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Vii, s N , y(.. \ d Press SEWARD^ ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21.1914._Member Associated Press_Ten Cents the Copy
War Ollier Sa\s (iermanv Has
• •
Gained No Derisive
Advantage
LA BELLE l RAM K STANDS FIRM
PARIS. Aug. 21.- “Lp to the twentieth day since the
mobilization ol the French armies beg *n the Hermans
have not obtained any decisive advantage. Nor lias the
enemy been able to cany the war into our territory .
This was the snort, tormai and significant announce
ment made by tlie French war oliicc today and the ai -
nounccnu'.it that lias been vcciveb by ai! f renchnien wit a
boundless enthusiasm and joy.
France today is proud oi her soldiers, proud ol lur
generals and stands as one man. perhaps lor ihe lirst time
since the Napoleonic dry", behind the men wlu> are direct
ing the nation s adairs he sii i;gg!e is an awlu! one and
the real co llict is oniy gathering hut France sends out to
the world her expression o* confidence that in tiu* terrible
days coming she v. ill: c.|iid Lerseli in a manner worthy ol
her great traditions.
HERMANS ENTER BRUSSELS
LONDON. Aug. 21.—Brussels, the capital of Belgium,
has been occupied by the Herman army and is now under
the control oi the forces o* the kaiser.
The Be Hans evacuated the city last night withoil
putting up the least light and the main Herman arm*
camped outside the city during the night and eon feme i
themselves vith sending i:i a s nail guard which took over
the capital n the name ol the Herman emperor, ihe r»
niainder of he Herman forces wdl entei tiu* city today i i
triumph and so v dl the Hermans repeal with respect 1 >
Brussels what they did in tiu* war of IS70 with flu* cajuti i
of France.
The Belgians decided not to oppose the entry into ihe
city as the injury that could he inflicted by flu* (Jenna ;
guns would have been terrific and the defenses of the c it *
are not suliicient to give the hope that the invaders coal!
be kept out very long. The people ol Brussels continue to
regard the occupation oi the city in a light mood. *h?
citizens were warned again>t bring at the Hermans as the
Hermans usually show no mercy to those who oppose li cm
unless they are members of the regular lighting lorces.
Thousands of Herman resident?* ol Brussels and otner
parts of Belgium who had been arrested have been sef
free by the invading army and many of them are now
soldiers in the ranks of their countrymen.
WILL MAKE STAND AT ANTWERP
LONDON, Aug. 21. -The Belgians are now preparing
for the defense of the city of Antwerp and people of all
classes are working day and night to throw up fortifica
tions and dig trenches. There is no excitement and noth
ing at all in the shape «>!* a panic hut the Belgian people
have set to with a determination that has never been
equalled to make one more gallant effort to stay the on
ward march of the powerful invader. The defenses of the
city extend over an enormous area and the Germans *vi 1
be compelled to take several lines of entrenchments before
reaching a point where the attack on •« e city itselt can
he made. Antwerp is on the river Scheldt and is one of the
great shipping ports of the world. .To give an idea of the
importance of the city it can he staled that its commerce
is the fifth in size of the ports of the world, being exceed
ed in imports and exports only by New York, Hamburg,
London and Liverpool. For this reason it is feared that if
Germany should come out of the war triumphant she will
hold this port and all the hanks of the Scheldt out to a
point near the Straits of Dover, even taking C alais, the
great French port opposite England and only twenty odd
miles distant from the English coast.
GERMANS STILL ADVANCING
PARIS, Aug. 21.—The German forces still continue to
cross the Meuse at Huy and it is evident that the great
concentration of the imading armies has been begun and
that it will he carried out in Belgium whatever the ulti
mate intentions of the German leaders might he. No
French territory is occupied by the German troops except
an inclosed space in the departments of the Meuse and
Moselle in the northeast. The concentration of the forces
of the kaiser, however, w ill probably give an inkling as to
their object although at present, it must he confessed, they
have their enemies guessing as to where the chief attack
will come from.
PHILIPPINES
MAY BE FREE
INDEPENDENCE BILE EAYORA
BIA REPORTED IN
CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.—The
I ,Jnu»\> Philippine independence Oil! has
been reported favorably and tlu*
1 eh nos are very good that the islands
will >oon receive a generous measure
nf autonomy. 'Hu* members of con
, givss and the people of tlu* l Itited
St ites m'ciu to he more in favor now
nf granting the Filipinos self govern
ment than at an\ other time as they
tee! that such a gift could be given
now without in the least leaving our
ni\a*' open to the taunt that we did
so ct aUM* of outside pressure. Since
the coming of tlu* present war it has
> b'vome apparent that the posses
j sum of the islands is only a source of
I danger.
S’l MM Oi l TO WORK
ON RED RIVER BEACH
i uo Men Will Eeaxe on the Evans to
fix for Eortune Once More
On Sea Sands
William Pendergast and Dean Hub*
ha i will leave on the Evans to work
. on the Red River beach. They carry
with them full supplies of silver
^ plates and all the other requisites for
.-axing tine gold. It is said that the
! chances for making good up there are
i -till bright.
\l VMKD \ P VSSENGERS
Th<* following had taken tickets on
tlu* Alameda at 2 p. m. today: Mrs.
1 . Y Kay, Theo. Nicolai, Ed Chris
tian, W. Y. ('leghorn. Seth Eckstrom,
Mi.-s Mabel Goode. Mrs. E. .1. Wil
liamson, A. M. l’clerson.
Dick Taylor, foreman of the great
Gu*. gonheim mine at Eatouche, arriv
ed in the city accompanied by Mrs.
Taylor and will return this evening on
the Alameda.
POPE'S REMAINS
LIE IN STATE
BODY EMBALMED AND PLACED
IN DEATH CHAMBER SCR
ROCNDED BY CANDLES
———
ROME. Aug. 21.—The body of the
pope is now lying in the death cham
ber of the Vatican surrounded by can
| dies. It was embalmed after the usual
1 interval allowed following the death
of popes. The death chamber is one
of the most sombre rooms in existence
, where for centuries tlu* mortal re
main' of the pontiffs have lain.
As tlu* days go on it is learned more
sureh that tho death of his holiness
was brought about directly by the
! mental agony caused by the war. As
he found it impossible to aveit the
! great catastrophe he became depress
I ed to an extent where it amounted to
the most a ute suffering.
Many rumors are going the rounds
regarding the election of the next
one I ut all are, of course, groundless
and only the result of the desire for
sensationalism. No one knows who
will be pope although it is safe to say
: that he will probably be chosen from
one of a few of the ecclesiastical
princes who have been prominent
• during the pontificate of Pius.
ROME. Aug. 21.—Owing to the di
1 vided condition of Europe at the pres
| ent time it is considered to be almost
certain that tlu* new pop< will be an
; Italian. That appointing a pope from
one of the nations at war would be a
j grave mistake is the general opinion
1 as tlu* hostile powers would be sure
to regard such an appointment as an
affront. Cardinal Merry del Val w’ r
was considered the most likely to ’ c
selected, is a Spaniard and Spain may
l yet not be able to remain neutral. By
| selecting an Italian the cardinals
| would be following tlu* almost invari
[ able course pursued for centuries and
! no exception could, therefore, be t ik
I en by any power.
Pope Pius will be buried in tlu*
i crypt of St. Peter’s as he directed in
| his will.
TO PROSECUTE
FOOD BOOSTERS
SEVERAL INDICTMENTS EX
PECTED AGAINST THOSE
WHO RAISED PRICES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—-Several
indictments are expected by the at
torney general to be issued within the
next few days against those who have
been responsible for boosting tin*
prices of necessaries since the begin
ning of the war. The investigations
made are said to have proved clearly
that the raise in prices of most st lift's
is purely artificial and that there had
been a studied attempt made by large
business interests to profit by the war
at the expense of the people and par
ticularly at the expense of the poor.
The attorney general expressed »he
belief that the indictments are coming
without any hesitation and some sen
sational developments may be looked
for.
ONLY I (H R ALASK \ CITIES
HAVE 7 (OHMN DAILIES
Seward in That Sense Anyhow Is In
the First Rank For the
Territory
Seward, Juneau, Fairbanks and
Ketchikan are the only cities in Alas
ka now which publish seven-column
daily newspapers. Even Nome no
longer puts out a paper larger thaw
six columns although the population
still continues to be considerable. The
Ketchikan paper, while being a seven
column, is shorter than the Gateway
by some inches. The four addtiona!
columns in a seven-column paper,
taking into account the increased
length, make at least an extra page
of a six-column paper.
FR \\h YOI n<IS DOING WELL
Frank Youngs is now sluicing on
Cooper creek. Kenai river, and the
prospect is mighty satisfactory. He
will clean up and come to the city on
the 2!>th inst.
HILL VALIDATING OUR
TAXATION LAWS PASSED
SENATE PASSES
WAR RISK BILL
\PPROPRIATES FIVE MILLIONS
TO INSI'RE SHIPS AND CAR
(JOES AGAINST LOSS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—'The
senate today passed the emegeney
war risk bill which provides against ■
losses by American ship owners be
cause of the great war. The bill in
cludes a provision for the appropria
tion of live millions of dollars for the
insurance of the vessels and their car
goes “against the hazards of war”
and that the bill will become law no
one doubts in the least. The bill will
have the immedaite effect of increas
ing the traffic on the ocean as owners
have been hitherto afraid to take the
chances which arise from various
causes while the war lasts.
KNIK, Ala., Aug. 18.—The govern
ment forestry service launch Tolo left
Knik yesterday bound for Cordova.
E. M. Hunt in charge of the work in
this district is going to his headquar
ters at Cordova.
Nicolous Nicklason and H. T. Pet
ersen, two prospectors, arrived in
Knik yesterday from Fairbanks, com
ing via the Broad Pass and Susitna
river route, and report a fine looking
country.
Mrs. L. V. Ray, wife of Senator
Ray, president of the Alaska senate,
leaves on the Alameda to visit her
mother. She will be accompanied on
the trip by her daughter, Miss Patsy
Kay.
SAYS GOOD WORD
ABORT NKIXHINA
Man Who Mas Been Operating Orig
inal Discovery Gives Views
KNIK, Ala., Aug. 18.—Hans Poul
son, George H. Thomas and his sor,
Robert Thomas, arrived in Knik yes
terday from the Ne china. Mr
Thomas says that the camp has not
been thoroughly prospected and that
he expects to see son e more creeks
show pay. He has been operating tn»
original discovery ground on Albert
creek, and while it has not sho»\n as
well as he expected he says he has
good ground and believes the pay
streak continues. J. Willard Bixby
left in charge of the Albert creek
ground. The only other creek that
has been worked has been Poorman,
which made wages for its owners, and
is still being worked. Most of the
prospectors are leaving however, and
very little work has been done in the
camp.
The Granite Gold Mining company
contributed $11,000, the Gold King
$5,000 and the Cliff $5,000 to the out
put of gold which reached Valdez the
past week. The Granite run was
made in ten days, the Gold King was
made in ten days and the Cliff in
twelve days, all of the properties
averaging about $500 a day.
Fairbanks—D. C. Stutler, who was
sent here by the department of jus
tice, arrived in this city yesterday.
His errand is a mystery, though it is
known that the purpose of his com
ing is to make an investigation of
some kind, the nature of which he will
not divulge. It is believed that he
was ordered here at the request of
District Attorney Crossley.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The
Wickersham bill validating the taxa
tion laws passed by the Alaska legis
lature was passed by the United
States senate last night, and as it has
already been passed by the house and
will be signed by the president, it
may be regarded now as a law. The
president has declared that he - will
sign.
This law will make possible the col
lection of the territorial poll tax by
the United States commissioners of
Alaska and also the other taxes on
the various industries such as the
fisheries and mining.
The passing of this law will rat?**
again the question as to whether the
people of Alaska will be required to
pay the taxes for last year as well as
for the present one. The poll tax for
last year was collected in a few iso
lated cases only so that most of the
men of the territory will be con’polled
to double shoot the turn should the
law require them to pay for both
years.
BUNNELL RECEIVES A
FINE HOME WELCOME
Valdez People Crowd Largest Hall In
That City to Hear Candidate
Speak
VALDEZ, Aug. 20.—Charles Bun
nell, the democratic candidate for con
gress, was the guest of honor at a
splendid reception last night in this
city. The largest hall in the city was
crowded with enthusiastic supporters
and the candidate made an eloquent
speech. He declared that he would
make his campaign free from recrim
inations and that he would work for
the entire territory if elected.
See us before sending outside f)i*
your job printing.
AUSTRIANS COME TO
AID OF GERMANS
I
Bailie Front of Forty Miles hut
Impenetrable Cloud
Surrounds Center
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AUSTRIANS JOIN GERMANS
LONDON, Aug. 21.—It was learned today that with
the Germans left in Belgium are now three Austrian army
corps that made an amazingly quick advance trom the
south and were thrown across the Belgian border to re
inforce their allies before the decisive struggle takes place
for the mastery of Belgium. The news of the speedy
preparations made by the Austrians has come as some
thing of a surprise as the movements of the Austrian
army were kept so quiet that it appears on the scene of
battle in the west like a bolt from the blue. That Austria
would dare to dispatch such large forces ot the direct aid
of the Germans while the whole east border of Austria is
threatened with countless thousands of Russians is also a
matter for wonder.
AUSTRIA PRESSES FORWARD
LONDON, Aug. 21.—The Austrian army which silent
ly marched from Austrian territory across the south ol
Germany near the Swiss border is now marching along
the Rhine and will be buck'd at the French army which
has invaded Alsace while the main German forces are en
gaged in penetrating northern France by the way ol Bel
gium. The Austrians have come to the aid of Germany in
the west while they are still sending troops by the hun
dreds of thousands to the east to meet the Russian hordes
that arc sweeping down from Poland and other parts ot
the Austrian northeast borders. It is evident Irom the
movements of the Austrians that their armies and those
of Germany will act as one great lighting unit and that
the boundaries between the empires of Austria and Ger
many are practically obliterated while the great conflict is
raging. The two empires now stand between parallel
lines of lire and sword which are facing in each direction
from the North Sea and the Baltic to the Adriatic and the
frontier of Roumania. Al one side the whole power of
Russia is closing in while from the other come the hosts
of Britain, France and Belgium. And the moment for the
Olympian crash has about arrived.
JAPAN GETTING READY
TOKIO, Aug. 21—The answer from Germany to the
Japanese ultimatum must lie delivered by noon next Sun
day. The war department is now preparing for the open
ing of hostilities and the navy department is particularly
active getting ready lor the descent on Kiauchau. The
government knows that the Germans have constructed
formidable fortifications at Kiauchau and that the taking
of the place will be a matter ol no little dilliculty. It is as
sumed that the garrison has also made great extensions
in their lines of defense since the dispatch of the ultima
tum and that the German commander is determined to
make the best defense possible. No word has been receiv
ed from the German government directly although it is
generally believed that it is busy in the effort to draw
China to her side. At Kiauchau is an extensive harbor
the entrance to which the Germans have probably also
fortified and a very severe engagement is looked for in
spite of the paucity of the numbers of the German de
fenders.
BATTLE FRONT FORTY MILES
LONDON, Aug. 21.—The battle in Belgium is now de
veloping a front of forty miles of actual fighting. An im
penetrable curtain is now enveloping the center of the bat
tle where the main French army is co-operating with the
Belgians in one grand effort to drive back the invaders
from the approaches to the soil of France. Only heaven
can tell today what is happening within that dense maze
of mystery but before another sun comes it may be that
the world will hear the story of one of the most awful con
flicts of human history. The opinion here and throughout
most of Europe is that it is at that point Germany has
concentrated for one grand struggle that may decide the
fate of the allies in the north of France. The Germans
themselves arc moving with a secrecy that is ominous
while the reports from French sources are so meager as
to indicate a deep desire to keep the maneuvering of the
forces secret. At this moment, indeed, the two hosts are,
so to speak, crouching for the spring.