•, oL s. No. 293 Member Associated Press SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24,1914. Member Associated Press_Ten Cents the Copy
JAPANESE READY FOR ATTACK ON TSINGTAU
RUSSIANS REACH THE FAMOUS CITY OF CRACOW
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SERVIANS (ICCIIPV
CAPITAL OF BOSNIA
France Now Sees That \\ inter
Campaign Must Be |
Fought
AUSTRIAN PROVINCES OVER RUN
PARIS, Sept. 24.—The Servian and Montenegrin arm
ies have now occupied the entire southeast sections of Bos
nia and Herzegovina and have been welcomed with the
greatest enthusiasm by the Slav residents. For many
long years the Slavs of Servia and the neighboring coun
tries have looked forward to an invasion of these two pro
vinces as France has looked forward to the invasion ol Al
sace and Lorraine. In both cases the hoped for invasions
have been regarded as journeys to the Promised Land and
in the case of Servia this ambition has been realized now
so that the Servian troops are making a journey that is
hardly short of a holy pilgrimage.
ALLIES OCCUPY PERRONNE
PARIS, Sept. 24.—It is officially announced this morn
ing that the allies have advanced considerably along the
■.vestern wing and have occupied the city of Perronne. All
the other information given out shows that victory for the
Germans in the present battle is out of the question and
that only a little time is required for the complete success
of the allied forces. On the eastern end of the battle line
there has been a desperate resistance by the Germans.
Along the Meuse the lighting has been most severe and
both sides are putting forth the most tremendous efforts.
The Germans and the allies have both taken the offensive
during the past forty-eight hours and both have advanced
and retired alternately.
The result in that part of the field has not been decisive
but in the west the allies can claim that they have gained
a distinct advantage and the danger of defeat has been
virtually removed. The fighting for the possession of Per
ronne was about the bloodiest of the war. General \ on
Kluck abandoned the town some days ago but later decid
ed to re-occupy it. His efforts towards that end have fail
ed completely and the allies are now in possession.
RUSSIANS MAKE TREMENDOUS CAMPAIGN
LONDON, Sept. 24.—The Russians have almost com
pleted the first stage of the most colossal campaign ever
undertaken by any army in the history of warfare. By
conquering Galicia they have secured control of Europe’s
chief gasoline supply and that fact is of the greatest im
portance as it means that the Germans and the Austrians
will soon be deprived of the gasoline for their automobiles
and aeroplanes and those branches of their service will be
put out of commission. One of the most serious blows to
Austria is that the coal supply from Roumania has al
ready been cut off' and as Austria is not a coal country the
effects will soon be felt.
RUSSIANS MOVE TOWARDS GERMANY
The Russians are now beginning the operations in
tended to clear the way for a movement on German terri
tory. The objective points are Posen and Breslau which
will probably be attacked within a very short time. The
German forces in that part of the field are not great and
the resistance of the Austrians will soon be overcome. The
Austrians are now fairly’ well organized in Cracow and
t hat place can undoubtedly stand a long siege but the ulti
mate result is not doubted. The siege ot Przemysl has
already been started and the Russian forces surround it
completely. If the Austrians have sufficient supplies of
provisions they may be able to hold out for several months
as the fortifications are strong.
The rapidity of the movement of the Russians has
amazed the military experts of Great Britain. The sol
diers of the czar have traversed more ground since the
beginnig of the war than any other troops in the history
e warfare and during that time they have fought great
ttles and won splendid victories.
WHY NOT MAIL
ROUTE TO NOME
NOVEMBER WILL SEE BEGIN
NING OF SEWARD AS REAL
GATEWAY
The distance between Seward and
Nome is 440 miles shorter than the
distance between Cordova and Nome
and yet for some extraordinary reason
the mail to Nome is not sent through
this city.
Seward will see its rirst period as
'e real gateway to the interior on
the lust of November when the mail
will start for Iditarod. On the whole
route to Iditarod there are only twelve
miles without timber so that the trail
s an ideal one. Colonel Revell will
cave in the morning to look over part
of the way. He believes that the
opening of the Seward mail trail to
the Iditarod will mean probably that
he mail trail to Nome will be taken
into consideration.
During the winter months the pen.
pie of Nome are placed at very ser
ious inconvenience owing to the length
of the trail over which the mail is car
ried to them and to the accidental de-;
lays which occur in proportion to the;
length. There is a movement afoot
*ow. it is understood, to get the co
operation of the Nome people for the
ork of having Seward chosen as the
rateway for the mail. It is certain
sat the people of Nome only wait to
Varn that they can get their mail
more quickly by this route.
OLE MARTIN PROVES IT
Ole Martin proved up on his home
stead today with Commissioner Con
roy. Some people have the idea that
one cannot prove up with a commis
sioner but this idea is erroneous.
WORKING ON ROAD
Anton Eide, road superintendant,;
vho has come to town says that the
work on the road near Grouse lake is
still going on. The bridge work over
the water is about finished.
T. R. DENIES
BASE RUMORS
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RETURN TO EITHER OF
THE OLD PARTIES
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GALESBURG, III., Sept. 24.—
Theodore Roosevelt denies emphati
| . ally the rumor that the progressives
intend to join any of the old parties.
In a speech delivered here he said
that it was nothing less than absurd
to draw such a conclusion from the
fact that the progressives have de
cided to aid democratic candidates in
some of the elections in places where
the progressives are not running. He
declared that the progressives are pro
gressive in fact as well as in name
and that they will aid all men of pro
gressive tendencies no matter to what
party they are nominally affiliated
unless a reguar candidate of the pro
gressive party opposes them.
ALAMEDA LEAVES CORDOVA
THIS AFTERNOON
The Alameda leaves Cordova at 3
p. m. today according to a telegram
received this afternoon.
WAR REVENUE BILL WILL
BE PASSED TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—The
house is now discussing the war rev
enue bill and it will pass without fail
tomorrow. Some minor changes may
be made but the bill as a whole
seems to be popular with all the mem
bers of both houses.
big crowds busy
The car got away this morning with
a limit load of passengers and freight
for the front. There are a great num
ber of outfits going into the h 'Is this
fall and there is a greater an ourt of
prospecting planned for the coming
winter than ever before in the history
of the camp.
ATTACK TSINGTAU TOMORROW
PEKIN, Sept. 24.—The Anglo-Japanese forces will be
gin the attack on the first line of the defenses of Tsingtau
tomorrow or Saturday and the great siege will then have
been started in earnest. The British with the Japanese
are in strong force and were landed from the Chinese
ports in the possession of Great Britain. Most of the at
tacking will be done from the land side and the Japanese
will lead as they have a perfect knowledge of the require
ments after their experience at Port Arthur where their
task was very similar.
RUSSIANS REACH CRACOW
PETROGRAD, Sept. 24—The Russian advance guards
have already arrived before the fortress of Cracow and
one of the greatest sieges in history is expected to be be
gun immediately. Cracow was at one time the capital of
Poland and contains the great monument of Kosciusko,
the famous Polish patriot. It has a population of some
seventy thousand and is very strongly fortified. The at
tack on it will be the preliminary to the operations of the
Russians against German territory in the south.
BERLIN, Sept. 24.—Lieutenant General Steinmetz
has been killed in the fighting in France. He was struck
by a fragment of a shell that severed his jugular vein and
caused almost instant death. He was commander of the
German army directly engaged in the sieges of Liege, Na
mur and Maubege and had become so distinguished that
his death is looked upon as a national calamity.
32,000 CANADIANS FOR FRONT
ST. JOHNS, N. B., Sept. 24.—Minister of Labor Cro
thers of this province announced today that thirty-two
thousand Canadian volunteers have already left for Eu
rope to fight with the British army. The recruiting in this
and the other provinces is going on fast and a very large
i force will represent this dominion in the war.
CARRANZA WAITS TOR
VILLA TO ATTACK HIM
DISCOVER RICH
DREDGE GROUND
HARRY HOBEN SAYS DRILL
WILL BE KEPT WORKING
ALL THE WINTER
The reason that the Hope-Sunrise
district is booming is because they are
taking out good money over there,
said Harry V. Hoben of the Alaska
Transfer company last night when
asked about the conditions of the
Turnagain Arm camp. Mr. Hoben has
just returned for a couple of weeks
spent in that section and is enthusias
tic over the showing that the various
properties are making there this sea
son.
French and Herron have linen! up
the pay through the Lawson home
stead and have demonstrated enough
values even now to warrant them in
installing a dredge. They have un
covered twenty-five feet of dirt that
will average six dollars to the yard
and that is bonanza ground in any
country. At the present time they
are drilling on the old townsite of
Sunrise and are meeting with en
couraging results.
Hope is doing especially well this
season and a half a dozen outfits are
taking out money enough to make a
good camp. The Matthiesons and Gus
SeifTert are doing exceptionally well
and up the arm Dick Dawson has had
the best season in the history of the
Nutter and Dawson ground.
It is the intention of French and
Herron to keep the big drill that they
have at Sunrise now, drilling all win
ter on different tracts of ground in
♦he Turnagain Arm section and by
spring they ought to have enough pay
developed to make a good camp there.
BUFFALO SAID TO BE
COMING TO SEWARD
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Mrs. Boyle has received a letter
from a member of her family at Cor
dova saying that the Buffalo is now
anchored at that place and that she
will come to Seward. The fact that
the vessel will come here is only stat
ed incidentally to the information that
the stay of the Buffalo is making the
times lively.
TURK INSULTS
UNITED STATES
AMBASSADOR OF THE SULTAN
STANDS BY WHAT HE SAYS
AND WILL GO
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Rustem
Bey, the Turkish ambassador to the
United States, has declared that he
stands by what he said about the
United States and that he will quit
the country. Some time ago an in
terview was published from him in
which he assailed the United States,
its government and its people. When
the interview was brought to the at
tention of the president Mr. Wilson
at once asked the ambassador if he
meant what he said and if he had
been instructed by the Turkish gov
ernment to make the statements at
tributed to him. Rustem Bey has an
swered that he has not altered the
views expressed by him and that he
will leave the United States within a
fortnight.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Acting
President Carranza of Mexico formal
ly notified the United States govern
ment today that he will not attack
Villa but that he will order the fed
eral forces to remain on the defen
sive and to resist any attack which
the forces of Villa may deliver. The
communication also contains the
statement that the national Mexican
convention will be held on the first
day of October as scheduled and that
a provisional government will be es
tablished at that time which Car
ranza hopes will be satisfactory to
the government of this country. The
communication is of the most friendly
kind and has created the feeling that
Carranza is sincere in his efforts to
maintain a good government as long
as he is in power.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 24.—Efforts
are being made today to patch up the
differences between Carranza and
Villa and there is strong hope that the
threatened revolution will be avoided.
Xo fighting has yet been reported but
in several districts the opposing
forces are so close together that an
outbreak may occur at any moment
which would render a settlement more
difficult.
WATCHFUL WAITING fOTICV
WILL STILL CONTINUE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—It is
officially stated by the administration
that the latest troubles between Car
ranza and Villa will not cause an al
teration in the plans of the United
States for withdrawing the troops
from Vera Cruz or for raising the
mbargo on arms sent into Mexico.
The government has not, however,
fixed any time for the withdrawal of
the troops and this is really regarded
as the most important fact connected
with the matter.
President Wilson gave out an addi
tional statement to the effect that
’’arranza and Villa must settle their
differences without interference from
this country and that the watchful
waiting policy of the administration
will continue.
Reports this morning from Mexico
add nothing new to the facts related
i eople and the pa
pers in the states seem to believe that
another period of turmoil is ahead for
the neighboring republic and that
this country can hardly escape being
drawn into a serious mixup. No act
ual fighting has been reported and
Villa has not been directly quoted but
;t is regarded as certain that Car
ranza has a hard time before him.
WILSON TAKES
SIDE OE MEN
REFUSES TO CONSIDER PRO
POSALS MADE BY EMPLOYERS;
SAYS STRIKE MUST END
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.?.—Presi
dent Wilson has turned down badly
the employers in connection with the
Colorado coal strike and has taken up
a position which shows that he is in
strong sympathy with the strikers.
President Welborn of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company presented to
the president yesterday an alternative
plan for the settlement of the strike
but he got turned down badly. Presi
dent Wilson made proposals for set
tlement some time ago and the men
immediately accepted them but the
operators refused to agree to let
some of the men return to work and
this meant a refusal of the presi
dent’s terms. When Welborn made
his alternative proposals President
Wilson told him directly that an in
ternational arbitration board had
drawn up the terms of settlement pre
sented by him, the president, and that
it was the duty of the operators to ac
cept them. He refused point blank
to consider the alternative plans and
declared that a compromise is impos
sible and that the public interests de
manded an ending to the strike.
RISKING TO
AID TAHOMA
SENATOR STARTED FOR WRECK
BUT HAS RESUMED VOY
AGE TO NOME
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—The Cordova
has gone to the aid of the wrecked
cutter Tahoma and the Senator has
resumed her journey to Nome. When
the calls for help came from the Ta
homa the Senator started towards her
but on finding that her help was not
needed she resumed her voyage. The
Patterson has gone from Unalaska to
give aid and there is no doubt now
that everything has been done that
can serve. The Unalga is being re
paired here and will take the place of
the Tahoma as soon as possible. The
cutter will probably become a total
loss although there is still some hope
that she might be saved. The full ac
count of the disaster has not yet been
given out but it is almost a certainty
that the crew is not in the least dan
ger.
Delegate Wickersham is expected
to arrive here pretty soon by some of
his supporters. He has already land
ed on Alaskan soil and intends to visit
j every town along the coast.
NORTHWESTERN
EEAVES 26th
STEAMER BRINGING PEOPLE
FOR COURT HELD BACK
TWO DAYS
The steamship Northwestern which
was scheduled to leave Seattle for
Seward today has had its sailing post
poned until the day after tomorrow
and Agent Guptil has received
notification of the fact. The court
officials are supposed to come on the
boat scheduled to leave Seattle today
but as that boat was the Northwes
tern the chances are that she will
bring them here anyhow. It is possi
; ble that the sailing was postponed for
the convenience of the officials air
though no notification to that effect
has been received.
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Harry Hoben arrived from Hope
' Tuesday evening. He says there is
nothing remarkably new over there
except that all are doing well.