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BULGARIANS TAKE CITY
BETWEEN TWO CAPITAES
BRITISH LOST HALF MILLION
LONDON, Oct. 29.—Premier Asquith re-appeared
in the house of commons today and reported the total
British losses up to October 9 were as follows; officers
killed. 6.600; men killed, 95,000; officers wounded, 12,630;
men wounded, 301.830; officers missing, 2,000; men miss
ing, 72,000. The following are the casualties in the west- j
fin theatre included in the total; officers killed, 4,400;
men killed, 63,000; officers wounded, 9,169; men wounded,
226,000; officers missing, 1,500; men missing, 61,000. The
losses since October 9 probably brought the total to more !
than the half million.
BULGARS CAPTURE PIROT
BERLIN, Oct. 29.—The Bulgarians have captured
the fortified city of Pirot in Serbia and entered it yester
day in triumph. It is an important stronghold between
Nish and Soria on the Nish-Constantinople railroad and;
gives the Bulgarians a strong base from which to carry
on their campaign against Nish itself. The fighting that
preceded the capture of Pirot was long and sanguinary.
SERBS FIGHT FIERCELY
BERLIN, Oct. 29.—An announcement today is to the I
effect that the Serbian resistance is fiercer than the de
fense of their country by the Belgians. The Teutons are
advancing more rapidly than expected, however, in spite
of many unforeseen difficulties encountered.
BOMBARD VARNA
PETROGRAD, Oct. 29.—The Russian fleet bombard
ed Varna, Bulgaria, yesterday. The harbor works and
the coast batteries are reported to have been severely
damaged but the town itself did not suffer. German
submarines harried the bombarding fleet during the ac
tion but it is claimed they did no damage.
SAY GERMANS MADE TO FIGHT
PETROGRAD, Oct. 29.—Official advices today say
that German artillerymen in the rear of their own army
threatened to fire on their own men unless they charged
the Slav army in battle before Dvinsk yesterday. The
Teutons finally dashed into the attack and were shot
down frightfully. For a time the battle favored the Ger
mans but they were later repulsed.
❖ NEW PUBLICATION *
❖ FOR ANCHORAGE ❖
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A new publication is about to ap
pear in Anchorage. This was known
yesterday but a pause was made be
fore announcing anything about it as
there is always room for suspicion
about the establishment of new* pub
lications when the field is fully cov
ered. Now the Gateway is in a posi
tion to say that an agitation is about
to be started that will do the country
no good. The Gateway and other con
servative ones in Alaska, which have
the interests of the workers at heart
just as much as anyone, have drawn
attention from time to time to wage j
and other questions connected with !
the railroad but there is always dang
er in the sheets that have neither the
experience or ability to be “news
papers’* and are compelled to live off
the offal. There ought to be a law to
license newspapers like dogs. It
would save the decent ones.
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❖ ELECTRIC FRANCHISE ♦
❖ IS ALL SETTLED ❖
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At the special meeting of the com
mon council held this afternoon, the
amended franchise as offered to the
Seward Light & Power Company was
accepted by that company and pass
ed and approved at that meeting, and
signed by the proper city and light
company authorities. The franchise
takes effect January 1st, 1916. The
chief amendment was making the city
pay the same rate as any local busi
ness house, with several small amend
ments in regard to the wording of
the former franchise.
PROTESTS AGAINST
DISTRICT ATTY. REMOVAL
Commercial Club Communicates With
Attorney-General’s Depart
ment on the Matter.
At a meeting of the Commercial
Club held last evening it was resolved
to dispatch to the department of
i justice a strong protest against the
j removal of the office of the assistant
district attorney from Seward to Val
dez. It is pointed out that owing to
the growing importance of Seward as
the terminal of the government rail
road there was never a time when the
office was more badly needed here.
The same indignation was evident at
the meeting which has been express
ed all over town and district since the
intention of moving the office became
known. There is a strong inclination
to believe that the proposal to remove
j the office is spite work.
KEY CONTEST CLOSES SUNDAY
The contest which has been con
ducted by the Key during the past
month closes Sunday evening, Octob
er 31st, at 6 p. m. The contest is
i for a prize of five dollars offered by
the Key for the best advertising
headline for their business. The
contest has been free to all without
restrictions of .any kind.
The judges selected for deciding
the merits of the numerous competi
tors are Mr. W. P. Henry, Mr. Frank
J. Cotter and Mr. Sherman Haynes.
All the different “bids” will be open
| ed by them at 7 p. m., Oct. 31, and the
winning contestant will be determin
ed by a majority vote of the three
judges. The name of the winner and
other features of the contest will be
published in Monday’s Gateway.
NOME MEETING i
FAVORS SEWARD
REPUBLICANS OF SECOND DIVI
SION ORGANIZE FOR THE
NEXT CAMPAIGN
NOME, Oct. 28.—The Republicans
here have just organized the Seward
! Peninsula Republican Club at a
| harmonious and enthusiastic meeting
and over a hundred members have
already signed the roll. The mass
of the Republicans of this division
favor Seward as the site for the ter
ritorial convention and favor the
candidacy of Senator Millard, of Val
dez for the race for congress. George
1). Schofield, formerly United States
[ commissioner here, and W. A. Gil
j more, formerly mayor of Nome and
| candidate for congress, will represent
the Republicans of the Second divis
ion, and use their proxies at the con
vention. Gilmore also is endorsed by
the party for selection as one of the
; delegates to the National Republican
convention.
BALTIMORE ALSO HAS
A BIG LOSS BY FIRE
More Than Half a Million Lost in the
Destruction of a Bonded
Warehouse.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.—A bonded
warehouse was destroyed by fire here
last night and the damage is more
than half a million dollars. The fire
is believed to have been due to cross
ed wires. The loss to the contents
of the warehouse is estimated at
three or four hundred thousand dol
lars and the loss to the building is
estimated at about one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
ABERDEEN AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—The Earl of
Aberdeen, formerly governor gener
al of Canada and now lord lieutenant
of Ireland, is due here today with the
countess and a party of friends.
The tour is merely a sightseeing one.
WHAT WERE THE OTHER
INDICTMENTS AT VALDEZ
There is a rumor afloat now that
some of the secret indictments found
by the grand jury at Valdez were
against outside wholesalers for not
paying a license, and also against
people for shipping liquor into the
territory’ under false labels. An at
tempt was made to indict the mem
bers of the Tilicum Club for selling
liquor without a license but the grand
jury’ is said to have been almost un
animously against it.
LADIES PREPARING FOR
TOMORROW NIGHT’S DANCE
The ladies of St. Peter’s Guild are
busily engaged in planning for the
Halowe’en dance to be given Satur
day evening at A. B. hall. The fol
lowing women will act as hostesses:
Mrs. S. M. Graff, Mrs. A. G. de Sher
binin, Mrs, J. P. Mantell, Mrs. A. H.
McNeer, Mrs. H. S. Balderston, Mrs.
A. H. McDonald and Mrs. Horace De
Line. Light refreshments will be
served throughout the evening for
w’hich a small charge will be made.
The dancing will begin promptly at
9 o’clock and close at 12. A cordial
invitation is extended to the general
public to attend.
nOOSE SOCIAL TONIGHT.
The Moose Lodge will hold a sooial
i tonight for members.
MAHAN HEADS
BRITISH ARMY
HERO OF BOER WAR IS AP
POINTED TO LEAD IN
GREECE AND SERBIA.
LONDON, Oct. 29.—Lieutenant
General Sir Bryan Mahan has been
appointed by the government as com
mander-in-chief of the British armies
taking part against the Teutons
in Greece and Serbia. The with
drawal of General Sir Ian Hamilton
from the Dardanelles is now known
to have been due to dis-satisfaction
with his conduct of the campaign and
his fall is confirmed. General
Monroe who succeeded to Hamilton's
place was regarded only as a sub
stitute for a time and his temporary
appointment was due to the fact that
he was on the spot. Mahan will be
commander-in-chief of all the forces
south of. the Balkans. He became
famous as the commander of the ex
pedition which marched to the relief
of Mafeking in the Boer war and
since the beginning of the present
war has gained npw laurels. The fact
that he had not received one of the
highest commands in the present
war before this time has been the
cause of much comment. His ap
pointment now places the two chief
command of the active British armies
in the han<k» of Irishmen, Sir John
French being the other.
POPE FAILS TO SAVE
A BELGIAN NOBLEMAN
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 29.—It is re
}K)rtc‘d today on the best authority
that Count Joseph Dehemptinne,
member of a noted Belgian family of
noblemen, was executed by the Ger
mans at Ghent on 0 tober 26 for aid
ing the enemy. Pope Bcnedictus
tried in his case to have the death
sentence commuted ami made a per
sonal appeal to the kaiser as he did
in other similar cases recently, but
the German authorities refused to in
terfere with the sentence of the
courtmartial that condmned the
count. It is even said that no heed
whatever was paid to the pope’s ap
peal.
❖ CHAIRMAN EDES *
❖ GOES ON EVANS ❖
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Unless something unexpected oc
curs, Chairman W. C. Edes, of the
Engineering Commission, will leave
for Washington on the Admiral
Evans. The vessel will leave Seattle
on the day after tomorrow, Sunday,
and will probably get out of Seward
on her return trip about the 10th, of
November. Secretary Estes will re
main in Seward this winter.
RICHARDSON LETTERS
CAUSING MUCH TALK
People coming from other towns
along the coast just now say that the
Wickersham-Richardson letters in the
last issue of the All-Alaska Review
arc causing a tremendous lot of com
ment. When the Alameda landed
from Anchorage yesterday the first
thing Falcon Joslin asked for was a
copy of the Review. When Commis
sioner Riggs came up from Cordova
he had a message from Harry Steel
of the Cordova Times to send him
some copies as the others had all been
carried away. It is stated that Mr.
Wickersham will answer in speeches
at the different towns but he is wel
come to the Review, which knows no
party.
DELAY TAX NOTICE
At a special meeting of the city
council this afternoon a motion was
made and carried to change the date
of publication of delinquent tax
notices from today until November
i the Fifth,
KING GEORGE BADLY DURE
BY EALL EROM HIS HORSE
GREAT BLAZE
SEATTLE DOCK
OVER HALF MILLION DOLLARS
DAMAGE AND GERMAN
PLOTTERS SUSPECTED.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—A second
great fire occurred last night on Pier
Fourteen, causing more than half a
million of dollars in damage and the
belief is general that it was caused by
German plotters as the dock has been
used and is still being used for the
loading of munitions of war for the ;
allied nations in Europe. Up to the
present the origin of the blaze is
mysterious. The two fires occurred
within a week and the cause of neitn
er has been discovered. The one last
night began on the second floor of the
pier building and the damage to the
structure itself is estimated at forty
thousand dollars. The loss to mer
chandise is estimated at from five
hundred to seven hundred thousand
dollars. The latter loss was chiefly
to a four million dollar cargo of tea
hemp, rice, etc., which was being dis
charged from the Oriental liner
Ixion. No one doubts the incendiary
origin of the conflagration and a
longshoreman with a German name
has already been arrested but he
claims to be a Norwegian. Nearly
all the fire fighting apparatus of the
city was called out to fight the flames
and great crowds assembled to wit
ness it.
REPORT SIX GERMAN
OFFICERS CAPTURED
Men Who Were Interned and Escaped
Said to Have Been Taken
at Sea by British.
NEWr YORK, Oct. 29.—Private ad
vices received here today are to the
effect that the six German officers
who were interned at Norfolk, V ir
ginia, after having been taken from
the auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wil
helm have been captured by a British
cruiser at sea. The report states that
the yacht Eclipse on which they at
tempted to reach Germany was sight
ed by the British ami compelled to
stop.
ALAMEDA BRINGS FEW
The Alameda arrived yesterday
afternoon from Anchorage at 2:45
bringing the following passengers:
A1 Wolf, Arthur Meloche, T. H.
Bacon, C. L. Broughton, George
Bevier, Donald McDonald, E. L. Als
paugh, Willian Jones, A. Van Fris
son, Frank J. Cotter and five steer
age.
MILLARD WOULD RUN FOR
CONGRESS REPORTS SAY
Private advices received by the
Gateway are to the effect that Sena
tor Millard will accept the candidacy
of the Republicans for the race for
congress if it is offered. This has not
come from Millard directly but it is
stated by one who is in a position to
know. As matters look now it ap
pears to be almost certain that the
colonel will face the voters next
time. Fairbanks papers recently ar
riving speak of Bunnell as a likely
candidate on the Democratic ticket
and no repudiation has yet come from
the judge himself.
FLOYD WHEELER DEAD
Advices from Nome relate the
death of Floyd Wheeler, a popular
young man of that camp. He died in
California.
KING GEORGE BADLY HURT
LONDON, Oct. 29.—While inspecting the troops at
the front in northern France today King George of Great
Britain was thrown from his horse and severely injured.
The physicians declare that the hurt will not be serious
but anxiety has been caused by the fact that the Prince
of Wales lias been summoned to the bedside. The ac
cident was due to the horse becoming excited, rearing
and falling backward. It is certain that the king will be
confined to bed for some time, at least.
HALF MILLION FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Approximately five hun
dred thousand dollars will be spent on life saving stations
and lighthouses on the Alaska coast soon, according lo the
plans to be submitted by George Hutman, lighthouse com
mander. Among the largest expenditures will be two
hundred and fifty thousand for a lighthouse tender, one
hundred and fifteen thousand for a lighthouse at St.
Elias and sixty thousand for twenty-five or more small
dashing lights along the coast.
OPERATE ON MORGAN
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—John Pierpont Morgan was
operated on for appendicitis today at his home. The op
eration was entirely successful and a speedy recovery is
looked for.
REPUBLICANS MEET DEC. 14
• WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—The National Republican
Committee will meet at Washington on December 14 to
select a convention city for next year and to mobilize the
hosts for the presidential campaign. Chairman Hilles
announces that the main lines of the campaign will be
an attack on the policy of the present administration,
criticism of the administration’s policies in European and
Mexican affairs, charges that the Democrats failed to
keep their economy and other platform pledges, includ
ing the pledges for a single term, and an attack on the
ship purchase measure.
TOTAL DEAD TWENTY-ONE
PEABODY, Oct. 29.—The total number of children
dead as a result of the fire in St. John’s school is estimated
at twenty-one. The reports of heavier loss of life were
due to the fact that many of the children were taken home
by their parents and their safety was not reported to the
authorities.
U. S. TROOPS MOVE
EAGLE PASS, Texas, Oct. 29.—Twenty-six carloads
of cavalry and horses and sixteen carloads of munitions,
wagons and armored motor cars left today on the Soutn
ern Pacific for Douglas, Arizona, where a battle between
the armies of Carranza and Villa is threatening.
ROBBERS DYNAMITE SAFE
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.—Robbers this morning dynamit
ed"two safes in the Star Loan office and escaped with ten
thousand dollars in jewellry.
CLAIMS THREE MILLION
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.—Churchward of the Internation
al Steel company has filed suit against the South Beth
lehem Steel company for the infringement of his patent
rights in a process for hardening steel and iron in making
munitions of war.
CONDEMN SPENCE
The following cable was forwarded today by the Sew
ard Commercial Club to the U. S. Attorney General:
Informed District Attorney Spence recommends
transferring permanently office assistant district attor- •
ney at Seward, removing Whittlesey Valdez. W e
charge action Attorney based on personal prejudices
without regard to requirements public service. Wholly
opposed interests public justice. Respectfully ask in
vestigation by department as to competency of At
torney, and necessity abolition office heretofore deemed
necessary by former attorney-general. We submit past
record matters handled through Seward office sufficient
argument against reported plans Attorney Spence.
’ This office maintained several years, reason Seward
centrally located, most accessible point third division,
I especially now Seward terminal Government railroad.
1 ‘ ‘ SEWARD COMMERCIAL CLUB.