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CLOSE TOGETHER FOE KILLS FOE WITH BOMBS
GERMAN GENERAL SAVED ARMY
EROM OVERWHELMING DEEEAE
BELIEVE RUSSIANS
NOR I IN SERVIA
Violent Storm in English Chan-!
nel Wrecks Cruiser and
Other Ships.
ARMIES THROW BOMBS
LONDON, Dec. 5.—The intense nature of the fighting j
which is now proceeding in France and Belgium is indicat-!
ed by the dispatches today which state that one part of
the hamlet of Lemaining is in possession of the allies while !
the other part is held by the Germans. It is also a positive
fact that the ferryman’s house near the hamlet has been
in dispute for a month and the disputants fight hand and
hand as if they were engaged in a druken and crazy brawl.
Even the smallest successes are noteworthy under the pre
sent sort of fighting. The opposing troops not only fight
hand to hand with the savagery of wild beasts but both
sides are armed with hand grenaders which they throw
into each other faces and with which they blow each other
to bits. A new device which both sides have also adopted
is machines for throwing bombs. With these machines
each side causes frightful slaughter. The bombs are
thrown at close quarters and sometimes the bodies of the j
men blown up are shot into the opposing ranks bye the |
force of the explosions. The allies have one device which
gives them much advantage. This is a tunnel boring ap- j
pa rat us with which they are enabled to approach the Ger
man lines by subterraneous channels. So terrible is the
work and so frightfully exhausting that flesh and blood
cannot stand it long.
FRENCH MAKE PROGRESS
PARIS, Dec. 5.—It is officially announced that north
of the Lys the French troops have made perceptible pro
gress having captured some of the German trenches and
advancing five hundred yards at one point. Other changes
are not noted and it is safe to say that any changes of an
important nature have not occurred. In this battle, how
ever, an advance of five hundred yards is more important
than it seems to be at first glance. The lines are so re
gular that for the whole length they may be regarded as
one long fortification a break in which at any one point
may mean a break in the whole and a consequent retreat.
BRITISH CRUISER LOST
LONDON, Dec. 5.—The British cruiser Venus is re
ported ashore in a storm today. She is said to have struck
with full force and with such violence that her formast
and portion of the bridge were carried away. The Venus
was running for a south of England port when the storm
broke over her. This storm also caused the wrecking of
several merchant vessels and many lives must have been
lost although this is not actually known even with respect
to the cruiser. Almost needless to say the wreck has
caused a suspicion that the occurrence was not an acci
dent. This is due to the secrecy maintained in connection
with the Audacious disaster but the government positive
ly say that the vessel was not wrecked by the enemy..
DROP BOMBS IN BADEN
BERLIN, Dec. 5.—Hostile aviators dropped four
bombs yesterday near Freiburg, Baden, apparently with
the intention of destroying the railroad bridge. This is
the second raid by airships of the allies within a few days
on German territory. According to the information re
ceived in this city neither of the raids succeeded in their
object.
DORA MAKES
FINE TRIP
BRINGS MANY PASSENGERS AND
MAKES RECORD TIME FROM
SAND POINT.
The steamer Dora, Captain McMul
len, arrived this morning with a large
list of passengers for this time of tho
year ami after having made record
time from Sand Point to Seward. The ,
passengers were as follows:
A. Anderson, F. S. Smith, Tom Con
nelly, Peter SemnotT, Jim Patchell,
Lottie Donnelly, Bessie Donnelly,
Thos. Donnelly, VV. F. Devigne, W. C».
Cole, H. J. Darroch, F. R. Brown, Fred
Jackson, John Gardner, Peter Watan
obe, K. Knutsen, Nick Foster, A.
Johnson Frank Aldrich, S. K. Gud- j
munsen, Martin Moran,. J. P Daly, H..
P. Chandler, R. J. Murphy, and G. G.
Kitchen.
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Sam Jensen has arrived from Gulch
creek. He is a brother of Mrs. N. 0.
Anderson.
BIG CHICAGO
GRAFT FOUND
• CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT OF
POLICE AMONGST MEN
CAUGHT.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Indictments
have been returned by the grand jury
against Captain James J. Halpin, j
Lieutenant John Tobin and former j
detectives named Walter and O’Brien
as the result of sensational graft con
fessions made by Harry Bertache,;
Frank Ryan and James Ryan. The
confessions of these men were that
they had operated clairvoyant dens
paying the police for protection. The
indictments charged conspiracy to ob
tain money by fraud and conspiracy.
William Sauers has written to
Sydney Anderson saying that he will
return to Seward on the next boat.
W. and B. Divine will take a trip
outside on business on the next
steamer.
POLAND SITUATION THE SAME
LONDON, Dec. 5.—It was learned this morning from
Russian Poland that the situation there is just about the
same as it was a week ago when the German army was
saved from an overwhelming defeat by the brilliant opei a
tions of General Mackenzen. It has also been learned that
the Germans at Lodz fought their way through the Rus
sian lines over the heaped up bodies of their comrades.
Mackenzen when he found himself encircled ev idently de
cided to burst through the Russians at all cost and so
save his country from a terrible disaster. 1 he cost in
lives was simply appalling but that he succeeded is one of
the wonders of all military operations. As a lesult of the
recent fighting the fortress at Kiev is crowded with Ger
man prisoners. Since the beginning of the war one hun
dred and thirty thousand German soldiers and twenty
five hundred officers have passed through Kiev as prison
ers of war. The allies have, however, ceased claiming a
tremendous victory in Poland but the Russians assert
that the operations have been a strategic defeat for the
Germans and a tactical victory for the Russians them
selves.
RUSSIANS ADVANCING
In the meantime the Russians continue the invasion
of Hungary and the movement on Cracow. 1 he Austi ians
are defending the passes through the Carpathian moun
tains and the road to Cracow but the reports from Rus
sian sources say that the Russian armies are most suc
cessful in those portions of the great battle front. No
news was received of an oilicial nature that the actual
bombardment of Cracow had been begun but it is assumed
that the besiegers are preparing first of all to take up the
positions which they will occupy through the siege.
SIEGES IN FLANDERS
LONDON, Dec. 5.—Both armies are now occupied al
! most entirely in Flanders in siege operations against each
! other’s trenches and fortifications genei ally. The Gei -
I mans have almost entirely abandoned infantry attacks in
France and shell firing is almost the only warfare carried
on. The opposing forces have been so long in one place
that they have been able to throw up fonnidable earth
works and impediments against infantry or cavalry at
tack and it would seem to be a difficult task to discover
how either can ever move the other unless by sacrificing
lives to an extent that has never before been equalled.
LEGISLATORS
OF NOME HERE
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| ARRIVE AFTER SEVERE EX
PERIENCE ON THEIR JOUR
NEY TO JUNEAU.
Frank Aldrich, senator, and James
P. Daly and Martin Moran, repre
! sentatives from Nome, arrived this
morning on the Dora which picked
them up at Sand Point where they
had to land owing to the loss of the
propeller of the little schooner Silver
Wave on which they had started from
Nome in order to reach Juneau In
time to take part in the next session
of the legislature.
Captain Chris Gudmundson, tlie
skipper of the Silver Wave, Andy
Anderson, a prominent mining opera
| tor of the Nome country and a mem
ber of Nome’s city council, Frank
Smith, another operator of the Nome
I country Tom Connolly, still another
well known mining man of that camp
and Manager Chandler of the Three
Friends mining company, were also
passengers on the Silver Wave and ar
rived here this morning also on the
Dora.
The Silver Wave left Nome on Nov
ember 10 and took twelve days to
reach Sand Point owing to severe
weather and to meeting ice in large
quantities. She left Nome free of ice
but when she once got into it she had
it all the way to Nunivak. After land
ing at Sand Point the wayfarers had
to wait nine days until the Dora came
along and took them out of their dif
ficulties. All of the travellers will
take the first steamer to Seattle.
Frank Alrrich who was elected sen
ator in the last election was a member
of the house in the last legislature.
James Daly is a brother of the late
A. J. Daly, formerly national demo
cratic committeeman for Alaska.
Martin Moran is an old timer of the
Seward peninsula. He has been en
gaged in mining, fox raising and was
U. S. commissioner in the Kobuk
country.
The only precinct not heard from in
the second division is the Kobuk but
it cannot change the general results
of the election.
LASHED CAPTAIN TO WHEEL.
The weather encountered by the
Silver wave on her way from Nome
was so rough at one time that the pas
sengers tied Captain Gudmundson to
the wheel so that he could steer her
while all the rest of those aboard went
below.
SOME PLEASANT SURPRISES
AT BAZAAR TONIGHT.
Beautiful Things For Lower Floor and
Dance on Upper Floor of R. R.
Building.
The upper floor of the railroad budd
ing will be given over to dancing to
night while the Bazaar and all the
other pleasant affairs will be on the
lower floor. This will be on the oc
casion of the Bazaar of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Catholic church.
The doors open at 7:30 admission be
ing free to the Bazaar while admis
sion to the dance is only fifty cents.
On the lower floor will be served all
kinds of the most dainty refresh
ments while booths of pretty designs
have been erected for the sale of
Christmas presents.
Mrs. George Roll arrived the day
before yesterday to visit Fredericks
ville, Texas.
WILL CHANGE
ELECTION LAW
—
NOME LEGISLATORS FAVOR IN
TRODUCING AUSTRALIAN
BALLOT SYSTEM.
The members of the Alaska legis
lature who arrived this morning all
1 seem to be in favor of introducing
the Australian ballot system into Ala
^ ska elections. Senator Aldrich be
lieves that registration would be im
practicable in the territory owing to
the remoteness of several districts.
Representative Moran agrees with
this apparently but both favor the
Australian system. Mr Aldrich stood
pat on the mining law but thinks that
a few amendments may be found ad
vi able. Mr Moran believes in the
mining law generally but he says that
he wishes to see changed the clause
which compels holders of association
claims to pay one hundred dollars for
each twenty acre claims. He objects
chiefly to this because so many owners
of association claims have already ad
vertised out the others who failed to
do their share of the work. As the as
sociation claim has now been knocked
out for the future he believed those
held now should remain under the old
laws for the sake of justice. Mr.
Aldrich also favors a recall, referen- j
dum and direct primary law but as
to other matters he says it would be
impossible at present to give any out- j
line as to what ought to be done.
Later he believes several other mat
ters will be taken up and acted on.
Representative Daly favors the
Australian system and he is totally
opposed to the mining laws as it ap
plies in certain respects to the as
sociation claims. He has not quite
made up his mind about the registra
tion.
MRS. BAUGHMAN’S ILLNESS
IS NOT SO SERIOUS.
Dr. Baughman has received word
from Mrs. Baughman from Seattle
that her illness is not as serious as
had been feared. The lady is now
undergoing treatment under the tare
of Dr. Peterkin a Dutch specialist
and her full and quick recovery is ex
pected and hoped for.
PUTTING STAGE IN
CASINO THEATER.
Seward is now going to have a full
fledged Vaudeville house owing to the
enterprise of the mangement of the
Casino which is having a stage and
curtain placed therein. The intention
is said to be amongst other entertain
ing ideas to give an amateur night
about once a week which ought to be
most enjoyable. The show tonight will*
feature “The Ashes of Three” by
Stewart Edward White.
MOOSE CHRISTMAS TREE
BEING GOT READY. I
A Pleasant Time For the Children,
Young and Old, is Expected.
Preparations are now well under
way for the giving of a Christmas
tree by the Seward lodge of Moose, i
Music will be donated by Gus man
they, ice cream by W. W. Butts, Ci
gars by Gus Borgen, pop com by A1
Taylor, or rather, the com by him and
the pop by Judge J. Lindley Green,
fruit etc., by S. L. Colwell and other
nice things by other members of the
order. There will also be dancing and
: all kinds of fun.
Mrs. Gus Manthey has recently been
sick but is also improving.
OPPOSED TO
CARPET BAGS
LEGISLATURE WILL TAKE STEPS
TO KEEP ALASKA FOR
ALASKANS.
That the coming session of the
legislature will take strenuous 6tep«
towards having appointments in
Alaska idled by Alaskans may now
be said with confidence. It was fairly
well known before that such a policy
would be adopted by the legislature
but since the arrival of the members
of the legislature from Nome the
statement can be made with double
confidence. The question will be taken
up seriously and determinedly. All of
the Nome representatives declined,
howtfVer, to make any positive state
ment regarding the matter although
‘ carpet-bagging has been practised to
such an extent at Nome that the
\>hole people up there have risen in
arms against it.
It is now made positively certain by
the new arrivals from Nome that the
assistant district attorney who was
shipped in last fall has been shipped
! out again. This is the man who said
' Alaskans were growing more law
■ abiding under his beneficent and wise
i rule. In other respects the department
j of justice has also cut down expenses
in the Second division.
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TWO CIRCLE MEN
ARE BOUND OVER.
_
The outcome of the Miller House
stabbing affray as reported from
the Circle district, is that William
A. Lehmann is out on a $4,000 bail,
i bound over to the grand jury on a
charge of stabbing with intent to
kill, while E. S. Erickson, charged
with assault with intent to kill, has
given bonds for $2,000 to appear be
fore the grand jury and explain his
actions.
James Loughrey, who was also ar
rested at the time of the assault as
one of the guilty parties, at the
Circle hearing was discharged from
custody by commissioner Frank Rey
nolds.
SEATTLE LOOKS WORSE
THAN FOR 16 YEARS.
Frank Youngs Writes That the Spirit
City is Very Quiet Indeed.
In a letter to Frank Cotter Frank E.
Youngs states that Seattle looks
quieter than he has ever seen it for
the past sixteen years, that is during
his own experience of the city. News
from other places is similar and the
Seattle papers which have recently
arrived say that the spirit city is tak
ing steps to prevent a pouring of im
migration from British Columbia
cities which seem to have been partic
ularly hard hit by the conditions
arising chiefly from the European
war.
CARDINAL Pi'ETRO DEAD.
ROME Dec. 5.—Cardinal Di Pietro,
who was supposed to be a most likely
candidate for elevation to the Papal
! throne at the last conclave, passed
1 away last night Under the new pope
he occupied a high place in the papal
government
FAIRBANKS.—As outlying pre
cincts and official returns come in
there is considerable doubt expressed
over the election of A. E. Maltby to
j the legislature. On the face of the
I present returns it looks as though
Snow, the Democratic candidate had
I the best of the race by about 45 vote*.