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LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
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INTENTION TO OPEN N. Y. EXCHANGE ABANDONED
GERMANS ASSAULT VIOLENTLY
AT POINT NEAREST TO PARIS
GERMANS ATTACK NEAR PARIS
LONDON, Xov. 19.—The somewhat startling news
was received here this afternoon that the Germans have
started a violent assault at the point where the battle line
turns north within two hours motor ride ot the gates of
Paris. Most of the fighting has been done at a place called
Tracyleval which the Germans have attempted to re-cap
ture. They have been repulsed, however, and at present
they have failed in what they intended no doubt to be a
surprise while the allies had their attention turned to
wards the field in west Flanders. The place is at the point
where the main battle line from the north swings to the
eastward. The attacks led to fierce encounters. The town
was won by the allies only a few days ago. 1 he failure of
the Germans today at that point is said to have resulted
in tremendous losses for them but that the attack will be
renewed is the general belief. It is evidently an effort on
the part of the enemy to break through the allied line.
HINDENBURG SMASHES RUSSIANS
LONDON, Nov. 19.—The news dispatches from the
eastern front today seem to show that General Hinden
burg has signally defeated the Russians and has apparent
ly driven their center back for more than fifty miles. The
story of the sudden and unexpected onslaught of this
famous general on the Russian center is the predominat
ing event standing out from and above all the informa
tion from the seat of war this morning. Hindenburg, evi
dently with his base on Posen, has driven a German wedge
into the Russian center so that the Russians are now ap
parently forced back more than the distance stated from
the German frontier. Hence the battle line is now midway
between the German frontier and Warsaw instead of be
ing on the frontier as had been the case a few days ago.
Elsewhere, however, the Russians are holding their
ground where they are not actually progressing. Need-j
less to say the news of Hindenburg’s success has been re
ceived here with feelings of the greatest regret. Hinden
burg is the man who defeated the Russians in the most
disastrous battle of the war in East Prussia and even his
enemies are now inclined to regard him as the greatest
leader of the present conflict. That he led the ussians into
a trap once again is the general opinion of military ex
perts in this country. While he was supposed to be retir
ing beaten it is now believed that he was, as official Ger
many had said, only drawing the Russions on to where he
could meet them on ground most favorable to himself. The
victory sends the hope of a Russian invasion of Germany
to the winds.
NO INFANTRY ATTACKS
PARIS, Nov. 19.—The official news this morning is
that yesterday saw an increased activity in artillery fight
ing between the river Lys and the coast. No infantry at
tacks are reported from that region but the artillery duel
is said to have continued during the night and a German
assault is now being prepared for once more. Along the re
mainder of the battle front the fighting has become a sort
of mutual siege as each side is evidently waiting for the
result of the struggle in West Flanders. Both armies dur
ing the long pause have dug themselves in securely so that
assaults of either against the other could hardly hope to be
successful if delivered in front, and flanking movements
are out of the question as both armies are made up of
practically solid lines.
AUSTRIANS CRUSH SERVIANS
LONDON, Nov. 19.—It is apparent from the . dis
patches today that the Austrians are crushing the Ser
vians rapidly. Reports from Vienna declare that the Aus
tians have completely defeated the Servian army and are
now pursuing it relentlessly and tirelessly into Servian
territory. The faintest hope now only evidently remains
that poor Servia can avoid the fate of Belgium. It is taken
for granted that within a short time Servia will be con
trolled by her arch enemy, Austria Hungary, and the con
quest of Servia will mean a similar fate for her neigh
bor and ally, Montenegro. The fortress of Cattaro is still
held by the Austrians in spite of the efforts of the allied
fleets and the Montenegrins to capture it. The chief re
sult of the defeat of the Servians will probably be that
Austria can detach soon hundreds of thousands of troops
from that part of the field to meet the Russians in Galicia.
It is certain that the Servians are suffering frightful loss
es during the retreat and their resistance can hardly be
maintained very long.
WANT MINES
TAKEN OVER
AMERICAN FEDERATION ASKS
PRESIDENT TO FORCE HANDS
OF OPERATORS.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18.—The
American Federation of Labor has re
quested President Wilson to insist on
the compliance by the Colorado coal
mine operators with the proposals of
Mr. Wilson himself or to take steps
or the appointment of receivers to op
erate the mines under federal super
vision. The president is known to be
incensed with the action of the opera
tors in refusing: to accept the federal
plan proposed for the settlement of
the strike and that he will adopt some
plan to force the hands of the opera
tors is deemed likely.
BERTHA TO COME NORTH
The steamship Bertha will leave
Seattle November 25 with freight ami
explosives for Seward and way points,:
according to information received by
Wayne Blue.
MAIL DUE TOMORROW.
The mail from Iditarod. the first
mail ever to come by way of Seward,
•nay arrive in this city tomorrow. It
was expected to arrive at Knik about
yesterday and probably did unless
some unforseen circumstance occurred
to delay it. It left Iditarod November
2 and it had twenty five days to arrive
within schedule so that it is far ahead
of the time allowed.
ELECTRIC COMPANY DID
FINE WORK YESTERDAY.
When the fact that about 300 feet
of pipe line was washed away Tuesday
night is taken into account the work
of Manager Graff of the Electric
company in having the plant in per
fect working order again in twenty
hours is rather remarkable. The new
pipe had been kept in readiness for
just such an emergency ana that cir
cumstance added to the quick work of
the staff is to be credited with the
speedy restoration of the power.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
IN SCHOOL INCREASES.
Th& number of children attending
the Seward schools is greater this
year than last by about an even dozen
according to Judge Curtis Morford of
the board. Mr. Morford says also that
the schools and the children are all
working nicely. The teachers are tak
ing great interest in their work to
produce the best results possible
under the circumstances.
SEATTLE WILL BE SITE
FOR W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.
SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—Seattle has
been chosen as the place where next
Year’s convention of the Womens’
Christian Temperance union will be
held next year. This decision is re
garded as a sort of recognition that
Seattle and this state has proven its
worthiness for such a gathering. The
date of the convention will be an
nounced later.
BRITISH SHIP
UNHEARD FROM
BATTLESHIP CANOPUS WAS OFF
SOUTH AMERICA DURING
BATTLE.
LONDON, Nov. 18.—Mystery sur
rounds the whereabouts of the Rrit- j
ish Canopus which was olT the South
American coast when the naval en-1
gagement took place in which the
British squadron was defeated by the
Germans. The Canopus bad been on
the way to re-inforce the British fleet
but did not arrive in time to take
part in the battle. Since that time she
has not been heard from and there is
a growing anxiety as to what has oc
curred to her. It is believed to be
quite possible that the Germans
knew of her presence in those waters
and that they pursued her before she
could join any other war vessels. She
is a battleship of thirteen thousand
tons displaeemen.
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
SEWARD IS THE CHOICE.
A letter to George Soxton from
Frank Skeen conveys the intelligence
that the general opinion among
people outside is that no place but
Seward has the slighest chance for
icing the terminal of the government
railroad. Richard Thorne who has
just made a trip over all the places in
Alaska itself says that Alaskans liv
ing in the territory believe Seward is
a “cinch.**
RESURRECTION BAY
BEATS ALL SCENES.
General Passenger Agent of the O. W.
R. and N. Boosts for Our Harbor.
The Portland Telegram of recent
date contains an interview with Wil
liam McMurray, passenger agent of
the O. W. R. and N. railroad, who was
in Seward last summer and who de
clares that his company will now try
for a large Alaska traffic by way of
Portland and Seattle. Mr. McMurray
speaks highly of this part of the coun
try and describes sunset on Resurrec
tion Bay is “about the high card in
scenery.” He believes also that the
European war will divert a large part
of the former European travellers
hitherwards and his company expect
an increased business as a conse
quence.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 16.-Judge
Frederick E. Fuller, of the United
States court for the Fourth division,
who is the last Republican holdover
in one of the major offices in Alaska,
has handed in his resignation to the
Department of Justice, according to a
private message received today from
Washington.
Judge Fuller was appointed by
President Taft in 1912 to fill the va
cancy created by the transfer of Judge
Peter D. Overfield to Valdez. Judge
Overfield relieved Judge Edward E.
Cushman, who was elevated to a life
position in the Western Washington
judiciary on the retirement of Judge
George Donworth.
LADIES AID SOCIETY.
The annual sale of the Ladies’ Aid
Society will be held at the Methodist
church Friday evening, November 20.
The sale will begin at 8:30. Follow
ing the sale of fancy articles and
j homemade candies, ice cream, cake
i and coffee will be served. 3t
J. M. Cummings has leased the
Alaska house from John Dubreuil.
FRENCH GOVT.
WILL RETURN
LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRA
TIVE STAFFS REACH PARIS
TOMORROW.
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The anouncement
was made this afternoon that the
French government intends an early
return to Paris. The legislative and
administrative staffs of the chamber
of deputies will return tomorrow pre
paratory to the shifting of the seat of
government from Bordeaux to the
real capital. This announcement is
taken to mean that the government
will not return on the twentieth as had
been previously announced. The
change of plans is probably due to
the fact that the Germans are still
maintaining their positions in France
and Belgium and a sudden turn of
events might possibly cause Paris to
be threatened once more although
this contingency is not by any means
looked for. It is possible also that the
president and the cabinet desire to
await the outcome of the great con
flict in Russian Poland.
SHRAPNEL IS
MOST DEADLY
INVENTED BY ENGLISHMAN
AND IS NOW KILLING THE
BRITISH.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—Shrapnel,
which has done far more damage to
the allies Jhan the German rifle fire, is
a British invention over a century old.
Its inventor was General Shrapnel, an
English officer who was born in 1761
and given a commission in the royal
artillery in 1779. The thought came
to him during the war in Flanders,
where he was impressed by the trifl
ing effect of round shot against troops
and the limited range of grape. His
shell, filled with balls and powder and
ignited by a time fuse, was adopted
by the British army in 1802 and play
ed an important part in the Peninsu
lar war under Wellington and also at
Waterloo. The secret of its action was
unknown outside of Britain until 18114.
With the customary ingratitude of
governments, General Shrapnel was
never reimbursed for the expense of
his experiments. All he received was
1,200 pounds a year ($6,000) and the
offer of a baronetcy he could not af
ford to accept. He died in 1842 a bit
ter old man
Dr. Louis Seaman, the American ex
pert who has visited the hospitals of
the allies at the front, says that the
German shells break into large pieces
and do little damage compared with
those used by the Japanese against
Russia, whi«h were torn into showers
of steel splinters. But the shrapnel
bullets make ragged wounds and also
carry infecting material with them,
causing a large percentage of deaths
from blood poisoning.
Tom Tessc and Dan Sullivan have
gone out to the ledge recently dis
covered by the latter opposite Mile 26
on the Moose Pass road.
T. Tallason who formerly worked
at Brosius and Noon’s has been ap
pointed night watchman. It is said
by members of the council that the
appointment is only a temporary one.
No regular watchman has been ap
pointed this year so far.
CARRANZA S fORCtS
RETREAT BEEORE VILLA
AGUAS CAMEN'TES, Nov. 11).
—Villa’s army has driven the Car
ranza forces into (2u<?re^aro an<l
Villa’s trains have now reached with
in fifteen miles of that city. His main
body is concentrating at Irapuato.
. All the Carranza garrison have retir
! ed before the onward sweep of the
| enemy but it is reported that the gar
• rison of Queretaro intends to offer a
| defense. Owing to the necessity of
getting up the troops and preparing
| for the fight it is not believed that a
battle will bo fought this week.
EL PASO, Nov. 11).—Four Catholic
priests have been evecuted by order of
Governor Amara of Michoacan. They
were charged with heading the re
' ellion which was recently suppressed
there.
DOHA AT KODIAK.
Agent Guptil received a message
today from Captain McMullen show
ing that the Dora is now at Kodiak.
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A. II. MEETS TONIGHT.
The Arctic Brotherhood will hold
its regular meeting tonight.
CNFOR'ITNATE PEOPLE SI FFER
FROM THE COLD OFTSIDE.
Balmy Weather and Sunshine in Sew
ard and Temperature Below
Zero in Poor Nebraska.
While the sun was shining over
Seward this morning and the green
grass could be seen sprouting outside
the city everywhere, and while the
waters of the bay sparkled in the bril
liant light the following telegram
came from unfortunate Nebraska,
sent by the Associated Press;
OMAHA, Nov. 19.—‘The tempera
ture in this city is now two below
zero.
TAXES COMING IN WELL.
Carl Almey city clerk, reports that
the taxes are coming in very well this
year. The people outside who hold
property here are coming through
particularly promptly and Mr. Almey
believes that this is due in a large
measure to the belief of the outsiders
that Seward property has a big future
and no chances should be taken.
STOCK EXCHANGE NOT TO OPEN
NEW YORK, Nov. 19—The officials of the New York
stock exchange this afternoon hastily cancelled the plan to
re-open the exchange for bond dealings as a flood ot liqui
dation was threatened and bonds were being offered in
an unlimited market at low prices. 1 his fact shows clear
ly that the panic still exists owing to the European war
and that the country is not at all prepared to resume its
usual financial dealings. Nothing could be more evident
than that the confidence of the people lias been undermin
ed because of the general dislocation of monetary affairs
generally .
PETROGRAD BELITTLES REPULSE
PETROGRAD, Nov. If).—The German advance in
force along a narrow battle front on the west bank of the
V istula is regarded by the Russian authorities as a feint
on Warsaw designed to draw the Russian troops from
their advance on Cracow and to distract their attention
from the efforts of the Germans to establish a strongly
fortified line from Kalisc to Cracow. The plan is also cal
culated to relieve the German troops in East Prussia who
are now retiring along the entire line. The idea evident
ly is to render the further Russian advance unsafe. Des
pite the demonstrations of the enemy and whatever suc
cess attends them the converging lines of the Russian ad
vance on Cracow progress steadily and are now within
twenty-five miles of the fortress. The Austrians are con
testing the way stubbornly but the Russian columns have
already crossed the last river on the road to Cracow. 1 he
Russian forces form two fronts, one facing Cracow and
the other facing the Carpathian mountains where they
have re-occupied the approaches to the most important
passes into Hungary. The official news from the front
this afternoon breathe full confidence in spite of any
temporary setbacks that may have been encountered. Re
ports from the Turkish-Russian battle front are also
favorable notwithstanding the fact that a Russian re
verse is said to have been sustained on the borders of
Caucasia.
BATTLE IN BLACK SEA
Petrograd, Nov. 19.—A naval encounter between the
Turks and the Russians have occurred in the Black Sea
1 but nothing definite has been learned as to the results ex
cept that the Turkish cruiser Goeben has been seriously
injured. The Goeben was formerly a German vessel and it
is now evident that when she fled from the coast of Italy
to the Dardanelles she did so with the intention of enter
ing the Black Sea to be ready to take part in the war when
Turkey was ready to commence hostilities. The Goeben
is a battleship of nearly twenty three thousand tons dis
placement and her loss would be a most serious blow to
| Turkey, and consequently to Germany, at the present
time. If any causalties occurred to the Russian fleet they
have not been reported. The Breslau, which escaped from
the Mediterranean with the Goeben, was also probably
in the battle. She is a vessel of nearly five thousand tons
and has a speed of twenty-six knots.