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FIFTY THOUSAND GERMANS DIE
-THIRTY THOUSAND CAPTURED
FIRST BLOW ENDS
LONDON, Oct. 2.—The first blow of the great allied
offensive has come to an end anil the honors remain with
France and Britain. The comparative lull which became
evident today from reading the dispatches from the front
is only temporary, however, and it is supposed that after
some reorganization and preparation another general
assault will Ik* launched. It is literally a fact that millions
of men were actually engaged in the great struggle. In
addition to the righting from Arras westward the battle
also raged in the Vosges and Alsace. Any attempt to esti
mate the total losses would be premature at present. They
have been variously estimated from a quarter of a million
to more than three hundred thousand but these estimates
are formed only on the losses of separate localities far
apart. The Allies, it is known, captured thirty thousand
Hermans and it is almost positively certain that we killed
fifty thousand outright. This is taken to mean that the
total Teutonic losses alone are well in the hundreds of
thousands. We also took two hundred great guns. The
Hermans claim to have taken twelve thousand prisoners j
but even if this is true it shows our losses to be much less
than theirs although it is admitted that as the Teutons
were on the defensive their opportunity to take prison
ers was not so great, while, on the other hand, our often
five tactics exposed our troops more to the danger of
wounds and death. The British people are now waiting
anxiously for the lists of losses but it is probable that no
jfficial announcement can be made of the total for some
.lays.
SAYS ALLIES REPULSED
BERLIN, Oct. 2.—The British counter attacks deliv
ered within the past twenty-four hours north of Loos
have completely failed according to the official announce-1
ments made today. The French attacks southwest of
Angres and east of Souchez, and also the attacks to the
northward of Neuville have been repulsed. At one point
the French gained a temporary success and penetrated
our line but the hostile force was completely annihilated.
This was in Champagne where the French attacked along
a wire front. They were held back at all points except
the one spoken of where, after getting through our line,
they were surrounded and all killed with the exception of
seventy men who were taken prisoners. At all the places
named the positions are being held solidly.
FRENCH ADVANCE
PARIS, Oct. 2.—The French have made advances in
the regions of Artois and Champagne by the attacks 1 e
newed yesterday and last night. It is also officially an
nounced that we have made progress southwest 01
Souchez with Veidy as the objective. In other quarteis
severe fighting was reported in progress last night but
without decisive results.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT
PETROGRAD, Oct. 2.—The enemy has made only
very few advances on the eastern front and the Russians
are holding their own generally. The retreat of our
troops, at least for the present, is at an end and as winter
is almost in sight the danger of a further hostile advance
is very remote. In the Mitau region, west of Riga, the
Germans have suffered a severe repulse. Another fierce
engagement took place near the village of Sergull where
close fighting was the rule. Our cavalry was brought
into play in that quarter and cut the enemy up badly.
AIR GUNS BOMBARD
PARIS, Oct. 2.—French aeroplanes of great size and
carrying guns bombarded the German positions last
night. The latest airships are armed with guns of a cali
bre which was formerly supposed to be impossible of
mounting in aeroplanes. The result of this first bombard
ment by such guns from the aiV could not be told as the
night was dark.
LOAN OVER SUBSCRIBED
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—The loan for the allied na
tions has now been over-subscribed. The Dupont com
pany alone subscribed thirty millions and heads the list.
Several great munitions manufacturing companies gave
immense amounts.
MANY KILLED
NEAR THE GULF
EIGHTY-NINE DEAD IN ONE SEC
TION OF COUNTRY
AFTER STORM.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 2.—Eighty-nine is
the exact number of the people killed
by the hurricane Thursday night in
one district around the center of the j
coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Five j
hundred are injured more or less seri- j
ously. Most of the people missing I
are negroes in that quarter and the j
property loss to that section alone is j
estimated at five millions and a half, j
The hurricane was of the West In- !
dian variety.
FARRAGUT PASSENGERS.
Among those who are pas <engers I
on the Admiral Farragut for the 1
west are: G. A. Gerow, for Scldovia;
Hanna Rocku, A. Leski, F. H^Camm, J
H. E. Revel, Harry Whittemorc and
John Gillispie, all for Anchorage.
SPECIAL FIRE MEETING.
A special meeting of the fire de- ^
partment will take place tomorrow
evenmg.
CAPLAN GOES
ON TRIAL NOW
ACCUSED OF BEING ACCOMP
LICE of McNamaras in
THE TIMES EXPLOSION.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2.—M. M.
Schmidt and Davis Caplan will come
up for trial Monday (October 4) on
the charge of being accomplices of the
McNamara brothers in the blowing
up of the Times Building in this city.
The greatest bitterness is being mani
fested and labor and capital are tak
ing sides almost as fiercely as during
the trial of the McNamaras them
selves. Ortie McManigal will be the
chief witness against them and he has
been brought to the city under a
heavy guard of detectives. Ihe two
defendants were arrested some time
ago.
NORTHWESTERN.
A cable received late Saturday
evening by the Gateway stated that
“Colonel Swanitz will leave North
western Sunday for Valdez.” J his
seems to indicate that she was sched
uled to leave yesterday.
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❖ IMPORTANT MEETING *
❖ COMMERCIAL CLUB. *
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An important meeting of the Com
mercial club will be held tomorrow
evening. A full attendance of mem
bers is urgently requested.
I DITAROI) OPERATOR COMES.
Arthur Shonbeck, a prominent op
erator of the Iditarod country, is a
passenger on the Farragut to Anchor
age.
ALAMEDA PASSENGERS.
Among those who w ill leave on the
Alameda tomorrow for the south will
be: Mrs. Jennie Markey, Herbert
E. Wilson, D. M. McQuester, J. H.
Nichoalde, Guy Whitehead, M. D.
Leehey, Casper Seeling, Mrs. Anne
Bub, Roy R. Jacobs, Miss Flory, J. C.
Murray, Isaac Evans and A. S.
Dautrick.
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The Gateway received a large
bunch of outside news yesterday. It
was all dated Saturday and was de
layed a day. With it the correspond
ent sent word that he had tried to
\vire more over the Canadian route
'but was told that route was unavail
able. At noon today no further out
side dope had arrived but if it comes
later it will be identified by the date
given. Just now one can never tell
what will happen to telegraph dis
patches.
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❖ OFFICERS TILIKUM *
❖ CLUB EXAMINED. ❖
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Word has been received in Seward
that the officers of .the Tilikum club
of Valdez are being examined before
the grand jury on the subject of the
sale of liquor.
EARTHQUAKE
HITSJNGLAND
COUNTIES IN THAT COUNTRY
AND SCOTLAND VIOLENT
j LY SHAKEN.
LONDON, Oct. 2.—The Solway dis
trict was violently shaken by an
earthquake today and some damage
is reported. The district is made up
of some English and Scottish counties.
In some of the towns in the affected
district houses of the poorer kind are
reported to have collapsed but no
deaths have been heard of although
quite a few people are reported in
jured. Owing to the fact that the
present generation had never experi
enced a quake quite a little panic oc
curred.
MOOSE TO GIVE FINE
DANCE ON WEDNESDAY.
A most enjoyable dance and enter
tainment will be given by the Seward
Lodge Loyal Order of Moose on Wed
nesday evening, Ortober 6, in A. B.
Hall. The committee is now hard at
work preparing for it and is determin
ed to make it one of the pleasantest
affairs imaginable.
LIGHT FRANCHISE TONIGHT.
The electric light franchise will
come up for discussion this evening
at the meeting of the city council.
WILL FILED.
The will of John A. Mathison has
been filed for probate. The estate is
valued at $25,000. An application has
been made by L. V. Kay, representing
the estate, for the appointment of
Charles S. Mathison as administrator.
APPLICATIONS FILED.
Brown & Hawkins last Saturday
filed application for mercantile license
and license as tobacconists for Seward
Kn.k and Anchorage.
Rhoda J. Cooper filed application
last Saturday for restaurant at Se
ward.
ALAMEDA TOMORROW.
The Alameda is reported to have
left Anchorage at 11:15 this morning.
This should bring her here about 5
o’clock tomorrow morning.
SEWARD AIRMAN
RADLYINJURED
YOUNG MAN WELL KNOWN
HERE FALLS WHEN SCOUT
ING FOR THE ALLIES
A. N. Reed, who lived in Seward
last summer and was well known is
now in a Boston hospital suffering
from a broken back and other injur
ies custained by a fall from an aero
pla.ie while he was scouting as a mili
tary aviator for the allied armies in
France. While here last summer—
that is 1914—Mr. Reed received sev
eral letters from Europe and always
kindly brought whatever news they
contained to the Gateway. He was
evidently deeply interested in the
war. After leaving here he managed
to get into an ambulance corps bound
for the front but later joined the
actual fighting ranks. He then began
a course of aviation to train for that
branch of the service. Some weeks
ago while scouting the aeroplane met
with an accoident and fell. The
aviator in charge of the machine was
killed outright and Reed suffered in
juries that will make him a cripple
for life. Mr. Reed was here usually
with Professor Parker and made sev
eral trips out to the mining ground
owned by the professor.
GRAND JURY FINDS
MANY INDICTMENTS
VALDEZ, Oct. 4.—The grand jury
has returned about twenty secret in
dictments but no one seems to know
what they are although several rum
ors arc current of a more or less re
liable nature. Amongst the rumor*
are some connected with the govern
ment railroad but this is only suppos
LOST IN WOODS.
Yesterday afternoon while hunting
in the neighborhood of Ole Martin's
ranch about Mile four Marcus Ferry
got lost in the woods and spent three
hours wandering around before he
found out where he was. Mr. Ferry
was one of a party who left on the
car early yesterday morning for the
Bungalow, and consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Sears, Dr. Romig, Dr.
Schalcben, Hale Schalebcn and Mr.
Perry. On their way back to town
Dr. Schalcben and Mr. Perry went in
to the woods after some grouse that
had been scared up and during which
hunt he became separated from the
rest and wandered off in the woods.
The rest of the party reached town
by C o’clock while he was till 0 o’clock
before getting here. A searching
party was just about to leave for the
place he was last seen, when he him
self appeared.
' od to be due to the apparently ground
! less rumors of some time ago. The
fishing interests are ai.-o com mg in
| for attentions in the rumor line hut
there is no solid foundation. There
was no business in court today. The
petit jury was excused until tomorrow
| at ten and the grand jury to the same
time.
GREAT STOCK
j TRANSACTIONS
IN PAST WEEK OVER SEVEN
MILLION SHARES
CHANGED HANDS.
i NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—In the past
: week over seven million shares of
; stock changed hands in the local mar
ket. So immense were the sum. of
1 money involved that the broker’s
1 commission for that period amounted
to two million dollars. This unusual
activity is caused by the orders com
ing from the European belligerents
for munitions of war, and most ot
the stock belongs to companies en
gaged directly in the work of manu
facturing those munitions.
ITALY TO AID SERBIA
GENEVA, Oct. 2.—Italy is now preparing to send
two hundred thousand men to the aid of Serbia in case the
latter country is attacked by Bulgaria and the Germans.
There is no doubt any longer in official quarters that the
great drive through Serbia to Turkey will soon be at
tempted and that when it comes Bulgaria will be lound
attacking the Serbians from the rear.
BULGARIANS MASSING
LONDON, Oct. 2.—There is no longer the slightest
doubt that the Bulgarian armies are now massing on both
the Greek and Serbian frontiers and are preparing to
strike as soon as possible. This afternoon the news came
direct from Athens and Nish and from both separately so
that one is a confirmation of the other. Advices from
Sofia are that Bulgaria is preparing only for defence but
this is no longer believed and that the Balkans will be
aflare this week no one questions. Bulgaria is said to
have a quarter million men ready to march on Serbia and
to guard the Greek frontier while a hundred thousand will
watch the Roumanian frontier. The silence of the latter
country continues mysteriously.
EXECUTE SUBMARINE CREW
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—That the whole crew of the
German submarine which sank the liner Arabic ha\e been
executed by the British is the statement which has been
made by the crew of the steamship Nicosiam which has
just arrived at New Orleans. The Nicosiam crew mem
bers declare that they know this to be a positi\ e fact. J he
submarine, which wras the famous U-27, was captured by
a British warship after the sinking ol the Arabic. Im
mediately after the capture the commander of the war
ship took possession of the undersea vessel and took the
crew prisoners. About an hour later a firing squad was
brought from the British vessel, the officers and ciew of
the U-27 were lined up on their own deck and shot. 1 he
narrators of the story are positive of its ti uth, the\ sa\.
BULGARS JOIN TURKS
ATHENS, Oct. 2.—A large force of Bulgars is now
marching towards Adrianople w-ith the evident intention
of joining forces with the Turkish army on the frontier,
according to the dispatches received this afternoon.
THIRTY-SIX LORDS KILLED
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2.—The names of thirty-six
members of the peerage of all the nations engaged in the
great battles of the past .week on the western front ap
pear on the incomplete casualty lists as having been killed.
GERMANS SETTLE IN EAST
LONDON, Oct. 2.—The Germans are reported to
have rushed large numbers of troops from the east to the
west during the allied attack and this is regarded as a
victory as it has evidently eased the pressure on the Rus
sians. Newspaper dispatches indicate that the Teutons
are preparing to consolidate their positions in Russia
and remain where they are for the winter.