CANADIAN WOMEN REFUSE TO
LF HUSBANDS GO TO WAR
belikxk real strubblk is on
I.ONDCN, /mg. I.vTut the iirst really great battle
oi the war has no'v heg-i . Is generally accepted here as
being indicate i ; y a cirri ires sage which has just been ri
ceived irom Brussels sin fit g that tierce t’ghtmg has com
menced between tiu Bcig.an a»ul Berman armies lor a
extended distance along Tv - romier. i'he Berman attack
is ri po.’tcd to .uive ccn m ide on iiirevi orueis ol ihe
emperor U: ;iu g* c. ais .'n ihe fieid. The actual extent o
ti»e line ot has uoi neon revealed l«ut paesurnanl
it streiclu' . n » * : ci. to so ;th o» the Belgian irot *
tier, lain ces in Rn s>e • sa> liiai the 1> Igian ironp*
broke the e-man tine at nUenont at ihe port ot h 1
lug*one! and \ iw a bar.:; to a.id co diici o* savage imei •
sit* took { a* . * 'at live, iiriemont *s about thirl
miles clirec > as. w. s>e!s and the result ol the giva.
battle mus U cithei iba the * ermans will advance o i
the capital iiscli or v d: he checked disastrous*;*. 1'*
British arn has not yet co ne in contact with the Berman
troops hut #he> are sap: ored to be so far advanced t< •
wardstbe IV »nt that they vv iii he engage;? vv Ithin a day o ’
t w o.
The bat es vhich have taken place lip to the presen 1
are descrih i here as similar to the washing of the so a i
waves on t e shore before the coming o‘ the real hurri
cane in all its force.
RUSSIAN ARMY COMPLETE
ST. PEI EKSIU RE. Aug. Bh - i he mobilization of ih '
Russia:* an y lias been completed in perfect order, i \ I >
August It be Berman and Austrian troops had not ad
vanced in i rther in Russia i territory than to a 1 n*
stretching through Russiai Poland. Ihe rest ot the R is*
sian Irontitr has not been i ierced by the invaders, i \
many localities ihe enemy A territory has been occupied b
Russian troops and in ever, engagement fought the R ;s*
sians have hten victorious.
CANADIAN WOMEN' STOP YOI l NTEERS
OTTAWA. Aug. VK- The attempt to raise Canac'lan
regiments to go to the war has almost been frustrated b;
the women of the dominion and only fifty per cent ol tb •
f ull numbers can he found or each regiment. Some Dm *
ago the govrnment gave th? women the power of vetoing
the enlistment of their male relatives in the event ol war
and now they have exercised this \cio to such an extraor
dinary extent that the regi tents of volunteers cannot 1 '
formed at any thing like their full strength. In so n '
places where ten men were expected to show up the com
manders of the volunteers \ ere glad to find live w ho could
overcome the opposition of the women. The women gen
erally declare that tl e war is no all air ol theirs and tha
there is no just reason why such a sacrifice should he re
quired of them.
STILL SILLNt E OVER NAMES
LONDON, Aug. 19.—A * Britain is now waiting fo.*
news from its army and navy. The position of the latter
has been completely hidden from the public and it is as
sumed that the warships are spread out in a long line w itii
great spaces between each ship so that a passing vessel
could sec only one at the time. By this means it is sup
posed that the admirals can keep their positions secret
while they can send out orders for concentration by w ire
less w hen it becomes necessary.
The position of the man German fleets is also a mys
tery although they are generally supposed to be still oh
Kiel and so well protected i y mines and fortifications tha
the enemy cannot approach them.
Most of the kaiser’s warships are undoubtedly safe in
the Kiel canal which connects the North sea and the Bal
tic. With wonderful foresight this canal was built with a
greater depth than any other and can hold the largest tat
tleship. It is 61 miles in length and has a depth of thirty
six feet. IN w idth in the ho-tom is 72 feet and the w hole is
so strongly fortilied that the fleets of the Germans can
probably remain safely anchored there tor ever.
The land around the canal is also occupied by a strong
force so thal an attack by land is out of the question.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The Americans marooned
in Europe are gradually being extricated from their d'‘fa
culties with the assistance of the American government.
The governments of all the countries are treating the
Americans with every courtesy and they all declare that
* have nothing to complain of.
GliEGORY OF TEXAS
ilTORNE) GENERAL
WASHINGTON. Aug. I!>.—Thomas
Watt Gregory of Texas was today ap
point d attorney general of the I'litt
id Ste.;<•- to till the vacancy created
!>v the appointment of Attorney Gen
McReynolds to the vacancy in the
* 'nil* Stale.' supreme court. Greg
ory too!; a leading part in the demo-j
.vatic politics of his state and has also
oo d man\ olltcial positions of the j!
r. * - auk there. I
In spite of a!! this his selection has I
’roe received with some surprise as J
seye>-: men of greater prominence :
ave !| on mentioned in connection i
ith the position while tin* nano* of j
k.-gn-; has scarcely been heard at j
. I
Tk ch.ie*' reason for his selection is 1
-aio * be that his ideas on trust (pies- j
> '<'iih i(i< w th. those of the prest
.cut himself and the policies of the j
imiuistration in tin* past will be fol- .
i low ed out. j
i
germ \ns W ILL I IGHT
| I*Eh IN. Aug. 19.—Thai the j
Hermans have decided to dely j
Japan i" fairly evident from the ('
ij fact that the governor of the j
(j Herman colony of hiauchau is- a
sued a proclamation today de- ijj
daring that an attack on that :/
place is imminent and warning j
l) non-combatants to get awa». :
Even as this is sent the major- j |
i\) ity of the non-combatants have j|j
left the tow n. j :
f!te Herman garrison of Ivian- |d
chau is less than live thousand
hut the fortifications are formid- !
\-\ aide and the seizure of the place j j
may he by no means as easy as 1 j
jjj supposed. j !
' hiauchau is in the province of j
Shantaung and directly across !
(| from Corea.
POINDEXTER WORKING
ON I’OW ER PLANT SITE
(I. \\. Poindexter, Joe Lauhner and
!.. Sellers are now working along
(Pant creek clearing a site for the
>ip • line in connection with the pro
to.'t'i 1 new power plant intended for
•a j)plying the city with light if the
franchise given to Messrs. Poindexter
ami Ashland develops to the stage in
view.
Harry Ellsworth, who has been out
in that section for some days, gave
he enc of their labors the name of
Electricville which is some name, for
eng‘h anyhow. Mrs. Ellsworth has
also returned from a trip in the coun
try.
SEATTLE MAN GETS
ANOTHER GOOD JOB
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19—John W.
Phillips of Seattle has been appointed
assayer in charge of the assay office
in Seattle.
(OMMANDKKS OF TDK
NATIONS
!
> The following are the com
i manders in chief ot the armies
! ami navies of the great powers
| that are now engaged in the
| death struggle:
1 Commander in chief of the
French army, or supreme com
mander. General .lotfre.
The leading admiral of the
French navy, Admiral Hondo I.a
peyroro.
The Russian army chief is the
czar and tin* other commanders
I occupy about equal ranks in the
second commands. The position
of commander in chief of the
Russian navy has been vacant
since the death of the Grand
Duke Alexis.
The German emperor is chief
of the army. His chief of gen
eral stall' is Count von Moltke, a
nephew of the late famous gen
eral of the same name. There
are also seven field-marshal-gen
erals. Admiral von Tirpitz is the
chief of the admiralty after the
royal figure-heads.
The Austrian emperor is chief
of the army and Archduke Franz
Ferdinand is his representative.
'Phe real leader of the military
forces is the chief of the general
staff. Freiherr Franz Conrad von
Hotzendorf.
Japan has three field marshals
under the emperor. The chief of
staff is General Viscount Haso
gawa. The admirals of the fleet
are Count Ito, Count Togo and
Count Inouye.
The chief of the imperial staff
of the Hritish army was Sir John
French who, however, retired
some time ago because of diffi
culties arising from the Irish
question. Recently Lord Kitch
ener was placed at the head of
the war forces and created a sec
retary of state.
'fhe real fighting heads of the
British fleet are the “Admirals of
the Fleet”. They are Admirals
Noel, Fanshawe and May, all of
whom have the title of “Sir”. It
might be worth mentioning in
this respect that the German em
peror and Prince Henry of Prus
sia are honorary admirals of the
British navy.
The commander in chief of the
home fleets is Admiral Sir
George A. Callaghan.
Gus Manthey of the Seward Com
mercial Co. will leave the latter part
of the week for the Kcnai river on a
short hunting trip.
The regular business meeting of
the Seward Commercial Club was held
at the club rooms last night.
AUSTRIANS ANI) RUSSIANS GRAPPLE
VIENNA, Aug. 19.—Official reports given out by the
ministry of war are to the effect that the Austrians arc
driving hack the Russians on the northeast frontier hut
that no general engagement has yet taken place. The
ministry denies the announcement from Russia that the
Russians have won every engagement. Tremendous Aus
trian re-inforcements are marching towards the frontier
east of the Carpathian mountains. The armies of this
country have taken up position, it is said, which will ena
ble them in case of a reverse to fall hack on those moun
tains to powerful fortifications which no invading army
could hope to take.
The commanders of the two opposing armies on these
frontiers keep a severe silence regarding their movements
and the information given out by both governments is ex
I tremely limited.
~ VICTIM
EUROPEAN WAR
ROMK, Aug. 10.—Pope Pius is dy
ing and is surely as much a victim of
the Kuropean war as if he had died
on the battlefield. The last sacra
ments of the church wore administer
ed to him today and tin* physicians
have given up all hope. His sisters
have already been summoned to bid
him good bye.
Pius X was born in 18”.>, the son of
poor parents. He was elected pope in
100:5 to succeed the great Leo XIII.
His motto was “To restore all thing*
in Christ”.
Much speculation is now taking
place regarding the election of a sue
cessor. Tremendous difficulty is sure
to be experienced by some of the car
dinals in reaching Rome for the elec
tion. The cardinals from the Unitea
States particularly would be placed in
a peculiar position by the lack of
transportation facilities owing to the
great war.
The beginning of the war over
whelmed the pope to such an extent
that he was compelled to take to his
bed. His mental anguish induced phy
sical illness which has grown worse
as the war proceeded. He will prob
ably not live through the night.
m:\ri.y two million
CASKS OF SALMON
KN’IK, Ala., Aug. 1 ”.—From par
ties just returning from the west
ward it is reported that a very large
salmon pack was made in the Bering
sea this season. Twenty-eight full
rigged sailing ships and six or eight
schooners will be loaded to capacity.
The Dirigo on her last trip brougti*
10,000 cases from the Libby, M< Neil
and Libby cannery at Xushagak. Ap
proximately the pack of Bering sea
will be 1,750,000 cases.
Heretofore fishing has been done
entirely by traps or gill nets. This
season the Pacific American Fisheries
have used purse seines which have
proven very successful.
TO TREAT ORE
BY SEWARD MILL
James R. Hayden of the Kenai
Alaska Gold property will leave for
the front on the morning’s car to in
spect the work that is being done at
Grant lake. According to advices that
Mr. Hayden has received by telephone
there is now sacked and ready for
transportation to the car a couple of
tons of highgrade ore that will be
brought to Seward for treatment. This
ore will be milled at the Ellsworth
mill, and is in the nature of a mill
test on the quartz taken from the
property during the process of de
velopment.
SLUICING ON COOPER
Sluicing has started at Cooper
creek and with any kind of luck
should continue for at least forty days
yet this fall. Frank Youngs has been
doing a great deal of work lately in
getting set up fot^ the fall work and
with fair weather conditions will take
out some good money between the
present time and the winter freeze up.
Vic Gambard who has been in the
Nelchina for the past six months
leaves in the morning for Cooper
Creek where he will go to work for
the Kenai Mining and Milling com
pany.
Weather permitting there will be a
ball game at the Seward baseball club
grounds on next Sunday afternoon be
tween two picked teams from town.
W. A. McNeiley of the Seward ho
tel has a crew of men engaged in
excavating for a large basement and
cellar under the hotel.
Mrs. and Miss Anderson, who have
been visiting their son and brother,
Sidney Anderson of the Rank of Sew
ard, will depart for their home on the
steamer Evans.
William Hawkins, who has been at
the Mile 7 property for the past week
making an examination, returned to
Seward on the car last night.
WHAT HAPPENED
TO BURNS BOOM?
.NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW
HES NAME HI EH OFT
j SO QFICK
Can anyone tell what happened to
the Burns boom at that democratic
convention at Skagway? A man
might In* able to make a fairly accur
ate guess at the location of the* Brit
ish fleet or the French airship corps
but the chief mystery of the present
day is how Bunnell and not Burns nor
Grigsby nor anyone else got the nom
ination for delegate to congress.
Just before the nomination it was
all Burns. The Nome people did. of
course, feel inclined towards nominat
ing Grigsby, and there was some talk
about others but never at any time
did anyone dream of Bunnell. At
least no newspaper ever mentioned
his name and no leading light of the
party of the unterrified ever spoke
the word Bunnell above a whisper.
The Alaska papers have been j
watched carefully since the conven-1
tion for some explanation of the cause
of the sudden change in the desires of
leading democrats and lots of other
democrats throughout the country j
have been asking the question why |
the Burns boom fell down. There is 1
something uncanny about this silence!
as the name of Burns had been men- j
tinned so universally throughout the j
territory as the most likely candidate i
that the story as to how In* was give n ,
a back seat might be regarded as lur -1
ing some news value. The editor of 1
the Juneau Empire was present at tT s j
convention and in the pages of that
fine paper there appeared nothing
that could explain the change. That
is a rather remarkable fact in a well
edited newspaper like that and par
ticularly because Mr. Troy is in touch
with the leading lights of the party |
and knew of the Burns boom. The;
Fairbanks papers have not yet arrived
that could give an idea about the feel
ing in that section over the change
and really the Empire is the only on*
on the coast from which enlighten
ment might be expected to come.
Every one who knows Mr. Bunnell
speaks well of him and he is probably
a fine candidate even though he came
as a surprise. The only question ask
ed in “this here” effusion relates not
to the relative or positive merits of
any men or candidates but to express
the surprise of a great many people
that no one ever heard why the Burns
boom busted and the Bunnell boom
’'oomed. It is loyal democrats who
are asking this question. Many times
before this secrecy has raised the sus
picions of good men and for the sake
of the party the whole thing should
be given out.
SHIP ASHORE
NEAR RUPERT
_
GRAND TRUNK STEAMER MAY
BECOME A TOTAL LOSS
WITH LARGE CARGO
PRINCE RUPERT, Aug. 10.—The
Grand Trunk steamer Prince Albert
i went aground at Buttenvorth rock
j last night and may become a total
loss although the owners still hope to
save her.
Buttenvorth rock is about twenty
live miles from this city. The pas
sengers managed to get ashore in
small boats and later arrived here
without much trouble. The ship !s
valued at $40,000 and the cargo rt»
j valuable.
BUNNELL GETS A BIG
RECEPTION AT VALDEZ
All Citizens Regardless of Party Will
Give Him Monster Reception
Tonight
VALDEZ, Aug. 10.—Charles E.
Bunnell, the democratic candidate for
delegate to congress, arrived here this
morning and received a most enthus
iastic reception. The whistles in the
harbor blew as his ship came into the
bay and various other demonstra
tions of welcome were made. A mon
ster reception by the citizens of the
city regardless of party will be given
him tonight at which Mayor Ritchie
will preside and many prominent citi
zens will speak.
MAY PLAY VALDEZ OR
SEWARD BEFORE LONG
The Seward baseball team held a
meeting at the Miner’s store last
night to attend to the routine business
of the club. It was decided to make
an effort to get a game with either
Valdez or Cordova or both during the
term of court that will be held in
Seward this fall. The new uniforms
were given out at the meeting, and
it was further decided that the club is
to hold weekly meetings on Monday
evening of each week. In the near
future it is the intention of the club to
stage an athletic smoker during which
boxing and wrestling bouts will be
staged. The smoker will be open to
ladies and will wind up in a dance.
The date of the smoker has not yet
been decided upon but a committee
having the arrangements in charge is
now at work on a program of events.
McR E YNOLDS NOMINA TED
TO SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—McRey
nolds was nominated this morning as
judge of the United States supreme
court and his confirmation is expect
ed to take place without any delay. It
was announced officially yesterday
that the nomination would bo made
within a few days and it is likely that
the delay was made because of some
necessary arrangements for the nom
ination of a man to take the place of
the attorney general.
James Clark McReynolds was born
in Klkton, Kentucky, on February 3,
1862.
He was the son of I)r. John 0. Mc
Reynolds.. He was assistant attorney
general of the United States from
1903 to 1907 and afterwards practiced
in New York. He graduated from the
University of Virginia law depart
ment in 1884.
SAYS N ELCHIN A LOOKS
VERY PROMISING
No one has made real wages yet in
the Nelchina according to Gilbert
Chambers who is probably the most
recent arrival in Seward from that
camp. His opinion of the district
generally is not very favorable. In
deed it seems to be even less favora
ble than the opinions of the others
who have come out, poor as those
opinions have been.