v„l. s. No. 289 Senior Anggnted Proa SEWARD. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16.1814. Member Associated Press_Ten Cents the Copy
AISNE iATTLE RAGES
AUSTRIANS LOST NEARLY HALF MILLION MEN
RUSSIANS DEFEATED IN EXTREME EAST PRUSSIA
U. S. Troops Evacuate
Pacified Old Mexico
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15.—The or
der was issued this morning by the
government that the United States
troops evacuate \ era Cruz as no fur
ther occupation is necessary owing to
the peaceful condition of that republic
and the promise of the continuation of
the present stability. General Villa
has asked through Carranza that the
United States government be requesv
ed to make this order and it is as
sumed here that the present acting
presilient of Mexico did make the re
quest and that the Washington ad
ministration considered evacuation as
the most friendly and, indeed, the only
course. The establishment of peace in
Mexico coupled with the flight of
Huerta is regarded generally here as
a signal victory for the methods pur
sued by President Wilson and Secre
tarv Bryan. Congratulations are al
ready pouring in on the administra
tion for having gained all its points
by merely “watching and waiting".
The evacuation is considered as the
very best indication that the people
of Mexico are now determined to
carry on the government of their
country without further disturbance
and with more friendly feelings than
ever towards this country.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1C.—‘Trans
ports have been ordered to proceed to
Vera Cruz to take the American
troops aboard for their return home.
The number of troops and marines in
Mexico is 7,200 and all will be brought
back. The battleship fleet, however,
will be retained in Mexican waters
for some time although it is not sup
posed they will be held there long.
ALLIES CLAIM VICTORY
STILL ON FRENCH SOIL
LONDON OFFICIALLY ON BATTLE
LONDON. Sept. IB.—(1:30 p. m.)—It is officially an
nounced this afternoon that the position ot the allies along
the Aisne river remains very tavorable. The Germans
today delivered several counter attacks especially against
the lirst armv corps but all these attacks were repulsed.
The Germans are giving way slightly before our troops
and the French ™ the right and left and their losses have
been very heavy. The battle is, however, still raging and
every effort is being put forth by both sides to hold their
ground or drive tne other side backward, tor several
davs the whole region of the Aisne river has resounded to
the most terrific cannonading and the titanic struggle con
tinues with a desperation that has never before been re
corded.
BERLIN ANNOUNCES RUSSIAN DEFEAT
BERLIN. Sept. 16.—The Third Siberian army corps
has been defeated at Lyck in East Prussia by the German
forces. This fact goes further than any mere words could
to prove that the Russian hold on East Prussia has been
about broken as Lyck is only a few miles from the Russian
border at the extreme southeast end of East Prussia. But
the fact which has amazed the people of this country most
is that the arrival of that Siberian corps on the scene of
the war shows that the Russian mobilization must have
been extraordinarily fast or that Russia had mobilized its
troops long before there was any talk of a general war.
The corps defeated by the troops of this nation came all
the way from Irkutsk in Siberia, a distance of many thou
sands of miles. This fact also goes to show that the full
strength of Russia must now be in the field.
WILSON ANSWERS PROTESTS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—President Wilson today
was placed up against the most ticklish task that ever con
fronted a head of a neutral state when he received official
ly the several protests sent by the various warring powers
against the alleged conduct of the others. He received the
Belgian commission today at the whitehouse and listened
carefully to their charges of cruelty and brutality against
the Germans. They then presented a document contain
ing all the charges with alleged proofs. The president
thanked them for it and told them that he would take it
under careful consideration. At the same time he sent an
equally non-committal reply to the message of Emperor
William accusing the allies of using dum dum bullets.
Then came the answer of the president to the charges
made by the president of France against the Germans.
The telegram to President Poincare was similar to the one
sent to the emperor. In them also President Wilson spoke
his thanks and promised that he would take each message
under careful consideration.
C. P. R. DENIES SHIPPING TROOPS
MONTREAL, Sept. 16.—The Canadian Pacific rail
road formally denies that its lines to Europe are taking
Australian, New Zealand and Indian troops from neutral
ports to fight against the Germans. The accusation was
made that the C. P. R. was violating American neutrality
by sailing its ships from United States ports while the
same ships were being used for sending troops.
CARDEN SAYS
U. S. IS WRONG
FORMER BRITISH MINISTER TO
MEXICO SAYS COUNTRY NOW
RUN BY LAWLESS
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Sir Lionel
Carden, former British minister to
Mexico, declared here today that tin
action of the United States govern
ment with respect to Mexico is a des
' perate shame. He says that the alt*
of the United States has caused th(
decent people in that country to bo
overturned and the lawless to T>*
placed in power. When the best peo
ple of Mexico most needed the help of
President Wilson, the former ambass
ador said, he has abandoned them and
the lawless gangs will now overrun
the whole country.
ADMIRAL WATSON LEAVES
SEATTLE FOR SEWARD
SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—The Admiral
Watson has left for Seward and other
points on her first trip in the place of
the ill-starred Sampson. She has the
following passengers for Seward:
John Burns, Rose Carney, Mary
Bayrd and child and one steerage.
Mrs. Gronroos is aboard for Seldovia.
PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Presi
dent Wilson returned today from his
trip to Cornish. He feels much re
freshed and is ready once more fo:
the strenuous time ahead.
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TAKES
OVER THE NATIONAL ROADS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The
Mexican Constitutionalist govern
ment has taken over the National
Railroads of Mexico and have re
named them the Constitutionalist
Railways of Mexico.
LOCAL DEMOCRATS GET
OUT THEIR TICKET
List of the Men Who Will Run For
House Is Now Completed
The local democrats are now having
>rinted the ticket which they will sup
port in the coming elections for con
gress and also for the local legisla
ture. Bunnell is, of course, the can
riidate for the national legislature. T.
2. Price is on the ticket for the terri
torial senate and the following have
been adopted as the standard bearers
of this division by the democrats in
the election for the lower territorial
house:
H. B. Ingram, Thomas Holland, J. J.
Finnegan and Leopold David.
NATE WHITE BUYS FISH
PROPERTY ON LYNX CREEK
Hydraulic Plant Is Already Installed
to Work a Large Body of Gravel
Nate White today purchased the
mining property on Lynx creek from
E. Fish. A hydraulic plant has al
ready been placed on the ground and
1500 feet of flume. The ground has
50 feet of gravel on the face In the
bed of the stream.
NORTHWESTERN PASSENGERS
The following arrived last night on
the Northwestern: W. Krippachne,
George Haley, Mrs. Haley, Dave Dun
bar, C. C. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, F.
H. Mead, A. Olson, E. S. Hewitt, A.
H. Bradford, D. M. McQuestin, R. J.
Donohue, W. A. Wilson and Mrs. Wil
son.
NEW TAXES PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16—The
democrats of the ways and
means committee are now pre
paring a new war revenue bill.
The present proposals include
taxation on commercial and lgeal
papers, bills of lading, telegraph
and long distance messages,
bankers, brokers, theaters, gaso
line, manufactured tobacco and
dealers in domestic wines and
beers.
FAMOUS BOER GENERAL
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
General Jacobus Delarey Shoots Him
self by Accident After Escaping
In Many a Battle
CAPETOWN, South Africa, Sept.
16.—General Jacobus Delarey, the
famous Boer general who fought so
many successful battles in the war
igainst Great Britain, is dead today
is the result of an accident. The ex
act details of the occurrence are not
known but sufficient has been learned
to make it certain that a gun which
he had been carrying exploded acei
lentally. Death was instantaneous.
JAMES E. SULLIV AN
HAS PASSED AWAY
Famous Leader in the World of Ath
letics Dies After An Operation
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—James !:.
Sullivan, secretary and treasurer of
the American amateur athletic union,
passed away last night following an
operation. He has been for many
years the most prominent man con
nected with athletics in this country
and was always in charge of the
American teams competing in the
Olympic games in all parts of the
world.
train falls into
A SWOLLEN RIVER
Thirty-Five People Drowned Wlien
Train on Frisco Road Plunges
Through Trestle
SPRINGFIELD. Mo., Sept. 15.—
Thirty-five people were drowned to
day when part of a train on the Frisco
railroad plunged through a trestle in
to a swollen stream near this city.
The locomotive, a baggage car ana
chair car were completely submerged
in the river and all aboard them were
drowned as no chance and not a mo
ment was given them to escape.
One of the saddest circumstances
connected with the occurrence was
that several women and children were
in the chair car when it fell into the
water.
COLORADO COAL STRIKE
MAY BE SETTLED NOW
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The
mine workers have accepted a tenta
tive basis of settlement of the Colo
rado coal strike which was submitted
by President Wilson. The mine own
ers have not yet replied but it is ex
pected that the most difficult part of
the work of pacification has been ac
complished and that the lonp drawn
out strufrple will soon come to an end.
DEMOCRATS CARRY MAINE
BY THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED
Election Leads the Democrats to Be
lieve That the Country Is Still
With Them
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 15.—the
democratic plurality in this state is
thirty-six hundred. All the present
congressmen were elected as well as
the democratic candidate for governor
and the election is regarded as the
first great and grand indication that
the democrats still maintain their
hold on the country and that the ad
ministration will be endorsed mor»
strongly than ever in the fall elec
tion!.
Great Powers Sign the
United States Peace Treaty
UNDERWOOD AND
| WILSON AGREE
CUT OUT OBJECTIONABLE PRO
POSAL TO TAX FREIGHT
FOR REVENUE
--
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Presi
dent Wilson and Leader Underwood,
as well as Chairman Simmons of the
committee, have agreed to grant tr.e
desire of the majority of the demo
cratic congressmen to cut out the
j emergency war tax on freight. The
j tax was first proposed by the presi
i dent and was agreed to by most of
i the leaders of the democratic party
' but the rank and file objected strenu
ously. Mr. Underwood waited for the
return of the president from Cornish
and it is believed that he prevailed
upon Mr. Wilson to agree to the elim
ination of the tax. New tax proposals
will now be submitted but some delay
will be caused by the change of plans.
BRINGING ORE HERE
FOR TREATMENT
One Hundred Sacks Will Be Brought
From the Hayden Mine at
(■rant Lake
Oscar Christiansen will leave to
morrow for the Grant Lake mine and
will pack one hundred sacks of the
ore to the railroad for the purpose of
shipping it to Seward for treatment
in the Ellsworth mill. Mr. Christian
sen goes out for James R. Hayden.
FOX AND SHEEP MIXED
UP AS ON A FARM
Nothing could bring more vividly
before the mind the extraordinary
game conditions in this district than
the relation of a little incident which
occurred while the Revell-Sweasy par
ty was recently in the hills. As stat
ed before, the sheep were so plentiful
that they appeared in flocks, not less
than six hundred having been seen in
one day. On one occasion two foxes,
a black one and a red one, trotted into
a flock of the sheep in full view of
the hunters. George Cotter, a mem
ber of the party, says that the sheep
just stopped grazing for a moment to
look at the intruders and then went on
feeding as calmly as ever.
CAN RAISE NO MONEY
SAYS DAVE DUNBAR
That money is very tight although
there is lots of it in the banks seems
to be one of the noticeable effects of
the war in the west according to Dave
Dunbar, the well-known traveling
man. He says that the jobbing busi
ness and the retail trade are not so
bad but he contends that a rise in
prices is rendered necessary in some
articles owing to the decrease in im
ported goods. The rate of exchange
with Europe, which was seventeen
dollars before the war, is now thirty
six dollars.
GUGGENHEIMS HEAR OF
THE BROAD PASS STRIKE
A telegram from the outside states
that Steve Birch, general manager for
the Guggenheims, has telegraphed to
Daniel Guggenheim that a rich quartz
strike has been made in the Broad
Pass region. The telegram comes
from New York and states that Mr.
Birch is in Seattle and heard of the
strike in that city. The story is prob
ably the same as that published here
some days ago. As time advances the
reports from the strike show it to be
even more important than at first
stated.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—An
event that will probably mark Pres*-!
dent Wilson and Secretary of State •
Bryan in history as the greatest apos- j
ties of peace of centuries took place
today when Bryan signed peace trea
ties with the diplomatic representa
tives of Great Britain, France, Spain
and China.
These treaties bind the signatories
not to engage in war with each other
until the dispute which threatens to
bring about the war has been thor
oughly investigated by a commission.
During the time of investigation no
hostilities can be carried on so that
plenty of time will be given for both 1
sides to weigh all the facts as well
as the possible results.
Several other smaller nations have
already signed the peace treaties with
the United States but the entry of the
great nations into the pact of peace
has now for the first time been accom
plished. The number of the treaties
now made in this way is twenty-six.
It is known as the Bryan peace treaty
having been conceived by the secre
tary of state himself.
The commission which will investi
gate the disputes arising will be an
international one which will be thor
oughly unbiased. Before it begins to
investigate the question at issue diplo
macy will have its play but the failure
of diplomatic arrangements will briig
the commission into the examination
of the matter. • jV;AJ
The treaties were signed by Mr.
Bryan and the foreign representatives
today in the presence of the cabinet
and the scene was a most impressive
one.
GERMANY’S FATE HANGS
ON RUSSIAN SITUATION
GREAT BATTLE STILL PROCEEDS
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The reports from the war front
this morning show that the Germans and the allies are
still battling fiercely along the whole front north of the
river Aisne. The opposing forces are arranged along a
line that passes through Soissons, Rethel, the Argonne
hills and Chateau Porcien. A remarkable tact is that
Soissons is the practice camp of the French army in time
of peace and the French troops are now lighting in bloody
reality on the field on which they have so olten met in
sham warfare. The Argonne hills are situated between
the three rivers, the Meuse, the Aisne and the Marne and
forms ground on which a determined defense can be
maintained.
GERMAN INTENTIONS UNKNOWN
It is uncertain yet whether the Germans have decided
to fight on this ground to a finish or are only fighting long
enough to cover their retreat.
The battle has been raging for some days around the
the same district but for the past day or so the enemy has
stood its ground and has not retreated in the least. All
that is known here yet is that the two sides are engaging
in terrific assaults with cavalry, infantry and artillery but
that neither side seems to have gained the slightest ad
vantage. The commander of the allies is believed to be
waiting to learn the intentions of the enemy before put
ting his whole force into a supreme effort.
GERMANS INTACT
The Germans have retreated most skillfully and theii
force is still intact and must yet be regarded as a power
ful fighting machine which needs only to retain its com
munications to become once again very formidable should
the allies let up their vigilance and energy.
The battle now proceeding is supposed to be of the ut
most importance as experts believe that its result will re
veal cleariy whether it is the intention of the enemy or
try once more to fight its way back to Paris or continue its
retreat for the defense of Germany. The progress of the
war in France since the invassion has been rather one
grand series of magnificent maneuvering than decisive
fighting and the ultimate result cannot be told until the
decisive moment comes when one army or the other will
meet the final disaster which may completely decide the
whole war.
GERMANY STANDS ALONE -
It is the belief here, however, that Germany now
stands practically alone against the combinations of pow
ers. The Austrians have been practically annihilated as a
fighting force and their opposition henceforth will proba
bly not be serious. On the ability of Germany to meet her
allied enemies in the west and keep the Russians at bay in
the east depends her fate and the people of England be
lieve that this means nothing but that Germany can only
hope to hold out long enough to receive the best terms she
can. Her final defeat is now regarded as something that
cannot be avoided very long.