V()1 s No; 286 Member Associated Press SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. Member Associated Press_Ten Cents the Copy
GREAT BATTLE EIN IS IN VICTORY FOR THE ALLIES
INVADERS REPORTED DEFEATED - STILL FIGHTING
I ilia II ants l nited States
to Evacuate Vera Cruz
MEXICO CITY, Sept, 11.—General ity of the people of this country and
, . i there is a fear that he will use to atl
Obregon has telegraphed to 1 reMmnt
, .... vantage the knowledge of this fact.
Carranza a request trom General V il- giwe thp entry of tho constitutional
la that Carranza request the Ameri- jsts int0 this capital Villa has kept
can government to evacuate \ era a'vav in such a manner that he has
Cruz and to leave Mexico to the Mex- been likened to Achilles sulking in his
leans themselves. It is stated here tent. That he and Carranza are not
that this question may now become on the best of terms is well known!
a ticklish one and may be used by and many wonder if he Is not now
Villa to create a disturbance. making this request to embarrass the
In this move he would probably new government or to create a cause
have the support of the great major- of trouble. ^ _
GERMAN CENTER RETREATING
PARIS. Sept. 12.—It was announced here this after
noon that the German center as well as the right German
wing is retreating so that the defeat of the invaders may j
now he regarded as decisive. Paris has gone all hut wild
with the joy of the great victory and is celebrating its res
cue w ith all the enthusiasm and brilliancy which has made
this city famous. It is believed that the government will
return from Bordeaux within a tew days and a scene
w hich has never been equalled in the history ot the repub
lic is certain to mark the entry of the president.
The name of JolTre is on every lip today and the peo
pie are simply amazed at the glorious turn which the war
has taken. Just a few days ago there was hardly a man in
Paris who did not believe that the investment of the city
was assured and the brilliant work ol the Fiench com
mander in chief is regarded as haying saved the capital
and the honor of the French republic.
CROWDS PARADE
Great crowds of people are parading the streets and
boulevards now and making demonstrations of joy which
have hardly ever been equalled even in the days ot the
great Napoleon. It would be impossible to dcsciibe tni
feel in irs of the people who are now watching, so to speax,
the dreaded enemy falling back just when he had reached
the gates of the city.
RAIN pours on warriors
PARIS, Sept. 11.—A rain storm broke over the con
tending armies this morning and the slaughtei continued
while the downpour fell. Towards the afternoon the rain
became a deluge and the troops on both sides suffered
frightfully as they fought in the trenches or in the open
plain Charges were made through driving sheets ol rain
and the rifles in the hands of the troops dropped rain
along their whole length. Notwithstanding all this the
struggle continued and the operations were not interrupt
ed for a moment. In places the hastily dug trenches were
converted into ponds and the soldiers were compelled in
some cases to crouch in the water as they fired and kept
out ol sight of the enemy. Every man on the great and
bloodv field was probably soaked to the skin and not a
chance is in sight for relief. Tonight hundreds of thou
sands of soldiers will lie down on sodden ground wet to
the skin and the fear is existing that the result will be the
coming of an epidemic of sickness.
GHENT RETAKEN BY BELGIANS
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12.—The Belgian troops have
again occupied the city of Ghent which the Germans took
during their march through Belgium. On the arrival of
the Belgians in the city they found a great collection of
stores which were about to be handed over to the Ger
mans as a ransom for the city and these stores were seized
and will be returned to the city. The troops of Belgium
are said now to have taken heart anew by the defeat of
the enemv east of Paris and a powerful effort will be made
to cut off the Germans when they attempt to retreat
through Belgian soil.
BRITISH TAKE GERMAN COLONIES
LONDON, Sept. 12.—The British fleet has taken the
German colonies in the Bismarck Archipelago and the
Solomon islands. The Archipelago is made up of the isl
ands that were formerly known as New Britain, New Ire
land and New Holland and are situated in the South Pa
cific. They were ceded to Germany in 1884. The names
of the warships engaged in the work of taking the islands
are not mentioned and it is assumed that they were the
'tralian warships recently built by the commonwealth
the protection of Australia itself in the event of Bri
in being involved in a great war.
MAY SUSPEND
ANNUAL LABOR
ASlv FOR SEWARD’S AID TO CUT
OUT ASSESSMENT THIS
YEAR IN ALASKA
That a bill has been introduced in
congress asking that the annual as
sessment work on mining property in
Alaska be cut out for the present year
is the information conveyed last
evening in a dispatch to the Gateway
signed by J. L. Timmins. The tele
gram is dated at Los Angeles, Cal.
The sender of it is probably the for
mer well-known and only John L.
Timmins of Fairbanks who has re
cently gone into the mining game as
the representative of eastern capital
A similar bill was passed for Seward
peninsula after the Nome flood last
year and was strongly opposed by
some people as it was feared that the
cutting out of assessment work would
work a hardship on the really needy
men who often make a little winter
grubstake by doing assessment work
for others. The aid of Seward Is
asked.
The following is the telegram from
Mr. Timmins:
Ia>s Angeles, Cal., Sept. 11.—A bill
introduced Saturday for the exemp
tion of quartz and placer miners rep
resentation work this year on account
of many leaving Alaska to join the
colors. The bill is a boon to Alaska
miners and has been referred to the
•ommittee on public lands.
Key Pittman is lukewarm. The bill
will be referred to Tallman, general
land commissioner. Mr. Tallman sug
gests that we secure expressions of
>pinion from the Juneau, Seward,
Nome and Fairbanks newspapers.
Please let us have your paper’s influ
ence for immediate action on the bill.
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SANAK SEEKS CIVILIZATION
Latest Inventions Now In I'se In Re
mote Part of Alaska
SANAK, Ala., Sept. 4.—The Alas
ka Codfish company’s three masted
schooner, the Allen A., left for Dora
harbor on the 2nd. While here she
'anded supplies for the company’s
fishing stations and loaded 00,000
fish, the pack since April 1. After
taking on the Dora harbor pack the
schooner will sail direct for San
Francisco.
M. Sylva, expert accountant from
San Francisco for the Alaska Codfish
•ompany, came in on the August Dir
igo and spent the ten days that the
boat was to the westward in Sanak.
He reports Mr. Holmberg’s books In
the best shape of any he has examin
ed in this part of Alaska. Mr. Sylva
brought in a Burroughs adding ma
chine, the first ever seen in these
parts. Sanak now has more type
writers and adding machine per cap
ita than New York, Chicago or San
Francisco.
The days of the “wind jammer”
and the “white ash breeze” are prac
tically over for this part of Alaska.
Almost every boat of any size and
many of the fishing dories are now
equipped with motors, E. Mobeck’s
boat being the latest of the larger
boats to acquire an engine. It will
not be many years till a pair of oars
will be placed in the collection of
curios together with “Russian and
very old” samovars, sea-otter bows
and arrows, and specimens of fossil
ivory.
P. E. Nielson has a garden that
should be seen by some of the people
of the states who imagine that Alas
ka is one vast field of ice. His tur
nips and other garden products would
be a revelation to them.
GIVE rs YOUR OPINION
General Land Commissioner
Tallman, as can be seen else
where in the paper today, has
asked for the opinion of the
Gateway as to the advisability of
exempting miners from doing as
sessment work this year. He has
also apparently asked for the
opinion of the papers of Nome,
Juneau and Fairbanks and he
probably believes that the papers
of these cities could give an idea
as to the wishes of the people.
The Gateway does not, however,
wish to take this responsibility
on itself and it would be glad
to receive expressions of opinion
of the mining population before
Monday next. If miners would
only hand in cards with the
words “yes” or “no” written on
them it would be a guide as to
what should be done. “No” would
mean a vote against the bill and
“yes” would be a vote for ex
emption from assessment work.
As pointed out in the other
story the same question came up
in Nome last year after the
flood. Some people were in fa
vor of cutting out assessment
work and some were in favor of
letting it stand. Many thought
that the very poorest people
would sufTer by cutting it out as
they would lose the money us
ually secured by them for doing
assessment work for others.
What is your opinion? The
sender of the telegram asks for
this paper’s influence on the sug
gestion of Mr. Tallman but the
Gateway only wishes to give its
influence, whatever it amounts
to, for the best interests of the
people of this section and all
Alaska.
MAY HAVE GOOD
MONEY ON CROW CREEK
Accident Occurs on Dawson and Nut
ter Property Hut Damage
Is Slight
H. E. Ellsworth and Paul Buckley
returned from Crow creek Thursday
after spending a week in looking over
the placer prospects in that locality
and state that they have arrived at
the conclusion that good as the Nutter
and Dawson ground undoubtedly is, it
is not the only rich ground in that vi
cinity.
When they left there Alf Williams
was shoveling in from an open cut
and was taking out from three to five
dollars per day and if one man car
shovel in gold to that extent it is easy
to figure what a hydraulic plant thal
can handle thousands of yards per day
would take out.
Marion, Gordon and Hildreth arc
working about a half mile from the
spot where Williams is operating anc
are reported to be taking out pretty
good money. They are also shoveling
in from an open cut and figure that
while they are doing the assessmeni
work on the ground that they have
staked there, they will be able to take
out better than wages.
Nutter and Dawson had quite ar
accident last week when their by-pa tl
that carries the waste water around
the works carried away and floodee
the pit where they are working. The
rush of water carried away some ol
the smaller boxes that are known tc
have contained gold but as the valuei
were dumped in the pit, they will be
recovered in the big boxes. The dam
age ha| all been repaired and doubt
loss the property is again working Ir
full swing by this time.
ALASKA ASKS COAST TO
HELP OPEN COAL FIELD*
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—On ac
count of the war, Governor Strong, o
Alaska, is urging the Oregon and oth
er coast senators to secure legisla
tion opening the Alaska coal fields fo
domestic and industrial purposes an<
supplying coal for the navy on th<
| Pacific coast.
British Government Warns
Against Being Too Sure
U. S. ASKS TURK
WHAT HE MEANT
AMBASSADOR OF SULTAN IN
WASHINGTON SAII) TO BE
HOSTILE TO AMERICA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Pres
ident Wilson today asked Secretary of
State Bryan to call the attention of
the Turkish ambassador to the Unit
ed States, Rustem Bey, to statements
which have been attributed to him as
sailing the United States. The state
ments are said to have been recently
made by the ambassador and were at
tributed to him by the press, they
are said to have been most uncom
plimentary to this country. Mr. Wil
son directs Mr. Bryan to learn from
Rustem Bey if those statements were
correctly reported and if they were to
state whether he was authorized by
his government to make them.
If Rustem Bey admits the state
ments or if they are proven to be cor
rect it is certain that the Turkish
government will be asked to remove
him from office.
SCHOONER BADLY SMASHED
SAND POINT, Sept. 1.—The
schooner Harold Bleekum has arrived
from Seattle in a very delapidated
•ondition after twenty-three days of
all kinds of buffeting winds. She was
six days making the last 35 miles, los
ing her topmast and breaking her
main and fore gaffs. Her rudder was
unshipped, her cabins flooded, part of
her deck load was swept away and
the rest of it damaged, and one man
was badly crippled. She will dis
charge her cargo here and fix up her
damages. She must secure most of
’ her rigging anew.
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* SIXTY-THREE BLUE FOXES
BROUGHT TO THE CITY
Sixty-three young blue foxes were
: brought to the city yesterday on the
Dirigo by C. D. Colwell who is taking
them to the Fundy Fox company at
; Cordova. The little animals are now
; caged behind the Coleman house and
* make an interesting sight while one’s
i nose is closed. The sixty-three little
r animals are valued at their present
: age at eight thousand dollars. They
r were brought from Unga and will be
placed on the Fundy ranch near Cor
; dova.
1 AGENT BLASE SICK
r SAND POINT, Sept. 1.—John
! Blase, the agent for the Union Fish
. company at Sanak, is laid up here
, very sick. He had been waiting for
, the Dirigo to go out but now he finds
that he cannot secure a passage as the
j steamer is filled to capacity.
I PRIZEFIGHTER NOMINATED
1 FOR CONGRESS IN CHICAGO
*
f Eddie Santry May Grace the National
> j Legislative Halls If All Goes Mell
!! CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—Eddie San
-' try, the prizefighter, has been noml
-1 nated for congress by the democrats
i in the second Illinois district.
The papers are now attacking the
men who nominated him and such an
uproar is being made that Santry will
$ probably not be elected nor even re
ceive the support of a large number
- of democrat themselves. His nomi
f nation mayjundeed, divide the party
- here.
r Sam Cappers left for home thrs
:1 morning and was accompanied by
e Mrs. Doan who will be the cook at his
roadhouse,
i
GERM \N RIGHT RETREATING
..PARIS, Sept. 12.—(2:30 p. in.)—It is officially an
nounced this afternoon that the general retreat of the
Germans on the right wing of the allies has begun. The>
are falling back all along between the river Oise and the
Marne. They have also evacuated the valley of the Sauldt
river at Sermaize and Revigny. Their cavalry seems to
be entirely exhausted and a large quantity of war mater
ial has been abandoned as they fell back. 'I he German
forces which occupied the valley ol the Argonne river are
retreating to the north through the forest ot Beinoueln.
In Lorraine the French have made a slight progress and
now occupy the eastern boundary.
LONDON JOYFUL BUT CAREFUL
LONDON, Sept. 12.—The British public is warned by
the government that although the German army is re
treating it is still intact and may rally at any moment and
turn the tide of battle. The Germans are now making a
furious attack on the fortress of Verdun and it is pointed
out that the taking of that place would be a serious blow
and may result in the imperiling of the French right.
GERMANS EVACUATE SOUTH ALSACE
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 12.—The Germans have
evacuated Southern Alsace and are retreating now.
GERMANS LOSE IN POLAND
PETROGRAI), Sept. 12.—The Germans are now
known to have lost heavily when they met with the re
pulse at Myszinec in Russian Poland. They were march
ing to aid ihe Austrians when they were met by the Rus
sians and compelled to fall back. The reports coming)
here from that battle show that the Russian troops have
nothing to fear from the German soldiers when they meet
on equal ground.
AUSTRIANS LOSE A THOUSAND
NISH, Servia, Sept. 12.—The Austrians lost five hun
dred killed and at least as many wounded at the battle
which took place last night at Mitrokitza in Servia. They
left behind one hundred pieces of artillery and one thou
sand prisoners. It is expected that this is the last battle
that will be fought on Servian territory.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 12.—The defeat of the Austrian
left wing at Tomasznow has been confirmed. They were
surrounded in a triangle formed by the river Vistula and
a tributary and were crushed before the arrival of the
Germans who were approaching by forced marches. The
Russians followed up the victory by pursuing the Aus
trians for twenty miles and taking up positions in forti
fied places. The Russians suffered heavily in taking To
masznow.
BELGIANS WIN AGAIN
ANTWERP, Sept. 12.—The Belgians have forced back
the Germans after severe fighting at Hofstadt near Ma
lines and it is expected that the city of Malines itself will
soon be reoccupied by the soldiers of this kingdom.
To op;: 3se the advance of the Russians in the east the
Germans N,ave been compelled to detach a great part of
their forces from Belgium and France so that it is gen
erally hoped that the allied forces will find not much dif
ficulty in driving the invaders back to German soil. Al
though it has not been officially said it is regarded as like
ly that the Belgian army held in this city will be ordered
out to take the Germans in the rear when their main force
comes within touch on its retreat from France. The Ger
mans hold Namur, Liege and other fortified places and on
these they will probably have to rely to hold back the pur
suing forces of the allies as they make their way back to
the German frontier. Belgium now regards the victory or
the allies as certain and believes that the next great move
after the retreat of the Germans will be the invasion of
German territory itself.
LONDON GERMANS RAIDED
LONDON, Sept. 12.—The houses of wealthy Germans
within sight of Windsor castle were raided by the author
ities today and correspondence found in the places were
seized and the owners arrested. The real reason for the
raid is not known but it is assumed that the authorities
have got wind of a conspiracy.