SFWARD ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14,1914 Ten Cents the Copy
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IS FOUGHT EAST OF BRUSSELS
FRENCH AND GERMANS CLASH IN THE MOUNTAINS
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an attack on the westeiv
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lion tn t c 'uihniow care is taken about accept*
ijjo’ repo* n 11 1 r; is 0^oi) reason la no,ic\c inui -j
! the rep > 1 about the Lei r/.l^ and Nuremberg is only j
too true
As to the intention ot the ships no one would ven- U
ture aii i pinion unless it is that they w ill demand the
surrende * ot victoria and, faiiin.tr that, will inf lie > c
severe d nuuie. it is generally thought that the hi
coast i> radically unpioteded and that the two ,;jj
ships ot ,ie British w hie 1 are now at \ aneouver w ih <\
he uiiahi ‘ to oppose the attackers. I he position
which the i nited Suites will take in the eveirt of an
attack 0:1 .American coast is also a matte!* ior miico ^
spec ulat: >n.
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BIU SSi.LS, \ug. 11. Another battle has been fou h: j
between the Berman and Belgian armies at llaeien a.*u,|
according to me accounts received here, the Belgians c >v •
crcd themselves wilh glory and succeeded in checking hT
invaders.# llaeien is abo.it thirty miles east and stigi tl.
north ol rh's capital. Neat »t is the town ol Diost vvi t t
the < iermans also attempted to take during the battle, h *j
horsemen went at the town at a swift gallop hut T *
horses were unable to pass i!?c impediments behind vvKchj
the defenders stood, i lies % impediments were wagon*
piled up.
The Belgian lorces s icceeded in dynamiting jh*
bridges over the Bettcnick just in time and so made Ih1
crossing by the attackers ; matter of extreme duiicu iy.
The attack on llaeien am! i)iest is regarded as evidence
of the intention on the par! of the (iermans to march on ;
the capital itself. It is thoi ght that they cannot now ven
ture upon the invasion of ranee through Belgium u it l|
they have rendered imposs hie attack from the rear wren
they get over the line, if they can at all succeed in cross
ing the bonier.
U. S. LOSS HUNDRED MILLION A YEAR
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.—It is estimated that the
great European war will cost the i i ited Slates the enor
mous sum of one hundred million dollars a year beca ise
of loss ot revenue. This estimate has been made by the)
oliicials and is very dose 1 > being correct in the general
opinion ot the people. President W ilson in a personal let
ter to Attorney General McReynolds today inquires
whether it is possible to prosecute the people who are
boosting prices. He also v ants to know what legislat on
will be necessary ii prosecutions cannot be legally made
and it is evidently his intention to proceed against the
sharks who are now creating a most serious condition all
over the country. The president in the letter, indeed, de
clares that the country has to he protected.
ARTILLERY FOR VANCOUVER
WINNIPEG, Aug. 13.—Ammunition and artillery
passed through this city today cnroutc to A ancouver, I>. ( .
There is a feeling abroad throughout Canada that an at
tack on the Pacific coast is by no means unlikely and a
strong force may he concentrated there.
CHICAGO, Vug. 13.—Meat rose in price three and a
half cents here today in spite of the fact that caU!e have
'bumped in price. The rise is expected to be followed by#
•♦•»*ion on the part of the whole people.
HOLLAND IS FLOODED
DiirsSELS. Aug. M.—The government of Holland
lias opin ed its dykes to prevent an invasion by the Ger
mans and great stretches ot the country arc now covered
with wafer, in some places the water is three leet deep
nders it impossible for an army to travel.
V. .die die country near the sea is under water a Dutch
• run sixty thousand strong has been mobilized on the
■ ;s:iVer and will oppose any attempt of Germany to in
\i.de. While t e water will inflict tremendous damage the
■ over: mcnl and the people believed that any such damage
would l-e as nothing compared to the frightful experience
ihrough which Belgium is going.
REPORT SEVEN GERMAN SHIPS SUNK
WEST HARTLEPOOL England, Aug. 14.—A Danish
ship arrived here today with the news that she saw the
ntas;s <»!' seven German warships standing out of the wa
ter the mouth of the river Humber. The captain says
there is no room for doubt that they were the masts of
German ships and i: is generally believed that an import
ant naval engagement lias taken place.
WARSHIPS BATTERED
HAI. Aug. 14.—'Two battleships which arc
either British or French, have arrived at Hongkong in a
bad! v ha tiered condition after an engagement with two
•German ships of the same class. The detailed account of
,lu- battle is lacking and as Hongkong is British it is sap
that the full story will not be obtained. It is only
. that the ships are very badly damaged. The other
icsuits of the engagement have not been learned here al
.hough it is well known that several naval engagements
have taken place around the Chinese coasts.
RUSSIAN HOSTS MOVE
LONDON. Aug. 1L—Two million men are now being
■Mobilized on the German and Austrian borders by the
Russian government and within a week the real struggle
wi!i begin. Opposed to (his tremendous armed host will
>c at least an equal number of Austrians and Germans so
that it may be said that a line of blood and lire will be
drawn across the whole continent from the North Sea to
the Mediterranean. The Austrian forces are being moved
io the northeast frontier as quickly as possible but only
Ir.e advance force of the opposing armies have yet got in
touch with each other.
ll is believed by British military experts that Ger
man) hopes to make a quick campaign that would take her
armv into Paris in time to send most of her veterans to
die Russian border before the Russian army could be mo
bilized. The task of moving Russia's great host over the
; distances is a huge one. The German border on the
Russian side is defended by powerful forts which are de
fended on to hold the Russians in check until the forces of
the kaiser in France have been freed.
Russia will probably attempt to invade Germany and
reach Berlin so that the extraordinary fact is possible that
while Germans are moving toward Paris Russians will be
following in the effort to reach Berlin.
VON EMMICH REPORTED KILLED
BRUSSELS, Aug. 14.—It is reported here that Mar
shal Von Emmich. commander of the German army in
Belgium, has been killed. The authority for the report is
good but it has not been ollicially verified. Count von
Moltkc. nephew of the German commander in the Franco
Prussian war. is the chief general of the German armies
but Von Emmich is in full command of the army in the
• orth He is regarded already as a brilliant commander
and one who has gained the reputation of being without
nerves or feeling.
FIGHTING IN THE VOSGES
PARIS. Aug. 14.—The French and German armies are
now fighting fiercely in the passes of the Vosges moun
tains. The Germans are attempting to cross the moun
to turn the French flank but the passes give the de
fenders a hig advantage and the loss to the invaders is
said to be severe.
PEACE PACTS
ARE RATIFIED
KIGHTKKN COT NTH IKS AGUKK
TO invkstk; \TK hkkokk
KKSOKTING TO \KMS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—The sen
ate has ratified eighteen peace trea
ties which have been made by the
United States with other countries.
These treaties bind the parties to
them to appoint commissioners to in
vestigate all disputes before the
countries can resort *to arms. I h<*
idea belongs to William Jennings
llryan. Most of the other countries
which have signed are small on< s.
INVENTOR OE THE
SI RM \RINE IS DEAD
John Holland Dies While His Inven
tion is Doing I'sed With
Deadly Effect
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.°,.—John Hol
land. the inventor of the submarine
warship, died in this city today while
his invention is being used with dead
ly effect in the great European war.
Holland was an Irishman and in
vented the submarine as a weapon
which he intended to use against
Great Britain when the opportunity
occurred. He lived to see the time
when the feeling that prompted him
was gradually dying between the two
peoples.
(H R I RIEND GIFFORD
IMNCHOT ENGAGED
Will Be Married Next Saturday to
Daughter ol Former I . S.
Minister
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—The an
nouncement was made yesterday ol
the engagement of Gifford Pinchot to
Cornelia Bryce, daughter of a former
minister to Holland. The marriage
will take place next Saturday.
POLICE INVESTIGATE
ANDERSON CASK
SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—A witness
has come forward with the informa
tion that he saw Elmer Anderson of
Valdez firing into a hoard fence pre
vious to the time he was found shot.
This information has caused the po
lice authorities to open an investiga
tion with a view of finding out if An
derson did not, after all, wound him
self in the effort to commit suicide.
GREAT FIRES RAGE
AROUND SNOQl ALMIE
SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—The fires
which are raging around Snoqualmie
are now entirely beyond control. They
are burning on the government re
serve and inflicting tremendous dam
age.
MARIPOSA AT 10 P. M.
Agent Guptil has received word
that the Mariposa is due to arrive at
10 p. m. today. The telegram also
says that Mrs. Pierson, wife of the
superintendent of the line, is aboard.
PASSENGERS ON SAMPSON
The following passengers arrived in
Seward on the Sampson yesterday
afternoon: R. B. Labaree and wife;
F. B. Wood, B. C. Haskell, John Todd,
J. E. Drafter, Helen Van Campen.
I/onpr distance telephone nooth at the
B/anch. #
NKW YORK SUN M \N
TAKKS IN COUNTRY
Is Visiting and 'faking Notes in Sew
ard With Assistant District At
torney of Brooklyn
Louis D. Froelich. of the Now York
Sun, and S. J. Reed, .Jr., assistant
United States attorney for Brooklyn,!
X. Y., are now in Seward and have
recently taken a trip over the country. I
Mr. Froelich will later publish his im
pressions and he and Mr. Reed arc
loud in their expressions of admira
tion for everything connected w th
this city of ours.
Mr. Froelich, by the way, v. as nice
enough to say that the (ia4owf.y is
the best paper ir. every respect * hat
he has seen in the territory.
REPORT RICH I REE COM)
STRIKE AT PORT GEORGE
FORT GEORGE, Canada, Aug. Id.
—A rich strike of free milling quartz
has been made close to this settlement
and a big stampede is now taking
place. The reports concerning the
strike are to the effect that ai-vther
stampede similar to that of Go.dfTi Ids
may be looked for.
WOCNDEI) ALASKAN IN
DANGEROCS CONDITION
Recovery of Valdez Man Shot in
Seat lie is Considered
Doubtful
SEATTLE, Aug. If!.—The recovery
of Elmer Anderson, the Valdez man
who was shot by a thug in this city,
is now regarded as very doubtful. Ti e
bullet entered his breast and inflict* I
severe internal injuries.
REV. DR. HOWARD LEAVES
Rev. I)r. Howard left for Knik last
evening after having attended the
Presbytery which was in session here
some days ago. A school is now being
built at Knik for the natives under
the charge of Dr. Howard.
MRS. HELEN V VN CAMPEN
VISITS IN SEWARD
Celebrated Writer Comes on Samp
son and Will Return on
Next Boat
Mrs. Helen Van Campen, one of the
most celebrated writers of short fic
tion in the United States, arrived
from Latouchc on the Sampson yes
terday afternoon and will go back on
♦ ho Mariposa. About tin* latest story
written by Mrs. Van Campen deals
with newspaper life and, speaking
about this, it may be said that she
was a very early morning visitor to
the Gateway office. While talking
shop at all it may be said that she
is a subscriber of this paper like sev
eral others in Uatouche and she has
said very nice things al out it. It has
been the chief means of keeping the
Latoucjie people “wise” to the great
war.
A flotation process mill is now be
ing installed at Latouche and it is one
of the only four in North America.
Two are in the United States and one
is in Canada. It is now about half
constructed and the company is also
building a new power plant.
N. B. SOLNER FOR KNIK
N. B. Solner, the Seattle banker,
passed by on the Sampson last even
ing enroute to Hope to look over his
mining property. He is associated
with Nutter and Dawson in the prop
erty where the rich strike has been
made.
You Ket local Ranch Rjrna with your Ham
and Bacon at Gamble's Restaurant.
CHRISTIANSEN
ON MARIPOSA
WII.L OPEN INVESTIGATION IN
TO HOMESTEADS AUDI ND
SEWARD
Andrew Christiansen, chief of the
field division of the U. S. land depart
ment, is coming on the Mariposa and
will open an investigation into the
homestead question here according to
Senator L. V. Ray.
This investigation will be separate
from the one into the coal cases alto
gether. Mr. Christiansen will return
later to examine wit, esses in the lat
ler cast's. His present tiip will prob
ably result in something of real im
portance to the homesteaders.
FIRST DRILL ARRIVES
IN THIS SECTION
I aim* From Nome and NN as Brought
By Charles Herron to Sunrise
The drill which was taken away on
the Sampson last evening by Charles
B. Herron to Sunrise is the first ma
•hine of that nature ever brought in
to this district. It was wired for
<ome time ago and came on the Vic
toria from Nome. Mr. Herron came
in on ‘he Sampson yesterday after
noon and had the drill taken aboard.
He went with it anti he and Major
French will place it in operation to
prospect some properties which they
have bonded.
II \RPERS MAGAZINE HAD
TWO MEN ON SAMPSON
One of Them is Jack Underwood the
Alaska Editor on the Seattle
Times
J. J. Underwood and Artist Burns
passed by on the Sampson yesterday
m the way up the coast to get .stuff
for Harpers magazine. Mr. Burns will
lake sketches and Mr. Underwood will
supply the written stuff. Mr. Under
wood will come back to spend a few
lays in Seward and get some copy
ibout this city and section. He is the
pditor of the Alaska department on
the Seattle Daily Times.
MOOSE LODGE HOLDS
m
MEETING TONIGHT
Alaska Organiser Write* to Say
Everything is Flourishing
The regular meeting of the Loyal
Order of Moose will be held this even
ing at 8 o’clock sharp in the A. B.
hall. Several new members will be
initiated and matters of great import
ance will be transacted.
J. Frederick Johnson writes .saying
that the great order is booming every
where. He also compliments the Sew
ard lodge on the new officers ap
pointed.
MR. ANl) MRS. LABAREE
RETURN TO SEWARD
B. R. Labaree and Mrs. Labaree re
turned to Seward on the Sampson
after an absence of about two years
spent in Spokane. They have taken
a residence and will remain here in
definitely. They will remain at least
throughout the winter.
HERE TO HUNT
>
John D. Thees and Charles S. King;
of New York city arrived on the
Sampson and will go to Kenai tc hunt
bear and moose. They will stay away
until October.