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GATEWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY, (Inc.)
Harry V, Hoben, President Frank L. Ballaine, Sec.
Elmer A. Friend, Editor
Entered a* eecond-cUee matter September 2. 1915. at the Poet Office at Seward. Alaaka.
under Act of March 3, 1879.
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WHO IS GENERAL von MACKENSEN?
In a recent issue of “Every Week" received in Seward
there is a most interesting article written by Captain Mi-,
chael White. The article is worthy the reading of all,
throwing as it does, a new relationship between the kaiser
and one of his generals. Following is the statement of
the eminent writer;
Who is von Mackensen? Whence comes this most
brilliant of the German commanders? You may search a
hundred war books arid get no answer; for he has never
been interviewed by a foreign correspondent. The whole
of his life seems to be enveloped in mystery. But there j
is one fact which throws a strong light upon his origin ;
It is this:
From the day when Lieutenant Mackensen emerged,
creditably enough, from the Franco-Prussian War, to the
hour of his crushing stroke at Italy he has been on curious
terms of intimacy with the Imperial family. His stand
ing has been more that of a recognized kinsman than of a
court favorite. Originally von Mackensen was not in
tended for the armv. He served in the Franco-Prussian
War as a volunteer, and apparently planned to return to
civil life when that brief conflict was over. But some one
or something interposed; and Mackensen’s career was de
finitely fixed in the armv. Later he became military tutor
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to the present Emperor.
Evidently the some one looking out for him judged
rightly that he had the making of a great soldier; for,
after a number of years, he was promoted to the impor
tant position of Military Governor of Konigsberg, the an
cient capital of Prussia. There befell a significant inci
dent.
At Konigsberg the Crown Prince was stationed, cut
ting a pretty frivolous path. Perhaps the honest burgh
ers complained to Mackensen about it. Anyway, he sum-1
moned the Crown Prince to headquarters, and warned
him that he would have to behave himself. It would have
been better for the Crown Prince if he had not decided to;
try a fall with Mackensen. The next time he cut loose, i
he found himself confined in a fortress, on precisely the
same terms as any ordinary officer guilty of a breach of
discipline. Of course there was a rumpus about it. The
Kaiser hustled down to Konigsberg to see what could be
done. He found Mackensen as steel in his determination
to make the Crown Prince serve his full sentence. His
orders would be carried out, or there would be another
commander of Konigsberg. The kaiser gave in, and the
young bloods of the Death’s Head Hussars quite suddenly
came to time.
Another dramatic episode gives point to the mystery j
of Mackensen. When he was sent to the relief of Austria,
he was received by a galaxy of high Austrian officers,,
princes, dukes, and what not. After initial formalities, i
the Austrian chief of staff presented Mackensen with his j
orders.
“What’s this?" demanded Mackensen, barely glanc
ing at the paper.
» “Your orders, Excellency.”
[ “From whom?” ' .
I “The Emperor.”
j “What Emperor?”
“The Emperor of Austria.”
With a contemptuous gesture, Mackensen tossed the j
paper on the floor. I
“I receive orders,” he flashed upon the astonished
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assembly, ‘‘only from the Emperor of Germany. 1 am here
to command, you to obey.”
What the Austrians must have thought of this ally,
whose contemptuous arrogance smacked of the Kaiser
himself, may be left to the imagination.
Who, then, is this Mackensen, who dared to clap the
Crown Prince in jail, and keep him there against the ap
peal of the Emperor himself; who treated the Austrian
Emperor with haughty public disdain; who reports di
rectly to the Kaiser, aparently over the heads of the Ger
man General Staff? Rumor suplies a possible explana
tion, and this is how it has filtered out of Germany: Mack
ensen is said to be the son of a Scotchwoman of the name
of Mackenzie, who was a lady-in-waiting at the court of
Empeoror William I. The other part of him is Hohenzol
lern of the highest, the rumor goes, so that his blood re
lationship to the Kaiser is close indeed.
An examination of Mackensen’s portrait would
seem to lend support to the rumor. Compare it with that
of the Kaiser, and there is a resemblance, though Mack
ensen’s features are infinitely stronger. His is not a typi
cally stolid German face, like Hindenburg’s; nor has it
the sentimental, intellectual cast of Falkenhyn. You can
no more associate him with huge lunches of beer and saus
age than you can with Wagner music. Alertness, keen
ness, and swift decision, touched with caution, are writ
.en all over Mackensen’s features. The Scotch have a ha
oit of preserving mental and physical vigor in first-rate
trim until after threescore years and ten. If the rumor
of his part Scotch origin he true, it would explain the ac
tivity of the man at seventy-two in smashing down over
the Italian Alps.
GOVERNMENT I
GOBBLING UP |
enamelware;
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2. — Some idea
of the enormous demands which the!
war is making on the country’s!
“peace” industries may be gained1
from the fact that of the total output:
of the American enameled, galvanized)
and tinware utensils, more than one
fourth is now being diverted to mili
tary hospital and camp uses.
This obsei'vation is made from a
canvass of some of the larger manu
facturers of kitchen and other house
hold wares, who employ thousands of
men and women workers and whose
outi ut totals more than $20,000,000 aj
year. They point out that scarcity of
materials is practically the only hai
rier to maximum operations in the fu-i
ture.
Government requisitions for enam
eled, galvanized and tin ware uteesi’sj
in almost eveiy branch of army nfe!
are l ung received in increasing num
bers it is said to be a frequent oc-:
currence for manufacturers to esti
mate on such requisitions as 200,000,
pie p!atts, 20,000 dishpans, or l’0,v*.0i
measures. Manufacturers predict that j
the piesent rate of ‘25 to 30 per cent'
of their business for distinct war u. esi
will continue for many months to'
com e.
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BELIEVES BRITAIN
WILL KEEP CONTROL
OF THE RAILROADS
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. — P. W. Wil
son, special correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News, writing in New York
Tribune predicts that the state opera
tion of railroads in Great Britain will
continue after the war. Stock in rail-,
road companies, he suggests, may bo
exchanged for treasury stock. The
government has increased passenger
fares on the railroads to reduce the
traffic, and has increased wages by
about $125,000,000 a year. .
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A deposit of high quality talc, be
lieved to be almost inexhausible in
quantity, has been discovered in the
Transvaal.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO
OWNERS
To GEORGE K. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each
of their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 31, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
and improvements upon the Social
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-10) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid raining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the years as aforesaid, as
required by the laws of the Unitod
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your
proportionate share of said represen
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave Bau
man, the sum of $56.25, being youi
proportionate share of said ^presen
tation for the years ending as afore
said, your interest in said claim will
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25, 1918.
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