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RAGING ARMIES STAND SOLID
RUSSIANS DECLARE GERMANS ARE RETREATING
FURIOUS BATTLE ON SEA AND LAND PROCEEDS
GERMANS RUSH 650,000 MEN
TO BREAK THE ALLIED LEFT
FIGHTING INCESSANTLY
LONDON, Oct. 24.—Fighting prevails incessantly
over the West Flanders front from Roulers to Thorout
and between Nieuport and Ostend but no decisive result
has been obtained by either side. The Belgian cities are
almost completely evacuated by the Germans who are
moving every available man to the front for the supreme
effort to capture the coast cities. The whole coast and
for some miles inland is one mass of struggling men and
hashing guns. The allies believe that the Germans have
no more prospect of taking the channel ports than they
have of turning the allied Hank. The two tasks are practi
cally similar as the allies have a great force facing the
enemy now near Ostend, Nieuport and the other places.
PURSUING GERMANS
PETROGRAD, Oct. 24.—The reports from the front
show that the Russians are continuing the pursuit of the
Germans who are declared to be retreating from Warsaw.
It is admitted, however, that an unexpectedly stubborn
resistance is being made by the Austrians against the
Russian advance near the San river. The official re
port from Vienna after detailing the successful battle be
fore Przemysl and the dashing movement towards the
Vistula, admits that the Russians have been permitted to
cross the San in several places. This forward movement
by the Russians is taken to mean that all danger of an ad
vance along the right bank of the Vistula need no longer
be taken into account. It also accounts, no doubt, for the
falling back of the Germans from the city of Warsaw as
the hope that the Austrians could turn the Russian left
without being compelled to cross the Vistula no longer has
any grounds.
JAP CRUISER SUNK BY TORPEDO
TOKIO, Oct. 24.—It is officially admitted now that the
Japanese cruiser Takachiho was sunk by a German tor
pedo boat and not by a mine as had been formerly report
ed. The full story is that the torpedo boat which sank the
cruiser was the one which was later destroyed by the Jap
anese fleet. The torpedo stole out of the harbor daringly
and went straight for the cruiser and succeeded in sending
her to the bottom with 280 of her crew.
After blowing up the vessel the torpedo boat was
chased ashore by other Japanese ships and was destroyed.
The first report of these occurrences was that the cruiser
had struck a mine and that the torpedo boat had attempt
ed to sneak out of the harbor and had gone ashore in the
darkness.
REPORT EMDEN SUNK
BOMBAY, INDIA, Oct. 24.—Dispatches indicate that
the career of the German cruiser which has been operat
ing in these waters is ended. One dispatch says that the
sea route is now safe and that it has been clear since last
Wednesday. Another says that the Emden has been ac
counted for but none of these messages give any positive
reason for the belief. It is admitted that she has sunk al
together a number of ships which represent a loss of more
than a hundred thousand tons.
SUPREME BATTLE PROCEEDS
LONDON, Oct. 24.—The outcome of the battle which
continues to rage this afternoon around Lille and the
Belgian seaboard is likely to decide the future operations
of the Germans in the French theater of the war. . Re
inforcements of six hundred thousand men are being rush
ed by the Germans to their right wing and these opera
tions spell the supreme effort of the invaders to break
through the allied lines. Nor can the battle last very
long, in the opinion of the military experts, as the fight
ing is altogether too furious.
KAISER NARROWLY ESCAPES
PETROGRAL, Oct. 24.—Kaiser Wilhelm a few days
ago came within an ace of falling into the hands of the Rus
sians according to reliable advices from the front.
Soldiers from the scene of battle corroborate the story to
day. They declare that the kaiser has been at the front in
Russian Poland for some time and that a raid on his
headquarters was made some time ago. He succeeded in
making his escape by jumping into a powerful auto and
putting up full speed. "
DECLARE MAN
KILLED WOMAN
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DEFENSE IN CARMAN CASE
TRIES TO PUT BLAME
ON ANOTHER.
MINEOLA, Oct. 23.—The defense
in the trial of Mrs. Carman for the
murder of Mrs. Bailey has introduced
evidence to substantiate its theory
that a man killed Mrs. Bailey and that
Mrs. Carman had nothing whatever
to do with the occurrence. Evidence
along' this line was introduced today
and a very plausible story was told
which may yet clear the woman of
the crime. The strongest evidence
here has been the testimony of the
negress who declares that she saw
Mrs. Carman with a gun immediately
after the shooting and that the latter
declared she “had shot him.” Other
wise nothing new had developed up to
today.
NEWS NOTES
One of the best known young men
of this city will very soon enter the
state of matrimony. Like all interni
ng Benedicks or Benedicts he feels
a sort of exquisite horror at the
thought of memtioning the fact in
print, but it is no joke this time.
The followng went out hunting this
morning;-Dr. Romig, i)r. Schalaben,
Al. Chamberlain, D. B. Blakesley, C.
B. Guptil, Mr. Whelpely and last but
by no means least, Miss Elizabeth
Romig. A potlatch will be part of the
proceedings.
Judge J. Lind ley Green and Judge
M. J. Conroy were elected last night
trustees of the Seward Moose lodge
in the place of Messrs. Stockhurst
and Needham who will not be here.
E. S. Hewitt, representative of the
L. C. Smith typewriter company for
all Alaska, is again in the city on
business.
The latest bulletin from the front
this afternoon is to the effect that
the Romig party killed fifteen rabbits
between the city and Ressurrection
river, and this news isn’t from Petro
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grad either.
There was a rumor some time ago
that Senator Ray had sent the an
nouncement of his candidacy for re
election to the westward on the Dirigo
out he denies this altogether. He de
clines to make any statement concern
ing his candidacy.
Colonel Revell left this morning for
the front to look over the trial pre
paratory to starting'out the first mail
for the Iditarod. This first mail will
leave on November 2nd, and on the
same date a mail for this place will
leave the interior city.
A. H. Bryant said that his com
pany has now installed a fine hydrau
lic plant on Valdez creek and it is ex
pected that next summer will be the
best one in the creek’s record.
James Hayden and Derick Lane
have shipped out supplies to The
Oasis which they have recently built
and in which they will spend a large
part of the winter looking after their
mining interests.
Mrs. Burley who is now in the city
confirms the story that several Nome
business men will come to settle here
this winter. Although Nome is a
good camp yet it cannot, of course,
support all the business of its best
days and many Nomeites in looking
for fresh fields believe these are the
, greenest.
Cross cut Saws, Axes, Wedges,
| Mauls everything for the wood
chopper. Brown & Hawkins Hard
ware & Furniture Dept. “Quality
first”
ROTTEN BUTTER FOR THE
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS
Sensational Evidence Introduced At
Investigation Into Butter And
Egg Monopoly
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—That an
inferior brand of butter that is des
cribed as unfit to eat, but bearing the
brand of the New York Mercantile
Exchange, was shipped last June to
Vera Cruz for use by the United
States troops was the testimony ad
duced today at the inquiry instituted
by the state attorney general to de
termine if a butter, cheese and eggs
monopoly exists in this city. The,
brand of the Mercantile Exchange'
declared that the butter shipped to the i
army at Vera Cruz was the best
quality so that a really sensational
outcome to the inquiry may be ex
pected.
OLDTIMER DROWNED
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 23.—The infor
mat ion comes from Fort Yukon to the
effect that one of the old-time trap
pers of interior Alaska recently lost
hs life while going up the Porcupine
river to his winter trapping grounds. ■
Dick Martin was the unfortunate man.
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FINE DANCE TONIGHT
An exceptionally fine dance will be
held in the railroad building tonight.
An exhibition of some famous new j
dances will probably be given in the
intervals by adepts at the art. Ad
mission one dollar.
CYANIDE PLANT
FOR KNIK MINE
ONE COMING ON EVANS FOR
USE ON MARTIN
PROPERTY.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—When the
Admiral Evans left here she had
aboard a cyanide plant for the Martin
mine at Knik. The plant will be in
stalled at once.
She had only one passenger for
that place. He is August Buschman.
The Alameda arrived last night and
will sail again Sunday.
MOOSE CELEBRATE THE
COMING OF CHARTER
At the regular meeting of the Sew
ard Lodge No. 1425 of the Loyal
Order of Moose of the World last
night the charter was received and
quite a celebration ensued. All those
present were invited to the Casino
theater where a free moving picture
show was provided for their enter
tainment by Mr. Nuzum.
We have it will' get it or it is not
made. Brown & Hawkins. Hardware
& Furniture Dept.
Panning for Prospects on the Nate White Hydraulic Property
on Lynx Creek, .Moose Pass District, Near Seward, Alaska.
FRENCH REFUSE ARMISTICE
PARIS, Oct. 24—It is ofEically announced that a
German offcer was sent today under a flag of trace • to
the French commander operating-in the Thiancourt re
gion to request an armistice to bury the dead and remove
the wounded. The French commander sent the officer
back in haste and immediatly ordered an attack on the
Germans in the belief that the proposed armistice was
only a rase to gain time. As matters turned out the
French officer was right and he succeeded in gaining a
material advantage which would have been gained by the
Generals if their trick had succeeded.
JAP CRUISERS NEAR U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.—The Japanese battle
cruiser Kongo and the Japanese armored cruiser Asama
are now standing off this harbor, They convoyed the
liner Shinyo Mara clear across the ocean. The Shinyo
carried a million in specie. The Japanese now have eight
cruisers altogether guarding the trade routes between
the Orient and the United States.
CONGRESS IN
WILD REVOLT
WASHINGTON, Oct 23.—It was
stated today that the house had ad
journed after its work on the war tax
bill but no such adjournment has
taken place and the senate also is un
able to secure a quorum so that mat
ters have now come to the point where
the president may use his constitu
tional authority and call the session
at an end without waiting for the
members of congress to take action.
All efforts to bring about the ad- \
journment failed completely. The,
southern members who demand relief
for the cotton industry and insist on
legislaton for that purpose during the
present session have succeeded in pre
venting the adjournment in either
house. Neither house now has a
quroum and there is no possible
chance* of this further legislation so
many people are alrady urging the
president to put an end to the session
himself.
The movement by the southerners
yesterday to filibuster against the ad
journment for the purpose of com
pelling congress to pass the cotton
warehouse bill was believed not to be
likely to succeed but the work has
only too well been carried out
AUSTRIAN MONITOR SUNK
VIENNA, Oct. 24.—It is officially announced that an
Austrian monitor struck a mine on the Save river near
the Servian border and sank. Her crew of thirty three
men are missing but as the river is not very wide at the
place it is assumed that some of them at least managed
to reach shore. The vessel was being used in conjunction
with the army in attacks on the Servians.
BRITISH ADMIT LOSS
LONDON, Oct. 24—The admiralty this morning ad
mits the loss of the submarine E 3 with her full crew of
sixteen men. The Germans claimed that the vessel had
been sunk by them near the British coast but the occur
rence was denied by the British authorities as it was
feared the story of the loss of a vessel in home waters
might have a disturbing effect.
PARIS, Oct. 24.—It is officially announced this
morning that the Germans have made progress north of
Dixmude and in the vicinity of Labassee while the French
have made material advances west of Nieuport and be
tween Armentieres and Lille. Noth withstanding all this
it is announced that there is nothing of a really decisive
nature to be recorded. The French military experts are
evidently not quite clear as to the intentions of the enemy
in taking the coast but most of them agree that the Ger
mans are either working to prevent further British forces
from landing or are actually trying to secure a base for a
direct attack on the English coast. All agree that such
an attack could hardly be hoped to be successful.,
TO RESPECT MONROE DOCTRINE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Ambassador Bemstorff
said today that early in the war he assured the United
States that whatever the outcome of the struggle might
be Germany will respect the Monroe doctrine.
CAPTURE GERMAN SCHOONER
HONOLULU, Oct. 24.—The Japanese battleship
Hizen today captured a German steam schooner from
Marshal Islands. The capture was effected at sea but in
full sight of land and great crowds watched the affair
from tiie shore.
BATTLING ON THE SEA
LONDON, Oct. 24.—An official announcement issued
this afternon says that throughout the whole day yester
day the monitors and other vessels of the British bom
barding flotilla off the Belgian coast fired on the German
right which they searched thoroughly with their guns.
The shooting was very effective and the ships in conjunc
tion with the Belgian troops operating on land inflicted
much damage. The German guns answered but no
damage came to the British ships. The fire was also
opened on the German batteries near Ostend. Admiral
Hood has now a fine flotila of vessels that are very suit
able for such a bombardment but the great financial value
of the British vessels caused the commander to be very
careful. The flotilla was persistently attacked by the
enemy’s vessels of the submarine kind particularly. Sub
marine torpedoes were fired from the German submarines
at the Wildfire and the Myrmidon but without success.
It is evident that the Germans have prepared to attack
the British ships operating near that place and the great
est care is found to be necessary.
KITCHENER ISSUES APPEAL
LONDON, Oct. 24— Lord Kitchener has issued an
appeal to the public emphasizing the importance of keep
ing the army now training in good condition. Results
will only be obtained by strict sobriety, he declares, and
he urges men and women to abstain from treating the
soldiers to liquors. He also says that a commission ought
to be appointed to point out to the troops and to impress
them with the necessity of keeping temperate. Almost
every spare bit of ground in Britain is now being used to
train the recruits that are coming voluntarily to the
colors. It is declared that the British people have hardly
more than begun to fight and that no matter how long
the war might last armies will be furnished.
WHAT ARE THE BOERS DOING? »
THE HAGUE, Oct 24.—Sensational reports have
been received here from German sources regarding the
conditions in South Africa. These reports state that the.
majority of the Boers are ready to rise in arms when the
opportunity is given and that Britain is sure to lose all
her colonies in that part of the world. News from Eng
land is to the effect that the revolt is by no means so ser
ious as it has been reported and it is stated that martial
law was declared in South Africa only as a precaution.