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Great Austrian Fortress
Of Przemysl Has Fallen
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FAMOUS CITY
SURRENDERED
AFTER SIEGE OF MORE THAN
H YLF A YEAR DEFEND
ERS QITT.
PETROGRAD, March 22.—The city
of Przemysl has fallen. After one of
the greatest sieges in history the now
♦ world famous fortress of Galicia sur
rendered to the Russian army yester
day and the fact was announced of
fically this morning and sent the
whole population of Petrograd into
transports of joy. The details of the
surrender have not yet been publish
ed. It has been known for some time
that the Austrian garrison was re
duced to the extremes of physical suf
fering. For more than seven months
the Austrians have been cooped up
while the Russians practically sur
rounded the place and prevented the
sending of supplies. The fortress was
regarded as the chief key to the whole
situation and its fall is regarded as
marking the beginning of the end of
~ the Austrian campaign. During the
past week or two the besiegers suc
ceeded in taking several of the outer
forts and drawing their encircling
lines closer and closer while every at
tempt of the Austrians to relieve the
city was repulsed. Przemysl is situat
ed on an affluent of the Vistula and
is only sixty-one miles west of Lem
berg which was captured by the Rus
sians at the very beginning of the war.
It has a population of thirty-five thou
sand and has been fortified for nearly
half a century.
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Fred Brockman, an old-timer on
this coast and well Known throughout
Southeastern Alaska, died at his home
a few miles south of Shakan Satur
day evening, February 14, of paraly
sis
ITALHREECE
TO ENTER WAR
« GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS
ADVISED TO LEAVE
ITALIAN SOIL.
LONDON, March 22.—The relations
between Italy and Austria are now so
strained that the former country- will
probably enter the war against the
* latter and her ally, Germany, within
> a few days. The Austrian and Ger
man consuls in Italy have already ad
vised the subjects of their countries to
leave Italian soil as soon as possible
and they seem to have received in
structions from their governments
directly to do so. Greece is also now
ready to enter the struggle according
to the official report issued here this
morning. It has been fairly well
known for some time that Greece has
^ been preparing for the struggle. Her
i armies will march across her eastern
‘ border against Turkey and so draw
< away great Turkish forces that might
t otherwise be used against the allies.
, The only danger that could possibly
come from this fact might arise from
trtje fear on the part of Bulgaria that
Greece w-ould advance too far and be
comtfe too powerful by further acquis
tion arf Turkish territhory. In the
promise^! entry of Italy and Greece
into the'^struggle the people of this
city see tnte beginning of the end.
Italy will be>able to send in a huge
force againstV Austria while Greece
will direct her\ power against the
Turks and both ) will draw- away so
much of Austria^ and Turkish streng
th that Russia’s vlictory is practically
assured. (
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A LAMBDA LE. JUNEAU.
The Alameda left Juneau at 10 p. m.
Saturday for SewardX
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I l\ S. GI NS FIRED ON
GERMAN STEAMER.
Ship Attempted to Leave Porto Rico
and Refused to Stop for
Shots Across Bows.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 22.
—It took a shot aimed direct at a
German steamer yesterday to bring
her to a stop as she attempted to
leave this port without clearance pap
ers. As the vessel was seen to* be
steaming out the fort fired two shots
across her bow but she refused to
take heed and the gun was aimed
directly at her and fired. The missile
did not hit her but when she found
I that business was meant she stopped
anil was boarded. She will be held
here pending instructions from Wash
ington. It is suspected that she in
tended to get away with supplies for
some German ship of war.
CLAIM GERMANS
ARE REPULSED
fierce fighting proceeding
ALONG THE WHOLE
EAST FRONT.
PETROGRAD, March 21.—'The of
ficial bulletin this morning claims that
the Germans have been repulsed on
the right and left banks of the river
Niemen which is near the boundary
of East Prussia and Russia. The
enemy is, however, attacking fiercely
on the right bank of the Narew river
near the fortress of Ostrolenka, south
of East Prussia and northeast of War
saw. It appears to be clear that the
enemy intends to follow the obvious
course of attempting to descend from
that point to the rear of the Russian
position at Warsaw and so compel our
army to vacate the Polish capital.
Their efforts in this direction are sure
to fail as the Russian lines in that
quarter are strengthened by powerful
forts. While these battles are raging
in the north the Russians are deliver
ing successful counter attacks in the
Carpathians where the Austrians are
receiving tremendous punishment.
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❖ SLIDE IN B. C. COAL *
❖ MINE ENTOMBS MANY. ❖
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VANCOUVER. March 22.—A slide
occurred today in a British coal mine
and buried scores of miners. It is
feared that many of those buried are
dead but the work of digging out the
. victims is now proceeding with fever
ish haste. Not enough time has pas
j sed to secure all the details of the ac
| cident but it is feared that it will be
! found to be very serious.
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❖ PRZEMYSL FALL RELIEVES •>
❖ 120,000 MORE SOLDIERS. ❖
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PETROGRAD, March 22.—The first I
result of the fall of Przemysl is the
release of one hundred and twenty
thousand Russian soldiers who were
engaged in the seige. These new
troops will now be used in reaching
Cracow and besieging that fortress
when they succeed in driving back
the Austrians and Germans and clear
ing the way. The capture of Przemy
sl is most important as it gives our
arimes in the south a strong base
from which to direct their future
movements. The number of Aus
truins captured by the fall of the fort
ress is not yet known but it is be
lieved to be in the scores of thousands.
FIREMEN WILL ELECT
OFFICERS TOMORROW.
The regular meeting of the volun
teer firemen will take place tomorrow
evening at 8 o’clock when new officers
will be elected. Owing to the great
influx of people which has already
started it is expected that the duties
of the firemen will become for more
important from this time forward. •
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❖ BERLIN CLAIMS ONLY *
❖ MINOR SUCCESSES. *
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BERLIN, March 22.—'The official
bulletin this morning lays claim only
to a few minor successes. These are
said to have taken place in Cham
pagne and the Vosges. The bulletin'
is silent as to the progress of opera
tions in the east but as successes have
usually come unexpectedly in that
quarter there is no uneasiness felt be
cause of the report of Russian succes
ses. So great is the confidence lodged
in General von Hindenburg that even
when he falls back his movements are
regarded as only a ruse to draw the
enemy into positions where he wants
them. I
price of flour and
BREAD DROPS SUDDENLY.
Attack on Dardanelles Relieves Great
Distress in Large Ameri
can Cities.
CHICAGO, March 22.—Flour drop
ped a dollar a barrel in price today
and bread went back to five cents a
loaf as a result of the belief that the
Dardanelles will be forced and the
great Russian supply of wheat will be
released for shipment. The fall in
price has been an immense relief to
thousands of poor people in New York
and this city.
FRENCH HAVE GREAT
ARTILLERY SUPPLIES.
CASSEL, Picardy, March 21.—
American automatic machine tools are
in such extraordinary demand for ex
tending the capacity of shell and am
munition factories that the price of
these American tools is 100 per cent
higher that it was five months ago.
The French manufacturers appear
willing to pay that and more for quick
delivery.
Upon the recent assumption of the
offensive by the Allies, it was report
ed that General Joffre placed 4,000
shells per day per gun as the mini
mum with which the artillery should
begin the forward moment.
It was said that the reserve of artil
lery ammunition had accumuated to
nearly 10,000,000 rounds. Large as
this reserve would seem to be, it
could all be shot away in 333 minutes
with 2,000 guns in action at once, ac-1
cording to an expert’s figures, but un- |
der the most probable intensity, the i
reserves would suffice for 25 days of j
high pressure, not counting the ad
ditional supplies, manufactured dur
ing that period.
NEGRO BAD AS
JACK RIPPER
MAN ARRESTED BELIEVED TO
HAVE KILLED THIRTY
WITH AN AXE.
ST. LOUIS, March 22.—The arrest
of Loving Mitchell, a negro, is believ
ed to have cleared up the mystery of
axe murders which have been com
mitted in this district. No less than
thirty people have in recent times
been murdered with an axe here and
all the murders bore evidence that
they were committed by the same in
dividual. Mitchell was arrested for
an axe murder committed a short time
ago in Illinois and the evidence again
st him is jjo strong and the murder
was so similar to the other axe mur
ders 1hat the authorities feel that
they are about to account for the
other murders that have been shroud
ed in mystery so long. Mitchell was
arrested in Illinois.
Frank Sakamoto is recovering from
an attack of bronchial pneumonia.
It was reported that he was suffering
from Tuberculosis but Dr. Romig says
that his aliment was not Tuberculosis
at all.
ZEPPELIN RAID
ON PARIS CITY
! FOUR START BUT ONLY ONE
GETS NEAR TO DROP
BOMBS.
PARIS, March 22.—Four Zeppelin
airships started out yesterday to raid
this city. Only one of the ships suc
: ceeded in reaching its object, the
others probably having encountered
adverse conditions. The one that ar
rived threw several bombs but only
a small amount of damage was inflict
ed. The sinister visitor created a lot
of excitement but it was excitement
of rather a pleasant kind for the citi
zens as a whole. The tremendous
shock and noise of the exploding;
bombs frightened some of the wo
men and children but on the whole
Paris rather likes the providing of
such spectacles and fear of them has i
almost entirely departed.
STILL FORCING
GERMANS RACK
RUSSIANS AGAIN REPORT SUC
CESSES IN EASTERN
LINE.
PETROGRAD, March 22.—'The re
ports this morning confirm the report
issued yesterday and show that the
Germans are being slowly forced back
on the East Prussian frontier instead
of pressing forward as they had ex
pected to do towards Warsaw'. The
Russian army on the Niemen is con
tinuing to advance and is retaking
some of the ground l«*st when the
Tenth army was forced to retreat
from the Mazurian region. Vigor
ous-operations are also being conduct
ed by the Russians around Augustowa
from which they w'ere compelled to
retire some days ago. There is said
to be a very good chance that our
troops will capture the place soon.
The successes of our troops continue
in the Carpathians where several
Austrian positions have been captured.
We are also preparing for a decisive
struggle for the possession of Czerno
witz in Bukowina. Czemowitz is the
last real stronghold of the Austrians
in eastern Galicia.
NEWS NOTES
Frank Watson, the genial represent,
ative of the Alaska Pacific Navigation
Company for this part of the Alaska
coast, will leave on the Watson for
a business trip to the westward.
A door was torn off one of the rail
road buildings within the past two ^
days for no other pupose than to en-1
able the thief to steal the hinges.
This is made evident by the fact that
the door remains and the hinges are
£onc.
It is stated that an assayer will be
one of the members of the staff of the
Harriman National bank. The as
i sayer is reported to have been already
employed.
After her arrival this evening the
Admiral Watson will proceed to
Kodiak.
Al. Davis has arrived from K.r.ik
over the trail. Mrs. Davis and the
new baby bom in Seattle arrived
from the outside and were joined here
by Mr. Davis who Here saw the little
member of the family for the rirst
time.
W. A. McNeily, proprietor of the
Seward Hotel, is now building a grill
in connection with the hotel to pre
pare for the big season ahead.
Word has been received in Fair
banks that the circuit court of appeals
has affirmed the decision of the Unit
ed States court in favor ol the plain
tiff in the case of the Tanana Trading
Company vs. the North American
Trading & Transportation company.
It involves money for sale fo boast.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
Engineering Commission to
Leave for Seattle April 15
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❖ MORE THAN A HUNDRED *
❖ PEOPLE ON TWO BOAT* *
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More than a hundred people are
now on the way to Seward from Seat- J
tie on the Watson and Alameda, j
Other passengers have probably got j
aboard at Alaskan ports so that the;
number may be far greater. The
Watson has thirty-eight people aboard
from Seattle and the Alameda has
seventy-seven from Seattle for this j
place.
Scott captures the
REVOLTING INDIANS.
Returns to Bluff With Native Murder
er and Leaders of the Piute
Rising.
DENVER, March 21.—General
Scott arrived yesterday at Bluff, Utah,
with the Indian murderer the attempt
to arrest whom caused the rising
which resulted in a battle between the
whites and colored men. Scott also
brought in the leaders of the rebellion
who at the head of their braves have
defied the white posse for several
weeks. Scott was commissioned by
resident Wilson to go to the head
quarters of the natives to make an ef
fort to bring peace without the shed
ing of blood and the general evident
ly accomplished more by diplomacy
than all the whites in the district with
guns in their hands could accomplish
ed. The rising of the Indians has
caused a large amount of interest. It
is said that they fought with a cour
age and determination that is aston
ishing in view of the fact that the
white people had come to despise them
as fighting men. It is the general
opinion that the authorities will be
very lenient with the poor fellows al
though it will probably be necessary
to show in some way that their actions
cannot be condoned.
The Director of Surveys, now at
Ottawa, has commissioned T. A. Dick
son to gather and compile all useful
information of the south end of the
territory, preparatory to publishing
a new map of the whole territory. It
is the aim to have this map a3 com
plete with information as possible.
Mr. Dickson asks the co-operation of
the public end invites any and all in
formation, such as new creeks, trails
etc.
Chief John, of the Gakona Indians,
thwarted ar. attempt of Chief Henry
of the Salchaket tribe to steal two of
his wives recently and now the chiefs
are net on speaking terms.
DARDANELLES
WEATHER SAD
OPERATIONS of fleet hinder
ed BY CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS.
LONDON, March 22.—The official
report from the Dardanelles this
morning is to the effect that the clim
atic conditions are so bad that the
operations by the allied fleet have
been hindered. This is regarded as
unfavorable news as every moment's
delay enables the Turks to bring up
more field guns for the defense of the
channel. No casualties to vessels or
crews have been reported in the com
munique today and the ships have
probably not been in action close to
the fort3. The newspapers, evidently
inspired from Downing street, are
warning the people to be prepared to
hear of more losses before the forcing
of the Dardanelles is finally accomp
lished and the people seem fully to
realize the hazardous nature of *;he at
tempt to force the way into the sea
of Marmora. Further news may be
expected today unless weather con
tinuer bad. There has not yet been
any confirmation of the killing of
Admiral Carden and the story is no
longer credited.
U. S. STARTS WORK ON
THE NEW NAVAL RESERVE.
Estimates that Fifty Thousand Mon
Can bo Secured by This
Method.
WASHINGTON, March 22.—The
navy department has started work
organizing the new naval reserve
authorized by the last congress.. It is
estimated that fifty thousand men can
be secured by this means. The system
is similar to that which has been
in vogue in Great Britain for many
years. Merchant sailors will under
go training at periods for the navy so |
that they will be ready for service the
moment war breaks out.
WATSON 6 P. M.
The Admiral Watson is due to ar
rive here at 6 o’clock this evening.
TO SEARCH FOR
STEFFANSON
POLAR BEAR LEFT SEATTLE
YESTERDAY ON BIG
QUEST.
SEATTLE, March 21.—The povvef
schooner Polar Bear left this port to
day to push into the Arctic in search
for Vijalmar StefTanson, the explorer,
who disappeared last year out in the
Arctic ice and has not since been
heard of. The Polar Bear is a vessel
that has made several trips into the
Arctic trading and carrying hunters.
She has proven herself to be perfect
ly adapted to the work now ahead.
It is feared, however, that Steffan
son is dead. He left Nome the sum
mer before last on the famous Kar
luk with others. The Karluk was lost
but StefTanson had got off the ooat
and gone ashore some time before for
some unexplained reason. After the
wrecking of the Karluk some of the
other members of the expedition got
to Wrangell island where some of i
them perished. The last seen of Stef
fanson was when he started out on the
sea ice. It is supposed that he was
carried out at that time and lost.
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NO EXTRA SESSION
WILSON DECLARES.
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WASHINGTON, March 22.—Presi
dent Wilson directly denies the rumors
that he contemplates calling an extra
session. He has evidently no intention
of doing so and unless something ex
traordinary occurs congress will not
meet again until December.
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❖ GERMANY SUBSCRIBES *
❖ TWO AND HALF BILLION. *
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BERLIN, March 22.—Two and a
half billion have been subscribed to
the new German war loan and any
further amount required can easily
be secured. The fall of Przemysl is
regretted but it will have no effect on
on the general operations. Its only
consequences will be that it will re
lease an additional number of Rus
sians for the campaign in the Car
pathians and for the attack on Cra
cow if the Russians' can ever reach
the-latter place.
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❖ BRITISH STEAMER IS *
❖ SUNK IN THE CHANNEL* ❖
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LONDON, 'March 22.—A British
steamer was sunk in the English chan
nel yesterday. She was torpedoed by
a German submarine. It is believed
that no lives were lost but the full
details of the occurrence have not been
received. ,
After trying to dismantle the vaults
in the old Behrends bank in Juneau
with a battering ram, the contractors
were compelled to use dynamite. Nine
rounds of shots did the wTork.
FIXING FINAL
DEAL FOR R. R.
ALL DOFBT VANISHES A BO IT
LOCATION OF TERM
INAL.
WASHINGTON, March 21—It is
reported that Joseph Cotton, attorney
for the Alaska engineering commis
sion, is considering the final negotia
tions for the purchase of the Alaska
Northern railroad. The price is said
to be one million one hundred thou
sand dollars which is regards! as a
compromise between the price asked
by the Alaska Northern ownres and
the price oiTered by the government.
It is stated, however, that this inform
ation is unofficial although it is be
1 lieved to have very good grounds. It
is also stated that the members of
the engineering commission will leave
| Seattle in the middle of April and
j that they will conduct most of the
i business connected with their work in
that city. All doubt seems to have
disappeared as to the purchase of the
Alaska Northern ar.d nothing is be
lieved to remain but the drawing up
of the papers. It is stated b> people
i who are interested that il the govern
ment pays the full price of one million
one hundred thousand it will have suf
ficient left to build from the end of
the Alaska Northern to the Matan
uska coal fields without lurther ap
propriation. The attorney general is
now believed to be engaged in the
work of ascertaining whether the ad
ministration can draw more money
from the treasury without further
direct action by congress. The fact
that the bill was passed pennitting
the administration to expend thirty
five millions is thought to be sufficient
warrant for expenditures up to that
amount, but this is a matter which
will be carefully considered.
L. V. RAY AND
CRAWFORD OUT
both will be candidates
FOB THE CITY
COUNCIL.
L. V. Ray, president of the first ter
ritorial senate, is a candidate lor elec
tion to the city council. Charles
Crawford, member of the present
council, is also candidate. Mr. Ray
and Mr Crawford are the only two
who have positively stated that they
will run since the announcement was
made by Dr. Daggett and E. 0. Saw'
yer. Mayor Roe has apparently not
made up his mind yet.
“If they want me, all right. If
they don’t want me, all right” said
Senator Ray today w hen he consented
to have the statement of his candidacy
published. He also stated that his
opinions about the city and its well
fare are w'ell known.
The election will take place two
weeks from tomorrow. The number
of people who had registered up to
noon today w’as one hundred and forty
From this time forward a much great
er number is expected to cone for
ward. Most of the women voters are
still to register. They have been slow
so far to get their names on the list
but they have nearly two weeks yet.
Several other men have bee a men
tioned es candidates but they are mod
est about have their candidacy an
nounced. Even Mr. Crawford in an
nouncing his candidature frays he is a
candidate at present but that he has
time to pull out yet if he wants to, or
w'ords to that effect.
The War Department has decided
not to abandon the telegraph stations
at Rampart and Glenn on th? Yukon
river.