Vol. 8. No. 290 Member Associated Press SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17,1914._Member Associated Press_Ten Cents the Copy
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Grapple of Death Still Firm on the Banks of the River Aisnc Italy and Romania Expected to Declare War
Vuslria Calls Out All Her Reserves Servians Battle Along Great Front for Four Days Crown Prince’s
Army Said to Be Retreating a Germans Make Changes in Generals ami Strengthen Home Fortifications
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GERMANS RUSH REINFORCEMENTS FROM THE EAST
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TEUTONS FORTIFY POSITIONS
TO FIGHT THE BIG BATTLE OUT
GERMAN TROOPS RETURN TO FRANCE
PETROGRAD, Sept. 17.—(1:30 p. m.)—The Germans
seem to have realized that they made a mistake in weak
ening their forces in France too much and they are now
sending back thousands from East Prussia to fight again |
against the French and British. They withdrew eight
army corps from their western front some time ago when
the Russians were threatening German territory on the
eastern side but now the troops that were dispatched to
the east are being sent back to France to reinforce the
German army at that point. Should the same amount be
sent back that were taken from France it will mean that
the Germans will soon have more than a quarter of a mil
lion new men for the French campaign and this fact may j
turn out to be of decisive importance. The weakening of
their forces on the Russian frontier, however, will leave
East Prussia open to further attacks by the troops of this
nation.
STILL MORE GERMANS FOR FRANCE
LIEGE, Sept. 17.—(1 p. m.)—This city has not been
evacuated by the German army contrary to the report
sent out. Far from evacuating the city the Germans are
now sending through this territory great re-inforcements
into France to join the armies that are now fighting the
combined British and French armies. Numerous German
regiments of infantry as well as great bodies of artillerists
and at least forty great guns have passed through Liege
within the past few days marching towards the northeri
border of France and it is supposed that additional forces
will continue to come from various parts of Germany.
The German forces in France were weakened considera
bly by the dispatch of troops to meet the Russians and the
German generals at that time thought, no doubt, that the
allied armies were completely beaten. It seems to be evi
dent that instead of retreating from France the Germans
are about to redouble their energies in fighting the allies
A large force passed through on Tuesday and should soon
be at the front.
STRENGTHEN FORTIFICATIONS
MAESTRICH, Sept. 17.—A telegraphic message from
Cologne states that the Germans are now strengthening
the fortifications at Dusseldorf, Wesel and Duisburg to
meet a possible advance of the allies into German terri
tory. These fortifications are on the Rhine and are so
powerful that an attempt by the allied forces to take them
with the intention of marching on Berlin would be an aL
most hopeless task as long as the German armies in the
field retain their organization.
ITALIAN RESERVISTS CALLED
PARIS, Sept. 17.—The Italian reservists who live in
this city have been called for duty and must appear in
Italy by September 28. This tact is taken as a sure indica
tion that Italy has decided to enter the war.
It is sure to begin by an attack on Austria towards
which its feelings have been for a long time hostile not
withstanding the treaty which they had entered into for
mutual protection. All the Italians in Paris are favorable
to the French cause and many of them have joined the
French army.
GERMANS RECEIVE PEACE PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—President Wilson this aft
ernoon received from the imperial German chancellor a
non-committal reply to an inquiry into the report that the
German emperor is willing to discuss terms of peace.
There is nothing in the chancellor’s reply to indicate that
the inquiry of President Wilson has been brought to the
attention of the Emperor William at all. The officials
here, however, e cpect to receive a further reply and there
is a hope that the great struggle might possibly be
brought to an end.
REPORT SLAUGHTERING AUSTRIANS AGAIN
VENICE, Sept. 17.—The situation of the Austrian
forces in Galicia is stated to be very precarious. During
the fighting along the Servian frontier the Croatian regi
ments have suffered enormous losses. According to the
reports received here the Austrians are losing so many
men that they cannot last very long.
PARIS SAYS GERMANS RETIRING
PARIS, Sept. 17.—(1:30 p. m.)—It is officially an
nounced this afternoon that the Germans are slowly re
tiring on the river Aisne. Nothing further has been given
out and this intelligence is taken to mean nothing more
than that the situation is about the same as it was this
morning. That the enemy is keeping its forces solid and
well organized there is now no doubt as he seems to be
able to hold the allies for several days at each position ta
ken up. It has been rumored that the Germans are about
to try some new tactics and to effect a re-organization on
a more or less extensive scale. The tact that the Germans
are still within fifty miles of the capital city is preventing
the people from feeling very secure and the French gov
ernment is still remaining at Bordeaux.
BATTLE STILL INDECISIVE
PARIS, Sept. 17.—(2:30 p. m.)—The latest official an
nounceinent is that the battle of the Aisne continues and
that no decisive results have been obtained. The German
resistance continues unbroken although they are yielding
at certain points. In other places, however, the Germans
are fortifying themselves and it seems to he very evident
now that they intend to make a stand in the positions
which they now occupy.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ENGAGED
BRAINE, France, Sept. 17.—There is an incessant
roar of artillery in the vicinity of Braine which has con
tinued for four days.
The ground is terribly broken and consequently there
is little evidence of the terrible struggle that is in pro
gress although hundreds of thousands of men are engag
ed in the fighting. The artillery from the allied front is
pouring shells on the German positions with great ra
pidity while overhead the aeroplanes of the allies are en
deavoring to locate the big German guns which are wel
masked and conceal their position with remarkable skill.
No German aeroplanes have been seen for a week and it
is supposed that they have all ben destroyed.
GERMANS CHANGE GENERALS
BERLIN, Sept. 17.—General Von Hausen has been
suddenly taken ill and it has been found necessary to re
place him. His place as commander of the army of Sax
ony has been given to General von Eincm who has proven
himself to be a most able leader in the present war. Gen
eral von Hausen has performed splendid work but his ill
ness has unfitted him for the great cares of the campaign.
General von Schubert of the Fourteenth reserve corps
has been succeeded by General Von Stein who has been
acting as quarter master general.
The government announces that all is going well with
the army but it publishes very little about the details ot
the operations.
VIENNA IS ONE GREAT HOSPITAL
VIENNA, Sept. 17.—The frightful slaughter which ac
companied the battles between the Austrian and the Rus
sians is made evident by the awful number of wounded
men that are now being brought to this city. Eight thou
sand of them were brought in last Sunday. All the hos
pitals and the public buildings are terribly crowded with
men wounded in every way. In the rotunda of the exposi
tion building in the Imperial park ten thousand men arc
being treated. Great as the losses have been to the Aus
trian armies it is stated that they have been as great or
greater in the ranks of the enemy. The slaughter was
terrific in most of the engagements. The two armies were
animated by a fierce animosity which has seldom beer
seen in warfare in modern times so that the most merci
less butchery took place whenever the occasion offered.
REPORT GERMANS QUIT LIEGE
It has been reported that the Germans have evacuated
Liege but this report has not been confirmed. If it is true
it probably means that they are preparing to leave Bel
gian territory entirely and to retreat to Germany in a
more direct way. The turning of their right throws the
Germans to the east further and further and the effort to
hold Belgium under such circumstances would be accom
panied with the greatest risks to their communications.
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SUNRISE AND
HOPE DOOMING
SEVERAL ARE TAKING OUT
GOOD MONEY AND NEW PAY
HAS BEEN FOUND
The Hope Sunrise mining district ii.j
this yeai* enjoying the most prosper
pus year in the history of the ol<
camp, said Adolph Young who arrive*
in Seward last night from the iurn.—*
gain Arm district. There is more work
being done in that section this year
than has been done since the early
boom days and the work Is all count- j
‘ng. The ground that is being pros
pected is showing up good and the
properties that are being worked are
producing better than was anticipated
ind that is enough to make a camp
ood if anything can.
On Resurrection Creek the Matthie- j
;on Mining company are doing better j
his year than they have ever done!
ind the ground that they have been j
corking has been running more to the j.
yard. Gus Seifert has been taking
out some good money and has lately
-un into some pay that is better than
anything that he has had before, and
better than the prospecting that he
lid last spring seemed to warrant.
Hick Hirshey is doing well and has
lemonstrated that he has some of the
highest grade pay quartz that has
ever been uncovered on the Kenal pen
‘nsula. He is going to have a larger
nill next year and when h * gets that
Installed there will be something do
ng in the gold production line.
“French and Herron,” says Mr.
Youngs, have been running their drill
pn the Lawson ground on Six Mile
ind are more than pleased with the
ground that they have uncovered.
They have now shifted the drill dowr
to the old Sunrise townsite and are
neeting with most satisfactory re
sults. While they are not giving it
put, I have been told that their holes
are proving that the ground has been
•unning all the way from one to fif
teen dollars per yard and that is bo
nanza dredging ground in any land in
the world.
Nels Anderson has been working
out a pit on Gulch creek this year and
has been doing exceptionally well
Having finished the pit he has moved
his camp down to the Forks now and
will spend the winter in prospecting
that ground. Fritz Metz has been
taking out some good money on Mills
’reek and Jack Renner and Louie Lo
••entzen are doing well at the mouth
pf Mills creek. Smeaser who is also
vorking in that locality is doing bet
ter than he expected and will have e
good clean up this fall”.
The whole district has had a very
good season and this winter there will
* e quite a bit of work done on ground
that has not been touched for years.
The result of this year’s labor has
lemonstrated that there is lots of
good ground in that section that sim
nly needs some intelligent prospecting
to be developed into producing prop
erty. Mr. Young will return to Sun
rise soon and will be with Nels Ander
son on the Forks again this winter.
BUILDING NEW ROADS AND
BRIDGE AT GROUSE LAKE
Superintendent Anton Eide Has Fif
teen Men Now Employed Near
Mile Seven
Anton Eide, road superintendent,
has fifteen men employed at present
building a new bit of road near
Grouse lake. He is also building a
bridge across a neck of the lake and
both bits of work will be of the great
est convenience to travelers.
GONE WEST ON EVANS
The following passengers went west
on the Evans: W. E. Ludy, G. A.
Kyle, J. M. Browm, Charles Mayle, F.
J. Berry, R. E. Chestin, C. R. Booth.
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APOLOGIZE FOR
CAROEN’S WORDS
BRITISH GOVERNMENT REGRETS
FORMER AMBASSADOR’S
CRITICISMS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The
British ambassador called at the
white house this afternoon and offer
ed an apology in behalf of his govern
ment for the statement attributed to
Sir Lionel Carden criticizing the ac
tion of the American government in
Mexico. Carden was formerly Brit
ish ambassador to Mexico and was
quoted as stating that this govern
ment had made a mistake in taking
the side of the constitutionalists in
the Mexican affair. Carden in the
same interview also criticized the
American government for withdraw
ing the troops from Vera Cruz.
SAYS SEWARD IS THE
FAVORITE OFTSIDE
Everyone Believes We Are Destined
For the Railroad Terminal
J. W. Wright, an ohltime newspa
perman of Alaska who arrived on the
Admiral Evans, says that all the peo
ple on the outside are convinced that
Seward is destined to be the site of
the terminal of the government rail
road. He says they base this view on
the unequalled position and advan
tages of this city. The only opposi
tion he heard mentioned came from
those who have made it the business
of their lives to boost their personal
interests by advertising a certain gla
cier landscape some distance away.
Mr. Wright comes to take up a posi
tion as foreman in the mechanical de
partment of the Gateway. He is ac
companied by his son, Erwin E.
Wright. Mr. Wright says also, by
the way, that the people on the boat
said General Murray had come north
to inspect the army posts. He had the
colonel with him visited each post on
the way up.
WILLIAM MARTIN GOES
TO KNIK ON EVANS
William Martin, who has a lease on
the Alaska Free Gold mine, went to
Knik anchorage this morning on the
Evans. He will spend about a month
there and then return. He was aboard
the Sampson when she sank.
KATALLA WILL
NOT HAVE BILL
CITIZENS TELEGRAPH GATEWAY
TO OPPOSE SUSPENSION OF
ASSESSMENT WORK
“People of Katalla do not want as
sessment work suspended.—Citizen*
of Katalla".
This is the telegram which came to
the Gateway yesterday. It was sent
and paid for as a commercial message
and is evidently intended by the peo
ple of that town to show through the
Gateway that the feeling of the peo
ple of this part of Alaska is hostile
to the bill recently introduced.
It may be stated that a message
has already been sent to Mr. Tillman
of the land department stating that
the majority of the people of this dis
trict are opposed to the passage of
the bill. He was particularly anxious
to learn the views of the people and
ibis, by the way, reveals the fact that
the opinions of Alaskans are now be
ing sought more eagerly when pro
posed legislation comes up for the
territory.
Since making the random canvas of
the people here to secure an idea as
to what support the exemption bill
•ould claim several other expressions
>f opinion have been given. Uncle
Toe Irvine, for instance, who has been
in Alaska literally for scores of year*,
is entirely opposed to the bill and he
says that everyone in his district also
; is opposed to it.
GENERAL Ml’HR AY WENT
WEST WITH THE EVANS
May Be Only a Tourist After All But
No One Knows Yet
Major General Murray arrived on
1 the Evans last night but continued
west. He is given in the passenger
list as a tourist but it was said he was
booked for this place. As the boat
i came in unexpectedly there was no
opportunity of learning his real des
i tination. The fact that he has letters
j of introduction to pWple here
strengthens the belief that he will
stop olT at Seward on the return.
There is a colonel also on the tourist
list and he is probably with the gen
eral.
Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
AUSTRIA STILL DEFIANT
VIENNA, Sept. 17.—The government issued an an
nouncement todav that all the reserve forces of the empire
will be called out and that the war will be carried on as
long as there is a man left to light. It is hardly denied
here that the Austrian troops have met serious reverses
although the government warns people against believing
all the ncvs sent out by Russia. The Austrian army is
still fighting in Galicia and has not by any means been de
stroyed as Petrograd has tried to lead the world to be
lieve. The calling out of all the reserves will bring to the
colors at least a million fresh troops and if more are neces
sary they will also be called out. The government reminds
the people that the war is for the very life or death of the
Austrian empire and that it would be far better for Aus
trians to die fighting than to surrender to the hated and
despised Slavic enemies. The order for the mobilization
of all the reservists not yet with the colors will probably
be issued today or tomorrow. The Austrian troops on the
Servian border are satisfying themselves with keeping the
Servian army in check a matter of very little difficulty but
the force required for that purpose is prevented from go
ing to the west to meet the Russians. Owing to the possi
ble danger from the south from countries which it is not
wise to mention Austria must also keep a strong force
ready. In spite of all this the campaign against the Rus
sians will be carried on vigorously in Galicia. Przemysl
is a strongly fortified town and there the Austrians have a
strong base from which they will probably operate should
they retire further. Lemberg still stands and while those
fortresses are intact the Russians have really made only
negligible headway.