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SLAUGHTERING BATTLE STILL CONTINUES, BUT
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THE GERMAN FRONT REMAINS SOLID AS A ROCK
HUN DEN BURG BEGINS AGAIN
THE ASSAULT ON RUSSIANS
CHEAT BATTLE RENEWED
PARIS, Sept. 28.—After a temporary lull yesterday'
on the western front the allied powers again have launch
ed their full strength against the Teutons in the effort to
drive them out of France and Flanders and the Olympian
struggle is now raging with limitless fury. The Germans
are battling bravery to hold their ground but are giving
wav vard bv vard to the most terrific onslaught in the
history of all wars. The French are being thrown for
ward in divisions against the enemy positions and the
bayonet is being used all along the line. According to the
news from the front our troops excel the Germans in this
mode of fighting and are mowing them down literally
with cold steel. The Teutons attempted to stay the rushes
by flooding the plains between the armies with clouds of
gases but a northerly wind came up and blew the fumes
away. The British are also progressing but under enorm
ous difficulties and against exceedingly strong defenses. In
some instances whole allied regiments and brigades have |
charged similar bodies of the enemy and the clashes have
been terrific as steel met steel. The allied forces have
captured seventy great field guns in the past two days
while for the past twenty-four hours the whole force of
artillery on both sides is belching forth a continuous hail j
of death. The losses on both sides have been truly appal- j
ling. Our charging lines have lost frightfully as they ap-1
proached the machine guns of the German trenches but at \
close quarters the enemy’s turn came for dying in thou
sands. As the news continues to come in it is seen that j
the allied offensive is still being maintained and is going!
forward with unabated fury. The field of battle is so
extensive and the forces engaged so tremenodus that the
giving of anything more than an outline of the conflict
would be impossible. Paris is in a state of feverish excite
ment pending the outcome of the great effort and the in
terest has been surpassed at no period since the com
mencement of the war.
HINDENBURG AGAIN STARTS
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—The German supply of am
munition has been replenished and Hindenburg has re
newed his attacks along the Dvina south of Riga. The
lull in the Teutonic offensive in that quarter is now known
to have been due to a lack of shells and other munitions
whose transportation becomes more difficult as the enemy
proceeds further from his own frontier. The big German
guns are again in action and bombarding the Russian
positions on the river but our troops are holding their
ground and the attacks have not yet had the slightest ef
fect. In one quarter yesterday we captured a thousand
Germans and gained some slight advantage of position.
No official communique has been received as to the condi
tion of affairs to the south where Mackensen was forced
to withdraw.
HILL COVERED WITH DEAD
PARIS, Sept. 28.—The official dispatches from the
front this afternoon state that the hill known as the
“Daughter of Death” is covered from the summit down
the slopes with the dead bodies of Germans. At this part
of the great field three hundred and eighteen batallions of
Teutons made a desperate charge last night up against
the allied guns and rank after rank fell as the others
poured on. The fighting was the bloodiest and the most
determined of the war. The Teutons ordered the charge
as a defiant counter offensive against the assaults of the
French and they moved forward in masses but failed
when their ranks were decimated. General Marchand,
the French hero of the Fashoda affair, was seriously
wounded in the battle there when a piece of shrapnel
struck him in the spine. His death is feared.
BERLIN SAYS ALLIES FAIL
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—The tremendous attacks of the
allied armies in full strength along the western line yester
day and last night have been repulsed with a horrible
slaughter but their offensive still continues and northern
France is yet trembling to the crash. According to the
official statement from the front this afternoon the allied
assaults continue unabated but the German front is stand
ing like a rock. The French and British have failed to
pierce our line at any point but with what is admitted to
be splendid courage they are still pouring their legions
forward to the death. The French have suffered partic
ularly heavy losses in the department of Champagne
where they tried old fashioned cavalry charges en masse.
Ten thousand cavalrymen are reported to have taken part
in one grand charge in that section but as they approach
ed our artillery and machine guns horses and men were
jumbled into one bloody and writhing mass. They still
came on with the splendid dash which we concede to
French troops but flesh and blood could stand no more and
they were repulsed and forced to flee in wild disorder.
The last reports show that the mighty conflict is still rag
ing but the German line remains unbroken.
Seward War Taxes
Cost Thousands
ESTIMATED ANNUAL EXPENSE
TO THIS CITY IS
$8,000.
That Seward city pays about eight
thousand dollars a year in direct war
taxes is a fact which has been ascer
tained by a citizen who has gone ratti
er carefully into the figures. These
tax'is arc independent of the ordinary
taxes and are the direct result of the
loss of revenues to the United States
government because of the loss of
business due to the war. Each bil
liard table, according to to E. Whit
temore, is taxed five dollars a year.
Each cigar store must pay at least
four dollars and eighty cents a year
and more according to the business j
transacted. An extra tax of ten cents
on each pint of champagne has been
levied, but this might not hurt so
badly as special taxes placed on soap,
tooth powder and various other
articles which most of us use when we
have time. Deeds, bills of lading and
varioas other things are taxed. A
Seward saloon pays extra taxes of
one hundred dollars a year. Ihe full
itemized statement has not yet been
made out but that the tax to the city
is about eight thousand annually is
known to be a fairly accurate esti
mate.
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FORTY ARE DEAD AND
TWO HUNDRED INJURED.
Explosion of Car of Gasoline Report
ed Yesterday Was Hor
rible Occurrence.
„ ARDMORE. Oklahoma. Sept. 28.—
Forty are now known to be dead and
two hundred seriously injured by the
explosion of the car of gasoline and
the resulting fires which were report
ed yesterday. The loss of property is
half a million. The accident was
caused by a spark which flew from
the hammer of a workman who was
engaged repairing an oil tank, tor
miles and miles around the explosion
was heard. Hospitals and pri\ ate
houses in the neighborhood are crowd
ed and the work of identification of
the dead is going on but very few are
recognizable. In some cases the
bodies have been reduced to masses of
burnt flesh and bone.
TRAIN KI NS INTO A
BAND OF WORKINGMEN.
PHOENIXVrLLE, Penna., Sept.
28.—A train from the Reading ran
into a band of workingmen near this
place yesterday and killed four of
them outright. Six others were seri
ously injured.
JACK LING REFUSES.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—D. C. Jack
ling has declined the offer of Mayor
Mitchell of New York to sit on the
committee to investigate the causes
of the caving in of the New York
streets. Jackling says he has import
ant business which demands his im
mediate attention.
COMING ON THE FARRAGUT.
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—The follow
ing first class passengers are on tti*
Farragut for Seward:
Frank Ennis, Thos. Sulby, Harry
Sulby, Ruth Sulby, Mrs. H. Sulby,
Geo. Irving and five steerage.
For Knik: S. Engle and wife, P.
Hills and wife, Mr. Sutherland, J.
Carver, N. Schman, A. Sconbeck. J.
Johnson, Mrs. J. Watts, Mrs. W. Os
borne, Thelma Meehan, Mrs. M. Mee
han, John Miller, Mrs. Osborne and
"hild.
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BOSTON, Sept. 28.—For the world
series games to be played in the
Braves’ ball park, the prices are fifty
cents for the bleachers, five dollars
for the box seats and two and three
dollars for the grand stand. The at
tendance is expected to be a record
one if the weather is anything like
favorable.
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❖ GILL WILL RETAIN *
❖ POLICE CHIEF LANG. ❖
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SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—Mayor Gill
has decided finally to retain Lang as
chief of police but he describes the
chief’s conduct as “indiscreet and
foolish.’’ The Mayor says, however,
that the chief “has learned a lesson”
that will do him good.
greaTstrike
AT GOLDFIELD
REPORTED DISCOVERY IS SAID
TO BE AS RICH AS THAT
OF THE OLD DAYS.
RENO, Sept. 28.—The greatest
excitement has been created all over
Nevada by the report that a strike as
rich as or richer than the strike of
the old days has been made in Gold
field. The discoverers are trying to
hide the real facts but from what can
be learned the discovery promises to
create a repetition of the mad stam
pede that marked the strike of some
years ago in the same locality. The
most extraordinary stories are going
about as to the richness of the strike
and some of the reports are to the
effect that millions are in sight almost
on the surface.
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❖ SEATTLE GIRL LOST *
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SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—Ruth Tanzer,
daughter of G. L. Tanzer, president
of the Western Smelting and Power
Company, has disappeared completely
and no trace can be found of her. She
went to the movies on Sunday night
and telephoned her mother while she
was on her way home to meet her,
but she has never been seen since.
PENITENTIARY
SUPT. KILLED
SHOT DEAD BY ESCAPED CON
VICT WHO GOT AWAY
FROM PURSUERS.
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 28.—Harry P.
Minto, superintendent of the peniten
tiary, was shot and killed by Ott
Hooker, an escaped convict, at mid
ninght last night near Albany. Hook
er later appeared in Albany and was
recognized by Marshal Benson who
tried to arrest him but the murderer
drew a gun and shot the marshal. He
has made his escape to the hills and
the time this is sent he has not been
caught. Benson is reported not to be
fatally shot or, at least, not to be in
any immediate danger.
TYRUS COBB GETS CANNED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—In the
game here yesterday Tyrus Cobb got
canned for roasting the umpire. Ty
stole third base while Bush occupied
it and got tagged when he attempted
to get back to second. This made
him angry and he opened up on the
umpire with the result that he was
put out of the game.
BULGARIA RECALLS CONSULS
SERBIAN MINISTER LEAVES
Another Worker is
Killed at Anchorage
Full Notes About Progress of the
Work in the New Rail
road City.
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 24.—As the
paper will not get out before the
Evans sails will send you a little news
via letter.
George Krazin, an Austrian, was
killed last week on Peter’s creek by a
tree falling on him. He was employ
ed by the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission. This is the third man killed
while in the employ of the Commis
sion. Burial here in the government
cemetery.
Work on the yards, shops, ware
houses, etc. continues. In a few days
steel will be started again towards
Matanuska and should reach the
Junction about the first of the year.
The dry docks are nearing completion
ami ready to receive the entire fleet of
the government as soon as the winter
arrives. It will care for all of the
barges as well as the launches, etc.
New buildings continue to go up in
the town proper and several very sub
stantial ones are under construction.
Also severel new residences arc being
built that are very much above the
average. Sidewalks arc now being
laid through the entire business dis
trict which covers 20 blocks on both
sides of the street, also a few walks
are being laid in some of the resi
dence districts. The streets have
been graveled and now have all the
car-marks of a regular city. The
new Municipal Building was complet
ed this week and is now occupied by
the Townsite Manager, Engineers and
general office force. The Federal
jail is under construction and should
be ready for use in about three weeks.
The post office has received two coats
of paint putting it in shape to enjoy
the name of one of the best buildings
in town.
The weather on Turnagain Arm for
the past ten days has been very stren
pus ami made navigation almost im
possible at times. Here though it
has been very good, the only thing
we have noticed in this port is a high
tide or two.
Several water front sites have been
leased lately and on some of them
substantial buildings and docks have
been errected.
The government purchased the
launch “Islander” a short time ago
and put it on tie run.
A gold strike Avas reported on
Lewis river the other day but guess
it is just one of those fake booms to
get a grub-stake.
EVANS ARRIVES.
The Evans arrived from the west
about noon today with sixty-five pas
sengers aboard bound for Seward
and other points, most having come
from Anchorage. On the list for Se
ward were E. C. Niles, Jos. Burke, B.
T. Watson, Wm. Aiken, C. Magnus
sen, Dr. Schaleben and three steerage.
Forty-six were aboard from Anchor
age for Seattle.
EVANS SAILS.
The Admiral Evans sailed for the
south at 2:15 this afternoon. Those
leaving on her whose names did not
appear in the list of yesterday s
Gateway are: E. R. Larson, J. k •
Warner, A. J. Bradford, G. A.
Gctchell, Crad Williams, Dr. Davies
and two steerage.
See Button’s ad. Tuesdays and Fri
days. Second hand goods, cash or
commission. ' 9-28-tf
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BULGARIA GETS READY
| BERLIN, Sept. 28.—The Serbian minister to Bul
| gar:'u has left for home on the pretext of ill health and the
! Bu'gavian government has withdrawn its consuls from
Macedonia. All this is taken to point to an early entry of
of tne Bulgars into the war against the allied powers. The
I Bulgarian army under arms at present is about three
I hundred thousand in number and is perfectly equipped.
| In the event of her entry it is assumed here that Bulgaria
! will first take possession of Serbian Macedonia and will
; detach some of her forces to aid the Turks around the
Dardanelles and so relieve the pressure on the latter and
enable them to reinforce their forces in Asia Minor. It is
•not expected that Roumania will attack Bulgaria as.she
would find herself between two hostile nations and in a
most serious predicament by being cut off almost from the
rest of the world.
RUSSIAN PRINCE KILLED
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—The Russian warships
bombarded and silenced the guns of the Germans in a
fortified position near the gulf of Riga on Sunday. I >ur
i ing the bombardment the German land batteries lcphed
and one shot that struck a Russian warship killed Prince
Wiasemika, the commander, Captain Zwinin and Iivi
other officers.
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PRINCE BORIS TO LEAD
SOFIA, Sept. 28.—Prince Boris has been appointed
head of all the armies of Bulgaria and General GekotV has
been appointed to assist General Kutinchoff die minister
of war. The government still denies that Bulgaria is
mobilizing for offensive purposes It is admitted that
large forces have been moved to the borders and that t. <.
forces on the Turkish frontier have been reduced but tins
is explained by the fact that Turkey and Bulgaria have
come to an agreement while Greece and Serbia and
Roumania have not made their intentions cleai.
WANT WEST BANKERS’ AID
CHICAGO, Sept. 28—The European loan commis
sioners have arrived here for the purpose of trying to in
terest western bankers in the proposed loan to the* alln u
nations. The bankers of the west have shown a remai li
able lukewarmness about the loan from the beginning and
to their opposition is due its partial failuie. > '
American influences are blamed in a great measuie. *
commSers are heavily guarded by swarms o£ de
tectives to prevent attacks on their li\es. __
WILMINGTON ARRIVES HERE
WITH TEN DUMP CARS.
The freighter Wilmington, Captain
John Ramseylius, arrived this morn
ing at 9:10 from the Panama Canal
with 650 tons of railroad material for
this place. The shipment is made up
entirely of dump cars, ten in number,
The Wilmington is one of the lat
est built steamers of the Nelson Com
pany of San Francisco. She left the ,
Panama Canal in the evening of Sept,
first and coaled at San Pedro, Calif.,
and at Astoria, Ore. leaving the la«Hr
place for this city 5 o’clock in the
evening of the twenty-first, thus mak
ing the trip up here in less than a
week from Astoria.
From here the Wilmington will sail
for Anchorage and unload 1500 tons
of railroad material. The shipment
for Anchorage consists in main part
of 15 flat cars, and 4 boilers for
machineshops and steam engines.
After leaving Anchorage the Wil
mington will sail for Cordova and
Tokeen, taking aboard at those places
some freight for the south bound
voyage.
Of the four weeks of traveling from
the canal Captain Ramseylius says
that the worst part was between
Astoria, Oregon and this place, in
fact the worst day was last Saturday.
On this day the ship rolled consider
ably and tossed things around in fine
shape, and a loose beam swung and
struck the Captain’s left hand, in
juring it slightly.
Crad Williams, of the Seward Grill,
left on the Admiral Evans this after
noon for a trip to the states. He will
return to Seward about the first of
the year.
blue and grey mix.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—The
forty-ninth annual encampment of the
Grand Army, beginning today,
brought Blue and Grey together in as
sociation as comrades. The Confed
erate veterans came on special invita
tion. “The thin blue line” will re
trace the steps of fifty years ago to
morrow.
NELSON WOULD FIGHT WELSH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.—Bat
tling Nelson has posted a check of
ten thousand to fight Welsh to a
finish.
TRIED TO KILL MURDERER.
CHICAGO, Sept. 28.—John Copper
smith attempted today to kill Lawr
ence Pethink with a knife in the
courtroom after the latter had been
sentenced to life imprisonment for
the murder of Coppersmith’s wife and
baby. Pethink is only nineteen
years of age. Guards saved him.
ROLPH FAVORITE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.—The
mayoral primary election is on today.
Rolph is the favorite over Schmidt by
heavy odds.
MRS. CABOT LODGE DEAD.
BOSTON, Sept. 28.—Mrs. Henry
Cabot Lodge died here today of heart
disease.
Miss Sylvia Sexton returned from
a trip out to the Blue Bell mine, on
the car yesterday afternoon. She
says the vreather out there is fine and
I the porcupines plentiful. •