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NEW YORK . Sept. 12— The Associated Pi ess in the
summary this afternoon says that the new offensive of
the Americans and French on a twenty mile front is evi
(ieiuh aimed to eliminate the famous St. Mihiel salient
which has projected into the allied line southwest of \ ei
• dun over four tears. Probable Metz, the Herman citad*. I
is the objective. Metz is fifteen miles northeast from the
easterly edge of this salient.
ill NS ARE TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
BULLETIN,— 0- P.M. WITH THE AMERICANS,
Sept., 12— The Herman are retiring o.i each side of the
salient though undoubtedly suspicious of the American's
intentions as to attack. The Germans are unaware of the
direction of attack. The Americans are intensely eager
and fighting magnificently. j
ATTACK ON LORRAINE FRONT.
WITH THE AMERICANS, LORRAINE FRONT,
Sept.. 12— The French and Americans have attacked the
tier mar.s on both sines of the St. Mihiel salient preceded
by a four hour barrage. The two forces attacked at first
over a twelve mile front on the southern side of the sal
ient and eight miles on the western side.
The weather is fine and the attack was daring and so
• far most successful. A great concentration of Franco
American infantry and artillery was perfected two day.-,
ago. Entente aeroplanes are operating with the land for
i i i , v mviiOY ^ 12 The French troops have reached the
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outskirts oi St. Mihicl. I he Amen
-7:^0 1*. M.- -The Americans advnnc- c;in. attacked on an eleven mile f eat
ii,g in Lorraine have captured the from Leyenhny to Xrivay and made
town* of Thiacourt, Pannes am! Non* the greatest advance, a depth of five
sard, north of St. M.ihiel. The Aweri- miles, at Thiacourt which was enptur*
cans are also imported to have cap ur- ed early in the drive. I iom Hi?
cd ,'omhre, and holding that place, court the battle line runs to the south
Hie Yankees are also reported to-i of Moillorville, then to Pannes ntri
night to hove reached the western out i NonnaHouiogaruuntu .amLjioi tl
skirts of I>on Martin and Lamontrsruc : of Mont sec.
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cos. A large force of Germans replied this morning vigor
ously to the American barrage but as a whole the reply
was weak.
GERMANS USING NEW GAS SHELL ON YANKS !
WITH THE AMERICANS, Sept., 12— The Germans j
are using a new variety of gas shell on the Americans, j
1 Thev shoot this shell from a rifle. The shell contains punrl
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ice stone and phosgene. Pumice stone greatly increases
the length of time the fumes remain. The Amer
icans have been cautioned and it may be necessary to wear
jus masks for twelve hours after the new variety of shells
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first YANKEE WAVE TAKES PRISONERS.
WITH THE AMERICANS, Sept., 12— The Ameri
cans in the Lorraine sector attacked at 9 o’clock this morn
ing and progressed generally along the line and took many
prisoners in the first dashing wave. The Americans met
little resistance. One hour afterwards the second Ameri
can wave was started and several parts of the German
I line were held.
HUNS ESTABLISHING NEW LINE.
PARIS, Sept., 12— It is reported that the Germans
are constructing a sumpere line of defense called "Pai is
fal.” The Germans are putting the Antwerp forts in the
best of condition.
BRITISH CROSS DU NORD CANAL.
LONDON, Sept., 12— (Official)— The British have
crossed the canal Du Nord southeast of Harincourt, east
and north of Moeuvres. The British have established them
•selves on the westerly side of the canal northwest of St.
Quentin. The British captured the towns of Vermand,
Attilv and Vindelles. The Germans resistance was at all
imes stiff.
... ARTILLERYING ON FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS., Sept., 12— (Official)— Only raiding and ar
tillery activity is reported from the French front.
CAPT. INTER OF
NORTHWESTERN
IS DEAD !
Capt. J. C. Hunter, master of the ^
.steamer Northwestern .died yester- |
day in Seattle according to dispatches
received by the tlatewa\ this alter- j
noon. Death came a.^ the result of an
operation which caused Capt. Hunter’s
illne>s while commanding the North
western on her lust trip south. So
ill was Capt. Hunte:* that he was un
able to come north on the present trip
and submitted to an operation.
Capt. Hunter is one of the best
known No th Pacific ship masters
and was 75 years of age. For several
years he has been in command of the
Xotthw *$tcta and previously, on the
south v.' * . \ht. !:a run, was or. the
bridge of the steamer Farvallon.
Previous to coming to the South
western route, Capt. Hunter was with
the old Black Ball lino on the South
eastern Alaska loute at various times
having command of the 1* ar nil Ion,
pirigo and Jefferson.
Capt. Hunter was a through
mariner, always on deck and never
in his berth when navigation was
hazardous. Many times, while on the
Southestern Alaska rou**', ( apt.
Hunter has romaine <1 on duty con
stantly while making the trip either
north from Seattle to Skagway. or
southbound and only sleeping the
few hours the steamer was in ooi-t.
With his old accustomed sea-dog
walk, his hearty hand shake and gruff
greeting. Cant. Hunter will be missed
by the hundreds of travelers who have
been acquainted with him, and his
scores of freiends in the north who
have known him for years. All will
remember the ‘‘grnd old salt,” his
many kindly deeds and will grief
with his family.
As far as known Cap*.. Hunter
leaves a widow in Seattle, and two
soils, both being in the United States
war service, each being in command ,
of some war vessel.
SHOT DEAD
Simon Mayol is lodged in the Fed
eral jail having arrived here yester
day on tile steamer Dora from Nak
11 ik in charge of U. S. guard F. D. I
Higson. Mayol is being taken to Val- 1
uez where he will stand trial for the
alleged shooting and killing of a Por
to Rican at the Northwestern Fisher
ies cannery at Naknik on July 28th.
According to the evidence, the Por
to Rican was a mean sort of a fellow
and was constantly causing trouble at j
the cannery bv ms irequent assaults i
on his fellow workmen with a knife.
The superintendent of the cannery
had on July 27th. taken a large knife
away from the Porto Rican and ad
monished him to be good. On the morn
-ing of the 28th the Islander started
through the cannery branishing an
other knife and he had vowed veng
ence on Mavol. Mayol was warned and
when the Porto Rican attempted an j
assault was shot and killed. James
Dong and Los Campos accompany
Mayol as witnessess.
Nieves Reyes is also another pris- (
oner brought from Naknik being sent
to Valdez. Reyes was found guilty of,
cutting affray at Peterson’s cannery
at Naknik and was fined $500 and i
given a sentence of six months. He
will serve out his time at Valdez.
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Read the Gateway..
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SAVE ONE
UFE
Seward’s quota of $600 for relief of
the starving Armenians has only been
one, one-hundred and twentieth
part raised. In other words only $5
has been contributed to this fund for
relief.
The $50,000,000 to be raised in the .
states and territories is to be used ex - |
clusively for feeding the thousands
thousands of starving Armenians
victim:' of the unspeakable Turk. Pre
sident Wilson personally has appealed
to all clases of people to come for- j
ward and help in this relief fund. Drs.
Iiomig and Sloan are the live wire
committee in Seward to secure the
$500.
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Just to make the man handling the .
publicity for the Armenian relief (
fund out a small sized prevaricator,!
A. Rossness came into the Gateway’s j
dice at 2 o’clock this afternoon and j
handed over another $5 bill for the
fund.
The subscriptions to date a it' there
fore as follows:
Allan McIntosh $5
A. Rossness So
FINE VEGETABLE DISPLAY.
If some of the Congressmen anti
others in the effete east could see the
display of Alaska grown vegetables
in Brown & Hawkins windows they
would change theii familiar plaint
about “Alaska, being the land of the
icebergs and polar bear.” The vege
tables consist of spuds, beets, cabbag
es, cauliflower, lettuce, turnips, ruta
bagas, etc., and compare favorably
with any of the products in the states.
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corin' session.
In the U. S. District Court this
morning, .Judge Bunnell presiding, the
case of the harriman National Bank
vs D. C. Brownell for foreclosure of
Mortgage was heard. Judge Bun
nell found in favor of the plaintiff.
Court then adjourned until 10 o’
clock tomorrow morning.
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MAIL ON ALAMEDA.
The Alameda will have ten day’s
mail aboard from the states for Sew
ard. There are five day’s mail on the
Northwestern which sailed Tuesday.
INSANE MAN BROUGHT TO
SEWARD FROM THE WESTWARD
John Olsen, who imagines that he
is the Saviour, was brought in on the
Dora from Nushagak, his brother be- j
ing his guard. At times Olsen is quiet
but other times starts doing thing-; i
and twice coming to Seward was plac- j
ed in irons aboard the Dora. Olsen will ;
be taken to Valdez and undoubtedly
sent to Morningside.
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FIRE BOYS MEET. ,
The members of tho Seward Volun* ,
teer Fire Department held a session
last night and circled around a big
pot of beans, etc., provided by Chief ,
Bob Guest. A. H. I.. Meyer was taken
in as a member and B. A. Grier was |
elected secretary vice C. F. Hagstrom
who expects soon to leave for the
states and into the military service.
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Dr. 0. J. Keating returned on the
Dora last night from a trip to the
westward, not away out to the west
ward but about half way. Dr. Keat
ing has been fixing up the molars, ,
etc., of the people and reports a pro
fitable trip. When “Doc” left he had
his hair shaved from his head and re
turned with stubby bunch of alfalfa
on his bean. “Doc” was on the Dora
when she hit a reef westbound but
knowing that the little craft could not
sink, only turned over in his bunk and
spoke soft words about being awaken-*
ed in the middle of the night by a
rock. , _
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PETROGRAD
IN FLAMES
WASHINGTON, Sept., 12.—A dis
patch from the American legation at
Christiana says that it is reported
that I’etrogrud is burning in twelve
different places and that there is an
indiscriminate massacre of the people
'•n the streets,
LONDON Sept., 12.—The Russia:',
peasants who revolted ag.inst the Rob
sheviki government is reported to
night to have entered Pertrgrad ami
joined by a large part of the popula
tion, severe fighting is in progress.
MALAMUTES ARE GETTING
IN BAD IN THIS LITTLE BURG
It appears that others have lost
their “chicken dinner” by prowling
malamutes, as well as the editor. Last
night before fi o’clock a letter was
handed to the Editor from a well
known lady who stated that she had
lost several chickens but had seen the
dog that killed them and was going
after the owner. Late last night the
phone rang and a man’s voice asked if
the editor was in. Being informed
that he was at the right end of the
wire, the unknown man stated that a
yellow malamute was making khort
work of chickens around Seward. The
man was thanked and the tip is given
out. It looks bad for some malamute
or all malamutes.
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SEATTLE, Sept., 12.—At noon to
day the following were the prices on
fish: halibut, fifteen cents; sable, six
cents; ling and red cod three cents.
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MUTINI :S
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12.—The Tw
enty 1 ifth German Regiment mutini
ed at ( ologne on August 21st upon
being ordered to proceed to tiie front
according to official advices received
here. The soldiers refused to board
the train and another regiment was
.hen ordered to force them to entrain
A light followed but the second remi
ment refused to fire upon*their com
rades. A detachment of Home De
fense guards, composed of youths,
weie then ordered to undertake the
task. In the fight following eleven
boys were killed and a score injured.
The mutiniers are still at Cologne ac
cording to the report rceived hv the
Telegraaf.
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ALAMEDA LEAVES CORDOVA.
Steamer Alameda is supposed to
have left Cordova at noon today and
should reach Valdez at 6 o'clock to
night. The Alameda should be in Sew
ard sometime tomorrow.
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Seventy two sacks of mail arrived
on the steamer Dora last night from
i the westward. Aside from seven small
pouches for Seward the remainder Is
for the States and must be “worked*
here for express or freight shipment
out on the f jrst steamer.
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