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^ SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1. . ___ ____
GERMANS REPORTED ON DEFENSIVE ALL OVER
GERMAN FLEET COMES
INTO THE ATLANTIC
British Fleet is ( Jose and Big
Naval Engagement is Ex
peeled in Few Days
GERMAN SHIPS IN ATLANTIC
MONTEVIDEO, Nov. 30.—The German fleet which
fought the British fleet in the Pacific is now believed to be
oir the mouth of the river Platte. The German steamer
Patagonia is being loaded here with provisions. The Ger
man ship Sierra Cobra is being loaded here also with coal
and another German steamer called the Mera is putting
in a great supply of coal and water. It is generally as
sumed that they will place these supplies on the warships
but there seems to be no way by which it can be legally
stopped. All the sailings of British steamers have been can
celled out of this port and the neighboring ones owing to
the danger of falling into the hands of the Germans. All
the people her look forward to a big battle somewhere oil
this coast soon and the expectation is that the Germans
will be defeated and destroyed as the allied forces to en
gage them will probably be much more powerful. The
German fleet came around the Horn without having been
reported and their presence in the South Atlantic has
come as a tremendous surprise. It is probably one of the
most daring bits of work on record as the chances of the
Germans escaping destruction are very slim in an ocean
v. nere the British strength is very great. The fleet is made
/ up of the same five ships that fought near Chile. A power
ful British fleet is reported to be close to the coast and in
all probability a tremendous naval fight will be pulled off
within a very few days.
BRITISH PATROL ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Twelve British warships are
now patrolling the Atlantic coast between New York and
the Panama canal and are keeping a c.ose check on all
sorts of shipping. Their intention apparently is to nip in
the bud any attempt that might be made to send supplies
to Germany or to German ships in any waters. The Ger
man cruiser Karlsruhe is still at large but her where
abouts at present is not known although she is supposed to
be in the Atlantic somewhere off the South American
coasts. She has evidently made no effort to capture or
destroy shipping recently and the chances are that she
is finding the British ships getting too energetic for her
safety.
ADMIT RUSSIAN ADVANCE
LONDON, Nov. 30— Germany today acknowledges
that the northern army of Russia has penetrated into
East Prussia to a point fifteen miles southwest of Gumbin
nen or twenty miles inside the German frontier. The Ger
man people, however, seem to be confident that General
Hindenburg has some good reason for permitting this ad
vance once more into the same territory where he former
ly won a great victory. Hindenburg is known to have
devoted his life to studying conditions in that very quarter
in anticipation of the time when the Russians would do
just exactly what they are now attempting Indeed he had
retired from the army at the outbreak of the war but was
recalled because of his great knowledge of East Prussia.
ALLIES TAKE OFFENSIVE
LONDON, Nov. 30.—Instead of being on the offensive
in France and Belgium the German armies are now strict
ly on the defensive. The allies are taking the offensive
once again in the effort to drive the enemy back on his
own soil and there is every reason to believe, judging by
today’s accounts, that a crisis is approaching in the af
fairsof the German forces. Apart from this general state
ment nothing of a definite nature has come from the front
in the west but never since the opening of hostilities
have conditions looked more favorable for the allies both
east and west.
STOCK EXCHANGE FIRM
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—The bond market in the stock
exchange opened dull and listless instead of showing the
excitement which had ben expected. A fear had existed
that a flood of liquidation from abroad would follow the
opening but within a quarter of an hour after the opening
this fear vanished and not the slightest sign of panic has
vet made itself felt.
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VILLA GIVEN
OVER TAMPICO
GOVERNOR OF STATE QUITS
SUPPORTING GENERAL
CARRANZA.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—General
Luis Calballero, governor of Tam
aulipas, has gone over to the side of
Villa and his action means that Tam
pico will come into possession of the
Villa forces even without a fight.
Calballero himself telegraphed his de
cision to the Aguas Calientes conven
tion and ulso to Guiterrez himself and
the news was conveyed to the state
department here this morning. It is
regarded by United states officials
as practically making certain the final
elimination of Carranze.
army beats navy.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The army
neat the navy this afternoon by
twenty to nothing.
SUPREME COURT KNOCKS
OUT JIM CROW LAW.
WASHINGTON, Nov. .10.—The su
preme court has come to the decision
that the Jim Crow law of Oklahoma
is unconstitutional or, rather, invalid
because it allowed the furnishing of
sleeping parlors and chair cars to,
white people only.
WANTS TROOPS TAKEN
OUT OF COLORADO.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29— Cover-'
nor Ammons has requested the presi
dent to have the federal troops re
moved out of some of the districts in
Colorado affected by the strike The
president referred the matter to
Secretary of War Garrison who will
take it up next week.
SAYS MARIPOSA WILL
ARRIVE HERE TOMORROW.
W. W. Butts received a cablegram
this morning dated at Valdez from
Mrs. Butts stating that she woul<l ar
rive in Seward at 3 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon. Accompanying Mrs. Butts
is her niece Miss Audrey Phillips, who
is coming to make her home in Sew
ard.
NEWS NOTES
That the saloons of Seward are
about the finest in every respect that
could be found any place is the state
ment made by Mr. Harding, the re
venue officer who is now here. The
saloons, he says, are not only
well conducted, clean and nice in every
way but in no place has he seen better
goods kept, which ought to be some
satisfaction to those members of the
sterner sex who do most of their
shopping where the goods are liquid.
The wedding of Mr. Steve White
head and Miss Evelyn Hammerstein
will take place on Wednesday next,
December 2. A reception will take
place after the ceremony.
The mail for the interior left this
morning. On this trip it will be taken
; around Tumagain arm instead of be
| ing carried across.
Sam Cramer started with the
Traveller from Knik for Seward on
the same day the mail started for this
place. The boat has several passen
gers and would be due today were it
not for the bad weather which has
probably caused her to take shelter.
The Dora left Unalga yesterday at
noon for Seward according to a mes
sage received by Agent Guptil.
REPORTS RICH STRIKE
IN THE KUSKOKWIM.
Tom Aitken Who Was Here Some
Time Ago Reported to Have Im
mense Paystreak.
Dr. Green of Takotna in a letter to
Frank Cotter reports the discovery of
a great paystreak on Candle creek,
a tributary' of the Talalena which
flows into the Takotna. lie say’s that
Aitken and Tom McKinnon, the
owners of the property had a keystone
drill working on the ground all last
winter and bust summer. They also
had a crew of 22 men working in an
open cut at the timber line where the
ground is only 6 to 7 feet deep.
Writing of the ground the doctor
says; “The paystreak here is 150 feet
wide and gets wider as it goes down
stream, being 480 feet where they
quit drilling. The drill holes show
an average of $7 to the square foot
of bedrock along the left limit of the
paystreak. Thirty feet from this rim
it averages $6 and from there to the
extreme right limit of the pay'streak
it gradually tapers off to fifty' cents
to the square foot of bedrock.”
SEWARD ONLY TOWN NOW
HAVING 28 COLUMN DAILY.
Again Seward is the only town in
this division ,of Alaska which has a
seven column four page daily news
paper. The Cordova Alaskan and the
Valdez Prospector tried a seven
column for a time during the election
but have once more gone back to their
former size—six columns. With the
exception of Juneau, it seems to be
evident, Seward is the only town in
Alaska now publishing a seven column
daily in all Alaska. A seven column
paper means 28 columns in each is
sue and next Summer, Deo Volente,
it will be 56 columns and a population
to warrant it.
REPORT SAYS McKENZIE
WANTS TO BE RULER.
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The Proposed Alaska Cabinet Has
Already Given Rise to Exalted
Ambitions.
A rumor is now being circulated to
the effect that Don McKenzie who was
formerly U. S. Commissioner in the
Koyukuk is a candidate for the
chairmanship of the poposed commis
sion which Secretary Lane is said to
have in view for the government of
Alaska. A former United States Mar
shal, a former U. S. Commissioner in
the Nelchina, another official and a
secretary of the democratic club held
an informal meeting in the store of
the said secretary this morning—the
matter is so important that the paper
would not dare to give the names or
any information that might lead to
the identification of those parties.
Well, that meeting decided that the
commission should be made up of ex
marshals and commissioners and of
ficials of the democratic party so that
the future beaurocracy is arranged
for.
LAKE RISING.
Word was received last evening
that Kenai lake was rising rapidly and
that the Snow river bridge was in
danger. The rise of the water is due
to a queer rising of the waters of
Glacier lake.
In the death of Robert Burdette,
the famous writer, a Seward man
loses a cousin. Wayne Blue, the popu
lar agent of the Admiral line here
| was a very close relative. The obitu*
ary notice of Mr. Burdette was sent
j by mail to the Gateway. Its length
made its use prohibitive but showed
the high standing of the distinguished
decedent.
COMMITTEE TO
SETTLESTRIKE
.RESIDENT WILSON SELECTS
THREE MEN TO ARRANGE
FOR PEACE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Another
effort to settle the strike in Colorado
was begun today by President Wilson
when he appointed a commission of
three prominent men to investigate
the whole matter and try to bring the
opposing sides to some agreement.
The three men on the commission arc
Seth Low Charles W. Mills of Phil
adelphia and Patrick Gilday of Clear
held. Pennsylvania. All of these men
have been prominently identified in
the past with the settlement of labor .
troubles and are regarded as not an
tagonistic either to labor or em
ployers. The settlement of the strike
is becoming more and more needed
as part of the state is reduced to a j
condition which could hardly be ’
brought about by a war.
GOVT RESERVES
LAND AT KMK.
JUNEAU.—The local office today
received notice of the withdrawal by
President Wilson of four townships
of land twelve miles northeast of Knik
for townsite purposes. The fact that
this withdrawal for the purposes set
forth is made after the government
railroad was completed is significant
as denoting that the government con
templates doing something in that im
mediate vicinity. The government
made several townsite withdrawals
prior to the survey for the railroad,
but this is tho first and bo far only
withdrawal since the survey was com
pleted.
The executive order making the
withdrawal is made under the Act of
March 12, 1914, and is dated October
8, 1914. It withdraws from entry, set
tlement, location or sale or other dis
position for townsite purposes all of
sections 22, 23, 26 and 27, in township
17 north, range 1 west.—Juneau
Empire.
RUSSIAN SOLDIER IS
THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
(By The Associated Press.)
PETROGRAD, Nov. 28.—Madam
Koudachef, well known as an explorer,
has been attached by General Rennen
krampf of the Russian scout service.
She rides ‘the horse upon which she
made the trip from Vladivostok to
Potrograd.
General Rennenkrampf has also
serving with him a soldier thirteen
years old, Nicholas Petonchkof. He is
the son of a rich, land proprietor.
When the war broke out, young Nich
olas ran away from home, sought out
General Rennenkrampf and asked if
he might not serve. He was detained
and a message was sent to his parents.
They telegraphed their consent to his
remaining with the army.
The boy has already taken part in
battles, notably Insterburg. He car
ries upon his rifle a German bayonet
which was presented to him by the re
; giment with which he serves. Nicholas
has been mentioned in orders of the
day for a daring and skilful scouting
feat
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FUNERAL TOMORROW.
The brother of Miss Velma Miller
cabled this morning from Valdez to
F. C. Doremus asking him to make
arrangements for her funeral tomor
row on the arrival of the Mariposa on
which vessel he is coming.
RUSSIANS BOMBARD
CRACOW AT LAST
Muscovite Hordes Swarm all
Over Galicia, Poland and
East Prussia
RUSSIANS REACH CRACOW
LONDON, Nov. 30.—The Russian forces have at last
reached Cracow and an Italian correspondent at the front
wires that the city is already being bombarded by the
Russian siege guns and that one of the suburbs is burning.
The fall of Cracow is the chief aim of the Russians at
present and has been so since the beginning ol the war as
its fall and the fall of Przemysl will give them complete
control of Galicia. The siege of Przemysl is also progress
ing once again, the Russians having once more succeeded
in surrounding it. Should these two places fall, British
authorities believe, it will leave the way open for the Rus
sians’ real advance into Hungary and protect the Rus
sian left when the main army moves on Germany.
GERMANS IN SERIOUS POSITION
LONDON, Nov. 30.—The German army which struck
at the Russian center is now in a most serious position
according to all the reports from the front. The Germans
have been split up into three sections and are facing what
may be one of the greatest military disasters of all times
unless they can manage by some bit of luck to extricate
themseives and fall back towards the German iiontiei
once again. The Russian army operating from Lodz is de
livering heavy blows at the main German forces but a
decision in the battle has not yet been reached. All the in
dications point to a great Russian victory and utter
smashing of the German attempt to reach W arsaw but
former disappointments have had the eilect of making the
British people and authorities careful in dealing with the
campaign in Poland. One oi the chief desires ol Loi d Rit*
chener evidently is to get a tremendous force of British
troops into France and Belgium before the Russian cam
paign is decided. A German victory would release great
forces for the lighting against the allies while even if the
Germans fall back on their fortifications in the eastern
theater it would enable them in all likelihood to detach
forces also as not as many would be required for defence
as for the continuation of the invasion of Russian terri
tory. For the moment the battle in Russian Poland is
claiming most attention as on its results very momentous
consequences depend.
LONDON, Nov. 30.—During the past couple of days
no official information has been given out regarding the
conditions in the regions where the Turks are concentrat
ed nor has anything of a definite nature been given out
concerning matters in South Africa.
De Wet was last heard from in the northern part ot
the Transvaal where his command was reported repulsed
; by Botha. There is still nothing said as to whether the
Turks have invaded Egypt or not but at any moment the
silence regarding these matters may be broken as much
interest is being manifested by the people on the question
as to whether the British will be engaged in another great
war in that quarter. Military authorities have expressed
the opinion that France will be able to give the Biitish
great assistance by sending troops from the southern
French ports and from Algeria to meet the luikish ad
vance near the Suez canal. During all (lay yesterday and
this morning, however, there has been given out only vci}
j meager news.
GERMANS ON DEFENSIVE
PARIS, Nov. 30.—The official anouncement this
1 morning contains the information that in Belgium the
I Germans are still on the defensive. Their artillei y lii e has
become very feeble and the allies have made progress at
! certain points. In the Soissons region an intermittent
artillery fire is being directed against the town but for
i what purpose is not clear unless it is to cause as much
' damage to the property of the French as possible. In the
| Argonne district several attacks were made by the Ger
■ mans on the town of Bagatelle but they were repulsed
every time without great difficulty. In the Woevre district
the Germans bombarded the forest of Apremont without
results. The whole battle front may be compared to a
line of volcanoes which become active one after the other
at periods but the general line continues to remain about
the same.