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TITANIC BATTLE RAGES
OPPOSING HOSTS BOTH TRY FLANK MOVEMENTS
THOUSANDS SACRIFICED IN VAIN EFFORTS
NEW EMERGENCY TAN !
BITE IS INTRODUCED
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u. S. EMERGENCY BILL j
WASHINGTON, Sept, 21.—The new war emergency
tax bill for this country has now been drawn up and was
introduced in the house today. It is expected to pass this
week. It is intended by the new taxes to raise one hun
dred and five million. The taxes w ill be placed on beer,
wine, gasoline, bankers, brokers, amusement proprietors,
commercial instruments. l#he bill will come up lor con
sideration on Thursday. Telephone and telegraph taxes
will also be collected but will be collected by the companies
and stamps are not required. Federal, state and county
telegraphs and telephones will he exempt. Building and
loan association bonds are also exempt. In cities exceed
ing fifteen thousand population a hundred dollar tax will
be placed on theaters including moving picture houses.
The tobacco tax, w hich has been retained from the former
measure, will go into effect on November first.
BATTLE STILL UNDECIDED
LONDON, Sept. 21.—(1:15 p. m.)—The battle of the
Aisne is now in its tenth dav and is still undecided. Ihe
suspense in this country is tremendous but the people are
still hopeful of a favorable result. Each morning every
person in the British Islands asks first for the latest from
the battlefield and when it is learned that the Germans are
still holding their positions the disappointment is very
marked.
ALL BRITISH ENLIST
The recruiting for the army still continues and Britain
is now witnessing scenes such as never belore presented
themselves in the history of the empire. Professional men
and students of the great universities are enlisting as com
mon soldiers and volunteers and are marching side by side
with the poor costers of the London slums. Landlords and
laborers are being trained together in the ranks and all
snobbery has been sunk in the effort to bring Britain out
of the war with honor.
GALLANT LITTLE WALES TO FIGHT
Lloyd George, the famous chancellor of the exchequer
in the liberal government f.nd the triend ol the poor, has
given up everything to the task of raising a full army
corps in his native country, Wales. He has already gone
far towards securing an amount not far short of forty
thousand required to till a corps and he still continues to
make impassioned appeals to his W elsh people. A month
or two since the lords and great land owners of Great Bri
tain and Ireland were calling George a traitor and it is
now pointed out by his countless admirers that he is worth
a million of those who reviled him because he aided the
masses of the people.
The corps will tight as W elshmen and for the first time
since the time of Lewellyn the little principality will make
its distinct nationality recognized. _
WILL PROGRESSIVES
JOIN DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The
news that the progressives are joining
with the democrats in some of the
state elections is received here as an
indication that the third party has
given up hope of success alone and
that it is only a matter of time until
the few leaders, including Theodore
Roosevelt, will go over to the demo
cratic party.
CITY TAX WILL BE
KNOWN THIS AFTERNOON
The work of the equalization board
was not concluded last Saturday and
the board continued its session until 2
o’clock this afternoon.
MANY NOME PEOPLE COMING
In a letter from W. A. Gilmore,
formerly candidate for congress, it is
stated that several Nome people con
template coming to Seward this fall.
Nome is still getting along pretty
well although a shortage of water
was felt again this summer. Many of
the residents of that district go out
side every fal^but this time those
ole will probably come here in
, or some of them.
SEVENTY-TWO
WERE DROWNED
WRECK OFF OREGON COAST
CAUSED BY SHIFTING OF
LUMBER CARGO
ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 19.—The de
tailed story of the disaster to the
steam schooner Legget which was lost
off this coast has become known and
it is found that the number of people
lost was seventy-two. Only three peo
ple were saved. The cause of the loss
was primarily due to ihe shifting of
a deck load of lumber during heavy
gales. The vessel turned turtle com
pletely and most of those lost were
probably carried down wtih her as
they had been battened down during
the storm and the turning over of the
schooner must have been terribly sud
den. The vessel, as stated before, had
left Hoquiam for San Francisco.
Rev. Mr. Howard is now in Seward
having come from Knik on the Evans.
PRESIDENT WILSON WANTS ALASKA
COAT LEASING BIEL PASSED
LIEl’TENANT ATLEE
DIES AT LOS ANGELES
Man Who Find First Shot at Battle
of Manila Hears the Last Taps
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.—Lieu
tenant William Atlee, the man who
tired the first shot at the battle of Ma
nila, died here yesterday. In recent
years he had been commander of the
revenue cutter Snohomish.
PRESIDENT GOES TO
VOTE IN PRIMARY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Presi
dent Wilson leaves for Princeton to
morrow to cast his vote in the pri
mary election.
ROOSEVELT AGAIN
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 21.—Theo
dore Roosevelt spoke twice here to
day. He will make speeches in sev
■ oral otlfl'r cities during his present
tour.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Youmans arriv
ed on the Evans from Seldovia.
KENAI STAR 1$
RICH IN GOLD
MINES IN THE HOPE DISTRICT
SURPASS ANY IN
ALASKA
HOPE, Sept. 16.—The Kenai Star
mine, under bond to French & Herron
has discontinued operations for the
season. Men who have been working
there this summer state that it is the
best looking quartz prospect in Alas
ka. Assays have run as high as one
hundred thousand and the lead can be
trace! for some two miles.
Hershey is taking out $120 per day
with one stamp on his property. He
has a large quantity of ore in sight.
The St. Louis Mining & Trading
Co., who purchased the old Logman
ground on Resurrection creek have
made some good cleanups this season
and will continue to operate to the
I freeze-up.
French and Herron are working
with their drill at the mouth of Six
Mile in Sunrise with very satisfactory
results.
The Mathieson Mining Co. made a
cleanup of $2,000 on the 14th and
have had a very successful season.
GIVES FINE DUTCH
LUNCH TO THE CLUB
The members of the Commercial
club enjoyed a fine Dutch lunch last
, Saturday afternoon when they sat
down to many fine dishes supplied by
C. A. Myers. The dishes bore all the
names of the things that have made
Dutch lunch famous as well as appe
tizing and the club had a real ban
quet.
FIRM DISSOLVED
SUSITNA STATION, Sept. 12.—
The firm of Hitchcock and Weierman
5 has been dissolved. Mr. Hitchcock has
sold to his partner and will move to
\ Glacier.
GOING ON MARIPOSA
? The following passengers are for
* the outside on the Mariposa: M. J.
* Rogers, Jr., T. E. Smith, Mrs. Mabel
i DeHoflF.
1 WINS DIAMOND RING
Avrid G. Anderson w’on the dia
1 mond ring which was raffled at Mar
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❖ WAR WILL PURIFY PARIS *
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❖ PARIS, Sept. 19.—Last night <•
••• one “cafe concert” in a music ^
❖ hall opened in Paris, the first in *
•> three weeks. Not half the seats ,’'
❖ were occupied. The small audi
❖ ienoe was quiet, young French- •>
•I* men, their mothers whose hearts *•*
❖ were in the north, a few Ameri- •>
❖ cans, Italians and Englishmen. *
❖ All joined in The Marseillaise, •>
! ❖ standing. Marty women cried *
❖ freely and unashamed. A few •>
, singers, dressed modestly, sang ♦
❖ patriotic airs. A soubrette grace- ♦
❖ fully recited a poem of the glor- *•*
<• ies of France. There was not a <•
❖ risque or suggestive dress or mo- •>
❖ tion, not a coarse jest. Le Figaro •>
❖ highly approved this morning. *
•> “It is the time for the music halls <•
❖ to be made over. Let them bring *
❖ out the old French songs, the *
songs of glory and victory. We ^
•> must sing them today. Why not v
❖ in all our music halls?” ^
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no blamT lor
SAMPSON LOSS
CAPTAIN HICKEY OF THE S. S.
PRINCESS VICTORIA IS
EXONERATED
VICTORIA, Sept. 19.—The marine
board has exonerated Captain Hickey
of all blame for the ’ess of the Samp
son when his ship rammed her.
This investigation has nothing to do
with the investigation that is going on
at the United States side. It was
stated that Captain Hickey was run
ning the Princess Victoria at a speed
that was entirely too fast for foggy
weather and that he ignored the whis
tles of the Sampson and failed to blow
his fog horn at the required inter
vals. The board went carefully into
the matter with the result stated.
COMING ON THE ALAMEDA
SEATTLE, Sept. 19.—The Alameda
left this port Friday with the follow
ing people aboard for Seward: B.
Fordnoy, Mrs. De Line, A. Mclnnis, C.
Schomaker. Willaim Hayne was
aboard for Knik.
GENERAL MURRAY GOES BACK
Major General Murray went south
on the Evans and so proved that all
the information concerning his visit
was founded on a mistake. It seems
now to be generally understood that
he came to Alaska to take a look at
the entrances to some of the harbors
with a view to future fortifications.
CHRISTENSEN FOR KATALLA
A. Christensen when he left Sew
ard went to Katalla where further
• hearings in connection with the coal
i cases will be held.
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► BOAT LOST AND
WHOLE OUTFIT GONE
KNIK, Ala., Sept. 12.—Steve An
■ derson and Charles Bauer had a nar
row escape on Knik arm a few days
1 ago. They left Knik with a goou
sized outfit for their homesteads but
were caught in an extremely large
tide which came in with a five or six
foot bore. Their boat was swamped
- and they lost their entire outfit and
. believe they were lucky in saving
their lives.
= | WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—A fact
that may develope into on<^ of the
1 greatest importance to Alaska is that
President Wilson today expressed the
wish that the Alaska coal leasing bill
will be taken up after the rivers and
r harbors bill which is now before con
" gross. The Alaska measure has at
| ready been passed by the house ana
», the president wishes it to be passed
;» by the senate the very moment the
other bill is disposed of. The republi
^ | can filibuster against the river and
•*! harbor bill still continues and the
•* president has receded from his com
•* promise position which means that he
* would favor only at present the ap
'* propriation of fifteen millions of dol
•• lars to carry on works already start
ed. The democratic managers say
** that the river and harbor bill will be
•* forced through congress in spite of
•* filibustering or anything else. It
»* means that an appropriation of fifty
** three millions of dollars will be made.
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> PASSENGERS ON EVANS
The following left on the Evans:
^ Louis Rue, Mrs. Emma Lippert, W. J.
Donohue, Dennis Driscoll, R. R. Hrott,
A. Christensen, P. S. Hunt, Lewis M.
Metraken, George Earn, P. Jones.
- BOYS BEAT THE
) GIRLS AT BALL
A most pleasant time was enjoyed
i by the Sunday school pupils last Sat
urday when they picnicked on the old
’■all grounds. One of the pleasant
items on the program was a baseball
game between the boys and the girls.
The boys won, of course, but the re
markable thing about it tial tl.ev
only won by 9 to 8. After a little
' practice the young ladies can proba
* bly turn the tables on them. About
sixty were present at the affair.
ADMIRAL WATSON SLIGHTLY
DELAYED AT JUNEAU
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The Admiral Watson has been de
1 layed at Juneau for repairs to her en
gines, according to information re
ceived here today. She will proceed
; west tonight or tomorrow.
* B. F. WATSON COMES
FOR A SHORT VISIT
B. F. Watson, assistant freight and
passenger agent for the Pacific Alas
l ka Navigation company, arrived on
the Evans on which he went west. He
is a passenger on the Mariposa for
; Valdez from which place he will pro
s ceed to Seattle.
LUMBER PEOPLE
; BREAK A BANK
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s -
1 u. S. NATIONAL BANK OF CEN
t
8 TRALIA CLOSED BECAUSE OF
LUMBER SITUATION
CENTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 21.—
" The United States National Bank and
r the Union Loan and Trust company
1 have been closed by the national and
state bank examiners owing to the
condition into which they have fallen
because of the failure of lumber con
E cerns to pay the money which they
had borrowed from the institutions,
i- The two companies are allied and the
* failure may be regarded as the fail
s ure of only one concern but the total
- deposits in them amount to a million
t and a quarter dollars and the result of
e the closing of them will probably be a
x very serious one for this city and dis
d trict. The failure of the lumber men
d to pay their debts is due to the bad
g times in the lumber business particu
larly since the beginning of the war.
ONE OF WORLD’S GREAT
CATHEDRALS DESTROVED
CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS DESTROYED
PARIS, Sept. 21.—The cathedral of Rheims has been
destroyed by the German shell tire and the most famous
example of Gothic architecture in the world has been lost.
The cathedral flew the Red Cross flag and was being used
as a hospital for the wounded when the Germans opened
fire on it. It contained among others five hundred wound
ed Germans who were being treated carefully by the
French doctors to save their lives when the shells began to
fall. France is nowr issuing a protest to the whole world
because of this revolting act of vandalism and holds up
before the eyes of all peoples the conduct of the army of a
nation which has recently been proclaiming that its peo
ple are the most advanced and civilized on the globe and
that it is being attacked by people who are semi-civilized.
The cathedral of Rheims is to France almost what
Westminster Abbey is to England. For centuries the
kings of France were crowned there and it was in that
cathedral that Joan of Arc brought the dauphin to receive
the crown. The edifice was raised between the thirteenth
and the fourteenth centuries. It was attacked by the
French revolutionists at the end of the eighteenth century
but some time ago the French government spent a half a
million of money to restore it.
GREAT BATTLE STILL RAGES
LONDON, Sept. 21.—The great battle of the Aisne
still rages but very little news has been given out during
the past few days and the public are unable to lear#
whether any important changes have taken place in the
relative positions of the opponents. The tremendous
struggle has continued now’ for more than a week and the
slaughter has been terrific but the result seems to Ixfas lar
off as ever. Many unconfirmed stories have been tele
graphed and told but the people have long ago become ac
customed to ignore all that is not officially told.
Desperate efforts are being made by the allies to turn
Von Kluck’s flank but he has received strong reinforce
ments and the ambition of the allies in that respect has not
been fulfilled. The continued rains help Von Kluck im
mensely as the allies are unable to move their heavy guns
because of the softness of the ground. The teams hauling
some of the largest guns have been doubled and trebled
but the wheels under the enormous loads sink deep at
every turn and this has delayed the enveloping movement
which was started some days ago.
GERMANS TRY SAME GAME
While the allies are trying to outflank the Germans in
the west the Germans are putting forth great exertions
towards a similar end on the allied right flank but the
right flank of the allies is supposed not to be seriously
threatened while the fortress of Verdun stands. The al
lied right rests on that fortress which has not been re
lieved in spite of the hope that the Germans would be com
pelled to abandon the effort to reduce it when the crown
prince retreated. A great German force is now masking
the place but it is said that they are making no direct ef
fort to assault it. As long as it stands the attempts of)
the Germans to envelope the allied right will surely be
fruitless.
ARE GERMANS PREPARING RETREAT
There are unconfirmed but persistent rumors to the ef
fect that the Germans are planning now to retreat to the
German frontier while they leave two hundred thousand
men behind to fight a rear guard action to cover the re
tirement. These reports are receiving credence as no one
can see what the Germans can hope for by staying in
France. That they can never take or invest Paris is al
most certain and nothing is to be gained, experts believe,
by continuing to fight in a position whose maintenance re
quires the holding of tremendous forces everywhere to
cover the rear and to prevent attacks from the Belgians
from the north.
AUSTRIA’S ENEMIES ADVANCE
The advance of the Servians and Montenegrins
into Austrian territory continues. The combined
forces have advanced within ten miles of Sera
jevo, the capital of Bosnia province and expect to enter
the city in triumph within a week. This city is nearly
forty miles from the Servian frontier so that the allie *
army evidently has traveled a distance of more than twen
ty miles into the country of the enemy.