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FIVE GERMANS ARE SUNK AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE
Gormans . Ittacking II ith
In l nprecedented Fury
—L A T E S T—
KONIBSBKRK INVESTED
ST. PETERSBCRE, Aug. 29.—The Russians have now
invested the Berman fortress ot konigsberg in East Prus
sia and the Berman garrison has been completely shut in.
No Berman army interfered with the Russian operations
so that the work of investment was carried on without
much difficulty and this is regarded as a tact ot extraor
dinary chance.
The Russians know that the reduction of the fortress
would he a matter ot extreme diiliculty it it was attempt
ed by open attack hut the chances are that the garrison
will be starved out it possible.
SILENCE HANES OVER OPERATIONS
EON DON, Aug. The most absolute silence is now
reigning over the operations near Northern trance and
not a word of real news has been heard from that quarter
since \\ ednesday. In some quarters this is taken to mean
that the Berman troops have become exhausted and the
generals have tound it necessary ot slow up in their
operations m> that the men might become rested. This
would mean that the forward march has been interrupt
ed hut the opinion is only an opinion, however, and there
may he other reasons tor the silence. It is regarded as
strange that the secretary ot state tor war, Lord Kit
chener, has received no news. If he has he has kept it strict
lv to himself. But the aw till veil of silence continues since
Wednesday when a quarter of a million of Bermans tried
to hack their way through the British lines hut were held
at bay by half that number.
.MOKE OPINIONS
Other people think that the decisive battle is still pro
gressing between the Germans and the allies and that
Germany has In no means beaten down opposition in that
part of the field of operations.
Never has a more remarkable state of things existed.
A few hours journey from England the greatest military
operations in history are proceeding and. although the
means of communication between human beings were
never so perfect, there is not a word known here.
The government declares that it is hiding nothing and
it further states that if disaster has occurred it knows
nothing about it. All the armies have refused war cor
respondents the privilege of accompanying them and the
only source of news is the government press bureau. It
is thought that news is being purposely withheld.
DETAILS OF NAVAL BATTLE
LONDON. Aug. 29.—The details of the naval battle
which was fought near Heligoland are now coming out
and it shows that the battle was sharp and terrible. All
the German cruisers participating were sunk as well as
two of the German destroyers. Many others of the tier
man ships were damaged while no serious damage was in
flicted on the British vessels.
The casualties on the British side were also few ac
cording to the information given out and the whole affair
is regarded as a brilliant \ ictory for the navy in this
country. The battle lasted eight hours during which the
guns of the opposing fleets made a continued roar. The
maneuvering on hoth sides was perfect and the ships
stood up to each other in perfect shape. The gunnery on
the Britishers seemed to he better. No information is
forthcoming as to the number of ships engaged on either
side but this will probably be known later.
ITALY MAY JOIN ALLIES
GENEVA. Switzerland. Aug. 29.—The Italians in
Switzerland have been summoned home to Italy to join the
Italian colors and the Italian fleet is reported to be concen
trating at an Adriatic port with the intention of joining
the British and French squadrons somewhere near
Trieste.
That Italy cannot keep out of the war is now regard
ed as certain and most people are waiting now to hear her
entering some complaint against Germany or Austria as
an excuse for joining their enemies.
Victory for Germany and Austria, it is generally be
lieved, would be followed by an attack on Italy for refusal
to maintain the triple alliance and Italy’s only hope is to
add her strength to the allies for the defeat of Germany.
\LL BKI il \ I NOW THAT
SEWARD IS THE PLAC E
—
Cordova People Particularly Regard
l lii.s as the Only Spot I or
Railroad Terminal
i
That Cordova and the other places
along the coast now have come to the
conclusion that Seward is the only
place for the government railroad ter
minal is the news brought back by Ed
Whittemore who returned last night
after a visit of several days to those
places. He says that there has been
a complete change of sentiment where
Seward had not been the favorite pre
viously and that now it is all Seward
Mr. Whittemore also says that the
Cordova Commercial club is spending
over three hundred dollars a month in
advertising the city and district an l
that the least given per month by any
member of the organization for that
purpose is five dollars.
KNIK WANTS LAND
OFFICE AT SEWARD
Knik, Ala., Aug. 24.—At the meet
ing of th** Knik Commercial club held
last night a petition was tiled with
the t’nited States land office request
ing that the office for this division be
located at Seward, instead of Valdez,
as it would entail a less expense upo*.
people visiting the office from this
section. It was also decided to clear
the cemetery grounds of all brush
and make a park of it. The club has
a substantial membership and its
mgs are well attended.
KNIK PEOPLE ALIVE
KNIK. Aug. 24.—The Knik Com
mercial club has ordered printed sev
eral thousand circulars setting forth
the advantages of travel on the Sew
ird Iditarod winter trail, and will
mail them to interior points in
Alaska.
FAIRBANKS TO
SHOW PRODUCTS
INDIAN CHIEF OF SALEHAKET,
WELL KNOWN, BELIEVED TO
HAVE PERISHED
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 29.—All prep
arations have been made for the hold
ing of the agricultural show in this
city on September 6, 7 and 8. The
show will be a fine one and the city
will be in gala attire for the occasion.
Chief Jarvis, a well-known Salcha
ket Indian, is missing and it is re
garded as almost a certainty that he
is dead. He had gone for a hunting
trip and disappeared completely.
Colonel Richardson succeeded in
reaching the Tanana river in an au
tomobile but encountered bad roads
and was delayed. He is due here to
morrow.
Bob Sheldon made the trip fron
Chitina in an automobile and arrived
here yesterday. He says the roads
are very bad at present.
The court has returned from Ruby
where it has been in session for some
time.
FIRST CALF BORN
KNIK, Aug. 24.—Captain Axel 01
sen, a rancher at thcr mouth of the
Matanuska river, is the proud owner
of the first calf born in the section
of the country. Olsen has five milk
cows which he will keep in Knik for
the present. He is selling milk at 15
cents a quart.
See us before sending outside f>r
i your job printing.
ROBS SPOKANE
BANK AT NOON
LONE HIGHWAYMAN LOCKS IT!
CASHIER AND ESCAPES
WITH $1000 CASH
SPOKANE, Aug. 2^.—The State
Hank of Spokane was robbed today in
the bright light of the noontide by aj
lone highwayman who succeeded in j
getting clear away with one thousand
dollars in cash.
The bank is situated in the heart of
the city but the highwayman, with ex
traordinary nerve, entered the build
ing and succeeded in locking up the
only member of the stall’ present,
Hale, the assistant cashier.
He then cooly secured one thousand
dollars in cash and made his getaway
before anyone knew what had occur
red.
w. HESSE GETS
SOME FINE PI(TFKE>
Word arrived last night that Wil
liam Hesse has received some fine
moving pictures in the west of bear
and moose. .). C. Toiman. who went
west with Mr. Hesse,-says the latter
has been very successful in his work'.
BE\R < Vl’GHT l\ FISH
TRAP AT WEST POINT
That a big brown bear was recently
caught in a fish trap at West Point is
the strange story brought to the city
by J. C. Tolman who returned last
night with his sons, (’hot and Crit.
Mr. Tolman says that there are lots
of moose down the Kenai river and
lots of bear on the Alaska peninsula
this year. The bear that got caught
in the trap was shot by the owners of
the trap, Berg and Wick. He was
tearing the whole thing to pieces. Mr
Tolman says that everything that
could not fly has been caught in that
same trap. Even seals have fallen
victims to it.
I. \RC.E NEMBER OF
MEMBERS JOIN MOOSE
Podge Has Now the Number Requir
ed for Securing a Charter
More than twenty new members
joined the Seward Moose lodge last
night and the lodge has now secured
enough members to obtain a charter
although only a few weeks have
elapsed since the institution of the
lodge. The meeting last night proved
that ‘he lodge is going to be a grea*
one. It is now on a magnificent foot
ing and later it will beat everything
of its kind in this part of Alaska.
M \C. \ZINE MEN TO
WRITE IT SEWARD
M. J. Burns, artist, and J. J. Un
derwood, author, are now in Seward
as representatives of Harpers and
will remain here securing materia’
for a series of illustrated articles for
that publication. They arrived on tin
Evans last night after a trip in other
sections and will go out on the next
boat. Mr. Burns is one of the promi
nent magazine illustrators of the
United States and Mr. Underwood is
the author of the noted book, “Alas
i an Empire in the Making”, and.
also, ihe Alaska editor of the Seattle
Daily Times.
The Jualin mine, owned by Belgian
capital, has been closed dowp by the
war according to A. Shvman of Seat
tle who arrived last night. The mine
is situated between Skagway and Ju
neau. Mr. Shyman says the mild cur
ing camps in Alaska are also closed
down as the only market for the pro
duct is Germany. About three thou
sand trollers are out of employment j
(tn that account.
M. Jerry, an oldtimer, has returned
from Seattle and is glad to get back.
He intends to establish a business
here.
The Austrians Attack in
Poland, But Are Defeated
Rl’NNELL PAYS FLYING
VISIT TO SEWARD
Democratic Candidate Arrives on
Northwestern Hut Went Away
On Her Again
Charles Bunnell, the democratic
candidate for congress, arrived on the
Northwestern last night but went
away on her again.
He is bound for Chitina where he
is to be met in a few days by somr
one with whom he will go to Fair-!
banks. Owing to the fact that he
would have had to remain here for j
several days before the coming of an- j
other boat he considered ti advisable
to proceed on his journey.
HERSHEY MAKES A
SPLENDID CLEANUP ,
HOPE, Ala., Aug. 22.—John Her- j
shey made a cleanup on his property |
on Palmer creek yesterday. He has a j
•ne-stamp mill in operation and alter
running two tons of ore through the
mill cleaned up a little over 20 ounces
without cleaning his mortar. This is
the first run of the mill and it has
caused quite a little excitement
imong prospectors. Hershey has 1150
tons of ore blocked out, all of which
he believes is very near as rich as
that that he run on.
Win. Taylor and Sam Dunlap have
uncovered a ledge of 2000 feet on
Hear creek, and tunneled in on sam\.
.*>0 feet and report from 3 to 4 feet
of lead which assays over $70.
INCREASES LIMIT OF
POSTAL ACCOUNTS
W AS H1 N< IT ON, Aug. 28.—Con
gress has passed a bill increasing the
limit of individual postal savings ac
counts to one thousand dollars and
the interest accruing from that
amount.
ACCUSED OF
ALASKA MURDER
MAN ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS ON
SUSPICION OF KILLING
MIXON
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—MT. R. Rog
ers has been arrested o;» the charge of
killing VVixon at Glacier creek, Alas
ka, and he has now been brought here
from Libertyville, Illinois, and will
probably' be taken to the north to
stand trial. The body of Wixon was
found in the hills, it is said, last May
where the two men had been prospect
ing. The chase for Rogers has been
going on ever since.
PASSENGERS ON EVANS
The following left for Seattle on
the Evans last nipfht: Mrs. Ander
son, Miss G. Anderson, John E. Bal
laine, VVm. Tecklenberp, T. M. Hunt,
Miss E. Sauers, Miss Florence Bal
laine, E. R Ramsey, Frank Sellers,
D. Greemvalt, M. Grenville, J. M.
Ross, C. McGratt, C. Osterlund, J.
Desjardins.
Arrive in city
The following are amonp the re
cent arrivals in the city: Wm. Kaiser
of Mile 18, A. Ericson from Mile 24,
Andy Simons from Mile 18, S. C. Tic
len and Mrs. Ticlen from Knik, F. E.
Whelpley. H. L. Lauritzen and son
of Unpra have returned from San
Francisco. Mr. Lauritzen has lived in
Unpa for ten years continuously and
was a particular friend of Captian
Moore.
AUSTRIANS DEFEATED
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 29.—The Austrians have
been defeated in a tierce battle with the Russian left Hank
in Russian Poland. The Austrian army crossed the Aus
tro-Polish frontier opposite Tarnow with the intention of
turning the Russian left Hank for the purpose of relieving
the Russian pressure on the Germans in East Prussia.
The Austrians are now retreating back towards Austrian
territory after very serious losses. The Russian foot reg
iments captured the colors ol the Eleventh Hungarian Re
serves and the Hungarians were almost annihilated. All
the news coming from the front is most favorable to Rus
sian arms and the rejoicings in this city continue night
and day.
MANY GERMANS KILLED
PARIS, Aug. 29.—The French found twenty-live hun
dred dead Germans before Nancy after the lighting which
took place there some time ago and the number of dead
Germans found before \ irtr.mont was lour thousand li\c
hundred. This is only one more evidence of the awful
slaughter which the Germans are subjected to by their
headlong charges against well entrenched positions. In
all the battles, it is said, the Germans have lost more than
their opponents. They continue their charges in close or
der notwithstanding the frightful experiences they have
passed through. The generals seem to believe that this is
the most effective method of crushing opposition in spite
of the loss of life attending it.
G ERM A N - AUSTRIA N S CROSS RHINE
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 29.—Three German army
corps and two Austrian army corps have crossed the
river Rhine going westward and are accompanied witi.
heavy siege guns. That they are moving on some of toe
French fortresses near the German border is almost cer
tain with the intention of proceeding westward through
France towards Paris and so co-operating with the Ger
man armies which are about to descend on the about to
descend on the French capital Irom the north. In
the east of France several powerful fortifications have
been erected since the Franco-Prussian war and are now
a serious obstruction to the German and Austrian ad
vance from the east. The French are known to be poster
around these fortifications in great force and the most
stubborn opposition to the invaders is looked for in that
quarter. It is regarded as somewhat strange that the
Austrians considers it wise to dispatch so large a force to
the French frontier while the Russians are threatening
Galicia.
HAS KONIGSBERG FALLEN
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 29.—Reports are circulating
that the city of Konigsberg in Eastern Prussia has fallen
before the attack of the Russians. Should this be the
truth it would mean a very severe blow to the Germans
as Konigsberg is a strongly fortified seaport of the Ger
man empire on Danzig Bay. It has been described as one
of the most important fortifications in that part of Prus
sia as well as a most important city.
The East Prussian city of Allenstein has been taken by
the Russians after three days of the most stubborn fight
ing. The Germans lost heavily during the battle and are
now retreating before the victorious soldiers of the czar.
GERMANS RUSH TO EAST
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 29.—Railroad traflic of the or
dinary kind has been virtually suspended all over Ger
many as all the railroads are now being used by the gov
ernment to rush troops from the west front to re-inforce
the western troops which are now so hard pressed by the
Russians. Every German liable to military service has
now been called to the colors so that a large force can be
dispatched to the westward without endangering the Ger
man position in French territory. It is supposed all over
Europe that the Germans are now making one grand
effort to smash the organization of the allies near the
Belgian border so that they might be able to present a
stronger front to the Russian hosts. The most awful
fighting is sure to come soon in East Prussia and only
when the Germans oppose the Russians in great force will
the war really have reached the crucial point.