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~ " N i ... SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1914._——_—_Ifn C<nU thf Copy
VILLA PROMISES TO RETIRE
IE CARRANZA IS FIRED
Hostile Armies Battle
Madly Hand to Hand
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BLOODIEST STRUGGLE BEGINS
LONDON, Nov. G.—This afternoon it is learned that
the Germans have begun striking another mighty blow
along the whole line from the eastern to the western flank.
The fiercest fighting of all is taking place in the center
around the sharp bend in the German line which forms
a triangle with the base to the northward, lhe whole
line is a scene of frightful fury and undoubtedly the foes
on both sides have decided to have it (Hit in this struggle
once for all.
HAND TO HAND FIGHTING
The struggle is so desperate that the hostile armies
unheed the awful artillery fire and push forward to en
gage in actual physical combat. Regiments are rushing
in with the most horrible determination that has ever
been witnessed on a battlefield. As they close in they
sometimes forget to load their guns and charge forward
with bayonets and even with butts of their rifles.
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CHARGE LIKE FOOTBALLERS
In the region around Roulers, Dixmude and to the
south near Ypres the combat is worse. That whole part
of western Flanders is like a gigantic football field
where bodies of men charge across the open. I he only dif
ference is that when the clash comes blood flows like water
and men die in scores at each others’ feet. According to
all the accounts it is evident that the supreme moment
is at hand and that before tomorrow comes the crisis will
have been reached and passed.
GERMANS WEAKENING
The very last account from this scene of carnage in
dicates that* the attacks of the Germans are weakening
and the allies are in hopes of driving them back to the in
terior of Belgium and compel them to fall back along the
line in other places to keep those lines intact.
GERMANS DENY ALL THIS
It must be said, however, that the Germans deny all
this and are equally confident that they will come out vic
tors in the tremendous struggle which is now raging. It
is apparent that they are bringing up strong reinforce
ments and their efforts seem to be to drive the allied forces
to fury bv their tactics.
KAISER AT THE FRONT
It is reported that the kaiser himself is at the front
and is directing the fighting in West Flanders personally.
Indeed the awful fury with which the Germans are now
struggling is supposed to be due to his orders to go in and
have the result decided one way or the other. Forty heavy
guns are on the way from the Krupp works to Arras
where the attack is also developing with the greatest
violence. That the enemy has at last finally decided on
the plan by which they will attempt to defeat the allies
and try to march on Paris once again seems to be evident
from the general attacks proceeding but all the informa
tion received from the allied generals indicates that the
attempts will not succeed. One thing only is certain and
that is that the present struggle cannot last long without
some decisive result.
GREAT BODIES ENGAGED
Great bodies of men are engaged in the fighting on
Belgian territory and the plains are alive with regiments
moving against each other. Even now these forces are be
ing still furthr augmented from all quarters and wher
ever troops can be spared they are being taken to rush
into the melee.
RUSSIANS TAKE JAROSLAW
PETROGRAD, Nov. 6.—The Russian army has re
captured the Gallician city of Jaroslaw which is only sev
enteen miles from Przemysl. It was taken by the Rus
sians in the commencement of the war but was retaken by
the Austrians. It is now again in Russian hands and paves
the. way for the investment of Przemysl. Five thousand
Austrian prisoners were taken when the city fell. The
Austrians in that region are now across the San river and
their line extends to Przemysl itself.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Good
news came from Mexico today in the
shape of a communication announc
ing that Villa has offered to the Mex
ican national convention at Aguas
Calicntes to resign his command in
the army and retire tomplctely to
private life if Carranza is entirely
eliminated, it is believed here that
this offer will be accepted as the
leaders attending the convention se?m
to be really desirous of bringing about
peace.
No further news had been received
this morning of the battle reported
to have been progressing between
Carranza and Villa but it is assumed
that efforts are being made by the
convention to bring about peace. The
enmity between the two leaders is
now of so bitter a kind that both
must probably go before either will
ever consent to let the other remain in
power.
ELI’ASO, Nov. 6.—Villa officially
announced that the forces of Car
ranza have retired before the army
of ten thousand that Vila marched
against hem. The advance guards
met twenty miles south of Aguas
Calier.tes, as stated before, but the
engagement was not participated in
by the mian bodies anti Carranza
fell back.
>1 YNY HOMESTEADING
AROPND ILLIAMNA LAKE
That many people are now taking
up homesteads in the Illiamna dis
trict is the information brought down
by George Parks of the land depart
ment who arrived on the Dirigo. The
homesteads are being taken up every
where, on the other side of Cook In
let, around Illiamna Bay and else
where, Mr. Parks says. He believes
that this country is in for a quick
awakening in that line. When the
remark was made to Mr. Parks that
these parts of Alaska will be a great
farming country within a few years
he seemed to agree strongly with the
opinion.
CAPT. REYNOLDS GOING OPT
Captain Reynolds, commander of
the revenue cutter service in northern
waters, will go out for the winter with
Mrs. Reynolds. He, Captain Boyd,
Dr. Silvia and Mr. Hope are seeing
the sights of the city today.
DR. KNICKERBOCKER
STARTS PRACTISE
Dr. L. C. Knickerbocker, a well
known dentist of Nome and Fair
banks, has opened offices in the Sew
ard Hotel, Room 11. Dr. Knicker
bocker makes crown and bridge work
a specialty.
HUNTING CLUB MEMBERS
ARE NOW ALL BUSY
Several members of the hunting
club are now out getting their marks
for the big contest. The dinner of the
club will take place next week.
MAIL IN TOMORROW
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The Sunrise and Hope mail will ar
rive tomorrow. Gill met the mail
which left Seward for Iditarod at
knik. It had three dog teams with
36 dogs. There was a total absence
of snow which made the extra teams
necessary*.
Frank E. Youngs went to scene of
his labors this morning. James Hay
den is due to arrive in the city this
evening.
SPIRIT CITY
LOST SPIRIT
THE LOSS OF SPIRITS IS DUE
TO LOSS OF SPIRITS
IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 6.—The returns
from all but two hundred precincts of
the state give a majority for pro
hibition of twelve thousand live hun
dred.
The people of the city can talk of
nothing else this morning. Many of
them believe that prohibition will ex
ercise a deadly elFect on the business
of Seattle. They seem to fear parti
cularly that many Alaskans who
want relaxation will in future take
some city of more genial qualifica
tion. On the other hand are the church
people and their friends who seem
to le elated. There are still others
who see in the passing of prohibi
tion a fine joke.
It is admitted on all hands that un
til the city adjusts itself to the change
there will be hard times for the many
who made a living by saloons and
breweries.
ELEVEN DAYS TO KMK
FROM THE 1DITAROD
Thirteen Men C ame Over and Found
Only Mile and a Half of Snow
It took the party that recently ar
rived from the IdiUy*od just eleven
days to reach Knik from that camp
a though snow was found on only one
and a half miles of the trail. This
party was made up of thirteen men
but they divided up in order to pre
vent overcrowding at the roadhouse.
All of them expect a tremendous lot
of travel through Seward this winter.
ENTERTAIN M ENT CON FI NED
• STRICTLY TO MOOSE
Men Present Must All he Moose But
a Moose May Bring a Lady Friend
The meeting of the Moose lodge will
begin at 7:30 sharp this evening in
their own hall and all are requested
to be on time. The entertainment and
dance will be in the railroad building.
Only men who belong to the Order
of Moose may be present. Each mem
ber may invite his lady relatives and
if he has no lady relatives he may
invite any other lady friend.
SULLIVAN BADLY BEATEN
IN ILLINOIS FIGHT
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.—Lawrence
Sherman, republican has, after all,
badly beaten Roger Sullivun, demo
crat, for the senate. Sullivan is the
old fee of William Jennings Bryan
and probably lost votes on that ac
count. Sherman’s plurality is seven
teen thousand.
NEWLANDS LEADING
Reno, Nov. 6.—Newlands is lead
ing Platt in the court for senator but
the count is so close that an official
re-counting will probably be neces
sary. Newlands is the democrat and
his election wll be of much conse
quence to his party.
ADDITIONAL POLITICAL
ITEMS FROM OUTSI )E
Speaker Clark is Elected by Nearly
Five Thousand Majority
MONTGOMERY, Mo., Nov. 5.
—Speaker Clark’s majority will be
about 5,000.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—Wadsworth,
the republican, has a plurality of
about forty-five thousand.
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JDNEAll SENDS NAMES OE
ALL MEN LIKELY ELECLEP
After having received balled up ac
counts from various precincts in the
different divisions the full facts were
sent for to headquarters at Juneau
and the Gateway received today
the full results regarding those elect
ed in all the four division.s This
is probably the nearest approach to
what can be received at present. In
some cases a fight is going on between
men for fourth place in the dif
ferent divisions for the legislature.
That is the case with this division
where Noon, Tansy and Lyons are
running neck and neck according to
the last word received at 2 o’clock this
afternoon.
FIRST DIVISION
With approximately fifteen pre
cincts not heard from Wickersham
has 1, 5.77, Bunnell 1,078, Brooks H7.
SECOND DIVISION
With four unimportant precincts
not reported from the vote is Wick
ersham 649, Bunnell 554, Brooks 121.
THIRD DIVISION
With two hundred votes yet to be
heard from the vote is Wickersham
92.7, Bunnell 874, Brooks 126.
FOURTH DIVISION
With live hundred votes to be heard
from the vote is Wickersham 1,608,
Bunnell 668, Brooks 431.
SENATORS ELECTED
First Division, Sulzer.
Second Division, Aldrich.
Third Division, Price.
Fourth Division, Gustad.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED
First Divison, Britt, Heid, Heck
man and Shoup.
Second Division, Daly, Coombi. Get
chell, Moran.
Third Division, Holland, Ingram and
Day with Lyons, Tansy and Noon
fighting for fourth place.
Fourth Division, Burns, Collins
and Driscoll with McDonald and
Maltby fightng for fourth place.
This makes the totals as follows so
far as the count has been finished;
Wickersham 4,717, Bunnell 3,174,
Brooks 825. In the last election the
total votes were; Wickersham 3,335
Gilmore 1,736, Socialists 1,688 Jen
nings 1, 174.
The total vote for all candidates
last election was 8,220. The vote this
year so far is 8,716.
In the First division of the men el
ected Shoup was a member of the
former house. Britt is a druggist,
Norwegian consul, and formerly had
a drug store and was city magistrate
of Skagway. The new senator,
Charles Sulzer, is a brother of the
former governor of New Yorjc. He
is a democrat.
In the Second the new senator is
Frank Aldrich who was a member of
of the first house. He claims to be
a democrat and sat with the demo
crats in the first legislature, but be
is a supporter of Wickersham. J. P.
Daly is a democrat and brother of the
late A. J. Daly. Nate Coombs was a
clerk in the District court under
Murane. Martin Moran was formerly
United States commissioner in the
Kobuk.
Burn, Collins and Driscoll, who
have been elected at I* airbanks, were
members of the last house. Burns is
the man \sho had been mentioned as
the democratic candidate for delegate.
Vance McDonald who is fighting
Maltby for fourth place is a young
business man of Ruby and is a strong
democrat. A. E. Maltby is a lawyer
Russians Claim the
Greatest Triumph Yet
RUSSIANS ENTER ARMENIA
PETROGRAD, Nov. G.—The Russians have now en
tered Turkish Armenian territory in two different places
and the chief fighting will probably take place along the
Persian border. It is apparently the intention of Turkey
to attempt the overthrow of Russian power in Persia with
the aid of the Persians themselves. One of the Russian
armies crossed the frontier at Erzerum and the other is
operating further south, both making a front of one hun
dred and sixty miles. The Armenians are everywhere
welcoming the Russians and all the fighting so far has
been in the Russians’ favor. Several entire Turkish re
giments have been captured. The Russian government
and newspapers have now given up calling Constantinople
by that name and have given it its old Russian name of
Tzargrad as an indication that it will be a Russian city
really at the close of the present war. Officials of the al
lies say that Turkey will endeavor while the hands of the
power's are tied to bring Egypt, Persia and other Moham
medan countries under the Turkish suzerainty and the
fact that the war is already being carried towards those
countries is regarded as making it certain that the begin
ning of the holy war has come.
RUSSIA CLAIMS GREAT VICTORY
PARIS, Nov. G.—The Grand Duke Nicholas, com
mander of the Russian army, wired General Joffre this
afternoon that the Russians have just won the greatest
victory of the whole war. This victory is said to have
been gained in East Prussia but no details have been giv
en although it is assumed that the German forces have
been driven back and that the Russians are once more
penetrating German territory.
GERMANS QUIT YSER
THE HAGUE, Nov. 6.—The German attack around
the Yser has failed and the Germans have retired from
that stream entirely, the Belgians occupying both banks
of the stream. The defeat of the Germans at that point
was undoubtedly due to the flooding of the country which
happened just as the invaders had gained the western
bank after the loss of thousands of men. The German for
ces that fought at that point have withdrawn to Bruges
but the battle is still proceeding in the triangular space
formed by Dixmude, Ypres and Roulers and the German
leaders evidently still intend to force a way to Dunkirk
but by a different route.
FEW CHANGES PARIS SAYS
PARIS, Nov. 6.—Yesterday's fighting passed without
perceptible modifications in the relative positions of the
belligerents according to the official announcement made
this morning. Fighting continues between Dixmude and
the river Lys without result; although both sides are bat
tling with fierce determination. Nearly all the fighting
worthy of note is now taking place in that quarter. All
along the line to the eastward the German forces are evi
dently waiting for the outcome of the western battle and
they remain so strongly entrenched that the efforts of the
French to dislodge them have been abandoned for the pre
sent. The feeling is growing that if the Germans fail to
reach Dunkirk they will retreat along the line as a dead
lock is most likely to result and the enemy loses more by
wasting time than the Allies, especially while the enemy
needs reinforcements so badly against the Russians.
and was formerly commissioner in
Iditarod.
On the day before yesterday Val
dez telegraphed that the vote of the
three men fighting for fourth place
for the lower house in this division
was Noon 759, Lyons 776, Tansy 781.
Since that time it is likely that the
only new places heard from here are
Cooper creek, Mile Six Granite and
Seldovia.
The following was the vote between
those three candidates at those places;
Granite,, Noon 4, Lyons 10, Tansy C..
Cooper creek; Noon 13, Lyons 0, Tan
sy 11.
Seldovia; Noon 60, Lyons 0, Tansy
62.
Mile Six; Noon 6, remainder not
reported.
This would give Tansy 854, Noon
841, Lyons 786.
Afognak and other places have not
been heard from but the fight is now
apparently between Noon ard Tansy
with only a difference of thirteen
votes. Provided that the figures
have come correctly over the cables.
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GRANITE GOES DEMOCRATIC
VALDEZ, Nov. 6.—In the Granite
precinct the vote was Wickersham S,
Bunnell 24, Brooks 13, Price 20, Go
shaw 2, Hubbard 3, White 1, Ingram
18, Lyons 10, Bradford 4, Finnegan
3, Day 2, Noon 4, Holland 16,