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Seward, Alaska, Monday, February 2S, 1916. _
Even the little paper which represents itself as representing tne work
ingmen employed by the Engineering Commission at Anchorage advises
against excitement and says “the men are not ‘demanding’ that this or that
‘shall’ be done; are not ‘striking’ in the sense the mongers put it, but are
asking as a body that the wrongs be righted.” When words of a comparative-,
ly conservative nature come from that source it is evident that the leaders of
the workingmen are putting their foot down and insisting on an intelligent
course of action. “There is no occasion to get excited as everything is favor
able” is another phrase used by the same paper, and when a publication whan
has acted as that one has from the beginning finds it necessary to make a
statement like that it is very clear that the workers are insisting on the cut
ting out of cheap and radical agitation. I his is the course the Gateway sug
gested from the beginning and it is the course best calculated to bring about
an amicable settlement and the continuation of the work.
The amount of work to be done very soon on the Alaska Northern rail
road is made evident by the size of the contract for ties which is to be let
immediately. When we remember that the ties make the smallest item of
the work and that the hundred thousand ties to be cut at once are only a
minor part of theses that will he required we can go near guaging what
is in store for us pretty soon.
The election comes tomorrow at which Seward will decide whether or
not it wants to elect a mayor and paid officials separately from the members
of the city council. Most of the wirepulling and trouble comes in ctiy coun
cils from the custom of placing the selection of paid offiicials in the hands of
the members of the council. At one time in Nome the question of who
should be the chief of police was far more important than who should run
the city government and a certain man very wittily suggested to elect the
chief and let him choose the council. To do so would be really similar to
electing members of a council just because they favored the selection of
some salaried official or another. That system is apparently wrong although,
alas, politics of a personal kind very often cut a more important figure than
the general good. It is clear that the people do not care very much one way
or the other, if we are to judge by the registration.
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STORY OF FALL
OFMAOBEIIGE
INNER FACTS ABOUT GREAT
SIEGE PUBLISHED FOR
FIRST TIME.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
(Special to Gateway by United Preaa)
PARIS, Jan. 11.—(By Mail)—The
mystery of the fall of Maubeuge hat*
at last been cleared up, after seven
teen months of rumors and doubts.
Instead of the surrender of the French
fortress having been due to treason,
as intimated by German sources, the
defense of the citadel is said to have
been one of the brilliant actions of
the war.
In an exclusive interview with a
French officer, a member of the staff
of General Fournier, Military Govern
or of Maubeuge, who has reached this
country after ascaping from a Ger
man prison, where he was sent with
the other officers of the garrison, the
whole story in detail was made
known.
“Maubeuge was not another Metz,”
he said, “but a new Belfort. Gener
al Fournier began fortifying the ap
proaches to the place on Aug. 2,
working 6,000 laborers with 25,000
territorials. They dug 13 miles of
trenches around the city, showing
great forethought, as at that time
trench fighting had not begun. They
strung one million square yards of
barbed wire on a million and a half
stakes and stationed fifty mobile bat
teries to fool the enemy.
“The city was invested towards the
end of August by 65,000 Germans
against our 30,000 territorials. The
Germans were commanded by General
von Zwehl in the presence of the
Kaiser’s nephew, Prince Leopold oT
Prussia. For nine days a furious
battle raged, all the German heavy
artillery being brought up from Liege
and Namur, including the 305 mili
metcr and 420 milimeter howitzers.
Ceaselessly shells rained on the forts
day and night, causing a reign of ter
ror, for in addition to the city’s resi
: dents there were 40,000 refugees,
mostly women, children and old peo
ple from the North, quartered in the
} town.
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FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
“The German shell fire was direct
ed by aeroplane and spies who had
been on the job for years, living in
Maubeuge and ostensibly engaged in
business there. One by one the fifty
batteries were picked off. The arsen
al was fired by a German shell and
2,000 French shells exploded inside at
one time. People all over the city
were knocked down by the force of
the explosion. The water, gas, elec
tricity, telephone and telegraph were
instantly cut off and the city, includ- j
ing the hospitals, was burning.
“Outside the city, in the trenches,
the troops fought on without relief
us we were prevented from reaching
them by a curtain of artillery fire.
We made four sorties, once charging
to within 200 yards of the German
mortars.
“The city wrecked and on fire, our
amunition exploded and means of re
sistance dwindled, General Fournier
surrendered on Sept. 8, when the Ger
mans began hurling shells into the
quarter packed with refugees. To
fight on would have meant but one
thing; the slaughter of women and
babies.
“When the Germans entered they
were astonished to find it defended
only by territorials. They believed
they were attacking a big garrison of
actives. In recognition of the brave
defense of the citadel, von Zwehl told
Foumiei* to keep his sword. Fournier
refused because the other officers were
not granted the same courtesy. He
said:
“ ‘Whatever their lot is, I will share
it: What is good enough for them
is good enough for me.’
“General Fournier was sent to the
military prison at Torgu, in Silesia.
He is a heartbroken man, but proud.
He hold out against tremendous odds,
sustaining what was certainly the
mightiest bombardment the world has j
ever seen.
“Before the Germans entered all
arms and other war materials were
destroyed and regimental flags burn
ed to keep them from falling into the
) enemy’s hands.
“Fournier’s defense of Maubeuge
was not merttfy heroic; it was of
great military value. During the j
battle of the Marne which ended in |
a crushing defeat of the Germans (
after several critical days he held up
; 65,000 of the flower of the Kaiser’s j
army. After the fall of Maubeuge it
j was too late for these men to do any
1 good; the tide at the Marne had turn
! ed on Sept. 8 and two days later it
| was complete. Had Fournier not held
out as he did, and had he let the Ger
mans pass without opposition, things
might very conceivably have turned
out another way.
“The rumors of treason scattered
by Germans in order to demoralize
French troops had absolutely no
foundation in fact.”
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STEVENS & VAN PELT
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LEANDER l. JAMES, Jr. ISAAC EVANS.
President. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood
Camp Seward No. 21
Meets every Monday' at 8p. in. at their
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Meets every Friday night at
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Controctors and dealers in Electric Supplies and Apparatus
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Seattle at 9 p. m. the I Oth, 20th and 30th of each
month tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,Cordova,
Valdez find Sew ard.
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May, June, July and August she goes through to Mushagak.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Thane,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez,.Latouche and Sew ard
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Sew'ard carries Explosives)
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