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LOCKLD YET IN BLOODY FIGHT
GERMANS HOLD STRONG POSITIONS DOGGEDLY
6,000 MEN FALL BLEEDING DAILY IN FRANCE
WILSON ASKS PEACE
BEL POWERS SAY NO
BRITISH WANT WAR TO THE END
LONDON, Sept. 18.—'The people of this country gen
erally resent ull talk about peace until Germany is forced
to her knees. They declare that militarism mast be crush
ed first. The rumors of efforts to bring about peace prob
ably arose from the proposals made to the German em
peror by the president of the United States. The people
of lx)ndon seem to feel that peace at present is impossible
as under the conditions now prevailing it could only mean
that the same old race to increase armaments would con
tinue and that all the great nations cannot keep up the
fight for military, naval and commercial supremacy. That
the power of the German empire must be crushed for the
benefit and peace of the rest of Europe seems to be the
general opinion and the war will be carried on with that
end in view.
NO PEACE IN SIGHT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—President Wilson an
nounces that he sees no prospect of peace in Europe re
flected in the unofficial exchanges which the American
ambassadors have been conducting with Germany, Eng
land, France and Russia. Until something more tangible
comes from some of the belligerents the president feels
that his hands are tied and that he can take no turthei
steps to put an end to the frightful slaughter that is steep
ing the continent of Europe in blood. The German am
bassador to this country stated today that there is abso
lutely no possibility of peace while the allies continue to
talk of crushing or dismembering Germany.
REFUSES TO SEE GERMAN-AMERICANS
The president has declined to receive a deputation ol
representatives of the German-American organizations
who wish to protest against the statements made by the
allies as to alleged German atrocities. The president
gives as his reason for refusing to see them that toreign
ers living in America should observe American neutrality
and not take sides in the present conflict.
BATTLE STILL INDECISIVE
LONDON, Sept. 18.—A great artillery battle is now
raging along the banks of the river Aisne but the struggle
is still indecisive and no one can yet tell the outcome. Time
after time both sides send in their cavalry and infantry
under the cover of the tremendous batteries but on no oc
casion has either gained the slightest advantage. The
country occupied by the Germans is ideal for defense and
the task of dislodging them w ill be simply tremendous. So
strong is the position and so determinedly are the Ger
mans fighting that it is now believed that they w ill be able
to delay the advance of the allies into German territory
for a very long time. Hardly one change could be noted
this morning in the relative positions of the opposing
armies. Most of the fighting today is being carried on
with artillery. The German generals evidently had stud
ied the ground before they began their retreat and in fall
ing back they, no doubt, knew exactly what a formidable
position they could take up. Their armies are still solid
in spite of the retreating and is still capable of enormous
resistance.
GERMANS LOSE 3,200 DAILY
LONDON, Sept. 18.—The German losses in France
have been estimated at thirty-two hundred men daily for
the past fortnight. They are said to have lost more than
forty-four thousand men since September 4 and the car
nage now is just as bad as it was before if not worse. The
losses of the allies have also been tremendous but the fig
ures are not given. All the government seem to be desir
ous particularly of exposing the facts relating to the loss
of life as they might have a serious effect on the nations
involved.
GERMANS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED
BORDEAUX, Sept. 18.—The Germans have erected
such elaborate entrenchments that the allies have advanc
ed very slowly. The task before the British and French
troops to dislodge the Germans from their present posi
tions is recognized frankly as a stupendous one but there
- is no doubt that the ultimate result of the present fighting
w'ill be that the Germans w ill be compelled to retreat into
German soil. The government of France is still being car
ried on here but it is likely that when the Germans are
forced from the country around the Aisne President Poin
care and his cabinet will return to Paris. At the present,
however, it is regarded as possible that the fortunes of
war may cause Paris to be once more threatened although
4Ms is regarded as not only a remote contingency but an
ibelievable one.
IRISH HOME RIJEE IS WON
AND PARLIAMENT PROROGUES
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CROSSLEY JOB
»VELL KNOWN DEMOCRATIC AT
TORNEY OF FAIRBANKS WILL
BE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Rhein
hart B. Roth of Fairbanks has been
nominated by President Wilson for
the position of district attorney of
*he fourth judicial division of Alaska,
it is not expected here that much op
position will be offered to the appoint
ment outside of the usual objections
presented against all appointments.
Roth is a democrat who was a dele
gate to the recent convention of the
Alaska democrats. He was formerl}
allied with the Harrais forces but is
iaid to have thoroughly repented. The
appointment is regarded here as a
proof that the president intends in
future to appoint Alaskans to fedora1
positions in the territory and so be
in accord with the wishes of the
aorthem people.
Roth takes the place of J. J. Cross
ley who has been federal attorney
since the republicans were in power.
Mrs. DeHoff will leave on the Mari
posa for the outside.
WAR WILL NOT
STOP RAILROAD
COMMISSION MEARS SAYS TWO
THOUSAND MEN PROBABLY
WORKING NEXT YEAR
Fairbanks—Probably as encourag
ing words for the merchants and bus
iness men of Fairbanks as any that
have been heard here in months were
those uttered yesterday by Lieut.
Mears, when he estimated that in the
summer of 1915, there would be at
least 2,000 men working on the con
struction of the Interior end of the
Alaska railroad.
Regarding the bearing of the pres
ent war on the railroad bill, Lieut.
Mears stated that he did not think it
would effect it in any way. The en
gineering commission expects to have
its report in the hands of the secre
tary’ of the interior shortly after the
first of the year and within a very few
weeks afterwards it will be up before
congress for consideration.
W. H. CHASE CANDIDATE
FOR THE LOCAL SENATE
That W. H. Chase of Cordova is a
candidate for the territorial senate is
made evident by the following tele
gram sent by him to the Gateway this
afternoon.
Cordova, Sept. 18.—I have accepted
the nomination for senator of the
Wickersham club of Cordova.—^W. H.
Chase.
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King George the Fifth signed the
Irish Home Rule bill today and so
there went on the statute books of
the British Empire the law that will
draw the Irish and the British peo
ples close together after centuries of
bitter animosity. Immediately after
it became known that the bill had |
been signed by the king the Prime
Minister prorogued parliament until
Oct. 27 and there ensued one of the
most impressive and thrilling sights
ever witnessed in the history of the
British house of commons.
All the members rose in their
places as they were about to disperse
while the great war is raging and as
one man they sang “God Save the
King”. Then came rounds and rounds
of deafening cheers for the army that
is battling in France and for the em
pire that is united as it never was
before in all its long history.
The war is said not to have had
anything to do with the hastening of
the Home Rule measure. Prime Min
GO TO CROSS
THE ANTARCTIC
SHACKLETON LEAVES ON AN
OTHER GREAT VOYAGE
OF DISCOVERY
LONDON, Sept. 18.—Shackleton,
the man who almost discovered the
south pole before Amundsen, has
started out once more in the effort to
cross the Antarctic ocean from sloe
to side. The expedition left this city
in two parts, one of which will go by
way of South America and the other
by New Zealand. It is the hope of
Shackleton to reach the pole and to
continue northwards until he comes
out on the other side. It is expectea !
that this expedition will clear up for
ever the question as to whether great
bodies of land exist in the antarctic
regions.
MARIPOSA AT VALDEZ TONIGHT
The Mariposa is due to arrive at
Valdez about 8 o’clock tonight.
HEARING ON COAL CASE
HERE CONCLUDED
All the Evidence in the Girdwood Case
Has Also Been Presented
The coal land csae hearings have
been concluded in Seward and will
now be continued at Katalla. The
hearing of the Girdwood homestead
case has also been concluded and will
go to the general land office for fur
ther action.
JUDGE JOHN LYONS OUT
. FOR ELECTION TO HOUSE
Ingrain Will Also Be a Candidate and
Otheraf Besides
VALDEZ, Sept. 17.—Judge John
Lyons has announced his candidacy
for the lower house in the territorial
legislature. Representative Ingram
will also run, and it is now believed
that several other candidates will ap
pear from this time forward.
George Goshaw is making a run
for the place that will surely land
him.
JAP CkUISER FOR FRISCO
TOKIO, Sept. 17.—1The firstclass
armoured cruiser Tsukuba has been
selected to take part in the opening
of the Panama canal instead of the
cruiser Chikuma. .The Tsukuba with
the cruiser Ibuke will sail for Hamp
ton Roads about the middle of Octo
ber, going by the Suez canal and the
Atlantic ocean. The Tsukuba is a
much larger ship than the Chikuma
being almost 14,000 tons in displace
ment and having a speed of 21 knots.
She was built in 1905 and carried a
main armament of twelve six-inch
guns. Rear Admiral Isamu Takeshita
will be the commander of the squad
ron.
ister Asquith and all the members of
the cabinet had sworn long before the
war to make the measure law no mat
ter what the consequences might be.
When the prime minister some days
ago announced that the bill would be
brought up for final passage in spite
of the worry ami the trouble brought
on b> thj war Arthur Balfour, for
merly conservative prime miniatcr
and the greatest foe of Irish Home
Rule, declared that the liberal govern
ment would take a step that would
still plunge the country into civil war.
He was howled down from all parts of
the house and reminded that the Irish
themselves have offered to defend the
coast from any foreign invasion. So
the bill came on and today it was
made a law forever when the king
affixed his signature to it. Ireland is
said to be gone wild with delight that
the bill which had been threatened
with defeat has at last gone on the
statute books and an Irish parliament
established in Dublin.
FUNSTON READY
TO EVACUATE
WILL PROBABLY TURN OVER
VERA CRUZ TO GEN.
. AGUILAR
VERA CRUZ, Sept. 18.—General
Funston is now getting ready to eva
cuate Vera Cruz. He will probably
turn over the city to General Aguilar
who is now stationed outside the
American lines with three thousand
Mexican troops. The Americans have
begun to return to the residents of
the city the fire arms taken from
them when the Americans entered the
city last April and a most friendly
feeling seems to exist between the
United States authorities and the
Mexicans. Immediately on the evacu
ation the troops of General Aguilar
will probably march in.
PASSENGERS ON DIRIGO
The following are the passengers
going west on the Dirigo: C. Lauret
ben, H. Lauretzen, A. H. Bradford,
Geo. Haley, Mrs. Haley, Dave Dunbar,
C. C. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas.
A. H BRADFORD
IS CANDIDATE
POPULAR YOUNG ENGINEER
WILL RUN FOR LEGISLATURE
AS A DEMOCRAT
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Alexander H. Bradford announced
himself today as candidate for the
territorial house as a democrat. He is
a young engineer by profession and is
well known in Seward to be a clean,
bright and straightforward man. He
has lived in the territory for 8 years
and is a strong supporter of the ef
forts to open the coal fields while he
is just as strongly opposed to the
principle of conservation as applied to
Alaska. He warmly endorses Presi
dent Wilson and all his policies and as
a supporter of the democratic admin
istration and a democrat in every way
he will go before the electors. He
left for the west today on the Dirigo
on a business trip.
GENERAL LAND LEASING
BILL UP IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The
general land leasing bill is now being
debated in the house and the result
will probably soon be known. It may
in some ways touch on the province
of the Alaska coal land leasing bill
but not materially.
In the senate a filibustering cam
paign is being carried on in connec
tion with the river and harbors bill.
BEST ALASKA QUARTZ
COUNTRY SAVS HONAN
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OFFICIALS HERE FOR
PRIBILOFF ISLANDS
I Man Who Spent Nine Years in Jap
anese N'a\al Academy does Up
As Teacher
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Two officials for tho PribilofT Isl
ands are passengers on the Dirigo to
take up duties under the United
States government. One is George
Haley who is going as teacher for the
natives. He spent nine years in the
Japanese Annapolis and speaks the
Japanese language fluently. For this
reason he was selected while he was
teaching zoology in a western uni
versity. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Haley.
C. C. Thomas is also going on the
Dirigo to take up a position as wire
less operator on St. Paul Island.
VILLA FRIEND
OF CARRANZA
TELEGRAPHS PRESIDENT WIL
SON NO FRICTION BETWEEN
HIM AND OTHER LEADERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson has received a telegram
from General Villa stating that there
is no friction whatever between him
and the other Constitutionalist lead
ers and that all stories published to
the effect that he is inimical in any
respect to Carranza are founded on
falsity. It is assumed here that the
telegram was sent by the Mexican
general so that no hitch might occur
in the intention of moving the Ameri
can troops from Vera Cruz. The prob
ability is that in spite of objections
to taking the troops home the order
for the removal of them from Mexi
can soil will be carried out.
TICKET PRINTED WAS
NOT AN OFFICIAL ONE
Secretary of Divisional Committee
Says Democrats Have Nomi
nated Only Two
The following letter was received
this morning showing the position of
local democrats:
Seward, Ala., Sept. 18, 1014.
Seward Gateway:—
Please give equal prominence in
your paper to the following, as that
given to your statement in the issue
of the 16th under the heading: “Local
Democrats Get Out Their Ticket”.
At Cordova, on the 10th instant, the
Democratic Divisional convention se
lected Thomas C. Price of Cordova to
be the party nominee for the senate
and Thomas Holland of Chitna for
representative.
The three remaining positions for
representative were not filled as it is
expected that candidates for said po
sitions will be nominated by other
parties, or Independents.
The ticket referred to by you was
a private order and so far as the rep
resentatives are concerned contains
the name of but one candidate nomi
nated by the Democrats—the only
one—that of Thomas Holland.
Respectfully,
GEO. PHELPS,
Secty. of the Divisional Committee.
MOOSE MEETING TAKES
PLACE THIS EVENING
The regular meeting of the Seward
Lodge Loyal Order of Moose of the
world will take place this evening at 8
o’clock sharp. These meetings have
now become the source of very pleas
ant times for the members and before
the winter comes there will probably
be made arrangements by which the
lodge men will have a fine place in
which to pass the time, especially in
the evenings. The organization all
over Alaska is now following in the
footsteps of the Moose outside—that
is it is becoming the greatest of all
organizations wherever it exists.
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That the district around Seward,
which includes Knik, Willow Creek
etc., is the test quartz country in all
Alaska is the statement made this
morning without any hesitation by
John Ronan, one of the most promi
nent mining men in Alaska as well as
one of the most prominent In the poli
tics of the territory. Mr. Ronan has
mined in the great quartz states out
side all his life and has been one of
the most successful mining men in
the interior of Alaska. He has spent
several months now prospecting all
over this district in every* part of it
and has come to the conclusion that
no other mining field he knows of any
where comes near this. He will leave
tomorrow* for the Moose I’ass district.
“If I did not think this to be a great
mining country I wouldn’t be here,’’
he said.
In the political way Mr. Ronan says
that he wrote to the democratic con
vention and to the leaders of the par
ty in Fairbanks stating that he will
be ur.able to give his time at present
to the work as democratic committee
man and he believes that on this ac
count some one else has been select
ed. In the accounts of the different
conventions, how’ever, no change has
been published and Mr. Ronan is still
probably kept in the place against his
wishes although this is not sure.
SLUMS OF WASHINGTON
WILL BE ELIMINATED
Congress Fulfills the Wishes of Mrs.
Wilson, Late Wife of the
President
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The
senate today passed the house bill
eliminating the slums from this city.
This measure was introduced to ful
fill the wishes of the late Mrs. Wilson,
the wife of the president.
OREGONIAN BOOSTS
SEWARD GATEWAY
The following is taken from the
Portland Oregonian of August 31:
The Seward (Alaska) Gateway,
published by Bernard M. Stone, now
gives its readers a full A. P. service,
so that they will have all the news of
the world to worry about, besides
what happens in Seward. The Craw
fish congratulates Melville Stone, of
the A. P., in hooking up with “Bernie"
Stone, whose presence in Seward as
sures that city of being the livest spot
in the Northland.
PROGRESSIVES
NOW DEMOCRATS
ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGNS FOR
DEMOCRATS AND UNION
MAY COME
BURLINGTON, Sept. 17.—The pro
gressives are now discussing the ques
tion of a coalition with the democrats
on the state tickets and the chances
are very good that a regular union of
the two parties will be formed here
to defeat the republicans. The pro
gressives now pretty well know that
they cannot hope to stand alone so
that another party will probably arise
should the democrats permit the pro
gressives to join them on equal terms.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17.—The
progressives of this state have en
dorsed Vamce McCormick, the demo
cratic candidate for governor. Theo
dore Roosevelt and other progressive
leaders will campaign for McCormick
so that the extraordinary sight of a
once republican president of the
United States speaking against the
candidate of the party to which the
present president belongs will be
witnessed.
It is thought in some political cir
cles that a thorough union between
the two parties is now promised but
many think that the democrats will
consent to no union in which the old
time democrats will not predominate,
unless it might be in state elections or
local ones. M