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RUSSIANS STILL HOLD ENEMY’S MARCH IN POLAND
BRITAIN PREPARES
TO MEET INVADERS
Germans Getting Ready tor One
p J
More Attempt to Reach
French Coast
ENGLAND PREPARES FOR INVASION
LONDON, Nov. 25.—England is now rapidly making
preparations to repel any possible invasion by the Ger
mans along the east and south coasts. Although the
government and the people believe that an attempt at in
vasion would be sure to fail the work of making sure is
now being undertaken as if the Germans were already on
the sea crossing. The preparations are chiefly in the
hands of civilians and emergency committees of promin
ent citizens have been formed in several large towns to
take the matter specially in hand. The principal measures
are said to have been already planned. It is arranged that
all the women and children will be removed as quickly as
possible from the threatened areas if the enemy makes
the attempt. Another important measure taken into ac
count is for the removal of livestock and provisions that
might be of use to an invading army. The government
officials are careful to quiet any uneasiness that might
arise from these preparations and state that they are
only preparing for what is only a mere possibility and by
no means a probability. Nevertheless England has not
been so upset since the day when Napoleon had his army
on the northern coasts of France.
GERMANS PREPARE ATTACK
LONDON, Nov. 25.—News from the front this morn-;
ing clearly indicates that the Germans are now preparing
for another attack on the allied front in Flanders that will
be far more intense and formidable than any of the at
tacks hitherto delivered. Great reinforcements are once
more being brought up by the enemy and the deliberation |
with which they are going about the preparations tenet*
to create the belief that it will be the supreme effort to
reach the French coast.
On the result of the great struggle in Poland will
undoubtedly depend the number of troops which Germany j
can use in the final efforts to reach Dunkirk and Calais.
Nothing of a definite kind has been heard from the east
this morning. The last news received last night showed
that the German right had certainly been halted by the
Russians but it is conceded that this halt may not have
been a decisive one as it was reported that the Germans
were forwarding more troops to the eastern front. It is j
candidly admitted that if the Russians are decisively;
beaten hundreds of thousands of German troops will be
relieved for duty in the west.
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GERMAN BASE DESTROYED
LONDON, Nov. 25.—A most telling disaster has been ■
inflicted on the German rudimentary base at Zeebrugge1
which has been blown up and destroyed by shells from the j
British and French warships. The Germans had been as
sembling submarines at Zeebrugge for some time with
the intention of using the place as a base for attacks on j
the British fleet. All these submarines have been destroyed
by the warship fire and the achievement is hailed as the
most important performed by the allied fleet since the
beginning of the war. According to the most reliable re
ports the submarines have been totally destroyed and the
work of the enemy has been reduced to nothing while the
assault on the allied shipping in the North Sea must be^
postponed indefinitely.
SERVIANS CLAIM VICTORY
NISH, Servia, Nov. 25.—1The Austrian columns which
crossed the Kolubara river in the northwest of Servia i
have been routed with heavy losses by the Servian army.
The Austrians lost five hundred prisoners and three,
machine guns. The chief result of the victory is that the
advance of the enemy has been decisively checked at least
in that quarter. The military authorities declare that the
situation is favorable to the home troops although it is
admitted that most of the fighting is now proceeding in
Servian territory.
NO PAPER TOMORROW
The Gateway will not be issued
tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day,
following the rule of newspapers
generally throughout Alaska.
Should the Associated Press send
its usual dispatches and should
those dispatches contain any
interesting news, bulletins will
be posted. The Gateway wishes
everyone a pleasant holiday.
Judge Bindley Green has been ap
pointed administrator of the affairs
of the girl who died last night. Dr.
Romig, acting for the government, is
taking charge of the burial arrange
ments.
Brown and Hawkins received this
morning a consignment of eggs from
Kodiak.
EIGHTEEN DIE
IN M WRECK
GOVERNMENT BLAMED r OK
LOSS OF SHIP NEAR SAN
FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.—Forty
four have been saved from the wreck
of the ship Hanalie whicn was wreck
ed yesterday on the Duxbury reef a
few miles from this city. The total
number of deaths is now known to be
eighteen but several others are miss
ing and it is feared that the death list
will be far greater when the whole
truth is learned. The loss of life is
due to the neglect of the government
to re-build the Bolines lighthouse
station which was burned down some
time ago.
RIOTS BREAK OUT ONCE
MORE IN MEXICO CITV
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 26.—An arm- j
ed mob rioted before the national
palace last night and then visited
other public buildings and made sim
ilarly violent demonstrations. During
the noting pawnshops and various
other kinds of places were attacked
and looted of all their valuaoles so
that for a time the most serious con-1
ditions prevailed. Many of the busi- j
ness houses closed during the distur-1
bances and the city took on the ap-1
pearances usually associated with re- j
volutions.
Dead and wounded soldiers are now
being brought in from the battle
which is now raging against the ^
Zapatistas around Tacubaya. The j
coming of the soldiers from the scene
of the battle was the first intimation
received of the tight and the informa
tion is still scant although it is as
sumed that the forces opposed to the
men of the famous Zapata aro those
of Carranza.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—General
Blanco left Mexico City today and the
forces of Zapata immediatly took pos
sesion. Blanco withdrew after having
given repeated assurances to the
diplomatic corps that he would not
evacuate the city. Villa’s troops are
reported to be near the city. He has
a complete understanding with Zapata
and a joint occupation is likely. The '
Villa forces which are closing in on i
Tampico have already reached the
oil fields. He has given his promise
to protect foreign interests when he
takes possesion of the capital and it
is believed that order will be main
tained.
WILSON MAKES SPEECH.
ALBANY, Nov. 25.—President Wil
son spoke briefly today to the crowd
that had assembled at the station here
when he passed through on his way
to Williamstown.
You get local Ranch Eggs with your
Ham and Bacon at Gamble’s Res
taurant.
FROM VARIOUS WAR THEATERS
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—The news from the various
theaters of war today is very scarce. This is due either
to a more strict censorship or to a pause, owing to climatic
or other conditions, in the fighting. No report has come
from the fields where the Turks are operating but it is
declared that the nature of the country to be traversed j
by the combatants in Asia Minor is such that rapid work j
is* impossible. The chief interest seems now to be attached;
to the possibilities of the next few days in the south J
Pacific where the German squadron and the Japanese and
British are expected to meet in a big battle. Since the re
ported defeat of De Wet no engagement has been report
ed in South Africa where the Boers are said by British
dispatches to be remaining loyal to a very great extent.
Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece and Italy give no indication
that either of them intends to depart from a position of
the strictest neutrality. All information from Egypt,
India and Persia is evidently carefully prevented.
SANK REFUGEE SHIP !
LONDON, Nov. 25.—'The official announcement has
been made that the French refugee ship Gauteaume which j
was sunk in the English channel last month was torpedoed
by a German submarine. The big steamer was on the way
from Calais to Havre with two thousand refugees, many
of whom were women and children. Fortunately the great i
majority of those aboard were saved by herculean efforts
but forty lives were lost. This act has caused the most in
tense indignation as it is assumed that the Germans must
have known the nature of the load the steamer carried.
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SMOKEHOUSE MIKE CAUSES
ANOTHER FALSE ALARM.
Proving There Can He Smoke Without
a Fire if You Have a Smokehouse.
There was a rumor around town
this morning that some mishap had
occurred to the Dora and there was
so much smoke that it evidently must
have some fire. For the first time on
record, however, there was smoke
without a fire but it is accounted for
by the fact that the smoke issued
from a smokehouse. *Twas thusly;
I Smokehouse Mike passed by on the
Evans this morning after a season
fishing around Seldovia and other
places. On the dock he men some
friends and in the course of conversa
tion he related how the Dora some
days ago going into Kodiak bumped
one rock, shoved it to one side, bump
ed another and sank it, pumped out
and left the harbor just as though
she had never rammed a reef in her
life. From this story, like the story
of the three black crows, came the
Petrograd dispatch about the Dora’s
striking experience. The patronymic
of Mr. Smokehouse is not known even
to his closest acquaintances but that
he may have been reading something
about torpedoing ironclads is not un
likely. According to his story the
Dora can come home overland if she
wants to.
FIND SKELETONS OF
MISSING PERSONS.
DAWSON, Nov. IT.—The road
house keeper at McLeods, in the
Chisana district, has reported the
finding of-the hair, a few bones and
some papers, all that remains of Mr.
and Mrs. James Schmidt, who were
lost crossing the Scolai pass several
years ago. Animals had eaten the
bodies and carried away most of the
bones.
McLeods roadhouse is in American
territory'. Marshal Brenneman has
not as yet received any official ad
vices regarding the finding of the
bodies.
WILL NOT POSTPONE
STRIKE INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—The re
quest to postpone the investigation in
to the Colorado strike situation has
been declined. Governor Ammons and
Governor-elect Carlson had made the
request that the Industrial relations
commission put off the enquiry' which
was fixed for the first of the month
but the enquiry will go forward.
PASSENGERS ON MARIPOSA
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—The following
passengers are aboard the steamship
Mariposa for Seward; Mrs. Butts, R,
McDonald, J. Walker and wife, S.
Beck, J. Eager and one steerage pas
senger.
PRESIDENT WILSON GOES
TO SPEND THANKSGIVING.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—President
Wilson spent two hours here today
while on his way to spend Thanksgiv
ing with his daughter, Mrs. Sayre, at
Williamstown, Massachusetts.
WENT ON EVANS.
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The following passengers went out
on the Evans: Charles Black, C. L.
Peabody and Mrs. Peabody, L. W.
Brady, W. E. Ludy, Mrs. Blue, Walter
Blue and Birdette Blue.
Crit Tolman has sold his dog team
to Mr. Brady who came here in the in
terests of the Panama exposition at |
San Francisco. The team will be use^
in connection with the Alaska exhibits.
Mrs. Wayne Blue and children left j
or the Evans this morning for a visit
to the outside.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
THREATEN COLOMBIA
Chile Dispatches Warships to
Gompel Germans to
Ij?ave Islands
| ALLIES WARN COLOMBIA
LONDON, Nov. 25.—England and France have re
quested the United States government to use its good of
fice to prevail on Colombia to observe more strictly the
requirements of the laws of neutrality. Otherwise, they
declare, the allies may be compelled in self defense to
take whatever measures might be necessary for the pro
tection of their interests. The British authorities allege
that the Germans maintain a wireless station in Colombia
which constantly communicates with the German ships.
Several protests were made by this country but Colombia
has ignored them all. Ecuador has also failed to exercise
control over its wireless and had permitted Germany to
convert several Ecuadorian islands into naval bases. To
this lack of recognition of the laws of neutrality the Bri
tish government assigns the success of the German squad
ron which is operating off the South American coasts.
CHILE SENDS DESTROYERS
VALPARAISO, Nov. 25.—Chile has dispatched three
destroyers to the Juan Fernandez islands to the west
which the Germans are reported to be using as a naval
base. The government of this country is determined to
enforce strict neutrality. The islands belong to Chile and
the commander of the destroyers is instructed to order
the Germans away. There is some anxiety lest the Ger
man admiral, Von Spec, might refuse to accede to the de
mand and a fight occur. The destroyers would, of course,
be no match for the German ships but it is considered not
likely that the Germans would choose to become entangled
with a country which desires to be friendly with all sides.
RUSSIANS HOLD FAST
PETROGRAD, Nov. 25—The Russian defence
against the German left holds fast and the enemy has
failed to make the slightest headway in that part of the
battlefield. On the enemy’s right the Russians have as
sumed the offensive. The German advance at Weilun
south of the Warthe has been checked by severe fighting.
The Germans are, however, receiving heavy reinforce
ments between the Vistula and Warthe rivers and the gen
eral struggle is sure to be resumed very quickly. Nothing
has been reported here that would indicate that the Ger
mans are retreating and the most that can be said is that
they have been stopped in a most decisive manner in their
march towards Warsaw. That they have been stopped is
certainly a fact. No news has come today from the Gali
cian field although the Russians had approached within
twenty five miles of Cracow a week ago. This silence has
given rise to the opinion that the Russians in that quarter
are waiting for the decision in the battle in the center of
the eastern line.
INDIAN TROOPS TAKE TRENCHES
LONDON, Nov. 25.—The British Indian troops in
flicted a severe defeat on the enemy last night in I landers
when they recaptured trenches, took three officers and
100 men prisoners and captured one mortar and three
machine guns. These trenches had been taken from the
British yesterday by the Germans but the Indians more
than recovered the loss by their gallant action later in
the day.
GERMANS SUFFER FRIGHTFULLY
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 25.—Caught betwen the allied
fleets and the land artillery of the allies the Germans suf
fered appalling losses yesterday near Nieuport. There is
no explanation given as to how they got into such a trap
but that they were cut down in horrible slaughter is be
lieved certain.