V0L 8 No. 281 Member Associated Press SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5,1914 Member Associated Press Ten Cents the Copy
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Losses of Germans Said to Be Two Hundred Thousand Fifteen British Fishing Boats Sunk in North Sea v A
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German Cruiser Disables British Cruiser and Sinks Freighter Near America Beer to Be Taxed hy Congress
(ie ans March to East of Paris and Drive Allies Across River Marne Russians Hope to March on Berlin
Three Allied Nations Swear
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GERMANS MOVE ONWARD
LONDON. Sept. 5.—That the German troops are
much nearer to Paris than had been admitted by the allied
generals is now coming to be known hetc.
The allies have been driven back to and in some cases
across the river Marne to the east ot the capital city. The
German government announced this fact yesterday and
although it was denied there is proof coming constantly
that the German statement of the fact was correct. The
general movement of the Germans against Paris had been
diverted to the eastward. The invaders have reached La-1
fere and have also marched south ot Jouarre which is
thirty miles east of Paris. This all conforms to the state
ment of the Germans that they ha\e reached the. ri\ci
Marne and crossed it in some places drh ing the allies be
fore them. The invaders are also around ( hantilly about
twenty miles north of the capital and it seems to be their
intention to surround the capital and try to catch the op
posing forces in a trap.
allies swear to fight on
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Great Britain and Russia today
signed an agreement not to make peace with Germany
without the consent of all the three allies in the great war.
This means that Russia and Britain will stand by each
other and by France as long as France asks them to do so
or as long as either one of them wishes to keep up the war.
AUSTRIANS SURROUNDED
VIENNA, Sept. 5.—The Austrian army has been sur
rounded in the city of Lublin in Russian Roland and thoii
case is hopeless, the (itrman force that was rushed from
Belgium to reinforce was sent too late and will now proba
bly be useless to save them. This disastrous intelligence
came this afternoon and it shows that the Austrian in
vasion of Russian territory has probably ended in dirt
failure. The Germans rushing to the rescue are believed
to be distant several days' journey and the Austrians wilt
probably be compelled to surrender before they arrive.
LOST 25,000 MEN AT LEMBERG
PETROGRAD, Sept. 5.—The latest official account of
the battle of* Lemberg shows that it was a far more over
whelming defeat for Austria than it was reported at first
to have been. The Austrians left twenty-five thousand
men after them on the field of battle and retreated so hur
riedly that enormous quantities of supplies were aban
doned. Two hundred cannons fell into the hands of the
Russsians as well as flags, ammunition and ten thousand
horses. This city is celebrating the victory today w ith the
most noisy enthusiasm and when the first report of the
triumph arrived thousands of people marched through the
streets of this capital cheering wildly. It is the first great
victory for a Russian army for many years and is being
hailed as the turning of the tide in the career of the em
pire.
The Russians have now invaded Austria from Tomasco
and will advance and continue to advance against the
Austrians wherever they can be found.
It is admitted that w hen the Austrians fall back on the
Carpathian mountains they w ill be able to fight from po
sitions of great strength and the difficulty of moving an
invading army through the mountains with a great force
defending the way would be very great.
GERMANS RUSH TO FIGHT RUSSIA
ROME, Sept. 5.—Five German army corps have arriv
ed at the Vistula river to oppose the advance of the Rus
sian invaders. These German forces were mostly taken
from the battlefields in Northern France and Belgium but
the need was so great that it was found necessary to
weaken the strength of the invading forces in those coun
tries. The Vistula river runs across East Prussia from
north to south and is strongly fortified with great forts
which are hardly more than twenty-five miles apart and
provide a splendid defense for the Germans. The defeat
of the Austrians made this move necessary on the part of
the Germans. It had been hoped that the Austrians could
keep the Russians in check while Germany was busy in
France.
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SIBERIA WHEAT
FOR ALASKANS
PROFESSOR GEORGESON PROVES
IT GROWS WELL HERE AND
NEVER FAILS
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 5.—Professor
Georgeson of the government experi
mental station announces that he has
tested Siberian wheat thoroughly ano
he has found that it grows well in
Alaska. The wheat never fails in any
sort of season and the fact is regard
ed as very important.
The residents of the restricted dis
trict who have been ordered to move
before the end of the month will prob
ably establish a new district outside
the city if the district attorney per
mits it.
Everything is now ready for the big
agricultural fair which opens here
Monday. The exhibits will be sent to
Seattle for show there at the expense
of Seattle. The games begin tomor
row and a team of soldiers is expected
to arrive tomorrow morning to play
the local baseball nine.
Very many people of this city are
going outside to attend the San Fran
cisco exposition and some of them arc
already leaving after having stayed
for several years to make the trip to
the California city.
The greatest possible pleasure and
instruction is expected from the fail
beginning here next Monday. People4
will come from all the sections for
long distances and a great crowd is
sure to be present.
DEMOCRATS MIXED UP
IN NOME DISTRICT
Doubt Is Expressed as to Whether
Bunnell Will Take Official
Side or Not
NOME, Sept. 5.—Politics here are
in what might be called a suspended
condition at present. The democrats
are split up to a considerable extent
and all are waiting to see which side
will take the lead in the reception of
the democratic candidate. The demo
cratic club members, or the majority
of them, are fighting Judge Tucker
and Marshal Jordan and both of those
officials have a strong following in
what might be called the unofficial
ranks of the democrats. George
Grigsby, who was mentioned as a pos
sible candidate for congress, Is now
mayor of Nome and is said to have
the support of the large majority of
local democrats. He is opposed to the
judge and the marshal people but it is
believed that Bunnell will have to de
pend on Grigsby for support.
FOUR SHOWS A WEEK
FROM THIS EVENING
In an endeavor to please the pa
trons of the Casino Messrs. Labaree
and Nuzum have decided to have
shows four nights a week instead of
every night. Two changes will be
given each week and the shows will
be held Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays with changes, start
ing tonight, on Tuesdays and Satur
days of each week. Mr. Nuzum says:
“We are endeavoring to cut expenses
in every way but in music and pic
tures. We are obtaining better pic
tures each week. ‘The Thumb Print*
which appears tonight bids well to
outclass ‘The Female of the Species.'
To avoid confusion as to what shows
will be run each time we will mention
the changes in the Gateway".
ALASKA COAKLEASING BILL
HAS PASSED THE LOWER HOUSE
OUTPUT HERE
IS DOUBLED
ABOl-T TWICE AS MUCH GOLD
CAME TO BANK OF SEWARD
THIS YEAR
The output of gold for this district
is just about twice as much as it was
last year judging by the amount that
has passed through the Bank of Sew
ard. The total output last year was
three hundred thousand and the out
put for this year was estimated some
time ago at five hundred thousand but
this latter figure is expected now to
be considerably exceeded. In addition
' to the increase of output this year
there is in prospect a large increase
in the number of operators for next
year.
While speaking on this subject it
may be said that about every news
paper in Alaska has published, with
some surprise apparently, the fact
printed in this paper that the output
for the district will be about half a
million dollars. The output from the
Crow creek mine is expected to raise
the estimate very much. It was not
included when the estimate was made
before.
The Gateway Job Printing DepaH •
ment can supply you with anything in
the line of printed stationery fo •
, you’re business and personal use.
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GATEWAY WILL NOT HE
ISSUED LABOR DAY
Telegraphic Service On That Day Will
Be Only Available for Same
Hours as on Sunday
The Gateway will not be issued
next Monday, Labor Day. The tele
graph office on that day will be open
ed only during the same hours as on
Sunday—one hour in the morning and
one in the afternoon. The only tele
grams that could appear in an issue
on that day would be those coming
between It and 10 o’clock in the morn
ing so that the great news of the day
could not be received anyhow. If any
important news does arrive in will be
posted up by the Gateway so that the
people will have all worth knowing.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—The
Alaska coal leasing bill passed the
house this afternoon by a large ma
jority and that it will become a law
is now virtually certain. The bill is
meant to work in with the scheme of
government railroads in the territory
and its passage means the second
great step in the opening of Alaska’s
resources. The European war is said
to have had an influence towards has
tening the passage of the bill as the
government lias been brought to a
realization of the importance of a coal
supply as well as to the uncertainty of
the maintenance of peace in this age
as well as in any other.
The objections to the bill came only
from those who are unalterably op
posed to the principle of government
ownership generally. The benefits of
this specific bill are denied by none
of the members of congress, or at
least by very few.
GERMAN RIGHT WING CHECKED
OSTENI). Sept. I.—It 1 £s been reported here that the
advance of the Germans lu s been checked on the right
wing and that part ol their lorccs has been compelled to
retire on St. Quentin to secure the support of the main
army. The source of this ii formation is reliable and full
credence is given to it although it has not been officially
announced. This right wii g extended beyond Amiens
and almost to Dieppe, one cf the important ports for the
British trade. As the Germans advance from this part ot
the theater of war they are leaving strong forces behind
to guard against attack in t le rear by the Belgians or by
new forces of British that night he landed here.
FRENCH REPORT SUCCESS
PARIS, Sept. 4.—It is officially reported that in the
district of Verdun the Germans have sustained some
checks. This means that tl e French have had some suc
cesses in the eastern part of the republic where great op
posing forces are still operating. In Lorraine and near
the Vosges mountains the French have also won tresh and
important successes against the German and Austrian
armies. It is admitted, hov ever, that the general situa
tion is changed only very little.
BELGIANS FIGHTING AGAIN
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Belgian troops are resuming
activities according to information received here today.
Their aims arc not published but it is likely that they are
moving out of Antwerp against the German forces which
are still in Belgium. The Germans have made no attempt
to take Antwerp and seem to be satisfied to keep the Bel
gians cooped up there within their defenses. They con
tinue to rcconnoiter over the city, however, with airships,
News as to the intentions of the British troops that
have been landed at Ostend is being suppressed. The force
is probably not large enough to attack but under the pro
tection of the guns of the British warships it will proba
bly be capable of keeping the Germans out of the city
should an attempt be made to take it. It is surmised that
some of the troops now being raised in this country will be
shipped to Ostend.
GERMAN HEADQUARTERS MOVE SOUTH
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5.—The headquarters of the Ger
man general staff has been moved south from Brussels to
Mons as the advance of the German army has been so
rapid that the headquarters were left too far behind. This
item of information is important for two reasons. It
shows that the Germans must have retained a powerful
force in Belgian territory when it was considered safe to
maintain the headquarters in the Belgian capital and it is
accepted also as proving that the Germans consider the
operations in France as the most important in spite of the
advance of the Russians in the east Indeed, it is assumed
that all Belgium, with the exception of Antwerp and the
shore line around Ostend, as well as all or nearly all north
ern France are over-run with German troops in addition
to the troops actually engaged near Paris.
TO MOVE ON BERLIN
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Russian war office estimates
that the Austrian forces are now so badly crippled by
their recent defeats that ten Russian army corps will he
sufficient while twenty other Russian army corps move on
Berlin. The contemplated movement of the Russians
from the southeast of Germany on the capital would be
carried out simultaneously with a movement on Posen and
across East Prussia. The greatest difficulties to be en
countered would come from the forts in German territory
and on the German and Austrian frontiers. In addition to
the line of forts across East Prussia there are five power
ful fortified positions south of them between which the
Russians would be compelled to march. One of these for
tifications is at Posen on the VVarthe river, another is at
Glogau on the Oder river and this river would have to be
crossed by the invading force. South of Glogau are two
other fortified positions near the Austrian frontier. Eight
of those forts altogether stretch along the whole German
Russian border or some distance from the border, a dis
tance of about three hundred miles.
EXPECT GRAND ASSAULT ON PARIS
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Military experts in Great Britain
are unanimous in believing that the Germans contemplate
making one grand assault on the city of Paris in the hope
of battering down by main force the defenses of the capi
tal. They believe that the investment of the city does not
appear logical while the allies have a huge mobile army
outside the city ready to attack a German circle of invest
ment at any point. The defenses of the city extend for
such an immense distance around that experts believe
that the Germans would have to thin parts of their lines
of investment to a dangerous extent at least in places.
The news is now being awaited of the next move by the in
vaders. It is believed here this morning that the Germans
have reached positions in front of the city’s defenses al
ready and that the next dispatches will bring the informa
tion that a siege of Paris is once more going on. No in
formation has been given out as to the preparedness of
Paris to withstand a long siege. If sufficient supplies of
food and amunition have been stored in the city there is a
hope that the siege will be a prolonged one or that it will
not end in the success of the Germans at all. The great
fear now in England is that the defenders may be sur
rounded and that the humiliating news may come that the
French and British armies have been compelled to sur
render.
GO TO FIGHT RUSSIANS
BASEL, SWITZERLAND, Sept. 5.—The German
forces which crossed the Rhine to attack Belfort have not
delivered the attack but have been dispatched into East
Prussia because of the demand made by the German gen
erals there for effective troops, the troops available to
meet the Russians being only irregular ones. Only a small
force has now been left before Belfort to prevent the
French from making a sortie into German territory. The
necessity for sending troops to East Prussia will, there
fore, have the effect of delaying the operations in the east
of France.