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Great Battle Is Now Raging
In the District of Argonne
ALLIES START OFFENSIVE
PARIS, Sept. 4.—The great general offensive which
has been expected for so long is now believed to have been
inaugurated by the allied armies and a tremendous battle
is once more raging on the western front. The most bit
ter struggle is proceeding in the region of the Argonne
where, it is assumed, our commanders see the most vulner
able spot in the defenses of the enemy. It has been known
that the British and French generals have been contem
plating the necessity for attacking before the Germans
can detach large froces from the eastern front but the
preparations had not been completed until now.
DESERT LONDON STREETS
NEW YORK, Sept. 4—That the people of the east
coast of England are terrorized by Zeppelins, that a mur
ilerous raid was made recently on London and that the
streets of that capital are now deserted at night is the
news brought here by a newspaper man today. He posi
tivelv asserts that in the raid on London, news of which
was suppressed by the authorities, a very large number of
people were killed. In one morgue, alone, he says thiity
bodies of the victims of the Zeppelin were lying. One
bomb was dropped on a railroad station or train and did
frightful execution. .__
MEXICANS FIRE
AT AEROPLANE
ALSO FIRE AGAIN ON AMERI
CAN TROOPS BI T NONE
ARE HIT.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 4.—More
than a hundred shots were fired yes
terday evening at a United States
army aeroplane by Mexicans. The j
plane was Hying over American term
tory at the time but close to the bor
der and the shots came from Mexican
soil. Mexicans also fired on L nited
States troop'* last night across the
line and at an electric plant but no
casualties resulted. Constant skirm
ishing is reported constantly from
various quarters. The United States
troopers are still in pursuit of the
men who shot two of their number
but at an early hour this morning
nothing had been heard of them.
BROWNSVILLE. Sept. 4.—More
fighting occurred between the Mexi
can and United States soldiers this
morning at daylight not far from this
place. Twelve Mexicans crossed the
Rio Grande and were at once engaged
by our soldiers with the result that
seven of the twelve were killed. The
river is unusually low and fording is
easy.
❖ GIRLS DESTROYED *
❖ IN FRISCO FIRE. *
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.—Katie
O’Brien ami four other young girls
were burnt to death by a fire in the
San Francisco Directory (?) this
morning. The girl named is the only
victim identified but one of the others
is supposed to be Elizabeth, her sis
ter. Five other children are missing
but it is thought that they have taken
refuge with neighbors. The fire oc
curred at 3 a. m. and was due to a
short circuit.
NEGROES REPUDIATE
THEIR CONFESSIONS.
Mrs. Mohr Gets Bitter and Says Hus
band Made Monty by Crim
inal Operations.
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 4.—Mrs.
Mohr, accused of murdering her hus
band, has become exceedingly bitter
in her expressions regarding the man
and declared that he had grown rich
by criminal operations which she
says, brought him in fitfy thousand
dollars a year. The three negroes
have repudiated the confessions which
implicated the woman but the police
say they can easily prove her con
nection with the deed.
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<• newspapers the Gateway will •>
•> not issue next Monday, Labor <•
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TANANA OPERATORS NOT
FOR COMPENSATION ACT.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 4.—Driscoll
Brothers and Scanned, mine operat
ors, have filed in the Recorder’s office
a notice that their laborers are not
working for them under the new
compensation act and that they them
selves are, therefore, liable only un
der common law acts governing liabi
lity. Other operators are preparing
to follow the example to avoid the
territorial law passed at the last
legislature session.
JOSLIN BUYS CLAIM.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 4.—Falcon
Joslin has purchased half interest in
a claim on Mike Hess creek for five
thousand dollars.
CLEANUP FROM TOLOVANA.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 4.—Patterson
has brought from the Tolovana three
hundred and forty-two ounces of gold,
the result of the summer’s work.
MARIPOSA TAKES MANY.
The Mariposa left this afternoon
at three o’clock for Seattle taking
many passengers from Seward. Most
of them were transfers from , the
Santa Ana. Those who left are:
For Seattle: Mrs. Maud Smith, F.
F. Smith, Mrs. J. R. Nichols, Miss
Amelia Nichols, A. H. Mittendorf, J.
W. Hume, F. K. ..obuge, Miss Cora
La Tarte, Mrs. D. Lindsay, L. E.
Smoot, James Strom, E. Z. Bowen, Dr.
H. G. Davis, Ben C. Pilcher, Duncan
Stewart, J. Curtis Patterson, Miss K.
S. Jodin, J. Peters, J. A. Herbert and
25 steerage. For Valdez: Father
Van der Pol, Andrew Meehan, W. D.
Lawrence, Paul Buckley, Cardena
Esmile, H. G. B-nnetr For Juneau:
Miss Elizabeth Boyle, G. A. Nichols,
A. Christenson, M. A. Prasch, H. E.
Daigler. For Ketchikan: Del Nichols.
TAKES INSANE OUT.
Al. Dowling passed through on the
Mariposa from a trip to Anchorage
where he took charge of an insane
man. At Seward he took charge of J.
Okasako, the Jap adjudged insane by
a jury yesterday, and will take them
both to Seattle on this boat on their
way to the Morningside Sanitarium in
j I Oregon,
ALASKA NOW HAS
REALJM MINE
HERBERT OPERATES FIRST
LEASE AND EXTRACTS
THOUSANDS OF TONS.
Captain J. A. Herbert, who
came on the Santa Ana last night and
who was the first man to secure a
lease of coal lands from the govern
ment in Alaska, has already taken
out more than three thousand tons
from his leased property bt Bluff Point
twelve miles from Seldovia. The
output has been sold to Anchorage,
steamers, the canneries and will soon
be on sale in Seward. The coal is
lignite and the engineer of the
Panama steamer Sinaloa, which test
ed it and bought 107 tons, said it was
about the finest coal he ever used for
steaming purposes. The veins crop
out from a bluff right over the beach
and a tunnel has been driven 800 feet
into the solid coal so that in future
the sort of coal taken out will be far
better than the coal from the surface.
The government at Anchorage has
used a large quantity and is so well
pleased that the steamer Tyonic is
continuing to haul it every day to the
new railroad city. The mine has a
capacity of forty tons daily but this
capacity can easily be increased and
Captain Herbert has in sight enough
coal for years and years. The coal
shipped before from the surface was
not so good as the quality now being
mined. The present output is so clea*
that handling it does not even soil
the fingers. It is, therefore, Captain
Herbert says, also ideal for domestic
purposes. The captain is on his way
to Seattle and will be able to let the
world know that the coal which has
been so long tied up by the govern
ment is now ready to aid in the terri
tory’s development.
PROTEST COMES FROM
PEOPLE OF KODIAK.
Object to Write-up in Seattle Paper
Which Declares Them to
be Half Savage.
That Kodiak has been maligned by
a story in a Seattle paper and that
the Gateway should draw attention to
the fact is substance of a communi
cation received this morning by the
Santa Ana from a lady to the wes
ward. The article in the Seattle pap
er said amongst other things:
“The most unique place in Alaska—
Kodiak, a Russian town owned by the
U. S. whose inhabitants have a hor
ror of soap, live on seal oil, codfish
and cheap candy.” The article also
mentions some of the people who
went to Kodiak in recent years and
“have become as queer as the people
they live among.”
' The writer of the letter to the
Gateway reminds us that Kodiak has
a manual training school, the equal of
which does not exist anywhere else
on the Pacific coast, a public system
of waterworks, telephones, electric
lights, fire brigade, wireless station,
two or more good general stores, a
dental office, a United States Com
missioner, a United States deputy
marshal, a government agricultural
station and “even a jail.”
ROB WASHINGTON BANK.
NORTH YAKIMA, Sept. 4.—Two
masked robbers held up the State
Bank at Selah last night find got
away with thirteen hundred and fifty
dollars. No clue has been discovered
to the men or their whereabouts.
W ATER SHUT OFF TONIGHT.
On account of putting in a main
valve the water will be shut off all
over the city tonight from 8 o’clock
until 9:80.
WILSON WILL
TRYjOR PEACE
high officals say attempt
WILL BE MADE BEFORE
THIS WINTER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—It is
stated on what may be almost called
the highest authority that President
Wilson will start a movement this
fall, or early in winter, to bring about
peace in Europe. The movement is
expected to be general but this na
tion will probably take the leading
place unless it should be decided to
make the pope the chief figure in the
opening of negotiations. Indeed, it
is more than rumored that the visit
of Cardinal Gibbons to the president
was the first step in the movement.
It is possible that Wilson will make
an offer of mediation first and that
associated with him will be not only
the pope but the heads of various
neutral states in different parts of
the world.
CHINAMAN’S WIFE
COMMITS SUICIDE.
FAIRBANKS.—That the wife of a
Chinaipan killed herself at Hot
Springs is the news received at the
Marshal’s office from Deputy Marshal
Anders at that place. The telegram
was as follows:
“Hot Springs, July 30, 1015.
“Marshal Erwin, Fairbanks.
“Mrs. Lee, native wife of Sing Lee,
Chinese laundryman, reported to have
committed suicide at Woodchopper,
midnight last night by shooting her
self in breast with .22 calibre rifle.
Commissioner left this morning to
hold inquest.
“ANDERS.”
TWO SEATTLE MEN
DIE OF PARALYSIS.
SEATTLE, Sept. 4.—Isaac Spill
man and Benjamin J. Shipman, well
known men of this city, died last
night of paralysis. The former was
ar. attorney and the latter was a legal
text book writer. Both were sixty
-five years of age.
WILL COMPLETE PACK.
Mrs. J. R. Nichols and Miss Nichols
arrived this morning on the Santa
Ana on thei/ way out to Seattle. She
says that the Northwestern Fisheries
Co. have put up 23,000 cases at
Uyak so far and will continue to can
until the salmon stop running.
Mr. Nichols, the superintendent of
the Uyak cannery, expects a heavy
September run of salmon and thus
complete his pack before the season is
over. This has happened before in
years gone by and it is hoped that it
will again occur.
SANTA ANA ARRIVES.
The Santa Ana, Capt. Hanson, ar
rived this morning at 6 o’clock. She
brought many passengers out with
her this trip. Among them are: F. F.
Smith, Mrs. Smith, A. H. Mittendorf,
Clara Cook, H. G. Bennett, J. W.
Humes, Mrs. J. R. Nichols, Miss A.
Nichols, S. Uyenimami. C. E. Stead,
F. K. Nobuge, L. Dahl, M. Golovin, Y.
Tseokimoto, 0. C. Kelso, H. C.
Kavanaugh, Cardena Esmile, Paul
Buckley, Lera Murphy, J. A. Herbert
and 23 steerage.
ROOSEVELT GOES HUNTING.
OYSTER BAY, Sept. 4.—Theodore
Roosevelt starts for Canada today on
a hunting trip. Since the acceptance
of the United States demands by
Germany the Colonel has remained
unusually quiet.
Dr. S. S. Smith, a well known man
in these parts and wife were through
passengers on the Mariposa. Dr.
Smith will take a post graduate
course under the famous Mayo
brothers, surgeons, this winter.
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Germans Cross Dvina River
S [alf Way to Petrograd City
WILLOW CREEK
OUTPUT FINE
K. H. BARTHOLF, FIRST LOCATOR
IN' THIS DISTRICT, SAYS
SEASON IS GOOD.
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The Willow creek output this year
will be at least equal to the output of
last year and all the mines there are
showing up better and better, accord
ing to Eugeno H. Bartholf, the man
who first staked a claim in that dis
trict. Mr. Bartholf went out today
on the Mariposa for a trip to the
states. In 190G he staked the first
quartz claim in that country. He was
careful to have it understood, when
he heard another man, Mr. Fulton,
telling the facts, that R. L. Hatcher
was the first man to locate one of the
paying mines. Mr. Bartholf was in
the country with his brothers, Wil
liam E. and Byion Bartholf in 1905
and on the followng year the staking
was done.
While in the city today Mr. Barth
olf stated that in the Martin mine a
very high grade ore has been recently
struck at the side wall and enough ot
it is in sight to keep the mill running
all Summer. The new find is at a
depth of four hundred feet. The In
dependence is showing up well and
the ore now being mined is veiy rich.
On the Skeen and McCoy mme which
William Martin took over an eight
foot lead of ore has been found that
is panning good. The Gold Bullion
mine is cleaning up as well or better
than last year. The output for the
previous season was $1!?2,000 and it
will be that or more this year. It
would have been very much more had
it not been for a compulsory stoppage
on one of the claims and because of
the lack of larger machinery on othei
claims.
HEAD FRACTURED BUT
KILLS HIS ATTACKER.
Chief Warden of Hingham Penitenti
ary Follows Murderous Pris
oners and gets Them.
HINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 4.—Chief
Guard James, of the penitentiary
here, with head and nose fractured by
escaping prisoners, followed his at
tackers, killed one of them and help
ed to capture the other. The attack
was made on the guard by the two
convicts last night. After beating
him savagely they locked him in a
cell and made a dash for liberty.
Other prisoners who were witnesses
of the attack, but were afraid to in
terfere, released James as soon as the
attackers had disappeared. The
guard, although bleeding profusely,
started in pursuit and coming up to
one of the escaping convicts, shot him
dead. In the meantime other pur
suers had taken up the chase and
James was in time to aid them in
capturing the other fellow. On a
later examination it was found that
the plucky guard was suffering from
a broken head and nose, caused by
fierce blows from a hammer wielded
by the man whose life James took.
DIRECTORY FOR ALASKA
AND YUKON IS OUT.
SEATTLE, Sept. 4.—The 1916
directory’ of Polk for Alaska and the
Yukon has been issued. It is full of
information about the Northern ter
ritories.
RITCHIE GOES TO FIGHT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.—
Ritchie left this morning for New
York to meet Sugrue. He appears to
be absolutely confident of the result.
DRIVE RUSSIANS OVER DVINA
PETROGRAD, Sept. 4.—It is officially admitted here
that the Germans now occupy Grodno and that our army
has retreated across the Dvina river thirty miles from the
city of Riga and about half way between Warsaw and
Petrograd. A decisive battle is now looked for near that
city as the enemy is sure to attempt to burst his way south
for the purpose of intercepting our forces should we be
compelled to retreat so far. The capture of the railroad
at Grodno is sure to be of immense adantage to the Ger
mans but the general opinion is that the capture was made
too late to endanger our retreat.
TURKS BUILD RAILROADS
LONDON, Sept. 4—The refusal of Bulgaria to enter
war has resulted already, according to dispatches from
Athens, in the sending of Turkish troops from the terri
tory north of Constantinople to the Gallipoli front and it
is also announced that Turkey is again preparing to rush
the building of railroads in the direction of the Suez canal
with a iew to another attempt to invade Egypt. The news
has been confirmed that our troops and those of our ally
have been more than usually successful within the past
few days on the peninsula.
WILE RAGING NOW
25 MEXICANS KILLED
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* NO DOCKS WILL BE *
* BUILT THIS YEAH. *
Chairman Edes, of the Engineering
Commission, announced positively to
day that no docks will be built at
Seward this year as not sufficient
money is in the commission’s posses
sion. The announcement was made in
answer to a question and the question
was due to persistent rumors that
the commission has been surveying at
the point near the Brown & Hawkins
powder house. Mr. Edes says the
surveying is going on at several
quarters for the purpose of securing
good maps so that the commission
might be able to have all the facts
when building begins.
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ANCHORAGE INSANE
MAN WENT NAKED.
Two insane men were brought over
from Anchorage today. One was a
white man who walked naked through
the streets of Anchorage in broad day
light. The only covering on him was
a cloth around the neck and a string
around the waist, but hanging to the
string was an alarm clock.
DEPUTY MARSHAL DRAWS
GUN AND IS FINED.
Serious Fight at Unga Results in
Verdict Against Both.
H. G. Bennett passed through Se
ward today on his way over to Valdez
after a busy season westward on court
business. He was appointed special
commissioner at Unga by Judge
Brown when the floating court pass
ed through that town to try cases
which arose at the time and could not
be tried by Judge Driftield. One case
that of S. 0. Casler vs. H. D. High
land for assault came up before Mr.
Bennett and after one disagreement
the jury found Mr. Highland guilty.
He was fined $10.00 and costs, which
amounted to about.$171.
The second case was that of H. D.
Highland vs. S. 0. Casler for the lat
ter's drawing a weapon with the in
tent to kill Mr. Highland. The jury
found him guilty of the charge, and
he was likewise fined $10.00 and costs.
The trouble arose over a little argu
ment bewteen the two, which resulted
in a fight in which Mr. Highland got
the best of Mr. Casler and the latter
drew his revolver in order to beat Mr.
Highland off.
RAFFLE THIS EVENING.
The Catholic Ladies Alter Society
will raffle the sofa Pillow at the
Palace of Sweets this evening at 8
o’clock. Everyone is invited to attend.
BROWN SYILEE, Sept. I.—A bat
tle is now raging between the .Mexi
cans and United States troops and
Texas Rangers and it is known thav
twenty-live Mexicans have already
been killed. The Rio Grande river
separates the two hostile lorces but
the fire is a fierce and deadly one and
several hundred men are engaged. It is
taking place near Hidalty and shows
no signs ot abating as this dispatch
was sent.
PRISONER BROl GUT.
Paul Buckley arrived on the Santa
Ana this morning from I'nalaska. He
brought out with him one, Cardona
Esmile, a Mexican, who was mixed
up in a cutting scrape at N’ak Nek re
cently. They left for Valdez on the
Mariposa today. I he Mexican will
await trial at Valdez for the term
whch starts there September 14th.
MADSEN ACCUSES MAN
OF THREAT TO KILL.
George Madsen had a warrant is
sued today for James Green on the
charge of threatening to shoot him.
The case was postponed until Tues
day morning.
FEARS FOR TUG.
Captain Hanson of the Santa Ana
reports a very pleasant trip westward
last month. He says that his lx>at
was delayed two days duo to a heavy
gale blowing on the Bering Sea and
Bristol bay, on the 24th and 25th of
last month. He says that the tug
“Holyoke” which was towing a barge
of cannery material for Koggiung
and which left Uyak last Saturday
had no e en reported although her
course lay directly in the path cl the
Santa Ana. He say’s that it may have
drifted out to sea as a heavy sea was
running off Sholikoff Straits and in
her path.
MRS. MILLER PAROLED.
Word has been received from Dr.
H. W. Coe, of the Morningside Sani
tarium that Mrs. Louise Miller has
been paroled to the care of Mrs. B.
Niederkorn. Mrs. Miller was com
mitted to the sanitarium from Nome
on June 26, 1909.
CAREY REPLACES KEHOE.
H. A. Carey, formerly freight clerk
of the Admiral Evans, has been ap
pointed purser of that vessel in place
of Tom Kehoe who resigned to enter
business.