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GLOOM OF THE STYX HANGS OVER DEADLY FRAY
RUSSIANS LAUNCHING ANOTHER MILLION MEN
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MEXICANS MAKE
AN ARMISTICE
NO MORE TROCBLE EXPECTED
CNTIL ELECTIONS TAKE
PLACE (XT. 7.
KL PASO, Oct. I .—The secretary
of lieneral Villa has telegraphed that
an armistice hits been declare*! be
tween the factions of that leader and
Carranza and that Aguas Calientes
has been declared neutral territory
where adherents of both sides may
mingle and confer if necessary. The
elections will be held on October 7 and
upon the result of these elections and
the manner in which they are con
ducted will probably depend the fate
of the republic.
COl'NTRY AROCND ( ACHE
CREEK HARDLY TOCCHED
Many Operating Successfully but
Country is large and unworktsl.
R. R. Jacobs and E. J. Jacobs who
have just returned afther a success
ful season operating their ground on
Nugget creek say that the country a- j
round them has hardly been touched, j
They are operating with three hy- j
draulic outfits and amongst the gold
brought in by them they have a nug
get worth fifty five dollars and forty
seven cents. In the gravel they also
find some float in which large chunks
of gold are visible. They say that the
best ground in that district is worked
by Bahrenburg and Bub. James Mur
ray has been most successful on (’ache
creek and will probaly come to town
on the Watson.
N \Tl'R.\UZATION PAPERS
WILL BE GIVEN FIRST j
Owing to the Coming of General
Election New Citzens Will
lie Created Quickly
His honor, Judge Brown, will open
the Seward term of court tomorrow
and will take up first the matter of
naturalization of new citizens. The
law prohibits the granting of citizen
ship papers within thirty days of the
general election and as Alaska will
have its general election on November
:i it will be necessary to dispose of
the naturalization matter on the Sec
ond or Third of the present month,
which means tomorrow and Saturday.
PRISONERS HERE FOR
TRIAL ON CHARGES
The prisoners to l»e tried here on
various charges during the coming
*erm of court are now- here. Amongst
*hem is Dwyer who is charged with
ihe ruorder at Knik.
HARRY R. BROWN ARRIVES
Harry K. Brown, deputy and son of
dudsre Brown, arrived in the city last
evening with a witne>s from Knik
country. He came overland. Mrs.
lirown has been here since the arrival
of the judge.
WILLIAM NELSON ARRESTED
William Nelson was arrested today
«»n charges preferred by Hans Ander
son. It is alleged that when Hans re
turned this morning unexpectedly feom
a hunting trip he found Nelson and
.\,n». Anderson in a |KHition which, not
to tie too exact, may be called com
promising.
WATSON DUE 2 A. M.
The Admiral Watson is due to ar
rive here at two o’clock tomorrow
morning
ike Hamburger went out hunting
yeiterday with Deputy Clerk Ger
ag+ty and during a visit to a road
•^o-’se killed, according to the latter,
the hind quarter of a moose.
LANDING FREIGHT IN MIDWINTER AT SEWARD. SUMMER SUNSET ON RESURRECTION BAY, SLW VRD.
TURKEY MAKES DEMANDS
THAT MAY LEAD TO WAR
TURKEY THREATENS BRITAIN
LONDON, Oct. L—The Turkish government is now
making impossible demands on Great Britain with regard
to the position which some British ships have taken up
near Turkish territory. The general belief here is that as
the demands cannot be complied with war between this
country w ill ensue and this will mean, of course, that Tur
key will be embroiled against all the allied nations. Tur
key contends that this government is now holding ships
in favorable positions to attack her in case she decides to
enter the war and that this amounts practically to a mobil
ization of British forces on her coasts. The situation has
reached a very delicate stage and it is assumed that Tur
key will fight anyhow in the hope of recovering what she
lost in the war against the Balkan states.
MILLION RUSSIANS COMING
LONDON, Oct. 1.—Within one week a million addi
tional Russian troops will join the Russian forces already
in Poland and Galicia and their chief aim will be the in
vasion of German territory. The new forces are being
mobilized with tremendous celerity and some of them are
already marching across the Polish territory near
Warsaw.
BRITISH CENSORSHIP CLOSER
LONDON, Oct. 1.—(1:15) p. m.—The censorship
maintained by the British government over news from
France is very severe today and very little can be told,
especially about the progress of the great battle in France.
The little fragmentary information given out seems to
justify the confidence of the allies in a favorable ending
to the conflict but this is about all that can be stated. It is
known, however, that the Germans made the most desper
ate efforts to burst through the allies at Albert to the
northeast of Amiens and it is gradually coming to be
known that the last two days have witnessed scenes of
frightful carnage. The Germans threw themselves for
ward in incessant assaults but failed in their intentions
and their losses are believed to have been so frightful
that their forces must be materially weakened. It was
evidently their purpose to break through the allied left
wing and so to turn the flank of the French.
BRITISH OX AMERICAN SHIPMENTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—The British government
has informed the state department that its warships will
not interfere with the shipment of American food stuffs
to Holland.
The British govennent has also announced a new list
of the commodities which will be treated as conditional
contraband of war. These commodities include un
wrought copper, skins -and hides and the intention un
doubtedly is to prevent the copper from falling into the
hands of the Germans, The prohibition of the other things
named is supposed to be intended to keep the enemy from
receiving a supply of leather for the soldiers.
LIEPZIG SINKS BRITISH STEAMER
CALLAO, Peru, Oct. 1.—The German cruiser Liep
zig sunk the British steamer Bluefields in the Pacific
and the crew of the lost vessel have been brought here.
The occurrence has cleared the mystery surrounding the
movements of the cruiser since she left the North Pacific.
It was supposed that she had steamed for the Orient.
AUSTRIA REGRETS DAMAGE
ROME, Oct. 1.—The Austrian government has ans
wered the protest of the government of Italy by expres-i
sing its sorrow for the accidents to Italian ships by Aus- j
trian mines in the Adriatic. It deplores the sinking of
Italian vessels and promises to remove the menace and to
indemnify the families of the men killed. It is reported,
that Italy has demanded a million dollars indemnity and
trouble of a grave kind may yet arise from the affair.
GERMAN GENERAL KILLED
BERLIN, Oct. 1.—The death of Major General
Schorbeming has been officially announced. He was kil
led while leading his men in person in the fighting in
France. The socialist paper Vorwaerts has been permit
ted to resume publication after having given its promise
to avoid all reference to the class struggle. It was sup
pressed by order of the government on the ground that it
constituted a menace to German unity.
GERMANS MAKE DSEPERATE EFFORT
PARIS, Oct, 1.—The Germans have commenced and
are continuing a fierce attack on the allied lines in the
angle formed by the rivers Oise and Aisne but skillful
counter maneuvres by the French have checked the
enemy. The chief fighting is proceeding in the direction
of Tracylemont but the French are holding solidly al
though the conflict has been desperate. It is evidently the
intention of the Germans to crash through the allied lines
at any point but particularly in the west where their suc
cess would mean an approach to Paris by the shortest
route. It is officially announced this morning that no
modification has occurred in the situation of the allies
notwithstanding the fierce battling which has taken place
and which is going on at this moment. The battle went on
during the night but was confined to artillery exchanges
which, however, were the prelude to the morning assaults
that broke with fury at the first streak of dawn. It is con
ceded that the enemy has taken the offensive and is no
longer content with waiting behind his entrenchments.
BOMBARDING ANTWERP
ANTWERP. Oct. 1.—1The Germans bombarded this
city throughout the night. All through the dark hours the
great guns roared and shells fell in and around the city
while many of the inhabitants were compelled to seek re
fuge in cellars and in the parks where there was provided
an opportunity to escape the falling storm of death. The
Belgian gunners replied incessantly and the terrible duel
was still continuing at daybreak. The gunnery of the gar
rison was so good that the enemy was compelled to shift
his batteries from the positions from which he was bom
barding the St. Catharine and neighboring forts. After
this change the Belgians ceased firing from those forts
and the Germans came to the conclusion that they had
silenced them and sent in a section of infantry and artil
lery to take possession. As they approached the forts the
Belgians again opened fire and killed nearly every man of
the attacking party. Then the Belgians made a sortie and
captured several of the guns. The city is now closely be
sieged, however, and fierce and terrible experiences may
be looked for. The garrison and the people are determined
to keep the enemy out at all costs and so prevent him from
sending the troops occupied In the siege to re-inforce his
army in France.
NICKERSiiAM
(itfS BLAMt
ACCrSKI) OF RESPONSIBILITY |
FOR ASSESSMENT WORK
BILL
That the blame for the assessment
exemption bill is being placed on the
shoulders of Delegate W iekersham is
made evident by a telegram received i
today by the Gateway from the
juncau Umpire. Iuis telegram Is as
follows:
“Juneau, Oct. 1.—Wickersham
wrote the Johnson bill suspending
assessment work, according to a cable
gram received from Albert Johnson,
who introduced it, by John W. 'Iroy
ioday. Johnson is trying to get Wick
ershame to admit authorship.”
This is the bill in whose favor the
Gateway was asked to use its in
fluence and on which this paper se
cured the opinions of the people of
this district. Johnson is one of the
congressmen from the State ol \\ ash
ington and got severely roasted for
attempting to introduce an Alaskan
neasure without having got the op
inion of those primarily interested.
Among those who roasted Johnson
were Wickersham papers like the
Juneau Dispatch so that the situation
promises to developc into something
nteresting if not amusing.
NEW JURORS
EROM SEWARD
M \ NY OF GRAM) JI RY EXCI SED
15Y Jl'DGE BROWN TO
BE REPLACED
As many of the grand Jury
originally drawn for the Seward term
of court have been excused Judge
Brown will call a special venire here.
With those excused and those who
may not for other reasons be able to
act it is expected that new grand
jurors to the number of from nine to
thirteen or fourteen will have to be
secured here. Some of the jurors for
the term are coming on the Watson
from the west. The grand jury is
composed of twenty three
REFUSES TO RECOMMEND
ASSESSMENT BILL
Finds Most of the Alaskans \N ant
The Bill Thrown Out
Word has been received that Com
missioner Tallman of the general land
office has refused to recommend the
bill introduced for the purpose of
cutting out assessment work this
your as he has fount! the greater part
ot' Alaska!) opinion to be opposed to
it. it can be said that in addition to
requesting the opinions of the people
through the newspapers of Seward
and the other big mining camps the
commissioner also requested the opin
ions of some of the officials from the
governor down. In the great majority
the people seem to have disfavored
the bill and it will now’ probably be
abandoned.
ROCKEFELLER MONEY
TO PROBE CONDITIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—The Rocke
feller Institute is about to begin an
investigation of the industrial condi
tions throughout the country and has
engaged McKenzie King, former ( an
adian minister of labor, as the direc
tor. The investigation will be far
reaching. 0
PUGILIST DIES FROM
FIGHT INJURIES
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 1.—Bill
Huddle, a younjr pugilist, died here
Lust nipht from injuries received in a
fiftht with Arthur Carroll.
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OUTPUT TOR ALASKA LAST
YEAR WAS $19,400,000.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—The of
ficials figures of the Alaska mineral
output for last year have just been
given out and show that it amounted
to nineteen million four hundred
thousand. The total gold production
for Alaska from the beginning to the
prci ent year has been two hundred
and twenty eight million dollars.
The outputs of Nome and Fairbanks
combined made up about a third of
the total gold output. The output
from quartz shows a steady increase
and the general opinion is that tlic
output has now reached its lowest
level and will continue to rise rapidly
with the opening of the quartz ledges
in various parts of the territory.
FALL RUSH BEGINS I ROM
SEWARD i ENINSULA
NOME, Oct. 1.—The Senator de
parted today for the outside with a
large list of passengers and the fall
rush from the peninsula has com
menced
MEXICO TAKES
CLAIM TITLES
ALL LANDS GRANTED BY
HUERTA TAKEN BY NEW
GOVERMENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—The
Mexican government has annulled
all the mine titles granted during the
Huerta administration. It is said here
that before taking this step Carranza
asked the United States .government
how it would regard the refusal to
1 confirm the titles received by Ameri
cans and that he was told that such
a matter was entirely one to be set
tled by Mexico itself. Most, if not all,
t)ie titles received from Huerta are
said to have been secured by unlaw*
ful means, either by making payments
personally to him or by offering him
support.