GERMANS DEFEAT ALLIES
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
ST. PETERSBURG Aug. 25.—The Russian troops are
advancing steadily in Galicia and have taken several
passes south of Tarnapol. A division ot Austrian cavalry
has been routed near that place hut the nature ot the
ground prevents a general engagement at present, lhe
land is rough and mountainous and becomes more so at
the rear of the Austrians towards the C arpathian moun
tains. The main body ot the Austrian army is reported
to have its base resting on those mountains and is provid
ed w ith a splendid means of retreat through the passes.
SELLING FOOD AT COST
NEW YORK. Aug. 25.—Four public markets for the
sale of food stuffs direct to the consumers w ill he opened
in this city on September 1 by the municipality. Farmers
and dealers are invited to take stalls in the markets tree
of cost so that the poorer people of the city may he saved
from the sharks who are try ing to make money from the
hunger of the people.
GERMANY CRUSHES THE ALLIES
BERLIN. Aug. 25.—The victory of Germany is com
plete and the allies are fleeing before its troops. 1 he news
published yesterday has been continued only that the
lapse of time has shown that the triumph of the Germans
has even been more complete and the disaster to their
enemies has been more overwhelming. Never has such a
conflict been waged and ne\er in the history ot the world
has a nation so completely routed its enemies if the news
coming from the front to this capital is correct.
GERMANS OVER RUN FLANDERS
OSTEND. Belgium, Aug. 25.—General skirmishes are
now taking place all over northwest Flanders between the
Germans and the Belgian irregular troops, lhe invaders
have now come close to this city and will soon Ije in lull
possession of the Belgian coast although the Belgian
troops are lighting every toot ot the way with despera
tion. Even at this moment the Belgian gendarmerie and
the Germans are lighting fiercely outside this city and
wounded Belgians are being constantly brought here for
treatment. No one here expects to be able to stop the vic
torious enemy as our forces are small hut Belgium is do
ing her best.
Since the fall of Brussels and the retreat ol the Bel
gium army to Antwerp the Germans seem to travel with
the speed of lightning. Military people are simply amaz
ed at the extraordinary mobility of the kaiser’s troops
which can apparently cover three times the distance ol
any other troops in history in a given time. The light
cavalry of the invaders simply race over the country as
advance like men following the hunt and thirty and forty
miles a day have been covered by them.
ADVANCE ON ANTWERP
OSTEND, Aug. 2r>.—Thirty thousand Germans began
the attack on the city of Malines, or Mechlin, last night.
This city is only fourteen miles from Antwerp and the
German cavalry are galloping all over the intervening
spaces. The city of Antwerp itself is said to be ready for
the siege but the Germans will probably not bother with
it at present and will he satisfied merely to leave a force to
prevent the Belgian army in Antwerp from making a
sortie on the German rear.
EMPEROR’S NEPHEW CAPTURED
PARIS, Aug. 25.—The kaiser’s nephew. Prince von
Schwerin, has been captured by the French at Harlebeke
and will be brought to this c?ty as a prisoner of war. He
is an officer in a German cavalry regiment and of such an
i intrepid nature that he outdistanced his men in a charge
with the result that he was surrounded and taken
prisoner.
t '■ .... ~
SERVIANS WINNING
NISH, Servia, Aug. 25.—The Servian troops have re
j occupied Sabac and all Servian territory is now cleared of
the enemy.
The Austrians have been thrown back on the other
bank of the river Save. There they are reported to be
throwing up st.'-ng entrenchments to enable them to
make a determined stand should the army of this country
attempt to invade Austrian territory. The coming of the
Russians on the Austrian border w ill compel the enemy to
send great forces to meet them and hope is high in Servia
that the Servians will take Bosnia and hold it.
BRITISH DEFEATED
The German troops advancing west of the river Meuse
encountered the British cavalry brigade which has been
defending the approach to Maubege and defeated it. The
British are retreating and the Germans are pushing for
ward. The river Seniois, Longwy and the greater part of
the Belgian-French frontier are in the hands of the Ger
mans and the tide of war is in their favor all along the
great line from the Alsace-Lorraine border to the north.
ON TO PARIS
BERLIN, Aug. 25.—A concentric advance of the whole
German army on the city of Paris is now regarded as pro
bable. It seems now to be the intention of the Germans to
march from the east, the northeast and the north at the
same time and so close in on what is left of the allies as
Paris is approached. From the position which the Ger
man armies hold near the Belgian frontier the distance to
Paris is not much more than a hundred miles so that the
descent on the French capital can probably be made in
time to let the Germans detach some of their troops to
meet the Russians on the Prussian frontiers.
AIRSHIP CAPTURED
ANTWERP, Aug. 25.—A Germa » Zeppelin airship
which flew over this city yesterday for the purpose of re
connoitering was brought down by Belgian artillery and
the fifteen Germans who formed its crew were captured.
The great airship came to earth slowly when she was hit
and the members of the crew were uninjured. Her flying
over the city has created the belief that the Germans in
tend to attack Antwerp and were seeking information of
the Belgian positions.
_
IDZUMO PASSES FLATTERY
SEATTLE, Aug. 25.—The Japanese cruizer Idzumo
passed Cape Flattery today enroute to Esquimalt, the
British naval station on the Island of Vancouver. It had
been supposed that she would attempt to meet the Ger
man cruizer Leipzig outside San Francisco but it is now
assumed that she has received orders to guard the west
coast of Canada. The position of the Leipzig at present
is a mystery and people are wondering where she is going
to show up next time.
i
FRENCH FIGHT ON
PARIS, Aug. 25.—The German forward movement
which appeared to have been stopped yesterday in the
north has again been resumed but the French, acting in i
conjunction with the British and Belgian armies, are still
holding them back. The three alfies are battling in every
foot of the ground but it cannot be denied that although
they were taking the offensive yesterday they are on the
offensive now.
_____
The Gateway Job Printing Depart •
ment can supply you with anything in
the line of printed stationery fo-*
you’re business and personal use.
The famous E. A. Mallory stiff hat
in new and stylish blocks. $3 each, at
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First”.
We can <!<> it. Job printing of every
description.
You'll fin«l everything in the Pantry l ine at
Coo|H?r'n Cafe.
Meet me at The nrrneh.
Finhing tackl* at J *•. Graefn.
COME TO SEWAKI)
TO OPEN BUSINESS
Among the Undertakings Will Be a
Moving Picture Theater
H. N. Nuzum and N. J. Koontz ar
rived on the Evans and will make
their home here, engaging in business
with B. R. Labaree.
Mr. Nuzum will be in partnership
with Mr. Labaree and Mr. Koontz will
• the manager of part of their un
! • takings. Among these undertak
ings will bo a law office, an invest
mmit company and a moving picture
theater. Mr. Nuzum is an attorney
and has been eonnected with the law
hrm of Nuzum, (’lark and Nuzum ol j
Spokane, where he was also a direc
tor of the W. L. Andre Insurance
oinpuny. They state that the moving
picture theater will be a lirstclass one
in every respect. The linn will be
known as the Labaree-Nuzum Invest
ment Uo.
LET US KNOW
Whenever people in Seward receive
news of the whereabouts of people
who are well known here they could
do this paper a great service by in
forming it as Seward people, like all
othres, are always interested in the
people whom they know but who are
far away. Remember, the Gateway
a ill always be thankful for such in
ormation. It often comes by mail
o you and let us know it.
news from all parts
OF THE NORTHLAND
The statistics show that govern
ment expenditures in Alaska have
been $20,000,000 in excess of receipts
in tin* 45 years since the territory was
acquired, counting in the original pur
chase price. In return Alaska has
contributed $500,000,000 to the na
tion’s wealth. If one year’s expendi- j
ture of $50,000,000 in the river and
harbor bill, ostensibly in the interests
of commerce, would bring one tenth
as large results in increased com
merce as the expenditures in Alaska
’ ave produced, there would he less
complaint of pork barrel appropria- j
tions.—F.x.
At a meeting of the democratic
territorial committee hold at Juneau
it was decided to call conventions in
the various judicial divisions for the
purpose of selecting candidates for
the territorial legislature. The con
vention for the first division will be
held in Juneau September (*, while the
date of the primaries to select dele
gates to the convention has been set
for August 28. The dates of the pri
maries and conventions in the other
divisions have not yet been set.
- __ , . . . m
The Yukon council at its last meet
ing appropriated $5,000 for the con
struction of a new territorial assay
ollice at Whitehorse. Sealed bids
having been advertised for, Wm. G.
Chantler was the other day awarded.
the contract for its building and has
already begun to assemble the ma
treial on the ground ready to com
mence.
______
Juneau.—That the Ruby district
will become the best mining district
of the interior of Alaska is the firm
conviction of George Anderson, the
Juneau musician, who returned on the
Jefferson from a successful business
trip to the interior.
Rev. I*. H. Turnell, S. J., for many
years pastor of the Catholic church of
Skagway, has been directed for some
other field.
Cat Gilmore, a prominent Ketchi
kan merchant, tells the people down
at Seattle that for the last two weeks
every salmon cannery and curing
| plant in Alaska has been worked to
j the limit and cannot supply the do
mands made for canned and cured'
salmon. He believes the sudden o**
mand for fish may be caused by the
trouble in Europe.
The Russian government ice-break
ing steamer, Taimyr, reached Nome
on the 4th inst., on the way to Wran
gell island to take oir the twenty-one
men and one woman who took refuge
there after the wrecking of the Stef
anson exploring ship Karluk, in the
in* north of Herald island last Jan
nary. The United States revenue cut
ter Rear sailed for Wrangell island
via point aRrrow, July 21. After she
sailed news was received that the in*
about Wrangell was unusually firm
and the Russian government decided
to send the powerful Taimyr, which
can cut away where the wooden hear
would be helpless. Officers of the
Taimyr did not know of the outbreak
of the war until her arrival at Nome.
1’ncle Joe Irvine is now in the city,
lie says that whenever the coming of
the (lateway is delayed at his camp
he gets sore because he sure is inter
ested in that war.
C o T T E K s E L L S
STAG SHIRTS
Dl'KHAK SUITS
DOUGHERTY SHOES
BUCKINGHAM
AND HECHT SHOES
l'EM S. P u K BAGS
TAR PS, ETC.
ROYAL TAILORED SUITS
STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHES
...im...
Miners’ Store
New Location Next to
Coleman Hotel
'Phone HI Seward
\\ hat the
Bank of Seward
(Ian Do lor ^ on
It offers an absolute safe and secure
place for your funds, where your ac
count and business will be appreciat
ed. Ample capital, experienced direc
tors, and modern equipment mean
satisfactory service to you.
Bank of Seward
SEW VKI), VI.ASKA
REAL ESTATE : : INVESTMENTS
A Lot in
The Laubner Addition
Will Start You in the
Right Way
ALASKA LAND & DEVELOPMENT CO.
INCORPORATE*
0. litNJ. POINDEXTER, Manager
USE THE PHONE
ALASKA ELECTRIC COMPANY
5. M. GRAPP, • President and General Manager
gag 1R0WN & HAWKINS 1=1
Hardware and furniture Department
Hunting Season Opens Aug. 20
We are prepared to furnish you with
all kinds of
Guns
Also
A New Stock of Ammunition
Fishing Tackle, Hunting
Knives and Axes
—In fact, everything that is needed for the hunter
[Ss] BROWN & HAWKINS 1=1
One little drop of Dewar’s A cosy place, that’s run just right
Will make your spirits lighter. I I Where nothing makes you nervous
One little drop of Bushmill’s < ’Cause Alaskans when they go to
Will make the world seem brighter. I uluCC drink
One little drop of Sherwood l liflfllPA” I ? lot of servicc'
, \ Jinyivo / The draught our man prepares for you
If followed by another ) ( Tastcs like nectar trom a chalice
Will make you think of other days And when you want another one—
Of childhood’s home, and mother. Just meet me at THE PALACE.
THE PALACE iAR
Furnished Rooms in Connection
JOE MORRIS . ■ .1 ——BILL DEVINE
Old Crow Bourbon
Bond and Lillard Bourbon
Green River Bourbon
0
Special Reserve Bourbon
Sunny Brook Bourbon
Sandy McDonald’s Scotch
Old Bushmill’s Pure Malt Irish
Golden Wedding Rye
Guckenheimer Rye
Monogram Rye
Pebbleford Rye
Cream Rye
“00” Octava Scotch
John Dewar’s Extra Special Whi*
Label Scotch