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TAIN DECLARES WAR
Formally Challenges the Austrians
GUNS OPEN ON NAMUR AND SLAUGHTER REGINS
MILLION
FIGHT ON BELGIAN SOIL
—L A T E S T—
BRUSSELS, Aug. Id. Never has history related the
story of such carnage as that which is covering the plains
of Belgium with blood tins afternoon, i he tremendous
German host has begun its attack on the city ol Namur,
its plans having been perivcted, and between the soldiers
of the kaiser and the allied troops oi Belgium and fiance
a struggle v going forward in which the lives ol men are
hardly counted.
i he war e .ice announced this a! U moon that the Get •
mans attempted ::s ingot to break the trout ol the abbs
and that alter enormous slaughter they were forced to
abandon the project. They charged in without even seen •
ing to reckon the cost.
Three tunes did the Germans capture Hassel and three
times were they driven not iy the combined charges oi the
Belgians a: d French. Ten thousand German cavalry were
engaged in the work and as they thundered across the
plains agaL and again the earth rumbled almost to the
capital. The reports com in » from the front state that h »
battling is Giii going forward. The sun is shining brilli
antly a ad tie fields are clothed in green but everywhere
over the lit d ol slaughter the bodies of men and horse;
are strewn. The Germans have also re-commenced th?
bombardon u ol the forts that still stand near Liege an !
powerful g ins are being used with terrible effect.
SLAUGHTER AT Ml LHAUSKN
BASEL Switzerland, Aug. 13.—It is now known t!uG
the slaughter of the Germans and French in the lighting;
around Mu hausen was soi tething awful. The French
troops fougitt with a bitterness and enthusiasm and every
public building in the city is literally crammed with th *
wounded.
BARIS, Vug. 13. Contrary to expectations there i;
much close ighting between the French and Genoa \
troops on the hot dcr. Several times the two hostile force»
charged up to the muzzles of each others* guns and thi
number of losses surpasses the losses in any other war o
modern times.
W ith one great bayonet charge the French drove thj
Germans back from French ground west of Luxemburg
yesterday and in the charge bayonet ted thousands of iho
-tiiemy. The French infantrymen are described as going*
into the awful charge singing the Marsellaisc. It is de
scribed in the dispatches as one of the most glorious
charges even in the history of French wars and Paris is
wildly celebrating the event today.
ENGLAND DECLARES WAR
LONDON, Aug. 13.- (*jcat Britain declared war o
the Austrian empire today and from this time forward at
tacks on the Adriatic con of Austria may he looked fo *
by British ships. The ..Brians had declared that their
navy v.ould not tight the British at sea as they were no
at war with Great Britain hut the declaration of war by
this country now sends the two nations at each others*
throats.
The people of all the nations engaged in the war now
admit that the lighting is only beginning. Even Germany
is said to he fully aware of the fact and this country has
really yet not entered into the conflict to any extent. From
this declaration of war against Austria may be said to
commence the real lighting.
RAINBOW SAFE
VANCOUVER, B. (., Aug. 13.—The people of this city
were driven almost to transports of joy this afternoon
when the British warship Rainbow, which was reported
sunk, steamed into the harbor. She came convoying the
British sloop of war Shearwater which was reported to
have been in danger off the coast of southern C alifornia.
The two vessels will now he used to guard this coast and
for the first time since the opening of hostilities this city
considers itself tolerabh safe.
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BERLIN MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
BERLIN, Aug. 13.—An official announcement was is
sued by the war office this afternoon in which it was de
clared that all goes well with the armies of the kaiser. It
announces that the French have been defeated again in
Alsace and that one thousand of them have been taken
prisoners. It is also officially announced that the German
army in Belgium is slowly driving hack the allies and that
the advance has been so successful that the German troops
have got in touch with Namur and arc now attacking it.
BATTLE AT WATERLOO
LONDON. Aug. 13.—That the historic Held of Water
loo \\ ill he the scene of another great and decisive conflict
within a few day s is now almost made certain in the minds
of Englishmen by the positions which the German leaders
are now occupied. One army has already reached the
field of Waterloo itself and is this afternoon being rein
forced by a great body of the army that has succeeded in
crossing the river .Meuse. The army which is operating
in Luxemburg is now evidently acting in conjunction with
the movements of the army in Belgium and the greatest
uneasiness is felt in English military circles.
SURROUND THE ENEMY I
It is dawning on the minds of the people here that the
Germans are now engaged in a tremendous and^ secret
series of movements that will result in surrounding the
enemy if they have not actually succeeded in doing so al
ready. German forces are now appearing like bolts from
the blue in all directions and great bodies ol infantry,
cavalry and artillery are being constantly thrown across
the Meuse so that today British military authorities esti
mate the number of Germans in Belgium as not less than
one million. The German line may he said to be practi
cally unbroken for more than a hundred miles and the
great movements are still going on with amazing regu
larity and contempt of attacks In a short time this huge
machine will probably strike and it will be only then that
Germany’s plans will come out.
It was learned here today that the German destroyer
which was blown up a few days ago was not destroyed by
an explosion of her own hut was blown up by a mine which
had been laid by the Germans themselves.
| DENMARK MASSING TROOPS
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 13.—The armed forces of Den
mark were called out yesterday and the troops are already
beginning to mass on the border so that the fear is gen
eral all over this country this morning that she will he in
volved in the war before many days.
The most disquieting stories have also come from Nor
way and Sweden where the fear is now prevalent that
they also will become involved in the great conflict al
though a reason for their participation in the war is not
apparent just yet. It has been declared here, however,
that Sweden may call out her reserves for the ostensible
purpose of defending her territory from any attempt that
I might he made to v iolate her neutrality.
As the war is now drawing around every portion of
this part of Europe it is thought almost impossible for the
Scandinavian countries to avoid being drawn into it.
TURKEY AND ROUMANIA NEXT
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 13.—It is reported here to
i day that Roumania is about to enter the war as an ally of
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VALDEZ MINER
SHOT BY THUG
KLMER ANDERSON MAY DIE OF
WOI ND INFLICTED IN
SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. L‘l—Klmer Ander
son, a miner of Valdez, was found ly
ing wounded on Cniversity street last
night and may die.
He was unconscious when found
and has a bullet wound through tne
breast which is regarded as very dan
gerous. He has recovered conscious
ness and has discovered that he lost
$1500 and a gold watch. He says that
he attempted to seize the thug’s re
volver but that it was turned on him.
He Iir»»d three shots from his own re
volver. ne says, after his fleeing as
sailant but probably did not hit him.
VICTOR I \ COMES IN
AFTER MIDNIGHT
With Seward’s Csual Luck Her Peo
ple Had to See the Town With
out Daylight
The steamship Victoria of the Alas
ka steamship company arrived soon
after midnight and left after a stay
of five or six hours. She had aboard
just ten round trippers. The other
passengers were made up of more
than 50 steerage, drummers and some
few Nome people going outside.
Aboard was tin* drill for Charles E.
Herron and .Major French. It came
in charge of Pete Kavanaugh, one of
the best known miners and drillers in
Seward Peninsula.
WILL START DANCING
CU B FOR SEW \RI)
Harry E. Whittemore M. B. of New
York and Boston, society dancer, will
open a club for the teaching of the
latest modern ballroom dances in
Seward. He will teach two-step,
waltz, hesitation waltz, Spanish waltz,
one-step, wave one-step, castle walk,
lame duck, castle half and half, Ar
gentine tango, maxixe, furlana, aero
plane glide and muscavite. He won
the amateur championship of New
England from many competitors.
When last in Boston he was giving
exhibition work on the stage. Drill -
room and the Puritan hotel roof gar
den.
Mr. Whittemore is protege of Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Castle an.I M** Hen
burn Wilson. If enough interest is
taken he will later start a class for
children.
•John Greenwood, the representa
tive of the Alaska Citizen, Fairbanks,
has also been here.
CALL ON GOVERNMENT
j TO OPEN MATANUSKA
From all the coast of Alaska, and
probably from the whole Pacific coast,
will go up today a stirring appeal to
Washington for the immediate open
ing of the Alaska coal fields to guard
against a coal famine that might
come at any time by the cutting off of
the supply of coal from British Co
lumbia mines.
The following communication was
received by the Seward Commercial
club today from the chamber of com-,
merce of Cordova:
“We are wiring the president and
congress demanding the opening of
the Alaska coal fields on account of
the war conditions. The British Co- \
lumbia supply is liable to be cut off
any day. Assist by wiring your
friends in congress”.
Immediately after the receipt of the
wire James R. Hayden was delegated
by the Commercial club to prepare to j
endorse the action of Cordova and al
so take steps for the sending out of
strong appeals. Messages have al
ready been dispatched to the cities of
the coast asking for aid in the effort
and the club has wired the president
and congress as well as individual
members of congress who have shown
an interest in Alaska.
The whole coast will undoubtedly
take up the matter as the cutting off
of the British Columbia supply at the
present time would be nothing less |
than disastrous to the interests of all
the people in the Pacific states. The
unprotected condition of the British
Columbia coast renders the cutting ofT
of the supply at present a matter of
comparative ease for the Germans if
the dispatches received give the true
version of alTairs.
It is likely that individual citizens
of Seward will take up the matter on
their own account and send messages
to members of congress with whom
they might be acquainted. Several
concerted efforts will be made by all
the cities along the coast to bring to
the minds cf congress and President
Wilson the tremendous advantage
which could be secured now by the
opening of the fields.
CARRANZA ORDERS
VILLAS POWDER HELD
TAMPICO, Aug. PI.—A most sig
niliecmt occurrence took place today
when Carranza ordered all the am
munition consigned to Villa be held.
That the order means nothing less
than the ending of the friendship of
the two men is generally believed and
in many quarters it is thought not un
likely that it will mark the beginning
of the real trouble between the two
leaders.
Villa has taken no part whatever in
the recent negotiations for the sur
render of the federals and now that
the Carbajal forces are going to con
tinue the war the importance of
Villa’s position has become very clear.
Villa has made no hostile statements
against Carranza but that he is in
clined to jump out of tin* traces is
very evident to the people who live
here.
W VRHFRG PROMISES
SEN M E TO BEH WE
New Member of Federal Resene
Hoard Will Drop Financial
Alliances
WASHINGTON, Aug. Pi.—Paul
Warburg, member of the federal re
serve hanking board, promised the
senate committee on currency today
to abandon his objectionable financial
alliances. He has already been con
firmed as a member of the reserve
board and he* was bound in no way to
apologize but he voluntarily mr.de the
(Ter to keep away from any entangle •
merits that could even suggest the
likelihood of partiality in his de
cisions.
COMING ON ALAMEDA
SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—The passeng
ers on the Alameda for Seward aie
Ed Christian, Frank Parrish and one
steerage.
NEWS NOTES
J. Edward Rea, who has been work
ing for the Primrose Mining company
as manager of the mine is suffering
from an injury to a finger. The fin
ger was rather badly crushed but Dr.
Romig says the bone is not injured.
Charles Schultz and John Rolls
have brought to town the story of
how' Mayor Poe and John Madsen
were treed by a bear a few days ago
at Chiekaloon Flats. The bear is said
to have come along while the two men
were cooking. Each took to a tree
and the bear hung around for some
thing like five hours before he gave
the prisoners a chance to get away.
They had a gun also, it is said, but
instead of using it on the bear they
made him a present of it. Some one
has suggested that this story would
be a good one to make a joke about,
but being up a tree for live hours is
no joke at all, at all.
Mrs. Price came in last Saturday
from Mile 20.
Five young blue foxes have arrived
in Seward for Joseph Sterling of
Fairbanks and have been placed in
charge of Mr. Sexton by Dr. Jones
who brought them from the Pribiloff
Islands. The five cost $1,030 on the
island. One of the little animals died
after arriving in this city.
The uniforms for the baseball team
are on the Sampson. The team wi’l
give a fine dance Saturday night a*
the railroad building. After the game
: they put up against the Albatross
there is nothing too good for them.
Several ne\v members will be init
iated in the Loyal Order of Moose to
: morrow evening. The order is new
about the largest one; even in Alask i.
The local lodge may get busy on a
I ladies circle later on.
; J. C. Lussler of Galveston, Texai,
after a trip all over Alaska came vis
iting all the public galleries in the
city this morning and after having
seen and taken in everything he rte
j dared that Seward has every place in
Alaska “skinned”.
CHAIRMAN EDES IS
TAKEN EOR J \ l NT
Went Today to Look at Country
Around the Hay
Chairman Edes of the Alaska rail
'road commission went out with Der
ick Lane today to look at the country
around the bay near the city. ID* and
his party, including Secretary Till
man, will leave on the Sampson and
return to Ship Creek where hi* head
quarters are located.
NEW HAVEN RAILROAD
AGREES TO DISSOLVE
Howard Elliott Heroines President
Hut Old Directors May He
Prosecuted
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—The New
Haven railroad people have finally
given up the tight against tin govern
ment ard agreed today to dissolve.
Howard Elliott has been chosen
president of the Hostor.-Maine road.
The dissolution of the New Haven
will not, however, prevent the prose
cution of the directors and an an
nouncement to this effect was received
from Washington today after the
news of the dissolution came
TWO INCHES OF RAIN
IN THIRTY .MINLI ES
PAN A. 111., Aug. 12.—The heaviest
rain ever known in this region and,
perhaps, in any region fell here yes
terday. Two inches fell in thirty
minutes and the result was remarka
ble in several instances.
SAMPSON DI E AT FIVE
Word was received today by Agent
Wayne Blue that the Sampson can be
looked for at 5 p. m.
HARVESTER TRUST IS
FINALLY DISSOLVED
ST. PAUL, Aug. 12.—The Harves
ter trust has been finally dissolved
and must divide up into three separ
ate parts within !)0 days. The de
rision was arrived at today after the
consultation following the hearing.
EXPECTS LOTS OF
TRAVEL VIA SEWARD
W. R. Lloyd, a well-known business
man from the Iditarod, passed
through Seward this morning on the
Victoria bound for the outside on a
short business trip. Mr. Lloyd stated
that he expected to return to the in
terior early this winter and will make
the trip over the Seward Iditarod mail
trail. He stated further that there
would be a great deal of travel from
the interior camps this coming winter
over this trail as all of the outside
bound travelers from the Innoko, Idi
tarod, lower Yukon and Nome coun
try will take this route now that the
government is sending the mail this
way. Mining in the Iditarod is good
this season and Riley and Marston
are doing even better that was antici
pated with their recently installed
dredge.
FORAKER BEATEN IN
PRIMARIES FOR SENATOR
COLUMBUS, Aug. 13.—Warren
Harding beat Foraker yesterday in
the primaries for senator. The win
ning of Harding is not taken to mean
much as his chances of election are
regarded as very doubtful It is
thought that more people would have
voted for the older warhorse if they
believed he- could get elected.