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SEWARD. THE QATEWAT TO ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1914. Copy
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FOES IN DEATH GRIP IN EAST
AMERICAN WARSHIP HAS BEEN FIRED ON BY TURKS
TERRIFIC BATTLE RAGING
AROUND SOEDAU CITY
RRTROH/.*. //>. .Vor. /A'.---. / terrific battle of unexampled violence is note
raging anti has been raging for four days around Sold a u in the southern
extremity of Hast ITussia. The cannonading is maintained night and day
and the Russians are endeavoring at any cos! to avenge the cheek sustained
by them at Nold an some days ago. when the Hermans succeeded in capturing
, a large number of prisoners. The troops of the czar are throwing themselves
against the Hermans with indescribable fury and have carried position after
position by assaults in which b/ood flowed like water on both sides.
from the information coming from the front the struggle is the most
frightful of the whole war and upon it will depend the most serious conse
quences. In the meantime, in spite of the torrential rains which are now
falling, the Russians are advancing towards interior Herman)). In recent
fighting they captured ten big guns, in an undamaged condition, and so far
as can be learned the tide is flowing in our favor.
SHOW MOVIES
NEXT SUNDAY
Dick Thorne Will Not Charge
But Will Pass Around
m
Plate
—
Dick Thorne ha* decided to give a
moving picture show in the t asino
next Sunday, but will live within our
holy law«» bv refusing admission fees.
During the show—ot service he will
pass the plate so that all devoted wor
shippers can, if they so desire, chuck !
any thing into it w ith the exception of j
that old stand-by of the penurious pious j
— brass buttons.
The show to he given is a splendid
one for which the admission fee is half)
a dollar ou occasions when it is present- j
ed in benighted heathen lands that j
don’t know as much about a Sunday as |
a cow does about a holiday. The pic
tures to he shown will he ones re pro-j
duced at great expense from sacred
history. This is no irreverent remark
or flippant. The pictures will be taken
from oue of the sublime stories that
form the foundation and bedrock of
Christianity—stories which may not be
shown on Sundays in Seward if they
are charged for, according to o ir sancti
fied masters
So, Dearly beloved Brethren, you
can go to a show next Sunday with or
without ex-Spence.
SAME SHOW TONIGHT
Owing to the lighls going out last,
night the audience in the Casino were
given tickets for tonight’s show which
will he the one interrupted last night—
“Teas of the DTrbertilles. The play
Is one of the most noted in the English
speaking world today.
POWER ALL RIGHT
The electric power will be on again
this afternoon about 3:30 o’clock and
everything will be in perfect shape
once more.
See us before sending outside fo*’
your job printing.
CARRANZA ONCE MORE
REPUDIATES PROMISE
Washington, Nov. 18.-Carranza has'
repudiated the telegram sent for him
by General Gonzalez to Guitterez stat
ing that Carranza would retire in favor
of the new provisional president, and
once again the Mexican republic
seems to be threatened with a continu
ance of the disturb: n -e. The news of
the repudiation wa> received here with
regret as it seems to iudicate that Car
ranza has no intention of bringing
about peace unless he is compelled to
do so by force. There is every reason
to fear now that the same old trouble
will break out anew Villa and his
army are still at St.Luis Cotoei and the
latest announcement by Carranza may
result in the attack on Tampico itself.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Further
dispatches from Mexico this after
noon show that Carranza has again
refused to deliver the executive power
i to anyone except to a man selected by
himself so that the peace plans are
all upset once again. A compromise is
now under discussion which would ar
ange for the turning over by Carranza
of his forces to Gonzalez and the turn
ing over of the Villa forces to Guiter
rez, Gonzalez to keep possession of the
territory which is now under the con
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BIRIGO SANK
IN BIG GALE
Telegram From Cordova Says
She Had Twenty One
In Crew
It is stated here that when the Dirigo
sank off Cap© Spencer she had a large
cargo of ore from Latouche. A tele
gram from the Cordova Alaskan says
she had twenty one men aboard when
she went dowu. The following is the
I telegram front the Alaskan :
Cordova, Nov. 17. The Freighter
Dirigo, in tow of the Cordova for Seat
tle, foundered ninety miles west of
Cape Spencer in a gale Monday after
noon. Captain John Johnson and a
crew of twenty-one were saved and are
on the Cordova.
WANTS BROTHER
Mrs. J. Taggart, general delivery,
San Francisco, is looking f«>r her bro
ther, II. F. Schlieger. whom she has
not seen since childhood and who, she
thintcs, is in this neighborhood.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
MARYLAND
FINISHED THE
COAL TEST
Sun Francisco, Nov. IS.—'1 ho crusier
Maryland ha* arrived here after mak*
in,f her tests of the Alaska coal. 1 he ,
, result of the test will be told to \\ ash* i
Ington but until that time no informa-1
lion can be jfiven out. It "ill probably
be only a few days until the tests be
come public property, but it is quite j
probable that Washington "ill not be
in possession of the full report until it I
can be forwarded from San Francisco |
i by mail. It is understood rather nen
i eeally that the coal has proven Itself,
but it would be premature to say so
until ibc fact is fciven out otliciully.
The very strong wind which blew
last night caused an interruption of the
lighting service. The Gateway tinds
it necessary today to set the paper by
hand owing to the lacK of electric pow*
! er. While the wind blew last night
the launches belonging to M. J. Doyle J
and A1 Taylor were badly broken by j
t he waves. Some loose logs were j
washed away at the wharf and a tew
panes of glass were also broken. 1 lie
blow was such a stilT one that it is sup*!
| posed to have been severely felt out
side the secure shelter cf our harbor.
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WARNS II. S.' THAT ALASKA
MIGHT BL CAPTURED
Washington, Nov. 18.-“That we can
retain our valuable territory of Alaska
against a military power by maintain
ing there, in its isolated position, a
garrison of less than five hundred men
verges on the ridiculous unless we
have ample forces at home to occupy
that territory in the very earliest
stages of an impending conflict.”
This is a statement contained in a re
port issued by General Witherspoon in
a report issued by him on his retire* |
meut as chief of stall of the ( nited
, I
States army.
|
In the same report lie reccommends
the increase of the American army to
two hundred and five thousand enlisted
men. He also reccommends the estab
lishment of a system of reserves giv
ing altogether a mobile strength of i
five hundred thousand first line troops
equipped for six months. He declares
that it would he impossible to protect,
the Panama canal or the territorial |
possessions of this country with the
present or proposed garrisons unle>s
they could be rapidly reinforced.
The report is evidently due in a
great measure to the general’s study of;
war conditions in Kurope. In addition
to his report several other military and
public men have come tothe conclusion
that the United States can afford no
longer to depend on chance for its de
fense.
TURKS TIRE ON U. S. CRUISER TENNESSEE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-The United
States cruiser Tennessee, or her launch,
probablv the latter, has been fired on by
the Turkish forts at Smyrna, in Asia Minor.
Captain Decker of the Tennessee in re
porting the fact to the state department
expresses a fear for the safety of the U. S.
consulate at Smyrna. He telegraphed the
details of the firing hut owing to the
wording as the dispatch came over tiie
real facts have not been made clear.
The state department is now waiting for further infor
mation of the occurrence and diplomatic notes will prob
ably be exchanged on the matter.
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PRESIDENT TO
OPEN CONGRESS
Is Preparing Address Which lie
Will Read in
Person
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Presi- ^
dent Wilson is now preparing his ad
dress which he will read in person at
the re-opening of congress in Decemb
er. Needless to say the tenor of the
adress is not yet publicly known but
that it will deal with the European
situation in its relation to American
affairs is assumed generally.
There is also rumor that the address
will deal particularly with the ques
tion of taking foreign ships under
American register and also with the
question of the seizure of neutral
ships by belligerent powers.
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BRIEUX PITIES
FRENCH TROOPS
Member of Trench Academy has
Thought Tor the Triend
less Hero
PARIS, Nov. 16.—A well-known
1 member of the Acadmey has written
a “letter for the man who never gets
one,” to be distributed in the French
trenches. In it he says:
“Apparently there are very few
amongst our soldiers who never re
ceive any letters. But if there is such
a one it is to him that I address this
letter.
“I see you from here, my dear
young fellow, 1 see your disappoint
ment and your sadness when the
| quartermaster appears in sight with
a number of letters in his hand and
calls out first this name and that, and
deal;* out to eager hands envelopes
which contain the good wishes of the
family and a mother's kisses. Every
one is grave, and everyone listenes
for his name to be called out. Nothing
for you.
“You fight, however, just as well as
your comrades. And whilst you only
do as well as they do, you really do
something more. The other soldiers
are fighting for the homes of their an
cestors and for the defence of their
property. You have neither home nor
ancestors nor property, and you fight
with as much courage as those who
are getting letters by every post.
“Don’t be ashamed because no one
has written to you. Be proud. Others
have been born in a family whose
position is made. You will have the
satisfaction and the pride of making
your own. Thew have received; you
will give, and your part is by far the
best.
“Once more, my son, courage and
good luck. And let me send you a kiss,
I who have no son, and you who have
no farther.
(Signed) Brieux,
“French Academician.”
LA IES’ AID SOCIETY
The annual sale of the L-idies’ Aid
Society will be held at the Methodist
church Frld ly evening, November 20.
The sale will besrin at 8:30 Following
the sale of fancy articles and home
made Cindies, ice cream, cake and cof
fee will be served. 3t
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
I
GERMANS SUDDENLY
ATTACK THE RUSSIANS
France Prohibits Sale and Con
! sumption of Absinthe
j in Colonies
GERMANS ATTACK RUSSIANS
LONDON, Nov. 18. The Germans have suddenly resumed
the offensive against the Russians and are new attacking liercely
the heart of the Russian line and once more threatening Warsaw.
The great battle is progressing in the west of Russian Poland be
tween ihe rivers Vistula and Wartho. It is admitted that the Rus
sian advance has been brought to a halt but it is feared by many
that this information means nothing less than the Germans nave
once more gained a great victory although the military authorities
deny that the battle has reached any decision. It has been main
tained by many military experts that when the Germans retired
from the Vistula they did so for the purpose of drawing the Rus
sians into a trap between the Austtrian armies in Galicia and the
German army in East Prussia and the sudden attack now made
seems to bear out this opinion. Should the Russians be defeated
in the center it may endanger the communications of the Russian
left which is operating in the direction of Cracow but there is yet
no real reason to believe that the German attack will succeed be
yond checking the Russian advance. In the meantime the Rus
sians are advancing in East Prussia, on Cracow and on the Carpa
thian mountains. They have reached some of the Carpathain pas
ses once again and unless the present German attack succeeds
they will soon bo on the threshold of Hungary once more.
FRANCE GOING DRY
BORDEAUX, Nov. 18.—Ao official decree promulgated today
extends to all the French colonies in Africa the prohibition of the
sale of absinthe. It also prohibits the consumption of that
liquor and all kindred drinks and the war now apparently will
have the result of stopping for ever a practise which had done
more harm to the French nation, perhaps, than any other.
The day after tomorrow November 20th, is the day on which
the French government intended to return to Paris from this city
but no intimation has been officially given that this intention will
be adhered to. The result of the battle now raging in Western
Poland may have a decisive effect on the proposed jounrney to
Paris.
INFANTRY ATTACKS REPULSED
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The official announcement this morning
was to the effect that the fighting in Flanders yesterday mainly
was confined to artillery duels and some infantry attacks that
were all repulsed. The artillery lighting was carried ont in isolat
ed places and no general movement is reported. At the time this
announcement was issued no reports of the lighting today had
been received.
VILLA IS NOW MOVING
ON CUV OF MEXICO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—It was suddenly discovered today,
according to dispatches from Mexico, that while the different fac
tions in Mexico are parleying Villa is steadily Moving with his
army on Mexico City for the pvrpose of insisting on the installing
of Guiterrez in office as provisional president. It is stated of Villa
that his purpose is to settle by force of arms the whole question
according to the ruling of the Aguas Calientes convention so that
whatever Carranza’s ultimate decision might be Villa will proceed
to bring the whole trouble to an end.