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Xu| „ N(1 M SEWARD, THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY M, I9I ».___.___.
WHOLE COUNTRY SHAKEN FROM SEA TO SEA
GERMANS WIN GREAT
VICTORY IN FRANCE
GERMANS WIN IN FRANCE
LONDON, Jan. 14.—Within two hours motor ride of
the city of Paris and with the German emperor himself
directing a violent attack on the French lines the Ger
mans, under the eye of their ruler, won an important vic
tory near Soissons yesterday. There is no doubt whatever
of the victory as both Paris and Berlin have announced
it. Both governments have issued bulletins stating that
the Germans have defeated the French on the heights over
Regny. The Berlin announcement says that the Germans
charging through heavy mud took trench after trench,
clearing the heights and driving the defenders backward
in confusion.
In addition to defeating the French Berlin an
nounces that the enemy took eleven hundred prisoners.
They are now in full possession of the heights and it can
not be denied that they are given a tremendous ad
vantage in their future operations in that part of the
battle line. The presence of the kaiser in that part of the
field is taken to mean that he intends to break through
the French line in the center at any cost and there is a
possibility that he will endeavor once more to drive on
towards Paris and divide the forces of the allies. The
French announcement, however, is accompanied by an
expression of confidence on the part of the French leaders.
While admitting a serious defeat they seem to hope that
the result will be nullified by future operations.
GERMANS WIN ALSO IN POLAND
PETROGRAD, Jan. 14.—Following a furious artil
lery action the Germans have occupied the region of Bol
%r
imow. Their success was gained only after terrible losses
as they were compelled to charge across comparatively
open ground where they were mowed down in hundreds
bv our artillery. Bolimow is closer to Warsaw but the
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success of the enemy is not regarded as making their ad
vance certain for a greater distance.
The advance means one of several miles but from
some of the positions taken up by them earlier in the bat
tle they have been driven out at the point of the bayonet.
Bolimow is rather southeast of a line drawn from Lowicz
to Warsaw but closer to the capital than the first named
city which the Germans occupied some time ago. The an
nouncement contains the information that the Russian
commander in chief is now rushing reinforcements to op
pose a further advance and he seems to be confident of
successfully meeting the enemy in the new positions.
GERMANS WINNING IN POLAND
PETROGRAD, Jan. 14.—Furious fighting has been
resumed in Poland. In the center the Germans made four
violent attacks within the past forty eight hours and suc
ceeded in forcing back the Russians and occupying con
siderable ground. This fighting has proceeded to the west
of Warsaw which the enemy apparently is determined
to take if possible without waiting any longer for a change
of weather. The military authorities say that while the
new ground occupied by the Germans is great in extent
it means onlv little advantage from the strategical point
of view. It is expected, though, that the advance still
further will l>e attempted at once and one of the greatest
and most decisive battles of history is beginning. In the
north the Russian generals claim some successes. In that
quarter the Russian forces are rushing towards East
Prussia and have occupied several villages in the region
near Mlawa. Mlawa is still, however, occupied by the
Germans who are making it their chief base for the ad
vance towards Warsaw from the north on the right bank
of the Vistula. After a long period of comparative quiet
the struggle for possession of Poland is evidently once
again proceeding in all its fury and important develop
ments may be looked for every moment.
QUIET IN GALICIA
LONDON, Jan. 14.—This afternoon’s dispatches say
that in Galicia and Bukowina where the Russians are
directing activities against the Austrians there is little
activity owing to the severe weather which now prevails
all over those countries. Deep snow has fallen in the Car
pathians making it next to impossible for troops to be
moved in large bodies. This fact acts to the advantage of
the Austrians who were supposed to have been hard
pressed.
BLEASE QUITS
BEFORE FIRED
. .
GOVERNOR WHO RELEASED ALL
THE CONVICTS DOWN
AND OUT.
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COLUMBIA, Jan. 14.—Governor
Cole Blease. who liberated nearly all
the convicts in his state some daysj
ago, has sent in his resignation to the^
secretary of state and to the senate
and it was accepted by both immedi
ately. His term would have expired
on the 1 Dth, anyhow but he had heard!
of a meeting of some members of the
legislature in which his impeachment!
was discussed and he probably feared .
that such proceedings might have'
been taken against him. The legis
lators who discussed this course are
said, however, to have abandoned the
idea. In his resignation he used only
ten words. Lieutenant Governor
Smith is now governor.
ONE MORE YARN SPRUNG
ON POOR OLD SEWARD.
Rumored Today That Government
Had Bought Out the Copper
River Railroad.
As an example of what we are to
expect from this tim© forward the
following true story is heaven sent;
Chief Magistrate Almy of the town
of Seward, incorporated, came to the
Gateway office during the noon hour
today saying that a telegram had ar
rived stating that the government had
purchased the Copper River and
Northerwestern railroad. Asked for
his authority he named City Attorney
Bindley Green and to prove his own
sincerity he went and brought Judge
Green to the office. Judge Green said
he had got the story from Sydney
Anderson, cashier of the bank of Sew
ard, but Mr. Anderson, on being seen,
said he got the story from T. W.
Hawkins, banker and merchant. Run
ning it down still further it was found
that Mr. Tecklenburg of the Seattle
Bar had seen the telegram and that
he had gone to the Gateway office to
see if this paper had infromation that
tallied with what he seen. However,
Mr. Teckdlenburg on being inter-1
viewed said that he had not seen the
telegram but that someone had come
in and told his bartender that such a
telegram had arrived. "I think His a
hoax" said he and he was sure right.
As a sequel to the story; It had
scarcely been written when Sam
Graff called up the office and said
that someone had called him up to say
that Joe Morris had received a tele
gram from Bill Devine saying that
the government had bought the rail
road at Cordova and was going to run
the road from Chitina to the Mat
anuska. "First I heard about it" said
Joe when he was asked. Then came a
message to the office saying that Gus
Borgen stated that Judge Green had
received the telegram, but the Judge
had already entered a plea of not
guilty with prima facie evidence. The
next man comes with a story like that
will die in his tracks.
I RYE HIGHEST SINCE
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
CHICAGO, Jar. 14.—R> e sold for
! a dollar and seventeen cents here to
day. This is the highest price paid for
rye since the civil war.
MARIPOSA AT MIDNIGHT
Agent Guptil received word today
that the Mariposa is due in Seward
i tonight at midnight.
fleet will gather at
CHRISTOBAL FOR OPENING.
Alteration Made in the Arrangements!
For the Panama Canal
Celebration.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The
rendezvous of the international floets
at Hampton Roads preliminary to
cruising to Panama in connection with
the opening of the Panama canal has
been abandoned. The ships will now
gather instead at Christobal at the
eastern end of the canal instead.
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CARRANZA SAID TO BE
NEAR THE LAST DITCH.
Villa Troops Keep up Their Pursuit
of the Enemy Defeated Recently.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Dis
patches from Mexico City this morn
ing indicate that the forces of Car
ranza which were recently defeated
by the Villa troops are still retreat
ing with the victorious army in pur
suit. Villa is declared to have an
nounced that the.o is no limit to his
resources practically and that the best
equipment ever in the possession of a
Mexican leader has been secured for
his troops. Affairs in Mexico City
itself are stated to be normal. Villa
shows an inclination to have the
government carried on in a manner
that will earn the confidence of the
whole people and this result is being
secured. More battles are sure befoie
the termination of the present cam
paign and the total defeat of
Carranza but there is absolute
confidence in his defeat within a brief
time.
ENGLISH VICAR IS
HOLDER OF RECORD.
Preacher Held British Record For
1,000 Yards Race.
(By The Associated Press.)
ROCHESTER, England, Jan. 12.—
In installing the Rev. William E.
Lutyens recently as Vicar of the im
portant Church of St. Luke at Gil
lingham, the Bishop of Rochester cal
led attention to the fact that the new
vicar was holder of the British record
in the 1,000 yard run.
“Mr. Lutyens is an athlete, one of
our best, although hi* record in the
1,000 yard run was made so many
years ago and worn so modestly that
most of us had forgotten it,” said the
Bishop. “Pure spoil is a fine and
manly thing, and your new vicar
comes to you as a manly man,—one
who knows what it is to be strenuous
when occasion demands.”
Lutyens made his record in the L
000 yards run at Stanford Bridge
eight years ago, incidentally setting
up another new British record as he
passed the 000 yard post. At that
time he was one of the most notable
of English athletes, partly because of
his remarkable machine-like stride,
which was widely imitated among
English school-boy runners.
MINES EVERYWHERE.
fBy The Associated PressA
VLISSINGHEN, Holland. Jan. 11.—
Crossing the North Sea is now
ticklish navigation, and if half as
many mines are cited as the crew of
the “Princess Juliana” testify, it is
j easy to coprehend why all crossings
i must be made by daylight. The Dutch
boats leave Folkestone at eight in the
morning and reach Flushing shortly
after four. As passengers from Lon
don must report for Scotland ^ard
inspection at five, this means that it
is substantially a 24-hour business to
get from London to Holland.
Job printing of every description at
The Gateway.
EARTHQUAKE KIELED OR
INJURED EIETY THOUSAND
HOME, Jan. 14.—Fifty thousand
people were killed and injured ^
throughout Italy yesterday by the ’
earthquake which was at first onlyi
known to have visited this city. Tht!
quake visited almost the whole nation. •
It extended three hundred miles from
a place below Naples in the south to
Ferrara in the north and practically,
across the entire wi<Uh of the coun-*
try. The country east and southeast
of Home suffered most. Avezzano
with twelve thousand inhabitants was
totally destroyed and the loss ol life
anil the injured there and in neighbor
ing villages which were also com
pletely destroyed amounts to fifteen
thousand. Naples felt the shock sev-j
erely but the damage was only slight j
and not a life was lost in that city. Iti
has also been fully learned that no
lives were lost in this city but very
serious damage has been caused to
historical buildings. One hundred per-,
sons were killed in towns near Rome,
however. The government has already
gone into the work of relief with
splendid promptness. Relief trains
with doctors, nurses, and supplies
have been rushed into the afflicted
district with full orders to spaic no ^
work or expense to relieve the suffer-,
ing. The earthquake is of geological
origin according to the best authoii
ties. Mount Vesuvius is quiet and
seems not to be affected in the least
although usually earthquakes in this
region are accompanied by violent
eruptions. The latest news tends to.
show that very few people escaped,
destruction at Avezzano. The mostj
heartbreaking scenes were witnessed
there after the collapse of the town.
The survivors on learning that their
ROAD SUPERINTENDANT
LEAVES ON MONDAY.
Anton Eide Will Go Out With Mail
to Fix up the Iditarod Trail.
Anton Eide, road superintendant,
will leave with the mail next Monday
to perform the work on the trail
authorized by the road commission.
He was instructed to expend a few
hundred dollars of the work of clear
ing the trail of windfalls r.nd brush
which are the chief obstructions.
DAGGET BLOCK THREATENED.
A little blaze occurred about eight
o’clock last night in the annex to the
Dagget building which stands between
the main building and the residence.
The cause was the setting afire of
the timbers by the pipe from the
heating plant furnace, bor a time a
serious looking fire blazed but a feu
men soon had a hand chemical at work
and Ed. Whittemore arrived with the
hose belonging to his own building, so
that even before the firemen arrived
the fire was got under.
FREIGHT FOR PANAMA.
CHRISTIANIA, Jan. 12.—Taking
advantage of the opening of the Pan
ama Canal, Frederick Olsen,one of
Norway’s greatest ship owners, has
i contracted for three 10,000-ton freight
i steamers, which will begin service
early in 1916 between Norway and
ports on the West Coast of the United
States. Pending the completion of
these new ships some older Olsen ves
sels will be pressed into service.
loved ones were buried under the
ruins of their dwellings tore franti
cally with their bare hands at the
piles of debris in the mad desire to
dig out fathers, mothers and children.
In many instances the stones were
covered with the blood from the torn
hands of the desperate people who
labored in their agony to save their
lost ones. In their grief many of them
fainted and were found unconscious
or raving by those who came to the
relief. Many of the dead have already
been recovered and the work is pro
ceding as fast as possible. For the
moment the great war is forgotten in
the terrible catastrophe which has
visited the nation.
HORROR INCREASES.
ROME, Jan. 14.—The earthquake
horror increases hourly as the news
comes in from the different parts of
the country this afternoon. It is now
known that in this city priceless
statues that have been the pride of
the world for centuries and buildings
and structures that drew visitor*
from all parts of the world have been
desroyed completely or damaged to
a pitiful extent. The earthquake cov
ered the whole of central Italy
wrought frightful injury and suffer
ing and loss of life. In spite of all
protests King Emmanuel has left for
Avezzano by auto to take part per
sonally in the work of finding the
bodies of the thousands who have been
lost and to stimulate the work of re
lief. His ministers and officials beg
ged him to stay in Rome because of
the internal situation arising from
the great war but he declared that it
was his duty to look after his people
in the hour of awful trail. Indeed, it
is evident that if Italy ever intended
to enter the war this catastrophe will
prevent her from doing so. Soldiers
nave been rushed to the scene of the
cataclysm and are already establish
ing tent colonies for the survivors,
i'he country is devastated as no war
could ever devastate.
ALL OFFICIALS KILLED.
HOME, Jan. 14.—It was learned
this afternoon that the mayor and
every member of the city council oi
Avezzano were killed with the thou
sands of others in the town. Out of
nine members of the police force eight
are dead. These figures are given as
an example of the frightful holocaust
which has occurred in that one town.
It is impossible at present to tell the
exact number of people killed in Avez
zano but it is in the thousands while
the loss of life in the surrounding
country is appalling. The survivors
are assembled in the square of the
town now so thoroughly unnerved by
the awful shock that they are helpless.
MORE EARTHQUAKES TODAY.
ROME, Jan. 14.—More earthquakes
visited Italy today. They also occur
red in this city and caused many
buildings here and elsewhere to col
lapse. Compared to the frightful
! shaking of yesterday they were not
| violent but they have made the work
of rescue more difficult as they have
! scattered panic amongst the people.
As report after report comes in it
gives greater reason to believe that
the calamity is worse than though.
Thousands are dead and tens of thou
sands have been badly injured while
the loss of homes affects a number
which can hardly be estimated.
BATTLE RAGES FOR SPUR 132
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The struggle for possession of
Spur One Hundred and Thirty Two, northeast of Soissons,
is still undecided but is raging fiercely. The Germans by
terrific counter attacks seem to have succeeded in reach
ing a better position eastward of the spur. The losses on
both sides are frightful but the French and the Ger
mans both appear to be furiously determined to secure
this position which is so near Paris and which is cf such
importance owing to the strategic considerations involved.
General von Kluck is in charge of the German operations
for the capture of the place and is apparently bent on win
ning without regard for loss of life. The chief objective
of the Germans is the capture of the hill at that point. I o
effect this capture it is necessary for them to launch their
assaults uphill against an enemy that is strongly entrench
ed but the assaults are being sent forward again and
again without hesitation.
QUIET ELSEWHERE
LONDON, Jan. 14.—With the exception of the re
ports from Poland and the center of the battle line in
France there is nothing of importance told in this morn
ing's official bulletin. The activity of the German airmen
along the coast of England and over the English channel
yesterday has not yet been followed or accompanied b\
any important developments. It is assumed that the aii
men were endeavoring to locate the positions of the Biit
ish ships with a view to trying another raid on the coast
but the admiralty is keeping in close touch with all the
movements of the enemy. The Turks are reported to be
still organizing for the throwing of more men into the
struggle and there is still anxiety that an attack in force
will be made on the Suez canal. Military men have warned
the government that Germany is sure to make an effort
to capture or destroy the canal as it is the chief route to
India and the shortest way by which the Indian troops
may be shipped to Europe.