GERMANS TRY TO DRIVE WEDGE
LONDON. Sept. 11.—The news from the right wing of
the allies this afternoon is that the Germans are making
headlong efforts to drive a wedge into the allied ranks at
a point south of Verdun and that the combat is being
maintained with a fierce determination and slaughter that
has never been surpassed. I'he Germans advance in close
order in some of the charges evidently with the intention
of breaking through the opposing lines by sheer weight
and impetuosity hut. according to all accounts, the r lent .
troops are fighting with a magnificent steadfastness and
have so far succeeded in foiling every effort to divide thcii
forces. The battle in that neighborhood is described at
one of the most awful of all conflicts. Both sides are t ullj
aware that on the result may depend the fate of their ic
spective fatherlands and neither the most awful fatigut
nor the falling of their comrades by thousands restrains
their headlong assaults.
CROWN PRINCE IN THE LEAD
The crown prince himself commands the Get mans• u
that part of the field and fo him has been entrusted hi
desperate task of driving the wedge and so dividing thi
forces of the French. He has already received large re
inforcements with the object of pushing home this attack
and he now commands a tremendous army which is ex
pectod to renew the assaults at once and keep lijfhtinjj un
til one side or the other is forced to give way and retreat
The real object in view in adopting these tactics is onlv
guessed at hut the supposition is that the Germans onci
more are trying the enveloping movement which has beei
their chief aim since the beginning of the war.
GERMANS WIN IN EAST PRUSSIA
LONDON. Sept. 11.—Similar news comes this after
r.oon from East Prussia that has been received from Aus
trian territory. The Russians are also being driven bad
across East Prussia by the German army which has at las.
arrived on the scene and which has taken the offensive
with all the vigor that marked the first assaults by the
Germans in Belgium and France. If the news cominj
from East Prussia and Austria is correct it removes the
threat of the Russians to march on Berlin and the fate oi
the war now probably depends more than ever on the re
suit of the fighting in France. It has been generally ex
pected that the Germans would defeat the Russians but it
was hoped that the war in French territory had tied the
hands of Germany so tightly that she could hardly hope to
cope with the Russian onslaught for some time at tin
earliest. No details of the places where the fighting took
place in Austria and East Prussia have been furnished
and they may not he known even to the government an
communication with that part of the great war arena is
exceedingly difficult.
POINCARE ACCUSES GERMANS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—President Poincare of
France has cabled to President Wilson a denial ot the
charges made by Emperor William that the allies are
using dum dum bullets and Poincare adds to this denial a
counter charge to the effect that the Germans are the ones
who are guilty in this respect. The French president de
clares in the cablegram that the protest made by the Ger
man emperor is nothing more or less than an attempt to
shift the responsibility for using dum dum bullets which,
Poincare says, have been used by the Germans since the
beginning of the war. The same protests are probably
sent to all neutral countries but as this is the only great
power which is absolutely disinterested in a political sense
the warring nations look upon it as a sort of grand um
pire. President Wilson can probably not do any more
than acknowledge the receipt of the protests, but they
have served to drive home the sad fact that the nations
now at war can perpetrate any atrocities and there is left
not enough power in the world to call them to account.
LET
YOUR
WIFE
HAVE
an opportunity to show how economi
cal she can be. Give her a checking
account at this bank, so that she can
pay all bills by check.
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
LONDON JUBILANT
LONDON, Sept. 11.—It is officially announced that the
German retirement is general and that it is still continu
ing. The British troops yesterday captured fifteen hun
dred of the enemy as well as many guns and a large quan
tity of transport. London is jubilant as it seems to see in
this news the beginning of the end of the terror which the
threatened German invasion had inspired. All the reports
coming from the front indicate that the force of the Ger
man attack has been spent and that the allied generals
have acted with supreme wisdom and skill and have com
pletely outwitted the enemy at every point.
The allies are now all the time taking the offensive al
though only a few days ago they were retiring on Paris
and all Britain expected to hear of the immediate invest
ment of that city. Some experts believe that the Germans
are now chiefly bent on gaining time until they can be re- j
in forced but the attack of the French and British has
become so energetic that the news of a decisive victory is
looked for at any moment. The fact that Belgium still
contains a large force of troops who are annoying the
Germans in the rear and that Germany must keep a large
force strung out all the way from the field of the chief
battle to Germany itself is regarded as the chief weakness j
of the enemy’s position.
GERMAN LINER CAPTURED
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 11.—The Hamburg Amer-1
ican liner Hethania has been captured by a British cruiser
and has been brought to this port as a prize. The ship is
one of the large passenger liners of the Atlantic. She had
taken a chance and was hound for a South American port
when the cruiser sighted her after having been on the
watch for some t'me. The Bethania pulled up when she
was threatened with destruction by the British guns.
GERMANS ADMIT FATIGUE
BERLIN, Sept. 11.—The evacuation of Upper Alsace
has been effected by the German troops that had occupied
that district and they are now withdrawing to Metz and
Strassburg. The German government declares that its
troops in France are extremely fatigued while the allies
are receiving fresh re-inforcements all the time. The fast
marching through Belgium and France and the continu
ous lighting is beginning to tell on the German armies
that are now facing the allies and this is given as the rea
son for the delay in winning the victory which Germany
looks forward to with the utmost confidence.
AUSTRIAN TOWNS CAPTURED
PETIIOGRAI), Sept. 11.—The Russians have taken
the town of Suczawa and another just south of Czerno
witz in Galicia and are continuing to advance from the
south. The fall of Lemberg had not been announced up to
this morning but such an announcement is expected at any
time. It is also expected that the Germans will soon ar
rive in that part of the war arena and that great battles
must soon be fought between the combined Austrians and
Germans and the armies of Russia along the frontiers of
the three countries. The Germans are said to he advanc
ing in force from the northwest and west to aid the Aus
trians as they know that the complete defeat of the Aus
trians will mean the instant invasion of German territory
by the troops of this nation.
SERVIANS TAKE SEMLIN
NISH, Servia, Sept. 11.—The Servian army has occu
pied the Austrian city of Semlin after a bloody battle.
The city is situated on the river Save almost opposite the
city of Belgrade but some few nines to the westward.
Not an Austrian soldier now remains on Servian territory
but the occupation of Semlin means that the Servians have
gained an important foothold in the country of the enemy.
No news has come recently from the city and fortress of
Cattaro which the allied fleets in conjunction with the
Montenegrin land forces were bombarding. It is assumed
that it has not yet fallen. It is a powerful fortress and
splendidly situated for defense. _
DEMOCRATS TO
RUN IN THIRD
CORDOVA, Sept. 11.—The demo
cratic convention has nominated
Thomas C. Price of Cordova to run
for the senate and Thomas W. Hol
land to run for the lower house in the
territorial legislature. The" other
candidates were not nominated and
the places were left open.
The following were appointed di
visional committeemen: Michaelson
and Medley of Cordova; Dwyer,
Strelna, Diamond and Chairman Fer
guson of Valdez; Thompson of Ra
tal la, and Phelps, secretary, of Sew
ard.
The platform drawn up by the con
vention endorses the Skagway con
vention and the Wilson administra
tion. It calls for a full measure of
heme rule, a change in the poll tax
laws, for the Australian ballot, work
ingmen’s compensation act, a repeal
of the tax on fisheries and an eight
hour law.
The convention was postponed ow
ing to the failure of Seward and Val
dez people to show up in time for the
proceedings. When the Alameda ar
rived it was decided to proceed even
without representation from some
other places.
REX BEACH WILL NOT
COME THIS YEAR
Rex Beach, the famous novePst,
will not come to Seward this fall as I
he had intended and has written *
letter to Charles E. Herron saying
that he and Major L. H. French are
going to meet outside instead and go
to North Carolina, probably for a
hunting trip. Mr. Beach had intend
ed to come here for a hunting trip
with the major but he got turned olT
in the other direction for some cause
which he did not mention in the let
ter to Mr. Herron.
has good ground
Axel Lindblad, who has been oper
ating a small hydraulic plant nearj
Girdwood arrived in Seward last night
on the car and will be in town for
a couple of weeks. Mr. Lindblad has
some ground near the head of Turn
agin Arm that even when worked on a
small scale yields much returns and
this year has been an exceptionally
good one for him.
The best quality of work at prices
that are right at The Gateway Job
Printing Department.
Letterheads, envelopes, billheads,
cards, posters, announcements of a!*
kinds at The Gateway Job Printery.
Letterheads, envelopes, billheads,
cards, posters, announcements of al!
kinds at The Gateway Job Printery. j
NOTICE OK DISSOLUTION
OK PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby tfiven, that the
partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name and style of Hitchcock
and Weierman, has been dissolved,
(1. I). Hitchcock having sold his in
terest therein to Joseph Weierman,
who will conduct the business of the
Susitna bar and roadhouse as sole
proprietor in the future.
All accounts payable by or owinff
to said firm will be taken care of by
the undersigned.
JOSEPH WEIERMAN,
Susitna Bar and Roadhouse, Susitna,
Alaska.
Dated this 31st day of August A. D.
1914.
RESOLUTION
Be it resolved by the Common
Council of the Town of Seward, Sew- j
:ird, Alaska, that the Common Coun
cil meet as a board of equalization on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1914,
from two until four o’clock p. m., and
continue in session until the Satur
day next following between the hours
of two o’clock ami four o'clock p. m.
each day.
Be it further resolved that notice of
such meeting be published in the Sew
ard Gateway for three days prior to
such meeting.
G. G. BOE,
Ex-Oflicio Mayor of the Town of
Seward, Alaska.
Attest:
T. R. NEEDHAM,
Clerk of the Town of Seward,
Alaska. :>,t
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dim morning light, a cheerful, walk by.
$2.50
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i
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Boys’ and Misses’ fast black ribbed cotton Hose,
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boys and girls will soon need for school wear), per
pair.I5c, 20c and 25c
Children’s and Girls’ pink, blue and white Hose, per
pair.15c, 20c and 25c
Ladies’ Novelty Neckwear, worth 50c, each.25c
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