneau
to say that one has already been
formed in Alaska and the example
will be followed, no doubt, throughout
the territory.
The regular meeting of the lodge
took place last night and several new
members were initiated, which, by the
way, is the rule now at each and every
meeting.
PASSENGERS ON ALAMEDA
The following first-class passengers
•n addition to those published yester
day, went out on the Alameda: Miss
Ella N. Drake, W. Hawkins, H. Peter
son, Robert Thomas, G. H. Thomas.
Herman Haasch is the artist who
arranged the tempting camping
scene in the Brown and Hawkins
window.
ALL DEMOCRATS
TO AFFILIATE
ALASKA MAY HAVE FEDERA
TION OF CLl'RS LIKE STATES
ON THE OI TSIDE
That steps are now being taken to
form a federation of democratic clubs
throughout the territory is probable
as the territorial central committee
was nstrueted by the convention at
Skagway to make efforts to induce
the clubs which have not yet affiliat'd
with the national league of democra
tic clubs to do so. (leorge I'helps ask
ed the convention to take up the mat
ter and he is in receipt of a lettej
mm ,1. I’. Co!b saying that the com
mittee was instructed according to
this suggestion. Five clubs in the
territory are now affiliated to the na
tional organization.
Charles Bunnell may arrive in Sew
ard tomorrow on the Evans althougl
no direct word to that effect has been
received from him. The democratic
club of Seward will organize a recep
tion for him and will later work
methodically for his election.
BRIC E OF STEAK
AND I LOI R RISES
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Word Kerch ed From a Seattle Firm
rhat Affects Alaska People
Directly
The Seward Commercial company
received word by cable yesterday
from a large Seattle grocery firm j
that the price of flour has gone up fin
cents a barrel and the price of sugar
$2;85 a hundred pounds.
This rise in sugar means a rise of
fit) per cent since August 1.
Tea has gone up 25 cents per pound
so that right here in Seward we are
going to experience some of the bless
ings of war in these piping times of
peace, which is pardoxical but true if
we only take all things into account.
DAWSON MINE
| GETS BETTER
I’AMOl’S PKOPKKTY WILL HAVE
SPLENDID CLEAN I P
THIS YEAR
That the Dawson mine on (’row
creek looks better and richer all the
time is the statement of Paul Buck
ley, the original discoverer of the
property, who returns! from that sec
tion yesterday. .Mr. Buckley says
that the cleanup on the piopcrt/ will
surely exceed $100,000 this year.
A small hit of rim rock yielded two
• thousand dollars there the other day
| but the Humes were not cleaned up.
.Mr. Newsom, who represents
large capital, accompanied Mr. Buck
ley on the trip and it is more than
likely that the former will take a diill
into Glacier e,*ertk and give that place
a thorough test.
Major French and Charles Herron
have a gang working on Glacier creek
clearing roads in preparation for the
I drilling operations which will be com
' mencod immediately. Mr. Buckley
j and his associates have acquired the
I ground adjoining the Fronch-Herron
properties and are located on the old
channel of Glacier from which a great
deal is expected. Mr. Newsom stat
ed while over there that the district
looked mighty promising to him.
picks if, (jraims or
(TKKANTS TWO HOCKS
William Sauers brought to the city
yesterday TO pounds of red currants
which he gathered while sojourning at
at Bungalow during the previous few
days. In two hours he picked sixteen
quarts of currants and he says that
never before have the berries of all
kinds been more plentiful.
Letterheads, envelopes, billheads,
cards, posters, announcements of p.P
kinds at The Gateway Job Printery
RIGGS AND MEARS ON
WAY TO MATANUSKA
FAIR HANKS, Aug. 22.—Messrs.
Riggs and Mears of the railroad com
mission, who were delayed here for
some time by the rains, left on the
steamer Jacobs last night for McCar
thy from which place they will pro
ceed to the head of the Matanusha
river in a wagon. They will then go
down the river with pack horses.
Neither will return here and this is
regarded as a proof that they have
decided on this city as the only place
worth surveying for the interior ter
minal. Both are highly pleased with
the work of the surveys. Hayden’s
party has already been disbanded and
the other survey parties will soon be
through with their work.
2,500,000 MEN BATTLE
PARIS, Aug. 21.—That right at this moment two mil
lion live hundred thousand men are engaged in the great
est battle in history is the opinion of Colonel Rousset, one
of the most brilliant military men of the French republic.
He declares that the great battle which has been looked
for is now actually going on along a front ot two hundred
and fifty miles but that the struggle is so gigantic in its
dimensions that the minds of civilians cannot grasp the
idea of it.
The colonel has given his views as a military expert and
his view of the situation is accepted as his reputation is
very high. The colonel says that the battle may assume
(he appearance of a series of struggles but that all the en
gagements are part of one tremendous plan which has
been formulated by the greatest military intellects of all
time.
BRITAIN APPEALS TO HEAVEN
LONDON, Aug. 21.—Intercessory services in behalf of
the allied nations engaged in war were held in all the An
glican churches throughout the United Kingdom today.
Prayers were offered up particularly for the success of
British arms. At the services in Westminster Abbey the
king and queen attended and were surrounded by thou
sands of the highest placed people of England. Never
were services more impressive. It was regarded as really
marking the beginning of the war. It was the commit
ting of itself to God by Great Britain before it takes the
momentous plunge.
John E. Redmond, the leader of the Nationalist party,
created a scene of wild enthusiasm the other day in the
house of commons when he declared that the volunteers of
Ireland, north and south, would defend the shores of Ire
land from invasion by any foreign power, so that Great
Britain is more solid facing the present war than she ever
was before in her long history. Now that the Rubicon has
been crossed Britain is in the war with all her soul and
strength.