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TIDE TODAY SEEMS TO FLOW WITH THE TEUTONS
SERVIANS FALL BACK
AND GIVE IIP BELGRADE
Germans Claim a Victory in
France and the Capture of
80,000 Russians
BELGRADE FALLS
VIENNA, Dec. 2.—The Austrian troops today enter
ed the city of Belgrade, the capital of Servia. The news
arrived here in a telegram to the emperor sent by general
Grank, commander of the Fifth army corps of the Aus
trian army who was in personal charge of the troops of
this empire when they entered the city. The sudden fall
of the enemy’s capital was due to the entry into northern
Servia of the new Austrian army which had been mobiliz
ed to threaten the Servian communications with the in
terior. The advance of this new army made the position of
the Servians in the capital hazardous and they were com
pelled to evacuate. This event is regarded here as the be
ginning of the end of the Servian resistance and the em
pire will now probably from this time forward be able
to send much greater forces to oppose the Russians in
Galicia.
SERVIA ADMITS DEFEATS
PARIS, Dec. 2.—Semi-official advices from Nish, the
temporary capital of Servia, admit that the Austrians
have won further victories in Servia. After a number of
rear guard actions the Servians were compelled to fall
back yesterday still more into Servian territory but they ,
fell back in good order and are by no means in despair
of offering serious resistance still to the invaders. The
heaviest fighting, according to the Nish dispatches, oc
cured at Souvabor where the Austrians were concentrat
ed in strong force and where they captured two important
positions. The fighting along the Kolubara river resulted
in some success to the Servians who captured twenty
seven officers and two thousand Austrian troops.
GERMANS SAVE THEMSELVES
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The conviction is growing here
that the German general. Mackenzen, has saved his army
after it had been surrounded by the Russians and that the
great military disaster which it was thought the Germans
were about to suffer has not occurred. It is believed, how
ever, that the tactical plan of the Germans to capture
Warsaw has failed and that one of the most immense mili
tary movements on record has turned out useless. The
Russians are still persisting in the elfort to invade Ger
many by way of Cracow in spite of the failure to rout
the Germans in Russian Poland. It is difficult at present
to tell what the next move will be in the eastern war thea
ter. The Russians and the Germans seem to be deadlocked
in the heart of Poland. The Russians if they retire would
endanger Warsaw and the retirement of the Germans
would leave the way open for an attack on German terri
tory. It is quite possible mnv that the twro armies will act
like the armies in the western theater and hold each
other as long as possible while efforts are made from
time to time to gain some strategic advantage that might
turn the tide of battle.
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GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY
BERLIN, Dec. 2.—An official report from German
headquarters in France states that the Germans have
captured a strong French position in the Argonne forest.
The place was captured by the Kaiser William’s own regi
ment. The forest is situated between the rivers Aisne,
Marne and Meuse and its taking is regarded as important
owing to the fact that it weakens the positions of the
French with respect to the defence of the fortress of Ver
dun.
This statement continues to say that in battles at
Kutno, Lodz and Lowicz, between November 11 and Dec
ember 1, the Germans captured eighty thousand unwound
ed Russian prisoners in addition to inflicting other losses
of a serious kind.
LONDON GETS IMPATIENT
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The people of this country are
now demanding a more strenuous attempt on the part of
the government and the army and navy chiefs to bring
the war to a conclusion. They are actually demanding
that victory be brought about before Christmas and this
demand has given rise to the belief that the people con
sider the task before the country smaller than it really is.
PROGRESSIVES
HAVU RALLY
AT CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
LEADERS DECIDE TO KEEP
BALL ROLLING.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Reports of the
possible amalgamation of the pro
gressive party with either the re
publicans or the democrats were
characterized as idle fancies, and re
ports that the disbandment of the
progressive party was a possibility
were equally ridiculed by members
of the progressive party’s executive
committee who held a conference here
today. The party leaders from thirty
two states who attended showed no
outward sign of a lack of enthusiasm
when the state chairmen reviewed the
conditions in their different states.
George W. Perkins presided. Theo
dore Roosevelt was absent. Among
the others who attended were William
Flinn, Jane Adams, Medill McCormick,
Senator Clapp of Minnesota, Gifford
Pinchot, Raymond Robbins, William
Allen White, Victor Murdock and
James R. Garfield.
T A XING M ESSAG ES.
On the telegraphic dispatches re
ceived yesterday and today the Gate
way was required to pay an additional
cent for each message received in con
formity with the now war revenue tax
measure so that the European war
has at last hit us directly. The Sew
ard Telephone company has not yet
received any notification as to whether
it must charge extra for long distance
messages.
FINAL RETURNS.
According to the Valdez Times the
final election returns for this division
give Wickersham 1648, Bunnell 1014,
Brooks 208, Hubbard 987, Price 712,
Day 1139, Tansy 1186, Noon 1237,
Holland 1006.
A SINCERE COMPLIMENT.
Ernest O. Buhler is secretary of the
Minnesota Forestry association as can
be seen from the letter head under
which he writes. This is all the Gate
way knows about him but he has paid
this paper one of the most sincere
compliments possible. The following
letter was received yesterday dated
at Devil Track Lake, Minnesota;
Dear Sir; Fifty miles from a rail
road I happened to find a copy of your
paper. As its makeup is so excellent
and its contents so newsy I would like
to subscribe for your weekly issue
for the period of six months. Very
Truly Yours, Ernest O. Buhler.
The money was enclosed.
AVIATOR KILLED.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—Thomas
J. Hill, the famous aviator, was killed
today while attempting to loop the
loop. He fell from a height of two
thousand feet and death w'as instan
taneous.
COMING ON ALAMEDA.
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—The following
left on the Alameda for Seward; Duke
E. Tiffany and wife and Mrs Little
field. The Evans arrived yesterday
and sails Saturday.
BERTHA COMING.
The steamer Bertha left Seattle
Sunday for points along this coast.
We can do it Job printing of ft ery
description.
COMMISSION HOPES GOV’T. R. R.
CONSTRICTION STARTS IN APRIT
SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—Commissioner
Thomas Riggs of the Alaska railroad
commission before departing for the
east last night said that the members
of tho commission are hopeful that
the construction of the road will be
gin next April.
This is taken to mean that the pre
sentation of the report to the presi
dent is about the only circumstance
which remains and that the site is
practically decided upon, nothing be
ing left but to make sure that there
are no engineering difficulties that
might cause an alteration of the
plans In going east Mr. Riggs is tak
ing the last step towards the con
summation of the work laid out for
the commission. In Washington the
final work on the reports will be ac
complished. It is known that there
are no conditions in Alaska which pre
sent any great obstacle to the build
ing of the railroad. It seems to be
the general opinion here that the
government will first turn its atten
tion to supplying the coal fields with
the means of transportation but there
is nothing really known that could
be called definite.
JUDGE FULLER HAS
POSITIVELY RETIRED.
Letter From His Clerk of Court Re
moves All Doubt About the Matter.
That Judge Frederick E. Fuller of
the Fourth division has positively re
signed from the bench is made cer
tain by a letter which was received
in Seward yesterday from Angus Mc
Bride, clerk of court in that division
and formerly clerk of court in this
division. Mr. McBride states that
they are all now waiting for the com
ing of some democratic judge. Judge
Fuller was United States commission
er at Nome previous to his appoint
ment to district court bench his time
has not expired but he decided to re
sign without waiting for what could
only be expected on the conclusion of
his term. He was probably one of the
most nopular officials that ever held
office in this territory. Those who
know him and Mr. McBride will hope
that both will remain with Alaska
although Judge Fuller is said to be
contemplating going outside.
PREPARING TO BRING IN
MILL TO INDEPENDENCE.
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William Martin Also Says That the
Government Intends Taking Out
More Coal This Fall.
William Martin is now in Seattle
preparing for the shipment of the new
mill to the Independence mine in
spring. He told R. E. McDonald,
while the latter was outside recently,
that he had it on good authority that
the government will take out more
coal from Matanuska for testing pur
poses this fall. Mr. McDonald tried
to get to the bottom and make sure
but he is inclined to think that the
rumor is not correct although he says
Mr. Martin was sure it was. The lat
ter even said that Swift and Laubner
had gone to the eastern part of the
state of Washington to buy horses
for use in taking the coal out.
WESTERN ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY DISINCORPORATED.
SEATTLE Dec. 2.—The Western
Alaska steamship company has been
disincorporated.
GUTIERREZ TO
ENTER CAPITAL
PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT WILL
MARCH TO THE PLACE
TOMORROW.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Provision
al President Gutierrez will enter
Mexico City tomorrow and will im
mediatly proceed to the national
palace to be installed in office. This
news arrived this afternoon and shows
that matters have advanced very con
siderably during the past twenty four
hours. Villa still remains at Tacueba,
a suburb of the capital. He and
Zapata are working in the closest har
mony for the supoprt of Gutierrez and
the atmosphere looks clearer than
ever.
daring holdup occurred
IN CITY OF JUNEAU.
Two Masked Men Enter Grocery Store
Rob it and Fire at the Proprietor.
JUNEAU Doc. 2.—An exceedingly
daring rubbery took place last night
in this city when two masked men en
tered the grocery store of Giovan
netti and robbed him of one hundred
and fifty dollars. As they left the
store their victim attempted to fol
low them but they turned around and
fired several shots at him compelling
him to cease his pursuit. Owing to
the fact that there are many idle men
in town at present the police intend
to begin to clean the city of the more
suspicious looking ones.
The sum of nearly five thousand
dollars has been raised in this city for
the Belgian relief funds.
PROGRESSIVES WANT TO
GO ON EXISTING.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—At the Pro
gressive convention here today the
sentiment was very strong for the
continuation of the party. Several of
the party speakers analyzed the
November vote in different parts of
the country and declared that the
showing did not by any means indicate
that the disintegration of the party
was threatened.
SOME CONTEMPORARIES
GIVE US NOTICES.
There is a little weekly paper
published in Valdez whose issue of
November 28 pays the Gateway the
compliment of filling up nearly all
its columns with matter from the
Gateway pages. On every page the
Valdez paper has at least one attack
on this paper and whatever it does
not fill with attacks on the Gateway
it fills with extracts from our news
columns. As a flattering compliment
that combination could hardly be ex
celled. Talking shop, it may be men
tioned that that the Juneau Empire
of November 23 reproduces an editor
ial from this paper condemning the
Sunday closing law and it goes on to
say that Seward is peeved although
Seward voted for Wickersham who
did not get the territory a full mea
sure of territorial government to run
its own affairs.
ALL PEACEFUL
IN OLD MEXICO
VILLA SEEMS TO BE DETERMIN
ED TO KEEP ORDER
DOWN THERE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Advices
from Mexico today indicate that peace
reigns over the republic and parti
cularly over the capital since the ar
rival of Villa. Some messages have
come to the United States govern
ment which are apparently inspired
by Villa himself and which breathe
an intense desire to bring a lasting
peace on the country. The army of
Caranza is still concentrated but
would have very little chance against
the forces of Zapata, Villa and their
colleagues. Some further fighting is
expected, however, before absolute
quiet prevails. Guiterrez, the provis
ional president, had not arrived in
Mexico City this morning.
WICKERSHAM GETS BACK
FROM THE INTERIOR.
Will His Aid to Spence Help the Lat
ter to Land the Place of Fuller.
Delegate James Wickersham was a
passenger on the Mariposa on the last
trip from Cordova to Valdez. He came
out from Fairbanks and returned to
Valdez before leaving for Washington
to take part in the work of the coming
session. It was stated some time ago
that when he goes east he will be ac
companied by District Attorney
Spence who is said to be depending
on the delegate’s help to land the posi
tion as judge in the Fourth division.
Mr. Spence took part in the Wicker
sham metings previous to the time
the president expressed the w'ish to
have Bunnell elected. Some people are
already wondering if the support of a
man whom the president wanted de
feated will help Spence. It has also
recently become know'n that Wicker
sham has never visited President
Wilson at the whitehouse but it is
quite posible that more cordial rela
tions will exist between them now' that
the development of the territory' is
about to be accomplished.
TAKING OUT ORE FROM
THE STOTKO STRINGER.
Al Wolf and Art Molosche are now
taking out and sacking ore from the
Stotko stringer down the beach. They
have already taken out about a ton
which will be shipped to the city and
crushed in the Ellsworth mill.
CAME ON MARIPOSA.
Among those who came on the
Mariposa yesterday were J. F. Walker
and Mrs. Walker.
WENT ON MARIPOSA.
The following passengers went out
on the Mariposa yesterday: Rev. Wm.
Shepherd, Miss Sylvia Sexton, J. W.
Dawson, J. A. Laubner, J. R. Atchin
son, A. S. Dautrick, L. L. Harding, W.
H. Hatch, Maxine Hill, Thelma Burke,
Mrs. Ida Walsh, Miss Miriam, Calbert
son, Mrs. Nellie Bates, Howard F.
Fletcher,
GIVES JAPAN’S
VIEWS ON WAR
COUNT OK CM A SAYS HIS COUN
TRY IS FIGHTING FOR
CIVILIZATION.
TOKIO, Dec. 2.—In an article en
titled “Japan and the European
Armageddon,” Count Shigenobu
Okuma ,the Prime Minister, writing
in the Japan Magazine, about the
war, says some forceful things about
Japan’s relation to the West.
“It will be our one ambition at this
time, ’ he writes, “to show the West
what it is slow to believe, that we can
work harmoniously with great Oc
cidental powers to support and pro
tect the highest ideals of civilzation,
even to the extent of dying for them.
Not only in the Far East but any
where else that may bo necessary,
Japan is ready to lay down her lifo
for the principles that the foremost
nations will die for. It is to be in line
with these nations that she is at this
time opposing and fighting what she
belioves to be opposed to these
principles.”
The Premier continues: “She enter
ed the Alliance with Grroat Britain
to stand for and die for what Anglo
Saxons are everywhere ready to de
fend even unto death. It is Japan’s
aim and ambition to participate in all
world-movements toward noble diplo
macy, international relations and the
principle of equal opportunity and
peace, and to prevent by one proper
means the outbreak or continuance of
bloodshed between nations. Japan’s
relation to the present conflict is as a
defender of the things that make for
higher civilization and a more per
manent peace.”
Count Okuma devotes a consider
able space to an historical resume of
the causes of the present international
war. Speaking generally, he thinks
that war is always due to an un
eveness of advancement in the pro
gress of civilization, which like water
mu t find its level. When its force
is obstructed there will be violence and
bloodshed. War also is a result of the
pressure offered in resistance to the
crrowth of civilization.
Speaking in particular, the Premier
is inclined to find the root of the pre
sent war in the weakness of the Bal
kan Peninsula. “Like China,” he af
firms, “It is a seething crater in the
world’s diplomacy. From conditions
apparently insignificant in themselves,
half the world can be set on fire and
plunged into distress and decimated.”
WEDDING WILL TAKE PLACE
AT 7 O’CLOCK P. M.
Rev. Mr. Cook Will Join Prominent
Young Couple at Their Fu
ture Home.
Mr. Steve Whitehead and Miss
Evelyn Hammerstein will be joined
in marriage this evening at 7 o’clock
by the Rev. Mr. Cook at the future
residence of the happy young couple.
Mr. Frank Cotter will be best man and
Miss Babe White will be bridesmaid.
After the wedding ceremony Mrs.
Martin, the mother of the bride, will
receive between the hours of 8 and
10.