Vol g No .JSL, Member Associated Press SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914. Member Associated Press Ten Cents the Copy
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ALLIES TAKE OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE GERMANS
SERVIANS AND MONTENEGRINS INVADE AUSTRIA
PARIS AND LONDON SEE
PROMISE OF VICTORY
Allies lake the Offensive and
Europe Stands Still
To Wateh
—L ATEST- !
BATTLE WILL TAKE A WEEK
LONDON, Sept. 8.—That the result of the great strug
gle taking place will not be known for a week is the latest
information reaching this city this afternoon. The battle
is of such a nature that no defeat in any part of the im
mense field would bring about a decisive resu't in favor ol
either party. The struggle is really a series of titanic con
flicts extending along a line ol more than one hundred
miles from the region outside Laris almost to the German
frontier.
British military experts believe that the Germans who
have hitherto been out flankers are now in serious danger
of being outflanked and compelled to accept a frontal at
tack from the allies. The allies have taken the offensive
in magnificent form all along the line and are battling
with consummate bravery and skill under the master hand
of Joffre who chose his ground with the skill ol genius.
All Europe is standing still now waiting for the news from
this battlefield of battlefields.
The result of the defeat of the Austrians at Nikolaieff
is regarded here as of the utmost importance as the place
is situated at the junction of important railroads and was
strongly fortified and entrenched. Its strategical position
was exceedingly important to the Austrians. It protect
ed the railroad and other bridges across the Dneister
river and had it held out it would have been most advan
tageous in preventing the Russians from crossing.
GERMANS RETREATING
PARIS, Sept. 8.—The most cheering news that has
come to the allies arrived here this afternoon when it was
announced that the Germans are now retiring on the river
Marne east of Meaux and are meeting decided checks that
amount to nothing less than deteats at several parts of the
great field of battle on which may be decided the fate of
Europe. The French and British troops are now engaged
in the great struggle east oi the city ot Paris and have ta
ken numerous prisoners including a whole battalion ot
German infantry and a company of artillery that was
serving the rapid fire guns. The allies have also captured
many guns and gun carriages and are continuing to make
magnificent progress. .The advance reaches from the
river Ourcy to Mont Mirail and the Germans are retiring
in the direction of the Marne river east of Meaux. Ac
cording to all accounts the invaders are near their first
great defeat and the hopes of the French people are high
that victory of a decisive nature is in sight.
GERMANS ASK ARMISTICE
PARIS, aept. 8.—It is reported that the Germans east
of Paris have asked for an armistice to enable them to
bury their dead but the French generals have refused to
grant the request in the belief that the hard pressed in
vaders are merely trying to gain time after their serious
checks. This information is not official but it is generally
believed to be the truth.
LONDON GETS CONFIDENT
LONDON, Sept. 8.—The air of confidence in London
has increased wonderfully within the past twenty-four
hours. As an indication of this the financial condition has
vastly improved and this is shown by the decline in the
exchange discount.
SERVIA INVADES BOSNIA
NISH, Servia, Sept. 8.—The invasion of Austria by the
Servian army began yesterday when the Servian torces
crossed the river Save into Bosnia near Mitrovich. At
the same time the Montenegrins marched on Herzegovina
from the south and expect most of the population of that
province to join them against the Austrians. The popu
lations of Bosnia and Herzegovina are hostile to the Aus
trian government and the Austrians are now in a serious
edicament.
RUSSIANS REACH CARPATHIANS
PARIS, Sept. 8.—Russian cavalry has appeared at
Ronchrest in the Carpathian mountains so that the whole
province of Galicia must have been pretty well cleared ol
the Austrian troops. This news has come Irom the most
reliable sources and shows more than any other event the
extraordinary nature of the defeat to which the Austrian
troops were subjected. The Russians took an enormous
amount of prisoners at Nikolaieff as well as supply trains
and forty guns and a great quantity of ammunition. The
defeat of the Austrians in every engagement now is a
comparative matter of ease as the troops ol Austria seem
to have lost heart completely.
The defeat of the Austrians is regarded as making the
ultimate result of the war a certain victory lor the allies
as no one believes that Germany can hope to battle suc
cessfully against the allied forces single handed.
At the present moment the whole population of Paris
is waiting with the utmost anxiety the news of the final
result of the battle which is raging to the eastward. At
times the guns of the opposing forces are heard above the
noises of the streets and crowds stand listening at every
place where the street noises are least.
LONDON HEARS GOOD NEWS
LONDON, Sept. 8.—The news arriving here this aft
ernoon, Tuesday, is most encouraging. According to the
unofficial information the allies stand a good chance o)
winning the great decisive battle which is now raging
east of Paris, and it is well known that success in that bat
tle would probably mean the gaining of new' heart by the
allies and the possible repelling of the entire German in
vasion. London has never been placed in such frightful
suspense since the time it awaited the news from the field
of Waterloo.
GERMAN ARMY IN DANGER
PARIS, Sept. 8.—A most optimistic feeling is preva
lent ow ing to the confidence of the people in the outcome
of the great battle which is now raging between the Ger
mans and the allied armies. The ground on which the
struggle is being fought was selected by General Joffre,
commander in chief of the French army, himself, and
the position is declared to be so tremendously advantage
ous to the allies that victory is almost assured.
The allies have gained some distinct successes on the
left and the Germans suffered awfully in their crossing of
the river Marne. If the Germans lose the battle the sit
uation of their entire army in France is a critical one. In
deed, there is a strong hope that the next twenty-four
hours may bring relief to the French republic.
RUSSIANS LAND IN BELGIUM
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—An agreement has been made
between the Belgian and Russian governments which au
thorizes the Belgian reservists and recruits to attach
themselves to the Russian armies. This agreement is re
garded as tending to confirm the reports that Russian
forces have been landed in Belgium. The report is to the
effect that a quarter of a million Russians have effected a
landing already on Belgian soil and that an enormous
force will soon deliver an attack on the German rear.
82,000 AUSTRIAN PRISONERS
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—Eighty-two thousand Aus
trian prisoners taken in the recent battles with the troops
of this country are now being taken to the interior of Rus
sia where they will he held by small guards. The march
of the thousands of beaten troops is one of the most extra
ordinary sights ever witnessed in warfare.
Russia has now decided not to call the reservists to the
colors as the government believes they will not be required
since the power of Austria has already been pretty well
disposed of. All Russians now' abroad will be permitted to
join the ranks of any of the allied armies if they do not
find it easy to reach home.
TWO AUSTRIAN FORTS TAKEN
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—The strong Austrian forts at
Nicolaiev and Mikalojow, in Galicia, have been taken by
the Russians who are still advancing and driving the Aus
trians before them. All the reports coming here from the
Austrian frontier show that only success is being met with
by the Russians.
TROOPS FOR COLORADO
DURING WHOLE WINTER
No Prospect Apparent For the Find
ing of the Strike in the
Coalfields
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Prepara
tions are being made for keeping the
troops in the Colorado coalfields
throughout the winter as there is no
prospect that the strike will be ended.
All the negotiations which were com
menced have ended fruitlessly and
serious agitations are sure unless
something is done to prevent them.
FRANK YOUNGS HAS
A FINE CLEANUP
Ground Sluices Much Hotter Than
Had Been Expected
Frank E. Youngs who came to town
Saturday night with the first cleanup
of the season from the Kenai Mining
& Milling company’s property on
Cooper creek, returned to the mine
this morning on the car.
The first cleanup of the season was
much better than was anticipated and
Mr. Youngs is confident that the next
month’s work will produce more gold
than any similar period in the history
of the Cooper creek property. The
first cleanup is the result of piping a
large amount of waste that had to be
moved in order to get at the pay. This
waste carried some pay, in fact
enough to pay to put it through the
boxes and when the cleanup was ta
ken it was found that it had graded
higher than was anticipated. From
now on the plant will be working on
good pay until the freeze up. Mr.
Youngs hopes to be able to work well
into October before being forced to
close down for the season.
FIRST TO ARRIVE
FROM SAMPSON WRECK
Mrs. Forgy Jumped Into a Boat But
Ix>st Almost Everything She Had
Mrs. Ethel Forgy, Seward’s new
school teacher, arrived last evening on
the Alameda and is the first to arrive
who was a passenger on the Samp
son when that ship was sent to the
bottom by the Princess Victoria.
Mrs. Forgy jumped from the Samp
son into a life boat but lost all her
belongings with the exception of a
small handbag and the clothes she
was dressed in. She even lost her
pocketbook as she believed she had It
with her when she jumped. She says
that the Sampson went down in eight
minutes after the collision.
STEFFANSON GETS SOME
MORE ADVERTISING
Now Said to be Marooned on Ice Off
Herschell Island
WINNIPEG, Sept. 7.—Steffanson is
now said to be marooned on the ice
off Herschell Island according to a
missionary who has arrived from Kit
tijvit. He is in no immediate danger.
PRESIDENT PLAYING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—President
Wilson spent Labor Day in golfing
and automobiling and seems to have
been refreshed by his recent holiday.
LARGE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE ON ALAMEDA
The following are the Seward pas
sengers from steamship Alameda, ar
riving at Seward Sept. 7:
R. Ashland, R. Brott, Horace De
line, Mrs. E. Forgy, Mrs. V. M. Mil
ler, Mrs. L. A. Moran, Mrs. P. Mus
kett, Master Muskett, Oscar Larsen,
R. H. Fleming, Mrs. A. Diom, F. E.
Parsons, Fred Glasbrenner, W. J.
Lewis, M. T. Hibbard, R. E. Chastain,
T. Kernan.
For Knik Anchorage: R. G.
Crouch and wife, Miss Euphemia
Crouch, Mrs. Harry Crouch, A. B.
Dodd, Harry Brown, Jerry Murphy,
Jan Sigurds, W. E. Edes, B. R. Till
man, Hattie Degarmo.
The city board of equalization will
sit from next Tuesday until the fol
lowing Saturday from two to four
p. m. each day.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
MEET AT SHIP CREEK
Commissioner Riggs Will Ex
aniine Matanuska Fields
Oil the Way
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LETTERS FROM LONDON
AND FRANCE ARRIVE
Say War Will Last Three Years and
That France Has About Given
I p Hope
A letter from London and another
from Cherbourg, France, arrived on
the Alameda yesterday addressed to
Norman H. Reed, who is now her^
looking over the country. Mr. Reed
has spent many 3ears trave'ing in all
the countries of Europe and has a
wide circles of acquaintance there.
The letter from Ixmdon stated that
hundreds and hundreds of Americans
are joining the British army. It also
stated that Lord Kitchener announced
that the war will not be ended for
three years. The papers and the peo
ple of England are all “worked up” as
they believe defeat would mean rmn
to their nation.
The letter from Cherbourg says
that the Germans are winning eastTy
everywhere and that the French are
overcome by a feeling of deep oppres
sion.
BRINGS IN GOOD
CLEANUP FROM MINE
John Gilpatrick arrived in Seward
last night from his Moose Pass prop
erty with a good-sized cleanup in tr.e
form of a gold brick. Mr. Gilpatrick
has been using an arrasatre with very
good results and is taking out enougn
money by this method to pay all of
the developing expenses of the prop
erty.
Deputy Marshal Harry Brown of
Knik passed through Seward on last
night’s boat after spending a week in
Cordova. Mr. Brown will return to
Seward from Knik to attend court
here in October.
All three members of the Alaska
railroad commission will meet at
Ship Creek in a short time and then,
it is safe to say, the final work for
the year at least will be accomplished,
and the commissioners will be ready
to go outside. Chairman Edes, with
his secretary, Mr. Tillman, passed by
on the Alameda last night on the way
to Ship Creek, the headquarters, after
a visit to points along the coast. Dur
ing the trip he met Commissioner
Mears who will come to Ship Creek
afte** doing some more work at dif
ferent places. Commissioner Riggs
will come from the interior by way of
the Matanuska coalfields around
which he will, no doubt, perform some
work. It had been thought that Mr.
Riggs had left the interior with Mr.
Mears but this belief was wrong. The
Riggs end of the work around Fair
banks may be said now to be conclud
ed and his staff will leave for the out
side by way of Skagway on the
twcntv-fifth of the present month.
Mr. E«les could not last night name
any definite time as to when the work
here would be concluded but it will be
very soon—probably two or three
weeks, judging by the time he fixed
when he was here before. Tie will
then go outside and after some office
work the report will be ready for the
president.
GOING ON ALAMEDA
Among those who have already
bought tickets for the outside on the
Alameda are the following: Mr. and
Mrs. Llynn W. Miller, E. L. Shadhalt,
T. W. Zimmer, T. W. Oggutt, C. R.
Evans, C. M. Morrison, B. C. Pilcher,
D. F. Griffith.
PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT
The Pioneers will meet tonight at
the usual hour.
GERMAN TROOPS FOR GERMANY
ANTWERP, Sept. 8— It is officially announced that
large forces of German troops are now being moved
through Liege back to Germany and that the lailioad
lines arc bcinjr guarded bv German marines instead of by
the re" rws. This tad is taken to mean that the reserve,
are exhausted and that the Germans have nothing to tall
back upon except the forces that should be near the coasts
and the naval stations.
JAPANESE REPORTED REPULSED
PEKIN, Sept. 8.—It was reported that the Japanese
were repulsed in their first attempt on Kiauchau but this
news is probably not correct. The latest information
from that place is that no engagement has occurred al
though this information is not definite and the means c
communication are so interrupted that it is next to im
possible to receive anything of a positive nature. It is
said, however, that in addition to their fortress the Ger
mans have a powerful squadron of warships in the harbor.
QUIET IN EAST PRUSSIA
THE HAGUE, Sept. 8.—The news coming from East
Prussia is that an extreme quiet now rests over that field
of operations. The Germans are said to be still rushing
troops in that direction as fast as they can find trains to
take them. The Russians have made very little advance
as they are waiting for the total defeat of all opposition
in Galicia and Russian Poland before paying more atten
tion to the eastern part of the German empire.
The Germans are said to be entrenched in force along
the Vistula which they will probably make their base in
their attack on the Russian invaders if they decide to at
tack them at all. Since the defeat of the Russians at Al
lenstein East Prussia has almost gone back to its former
! quietness. ... .